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{{Infobox Character
| name = Cael Graigan
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| name = Cael Tyradis Graigan
| image =  
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| image = [[File:CaelHolocron1.png]]
 
| homeworld = [[Corellia]]
 
| homeworld = [[Corellia]]
| race = [[Anzati]]/[[Corellian]] hybrid
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| race = [[Anzati]]/[[Corellian]] hybrid (formerly Corellian)
 
| mother = Reilia Graigan (Estranged)
 
| mother = Reilia Graigan (Estranged)
 
| father = Haetham Graigan (Deceased)
 
| father = Haetham Graigan (Deceased)
| born = Day 30 Year -28 (Aged 42)
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| born = Day 30 Year -32 (Aged 46)
 
| died =  
 
| died =  
 
| gender = [[:Category:Males|Male]]
 
| gender = [[:Category:Males|Male]]
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| coloring = Light tan
 
| coloring = Light tan
 
| eye color = Brown
 
| eye color = Brown
| affiliation = Independent
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| affiliation = [[Eidola]]
 
| rank =  
 
| rank =  
 
| positions =  
 
| positions =  
| prior affiliation =<br />
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| prior affiliation = [[Galactic Empire]]
* [[Galactic Empire]]
 
 
| awards =
 
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}}
  
 
{{Quote
 
{{Quote
| quote = A little known fact is that if you say 'booze' ninety-nine times in a mirror, I appear.
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|quote = War and disorder are a capitalist's best friend -- and greatest enemy.
| person = Cael Graigan
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|person = Cael Graigan}}
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'''Cael Haetham Graigan''', born on Day 30 Year -28, is a freelancer, businessman, murderer, smuggler, pilot, Force-user, mercenary, and former sergeant in the [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] military.
 
 
 
==Biography==
 
 
 
===Early Years===
 
 
 
{{Quote
 
| quote = Graigans don't act like fools...
 
| person = Haetham Graigan, chiding a young Cael
 
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Born at the top of Corellian society, Cael Haetham Graigan was the only son of prominent industrialist couple Reilia and Haetham Graigan, whose astronautics corporation dominated the sector's markets for a time. When Cael was seven, his mother divorced his father and left the family entirely, leaving Haetham to raise Cael by himself. Seeing his only son as an asset, Cael was groomed for the takeover of the corporation by Haetham and numerous tutors educating him in the ways of business and negotiation while attending a private school. At age 18, Cael attended the University of Coronet, later graduating with a master's degree in astronautical engineering. Upon the completion of his studies in early Year -4, Cael returned to the family estate and was placed on the corporation's board of directors after a member abdicated, becoming the Chief Financial Officer.
 
 
 
This position was maintained until Year -1, when civil war tensions reached their peak and markets crashed, ruining the company entirely. A few months after, Haetham died of a heart attack during a vacation to Selonia. Bankruptcy then claimed the remaining family assets, leaving Cael with nothing but his ship and a pittance for an inheritance. Determined to see his family rise again, he took to the stars.
 
 
 
===Ad Astra Per Aspera===
 
 
 
Life for Cael was far different than what he was accustomed to. No longer would he sleep in mansions and expensive vessels, but the modest furnishings of a YT-1300 were all he needed. Driven purely by a lust for returning his family to its former glory, his former black-and-white morality took a turn for the gray as he began to work for more underground elements, yet retaining the professionalism instilled upon him since adolescence.
 
 
 
[[File:YoungCael.png|190px|thumb|right|Cael, age 24]]
 
 
 
===Imperial Duties===
 
 
 
{{Quote
 
| quote = I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty, sir--I was successful in business, after all.
 
| person = Cael Graigan
 
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After years of his self-imposed disappearance, he finally made the decision to rejoin the galaxy-at-large. His fortune now spent, he decided to commit himself to a greater cause. He then joined the Imperial Army, graduating with honors and promoted to the rank of corporal. Serving with pride with the 2nd Imperial Legion, the Hellhounds, Cael was then promoted once more to the rank of sergeant. However, when he was falsely accused of attempting to abdicate his duty and flee the Empire, he was arrested and interrogated by Imperial Intelligence. Eventually proven to be innocent, a hatred for the Empire began to fester.
 
 
 
Ultimately, he did what he was accused of. He quietly arranged for a ship to be dropped on a lifeless planet in a system he was flying patrol on, and broke from his formation. He then fled Imperial space for parts unknown, now an expatriate.
 
 
 
===Adrift===
 
 
 
Cael found himself, once again, living in the outer-edges of society. While he did not have as much of a comfortable living as before, he worked for a variety of factions in the mid-rim and outer-rim worlds as a smuggler. Eventually even he tired of the business and opted for more a more traditional career: trading.
 
 
 
===A Sense of Potential===
 
 
 
Three years into his "legitimate" career, during a slightly-tipsy conversation with a Force-sensitive individual, he agreed to be Force tested. Mostly for giggles, but as fate would have it, he himself was attuned to the Force. Forever altering his perspective of his life, and disliking the philosophies of the Jedi and Sith orders, he secluded himself for meditation.
 
 
 
===The Derra Strain===
 
 
 
{{Quote
 
| quote = ...Well, I did wake up immortal with a hangover. I've had worse mornings.
 
| person = Cael Graigan
 
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Mere days after Cael's awakening to the Force, yet another turning point occurred in his life: the [[Metamorphosis Plague]] became a galaxy-wide pandemic. This virus was unknown to Cael for the most part aside from muddled and unclear visions from meditation, but he contracted the plague from a bottle of whiskey given to him as a Life Day gift. When he fell asleep in a drunken stupor, he awoke a week later with his biorhythm completely halted and strangely not malnourished. Fearing it was a botched attempt on his life, he used lab equipment aboard one of his vessels to discover if there was a poison at work, and if so, attempt to synthesize an antidote. To his surprise, the laboratory computer registered him not as [[Corellian]]--but as [[Anzati]]. When he tested the bottle, the presence of a pathogen was discovered. It is unknown if he was purposefully infected, but fortunately, the plague did not affect him as drastically as other sentients. The plague merely awoke recessive Anzati genes, either from his mother or father, that bonded with his Corellian genes. The result was that his appearance was maintained, but with the increased lifespan and altered internal processes.
 
 
 
This revelation was earth-shattering to Cael's proud heritage that he constantly touted, leading to his resignation from the Corellian Merchants Guild, but continues maintaining the Corellian Alcoholic Enablers League, though the incident left him forever wary of alcohol that he did not himself sell.
 
  
==Personality==
 
  
Cael is most certainly a grim, deeply cynical man and is not easily slighted. Though he is known to be a more personable individual to those he is in business relations with, he is derisive to almost anyone else. He also holds a very deep hatred of violence against those unable to defend themselves, especially against slaves. Ironically, he despises almost anyone with a narcissistic demeanor, except himself of course.
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'''Cael Graigan''', the only son of Belenus and Anacea Graigan, was born on day 22 of year -32, in the waning years of the Galactic Republic.
  
He is, however, not without a good sense of humor. While remaining almost consistently stoic in business and in normal interaction, he maintains the Corellian Alcoholic Enablers League (C.A.E.L.), a satirical brewery/organization that plays on the stereotype of Corellian alcoholism to push a number of beverages, leading to a fair amount of financial success and some notoriety.  
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His father, Belenus, was an officer in the Republic Navy at the time of the Clone Wars. The steady pay he sent home kept the family afloat. His mother, a painter by night and cantina waitress by day, brought in little but tips and sexual harassment from patrons. They managed to have a decent living, and Cael grew up without the usual cliches.  
  
His [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] psychological evaluation profiles him as ''"while most certainly chaotic in his methods, he is cold and calculated in his premeditation. He is straightforward, forthcoming, and honest; something unlike most that come through my door. His demeanor, while cold, is easily shaken by light conversation but he maintains a certain...distance. However, by my estimates and the evaluation tables put in place by the Academy, he is stable enough to serve and be effective"''.  
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His father finally retired at the end of the Clone Wars, and his mother became moderately successful as a painter, quitting her cantina job. They ultimately ended up opening two small businesses, one a gallery for Anacea's work, and the second, a small transportation service that would ferry customers around the Corellian sector. The stable income from each allowed Cael to attend a private school, where he received a classical education in numerous fields.
  
==Views==
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Possessing an almost-genius IQ, Cael excelled in his courses and graduated two years ahead of his peers, allowing him to work for the family's business interests. Cael then began flying freighters, back and forth, for these businesses. He learned most of the tricks of piloting from this experience.
  
Even though his Imperial service was tainted with accusations of treachery and fleeing duty, he regained a modest respect for the Empire after the Vodo regime was overthrown in a ''coup d'état'' in late Year 11, even going to the point of displaying his military uniform and armor in his vessel's lounge. He is, however, staunchly anti-Alliance, seeing the [[New Republic]] as a corrupt organization with a naive, jingoistic following. He also holds a disdain for the [[Mindabaal League]] for their flagrant arrogance and childish bickering.
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In year 13, Cael would go on to open his own liquor company, the Corellian Alcoholic Enablers League (aka [[C.A.E.L.]]).  The company went on to be very successful and would experience times of excess demand.  C.A.E.L. would close for the last time shortly before it's owners death.
  
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:Males]]
 
[[Category:Males]]
[[Category:Humans]]
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[[Category:Corellians]]
 
[[Category:Anzati]]
 
[[Category:Anzati]]
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[[Category:Eidola Pirates]]
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[[Category:Pirates]]
 
[[Category:Former Imperials]]
 
[[Category:Former Imperials]]
 
[[Category:Metamorphosis Plague Victims]]
 
[[Category:Metamorphosis Plague Victims]]
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[[Category:Deceased People]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 13 February 2014

Cael Tyradis Graigan
CaelHolocron1.png
Biographical Information
Race Anzati/Corellian hybrid (formerly Corellian)
Homeworld Corellia
Mother Reilia Graigan (Estranged)
Father Haetham Graigan (Deceased)
Born Day 30 Year -32 (Aged 46)
Physical Description
Gender Male
Height 1.87 meters
Coloring Light tan
Hair Color Black with streaks of gray
Eye Color Brown
Political Information
Affiliation Eidola
Prior Affiliation Galactic Empire
"War and disorder are a capitalist's best friend -- and greatest enemy."
— Cael Graigan


Cael Graigan, the only son of Belenus and Anacea Graigan, was born on day 22 of year -32, in the waning years of the Galactic Republic.

His father, Belenus, was an officer in the Republic Navy at the time of the Clone Wars. The steady pay he sent home kept the family afloat. His mother, a painter by night and cantina waitress by day, brought in little but tips and sexual harassment from patrons. They managed to have a decent living, and Cael grew up without the usual cliches.

His father finally retired at the end of the Clone Wars, and his mother became moderately successful as a painter, quitting her cantina job. They ultimately ended up opening two small businesses, one a gallery for Anacea's work, and the second, a small transportation service that would ferry customers around the Corellian sector. The stable income from each allowed Cael to attend a private school, where he received a classical education in numerous fields.

Possessing an almost-genius IQ, Cael excelled in his courses and graduated two years ahead of his peers, allowing him to work for the family's business interests. Cael then began flying freighters, back and forth, for these businesses. He learned most of the tricks of piloting from this experience.

In year 13, Cael would go on to open his own liquor company, the Corellian Alcoholic Enablers League (aka C.A.E.L.). The company went on to be very successful and would experience times of excess demand. C.A.E.L. would close for the last time shortly before it's owners death.