Casper Gunvor

Casper Gunvor is a Major in the Republic Military at the time of the Alsakan Crises. In a past life he was a prince of the Belial family on the planet of Alderaan.

Composition and Appearance
Casper is a tall, lanky man, with almost no muscle to speak of. Though such things cannot be considered his fault for he goes to the gym fairly often. His build can make him out to be rather un-important, but his gait is equal to that of royalty, as he once was a noble.

His facial features also seem to help him blend into the crowd. He has a crop of brown hair atop his head, which he tries to shape into one style or another. This effort often meets with success, but when it doesn’t you can normally find Casper wearing a hat. Below his hair he has two blue eyes placed squarely in his head and a stubbled beard to top it all off.

When he is on duty Casper always wears the garb of Republic Major as that is the rank he holds in the Republic military. When off duty Casper can be seen wearing fairly simple clothes, such as a plain t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Though whether he is on or off duty he always keeps his blaster pistol in its holster on his right hip.

Personality
Casper is not used to taking orders as in his past life he only listened to himself. This carries on to his new career and now and then he had the tendency to disobey his superior. Casper is also considered a very headstrong person and does whatever he feels when off duty.

Casper’s intelligence is average at best, but once again that is not from lack of trying, for he is a rather persistent fellow. When on the battlefield he is required to make quick choices and often does so with great efficiency. Though when making a battle plan it often takes quite a long time for him to cook one up.

Even though noble born and bred, Casper is a horrible public speaker feeling nervous when having to speak to more than five people at once. This however does not does not take away from his leadership skills and that is one trait he prizes highly. To his friends Casper is very loyal and is unlikely to leave any of his men behind or sacrifice them. He will go to extreme measures to protect or save on of his friends even if it might mean death for him.

Likes and Dislikes
Casper feels at home in a bar with his friends, but lounging around is also fine with him. He is a man of simple needs, unsuited for the life that was set before him and all he really wants is something to drink and some friends to help him finish off the rest of the case.

Casper was born into the rich life, but it is that same life that he now despises. He often gags at the names of nobles who sit around and fight about politics or how to best send their boys to death. He is also starting to hates parts of the society that he has sworn to protect.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Being a man of the military, Casper is at home with a blaster large or small and behind the controls of a star fighter. His skills with such things can lead him to be cocky at times and even disrespectful. Casper also is adept at making quick decisions on the battlefield and if anything goes wrong while on his watch he will often kick himself for it later.

Casper is very headstrong and once an idea enters his head it would take a hammer to smash it out. He will also do anything for his friends, even going to the point of death to defend them. These traits often leave him in trouble, but if he pulls through he normally thinks it was worth it. Another weakness of Casper’s is that he is adamant in his hatred often letting it blind his normal reasoning.

History
Casper Gunvor (born Casper Belial) was born to a family of nobles on the planet of Alderaan. As a young boy he was a very cheerful lad, not caring about a thing, tottering around the palace with no idea of the world around him. Casper’s parents on the other hand were always worried about their status and about the amount of money in their pockets. To advance their status and their wealth they would do anything, backstab friends or even turn to pirates. And because of such acts they were known throughout all the social classes in Alderaan.

Growing up though Casper had no idea of his parent’s treacheries, for he lived a very sheltered life. He was home schooled by teachers picked by his parents and wherever he went outside the house he was accompanied by bodyguards. He was also was only allowed to play with boys and girls that were from the few families to the Belial family.

At the age of 22 the year he would have graduated from college, he was to take a tour around the galaxy as all young Alderaanian nobles did when they reached his age. He was to go on the trip with some of the friends he grew up with and would not have to be accompanied by bodyguards for the first time in his life.

The first stop on his journey was to be the galactic capital itself, Corscant. Apon landing they were directed to one of the lower level platforms for they wanted to experience a real Corscant nightlife. At nightfall they went to the club that one of the locals had told them was the one true bar in Corscant, but in fact it was just cheap propaganda and the same as the rest. At the bar the deeds of his family had spread even this far, and instead of the night of his life he thought would happen he got a quite different version of it.

Seeing the world with new eyes the next day he compared the quality of life between himself and these people and was appalled. Ending his trip short, he raced back home and demanded an explanation. Not able to give him one, he packed up and left. With so many thoughts racing through his head only one seemed clear to him… regain his honor. And the only way he could see that happening was to join the military and fight the Alsakan threat he had heard about only days earlier.

Going down to the nearest sign-up office he enrolled in the army with a new name Casper Gunvor for his favorite ancient hero. It has been 19 years since that fateful day, and now at the age of 41, Casper is a Major in the Republic Military. And to this day that is what he does, all he wants is to regain his honor and prove himself to his fellow officers.