Casten Maziel Waryn
| Casten Maziel Waryn | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Race | Thyferran |
| Homeworld | Thyferra |
| House | Waryn Family |
| Mother | Graelyn Elayne Waryn |
| Father | Lassiter Halcyon |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Born | Year -12, Day 221 |
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| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6'4" (193 cm) |
| Weight | 184 lbs (83 kg) |
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| Eye Color | Azure Blue |
| Political Information | |
| Affiliation | Black Sun |
| Rank | Junior Operator |
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Casten Maziel Waryn (born as Casten Halcyon) is a very family-oriented, young Tyferran male who spent most of his teenage years struggling to make a life for his own, lost and alone. It was only after he found his way to the Tion Cluster that he was reunited with a side of the Waryn Family that he hadn't known of until then. He became a prominent member of Tion's infrastructure department until certain internal struggles within the government forced Casten to find a new path. He worked briefly for The Invid Order's production side before being pulled towards Black Sun in his search for familial ties.
Early Years
Homeworld
Casten was born and raised in Thyferra to Lassiter Halcyon (native Thyferran) and Graelyn Elayne Waryn (Tionese). During his 6th year of life, the Halcyon family suffered a great impact when Lassiter left the household, Graelyn and Casten received no further news from him after that day. This created a breach in the family that his mother could barely cope with, and she got more protective over Casten after that. The combination of his father's absence and his mother's depression made Casten become more solitary and antisocial.
His education was hindered when his mother's depression eventually turned into physical illness and he felt forced to quit school at the age of 16 in order to take care of Graelyn. Throughout most his life, Casten was raised with the idea of his mother and him being the last living members of his family since he had never heard his mother talking about her own parents and she would only mention her siblings Aydyn Dylak and Tennyson in the rare occasions when she felt nostalgic and thought Casten wasn't nearby to hear her mourn; however, since she never revealed enough background about their lives, and Casten never met them in person, he assumed his faceless uncles had passed away long before Graelyn left her homeworld Kaon, in the Tion Cluster, to follow her husband to Thyferra.
Graelyn’s condition worsened gradually in a span of 5 years, time in which Casten grew fearful of his fate when he'd inevitably end up alone, and he felt in desperate need of the family connection that he lacked during his youth, and that he would lose once his mother passed away. He turned 21 faster than he could realize, and his mother's death followed only weeks later. Without anything else to tie him to Thyferra, left to try searching any remaining family he could have in the galaxy.
Life in Corellia
The young man unnadvertedly arrived toCorellia in a cargo freighter that he jumped in just for the sake of leaving Thyferra behind. His skills at computer operations earned him a position in a small construction group, working to build a new Landing Pad at the capital city. What was meant to be nothing but a temporary job to earn credits enough to sustain his search for his family, turned into 4 years of hard work and he gradually settled down in Corellia.
His determination on the childish enterprise of finding his long lost family was quickly dropped when his social circle began to expand, not to mention the freedom that came without his mother in bad health. However, halfway through the age of 25, Casten was involved in an accident at the construction site he was working at. One of the new guys hadn't been careful enough with the machinery and ended up collapsing the structure, sending several people to the hospital. Before the rescue teams could get to the accident, Cas did his best effort to aid his coworkers; his improvised solutions clearly lacked training but the paramedics told him he had been the reason most people stayed alive enough to get to the hospital for proper treatment.
The accident left a permanent injury though, Cas' left leg suffered a massive trauma that forced him to stay in treatment for several weeks after his release from the hospital. But to his fortune, he met several doctors during his stay in the hospital, who saw potential in his heroic actions back at the accident. Within a few conversations exchanged and some charming on his end, Casten was offered a spot into a medical university with a partial scholarship. He enrolled shortly after his release.
Spiraling Down
Casten did not conclude his studies once again; the final decision of the University Board of Regents to expel Cas was based mostly on his illicit relationship with one of the professors.
Despite being aware that becoming intimate with students was forbidden, the doctor Nolan Kysel became close to Casten. They had met when Cas had to attend physical therapy and had been under Nolan's care during the whole process before the younger man was released. Afterwards they began frequenting each other when Casten entered the University, where he had a course under Kysel's class. A few weeks into the school year, Cas had to move out from the flat he shared with his construction partners, since he couldn't keep working at construction anymore due to his injury and his studies; Nolan offered shelter at his house and Cas hesitantly accepted for the lack of a better option.
Their relationship became strained after Nolan found out about Casten's abnormal usage of bacta patches. It had gotten to the point where the young man would lock himself in the bathroom just to get a fix. They would fight constantly and it reflected in their interactions when they saw each other at school, which triggered the alarm for some students and board members who began taking note of the teacher/student relationship, which was bad enough without adding drug abuse to the equation. Not long after, Casten was discharged from school and Nolan's contract terminated. This was the last straw for Nolan, who found himself with a dark future ahead of himself. The man couldn't deal with the mess that Casten was becoming, and so the following break-up was inevitable.
Renewal
New Hope
Cas started living in cheap hotels or bars that would let him work nightly to get a room in the back. Sweeping tables, pouring drinks, etc; it became his lifestyle for a few months that provided him with a much needed perspective. One night he spent working at a sleazy bar, he overheard a conversation happening on a nearby table, what caught his full attention was the name Aydyn Waryn being mentioned. It was impossible for him not to recognize the name; but he was also clever, and he knew pouncing on the man to shoot endless questions would not grant him any answers so he settled with eavesdropping. Most of the conversation had been muffled by the lounge background music and the noise of the rest of the people around, but one word stuck to Casten's mind loud and clear: Argai.
The next day, after a few hours at the General Archives figuring out that Argai was a planet, not a person, and he set himself in motion towards his next destination.
The Tion Cluster
It didn't take long (only a couple of Pazaak games) for Casten to gather enough money for a ticket on a transport shuttle towards the Tion Cluster. The ship arrived to Voss a few days later, there were Tionese officers documenting the cargo and passengers when the shuttle landed and Cas saw this as an opportunity to change his name to match his true family, given that his father never really was such, and he was got his name officially changed to Casten Maziel Waryn in hopes that this change would make it easier to find any leads on his family background.
Days passed without much accomplish to his research, other than the name of Crislyn Anessa Waryn, luckily for him she seemed to have a reputable status in the Cluster, which would make it easy for him to find her though not as much to get in contact with. It was one of the many reasons that Cas had to make a turn of his lifestyle. He was now a Waryn, and he figured it was ungrateful to spoil the name by keeping up on his old habits at his new location; the other thing was how welcoming this new place felt. The change of government was almost breathable; the citizens were not stressed or afraid, the streets were not crowded with imperial troopers marching on constant rounds as if they were prison guards, business seemed to run clean, people smiled to him when they passed by. It was, as Cas would later describe, a paradise in every sense of the word and he felt immediately ashamed of not being a respectable citizen.
He found a way to start a new life by finding a job thanks to a propaganda that called for recruits to work for the planetary government Tion Hegemony, and without second thoughts he contacted Stephanie Barefoot to sign up for the job; partially expecting that working for the hegemony would help him get in touch with Crislyn. Stephy guided Cas through the process of getting citizenship and shortly after placed him under her care to work on the construction department. Given his past experience, it was a familiar position, albeit with much better conditions than he had previously had.
Rehabilitation Period
It is unknown the exact date when Casten got admitted in a private rehabilitation center located in a secluded part of Argai, known for it's privacy the date of admision was not released and Cas doesn't remember himself. However, it is estimated that 7 months passed in which no one within the Hegemony had heard any news from the man. His duties to the Tion Engineering & Construction (TEC) Department, were neglected from one day to the other. Casten remembered that he had gone back to ingesting Ryll in the form of alcohol, an unknown supplier had provided him with a so called "Ryll Beer" that acted just like the patches that had been a constant during Casten's earlier ages. Despite his best efforts upon arriving to Tion, he was unable to strip himself completely away from his vice and he succumbed to the temptation. Worrying for the image and reputation of the Waryn Family that had only just officially accepted him in, he decided not to leave his addiction to chance, and get professional help.
Unfortunately, Cas didn't finish the whole therapy, as he grew concerned for his cousins and responsibilities to his government. Given that it had been a voluntary admission, he was allowed to get an early discharge and go back to work. His friends and family welcomed him with open arms... but he had missed so much over the course of those months due to the strict rule of no external communication.
Paradise Ablaze
By the time Casten returned to active duty, a lot had changed inside the Hegemony. Most notably the incident colloquially named "Neriagate" had taken a toll in the general morale of the government as a whole, and the political struggles of the faction. It wasn't until Cas opened communications back with his now lifetime friend Stephy, that he realized the commotion that had struck Tion.
What used to be an idyllic paradise to Cas, soon became a place of tension that could be felt in every corner of Tion space; almost as if the event had opened his eyes, he began noticing the absent leadership weighing more than it did in the previous years, every citizen now lived in an unspoken vow of silence with each other, and the once gleeful Comm system that connected every working member of the government and its affiliates, was now a deserted place filled with static.
It took several heart-to-heart conversations with his closest friends and family to reach the decision to leave what had been his true home for almost two years, but eventually Casten felt compelled to explore new worlds and cultures outside Tion space, where he could feel more pleased with the situation in the high command, and soon enough he began browsing a new faction that he hoped would be welcoming enough.
Expanding Horizons
Sabbatical
The governmental situation in Tion didn't seem to be an isolated incident but rather a global disease that could be seen in most of the prominent factions that ruled the galaxy. Casten was never a politician so he cared little for their disputes, and he wasn't a soldier either so he did not want to join anywhere that would use him as a pawn in the petty wars for control. This narrowed his options for a new place because several factions that caught his interested had a certain alignment or were branded as criminals, and while Casten wasn't a saint whatsoever, he also cared for having a clean reputation; more for the sake of the family name than his own.
One fortunate day, when Cas orbited Argai in his flagship the Lictor-class Dungeon Wahrtraum, he took some of his idle time to review the Galactic News Service. He had felt defeated on his quest and was considering returning to Tion, which was one of the reasons why he hadn't left the Argai system, when a small faction caught his eye. It was a small advertising of a group called The Invid Order, once known as the Katana Fleet; they promised a true neutral path within the galaxy, something that suited Cas' mentality to the letter. Curious and admittedly excited, he began communications with the Invid leader Draith Shadux.
His experience in construction and proved skills for production, helped Casten get an elevated position with the newly reformed faction, and shortly after his arrival to the Order, a new faction dedicated to production was founded. The Nerfworks (as the faction was called) proved to be a growing group, expanding quickly in connections and resources, but Casten still felt adrift. He became a prominent name in the Marasa territory after creating the digital identifications for the Invid Order and subsidiary faction.
The final push that made Casten to take the decision of leaving the Invid group, was an old friend of his, Xyre Weltmon who he'd met during their mutual service in Tion. They stayed in touch after she retired from the Hegemony, which was at the time of Casten's rehabilitation period. She would often invite him to follow her into the ranks of Black Sun, but Casten rejected vehemently the past offers, for fear that his family wouldn't accept this path of his. This time however, as he found himself thumbing a premeditated resignation letter for Draith, and replaying Xyre's honeyed words about Black Sun, he took a leap of faith and applied for the renown organization after an extended conversation with his cousins Crislyn and Keeya, and his now adoptive sister Stephanie. After all, he had been looking for a tight group where he could fit in, with a strong sense of family, and in spite of the galactic-wide reputation Black Sun had earned over the years, Xyre had an encouraging argument to convince him.
Darkening Dawn
Casten's welcoming to the Collective was far more heartwarming that he had expected, but soon enough realized that Xyre had not been lying about the Black Sun community. There was some odd sense of freedom in the air, a warm sensation of family bonding and Cas felt like he might have just found the place he had been looking for all along. Unfortunately, his inclusion to the infrastructure department of the organization, happened at a very unstable time for Black Sun.
Barely a month after Cas arrived to Black Sun territory, a galaxy-wide announcement was released, stating that the current Underlord Alexander von Ismay was stepping down from the throne, giving in to his successor Jeor Knight. The following weeks, hell broke loose inside the syndicate. A lot of speculation surrounded the events, but it is public knowledge that Alexander and his wife Kathlen Stewart wronged Black Sun, and after their discharge from the family, many more Vigos and members of the collective followed them, leaving the Black Sun state in a feeble state. However, Dark Prince Jeor Knight handled the situation gracefully, earning Casten's respect and support almost immediately.
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Trivia
- The origin of Casten's middle name is unknown as it was not given to him on birth, and he has publicly stated it'll remain a mystery whenever he's been asked about it.
- What started as a joke between him and Stephanie about the lost art of Gamorrean Opera, has turned into an honest passion of his. He's an avid enthusiast.
- The only word in Vratix that Casten is able to "speak" is an insult, which consists of 4 clicking sounds that he emulates from the back of his throat. Although he only uses it to tease instead of offending, since his attempted imitations of the word are more hilarious than anything else.
- His most trademarking addictions asides from Ryll consumption include: Pazaak, shopping and programming.