#and andur let them eat him alive

[voidendron]

Andur Melor, Exarch of the Voss Star Fortress, was the humanity that his fellow Exarchs threw aside for fancy upgrades and powerful battle-stations.

He volunteered for Project: Exarch later into the experiment, and was the final member added to their ranks. He'd suggested a close friend of his to volunteer for the Project after the murder of his wife by what would later become the Alliance - unfortunately, the Project brought his friend's mind to be effectively, if accidentally, wiped and turned into a mere program. The guilt Andur felt for it would bring him to also volunteer, as if to punish himself for the "death" of his friend.

The Project brought forth greater physical strength for Andur, and with it, far heightened senses even by the standards of other Force-sensitives. He can pick up on minute changes in the air, hear things he shouldn't, and see details anyone else would miss. Though Exarch Draya could beat him in hand-to-hand combat, it would be Andur to beat any of the others in a fair match of physical strength alone thanks to his enhancements.

More softspoken and far calmer and more willing to resolve a situation peacefully than his peers, Andur was often considered soft by the others, and some of them looked down on him rather than viewing him as an equal. Still, he worked hard for his people and planet, and would have protected it to his dying breath if the need arose.

That is, until he saw the damage, the pain and suffering, that Zakuul was inflicting on the rest of the galaxy and even its own people, spurred first by what happened to his best friend - to now-Exarch Jom Vanten. And he began to doubt. Doubt his Emperor, doubt his planet, doubt his beliefs and standing with his world.

He met his supposed end at the hands of former Cipher Nine, who'd infiltrated his Fortress with a stealth generator active with the goal of destroying it. However, inconsistencies in the agent's report, as well as his lack of close combat capabilities, suggest Andur may have survived and let the agent go alive (if an altercation even occurred in the first place).

...And also that he was the one to tip off the Alliance to Fortress and Exarch weaknesses in the first place.

#swtor #exarchs of zakuul #exarch: andur melor #blitz indites #doubt and guilt are powerful things that can tear down even the strongest of people #and andur let them eat him alive #andur lost his way. and ultimately lost everything #his best friend. the trust of his people. the knights under his command he surely had a good relationship with #his entire belief and what he'd worked so hard to protect all his life #all in the hopes that. just maybe. the alliance could steer zakuul on the right track #and no one else would have to suffer that way again