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Name: Siobhan Kerrigan
Age: Early Fifties
Species: Human. The racist space elves declared her an 'honorary Eldorai'.
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Dyed red. Natural colour is brown. Usually worn long except in battle when it's tied back for practicality.
Skin: Caucasian, but tanned.
Force-Sensitive: Yes, very much so.
Force Alignment: Neutral, dark-leaning.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral.
Affiliation: Firemane Industries, House Kerrigan.
Occupation: CEO, noblewoman, autocrat.
Force Rank: Master.
Titles:
Known Languages: Huttese, Ryl, Eldarai, Galactic Basic, Sith, Xio, Zandri and Prosabia.
Affiliates:
Abilities:
Force Abilities:
She still tends to carry a lightsabre. She's always with a hold-out bolter, which is normally concealed as a pendant worn around her neck. On missions she carries a bolter, a sonic shotgun and a variety of explosives. She owns an AEI-designed leather jacket made out of the hide of Cthulhu and named after her since she helped kill him. The fine leather jacket offers incredible resistance against anything that's not a lightsabre or blunt trauma (and it's quite good against those as well), and conjures up an oppressive aura of fear unless that's switched off. Also owns a terentatek leather duster, which is both fancy and useful against a variety of Force powers.
Gear: Siobhan obviously does not carry all these toys at the same time, but this is stuff she often uses.
Hobbies: Siobhan has some very hedonistic tastes. She has a harem, likes pretty clothes and gems. Going shopping with her can get tiring. Apart from that, she likes spending time with her family, especially her little girls. While she has a certain interest in history, it is usually limited to that of the Eldorai, the Tygarans and military history such as the various Sith Wars. Siobhan has a collection of holocrons and tomes, but prefers practical learning to book learning. Despite her expensive tastes, she stays in shape through exercise, sparring and so on.
She's a fan of Game of Stars, which claims to be an accurate depiction of the Fall of the Old Republic, though it probably misrepresents a lot of the facts. She has a pet Jester called Grrrbyrr, who's adorable, demands a lot of attention and has a ravenous appetite. She is fond of camping trips. She's taken an interest in gardening. She is very fond of orchids. Her servant girls know to look after her flowers when their mistress is gone, unless they want to face her displeasure.
Religion: Siobhan is an atheist. The Bando Gora canonised her as a Chaos Goddess and welcomed her into their pantheon after she crushed their armies and conquered their homeworld Gehenna during the first exterminatus. She has no clearly defined views on the afterlife, though she became more accepting of the idea after reuniting with Adril's spirit during the Netherworld event, along with visiting the place herself. Siobhan would probably find becoming a Force spirit like Yoda and Obi-Wan extremely boring since there's nothing to do except watch and pass on cryptic advice.
The Daughters of the Destroyer, a Xioquo cult, worship her as the Karishzar, regarding her as a goddess. They believe that she took the place of Myrou, the first Xioquo and 'goddess' of her people, by slaying her. The Cataphracts of the Ascending Phoenix, a martial order of Qadiri knights, believe she is the daughter of the Goddess Kashara and of a mortal man. In their eyes this makes her a demigoddess and prophetess.
Though she rejects the Sith ideals of Social Darwinist survival of the strongest and the inherent supremacy of mages, she has in practice adopted a philosophy according to which 'her might makes right'. What keeps her from becoming a tyrant is less a belief that it would be wrong and more her connection to people who are a more moral than she is. However, she prizes practicality over moral ideals. She's dismissive of the idea that the Force is a duality separated in Light and Dark and treats it as a tool, rather than an energy field that binds all life together and has a will of its own. The Force simply exists. It guides her, when she tells it to, it empowers her, when she grasps it and bends its power to her will. Similar to the Eldorai, she treats it as an inner flame.
Politics: Siobhan is cynical, jaded and has an authoritarian, domineering personality. It is no surprise that her opinion of 'democracy' is rather low. She has little time for debate, views parliamentarianism and separation of powers as inefficient at best. Despite working with her share of hereditary monarchies, she is disdainful of a system of government where power is based on birthright. An adoptive monarchy or a Republican Dictatorship would probably suit her views the best. She believes that low level autonomy is important, but is firm in her conviction that there must be a strong central authority unbound by the fickle whims of the populace. Siobhan is rather sexist and supports a matriarchal form of government where the commanding heights are controlled by women.
Siobhan views herself as a 'benevolent despot' who has brought 'progress and prosperity' to places such as Dahomey, Arkas and Tygara. Obviously these views can be a bit patronising. At the same time she is opposed to speciesism and classism. She has low class origins on the Outer Rim and has no time for Human High Culture or Core World snobbery. Many members of her inner circle have humble origins and she has been eager to promote natives from Firemane 'colonies' and 'protectorates'.
She believes laws and codes of conduct are important, but also that she should be the one defining them. She probably would not be out of place in an Imperial polity if it was anti-Sith and authoritarian as opposed to genocidal. Though the lofty plane she occupies now has removed her from the class she came from, she is a supporter of social programmes such as free healthcare and free eduation to help those less fortunate.
Siobhan views slavery as a great evil and has combated it on many worlds. However, she regards it as criminally irresponsible to assume that everything will work out once the slaves are free. On Tygara she pursued a policy of gradual abolition so that the local economies would be given time to adjust and the newly freed slaves could be taught skills and prepared for their lives as freedmen so that they would not be left destitute. Firedawn, an organisation founded by her, provides education, clothes, homes and jobs for freedmen. Firemane has good life insurance and makes sure its employees we well-cared for regarding healthcare, housing and so forth. In return, her minions put up with an eccentric, rather authoritarian management style that is not friendly towards trade unions. The Company is run as a family business.
Bounties: None
Kills: Kaelin Isandros and Darth Shadow.
Ship: The Ardarvia frigate serves as a mobile home for the clan, while the Great Scarlet Flame is her mobile command ship. She also has access to a Revenant stealth transport for when she needs something sneakier and faster. The former is both a mobile command centre and home and has luxury quarters that cater to the somewhat eccentric habits of it owner. The latter is comfortable as well, but more designed for stealth, infiltration or when you need a quick getaway. Also owns a floating pyramid.
Age: Early Fifties
Species: Human. The racist space elves declared her an 'honorary Eldorai'.
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Dyed red. Natural colour is brown. Usually worn long except in battle when it's tied back for practicality.
Skin: Caucasian, but tanned.
Force-Sensitive: Yes, very much so.
Force Alignment: Neutral, dark-leaning.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral.
Affiliation: Firemane Industries, House Kerrigan.
Occupation: CEO, noblewoman, autocrat.
Force Rank: Master.
Titles:
- CEO of Firemane Industries & Technology
- Lady Protector
- Countess
- Mirza of Suqua
- Matriarch of House Kerrigan-Alcori
- Jazira of the Amikarese Empire
- Daughter of Kashara
- The Karishzar
- The Skyqueen
- Grandmistress of the Order of Fire
- Jedi Knight
- Omega Pyre Colonel
- Omega Protectorate Exarch
- Vice President of Firemane Industries & Technology
- SSC Assembly member
Known Languages: Huttese, Ryl, Eldarai, Galactic Basic, Sith, Xio, Zandri and Prosabia.
Affiliates:
- Clones: Enyo Typhos, Caoimhe.
- Adoptive daughters: Elpsis Kerrigan-Alcori, Galina Kerrigan-Alcori (RIP).
- Wards: Livia Kerrigan-Alcori, Adril Kerrigan-Alcori (daughters of the exiled Natoline Kerrigan).
Abilities:
- Mind over Matter: Siobhan is probably one of the most powerful living telekinesis masters alive. It is the power she has invested most of her training in and draws upon heavily during combat. Her abilities extend towards tossing heavy vehicles such as walkers, tearing down large buildings, sustained Force Flight, exploding internal organs and even at times tearing a hole into the hull of a battleship. Bomb blast level shockwaves, Force Choke, Force Whirlwind and Force Crush form her preferred repertoire. However, while extremely powerful, she is lacking in finesse and subtlety. She is the sort who'd use a hammer when a scalpel might be a better option.
- Mage Marks(wo)man: Siobhan combines aptitude as a space wizard with the use of conventional firearms, using both in tandem. Her preferred weapon is the Mark One Bolter, along with a sonic shotgun or pistol. Space magic enhances her precision and comes in handy when she wants to deprive an opponent of cover.
- Shock and Awe: When she's not using this or that variant of telekinesis in battle, Sith Lightning is her prefered magical way of dealing with opponents. She has not specialised in it, but is capable of summoning powerful electrical discharges to fry opponents. She is also capable of using ionise droid, though she uses it a lot less.
- Barrier Warrior: Proficient in defensive powers such as Force Barrier, Tutaminis and Protection Bubble. She's also good at shielding her mind against mental attacks.
- Life Drain: Knows Force Drain and uses it occasionally. Partly thanks to the Bando Gora, Velok and Darth Carnifex using it a lot on her. So far she hasn't grown addicted. We'll see how well that goes.
- Stone Wall: Siobhan is trained in Soresu, a style of lightsabre combat that focuses on defence and endurance.
- Exalted Torturer: Overlaps with Torture Technician. Quite ready to use Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique and so on to get what she wants. She doesn't enjoy torture, but it doesn't bother her either, and thanks to sharing Mirien's memories she knows some 'fun' techniques. However, she's lacking in subtlety. Subscribes strongly to Pay Evil unto Evil. Ironically she was tortured by Kaelin and later by energy vampires back when she was a Padawan.
- Ties in with Long-Range Fighter. Siobhan is not a strong duellist. As a Jedi, she used to be somewhat proficient in Ataru and Djem So, but her skills atrophied due to lack of use. The same applied to her skill with conventional swords and general hand-to-hand combat. After several duels with Sith Lords, Siobhan decided to rectify this. However, the only lightsabre style she's good at is the defensive Soresu form. This means that while she's strong on defence, she herself can't go on the offensive with her sabre until her opponent tires and/or makes a mistake that gives her an opening. She runs the risk of tiring in prolonged melee combat. If engaged in melee, she'll use her sabre to defend herself and gain breathing space so that she can unleash her Force abilities.
- Siobhan has a limited aptitude for mental attacks. She's become proficient at shielding her mind from outside intrusion after getting mind raped an awful lot, but her own mental assaults are very weak. She also lacks talent for illusions or other more subtle arts. She knows the basics of Quey'tek meditation.
- Every Master of the Force faces a choice between 'throwing stones' and 'reading ripples', 'listening' or 'shouting all the time'. This means there is a massive tradeoff between power and sensitivity. Siobhan is the sort to shout and chuck rocks, and so her sensory abilities have suffered. As a specialist her fighting skill can also be rather predictable. There are only a few powers she has mastered and her way of employing them is less than original. But on the other hand the things she can do she does really well.
- The Berserker: Self-explanatory. On a certain level, Siobhan enjoys combat and revels in carnage. Settling down to become a mother and her 'clan's' matriarch have mitigated her Blood Knight tendencies, but they're still there. Holding back in combat is against her nature, which leads to an extremely brutal fighting style.
- Berserk Button: Siobhan is violently protective of her family, both close and extended. Any person she considers family being threatened is a sure way to drive her into a homicidal, berserk rage. She also violently hates Sith and refuses to do business with them, believing they should all be shot on sight. She's extremely uncompromising in that matter.
- Straw Feminist: Is very sexist and tends to look down on men, having adopted the ultrafeminist beliefs of Eldorai conservatives. While there are some exceptions to this rule, her inner circle only has women in it. Although she doesn't hate men, she doesn't see them as any bit equal to her and is quick to categorise disagreeable ones as 'uppity'.
- Mama Bear: Don't get between the mama bear and her cub. Or she'll get extremely violent. Siobhan is extremely protective of her children. She dislikes Elpsis, but went to war for her.
- Seven Deadly Sins: Siobhan has Greed, Pride, Lust and Wrath. She is vain, egotistical, very materialistic and likes her pretty things, is prideful, an extremely sexual woman and has a rather wrathful, violent streak in her personality, which makes her capable of being very cruel to her enemies. Her moods and sulks can be as tempestuous as the powers she calls upon. Moreover, she can be quite vindictive, petty and holds on to grudges for a very long time.
- Seven Heavenly Virtues: By contrast, she also has Charity, Diligence and Kindness. Despite her negative traits, Siobhan is also capable of great compassion. Her family is largely a patchwork family of waifs and strays whom she bonded with and welcomed into her home. Siobhan values her family highly and would do anything for them. She tends to honour her agreements She's also very diligent and determined, though sometimes to a fault.
- "Well Done, Daughter" Woman: Her children seek her validation, but this especially applies to her adoptive daughter Elpsis. Siobhan is an emotionally distant authority figure to her. She regards Elpsis as a promising student, but also views her as disobedient. Her daughter does not live up to her expectations, so she is chilly to her. From Siobhan's perspective, this is supposed to push her daughter into living up to her potential. However, it has driven a wedge between the two.
- Determinator: On the battlefield Siobhan is a goal-orientated person. She is not afraid of making hard decisions, including sacrificing lives if need be to achieve victory. To her honour is just a fancy word to excuse stupidity or a platitude meant to make you look good in front of the holocameras, you either fight or muck around. Protecting her family takes priority over claiming some sort of moral high ground. She is quite willing to use techniques some might consider uncivilised or inhumane. As she often says, war is not about who's right, but about who's left. She moved heaven and earth to get her wife and daughter back from hell. Butcher Kerrigan is no't a 'good' person, but she gets the job done.
- Narcissist: While a capable leader and fighter, Siobhan is extremely vain, has a penchant for cruelty and is inherently selfish. She has a rather exaggerated sense of self-importance and strongly craves adoration. This has probably been exacerbated by the fact that she has a legion of cultists, sycophants and pliable harem girls/boys who fawn over her. By now she has embraced a 'my right makes right' philosophy and believes she deserves worship. As such she can become quite petty and very moody when she feels slighted. Siobhan is extremely obsessed with projecting an image of invincibility and strength. It has made even broaching her health issues a highly sensitive topic. It also manifests in an obsession with perpetuating her legacy beyond her death.
- The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask: Certainly how Siobhan sees herself. She has forced herself through many hardships to become the driver of her destiny and rules her corporation like a kingdom, holding the reins of power in her hands. She has become more refined and cunning, but also increasingly bitter, ruthless and suspicious, sometimes to the point of paranoia. Moreover, she is acquired an obsession with the preservation of her legacy. Siobhan is well-aware that, for all her strength in the Force, she is not immortal, though she hates acknowledging it. This has made her obsessed with grooming a worthy heiress. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
- Older and Wiser: Well, calling her wise would probably be inaccurate, but age, experience and plenty of maimings have made Siobhan more self-possessed, calmer and broadened her horizons instead of always staying a mere battering ram. She has experience in courtly intrigue from her time with the Eldorai court and takes a very active role managing Firemane.
- The Hedonist: Very hedonistic, a bit obsessed with physical gratification and pretty things. Moreover, she's promiscuous skirt chaser who sleeps around a lot.
- Military Mage: One of the reasons for why her being a Jedi never worked out. She never accepted their Code or their beliefs, had little time for debates and considered herself a soldier with Force powers. This is the role she assumed upon joining Omega Pyre. While she takes to the field less than she used to, she's fully capable of throwing down when the need arises and causing plenty of carnage in the process. She has a a lot of experience as a tactical commander, but does far less well as a strategist and on the logistical side. Her skills and shortcomings were on full display during the First Battle of Roche.
- Dark Is Not Evil: At least she thinks so. Uses superpowers often considered to be of the Dark Side, has shades of She Who Fights Monsters and Well-Intentioned Extremist, but opposes Sith, slavers and so on and has something like a code of honour and a moral code, though a skewed one. She is a doting mother and her primary motivation is her family, which would generally be considered 'good'. Whether this makes her a good person is another question.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She is arrogant and ruthless, but a pretty good administrator. She will push her agenda and maintain a tight lock on all major decisions, but she is willing to listen to reason if it genuinely suits her purposes and keeps advisors around who balance out her more negative character traits, is friendly to her staff and vassals. While sexist, she is opposed to speciesism and classism. To this end, she has opened up the upper ranks of Firemane to Tygaran elves who have risen on merit. However, she is prideful and can become irrational where her family is concerned.
- The Unfettered: There are almost no lengths to which Siobhan will not go to secure the power, survival and prosperity of her family. She can be brutal and vicious, but (according to her) only when there is profit to be gained from it.
- The Perfectionist: A defining feature. It ties in with her narcissism, but also with her fear of death. Siobhan is obsessed with her legacy and the reputation of House Kerrigan. This has led to her manifesting an obsession to find an 'ideal' heiress to carry on her legacy when she is dead. This has had a negative impact on her relationship with Elpsis, whose flaws she never misses a chance to point out, yet tries to push into being her heiress. Her opinion of her former wife also cooled. Siobhan believes Tegaea lost her fire, becoming indolent and indecisive. As a result, she no longer sees her as an equal or a partner and has divorced her. On the other hand, her perfectionism drives her into being a very active, hands-on leader who carries out vigorous inspections, promotes on merit and is aware of what is going on around her. It also makes her a powerful combatant.
Force Abilities:
- Battlemind
- Breath Control
- Control Pain
- Crucitorn
- Dark Side Healing
- Destroy Droid
- Detoxify Poison
- Force Body
- Force Concealment
- Force Drain
- Force Resistance
- Force Lightning
- Force Sense
- Force Speed/Jump
- Force Weapon
- Memory Rub
- Mental Shield
- Mind Trick
- Protection Bubble
- Short term memory enhancement
- Spear of Midnight Black
- Tapas
- Telekinesis
- Telepathy
- Transfer Essence
- Tutaminis
She still tends to carry a lightsabre. She's always with a hold-out bolter, which is normally concealed as a pendant worn around her neck. On missions she carries a bolter, a sonic shotgun and a variety of explosives. She owns an AEI-designed leather jacket made out of the hide of Cthulhu and named after her since she helped kill him. The fine leather jacket offers incredible resistance against anything that's not a lightsabre or blunt trauma (and it's quite good against those as well), and conjures up an oppressive aura of fear unless that's switched off. Also owns a terentatek leather duster, which is both fancy and useful against a variety of Force powers.
Gear: Siobhan obviously does not carry all these toys at the same time, but this is stuff she often uses.
Armour
Weapons:
Anti-Forcer Grenades, thermal detonators.
Weapons:
- Rebirth
- Mark One Bolter
- Magnetic Revolver
- Hold-Out Bolter
- Wrist Bolter
- Sonic Shotgun
- Sonic Wave Blaster
- ACS-208 Wrist Ion Beamer
- ACS-207 Aerosolblaster
- ACS-208 Wrist Tensor
Anti-Forcer Grenades, thermal detonators.
Hobbies: Siobhan has some very hedonistic tastes. She has a harem, likes pretty clothes and gems. Going shopping with her can get tiring. Apart from that, she likes spending time with her family, especially her little girls. While she has a certain interest in history, it is usually limited to that of the Eldorai, the Tygarans and military history such as the various Sith Wars. Siobhan has a collection of holocrons and tomes, but prefers practical learning to book learning. Despite her expensive tastes, she stays in shape through exercise, sparring and so on.
She's a fan of Game of Stars, which claims to be an accurate depiction of the Fall of the Old Republic, though it probably misrepresents a lot of the facts. She has a pet Jester called Grrrbyrr, who's adorable, demands a lot of attention and has a ravenous appetite. She is fond of camping trips. She's taken an interest in gardening. She is very fond of orchids. Her servant girls know to look after her flowers when their mistress is gone, unless they want to face her displeasure.
Religion: Siobhan is an atheist. The Bando Gora canonised her as a Chaos Goddess and welcomed her into their pantheon after she crushed their armies and conquered their homeworld Gehenna during the first exterminatus. She has no clearly defined views on the afterlife, though she became more accepting of the idea after reuniting with Adril's spirit during the Netherworld event, along with visiting the place herself. Siobhan would probably find becoming a Force spirit like Yoda and Obi-Wan extremely boring since there's nothing to do except watch and pass on cryptic advice.
The Daughters of the Destroyer, a Xioquo cult, worship her as the Karishzar, regarding her as a goddess. They believe that she took the place of Myrou, the first Xioquo and 'goddess' of her people, by slaying her. The Cataphracts of the Ascending Phoenix, a martial order of Qadiri knights, believe she is the daughter of the Goddess Kashara and of a mortal man. In their eyes this makes her a demigoddess and prophetess.
Though she rejects the Sith ideals of Social Darwinist survival of the strongest and the inherent supremacy of mages, she has in practice adopted a philosophy according to which 'her might makes right'. What keeps her from becoming a tyrant is less a belief that it would be wrong and more her connection to people who are a more moral than she is. However, she prizes practicality over moral ideals. She's dismissive of the idea that the Force is a duality separated in Light and Dark and treats it as a tool, rather than an energy field that binds all life together and has a will of its own. The Force simply exists. It guides her, when she tells it to, it empowers her, when she grasps it and bends its power to her will. Similar to the Eldorai, she treats it as an inner flame.
Politics: Siobhan is cynical, jaded and has an authoritarian, domineering personality. It is no surprise that her opinion of 'democracy' is rather low. She has little time for debate, views parliamentarianism and separation of powers as inefficient at best. Despite working with her share of hereditary monarchies, she is disdainful of a system of government where power is based on birthright. An adoptive monarchy or a Republican Dictatorship would probably suit her views the best. She believes that low level autonomy is important, but is firm in her conviction that there must be a strong central authority unbound by the fickle whims of the populace. Siobhan is rather sexist and supports a matriarchal form of government where the commanding heights are controlled by women.
Siobhan views herself as a 'benevolent despot' who has brought 'progress and prosperity' to places such as Dahomey, Arkas and Tygara. Obviously these views can be a bit patronising. At the same time she is opposed to speciesism and classism. She has low class origins on the Outer Rim and has no time for Human High Culture or Core World snobbery. Many members of her inner circle have humble origins and she has been eager to promote natives from Firemane 'colonies' and 'protectorates'.
She believes laws and codes of conduct are important, but also that she should be the one defining them. She probably would not be out of place in an Imperial polity if it was anti-Sith and authoritarian as opposed to genocidal. Though the lofty plane she occupies now has removed her from the class she came from, she is a supporter of social programmes such as free healthcare and free eduation to help those less fortunate.
Siobhan views slavery as a great evil and has combated it on many worlds. However, she regards it as criminally irresponsible to assume that everything will work out once the slaves are free. On Tygara she pursued a policy of gradual abolition so that the local economies would be given time to adjust and the newly freed slaves could be taught skills and prepared for their lives as freedmen so that they would not be left destitute. Firedawn, an organisation founded by her, provides education, clothes, homes and jobs for freedmen. Firemane has good life insurance and makes sure its employees we well-cared for regarding healthcare, housing and so forth. In return, her minions put up with an eccentric, rather authoritarian management style that is not friendly towards trade unions. The Company is run as a family business.
Bounties: None
Kills: Kaelin Isandros and Darth Shadow.
Ship: The Ardarvia frigate serves as a mobile home for the clan, while the Great Scarlet Flame is her mobile command ship. She also has access to a Revenant stealth transport for when she needs something sneakier and faster. The former is both a mobile command centre and home and has luxury quarters that cater to the somewhat eccentric habits of it owner. The latter is comfortable as well, but more designed for stealth, infiltration or when you need a quick getaway. Also owns a floating pyramid.
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