Orpsin Garsu

> As the Head Parson I intend to further expand west. Not for the government, but for you. For all of us.
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> Orpsin Garsu

**Orpsin Garsu**, formerly known as **Or-Garret**, was a Binarine male who served as a Parson in the Outer Galaxy Coalition. Despite being born and raised within the Unclaimed Regions, Garsu left to the government's capital of Osayr at a young age. As Binarine were rare within the OGC at the time, Garsu attracted attention, allowing him to gain local prominence. This led to him becoming a politician, eventually leading to his election as a Parson. Rising to become the Head Parson, Garsu became the charismatic leader of OGC. He would later be the Parson to head-start the Western Expansions in 1,746 YAO, an expansion of the OGC that carried through to 1,803 YAO. Despite this being a well-regarded move, Garsu's term was cut short due to his untimely death to Plekkson's Disease.

## Biography

The young Orpsin Garsu, then known as Or-Garret, was hatched on the planet Binar IV in the year 1,708 YAO as part of clutch of seventeen eggs. Unlike the rest of his peers, the young biner possessed a desire to venture beyond his homeworld, frequently intermingling with Gephew travelers on the world's floating ports. This action made his family disown him, forcing Garsu to rename himself and start a new life as soon as he reached maturity at the age of twenty. Orpsin left Binar IV and traveled to Osayr, the capital of the Outer Galaxy Coalition. Thanks to the goodwill of the Gephew, he soon gained enough funds to get a formal education and become a Vicar for Trenin Nage, the Rector for the Pronezia System.

At this time, the Binarine were even rarer in the galaxy than they are now. This fact, combined with his unusual light-sensitivity, allowed Garsu to attract attention. This allowed Garsu to gain local prominence to the point where Garsu was more well-known to Osayr locals than his own Rector, Nage. Following Nage's departure, Garsu threw in his own hat for the role of Rector. However, before the election took place, in a rare occurrence, the Council of Parsons decided to select Orpsin as the next Parson-in-waiting, primarily due to Garsu's charisma, and unusual characteristics, which would surely allow the OGC to gain respect.

In 1,745 YAO, following Parson Printallia Eck retiring and after an election by the Rector representatives, Orpsin Garsu was promoted from a Vicar to a Parson, joining the Council of Parsons. To further boost him up, Garsu was selected to be the next Head Parson at the age of 37. During his three-year term, Garsu managed to greatly increase the public perception of the OGC due to his charisma and skill at public speaking. Often, Garsu would solitarily venture out at night, taking his time to mingle with the population and listen to them. This allowed him to create a series of reforms, particularly with the revitalization of expansion.

In the previous centuries, the OGC has constantly expanded east, venturing out to the Limit Region and Lower Limit Regions. However, these expansions had all but ceased by 1,700 YAO. In 1,746 YAO, in a public appearance, Garsu first shared his ideas for the continued expansion of the OGC westward. Despite the disagreement of his fellow Parsons, Garsu continued to fight for his idea, eventually beginning the effort that would become to be known as the Western Expansions. The expansions efforts were first focused in the Ubollic Region, mapping out and categorizing the many systems.

Around 1,747 YAO, Garsu contracted Plekkson's Disease a kind of contagion particularly infectious amongst aquatic lifeforms. Despite the disease's impact on his health, Garsu continued his work and efforts towards the Western Expansions. Unfortunately, the disease eventually won, causing Garsu to die in his sleep in early 1,748 YAO. As part of Binarine tradition, Garsu's body was set adrift on his homeworld of Binar IV during a public funeral that was attended by millions of beings who crowded the shores of the planet. The sunlight burnt his body until it sank into the waves.

Despite Garsu's immense popularity among the OGC's population, the population of Binar IV held immense disdain for him, viewing his political work as an insult to their origins. Nonetheless, Garsu's work inspired the primary Binarine population, causing many more of them to venture into the wider galaxy, even inspiring two more Binarine to become Parsons since. His work towards the Western Expansions was continued after his death for over fifty years, with the first true western expansions efforts beginning in 1,749 YAO. They permanently changed the landscape of the OGC, adding millions of systems and species to the government. Rumors have been spread that assassins from Binar IV purposely infected Garsu with Plekkson's Disease, though these claims are unsubstantiated.

## Personality and traits

Orpsin Garsu was a Binarine male with dark skin with yellow and purple colorations. Garsu was only 0.8 meters tall, those he typically was reared up, giving him a height of 1.9 meters. Because of his shrimpy Binarine arms; Garsu had cybernetic enhancements, giving him two average sized robotic arms, which he commonly used in public settings. Garsu died fairly young at the age of forty, meaning his back spine was underdeveloped. Because of his light-sensitivity, Orpsin Garsu was a literal night-owl, often completing his work during the nighttime rather than the day. Aside from this, Garsu wore a thick suit when making speeches or addressing the OGC's representatives.

Partially due to his extroverted nature as a Binarine and due to his frequent intermingling with others, Orpsin was an extremely charismatic individual, being one of, if not the most well-liked being in the galaxy during his tenure as Head Parson. His position as a public Binarine often attracted attention due to the species' rarity within the OGC. Garsu is remembered as one of most publicly popular Parsons of the OGC due to his charisma, being cited as one of the most historically significant Head Parsons. Garsu is the primary example of a charismatic Parson, and the one who most modern Parsons are compared to.