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Name/Title: Taron Malicos
Nicknames/Aliases: The Wanderer
Age: 57
Sex: Male
Species: Human (Chandrilan)
Orientation: Uninterested
Homeworld: Chandrilla
Occupation: Former Jedi Master, Wanderer, Scholar
Height: 6’2"
Weight: 190lbs
Physical Description: Brawny and muscular, seemingly unimpaired by his age. Malicos bears the scars of many battles, both from before his descent into madness and from his time among the Nightbrothers on Dathomir. His hair and beard have grown gray and scraggly, the former of which he keeps in a topknot to avoid his eyes. His chest bears a symbolic scar of Nightbrother Viscus’ clan, which he took over.
Clothing: Malicos dons a black and crimson battle skirt and thonged sandals, above which he wears only simple, ragged cloak and hood. The skirt is fastened by a girdle, which contains places for his twin crimson sabers. From his waist hangs a string of Nightbrother horns, trophies he has kept to remind others of his power.
Weapons: Twin crimson-bladed sabers called the Magi (sg. Magus).
Equipment: A stone dagger he uses to skin the animals he feeds on
Vehicles: A repaired Eta-2 Actis-class Jedi Interceptor, still worn from battle and crashing, but emblazoned with Dathomiri symbols.
Languages: Galactic Basic, High Galactic Basic, Dathomiri, Chandrilan, Huttese, Droidspeak
Combat Skills: Malicos is a highly agile, constantly mobile opponent, prioritizing the use of his lightsabers and telekinetic attacks in combat. Switching between three styles with ease, he is highly aggressive, oppressing foes with an unstoppable and savage onslaught of attacks to prevent them from getting a strike at him. His use of Battle Meditation has helped him to lead clone armies in the past, allowing for keen victories when defeat seemed inevitable. He has also begun to delve deeper into the Nightsister magicks, following his first encounter with Nightsister Merrin. Even without his weapons, Malicos remains formidable, using the Force to augment his already deadly skills of unarmed combat.
Other Strengths: Malicos was a renowned tactician and field marshal when he served under the Jedi Order. Even in madness, his tactical genius has not dulled. In addition, because of his earlier interests in boyhood, he is a skilled technician, being very capable of machine work, though he has never used these skills in conjunction with the Force. His madness has given him one exceptional aid, as his mind is as likely to injure those invading it as they are to injure him.
Flaws: Pessimism and madness. Malicos is hell-bent on the achievement of power through the Dark Side of the Force, finding it as his only source of comfort since Order 66, though he has no knowledge of the Sith nor their involvement in Order 66, nor in the current rulers of the galaxy. In addition to the defects of his personality, Malicos lacks knowledge on the current state of the galaxy.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Personality: Malicos is callous and cruel, believing that might makes right, having been corrupted from his former altruist self. He is pragmatic, taking the most efficient route to attaining power, which he uses only for his benefit. He views most others as beneath him, and is a capable linguist, able to seduce others with intricate lies to obtain greater utility for himself.
Fears: For all his ambitions of power and freedom, Malicos still fears losing himself to his madness and dying for nothing.
Likes: Showboating his skills, engaging in combat, attaining power and lording it over others, scholarly debate, being in charge
Dislikes: Those who stand in his way, Jedi, Sith, clones, Nightsisters
Habits: None significant enough to speak of
Relationships/Love Interests: Even after Order 66, Malicos has no inclination to romance.
Friendships: None to speak of.
Masters: Jedi Master Jeral Umbatta (deceased)
Apprentices: Mortrik Daan (deceased)
Reputation: Despite being believed dead, Malicos is still a name brought up in the galaxy when the heroes of the Clones Wars or the brilliant minds of warfare are discussed. He is remembered as a pragmatic and capable leader and a feared opponent. On Dathomir, the few Nightbrother cults who do know of him fear him as an unstoppable monster.
Biography: Born in 66 BBY, Taron Malicos had an uninteresting childhood, even for a Chandrilan noble. Despite being raised with the expectation that he would inherit his parents’ station, he was found to be Force sensitive at an early age and was given over to the Jedi for training. Under Master Jeral Umbatta, a Trandoshan Jedi Guardian, he quickly became a formidable lightsaber combatant, even for a Padawan.
At age 22, he completed the Trials and was made a Jedi Knight, taking upon him an apprentice of his own soon afterwards. Stationed on Serenno long before the Clone Wars began, Malicos was able to impress on the young Daan an appreciation of the arts of the planet, while also molding him into a deadly, valiant weapon for good.
In 22 BBY, war broke out. By this time, both Malicos and his apprentice had been relocated to Coruscant, and both were selected to accompany Grandmaster Yoda to Kamino to fetch the new Clone Army of the Republic. Malicos was, at the time, impressed, yet wary of these new soldiers, feeling something was off about them, and calling to question their loyalties, noticing at once that their primary allegiance was to the Chancellor, not their Jedi Commanders.
His thoughts were met with disagreement from his comrades, but Malicos never once had difficulty with his own troops. They fought together on many frontiers against the Separatist forces, winning over 90% of the engagements he was a part of.
In 19 ABY, Malicos was reassigned to Hapes, along with his apprentice. As they passed alongside the planet Dathomir, Order 66 was issued. Malicos’ clones turned on him, and he responded mercilessly, having been in some small measure prepared for this eventuality for some time. During his escape, he dealt considerable damage to the ship, but his own fighter was damaged on the way out, crashing to Dathomir below some distance away from the Venator’s crash sight.
Over the next five years, Malicos made a name for himself among the Nightbrothers near the Temple of Kujet, to which he was drawn upon his escape from Nightbrother captivity. He conquered them, subjecting them to his will while he persuaded the lone Nightsister Merrin to educate him on the ways of Dathomiri Witches. In 14 BBY, a former Jedi Padawan named Cal Kestis arrived on the planet. Within hours of his arrival, Malicos’ ruse was up and Merrin turned on him. The Nightbrother chieftain engaged with Merrin briefly, but she retreated, only returning to face him when Kestis returned, but not to accept Malicos’ offer.
The two engaged in a fierce duel, but the Padawan had grown strong and managed to disarm the fallen Jedi. Merrin aided her new friend by burying Malicos in the stone, and the two left after plumbing the depths of the Temple, leaving Malicos for dead.
But he was not yet dead. Rather, calling upon his powers of physical ability, Malicos freed himself from his stony prison, rising to its surface. However, he did not have enough strength in him to re-subjugate the Nightbrothers to him. Instead, he spent days repairing his Jedi interceptor, flying in search of the Venator wreck upon completion, attempting to find another way to get off the planet.
His attempts have thus far failed. Malicos lives as a secluded wanderer in the Dathomiri wastes, waiting for his chance to leave and find freedom.
Level 7 (80 Points)
Shii-Cho: 1
Ataru: 3
Niman: 2
Juyo: 4
Jar-Kai: 4
Saber Throw: 4
Saber Barrier: 4
Telekinetic Lightsaber Combat: 3
Augmentation: 3
>Force Jump: 3
>Force Body: 2
Telekinesis: 3
>Force Push/Pull: 3
Force Sense: 2
>Precognition: 4
Telepathy: 3
>Mental Shield: 4
Force Bond: 2
>Battle Meditation: 4
Battlemind: 4
Force Resistance: 4
>Tutaminis: 4
>Force Barrier: 3
Force Kick: 2
Force Punch: 2
Speed of the Toocha: 3