Fendrilon Magellan was a Grand Admiral of the Dark Empire, a government created by the reborn Emperor Palpatine. A distinguished fleet admiral of the Imperial Navy, he was one of the six individuals appointed as a Grand Admiral, as all previous Grand Admirals were dead by that point. Magellan graduated the Corulag naval academy as a gunnery officer, being very proficient with all sorts of weapons before he even came to the academy. During his time there, Magellan also learned and demonstrated good tactics and strategy, however, his primary specialty remained in weaponry. During the Galactic Civil War, he rose to the rank of fleet admiral and started up an advanced weapons factory in a remote sector.
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Born on Coruscant, the galactic capitol, Magellan acquired blaster weapons during his youth, becoming a skilled marksman by the age of eighteen. That year, he joined the Imperial Navy, and attended the Corulag naval academy. When he demonstrated his skills there, the instructors made him a gunnery officer. However, that was not his only talent, as he was also a reasonably skilled tactician and strategist. Magellan graduated the academy with the rank of lieutenant. After serving in the early conflicts during the Emperor's reign, he reached the rank of Fleet Admiral, and commanded a small flotilla in a remote sector. There, he started up an advanced weapons factory, and began arming his ground troops and starships with advanced weaponry. This allowed him to defeat a local insurgency by the Alliance to Restore the Republic without many problems.
When Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader were killed at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, Magellan did not go warlord like many of his fellow officers did. Instead, he remained in his quiet sector, and pledged allegiance to whoever controlled Imperial City. This Drew attention of nearby warlord kingdoms, such as the Ciutric Hegemony and Zsinj's Empire. Both attempted to overrun the sector, but failed due to a combination of the advanced weaponry the Grand Admiral's ships had and the tactics he used against the traitors. This went on for several years, and Magellan grew worried that the Empire may soon cease to exist.
Grand Admiral[]
In 9 ABY, Magellan and five other officers received a mysterious communication from a robed figure. He told them that he was Emperor Palpatine, reborn in a clone body, using the dark side technique which allowed to transfer one's soul into another body. Magellan and the other five were told to take their forces and withdraw to the Deep Core, and were given coordinates to the planet Byss, the Emperor's secret throne world. Magellan and the others complied, and met with Palpatine and his advisors aboard the Eclipse, a massive Star Dreadnaught that dwarfed even the Executor-class ships. There, he informed the officers that they were selected to serve him as the "second generation" of Grand Admirals, as he monitored them and noticed that each of them displayed different skills, including leadership, and individual talents, making them the perfect officers to become his new Grand Admirals. Palpatine also revealed that he planned on creating a "Dark Empire", a government openly run as a dark side magocracy, and intended to conquer the universe. Magellan and the others agreed to become his Grand Admirals.
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The character is named after Ferdinand Magellan, a famous Spanish explorer.
Appearances[]
- Emperor's Triumph: End of the Rebellion (First appearance)