Esp'Ara'Joralis

Son-in-Law: Phillip Joralis-Ventella

> “One can concentrate so closely on the words of a sentence that one thereby misses the meaning. As can happen in any area of life. You must never lose focus on the larger landscape.” - Esp'ara'joralis
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## Early Life

Born on the Chiss homeworld of Csilla, Esp’ara’joralis followed the standard path of Chiss men. He joined the military academy at age 16, being assigned to a ship of the Chiss Defense Force at 21 and quickly rising through the ranks due to his keen mind for tactics and strategy. After becoming a Captain at age 28, the Aristocra, the government of the Chiss Ruling Houses, decided to covertly send him into the region of space controlled by the “Galactic Republic.”

Two years after his entry into the Republic, during his personal 'tour' of the Galaxy, Joralis came upon an orphaned, 10 year-old, Mirialan boy, who had been given the name "Vorus." Seeing much of his younger self in the young boy, Joralis formally adopted him and brought him along on the tour of the Galaxy. Together, they encountered many species, making friends and enemies, and Vorus grew up gaining the same level of education that Joralis did, allowing him to immediately join the Republic Navy alongside his father.

Sometime during their tour, Joralis met a female Kaminoan named Mela Sa, who helped run security and intelligence for the secretive Kaminoans, instead of working the more common role of scientist. Through this, Joralis learned much about Kamino, and eventually hired Mela Sa as Director of the Intelligence and Security Bureau, under the Ministry of Defense, later in his career. Sa and Joralis are known to have many secret conversations, pertaining to their previous experiences together during the early years of Joralis's time in the Republic.

## Political Career

After a year of travelling through their space, Joralis ended up on Coruscant and became party to a group of politicians considered “Populists” in the Galactic Senate, and took the more basic name of Esp Joralis. Observing this group over the next year, and occasionally being party to debates between them and their opposition, the Centralists, Joralis came to the attention of the Supreme Chancellor.

The Chancellor then, via Executive Order 003, appointed Joralis as the first Ambassador of the Republic in order to be the liason to the Chiss people. Concurrently, through that same executive order, the Chancellor attempted to confer citizenship in the Republic to Joralis. Shortly after, the Minister of Defense appointed Joralis to Admiral heading the Research Division of the military branch. However, in the first case to come before the Galactic Tribunal, *In re G.S. Res. 001: Grand Admiral Appointment Resolution*, 00 Trib. 01, the Tribunal found that the Chancellor lacked the authority to unilaterally grant citizenship to a sentient, stripping Joralis of his Republic citizenship.

During the Election of Helona 0 ACV, Joralis was appointed to a Populist List seat within the Senate after losing to his opponent Larian Candor in the runnings for the Northern Dependencies constituency seat. With this seat, Joralis now claims the roles of Admiral, Ambassador, Director, and Senator, making him one of the many extremely successful beings within the Rotunda.

During the next election, Joralis once again went up against Larian Candor for the Northern Dependencies consituency seat. Despite it being a close campaign, Joralis lost to the incumbent Candor and remained in a Populist List seat for another term. At the same time, he also acted as Grand Admiral of the Republic Navy, leading the force to victories during the War with the Hutt Cartels.

Finally, after two failed attempts to gain a constituency, Joralis went up against Anguilis Cone, nephew of the famed Ardus Cone, for the Coruscant Region constituency seat. Joralis beat out the younger Cone by a safe margin, taking a primarily Centralist-controlled constituency over to the Populists. Much to the Populist Party's dismay, however, Joralis soon changed allegiances to join with the Centralists, citing differences in views as to why he finally departed his origin Party. Shortly after, the Populist Party merged with the Galactic People's Front, who went to head to head with the Centralists during the next election, and beat out Candor and Joralis's run for Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, respectively.

Despite this, Joralis was appointed Minister of Defense, much to the annoyance of his Party's Chairman. With this position, he acts as the almost sole overseer of all Military Assets, due to the lack of assistance from Chancellor Oxbig's War Council. Having had a few fleets decimated by Hutt Attacks, and losing his own former Flagship to a random Hutt Fleet Raid within Republic Space, some begin to wonder if Joralis is becoming burnt out and overworked, despite also supporting him in his roles as such high level Military Officials. Nonetheless, Joralis continues to lead admirably in order to seize victory for the Republic.

Near the end of his term, Joralis managed to sneak away to the planet of Naboo to get married to his partner, Garrus Vakarian. After the private ceremony, Joralis had the same facial markings Vakarian had tattooed on his face, causing the two men to have matching, dark blue-black markings, as well as matching coral bracelets, to formally signify their union.

## Post-Chancellor Term

After his second term as Chancellor concluded, at the end of 7 ACV, Joralis decided to step down from Politics, including from his position as Chairman of the Centralist Party. He was given a full commission again as Admiral within the Grand Navy and provided the opportunity to lead the first Tempest-class Deep Space Exploratory Corvette, unsurprisingly named the *Tempest*. The mission was to explore the Unknown Regions and provide better maps for the Republic of the chaotic region of space.

During the expedition, which launched shortly after the new Senate term started in 8 ACV, Joralis sustained a major injury to the left side of his face, causing massive scarring and some degradation of his vision in his left eye. Logs do not agree as to the true source of the injury, though Joralis's official log states it was due to a Drive Core overload.

Upon its return from its trial expedition at the start of 9 ACV, the *Tempest* was grounded while the MDRD looked over the data it collected. Joralis and Vakarian, the commanding and executive officer respectively, were seen heading to meet with the Minister of Defense and MDRD DIrector. No public release has been seen about these meetings from the government.

## Political Return

After concluding his meetings with the Ministry of Defense, Joralis was approached with an offer to return to being Coruscant's official Representative given his success as the Core region's Senator for several years. Joralis accepted the offer after seeing how useless the government was during his absence, if only to ensure the new government was held accountable.

Joralis and Vakarian have returned to living on Coruscant, though tend to keep to themselves more, and refuse to talk about the Tempest Expedition with anyone.

## Unknown Goals

After quickly rising through the ranks of both his people’s military and the Republic, Joralis is seen as one of the most strategic and keenly tactical minds in the galaxy. However, some fear what his true goals may be, and whether he is truly on the side of the Republic.

## Personality and Appearance

Esp Joralis is a calm and calculating individual, very rarely showing any extreme emotions. Many say he is unreadable in debates and arguments due to this. With his strategic and calculating mind, Joralis is able to easily win arguments while only stating facts and not falling to his opponents anger or annoyance. He can also utilize his keen thought process to predict an adversary's next move, making it almost impossible for him to be surprised.

After his bonding with Garrus Vakarian, and subsequent time away on the Tempest Expedition, Joralis has returned to his original personality of being very standoffish, stern, and serious, despite becoming more lighthearted during his time as the Republic's Supreme Chancellor.

Joralis sports a nasty scar along the left side of his face. He also appears to have facial tattoos that match Vakarian's though they are hard to make out on his injured side.

## Achievements

Jorlis is credited as the designer of the Venator-class Star Destroyer used by the Republic Navy. He has also overseen several Trade Studies and works closely with Kuat Drive Yards to ensure the strength of the Republic Navy, adding in several new ship classes such as the Victory-class Star Destroyer and Chancellor-class Star Dreadnought.

Joralis has, thus far, achieved the position and/or rank, in order of achievement, of: Representative, Senator, Leader of the Opposition, Director of the MDAWR, Admiral, Grand Admiral of the Republic Navy, Deputy Presiding Officer of the Galactic Senate, Minister of Defense, Vice Chancellor of the Galactic Senate, and Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.