Vanaskar Aurelius

"I'm Yamuna Kay, daughter to Vanaskar Aurelius!" - Yamuna Kay on introducing herself to anyone

## Vanaskar Aurelius

### Affiliation

Galactic RepublicParty of the Dominion Pact

## Appearances

### Early Life

Vanaskar Aurelius was born in 43 BCV (75 BBY) as the offspring of two other Arkanian Offshoots, his father Vedispar and his mother Syrune, on the planet Kessel and was expected to live a life of servitude under Czerka Corporation as other slaves were also expected to. He spent most of his childhood studying the paths of what few birds he could find and listening to the stories of a select few Ongree slaves. It was here as a child slave that he acquired a major interest in ancient history and a disdain for both large corporations and the blocking of nature. As a child slave his work mostly entailed helping to move dangerous mining equipment whilst taking no part in mining himself.

At the age of 13 he was assigned to begin his own mining within Czerka Corporation leaving him little room to continue his studies on birds and ancient stories. Within the next four years, the rumor of a plot to overthrow the masters began to brew with Vanaskar staying out of it as much as possible. When the revolt proper began, it began with a major explosion, knocking Vanaskar unconscious and opening the way for the slaves to begin their revolt. Ultimately they failed and what remained was rounded up and put on trial however the inhabitants deeper in the mine were found by Republic officials and marked off as "deceased", Vanaskar included. In reality, those marked off as "deceased" were instead taken into Republic medical facilities and cared for with many having their freedoms bought out by Republic officials. Vanaskar, desiring a want to return the favor, enlisted into the Republic's Army for ten years of service.

### Freedom and Military Career

With new-found freedom, Vanaskar went on to continue his studies of ancient history and expanded his study of nature from birds to a variety of animals, mostly depending on piqued his interest at the time. He himself rarely cared for what he considered to be the "disorderly squabblings of politics" and spent more time collecting and reading a variety of different books on history, becoming nearly an expert in the Republic's history four thousand years ago as opposed to keeping up with the Republic's politics.

During his ten years of service he was sent to a variety of worlds across the galaxy, chief among them being Taris where he adopted his daughter Yamuna Kay, Tynna where he met his political partner Mehrlon, and Arkania where he caused a major disturbance for the officials. During his service he proved himself to be a loyal soldier, an excellent shot, and a soldier who would take the liberty to expand upon his orders. The chief thing he learned throughout his military career was the inner workings of people and their reactions and from there he formulated what he considered to be "the common reaction."

After his ten years of service were over he spent most of his time travelling from world to world with his daughter and taking note of the behaviors of different animals as well as making credits for himself with big game hunting. He spent most of his time hunting, studying, and raising his daughter until the outbreak of the Hutt War.

### Entry and Rise in Politics

With the outbreak of the Hutt War, and its subsequent lack of peace, Vanaskar Aurelius made contact with his political partner Mehrlon in an attempt to join the Centralist Party however he and Mehrlon both disagreed with some of the Centralist Party's politics. The two brokered an agreement to create a separate party and Vanaskar began his work in creating the first workings of a political party and securing his election to be the Representative of Arkania, despite his initial problems with the government there.

As the Representative of Arkania, he then began to truly work with Mehrlon on founding the Party of the Dominion Pact writing out a proper constitution and manifesto whilst referring to many of the positions to the internal hierarchy that he and his fellow slaves had established as a means to secure outside information. As a representative he began to quickly make his voice heard in senate sessions and to help Mehrlon with his speeches.

Within a year of his political activity, Vanaskar Aurelius and the party he had helped to found were seen as an official, though minute, party within the Galactic Republic worthy of earning a list seat which Mehrlon, the High Confessor of the party, granted him. As a senate list he was promoted later on three months after the elections of a new chancellor and vice chancellor to be the Minister of the Interior and Transportation.

### Obsession

In his young life as a slave Vanaskar had acquired a wealth of different orally passed traditions and stories about some form of structure that would provide one with all the food and water they would ever need. With this knowledge and freedom he began tracing to where, what, and when exactly this could be and mostly ran into dead ends however he made notes of certain pieces that he found either too coincidental or unlikely to have happened so close together in the limited time presented. This obsession was minimal and affected very little of his political career but once he reached a position with which he could begin archaeological research along with sending out proper expeditions these old stories became a detrimental obsession to both his health and career.

This obsession culminated in an end where Vanaskar created what he dubbed as Expedition Reach and begin a surveillance of a variety of worlds along with a year-long journey across the Unknown Regions. What his fate became since then is unknown.

## Personality

Vanaskar Aurelius has proven himself to be a very quick learner and exceedingly formal. Because of his unwillingness to drop formality, even in the most informal occasions, it can be difficult to deduct on what exactly he is thinking of making it awkward whenever he springs something upon others that seem to come from nowhere. Vanaskar Aurelius is introverted and tends to maintain a calmness over everything he encounters though he has proven himself easy to be easily stressed out.