Laira Darkhold
Well-Known Member
STEND CHOKA
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To sub a supporting cast member for a series of threads
Image Credit: [x]
Role: Rebel Leader | Guerrilla Commander
Links: Into Darknesshttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/131156-into-darkness-firemane/ | Alderaan
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
Age: Late 50’s
Force Sensitivity: Force Dead
Species: Yuuzhan Vong
Appearance: Stend is a lean Yuuzhan Vong, notably smaller than the average Vong with a thin build connected by taut sinew. His face, scarred beyond recognition by acid, now hides behind a skill mask which bears his Domain’s trademark facial tattoos and scarification. Stend considers his visage to be hideous, as the scars were not gained in conflict and by accident, and thus hides the shameful marks less others look upon him and assume them to be earned. Prior to his accident, even humans could have considered him to possess handsome features.
He wears very little armor, only an ornamental leather chest piece with vonduun crab bracers on his forearms and shins, and a command cloak attached to his shoulders. Six small spider like appendages have been fused to his shoulders, sprouting from his back. They make for improvised weapons or prehensile tools for the warlord. Roughly sixty centimeters in length, each appendage has arachnid-like hairs to help with manual dexterity, while two fitted with Fire-Spitters which can exude chemical flames or blaster dampener fumes around the warlord. They also allow him to grab things behind him or climb walls with expert efficiency.
Within him the shapers have implanted two pheromone glands, one of which produces and secrets those similar to Falleen or Zeltrons at his direction, which makes it easier to sway others around him and making the otherwise cruel visage of the Commander appear ruggedly handsome, possessing attractive qualities. The pheromones are unlikely to completely enthrall others, but simply make the warlord more likable and agreeable than he might otherwise be. The other, however induces fear in those around him, making for a powerful tool to control his inner circle when need be.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Name: Stend Choka
Loyalties: Domain Choka | Independent
Rank: Commander | Exiled-Domain Patriarch
Wealth: Stend keeps a very modest lifestyle, sacrificing material possessions to the True Path, which he upholds traditional values. He can call upon the resources of his Domain, which are sparse given that they have been held in reservations since the Netherworld Crisis.
Notable Possessions:
Command Cloakhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Command_cloak
Tsaisihttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tsaisi
Radank Clawhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Radank
Fire Spittershttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Spitter
Pheromonehttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pheromone/Legends Glands
Arachnid-like Appendages
Lamentationhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ro'ik_chuun_m'arh
Skills: Stend, by the very nature of being a traditionalist Vong and being a Commander is a skilled melee combatant. He draws upon natural athleticism, being agile and quick in combat, with a lean build. As a Commander he is often called upon to test his mettle in battle, however he prefers to coordinate his forces from afar, specializing in leading guerilla warfare.
Personality: Stend is a traditionalist, believing and adhering to the True Path and worshipping the ancient Yuuzhan Vong gods in the manner the Priests dictate to him. Being a true believer, Stend is stoic and reverent in his faith, often relating his struggles and those of his subordinates to anecdotes from ancient Yuuzhan Vong mythology, leading many to call him a “Warrior Priest”. It is clear to those around him that he truly believes much of his rhetoric, if not all, but has a skill and twisting and interpreting events in advantageous ways.
Beneath all of the scripture and belief lies a calculating, methodical dictator who rules his subordinates with a combination of fear and awe, political maneuvering and manipulation within his ranks in order to maintain a totalitarian grip on authority. Using the priesthood to reinforce his military dictatorship as ordained by the Gods, their exile and time spent on reservations as mere tribulations for the failures of faith their people suffered in the past, and his reign as the beginning of a new era. Doubters are quickly snuffed out, either publicly outcast or quietly removed depending on the situation to keep his followers in line.
COMBAT INFORMATION
Weapon of Choice: Tsaisi | Nang Hulhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nang_hul
Combat Function:
Strengths:
Stend Choka was born among the Domain during the last years of the Four Hundred Year Darkness as the galaxy began reconnecting. The plague had wrought schism, and in isolation many Yuuzhan Vong fell back into the true path, the centuries of loneliness eased by their belief in their gods once more. Of this sect of Domain Choka, there were many who believed the Four Hundred Year Darkness to be yet another time of tribulation much like their journey between the extra-galactic void. They believed that when the darkness lifted, the gods would bless them with utopia.
Stend grew to adulthood knowing this would not be the case. His understanding of the gods was that they required struggle, sacrifice, and suffering before they rewarded their chosen followers. Yun Yuuzhan created all life in the universe through his sacrifice, and he loved them all, but he held his “chosen” to a much greater standard. In the end, the chosen would spend eternity with their gods, and so their trials deserved to be much harsher. The greater the reward, the more difficult the task. To Stend it was simple, the darkness would lift, and the next test would begin.
Thousands of Yuuzhan Vong joined the One Sith as it rose to power, the Warmasters Tsavong and Reverence both leading their people in glorious crusades of crushing the Republic and the Jedi prior to the Netherworld Crisis. Stend, a simple Sub-Altern at the time of the crusades against the Republic saw his share of the fighting, though he never truly believed the Dark Lord to be a demi-god, for how could a representation of the Gods elevate the impure? How could he grant an outsider, a jeedai in any fashion, power and authority over the Chosen? Stend harbored his doubts, but he could not voice them. His people were at war and they were winning at every turn, hundreds dead, but they claimed victory after victory. Stend joined his Domain in their attempt to Vongform Alderaan and mining the planet for minerals. He oversaw slaves working in the pits when the Netherworld Crisis occured.
In the hellish aftermath that occurred after the Rapture, Stend and his people fought back against the returning Republic Forces, but without the aid of the One Sith they were unable to hold the planet and its people rose up against the Yuuzhan Vong and Sith remnants there. When the planet fell back to the House of Organa, many of the Yuuzhan Vong were moved to reservations around the more heavily vongformed regions of the planets where they were granted several rights. Stend, now a Commander, preached of a return to the True Path of the Yuuzhan Vong. For too long they had allowed their people to follow the contorted and twisted teachings of others, manipulated by the foul Jeedai and their subordinates into a place of servitude. He likened his predecessors to Shamed Ones, and began a tale of rhetoric which resulted in a several skirmishes along the borders of the reservation against the Alderaanian forces. His followers swelled among his Domain, the other Commanders growing wary of his rising popularity. The resurgent Priest Caste quickly aligned itself with Stend, using their following to cast down his rivals and elevate their importance to his authority.
Stend incited a short and bloody civil war to cleanse the Domain within the reservation of rivals, orchestrating an assassination attempt on himself and several of his rivals, which his followers believed to be carried out by his remaining rival leaders. In three short nights, the Yuuzhan Vong executed those they believed to be guilty and elevated Stend as their sole ruler to guide them into the next age of prosperity. Stend set about manipulating other Domains into border wars along the Reservations, which required the Knighthood of Alderaan to intervene on several occasions. Using his unified Domain, Stend was able to put down several insurrections perpetrated by other Domains to lift his standing with the Alderaanians and earn their begrudging trust. Using these events, he negotiated for his people to possess additional rights and privileges, promising to use the additional warriors and resources to instill order through the reservation.
Domain Choka was permitted to increase the size of its Warrior Caste, produce small escort ships, coralskippers, warbeasts, and begin shaping Yuuzhan Vong weaponry in limited amounts so that it could act as the preliminary peace keeping organization within the Yuuzhan Vong Reservation.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To sub a supporting cast member for a series of threads
Image Credit: [x]
Role: Rebel Leader | Guerrilla Commander
Links: Into Darknesshttp://starwarsrp.net/topic/131156-into-darkness-firemane/ | Alderaan
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
Age: Late 50’s
Force Sensitivity: Force Dead
Species: Yuuzhan Vong
Appearance: Stend is a lean Yuuzhan Vong, notably smaller than the average Vong with a thin build connected by taut sinew. His face, scarred beyond recognition by acid, now hides behind a skill mask which bears his Domain’s trademark facial tattoos and scarification. Stend considers his visage to be hideous, as the scars were not gained in conflict and by accident, and thus hides the shameful marks less others look upon him and assume them to be earned. Prior to his accident, even humans could have considered him to possess handsome features.
Within him the shapers have implanted two pheromone glands, one of which produces and secrets those similar to Falleen or Zeltrons at his direction, which makes it easier to sway others around him and making the otherwise cruel visage of the Commander appear ruggedly handsome, possessing attractive qualities. The pheromones are unlikely to completely enthrall others, but simply make the warlord more likable and agreeable than he might otherwise be. The other, however induces fear in those around him, making for a powerful tool to control his inner circle when need be.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Name: Stend Choka
Loyalties: Domain Choka | Independent
Rank: Commander | Exiled-Domain Patriarch
Wealth: Stend keeps a very modest lifestyle, sacrificing material possessions to the True Path, which he upholds traditional values. He can call upon the resources of his Domain, which are sparse given that they have been held in reservations since the Netherworld Crisis.
Notable Possessions:
Command Cloakhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Command_cloak
Tsaisihttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tsaisi
Radank Clawhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Radank
Fire Spittershttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Spitter
Pheromonehttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pheromone/Legends Glands
Arachnid-like Appendages
Lamentationhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ro'ik_chuun_m'arh
Skills: Stend, by the very nature of being a traditionalist Vong and being a Commander is a skilled melee combatant. He draws upon natural athleticism, being agile and quick in combat, with a lean build. As a Commander he is often called upon to test his mettle in battle, however he prefers to coordinate his forces from afar, specializing in leading guerilla warfare.
Personality: Stend is a traditionalist, believing and adhering to the True Path and worshipping the ancient Yuuzhan Vong gods in the manner the Priests dictate to him. Being a true believer, Stend is stoic and reverent in his faith, often relating his struggles and those of his subordinates to anecdotes from ancient Yuuzhan Vong mythology, leading many to call him a “Warrior Priest”. It is clear to those around him that he truly believes much of his rhetoric, if not all, but has a skill and twisting and interpreting events in advantageous ways.
Beneath all of the scripture and belief lies a calculating, methodical dictator who rules his subordinates with a combination of fear and awe, political maneuvering and manipulation within his ranks in order to maintain a totalitarian grip on authority. Using the priesthood to reinforce his military dictatorship as ordained by the Gods, their exile and time spent on reservations as mere tribulations for the failures of faith their people suffered in the past, and his reign as the beginning of a new era. Doubters are quickly snuffed out, either publicly outcast or quietly removed depending on the situation to keep his followers in line.
COMBAT INFORMATION
Weapon of Choice: Tsaisi | Nang Hulhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nang_hul
Combat Function:
Strengths:
- Leader: Stend Choka is a leader, a guerrilla commander and a skilled practitioner of war. He is skilled with many Yuuzhan Vong Weapons, and capable at organizing resistance fighters.
- Fanatic: Stend is a religious believer, following the True Path in the same manner as his ancestors who invaded the galaxy almost a thousand years ago. He holds a hatred for machinery, however he is not above understanding it to subvert his foes.
- Proud: The Commander is a proud individual, and his reign over his Domain requires him to personally answer many challenges to his authority or less he be thought weak.
- Short Reach: Being on the shorter side Stend has shorter arms, the same affects his attached limbs, giving him a shortened reach compared to most.
Stend Choka was born among the Domain during the last years of the Four Hundred Year Darkness as the galaxy began reconnecting. The plague had wrought schism, and in isolation many Yuuzhan Vong fell back into the true path, the centuries of loneliness eased by their belief in their gods once more. Of this sect of Domain Choka, there were many who believed the Four Hundred Year Darkness to be yet another time of tribulation much like their journey between the extra-galactic void. They believed that when the darkness lifted, the gods would bless them with utopia.
Stend grew to adulthood knowing this would not be the case. His understanding of the gods was that they required struggle, sacrifice, and suffering before they rewarded their chosen followers. Yun Yuuzhan created all life in the universe through his sacrifice, and he loved them all, but he held his “chosen” to a much greater standard. In the end, the chosen would spend eternity with their gods, and so their trials deserved to be much harsher. The greater the reward, the more difficult the task. To Stend it was simple, the darkness would lift, and the next test would begin.
Thousands of Yuuzhan Vong joined the One Sith as it rose to power, the Warmasters Tsavong and Reverence both leading their people in glorious crusades of crushing the Republic and the Jedi prior to the Netherworld Crisis. Stend, a simple Sub-Altern at the time of the crusades against the Republic saw his share of the fighting, though he never truly believed the Dark Lord to be a demi-god, for how could a representation of the Gods elevate the impure? How could he grant an outsider, a jeedai in any fashion, power and authority over the Chosen? Stend harbored his doubts, but he could not voice them. His people were at war and they were winning at every turn, hundreds dead, but they claimed victory after victory. Stend joined his Domain in their attempt to Vongform Alderaan and mining the planet for minerals. He oversaw slaves working in the pits when the Netherworld Crisis occured.
In the hellish aftermath that occurred after the Rapture, Stend and his people fought back against the returning Republic Forces, but without the aid of the One Sith they were unable to hold the planet and its people rose up against the Yuuzhan Vong and Sith remnants there. When the planet fell back to the House of Organa, many of the Yuuzhan Vong were moved to reservations around the more heavily vongformed regions of the planets where they were granted several rights. Stend, now a Commander, preached of a return to the True Path of the Yuuzhan Vong. For too long they had allowed their people to follow the contorted and twisted teachings of others, manipulated by the foul Jeedai and their subordinates into a place of servitude. He likened his predecessors to Shamed Ones, and began a tale of rhetoric which resulted in a several skirmishes along the borders of the reservation against the Alderaanian forces. His followers swelled among his Domain, the other Commanders growing wary of his rising popularity. The resurgent Priest Caste quickly aligned itself with Stend, using their following to cast down his rivals and elevate their importance to his authority.
Stend incited a short and bloody civil war to cleanse the Domain within the reservation of rivals, orchestrating an assassination attempt on himself and several of his rivals, which his followers believed to be carried out by his remaining rival leaders. In three short nights, the Yuuzhan Vong executed those they believed to be guilty and elevated Stend as their sole ruler to guide them into the next age of prosperity. Stend set about manipulating other Domains into border wars along the Reservations, which required the Knighthood of Alderaan to intervene on several occasions. Using his unified Domain, Stend was able to put down several insurrections perpetrated by other Domains to lift his standing with the Alderaanians and earn their begrudging trust. Using these events, he negotiated for his people to possess additional rights and privileges, promising to use the additional warriors and resources to instill order through the reservation.
Domain Choka was permitted to increase the size of its Warrior Caste, produce small escort ships, coralskippers, warbeasts, and begin shaping Yuuzhan Vong weaponry in limited amounts so that it could act as the preliminary peace keeping organization within the Yuuzhan Vong Reservation.
