All right, here is who the entire Invasion circles around: the Lord of the Invasion, Talarixor. Despite his high title, the series has little to do with him until his death, which has big consequences. His greatest goal is to kill all the humans of the world one by one, and use those who USED to be humans to do the killing.
Before I go on, there are those of you wondering why Ariel wasn't turned into a Rarak too. The Raraks were interested in keeping these slaves as "backups" in case there is a failure. The slaves were never changed, but instead, they were robbed of their sound mind. They watched as some slaves became Raraks right in front of their eyes (I will detail the procedure later on). They were the picture of despair in a terrible war. And Talarixor loved that.
But Ariel was special because of his family. He was tortured to find out where one particular family member was hiding (whose introduction I will do after this one). So he never was changed. If he became a Rarak, he would lose all sense of who his family was, which was something the Raraks didn't want.
Now he was kidnapped as a baby, so of course he wouldn't know where the family member was, but he was given a special drug that gave visions, hallucinations. This drug, called Clown's Mind, will also be discussed later. For now, all you need to know is that he was not Changed (that's what the human-to-Rarak process is called). Also, Changing cannot be reversed. The Rebellion found out about this Changing procedure quite early on, but it was impossible to find a cure. Once you were a Rarak, there was no going back, and it was better to kill yourself than to live and kill others.
So Talarixor. He rose to power as a child, the son of the previous Lord of the Raraks, and killed his father so that he could have the Throne. His mother had died in childbirth, so the Raraks revered him as their predestined Lord. He personally wanted to be responsible for the downfall of humans, so he took drastic action. Raraks look like humans, except instead of having a peach-colored tint to their skin, their skin is tinted green from their green blood. It's barely noticeable though - it's like the green you become after getting sick on a carnival ride. It's easy for them to pose as ordinary humans.
Then Talarixor decided to create and alter ego with a different name - and run for federal office...in America. He was a good talker, and turned many people to his side of any argument. He sweet-talked women of all ages, and became a hero in the eyes of children. It didn't take to long to get all the way to the top...and when I say all the way, I mean ALL THE WAY.
He became our President.
To portray Talarixor, I chose a various array of images. Some you might know, some not. I'll explain them though :)
Take out that good ol' lightsaber held by Darth Vectivus, and he becomes Talarixor. I like to imagine him clean-shaven, and this was a flexible image that makes it easy to imagine the greenish skin.
This is Darth Rivan (see where my ideas come from? HUGE Star Wars geek). I like the mysteriousness of his eyes, and the skin looks pretty green. Nice Talarixor image. I like to keep the guy mysterious.
This is Talarixor's alter ego, the President of the United States, James Kelley, portrayed by Biggs Darklighter, a friend of Luke Skywalker's that dies in A New Hope at the Battle of Yavin. I like the blue tones - the image is gorgeous.
Talarixor dies "tragically" about two years after the beginning of the series due to health problems. It's pretty significant because I wanted to show that the Raraks ARE mortal, just more advanced and more evil. Health problems can kill just as easily as a bullet or a sword.
So that's all the juice about the Lord of the Raraks - let's continue on to the most important character in the Rebellion, Kenneth St. John, Regina's sister.
Thanks for reading! :)
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