Special Abilities: Smael is an aspiring student of the
Force, and has begun manifesting some abilities in that area.
Alter: 2D+1
Telekinesis.
Force Sensitive: Yes
Force Points: 3
Dark Side Points: 6
Character Points: 10
Move: 10
Equipment:
Personal Equipment: Smael tends to carry the typical
tools of a Shoran assassin. That is: 2 vibroblades, 2 heavy
blaster pistols, monomolecule garrote, 2 concussion grenades, 20
poison darts. In addition, he will carry a light repeating blaster
when he expects heavy combat. Smael will also carry an ancient
dagger of unknown properties with him at all times, but he will
never use it in combat.
Other Equipment: Smael's personal ship is a Modified Stiletto Light Freighter known as the Shadow Stalker. Smael will usually
fly with an escort of 3 Scand Fighters. He
also owns a base on an abandoned moon of Shiyith where the Stalker
and the other ships dock.
Capsule:
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 32
Appearance:
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 187 lbs
Eyes: Black
Skin: Dark
Hair: Shoulder length black, with a thick white streak
running from his temples to the back of his head.
Appearance notes: Smael has the forehead scarring of a
Shoran assassin, and a masters scar on the bottom of his right
wrist.
Clothing:
Smael tends to wear the grey and black robes of a Shoran Master
whenever possible, but will wear whatever clothing that will enable
him to blend in when in social situations.
Retainers, henchmen, and associates:
Seven Shoran assassins had been off planet at the time of the
Imperial attack, and have served Smael ever since, as he is the
last living Shoran Master. He does not distinguish between the
students at all, and other than the assassins, he has no known
associates. These assassins will fly escort for him, and maintain
the base in his absence. In exchange he instructs them in the
Shoran martial arts, though he has little interest in giving those
lessons.
Common haunts and habitues:
Aside from his base and the run, nobody knows where he spends
his time, although it is rumored that he took the assassins
deathlist with him when he escaped Shoran, and has been tracking
down and killing each and every person on the list.
History:
The Shoran assassins were once a large and dangerous
organization of hired killers and thugs that had the entire planet
of Shoran under their thumbs. However, they accepted a contract on
an Imperial Planetary governor around fifteen years ago. The
governor found out about the contract, and called several favors
owed to him by members of the Admiralty. A fleet blockaded Shoran,
and began a systematic bombardment of the planet, leaving three
OBSAT-10s in orbit once the planet's
defenses were down. These bombardment satellites slowly started
turning the planet into a wasteland.
Smael Thilok had been an up and coming member of the
organization, gaining the rank of master based on his flair and
reputation rather than his skill. He also developed a Ytrik
addiction, which he had to break off with the news that the buildup
was on the verge of killing him. When the bombardment began Smael
managed to escape to the passages beneath his personal mansion, and
after several months of travel through the ancient and crumbling
sewers (that were rapidly disintegrating under the sustained
bombardment) he reached the Shoran Assassins fighter bay. Most of
the ships were lost attempting to run the Imperial blockade or
knock out the ORBSATs, but several outdated and inoperational
Stiletto Light Freighters remained. Smael managed to cannibalize
those ships to produce the Shadow Stalker, and escaped the
planet.
Unknown to him, the ORBSAT's ship tender had launched an
interceptor armed with beacon torpedoes which marked the Stalker as
it left the atmosphere. Imperial agents kept close track of Smael
after that, and were preparing to eliminate him and his students
when Riscah stepped in. Smael had been supporting himself by
sneaking people into and out of Imperial controlled space, using
the stealth of the Stiletto freighter to great effect, and Riscah
saw him as an ideal captain for the Knifeman's
run. Smael couldn't refuse Riscah's offer, as the alternative
was death, but he is an unwilling agent at best. When he can, he
substitutes the implanted mini-grenades with devices that look like
those grenades to all tests but do not detonate ever, hoping to cause
damage to the Empire.
Personality:
Before the destruction of Shoran, Smael was a flamboyant
individual, living high and getting away by wits and style.
However, after the fall of Shoran he has become bitter,
unpredictable, and violent lashing out unexpectedly at anyone he
can reach. If he could, he would strike out against the empire
itself, though he will naturally kill anybody that tries to
manipulate him. The Ytrik in his system remains a danger to him,
as the slightest exposure to the drug will probably kill, and he is
quite paranoid about that fact, though the only remaining records
of his Ytrik addiction are in the crumbling record building of
Shoran, located on the hell world of Shoran, where the daily
turbolaser rain is already turning the seas to vapor.