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Vulkmir Valtiere
'The lightning'
(C) Aerion-the-Faithful (Pic is link to deviantart account)
There are three of our house, the house of the Kraken. I am the youngest of our line, and have been reminded of it since my birth. Unlike our middle brother, I had no force gifts. Unlike the eldest, I was not an avid fan of the republic. I was born for war, and ambivalent of the morality. I found my way into the Sith armed forces, while my brother was stolen away by the Jedi, while the other pursued a career elsewhere.
(C) Aerion-the-Faithful (Pic is link to deviantart account)
We weren’t always such a fractured family. We used to play together, when we were young. We even had nicknames for each other. Ljudmil was ‘Scion’, always haughty and reminding us that he was first in line. Nikola was ‘the Kraken’, gangly and the tallest of us, and apparently a spit of the ancient founder of the house, whose statue we used to play around.
I was the lightning . None of the others could catch me, and I was good at hiding, falling quickly upon them in pugilistic rage. I think I got the best nickname.
When the Jedi took away Nikola, without consultation, without heeding the pleas of my father and mother, I saw them for what they were. Self righteous. Cold. Uncaring. The Scion always went on about how ‘honoured’ Nikola must feel, being able to join the Jedi and do something. I could hear the subtext.
In a flush of spite, I joined the Empire, enlisting in the officer training programme. As is the way of a Valtiere, I excelled, especially with ‘blitzkreig’ tactics. I came out very near the top of my class. We can’t all be that military prodigy.
I enjoyed modest success during the thirty five years I was a stormtrooper officer in the Empire. Rose to the lofty heights of Major, leading from the front, my men always called for lightning raids.
As a recognition of my service, I was promoted into the Emperor’s House Guard. From there, I worked with my fellow Guardians and the Imperial Knights to guard the Emperor, beloved by all.
Before my posting to the House Guard, I had only seen the Imperial Knights rarely, and I had held no love for them, their use of the force reminding me too much of the Jedi, stealing my brother. Until I met them, I did not realise how split they were from the Jedi. These knights were determined servants of the Empire, preaching not about sides of the force, but acting. They were fearsome to behold in battle, when we fought together. I developed a respect for them, forming a close relationship with their command structure.
And then, the Sith rose, boasting of the fact they had festered like a canker in my beloved Empire, warping it into a force of domination, rather than dominion. Using my influence, I hid many of the Imperial knights as the purge was ordered, fleeing with them as we were exiled from our own Empire, our brothers turned against us.
Death to the False Emperor.
