Character Application
NAME: Ranganok M. Thanaton, also known as Mikaeli Wolfsbane
FACTION: Sith Empire(Former), Rebels(Former), Alderaanian noble(currently)
RANK: Dark Lord(Former), Rebel General(Former), Diplomat and Heir of the Wolfsbane House
SPECIES: Energy Vampire(He doesn't have the ability to turn others into zombies)
AGE: 1000+(officially 21)
GENDER: Male
FORCE SENSITIVE: Trained Master of the Force
APPEARANCE:
Original Appearance:
Before being mutated by the dark side he had quite a simple look. He also uses this appearance when masking. He is fairly tall having 179 cm. Also quite "skinny" with only 71 kg. He has a slim-athletic build. His silhouette is slim, and even if he doesn't have muscles big in mass, he has them well defined, and as powerful as the others. He has a prominent collar bone and jawline, as the other bones due to his slim build.
He has a downed messy hair, brown in color. His bangs are formed from spike-like strands of hair pointed downwards. His face looks both cold and young...like a 17-20 yo human boy. Tough some people might see him having an innocent like face. His eyes are like two cold brown jewels, clear and sharp. He has small ears and a pretty small mouth. His eyebrows are slim and well contoured, like he was shaping them, though they are like that naturally. Also, his teeth are made to look like normal human teeth and the canines elongate only when feeding.
His true form isn't much different from the original one...thanks to his enhanced trinkets and his high regeneration(when feeding) he managed to keep the body mutation to a minimum. He now has white hair, like the snow on Hoth. His teeth, aside from the long canines, are sharper, having a pointy end( like the beast fangs). His eyes are red, with a feline like pupil, looking like lusting for blood and sending a grim vibe. His nails are long and in a V form. They are also more durable like the claws of a beast.
All over his body are red inked tribal tattoos. On his hands, covering from his wrist and ending on his chest. On the front , covering the chest and the abs. On the legs, from the waist to the ankle. And finally, on his back, the entire region is covered in a tribal tattoo depicting the head of a wyrwulf.
ATTRIBUTES:
Combat skills:
His best strength in a combat is the force itself. He is a force oriented user...knowing a lot about the force. His connection to the Force is very strong and thus, his force powers are very powerful and devastating to some. When in a fight, he uses the force at aprox 80% of the time.
Tough he is very good at using the force, due to this, he lacks on the lightsaber training. He isn't trained almost at all in lightsaber fighting, thus almost never uses one. He knows the basics, but that makes him just an amateur. Instead, to compensate for his lack of close combat/melee skills, he learned martial arts, which helped him greatly at dodging trough acrobatic movements.
Stats:
Due to his focus on the force, and working as a leader to people, Ranganok became quite intellectual. Intelligence being on of his greatest assets.His mind is always working always finding multiple solutions for a problem and tactics to use. Also because of the amount of force he uses, he also developed his stamina, thus being able to cast his techniques for a longer period of time.
Due to his Martial training, his dexterity improved a lot, being more flexible and quick to react.
But because of his focuses, he neglected some of the stats, thus, his strength being below average. His race has enhanced strength, but he has the strength of a human.
Personality:
There are several good things and bad things here. For example, he believes in destiny, that everything happens for a reason, be it good or bad and that the force always moves to our greater good(even if that means your death). Thus, he is able to get over things very fast and accept them, concentrating on what he can learn from it and what to do next. He also has the ability to go in a state of tranquility, remain calm and serene, detaching himself from everything, thus making it harder for those who want to mingle with his mind .
One of the things that can cause him a lot of problems is that when someone asks for his help, guidance, something....he always says yes. However, he helps that person as he thinks it's best, which sometimes might not be what that person wanted.
He also never lies....He never did and never will use deception. Tough it may avoid the truth or not say the full truth...but he never gives false information(unless he thinks it's true).
He never forced anyone to do his bidding...He never uses mind control techniques. He gives them the options they have and lets them choose. But he will act accordingly to their choices....as each action has a consequence.
He accepts anyone who wants to join and help him, thus making him somehow vulnerable to some nasty things, exceptions being when he thinks someone else needs them more.
When he promises something, he always keeps his word...even if that kills him.
During his long life, the dark side started to seep more and more into his mind trying to drive him mad. In all his lifetime he gone mad twice...killing a lot of lives until he was stopped. While he can keep it under control usually...when he uses the dark side's power, he slowly tends to become more and more agresive, going more and more towards that point of madness again. Great anger also makes the dark side's influence stronger.
PERSONALITY:
It couldn't be said that Ranganok has a well defined personality. If it were to describe him in one word, it would be Singularity. He tends to be able to be everything, from a cruel tyrant to a kind stranger, from a very serious person to a very sarcastic/joking one, from a hard working one to a lazy one and so on, and all of these sides are still him.
Though there are some traits that he has almost at all times. He is always open minded, and is never 100% sure of what he knows. He always leaves room for doubt in case he is wrong, so that he may learn and become better. Always thirsting for knowledge, he loves exploring old ruins, artifacts and learning teaching from all(sith, jedi and those with their own manifestation of the force) He doesn't try to prove his point or to prove that the other is wrong. Instead, he keeps asking them question until they block and some realize they're wrong themselves.
He loves life, and all living beings. Unconditional love, love for all creation. This is one of the main reasons he can't feel hate and envy. Tough this doesn't stop him from experiencing anger. He doesn't believe death to be something negative or bad at all. In his philosophy, all life comes from the force, and once it ends it returns to the force: There is no death, only the force. Also because of his love, he wants to guide the people, to help them raise themselves, teach them how to achieve what they want and be happy, and this doesn't limit only to force sensitives. He believes that any sentient can manifest the force with enough guidance.
He can also have complete control over his emotions and desires, making it much easier to use his power. This way, he can be both warming kind or cruely cold. He can kill someone without any hesitation, swift and merciless, if he deems that is necessary. He believes his actions are guided by the Force itself, trying to help the destiny unfold. He believes that everyone has a path, and the force's will is to make sure that destiny will happen, one way or another.
The force, in his eyes, is singularity. Everything in the galaxy is the physical manifestation of the force, the living included. Thus, He is the Force itself and his will is heeded by the force, after all, If he wants something he asks it from the force and it will somehow give Ranganok's the opportunity to gain what he desires."Everything is yours for the taking, if you only ask".
His philosophy about the people is that everyone has the right to be who they want, how the want and do what they want. But the others have the right to respond how they want as well. "You are free to choose what you want, but you are not free from the consequences of your decisions."
One of his strongest personality traits is empathy. He is able to understand any living being, even when they do most atrocious things. Because he always tend to put himself into the other's shoes in order to understand them better. This way, he developed a skill to read people and guess their intentions.
One of his greatest desires is to create a place, where people understand each other, where they share their knowledge and work as one. A place of eternal happiness, love and knowledge and a sanctuary for any who comes to it.
Ranganok often likes to stay and observe people, to test them and see how they react in some circumstances, what decisions they make and where will they end to. He will grant them knowledge and help them harness they power, so that he may see how they use them and if they end in the light side or they fall into the dark side.
Even though he lived for a long time and maybe he achieved some things, e still keeps himself humble, thinking that he is just doing what he needs to, as everyone else, and he doesn't see himself special, above all others. On the contrary, he believes that with proper knowledge and training, everyone can achieve the level he has, thus, making everyone his equal.
He also thinks of himself as a keeper of balance. So whenever someone seems to threaten the balance and bring chaos, he will start to act and eliminate those persons, some times in a most horrid way. He doesn't discriminate, be it jedi, sith, light side, dark side etc...if it goes out of control, he will eliminate, and trim it down to an acceptable scale.
Even though he did and sometimes still does atrocious things, he knows self restraint. He knows when to spare and when to kill. When to win and when to lose. When to act and when to stay.
He is a very honest man, never lying and when he promises something he sees it trough the very end. He knows that when in someone's else base, he should abide by the rules, as he expects from them when coming to his. He never lies, and because of that he never tries to deceive anyone. He respects the free will above all else, thus never imposing his way of life, teachings or even his will onto others.
He likes to explore new places, and enjoy the little things in life, like good food, and find new sources of entertaining. Traveling to new places, learning from different cultures, eating new types of food and drinking, participate in games, or just spectate, admire views, know people and observe them and this list goes on and on. Whenever he discover something new or interesting he becomes enthusiastic like kid when discovering something new to play with.
Ranganok also has a philosophical side, where he sometimes talks about life and all it has to offer, sometimes even speaking in rimes. He made a habit of this from learning many force factions philosophies including the jedi and the sith, creating his own from a combination of those. He could be seen as the "wise old man" who sometimes talks in riddles.
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BIOGRAPHY:
More than a thousand years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, on a peculiar planet, there was a tribe of energy vampires. They weren't a big community and they didn't involve themselves with the rest of the galaxy. They spent their time living in peace...until 3 children with an extremely strong connection to the force was born. A very powerful Sith found out about the little vampire tribe and it's 3 children strong with the force. He ordered the Empire to kidnap them and take them into the empire to make true sith out of them. The 3 children, which happened to be brothers, were abducted by the empire, from their tribe. The oldest was 5 years, the second was 3 and Ranganok had only one year at that moment.
The empire took care of them, and the Great Sith became their "father". The sith training began at the age of 7 for each one of them, until then being "invaded" with suggestions, which would control their grow. The first "son" had a natural talent for melee combat, thus being very good at lightsaber training. The second one, had a very sharp mind, being able to learn people and manipulate them even at young age. And Ranganok, had a very destructive release of force. His connection at 7 years was stronger even than some siths. Most of his training was on force use, while he didn't have any talent on lightsaber training.
The training was going smoothly and at an exaggerated speed rate. At the age of 12, Ranganok was sent on Korriban to continue his training at the Sith Temple. In one year, he killed a dozen competitors, in training, and on challenges due to the fact that he couldn't hold back his power. So at the age of 13, he became the apprentice of his "father". The next 2 years were still spent on Korriban, training to better control the force.
At the age of 15, Ranganok and his Master, Mogorth, left Korriban and got involved in the war. At first, he only participated in small skirmishes, and always with his master nearby, watching and ensuring that the boy doesn't die sooner than needed. After two years, he started doing his first solo mission, which was a huge success, ending in killing a jedi knight. This is also the time when his body started to slow it's aging more and more until it practically stopped.
For the duration of 4 years, Ranganok had win after win, kill after kill, making his ego grow bigger and bigger and start overestimating himself. He reached the point where he thought about himself to be invincible. At the age of 21 he became a commander in the Sith Empire's military, commanding his own battallion.
The very first mission he had as a commander, he had to go against a jedi master, member of the jedi council. While he managed to infiltrate and push back the enemy, having the upper hand, Ranganok's arrogance made him overestimate himself and went after the jedi master. The fight ended in a crushing defeat and destruction of most of his battalion. He was captured and spared due to the Jedi thinking he could save the boy, and draw him out of the dark side.
But before he could actually gain any results, Mogorth infiltrated with a small sith unit into the republic base and managed to break out the boy. That serious blow taught the boy a few things, and opened his eyes...he wasn't as invincible as he thought. He decided to work under his master again for 10 years, trying to learn everything possible from him, his way of thinking and how to be a better sith.
After 10 years of guidance, Ranganok emerged as a new man...a wiser man, now knowing better than to venture blindly into the enemy lines, even though he still looked like a 17 year old kid. By this time, both his brothers had become generals in the Sith Empire's military, Astaroth (the oldest) was a great military leader and Kherubim (the middle brother), was one of many advisors to the sith council, a prestigious position to be sure, and he was very good at politics and scheming from the shadows. All three generals were ruthless and deadly efficient, earning the "title" of the Three Demon Generals.
It was also the time when Ranganok reached the Prime of his power, being a Sith with great destructive power in the Empire. He participated in solo missions for a while, having a success rate of 70%. He commanded regiments of sith and imperials, squads in several operations, but he couldn't use his full potential, mainly because the other members of his team or the army wouldn't be able to keep up. That is when he decided that he needed his own army, his own people hand picked by him.
He went to the imperial intelligence and scoured the entire galaxy for the best agents he could find, even non imperials. He found agents of skills unparalleled, the best of the best, and formed a pro squad of 70 imperial agents. Then the search continued, and he recruited 6 of the most versatile sith each being the best on their aspect. They weren't official, nothing was known about them and the data on each person was erased. They started doing high risk missions, and they succeeded, entering enemy lines, ambushing, assassinating, sabotaging, completing their missions and leaving without leaving any trace.
After a few months of activity, the group got it's own name from the republic enemies....The Ghost Division. At that time, the ghost division was a great asset to the Empire. Their exploits were both impressive and dreaded. Nothing was know about them, not even by their own allies, except the dark council, Ranganok's brothers and the Emperor. They were though to be just a myth, since they would leave no survivors and no trace that could point to them.
Years passed, the empire was having the upper hand, until something unexpected happened. The oldest brother, Astaroth, deserted, joined a resistance faction and allied himself with the Republic. The Ghost Division was tasked by the emperor to hunt the traitorous general and bring him back, dead or alive. The hunt began, Astaroth keeping the "Ghosts" at bay for several months, until, they finally found him...or rather, it's leader, Ranganok found him.
A fight of epic proportions unfolded between the two. The environment was scorched, cut,corrupted, and after hours of fighting, Ranganok was defeated by his older brother. Astaroth talked about the reasons he left the empire and having an attempt to open his little brother's eyes too, before Ranganok fell unconscious.
Years have passed by again, with the republic regaining it's standing against the empire. Aside from being the leader of the Ghost Division, he also took the duties of his older brother, leading larger armies. Because he was taught the Art of War by Astaroth, before he deserted, he was able to handle the job very well.
Ranganok then got a pretty unusual job. The empire caught a jedi padawan with a very strong connection to the force. Though she had no combat capabilities, she had the most powerful healing, and cleansing powers of all the jedi there. She was deemed and extremely important asset so Ranganok was tasked with guarding her so she won't be able to escape. The young girl, though she wasn't shackled, she was always with the general, following him everywhere as she was supposed to. He even took her to the battlefield a few times, Elisee, trying to heal all wounded, republic and imperial alike.
Time passed, Ranganok and Elisee went trough a lot of missions and thing together, which ended in them getting closer and closer. After a few months, the young vampire had already become attached to the girl. Soon the girl taught him what is love, and slowly things were changing in him. His perspective was enlarging, and that started him on the road to become what he was today. Soon he started to see that all the empire did was to destroy and bring chaos to the galaxy, thus, he decided to go on his older brother footsteps and desert, taking the girl with him.
Ranganok joined the resistance (a faction made by people oppressed by the Empire), becoming a general, and allying himself with the Republic...however, he did not discard his dark side powers and his style remained almost the same. The tide now turned in their favor, until after half a year, when the "abandoned" Ghost Division came after him. Only one sith with 10 agents came after him. Some agents decided to desert and go to Ranganok's side which made the operation fail miserably but there was still the sith who challenged his former leader....A fight between the two emerged which ended in the sith getting killed. After that event, Ranganok spent his next 17 months trying to recruit his Ghost division into the alliance or eliminate them. Needless to say that almost all the sith refused and Ranganok was forced to kill them all, though some of the black agents agreed to join. The rest were disposed of by the deserters mostly.
By destroying the ghost division, The Empire suffered a nasty blow in it's military power. And the fight was in their favor....Until one day, when Ranganok's unit was caught in an ambush and annihilated, only Elisee and the vampire remaining. This plot was the work of none other than the middle brother, Kherubim, who personally came after his younger brother. A ferocious fight between the two ensured, no one giving an opening to the other. The fight continued for 3 hours, until Kherubim used his dirty trick, using the girl, attacking her, to make Ranganok vulnerable. And it worked...Ranganok was struck down and cursed, and in response, he was making a diversion so that Elisee escapes.
He was fatally wounded, and he would have died in a matter of minutes...so Kherubim decided to leave him to his death and leave. In order to survive, Ranganok made a pact with the dark side. He used sith alchemy to save his life, corrupting him in the process. The process drove him mad and twisted his apearance. He drifted like a monster trough the stars, killing many innocents and otherwise. He drifted alone and lost in in the galaxy, until he reached a certain uninhabited planet.
There he met a man, he looked in his forties, but he was very strong with the force. He used his powers to help Ranganok regain some of his sanity and regain most of his original form. There he stood for 5 years, where the man visited him regularly and taught him secrets of the force and the way he can save himself. After all this time, Ranganok was a new man again, having a new philosophy of life, knowing a lot more, and being a lot wiser. He also had now the dark side under control tough the changes made on his body remained to a degree.
Then the man took Ranganok to him, on another planet, a planet flourishing with technology and people, an entire Empire . But the place was in complete balance, every person was happy and there were no material or otherwise problem...no poor and unfavored....it was truly paradise. For the next 2 years, he was working under this Benefactor of his, helping him, training, and interacting with the other people of the empire. During that time he made himself a little band of brothers which would follow him.
Before he went and joined back in the resistance, he went to his Homeplanet and found his vampire tribe. There, for the next month, he was guided and taught by the elders, their ways and customs, and everything he had to know. After his training was complete, he went trough a rite of initiation, which tattooed his whole body with permanent blood marks. After finishing his rite, Ranganok left the planet to return to the battlefield.
He took the little strike team he assembled and left without a problem. In the meantime, the empire and the resistance had a skirmish on Taris. The two faction groups were led by the two vampire brothers, Astaroth and Kherubim. The battle was well balanced until Ranganok and his squad arrived. At that moment the tides of the battle turned in the Republic's favor. The sith empire was overpowered by the resistance and won a key point on Taris.
From there, Ranganok was reunited with his beloved, and continued his fight against the empire for another year. In that time, the empire lost many battles and the republic managed to finally reach Dromund Kaas where the emperor was. A final assault ensured which was led by several generals, the two vampire brothers being among them. The fight was fierce as the resistance and Republic forces were advancing towards Kaas City. Some of the republic generals took the main army and advanced towards, taking on most of the imperials, also creating a diversion for other strike teams to infiltrate and take out key persons of the empire. Ranganok and Astaroth both took the best men in their battalions and formed a strike team and went after Mogorth, which was in a sith temple outside Kaas.
The strike team managed to reach the temple entrance where they were greeted by Imperial guards led by Kherubim and another Sith. A fight ensured between the parties, where Ranganok fought Kherubim while Astaroth fought the Sith. The battle between brothers was fierce, both of then going all out and fighting by the best of their abilities. After what seemed like an eternity, Ranganok was finally able to defeat Kherubim and probably kill him. Astaroth did the same to the other one.
They fed on the other guards until they died in order to recover their strength and heal themselves after which the brothers proceed into the temple alone. There in a throne room, the two of them met with their "father". A fight ensure between the three of them, where Ranganok and Astaroth used the skill they cultivated together, force meld in order to unite against their father. The fight was more intense than ever given that the slightest mistake in the brother's actions would result in death. After heavy injuries, and a lot of fighting, the Mogorth and the two vampires used all their power in a final attack. That force was enough to ruin a part of the temple, resulting in the death of Mogorth and the disappearance of the brothers. The republic won that day, but they also suffered great losses. The Vampire brothers were counted in those losses.
After a hundred years, Ranganok woke up in a kolto tank, being awakened by an HK droid which seemed to have worked for Mogorth, his former Sith Master. After the awakening, he was all alone, times changed a lot, and most of the people he knew were already dead....including his beloved. After looking trough the holocrons, seeing the message and wisdom his Sith mentor left behind, with the news of the aftermath, he decided to leave on a journey of finding himself.
With 750 years before current time, Ranganok brought a mysterious Sith and helped him become stronger. Most things about this incident are unknown...like where he took the Sith from, his identity, almost everything about that man was a mystery. He taught the man for some time as a master and after that he left him to his doings. Not after much time, a few years maybe, the republic and a jedi managed to strike down the Sith and defeat his knights.
With 500 years before current time, Ranganok acts once again, in helping some rebels with their coup against another's Empire Dynasty. He decided to help those rebel, and give them his aid, teaching them, guiding some of them and eventually fighting some key persons in that empire. He was only one of the many supporters in this coup though, but his help was useful nevertheless. The coup was a success and a democratic federation was formed instead of it. Ranganok learned a lot from his experience about the mortal mentality, and was very curious to see how they would rule this empire better since the Dynasty wasn't very efficient. He remains for a few weeks there after which he leaves again, observing their actions discreetly from time to time.
With 370 years before current time, Ranganok decides to return to Alderaan and resurrect the long dead family of his beloved, the Wolfsbade House. He went there and reclaimed their house, trough less peaceful means, took the wealth he amassed and which he found in the house's stash and worked on establishing a new Noble line. He put everything in place and made his reputation. Until he decided to take a step forward. The force guided Ranganok to a girl of a powerful noble house in Alderaan. He started to spend time with her as she was become closer and closer to the vampire.
Eventually they married, and the Wolfsbane gained the support of a powerful ally, which boosted the house in the ranks. They had two human kids, thanks to his sith alchemy. He spend the next decades with his wife and teaching his kids and grandkids life lessons and about the force. He left a lot of holocrons in a secret library in the house where force sensitives can learn about what he learned until then. When Ranganok's wife reached 70 she was struck by a horrible disease which was weakening her more and more. Ranganok offered to use his Alchemy to extend her life and help and make her younger, but she declined the offer. Because she didn't asked for help, Ranganok's philosophy of life wouldn't let him interfere so he just stayed and watched he as she died after 3 years. After that, he named his heir in the family, out of his grandkids, and left on a journey again.
173 years before current time, Ranganok gone mad again from using the dark side a prolonged time. All those dark arts he used came back at him like karma. He turned into a homicidal maniac, seeking destruction of all life. For 3 years he terrorized innocent souls, bringing death to many, and starting numerous genocides which ultimately ended in failures. However, after this time, the jedi managed to defeat the Mad vampire and imprison him in stasis in a special facility on Belsavis. After 70 years of imprisonment, a force sensitive manages to enter the prison tomb, and release Ranganok.
Thanks to the time he spent in stasis and his defeat, he managed to regain his sanity and come to his senses. He befriended this force sensitive, sharing knowledge with him and spending time for 3 months, after which, he decided to continue his journey separating from his new friend. The very next day, the final Sith War begun.
He disappeared without a trace, no one knowing anything about him, until 3 years before current time. Ranganok decided to return to Alderaan to House Wolfsbane. There, with the support of his house, and a few contacts, he managed to forge himself a new identity, Mikaeli Wolfsbane, member and heir of the Wolfsbane family. He also forged himself a history...having 18 years, a son of the House's Head, he lived hidden in exile in order to be protected by the assassins that were after him. And he just returned to his family. The next 3 years, Ranganok studied etiquette and everything a nobleman should know, and also studied diplomacy and politics. Thanks to his influence and new knowledge he became a diplomat ready to start his road to become a senator.
SKILLS:
Starting with his more pacifistic skills, he is quite a tongue user. During his long and numerous travels, he learned many things about the cultural diversity of the galaxy and their languages. He was also taught the arts of diplomacy for 3 years while in Alderaan being taught by House Wolfsbane.
Also due to his history in dealing with the sith, he had more than a few opportunities to partake in their politics, learning some for himself. He has the knowledge to know how tings work in generals and what a senator should and should not do.
Being in the Sith Empire, he managed to learn many things from the tombs of his predecessors and his master, one of these skills being sith alchemy. It was maybe the most twisted thing he ever learned. This expanded his horizon and options quite a bit, though most of what he learned couldn't be actually used in combat.
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RELATIONSHIPS:
House Wolsbane: He is the "official heir" of the House, thus having a lot of respect from his own house as well as other houses of alderaanian nobles.
SHIP:
None yet.
DROIDS:
None Yet.
PETS:
Do humans count? If yes, then he doesn't.
KILLS:
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