Ylvia Skelgard

Ylvia Skelgard
Biographical Information
Race	Kiffar
Homeworld	Kiffex
Mother	Myilda Skelgard
Father	Vizimir Skelgard
Spouse	N/A
Siblings	Solveig Skelgard (sister), Hakon Skelgard (brother)
Children	N/A
Born	Year -8 Day 132
Imperial Service
Branch	Imperial Army
Positions	Imperial Army Second Lieutenant
Prior Service	Imperial Academy Recruit
Awards

Recruit Ylvia Skelgard is a young and joyful Kiffar female and currently has enlisted in the Imperial Academy to further her career within the Galactic Empire.

Early Life

Ylvia Skelgard was born on Year -8 Day 132 by the Combine Galactic Time in the northernmost region of Kiffex where with her two siblings and dozens of cousins she had spent most of her life and only few times left her homewolrd to visit her uncle Ygremor on Kiffu. Because of her Kiffar clan origins, Ylvia developed an aptitude in hunting and from early childhood went to all Skelgard's gatherings that always started with the ceremonial Grand Hunt in the forests and fields of Kiffex. There clan retainers and family members tried to prove their prowess to each other and to Pegrotis - God of the Hunt. Her clan itself - Clan Skelgard, in which she was born in to, had always been known to foster artisans of various trades, most notably her father Vizimir Skelgard was a well-known blacksmith and forge always needed helpful hand, where Ylvia was eventually put to work as she reached her teenage years. Long hours and many days there ironing the metals and smelting them in tools and weapons of war, had resulted in Ylvia becoming physically strong and adept in metallurgy. During these teenage years she found inspiration in life through art and as such one of Ylvia’s favorite pastimes was to wander the great wilds and capture the unspeakable beauty of nature on an empty canvas. In her room at Skelheim Greathall where she grew up there is a wall that is covered by her earlier works.

As she reached full adulthood, she became interested in political side of the Galaxy. Even if Kiffex was a neutral planet, her clan was always considered pro-Imperial, both from rhetoric's against the New Republic that were thrown out by her father to the clan's overall given encouragement for its members to join the Galactic Empire. This made Ylvia to grow up in atmosphere that harbored warm sentiment towards the New Order, and as such when she reached twenty-six years, she embarked on the service in the Empire and joined in the Imperial Academy to serve faithfully to the Imperial cause and make her clan proud.

Imperial History

Imperial Academy

Twenty-six year old Kiffar arrived at the Prakith Imperial Academy in her personal Starwind-class Pleasure Yacht called Crimson Rose, that she was given by her father to celebrate the occasion of being accepted and starting her career in the service of the Empire. The place to Ylvia was a sharp contrast to her every day life on Kiffex, as there she grew up in an secluded clan community and rarely saw alien species or was exposed to grander places than few larger settlements on Kiffex, but at the academy there were dozens of recruits, droids, Training Officers and even aliens she had never seen or heard about, all bustling about and paying no attention to her. Ylvia was soon assigned to an brilliant Training Officer - Elaine von Veritrax, under whose guidance she took first steps in the service of the Galactic Empire.

In few weeks of her time in the Imperial Academy, Ylvia was given her first command of two Stormtrooper recruits: Alsten Virai and Astrid Cote, with whom she was tasked to investigate disturbance in an energy supply in the adjacent district. Using QH-7 LAVr Chariot as their mobile command center, the small fireteam set forth. They traced the power disturbance to an abandoned warehouse complex where they detected an energy anomaly, upon closer investigation a group of assailants opened fire on them. Taking cover and being pinned down, Ylvia ordered Stormtrooper recruit Astrid, who was at the time in the Chariot to lay down suppression fire on the enemy who was taking defensive positions within one of the warehouses. Using the assailants shifted attention, Ylvia with the other Stormtrooper recruit Alsten rushed forward and tried to shift momentum of battle in their favor, but with no success, as they didnt pack much firepower themselves besides Chariot's main gun. With Imperial reinforcements on their way and ether being emboldened by rush of adrenaline or just feeling brave, Ylvia devised a plan to use the speeder as a battering ram charge forward inside warehouse where the enemy was holed up. The plan was resounding success and soon the fireteam was inside, taking battle to the enemy, which then revealed to be Old Seperatist Battledroids. Using viewports of the Chariot and its superior armor, Ylvia and the recruits were able to take out the forward defenses from relative good and mobile cover. They soon rushed forward trying to locate the real culprits behind the defensive automatons. Deeper in the warehouse, the team discovered an battered YT-1300 and meager remaining defenses that consisted of the same Old Battledroids. Having her fireteam to engage them, Ylvia rushed forward and entered the YT-1300 where she managed to capture two Jawas. Securing them and delivering them to the field Imperial reinforcement command, Ylvia was met by her Academy training instructor Elaine von Veritrax who had personally arrived to present her ribbon that she graduated Imperial Academy with Honors. Feeling pride and accomplishment that day, Ylvia was met with another discovery as her stunt had landed her rank of Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Army

Assets

As being part of an well off Kiffar clan, Ylvia was able to acquire few selected items for her own need or pleasure.

Ships

Crimson Rose

Crimson Rose is an Starwind-class Pleasure Yacht and is currently owned by Ylvia Skelgard. The ship was gifted to Ylvia by her father Vizimir Skelgard upon her acceptance within Imperial Academy. The Yacht itself is outfitted with large lounge and a spacious bedroom, as well as a library containing many books and data archives on life outside Azurbani system and galaxy at large. There is also a small art-studio and a starport area for Ylvia to use and gaze outside to the stars and paint the beauty of universe.

Dynamic Class Freighter - Twilightstar

Dynamic Class Freighter Twilightstar was acquired by Ylvia to serve as her personal transport.

Vehicles

Rayback