Tor Val

Species: Malatian

Tor Val, President, Alma Nine Malatian

SV 01/2 Teal-colored skin. Bi-pedal, fingered and toed. Females had short dark blue fuzzy hair. Born that way. Never grew throughout whole life. Twice re-elected to presidency of Alma Nine. Came as first President, with original colonists from Malatia. Approval ratings still extremely high. Charismatic, believed in the "meet and greet" approach to elections. Didn't mind shaking hands, kissing babies, etc., much to disgust of her Vice, President, Saf Tah. Presidential colors were lemon and navy blue. Ten years older than when elected, didn't look older at all. Looks showed no signs of fading. Piercing eyes.

SV 01/8 How Tor Val Became President Bay Don had been Tor Val's personal assistant ever since she had taken over the role of colony leader following her husband's death during the initial journey to Alma Nine. Back then, Lad Val had been chosen as President Elect by settlers traveling on board the interstellar ship, Dessia, named after the Malatian goddess of hope.The trip from Malatia to the colonist's new home had taken several years and a strong leader was vital to maintaining the optimism necessary for the taxing journey ahead. In a free and open election, the Dessia's passengers had voted for astronautical engineer Lad Val over his closest rival, Saf Tah. And the result had been a popular one. Lad Val and his family, wife Tor Val and their daughters Ran Val and Mas Val, were seen as the ideal family unit. Young, vibrant, honest - they were the figures of hope the settlers needed after receiving so much negativity over their decision to abandon their own planet and seek their future elsewhere in the galaxy.

Then the solar panels had failed, and Lad Val needed to repair them manually. Dessia's engines unexpectedly came back online. They jolted the spacecraft and caused Lad Val to lose his grip on the hand rail he was using to hold himself in place. The carabiner at the near end of the tether maintained its grip on the hand rail, Lad Val flailed his arms in a vain attempt to arrest his momentum, and the material of the future President's spacesuit ripped apart.It took two days for the ship's course to be changed and for rescuers to devise a way to retrieve Lad Val's body from the vacuum of space. His body was given proper burial in space. This process was known as The Journey Back, and Val assumed the President's position.

SV 01/12 Assassinated in an auto accident, planned, constructed by Saf Tah.