Chyun-Maiell tr’Arriufvi

At work he puts his patients first and takes his duties seriously– almost a little too seriously. He has a tendency to get carried away in analysing every detail that he struggles to communicate in an easy to understand way for his patients. He has not lost his gentleness, but consultations give him more anxiety than they used to. He is actively trying to show his emotions and compassion towards others.

## Appearance

Chyun stands at 6’6 (199cm) and has an athletic build with strong arms and core. He has very light blue eyes that turn black when he’s on Barzan II. He has tan skin and black blood, which gives his skin a gray-ish tint.

Chyun has naturally black hair with T shaped Barzan forehead ridges and slanted eyebrows. He has black diamond tattooes that cover his forehead to create a V shape and give the impression of more Romulan-style ridges. He has since grown out his fringe, but there are still remnants of the ugly Romulan bowl cut. His ears are pointed and there are small indents in them from wearing his breather all the time. Internally, Chyun has black Barzan blood, but with clearly Romulan organs. His heart is gray and his respiratory system resembles Vulcanoid physiology.

From the accident, he has some scars on his cheeks and one large scar on his arm. He still wears his permanent breathing apparatus as it is required for him to breathe. He uses a custom mix of Barzan air that delivers more of the Barzan chemicals so he can take advantage of his highly efficient Vulcanoid respiratory system. The device hooks over his ears and is attached by two implants in his buccal fat pad in his cheeks.

Off duty he prefers comfortable clothes and when he can he will go barefoot. He likes to customise his breather and has a number of spares that he switches out to match his outfits.

## Early Life

### Age 0-5: 2384 - 2389

Chyun-Maiell ir-Chiron tr’Arriufvi-Lee was born in a lab  on the Starfleet outpost on Chiron II with three parents; a Barzan mother (Nhila), Romulan father (Mokut), and the human scientist (Jiwoong) who made his existance possible. Chyun’s mother was a Starfleet critical care doctor and his father was an engineer (Star Empire aligned). Jiwoong sadly did not live to see Chyun’s birth, but Nhila decided to give Chyun his name and adopt his family name to make it Arriufvi-Lee.

Nhila’s family had always hated Mokut and she thought if she had a child with him, they would begin to see that Mokut wasn’t ‘like other Romulans’. Once Chyun was born, Nhila began to see what it really meant to be raising a child with a Romulan. She had chosen to continue her duties whilst Mokut chose to take paternity leave to dedicate all his time to his son. Nhila and Mokut did not do much planning on how they were going to raise Chyun and Nhila would constantly get frustrated when Chyun would answer her in Rihannsu and not Barzan. She noticed Chyun also seemed to prefer Romulan games and toys and had even accused Mokut of trying to ‘indoctrinate’ their son.

When Chyun was 5, his mother was offered as post as ACMO on a Starbase far from the Romulan border and she spoek to Mokut about taking Chyun to live closer to the heart of the Federation where he would be safe from the fighting that was happening around Romulan space. Mokut agreed that would be for the best and said his goodbyes to his son.

But… the night before the transfer, Mokut took Chyun and fled to the Romulan starbase, Rh’Ihho. Nhila tried to contact Mokut, but to no avail. He was gone and so was her son.

### Age 5-16: 2389 - 2400

Upon arriving on Rh’Ihho, Mokut and Chyun were reunited with some members of their family. Chyun also later learned that Mokut had actually been married to someone else before meeting Nhila– something he had never told Nhila about. Chyun went to school on the station with his older sister Nali who protected him fiercely. She was no doctor, but she learned how to clean his breathing apparatus and make sure his needs were met. She was eight years older than Chyun, but they got along well. He got average grades in school and often got in trouble for terrorising the other children. It was all harmless pranks, but he was certainly a little menace.

### Age 16: Escape from Rh’Ihho

When Chyun was 16 years old, Rh’Ihho station was under attack by the Tal Shiar. When the alarms went off, he was first to rush to find his sister who was trapped in her quarters at the time. Chyun was quite skilled with a knife at that point and was able to use a metal cutter to cut away debris and get Nali out. They soon rejoined with their father who instructed them to get to a shuttle. All three of them were able to get out, but the rest of their family did not make it in time.

The family arrived in the Romulan Flotilla which was the staging ground for the up and coming Republic. Chyun’s family spent the first few days in sick bay being treated from their injuries. It was nothing too serious, although Chyun had to stay in sick bay longer than the rest of his family as he experienced severe breathing problems. Even after he had been cleared to return to school, he had to visit sick bay regularly to perform maintenance on his breather.

## Why Starfleet?

He spent a lot of time with Starfleet officers who were helping the Republic and that’s when he learned of a life outside of Romulan space. Chyun had exciting conversations with the Starfleet officers and expressed his desire to help people around the galaxy, just like how the officers were helping him. The chief medical officer gladly offered to sponsor Chyun joining Starfleet. When Chyun brought the idea to his dad and sister, it erupted in a heated argument. His father had never been so mad at him and it ended with Chyun storming out of the room, promising never to talk to him or return to Romulan space ever again.

He passed the entrance exam on his first try and he had some time before school started so he decided to take a trip to Barzan and see his family. On Barzan he was greeted by his mother, Nhila, with open arms. However the rest of his Barzan family seemed less than happy to see him there. They held a lot of prejudices about Romulans and didn’t seem to trust Chyun. The rest of his family aside, Chyun’s mother was initially very kind and loving to him. As his visit wore on, Nhila began telling Chyun how Mokut had lied to her and how he even lied about his species when they first met. Even though he had a good childhood, Chyun couldn’t deny that Mokut had been lying and that maybe there was some truth that he only wanted Chyun to be another soldier for the Empire.

## Life at the Academy

Chyun attended the Academy on Psi Epsilon III when he was 18 with hopes of going into medicine. He wanted to follow in his mother’s footsteps and most importantly, he wanted to help people across the galaxy. He specifically chose the Psi Epsilon campus because one of Jiwoong’s relatives lived there, a human woman who had a family of her own. Ruka was one of her daughters, a human-Bajoran who had just graduated from the Academy as a xenoanthropologist. She had a love for Romulan culture and always invited Chyun to tell her about things from his childhood. The stories were bittersweet as Chyun recalled the fun times he had with his father, but he also couldn’t ignore all of the lies and deceit and his distaste he had developed for his own culture.

Chyun joined the Traveller’s Club and because they often went to less populated or more remote areas of the Federation, Chyun decided to get a permanent breather which would be a lot less maintenance than the temporary ones. When he wasn’t travelling, he was spending his breaks with his Barzan family, mostly trying to reconnect with his mother. Things got slightly less awkward, but the more time Chyun spent at ‘home’, the more he felt self conscious of his Romulan traits. His mother was also tutoring him in Barzan, which he eventually learned, but he couldn’t help but feel there was no way his family would accept him. There were many nights where he wondered if it was really a good decision to leave Romulan space.

Chyun spent 6 years at the Academy and upon his graduation, decided to change his name to Chyun Arriufvi to try and make his name seem more ambiguous.

## Previous Postings

### USS Shi Shen: 2408 - 2410

Chyun’s first posting was on the Quasar-class USS Shi Shen, a science-focused vessel tasked with monitoring the Great Bloom in the Hobus Sector. Chyun served as a FY1/junior doctor and was the only Romulan and Barzan onboard.

In the end of their second year, they found a Ferengi ship floating about the area. There were only two survivors who were beamed onboard. The Ferengi were unsurprisingly argumentative and refused to give any information about what they were doing. The Captain of the Shi Shen decided it would be best to just run scans of the ship and the corpses before heading back to the nearest Federation Starbase to arrange their passage back on a Ferengi vessel.

Not too long after the Ferengi arrived, members of the crew started getting tense and angry. A number of fights broke out and the medical department was quickly drowning in cases of combative crew members. Fights were breaking out for no reason at all and it was soon discovered that the Ferengi had brought an airborn disease that deteroirates the mind and incites violence amongst people. Chyun was immune to the disease as his breather filtered out the virus, and a few other crew members who were quick to put on masks were also safe from catching the virus.

Not too long after they began cooking up a cure, the Shi Shen was attacked by a Romulan warbird. The Captain of the warbird, Riov tr’Arriufvi, claimed to be under orders from the Free State to destroy any vessel in the area. It didn’t take long for the crew to realised the captain of the warbird and Chyun shared a last name and immediately began suspecting him of planning this all out. Chyun attempted to plead his innocence, but with the heightened tensions of everyone on the ship, it was hard to reason with anyone. Eventually Chyun and the other doctors finished their cure and distributed it throughout the ship, thus ending the panic. Unfortunately for Chyun, no one ended up apologising for any of the words they said to him during the frenzy. Chyun requested to be transferred at the end of his second year on the Shi Shen due to the awkwardness he felt around his crew mates.

### USS Nezha: 2409 - 2413

The USS Nezha was a twin ship with the USS Ao Bing, both Mars-class escorts, that worked to escort diplomatic transports across the alpha and beta quadrants. It seemed like there was attack after attack and soon rumors spread that there was a spy onboard the Nezha. The rumor soon got up the chain of command and after the first year of Chyun’s time onboard they had two field officers from Intelligence assigned to the ship to investigate.

It was during the investigation that Chyun’s quarters became a subject of scrutiny as there were masked transmission signals coming from his room. Chyun and his roommate were investigated, but as more evidence came out it became clear that the signals seemed to match Romulan encryption and with Chyun being the only Romulan onboard and the only Rihannsu speaker, it was hard to ignore he was probably the culprit. Upon a search of his quarters, security found transmission chips hidden inside Chyun’s pixmit set. Chyun admitted to owning the pixmit set and that his sister Ruka, had hand drawn the cards. He was innocent and he stayed by his word that he was being framed. Chyun was put in the brig for the time being before they could gather more evidence. He sat in the brig for only a couple days when the Nezha was attacked once again. Chyun knew his crew mates needed him, but he couldn’t go to them. After a rather powerful shake, the force fields from the brig deactivated and Chyun wasted no time getting into action. He was able to save a number of his crew by pulling doors open and lifting debris.

As Chyun was wandering the corridors listening for any sounds of survivors, he came across- his roommate! He helped the man up and even dragged him through the jefferies tubes as it was unsafe to walk through the walkways. As they approached sickbay, the man suddfenly grabbed Chyun’s breather and pulled as hard as he could. Chyun began gasping for air as he couldn’t survive in the M-Class atmosphere of the ship. The human confessed to framing Chyun and that he was part of the Orion Syndicate. Their goal was to try and take out as many heads of state and diplomats as possible to try and weaken the Federation. He is the one who bugged Chyun’s pixmit set, and he chose to frame him because he was Romulan and no one would ever trust a Romulan. Chyun was stunned by this, but was too busy asphyxiating to give a good rebuttal. Chyun ended up knocking the man out and taking a giant breath of air from his inhaler and hauling ass to sick bay.

He made it and by that time the ship had successfully fended off the attackers, but at a great cost to the crew. Chyun was treated for his injuries and thankfully he had a few spare breathers so he was okay. After the incident, Chyun was praised by his superiors for risking his life to save a fellow officer, even if that person turned out to be a spy. Chyun was cleared of all charges and was issued a formal apology. His pixmit set was also returned to him and a few officers even asked if he could teach them how to play. Chyun never did end up playing with them as later on he claimed he ‘lost’ the set. The rest of his time on the Nezha was chill and he transferred off to the USS Rapture.

### USS Rapture: 2413

Chyun’s next posting was on the USS Rapture, where he stayed for only a few months beforfe the ship was set to head off on a deep space mission. The ship was to dock at Starbase 777, which was also where they could choose to be transferred to. After all he had been through, Chyun decided he was going to take a break. He spoke to Ruka who just so happened to be planning to visit Mol’Rihan and she encouraged Chyun to come with her. Maybe he could make amends with his family. Chyun was apprehensive at first, but Ruka was right– he couldn’t run away from his Romulan past forever.

## The Accident: 2413

Upon arriving on Mol’Rihan, Chyun and Ruka made a surprise visit to the Arriufvi house. Nali wasn’t home, but Mokut was and he cried tears of joy when he saw Chyun again. He also welcomed Ruka as a member of their house as well. Mokut apologised for his reaction when Chyun wanted to join Starfleet and admitted that he was just scared because he had already lost Nhila. He admitted to being deceitful, but it was only because he was scared Nhila wouldn’t like him if he told the truth. He showed remorse for his past actions and explained that he stole Chyun from his mother because he was scared for him. Chyun clearly was a Romulan child and he knew he’d suffer if he lived on Barzan II. Chyun felt relieved he was able to make amends with his father. Mokut suggested Chyun transfer factions, but Chyun politely declined. Mokut was respectful of his decision and told him that he would support him no matter where he was in the galaxy.

To catch up on life, Mokut invited Chyun to come with him for the maiden voyage of an experimental light cruiser he had helped work on. The purpose of the cruiser was to help escort heads of state or high profile individuals around Republic space. The trip would be to the Republic aligned colony Rhi III and things were off to a good start! Mokut and Chyun spent a lot of time talking together, enjoying each other’s company. Mokut was so happy to have his son back and felt bad for being absent in his life. The ship's voyage wasn’t completely smooth and due to a surprise cluster of asteroids, a few key systems were damaged. It wasn’t anything that couldn’t be dealt with later and the crew landed on Rhi III. Chyun and Mokut beamed to the surface and did a little exploring together. For some reason, Chyun felt off during this holiday, but he didn’t say anything as he didn’t want to ruin the moment. He assumed he was probably just in a new environment and speaking his native language he hadn’t spoken in years.

When it was time to return to the ship to go back to Mol’Rihan, it seemed like the crew couldn’t beam back aboard. Not knowing any other solution, they decided to deploy a shuttle to pick up the people on the ground, which included Mokut and Chyun. Back on the ship, Chyun noticed his breather smelled a bit weird so he did some fiddling and as he was unhooking the arms, he noticed– his ears were round. Quite odd, but maybe he was just imagining things? He stayed silent about his weird discovery because he didn’t want to ruin the fun father-son bonding trip.

Mid-way through the trip, the engineers managed to find what was jamming the transporter. It seemed it still had matter inside of it so they finished transporting whatever ‘matter’ was there and it was– Chyun? Again? Chyun was shocked to be face to face with– himself. But a fully Romulan version of himself. It seemed that the transporter had split Chyun’s DNA and thus created two of him, one Barzan and one Romulan. This fully Romulan Chyun called himself ‘Maiell’ and seemed just as confused as Chyun. The crew decided it would be best for Chyun and Maiell to coexist together for a few days  until they got back to Mol’Rihan where they could do tests to try and rejoin them.

Mokut was freaking out at this incident and felt like a horrible father because he was the one who worked on the new transporter technology. He was still determined to bond with his son– well, sons. Things were incredibly awkward between the three. Chyun felt like Mokut was giving Maiell more attention and Maiell seemed to go out of his way to inconvenience Chyun.

The night before they were to arrive at Mol’Rihan, Maiell entered Chyun’s private sleeping quarters and attempted to stab him. Chyun had only been pretending to sleep and quickly opened his eyes to defend himself,, but it was hard to fight an enemy that was literally himself! Maiell confessed to Chyun that he never liked him and that he felt like Chyun had suppressed him for too long. He didn’t want them to be rejoined, he wanted to kill Chyun so he could live out his life as he always wanted; as a Romulan. Chyun managed to subdue Maiell and shot back confessions of his own that he would have been better off not being Romulan at all– because maybe then his Barzan family would accept him.

The fight didn’t last long before Mokut came to save the day! He separated his two sons and they explained their grievances to him. He told them that he loved his son, Chyun-Maiell. He liked the fact that his son was a mix of two worlds, that’s what made him who he was. Chyun got his gentle and caring nature from his Barzan mother and his strong motivation and resilience from his father. He wanted his son to be whole again, but he also wasn’t going to force the two halves to join if that’s not what they wanted. This was certainly a weird situation, but he promised to love Chyun and Maiell equally no matter what. He told them both that they were free to live separate lives instead of rejoining.

Back on Mol’Rihan, that is exactly what they did. Maiell decided to enlist in the Republic Navy as a doctor and Chyun returned to Starfleet. It was a weird situation to explain to both the Republic and Starfleet. Fully Barzan Chyun returned to Starfleet with the name Chyun Lee and Maiell enlisted under the name Maiell ir-Chiron tr’Arriufvi.

## Return to service: 2413 - present

### Chyun - Starbase 420

Chyun and Maiell enjoy their lives apart for 3 months in total. Chyun was stationed on Starbase 420 along with his sister, Ruka. On the station, Chyun and Ruka spoke about him getting split in two. Ruka told him that she was a little sad that he chose not to rejoin with Maiell, but she understood that Maiell literally tried to kill him. The whole time, Chyun didn’t exactly feel like himself. Ruka had made him a new pixmit set, but he didn’t feel motivated to play. She tried to speak to him in Rihannsu to practice her skills, but just hearing the language made him uncomfortable. He visited Barzan II and was surprised that his Barzan family still acted cold towards him. Although he was no longer Romulan, they suspected him of being the result of Romulan genetic experimentation and that he should be ashamed of what had happened to him. Chyun’s mother did not take the change very well either and felt bad that her words were part of why Chyun did not want to rejoin with Maiell. With Ruka and his mother telling him to talk to Maiell again, Chyun decided perhaps that would be for the best.

### Maiell - RRW S'Task

On the RRW S’Task, Maiell worked as a pulmenologist, however he was miserable doing his job. He struggled with his bedside manner and didn’t feel the same passion helping patients as before. He didn’t even feel excitement looking at chest x-rays, and that used to be his favourite part of the job. He had all of the right knowledge, but he lacked the empathy and gentleness from before. His colleagues mentioned that a few patients found him cold and he didn’t seem like he enjoyed his job. He didn’t even know why he felt this way, he had an amazing first posting on a great ship with some amazing colleagues, but something just didn’t feel right. He found himself crying nearly every night and his emotions were almost unbearable. He ended up going to therapy and his therapist suggested that the change from Starfleet to the Republic was causing him struggle and that he should consider making amends with Chyun. Maiell wasn’t ready to speak to Chyun again, but he decided to apply for officer exchange in hopes that if he had a few months back with Starfleet he’d feel ready to go back to the Republic.

### Chyun-Maiell Starbase 777

After three months, Chyun reached out to Maiell and they started talking again and agreed to meet up on Mol’Rihan. The two met at their house where Mokut acted as a mediator between them as they talked out their differences. In the end, Maiell apologised and told Chyun he was just angry and all he wanted was for Chyun to accept him. Chyun felt equally bad for denying Maiell for so long to try and impress his Barzan family who was never going to accept him anyway. They decided they did want to rejoin and Mokut took them to the Republic’s medical bay to do just that.

It took a while until they were able to try to rejoin the two Chyuns and eventually Chyun and Maiell were rejoined! Chyun was whole again and didn’t look too much different besides having Maiell’s bad Romulan bowl haircut. It was a weird feeling being Chyun-Maiell again, but his family seemed happy to have him back in one piece again. As his time on Mol’Rihan was coming to an end, Chyun got a message from the Republic telling him his officer exchange request was approved and that he would be stationed on Starbase 777. Since Maiell did have his commission in the Republic, Chyun was planning on retiring that and just staying in Starfleet, but he thought back to what Maiell had said to him when they split. They were whole again, but he deeply considered how he had been running away from his Romulan past and decided to instead, take the exchange with the Republic and tell Starfleet that after rejoining, he would like to focus on the career that Maiell had started.