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DORREK VIII

Real Name: Dorrek VIII.
Occupation: Monarch, politician.
Identity: Publicly known in the interstellar community; his existence is unknown to the general populace of Earth.
Legal Status: Citizen of the Skrull Empire with no known criminal record.
Other Aliases: None.
Place of Birth: Imperial City, Skrullos, Skrull Empire.
Marital Status: Married.
Known Relatives: R'Kill (wife); Anelle, Veranke (daughters).
Group Affiliation: Skrull Empire.
Base of Operations: Imperial City, Skrullos, Skrull Empire.
History: The son of a Skrull noble house whose family had once held the throne, Dorrek grew up a man of ambition. Like most Skrulls, he served a tour in the Imperial military; in his case, as an officer in the Imperial Star Navy. Using his political connections, he secured a place for himself in the Imperial Parliament, eventually rising to become the Minister of Logistics.

Following a disastrous attempt by the then-current Emperor to invade a small, relatively insignificant planet which the locals called "Earth", Minister Dorrek blamed the Emperor for not taking into account their spies' reports of the wide variety of powers the denizens of the planet could develop, which more than compensated for their relatively primitive technology. Gaining the support of the military, Minister Dorrek staged a coup, arresting and executing the Emperor for gross incompetence, instilling himself as the new Emperor, becoming the eighth Skrull Emperor of that name in their recorded history. To make his claim legitimate, he married the Emperor's daughter, Princess (later Queen) R'Kill (see R'Kill). Although the couple have two daughters, the union has never been a happy one. (At some point in the past, he exiled his older daughter Veranke to a prison planet for undisclosed reasons, leaving Anelle his sole heir.)

As Emperor, Dorrek VIII decided to increase the number of spies on Earth. He has been visited several times by the Earth-born adventurers known as the Fantastic Four in their capacity as ambassadors of their planet (see Fantastic Four). During his reign, tensions between the Kree and Skrull Empires have grown, threatening to erupt into war (see Kree).

It was Dorrek that authorized the experiments that gave the Skrull warriors Kl'rt and Paibok their powers (see Paibok the Power-Skrull; Super-Skrull). Following an operation authorized by R'Kill but which Dorrek did not approve of, he promoted Kl'rt to head of the Skrull Imperial Guard.

Dorrek most recently met with Emperor D'ken of the Shi'ar Empire, Prime Minister Zarek of the Kree Empire, and the Chancellor of the Charter Confederation to discuss the various empires' efforts to spy on Earth, particularly after several Skrull spies were discovered by Earth's superhuman forces (see D'ken; Shi'ar; Zarek). At the same time, R'Kill has begun to quietly gather support for a bid to overthrow her husband for the throne.
Height: 5' 4".
Weight: 135 lbs.
Eyes: Red.
Hair: Unrevealed, possibly none.
Uniform: None.
Strength Level: Dorrek possesses the normal strength of a Skrull male of his age, height, and build who is past his prime and engages in little regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: Emperor Dorrek possesses the typical Skrull shapeshifting abilities.

418 points
Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 10 [0]; IQ 11 [20]; HT 10 [0].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 12 [5]; Per 12 [5]; FP 10 [0]; Basic Speed 5.00 [0]; Basic Move 5 [0]; Dodge 8.
Languages: Skrullian (Native) (Native Language) [0].
Cultural Familiarities: Skrull Empire [0].
Advantages: Administrative Rank 11 [55]; Skrull [196]; Status 8 [5*]; Wealth (Multimillionaire 2) [100].
Disadvantages: Dependent (Anelle, Daughter; No More than 50%; Loved One) (9) [-10]; Enemy (R'Kill, Wife; Equal in Power; Rival) (9) [-5]; Hidebound [-5]; Paranoia [-10]; Stubbornness [-5]; Unfit [-5].
Quirks: Believes in "Harsh But Fair" Rule [-1]; Believes His Wife is Incapable of Betraying Him [-1]; Careful [-1]; Misogynist [-1]; Nervous Ranter [-1].
Skills: Administration (A) IQ+1 [4] – 12; Beam Weapons/TL11 (Pistol) (E) DX+2 [4] – 12; Current Affairs/TL11 (Politics) (E) IQ+3 [8] – 14; Intelligence Analysis/TL11 (H) IQ+1 [8] – 12; Interrogation (A) IQ+1 [4] – 12; Intimidation (A) Will+0 [2] – 12; Law (Skrull Imperial) (H) IQ+1 [8] – 12; Leadership (A) IQ+1 [4] – 12; Market Analysis (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10; Navigation/TL11 (Space) (A) IQ-1 [1] – 10; Politics (A) IQ+3 [12] – 14; Propaganda/TL11 (A) IQ+1 [4] – 12; Public Speaking (A) IQ+1 [4] – 12; Savoir-Faire (High Society) (E) IQ+1 [2] – 12; Savoir-Faire (Military) (E) IQ+1 [2] – 12; Shiphandling/TL11 (Spaceship) (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10; Soldier/TL11 (A) IQ-1 [1] – 10; Spacer/TL11 (E) IQ+0 [1] – 11; Strategy (Space) (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10; Tactics (H) IQ-1 [2] – 10.
Starting Spending Money: $40,000,000 (20% of Starting Wealth).

* Includes +4 from Administrative Rank and +3 from Wealth.

Role-Playing Notes:
Dorrek is a man who is constantly on the lookout for those who would usurp him the way he usurped his power. At the same time he is trying to run the Empire without getting them into a long drawn-out fighting war with their age-old enemies, the Kree; that tensions are mounting over their joint claims to a backrocket mudball whose inhabitants are getting uppity vexes him. He's increasingly paranoid, seeing enemies everywhere except where he really has them: in his own home.

Design Notes:
1. R'Kill is considered a Rival Enemy rather than a Hunter at this point because she's making life miserable for her husband. In the next few years, however, she's going to upgrade to Hunter and attempt to seize the throne and avenge her slain father.
2. Dorrek's racial High TL (from the Skrull racial package) and Starting Wealth are calculated for a TL8 campaign, as would be encountered on Earth. In a more cosmic campaign, the native TL would be TL 11; as such, he would lose the High TL trait, lowering his point value by 15 points, and his Starting Spending Money will increase from $40 million to $150 million.



When looking for pics, I discovered that the character I was really looking for was "Dorrek VII", as "Dorrek VIII" is Hulkling of the Young Avengers, son of Anelle and Mar-Vell. Still, in the Reboot I can mess with things a little.

As characters go, Dorrek is definitely past his prime for adventuring, having sat on the throne for at least twenty years and possibly twice that. I was originally going to give him several physical skills - like Running and Climbing - but then realized that they would have atrophied.