Vance Aras

Malus Sect (formerly)

Genus Unity (formerly)

Escrima Sticks (with Genus Unity)

Kimia Aras (twin sister)

Vance Aras was an elemental Kosae male that served in the Genus Unity during the Great Elemental War until his departure in 5 ABT to rejoin his family's syndicate, the Sicarii Circle as their new Mataei. Vance and his twin sister, Kimia Aras, were taken as children off their homeworld Koahiri and placed into the hands of an assassin slavery organization, the Necrons. After working for the Necron Brotherhood and Sisterhood, Vance and Kimia escaped after using their newfound elemental abilities on their masters.

Following their outbreak from the Necrons, they were found by a Malus, Zaykel Ovewin. He inducted them into the Malus Sect and trained them in the ways of the Malus. When they were faced to fight to the death for their spot in the Sect, Vance realized how dangerous this lifestyle was, trying to help Kimia escape. Breaking up the fight between Kimia and Yaka Utali caused Vance to be hit in the face with a plasma ball, scarring him. Kimia and Vance escaped the Malus and found themselves in the hands of the Genus on the water world, Shel. The Genus gave the children sanctuary, slowly inducting them into the Unity.

Within the Genus Unity, Vance befriended Amara Typho, a fellow Genus Explorer.

During the Bombing of the Grand Genus Pantheon, Kimia was killed in the explosion. Her body wasn't found until days later. After finding out about this, Vance started to fall into a deep depression. He slowly got more and more distant from the Genus Unity ways and teachings, becoming more angry and violent. After sitting on the jarring and devastating tragedy, Vance decided to leave the Genus Unity after seeing their failure in the warfront and complete disregard for life in relation to the mission.

In 5 ABT, Vance returned to his family, taking over the syndicate called the Sicarii Circle. After murdering his parents to exact revenge on them for years of pain, he became the Mataei, the leader of the Sicarii Circle.

In the years after Kimia's death, Vance was able to communicate to her through his psychic abilities, tapping into her spirit for short amounts of time. However, this proved obsessive for him and caused him to continuously deal with the trauma of her death years after he thought he had settled it.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### A Rough Upbringing

Vance and his twin sister, Kimia Aras, were discovered on their homeworld of Koahiri by slave traders who took them for ransom against their parents. However, their parents never responded to the threats and Vance and Kimia were separated forced to live within the cycle of the Necron Brotherhood and Necron Sisterhood. As time passed, they were separately trained as assassins in this organization and went on various missions against the gang leader, Tanizandar Pellegrino.

#### Joining the Malus

After a couple of years in this practice, Vance and Kimia started to recognize that they had special abilities. Hating their forced acts and slave owners, they struck against them in an effort to free themselves from the constant assassinations. Escaping, they both lived by each other's sides on the streets, hoping from starship to starship to escape the Sisterhood. However, aboard one starship was Malus Master Zaykel Ovewin. He recognized the elemental abilities within the children, recruiting them to be apart of the Malus Sect. With nowhere else to turn, they accepted.

After years of training with the Malus, they grew stronger with their elemental abilities. Vance recognized that he had the ability of psychic while Kimia had the ability of plasma. As they trained, they heard stories of the famed Lord Tyrant, who they never met. However, Master Orion Irris explained that in order to be fully inducted into the Malus Sect, the pair would have to fight their elemental counterpart to the death to assert dominance. Feeling the urge to be accepted, Kimia was ready to fight. However, Vance wasn't. He didn't like the idea of murder for approval. When the day came to prove their worth, Vance stopped a fight between Kimia and Yaka Utali, the other plasma elemental. In turn, he was hit with a plasma blast, scarring his face. In that moment, Kimia realized the danger of this group, agreeing to run away with her brother.

#### Meeting with the Genus

As they ran away from the Malus, they were hunted down on many occasions. Before long, they grew tired of running and tried to stand and fight on the planet, Shel. However, going up against Masters Dyno Nate and Edus Devin proved to be difficult, causing them to see their end. But, they found themselves saved by some explorer Genus, who had a base of operations on Shel.

Realizing that the Genus were similar to the Malus, Vance and Kimia were reluctant to join. However, they took hospitality from the Genus until they could get back on their feet. After spending a few weeks with the organization, they came to see their differences from the Malus, realizing that they could make a home here with this group. After heavy consideration, the twins joined the Genus Unity.

#### Into the Genus Unity

When Vance and his sister were ushered into the Genus Unity, they were older than most of the Genus in their class, which caused them to become outsiders within their ranks. While they were more skilled than most starter Genus, they lacked the rules and ideals of a Genus, having grown up around mobsters and Malus.

However, Vance became more passive over the years while training with the Genus. Due to training with the Malus, he didn't have stability over his abilities and constantly struggled with focus and control. Being trained by Genus Savant Lorelei Potal, Vance learned to channel his psychic abilities and connect it to his soul, becoming at peace with his abilities.