Valerian Mengsk
Valerian Mengsk is a male video game character who features in StarCraft.
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Biography
Valerian Mengsk was the male human son of Arcturus Mengsk who lived in the Koprulu Sector with their homeworld being the planet Korhal. The actions of his father and his resistance group the Sons of Korhal helped in toppling the ruling Terran Confederacy government that was replaced by the Terran Dominion. Thus, his father ruled the human colonies as Emperor with Valerian growing up as prince of the nation.
For seven years, Juliana taught her son about what a great man his father was, and he became a budding archaeologist, frequently digging up 'fossils' in the family garden. Juliana finally allowed her father to contact Mengsk just as the Guild Wars were ending and he making a great prospecting find. Arcturus Mengsk was surprised and mainly displeased. He made an effort to connect to his son, but they had little in common. Arcturus disagreed with the way Juliana raised her son, and quickly threw out his books and replaced them with ones he preferred. Arcturus considered Valerian to be weak, and tried to instruct him in how to 'be a man', such as teaching him to shoot. The efforts were a failure, and Valerian felt that his father only noticed the things he couldn't do. The only activity the two could enjoy together was fencing with wooden swords. Arcturus Mengsk spent a week on Umoja, sending a message to his parents in the newly declared independent Korhal. The returning news was dire — the Confederacy had killed his parents and young sister, and Mengsk realized that his son would be next. He immediately ordered Valerian and his mother sent into hiding. Over the next eleven years Valerian had to move from world to world, generally in Umojan territory; the Confederates sent assassins against him at least once. While in exile, his mother imparted her values to him; that freedom and liberty were basic human rights. As he grew up, Arcturus Mengsk tried to mold Valerian's upbringing to resemble his, starting by hiring his old fencing instructor, Master Miyamoto, to teach Valerian all methods of fighting — martial arts, Japanese sword fighting, combat gear and the use of a gauss rifle — as well as academics. Miyamoto declared Valerian to be his finest sword fighting pupil. Valerian would learn little of his father, as most of the information came from propaganda about the Sons of Korhal. He did acquire a servant, Charles Whittier, although he distrusted this "minder." He was kept in a wealthy lifestyle, due to his father's rich prospecting find. Valerian chose Van Osten's Moon to hide from the Confederacy because strange alien ruins had been discovered on the planet. However, he had little opportunity to look at them, since his mother was suffering from terminal cancer, and he spent a great deal of time and energy trying to learn about the illness. Valerian had his second meeting with his father eight years after their first meeting on that world. They connected a little, as Arcturus said he was proud of Valerian, including how he was becoming his own man, and admitted to trying to control him as his own father Angus had tried to control him. He also told Valerian that history would sweep him up and make use of his talents.
On Umoja, Valerian Mengsk's mother, who had become disgusted with Arcturus, warned Valerian not to let his father control him. Valerian was finally able to see his father again six months after the establishment of the Terran Dominion, when Arcturus made his first official visit to Umoja since his coronation in order to make public Valerian's existence as his heir... after negotiating passage to the surface. Ailin Pasteur insisted the fleet of capital vessels that Arcturus had brought with him stay beyond the outer markers. The emperor had to travel in an obsolete gun cutter with only about a dozen marines and two Wraiths to protect him. The Confederate Resistance Forces had learned about the visit, and struck at this moment of vulnerability. Their superior air forces severely damaged the cutter, causing it to fall into an underground landing platform and their laser fire killed many people, forcing Valerian to dive to the ground; he was nearly killed. He helped his mother into the safety of the Pasteur home; she had been restricted to a wheelchair by that point. Meanwhile, at least 30 Confederate marines, led by Arcturus' old instructor Captain Angelina Emillian tried to assassinate him, while communication with the Dominion fleet were cut off.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Although he proved that he has the ability to be ruthless, Valerian holds liberty to be a fundamental human right; a belief passed on to him by his mother. Unlike his father, Valerian admired Jim Raynor and how he proved to be a thorn at his father's side despite the odds. Valerian had a deep rooted classical concept of honor that he learned from his instructor Master Miyamoto, and had an instant dislike for men he viewed as 'dishonorable'.
Since he was a child, Valerian had a deep love of aliens, even before the discovery of the protoss and zerg. As a child he idolized his father, and desperately wanted his attention, but was scorned for not being what his father wanted. He took his stern face and willpower from his father, but a gentleness from his mother.
His mother Juliana Pasteur was a paralegal where after following their romantic union on Tyrador IX Mengsk promptly stopped seeing her.
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Valerian Mengsk was created by Blizzard Entertainment where he was voiced by actor Josh Keaton and featured in the setting of the StarCraft universe.
Appearances
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty:
- StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm:
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