Cael Graigan

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Cael Graigan
Biographical Information
Race Anzati (formerly Corellian)
Homeworld Corellia
Mother Reilia Graigan (Estranged)
Father Haetham Graigan (Deceased)
Born Day 30 Year -28 (Aged 42)
Physical Description
Gender Male
Height 1.87 meters
Coloring Light tan
Hair Color Black with streaks of gray
Eye Color Brown
Political Information
Affiliation Independent
Prior Affiliation
"In a den of brigands, the sharpest knife is most often the one your back is turned to."
— Cael Graigan


Cael Haetham Graigan, born on Day 30 Year -28, is a freelancer, businessman, murderer, smuggler, pilot, Force-wielder, mercenary, and former sergeant in the Imperial military.

Biography

Early Years

Born at the top of Corellian society, Cael was the only child of Haetham and Reilia Graigan. Haetham maintained tight control of the Corellian arms market as a result of their corporation, Graigan Arms, "acquiring" small arms manufacturers to bring under their umbrella. Haetham's position as CEO ensured this near-monopoly and spun it into deals with a number of militaries across the galaxy. However, when Cael was fifteen years old, Reilia and Haetham divorced following a public scandal that brought to light arms deals with criminal factions. Though the company eventually recovered, the family's reputation would forever be stained.

At age sixteen, Cael became a member of the company board of executives after a replacement for Reilia's position was not found, taking over as CFO. While some members of the board argued, especially some of the more ambitious ones, Cael's economic prowess became evident and all shouts turned to whispers.

At age twenty-six, Cael became CEO after Haetham succumbed to a heart attack during an off-world business trip. One year later, following the increase in unrest prior to the rebellion, Cael sold his shares in the company and left for parts unknown.

An Exile of Their Doing

While Cael did not fear any sort of reprisal from the already-building movement to rebel against the Empire, he felt it would be best to go to ground for a few years to ride out any sort of conflict. With numerous resources still at his disposal, he made a comfortable living in the outer-reaches of the galaxy that warred on itself.

Imperial Duties

"I am a businessman first and a soldier second."
— Cael Graigan

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 likely never welcomed into the arms of neither the Sith or Jedi, he began to train himself.

The Derra Strain

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 three days later with his biorhythm completely halted. Fearing an attempt on his life, he used lab equipment aboard a Sprint-class rescue craft to discover if there was a poison at work, and if so, 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 latent genes in his DNA that were from his mother, apparently Anzati herself or in descent.

This revelation was earth-shattering to Cael's proud heritage that he constantly touted, resigning from the Corellian Merchants Guild, but continues maintaining the Corellian Alcoholic Enablers League.

Personality

"A little known fact is that if you say 'booze' ninety-nine times in a mirror, I appear."
— Cael Graigan

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, which as rumor has it, he beat a man to death with a holo-billiards cue for pulling knife on a woman in a cantina. He has a narcissistic streak that he displays often on the holonet. Ironically, he despises almost anyone with a narcissistic demeanor, except himself of course.

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 alcohols, leading to a fair amount of financial success.

His 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".

Views

Even though Cael's 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 using blind jingoism and a disguise of "democracy" to attain power. He also holds a disdain for the Mindabaal League for their flagrant arrogance and childish bickering.