Thrawn

* 2012
* 2015

**Mitth'raw'nuruodo** (known as **Thrawn**) was a Chiss male officer of the Chiss Ascendancy, Galactic Empire, and Terran Alliance. Thrawn was known for his incredible brilliance in military tactics and strategies and for his ruthlessness. He believed that to win in war, one had to know their enemy. Before joining the Imperial Military, he worked as an officer in the Defense Fleet of the Chiss Ascendancy in the Unknown Regions.

During the Clone Wars, he traveled to the known galaxy, where met Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Following the formation of the Galactic Empire, Thrawn offered his services to the Emperor, believing that the Empire would be a beneficial ally to his people against threats in the Unknown Regions. He graduated from the Imperial Academy on Coruscant and quickly rose through the ranks of the Imperial Navy. By 2011, he had become the first non-human Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy, and became the commander of the Seventh Fleet. He had also led many expeditions into the Unknown Regions. His knowledge of the Unknown Regions would later be used by Imperial fragments after the Battle of Jakku to navigate the Unknown Regions. In 2011, he was deployed to the Lothal Sector to help defeat the Rebel cell, Phoenix Squadron led by Hera Syndulla. He worked together with the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who he had formerly known as Anakin Skywalker. After many months of fighting, Thrawn and his forces were confronted by the rebels who were aiming to liberate Lothal. During the battle, space-dwelling reatures known as Purrgil came to the system and inflicted much damage on the Seventh Fleet.

The Purrgils then took the *Chimaera*, Thrawn's flagship, into hyperspace, with Thrawn and Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger on board. The Purrgils ended up bringing the ship to Earth. Terran forces then captured Thrawn, and he was imprisoned on Diego Garcia as a poisoner of war. During his captivity, Thrawn researched and gained a great appreciation of Terran culture and their military power, and in 2014, months after the start of the Galactic Civil War, Thrawn was approached by President Barack Obama to join the Terran Starfleet in exchange for a full pardon. Thrawn accepted, believing the Terran Alliance would be an even better ally to the his people than the Empire. Thrawn served on the Admiralty of the Terran Starfleet for almost 2 years before he commanded the defense of Earth against an Imperial invasion. After that, he was transferred to the front lines, and led the Terran Starfleet to many victories over the Empire, including at the Battle of Endor, Battle of Jakku, and the Battle of Coruscant. At the end of the war, Thrawn was one of the signatories of the Galactic Concordance on behalf of the Terran Alliance.

## Biography

### Prisoner of War

After departing Lothal, the Purrgils brought the *Chimaera* to the Terran system. Upon detecting the arrival of the ship, the Terran Home Fleet surrounded it with multiple warships, and the US Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division was sent to board the ship. The Marines found Thrawn and Ezra Bridger still on the bridge, both unconscious. Bridger was granted asylum on Earth, but Thrawn was taken as a prisoner of war.

Thrawn was taken to Diego Garcia, where he was imprisoned in The Spire in Camp Zulu, a new military base and military prisoner built on the island. Thrawn took no offense to being imprisoned, instead resolving to use his imprisonment to learn what he could about Earth.

During Thrawn's imprisonment, his good behavior gave him near unlimited access to media entertainment and books. Thrawn became known among the guards as somewhat of a movie critic, particularly of military movies.

However, Thrawn spent much more time in prison reading, especially books by military leaders. Among some of his favorites were *Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant, Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailor,* and *Hunt for Red October*. Tom Clancy became one of his favorite authors, and he was awarded a brief video chat with Clancy for good behavior in 2012.

In 2012, Thrawn discovered *The Art of War* by Sun Tzu. According to prison guards, Thrawn became fascinated with the book and greatly respected Sun Tzu as a strategist. Later, during his career in the Terran Alliance, Thrawn reportedly carried a copy of *The Art of War* with him wherever he went.

## Gallery

Thrawn serving alongside with Anakin Skywalker.Thrawn serving with Darth Vader after the Republic become the Galactic Empire.Thrawn during his training with the Imperial Navy cadets.Thrawn as he meets the Emperor.Grand Admiral Thrawn showing his brutality.Thrawn inspecting the planets that are part of the Empire.Thrawn who is in sparring with the Droid.Thrawn leading his men into the ground.Thrawn being escorted.Thrawn checking the damage at the battle.Thrawn as he talks with the Emperor.
## Appearances

* *The Terran Alliance Strikes Back (first appearance)*