Estro Sabrino
Man of Ambition
NAME: Estro Sabrino
NICKNAMES: The Lion, Golden Blade
FACTION: Iron Empire
RANK: Brigadier General/High Warden
SPECIES: Human Cyborg
AGE: 35
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 200 LBS
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond
SKIN: Light
FORCE SENSITIVE: Non-Force User
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
Strengths:
- [+] Master of War: Estro Sabrino has seen more war than he would ever like to admit. It has however made him a terrifying expert in warfare. He has boarded ships, besieged fortresses and fought running retreats aside from other countless actions. He prefers ground operations but isn't shy about his understanding of naval war. He's well read on the various writings of great commanders but has a curious affinity for the centuries old works of one Grand Admiral Thrawn.
- [+] Silver-tongued: Sabrino was forced to become quite skilled at dealing with others both out of survival and the need to get better pay. His time as a freelancer has taught him much about people, giving him quite the ability to use words over violence. Its saved his life and that of his loyal followers many times and he never rules out trying to talk something out usually save for when his own issues get in the way.
- [+] Close Combat Master: Estro Sabrino has endured war, having developed a supreme expertise in close combat. He fights like there is no tomorrow, prepared to use anything at his disposal to survive and win. This comes from the unfortunate realization he may have to face force users up close, which lends to his ideal as the force is just another set of tricks one has to counter. He will cheat, batter and bludgeon a known foe who seeks to meet him on the field. More so, it is one of the rare times he takes full advantage of his cybernetics, including a flippant disregard for them as merely replaceable surprises when comes to fighting and surviving.
- [-]Child Soldier: Sabrino does not talk about the hell that was his early life. He was an indentured slave soldier most likely from Hutt Space. He has a violent and irrational hatred for slavers but more so has become incredibly jaded and cynical from those years of committing atrocities in the name of masters he thought were like gods. Its given him a distrust for the elites of the galaxy even as he realizes he himself is quickly becoming one.
- [-]Cybernetics: Sabrino is susceptible to anti-droid measures which can prove dangerous considering the various cybernetics he's taken on from war wounds. Most of this he keeps hidden with synthetic flesh. He also refuses to replace them with cloned parts, feeling that they are reminders of a past he must never lose connection to.
- [-]Vanity: Sabrino despises allowing his cybernetics to be seen. It isn't out of paranoia but a shame of looking poor as from his earlier time starting out as a mercenary. He keeps his war wounds hidden with synthetic flesh and does not like others to be aware of any save for his golden right hand that is part of his image. The same applies to his seeming need to brand his forces and items such as the Golden Lions.
APPEARANCE:
Estro Sabrino stand tall and proud with close cut blond hair and blue eyes. He favors red and gold battle armor in the color of his Golden Lions. He has a strong build earned from years of fighting in numerous campaigns and continuous combat training. He tends to carry himself with a certain degree of confidence due to his untold years of combat experience and negotiation on behalf of his loyal troops. Some at times can mistake it for arrogance though perhaps they are partially correct.
BIOGRAPHY:
War is a teacher that few can deny but not all have experienced it in an almost perpetual fashion. Estro Sabrino will not talk aobut his past but he was most likely born a slave in Hutt Space, trained as a child soldier for an overlord he learned to serve like a god. Such action is a bleak life considering the terrible actions he committed as a young soldier for the sake of a god like his Hutt master. It was only as he got older and got his hands on books of war that he started to realize how empty his life was.
Sabrino hungered to be free and set in motion a plan to escape, managing to be counted as a casualty before slipping away. From there he took up work as a mercenary, putting his skills to use and earning good coin for the trouble. He even began to gather followers, building his own mercenary group around himself until he was able to pick and choose the contracts he took up. Through it all, he lost bits and pieces of himself to the war, force to rely upon cybernetics to help stay in the game of conflict. As his wealth increased though, he took to hiding this beneath synthetic flesh, despising the fact that others would have seen what he had become in his early years as a poor merc.
Vanity aside, Sabrino built his followers into a crack group known as the Golden Lions. He branded them on himself and their actions. The Golden Lions were known to honor their contracts but negotiated like devils for clauses and fine points when they didn't care much for those seeking to hire them. Sabrino and the Lions fought in more conflicts than any could ever want to admit as the mercenary lord continued to hone his own skills. However, he was beginning to feel the emptiness again for he was a man without a true cause save profit. Money was nice, but he wanted to invest in something to leave his touch on the galaxy so that Estro Sabrino would be a name in history.
To that end, Sabrino accepted an invitation from the Iron Empire, taking his mercenary group deep in the the Unknown Regions and swore fealty to the Iron Emperor. He bartered away his skills for the sake of getting a world he could make his own. His ambition growing in the knowledge he could possibly climb high in this newer empire. More so he liked the hope of letting the war weary refugees of the galaxy finally find somewhere they could make a new home. He would damn well build one himself for them.
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