Marus Duvalo (The Ripple)

Marus Duvalo was a Human male born in 27 ABY to Judd and Malifia Duvalo. He was born in Imperial Space on the Imperial Capital Planet; Bastion. He was a particularly famous Jedi revered for his service in the Fifth Galactic War.

Early Life
Marus Duvalo was the result of a particularly odd union; his mother had served the New Republic during the Yuuzhan Vong War, and his father also served but as an Imperial Officer. He was the youngest of two children, junior to his brother; Batton. Marus had been born in Imperial Space during the era of peace that existed between the two factions. The Fel Dynasty had introduced sweeping reforms, introducing a form of indirect democracy as well as freedom of speech to the Empire, in doing so Emperor Soontir Fel had reduced himself to a figurehead. While appearing to be a loving family man on the outside, Judd Duvalo was in actuality; an intense sadist who often pitted the two brothers against each other over food and basic necessities. Despite being the younger of the two, Marus usually won these encounters, but felt incredibly guilty because of the harsh punishment his father would dish out to Batton for losing. Marus's successes meant that his father would reward him with gifts and affection, while denying this to his brother, virtually guaranteeing Batton's lifelong hatred for Marus. Batton soon became obsessed with defeating Marus. In 35 BBY, Grand Moff Briso Tobeck was elected Prime Minister by the Council of Moffs, and began to slowly do away with reforms, his ultimate goal being the restoration of the Palpatine Empire. Judd had been a war buddy of Tobeck's and thus his connections allowed him to reach a high-ranking position within the new, expansionist Imperial Army. Eventually, Batton finally got the better of Marus in a fight after he focused his hatred to call upon the Dark Side of the Force, inflicting serious injuries onto Marus. However, this meant that their Mother finally caught on to Judd's sadistic games, and fled with Marus to her home planet of Ralltiir. She handed Marus over to a family friend named Leoss Grazo, a veteran of the Galactic Civil War who had fought alongside her during the Vong War. Although distrustful of Marus for being the son of an Imperial Officer, Leoss's children; Jon and Seela took an instant liking to Marus, with Seela being secretly infatuated with him. Soon, the boy began to grow on Leoss himself, and Jon had become Marus's best friend. In early 41 ABY, Seela confessed her love for Marus, and the two began dating, much to the dismay of every other boy living in their neighbourhood. Following the outbreak of the 5th Galactic War in 42 ABY, Marus and Jon joined the Ralltiiri Regiment of the New Republic Army, (despite being only 15 years old themselves), and left to participate in Operation: Mothma; an attempt to blunt the Imperial Advance toward the Core Worlds, this Operation would become a catastrophic failure. However the two men would emerge from it as hardened veterans. Despite the horrors they had seen, Jon kept his sense of humour and some of his naivete, which comforted Marus and kept him from the brink.

Defence of Ralltiir
In the early days of 43 ABY, the Empire began it's push into the Core Worlds, Marus and Jon would find themselves back on Ralltiir, however neither of them would get the opportunity to see Seela or Leoss. The two participated in the Battle to hold the capital, and took part in the retreat afterwards, however a zealous commander forced their entire unit to launch an ill-fated, unsupported counter attack against Imperial Forces, resulting in the loss of their entire unit. Jon was mortally wounded during the Battle, and died in Marus's arms shortly afterwards. Lost and behind enemy lines, Marus met up with a band of surviving Republic Soldiers before being swept up in an ambush. He surrendered to Imperial Stormtroopers who strangely enough; knew who he was, and implied they had been sent on special orders to apprehend him. He was turned over to officers of the Imperial Storm Legion and sent to the Ralltiiri capital where he was brought face-to-face with his Father for the first time in several years. His Father explained that he had enough power to keep him protected from the Imperial Occupation Forces, and would allow him and his adopted family to live relatively undisturbed under the condition that Marus eventually join him in the Storm Legion on his 18th Birthday. It was here that Marus was also re-introduced to his brother Batton; now a Sith Lord and leader of the Empire's Dark Side Army Divisions. Although Batton was not openly malicious to Marus, he could tell that Batton clearly harboured intense feelings of hatred toward him. With the New Republic pushed to the outskirts of the Galaxy and the Core Worlds, including Coruscant firmly under Imperial control, Marus was returned to his family as a thoroughly defeated man.