Tragus Fel II

## Emperor Tragus II

**Tragus Fel II**, known as *the Magnanimous*, is the current Emperor of the Fel Empire and one of the three ruling Triumvir of the Galactic Federation Triumvirate. The Fel Dynasty has maintained an uninterrupted royal line for nearly 1000 years, starting with Emperor Jagged Fel. As one of the Triumvir, Tragus shares power over the galaxy with the Chief of the Senate and the Grandmaster of the Jedi Council.

## History

### Backstory

Tragus was born in the Fel Empire's capital of Bastion, to Emperor Evran Fel when he was still a Prince. The Triumvirate brought about an era of unparalleled peace, with the Fel Emperors serving as the monarchic figure-head of the government while sharing power with the Senate and allowing the Jedi Order to arbitrate the two powers.

He spent his youth studying as befitting a royal heir. The Fel Dynasty has been force-sensitive since its first Empress, Jaina Solo, married into the family. They've retained those traits even after hundreds of years, keeping a strong natural connection to the Force. He was trained in the Force by the Imperial Knights, a sect of Gray Jedi that serves the Fel Dynasty as their personal bodyguards. He learned and embraced the less dogmatic teachings of the Imperial Knights, not following the binary view of the Force of the Jedi. Though he is well aware of the dangers of the Dark Side as its power could corrupted an individual beyond redemption.

Once his training with the Imperial Knights was completed, Tragus was taught politics and administration, as he would one day assume his father's place as Emperor. That day came on 969 ABY, with the passing of Emperor Evran, Tragus ascended to the throne as Emperor Tragus II. Before he assumed the throne, Tragus served for a time as Crown Prince of Bastion. Once he became Emperor his immediate heir was his sister Xarah Fel, whom was made Crown Princess of Bastion. She had married a prominent High Moff, Belardo Kaine. She didn't remain as his heir for too long as in 970 ABY Tragus' first son Gallinus Fel was born. Due to the prince being too young Xarah remained as the Princess Regent of Bastion until Gallinius was ready for the position of Crown Prince.

Prior to becoming Emperor, Tragus met and fell in love with the Echani Jedi Zuri Lsu. The two married before his ascension to the throne and later had four children together. After their relationship had gotten serious, Zuri defected from the Jedi and joined the Imperial Knights to be closer to Tragus. He had a happy marriage with Zuri, but it ended too soon as she died tragically in 979 ABY. After his wife's death Tragus never remarried and became much more reclusive, even towards his children, the youngest of which was only 4 at the time.

### Galactic Legends

In 1000 ABY, Emperor Tragus saw a vision of a Sith relic on Tatooine, so he sent one of his most trusted agents, one of his Hands, Tjax Cascol to retrieve it. Tjax ran into a rogue Jedi and her new apprentice, who killed Jedi Master Kenbre Strahart and defeated Tjax. The rogue Jedi had the ability to forcibly sever someone from the Force, which is how she defeated the Hand. Nevertheless, Tjax survived and reported the happenings to the Emperor, who informed Jedi Grandmaster Jidoec Marr.

### Darkness Returns

In 1001 ABY, the Empire uncovered a Sith relic on Yavin IV during one of its archeological expeditions. The relic sent out a shockwave through the force, notifying the Emperor of its discovery. Having lost contact with the research team, he sent Master Leojos and Aurian on a mission to find the scientists and retrieve the relic. They were placed in charge of an ISOD squad and sent to the planet to rendezvous with the research team. The Imperial Knights succeeded in their mission, however, in their exit from the planet that had been attacked by Black Sun forces. Much to their surprise, the leader of the Black Suns had been a Sith. She killed herself instead of being captured after she was defeated by Leojos, but the news was worrying to say the least.

On investigating the Sith relic, it was discovered that it led to another Sith temple, this one on Dromund Kaas. Tragus formed a joint team with the New Jedi Order, sending one of his Hands, Shella Nulve, and the formerly retired Master Arka Kloth to represent him. They followed the trail of the relic from Dromund Kaas to the Unknown Regions, where they uncovered an ancient Sith warship inhabited by Sith purebloods that had survived in stasis for millennia. The Sith awakened and attacked the Imperial forces, destroying their Star Destroyer, killing one of the Jedi Masters and nearly killing the rest of the team. Before then, Grandmaster Marr rescued them through the Force by teleporting them back to Coruscant. After confirming the reappearance of the Sith, Emperor Tragus declared a new Imperial Inquisition, reforming the Inquisitorius from his own Knights in order to hunt down the Sith and end them before they have a chance to rise to power.

The Chiss received a distress signal from what remained of the Star Destroyer *Royal Fury*. They rescue survivors, which were only a fraction of the ship's initial crew and Army compliment and return the ship to the Empire where it was take to the Navy engineers for study of the destructive power of the Sith. All the while, he was in negotiations with the other Triumvir. He wanted to send a fleet into the Sith Worlds to hunt for the Sith there and stop them from reclaiming those worlds, but without the approval of the Senate Triumvir Shali would not give him permission. However, he was able to convince her to dispatch a detachment of the Outer Rim Defense Fleet to Korriban to guard it until Senate approval for the Imperial forces was reached.

### Preparing for the Sith

Tragus spent months negotiating with the Galactic Senate until finally he received the go ahead to send a single expeditionary fleet to the Sith Worlds. The fleet replaced the Outer Rim Defense Fleet detachment and assumed its vigil over the Sith Worlds from Korriban. Unbeknownst to the Empire, however, a few Sith had already reached the Sith worlds of Ziost and Athis. Though they were unable to bring any significant force into their ancient home sector without alerting Imperial forces.

Throughout 1002 ABY, the Empire continued its search for the reawaken Sith. Imperial Intelligence focused its efforts on the Black Sun, seeking to follow the thread of the fallen Sith of Yavin IV. They had little success, the Black Sun syndicate was massive. Its network stretching across most of the Outer Rim and the Empire could not risk being discovered by the Federation security or a diplomatic incident would erupt. They had to be subtle and that took time. Intelligence was aided by the new Inquisitorius, who sent out its few agents whenever any sightings of Sith appeared.

### Smuggler's Moon

In 1003 ABY, the Sith purebloods, calling themselves the Sith Dominion, made their presence known to the galaxy. Their leader, Darth Magice declared his intent on taking over the galaxy and overthrowing the Galactic Federation Triumvirate. In response, the Triumvirs met and officially declared war on the Sith Dominion. As it stood though, they had no idea where the Dominion was building up their forces and could not strike out at them. Instead they prepared their defenses for the upcoming conflict.

## Personality and traits

Tragus is seen as the pinnacle of authority, carrying himself with such charisma that even his detractors cannot deny his imposing presence. He is a calm and collected man that thinks before acting. While he isn't benevolent, he is a just man that takes duty and lawfulness very seriously. When dealing with foes, he is swift in his cruelty but shows mercy to those that submit to him.

## Powers and abilities

Due to his training with the Imperial Knights, Tragus is skilled with force powers and lightsaber combat. He is especially proficient in Force Vision and Precognition, known for receiving visions that warn him of potential dangerous to himself and his Empire. He is also proficient in melee combat, being a skilled swordsman when fighting with his vibrosaber.

## Equipment

The Emperor usually wears his Imperial Robes and carries with him a vibrosaber, which is mostly ceremonial but can be used for combat. When he does fight he either wears a version of Imperial Knight armor with cortosis plates on the gauntlets and torso and wields a silver lightsaber. His training attire is a set of grey-black robes.

## Trivia

* Tragus gets his name from the Roman Emperors: Trajan and Augustus. The reason for this is the association of the two in the phrase: "May he be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan" that was used when crowning a new Roman Emperor.
* Tragus' regnal number and his epithet come from Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, who was known as the Magnanimous.
* To the Nihonites, Tragus is known as Emperor Hiroto Senshi.