Malyri Porén

Malyri Porén (//) was a male Athan Centurion and Royal Guard of the Golden Empire. He was the younger fraternal twin of Kylaea Porén.

Youth
Malyri was born two minutes and thirteen seconds after his sister Kylaea in Kezef, the capital city of Bolera. The two were rare among Centurions for being recruited in infancy. After the Ambush at Bolera which annihilated Red Eclipse, Tariun Sakaros and his senior officers landed on the planet to celebrate with the native Athans. However, the Sith Lord and his Royal Guards were attracted by a disturbance in the Force, and discovered the twins. Sensing their Force abilities, Sakaros explained the situation to the parents, asking that the children be given to the Order for training. When they were, Malyri and Kylaea went to live aboard the Sith Star.

Though raised from birth to view all Novices and Centurions as family, Malyri and Kylaea still had a close connection, and often trained together. As he grew, Malyri elected to specialize in Makashi, using his predator's reflexes to increase his speed and precision. He also trained extensively in Var Shek, both with Kylaea and other Novices.

First tasks
In 135 ABY, Malyri was commissioned as a full Centurion a month after Kylaea. The two were sent on a mission to Haerch, tasked with infiltrating and disabling a terrorist network. Posing as Athan mercenaries, they successfully joined the group and wreaked havoc on its members, sabotaging some cells and simply destroying others. When they were finally caught, the two were rescued by the senior Centurion Rajj-Yo and a number of their other "siblings". The remains of the network were quickly mopped up by 136 ABY.

During the Conquest of the Chiss Ascendancy, Malyri studied tactics under the senior Centurion and Legate Sorrik, serving as an aide-de-camp to the Umdal general. When the brief campaign was concluded, Malyri was often paired with his sister to root out or pacify seditious and mutinous factions in the Ascendancy while Royal control was still taking effect.

In 140 ABY, the twins were appointed as Royal Guards for Queen Rin Sakaros. When the unit was scaled back from twenty-four Guards to eight at the onset of the Vagaari War, Malyri and Kylaea were among those kept in the group. While off duty, Malyri studied tactics with Sorrik while the elder Centurion was commanding the Ssi-ruuvi Incursion.

Peacetime
When the Tribulation concluded, Malyri and Kylaea were among the Centurions who accompanied Rin to visit her brother Nagarian on. When she went into a meditative trance to restore Odala Kass`l to the Force, both twins stood guard over her unconscious body. After Rin received a horrifying vision of the potential future between Nagarian and Octavia Solios, it was the twins who intercepted Jedi Master Jextar Cyern-Star as he tried to follow her.

Malyri continued to refine his Makashi skills in the interwar years, practicing with Kylaea and any other Centurions he spent time with. He particularly enjoyed fencing fellow Makashi specialist Jira Zaffrod.

Nightmares
When the Reawakened attacked the Empire in 149 ABY and began the Nightmare War, Malyri and Kylaea were assigned to Breek Zagrev's command of the Romasi Sector Fleet. Responding to a distress call from Mandos, Malyri accompanied Breek, Jira, and Kylaea to the surface. He single-handedly dueled and killed a clone of Sacco Vyrak.

Shortly after, the twins and young Centurion Nairasho were sent to find the enemy production world. Malyri, who had taken an interest in Nairasho, a fellow Makashi stylist, sparring with her along the way. The three discovered Awpierh, but were attacked and captured by Karshi Saan, Charg, and a party of Vyrak clones.

Malyri and Kylaea managed to escape after a few days of torture and interrogation, but were so closely pursued that they could not rescue Nairasho. Refusing to leave her, they camped out in the woods around the complex, scrounging for food and killing the guard patrols sent to find them. Eventually, Luna Raquelsei and Elrabin Ralvik were sent on a mission to find them, and the four Centurions infiltrated the complex.

When the enemy became alerted to their presence, Malyri and Kylaea stayed behind to duel the Anzat clones, clearing the way for Luna and Elrabin to face Saan and save Nairasho. Fighting side-by-side and back-to-back, the twins used their connection in the Force and knowledge of one another to fight more efficiently. They slew all five Anzati, although they were both wounded in the process; Malyri suffered blows to his shoulder and side and a bad cut to one leg, and was forced to lean on Kylaea for support.

They found Luna and Elrabin, but were crushed to discover that Nairasho had died in captivity. The four escaped, taking Nairasho and Saan's headless corpse with them. Malyri was treated for his wounds by Tillandra Moraes and Rayne Turgachia aboard the Sith Star, and though he was left with a slight limp on his right leg, he could to overcome it in battle, and it proved only a mild inconvenience otherwise.

Though Tariun Sakaros and Eskol Kaartinen both felt the twins had done everything they could for Nairasho, Malyri and Kylaea felt deep bitterness and guilt over her death. Malyri relished the chance to be part of Breek Zagrev's hit squad during the Battle of Dolomir, and took savage pleasure in killing the Anzat clones there, again fighting in unison with Kylaea for a tighter defense and a deadlier offense. When Ador Hentral was killed and his flagship taken, Malyri acted as Kylaea's executive officer while the 11th Massassi Cohort crewed the ship into battle on the Empire's side.

Powers and abilities
Like all Centurions, Malyri was well-trained in the use of telekinesis and telepathy. He developed particular skill with the Force push and Force crush abilities. He could also use the Force to choke others, though he usually reserved this for subduing hostile enemies rather than interrogating others.

A Makashi stylist, Malyri had quick movements due to his Athan physiology, and his blade moved so fast in a duel that it sometimes became only a blur of light. Given Makashi's focus on dueling, he was a slightly better swordsman than his sister, although less skilled at deflecting blaster fire.

Like Kylaea, Malyri trained extensively in Var Shek. The keratin claws on his hands made his punches painful, allowing him to crush bone if he struck hard enough. However, he also trained in grappling, using his wiry, muscular form to slip around his opponents and draws them into debilitating punches or strangle them from unusual angles.

Malyri and Kylaea were considered excellent and proficient hunters by their siblings, second only to Vem.

Appearance and personality
1.7 meters (5'7") tall, Malyri looked almost identical to his sister, given the great similarity between Athan sexes. He had light gray skin, vivid teal eyes, and pure white hair which hung to the collar of his tunic.  He wore specially insulated Centurion and Royal Guard uniforms to compensate for his lack of body fat, but otherwise dressed the same as his siblings when not undercover.  He carried a curved-hilt lightsaber with a pale green blade.  The hilt contained a great deal more rubber than steel to allow Malyri to grip it firmly in the one-handed Makashi style, despite his claws.

Clever and crafty, Malyri was a practical joker among his friends, quick to say something witty. In battle, however, he was vicious and aggressive, though he preferred to maim rather than kill an enemy, keeping it alive for interrogation. He read extensively in his spare time, usually popular fiction or literary critiques, and occasionally helped his sister refine her poetry. He also had an interest in military strategy, though he was a better tactical student than a long-term planner.

Though capable in a fight in his own right, Malyri was viewed by his fellow Centurions as substantially more dangerous with his sister. The two were extremely close, having developed a deep prenatal bond in the Force which endured through their lives. They could share thoughts with an ease matched only by Rin and Tariun Sakaros, and were a deadly and efficient pair together. Among the Centurions of the Order, Malyri and Kylaea together were referred to simply as "the twins".