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[center][color=dadada][sub][color=BABABA]VON KAN’CHAR[/color]
 35 [color=BABABA]⟁[/color] MALE [color=BABABA]⟁[/color] BATARIAN [color=BABABA]⟁[/color] SOLDIER [/sub][/color][/center]


[color=BABABA][sub]A P P E A R A N C E[/sub][/color][hr][indent]

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[color=BABABA][sub]H I S T O R Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent]

Von Kan’Char was born on the Batarian home world of Khar’shan to two very patriotic parents. His father was a commander in the Hegemony army and his mother was a medical researcher who’s work focused on biotics and advanced cybernetics. At the age of eighteen Von joined the Hegemony military and rose through the ranks rather smoothly. Despite suggestion that his commendations were because of his father and his close relations with several Hegemony executives, Von was in actuality a competent leader and a skilled soldier. 

At the age of twenty four Von was recommended for the Hegemony SIU (Special Intervention Unit), something his father took great pride in. Von was promoted to Second Lieutenant and given his own command. For the next three years Von was on assignment in the Terminus Systems and later the Skyllian Verge. Most of his assignments involved arming and coordinating pirate gangs as they attacked Alliance targets. Von’s fortunes would eventually begin a downward surge after the events of the Skyllian Blitz in 2076.

Von and his father both were a part of the siege on the Alliance world. Von and his squad were directed to making surgical strikes amid the siege on ideal targets such as communication relays, anti-ship batteries, and reinforcing convoys. For example, when a unit of Alliance soldiers were enroute to reinforce a motor pool, Von and his men crippled the unit via land mines and well placed rocket strikes to disable their Makos and then gunned down the survivors with crossfire and snipers. Meanwhile Von’s father, Grahdeel Kan’Char, was leading a direct attack on Elysium’s capital Illyria.

As the siege dragged on, the ragtag pirate hordes and supporting Batarian forces began to wane. Commander Grahdeel was killed by sniper fire and Von’s squad had suffered severe casualties after an Alliance gunship had spotted and hounded them into a ravine far west of Illyria. By the time they had destroyed the gun ship and made it to safety, the siege had broken. Alliance reinforcements had arrived and were tearing the pirate fleet apart. Von barely made it off world, the last of his squad dying in their run for a shuttle to escape. Von made it back to Batarian space, having no time to mourn the loss of his father before being thrust before military brass. Despite the utter disaster of the siege and the loss of his unit, Von was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Vowing to  avenge the death of his father and his comrades on Elysium, Von Kan’Char kindled within himself a rage for humanity and the Alliance.

It was two years later that he would face his second crushing defeat. By this point Von had been promoted to commander and was coordinating SIU operations against Alliance frontier outposts and orbital structures. He was on Torfan when the Alliance attacked. With his superior presumably killed, Von seized control of Hegemony forces on site and attempted to coordinate a defense. Despite his best efforts the Alliance shattered the defending forces and gave pursuit, driving them from the system. When he returned to Khar’Shan, Commander Von Kan’Char was clapped in irons and dragged before the Fleet Lord In Chief. Charged with insubordination, violating military’s procedure, and “utter incompetence”.

As it had turned out, Von’s superior officer on Torfan hadn’t perished but had temporarily fallen from communication. By the time he was able to re-establish connection the defensive forces had already switched channels under Von’s order. The Hegemony, infuriated by the loss of Torfan and of so many Batarians, placed the blame on the SIU commander. Von was stripped of his rank, commission, and dishonorably discharged from the SIU and the Hegemony military. He was due to be imprisoned, but managed to escape just after his trial, stealing a shuttle and fleeing from Batarian space. Afterward, he reached out to his old contact network he established during his time with SIU and pulled a few favors. 

His career and old life now nought but ashes, Von Kan’Char made his way to Omega and took up bounty hunting. Omega wasn’t really the place for him though. While Von had consorted with pirates, mercenaries, and gangs in the past, he didn’t care for a place run by them. After a year he left Omega and made his way to Korlus where he then spent two years as a personal bodyguard for a Turian crime lord. But like Omega Korlus was a world of gangs and mercenaries, and syndicate war just wasn't his life. Despite the Turians’ good pay, Von left Korlus and would spend the next four years wandering the Terminus Systems as a bounty hunter and gun-for-hire. Drifting from one client and contract to the next.

A year later he would end up on Illium between contracts, and that’s where he first caught whiff of the Caelestis job. He looked into the details and, liking what he saw, accepted the contract.
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[color=BABABA][sub]P E R S O N A L I T Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent]
When he was a soldier of the Hegemony, Von Kan’Char was a proud Batarian. He was patriotic, dutiful, loyal, charismatic even among his own. He had a fire in his eyes and a zeal for his government and duty. It was fair to say that Von was in some ways a Batarian elitist, a nationalist. 

His pride and sense of duty held steadfast even after Elysium, and in truth it only strengthened. As did his elitist xenophobic view of the galaxy and its “inferiors”. Especially the humans. “Every human killed is a service to, not just our people, but the cosmos.” This is what he preached to his men.

It wasn’t until after Torfan that Von Was humbled to say the least. His pride and patriotism gone after the government he served gelded him and threw him to the varren. Forced from his home and a wanted criminal, traveling the galaxy and dealing with the various races and cultures opened his mind more. While he still holds somewhat of a bitter grudge with humans, he’s willing to work with them. Though he’d never call one his friend.

These days Von is a dry man. Not harsh or brazen, but hardly a birthday clown either. He keeps things professional and tries to avoid getting to close with partners and “coworkers”, even fellow Batarians. Despite all this, he has a grim sense of humor and even finds times to make a pun or two.
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[color=BABABA][sub]A B I L I T I E S [/sub][/color][hr][indent]
[list][*] Armor Piercing Ammo
[*] Disruptor Ammo
[*] Sharpshooter 
[*] Concussion Shot
[*] Inferno Grenade[/list][/indent]

[color=BABABA][sub]E Q U I P M E N T[/sub][/color][hr][indent]
[list][*] [url= https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/M-8_Avenger]M-8 Avenger Assault Rifle[/url]
[*] [url= https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/M-97_Viper]M-97 Viper Sniper Rifle[/url]
[*] [url= https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/M-5_Phalanx]M-5 Phalanx[/url] (Custom added ammo capacity 4+1.)
[*] Custom hard suit with a trauma module, medical interface, and a kinetic buffer for added kinetic barrier durability.
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[color=BABABA][sub]S T R E N G T H S  &  W E A K N E S S E S[/sub][/color][hr][indent]
[list][*] Tactical minded. Has a head for strategy and combat flexibility. 
[*] Sharpshooter. A skilled crack shot highly trained as a SIU commando.
[*] Weak knee. Von was wounded in the right knee on Torfan by an armor piercing round from a hand cannon. His knee becomes strained and tired after extensive running and can’t handle the heavy shock of long jumps and hard falls. While corrective procedure is possible he never took time for it after fleeing Batarian space.
[*] PTSD. Von’s past haunts him. The events of Elysium and Torfan have left him fragile of mind at times and even unpredictable in bad situations.
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[color=BABABA][sub]G O A L S  &  R E G R E T S[/sub][/color][hr][indent]
[list][*] Von Kan’Char wants a new life. A world to settle on, property, security, wealth, and a little luxury too. Perhaps someday a family if he isn't too old, though he doubts it. He’s been saving every credit he can since fleeing from Khar’shan and has a small fortune spread out through several bank accounts on the Citadel under a pseudonym and fake identity. When the day comes that he lays down his gun for good, he plans to live out his days in peace and penance. Perhaps a nice private estate on an asari garden world.
[*] Von’s greatest regret is Torfan. While Elysium was a failure, it was Torfan where he lost everything. If only he’d kept rank and not rushed to be the hero. If only he’d kept his cool and not let his hatred of the Alliance cloud his judgment. Perhaps he’d still be in the Hegemony today. Perhaps he’d still be in the SIU. Perhaps he wouldn’t have shamed his mother and father. Torfan was where he lost everything, and he will never relive that failure.
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Hi [@Scrivener]!

I like what I see of Von, I like that you've taken a very military background - and I can see Von and Sabinus having some interesting conversations for sure. Xenophobia is not something I want to miss out on in the roleplay-- okay that sounds really wrong! What I mean to say is, I think there's a lot of potential for conflict with a character like Von, specifically in the cast that we do have, where everyone is vastly different and fills out a different role. There is opportunity for conflict, but also growth and that's what we're here for, right? :> 

Also I know it's mean, but I'm tickled by his bad knee. (Sorry!)

There is absolutely a place for Von in this roleplay. That said, it's still lacking in details. You can't give him a dodgy knee and not write an appearance section where we get to visualise how he holds himself, whether he has a disgruntled expression, how he looks when he does a rare smile - this is flavour that's currently missing from the sheet that I think just gives us a bigger, brighter picture of the character, and also helps you in understanding him and translating that to us as well.

Tentative acceptance, pending some more work on the sheet :)