Captain:Uriel Ultanos

"Emperors come and go, show wisdom and a firm hand and you can gain immortality in the minds of the people" - Uriel Ultanos XVI

Paragon Uriel Ultanos is the current reigning emperor of the Draconis Empire. Uriel has always considered himself a warrior at heart and is widely considered a just ruler.

=Appearance & personality= Uriel is young by his people's standards, caring greatly about his appearance. His auburn scales shine in the light and his face is somwhat rounded. His emerald-green eyes constantly switch between subjects. rather thananxiety this is more a sign of how attentive he is to his environment.

He is rarely seen outside of his armour that is immaculate in appearance and studded with precious gems. the gem-encrusted towers on his shoulderpads conceal a portable shield generator that shimmers in a blue haze over the surface of the body when ative. Uriel seems muscular even compared to other Draconis, and his voice is a soft gravelly tone showing signs of an educated upbringing. He is never seen without a well-crafted fusion pistol at his side that he will draw if aggrevated - a warning to his agitators that he does not take kindly to disrespect.

Typical of others of his kind he is somewhat less charming and respectful to aliens than he is to his own kind, yet he still portrays an air of respect - Other Draconis might snub an alien while Uriel might give a subtle nod - Many diginitaries have questioned if he might be more of a diplomat for his people than a warrior but this is never said in his presence. When angered he can act without hesitation and is easily lost in the rush of battle. He pays equal respect to his soldiers as he does to maintaining the quality of his equipment, a firm believer that "a shoddy weapon creates a shoddy soldier".

=History=

Early Life
Born as the second son into the prestigious House Ultanos, Uriel (named after his ancestors rather than his father) was always curious from a young age. His family's status meant that no expense was spared to prepare him in both academics and military life. He was enrolled at the Kahn'Thar military academy in Minos'Drakon (one of the finest on the entire planet). By the time he was 32 years of age he had knowledge of using over 20 different types of firearm, 12 different styles of unarmed combat and had studied the exploits and strategies of over 450 generals and scholars.

For 83 years he served in the Imperial Talon Navy as an officer and over his years of service he had travelled to opposite ends of the galaxy several times over. When he was 72 he was contacted by his family back home and was told that his father had died of a terminal illnes. During the funeral servicehe met Alenisa Vossas. Her uncle was an old freind of Uriel XV. After the service Uriel returned to duty, secretly remaining in contact with Alensia with whom he loved while his brother Korr took over as paragon.

Over the next five years their love blossomed and Uriel could not stop thinking about her. After telling his younger sister of his relationship she was skeptical if it would last. At age 77 Uriel asked Alensia if she would marry him, she agreed and the celebration was held in the great-Cathedral of Drakon in Dagonoris, Alcanti. over 15 families gathered to watch the celebration and the event was braodcast throughout the imperial territories.

The Mecha-Wasp War
Twenty years after the marriage Uriel was called to rendevous at waystation zero with the fleet, a race of insectoids called the mecha-wasp had launced an assault towards the jump-zero exit point in the Upper Osiria arm. uriel was first deployed on the planet Alpantir, watching in horror as the mecha-wasp swarm dismantled the ruins of Laros. he led the charge into a mecha-wasp hive, calling an orbital bombardmant to destroy the hive. He would spend the next 15 years fighting in the border colonies.

In ID.247,813 Uriel was called to return home after heading to Hyldera system. Upon arrival he was told by a marshal of 270th legion that the mecha-wasp had assassinated his brother Korr. As he approached the open coffin he witnessed on his brother's body what had been done, after retching from the sight he aggreed to join his brother's body to the family's burial site back on Alcanti, still in full service uniform. One week after the funeral Uriel was told that he was next in line to become Paragon, his first declaration was that the Mecha-wasps would pay for their actions. The war was officialy concluded two years later after a gambit that left the Mecha-wasp homeworld a dead, crater-scarred rock. it would be another century before the mecha-wasp were destroyed.

Life as the Paragon
Uriel was coronated in front of the imeprial palace with his wife by his side, seeing what wars were doing to the empire in the long-run Uriel pushed for the expansion-first act. The act was to focus on the establishment of new colonies and to diplomatically add more protectorates to the empire. along with a project to map the wormholes that make up the Draconis' galactic empire - both known and unknown. Over the next 60 years Uriel would raise two children and, bored of politics and the contant rantings of the houses, insisted on joining expeditions to map the wormholes.

On one expedition to, Uriel encountered an advanced race eerily sililar to his own people on a planet near the edge of the galaxy. Calling themselves the Dronir they welcomed Uriel and the expedition as 'brothers' which greatly shocked the entire crew. Curious to find out more Uriel had agreed to meet with the leader and after a lengthly discussion discovered these 'aliens' were in fact an offshoot created by a Draconis scientist over 20,000 years ago. Upon realising the expedition leader called for the entire civillisation to be 'wiped from the face of the galaxy' Uriel refused such an act despite the commander's protests. Knowing the risks Uriel was adamant that the two cultures should be introduced slowly but he was then informed of the rumours about the secret 'Heresy war' that had threatened the empire around thaat time. The expedition leader, one Orlis Thantarom, requested that Uriel has checkup at the base camp.

That night Uriel had a vision of Drakon who approached him in hummanoid form and praised him for his actions. Far from being disgraced (A belief the cult of Drakon had spread, claiming the Draconis were a pinnacle species and only drakon himself could make anything better) he was proud of what been created. Drakon told Uriel that he was dissapointed at the way the Empire treated non-draconis, the creation of the Dronir was perhaps the first step to a more tolerant species. This caused cconfliction in the young paragon; for years he had been brought up to believe all species were inferior, only fit to support the Draconis, yet he never took these values to heart. Drakon also spoke that the scientist responsible was one of few who truly understood Drakon's joy after creating life with passion.

Uriel awoke, although credited with a clean bill of health his encounter with the dragon god cause him to drastically reconsider what the empire was doing. Speaking with a camp priest did little to help, the priest herself was just as confused about Drakon's motives as he was. The conslusion was to work to slowly and gradually integrate the Dronir into the empire; Not as a protectorate, but as a territory equal in importance to the imperial colonies themselves with the hope of allowing the two species to intermingle (Something like this had never been done and the closest case was the Speeder - Who were granted citizenship in ID.205,730 yet still had restrictions). After four months uriel returned to Minos'Drakon t opresent his findings to the univerities - deliberately leaving out identifiers that the Dronir were created from Draconis DNA - His first goal was to add the fledgeling Dronir Confederacy to the empire.

=Memorable quotes=

"Let him be remembered, what happened here will have consequences for both us and the Wasps" - Uriel, upon seeing his brother's body.

"They are unthinking beasts, who have seen our former Paragon as nothing but another 'resource' for them to consume. We must not give them satisfaction to simply stand and watch. if we let them live they threaten the galaxy" - Uriel's opinions of the Mecha-wasps.

"I am but one of many paragons in an empire spanning many thousands of generations. However that does not give you the right to see me as insignificant! Remmeber that I have only to give one word for the force of a thousand suns to burn your home to ash. Do i make myself clear?" - Uriel's general response to insulting diplomats.

"Say what your will about their methods, the Dragons are efficient, wrathful and loyal" - Uriel's opinion of the Blood Dragons