Mitth'urf'ianico

Years prior to the Nikardun conquests, Thurfian received the assignment of recruiting cadet Kivu'raw'nuru from Rentor to join the Mitth family as a merit adoptive. Kivu'raw'nuru, then known by the core name Vurawn, hailed from a relatively obscure family with limited prestige. Regardless of Vurawn's unglamorous background, his grades, aptitude, and logic matrix were exceptionally high, marking him as an ideal candidate for cadet training at the Taharim Academy on Naporar. Thurfian was puzzled by the assignment to interview Vurawn, especially given Vurawn's immediate acceptance into the Mitth family as a merit adoptive. Thurfian then came to the realization that someone of high rank within the Mitth family was closely monitoring Vurawn, and his own role was merely to provide cover. Little did Thurfian know, Mitth family Patriarch Thooraki himself had insisted on recruiting Vurawn into the Mitth family. This strategic move likely planted the initial seeds of the strained relationship between Thurfian and Vurawn, who would later become Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet, better known as Thrawn.

Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo was known throughout the Ascendancy for his remarkable military achievements, but also for the occasional devastating political consequences of his campaigns. One such example was the Lioaoin pirate campaign. Even with Thrawn's service in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet, and the Fleet's objective to assess threats to the Ascendancy beyond its borders, Councilor Thurfian strongly opposed any action taken by Thrawn, fearing political repercussions for both the Ascendancy and the Mitth family. Thurfian often accused Thrawn of violating the Ascendancy's non-aggression protocols, even when others considered Thrawn's actions permissible. Despite the honor Thrawn would eventually bring to the Mitth family, Thurfian evolved into a staunch adversary of Thrawn. Thurfian believed that Thrawn was as likely to bring about the Mitth family's downfall as he was to bring it honor and glory. On one occasion, he collaborated with Syndic Irizi'stal'mustro (Zistalmu) from the rival Irizi family with the intention of manipulating Thrawn's career and causing him embarrassment, but their combined efforts failed to impede Thrawn's advancement.

Following Thrawn's setback at the Garwian Unity capital of Solitair at the conclusion of the Lioaoin pirate campaigns, Thurfian discovered that Thrawn had been granted the rank of Trial-born within the Mitth family. He discussed this with the Mitth Speaker, Thistrian, who explained that he was compelled to bestow this rank upon Thrawn because the Irizi were preparing to grant him the rank of Ranking Distant. Thurfian suspected that the Irizi were bluffing, hoping to push Thrawn further into the Mitth family, so that any mistakes he made would reflect poorly on the Mitth. Thistrian informed Thurfian that Thrawn had been demoted a rank but had been given command of the Springhawk. Thrawn was also being considered for the command position over Picket Force Two, which was currently stationed on the eastern side of the Ascendancy. Thurfian was pleased that Thrawn would be operating on the opposite side of the Ascendancy from the Lioaoi and the Garwians. Thurfian and Thistrian also speculated about who might be influencing Thrawn's actions from behind the scenes.

At the time of the Vagaari pirate operations, Thurfian was employed as an overseer in a transportation and commerce office. During this period, Thrawn achieved a military success but a political failure with the acquisition of a gravity well projector from Lesser Space, but at the cost of Syndic Mitth'ras'safis's life and a starship containing invaluable Lesser Space technology.

After Thrawn regained command of the Springhawk following a foreign attack on the Chiss homeworld of Csilla, Thurfian played a role in getting Mitth'ali'astov (Thalias) assigned to the Springhawk. Her initial desire was to serve as a Mitth family observer aboard the ship. However, someone within the family deliberately delayed the submission of the necessary paperwork. At the last moment, Thurfian intervened in a conversation between Thalias and the Springhawk's personnel officer. Thalias explained that her paperwork had been delayed by someone in the Mitth family, preventing her from boarding as an observer. When she mentioned that there was an opening for a sky-walker caregiver, Thurfian promptly began filling out the required forms, emphasizing the need for every ship to have a sky-walker and caregiver, given the current threats to the Ascendancy. Sensing the urgency in Thurfian's tone, the personnel officer relented and allowed Thalias to board the Springhawk. On their way to the Springhawk, Thurfian demanded that Thalias spy on Thrawn and report any misconduct back to him in exchange for his assistance in getting her on the ship.

Following Thrawn's capture of a Nikardun vessel in the Rapacc system, Thurfian and Zistalmu confronted Thrawn, Admiral Ar'alani, and Supreme General Ba'kif in Ba'kif's Csilla office. Together, they criticized Thrawn's unauthorized engagement with the Nikardun. They questioned whether an upcoming mission of Ar'alani's was related to the recent Rapacc incident. Thurfian opposed any consideration of sending Thrawn to investigate the Lioaoin Regime, reminding the group of Thrawn's past failure with them. After Thrawn reiterated his belief that the Nikardun were collaborating with the Lioaoi, Thurfian asserted that events outside the Ascendancy's borders should not be a concern. He and Zistalmu also expressed their lack of interest in the Nikardun conquests of neighboring nations. To keep Thrawn away from the Lioaoi, the Syndicure tasked Ar'alani and Thrawn with accompanying ambassador Boadil'par'gasoi (Ilparg) to the Tower Dimension capital world of Urch. Thurfian delivered this news to Ba'kif, Ar'alani, and Thrawn, much to their dismay. Thurfian also stated that sky-walker Che'ri and Thalias were to be temporarily transferred to the Vigilant while the Springhawk underwent repairs.

During the Vigilant's mission to Urch, it was targeted for capture by Urchiv-ki, Lioaoin, and Nikardun ships. Thrawn and Ar'alani decided to travel to Lioaoi to demand answers, where they discovered a Nikardun and Lioaoin alliance. Thrawn also decided to visit the Garwian Unity to request assistance with covert information gathering on other systems in the region and their status regarding the Nikardun. Ar'alani dropped him off at the Garwian capital of Solitair and arranged to pick him up at the Vak Combine homeworld of Primea. Upon returning to the Ascendancy, she was summoned to a meeting with Ba'kif, Thurfian, and Zistalmu. The syndics questioned her decision to allow Thrawn to interact with the Garwians again. Thurfian and Zistalmu reiterated their opposition to Thrawn's investigations into the Nikardun, citing the lack of evidence of Nikardun aggression towards the Ascendancy. Thurfian also inquired as to why Ar'alani was currently serving as Che'ri's caregiver, and Ar'alani explained that Thalias was on a mission with Thrawn and had personally chosen her as Che'ri's temporary caregiver. Thurfian argued that Ar'alani's admiral duties prevented her from being an adequate caregiver and proposed that a new caregiver be brought aboard the Vigilant while Thalias was away. Thurfian, wanting Thalias to remain as caregiver aboard the Springhawk, deliberately concealed the fact that Thalias was not an official caregiver and, therefore, did not have the authority to select a temporary substitute. Ba'kif stated that all available caregivers were already assigned to other ships, and Zistalmu offered that his wife (a former caregiver) could assume the role. Ba'kif agreed.

After Thrawn and Thalias returned to the Ascendancy after an attack against the Lioaoin Regime, who had attacked the Vigilant at the previous excursion to Primea, Thurfian approached Thalias, who was waiting outside Ba'kif's office, where a meeting between the Supreme General and Thrawn was taking place. He instructed her to come with him to his office. Thalias, after trying to stall and find another "more important" place to be, was forced to go with him. Arriving at his office, Thurfian instructed Thalias to tell him everything she had learned about Thrawn. Thalias continued to stall, and Thurfian threatened to rematch her to her old family (who are not doing well due to recent mineral prices). Thalias asked if betraying Thrawn was the only way that she can remain in the Mitth family, to which Thurfian retorts by stating that not reporting any questionable activity would be a betrayal. Thalias halfheartedly gave a response, stating that she has never seen Thrawn do anything questionable, but Thurfian sees through it and states that he will soon start the rematching process. Thalias pulled out her questis and revealed that she is going to the Mitth family homestead to take the Mitth Trials, receiving permission from the Mitth Patriarch. By taking the Trials, Thalias would become a Trial-born of the Mitth, thereby making it much harder to rematch her with her old family. Thalias also revealed that the Patriarch wants Thurfian to personally escort her to the homestead. Defeated, Thurfian curses to himself and agrees to take her, theorizing to himself that Thrawn must have had a hand in this maneuver.

Upon arriving at the Mitth family homestead mansion, Thurfian instructs Thalias on her first trial. He witnesses her pass this trial before spending the next day in the mansion, where he would further observe her progress. After Thalias successfully completes the Trials, she returns and meets Thurfian at the mansion. Thurfian was needed back at the Syndicure, but he was instructed to return Thalias to the Vigilant, where Ar'alani was requesting her presence. He also reluctantly confirms her status of Trial-born of the Mitth.

Many weeks later, Thrawn hatches a plan to trap and defeat Yiv and the Nikardun at Primea. He sends Thalias and Che'ri to Primea, disguised as family hostages, to return a stolen Vak Combine patrol craft, intending for them to be captured by Yiv. He plans on forcing the Ascendancy into taking military action to extract its captured sky-walker. Upon learning of this plot, Thurfian joins a Syndicure emergency meeting at Convocate Hall to discuss this matter. He exposes to the audience the true identities of the two hostages, hoping that Thrawn would be immediately taken out of command. However, to his dismay, the mood of the chamber leaned towards immediately taking military action against the Nikardun.

Thrawn and Ar'alani's Picket Force Six was sent to Primea to rescue Che'ri and Thalias, and, in the process, Thrawn defeated Yiv and the present Nikardun forces. Sometime after this, Mitth'urf'ianico was secretly promoted to the rank of Syndic Prime. After another victory against the remnants of the Nikardun, Thurfian again met with Zistalmu to discuss Thrawn's success. Thurfian was frustrated that everytime Thrawn would make a mistake, a glowing success would immediately follow and would help boost the Senior Captain's image. In this meeting, Zistalmu refers to Thurfian as "Syndic", and Thurfian gloats to himself that Zistalmu would never learn of this true rank, as it was typically a closely guarded family secret. Thurfian and Zistalmu would agree to establish credible rumors that the Paataatus Hiveborn had allied themselves to a group of Vagaari pirates, so that Thrawn would be sent far away from the Ascendancy to deal with them. They hope that Thrawn would either make a self-distructing mistake or perish.

Later, Thurfian would meet with Mitth family Speaker, Mitth'ykl'omi (Thyklo). In this meeting, Thurfian would confirm that he has finished his deliberations with the Krovi family. He reached a deal where the Mitth family would provide the transports for the Krovi's expected harvest overage in exchange for one percent of that overage, and Thyklo is pleased with the outcome. Thurfian also confirmed that Zistalmu has agreed to back off from the Krovi to focus on their current partnership with the Boadil and their new Rentor defense platform. Thurfian explained to Thyklo that his next meeting is with the Csap, where they will discuss their proposed building project in the Dioya system. Thyklo, however, asked Thurfian to first settle a dispute between two lower-level Mitth Syndics. After finishing these two tasks, Thurfian would further research how he could use Thalias in his vendetta against Thrawn.

Soon thereafter, Thurfian would work to resolve a dispute between the Xodlak and Evroes families. Thurfian would be led by Evroes'pu'titor (Oesputi) to a cliff overlooking the border between local Xodlak and Evroes land. Oesputi pointed out a section of forest that had spread from the Xodlak side of the border, citing that the Evroes could not remove these trees due to the Xodlak having an exclusive title to the specific hybrid species. When Oesputi expressed his belief that nothing could be done, due to the Evroes lack of prestige in the Chiss family structure, Thurfian stateed that every family in the Ascendancy deserves justice. Thurfian pointed out the spread of an Evroes-derived purple crop into the Xodlak lands, and pointed out that, since the Evroes could not destroy the Xodlak trees, the Xodlak cannot destroy the Evroes crops. Oesputi, recognizing this bargaining tool, thanked Thurfian for his help in the matter, and the deliberations between the two warring families were finalized by midnight.

Thurfian's plan to send Thrawn hunting for a made-up Paataatus-Vagaari alliance failed, as Thrawn has successfully defeated a secret Nikardun remnant at the Paataatus Hiveborn hive-home of Nettehi. This opened up diplomatic relations between the Chiss Ascendancy and the Hiveborn, which brought Thrawn even more glory. Thurfian, soon thereafter, met with Zistalmu in the March of Silence, where he would angrily express his frustrations. Since Thurfian's plan had failed, Zistalmu proposed another plan to disrupt Thrawn's success. He suggested that, instead of having Thrawn receive any more glory from defeating any potential Vagaari pirate remnants, the Grayshrike, captained by Xodlak'in'daro (Lakinda) (a member of the Xodlak family, allied to the Irizi family), would join Thrawn and share the glory. Thurfian would accept this new plan.

Soon thereafter, Thurfian dealt with a pair of Obbic and Clarr representatives from Sposia, who claimed that the Universal Analysis Group had caused the fish population of a nearby lake to die due to runoff from their facility. After being subjected to an hour's worth of complaints and arguments, Thurfian states that he will send an inquiry to the UAG concerning the matter. He also encourages the representatives to crack down on any poachers that may be artificially decreasing the fish population of the lake. This resolution seems to satisfy the representatives, and they leave Thurfian's office. Soon after this, Speaker Thyklo enters Thurfian's office to compliment him on his handling of the situation, commenting that the representatives told her that he had been the most helpful Syndic they had talked to. As Thyklo leaves the office, Thurfian reflects on the rumors concerning the Speaker's early retirement and determines to prove himself a worthy replacement candidate.

Shortly after a mysterious battle over the planet of Hoxim, Thurfian would receive a call from Thyklo early in the morning. She informed him that Mitth Patriarch Mitth'oor'akiord (Thooraki) had died and that he had been chosen as his replacement. Thyklo explained that she and all the Patriels did not feel comfortable leaving their current positions and that Thurfian was the next best choice. Thurfian, surprised, would accept the position, and Thyklo informed him that Senior Aide Mitth'iv'iklo (Thivik) would be arriving shortly to take him to the Mitth homestead. When Thivik arrived, he would inform Thurfian of his itinerary for the next two days, which concluded with learning of the true history of the Mitth and of a weapon called Starflash.

Mitth'urf'ianico harbored a deep-seated aversion towards Senior Captain Thrawn, which escalated over time into a conspiratorial and vengeful campaign aimed at undermining Thrawn's career. This animosity was fueled by Thurfian's apprehension that Thrawn's actions could potentially lead the Mitth family, and perhaps even the entire Chiss Ascendancy, to ruin.

Despite his antagonism towards Thrawn, Thurfian demonstrated a notable sense of justice, or at least projected one, in his interactions with the everyday citizens of the Chiss Ascendancy.