Roan Fel

"Roan Fel never really embraced the war or the idea of a unified galaxy. He went along with it as a political necessity. That's not what the Empire&mdash;what the galaxy&mdash;needs."

- Darth Krayt

Roan Fel was the third Emperor of the Fel dynasty to rule the Fel Empire, first Galactic Emperor since Xandel Carivus, and a descendant of General Baron Soontir Fel, the famed Imperial starfighter pilot.

Biography
A fully trained Imperial Knight, the master of Antares Draco, and an able military and political leader, Fel kept the Empire on a straight course, following in the footsteps of his grandfather. In order to mantain his power base and control over the Empire, he constantly played the members of the Moff Council against each other, thus ensuring they wouldn't join forces against him. However, the political scenario of the Empire would be altered by war.

In 127 ABY, Roan Fel, unable to ignore the Moff Council's power to declare war, reluctantly took the Empire to war against the Galactic Alliance, with the support of the new Sith Order. Unlike Darth Krayt and some on the Moff Council, the Emperor did not view the war as the means to achieve a grand ideological agenda. Rather, he saw it as an unfortunate political necessity, the best course of action for the Empire in a troubled galaxy. Though allied with the Sith, Fel had no desire to see the Jedi exterminated. He even forbade his Imperial Knights from fighting in the war.

Three years later, the war was over. The Alliance fell with the conquest of Coruscant. Fel asked the Jedi to surrender, and some of them did, but the majority of the Order refused. Fel ordered his forces to leave the Jedi alone, but Moff Rulf Yage and Darth Nihl undermined his orders and attacked the Temple on Ossus. The Massacre at Ossus, as it became known as, wiped out half of the New Jedi Order. It was only as the war was winding down that he realized that the Empire had been manipulated into the war by the new Sith Order and their ally on the Moff Council, Nyna Calixte. However, Fel seems to have realized that Darth Krayt and Grand Admiral Morlish Veed were plotting betrayal, and after being warned about an impending attack by Calixte, he arranged for a double to appear in his place at the meeting at which they planned to assassinate him and take power.

Thus, although the Moffs witnessed Krayt kill the one who sat on the throne when he seized control of the Empire, Roan Fel remained free to plan his response. However, his daughter and heir, Princess Marasiah Fel, was soon to be caught up in the Sith plot. Darth Talon, one of Krayt's Hands, had been sent after the Princess in the hope that she could chase her into the arms of her father, her true quarry.

Around 137 ABY, Fel returned to Bastion to retake the planet. Over the years, loyalist forces had gathered there, awaiting the return of their Emperor. With Antares Draco at his side, Fel took control of the planet, knowing that Krayt would be wary to launch a frontal assault on the heavily fortified planet.

Even though his daughter was a fugitive from the Sith, Emperor Fel nonetheless ordered his Imperial Knights not to search for her, as the Sith would likely use her to get to him. However, Antares Draco searched for the Princess, finding her in Vendaxa, where the Sith staged an attack in which Princess Fel died, though she was resurrected by Cade Skywalker. Afterwards, Princess Fel was taken to Bastion, where Emperor Fel reprimended Draco and Ganner Krieg for disobeying his orders. However, Emperor Fel, ever the astute politician, announced that he would retroactively approve the rescue mission to prevent his authority from being undermined. He also informed Draco that he would not be able to marry Princess Marasiah.

Later, he decided to form a desperate alliance with the Galactic Alliance Remnant, which the Sith attempted to sabotage with the help of Moff Nyna Calixte (who was using her Morrigan Corde persona as a disguise). The sabotage worked, and Roan Fel's forces continued to stand alone.

Later, Darth Kruhl was dispatched to Bastion to kill Fel. Kruhl failed in his mission, and Fel killed him with a blaster. Fel then had the entire crew of the Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer Dauntless, which Kruhl had used to sneak onto Bastion, executed.

By this time, Moff Rulf Yage believed that Fel was&mdash;and had been for seven years&mdash;hiding in the Chiss Ascendancy. However, the Chiss Moff Fehlaaur knew this allegation had not been proven.

Fel sent several Imperial Knights to Mon Calamari to sabotage the Advanced Star Destroyer (the Imperious) that was being constructed there. But when Admiral Stazi stole it in the Battle of Mon Calamari, the knights were able to avert disaster by informing Stazi of the sabotage and reversing it. Stazi then sent one of the knights back to Fel to tell him that he was willing to work with him against the Sith.

Behind the scenes
In a post on the Jedi Council Forums, Jan Duursema agreed with a poster's assessment of Roan Fel's age being "mid fifties". Though non-canonical, this would mean for the character to be born around 82 ABY.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 8: Allies
 * Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3
 * Star Wars Legacy 4: Noob
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5
 * Star Wars Legacy 7: Broken, Part 6
 * Star Wars Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 11: Ghosts, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 13: Ready to Die
 * Star Wars Legacy 15: Claws of the Dragon, Part 2
 * Star Wars Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5

Notes and references
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