Warmaster Barabbas

Warmaster Barabbas High Ape Lord is one of the most feared beings in the Multiverse. He has unified the Ape Realities under his banner and conquered at least fourteen Realities in the name of "The Glory of the Ape Men". An Omega Variant of considerable experience and an intelligence never seen before in modified Apes. His skills in strategy and tactics have surpassed those of humans with formal education and Barabbas exhibits a gift for long range planning not usually seen in his species. He holds the Strength seat on the Council of 21 for the Arcane Theocracy and has claimed dominion over all Ape Worlds and Ape man forces in the C-Sphere, who follow him fanatically as their liberator, lord, and messiah.

### History

Little is known of the origins of Barabbas the Ape Lord and Warmaster. It is known that he was one of Dark Professor Paradigm's first test subjects during the Ape Man project and by all accounts his most successful Omega variant. How he escaped the service of Paradigm is unknown but he makes no secret of his deep hate and resentment of him.

The first verified record of Barabbas is an account that places him on an uncharted A-Sphere Reality that had already fallen to a species of naturally evolving ape men (Alpha variant). Barabbas is said to have been found washed up upon a beach burned and wounded but even unconscious the huge Omega ape man was awes inspiring to the natives and they rescued Barabbas considering him to be a harbinger of their ape gods.

Barrabas' intelligence and prowess in battle all but handed him global domination of the planet in a few short months. working with the finest ape mind available to him he constructed a primitive Aetheric beacon to lure a Jump capable airship to his location. When a Grand Alliance patrol frigate investigated Barabbas staged a daring glider assault from the Cliffs of Destiny to board and seize it. From this one ship Barabbas took more ships often through guile and trickery until he had acquired a sizable fleet. In the chaos of the Multiverse War his activities were hardly noticed.

#### The Great Awakening

In 1867 V.E. Warmaster Barrabas launched an invasion of three adjacent Realities in the A-Sphere in a week. Using a head of the snake strategy he rapidly deposed the native government of one Ape Reality, killed most of the Human government of another, and seized a listening post of the Dark Order established on the Dead World devoid of population. These 3 worlds become the basis for his next campaign which Barrabas dubbed "The Great Awakening". He envisioned the uprising of all Ape men and all apes across the Mutliverse to over throw the human oppressors and replace them. Finally garnering attention for these act both the Grand Alliance and the Dark order attempted military expeditions to dislodge and challenge Barrabas but all failed and merely lent more equipment to his cause and infamy to his name.

#### End of the War

One of the most surprising terms of Barrabas' history is the signing of the Accords after the rising of the Theocracy to eject the Dark Order. By the end of the Multiverse War Barrabas controlled over fifteen Realities and numerous trade lanes throughout the Mutliverse. With the war drawing to a close both the Theocracy and the Alliance prepared plans to dislodge the Warmaster but to their surprise he sent a delegation of humans and Alpha variant Ape men to the Treaty conference on his behalf. The well spoken and adept diplomats of the Ape Lord negotiated the Strength seat on the Council of 21 within the Theocracy and an annual tribute payment from the Alliance to halt his expansion in the Multiverse. Both factions agreed to recognize Barabbas as the protector of all Ape beings.

### Personality

Very few beings outside of Barrabbas' inner circle have ever spoken with him. Even amongst his own kind he is very private. Those few who have met the Ape Lord describe him as terribly awe inspiring in his size and strength and remarkably clever with his words and thoughts. it is well known he despises Dark Professor Paradigm, the man who "made" him.

The Ape Lord prefers to send his trusted servants, The Voice of Strength, to handle his affairs. The Voice is a holy order founded to serve Barabbas' diplomatic and administrative need inside and outside his domain. It is a life long assignment and all of the order's Brother's are fanatically devoted to each other and Barrabas regardless of species or variant. It is not unusual to see delegation of the Voice of Strength contain Ape men of different variants and even humans. This is not common in the tribal community that the various Ape variant develop which self segregate. It is believed that Barrabas is using the mixed ranks of the Voice to experiment with his future view of society. Brothers of the Voice of Strength tend to be athletic, well read, eloquent, cunning, and suburb negotiators. They dress simply but in a accordance with the affair they are attending and always in black and red which are Barrabas' colors.

### Known Agenda

While a deeper long term agenda is not clear with Barabbas some core truths are always in his plans. His need to unite the Ape dominated Realities across the Multiverse is evident. The desire to protect and develop the worlds already won is demonstrated in the industrial growth of these worlds . His burning hatred of those that threaten or have abused his kind. However to believe Barrabas to so simple in plan is a mistake many dead beings have made. The Ape Lord is not to be underestimated.