Born 3270 as Christophe DeVarenne to the House of DeVarenne, a prominent house of some renown, boasting a heritage stretching back to ancient Earth. While Christophe was the eldest son of the House Primarch and raised on traditional Imperial values, he was considered a bit of a shiftless lay about and a playboy. While his father, Henri, was a well respected and accomplished Senator with a modest but noticeable voting power, and a adherent to the Ordo De Leone et Piscium, a Knightly Order of Warrior Poets, Christophe seemed the very antithesis of him during his teenage years. During his later teenage years, however, Christophe met the daughter of another prominent house of the Empire and became rather enamored with her. Her name was Allysa Azular. Much to his father's relief the young lady seemed to calm Christophe's rather hedonistic lifestyle. While Christophe still had a devil may care approach to life and had no real interest in taking his place in the upper crust of Imperial Society as the Heir to the House DeVarenne, he began to at least behave in a manner suited to a young nobleman.

In 3291 as his Coming of Age approached, Christophe announced his engagement to Allysa Azure. Their romance became all the rage of their local systems. Christophe began to take a real interest in his responsibilities if only to impress his fiancee's family. The relationship between Christophe and his father also seemed to improve and the two even seemed to form a mutual respect. Henri becoming even more impressed with his son and his bride to be decided he should throw Christophe a grand celebration honoring his coming of age and his engagement. The celebration would last a week and would tour some of the most regal locations in Imperial Space and even some more exotic places beyond the borders of the bubble.

Imperial Society being what it is, Henri and House DeVarenne had many rivals. It was one such rival that decided to take advantage of Christophe's celebration cruise and on the eve of his 21st birthday, the House DeVarenne flotilla was attacked. Only luck spared Christophe as he was piloting a small, one seat pleasure craft during the attack and while he sustained severe damage, the ship survived and was thrown clear of the main attack. No others survived.

Christophe awoke several days later in an orbital hospital in Federation space. He had no proof of id, no method of payment, and no one he knew or trusted. He also discovered through the news media that House DeVarenne had been considered nulled by the Imperial court as no proof of life of any member could be established. All remaining DeVarenne assets had been seized by the Emperor and redistributed. All Christophe had remaining was what was left of his Gutamaya runabout, and a case recovered from the salvage which contained a few articles of clothing that belonged to his father and a gift wrapped box that was intended for Christophe on his birthday. The box contained an old written tome of the Ordo De Leone et Piscium and a signet ring of the Lion and Fish. Since that day Christophe became a staunch adherent to the Ordo De Leone et Piscium.

His family gone, his House destroyed, the love of his life dead and a bill for his medical expenses, Christophe, because he had not had his petition of citizenship granted, faced the prospect of returning to Imperial Space and indenturing himself as a slave to pay his debts. His pride and his desire to find the culprits behind the attack led him to instead sell the salvage of his runabout which covered most of his medical expenses and a down payment for a Sidewinder. He found the local office of the independent pilots guild and registered himself. Within a week, Christophe had paid what remained of his debts. Then he left and wandered for years in back water systems doing small jobs in order to eat and occasionally entertain himself.

By 3299 he had made a decent living for himself with and earned a meager reputation. He found solace in his chivalrous practices despite being far removed from Imperial Society. He found that he missed his old life and despite the cold indifference of the Empire towards his plight and attempt to regain his family's holdings, he was ever a patriot. Unable to prove who he was in order to re-enter Imperial Society, he enlisted in the Imperial Navy Auxiliary. He figured by serving in this manner he could possibly glean some sort of information on who had destroyed his family. No such luck would befall Christophe however and soon he began to convince himself it was time to make his peace and let the ghost's of his past go.

In 3301 he happened upon a traveling opera on it's way to Achenar. Due to time constraints the captain of the vessel had decided to detour through less than secure space. Naturally, the vessel carrying all manner of artists, performers, and members of the elite peerage became the prey of local pirates. Christophe having recently finished a courier mission, flying his Imperial Eagle, Allysa's Dream II, responded to the distress call. When he arrived he knew immediately he was out numbered and out gunned. Despite this, he made the brash decision to rush the pirate raiders. His surprise tactic allowed him to disable one vessel but 5 more were on him. Using the speed and maneuverability of his ship, he weaved around and made mad dashes at the pirates in order to keep them off their intended prey. On top of this he broadcasted over an open channel to the pirates, taunting them to come after him. He did this for two hours until the Imperial Navy could arrive. Later when a passenger of the vessel described the exploits of the lone pilot who rushed to save them she was quoted as saying "He was like a wild rooster defending his flock!" From then on Christophe was known by the moniker "Rooster". (More to come)