Tristan Marshall (mirror)

In the mirror universe, Tristan Marshal was one of the many Terrans who chose to join the New Terran Empire as it rose once again to power. He became personal bodyguard to General Shield, and was essential in the destruction of the Sword of Kahless. Despite living in a universe where mistrust and betrayal are commonplace, Marshal is a very honorable man.

Personality
Clever and resourceful, Tristan is also a great opportunist. This allowed him to view any chance for promotion and take it without remorse. He is somewhat distrustful of non-Terrans, except for Klingons, whom he believes would be a great asset to the Empire if they weren't their mortal enemies.

Physical Appearance
His body hardened by a youth living as a slave to the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance, Tristan is in perfect physical condition. He has brown hair and eyes, and it is believed that he shaved off his goatee.

Childhood
Tristan never knew his parents, as he grew up an orphan in a slave-camp. At a young age, he was attacked by a Cardassian rape gang, whose anti-Terran actions were conveniently ignored by the Alliance authorities. However, a Klingon named Tanas saved him from them and Tristan was unharmed and unviolated.

Tanas was the head of the House of Tanas, a Klingon house infamous in the Alliance for its revolutionary thinking and ideals on coexistence with the Terrans as well as Terran equality. They believed that the Klingon race had lost the honor given to them by Kahless in their alliance with the Cardassians, therefore they did not feel ashamed when they were discommendated from the Klingon High Council. He welcomed the slave Marshal into his house and treated him like a son rather than a slave.

It was at this time that he heard of Intendant Picard, a Terran who had betrayed his own people by becoming a servant of the Alliance. Though he was welcomed within the House of Tanas, he felt that, by living with them in "the lap of luxury", he was in fact no different than Picard, whom he detested. He left the House of Tanas at the age of 21, but vowed that he would never forget their generosity.

Piracy
Tristan saw the deplorable state in which his people existed - and whats more, at the hand of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance - and he hated it. But, feeling that it would be a betrayal of his trust with the House of Tanas to take sides, he chose to stay out. Around that time, he met Fredrick Drake (mirror), a pirate captain on his ship, the Vengeance. He stayed with them for three months, after which their ship was destroyed by the Enterprise-E under the command of General Shield.

Imperial Service
General Shield convinced Tristan that his loyalties to the House of Tanas were misplaced, and that they should be to the new empress, whom he calls the "Terran Goddess" because she has lived over two hundred years in apparent immortality. Tristan accepted, but he immediately regretted his decision when Shield had Drake executed for the sole reason that he reminded the General of his father.

Tristan never forgot this, and tried to assassinate the General once in his sleep. But Shield was aware of this and stopped it himself. Rather than kill Tristan, he decided to use his rage as a tool for the Empire, and enlisted him as his bodyguard.

One of their first actions was to assault Bajor, where a ship from an unknown coalition of aliens from the Gamma Quadrant had crashlanded. It was rumored that the ship carried an artifact of great importance to the Klingon people: the Sword of Kahless. Rather than let this unite the failing Alliance against the Empire, Shield took Marshal with him to destroy it. Upon arriving, Shield ordered Marshal to slay his old friend Tanas.