Game History
Born in the spring somewhere in northern Naboo, a daughter in a large extended family of siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles, all part of a travelling troupe of performers. She wasnt musical so she was trained as an acrobat and did very well.
The planet celebrated the Republic's Jubilee, a full year long
celebration that drew visitors from the Inner Core and beyond, and with them came performers to entertain the throng. Isobel's family was hired to perform at a dinner party one evening where she caught the eye of a wealthy noble. Barely more than a child still, she spent the night with him only to learn that he was an extremely evil human being. He had her family brought to his villa ostensibly to perform, but then kept them in cells to use as incentive while he played mind games with her. Inexperienced in comparison this was not difficult. One by one her family died over the next few months at her hand as a result which only traumatized her more. Eventually his political enemies attacked the villa one night. She was severely wounded but managed to crawl to safety in the vineyards while he died.
Isobel found shelter and went north by night, using her looks to gain money and sustenance. She settled into a new city and attempted to associate with the underworld there, but was soon betrayed to the security forces when a delivery went south.
Isobel found it wise to move to a new city and began again making contacts,
setting up a life and trying to fit in, trying to hide. In each city something went wrong, whispers from other cities labelling her a troublemaker or informant, an occasional enemy, her own recklessness and daredevil nature causing her to often fail, each time losing her allies, money and possessions.
She began to acquire skills to get out of the streets and developed into a decent detective over time. Isobel changed worlds again, starting again hoping to start over. Things began well for her on Dantooine and she began to relax and hope she had finally broken her string of bad luck, and found herself amidst the Galactic Civil War.
Determined to stand up for herself this time she took up the cause with
more energy than a plan and soon found herself on the receiving end of Imperial might. Isobel went on the run yet again only this time her enemies included the Empire.
She moved to Tatooine and changed her name to Ross. Personal war eventually
merged with the Civil War, and she moved around with other disorganized rebel bands committing night time terror raids and blowing up things. Isobel's old enemies found her again and ran her to ground nearly killing her.
Now entering her 20s she hooked up again with the rebellion. She soon found she could not abide the Vegas base commander's handling of his people and moved on before its fall.
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Isobel's new assignment was to go undercover on the non-aligned world Vamethasqua and gather information for the rebellion on Imperial forces and weaknesses. There, she made friends and acquaintances among the Imperial loyalists and those who wanted to put their own puppet on the planetary throne... She even began working for the Prince as one of his spies in order to gain his trust. Politics and intrigues that had been building and simmering for months erupted and in the third week of January she emerged into the smoke filled bloody streets to watch the Prince Colin MacGregor destroy the fortress of his enemies, and her allies. By the end, the entire city was destroyed by Colin.
She was brought to a safe haven and stayed there with the remnants of Colin's enemies and most of her new friends until they could move to a new city hundreds of miles away. Once there and safe she was drawn into the political intrigue once more, but this time as a valued friend and fellow survivor. When the former Primogen declined to continue leading the clan in this new place, Isobel was selected.
Joining the newly formed primogen Council, her friends from Alysiana, they established guidelines for and after the need for a Prince was seen she watched the candidates sabotage themselves to the extent none of the Primogen cared to support any of them. A prince was needed however, to stem the anarchy that was increasing and so she looked for someone else. Her compromise candidate was accepted and three weeks later deposed by the Primogen after he proved incapable, but her reputation as a mediator increased as well as her political profile. After a week the Primogen decided to back Isobel as Prince.
Isobel reigned from March to July keeping peace with hostile native aliens and combatting the Sabbat, a political group dedicated to violent overthrow of Vamethasqua's current leadership. The Primogen Council was unable to dislodge them completely, but neither could the new players take over more than a section of the planet. As Prince, Isobel came to believe in the rule of law, and rule by force. That the Empire was flawed but that anarchy was worse and that without the Empire the galaxy would be thrown into chaos harming normal people like she had been. Under pressure from her former rebel associates Isobel turned on them and executed several.
Operating under a great deal of pressure and stress, Isobel began to make mistakes. Small at first. Some of these came to nothing, some added to her stress. And then a handsome, boyishly charismatic rebel leader named Tishiru Masumi arrived on planet to bolster the helpless rebel movement. Within weeks the rebels were a bigger threat than anyone else.
Isobel eloped with Tish and was married with the aid of one of her Primogen (Malakai) who desired her for himself. She resigned as Prince and within days her marriage had fallen apart thanks to Malakai's sabotage. Tish left the planet and Isobel followed him, coaxing him into returning with her. Tishiru came under attack by D'Anvers and Imperial loyalists, and took the fight directly to them. He blew up D'Anvers fortress if not D'Anvers himself. Isobel was wounded in a vehicle accident and unable to stop either.
Tishiru's own former lover, Richard Jeffers a powerful leader of the Sabbat, arrived the next night to investigate who had killed him and quickly focused his attention on Isobel. Malakai sought to protect Isobel and went to duel Jeffers. Jeffers talked him down and by the time Malakai left Jeffers had what he wanted. Malakai returned home and told her they were through, sending her home alone.
Richard's forces were waiting for her and upset. Jeffers took his prize to the Sabbat meeting that night and after being treated badly by them in his opinion, took her with him when he left. Isobel managed to get free in the vehicle and escape, and soon thereafter Morrone Prisimo, a powerful leader and her former Seneschal, returned to Vamethasqua and she moved in with him. News of Malakai's assassination reached her soon after. Isobel remained in seclusion, rarely venturing out except at Morrone's side and then Morrone Prisimo proposed and she accepted.
Soon thereafter, Morrone received information informing him that his intended bride was a Sabbat member. Coldly angry, Morrone ordered her out of his home. She went into seclusion on her island, then was contacted by the former Prince Colin MacGregor and learned that he was in fact an Imperial operative, as was Morrone. Given the choice to join Colin once more, or to die protecting his identity she accepted.
Morrone eventually forgave her, before his own death in the eternal wars of Vamethasqua. Colin's mission eventually ended and when he left he took Isobel with him, sponsoring her into the Imperial army.
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