Advisor Pyriel

The Advisor Corps doesn't consist solely of those originating from the planets of the Golden Hundred. Prior to joining the Corps, many its members have lived on remote planets of the Human Dominion Sphere - and have been discovered by those advisors whose task is to scout for talent. Even the enemies of the Protectorate can become advisors, if willing and fitting the criteria.
Over the centuries of the Imperial Legion's history, there has only been one instance of a legionary discarding one's loyalty to the Emperor, becoming a renegade, a traitor - that of Helen Pyriel, now a Protectorate advisor. No one knows for certain how has Pyriel come to hate her homeland. It could be so that she found herself in the way of the steamroller of imperial internal politics; it could be so that she had to run after being unable to complete an assignment. Imperial sources call her a talentless deserter escaping the Legion's judgement following a failed mission. On the other hand, the story prominent in the Protectorate is that of unrequited love, jealousy, and death; while most sensible people deem such talks to be nothing more than gossip, the famous holodrama "Helen on the Cross" has contributed to the version's popularity immensely.

To this day, it's known to none what has happened to Pyriel to make her switch sides; however, she is now among the most brilliant advisors. While prone to use her position for personal aims, her victories number many more than her failures. Her unauthorized raid deep behind the Empire's lines during the Second Wave, when she commanded only a small unit of marines, should've inevitably ended in her death; instead, it resulted in many months of guerrilla warfare spanning several planets at once, distracting large numbers of imperial troops.
After a successful breakthrough from the encirclement on Titanium Mask, one of the mining and industrial worlds of the Empire, advisor Pyriel was trialed for disobeying orders and conducting a military operation without permission for half a year, until the Second Wave ended. The Corps took her accomplishments into account and pardoned her. Only a few noticed that, during her raids, eight members of the Council of Lords were killed - all with Pyriel's personal participation in the operation, by Pyriel herself.

Despite leading quite a personal life, Pyriel remains one of the most esteemed and feared advisors of the Protectorate. During the Third Wave, she took part in a hundred-day-long defense of the city-planet of Velian, the last known instance of her facing lord Cross. Over the course of the battle, they clashed with each other no less than seven times; each time, an exhausting duel ended with no conclusion to speak of.
The hostilities on Velian ceased after both sides had destroyed an enemy planet each, and the treaty of Locust-Di, later dubbed the Vigilant Peace, had been signed. It's said that advisor Chang had to drag Helen Pyriel onto the ship carrying the last Protectorate regiments off-planet, and that the following quarrel that occurred on board almost destroyed the vessel - with only a joint effort of several advisors managing to harness Pyriel's explosive temper.

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Factions:	Dusty Zone Raiders, Militia of the Planet Velian, Pirates of Marcus, Ruthenian Guard, Spetsnaz of the Planet Felicia