Draith Javik

[Stormthroe]

Draith Javik
A character created by Stormthroe

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-Physical Description-
Name: Draith Javik
Faction: Sith Empire
Rank: Acolyte
Species: Anzati
Age: 85 (Due to the extensive lifespans of the Anzati species, Draith is considered a young adult to others of his kind)
Gender: Male
Height: 1.7 Meters (5'7")
Weight: 65.77 Kilograms (145 lbs)
Eyes: Golden irised, vertical pupils. Predatory.
Hair: Dark brown and thick, slicked back more often than not.
Skin: Caucasian, but has an off-putting grey hue similar to a fresh corpse.
Force Sensitive: Yes
Description: From a distance, Draith appears to be an unassuming human or near-human male; he has an average stature and build, a nose that is perhaps a tad too large and flared to be paired with his cheekbones, and thin, wiry brown hair that is styled to be slicked back in an old-Alderaanian style. It is not until one draws closer that Draith's visage becomes more and more...unnatural. His eyes hold a certain predatory glint behind their vertical pupils; the creases on his forehead become more defined, looking less like wrinkles and more like skin pulled to tight across the skull; the dull, subtle hue of his skin from a distance seems an almost corpselike grey up close, like a body that has only just began to cool. Fitting, considering his flesh is as cold to the touch as a dead man's and he has no pulse. As an Anzati, Draith's most defining feature are the two prehensile proboscis that his species uses to feed upon the life forces of sentient creatures. These retractable, tentacle-like 'fangs' are usually coiled in pockets hidden in the flesh of his cheeks when he is among what he considers to be the "lesser species," but he when he wishes to put fear into the hearts of his prey or has no reason to hide his nature, Draith will leave his proboscis exposed; however, they are very fragile and can be injured easily by struggling prey, so he practices caution when doing so.

-Attributes-
Strength: - 7/10 - As an Anzat, Draith is one of the Galaxy's most formidable natural predators, born to feed on the strongest of other sentient creatures. Thus, his strength and dexterity naturally evolved to surpass that of any average creature.
Dexterity: - 7/10 - As an Anzat, Draith is one of the Galaxy's most formidable natural predators, born to feed on the strongest of other sentient creatures. Thus, his strength and dexterity naturally evolved to surpass that of any average creature.
Constitution: - 5/10 - At their best, the physical abilities of an Anzat trumps three-times over even a pinnacle human being. At their worst, they still have the attributes of a normal being. Draith's resilience is no more or less that of the average creature.
Intelligence: - 5/10 - Though he has had much time to study the galaxy in his 'youth,' Draith has pursued no higher education beyond the average sentient.
Wisdom: - 6/10 - Perhaps due to their age or perhaps their connection to the Force, many Anzati seem to have a supernatural willpower about them that allows them to hunt others who share in that strength. Draith is more intuitive and perceptive than the average being.
Charisma: - 4/10 - The Anzati tend to rely more on their connection with the Force and natural telepathic abilities when dealing with others , rather than natural glib. Coupled with their somewhat off-putting appearance, many Anzati would make those around them uncomfortable if it were not for their ability to remain unnoticeable in public. Draith is capable of polite conversation, but must do as most of his species' does and rely on his other abilities to lure in his prey.

-Skills and the Force-
Skills
Stealth - The Anzati species evolved long ago to be accomplished hunters, and each has a natural ability to stalk their prey silently, invisibly, and efficiently. The entire species has a knack for remaining undetected even to Force-sensitives; fitting considering their most common prey included them. Even without the Force, Draith seems to be invisible to his chosen prey, and disappear without a trace once he's drained them of their Soup. Using his natural abilities, he can nullify his Force-presence without being trained in the art of suppression, allowing him to stalk even the Jedi, revealing himself only when its too late for them to escape.
Life Tracking - Draith's people have a unique ability to detect the 'Presence' of sentient beings, in a very similar way that Force-sensitives feel the life forces of other creatures. As such, Draith can feel that 'Presence' without the aid of the Force; the stronger an individual, the stronger their 'Presence,' and in the mind of an Anzat, the more delectable and nourishing their Soup. Draith enhances his natural ability with his connection to the Force to track prey most powerful in the Force, but can also use it in its natural state to prevent being detected
Natural Telepathy - The Anzati lure their prey in using a form of natural telepathy akin to hypnosis and the mind-tricks of Force users. The ability takes time and cannot be rushed, but it does allow Draith to affect the minds of those he targets and maneuver them into vulnerable positions for him to strike. Its power grows with both proximity and age, and can also be improved by focusing the Force, making Draith a dangerous predator in a galaxy filled with such succulent cattle.
Proboscis - Anzati are most reviled for their need to feed on sentient creatures, and they do this through the two prehensile feeder proboscis hidden in their cheeks. Draith hunts like all Anzati do, using his other abilities to lure in his prey and make them let their guard down before pouncing upon their hapless forms. When feeding, he inserts his proboscis into wherever the Soup of his victims is contained, usually the brain but some species maintain it in other locations. Unfortunately, the process is usually fatal to his prey. Draith will feed to survive, but in truth, his appetite is much more singular; since Anzati feed upon the life forces of their victims, they thusly feed upon the Force itself. Draith has learned that feeding upon other Force-sensitives strengthens his own connection to the Force, and the opportunity to feed upon other Force-users is one of the primary reasons he embraced the Sith Code.
Unnatural Biorhythm - As an Anzati, Draith possesses an unnatural and strange biorhythm; or rather, he lacks any at all. Thus, his body produces no body heat nor does he have a heartbeat. Scientists have yet to discover how their circulatory and metabolic processes function in a life-sustaining way.

Force Abilities
Force Sense - Draith uses his connection with the Force to enhance his natural abilities, and thus his powers reflect them. He has an untrained, but effective ability to sense other beings through the Force. Primarily, he uses this ability to detect other Force-sensitives whom he can feed upon.
Affect Mind - Draith's natural telepathy lent itself to affecting the minds of others. The similarities between his own abilities and Force manipulation are uncanny, so it was not difficult for him to expand his knowledge of the Force to include such things. When his natural talents are not enough to bewitch his quarry, Draith uses his connection to the Force to sway stronger minds and draw them to him without struggle.

Combat Forms
None - Draith has never received formal training in the combat arts, relying on his strength, speed, and natural instincts to overpower his prey. However, he wishes to learn them as he becomes more aware of his abilities, if only to provide another method for extracting Soup from his chosen prey.

- Personality -
Like many Anzati, Draith is possessed of an extremely imperialistic attitude towards other people. He sees most species as little more than cattle; livestock to be harvested at his whim and to fulfill his needs. However, he is not as single-minded in his being as some other Anzati, and instead views the world as something of a pragmatist. The saying "Survival of the Fittest," is certainly fitting, and Draith believes that the universe will always strengthen the strong and weaken the weak. He sees little point in showing mercy or kindness, and remains dismissive of both morality and friendships, believing others to simply be a resource used for his own ends. However, to say he is a heartless predator incapable of empathy would be no more true as it is for a Krayt Dragon or Rancor; he can appreciate art and creativity, and will occasionally allow himself a diversion from his venerable life by studying a number of subjects or engaging in baser amusements.

- Biography -
Are monsters born, or created?

It is a resounding question in a galaxy rife with danger. It seems in every sector, there is a planet of monsters; the Rancor of Felucia. The multitudes of murderers, rapists, and war criminals of Despayre. The great Krayt Dragons of Tatooine. The Ghosts of Korriban, the Starweirds, and the Shadows. There is a planet of monsters in every sector, of which the spacers and rumormongers spread stories across their travels, to be shared at the cantina over a drink and taken home to torment the nightmares of children whose parents tell them such tales to get them to behave.

However, there is a planet that is both known and yet unknown across the galaxy, home to creatures that put fear in the minds of all who know of their existence.

That planet is Anzat; the monsters are the Anzati.

Draith Javik is one of these creatures, born on the Anzati homeworld nearly a century ago. Over the course of his childhood, he was raised as any other predator species would; he practiced the arts of stalking prey on the mist-shrouded surface of the homeworld by tracking other Anzati children, guided by the hands of parents accustomed to hunting sentient creatures. He learned and studied the religion of his people, focused so thoroughly upon the life forces of intelligent beings, know as Soup, Luck, and Sea of Memory among other things. He, like so many Anzati, was groomed to become obsessed with the hunt and the kill above all other things, to become addicted to ending life like a junkie might pure-cut Glitterstim.

And yet, this was not what made him a monster.

Draith was 50 years old, barely out of his teenage years by Anzati standards, and it was during a competitive hunt on Anzat's fog covered surface with two other young hunters to hone their skills. An alien researcher had been insistent that he be allowed to study the planet's surface; an act allowed by the Anzati government knowing that the foolhardy man's insistence was nothing less than signing the contract for his death. His guards had been delicious, but hardly had the substance that such a forward and brazen intellectual would offer,and the three Anzati youth had made a wager of who could conquer him first. Draith was the first to approach the camp, easily bypassing the security fence and attempting to lure the researcher out with subtle telepathic thoughts to no avail. Frustrated, the young Anzat attempted to subdue the prey by force, only to be shot with a stun pistol and fall to the ground in a delirious state as he saw one of his competitors slip in from behind the man and set upon him.

From his vantage on the ground, Draith's body wracked with anger and frustration at having lost the wager, and equally, having been bested by such a weak and pitiful species. Suddenly, his vision blurred, his heightened senses dulled, and he began to sense...something. Not from the thoughts of his prey, no, but from his fellow Anzati hunter. A spark of essence, not unlike the soup he so craved, but far more complex and yet simple as well, an alluring sensation to say the least. Even as he watched his competitor begin to feed upon their quarry, a new hunger, greater than any he'd felt as yet in his life, welled inside him. His competitor boasted as he drained the researcher of his Soup as Draith rose to his feet, approaching his fellow predator with cool, purposeful strides as his proboscis uncurled from his cheeks.

In the minds of predators, there is almost always one rule; you do not feed upon another hunter. The Anzati share this practice; it is perhaps the only taboo of their species that one does not feed upon the Soup of another Anzati. Yet, Draith, having touched the Force for the first time, was drawn to the essence of the Force inside the other Anzat like a moth to a flame. Draith's mind reached out to touch that of his companion, his powers bolstered by the power of his own Force energy brought forth by his anger, and closed his thoughts about the other Force-sensitives even as his hands reached out to hold the other hunter's head in an iron vice. His tendrils snaked their way into the other Anzat's nostrils, piercing his cranium.

The euphoria Draith felt as he pulled his compatriot's life essence into himself was unmatched, to say the least. The individual Soup was hardly sweet, but there was a taste in it, like sweetener added to juma, that was far better than anything he'd ever felt. As his companion died, slumping before Draith's ravaging, Draith felt the strange sensation he had felt from his position on the floor increase in intensity, filling his senses completely as he reveled in it.

Suddenly, the feeling was wrenched from him as the third hunter entered the shelter and shouted. Draith withdrew his proboscis with a sickening sound, tossing aside the body as one might throw aside a fruit pit. As the events that led to his exile from Anzat took place, Draith's thoughts were focused on one conclusion.

The power of the Force was far more nourishing than even the strongest Soup.

Since he was cast out by his own people, branded a monster among monsters, Draith has stalked the galaxy on his own, trying to find a new way to hunt those who carry such a succulent nectar in their Soup, and for a time, he served as a cheap bounty hunter if only to ensure a steady supply of Soup. It was only recently that a new idea dawned on him, having learned of the sinister shadow war waged by the Jedi and the Sith. Join a pack, and prey can be flushed far easier, and brought down in far greater numbers. The only decision was which to join. Draith made the decision; join the stronger of the two.

And so Draith traveled to the surface of Korriban, a planet as equally filled with monsters as his homeworld, to seek out and prove himself worthy of joining the Sith Order. Yet, the question remains; are monsters born, or created?

In Draith's mind, the answer isn't important; whether born, or made, one truth exists among monsters.

Only the strongest survive. Anything less, is only food.

- Strengths and Weaknesses -
Strengths
- Draith's instinctual, predatory abilities lend themselves to making him a natural assassin.
- Draith's nature allows him to siphon the Force energies of those he feeds upon, furthering his own power
- Natural talent for Force abilities due to similarities with his species' innate talents

Weaknesses
- Draith has no formal combat training
- Draith's desire to feed is more important than any mission, his need for Soup and the Force energies of his prey far greater than any ideal
- Draith sees himself as above all others, and his imperialistic attitude earns him enemies. Not that he cares.
- As an Anzat, most who discover his nature across the galaxy would have him hunted down and killed.

- Belongings and Equipment -
Weapons and Armor
Draith's Light Battle Armor - A relic from a bygone age, this battle armor is little more than a breastplate of lightweight laminate armor worn over Draith's clothing that offers light protection from blaster fire without obstructing his movement.

Personal Gear
None

Finances
Current Balance: 1000 Credits

- Roleplays -
None...yet

- Kills -
None...yet

- Bounties Collected -
None...yet

- Dueling Ring Matches -
None...yet