Sya'thorun

**Sya'thorun**, formerly **Ufsa'sya'thorun** (Core Name: **Sasyath**) was the Supreme Admiral of the Defense Hierarchy Council, and the commander-in-chief of the Ascendancy Military. He was admiral of the CDF Third Fleet. He was a humorless and pragmatic warrior with a disdain for family politics.

## History

### Early Life

At some point, Sasayath became a merit adoptive of the Ruling Ufsa Family. His military career began prior to the devastating Vagaari Invasion where he saw first-hand the brutality of war. He proved an effective officer in the conflict and, by the end, was commanding his own cruiser. He was present at the final battle of the war over Csilla when a young Thriv'aes'hrallae (Vaes) destroyed the main Vagaari Bannership.

In the wake of the conflict, it became apparent that the selfish machinations of the Clarr, Boadil, and Plikh families had sabotaged Chiss efforts during the war. As punishments, these three families were demoted from their positions among the Nine Ruling Families and replaced. Nevertheless, Sasayath never forgot how many lives were lost due to family politics and intrigue.

### Military Career

He rose the ranks quickly following the war, soon achieving flag rank and, in accordance with Chiss military custom, giving up his family name and becoming Sya'thorun. In time, he achieved the rank of admiral and was given command of the Third Fleet. During this time, Sya'thorun supported strengthening ties between the Chiss and Empire of the Hand. While he respected the Chiss non-intervention doctrine, he knew there were threats in the chaos which needed to be dealt with if the Chiss were to survive. In his mind, the Empire of the Hand was the perfect weapon to wield against them.

At some point, Sya'thorun served as Thriv'aell'athindo's (Vaella) commanding officer. He was often at odds with his young subordinate who was known for flaunting protocol and regulations.

Prior to 29 ABY, Sya'thorun became the Supreme Admiral, the highest ranking member of the two navies and the leader of the Defense Hierarchy Council. In this capacity, he was forced to work closely with the Irizi Family Aristocra who was in command of communication between the government and military. Sya'thorun resented this arrangement, and believed the CDF and CEDF performed its best work independently of the government.

Around the same time, the Tarn siblings Obbic'ebi'raynel and Dasklo'ure'ethindo, who had previously ousted Aristocra Vaes, began consolidating power across the Ascendancy, building up a private fleet, and using it to intimidate their family enemies into submission. The CDF and CEDF, by law, were unable to interfere in matters concerning family politics, but Sya'thorun, being a pragmatist, determined something needed to be done to end the tyranny of the Tarns. To this end, Sya'thorun reconnected with his former subordinate, Vaella, now provisional Aristocra for the Thriv Family in Vaes's absence. He was made aware of a plot, already in progress, of the exiled Vaes to gather forces in lesser space in order to overthrow the Tarns. Sya'thorun promised that he would order the CEDF and CDF not to interfere with Vaes's attack. Additionally, he would use his contacts in the Empire of the Hand to convince them to aid in the attack. The plot was successful, and the Tarns were successfully ousted from power at the Battle of Csilla.

### Thriv'aes'hrallae's Regime

Sya'thorun remained more or less an ally of Vaes in the following years though they did not share in identical vision of the future and they would often come into conflict. Vaes sought to increase Aristocra control over the Chiss military and would often intrude on Defense Hierarchy Council meetings.

When Captain Chaf'rei'gari (Freiga) first encountered the Far Outsiders, Sya'thorun was skeptical of the threat they posed to Chiss interests.

After first contact was made with the The Radiant Imperium of Aureus, Sya'thorun took active steps to prepare for a potential war with the nation. Together with Aristocras Irizi'ud'nagathor (Ziudna) and Vaes, Sya'thorun developed a plan to destabilize the Imperium by sending Mid Captain Psek'ar'issano (Karis) to meet with the Hakh-Hakh, a client species of the Imperium with orders to ascertain their likelihood of rebelling. After the Hakh-Hakh commited a massacre against the Garwians on Sentatei, Fleet Admiral Es'sangi questioned whether the plan should proceed, but Sya'thorun doubled down, suggesting that the violent tendencies of the Hakh-Hakh would be a valuable asset if they could be turned to Chiss allies.