Character Janus Strix

[Janus Strix]

Name​	Janus Strix​
Aliases​	Whisperer​
Age​	60 (30 in human years)​
Species​	Half-Sephi, Half-Dathomirian
Gender​	Male
Faction​	Galactic Empire → Dark Side Elite
Homeworld​	Thustra
Occupation​	Shadow to Emperor Darth Solipsis → Intelligence Operative of the Dark Side Elite
Height​	6'3"
Hair Color​	White
Eye Color​	White
Skin​	Steel grey-blue
Scent​	Damp earth, decaying leaves, smoke, and exotic spices

"What kind of fool trusts in permanence?"

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BACKSTORY PSYCHE OCCUPATION POWERS & GEAR

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  The memory sits in his chest—not the sanitized tale of Jedi justice that Imperial records prefer, but something far more intimate. House Strix didn't fall to noble lightsabers wielded by righteous warriors. It bled out slowly, betrayed from within by those who wore their family's colors, who shared their meals and their secrets. The Jedi merely arrived to finish what treachery had begun. Janus remembers the taste of ash on his tongue as he watched his mother's study burn, her collection of rare texts feeding flames that would never warm anyone again. He remembers Keres's small hand in his—white-knuckled grip that left bruises—as they pressed themselves into the servant's passage behind the kitchen wall. Most clearly, he remembers the sound of laughter echoing through halls where only screams should have been. The Life Bond that saved them—that silver thread connecting his consciousness to Keres's—had pulsed with her terror, her rage, her desperate need for something to make sense. He had been the older by mere minutes, but those minutes might as well have been years. Someone had to think clearly. Someone had to survive with purpose intact. The Imperial rescue came three days later. Under Sith tutelage, they honed their inherited abilities into weapons of psychological warfare, joining the Dark Side Elite not out of loyalty to Imperial ideology, but to serve their dark appetites

  
  
  
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  Sexuality | Sapiosexual, leaning more to asexual
  Relationship Status | Single
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  Primary Psychopathy | ASPD | Pseudo-intimacy
  
  
  "Truth emerges only when we stop pretending we can avoid it."
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  Janus inhabits the uncomfortable space between empathy and cruelty, understanding his subjects with an intimacy that makes his methods more devastating than simple brutality. He experiences their fear as texture, their hope as something tangible that can be molded and redirected. Allowing him to locate the exact pressure points where personality fractures under carefully applied stress. His philosophy emerges from the belief that authentic self-knowledge requires the stripping away of comfortable illusions. He views suffering not as a punishment but as a revelation, guiding subjects through psychological landscapes until they encounter versions of themselves they never knew existed. His victims often emerge grateful—not for the pain itself, but for the clarity that emerges once their carefully constructed personas have been dissolved. The relationship with Keres demonstrates the complexity of his emotional state. His love ( if you would call it that ) for her operates with the same intensity as his professional detachment, creating internal tensions that make him unpredictable. He would sacrifice his position, his standing, even his life to preserve her—yet this capacity for authentic connection makes his professional cruelties more disturbing, not less. His particular disgust for rudeness and poor manners stems from an aesthetic philosophy that views beauty and refinement as necessary elements of civilized existence. Those who operate without grace or consideration trigger something primal in his psychology, transforming his measured approach into something far more savage and immediate. This isn't the flat affect of textbook psychopathy. This is something far more sophisticated: a mind that has learned to experience connection and detachment simultaneously, to hold love and cruelty in the same cupped palm without seeing contradiction.

  
  
  

  CHARACTER STRENGTHS:	CHARACTER WEAKNESSES:
  Manipulation Emotional Chameleon Patience Professional Invisibility	Keres Dependency Genuine Emotion Blindness Philosophical Grandiosity Aesthetic Obsession

  
  
  

  Mannerisms & Habits

  His fingers drum silent patterns against his thigh when he's particularly invested in a subject's psychological journey—not nervous energy. When analyzing new prey, he tilts his head exactly 15 degrees to the left, a gesture so subtle most never consciously register it. Those who do often report feeling suddenly transparent, as if he can see through skin to the bone beneath. His collection of personal artifacts occupies a climate-controlled chamber in his private quarters: a child's torn blanket, an unfinished letter in his mother's handwriting, trinkets from subjects. Each piece represents a moment when someone revealed their authentic self to him. He touches them reverently, the way other people caress religious icons.

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  Character Tropes ​	Alignment ​	Motivations​
  Soft-Spoken Sadist, The Philosopher, Creepy Good, Affably Evil‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎	Lawful Evil with Neutral tendencies in personal relationships—he follows a consistent moral framework, even if that framework horrifies others.	Primary Drive: The belief that he is helping others discover their true selves through careful suffering—and that this revelation serves the dark side's expansion Secondary Drive: Protecting Keres, even if it means sacrificing his position, his philosophy, or his carefully constructed identity Tertiary Drive: Pursuing perfect understanding of the connection between truth, beauty, and transformation in service to Sith power ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

  
  
  
  
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  To watch Janus work is to witness something that defies comfortable categorization. He settles into the chair across from his subject, hands folded just so, head tilted at that particular angle that suggests genuine curiosity rather than interrogation. His voice carries warmth, each word chosen for weight and rhythm. "Tell me about your regrets," he might say, and somehow the question doesn't feel invasive. It feels like an invitation to be seen, understood, perhaps even appreciated. The subject relaxes despite themselves. They don't notice how his pale eyes track every micro-expression, catalog every tell. They don't realize he's mapping their psychological geography. By the time they understand they've been walking toward their own destruction, the path back has already vanished. Unlike the ham-fisted interrogators who populate Imperial facilities, Janus never breaks his subjects. Instead, he guides them to the moment where breaking becomes their own choice—a gift they offer him in gratitude for finally being understood. He shows them their authentic selves, strips away the comfortable lies they've built to survive, and leaves them hollow with relief. This isn't mere sadism disguised as philosophy. Every conversion serves the Sith's growing power. That broken Jedi Knight becomes a willing apprentice, grateful for liberation from the "hypocrisy" of the Light. The captured rebel leader transforms into an eager informant, convinced that the Empire represents order emerging from chaos. The Force-sensitive child learns to see their abilities as gifts meant for dominion rather than service.​ The Philosophy: Suffering reveals truth. Truth creates beauty. Beauty justifies the suffering that birthed it. And beauty, properly channeled, serves the dark side. His duties for Emperor Solipsis extend far beyond information extraction: Intelligence Operations: He takes his time gathering gossip from senators' wives and admirals' nightmares. His presence in strategy meetings goes unacknowledged but never unnoticed—a silent guarantor that no surveillance pierces the Emperor's inner circle. Force-Sensitive Recruitment: He identifies the psychological pressure points that transform light into darkness, then applies just enough force to make the transition feel like personal revelation rather than external coercion. Communication Networks: The Life Bond with Keres creates an intelligence pipeline that bypasses traditional channels. Through their shared consciousness, critical information flows instantly between field operations and Imperial command. Truth Detection: His uncanny ability to sense deception through micro-expressions and vocal patterns makes him invaluable during negotiations and debriefings. Lies taste different on the air when spoken in his presence—bitter, metallic, somehow wrong in ways that make even practiced deceivers stumble.

  
  
  
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  Force Abilities​	Gear​
  Insight Life Bond: With Keres Psychometry Mind Probe Memory Walk	Purple lightsaber with cortosis-weave hilt Alchemized daggers

  
  

 

[Janus Strix]

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