Valerian Mengsk

Valerian Mengsk is the son and Heir Apparent to Terran Dominion Emperor Arcturus Mengsk. However his status is still considered secret.

Young Mengsk is twenty-two years old and highly intelligent. He has grey eyes and blond hair. He is considered handsome and arrogant. His great passion is archaeology.

Valerian Mengsk doesn't get along with his father particularly well. Their personalities don't match, and his pursuit of archaeology doesn't match anything that interests Arcturus. His father thought he was soft, so Valerian trained in the martial arts and Japanese swordfighting since childhood in order to toughen himself up. He also trains in the use of full combat gear and the Gauss rifle.

History
The Terran Confederacy tried repeatedly to kill Valerian Mengsk and his mother while they were fighting the Sons of Korhal. Valerian spent time in a hidden, fortified base deep within the Umojan Protectorate and he still had to flee when the Confederates eventually discovered and attacked the base.

As he grew up, Valerian only met his father twice, and most of what he knew about his father came from propaganda about the Sons of Korhal.