Post by Phoenix on Mar 22, 2019 19:00:54 GMT -7
Name:
Arcann Tirall
Age:
33
Gender:
Male
Race/Species:
Human
Relationship Status:
Currently in a relationship with Keirria Noth
Height/Weight:
6'1" @260lbs
Alliance:
Former Emperor of Zakuul, now apart of the Eternal Alliance
Rank:
Warrior/Soldier
Weapons and other items:
Single bladed lightsaber
Lightsaber Design:
An intricately designed hilt of silver and gold, several runes run alongside the whole length of the saber hilt.
Lightsaber Colour:
Used to be yellow(Darksided), but now is a Silver-blue colour(Redeemed).
Lightsaber form:
Image:
Darkside Arcann:
Redeemed Arcann(Current):
Face Claim:
None. Old Republic Character
Description:
Arcann stands at roughly 6'1", wearing white robes with gold and grey weaved in, as well as white and grey pants and white knee high boots. Scars cover the majority of the left side of his face, making his appearance all the more striking. He has very pale blue eyes and a very thin, spiky layer of black hair that almost makes him look bald.
Personality:
Arcann was a calculating, shrewd, patient and ruthless young man. Arcann deeply desired love and acknowledgment from his father, Valkorion, but his father's lack of interest in his children caused Arcann to develop a deep resentment for his father, to the point that, in a fit of rage, Arcann attempted to kill him. Both Arcann's parents believed jealousy to be Arcann's hidden and fatal weakness. Arcann loved his sister Vaylin, and his acknowledgment of her abilities kept her loyal to him. Arcann was also arrogant, and believed himself beyond the reach of destiny.
Arcann was a fierce frontline warrior, and when working with his brother Thexan, the two were nearly unstoppable. Arcann and Thexan were inseparable as children, with Thexan helping Arcann in times of need and Arcann having complete faith and loyalty in Thexan. When Arcann lost his arm, Thexan never left his side, something Arcann deeply appreciated. After accidentally killing Thexan, Arcann was shocked and heartbroken by his action, which he later showed regret for. Arcann spoke of missing Thexan to their sister Vaylin, believing that Thexan would've sided with him against their father.
History:
Early Life:
Arcann and his twin brother Thexan were the sons of Valkorion, the "Immortal Emperor" of the Eternal Empire of Zakuul, and Senya Tirall, a member of Valkorion's elite guard from the ranks of the Knights of Zakuul. As children, Arcann and Thexan would often swap clothes to confuse their servants. Senya loved the twins but they didn't return her affections, even after their sister Vaylin was born. The children played together, sparring in the shadow of the Eternal Fleet or running away and living in the Endless Swamp for a month. The twins were trained from childhood to be warriors, but Arcann gradually became resentful of their father's apparent lack of interest or affection towards them, his resentment growing as the years passed, despite Thexan's attempts to placate him. Eventually, when Vaylin began displaying dangerously unstable power, Valkorion locked her away on Nathema to contain her powers. When Senya attempted to leave Valkorion and take her children, Arcann and his siblings simply laughed, calling her weak. Senya was then forced to leave them alone, as her children were more powerful than her.
When the twins reached adulthood, Arcann retrieved Vaylin from her prison in the Sanitarium on Nathema. Upon arriving on the planet, Arcann discovered it was devoid of the Force and felt his corrupting presence on his mind. Later, when Valkorion presented Vaylin with her first lightsaber, Arcann and Thexan moved to defend their father when she ignited her blade, only to hold back at his command. To their relief, Vaylin deactivated her lightsaber and knelt down before Valkorion.
By 3637 BBY, Arcann and Thexan requested their father's permission to lead an attack to test the strength of the galactic powers of the greater galaxy. Valkorion approved their venture, but decreed that only Thexan would lead the Eternal Fleet, ordering Arcann to remain on Zakuul. Arcann disobeyed his father's wishes and joined his brother anyway. They fought on many worlds, driving back the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, before finally striking at Korriban.
They clashed with the Sith under the command of Darth Atroxa in the Valley of the Dark Lords. During the battle, Arcann was grievously wounded in an explosion that took his arm. The prince was taken away from the battle to an encampment, where he was operated upon. By the end of the ordeal, Arcann had been fitted with a replacement cybernetic arm, the left side of his face hidden behind a durasteel mask made to conceal the prince's burnt face. The following day, Arcann was on his feet again and led a renewed assault, killing Darth Atroxa after he used his new cybernetic arm to twist her wrist.
Returning to Zakuul, Arcann and Thexan presented the lightsabers of the fallen Jedi and Sith as trophies from the battle to their father. However, Valkorion turned away in silence, and overcome by the dark side of the Force, Arcann became furious and attempted to attack the Emperor. Thexan, in an attempt to prevent his father's death, pulled his brother back. Arcann turned his attention to Thexan and struck out at him, but their brief duel ended when Arcann struck his brother down with a cut across the stomach, and the glint of the dark side faded from his eyes while he cradled Thexan. After his brother's passing, Valkorion instructed Arcann, now his only son, to come with him.
The Eternal Emperor:
"As your new Emperor, I can promise you this: Zakuul's enemies will face the full power of the Eternal Throne. They will answer for their warmongering ways."
Arcann later attempted to inform his father of a joint Imperial-Republic fleet approaching their territory, but Valkorion was already aware, and sent the Eternal Fleet to intercept them. In the aftermath of the battle, Arcann recovered two survivors, Darth Marr and the Outlander (who would later be better known as Keirria), whom he brought directly to his father on his Eternal Flagship. Before they entered the Eternal Throne room, Arcann was approached by the Scion Heskal, whom he mocked for still putting faith in the catastrophe the Scions foretold before dismissing him.
Arcann then brought the prisoners before Valkorion, whom they identified as the former Sith Emperor of the Sith Empire. When Valkorion offered them a chance to kneel, Darth Marr refused and was executed for his defiance. Vaylin then ordered the Knights and the Scions to clear the room, leaving Arcann, Valkorion and Keirria alone. As Valkorion extended his offer to share his Empire with Keirria, Arcann betrayed his father and struck him down, killing his physical body while his spirit attached himself to Keirria, who was incapacitated by the experience. Arcann assumed his father's Eternal Throne and as the new Emperor of Zakuul, pinned his father's murder on the Outsider, using it as an excuse to launch an attack on the Core Worlds. However, he sensed that Valkorion's spirit was inhabiting Keirria's body and had her frozen in carbonite.
Arcann's war was swift and brutal, his forces prevailed over both the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic within a year. Both sides, represented by the Galactic Senate and the Minister of Logistics respectively, signed formal treaties with Zakuul, which demanded regular tribute in raw materials and placed them under strong arms limitation statures, making them incapable of challenging the Eternal Empire directly and making Zakuul the dominant power in the galaxy. For all intents and purposes, Arcann held dominion over the galaxy, though he ignored the animosity between Republic and Empire, who were more intent on fighting each other than uniting against Arcann. His rule solidifed, Arcann ruled the Eternal Empire unchallenged for five years after his father's death.
Keirria's Escape:
"Everything stands at risk. Zakuul. The Throne. My vision for the galaxy. All because we let the Outlander slip away!"
In 3632 BBY a former Sith Intelligence Minister Lana Beniko and an exiled Zakuulan naval officer Koth Vortena managed to free Keirria from carbonite and escape pursuit by Vaylin and Zakuulan Knights, to Arcann's displeasure.
The Emperor determined that the escaped prisoner would try to hide in the Endless Swamp and send Skytrooper forces to sweep the area with large metallic sensor reading. However, the dissidents managed to locate the Gravestone, a legendary starship that once overpowered the Eternal Fleet, and get it airborne. Arcann ordered the Eternal Fleet to blast the vessel as it tried to escape Zakuul, only to witness as one omnicannon blast from the Gravestone destroyed more than two dozen Eternal Fleet warships before jumping into Hyperspace.
Later, Vaylin was able to confirm that Keirria was aided by their mother, who turned on her children and went rogue after the Scion massacre. Though Vaylin wondered whether Senya was aware of Valkorion's survival inside Keirria's mind and was attempting to restore his rule, Arcann claimed that it was irrelevant, vowing that their mother would either return to them or face the consequences.
Not long afterwards, Keirria and Senya had returned to Zakuul and were spotted in the Old World. When Vaylin informed her brother about this development, Arcann wondered why their foes would escape only to return and publicly informed the denizens of Old World to watch out for the fugitives. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Scions-in-hiding Heskal contacted Arcann and revealed that Keirria was present on the Asylum shadowport, acting in accordance with the prophecy he witnessed. Arcann ordered the Eternal Fleet to deploy, boasting that Keirria would not be able escape.
Arcann made his way to Asylum before his Eternal Fleet did and personally executed five Scions in the the Scions' hideout before impaling Heskal on his lightsaber just as Keirria arrived to meet with him. Arcann then offered Keirria to peacefully return to carbonite until a way to exorcise Valkorion from her mind is found and surrender the Gravestone, in exchange for letting all of Keirria's companions to leave freely. His terms were refused, and Arcann engaged Keirria in combat just as the Eternal Fleet emerged from hyperspace and started bombarding the shadowport. The fight was interrupted by a shuttle that crashed into the hideout, allowing Keirria to flee the scene. Arcann then went to the Control Spar which controlled the docking clamps preventing the Gravestone from leaving. When Keirria arrived and released the docking mechanisms, Arcann engaged his foe again, destroying her droid HK-55 in the process. However, Arcann was knocked out from the Control Spar to the levels down below, allowing Keirria and her companions to return to the Gravestone and escape. In the aftermath of the battle of Asylum, Arcann informed Vaylin that Valkorion's power has been diminished.
Despite a widespread search for the Gravestone and Keirria that Arcann ordered, neither Vaylin nor the Eternal Fleet patrols were able to located them for weeks. Losing patience, Arcann ordered Vaylin to bombard one inhabited world in five sectors each, hoping to either lure Keirria out of hiding or give someone else an incentive to reveal her whereabouts. As his order was being carried out, Keirria visited Zakuul once more and allied with the local terrorist and anarchist Firebrand for a raid on Overwatch, destroying the controls for the droids that maintained Zakuul capital city of the Spire, plunging it into chaos. Arcann used this attack as an excuse for the bombardments, claiming that the targeted worlds supported Keirria and that the attacks were retaliation for the acts of terrorism on Zakuul. Blaming the Knights of Zakuul for their inability to apprehend Keirria, Arcann ordered them to fight to the death in the dueling circle in pairs as a punishment and a motivation. Vaylin voiced her concern that their search efforts would be impaired with their number of Knights cut in half, but Arcann ignored her.
Keirria by this point, had formed an Alliance against the tyranny of Zakuul, which made increasingly bold strikes against the Eternal Empire, while the whereabouts of its headquarters remained a mystery to Arcann and Vaylin. Arcann voiced Vaylin his frustrations at their father for refusing to face him in open combat, to which Vaylin suggested that Valkorion was punishing Arcann for stealing his throne. Arcann countered that their father was completely devoid of emotions all their lives, not even acknowledging him murdering Thexan. As Vaylin became nostalgic regarding their late brother, Arcann asked whether he still had her support, which Vaylin affirmed.
Arcann and Vaylin later observed a real-time holographic report of a Mandalorian army assaulting an Eternal Empire weapons factory on Darvannis. Vaylin suggested dispatching the Eternal Fleet to annihilate the Mandalorians, but Arcann was content to watch their enemies struggle and declined. As the battle progressed, the Mandalorians were gaining the advantage, and noting that the Mandalorians seemed inspired by a cause they could believe in, Arcann realized Keirria was on Darvannis alongside them. As Vaylin rebuked him for not taking her advice, Arcann realized that he spent too long sitting on the Eternal Throne and decided to hunt Keirria himself.
Downfall and Joining the Alliance:
Consumed by his desire for revenge, Arcann ordered his detachment of the Eternal Fleet to attack Odessen, planning to deal with SCORPIO after killing Keirria and his father. In a countermove, the Alliance faced the Eternal Fleet with the Gravestone, proceeding to cause massive damage to it with the omnicannon. As the battle raged on, Keirria, Senya Tirall and Lana Beniko boarded the Eternal Flagship in an attempt to kill Arcann. Seeing her mother on the security cameras, Vaylin revealed Arcann's position on the bridge to Keirria, while also luring Senya away from him to confront her personally. As Keirria confronted and engaged Arcann on the bridge, SCORPIO took control of the remaining part of the Eternal Fleet and used the present ships to fire at the Eternal Flagship, intending to eliminate both Arcann and Keirria in one fell swoop. Demanding response from his father, Arcann battled Keirria while SCORPIO's assault tore the flagship apart around them. Arcann was eventually overcome and as Keirria stood over him, he staggered back and was crushed by collapsing debris, forcing Keirria to retreat before the flagship blew apart.
However, Senya arrived soon after Keirria left and pulled Arcann from under debris, his left cybernetic arm completely destroyed. Lamenting her inability to save him, Senya was interrupted by the arrival of Vaylin and offered both her children to come back to her. Vaylin angrily refused and took a strike at her mother, but Arcann Force-pushed her away, saving Senya and enraging Vaylin for denying her the pleasure of killing her mother. While Vaylin vengefully retreated back to Zakuul, Senya carried Arcann away to his personal shuttle and escaped into hyperspace with the intention of healing him away from the Alliance forces.
Senya eventually made it to Voss, where she hoped to use Voss healing ritual to heal both Arcann's injured body and his spirit, curing him of the hatred that had consumed him. However, Vaylin followed her and launched an invasion of Voss, determined to kill all her family in one fell swoop. The Eternal Fleet met resistance from the Alliance forces and Senya was forced to contact Keirria, now the Alliance Commander, for help. Keirria and Theron Shan traveled to Senya's position at the Shrine of Healing where the Voss Mystics were treating still unconscious Arcann and offered to hold of Zakuulan forces so that the healing ritual could be completed. The Voss healing worked by taking the strength of many to heal an injured patient and as it became aware that there was not enough time until their position was overwhelmed, Senya ordered the Mystics to take her strength to heal her son. The Mystics complied and transferred her strength to him, those this left Senya comatose. Arcann awoke confused and, witnessing his mother's lifeless body, fled the Shrine back to his shuttle, believing her dead. As he was boarding it, the Alliance Commander caught up with him and attempted to stop him, but Arcann, despite having only one working hand, managed to pilot the shuttle away and escape into hyperspace. His mind healed, Arcann abandoned the mask that covered the scarred half of his face and acquired a new cybernetic prosthetic for his left arm. He also amassed a group of Zakuulan loyalists, willing to aid him in reclaiming the Eternal Throne from his sister. Alliance Intelligence put at an extensive search for Arcann, but was unable to locate any reliable trail that could lead to him.
When Vaylin announced the upcoming Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin, Arcann saw his as an opportunity to confront his sister. During the Festival, a shuttle with his followers launched several missiles at the Palace of the Eternal Dragon, with Arcann and the loyalists debarking in the chaos. This interrupted the Alliance Commander, who also saw the event as a chance to strike at Vaylin, learning that Valkorion conditioned her to become powerless when the phrase "Kneel before the Dragon of Zakuul" was spoken in her presense. Arcann found Vaylin at the Palace balcony and tried to talk her down peacefully, but Vaylin became convinced that her brother was complicit in her conditioning and attacked him in a fit of rage. The arrival of Keirria and Theron Shan interrupted their fight, allowing Vaylin to escape on a speeder bike. To Keirria's surprise, Arcann addressed her peacefully, and acknowledged his past crimes without signs of hostility. When Theron Shan doubted his trustworthyness, Arcann joined him and Keirria in the fight against the Horizon Guard who arrived to kill them. After the Guards fell, Arcann wondered whether Keirria was controlled by his father like a puppet or merely housed his essense. Valkorion's spirit then revealed himself to Arcann and called him weak, to which Arcann replied that he was no longer his father's son and that Keirria was more deserving of the Eternal Throne than he was. Arcann's offer to join the Alliance and stand against Vaylin was accepted and Keirria broadcasted the act of him swearing new loyalty to the galaxy. Witnessing the broadcast, Vaylin was enraged and ordered the Eternal Fleet to bomb the entire Palace to rubble, but Arcann managed to escape with the Alliance on a shuttle piloted by Lana Beniko.
Upon his arrival to the Alliance base on Odessen, Arcann was initially treated as an enemy by the Alliance personnel, many of whom suffered under his rule for years and joined the Alliance to oppose him in a first place. However, Keirria insisted that having the former Eternal Emperor on the side was good for both the morale and for adding additional pressure on Vaylin. Knowing his sister, Arcann compared her to a wounded predator and claimed that she would find a way to strike back.
The Alliance soon learned that Vaylin found a way to break her conditioning, which required her to return to Nathema. Arcann provided the location of the planet and warned of its nature as a void in the Force, visiting which could cause him to fall back to his old ways. Appreciating Arcann's honesty, Keirria traveled to Nathema with Lana Beniko and Theron Shan, but was unable to stop Vaylin from her breaking her bonds, an act which caused Senya to wake from her coma in fear.
No longer chained by her conditioning, Vaylin immediately launched an assault on Odessen, intending to wipe the Alliance and her entire family who opposed her. As the battle raged on multiple fronts, Arcann and his mother teamed up to protect the dry-docked Gravestone from the Zakuulan forces. When Keirria caught up with them, the mother and son pledged their support for the cause once more and offered to stand by Keirria's side against Vaylin. Keirria contacted Vaylin via a holo-call, successfully tauning her to abandon the safety of her flagship and travel to Odessen surface for a face-to-face confrontation. Holding an Alliance member hostage, Vaylin awaited on the Alliance landing platform as Keirria and Vaylin's family arrived to stop her. Her power raging out of control, Vaylin killed her hostage and caused a massive Force Storm, leaving Keirria no choice but to stike her down. As Vaylin lay dead, Senya and Arcann lamented her loss, but were relieved that the conflict was over. Arcann was concerned about the storm of energy that flowed to Keirria when Vaylin was struck and cautioned to remain wary about a possible trap by Valkorion.
However, Vailyn's death left the Eternal Throne empty, leading the GEMINI captains to revert to their basic programming and commanding the Eternal Fleet to bombard inhabited worlds indiscriminately. The Alliance leadership boarded the Gravestone and departed for Zakuul, intending to end the threat once and for all. Using upgrades from Iokath the ship was able to breach the Eternal Fleet blockade and Senya and Arcann volunteered to accompany Keirria through the Spire. Together, they traveled down to surface in a boarding pod that landed in the Garden of Izax and made their way to the Spire as the Eternal Fleet burned Zakuul around them. When entering the Eternal Throne room, Arcann was taken aback at seeing his old Throne and lamented the death of millions he caused while holding it, while Keirria assured him that he became a better man since. Arcann offered Keirria to take the Throne and pacify the Fleet, but as soon it was done, Valkorion revealed his ultimate goal, assaulting Keirria for control of her body. Within the depth of their mind, Keirria was fighting back by locating Dramath's holocron, which was told to hold power to destroy Valkorion once and for all. The Throne room was breached by the attacking skytroopers and mother and son hold them off for a while, until Senya told Arcann to use the physical holocron to join Keirria in the fight against his father. Meditating on the holocron, Arcann's conciousness emerged inside Keirria's mind, where he learned that Vaylin's essense remained bound to Valkorion after her death. Keirria had used Dramath's holocron to free Vaylin from direct control by Valkorion, though when offered a chance to avenge her own death she agreed that her father was making a good point. However, Keirria and Arcann managed to change her mind and the three engaged Valkorion in the mindspace. After toying with them for a while, Valkorion destroyed the holocron, claiming that nothing was able to stop him. However, since his spirit was now bound to Vaylin's, Keirria used the phrase "Kneel before the Dragon of Zakuul" to rob him of his own strength. Owerpowered and weakened, Valkorion watched as Senya joined her children in Keirria's mind and together the family watched the Immortal Emperor's final words and moments, until Keirria put a final end to his millennia-long existence. Back in the physical world, Arcann noted that he no longer felt his father's presense and did not think he could return to the world of living again. Keirria then proclaimed the age of the Eternal Alliance, unifying the military of Zakuul and the Eternal Fleet with the cause of the Alliance, which Arcann and his mother continued to be a part of.
Arcann Tirall
Age:
33
Gender:
Male
Race/Species:
Human
Relationship Status:
Currently in a relationship with Keirria Noth
Height/Weight:
6'1" @260lbs
Alliance:
Former Emperor of Zakuul, now apart of the Eternal Alliance
Rank:
Warrior/Soldier
Weapons and other items:
Single bladed lightsaber
Lightsaber Design:
An intricately designed hilt of silver and gold, several runes run alongside the whole length of the saber hilt.
Lightsaber Colour:
Used to be yellow(Darksided), but now is a Silver-blue colour(Redeemed).
Lightsaber form:
Image:
Darkside Arcann:
Redeemed Arcann(Current):
Face Claim:
None. Old Republic Character
Description:
Arcann stands at roughly 6'1", wearing white robes with gold and grey weaved in, as well as white and grey pants and white knee high boots. Scars cover the majority of the left side of his face, making his appearance all the more striking. He has very pale blue eyes and a very thin, spiky layer of black hair that almost makes him look bald.
Personality:
Arcann was a calculating, shrewd, patient and ruthless young man. Arcann deeply desired love and acknowledgment from his father, Valkorion, but his father's lack of interest in his children caused Arcann to develop a deep resentment for his father, to the point that, in a fit of rage, Arcann attempted to kill him. Both Arcann's parents believed jealousy to be Arcann's hidden and fatal weakness. Arcann loved his sister Vaylin, and his acknowledgment of her abilities kept her loyal to him. Arcann was also arrogant, and believed himself beyond the reach of destiny.
Arcann was a fierce frontline warrior, and when working with his brother Thexan, the two were nearly unstoppable. Arcann and Thexan were inseparable as children, with Thexan helping Arcann in times of need and Arcann having complete faith and loyalty in Thexan. When Arcann lost his arm, Thexan never left his side, something Arcann deeply appreciated. After accidentally killing Thexan, Arcann was shocked and heartbroken by his action, which he later showed regret for. Arcann spoke of missing Thexan to their sister Vaylin, believing that Thexan would've sided with him against their father.
History:
Early Life:
Arcann and his twin brother Thexan were the sons of Valkorion, the "Immortal Emperor" of the Eternal Empire of Zakuul, and Senya Tirall, a member of Valkorion's elite guard from the ranks of the Knights of Zakuul. As children, Arcann and Thexan would often swap clothes to confuse their servants. Senya loved the twins but they didn't return her affections, even after their sister Vaylin was born. The children played together, sparring in the shadow of the Eternal Fleet or running away and living in the Endless Swamp for a month. The twins were trained from childhood to be warriors, but Arcann gradually became resentful of their father's apparent lack of interest or affection towards them, his resentment growing as the years passed, despite Thexan's attempts to placate him. Eventually, when Vaylin began displaying dangerously unstable power, Valkorion locked her away on Nathema to contain her powers. When Senya attempted to leave Valkorion and take her children, Arcann and his siblings simply laughed, calling her weak. Senya was then forced to leave them alone, as her children were more powerful than her.
When the twins reached adulthood, Arcann retrieved Vaylin from her prison in the Sanitarium on Nathema. Upon arriving on the planet, Arcann discovered it was devoid of the Force and felt his corrupting presence on his mind. Later, when Valkorion presented Vaylin with her first lightsaber, Arcann and Thexan moved to defend their father when she ignited her blade, only to hold back at his command. To their relief, Vaylin deactivated her lightsaber and knelt down before Valkorion.
By 3637 BBY, Arcann and Thexan requested their father's permission to lead an attack to test the strength of the galactic powers of the greater galaxy. Valkorion approved their venture, but decreed that only Thexan would lead the Eternal Fleet, ordering Arcann to remain on Zakuul. Arcann disobeyed his father's wishes and joined his brother anyway. They fought on many worlds, driving back the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, before finally striking at Korriban.
They clashed with the Sith under the command of Darth Atroxa in the Valley of the Dark Lords. During the battle, Arcann was grievously wounded in an explosion that took his arm. The prince was taken away from the battle to an encampment, where he was operated upon. By the end of the ordeal, Arcann had been fitted with a replacement cybernetic arm, the left side of his face hidden behind a durasteel mask made to conceal the prince's burnt face. The following day, Arcann was on his feet again and led a renewed assault, killing Darth Atroxa after he used his new cybernetic arm to twist her wrist.
Returning to Zakuul, Arcann and Thexan presented the lightsabers of the fallen Jedi and Sith as trophies from the battle to their father. However, Valkorion turned away in silence, and overcome by the dark side of the Force, Arcann became furious and attempted to attack the Emperor. Thexan, in an attempt to prevent his father's death, pulled his brother back. Arcann turned his attention to Thexan and struck out at him, but their brief duel ended when Arcann struck his brother down with a cut across the stomach, and the glint of the dark side faded from his eyes while he cradled Thexan. After his brother's passing, Valkorion instructed Arcann, now his only son, to come with him.
The Eternal Emperor:
"As your new Emperor, I can promise you this: Zakuul's enemies will face the full power of the Eternal Throne. They will answer for their warmongering ways."
Arcann later attempted to inform his father of a joint Imperial-Republic fleet approaching their territory, but Valkorion was already aware, and sent the Eternal Fleet to intercept them. In the aftermath of the battle, Arcann recovered two survivors, Darth Marr and the Outlander (who would later be better known as Keirria), whom he brought directly to his father on his Eternal Flagship. Before they entered the Eternal Throne room, Arcann was approached by the Scion Heskal, whom he mocked for still putting faith in the catastrophe the Scions foretold before dismissing him.
Arcann then brought the prisoners before Valkorion, whom they identified as the former Sith Emperor of the Sith Empire. When Valkorion offered them a chance to kneel, Darth Marr refused and was executed for his defiance. Vaylin then ordered the Knights and the Scions to clear the room, leaving Arcann, Valkorion and Keirria alone. As Valkorion extended his offer to share his Empire with Keirria, Arcann betrayed his father and struck him down, killing his physical body while his spirit attached himself to Keirria, who was incapacitated by the experience. Arcann assumed his father's Eternal Throne and as the new Emperor of Zakuul, pinned his father's murder on the Outsider, using it as an excuse to launch an attack on the Core Worlds. However, he sensed that Valkorion's spirit was inhabiting Keirria's body and had her frozen in carbonite.
Arcann's war was swift and brutal, his forces prevailed over both the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic within a year. Both sides, represented by the Galactic Senate and the Minister of Logistics respectively, signed formal treaties with Zakuul, which demanded regular tribute in raw materials and placed them under strong arms limitation statures, making them incapable of challenging the Eternal Empire directly and making Zakuul the dominant power in the galaxy. For all intents and purposes, Arcann held dominion over the galaxy, though he ignored the animosity between Republic and Empire, who were more intent on fighting each other than uniting against Arcann. His rule solidifed, Arcann ruled the Eternal Empire unchallenged for five years after his father's death.
Keirria's Escape:
"Everything stands at risk. Zakuul. The Throne. My vision for the galaxy. All because we let the Outlander slip away!"
In 3632 BBY a former Sith Intelligence Minister Lana Beniko and an exiled Zakuulan naval officer Koth Vortena managed to free Keirria from carbonite and escape pursuit by Vaylin and Zakuulan Knights, to Arcann's displeasure.
The Emperor determined that the escaped prisoner would try to hide in the Endless Swamp and send Skytrooper forces to sweep the area with large metallic sensor reading. However, the dissidents managed to locate the Gravestone, a legendary starship that once overpowered the Eternal Fleet, and get it airborne. Arcann ordered the Eternal Fleet to blast the vessel as it tried to escape Zakuul, only to witness as one omnicannon blast from the Gravestone destroyed more than two dozen Eternal Fleet warships before jumping into Hyperspace.
Later, Vaylin was able to confirm that Keirria was aided by their mother, who turned on her children and went rogue after the Scion massacre. Though Vaylin wondered whether Senya was aware of Valkorion's survival inside Keirria's mind and was attempting to restore his rule, Arcann claimed that it was irrelevant, vowing that their mother would either return to them or face the consequences.
Not long afterwards, Keirria and Senya had returned to Zakuul and were spotted in the Old World. When Vaylin informed her brother about this development, Arcann wondered why their foes would escape only to return and publicly informed the denizens of Old World to watch out for the fugitives. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Scions-in-hiding Heskal contacted Arcann and revealed that Keirria was present on the Asylum shadowport, acting in accordance with the prophecy he witnessed. Arcann ordered the Eternal Fleet to deploy, boasting that Keirria would not be able escape.
Arcann made his way to Asylum before his Eternal Fleet did and personally executed five Scions in the the Scions' hideout before impaling Heskal on his lightsaber just as Keirria arrived to meet with him. Arcann then offered Keirria to peacefully return to carbonite until a way to exorcise Valkorion from her mind is found and surrender the Gravestone, in exchange for letting all of Keirria's companions to leave freely. His terms were refused, and Arcann engaged Keirria in combat just as the Eternal Fleet emerged from hyperspace and started bombarding the shadowport. The fight was interrupted by a shuttle that crashed into the hideout, allowing Keirria to flee the scene. Arcann then went to the Control Spar which controlled the docking clamps preventing the Gravestone from leaving. When Keirria arrived and released the docking mechanisms, Arcann engaged his foe again, destroying her droid HK-55 in the process. However, Arcann was knocked out from the Control Spar to the levels down below, allowing Keirria and her companions to return to the Gravestone and escape. In the aftermath of the battle of Asylum, Arcann informed Vaylin that Valkorion's power has been diminished.
Despite a widespread search for the Gravestone and Keirria that Arcann ordered, neither Vaylin nor the Eternal Fleet patrols were able to located them for weeks. Losing patience, Arcann ordered Vaylin to bombard one inhabited world in five sectors each, hoping to either lure Keirria out of hiding or give someone else an incentive to reveal her whereabouts. As his order was being carried out, Keirria visited Zakuul once more and allied with the local terrorist and anarchist Firebrand for a raid on Overwatch, destroying the controls for the droids that maintained Zakuul capital city of the Spire, plunging it into chaos. Arcann used this attack as an excuse for the bombardments, claiming that the targeted worlds supported Keirria and that the attacks were retaliation for the acts of terrorism on Zakuul. Blaming the Knights of Zakuul for their inability to apprehend Keirria, Arcann ordered them to fight to the death in the dueling circle in pairs as a punishment and a motivation. Vaylin voiced her concern that their search efforts would be impaired with their number of Knights cut in half, but Arcann ignored her.
Keirria by this point, had formed an Alliance against the tyranny of Zakuul, which made increasingly bold strikes against the Eternal Empire, while the whereabouts of its headquarters remained a mystery to Arcann and Vaylin. Arcann voiced Vaylin his frustrations at their father for refusing to face him in open combat, to which Vaylin suggested that Valkorion was punishing Arcann for stealing his throne. Arcann countered that their father was completely devoid of emotions all their lives, not even acknowledging him murdering Thexan. As Vaylin became nostalgic regarding their late brother, Arcann asked whether he still had her support, which Vaylin affirmed.
Arcann and Vaylin later observed a real-time holographic report of a Mandalorian army assaulting an Eternal Empire weapons factory on Darvannis. Vaylin suggested dispatching the Eternal Fleet to annihilate the Mandalorians, but Arcann was content to watch their enemies struggle and declined. As the battle progressed, the Mandalorians were gaining the advantage, and noting that the Mandalorians seemed inspired by a cause they could believe in, Arcann realized Keirria was on Darvannis alongside them. As Vaylin rebuked him for not taking her advice, Arcann realized that he spent too long sitting on the Eternal Throne and decided to hunt Keirria himself.
Downfall and Joining the Alliance:
Consumed by his desire for revenge, Arcann ordered his detachment of the Eternal Fleet to attack Odessen, planning to deal with SCORPIO after killing Keirria and his father. In a countermove, the Alliance faced the Eternal Fleet with the Gravestone, proceeding to cause massive damage to it with the omnicannon. As the battle raged on, Keirria, Senya Tirall and Lana Beniko boarded the Eternal Flagship in an attempt to kill Arcann. Seeing her mother on the security cameras, Vaylin revealed Arcann's position on the bridge to Keirria, while also luring Senya away from him to confront her personally. As Keirria confronted and engaged Arcann on the bridge, SCORPIO took control of the remaining part of the Eternal Fleet and used the present ships to fire at the Eternal Flagship, intending to eliminate both Arcann and Keirria in one fell swoop. Demanding response from his father, Arcann battled Keirria while SCORPIO's assault tore the flagship apart around them. Arcann was eventually overcome and as Keirria stood over him, he staggered back and was crushed by collapsing debris, forcing Keirria to retreat before the flagship blew apart.
However, Senya arrived soon after Keirria left and pulled Arcann from under debris, his left cybernetic arm completely destroyed. Lamenting her inability to save him, Senya was interrupted by the arrival of Vaylin and offered both her children to come back to her. Vaylin angrily refused and took a strike at her mother, but Arcann Force-pushed her away, saving Senya and enraging Vaylin for denying her the pleasure of killing her mother. While Vaylin vengefully retreated back to Zakuul, Senya carried Arcann away to his personal shuttle and escaped into hyperspace with the intention of healing him away from the Alliance forces.
Senya eventually made it to Voss, where she hoped to use Voss healing ritual to heal both Arcann's injured body and his spirit, curing him of the hatred that had consumed him. However, Vaylin followed her and launched an invasion of Voss, determined to kill all her family in one fell swoop. The Eternal Fleet met resistance from the Alliance forces and Senya was forced to contact Keirria, now the Alliance Commander, for help. Keirria and Theron Shan traveled to Senya's position at the Shrine of Healing where the Voss Mystics were treating still unconscious Arcann and offered to hold of Zakuulan forces so that the healing ritual could be completed. The Voss healing worked by taking the strength of many to heal an injured patient and as it became aware that there was not enough time until their position was overwhelmed, Senya ordered the Mystics to take her strength to heal her son. The Mystics complied and transferred her strength to him, those this left Senya comatose. Arcann awoke confused and, witnessing his mother's lifeless body, fled the Shrine back to his shuttle, believing her dead. As he was boarding it, the Alliance Commander caught up with him and attempted to stop him, but Arcann, despite having only one working hand, managed to pilot the shuttle away and escape into hyperspace. His mind healed, Arcann abandoned the mask that covered the scarred half of his face and acquired a new cybernetic prosthetic for his left arm. He also amassed a group of Zakuulan loyalists, willing to aid him in reclaiming the Eternal Throne from his sister. Alliance Intelligence put at an extensive search for Arcann, but was unable to locate any reliable trail that could lead to him.
When Vaylin announced the upcoming Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin, Arcann saw his as an opportunity to confront his sister. During the Festival, a shuttle with his followers launched several missiles at the Palace of the Eternal Dragon, with Arcann and the loyalists debarking in the chaos. This interrupted the Alliance Commander, who also saw the event as a chance to strike at Vaylin, learning that Valkorion conditioned her to become powerless when the phrase "Kneel before the Dragon of Zakuul" was spoken in her presense. Arcann found Vaylin at the Palace balcony and tried to talk her down peacefully, but Vaylin became convinced that her brother was complicit in her conditioning and attacked him in a fit of rage. The arrival of Keirria and Theron Shan interrupted their fight, allowing Vaylin to escape on a speeder bike. To Keirria's surprise, Arcann addressed her peacefully, and acknowledged his past crimes without signs of hostility. When Theron Shan doubted his trustworthyness, Arcann joined him and Keirria in the fight against the Horizon Guard who arrived to kill them. After the Guards fell, Arcann wondered whether Keirria was controlled by his father like a puppet or merely housed his essense. Valkorion's spirit then revealed himself to Arcann and called him weak, to which Arcann replied that he was no longer his father's son and that Keirria was more deserving of the Eternal Throne than he was. Arcann's offer to join the Alliance and stand against Vaylin was accepted and Keirria broadcasted the act of him swearing new loyalty to the galaxy. Witnessing the broadcast, Vaylin was enraged and ordered the Eternal Fleet to bomb the entire Palace to rubble, but Arcann managed to escape with the Alliance on a shuttle piloted by Lana Beniko.
Upon his arrival to the Alliance base on Odessen, Arcann was initially treated as an enemy by the Alliance personnel, many of whom suffered under his rule for years and joined the Alliance to oppose him in a first place. However, Keirria insisted that having the former Eternal Emperor on the side was good for both the morale and for adding additional pressure on Vaylin. Knowing his sister, Arcann compared her to a wounded predator and claimed that she would find a way to strike back.
The Alliance soon learned that Vaylin found a way to break her conditioning, which required her to return to Nathema. Arcann provided the location of the planet and warned of its nature as a void in the Force, visiting which could cause him to fall back to his old ways. Appreciating Arcann's honesty, Keirria traveled to Nathema with Lana Beniko and Theron Shan, but was unable to stop Vaylin from her breaking her bonds, an act which caused Senya to wake from her coma in fear.
No longer chained by her conditioning, Vaylin immediately launched an assault on Odessen, intending to wipe the Alliance and her entire family who opposed her. As the battle raged on multiple fronts, Arcann and his mother teamed up to protect the dry-docked Gravestone from the Zakuulan forces. When Keirria caught up with them, the mother and son pledged their support for the cause once more and offered to stand by Keirria's side against Vaylin. Keirria contacted Vaylin via a holo-call, successfully tauning her to abandon the safety of her flagship and travel to Odessen surface for a face-to-face confrontation. Holding an Alliance member hostage, Vaylin awaited on the Alliance landing platform as Keirria and Vaylin's family arrived to stop her. Her power raging out of control, Vaylin killed her hostage and caused a massive Force Storm, leaving Keirria no choice but to stike her down. As Vaylin lay dead, Senya and Arcann lamented her loss, but were relieved that the conflict was over. Arcann was concerned about the storm of energy that flowed to Keirria when Vaylin was struck and cautioned to remain wary about a possible trap by Valkorion.
However, Vailyn's death left the Eternal Throne empty, leading the GEMINI captains to revert to their basic programming and commanding the Eternal Fleet to bombard inhabited worlds indiscriminately. The Alliance leadership boarded the Gravestone and departed for Zakuul, intending to end the threat once and for all. Using upgrades from Iokath the ship was able to breach the Eternal Fleet blockade and Senya and Arcann volunteered to accompany Keirria through the Spire. Together, they traveled down to surface in a boarding pod that landed in the Garden of Izax and made their way to the Spire as the Eternal Fleet burned Zakuul around them. When entering the Eternal Throne room, Arcann was taken aback at seeing his old Throne and lamented the death of millions he caused while holding it, while Keirria assured him that he became a better man since. Arcann offered Keirria to take the Throne and pacify the Fleet, but as soon it was done, Valkorion revealed his ultimate goal, assaulting Keirria for control of her body. Within the depth of their mind, Keirria was fighting back by locating Dramath's holocron, which was told to hold power to destroy Valkorion once and for all. The Throne room was breached by the attacking skytroopers and mother and son hold them off for a while, until Senya told Arcann to use the physical holocron to join Keirria in the fight against his father. Meditating on the holocron, Arcann's conciousness emerged inside Keirria's mind, where he learned that Vaylin's essense remained bound to Valkorion after her death. Keirria had used Dramath's holocron to free Vaylin from direct control by Valkorion, though when offered a chance to avenge her own death she agreed that her father was making a good point. However, Keirria and Arcann managed to change her mind and the three engaged Valkorion in the mindspace. After toying with them for a while, Valkorion destroyed the holocron, claiming that nothing was able to stop him. However, since his spirit was now bound to Vaylin's, Keirria used the phrase "Kneel before the Dragon of Zakuul" to rob him of his own strength. Owerpowered and weakened, Valkorion watched as Senya joined her children in Keirria's mind and together the family watched the Immortal Emperor's final words and moments, until Keirria put a final end to his millennia-long existence. Back in the physical world, Arcann noted that he no longer felt his father's presense and did not think he could return to the world of living again. Keirria then proclaimed the age of the Eternal Alliance, unifying the military of Zakuul and the Eternal Fleet with the cause of the Alliance, which Arcann and his mother continued to be a part of.
