Jakarn

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Jakarn
Position	Author and Producer
Rank	Blank
Species	El-Aurian
Gender	Male
DOB	188006.11
Age	521
Birthplace	El-Auria

Jakarn is an El-Aurian civilian holonovelist, producer, and travel writer. He has no set homeworld, but can usually be found on Risa. He is husband of Azera and the father of Taelon, Ishani Kasun, and many more.

Like his wife, his full name is a title, though he rarely uses it: Jakarn, Consort to the 113th Daughter of Cantavi. He much prefers his nickname 'The Rake', as he feels it's far more accurate these days. He is the author behind several popular series of holonovels, many of which are based off his own life, and recently stepped into producing and promoting holodramas.

	Appearance

Zakarn is a handsome man who looks after his appearance with astute care, despite often appearing accidently a little rough around the edges. He dresses well, eats well, and is usually found smoking cigars or some other vice. He considers himself a bit of an expert on alcohol and is often found drinking.

He purposely gravitates towards a human perception of class, dressing in sharp suits and rich fabrics, but he enjoys being seen as approachable and eccentric nonetheless. Like his wife and son he has extensive tattoos on his body and many piercings, his nasal piercing being the most notable.

	Personality

Best described as clever, Jakarn is quick-witted, observant, and charming. He has a warm and friendly persona, making him approachable and genial. He likes to meet and talk to new people and is very outgoing and gregarious. In many ways he is the perfect diplomat, able to appear careless and open without actually being so. A childhood and adulthood in the cutthroat politics of his native planet have made him a man capable of many masks and crystallized his worldview into one much more pragmatic than most people realize.

Still, the destruction of his species softened him considerably. He is very caring towards his army of children and lovers, and always approaches relationships with the comfort of everyone involved in mind. He is generally respectful, cheerful and supportive. As a father he could be better - his tendency to wander makes him absent from most of his children's lives - but he takes care to be present whenever he can.

	History

Unlike his wife, his early life on El-Auria wasn't the best. Born into the ranks of the Eccia-Cantavi, he was no one noteable, and struggled to find a place for himself at first in the hierarchical group he belonged to. It turned out that deception and seduction was his forte, and he rose not through hard work and proper promotion, but through his relationships with the rich and powerful. He was many things: a spy, a lover, a friend, a husband. He was married when he was relatively young to one of the more ambitious leaders, Kal-Esedra.

His life changed (for the better, in his option) when the clan's leader had Kal-Esedra's power revoked over a business dispute. Azera liquidated Kal-Esedra's assets and sent her into exile, and in the matriarchal society they were in, her husbands were considered an asset. Azera chose to take Jakarn for herself, and he proved to be a better asset to her than she might have expected.

The two got on famously. He was able to being out the softer side of the otherwise ruthless businesswoman, and he was happy to use his talents to her advantage. She wasn't a diplomat, but he was, and he soon fell into that role. He was quite happy with her for a long time, extremely proud of her children (especially those by him), and quite content with the luxuries such a life afforded him.

The Assimilation tore all of that away, quite literally; his entire family was lost, save his wife. His brothers, mother, father, sisters, his children - all gone. For a man who put a lot of stock in his family and friends, the blow was shattering.

He deals with it quite differently than his wife, however, and after the home world's destruction the two grew apart. Where he internalized his grief and sought to rebuild his family network and his fun, dangerous lifestyle, she retreated into exile. Now their marriage is mostly forgotten. They remain in contact, but even he struggles to speak to her on equal footing these days.

Zakarn took to seeking out and learning about the Alpha Quadrant, and his adaptable nature served him well. Able to sit comfortably on both sides of the law, he's not happy unless he's in a bit of danger. He likes to have enemies and likes to have friends, and emblazons his slightly dark humor into his novels. That the novels are quite popular and have made him rich and well known, well, that's quite the bonus, isn't it?

He was the one who encouraged Azera to have another child with him, though he regrets that somewhat now - his only pure-blooded child, Taelon, did little to soothe his wife's bitterness. Jakarn tasks himself now with the job of looking after the naive boy from a distance, though how his father wants Taelon to act isn't in line with what Taelon wants, either.