Christopher Halas-Hughes
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Christopher Halas-Hughes | |
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| Personal | |
| Also known as | Christopher Marik, Hellion Hughes |
| Born | 3109[1] |
| Affiliation | House Halas-Hughes |
| Family | |
| Parents | Philip Hughes (father) Jessica Marik (mother) |
| Siblings | Janos IV Julietta Elis Nikol |
Christopher Marik is the fourth child of Jessica Marik and Sir Philip Hughes.[1]
History[edit]
Christopher was an avid athlete, with a focus on extreme sports. He participated in a number of major competitions, and gained some fame beyond his Oriente Protectorate.[2]
On 2 January 3135, Christopher was granted permission to attend the Extreme Sportsman Tour, a ski tour, while awaiting further orders from his mother. He was accompanied by a Jessica-assigned handler, Charlie.[1][3] During this tour, he visited the Marik-Stewart Commonwealth with Anson Marik's permission. On 25 May, hoverboarding down Autumn Wind's K20 mountain during a week-long marathon covering most of its slopes, he chose to enter the dangerous and protected Kallfield ice slope, the one section competitors were not allowed on. He cause and survived an avalanche, earning the initially hostile nickname "Hellion Hughes" from the press.[2][3]
Despite this bad press, Fontaine Marik accepted his August request to enter the Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey on the tour.[4] There, he visited Zortman, where in September he accompanied Extreme Zine reporter Gordon Fulson into a hurricane to parachute down its eye,[5] and in October narrowly lost to Jack Scrilli in an exoskeleton pit fight.[6] By 14 May 3136, when Christopher earned first place in a ski competition on Tamarind's Otho Mountain, the name "Hellion Hughes" had gone from insult to cheer, and there were rumors that Gienah Sports wanted a line of 'Hellion Hughes' hoverboards.[7]
There was more to Christopher's tour than sports, though. In October 3136, he met Duke Fontaine Marik on Tamarind as directed by his mother, to propose an alliance against Anson Marik.[8] The Duke took him as a protégé, helping ally the Tamarind and Oriente Mariks.[9]
IlClan Era[edit]
At the start of 3151, Christopher was still at the side of Duke Fontaine, now as a military commander, after living several years in Tamarind-Abbey. As the League's parliament censured Fontaine for his unsanctioned war against the Marian Hegemony, Christopher spent a portion of his personal wealth to help defeat the Marians, hiring several mercenary units to retake the planets of the Gibraltar thumb with Fontaine's blessing.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ a b c Pandora's Gambit, Prologue
- ↑ a b Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136), p. 44: "Hellion Hughes: Time to Send Him Packing"
- ↑ a b Pandora's Gambit, ch. 5
- ↑ Pandora's Gambit, ch. 8
- ↑ Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136), p. 96: "Hellion Hughes At New Heights!"
- ↑ Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136), p. 110: "HELLION EXO-HUGHES!"
- ↑ Pandora's Gambit, ch. 13
- ↑ Pandora's Gambit, ch. 16
- ↑ Empire Alone, p. 98: "Fontaine Marik
- ↑ Empire Alone p. 17
Bibliography[edit]
- Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)
- Empire Alone (sourcebook)
- Pandora's Gambit (novel)
- To Ride the Chimera (novel)