History
Octavius D'Ralier was born to a minor and rather unsung branch of the D'Ralier house, who have traditionally served as advisers and viziers to greater D'Raliers. He was educated in the way of his family, firm and comprehensive instruction in the methods and strategies of governance and commerce in the void.
From his fifteenth standard year, he was given as a charge to the great rogue trader house Kassandora, under the guardianship of Morvran Kassandora, nephew of the infamous Kalinin Kassandora, lord-captain of the Kassandora's third-largest ship, the Lost Horizon. The gesture was political, and of questionable weight, given his quite distant relationship to the main house of D'Ralier. Indeed, he detected during his stay that the Kassandoras may have considered it one of a succession of veiled insults from the D'Raliers.
During his twentieth standard year, the tension between the
D'Ralier and
Kassandora houses erupted into full-blown vendetta. Octavius saw it coming, and managed to flee into the bowels of the Lost Horizon.
There he lived, always one step ahead of his pursuers, for seventeen years, using whatever means he could to stay informed of the doings of the Kassandora nobles. He lived as a rating, a librarium scribe, an armed guard, and many other things besides, until his eventual escape. At one time he even served as a guard to Morvran Kassandora for several months, then somewhat aged and heavily disguised, of course, and was able to gather much information about Kassandora business.
During this time, Octavius had
considerable association with the Rogue Trader
Ursa Iolanta Mendroza.
Kalinin Kassandora had seen fit to start an orbital bombardment of a planet's major cities, for what reason Octavius could not determine with any degree of reliability. Octavius hijacked an atmosphere-capable fighter and held the pilot at gunpoint while they flew through skies scorched with fire, through the planet's blazing orbital defences, and down.
Octavius got off the planet as soon as he could, and made his way back toward the nearest D'Ralier ship. For the last few years he has served Kavanagh D'Ralier as one of his aides, but now Kavanagh has dispatched him to see to his brother.
Posessions
- Octavius keeps the following on his person at all times:
- Talon MkIII short autopistol + 2 extra clips + silencer
- Micro-bead
- Data slate
- Multikey
- Chrono
- Sulymann Holdout "Salvation" Auto (concealed)
- Knife
- Small etched-steel case of lho-sticks
- Lho-stick holder
- Octavius keeps the following in or on his desk:
- Medikit
- Recaf
- Various data slates
- Knife (letter opener with the aquila on the blade)
- Common-Craftsmanship Inferno pistol + 3 clips
- Hack shotgun + 3 shells
- Writing kit
- Pict-recorder
- Auto-quill
- Glow-globe
- Box of lho-sticks
- Behind his desk there is a weapons locker containing:
- Common-Craftsmanship Boltgun + copious magazines
- Sword
- Lasgun + overcharge pack + copious charge packs
- Frag grenades
- Smoke grenades
- In his drawing room there is a locked wardrobe containing:
- Two robes
- Synskin
- Cameleoline cloak
- Xeno mesh armour
- Octavius keeps a backpack under his bed containing:
- Medikit x2
- Injector
- Combat ration pack
- Long duration ration pack
- Counterseptic drugs
- Filtration plugs
- Bedroll
- Glow globe
- Empty flask
- Flask of water
- Bag of dried recaf
- Knife
- Talon MkIII short autopistol + 3 clips + silencer
- Packet of lho-sticks
- Whistle
Origin Path
Homeworld: Noble-born (House D'Ralier)
Characteristics: Wil -5, Fel +5; Fate Points: 2 (1-3), 3 (4-9), 4 (10);
Talents: Peer (Nobility), Peer (Underworld);
Traits: Vendetta, Legacy of Wealth, Etiquette;
Untrained Basic Skills: Speak Language (High Gothic), Speak Language (Low Gothic), Literacy
Group Profit Factor: +1
Birthright: Savant
Characteristics: Either +3 Intelligence OR +3 Fellowship, -3 Toughness
Skill: Logic(Int)
Lure Of The Void: Duty Bound: Duty To Your Dynasty
Talent: Rival(Kassandora Family)
Characteristic: -3 Toughness
Group Profit Factor: +1
Trials & Travails: Calamity
Talents: Light Sleeper, Nerves Of Steel
Group Profit Factor: -1
Motivation: Pride
Characteristic: +3 Toughness
Career: Seneschal
Starting Skills: Barter(Fel), Commerce(Fel), Common Lore(Underworld)(Int), Deceive(Fel), Evaluate(Int), Forbidden Lore(Archeotech)(Int), Inquiry(Fel), Literacy(Int), Speak Language(Low Gothic, Trader's Cant)(Int)
Starting Talents: Pistol Weapon Training (Universal), Melee Weapon Training (Universal)
Starting Gear: Common-Craftsmanship inferno pistol, common-Craftsmanship boltgun, xeno-mesh armour, autoquill, dataslate, micro-bead, multikey, two sets of robes, synskin, chrono, cameleoline cloak
Special Ability: Seeker Of Lore