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[[File:Rassilon_(Monstrous_Beauty).jpg|thumb|left|Rassilon during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'')]] | [[File:Rassilon_(Monstrous_Beauty).jpg|thumb|left|Rassilon during the [[Dark Times]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'')]] | ||
{{main|Rassilon's early life}} | {{main|Rassilon's early life}} | ||
Rassilon was born the child of a [[Rassilon's father|suet shredder]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') A mere [[Gallifreyan]], they had [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]] and other such organs which guaranteed them a lifetime of "[[300 (number)|300]] [[year]]s or so", but did not yet possess [[regeneration]]. Their original body had dark [[hair]]. According to one account, Rassilon was initially a boy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') but another account claimed that Rassilon's first incarnation was a dark-skinned female. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'') Rassilon befriended a fellow aspiring scientist named [[Omega|Peylix]] who became more widely known as "Omega". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') At some point Rassilon had a wife with whom he had a daughter that was stillborn due to the [[Pythia's Curse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Cat's Cradle: | Rassilon was born the child of a [[Rassilon's father|suet shredder]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible]]'') A mere [[Gallifreyan]], they had [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]] and other such organs which guaranteed them a lifetime of "[[300 (number)|300]] [[year]]s or so", but did not yet possess [[regeneration]]. Their original body had dark [[hair]]. According to one account, Rassilon was initially a boy, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Legacy of Gallifrey]]'') but another account claimed that Rassilon's first incarnation was a dark-skinned female. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Monstrous Beauty (comic story)|Monstrous Beauty]]'') Rassilon befriended a fellow aspiring scientist named [[Omega|Peylix]] who became more widely known as "Omega". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Omega (audio story)|Omega]]'') At some point Rassilon had a wife with whom he had a daughter that was stillborn due to the [[Pythia's Curse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: [[Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible (novel)|''Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible'']]) | ||
Omega later claimed that a timeline where Rassilon was both a woman and in love with him was one of several possible timelines all culminating in [[Disappearance of Omega|Omega's unwilling sacrifice]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') Indeed, the female Rassilon was active in the Dark Times during the [[Kotturuh crisis]], a moment that saw the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s interference in the Dark Times create changes to the overall timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') One [[Data Worm]] also once pondered whether the Rassilon who founded [[Time Lord]] society and the Rassilon who fought in the [[Eternal War]] were different individuals with the same name, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Secrets of Time Lord Victorious (short story)|Secrets of Time Lord Victorious]]'') although many accounts held they were indeed the same person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', et. al) Omega also once used the term "[[Cousin (rank)|cousin]]" to refer to Rassilon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') implying they were of the same [[Great House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Omega later claimed that a timeline where Rassilon was both a woman and in love with him was one of several possible timelines all culminating in [[Disappearance of Omega|Omega's unwilling sacrifice]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') Indeed, the female Rassilon was active in the Dark Times during the [[Kotturuh crisis]], a moment that saw the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s interference in the Dark Times create changes to the overall timeline. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') One [[Data Worm]] also once pondered whether the Rassilon who founded [[Time Lord]] society and the Rassilon who fought in the [[Eternal War]] were different individuals with the same name, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Secrets of Time Lord Victorious (short story)|Secrets of Time Lord Victorious]]'') although many accounts held they were indeed the same person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scrolls of Rassilon (short story)|The Scrolls of Rassilon]]'', et. al) Omega also once used the term "[[Cousin (rank)|cousin]]" to refer to Rassilon, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') implying they were of the same [[Great House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
