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"Label him a deadwood soldier now
Cast away and left to roam
Rapid is the road to sacrifice
Just takes longer to come home"
—Metallica, Confusion
Aleksándr Ghost-claw Volkov, known better as Alex Ghost-Claw, is an ahroun ronin, formerly of the Silver Fangs.
Madness - obsessive and vengeful. Ptsd. Alchoholic
Will always try to fix things
Good mechanic and driver
Pack alpha
Holy klaive
Favored of sept elder alpha
Sigil of the oathbreaker
Has a new name now as ronin. Run-with-the-Hunted.
Biography
"You'd give your life away
Vanish without a trace and
You'd give your life away
Run with the hunted"
—Skyhill, Run With the Hunted
Personality
"For Alex, there is nothing more important than friendship. He is the most loyal man I've ever met—loyal beyond reason."
As a young boy, Skywalker was thoughtful and intelligent. He was friendly and easily got along with others despite his status as a slave. He also had a special place in his heart for his mother, for whom he constantly built inventions to sell or to use to lighten her workload. At the coming of the Jedi, he was both helpful and generous, doing all that he could to help them off-planet, risking his life at the podrace as well as giving them the sizable reward money which he and his mother would have had use for. Though lovable, he also carried grudges and was vengeful, but he commonly held these two traits in check. He hated being treated unjustly or being wrongly accused. He was fiercely loyal, doing anything to keep those he was close to from harm, at any cost. His only price for this dedication was loyalty in return.[174]
His separation from his mother was the hardest thing he'd ever done, and it still hurt him for years. Because of his fear of losing even more friends in such a manner, he kept to himself, fiddling around with his only friends, the Temple droids. During this, however, he grew especially close to Kenobi, considering him a father and a role model. Due to his sudden escalation from slave to being known as the "Chosen One" and the rising star of the Jedi Order, pride and arrogance set in. He became cocky, self-appreciating, and he grew to hate being reprimanded or lectured. He remained most comfortable in warm environments similar to his home planet of Tatooine and had a standing argument with Amidala regarding the temperature of her apartment, which he felt was kept too low.[278]
He was naturally honest and despised lying and deception, and especially hated politics, considering most politicians to be greedy and conceited. Kenobi's continual self-consciousness when it came to Skywalker hurt the boy, who at times wasn't sure whether Kenobi liked him, something his heart craved. Therefore, he turned to a more complimenting, comforting source: Palpatine.
His yearning to be loved, as well as appreciated, came out in his devotion and secret marriage to Amidala, one of the only three people he ever thought appreciated or cared for him. As his fame grew, he became more and more arrogant, and he knew that he was one of the best Jedi of the Order, believing that he could easily best any Jedi blindfolded with his lightsaber tied behind his back. His tenuous trust in the Jedi Order was shattered even further when he learned from a reluctant Obi-Wan Kenobi that the Jedi Council only intended to place Anakin on the High Council as a representative to Palpatine so they could use him to spy on the Supreme Chancellor's dealings, since he viewed the Chancellor as a friend, not to mention the head of the Republic, as he viewed such an action as treason. This coupled with his frustration at his perceived injustice at being kept at the rank of Jedi Knight made him more and more bitter and distrustful of the Jedi Council. His belief in them was shattered more and more as Skywalker's closest friend, Palpatine, swayed him from trusting them. Slowly, his bond with everyone except the Chancellor was completely shaken and broken, even that of his wife when he assumed that she had betrayed him. Born out of this conflict was the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.[11]
After becoming Vader, Skywalker's personality changed completely. He was now a rattled man, shaken by the perceived betrayal of his dearest friend, his former comrades-in-arms, and his wife. Upon donning the armor that kept him alive, Vader initially remained uncertain, but regained his self-confidence following his killing of Roan Shryne on Kashyyyk. He also gained a firm belief that love was a weakness and was utterly meaningless. This belief was especially prevalent during the Galactic Civil War, when Vader attempted to persuade the clone of Galen Marek not to hesitate in killing Juno Eclipse during a training session.[227] Although it was rumored that Vader had a personal fortune so massive that one could not reach the bottom with a shovel if it were in credit coins,[270] in truth Vader cared for credits only to the degree that they could help fulfill his plans.[213]
