Name: Lorn Rosk
Species: Houk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Faction: Sith Empire
Rank:Apprentice - Beastmaster
Notable Race Traits: One of the largest sentient species, their brute strength can only be rivaled by other gargantuan species such as the Wookies. Thick Skull, Giant stature (He himself is 2.5 metres tall)
Flaws:His size means he isn't exactly nimble.
Quick to anger, anger means physical altercations.
Force abilities are severely limited.
Spent very little time within the actual Sith Academy.
Always a bit of an Outcast within the Sith ranks, as his species by most is seen little more than beasts and he hasn’t earned the distinction yet to change this view.
Skills:Understands animals and their behaviour enough to train them, without needing to constantly cause them pain.
Well versed in xenobiology, he spent a lot of his time before becoming a Sith training as a Xenobiologist.
Trained in using an Electrostaff and a lightsaber (Despite his moves being limited due to his size and bodies capabilities)
Like many of his species, he can (surprisingly) be quite sneaky when he wants to be.
Hunter/Tracker: Not as well versed as someone who has specialized in tracking through the force however. His skills rely solely on old fashioned techniques and only work in natural environments.
Lightsaber combat is restricted to proficiency in Form V
Force capabilities:-Basics.
-Animal Friendship.
-Crucitorn : Through mental training he already has a high pain threshold, however even he sometimes needs to use the Force to increase that.
-Force Bellow
While capable of the basics, and a couple of others he is not able to excel unlike many of his old classmates. Whether this is due to his race, his level of Force Sensitivity or mental clarity is unknown.
Biography:Lorn never truly wanted to become a Sith. Growing up on one of the many Houk clans throughout the galaxy he grew up working with animals on a farmstead, something that wasn’t too difficult with his species vast size. However everything changed when the Empire took control, being an outer rim world of little importance there was little defence. Why would a backwater planet need it anyway? Or so was the reasoning of the Republic. When the Sith searched the clans for those who were capable of joining their ranks he was picked up as one of the five in his clan with Force Sensitivity and as such were shipped to Korriban for training at the Academy, he hated having to go. Giving up his life for a cause he didn’t commit too, however this was before he was even broken.
Artu Reen, the Sith Lord who “conquered” the planet and sent Lorn and his kin to Korriban was the cruel type, some would claim he held a degree of speciesism within him however Lorn learned to understand that it was just the cruel nature of the Sith. Academy life, at first, was easy for him. As one of the many untrained acolytes he had a natural advantage. His brute strength. However even from the beginning he lacked the finésse in the Force that many others exhibited. He could do the basics and even then he couldn’t do anything fancy with them. He soon entered the role he would continue to be in throughout his life, that of a pawn. Others would bargain with him, do deals with him. For who would argue with them with a two and a half metre Houk behind them? Despite this his position as a weakling was still evident.
His lack of mastery in the Force to be able to follow the inquisitor trade, or bodily finésse of a warrior singled him out in the eyes of several of the Overseers had a plan to weed out the weak. Him and five others were sent into an older temple, a short speeder ride from the Academy however it was a good several day walk. In order to continue their training, they would have to make their way back to the Academy from the temple. Once the masters were gone, things seemed far more foreboding. The sound of animals could be heard as they began to run through the temple, it took only half an hour for the other four to decide that Lorn was the weakest link and as the slowest should be left behind to be eaten. The second they left he knew they were stalking him, but he wouldn’t strike.
Thinking back to his old days of working with animals before he was ever taken to become a Sith if he struck first they would all attack. However if he waited, they may not. They may move on, or get bored. He had to show them strength and not fear, so he slowed down to a walk instead of a run. When one of the Tuk’ata burst forth charging towards him he did two things, one on purpose the less not so much. He shouted, just incrohensive rubbish channeling the force through his voice to increase the volume but he also cast out a thought that he was no meal. He was stronger than them, he was in charge. He had the power and the beast stopped, cocking its head at him before lowering it in a sign of respect.
He had just controlled an animal with the Force, something he had not been able to really apply to other people. However when he concentrated on the animal he found it easy to pick up on the animals thoughts and feelings. Which is when he realized, he wasn’t weak. Out of the people in the temple he was the strongest, and convinced them that there were four others nearby who would make far better meals than he would and with that the pack was gone. Feeling more alone, but safe.
Weak. He was no weakling, however this thought only existed till he returned to the temple triumphant several days later. He wasn’t congratulated for surviving, merely acknowledged. Though a Sith did take interest of him, and took him on as his apprentice.
Thack Iotti, Beastmaster for one of the many arenas on the planet. Thack was the one that truly broke Lorn. Day after day, it was humiliation, embarrassment, ridicule. Thack made it obvious,
he was superior. He was the master, he would always be superior. If Lorn ever got thoughts of challenging him, Thack would beat him down. Never using deadly weapons in a further mockery. Lorn at first resisted this, but this was his lot in life. He realized, he was like some of the beasts they had used back home. He was a tool. He had power yes, power above others? In some cases. But he would never be anything more than a tool, to be wielded by those of greater vision and yes, greater power. There was nothing he could do but accept this, however later in life this would not stop him from being the master of those who were weaker or he viewed as weaker.
Then came his first “Real” friend, Roi. Technically his first task for the beastmaster he was sent to an outer rim world in order to acquire five Nexu cubs, and he did. He spent several weeks tracking the beasts in order to capture them and did so rather simply. Using a mix of a distraction to keep most of the pride busy he then moved into the group and with his abilities of the force managed to convince the female Nexu who was caring for the cubs not to tear him to shreds. Returning to the beastmaster he presented all five of them to his master, who threw one back at him. Declaring that she was the weakest of the cubs and was not worth his time and instead Lorn would care for her and train her to fight in the arena. The work over the four years of Rois life and through Lorns time of working as a beastmaster have been progressive. Occasionally they put on shows that are made for entertainment, some are done to break prisoners and some even to train Sith against various beasts.
Lorn himself was quite often the one to train these beasts, and to capture them. So over time Thack began taking a secondary role, trying to play the mastermind behind it all. Though Lorn understood that he was in his place, there was nothing he could do and he still had a cub to care for. As unlike the others he was the one solely responsible for it, it was his job to feed her and train her. Keep her safe (Which often meant keeping her at all timeS) and it was during this time that they bonded to the point where she was more of a friend than anything else. Even now she quite often (unless told otherwise) follows him even when he is working directly in the arena and can quite often be used to help train the other beasts, or the Gladiators.
The Gladiators were a new step for Lorn when he started. They were living beings, not animals. Though overtime something clicked. This was the exact same way as it was with him. He was at the bottom of the pile of the Sith, and he understood that he accepted it. However these beings were below him. Misbehaviour caused punishment, good behaviour deserved reward. He began adapting what he had learned while working with animals to living beings. Now, thanks to Lord Reen (He presumes) he has found himself aboard the Kaggath after amassing quite an array of impressive beasts for his new master. Though slightly apprehensive at calling the shots(In a way) he is glad that a tool such has him has ended up in the hands of a master craftsman such as Darth Nyiss. That is if the stories are true ofcourse.
Personality:Lorn isn’t specifically evil. With creatures he can quite often treat them fairly, no more cruelly than an animal trainer or a farmer. As that is what he is, he just uses the force to assist with this. He can actually care quite deeply for them. Though at the same time without realizing while he has always been at the “Bottom of the pile” as it were due to his lack of abilities, training, time as a sith and many other contributing factors (Many place him at the bottom of the pile, some have different reasons than others) he has adopted a very “Yes sir.” Mentality. He will go where he’s told, and he’ll do as he’s told and has no real ambition to strive upwards and become the most powerful Sith he can be.
That said, he does have a thirst for knowledge though that still revolves around Xenobiology and he has acquired a certain thrill from the control he wields over beasts. He knows he will never wield such control over his fellow Sith though quite often with Prisoners he employs many of the same techniques as he does with creatures as he seems himself as above them and they are the ones he can break and control. In his mind he is naught but a tool to be used by his masters. That said he will not work, at least willingly, for anyone he does not see as an authority figure and has never formed any real friendships before other than with Roi.
Player’s long term goals: Having fun.
Relations:Roi: Companion, Nexu who has been with him since he was first threatened to become a Sith. Well trained though she is more than a companion. She is probably the closest thing he has ever had to a friend.
Artru Reen: Sith Lord, who somehow, managed to get him to be Beastmaster aboard Darth Nyiss’ ship. Lorn has only met him in person three times, and never finds it an enjoyable experience.
Sish: As a fellow Non Human/Non Sith seen as little more as a beast. Lorn is somewhat envious of Sish and how he has made a name for himself to be seen as more as a beast.
Nyiss: He did his research, and through a third party has already acquired beasts for her. Though some for an arena, some on the list were marked for “Experimentation.”
Final Point - Secrets: If someone kills Roi, or even grievously harms her Lorn will likely be enraged to the point where either he will die or the person who caused that harm will.
He also, wouldn’t typically be overly hard to manipulate. If it’s done correctly...
