Character Snapshot (Etah Obsidyn)

Character Snapshot for Warlord Etah Kilij-Bloodfyre (2020/01/05, [Naga Sadow]The Return of Old Gods)
 

Warlord Etah Kilij-Bloodfyre

Equite 4, Equite tier, Clan Naga Sadow
Male Sakiyan, Sith, Arcanist
Height: 1.8 m / 5'11" - Weight: 115.0 kg / 254 lbs
Age: 58 years - Right Handed
Physical Description

Etah’s Sakiyan heritage isn’t immediately visible from a distance. From across a room his skin looks like an olive flesh color, but the closer you get to him, the grayer his skin looks. He stands at six foot, two inches tall. His hazel eyes are primarily brown but has a gray tint to them as well. By the time a person is close enough to him to see his ash colored skin, they can see the oval bulge on the back of his cranium and his sharp ears, so they’ve probably realized they’re not dealing with a human. The Equites years of military service show in his posture which tends to be rigid, standing straight with his shoulders back. His shoulders are a bit wider that most shoulders, but his build is not muscle bound; solid is a word that would probably come to mind instead.

Loadout: Etah (Snapshot)
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Comp
CyNet
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When Darkness Falls (General Aspect)

Etah looks at the force differently that others. He acknowledges the Living Force as the energy of all living things and the Cosmic Force as the aspect of the force that binds all living things together, as Jedi do. But he finds that story incomplete. If the Living Force and the Cosmic Force was all there was, nothing would ever die. All beings would be immortal. So Etah believes that he is a servant of the Entropic Force. The Living Force must give way to entropy; to change, to decay and all beings living and dead are connected through the Cosmic Force. Etah believes that the Sith are servants, not of the Dark Side, but of the Force as a whole. He believes that the Sith are agents of Entropy as a natural balance to the Jedi, who act as protectors of life; because without death, there cannot be life.

Raining Blood (General Aspect)

Most Sith believe the force is a kind of energy field and that the Darkside is a specific way to manipulate that energy field. But to Etah, the Darkside is more than just energy. To him the Darkside is more like a primordial god with cosmic powers that it bestows on faithful servants. He believes that when people draw on the power of the Darkside but do not feed the Darkside, the Darkside twists their bodies, exacting a gnarly physical toll. He believes the way to feed the Darkside is by eliciting strong emotions from others, and the strongest of emotions are fear, anger and hate. So Etah wreaks havoc on the guilty and innocent alike, to harvest their fear, anger and hate and the pain and loss from their loved ones. This set of beliefs has caused him to commit grievous atrocities, which tends to make him a liability.

Heart of Darkness (Personality Aspect)

Most Sith have passions that flicker like an open flame and can erupt into a raging inferno at any moment, but Etah’s particular brand of hate takes the form of a smoldering ember. His passion is a slow burn, creating lots of smoke but only a small, dark fire. Once it crescendos, his rage burns much more intensely than other Sith, but the buildup is much slower. This means that he does not often lose his temper and lash out like they do. He generally responds, even to sudden surprises, very calmly and sometimes he can seem quiet. His voice, even while panicked, is even pitched. The problem with such a slow burning anger is that it is equally slow to extinguish and thus he tends to carry slights that transform into vendettas with him for decades, letting his scorn grow ever deeper, turning potential or one-time allies into enemies.

As Diehard As They Come (Personality Aspect)

Though his world is no longer foxholes, blasters, and orders, the core of Etah will always be that of a soldier. He chose to be a soldier when he left the Jedi Order; he grabbed onto that destiny and made it his, carrying it into the Empire, onward after it fell and for many years after joining the Brotherhood. It means a lot of things. It means that he generally stands straight, that he doesn’t tend to waste words and that he can be abrasive. It means that he is relentless to the point of appearing suicidal. It means that he is so inwardly driven that reality is not a weapon that is easy to harness against him. It also means that he is sometimes predictable and is rarely underestimated. It also means that he sometimes walks into ambushes because the target of his ire is on the other side.

Nightmare (Combat Aspect)

Etah has learned a lot about humanoid behavior. He has studied what makes people give into fear, anger and hate. But his goal isn’t to help them; it is to exploit their vulnerabilities. Even while in the midst of combat he uses laconic phrases the same way a psychiatrist would use probing questions, to force his opponent to disclose their self doubts and their irrational fears going all the way back to their childhood, peeling away a person’s defenses and digging deeper and then deeper in their psyche, layer by layer, like you would an onion. Then he uses this information to torment his target. This skill set while powerful, takes thought and action that most would rather spend on violence. Sometimes he becomes so intent on mindkarking his opponent that they are able to outmaneuver him, that is if they have the force of will to resist his techniques.

Wait and Bleed (Combat Aspect)

Etah’s goal in lightsaber combat is to construct the ultimate defense. He moves his blade in tight arcs around his body to block his opponent’s strikes and he can string dozens of these blocks together, like the mighty sea crashing upon the shore, most of his opponents attacks fail to penetrate his defense. He is able move faster, by making small movements and can sustain that defense for longer because the movements exert less energy. He angles his blocks into parries, forcing his opponents blade to slide across his, causing the momentum behind the blow to move his opponent out of position rather than absorbing the blows through his block and into his arm. The problem with this style of defense is though it takes less active concentration and less effort, Etah tends to prolong these fights by failing to capitalize on his opponent’s blunders, instinctually continuing to defend instead.

Skill Feats
Fear Will Keep Them In Line Classic Misdirection Second Skin I
Force Feats
Debilitating Fear Aura Of Fear Force Meld I
Granted Feats
Sakiyan: Better To See And Hear You With Sakiyan: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold Dowsing II Channel II Order Feat: Sith
Knowledge
Languages
  • Ancient Sith
  • Basic
  • Binary
  • Sakiyan
Lore
  • Ancient Sith History and Culture
  • Clan Naga Sadow and Orian System History and Culture
  • Lore and History of the Brotherhood
  • The history of the Galactic Civil War including the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the Galactic Empire
  • The history of the modern era including the New Republic and post-Galactic Concordance conflicts
Specialization
Primary Martial Art None
Secondary Martial Art None
Primary Lightsaber Form Form III (Soresu)
Secondary Lightsaber Form None