Post by Patrick on Jun 11, 2018 17:28:28 GMT -5
Trying to be sublime is as pathetic, as pretending to be powerful
• Name: Kaecilius Julianus Neron Elvorix
• Species: Anzati/human
• Gender: Male
• Age: 67
• Titles: Prince Valak (crown name), Third-To-Throne, Everlasting Heir, Cursed Infant
• Faction: Holy Empire of Maratun
• Homeworld: Maratun
• Sexuality: Bisexual
• Marital status: Single
• Trivia:
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PERSONALITY
This world is cruel… but it does not have to be ugly
If somebody was to disclose in one word the whole persona of Kaecilius, One might probably use the word highborn. There are no doubts, that Elvorix is a highborn with blue blood, which traits accompanies every single actions he undertakes. The way he moves, the way he speaks, the way he honours other people with his haughty gaze, everything reveals his noble upbringing and social status. He moves with grace and eminence, keeping his head high and looking down one’s nose at people said to be inferior to him. He is reserved and rarely bothers himself with people he considers to be plebeians. Nonetheless, he likes talking with people even with rustic origin, just in order to play with them. Neron is usually calm and tranquil. He does not give in to emotions and remains a cold attitude, keeping reserve. Even if he sometimes does shout and behaves truculently, it is usually dictated by the lust of playing. And here is the next step of his complex personality – he is a player. What does it mean? It means that there is no real selfhood of his, which he habitually demonstrates to other people. He rather creates elaborate masks, which he puts on whenever he wishes to.
Merging those traits together may create an image of a snotty and narcissistic, hollow braggart. But actually he is cunning and intelligent – his mind is analytical and whatever he sees, he rapidly analysis from many points of view. His knowledge of human’s psychology and tactics gives him an asset to be a very inspired (and inspiring) individual, who may startle anyone, who misjudged him.
Very special sphere of life is sabre combat. Whenever he draws his golden lightsaber, he becomes someone else. He takes it for granted, that swordplay is art, not just a way of mutilating his enemies at all cost. Wielding a sabre he feels like a true artist, who is playing on the theatre’s boards. He does not fight – he performs. As a matter of fact, he loses control of himself and begins to fight with full passion and focus. He believes that through elegant swordsmanship he creates a masterpiece, his adversary is just his tool on the way to achieve success. When he holds the lightsaber, he turns into a morbid, a little bit insane artist of mayhem.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
I do not kill… I provide eternal katharsis
• Reflexes: thanks to perennial training and natural predispositions, Kaecilius was able to elaborate an immense reflex. His speed, flexibility, dexterity, perception and suppleness are extended to the very limits of possibilities, making him a very skilled and fast warrior. However, he lacks strength and muscles power, so instead of brute force he is forced to lean on his speed and artfulness.
• Telepathy: Lord Valak is an Anzati. He is naturally talented in telepathy and based on those abilities he has developed very powerful ways of Force Telepathy. He probes minds of his adversaries with an ease, just by looking and them. Even force-sensitives have problems with resisting his penetrating will. He makes a great use of illusions in many ways, altering a casual fight into a clash of wills, where the enemy cannot be sure of anything he sees or experiences. His special, own technique, which he developed is Force Figment. It is a powerful illusion, but in order to cast it on the enemy, the opponent needs to look into Kaecilius’ eyes (a glimpse of the face is enough). Then, in an imperceptible moment, in a blink of an eye, the victim transfers deep into his mind, to a world completely controlled by the Prince. Julianus can make his prey suffer for hours, days, weeks, even years an inconceivable pain, experienced on every sensual level, while in fact the suffering will last only few seconds. And even if the illusion does not hurt the victim physically, it may make him lose his mind, fall into depression or even cause a mental illness.
• Tactics and strategy: due to his high affiliation with military circles and true passion in war, he has read many articles and books about strategy. He has the necessary knowledge on how to command people, effectively allocate resources and use many tactics. His knowledge of psychology also helps him in commanding, both his own people and intimidating enemies, which is a very effective strategy on the battlefield. His skills and natural talent were proven on numerous battles he commanded during his lifetime.
• Sagacious sight: thanks to some genetic modifications and a specific way of using Force, Elvorix has created something unmistakable. The performance of his eyes has been unimaginably improved, so now they are able to do things impossible to standard eyes. They tracking of objects improved significantly to a level that now he is able to see a blade cut through the air in a slow-motion-like picture, so he is able to anticipate other’s movement. What is more, the eye are now able to track multiple targets, as their line of sight and “speed of working” has emphatically increased. Thanks to that, they enable the Prince to watch few targets at once.
• Speed: another speciality of Kaecillius. He uses the Force to hugely improve his speed, by both boosting his muscles, but also utilising pure Force strength to quicken his movement. For a short period of time he is able to accelerate up to vertiginous velocities, which are so fast that the enemy does not even register the movement, seeing just blinks of reappearing posture. Regrettably, there is a big flaw of this technique – the rapidity of the movement is so high, that during the blinks he barely sees anything, what forces him to rely on some estimations and expectations.
• Anzati abilities: as an Anzati, not only does he have boosted reflexes and a natural ability to telepathy, but he also possesses something, what might be considered both as a miracle and a curse. Due to the species specifications, Julianus has to feed on other’s life essence. In his cheeks, there are hidden two tentacles, which enable him to probe somebody’s head and begin leeching their “soup”. It is said, that this curse provides him with eternal life and youthful appearance and thanks to consuming other’s soup he is able to prevail. In fact, it is his addiction. He has to drink the essence once in a while in order to remain conscious. If he would have neglected it, the consequences would be dreadful. He might slowly turn into a brainless monster, whose only compulsion would be to quench the thirst of blood. It is said, that consuming force-sensitives soup makes him stronger and strengthens his connection with the Force.
LIGHSTABER STYLE
I shall choreograph your demise
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As a refined fencer, Kaecilius did develop his own, unique fighting style. He has trained Makashi before, but he recognised it’s flaws and defects, which have made this style inutile in modern times. In order to improve it and distinguish himself from other swordsmen, he has created something new.
The new style, which he named Staccato, or “The Way of Ballet Acklay”. This style uses the experience of Makashi’s masters, like Darth Tyranus to reforge it into efficient and up-to-date style. It’s most distinguishing feature is the positing. Like in real fencing, the fencer is set sideways to the opponent, with the hand holding sabre pointed at the enemy. Such a position allows him to reduce the hit field for the enemy and gives a great area for feints, dodges and parades. What is more, it enables the fencer to be unpredictable, while holding the enemy off, keeping quite long distance between them. Thanks to it, Julianus controls the battleground and can use it for his adventage.
While in fight, the style relies on dancing movements and smooth movement. Instead of brutally attack, Staccato prefers to keep ascetic and economic defence connected with meticulous attention in order to recognize enemies blind spots and flaws. Attacks performed with Staccato are sudden, unexpected, rapid and precise, hitting those blind spots or trying to somehow fool the enemy. It relies heavily on psychology, while trying to tire of the opponent or provoke him to expose himself for a single, piercing thrust.
Unfortunately, it is not flawless. The specific positioning makes Staccato quite ineffective while facing an enemy who relies on pure strength. If such an enemy would be a skilled warrior and instead of thoughtlessly raining Neron with cuts will use a tactic of utilising brute force, the fencer might experience some problems. If enemy will come hazardously close to Kaecilius, he might also have some problems as long as he does not push the enemy off or just increase the distance.
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• 5 (will appear… some day)
GEAR
Yes, a gun is ironic
His main weapon is The Whispering Dancer – a unique, golden-bladed lightsaber made especially for him. It is made of high quality materials, decorated with high carat gold and solicitously engraved ornaments. The lightsaber indeed is beautiful, prestigious and elegant, well-fitting the fencers hand and allowing him to maximise the power of Staccato.
While on an incognito mission, he wears a golden mask, which covers his identity and also provides some extra vision (like night vision, thermography etc.). It also protects his face from direct cuts and allows him to change the voice, not to be recognised by anyone.
