Post by Coconut on Jan 10, 2009 8:58:36 GMT -5
Henno Xiang
Emperor of the Rifters
Name: Henno Xiang
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Affiliation/Race: The Rifters
Appearance: A large mane of black, greying hair, a tanned, weathered and olive tanned face, lined and creased like old leather, black, eyes that can turn as hard and sharp as flints, and white, sharpened teeth. A jutting chin and a body stocky for its age, with a scarred body and face. Uses an artificial metal leg, hydraulically operated.
Weaponry: A handheld pistol, a variant of the MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System and a sash of grenades.
Biography: The Rift is a harsh, un-friendly place to be born, and Henno Xiang was one such child born to the exiled members of the Forerunner race in such inospitable conditions. Born to a father in the Rifter military and a mother in the Religous caste, Henno's early life was full of restrictions, rules and a harsh upbringing; his mother insisted he learn heavily of the Rifter religion, whilst his father also made sure he recieved a heavy military training, and harsh, military style rules and punishments were enforced on the young Henno, from a very early age. When he was beneath the age of two, he was entrusted to the care of a nurse, his parents often being away on business, and so had a distant relationship from his parents.
The age of three saw these harsh rules and s restrictions from his parents first come into place, much to the annoyance and displeasure of Henno and, as did most children with such restrictions enforced upon them, he set about testing the boundaries of his parents strict regime. It didn't happen many times. When he first broke one of the rules, he was punished with beatings and a lack of food for two days, leaving him with complete knowledge that the rules weren't to be tested or tried. When his nurse first spoke up against such harsh punishments, she was officially warned, and, when she was caught sneaking food to Henno, she was fired from her position and fined; Henno's father had a high position in Rifter society.
At the age of six, Henno began military training under an official tutor under the instruction of his father, learning the theory of battle first, tactics, positions and such, and then practical learning next. Whilst not training under the military, Henno was enrolled in a new scheme set up by the Rifters, where he boarded in a special school and ate and darnk a simple diet of fish, bread and water, owning no posessions except for his clothes and robes, in a religous school to teach him such things. Eventually, at the age of fourteen, Henno graduated from his military training and religous training, and was allowed to make his own decision as to which aspect of life he would carry on in.
Deciding on the military, Henno joined the Rifter military at sixteen, the standard age, and set about work for the Rifter military, soon showing himself as a good candidate for promotion and success, making his way up the order and continuing. When, at age 20, the Rifter civil war broke out, Henno was made a Sergeant for one faction, and proceeded to fight as such. The war was long and hard, and the Rifters suffered much but, eventually, Henno's side was successful and, for his actions in the war, Henno was promoted to the position of General of the army.
After ten years of being a General Henno, now aged 35, started planning for higher, greater things for himself. The current Emperor was fat, weak and more religously based, and Henno disliked that. Staging a military coup, Henno accused the Emperor of having treacherous ideals, and had him killed. Fearful, the people elected Henno as their Emperor, as he was the most powerful man under the Emperor at that time, and had a religous and military background. Henno served as Emperor for 9 years before the outbreak of a new War, in which he would lead the Rifters forwards, in force.