Euron

[Sleven]

Euron "the Death Knight", Crown Prince of Artorias​

Euron was born and raised among Imperial Royalty, his father the King of Artorias. From the moment he was born, Euron was groomed to take his father’s place as King. Taught the subtle ways of the Imperial Courts and given a privileged education only a member of the nobility could afford, he seemed destined to become a shrewd politician and capable leader. That was until the Sith began taking an unusual amount of interest in the Artorias System. In order to foster a favorable public image among the citizens of Artorias, the Sith Imperium took a particular interest in the development of young Euron. Taking him under their wings, they gave him a military position at the helm of Artorian-born soldiers, suitable of a Crown Prince. Having him lead small naval fleets and ground assaults as a morale boosting figure head, they hailed Euron as a decorated leader, hoping to win the hearts and minds of his people. Seeing through the attempted manipulation of his people and his son, Euron’s father made a decision to save Euron from becoming another puppet of the Sith-ruled Imperium. Sending Euron to his friends among the remnants of the Imperial Knights to keep him out of Sith reach, his father attempted to cover up the disappearance of his son through his political influence by brokering deals with the Sith Imperium. Among the Knights, Euron discovered his latent Force sensitivity and began developing his martial prowess beyond the recreational and showmanistic education he had received in his youth. However, his time among the Imperial Knights was not to last. After receiving a basic education from them, they began to realize Euron was not a knightly man. His prideful arrogance, amoral disposition, and neglect of their hierarchy and discipline left him at odds with the Imperial Knights' code and way of life. Eventually, the Knights cut all ties with young Euron, before he could become privy to their future plans. Euron took this time to move about the galaxy alone for a while, making subtle political manipulations and brokering deals among various organizations to perfect his talents. After a few years of honing his craft by accruing wealth and a base of political power all his own, Euron returned to Imperial space to put his practiced skills to the test among the Imperial hierarchy where he belonged. Despite his ability to lead and play behind the scenes, Euron maintained a fastidious dedication to his own development as a Force user and combatant, creating his own perverted version of the Imperial Knights' skillset. It is this skillset that earned him the nickname "Death Knight", as an ode his relationship with his former brothers. Upon reuniting with the Imperial military, Euron underwent a series of arduous mental examinations and psychological testing to ensure he remained loyal to the Imperium before being reinstated as an officer. Many were pleased to find his loyalty remained intact (in many ways having grown), while others were frightened by how much his considerable skillset had grown. By this time the former puppet had become the puppeteer, but even those concerned among the Imperium knew better than to deny the Prince position. After all, Euron’s loyalty meant the loyalty of the Artorias system. Once reinstated as a Captain, those in the Imperium not fearful of Euron intended to make full use of his considerable aptitude. Sending him to train with some of the Imperium’s finest, and even allowing him to enroll in the Chiss’ famed Internship Program, Euron quickly became a member of an elite few who could claim such a comprehensive level training. The only certainty the Imperium had about him, was that he would undoubtably use his considerable skillset for the glory of the Imperium and the people of the Artorias system. Or perhaps---he would use it all for himself. ​

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Clash in the Skies
Welcome, Captain

 

[Sleven]

Spoiler: Basic Information

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Name:	Euron	Species:	Human
Faction:	Imperium	Homeworld:	Artorias
Title(s):	Crown Prince (Artorias), Captain (Imperial Navy), Intern Officer (Chiss)	Age:
		Gender:	Male
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Charisma:	■■■■■■■■■■	Force Sensitive:	Yes

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Spoiler: Skills

Training:
Throughout his lifetime, Euron has spent his days arduously learning new skills to make him a worthy successor to the throne of Artorias. While many of these skills were demanded of him given his title and position in the Imperium and various other organizations, there are quite a number he has taken upon himself to learn.
(This is by no means a comprehensive list, merely the ones relevant to his current situation)

Imperial protocol demands that all members of the military must be extensively trained in numerous forms of combat. Unlike many military structures, Imperial officers are no exception to this rule. Instead, they are often far better trained than the soldiers underneath them in multiple forms so as to set a proper example. While Euron follows, and in many ways exceeds, this mandate he considers himself an officer first and foremost preferring to rely on his sharp wit and smooth tongue rather than his martial prowess.

Hand-to-hand – Primarily influenced by his Imperial training, Euron has expanded on this in order to shape himself into an effective combatant against any variety of opponents and armaments, even when unarmed. His integrated martial practices have resulted in a personal hybrid regiment consisting of a mash-up of various arts including those of the: Noghri, Echani, Chiss, Mandalorian/Death Watch, Palawa, classic boxing, and even his royal fencing techniques. Knowing all too well the threat posed to deck officers by boarding parties, this is one skill Euron maintains dutifully and has honed indefinitely.

Small & Medium Arms – By no means a crack shot, Euron is nonetheless capable of accurately firing and utilizing a number of weapons and explosives in high-pressure situations. In this particular arena, Euron excels with small arms more so than others, preferring sidearms and knives for practical reasons given his position and post.

Piloting – As a commissioned officer in the Imperial Navy, Euron is quite the ace pilot. Despite his tendency to sit on the command bridge of an Imperial Warship and assume tactical command of a battlefield, his ability to pilot smaller craft or lead a wing of fighters has not diminished. He is more than capable of getting the most out of any craft he is piloting, and is even capable of making said craft do things they were not intended to.

Politics & Warfare – Strategy, tactics, and administration are second nature to Euron, and in many ways compose his finest skill set. Capable of running anything from a successful political agenda to full blown naval warfare, and even infiltration, there is no doubt in the minds of those around him that Euron was born and bred to lead. A strategic and creative thinker, this is further driven by his ambition. Euron is capable of looking at many battlefields and political situations, considering numerous factors simultaneously, and coming up with the right approach for the situation. When put to the test Euron has been known to take routes varying from exceedingly simple and obvious to unorthodox and extravagant largely influenced by necessity and state of mind.

Psychological Manipulator – Ever the manipulator, Euron’s knowledge of the mind and body language of species both sentient and non is both acute and cruel and he uses this to his advantage gratuitously.

Royal & Military Education – Throughout his lifetime Euron has been afforded one of the best possible liberal arts educations in the galaxy. This has given him a firm grasp of a number of subjects including: philosophy, the sciences, the arts, history, language, mathematics, and much more. His military education has further expanded upon this broad knowledge base in a number of pertinent areas.

Survival & First Aid – Although basic, Euron still has the knowledge required to render first aid, apply field dressing, and perform other tasks that could easily save a person’s life in and outside of combat. Coupled with his basic knowledge of survival in numerous planetary and space environments (as required by the Imperial military) Euron is able to at the very least sustain his own existence if stranded or without supplies.

Spoiler: Unusual Skillsets

Fencing – While modern fencing tends to be a skill of tradition, more so than practicality, it is something commonly learned by Royalty and Naval Officers. When Euron was younger, his actual bladework was keen, but never anything extraordinary. Euron’s true gift in the art lied in his exceptional balance, footwork, and movement, winning many a spar on these three fundamental aspects of fencing alone.

Lightsaber – His time spent as an Imperial Knight taught Euron how to effectively wield a lightsaber during combat. Euron is a competent practitioner of Form V, choosing it over many of the team oriented lightsaber forms typically preferred by young Knights in training. It is a skill he has further refined on his own over the years, incorporating his skills with fencing into the art to give it a personal feel.

Spoiler: the Force

the Force – Throughout his lifetime Euron has become quite skilled with many of the basic Force powers, these include: Body Control (which allows him control over his mind and body such as Breath Control, Curato Salva, Mental Barriers, Tapas, Detoxify Poison, Battlemind, and Enhance Ability), Force Speed, Force Stealth, Force Sense, Farsight/Precognition, Mind Tricks, Telekinesis, Tutaminis, and Telepathy. Outside of the basic Force abilities, Euron has learned a few other tricks, including: Force Flash, Ionize, and an understanding of Sorcery.

Euron’s only true “unique” manifestation of the Force is his considerable ability with Force Drain. This ability manifested itself within Euron at an early age when he was exploring one of the many forests on Artorias. Finding himself lost, Euron was without food or shelter for days. Coming to an area irreparably wounded and corrupted by the near millennia old Vong invasion, Euron’s physical hunger began manifesting itself as a hunger in the Force, mirroring the wound caused by this defiled Vongforming site on Artorias. His newfound power eventually allowed Euron to feed off of the living plants and animals around him, similar to how the corruption caused by the Vongforming had managed to survive all those years. When he finally returned home, Euron told no one of what he had seen or experienced but has carried the burden of the power throughout his lifetime.

Sleight of Hand – A skill Euron picked up on his own during his time on the lamb, his nimble hands and precise technique allow him to perform some extraordinary feats with small objects, namely cards. A common practice of magicians, it allows Euron to make things seemingly appear and disappear with the proper combination of fast, fluid, and hidden movements. Euron has long practiced its numerous applications from palming an object to pick pocketing. While it began as a recreational pursuit, Euron quickly found ways to employ his skillset to knives and small arms, drawing weapons from concealed locations seemingly instantly. Next to his Force sensitivity, it is one particular skill he tends to keep to himself.

 

[Sleven]

Decided to make this guy a full blown Imperial.

But there's so much to choose from between the Ubiqtorate, Stormtroopers, Navy, etc.

Any help from choosing a specific direction for this character from knowledgeable Imperials out there would be greatly appreciated (people like Black Noise and Weiss). Where do you think a guy like this would fit well? I was thinking politics, but the current politics of the Imperials seem to revolve mostly around the military and Sith, so it would probably have to be within that structure.

Thoughts?

 

[Rom]

Glad to know I'm not a knowledgeable Imperial.... :CCry2

A) He seems like he'd be best suited as a Sith due to the Force sensitivity, and dual enroll in a military branch
B) The only real "government" with PCs is the Dark Council, Ubiq, and the upcoming Imperial Ambassadors Corp.

 

[Black Noise]

What Rom said, and this.

With that arrogance(which, mind you, I like), he would not fit well within the Stormtroopers or as a ground troop. You could get him in as a naval-based man as he'd fit well commanding fleets or wings of fighters, depends on where you'd prefer to have him fight and train. Commanders within the navy tend to often have more political weight behind their orders than Commanders within the army as well.

You could take him Sith with that force sensitivity if you wished then have him enroll in the Imperial Military. But doing so may have you start at a lower rank as Sith will be forced to prove themselves more so than someone of his background.

 

[Sleven]

You are very knowledgeable Rom, my apologies (last time I was here Arcturus was Dark Lord and I didn’t mention him because I lumped it all under the Sith thing, so don’t feel too bad) *consolation prize*?!?!

Also, anyone who is Imperium knowledgeable should feel free to write here. I did not mean to single certain people out as the only ones who knew about stuff.

Euron is definitely an Imperial first and foremost, hence the Imperial tag. Given his personality he would most likely despise most Sith for what he sees as uncalculated and senseless backstabbing and bloodletting within their own ranks to achieve some arbitrary ideal of mystical power. In other words: he doesn’t fit into the “Sith are evil” archetype. The Force is more of a tool to him, neither a means nor an end, simply another facet to factor into the grand scheme of things. While he has emotions, he doesn’t rely on them for power, rather preferring to be objective and logical in his planning and actions. He also does a lot better with collaboration and mutual respect rather than “I am your master, so you do what I say.” So, long story short, I don’t think the Sith are the right thing for him, despite his understanding of how and why they got to be where they are at the helm of the Imperium. Despite that, I could possibly see him receiving training from them just probably not through conventional means.

Looks like Ubiq, Navy, and/or Ambassadors (haven’t gotten word of this yet) (possibly dual if he could find Sith that share his philosophies and non-evil nature) might be his thing. I’ll shoot you guys a PM if you wouldn’t mind helping me flesh this out.

 

[Ten10dix]

If he hates the Sith, but loves the Empire, do what Leroy did and join the True Throne! They're as cool as the baddies but have the moral high ground of the goodies.

Anyway if you want a political career, I'd go with the Navy. Ubiq, from the impression I have of it, is more of an intelligence agency meaning you'd be working behind the scenes, not really good for a political career. Ambassadors are alright but rarely spoken of, again not so good for a political career.

Navy, especially in times of strife, would be best as you can gain popular support and importance as you climb the ranks. Become Admiral, pull a few strings, become Moff, continue on from there.

Or join the True Throne and destroy the evil Sith government and help rebuild it! xD.

 

[Sleven]

If he hates the Sith, but loves the Empire, do what Leroy did and join the True Throne! They're as cool as the baddies but have the moral high ground of the goodies.

Anyway if you want a political career, I'd go with the Navy. Ubiq, from the impression I have of it, is more of an intelligence agency meaning you'd be working behind the scenes, not really good for a political career. Ambassadors are alright but rarely spoken of, again not so good for a political career.

Navy, especially in times of strife, would be best as you can gain popular support and importance as you climb the ranks. Become Admiral, pull a few strings, become Moff, continue on from there.

Or join the True Throne and destroy the evil Sith government and help rebuild it! xD.

He dislikes the Sith not necessarily for their cruelty or lack of morals, but simply because of the fact that they are inefficient. They sacrifice allies and other valuable assets through a system of constant betrayal and as a result are unable to achieve any truly long-term goals. Euron sees this as unintelligent and wasteful. While Euron would have no hesitation sacrificing the lives of millions or even billions of people to achieve an end, he would need to be sure it was done as intelligently and efficiently as possible so as not to hurt his goals later on down the road. The Sith very rarely take such things into account and often take their own limbs in their desire to achieve power. Euron's own experience with the Darkside and the Force in general has shown him that he disagrees with the principle of sole reliance on the Darkside given the repercussions of its uses. Thus he sees the Sith as hurting themselves by even relying on that spectrum of the Force as much as they do.

Basically, Euron is not a moral man. While he appears grandiose, a good leader, and at times sincere, deep down he may even be more cruel and selfish than the Sith. He is that evil that you don't see. The one that could be standing right in front of you carrying out it's every whim while you stood by and applauded at your own demise.

And that's what makes him incompatible with the Imperial Knights and their puppets in almost every regard.

EDIT: Also according to what's currently written about the Ubiq in the Imperium section of the forum, they essentially run the government and Imperium (in accordance with the wishes of the Empress and Dark Lord of course). So they would actually be a good grounds to gain political power from. I went with Navy to make the character more visible and interactive.

 

[Ten10dix]

So, I mean, what is his goal? He seems prepared to do anything to achieve it, as you have pointed out, but a political career to me would suggest he wants to be in a position of power, to exert his influence.

Wouldn't that just make him a smart Sith (smart in that he would rather use others than remove them)? Someone who is willing to do anything for power? Or would that just make him an Imperial version of a Sith (not a fully fledged Sith but with the same general mindsets)?

 

[Sleven]

So, I mean, what is his goal? He seems prepared to do anything to achieve it, as you have pointed out, but a political career to me would suggest he wants to be in a position of power, to exert his influence.

Wouldn't that just make him a smart Sith (smart in that he would rather use others than remove them)? Someone who is willing to do anything for power? Or would that just make him an Imperial version of a Sith (not a fully fledged Sith but with the same general mindsets)?

Well, I don't want to give away too much about goals and such (likely because I don't have it exactly worked out myself :p ). But also because, in character, other characters would perceive him to be a great leader and an entirely loyal and efficient Imperial, not evil.

To your second line of questions: it would make Euron, Euron. He's going to be an Imperial first and foremost as far as loyalties go. However, if he is somehow discovered as a force sensitive and the Sith try and bring him into (or force him into) their ranks, he would still maintain his ideals. Like most people he puts himself first, but second is the Imperium, and he despises the Sith in almost every way (or at least the ones he has known) while maintaining the slightest of respect for the fact that they are currently in power.

 

[Black Noise]

in character, other characters would perceive him to be a great leader and an entirely loyal and efficient Imperial, not evil.

And that, in case anyone ever wonders, is my view of a perfect Imperial soldier. People need to understand that the Imperium military is not made up of evil people in white armor seeking to slaughter civilians at every turn. Imperial soldiers are efficient, powerful leaders who seek order throughout the galaxy, and the GA cannot, and has not ever, delivered real order in my opinion.

Two things, one, I am absolutely ecstatic that you still plan on RPing Euron. Konstantine and him should get into a thread together. That way we can get some social RP, Konstantine can establish relationships with his men, and you can get some more skill though space combat(as well as possibly some Chiss exclusive space battle tactics for Euron to study, the type the rest of the military does not have access to). That, and Konstantine is also not pleased with the actions of the Sith in the battle of Coruscant either.

Secondly, How are we with his promotion status? Do PM me as it's been a while since we talked about that and I'd like to know if any of your plans/opinions/story ideas on it have changed.

 

[Dmitri]

And that, in case anyone ever wonders, is my view of a perfect Imperial soldier. People need to understand that the Imperium military is not made up of evil people in white armor seeking to slaughter civilians at every turn. Imperial soldiers are efficient, powerful leaders who seek order throughout the galaxy, and the GA cannot, and has not ever, delivered real order in my opinion.

I would also like to add that that's also describes the Imperium as a whole, in regards to establishing order. That includes the Sith. Not all, but some. Hell, Geist's main motivation for all the acts he has been is to establish Order throughout the galaxy. Maybe not the most nicest of avenues, but motivation all the same. That's what I think many people forget. Sith may commonly be portrayed, especially in canon, as evil bastards, but that doesn't mean they have to be, or they necessarily always are in SWRP.