Abbott

## Character information

### Alignment

**Abbott** is the alias of a former man of the church and a prestigious member of the Obstacles, being one of the four tritagonists in the *Across the Portal* trilogy.

## Biography

### A man of the church

Born on Hosnian Prime sometime before 170 BBY, a man eventually became the head of a religious monastery, being extremely dedicated to his job. Seeing his given name and former life as irrelevant, he took the consecutive alias of "Abbott".

### Working for the Obstacles

#### Taking a stand

Despite being a loyal man of the church, Abbott eventually fell in league with the Hosnian order of the Obstacles, a group intending to confirm the existence of the aspiring Third Order and silence them permanently. He was initially reluctant to leave his former job and join them, but he realized that "Abbott" was the only name he had, having lost all recollection of a time before the church. Reaching the conclusion that the Obstacles needed him more than the church did, Abbott pledged his services to the organization.

#### Attack on Der Erebolten

"*The men we had come to conquer were guarded by an army of black-clad troops, coupled with every security measure imaginable.*"
―Abbott[src]When intelligence discovered the Order's headquarters were the planet of Der Erebolten, Abbott and his crew took it upon themselves to infiltrate the Dark Tower there and analyze just how much they were up against, at which point he would call for the appropriate reinforcements while he and his friends stalled the enemy for as long as possible.

Despite his later claims to have had numerous strategies and contingencies in place, the tower's defenses and military arsenal turned out to be worse than the crew had imagined or even believed to be possible. Abbott was faced with an army of black-clad troops and numerous security measures that included turbolasers, Rancors, and electric shocks, and even Rancors lugging both weapons simultaneously, along with "peculiar objects and cruel inventions and devices that trap and maul the unsuspecting".

Abbott miraculously survived everything he went up against and successfully found the Room of Concealment, where he intended to cut the head off the snake. He challenged the Supreme Leader to single combat. With two slashes of her arms, his ultimate adversary dented his sword and violently hurled him against the base of the Dark Tower. Abbott was the last of his crew, whom he was forced to relinquish, as he narrowly avoided being captured, successfully escaping from Der Erebolten.

#### Facing his failure

Left deeply affected and mentally broken by what he believed to be his ultimate failure, Abbott lost faith in both himself and the Obstacles for having failed to do so much as slightly dent the hull of the Third Order. Abbott believed he had failed to protect his beloved friends, as well as hating himself for relinquishing them, failing to realize he could not have done anything to save them either way, and he merely would've joined them in death had he tried. His self-loathing was exacerbated even more because he never learned anything about the Supreme Leader apart from briefly seeing her bulky yet curvaceous visage and her terrifying powers firsthand, not even obtaining her real name, which was Xerin Hedashield.

Although he continued to contribute to the audiences during the Obstacles' meetings, he did little, if anything, other than that to even vaguely associate with the group, and provided very little if any input, as Hannaniah later cited that Kristen had somehow gotten him to open his mouth. He eventually got a full-time job somewhere else, though he eventually began working there part time instead, and turned to vaping to ease his loss. He also kept his sword even though the dent on it frequently reminded him of his inability to stop the Supreme Leader.

#### Arrival of a Pearian

"*Alas, my foe took me down in two swipes and smote me upon the base of the tower, where I made a narrow escape. This sword here bears a mark where I battled the big boss of ultimate evil. So if you've got it in your head that going to that Force-forsaken place could possibly be a good idea, what idea've you got that sounds better than anything enemies of the Third Order have ever attempted or accomplished?*"
―Abbott[src]
Abbott was later seen in the meeting of the Obstacles, where he explained to Kristen about how he was "creamed" by "the big boss of ultimate evil", despite coming up "with every strategy and contingency in the book". This prompted Hannaniah to joke that Kristen "just got Abbott to talk". He eventually left, refusing to help the Pearian.

#### Helping Kristen

"*I thought you said anti-Third Order people were a lot cause?"
"You are! But those bastards are on the rise all the same, and sooner or later they'll kill me, I've done too much to oppose them. So, if I'm going to die, well, I might as well die halfway through putting a barrage of laserfire into the Supreme Leader's forehead.*"
―Kristen and Abbott[src]
Nearly two years later, Abbott ultimately fell down to earth and took a sharp turn when in an encounter with Shae Bibble. The teenage girl intuitively deduced his misery and self-loathing and (whether cunningly or inadvertently) got him to tell her his story and provide way more details than he had for Kristen and Thorrn, which in turn caused to finally confront his fear and guilt, enabling him to begin moving past it at last. Thus, Abbott finally resolved to help Bibble along with Kristen and Jedi Padawan Victoria so they could defeat Xerin Hedashield once and for all.

#### Battle of Mustafar

By the time they reached Mustafar, he was essentially his old self again except his penchant for excessive vaping remained. Nonetheless, he bravely charged into battle against troopers and helped Kristen carve a path to Darth Mutialatus, which shortly thereafter allowed her to destroy the woman behind Abbott's nightmare.

## Personality and traits

"*If I never see a trooper again, it'll be too soon.*"
―Abbott[src]
Abbott embodied an ideal personality for a member of the Obstacles; he was altruistic, courageous, noble, loyal, self-sacrificing and dedicated to everything he did, possessing a heart of gold and an absolute desire to do what was right, and wishing nothing but for the best of the peoples and creatures of the galaxy. He was fully dedicated to his crew and loved them like siblings, and he was also a good friend to Hannaniah, who often encouraged him to act with more calmness and dignity. Prior to joining the Obstacles, he was an ex-abbot who was extremely dedicated to the extent of taking the alias of "Abbott", believing his former name and life were irrelevant, only to realize it was the only name he had upon joining the Obstacles, indicating he had no idea what his given name was. Initially, he appeared to be abrasive, stubborn, and genuinely self-centered, though it later became clear that he was undoubtedly a wonderful person.

After Abbott narrowly evaded the most horrific weapons imaginable, lost his crew members, and was injured by Xerin Hedashield, he was left with deep psychological scars, combined with anger at himself for agreeing to undertake the mission, and shame of being the only survivor, causing him to become embittered as well as depressed and wanted nothing more to do with the Obstacles, being convinced that the Third Order was already invincible and would only grow in numbers.

However, being a true activist and possessing a heart of gold, his conscience could not permit him to be completely uninvolved, causing him to attend the Obstacles' meetings, even if his presence was all he ever contributed since losing all of his friends and hope for the very existence of the people. If anything, he missed Hannaniah and clung onto a sliver of hope that something might come up that could give him an ounce of redemption. For years, his deep-rooted fear of the Supreme Leader, whom he understandably mistook for being nothing more or less than the ultimate personification of bloodlust, malevolence, and mindless destruction, and the trauma from their last encounter, remained with him even though he was eventually able to bury the memories of the massacre deep in his subconscious, focusing solely on the details of the meetings he attended every once in a while, and never focusing on where he played into their affairs. By this point, Abbott had come to regard his crew as his responsibility and living proof that he was weak.

When he met Kristen and B'en'jamin Thorrn, Abbott initially remained apathetic and unmoved by their efforts to rouse the Obstacles to action. Nearly two years later, Abbott ultimately fell down to earth and took a sharp turn when in an encounter with Shae Bibble. The teenage girl intuitively deduced his misery and self-loathing and (whether cunningly or inadvertently) got him to tell her his story and provide way more details than he had for Kristen and Thorrn, which in turn caused to finally confront his fear and guilt, enabling him to begin moving past it at last. Thus, Abbott finally resolved to help Bibble along with Kristen and Jedi Padawan Victoria so they could defeat Xerin Hedashield once and for all. By the time they reached Mustafar, he was essentially his old self again except his penchant for excessive vaping remained. Nonetheless, he bravely charged into battle against troopers and helped Kristen carve a path to Darth Mutialatus, which shortly thereafter allowed her to destroy the woman behind Abbott's nightmare.

## Powers and abilities

* **Superhuman stamina**: Abbott's musculature produces considerably fewer fatigue toxins during physical activity than that of humans, which allowed him to survive his infiltration of the Dark Tower and later to fight many troopers without tiring at all.
* **Master combatant**: Abbott was one of the most powerful warriors in the galaxy, with immense training and decades worth of experience in unarmed combat and swordsmanship, which allowed him to surpass troopers, monsters, black hole launchers, turbolaser and ion cannons, and cruel traps and devices as well as the wrath of Xerin Hedashield herself, still having the energy and willpower to make a successful getaway in spite of feeling nothing but horror at that point, all alluding to his prodigious skill as a great warrior. He also helped Kristen cut out a path to the Supreme Leader. In fact, Abbott was the only member of the Obstacles to survive the battle against the Third Order, whereas the elite warriors flanking him were massacred by the Dark forces.