Ambassador from Necropolis
NAME: Sycorax Laveaux
FACTION: High Republic
RANK: Ambassador from Dahrtag
SPECIES: Near Human
AGE: 40s
SEX: Female
HEIGHT: 5'4" (1.62 meters)
BUILD: Average
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black with white streaks
SKIN: Pale
FORCE SENSITIVE: No
THEME: "The Villain I Appear To Be" - Connor Spiotto, Molly Pease
PREVIOUS BIO: Sycorax Laveaux, Senator of Dahrtag
POLITICAL PLATFORM:
- Holds her principles above all else, even her own safety
- Stubborn and combative in debate
- Risks falling into the trap of contrarianism
- Devoutly religious, bordering on superstitious
- No combat experience, but has some marksmanship training
- Never travels without her team of trusted bodyguards
- Anti corruption
- Tough on crime
- "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."
- Independent
- As Governor of Lamont:
- Cracked down on organized crime
- Survived assassination attempt which killed her husband, Victor Laveaux
- As GA Senator of Dahrtag:
- Penned the Equal Rights Act (900 ABY)
- Droid rights - Initially voted against, later abstained
- Survived another assassination attempt and subsequent coma
- Attempted to have Dahrtag secede from the collapsing GA and join the High Republic, but her term ended and the deal fell through
- Victor Laveaux - Husband (deceased)
- Aldric Laurent - Significant Other
-
Alicio Organa
- Frequent Collaborator, Friend -
Thelma Goth
- Personal Tailor, Friend (?)
APPEARANCE:
Sycorax Laveaux's face was disfigured by an assassination attempt many years ago. Reconstructive surgery and heavy makeup hides the worst of it, but prominent scars are still visible along her jawline and neck. Regarded as a fashion icon on her homeworld, she paints her face pale white with black lipstick, eyeliner, and bold eyebrows drawn in thin slanting lines. A distinct zig-zagging streak of white runs through her frizzy, gravity-defying dark hair. In contrast, her clothing tends to be simple and conservative, with white sheet-like garments covering her body from neck to toe.
BIOGRAPHY:
Named after a legendary witch, Sycorax Laveaux was born in the city of Lamont. Her family was wealthy and descended from the city's founders. Spending much of her childhood and adolescence at a series of boarding schools, she grew from a quiet, reserved girl into an outspoken, free-thinking young woman eager for independence.
Her idea of rebellion involved a return to the traditionalism of her forebears. Sycorax adopted the "old ways", an almost forgotten Necropolitan religion defined by veneration of the spirits, or loa. Her parents, who had always showed little interest in her, hardly noticed (nor cared) when she set up a shrine and altar in her old treehouse and began performing the ancient rites.
At school she shunned the companionship of those in her social class, instead befriending outcasts and outsiders. With her preppy boarding school uniform, bobbed hair and plain makeup, she stood out like a sore thumb in a crowd of punks and freaks, many of whom were suspicious of the poor little rich girl's motives. Even Sycorax herself didn't seem sure of what she was doing hanging around these people. That is, until she met a wannabe rock star named Victor at an amateur concert held in a barn. The two soon felt an attraction to one another, though their relationship was turbulent and fraught with the usual teenage angst. After a rocky start, they embarked on a passionate (and doomed) romance and became engaged.
Though she initially felt a calling to a religious vocation, she eventually opted for a career in politics and was elected Mayor of Lamont. Her youthful idealism was quickly culled when her fight against organized crime in her hometown led to an assassination attempt on her wedding night. Victor was killed; Sycorax survived, but was badly disfigured. From then on, it was war.
Sycorax was involved in the formation of a secret paramilitary group, the so-called "Monsters of Necropolis", which infiltrated, hunted down and wiped out numerous criminal gangs. They also uncovered evidence of voivodes, vampire nobility, still occupying positions of power within Dahrtag's government. Fighting vampires proved more difficult, as they often employed supernatural powers against their enemies. Sycorax responded with subterfuge and blackmail; when these tactics failed, she resorted to assassinations. Her critics denounced her for being just as thuggish as the gangsters she had campaigned against, but her zero tolerance policy led to her gaining the support of the common people who had long suffered under the reign of parasites.
Decades after she began the process of cleaning up Lamont, she was elected Senator of Dahrtag, a position which her predecessor left stained by scandal and corruption. After a highly eventful run, the collapse of the GA brought an end to her tenure in office. Sycorax longs to retire and hang up her political hat, but as long as she believes her planet needs her, she will continue to serve as its representative to the greater galaxy.
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