Unfinished, it is a work in progress that Ellri asked to put up. I am stuck on how my character falls from Jedi to Sith.
Who and what are you?Sebastian "Vole" Volonthrope, Sith Warrior
You might have many masters or causes, but when it is ground down properly, you serve one side alone. Which is it? The Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic?My first and greatest loyalty is to the Sith Empire, other than that I have no loyalty greater than that to the Dark Council.
What do you look like, and how are you dressed?
My state of dress varies by the situation.
Why do you fight? What thoughts and ideas influence your actions? What are the reasons behind it all?I fight to maintain the Sith Empire, I fight to defeat the Jedi, i fight to save the people of the Republic from the Republic. The Republic is a monster that died from it's gluttony long ago now it is merely a puppet with the strings pulled by the Jedi. It is all a sham, a way for the Jedi to control everything and everyone, a way for them to abduct children from their homes across the galaxy and indoctrinate them to be their personal army that allows them to enforce their will. Nothing is done in the Republic senate without the will of the Jedi and you cannot hope to be Chancellor without the Jedi first allowing this the evidence of this is all too clear in too many cases to count. So long as the Jedi exist there can be no true free will they will ensure it, just as they ensure there are no dissenting voices against them by any means necessary. The Jedi must be made to see the error of their ways or destroyed and the Republic which they prop up must be at last torn down and reforged into the Sith Empire which will bring true freedom to the galaxy at last.
I have seen both sides of the line, I have lived on both side of this war and know both their codes by heart and know that the Jedi code is a lie in all but name. What hey espouse and what they do are so very different. In my last meeting with the Jedi Council before striking out on my own I saw it so truly the greatest difference between the Jedi and the Sith being that the Jedi lie to everyone whereas the Sith will tell you the truth of what they are.
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.It is a test, that is all the Jedi code is. If you wish to ascend to the Jedi Council you must pass the simple test, realize that the jedi code is a lie used to keep the lesser ranks in line. It is so clear once you realize it, emotion, ignorance, passion, chaos, death, all these things the Jedi code says do not exist but these are all things in the galaxy every day and among the jedi at all times. Where the Knights, padawans, and even many masters try to abide by the code stripping themselves of everything that makes them alive the Jedi Council uses what they forbid, just as the lock away most of the knowledge in the library solely for their use. In the end it is all about power, once one realizes that then the way to the Sith is the only way left available.
Do you have any skills that make you stand out from the crowd?With a lightsaber I am better than most though excel at dueling. With the force I have always shown competence for the theory if not raw power. This has lead to exemplary skill with the subtler and more nuanced uses of the force. Where most would train their abilities to project a wall of power with the force to destroy an enemy I instead have mastered the ability to project a single thought into the mind of my opponent. It is not a swift victory but a more thorough one. To watch the mind of your opposition erode and breakdown, doubt, fear, anger, these are emotions a part of any living being and in the cannot be fought. I work to control them to work emotions into thoughts, thoughts into ideas, ideas into weapons. I will never be a true master of the lightsaber, I will never defeat a dozen enemies with a swing o my arm, but I will wipe away a thousand enemies with a single thought. That is my skill, that is what can never be denied me.
How do you relate to everyone else? Do you have any friends, family, foes or subordinates among them?I have an attache Miliana Keratine, originally from the Imperial Army I saw potential in her and have kept her with me on all my duties from the Dark Council since acting as my aide and using her skills she gained from the Imperial Army Intelligence Corp.
What made you the person you are today? How did the past influence your present?Like so many thousands of others i was once a young boy on a world somewhere I do not remember now. I was discovered by the Jedi at a young age, I do not remember my parents but I can never forgive them for so simply handing away me to my future masters. I can never forgive the Jedi either for what they did to me stealing me away from my parents to a life were they controlled everything. At first I took to it as any child indoctrinated under such standards would be. Every morning I went through my training constantly hearing the lauding of the Jedi learning that i would one day be a Jedi so long as I worked hard and studied hard. Naturally I did, we all did, everyone of the younglings with me did our best only because we knew nothing better. There was no life but the life in which we served the Jedi and trained to become them.
Not all made it of course, despite what we were told. They drilled into us how any could do it but as they dropped off one by one I first saw the lies of the Jedi, I did not fully grasp the implications at first until I saw the various members after training but for now I had an inkling when we all trained just as hard but not all made it. There was a time even when I was at risk of being cut. My ability with the force was not developing as rapidly as others, I poured everything into it but I just could not produce the same effects. i dealt well with organic materials for the most part and overheard talk of an Agricultural Corp a few times even.
In time I gained my stride though, I could not produce the same raw power as other younglings but had precision they did not I felt the force at all times and learned to subtly manipulate it and control it more thoroughly than any other youngling in my group. Soon I was becoming lauded by the teachers, in lightsaber training I was a one of the better duelists in the group and with the force my only flaw was raw power but more than made up for it with finesse I quickly began drawing the attention of various masters as I grew older. My control was something increasingly admired by those above me and my ability to work with people was becoming increasingly obvious. My fate as a councilor and a diplomat was sealed many considered and it was mostly about who would pick me up at that point.
When I was chosen it came as quite the surprise, Jedi Master Quoloth was a member of the Jedi Council and supposedly one of the best diplomats in the Jedi.
Good characters are always flawed in some ways. Often heroes are even more flawed than bystanders. There is typically a balance between greater skill in one area and significant flaws in others… What are your flaws?Everyone has flaws I suppose, I am untested in combat my skills pulled me away from the frontlines quickly enough and with the Jedi I always preferred to take a leadership role guiding things from the back rather than leading glorious charges so many of my kindred prefer. I have fought duels against enemies, defeated assassins, and other minor conflicts one would expect but I am quite good at avoiding combat and removing enemies in indirect ways or turning them to my point of view and as a result personal combat is a distinct weakness of mine, particularly when compared to the more militarily minded members of the Sith Order.
My focus on the subtle parts of the force has lead to an overall neglect of the overt honestly and was never strong in the overt forms in the first place. My power in the force revolves mostly around the subtle manipulations of it passing through and around living beings I am weaker with the overt uses and the uses regarding the inorganic. In the end my ultimate goal is not to engage in direct combat and it shows in my skillset neglecting that area.
Would you describe your Lightsaber, if you have made one?
If you wield a Lightsaber, which of the Seven combat forms has your order trained you in?Form VII: Juyo : Claims mastery of Form II: Makashi
Describe your preference in the use of the Force. Are you particularly talented in any one area? Do you have flaws in another? What are the limits on what you can or will do?
Don’t forget that this is in the middle of a war. Anyone of truly great skill would have been at or near the front lines.
