Anen Sonbef
| Anen Sonbef |
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 Medical Officer USS Excalibur-A |
| Gender: Male |
| Race: Laudean |
| DOB: 236207.03 |
| POB: Maahes, Til'ahn |
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| Dr. Anen Sonbef is a Laudean Émigré and a Medical Officer aboard the USS Excalibur-A. A man quick to smile, Anen is not a broody, stuck in the past exile and is a kind and caring man who is also a bit unorthodox, but on the tame side of the spectrum. Below the smile is a deeply philosophical man who is fascinated with questions of Life, Religion, Death and Existence itself.
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Anen is a handsome man who lights up a room and draws the attention of others almost instantly. His soft, kind, but vibrant yellow eyes match his electric personality, and his pretty face and smile compliment his gregarious nature well. Distinguishing Marks
Tone/PersonalityQuick to smile and at ease in social situations, Anen is undaunted and happy, though is not peppy and he would never be considered 'annoying'. He is subdued in his joy and has a deeply philosophical side that most do not often get to see. Anen often tells it like it is, though he is measured and fair in doing so, often breaking open his 'ships stores' to level with a patient or a fellow officer. His accent is a sort of haughty, perfect one, to go along with his perfect smile. It carries well in all situations and is rather curious mixed with his happy spirit but sometimes poor command of Federation Standard. Some have said it's the voice of an angel, either a guardian one, or the heavenly voice of divine joy. He's also more than a bit mystical and eccentric, though these are manageable and well thought of traits, rather than a hindrance to his duties or annoyance to others. He doesn't particularly care for rank or title, favoring neither 'Doctor' or 'Lieutenant' over the other, hee would rather go by 'Anen' when possible, and sometimes demands it of close friends, regardless of situation. That being said though, most know him by 'Doctor Sonbef', or some variation there of. One thing he does not like being addressed as is 'Lord' or 'Anen of Imyremeshaw' (would it be that anyone could pronounce it). He also dislikes being called 'Sir' by his subordinates, favoring a neutral address like 'Doctor' or his rank. A profoundly powerful Fielder, Anen is very much in touch with the energy of the world around him and the people inhabiting it. His abilities have not isolated him though he sometimes struggles with describing an entire dimension of reality that others cannot perceive. Morality & Personal PhilosophyAnen is a great scholar of philosophy and religion, fascinated by the great questions of existence. He also reads the science in connection or in opposition to these theories voraciously and is both a fervent believer and a great skeptic. Much of his theology and indeed, his 'need' for some purpose, some guiding hand, is motivated by his fear of there not being anything beyond the material. At the same time he is a profoundly rational and skeptical, but not cynical person, not closed off to the ideas of Gods and so called 'magical thinking' but doesn't see them in line with his own experience. He struggles with these conflicting convictions constantly, but is no longer silently wrenching himself over it. Or is he? Anen is a bit of a priest when it comes to his convictions. He is quick to forgive, almost making it look easy, and preaches compassion, tolerance and restraint, though not to the point of pacification or inaction. Anen does believe in the utilitarian nature of violence, but not in a way that numbs one to the potential pain and suffering such violence might cause on both sides. Violence may be necessary but it must not be used as an excuse, and must be sought after all other options have been completely explored and exhausted, or when there is no other tangible alternative. He full heartedly believes that one must always face the consequences of their actions and never try and rationalize their mistakes and hard choices away. Anen believes that is the only way to ensure personal growth. Thoughts On The Great RevolutionSonbef, Anen/The Great Revolution
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Reading: Anen isn't up to date with many of the classics of Earth culture, having grown up on a far away world and he enjoys reading them immensely, from such 'juvenile' selections as "The Cat In The Hat" to "Paradise Lost" and 'Finnegan's Wake'. He prefers hard copies to reading off of PADDs, disliking the small screen and complaining that it causes his mind to wander too much. With the physical feel of the book in his hands, he stays committed to the story.
This is perhaps linked to his Laudean Synesthesia, and he associates 'Green' with favorable thing or more interesting or potent fields of energy.
Sometimes observed with Laudeans with strong Fielding abilities, Anen has near perfect pitch. He rarely sings now, but was in a band at the Academy where he also learned how to play several electronic instruments, including a modified version of the Theremin, which he plays quite beautifully. Family
Anen had a very happy (but not necessarily close) relationship with both of his parents. He was arguably the apple of their eyes, and the most favored son, despite being their second born. Anen revitalized their sometimes strained and in flux marriage, as the two were never in love with each other in the first place. With the Anen bringing a smile to their faces, they turned to each other and grew to have a great affection for one another that eventually blossomed into love, though with a notable lack of torrid passion.
 A kind man, sympathetic but firm in his convictions, Duanre was a good man, a good councilor and a good father. A moderate and liked by many, Duanre thought he could control the more violent movements of the Revolution. In doing so though, he missstepped, and drew the ire of the revolutionary gangs. Seeing that it was no longer safe, he sent his family away while he himself stayed behind to try and control the situation. In the last days of the Revolution, revolutionary gangs stormed the palace and slaughtered many of the nobles and government officials who remained, leaving only the immediate Royal Family unharmed. Many of the corpses could not be identified and many more were lost in the succeeding months. It is probable, though not confirmed, that Grand Vizier Duanre Sonbef is among the deceased.
 A somewhat tragic figure, Princess Gautseshen, Lady Sonbef, was a widely admired figure in the days before the Revolution. Admired for her charity, hospitality and moderate political views, she was initially sympathetic to democratic stirrings. In full revolutionary fervor however, her own beliefs mattered little. Like the rest of her family, she was forced to flee for her life when the Revolution hit its most violent phase. Fleeing with her children along with most of the other high-ranking nobles and royals, she settled on Betazed. It was there that she learned of the probable death of her husband, and her descent into a deep depression quickened. Unable to comprehend such a betrayal by her own people, Lady Sonbef is now a broken woman, who spends most of her days, sitting with a vacant look in her eyes in the gardens of the First House of Betazed.
The third child of four, Anen was planned and born out of a singular attempt by his parents at the betterment of their relationship. Despite his third-born status and second-born son, Anen was his parents' favorite child, particularly his father's. Anen always thought he got along well with his siblings but in the aftermath of the Revolution and the family's falling on hard times, his relationship with his brother Djoser is volatile and resentful at best. His relationship with his other two siblings is near non-existent, though not by his own choice or his own lack of effort.
Itet used to be the Belle of the Ball and a bright young woman. Now she whittles her time away on Betazed in a blasé state of mind, engaging in mindless pleasure and consumed with novelty. One couldn't say that she didn't do this before, but now she's less happy and is perpetually and easily bored. She's dead behind the eyes and like her mother, has become something of a tragic figure. Anen often writes her. She never writes back.
Extremely conservative and reactionary, Djoser has a bitter taste in his mouth over the Revolution and where his mother and sister sink into despair and his brothers quickly move on, Djoser has been determined to hock the anti-Revolutionary cause to anyone who will listen. He is something of a leader among the Emigres on Betazed and has organized political machinations on, but has not returned, to Til'ahn. Djoser has taken up the mantle of Lord Sonbef and feels the weight of his fallen House is on his shoulders and that he will make it great again. He cares deeply about his mother and wants to make everything like it was before, for her sake and for his entire family's. His extreme devotion to family and 'the cause' has isolated him from his brothers, who seem more than willing to accept the new reality of a new Til'ahn.
But a child of 10 when the Revolution occurred, Teos was extremely affected by the uprooting of his family and the destruction of their way of life, but in time, assimilated well into Federation and Betazoid society. Not as political as Djoser or apolitical as Anen, Teos would rather be just a noble, with the privileges that brings. He is engaged to a Lady of the Fourth House of Betazed, though Anen has not yet been invited to their wedding. Colleagues
ChildhoodBorn a noble of House Imyremeshaw of the Kingdom of Bryque on Til'ahn in the city of Maahes, Anen wanted for little as a child. A Prince by birth, Anen's mother was a member of House Reidar and a relative of beloved Empress Meskhenet, while his father's family was of Damodara Commoner extraction, but had been raised to nobility and had produced several Viziers, perhaps due to their close ties with the ever powerful Fielding League. Born a powerful Fielder and into a distinguished Noble (even Royal) House, Anen was predetermined to be destined for great things. Educated by the best tutors, and instilled with a noble value of Noblesse Oblique, in line with Byrque values of Community and cooperation. Anen was known as a bright, intelligent and enthusiastic child, who was the light of his parent's lives. His interest in the arcane and also the healing arts presented themselves in these early years and he underwent training by the masters of the Fielding League, while also studying areas of medicine and political theory. On the cusp of adulthood, he was recognized as the shining future and favored son of House Imyremeshaw and he was given a token, if official position in the Royal Court beside his father. He later chose to enter the University of Maahes, despite the growing discontent with the Monarchy after first contact, studying to become a medical Doctor. Early Studies and Revolution2380 would prove to be a turbulent year for all of Til'ahn and the University of Maahes was a hotbed for revolutionary activity and democratic thought. While a student of the sciences and a noble himself, Anen couldn't help but be swept up in it. He associated with moderates, much like his mother, though he also engaged in debates with his more radical peers. Eventually those 'radicals' became violent when change proved too slow. In the course of The Great Revolution, Anen was forced to leave his schooling and seek shelter in the palace walls. While he still snuck out to attend rallies, he quickly learned that it would no longer be safe to remain in the city, or even the planet. Anen's father saw a similar situation, especially after brutal massacres of nobles or those sympathetic to the Monarchy all over Til'ahn. His mother Gautseshen had remained in contact with Betazoid nobles who had attended one of the First Contact galas a year earlier, and like many other nobles, arranged to be transported to Betazed. The FlightIt took weeks for those ships to arrive though and the Revolution was entering its most violent phase. The Palace was almost breached twice and when an evacuation of the royal family was attempted, the arriving shuttles were shot down by small arms fire from the protestors outside. For over two weeks, they were trapped, huddling together in fear of what might come. Eventually, reactionary military forces broke the siege of the Palace and the nobility of Byrque began a mass exodus to Lokesh City, where they boarded any off-world transport they could find. Anen and his family were fortunate to gain passage on one of the first transports to leave, and were quickly ferried to Betazed. All along the trip through Federation space though, news from Til'ahn continued to arrive over subspace. While the details were sketchy, a violent, total planetary coup appeared to be in progress and all of the monarchies of Til'ahn appeared to be falling. Death lists of those nobles who had emigrated were posted by revolutionaries, the members of House Imyremeshaw among them. Once a Prince, Anen was now an exile, with nothing left than an empty title from an insignificant world.
BetazedLife as an Émigré was not without its struggles, even for the indomitable spirit and smile of Anen. He took the death of his father hard, though rarely showed it as a service to others. His mother sank into a deep despair, one she has, to this date, not come out of. His siblings coped in other ways, most throwing themselves into something to take their minds off of their surroundings as relying on the charity of others. Itet became the mistress of a Betazoid man of the First House, whose hospitality they enjoyed, while Djoser helped to form a council of Émigrés, hoping to gain support for their cause. Anen coped by reading, reading everything he could, in a way, continuing his studies that had been so rudely interrupted. While he would never admit it, part of Anen was glad to be rid of the responsibility, obligations and other entanglements that came with being nobility. For the first time, he found himself able to chart his own path without any preconceptions or predeterminations. He was free to chose and after many months of thinking, he once again set on the path to become a Doctor. This was a fairly innocuous decision until Anen made the astounding decision to join Starfleet. As a person granted asylum, he didn't need a letter of recommendation, and was able to enter the Academy in the Fall of 2381. The Early AcademyA man from a somewhat technologically backward and isolated people, Anen's first months at the Academy were a complete culture shock. While he had learned enough complex knowledge required to enter the Academy, he found his knowledge of things like the advanced sciences and the entire history and culture of the Federation to be a bit alien. He had to work extremely hard in these opening months to catch himself up to speed on what it seemed was just about everything. While Anen had received a stellar education by Laudean standards, it had gaping holes in the context of advanced Federation knowledge. Fending totally for himself was also a bit of a minor, but persistent struggle. Not only separated from his family, but also the comfort and services of his noble rank, Anen found that while he might have been a rugged individualist and independent by the standards of a nobleman, he was not nearly as self-sufficient as everyone else. Learning to pick up after himself, get himself out of bed and perform the daily minutia like everyone else was a steep learning curve for the somewhat pampered Prince. Adding to that the intensive and rigorous studies of the Academy, Anen's perpetually happy demeanor was strained under the stress of so much new knowledge, experiences and cultures. Anen also had some difficulty with Federation Standard and to this day is a bit hopeless without the Translator. Later YearsIt took quite a while but by the end of his sophomore year, Anen had acclimated well to Federation society, finding it to be his kind of place and Starfleet his corner of it. He enjoyed the nightlife of San Francisco and the many knew things he got to experience just on Earth. His mind utterly exploded in wonder during his final two years at the Academy when he was exposed to the vastness of space and the many worlds and cultures that comprised the Federation. During his Cadet Cruise aboard the USS Shanghai, he slept not in quarters, but in the a small storage room with a view of the stars, reflecting his sometimes childlike curiosity and sense of wonder at the Galaxy he had only recently been exposed to.
Starfleet Medical AcademyAnen's years in Medical School were a series of parties and adventures, fun and revelry that while never getting totally out of control, was never exactly tame. Anen studied hard and blew off steam anyway he could, the other students felt similarly. While his classmates went all out, Anen was always a bit more subdued, reveling not so much in drink and fun as the experience of doing new things in a new culture. His homeland was very touristy and as a noble, he had experiences with wild parties, but there was something different about going out as a student with a bunch of friends, peers, and doing odd little things on top of partying. It was profoundly 'normal' to him, and he enjoyed it immensely. Anen often took the time to travel during his school breaks, journeying to Africa (specifically Egypt and Kenya), Australia, Chile, the state of Kerala in India and Iraq on Earth and parts of Vulcan, Andoria and Betazed. He also read voraciously on the history and culture of the Federation worlds, and while his knowledge is spotty at best, he is quickly catching up on decades, if not centuries of history that others take for granted. Anen graduated in the early summer of 2389, and was assigned to a short, five month rotation on Starbase 118 as a junior Medical officer. His graduation from Medical School was one of the happiest days of his life and the fulfillment of many earlier dreams. Unburdened by the responsibilities and obligations of his noble rank, he was finally able to pursue life on his own terms and had a profession he could call his own. More than that, he had earned it all without his family's title, rank or assistance. Perhaps befittingly, none of them attended his graduation ceremony. Starbase 118Anen's time on Starbase 118 was short, but left a profound imprint on him. His first assignment and first true exposure to the rhythm and culture of life not just in Starfleet proper but also in deep space, Anen found his rotation on the Starbase daunting, exciting and trying all at the same time, and he reveled in it. During this time he would first meet Kalianna Nicholotti, his one-time and future Commanding Officer. He observed her promotion to Captain and the rest of the dramatic events that occurred on Starbase 118 in the later half of 2389, before being rotated off station to his first true assignment. The MandelaHis education formally complete and his acclimation to Starfleet and the practical applications of his medical knowledge deemed a success, Anen was transferred to an ageing Excelsior Class ship, the USS Mandela. The Mandela was assigned a survey and patrol route along the 'western' edge of the Federation, from the Badlands to the Tezenkethi and Ferengi borders. During this time Anen served with distinction, most notably during the rescue of a Sheliak dignitary and treating the crew of a damaged Ferengi Marauder. While he accidentally placed the Marauder's Damon into a coma and is still being sued for mal-practice by other members of the Marauder's crew, Anen's service was duly noted by the ship's captain, Lucien Al-Kadir. Captain Al-Kadir and Anen would grow exponentially closer when a mysterious Cardassian came aboard the ship after being rescued. This Cardassian was a noted war criminal and Captain Al-Kadir blamed him for the deaths of his wife and children in the Cardassian Wars. The events set in motion by this incredible happenstance would taint several careers and drive the Mandela into decommissioning. When Captain Al-Kadir tried to kill the Cardassian, Anen stopped him, igniting the Captain's fury. The Cardassian then managed to escape the Mandela and Captain Al-Kadir sent his ship and crew on a brutal manhunt all over the sector for the better part of two weeks. When they finally came across the Cardassian, Captain Al-Kadir ordered his ship to be destroyed. Later, during his court martial, Captain Al-Kadir sought Anen's consult about the preceding events, stating that killing the Cardassian had not made him feel any better. After a long conversation, Captain Al-Kadir resigned but in his last official act as Captain, promoted Anen to Lieutenant and had him transferred to the USS Halcyon, an experimental uprated Prometheus Class Long-Range Tactical Explorer. The Halcyon
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