Lilith Delcroix

Lilith Delcroix
Biographical Information
Race	Hapan (infected with Togorian Plague)
Homeworld	Unknown Regions
Mother	Amelia Delcroix
Father	Elenar Delcroix
Partner	Jecal Nadrihm
Siblings	None
Children	None
Born	Year -8 Day 177
Quote	"Make profit, not war."
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Height	1.68 meters
Hair Color	Black, red, blond
Eye Color	Amber
Political Information
Affiliation	Trade Federation, House Soyak-Ikron
Title	Sovereign Countess
Rank	Director
Positions	Sovereign of Vorsia Companion Director of Vorsia Gearworks Knight-Headmaster of Evocati Chief Archivist Avance Coalition citizen
Prior Affiliation	Dark Skies Gearworks House Valeo Royal House James of Hapes Dael`mor Logistics Black Sun
Awards
Signature

"Stand in the ashes of a dying world, and ask the ghosts if honour matters. It is all we have left."

Lilith Delcroix, also known by her full name Countess Lilith Delcroix of Vorsia, was born in Year -8 Day 177 (23 years old) by the Combine Galactic Time. She is the current sovereign of Vorsia Companion and Director of Vorsia Gearworks recycling company. Born in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, Lilith grew up as a child of nobility with Hapan ancestry. As part of the upper class she received the best education since young age. Later, the political scene of her home-system was where she discovered her affinity and talent for business and management. Due to a series of complicated and unfortunate events that ended her career, Lilith left her home in a risky trip to the known galaxy. Giving in to the temptation of the underworld, she became a member of the Black Sun crime syndicate where she lasted almost a year before retiring. Soon after Lilith returned to her business roots when she became a full-time Retainer in the Royal House James of Hapes and after almost two years of service created the Dark Skies Gearworks with help of Cait Catra. As the company established itself Lilith connected with neutral governments and became part of House Soyak-Ikron of the Avance Coalition. In Year 14, weeks after closing down her company Lilith joined the Trade Federation to lead their newest nationalized company. She is also renowned artisanal starship designer with a reputation spanning the galaxy.

History

Little Flower

Despite carrying the child and giving birth, Amelia Delcroix was not struck by motherly love as perhaps would have been expected. Amelia’s passion was work and politics, she was not very interested in raising a family but having an heir was a useful tool in the web of nobility. House Delcroix struggled to have a child for many years, so when Amelia became pregnant it was a joyous occasion. The joy, however, lasted only until the birth because Amelia did not wish for a girl. In contrast to the mother, Elenar, the father was delighted to have a child. Lilith was named after wild lilies, the most common flower in the estate’s gardens and part of the House crest. The day Lilith was born was 177 of Year -8. Amelia would have had the girl raised by maids and servants, and so Elenar took it upon himself to care for Lilith in her earliest years whenever time allowed him and did his best to make up for the lack of mother’s affection.

As a child of nobility, Lilith was pampered by luxury and everything she needed was provided. To an outsider it would appear as the perfect way to grow up, however much was expected from her since very early age and if it wasn’t for her father, Lilith would not know the love of a parent. To no surprise, over the years Lilith grew much closer to Elenar than to her mother. Since the time she could walk and talk, Amelia was trying to have Lilith educated in manners of nobility and expected nothing less than perfection. Education of young noble women involved more practical lessons as opposed to academic. Manners and etiquette were of importance, including how to curtsey and how to mix with the other noble Houses.

Lilith hated all of it. Learning how to dress and dance, or being told about the Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love was a waste of time in her young eyes. She had no desire to mingle with the pompous nobles and more than once stormed off in middle of an important event. The academic and business classes she preferred a lot more. It led to many arguments between her and Amelia. Besides her father, Lilith was close to only one other person; Jacqueline de`Lorraine. She was a year older than Lilith and they attended lessons together. Lilith called her Jack because when she was younger, she had difficulty pronouncing her friend’s full name. House de`Lorraine, Jack’s family, were of similar political standing and neighbours to House Delcroix. There was very little rivalry between them and nothing interfered with the friendship between their children.

Despite having almost opposite personalities, Jack and Lilith grew inseparable and spent most of their free time together. It was common for them to spend as long as days in home of the other, though Lilith was more frequently visiting Jack in their home because she didn’t enjoy being around Amelia when Elenar was away. Unlike Lilith, Jack was happy to follow the more traditional lessons of what young noble woman should be, while Lilith did everything she could to get out of them and spend more time learning what she enjoyed. She took full advantage of her father’s kindness, there was little he denied to her and often excused her from the practical lessons; to the frustration of Amelia. She cared less about what her daughter wanted and more about Lilith’s rebellious behaviour reflecting on their family’s reputation.

Born to Rule

The dissension between Lilith and Amelia began to escalate after Lilith’s fifteenth birthday. A she grew older, much of her views were changing and she was even less accepting of the traditional image of young noble woman her mother wanted her to be. Elenar was not happy about the dispute between his wife and daughter; it was burdensome enough to run a noble House without worrying why Lilith wasn’t often home. His demanding position made it difficult to take care of both his family and responsibilities. In attempt to diffuse the situation and spend more time with Lilith again, Elenar decided to end the practical lessons and teach his daughter in duties of an heir in addition to the business classes. Like every other noble House, Delcroix estate held sessions for the citizens to bring forth their troubles and requests. Lilith was allowed to attend those sessions officially, and occasionally offer council or made minor decisions herself.

Amelia did not want Lilith to be their heir, but as the firstborn and only child, it was her birthright. While each House was able to select their heir from their children or relatives, succession laws of Nobility specified the first child was born with the right so Lilith would eventually inherit everything since Elenar did not plan to have another child with Amelia. House Delcroix remained strong and united to the public eyes, but in private the family and its vassals were torn. As the Head of House, Elenar held all the authority and had more supporters than his wife; though he hoped if Lilith could prove herself to Amelia, their family could be united again. For Lilith it meant a whole new world of politics and business. She knew their family was governing a city with villages and in extension the whole system with other noble Houses, but she had little idea about how much work it involved and how much influence her father really had on lives of so many people.

Elenar was highly regarded and a just ruler, wherever they went the people treated him with respect and Lilith had a distinct impression it wasn’t simply because of their noble status, but because he earned it. It was very inspiring for teenage Lilith and she wanted to be like her father. Much of the governing work involved talking to the right people, arranging contracts and writing reports. Wellbeing of the population was the primary concern, House Delcroix had to make sure shops were supplied, working people were treated fairly, and the living conditions were adequate. Public issues and security also had to be addressed and taken care of. Lilith quickly discovered a talent for making connections and putting them to use, securing her place among the noble elite.

Lilith was not a fan of bureaucracy; it was often in the way and slowed down progress, at least in her opinion. She ended up bending the rules more often than she should and occasionally disregarding them entirely. It was not looked upon favourably by the older generation of the more traditional nobles and business class, but she was well received by the younger people and lower classes. Majority of the other Houses always put themselves above their people, but Lilith had a different approach. There wasn’t much she could have done about other cities throughout the system, but young and idealistic, she wanted to remove poverty from House Delcroix region. Her proposals were often turned down because they would decrease the profits of the higher classes but she was not afraid to argue her point and did not stop trying.

Growing Thorns

After several months Lilith learned how hard it was to keep up with personal life with so many responsibilities, sometime she had not seen Jack for weeks at a time because of travelling from world to world when meeting other noble Houses, or just being engrossed with work. It was hard to deny she missed her friend’s company the longer they spent apart. After she realized the feelings she felt were more than friendship it didn’t take long for Lilith’s confession. Jack was hesitant at first, her parents were trying to set her up with men from other Houses for some time to increase their political influence as was common among noble Houses, but soon they began to explore what a relationship had to offer.

The relationship was kept secret for almost a year before they decided to reveal it to their parents. Lilith’s parents reacted better than Jack’s family. Elenar had no objections with Jacqueline, and was glad his daughter was happy. Amelia surprised Lilith by not objecting either, though for different reasons than happiness. She hoped if their Houses combined, they could have bigger political influence in the Hall of Houses. Not all of Jack’s family were unhappy; it was mainly her parents that did not agree because their daughter entered into a relationship without their permission. They did not dislike Lilith personally, but their ambition was to marry Jack into higher standing House than Delcroix. They did not prevent Jack from seeing Lilith but did not hide their displeasure either. It was enough to cause disagreements between the young couple; Jack was always close to her family and did not enjoy their disfavour.

The difficult private situation did not however excuse them from their responsibilities and duties. Lilith had to attend a long diplomatic trip on behalf of her father that would take her away from home for over a month, she hoped the time apart would give Jack the chance to work things out with her family. When in the last week Jack stopped answering her holocalls, Lilith began to worry something had happened. Upon her return Lilith discovered that in her absence, Jack’s parents convinced her that she would be better off with someone else to help their family. To further Lilith’s shock, Jack was courted by a man from one of the more prominent families. Furious and confused, Lilith interrupted their dinner in de`Lorraine city. Seeing her lover in arms on another was heart-breaking, it consumed her with jealousy and hate. Without a second thought she attacked the man, catching him by surprise with a blow to the head. It didn’t stop there, when he fell over Lilith kicked and punched, oblivious to Jack’s screams.

Eventually she was pulled away by the security guards; the man was unconscious and injured but alive. Jack did not react the way Lilith would have expected, she was afraid and angry with her. The last time she saw Jack was watching her leave after being slapped. Lilith was then taken away to the guard stations where she had to wait for her father to arrange her release. On the way home Elenar did not talk but Lilith was sure of his disappointment, although he still comforted her when she broke down crying. The heartbreak was more painful to Lilith than the political ramifications that were sure to follow the assault. The news spread quickly and Amelia was far from sympathetic, blaming Lilith for failure of the relationship and making sure she knew how much it was going to cost her family in Credits and favours to keep her from facing the courts. Whenever member of noble House was jailed for any period of time, it reflected badly on their House and lowered their standing. Something Amelia was more concerned about than her daughter.

Raising Star

For several days Lilith barely spoke to anyone. She didn’t leave their estate while the news of her violent outburst was a hot topic in the system. Without any friends to speak of, and her best friend and lover refusing to talk to her, Lilith felt terribly alone. The hardest thing was to find motivation to do her work. She never experienced depression before and it struck her hard. Elenar continued to support her and when she returned to her duties, Lilith continued to prove her intellect and grasp on management even in her time to grieving. It could not, however, make up for what she lost. The success mattered little when she couldn’t share it with the person she wanted to; week by week the heartbroken young Hapan grew more distant from her home until everything simply felt as a job she had to keep doing.

Feeling trapped, Lilith didn’t see a positive future in her home and decided to leave the system. She knew it was a great risk trying to reach the known galaxy through uncharted space but she had to try. Elenar was sceptical of Lilith’s decision but realized she would have a better chance of success with help than if he tried to keep her home. He knew how stubborn his daughter could be and didn’t want her to run off with a stolen ship. Lilith was given HWK-290 “Caia Caecilia” from the House Delcroix fleet and an experienced crew who also wanted to reach the known galaxy. Leaving her home was the first time Lilith acted irrationally because of failed love life, but it wasn’t going to the last.

The Family

"A balance of fear and love is acceptable."

Above all, family

"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon."

Business Supremacy

"No fate but what we make."

Personal Information

Description

"Countess Delcroix, would you have any advice on how to get started with a new company?"

"Leading a company is quite complex, you should start working for someone, work your way up and learn on the way over few years."

"But Countess, you have lead companies without starting at the bottom."

"Yeah, but I never asked anybody how."

- Unknown interview

Lilith is a very pale, small sized Hapan woman with long blond hair, often coloured fiery red or natural black. She was born with emerald green eyes but the Dark Side turned her eyes amber long time ago, something she is quite fond of. Lilith is not very tall for a human and has a skinny figure; though she always managed to keep it athletic shaped with training. For casual clothing she is often seen wearing a tailor-made suit with trousers and heavy boots. Contrast to the expensive attire is tattered black robes Lilith wears during Force training. When required to wear armour, formally or for protection, Lilith prefers her custom forged ivory heavy battle armour.

Lilith's whole right arm and part of her shoulder has been replaced with cybernetics of metallic silver colour and engraved details. She rarely talks about how she lost her arm but never tries to hide the fact that she has an artificial arm.

The Plague sickness

Ever since the Metamorphosis Plague struck the galaxy in early Year 14 Lilith felt her health deteriorating. The medical droids on board her ships were unable to identify what was wrong with her. Only after she consulted the most skilled doctors on Vorsia Companion they concluded she was struck with a strain of the plague. Their first assumptions were that Lilith was being affected by Anzati DNA as the plague seemed to shut down her biological functions while skill keeping her alive. Refusing to be anything less than human Lilith immediately tasked them with preparing a cure. They were not able to cure the virus because it was in her system for too long, but produced a vaccine that would keep her condition in check, though she would most likely have to keep taking it periodically for the rest of her life. During later tests several weeks later, required after the plague mutated and caused new complications, traces of newly discovered Diathim DNA was found within her own. The Vorsian doctors changed the vaccine to combat the new plague strain and Lilith dubbed it "the angel curse."

Towards end of the year, recycling operations took Lilith and her crew to planets within Federation space she never visited before. Soon after arriving onto one of the planets and being exposed to the local environment, humans on the crew began to get sick. However the few aliens among them seemed to be largely unaffected. When all humans, but Lilith, were displaying at least some of the symptoms of the illness, it was assumed the virus came from the planet’s water source because Lilith only drank Whiskey. The assumption proved to be wrong on the way from the planet when she began to cough blood. Her condition was worse than anyone else on the crew, so she took newly purchased Carrack/I cruiser and travelled to Vorsia. Before arrival she collapsed with fever despite being stabilized by medical droids. Chief Medical Officer in Vorsian Fleet Turis Namore was able to identify that the virus attacked Lilith’s Metamorphosis Plague strain and forced it to mutate yet again. Lilith’s vaccine was improved to combat the Togorian mutation, but she was still immobilized in the medical bay for several days before recovering.

Personality

" Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."

Lilith’s personality changed the most after the loss of Ankha. After finding her way into the galaxy’s underworld and having her will broke the by Dark Jedi woman, she was struggling to fill the hole that false love left behind. For many years Lilith searched for purpose through relationships, blindly believing that the only way she would feel whole again was by being with someone. Her eyes were opened when yet again she was alone and in pain after Ankha’s accident. It was not just a realization of how ridiculously dependant she was, it was matter of survival. Her dominant personality buried beneath submissiveness, resurfaced again when she needed it the most. Lilith took charge over life, no longer clinging to the foolish ideals of true love. Since then Lilith demeanour became more dominant, independent and abrupt.

She won’t let anyone or anything stand in her way. She relies on her instincts and sense of honour. If she disagrees with someone, Lilith makes no attempts to hide it and will go into great deals to either get her way or find middle ground. Though she is not unreasonable and if it is clear she is wrong, she is not afraid to admit it and/or work with others if their way is more efficient.

Lilith is confident, intelligent, opinionated, sometime very stubborn and often sarcastic but she is also playful and charismatic when she wants to be. She likes to make decisions, is not easily intimidated by others, and doesn’t worry about what others think of her. Lilith always strives to be in charge when it comes to her professional life. In her relationship, however, she treats her partner as equal and with respect.

Skills

Since young age Lilith practiced sword fighting skills, at first out of interest as martial arts appealed to her more than blasters. Which was influenced by the stories of the Sith and their duels. Much later during her time in Maurari and Black Sun Lilith trained more vigorously to advance her skills. In the underworld of the galaxy she needed to be able to defend herself and once aspired to be the Spectre of her Vigo. In the years following her retirement Lilith kept on training, becoming exceptional swordfighter. Other combat orientated skills are lacking, interest in heavy weaponry made her only averagely accurate. Most of her life Lilith was mainly improving engineering skills to help her with work; such as management, capital ship piloting, crafting and repair.

Homeworld

House Delcroix was a part of coalition of Noble Houses that ruled over a system in the Unknown Regions. Houses mainly consisted of Hapan nobles who left the Hapes Cluster many decades ago in a search of an adventure and to discover the uncharted space. They did not depart alone; many of their subjects chose to go with them and the migrant fleet carried tens of thousands of people. Their quest took them far beyond the border of the known galaxy, and by luck they stumbled across a small system that did not seem inhabited.

Centre of the system was a violent star with the closest planet scorn and inhabitable. However two other planets were in much safer distance. The second planet was a large planet with a lavish tropic environment. It had two satellites, one with similar environment and the other was mainly deserts and rocks. The last planet was much further from the sun and its environment was mostly cold, only the very south regions were more temperate. The most prominent noble Houses settled on the tropical planet, dividing it into many governing regions. Other Houses settled on the moons and the cold planet. There was very little military conflict, but it set the political stage for many years ahead.

The large colony ships provided the foundations for cities and within the first year, the system had set up its infrastructure and governing system. The Houses formed a collective government, the Hall of Houses, each of them ruling over their region with absolute authority. The biggest, most influential House acted as the sovereign.

Career History

Trade Federation

• Headmaster of Evocati - Y15 D65
• Chief Archivist in Department of Culture - Y15 D61
• Awarded Bronze Seal, Distinguished Service Medal and Dahtar Award - Y15 D37
• Knight of Evocati – Y14 D322
• Awarded Directorate Ribbon - Y14 D311
• Director of Recycling - Y14 D311
• Joined the Trade Federation - Y14 D302
• Signing of the Act of Vorsia - Y14 D26
• Granted Federation Citizenship - Y14 D17

Dark Skies Gearworks

• Company closed - Y14 D282
• Sole ownership - Y13 D341
• Co-Founder, Forgemaster - Y13 D185

Dael`mor Logistics

• Company closed - Y13 D185
• Director - Y13 D100

Royal House James of Hapes

• Resigned - Y14
• Joined the House as Retainer - Y12 D50

Black Sun

• Retired - Y12
• Sai-Los (Honourary) - Y12
• Accepted into the Family by Vigo Jou - Y11
• Aspirant of Maurari - Y11 

The Force

"Everything you have been told is a lie."

While the Force had been a constant presence in most of Lilith's life, her direct connection had always been very limited. She was unable to personally attune to its presence. This had been much to her frustration; despite hours of studying with the Dark Masters of Maurari, and later friends and acquaintances that were sensitive to the force, it had always eluded her grasp. After years of disappointment, she had given up in its pursuit, allowing the grief and suffering which had stemmed from the frustration to subside into nothingness. However, it seemed that as her willingness to move past the elusive connection had finally set in, the Force had very different plans for what would lay ahead.

On vacation in the sand dunes of Tatooine, only a week after her twenty-third birthday and marriage, it seemed the Force had finally decided to manifest itself within the emotionally scarred, yet healing Hapan. Having recreationally hunted the local creatures after visiting the B`omarr Monastery, Lilith had fainted beneath the sweltering heat. While it seemed that the desert environment had caused the sudden collapse, within her brewed something far more unusual. On the following day she felt different, but unable to explain how. Somehow she was aware of her own emotions more strongly and the world around her. She didn't like it. Knowing one of her old Force Sensitive friends was in the Tatoo system, Lilith made contact to seek spiritual guidance. It came as a shock to find out her connection to the Force was awakened, or so she believed at that time.

Unsure how to deal with the situation Lilith tried to ignore it at first because she was afraid of the taint of pure Darkness from her past. The Dark side did not scare her, she was afraid what effect it would have on her relationship; Ankha was not fond of the darker side of the Force. Regardless of the path, it soon became obvious she needed to learn how to control her sensitivity. Lilith reached out to the Force groups she knew how to contact, gathering information and discussing with her partner how to best approach the Force. During the first days Lilith simply tried to meditate on her own, slowly strengthening her connection to the Force and practicing new abilities with the lightsaber she possessed for years. Due to the general desire of independence it was more important to first discover her natural powers and worry about philosophical side of the Force later.

Unfortunately months later Lilith discovered she has been deceived and the Force did not came to her on Tatooine. Unknown to her, the Force has been guiding her for several months already but the information was withheld by Execurus Edun, when she visited Trade Federation Acclamator I-class Assault Ship early in Year 14. When the truth came to light, it changed Lilith's view on what happened to her. She came to believe the pain brought by relationship with Ankha was punishment from the Force and the despair was a way to set her on the right path. Would she know the truth from the start; she would have surely embrace the Dark side much sooner. Most likely it would have prevented Ankha from falling in love with Lilith in the first place, and without straying from the darkness the suffering would have been avoided. During the relationship Lilith knew peace, something she lost when it ended. Not wanting to repeat her mistake, Lilith placed her faith in guidance of the Force to find peace once again.

Force powers and abilities

The discovery of her full potential is a continuous path for Lilith. In the past her views on the Force have been heavily influenced by the Sith teachings and different views were shunned by the single minded perspective. However over time Lilith developed a different view and when her sensitivity was discovered she quickly realized she would not be able to embrace hate and anger of the Sith. Though neither she was able to abandon the Dark side or focus on the light. Lilith doesn't view the Force powers as inherently good or evil. Instead it is up to how the Force powers are used.

Different to many others, Lilith believes that there is only the Dark side, often referring to the Force simply as the darkness. In her opinion the Dark side is not necessary evil, cruel or corrupted. Those are merely aspects of the Dark side and actions of each Force user determine their morality or immorality. The so called Light side is just another aspect of the Dark Side; as light cannot exist without casting shadows but darkness can exist in the absence of light. Lilith believes without embracing hate the Dark side can offer the same peace and serenity the Jedi claim can be found only through light. This believe is her own and she also follows the Code of Evocati.

During initial attempts at self-training Lilith discovered natural ability to attune to her own fears and emotional scars. In turn she also found it easier to sense fear around her, but not yet able to manipulate it in sentient beings. Instead she practiced the ability on non-sentient creatures of Tatooine. Another power she was able to explore on her own was Healing, despite having very limited knowledge of medical treatment.

To be one with the sword

Unable to find a teacher that would share her views, partially due to unwillingness to call someone her Master, made it somewhat difficult to strengthen her connection to the Force in the early months and discover new abilities. Instead Lilith concentrated on the skills of lightsaber. Being already trained in its use and very skilled in swordfight, the Force sensitivity allowed Lilith to take her skills to a new level. Wielding a single crimson blade Lilith kept concentrating on the Makashi form II to be a better lightsaber duellist. Although because of her new abilities Lilith was able to begin training in deflection of ranged attacks, and developed interest to master the Soresu form III. Lightsaber training became more than just a learning techniques, almost a way of life as Lilith desired to master her skills to the point of being one with the sword, when she could be lethal even with a blade of grass.

Lightsaber

Lilith was in a possession of a lightsaber since late year 11. The gifted lightsaber was heavily customised and the hilt was curved for better use in Makashi combat form. While a skilled craftsman, Lilith was unable to adequately work with the inner workings of a lightsaber and so she didn't risk damaging the prized weapon. Instead her only modifications were cosmetic. When she began to train herself in Soresu form Lilith desired a new hilt, more customised to herself.

Using the Force she was able to take apart the weapon completely and reuse some of the intricate components and connect them back together with a new crimson crystal. For the hilt itself she chose a heavy-duty model, with a solid hilt, an emitter shroud and a power cell at the bottom. The hilt was covered with interwoven leather wrapping that acted as the grip of the lightsaber. The weapon is always perfect working condition despite looking worn and overly used.