The Phlovon

*"We don't ask those kinds of questions."*

## History

The Phlovon was one of the original members of *The Golden Blades* and eventually became captain when the original captain retired.

### Early Life

A Ton Priest from the planet Groton, the Phlovon was raised in one of the planet's many swamps. During their life, they were known to have been an avid player of the Grotanian Stick Game. Trained in psionics, they quickly gained proclivity for pyromancy and telepathy. Before long, they were interested in life beyond Groton and left to understand the world beyond.

### Andromeda

Upon arriving in Andromeda, the Phlovon, with the other Golden Blades, was met with a congregation of the galaxy's factions. Afterwards, with the help of the LEX agent Agent L, they set up a graft farm to generate income. Before long, they contracted with the Neektaket to make contact with a tribal planet. While Agent L remained with the graft farm, the Phlovon went down to the planet with a group of Neektaket affiliates.

Upon landing, the group was tasked with helping a native nomadic species.

In the forest, the group found a Protean temple infested with Inzarev drones. Clearing out the drones, two of the party were killed, one of which was the Thean who had connected to the temple's interface as the controller. With their death, the Phlovon used their DNA to become the controller of the temple. With a functioning temple under Golden Blade control, they set their sights on total planetary control.

As the Neektaket representative brought in more ships, the Golden Blades used the temple to detonate the ships. The stellar gate was used to destroy all but the lead ship, which was boarded by the Golden Blades and brought down to land. There they negotiated to keep the Neektaket faction in the dark and kept the representative captive on the planet. For the time being, the mutiny of the planet was unknown.

While the planet was under Golden Blades control, the Phlovon began the process of terraforming it into a landscape akin to that of Groton. With the development of new wildlife, the Celmiran guilds took notice, and negotiated a small presence to study them under discretion. During their control of the planet, Yiggy Splardgust was brought down to develop beliefs surrounding a messiah from the stars. This messiah would match up to represent the Phlovon, and garner loyalty from the local populace.

(information on Celmiran research, Yindarin fleet and final showdown)

When the security of the planet was established under Golden Blades control, Cealdrum were asked to assist in creating a psychic network around the planet. The purpose of which would be to help the wildlife grow and thrive. While the rest of the members of the Neektaket party left through a gate to the Milky Way, Yiggy and the Phlovon retired on the planet.

## Retirement

The Phlovon settled on a hill nearby the temple to finalize the network and retire as Phlovon on Groton do, becoming a tree like being. In transforming into the tree, the Phlovon connected to the psychic network around the planet. As the hub of the planet, Yiggy himself stayed to guard the tree and train his disciples to follow in his steps. The followers of the cult surrounding the messiah were able to come to the tree for respects. Underneath was carved their name, Tovokotek, told to Yiggy before planting. When all was said and done, Yiggy stayed in a hut nearby, while the Phlovon remained atop the hill, keeping the planet alive.