Fiction:Konas Raslov

"To understand your enemy, you must first understand his entire species. Art. history. culture. All of it gives insight into the world of your enemy, and how he thinks. Only when you understand everything around him, can you understand your him."

- Raslov

Konas Raslov is a Sindar strategist and a senior officer of the Dominion Verstaufe. He is highly intelligent, manipulative and observant. His cold-blooded tactics and leadership once earned him the nickname, 'Leffoc' (A Sindar word synonymous with ruthless), when he executed a war prisoner's family before his eyes in an attempt to get the soldier to give up important enemy artillery positions. He is an expert at extracting information from people, and Raslov's unorthodox interrogation techniques have saved countless Dominion military lives and won dozens of battles using information attained on important enemy movements and operations. He has the uncanny ability to see details and weaknesses in enemy formations and spot ruses before they are even able to be sprung. Despite his violent and unpredictable nature, he has a very outgoing and light personality, making him rather off-setting and disturbing to enemy commanders. As an officer of the Verstaufe, he is well-informed and is involved in dozens of counter-intelligence operations.

Biography
Raslov was born on Logus as a commoner of the Dominion, a member of the working class that occupied the lower levels of Logus's towering metropolis. He lived his childhood in poverty, a street rat who worked odd jobs to support his family. When he became an adult, he tried to make something of himself by leaving the lower city, and after a long life in poverty he enlisted in the Legion Core, where he served for 5 years up to the rank of Sergeant, and was bestowed several awards for bravery and valor for his exploits during his 3 tours in the Dominion outer territories during the Insurrection Crisis. After his tour he returned to Logus and settled down in the Mid-City, but was soon approached by Dominion military authorities who had taken notice of his actions in the war and invited him to join the Verstaufe, a paramilitary intelligence organization founded by the Ministry of Intelligence to operate as a counter-espionage service during war-times. Raslov, unsatisfied with civilian life, accepted and was sworn in as a Verstaufe agent in 2772.

In the 2770's he served once again on the outskirts of Dominion territory but now as a double agent with full military clearance. He infiltrated the Insurrectionist government and was able to coordinate several assassinations and related operations with Dominion High Command based on intelligence he mined while undercover. In 2777 he infiltrated a high-security banquet theater and personally assassinated the Insurrectionist Premier, Qeuxil Norow before making a daring escape. His actions in the field once again showed the more than competent soldier he was and his accolades for his exploits were more than any other in the Verstaufe. He was soon promoted to an officer ranking and retired to a less combat-oriented lifestyle.

Personality & Traits
Despite his immense loyalty to the Dominion, deep down he doesn't agree with the principle ideologies of the Dominion such as corporatism and capitalism, he himself a member and strong supporter of the United Dominion Worker's Party, a small-scale socialist political movement in the Dominion. Raslov is also well educated and multilingual, speaking over a dozen alien languages. He has proved himself a strong military tactician and Raslov is a firm believer that one can understand the psychological and tactical limitations of one's enemies by examination of their people's art and culture, and ascertain weaknesses from it.

Despite his apparent frigidness from the exterior, Konas has an incredibly well manner and outgoing personality and a light, friendly sense of humor and tone. This makes him an excellent representative for the Verstaufe in general, along with giving him the ability to throw off his opponents with his behavior. Raslov respects his opponents, and has shown himself an honorable soldier on multiple occasions.