Arye Prays (Fracture)

"*Ready or not.*"
―The Grand Inquisitor

## Arye Prays

**Arye Prays** was a was one of the original Jedi Exiles that became Dark Lords of the Sith, and he would later serve as the **Grand Inquisitor** of the Galactic Empire several thousand years later under Lord Vader and Emperor Palpatine.

## Biography

### Early life

Brought into the Jedi Order as a child, R.E. "Arye" was quickly finding himself more in tune when fighting than the other Jedi. This caught the eye of Jedi Master Ajunta Pall, who would later take on Arye as a Padawan. Of course, Ajunta Pall turning to more unorthodox force techniques, the young Padawan in tow, then by the time Arye was knighted, tension was building in the Jedi Order, leading to the second great schism then the Hundred-Year Darkness.

### After the conflict

Having had enough, enough blood, enough murder, enough needless slaughter of Jedi... Arye retreated back to Mirial after leaving the Empire, marrying a woman by the name Annalise Dimidium; a former Jedi master. Though shortlived, she was everything to the Exile, and after a few years, she vanished, Arye left with no trace of where she might have gone.

Unrelenting, Arye would then perform numerous experiments with the Sorcery and Alchemy taught by his master, who Arye so graciously murdered before he left the Sith a few years earlier. This would lead to Arye eventually prolonging his life span while he went out to seek answers.

### Torture

In the years following the Clone Wars, Arye would be tortured for several years and retrained in Darth Vader's image. Shaped into the deadliest weapon the Empire has at their disposal, answering only to Vader and Sidious.

### Coruscant

#### Traitors

Mara Jade, loyalties with the former Emperor, would quickly try to escape. Though already knowing she would run, the Grand Inquisitor confronted her as soon as she left her room, then she turned the systems of the Imperial Palace on him, buying her time to escape. Thinking himself so far superior to Jade, he of course found himself slowed down, then quickly catching up, Mara Jade trying to escape on her ship.

Eviscerating her ship with several telekinetic lightsabers, the Grand Inquisitor forced Mara into retreating on a speeder-bike, which she got away on, though the game had just begun, and Mara Jade had already given him what he needed to know.

#### Undercover

Donning civilian clothing, the Grand Inquisitor would make his way to the lower levels, intent on hunting down Mara Jade.

Ambush

Ordering Vader's Fist to protect the communications center, then ordering Piett to block signals from the planet, the Grand Inquisitor made sure that Mara Jade would have to breach there to send her message.

##### Hunting Mara Jade

Chasing Mara Jade through the upper levels of Coruscant, the Grand Inquisitor, even though he was way past his peak, kept pace with her with ease. Her speeder-bike was destroyed, the public transport she tried to escape on was disabled and her attempt to manouver to a lower level was quickly shut down when the Grand Inquisitor, in a rather impressive feat; flew through telekinesis at extreme speeds, chasing the now injured Mara Jade before she got away by using civilians as a shield.

#### The Rebel Cell

A couple days later, he would don civilian clothing again, drawing similarities between Exal Kressh and Mara Jade. Exal Kressh fled the Empire as a result of her master betraying her, Mara Jade fled the Empire as a result of her master lying to her. And just like how Exal Kressh went to the Republic, Mara Jade fled to the New Republic. And the Grand Inquisitor found her in mere days.

##### Capturing Mara Jade

Orders to kill, yet deciding to take her alive, the Grand Inquisitor immediately notified Emperor Vader, then detained Mara Jade in the Inquisitorious. Leaving her lightsaber and focusing crystal in separate locations; then remarking that she *would* escape due to the incompetence of others in the empire. Which she of course did after Imperial Intelligence moved her onto an Executor in orbit.

## Personality and Traits

*"Through victory; my chains were broken, and then I was broken"*
Ruthless yet mentally unhinged, the Grand Inquisitor was calm and calculating, then merciless when it mattered.
Seeing the Galactic Empire as 'his doing', as his actions started a seven thousand long chain of events that eventually led him here. Though he had no interest in leading such an Organization, merely to watch the Jedi burn for their treatment of the Jedi Exiles all those years ago.

### Relationships

Plagued by his losses, Arye struggled with finding an equal after losing Annalise, yet it gave him this.. drive, the same one which kept him alive.

#### Annalise Dimidium

His wife, his lover after he left the Sith and the first Sith Empire, living happily with her for years, a couple years.. then she simply vanished during a cold day, and he would never hear from her again.

#### Darth Vader

His torturer, his master and where his loyalties lie, Vader and the Grand Inquisitor had a very professional and to the point relationship; a man chooses, a slave obeys.

#### Subject 1138

A side project, the clone of Galen Marek, and one the Grand Inquisitor captured after the battle of Coruscant in 3 ABY, then took the liberty of torturing for fun in an attempt to make him fall to the dark side. In 4 ABY, he would go on to infiltrate Coruscant and kidnap Juno Eclipse to gain emotional leverage on the young Jedi clone. Which he would partially use to draw him out, and defeat him. Before taking him into the Empire as the Thirteenth Brother.

## Powers and Abilities

### Lightsaber Combat

A master of the Telekinetic Lightsaber Combat Technique; being able to wield an unknown, at least a dusin lightsabers at the same time without fail, having surpassed his former master ages ago.

Even though his skill might lie with the telekinetic technique, as a Grand Inquisitor, Arye would wield a single standard issue Inquisitor lightsaber, one which he had mastered, then combining it with the seven forms, all of which he was beyond masterful at, same can be said for his Jar'Kai and Tràkata.

### Force Abilities

Due to the extreme conditioning from Lord Vader, the Grand Inquisitor had willingly let go of his former teachings, just his extreme skill with any telekinetic technique, Tutaminis and what he was taught by Vader and Sidious left.

This, while limiting the Grand Inquisitor severely, made him extremely reliable, and it also made him less of a threat if he ever was to turn to the light. Showing his strength with the force, the Grand Inquisitor easily subdued Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett and several others during the battle of Coruscant, then survived a duel against Grandmaster Yoda, even going as far as to tire Yoda out- though was ultimately tricked by force illusions due to his withered down mental shielding. And he would later prove capable of, if not taking down Subject 1138 directly, best him through experience and technique.

### Other Abilities

A Sith, having tricked and deceived others throughout his life, the Grand Inquisitor is a master of deception, espionage, camouflage, traps, ground vehicles and similar utility, leaving him with nearly every area covered. Although he has extensive skill in chemistry and engineering, alongside medical knowledge, this is rarely used given his position. Though it is possible he was subtly helping research and development with experimental research.

As shown with him taking only a couple days to hunt down Mara Jade in the Coruscant, the Grand Inquisitor is an excellent hunter, having no issues with tracking down an opponent. And as shown later, the Grand Inquisitor is beyond masterful at causing pain, a torturer with no limits.

### Equipment

His gear largely stock, though the Grand Inquisitor has his custom armour, heavy, yet perfect for his size, offering protection against a wide range of attacks. Alongside this, he also has dedicated space for more lightsabers on his belt, where he once held his 10 Shoto lightsabers until they were destroyed or lost in his duel with Yoda.

He then also has his ship, the *Fury's Delight*, or what remains of it atleast, not having fixed the ship for years, nigh leaving it for dead.