Dako Pietrovich

Dako Pietrovich is the only son of Damasco and Natalya Pietrovich, a former member of the Northern Republic's nobility, and a First Captain within the Haven Army. He has the distinction of being the only member of his family who played no part whatsoever in the Northern War, and was also not a fanatic to the Republic, something that earned him disgrace from his family. He spent the majority of his life trying to earn his place in their world, but could never achieve it due to his unwillingness to kill. He was imprisoned for the last 4 years, so he also missed both the fall of the Republic as well as their final destruction after the Haven Occupation. With no family, home, or country to return to, Dako set off for Haven, hoping to avenge his people. This would set forth a destiny that would change Haven forever.
He was the main antagonist of the first half of The Creed Arc, after the events of which, having a new lease on life, Dako officially discarded his last name.
== Abilities & Powers ==
Dako is a hardened combatant with decades of experience that began when he was just a child. From the rigorous training his family put him through, to his time as a lieutenant in a crime family, and then prison, he is an extremely capable fighter both armed and unarmed. He's had extensive weapon training though he personally professed he doesn't like using them. His strongest combat prowess comes in martial arts, and is a highly skilled user of Muay Thai, having been mentored in it during his time in prison. As it is a martial art taught in the complete opposite side of the world, its effects are devastating against natives of Ulia, with even Captain Pter of the Sarai Army being caught off guard by it.
==History==
Dako was shunned by his father and his family as a whole due to his unwillingness to commit atrocities in the name of the Republic's glory, first demonstrated at a young age when he refused to murder a captured Haven soldier. It was because of this that Damasco chose his sister Dascel as his heir, and for the most part since a teenager he did not really have much contact with his family. He became an affiliate of a crime family, working mostly as a smuggler and occasional muscle, something that his father ironically but unsurprisingly approved of. 
At the age of 24, a job in The Westfold had gone awry. Dako had the opportunity to escape but to do so he would have needed to kill a innocent bystander, which he refused to do. This lead to his capture and arrest, and due to his refusal to give up the others he was working with, he was imprisoned in the West for 4 years. When he was released, the Republic was no more, and with nothing left to his name or even his life, he made the journey to Haven to try and avenge his people and regain his lost honor. Once there he brutally attacked three people of the Haven Army, Mordecai Kross, and his uncle Elijah and Rebecca Fields of the High Command. However, he could not bring himself to kill either of them. Turning his attention to Tara Anders next, he eventually got her dead to rights, but once more could not bring himself to strike her down. Fleeing into the nearby woods, he stumbled upon a chasm. Tara was unaware, and he stood his ground to prevent her from falling in, taking the fall himself instead. He would later be found by Alexander Vries, critically injured from the fall and almost drowning from being carried away by the river. He openly asked the man to end his life, but sensing there was something more to this Northerner than the star on his back, Alexander instead knocked him out and took him to the capital.
Imprisoned once more, Dako awaited his execution, having completely lost the will to live and hoping his death would let him face his forebearers with his honor restored. When Grand Commander Lyle Odrahn went to see the man responsible for the string of attacks, what he saw broke his heart and made the hardened veteran question his entire existence. Lyle did not see a member of the family of his most hated enemy, nor a remnant of Haven's mortal enemy, but a young man who had everything ripped away from him due to no fault of his own. Seeing himself in Dako, Lyle swore to not let the execution of Lieutenant Mihkael repeat itself, and would do everything in his power to offer Dako a place in life, desperately wanting to save him, and in turn, perhaps save a piece of himself.
== Trivia ==
* Dako used to be called Dago, until it was discovered it's a racial slur.
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