Torl'es

Overview
''“There are two rules for success in life. Rule nubmer one; Never reveal everything you know.” ''- Agent Torl'es

Agent Torl'es is ex Imperial Intelligence member, currently working with Sith Preservation as a head of Intelligence and Infiltration Service.

Background
An ordinary agent, if there is something like ordinary in Imperial Intelligence, not knowing his past or his family, if he ever had one, engineered for perfection, doing work as he’s told or that was what everyone saw, but there always were things in the shadows and someone pulling the strings, and he always made sure he is the one pulling them. Torl'es was more than just a mindless being, something not even Sith and imperial brainwashing can take away, imperial engineering for perfect beings, with their minds immune to Force users and other control is not only their strength, but also their downfall. Signs of him not being 100% obedient started showing up after some time and he had hard time proving his superiors otherwise. Luckily for him, everyone had more important things to do since a Sith has gone rogue and everyone was focused on that other than one single agent. He was doing his job, everything accomplished successfully without any problems, or that was what his superiors thought, he in fact completed every mission, but the result was more to his liking than those of the Sith or the keeper, because he was more than a heartless machine his superiors wanted. Torl'es had his own mind, strong to resist outside influence, he knew better what to do and what is right. Thanks to his imperial training and expertise he was skilled enough to hide his disobedience and no one never knew what he was doing, only thing that mattered were results, even though they were a little skewed, everyone saw what they wanted to see. After some time, the Imperial Intelligence was dismantled and all agents were supposed to join imperial army under Sith leadership. That was everything against Torl'es' vision of future, he did everything he could and thanks to his contacts and skills, he erased himself from all official records and turned to a ghost. His actions did not went unnoticed, ex-Minister of Intelligence. noticed his actions, but didn’t do anything against him. Torl'es recieved only one message, being: „I see what you are trying to do, consider this a little help, make the Empire proud and don’t forget your roots.“ After checking imperial records and other sources of information he realized he received aid from the top. Minister of Intelligence was a good man, Torl'es knew that all along and this only strengthened his beliefs, he got removed from everywhere, like he never existed. He became an agent without any records, free to do anything. Torl'es' vision of future differs from most of those that shape the future of Empire, but he knows that only the strong empire can survive forever, for that he knows what he has to do, pull the strings from the shadows as he always did and doing dirty work no one else wants to. Now he was prepared to put all his training and expertise to good use, but not for hire, not for some heartless tyrants, he will choose who he trusts and believes in, because only strong and trustworthy allies can ensure the strength of the Empire.

Personality
Personality, such a fragile thing, the imperial intelligence is trying to strip all their agents from it, but not every time they succeed. Those that retain their personality must learn how to hide it, really, really well. One thing that helped Torl’es hide his true personality was his imperial training, hiding his thoughts and his emotions aswell as complete control over them. But deep down in his heart, he was a good person, loyal to the Empire and their cause, but his methods differ a lot from standard, because his good heart is sometimes his weakness, as he is rather to choose non-violent approach, using his mind and tongue rather than violence.

For a skilled agent there are not many things that can’t be talked out, as his years of service taught him how to talk around various people and his skill in reading someone’s personality helped him get around. But after years of service with not many superiors, he is not used to authority but he respects them, if they are in the right. After certain incidents that were classified on his missions aswell as the state of Imperial Intelligence, his dislike to Sith grew a lot, mostly to those highly arrogant who used their title to strike fear around even though they themselves accomplished very little. That is why he can’t resist having sometimes really inappropriate remarks about Sith around, testing their patience and observing their boundaries. His sense of humor doesn’t really help in such a thing either, although his tongue is skilled in many ways, humor can be taken by many as offensive or alluring.

Once he has work to do, he changes to a totally different man, with only one thing in his sight and multiple ways to get desired results. He is passionate about his work and everything he is tasked with completes with precision and to best possible results, that is, if he is not conflicted in his heart about the intent of his orders. As many Intelligence agents he knows no fear, as it is one of many emotions he chooses not to feel and ignores, and after his past experiences he never hesitates to speak up to any authority if he believes they are in the wrong, in a world where Sith consider themselves superior above others is such a skill not considered as a welcome one, but a lot of Sith if the past had to hold their hand from harming him even though they burned with hatred, because they had no better agent to do what they wanted, that is when his boldness grew even stronger, with the knowledge that when he is needed, his skills can prove useful enough to stop a Sith’s hand from punishment that would come to anyone else with the same behavior, he couldn’t resist using it, because that is how Sith work, only power and skill build respect of others. So, he made sure all his work was driven to perfection for the pure pleasure of demonstrating to all the Sith that felt themselves superior what a mere agent can accomplish.

"''He's... an eternally relaxed, composed guy with a rather specific sense of humor. This man is perfectly capable of drawing the fine line between disrespectful and light banter with his superiors, literally balancing on the verge of serious trouble into which his tongue could get him... But despite that, I could hardly accuse him of being careless or not devoted to his responsibilities. Like, those tasks entrusted to this man, as long as they are in line with his own convictions, he performs them with passion and commitment that could be long sought among the agents of the Empire." ''- Darth Argehar's report about Torl'es' probation

Skills and abilities
As every ex member of dismantled Imperial Intelligence, Torl'es is proficient in the ways of manipulation, subterfuge, intimidation, seduction, infiltration, sabotage and assassination. He's also an exceptional marksman, hardly misses his shots thanks to enhanced reflexes he acquired during his intense Cipher conditioning.

Torl'es appreciates every way of gathering information, but one of his signature abilities is the ability to break almost any cufflink or code that has been placed in its path.