Trinity Family

> We can create a dynasty that will last for a thousand years. My blood━the blood in your veins━will be the blood that the galaxy will respect and fear.
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> ━Darth Deceptious to his son, Caedus Trinity

The **Trinity family**, also known as the **Trinity bloodline**, **House Trinity**, the **Arkanis Royal Family**, and later as the **Sith Royal Family**, the **Imperial Royal Family**, simply the **Imperial family**, or rather in its simplest form, the **Trinity**, were an ancient Sith family created and led by **Astral Trinity**—the eventual Darth Deceptious.

Founded by Darth Deceptious—the new identity of Astral Trinity—several years after becoming the new Sith Emperor, the Trinity were known for producing powerful Force-sensitives, subjecting their members to near-life-threatening training from early childhood in preparation for them to become Sith Lords. Although it was extremely rare for a descendant to not inherit the ability to use the Force, those who did were not necessarily killed off but were subject to subtle or outright discrimination by most, or all family members, and were expected to take great extents to prove their existence was one of significance. To that end, the Trinity, through their non-Force-sensitive members produced high-quality politicians, bureaucrats, and military commanders. The family was primarily dominated by human members, yet it was not uncommon for members to be created artificially rather than sexually, however interbreeding was closely regulated and normally required the founding ancestor’s consent.

Initially beginning as the self-appointed ruling family of Arkanis, the homeworld of their founding ancestor the Sith Lord Astral Trinity, the entire planet slowly became his personal dominion. This self-appointed rule led to the original Arkanian royal family being driven out and proclaimed by the Dark Council—acting on the Sith Lord’s request—as illegitimate to solidify his own legitimacy. Eventually, Astral Trinity became the Dark Lord of the Sith and Sith Emperor known as Darth Deceptious and turned Arkanis into a fortress world, building what would become the Imperial Palace, the new seat of power in the Empire. The family, once having ruled a single planet, was rechristened as the first Sith Royal Family, as Darth Deceptious’ influence had virtually meant the Sith Empire fell under the rule of the Trinity, albeit select members who held high-ranking positions and served the Emperor more directly than most. Through the manipulations of Darth Deceptious, the Trinity attained immense wealth, and political and military influence in Imperial affairs, but they also had an overarching reach into foreign political and military affairs, including dealing with multiple parties from the banking clan, various Imperial-sympathetic criminal syndicates, mercenary groups, and even had utilized its vast wealth to secretly lobby Republic senators to purposefully inhibit the Galactic Republic’s ability to react against the forces of the Empire.

## Traits and characteristics

> Surrounded by Trinity’s. Every time I close my eyes, I see their white hair, their holier-than-thou attitude, and their faces of superiority.
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> ━Unnamed Imperial Moff

The Trinity trace their origins to the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor Darth Deceptious. The most dominant and common physical traits of their bloodline are their white hair and red/crimson eyes (either a bright, dark, or dulled shade). Rarely, some were born with two different colored eyes. While common for both traits to appear, it is possible to only adopt one or a mixture of said traits.

It is no secret that not all Trinity have been conceived through sexual reproduction, and some are mere artificial creations that utilize the genetic material of a chosen member of the family and a carefully hand-picked gene of another individual. While dominantly human in nature, the family has a history of selective interbreeding, possibly due to the curiosity of the Emperor wishing to experiment with his own genes. Even though their founding ancestor is a demon in nature, most Trinity are born human, but an inconsistency shows an extremely rare possibility of one adopting said demonic genes. It is a mystery as to why this is, and it is suspected to be a form of dark manipulation. In terms of sexual reproduction, the usage of midi-chlorian manipulation has allowed the family a near-guaranteed rate of producing a child capable of utilizing the Force.

As they have been descended from Darth Deceptious’ bloodline, they have been known to possess incredible strength in the Force, and due to a mystery gene alteration, they were naturally drawn to the dark side and prone to violent or unidentifiable rage during adolescence. This was a sign of the **“Trinity madness”**, an unidentified illness or rather a side effect of the Trinity’s having their genetics manipulated before their birth for centuries. The result of careful, meticulous, and constant application of midi-chlorian manipulation, the Trinity possessed a form of inherited trait for insanity which is unique to each individual that is descended from the Emperor’s blood. While it takes many forms, it does not result in mental instability or failing health, but rather it was more of a curse intentionally placed by Darth Deceptious himself on all who inherited his blood to warp their original personality in a twisted, yet subtle way—throughout their childhood, it could potentially twist their moral compass, remove morality in itself, and yet in simplest terms, it virtually ensured that none born of his blood could ever resist the dark side and would ultimately succumb to its pull.

Due to Darth Deceptious’ immortality, the Trinity, despite being human, have a greatly expanded life span of up to nearly five hundred years. The only exception to this is those who have been subject to a ritual of immorality, of which only the Emperor himself is privy to such details on the ritual in itself. Unlike his own immortality, the ritual used on those he deems worthy merely granted eternal youth and life, and though it prevented death by disease and aging, it could not prevent death by murder or other outcomes.

## Traditions and customs

> The Emperor’s presence has kept the Sith from fighting among themselves. Who's to say that stops his own blood? All of them seek supremacy over the other, all with the hope of receiving even the smallest hint of acknowledgment from their absentee ancestor.
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> ━Quinn Maru regarding the Trinity's descendants

The Trinity family was headed by their original progenitor Darth Deceptious, who is referred to in their history as the founding ancestor, from which they trace their earliest beginning. Although the family preferred neither gender, they were historically dominated by male descendants as few females were ever really conceived or created.

As descendants of Darth Deceptious, the Trinity who were revealed to have an affinity for the Force were subject to cruel and brutal Sith training at the earliest possible year. The earliest generations of the Trinity were trained by Darth Deceptious himself, and they were viewed more favorably than later generations who were trained by other members of the family. As the family was built around producing generations of Sith, those who did not have the affinity were subject to discrimination and discontent, either privately or publicly, although not all Trinity discriminated against their non-Force-sensitive counterparts. They were expected to make great strives to compete with their Force-sensitive betters and were made to prove themselves by involving themselves with the military or bureaucracy with little to no support from the family. This was due to the Emperor’s insistence on forcing his descendants to become independent and not reliant on the favoritism granted by family or by simply being descended from his blood.

Naturally, while the Rule of Order and the Sith Emperor’s presence kept the Sith Order in line and heavily reduced the amount of infighting, this did not stop the Trinity from seeking to surpass their own. As the Emperor had little concern for the well-being of his entire family, he had given the impression that only a singular member would receive his acknowledgment, which manifested in the form of the Emperor’s Regent, Darth Revulsion. Due to this, it left much open to interpretation, resulting in them seeking supremacy over the other, either to undermine the Emperor’s confidence in Darth Revulsion or to gain his acknowledgment as worthy of being his right hand. No matter their own internal war for supremacy, the members of the Trinity were aware that they were subservient to their founding ancestor, and ultimately feared his wrath. His mere word was irrefutable law and to disobey was met with the unpredictable wrath of the Emperor.

Despite their relation to the Sith Emperor, they share similarities with most royal families, such as forming politically arranged marriages for their own gain. Yet such marriages were known to be handpicked and set into motion by the Emperor and included not just his own children but even his furthest of relations became potential candidates. In addition, the family forbade polygamous relationships and recognized that children sired by illegitimate and unrecognized relationships without the Emperor’s blessing were to be disposed of without question. As polygamy was forbidden, all potential relationships were arranged by their ancestor. It was possible for a descendant to bring forth their own candidates for relationships, yet it was merely a matter of if it would be accepted. As a result of the Trinity being limited in their relationships, the family had also strictly forbidden same-sex relationships and enforced the philosophy of strict heterosexuality; there was no exception.

Throughout the centuries, the Trinity strictly regulated interbreeding between their genes and alien or near-human species, therein resulting in a human-dominated family. Despite the Emperor’s demonic blood, the family retained their human genetics. Only with consent from the Emperor was crossbreeding permitting, as it was mainly done to experiment with the cross-mixing of the Emperor’s blood.

Historically, the mothers who give birth to a potential descendant are normally killed off by their own child. This seemingly did not extend to female members of the family who gave birth. They are manipulated or otherwise tempted into killing their own parent, as a way to cement one’s fall to the dark side. It is known that all of Darth Deceptious’ direct children have killed their mothers, as a show of absolute loyalty to their father.