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NAME: Claudius Varad
FACTION: Mandalorians/Mando'ade
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SPECIES: Human
AGE: 34 Standard Years
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 6'3 feet
WEIGHT: 220 pounds
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black
SKIN: Black
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Besides those amazing cheekbones?
FORCE SENSITIVE: Possibly (not confirmed)
STRENGTH: - Great: Being raised a Mandalorian has it benefits, and one of the major ways that Claudius benefited was the chance to work to a higher level of strength. He is a monster, his strength having been compared to a Rancor before.
DEXTERITY: - Good: His fighting style requires him to be moderately agile. In his older age he hasn't kept up with agility training, although he can still keep up with a Jedi and preforms the Dha Werda Verda to a tee still.
CONSTITUTION: - Great: Despite the fact he is aging the good genes his parents blessed him with means he has a resilience to disease most don't have. Besides that, years of training has left his body in peak physical condition.
INTELLIGENCE: - Average: Claudius is no genius and he'll be the first to admit that. He does have a moderate knowledge of races such as the Gammoreans and Trandoshans, though he would rather spend time training rather than devouring text that would expand his knowledge.
WISDOM: - Good: He is no philosopher and couldn't care less about about the 'great mysteries of life'. Though after spending several decades as a warrior he is the man you want to see if you are looking to learn a thing or two about military tactics.
CHARISMA: - Average: Sometimes he can sway a crowd and sometimes he can't. He prefers to use his actions rather than he words to get things done. If a speech is needed he can deliver it, though not without its flaws.
SKILLS:
Ranged Combat - Great.
Melee Combat - Good.
Unarmed Combat - Good.
Starship Piloting - Fair.
STRENGTHS (+) AND WEAKNESSES (-):
+ Combat
+ He smokes a cigarette like a champ.
+ Fixing things
+ Military tactics
- Negotiations
- Controlling his emotions
GEAR:
WIP
One could only describe Claudius' personality as one thing: broken. Though other dominate features in his personality would be (but no limited to): sincere, matter-of-fact, and interesting. Above all though, he is broken and it shows. For a long time he has been a shell of his former self and he finds it hard to open up to people, rather he would prefer to keep a safe distance from them emotionally and save the pain that could follow from their death.
BIOGRAPHY:
Claudius was raised with three truths: be proud you are a Mandalorian, aggressiveness wins the fight, and to always pray to Kad Ha'rangir before battle. Being born into Clan Varad and to religious parents, there wasn't much doubt that such ideals would have been instilled in him at an early age. And they were quite effective at instilling such things into him, one should consider they were too effective because of the extremes he began to take them to in his later life.
As with most Mandalorians, Claudius' early life was riddled with punishing training that taught him the true meaning of tough, how to endure vast amounts of pain, and how to handle and operate weapons of all sort. He developed many skills during his adolescence years, most notably excelling in target practice with any type of gun. Be it a shotgun, an SMG, or a pistol, Claudius was a natural when it came to shooting those things and he was considered the best shot in Clan Varad for some time. He was also fair with melee combat and hand-to-hand, he could handle himself in a fight, but he was more talented when dealing with blasts and bullets.
Just as every member of Clan Varad does, Claudius was taught the art of being an pilot. Despite his best tries, he never really excelled and proved to be no spectacular pilot. That was fine though, Claudius was a warrior of bullets and of blades and everyone was fine with that.
So Claudius grew up, and as he aged so did his skill as warrior. He joined the ranks of Mandalorian warriors at the ripe age of 16, eager to put his skills to the test. And he did just that, proving to many that he was indeed the warrior that so many from Clan Varad hoped he would be. He participated in every mission he could get his hands on, and he began to rise up the ranks. By all definitions of the word, his family he left behind were proud of him.
All of the continuous progress came to a sketching halt however when he and his squad came across a rouge Jedi. His squad members were no match for the rouge Jedi, he obviously had came across Mandalorians before and knew got to easily dispatch them. Claudius however, he stood his ground and faced the rouge Jedi in an epic battle. It was obvious that the rouge Jedi had never fought against a Mandalorian as talented as Claudius, and it ended with Claudius standing over the rouge Jedi's bloody and tattered body.
Despite having secured his victory, Claudius was damaged pretty severely. Emotionally and psychically he was damaged, his body tattered and his mind messed up over witnessing his squad members be killed so easily. After being given permission from the chief of Clan Varad at the time to settle down for a bit and mend his wounds Claudius found a home on Dantooine.
Most of his early time on Dantooine was spent as a working as an armed guard whenever needed, though as Claudius became older he became more passive and was more interested in work that didn't involve violent conflict. He found work as a mechanic working on outdated farm equipment and the like. Eventually Claudius met and married a fellow Mandalorian women, and after having a kid they settled down and he started a semi-successful farm.
He watched as his child grew and he tended to his farm. Even at a young age Claudius did his best to instill the same ideals that his father had instilled into him, after all it was those ideals that had won him many a battles in the past. On his sons 5th birthday his mother decided to treat him to a trip to some of the planets that belonged to the Mandalorians, though Claudius wasn't able to attend the trip as he needed to tend to his farm.
Although something terrible happened. The Empire began to push the Mandalorians out of their own territory while his wife and son were visiting the planets that belonged to the Mandalorians. In the chaos that ensued, the Mandalorians fled their homes like cowards. His wife came back to Claudius alone, and then told him a story that would haunt his dreams for the rest of his life. His son, little Jupiter Varad, marched right up to the current chief of Clan Varad, Taryc Varad, and he called him a coward and pulled at a blaster to rid the galaxy of such an dishonorable man. Needless to say, when Jupiter did he was put down like a dog.
When the story touched Claudius' ears he turned into something he didn't recognized. He cursed his wife and blamed her for his sons death, he shouted things at her he would latter regret and in the end, he told her to leave and to never come back. She did, and Claudius would regret this in the future.
He left Dantooine as well, looking to find meaning in a now meaningless world. When he heard that there was a growing Separatist movement Claudius eagerly joined. He fought and killed to forget the pain. For a time it worked, he found he still had his previous talent as a warrior and proved to be a valuable asset to the Separatists.
When the Civil War was over Claudius returned to his former home and realized that he was only a shell of his former self. His son was dead and he drove his wife away, he had spent the past months killing fellow Mandalorians without second thought, and now he didn't recognize his home. This wasn't the Claudius of old, he had no meaning, no purpose, no drive.
He was a shell, but he knew how to solve that. The man who had killed his son had to die, he deserved to win ten times over. Claudius knew of the mans rise to power and his war crimes. He was dishonorable, and honor demanded he die. Claudius was more than willing to be the man who stuck him down, and so he began preparing himself. When the time came, he would be ready.
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