Rodon Spectre

"I made choices in my life that sealed my fate. I'm beyond redemption. But even the damned are capable of doing some good."

Background
Rodon was once a noble from Alderaan, who wished to be a part of the legendary Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders when he grew up. One day, his best friend, Clara Ordo, left to go do special training with Mandalore, and the two fought because he could not go with her. Later that night, his home was attacked by Sith assassins and everyone he knew was killed.

He hid in his secret hiding spot until nightfall, while watching what was happening through a crack in the floorboards. At nightfall, he snuck out of the house seeing all the corpses but was attacked by some assassins who had not left yet. He was saved from death by the Mandalorian Kaz Ordo; whom he spent eight years rigorously training with before committing to the way of the Mandalorians and becoming a bounty hunter.

Personality
As a child, Rodon appeared to be quite energetic and talkative. He was also shown to be very close with his parents, happily rushing towards his father Jol and his step-mother Anara when they returned from speaking with their great hunt sponsor.

The deaths of his parents scarred Rodon both emotionally and physically, and he would pursue the ones behind his personal tragedy for the next twenty years. Rodon became a very quiet, stoic and serious individual during that time period, often interacting with people solely for information gathering.

Rodon's defining trait is his composure; even during the direst situations and when faced against emotional events, Rodon tends to keep to himself and remain calm and collected. He is rarely consumed by blind rage, instead falling back on tranquil fury during which he will gun down anyone who stands against him.

Despite his distant and cold attitude, however, Rodon is not without humanity; in his years after his parents' deaths, he would journey with a droid as his companion, and when it was destroyed by bandits, he quickly drew his blade to avenge it. He also appears to have a soft spot for Clara who remains his only semblance of being able to have a quiet life.

Often overlooked due to his obsession with bounty hunting and his stoic demeanor, Rodon is a kind individual. Rodon has also been shown prioritizing the safety of companions and civilians over his obsession with bounty hunting, notably seen when he protected his former home planet and was willing to give up everything he had to gather help in making sure it had enough protection. For these reasons, he has become renowned as "Alderaan’s Avenger."

Rodon also seems interested in learning new ideas from people of all walks of life. He is always looking for new knowledge to absorb, mostly to find more efficient ways of tracking, trapping, and hunting bounties. In turn, Rodon has exceedingly high knowledge of all types of monsters and different species. He holds his mother's words and teachings with high authority, as he believes she is always right without a doubt. As Rodon spends more time with his companions, he has started to become more socially adept, thinking more about others and on rare occasion, making remarks involving dry humor.

Appearance
Rodon is a 30-year-old man, that stands at 1.85 meters, with a muscular build, and has dark skin with long, dark black hair and a stubble. His face bears several scars from what appears to be past hostile encounters, with a fading burn scar around his left eye. His body is also covered in scars from the training he was put through and his many hunts.

Rodon Spectre wore a traditional Mandalorian helmet made of beskar. His helmet was capable of tracking heat signatures, long-range audio, and could detect recent footprints left on the ground.

Unlike most Mandalorians, Rodon’s armor was not made of beskar as he used it to create his beskar sword instead he utilizes pieces of durasteel for his armor, which included a shoulder pauldron, a plated vest, two pauldrons (one bearing his signet, the symbol of house Rist), two gauntlets, two greaves, and two boots. Spectre's final suit also included non-beskar components, including bandoliers, a duster, and a belt with a pistol holster.

The vambraces were made of beskar and contained a whipcord launcher in the right, a knuckle plate vibro blade in the left, and a flamethrower in each. He usually carried a modified RA-4C blaster pistol holstered in his belt, a vibro-knife sheathed in his boot, and a sword made of beskar, which he carried on his back. He also carried flash charges or thermal detonators.

Abilities
Rodon has been trained as a swordsman and sniper and can even serve as a scout when required. His style of combat relies more on pragmatism such as setting traps, using a weapon against its user, and taking whatever advantage that may come.


 * Trained Combatant: Rodon is relatively skilled in most weapons that he can get his hands on ranging from melee weapons to blasters, using them effectively enough to capture bounties. He is also capable of combating most kinds of creatures, as well as droids.
 * Swordsmanship: Rodon has complete mastery with a vibrosword. His primary weapon is a vibrosword forged from pure beskar that he made to be on equal footing when combating Jedi and Sith. He is also capable of combat with a lightsaber but prefers not to use them as 'they have no weight behind them.'
 * Marksmanship: Rodon is a proficient sniper; he can accurately shoot down anything from a distance. With his E-110 watchman ripper, he was able to fatally injure a Wookie with little effort. He is also able to quick-draw and hip fire his blaster pistol with precision, being able to take down multiple opponents in quick succession. Even with melee weapons such as vibroknives, Rodon can throw them as a last-ditch resort (or in some cases, as a sneak attack) with high accuracy at an enemy's head.
 * Strategy: Rodon is an excellent strategist, specializing in ambush and guerrilla warfare. He comes up with extraordinary plans to trap large numbers of bounties, capturing or eliminating them with efficiency. He has been known to be quick to take up the strategic role in any group he joins, even when the likes of non-bounties are involved.
 * Hunting Knowledge: Rodon has devoted himself to all matters related to hunting, ranging from his prey's habits to their mindsets. This makes him one of the galaxy's foremost expert when it comes to bounty hunting, a specialist without peer in matters relating to them.
 * Master Spy: His advanced and extensive training with Kaz Ordo has made him a master at stealth, espionage, infiltration, and sabotage. Rodon is capable of breaching very high-security facilities with ease and without being detected. Rodon's stealth prowess is so great that he is capable of effortlessly breaking into the Rist estate, infiltrate the Jedi enclave in a short amount of time, breaking and entering Republic and Imperial prison ships completely unnoticed. He has proven to be remarkably familiar with military protocols and codes, as he casually anticipated and countered Imperial/Republic tactics and strategies.
 * Slicing: Rodon possesses basic slicing skills being able to unlock lockboxes and to check for traps by using slicing tools, though he mentions not to expect too much from his abilities as he is not a smuggler.
 * Physical Conditioning: Rodon has rigorously trained his body, granting him exceptional physical abilities.
 * Endurance: He possesses an incredible amount of endurance and pain tolerance and has been capable of fighting even after being severely beaten. Rodon is well acclaimed to snowy mountains and cold temperatures, as he received his training in such environments.
 * Senses: Rodon is constantly aware of his surroundings, especially when it concerns bounty hunting. With the help of his helmet he is able to see things he wouldn't normally be able to see.

Becoming Mandalorian
This arc shows the journey Rodon went through before and up to taking the creed and becoming Mandalorian. Here we see him grow from the young, happy, carefree boy he once was to the scarred, battle-hardened bounty hunter he's known as. Here we are introduced to Kaz Ordo, and Clara Ordo is referenced in flashbacks and in occasionally mentioned in dialogue.

Clan of One
Clan of one is about him branching out and leaving Clan Ordo to become his own man(do). In this arc we see him embrace becoming "The Spectre" and becomes an infamous bounty hunter. Here we are introduced to Clara Ordo, she helps humanize him and becomes his voice of reason..

The Five Blades
This is the final arc on Rodon's journey. Here he fights a sith cult called The Five blades after learning that they're responsible for the murder of his family.

Clara Ordo:
Rodon Spectre and Clara Ordo were best friends when they were kids. By chance, they reunited as young adults unknown to the girl that he had been taken in and raised as a foundling by her father.

Despite the trauma he suffered and years of separation, he still cares deeply for her in his own way. This was seen when he makes traps around her ship to prevent enemies from attacking and constantly defending her family home from them. She is also pleased that he is slowly opening up to her more with his new companions and finding it nice that he is taking it easy in his hunts.

His mother's influence and a promise to Clara’s Father when he was younger has made him vow that he will never make her cry. As a result of this promise, he claims his own life is no longer within his discretion.

Glory:
Glory was once a Padawan, and is the first person outside the Mandalorians to work alongside Rodon Spectre. They met when he saved her from being killed by his bounty, a Sith Assassin. As he continued hunting the Assassin Glory went with him. He tried to dissuade her from accompanying him, knowing it would be dangerous, but she followed regardless. He tries to make sure that she doesn't die during missions by teaching her everything he can to survive, as he felt guilty when Glory was seriously injured by a Dar'manda he once thought he could trust.

Among his crew, Glory is the closest to Rodon Spectre that he has often puts deep trust on her and her force abilities when utilizing various strategies to capture bounties. He would also praise her improving abilities and judgement, something that makes her happy.

Kaz Ordo:
Kaz Ordo is the mentor of Rodon Spectre and is the man who bought him into the Mandalorians as a foundling. He also taught him all the skills necessary to surviving the harsh galaxy and made him into the ultimate warrior.

Kaz Ordo was the one who saved Rodon Spectre's life when he was still a boy, bringing him back to Mandalore where he was trained. He taught him basic combat, marksmanship, slicing, and everything related to bounty hunting. Kaz loved to recite poems and riddles whenever he gave him hellish training to make Rodon Spectre more disciplined. He also taught him to be an independent person, which Rodon cited that he didn't teach him to become a team player.

Despite this poor treatment in training, Rodon is incredibly grateful toward Kaz and still respects him.

Trivia
Here is trivia from stuff that I might make canon to the stuff that inspired me when making him.
 * His surname Spectre is from the Mass Effect games, it's even spelt the same way.
 * Characters that inspired my OC are: Frank Castle, Goblin Slayer, Arthur Morgan, Red Harlow, Jin Sakai, James Eldridge/The Ranger, The man with no name and Boba Fett.
 * His whole story originally is about vengeance then it becomes about family
 * The song I listened too when was first creating Rodon was Frank's Choice

Reference
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