Vakar

Vakar
Species:	Orion
Gender:	male
Affiliation:	Orion Syndicate
Family
Sibling(s):	multiple brothers and sisters
Other relatives:	Neeva (distant cousin)
Career
Occupation:	privateer

Vakar was a male Orion privateer that was active centuries before the conclusion of the Dominion War. According to historic stories, Vakar was slain after his expedition to steal Gorn venom from one of their hatcheries brought him face-to-face with Commander Xaucus, who beheaded the raider, then devoured him. This death motivated the remainder of his kinsmen to swear a blood vendetta against his killer as retaliation and the oath was fulfilled when a distant cousin named Neeva executed Xaucus during his final moments.

Biography

Career and legacy

Hailing from a belligerent lineage which was known to maintain the violent feuds that were commonplace in this era, Vakar was a sibling to multiple sisters and brothers and harboured a wide menagerie of additional relatives. As an adult, Vakar came to work for the Orion Syndicate as a contractor who was authorised to conduct raids with a squad of four members that launched hit-and-run assaults on the surfaces of targeted worlds from their dropship, but their attacks were brought to a violent end after Vakar was introduced to a market for venom taken from a juvenile Gorn, which presented remarkable terminal value because of its weaponizable properties. Taking his chances, Vakar proceeded to lead his three subordinates in a raid to steal the substance from a breeding nursery, but the corsairs were victims to an ambush that refused to acknowledge their attempts to surrender. Instead, Vakar was brought before the commander of the defenders, Xaucus, who proceeded to relieve the Orion of his head, then devoured his corpse, which was an act that the Gorn considered the ultimate demonstration of distain.

Though Vakar had departed from the living world, the repercussions from his murder reached out beyond the grave to haunt Commander Xaucus, who became the target for a blood oath that each brother and sister of the executed Orion had taken out to avenge him. One at a time, each sibling ventured to where Xaucus resided inside the Interior of the Gorn Hegemony, but each died without fulfilling the vow that spread throughout their bloodline, which continued to dispatch members until it was almost on the brink of extinction. The one who avenged Vakar came from a most unlikely background in the form of his distant cousin, a woman named Neeva. Unlike the others who piloted their starships into Gorn space, when Neeva came across the officer that had brought down her predecessors with such relish, she did the unthinkable and bargained with him to secure a truce that evolved into an alliance between the two individuals. But the cousin of Vakar had not forgotten her oath and when she sat beside Xaucus on his deathbed, Neeva — now anointed the legitimate heir to all the territories conquered beneath the flag of her comrade — leaned down to whisper that she had triumphed over the Gorn, who she then murdered with a blade to the throat delivered seconds before his final breath. (DFT comic: "Issue 3")