Taras Orphanides

## Personality

Stubborn, confident, does not open up to a lot of people, can be very considerate and thoughtful, very loving. Typically gentle, patient, and sweet, has his limits and is capable of yelling at authority when furious, and ruthless when the situation calls for it. Tries to follow the rules as much as possible, but puts family over everything else. Was extremely troublesome as a child, often took the blame for mischief. Looked after his siblings since he was twelve, feels responsible for them. Is a painter. Filled with grief and loss, unquenchable rage and vengeance. Sad, blamed himself for the death of his parents, ill and grief-stricken. Moody, mysterious, uninterested in long-term relationships. On the surface he is calm and tightly woven, but underneath is violence and a dark soul. Has a long fuse, it is almost impossible to start an argument with him, once his fuse is lit, it smolders on forever and there is no putting it out, ever.

## Physical description

Startling deep blue-green eyes, tall, slender, muscular, broad shoulders, high cheekbones, freckles, wildly wavy curly messy dark brown hair the color of dark chocolate. Auburn red copper hair. Rangy body, full lips, stubble. Moves deliberately, well-built and rangy. Muscular arms and large hands. Long solemn lupine face, coppery skin, eyes framed by long lashes. Thin and sharp face, lean, weathered, eyes shadowed with painful history. He smelled faintly of herbs, medicines, blood, and teas. His base scent seems to be that of a wolf, wild and intoxicating.

## Abilities

* Fishing
* Swimming
* Skipping Stones

### Healing

He can work miracles on horses. Even when young and untrained, he is very skilled at healing.

### Poisons & Herbs

They are his weapons of choice, thanks to Taliesin he had access to compounds that were not heard of. His decoctions, infusions, and tisanes are good or as good as Taliesin's. He knows all the plants of the Fells and where to find them.

### Magic

Taliesin said he has a rare talent, and that she had never seen the likes of it. He had been trained to discern disorder in others, and could feel when he was being watched. He instinctively always places a charm of protection on his private things that his father taught him.

### Fighting

He is skilled with garrotes, knives, and shivs.

## Posessions

* Weapons: He uses a bow and arrows, a small sword, and shivs.

## Personality and traits

### Overview

"*Does he look like a killer?*" "*No. He has the face of a friend.*"
―Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus
A good Rebel agent who held dark secrets, Andor was a human male standing at 1.78 meters tall. By 5 BBY, his hair was primarily a graying dark brown. By 1 BBY, he somehow managed to revert the colour simply to dark brown, and was able to remove the majority of his gray hairs and wrinkles. With his brown eyes, and fair skin, he held a reputation for having striking good looks, which he used to lure in the unsuspecting during his service as a Rebel spy.

### Younger days

As a young man, Andor kept his origins close to his chest, officially denoting that he hailed from the planet Fest instead of revealing the true nature of his childhood on Kenari. However, he did trust some close friends and romantic partners with the truth, including Bix Caleen. He did not tell many, but he also did not keep track of everyone that he told. Although he had needed to leave her behind years prior, Andor also never forgot his sister Kerri and actively searched for her. He was prone to owing various individuals money, at one point being in debt to Nurchi and Brasso, the latter of whom he was more keen to pay back due to being good friends with the man.

He also had a reputation of being something of a womanizer. When trying to explain away a mysterious injury to Caleen, the latter wondered if it may have been caused by a jealous husband. When Andor's mother Maarva was trying to figure out who knew that Andor was born on Kenari, she stated that she was worried about "all his women," naming some of them before admitting that there were some names that even she did not know. Arvel Skeen was quick to inform Andor that their fellow Aldhani rebel infiltration team member Cinta Kaz was already "sharing a blanket." Andor eventually developed into a selfless man, which set him apart from other, more extreme rebels who blurred the same lines as him.

### Rebel agent

As a Rebel, Andor was a committed, steady, practical, and by-the-book intelligence officer with a fair amount of combat experience, but that experience grew from missions that sometimes blurred the line between what was morally wrong or right. Despite his selflessness, he was cold and distant to others. Andor often kept quiet and reserved, a trait he had acquired due to his experience in war. Although fighting on the side of the Rebel Alliance, he'd been hardened by war to the point that he did not hesitate to commit morally questionable acts when necessary. During the days of the early rebel movement, he relied on the excuse that he was following orders to justify what he had done.

Although he displayed some degree of remorse and regret after some of his actions, such as he chose to execute Tivik during the mission to the Ring of Kafrene, it was never enough to convince him to seek redemption until his adventure with Jyn Erso. Nevertheless, he was more morally conflicted than fellow insurgent Saw Gerrera, who also went to great lengths to uncover intelligence on topics, particularly weapons, that threatened the Rebels. In a briefing to Mothma, General Draven described Andor as "one of the most capable agents within Rebel Intelligence," with the ability to handle a wide range of missions, from reconnaissance to assassination and sabotage. Draven also said that Andor was capable of analyzing intelligence and acting on that intelligence without the need to contact superiors. Draven indicated that, since Andor worked for the rebellion since childhood, that the Alliance was like his family and that his loyalty was unwavering. Mothma, however, worried about the terrible things Andor and other Rebel agents were asked to do in the name of the Rebellion. Indeed, many of the missions he carried out for the Alliance were morally questionable. Mothma wondered if the command was doing enough to help agents like Andor to cope with the psychological damage inflicted by their actions.

Comprising on their morals in the name of victory was dreadful for the emotional health of Rebels like Andor. In truth, Andor had been driven to the extremes he carried out by the anguish he carried inside him. Having lost everything in his life, Andor was able to hold back thinking about his morally questionable actions until his time with Erso. Whether it was due to killing Tivik or a change in his outlook due to the adventure he had with Erso, he disobeyed orders to kill Galen Erso before revealing his internal anguish by arguing with Jyn; she compared him to a stormtrooper for following orders he thought were wrong, which made him burst out in anger because of all he had done in the name of rebellion. In the end, Andor's selflessness and regret for his past actions led to him joining the ragtag Rogue One mission. Meeting Erso and joining that mission helped Andor remember why he became a Rebel agent in the first place. Paying the ultimate sacrifice he could in the apogee of his selfless devotion to the Rebel Alliance and wanting to bring a new hope to the galaxy, Andor willingly gave his life to ensure the Death Star plans were given to those who could use them to win the war.

## Skills and abilities

"*He can pilot. He can shoot. He can lie. He speaks Alarin, Myo, Nari. He's got steady nerves and isn't afraid to kill.*"
―Luthen Rael, about Cassian Andor
Andor found that gathering intelligence required more than spying alone. He used espionage, sabotage, and assassinations throughout his missions. Andor was a committed soldier and fighter, rebelling against various regimes over the course of his life. Although sometimes he questioned his actions, he accepted that he did what had to be done in the name of a good cause. He was prepared to double-cross allies to get the job done. On one occasion, he killed his informant Tivik instead of risking letting him be captured by Imperial forces.

Andor was often an unassuming man that his opponents would underestimate.

## Equipment

"*His weapon* was *in the sniper configuration.*"
―K-2SO on Cassian Andor's A280-CFE blaster
Prior to joining the Rebellion, Andor wielded an MW-20 Bryar pistol, which was wielded by his adopted father Clem Andor years earlier.

As a member of the Rebellion, Andor wore a brown Corellian-cut field jacket that depicted his military rank and also held a personal identifier transponder that concealed a suicide pill. He also wore brown military fatigues. On Jedha and Eadu he used a blue-colored coat with fur lining.

He carried a canvas bag over one shoulder on the Ring of Kafrene and a backpack on Jedha. Andor carried an A-180 blaster before Erso stole it. Due to his years of law-bending, Andor had honed his escapology skills, and he carried a compact security kit hidden inside one of his boots.

Cassian was capable with a variety of blasters. He primarily wielded a BlasTech A280-CFE blaster—a versatile, modular heavy blaster pistol that could be reconfigured into an assault rifle or sniper rifle by adding a barrel and stock attachments, which he carries in a thigh holster. On the Ring of Kafrene, Andor killed Tivik and a pair of stormtroopers with a concealed sidearm of unidentified model. He used the same weapon to dispatch Krennic during the Battle of Scarif.