Dryden Vos (RP)

"*That feeling, that anger and despair...remember it when you think about refusing your debts.*"
―Dryden Vos after killing two people indebted to him

Dryden Vos

## Chronological and Political Information

### Affiliation(s)

* Crimson Dawn
* Galactic Syndicate
* Shadow Collective (formerly)

### Master(s)

Maul

Dryden Vos was the leader of the infamous crime syndicate Crimson Dawn. The near-human served as the public face of the syndicate for the majority of the Clone Wars, and accrued a vast wealth and notoriously vicious army of enforcers under his command. He was also of notable appearance given his facial striations, which became more pronounced and bright during times of stress or anger, and more bloodshot eyes. When taken alongside the claws which extended from his thumbs, he could be both a welcoming and intimidating figure depending on the situation, only adding to the infamy of the Crimson Dawn and their exploits.

## Biography

### Clone Wars and Shadow Collective

Throughout the Clone Wars, Vos served under Maul as the public face for Crimson Dawn, a notoriously ruthless criminal group renowned through the galaxy for their crimes and exploits. During this time, Dryden also trained under Maul, learning from some of the Sith Lord's knowledge, including the martial art Teräs Käsi. Given he was also an extremely skilled fighter with Kyuzo Petars, of which he had a custom pair made for his hands and fighting style.

While not a cutthroat personality, Vos was known to be extraordinarily ruthless; while displaying amicable manners to guests, his generosity could flip in an instant. Conversely, he also took enormous enjoyment in the opulence granted by his wealth, and enjoyed showing off his enormous fortune to the galaxy's elite aboard his yacht the *First Light*, whether it be through exotic food and wine, or his collection of antiquities.

### Galactic Syndicate

After Maul's departure and retirement, Dryden and Crimson Dawn remained a part of the Galactic Syndicate, answering to HaVoK. In contrast to Maul's leadership, however, HaVoK's command over the Dawn wasn't quite as domineering, and while he followed HaVoK's orders, Vos spent much of his time pursuing his own interests. For instance, after losing their main stronghold on Dathomir and Maul's departure, Crimson Dawn faded somewhat into the background of the syndicate as Vos spent many months assembling and strengthening more military might to bolster his army. However, as time progressed, the planet Mandalore came once more into conflict, and the Syndicate began drawing soldiers more heavily from the other crime syndicates under its wings to make up for the decrease in frontline Mandalorian soldiers. Given their famous ruthlessness and combat power relative to the other syndicates, this meant that an increasing number of Crimson Dawn soldiers were brought into service as footsoldiers for the Syndicate. This seemed to prove Dryden's hypothesis he had needed a stronger army in the first place, and he spent some more time bolstering the Dawn's forces in the wake of this change.

After a while, though, the fear that was once carried simply by speaking the words Crimson Dawn began to fade. While they had not disappeared altogether, their activity in the galaxy had lessened, and many had begun to shake themselves free of the trepidation they had regarding Vos and his allies. Seeing this, Vos decided Crimson Dawn had spent enough time gathering strength, and needed to reemerge to the forefront of the galaxy once more.