Fiction:Pius Corranis

The Shadow is a elderly descended Sindar who has been alive for over 650 years. He is manipulative, cruel and vicious. In 2789 he took control of the and began a campaign of conquest.

Early Life
The Shadow was born in the year 2130 in the slums of the industrial world of Revus to his single mother. His birth name was Silus. His mother was an indentured slave with minimum pay to a rich crimelord, Cob, who ruled over the capital city on Revus with an iron fist. He hired men from across the planet to serve as a private police force, calling them Gep-Men on account that many of them were payed with the commercial hallucinogenic drug 'Gep'.

Being an user of elemental energy in the city was a rough life, as Cob saw elementalists as a threat to his reign because of their strength, so when children tested positive for essence-capability, Cob took them away from their homes and either executed them or inducted them into the ranks of the Gep-Men. Only few elementalists remained free from his grasp in the city.

When Silus was 6, he was tested at his school for essence-capability without his mother's knowledge of the situation. He left for home that day, and when he arrived home his mother waited for him like she did everyday. She embraced him with open arms and asked him how his day was. When he told her strange men had done some tests on him, her smile turned to a worried frown. She rushed around, confusing Silus, telling him to pack his things and that they were going on a trip. The door was kicked open with a shuddering blast and two men in black trench-coats entered the small apartment, and began moving towards Silus. Silus began to whimper slowly and called for his mother, who rushed into the room in between the men and Silus, her arms blocking him protectively. "Move, Damnit." the man holding his gun outstretched said. "You know what has to be done, Chalene." the other man said. "Please, please, no! Just leave him be!" his mother called to the men. Silus looked at the men, confused and in wonder that his mother was so upset. It one fast motion, the man pulled the trigger, and the bullet went through Silus's mother, impacting into the wall behind her. She fell to the floor, eyes wide with sadness and surprise as the man holstered his weapon and moved towards Silus. For a few moments Silus did not comprehend what he had seen. He had seen people die on the streets before, victims of the Gep-Men, but not his mother. No. It couldn't have happened. But it had. His face turned to rage, turned red, his hands outstretched as he screamed violently. And when he did the walls began to creak, the floor shake and the men knew what was happening. Silus unknowingly unleashed violent and destructive power, and them men were ripped apart where they stood, their body parts and blood coating the walls. After they were dead, Silus began to calm down, and his face turned to a innocent fear, he didn't understand. He went to his mother and wept over her body all night, before leaving the apartment to a live on the streets.

Several years passed, with Silus living on the street preforming simple tricks and shows to make money. At the age of 13 he lived alone in an abandoned warehouse in the industrial district of the city, and every night he would once again cry himself to sleep clutching a faded black and white picture of his mother, vowing to avenge her.

Adulthood
In 2148, when Silus was 17, he found a job as a shiphand on a commercial geological survey vessel, going further than any Sindar had ever gone into space, doing surveys of potential colonies for the Dominion. It was on that ship where he met Hurk, the captain. Hurk was always kind of Silus, teaching him how to read and write once he learned that Silus never went through proper schooling, and he always was watching out for Silus, helping him with his work on the ship. Hurk was like the father Silus never had as a young boy, and Silus appreciated all the help Hurk gave him throughout his days on the ship.

Silus stayed with the geological crew until when he was 26, Hurk died suddenly overnight of a stroke. Silus couldn't bear to live on the ship where he had stayed with Hurk, in the quarters where he had helped and talked to Silus. He went on to start his own exploration crew and began to take contracts from the Dominion. Over a period of 11 years, his crew had transformed into a corporation of over 35 exploration and survey crews.

When he was 37, he went on a archaeological study with a group of scientists that had contracted out his ship for a week to study the ruins on the planets surface. The planet was large and covered in deserts and ruins of what appears to be a ancient civilization. While exploring the central ruins of the planet with another scientist, he stumbled into a very large chamber, decorated with tearing banners and small pools where a liquid, presumably water, would be held in the corners of the room. In the center of the room was a tall pedestal with a small stone lying on it's flat surface. Perplexed by the stone, Silus walked forward examining it silently, curious. He picked it up and instantly blacked out. He woke up and he was covered in blood, standing inside the ship. The dead bodies of his crew and the scientists lying around him, mangled and destroyed. He felt no remorse. He was changed now. He would never be the same again.

After his descension, he disappeared from society, and wasn't seen again until the late 28th century.

Reappearance
In 2789, over 600 years after his descension, Silus returned to Dominion society. He had spent the last 600 years alone, meditating and training his ability on an uninhabited moon. In the time of his absence, he had amassed a large grouping of worshipers and followers to stay at his side and do his bidding. He trained them in combat arts and sent them across the galaxy on his orders, infiltrating several governments and keeping tabs on the Dominion. When he heard word that the Dominatus had been scouring worlds for essence-users to train their essence-using brethren, he jumped on the opportunity.

When a Dominatus arrived at his small world, he confronted the Dominatus's cloaked ship and forced him to land. He began to interrogate the Dominatus but when the massive Dominatus got violent, Silus got into an altercation with the Dominatus, greatly playing down his ability to the brute. The Dominatus demanded to speak to the leaders of the Dominion, and he obliged, on the journey planting into his mind thoughts of conquering the Dominion, that it would make him a powerful ruler. The Dominatus accepted the ideas, thinking he would merge the Dominion into the Tyranny after he controlled it. The Dominatus met with the council and dispatched of one of it's members, taking his place on the council. Silus had the Dominatus join an arena circuit, where the Dominatus proved his metal to the Dominion, gaining him trust in their hearts and minds. When the Dominatus returned to the council, he dispatched of 3 of the 4 council members, the final fleeing the Dominion. Beelzebub the Dominatus had gained control over the Dominion completely and would soon give it up to the Drakodominatus Tyranny. Or so he thought. Beelzebub led campaigns across the, expanding the Dominion exponentially.

During the night after the conquering of a large industrial world, Silus reappeared to Beelzebub in the building he had claimed as his palace. Silus complemented him on his work, telling him he should rest. Silus had decided, this would be Beelzebub's last night of reign. However, Beelzebub thought the same thing concerning the usefulness of his adviser. Rising to face Silus, Beelzebub launched his biomass tendrils towards Silus, trying to grip him and crush him. Silus had other plans of course, and shielded himself from the tendrils easily, and they began an all out fight. Silus was injured in the battle but came out victorious, leaving Beelzebub as a rotting corpse, bone exposed everywhere. However Beelzebub had a strand of life left in him and managed to hold out until his brother had arrived to witness the destruction the pair had wrecked on the palace. His brother brought him back onboard his ship and preformed a corruption ritual, descending Beelzebub and saving him from death.

Shortly afterward, Silus took control over the Dominion, claiming that their previously leader died a glorious death in battle and that it was his wish for him to rule. His new name was Pius Corranis, and he became the perfect leader.