[OOC] Star Wars - Jedi Exile - Knights of the Last Republic

[Jb]

@Gowi He's only a Knight, but, yes, he probably would have an opinion.

@Sep I do not sleep, for I am actually a Scottish cyborg. All I do is write RP's, drink single malt whiskey, wear a kilt, play bagpipes, horde wealth, and beat people up. :)

[Sep]

@Jbcool Damnit.

At least I'm pure Scotsman. I'm not a ScotsBorg.

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Also I swear I came up with ideas for your characters for helping to escape.

I just need to PM them to the respective players..

[Jb]

@SepThen PM me dawg! As for being a Scotsborg, I only have an enchanced liver...so I can drink more whiskey!

[Sep]

@Jbcool I pm'd you already didn't I?

[Jb]

@SepActually, yes.

[Sep]

@Jbcool God damnit Jb, I'm trying to keep track of who I've sent what :P

[Sep]

@TheMadAsshatter Sorry dude need to beep me (Mention my name) or I could miss you :P

[Cyrania]

@Naril Wouldn't you say that Seris also knows Jasma at least by sight? Jasma does often come into the Archieves to study the holocrons and other stuff.

And would you be alright if Seris tells T'ish about Jasma?

[TheMadAsshatter]

@Sep Lol, don't worry about it. I didn't really need anything, I was just testing the irc client on my phone.

[Naril]

@Cyrania - Mm. I expect Seris has run into quite a few Jedi, and probably spoken with several during her time with the Order. That said, do you mean they've talked or struck up some kind of friendship? I'm certainly not against the idea. :3

[Cyrania]

@Naril They've definitely talked, I was just thinking that they at least knew each other, well enough for Seris to be able to tell T'ish. Friendship wouldn't be out of the cards if you wanted to go that route.

[Naril]

@Cyrania - You'll have to forgive me, I've been extraordinarily busy today, so I may have missed something - but what, precisely, do you mean for Seris to have told T'ish? You can PM me to avoid cluttering up the OOC, but I'm about to get on a plane so I probably won't be able to reply for the next several hours.

[Cyrania]

OK, @Sep Jasma's done enough to put in the character tab if you accept her. The only section left requires a bit of a co-op between me and Jbcool (with a little help from Naril)

Jasma Quillum

(But younger looking and without the collar)

Name: Jasma Quillum

Age: 17

Race: Twi'lek

Appearance

A slender, average, blue Twi'lek with black markings and grey eyes, around 5' 4". She wears the normal Jedi garb of a padawan with a blue lightsaber.

Force Abilities

• Basics-(focus on Telekinesis; uncomfortable with Mind Control
• Force Healing
• Force Insight (a rare force ability that allows a person's core personality to be be felt, to fully delve into the ability as of now she needs to focus all her attention to the specific person, though she passively gets hints)

Non-Force Abilities

• Lightsaber Combat: Is proficient in Forms I-III (Stronger in using the force than in using a lightsaber), is currently learning Form IV from her master
• Herbal Knowledge
• Dancing

Personality/Motivation

If Jasma sees innocent people or allies in danger, she'll rush in and help them. She prefers simple situations, where there's a clear goal, a clear enemy, and obvious things for her to do, making her one of the few Jedi who were actually comfortable on the battlefield. She has no patience for diplomatic situations (though she has graduated from having her master stop her from threatening to kill the annoyance to having to be stopped from keeping the person where they were until they agreed through creative means[ex. surrounding the target with furniture then making the furniture immovable, having carpets ready to pounce]), but she would be in absolute horror of herself if she actually did kill someone without cause and does try to suppress that temper. A major motivator there is that she wants to be like the third Barsen'thor of the order, an exceptional Force user during the Galactic War both warrior and diplomat who freed a planet from the Sith Empire practically single-handed and the Sith Emperor's most entrenched spy. She's read the files of that Jedi's exploits so many times that she could recite the whole thing word by word. Probably has a lot of the order's history practically memorized like that as well, from all her looking about for any clues of where holocons of lost Jedi techniques are, especially the shielding one that first made the Barsen'thor famous. Though she also studies up on more common force techniques though but hasn't recieved actual instruction.

Biography

Jasma has less memory of her parents then even most Jedi or of her time on the planet Ryloth. She isn't sure what happened exactly, just the slave ship when she was four. Her force insight already manifested itself, helping her keep clear of the most vile of the ship. But her only pleasure was in the dance lessons, used by the slavers to increase their cargos' value but allowed Jasma a mental escape from what was going on. But she was never submisive, shielding others from the crew's wrath and attempting to escape whenever she had the chance. But it was only the captian's cockiness and a corrupt official that finally lead her to the temple.

It seemed like a nice simple plan to the two of them. One of the younger girls would go with the Captain and some of his men to the designated meeting place on Courscant. The rest would stay in orbit hidden from detection until they came back. Some well placed bribes and the crowd would help hide some of the peculiarities. Jasma, six at the time, was chosen for her skill at dancing and as a way to profitably get rid of the annoyence of her escapes. But at the Jedi temple, one of the initiates decided to do a bit of exploring and snuck out. He was seen though by one of the Jedi knights, who smiled and followed the boy to make he didn't get into too much trouble, though maybe enough trouble to keep him from wandering again.

They were traveling like this for a while when they heard a startled yell. They both hurried towards it, the knight still keeping quiet, when they came upon the source of the noise. Jasma had tried another escape attempt, waiting till she had only one person immediately beside her, the Republic official, biting his hand when he reached out to examine her jaw, and taking off. The Jedi came just as she had been recaptured and her slave collar put on the highest setting she could possibly live through as punishment. Then the boy force grabbed the controller, turned it off, and smashed it, asking them why they didn't pick on someone more equal to them. The captain and his men then obliged by pointing their guns at him, the official getting nervous. Which he turned out right to be when a lightsaber disarmed the leader with a jump then took the rest down. The initiate went to check out the girl and take the collar off. The last burst had left her in bad shape, but she asked if they were going to save the others. The Knight then convinced the slavers to reveal where the others were and was able to lead a rescue mission.

The initiate took Jasma to the Jedi healers to treat her injuries. While there, they realized that she was force sensitive. Jasma was excited about the discovery and ecstatic when she was accepted and put in the same clan as the boy who had rescued her. The two became thick as thieves, getting into all sorts of trouble during their free times. But she was studious during class and at her lessons, wanting to be a good Jedi and not be behind. She also would visit the healing room to observe the healers at their work. She even copied what they did on a wounded stray animal that had come to the temple. One of them observed this and further tests showed that she was a natural healer. They unofficially taught her then the techniques themselves and some herbal knowledge they knew to help the healing along. Jasma tackled the subject head-on and went to the archives to learn more of the techniques and herbs when she had exhausted their knowledge.

It was while looking around for more techniques that Jasma first heard about the third Barsen'thor. She read of the Jedi consular's exploits and became a great admirer. The Barsen'thor became her role model and she took to visiting the Archives after everyone was asleep, sometimes during the day as well if there was nothing more to do in the healing room. She spread her reading to everything written on various force techniques. The Twi'lek came upon a collection of the traditional dances of her people. She took to practicing them, feeling closer to the force and more free, like she had while on the ship. Though it also made meditation class particularly hard to do, but she ended up picturing her dancing in her mind to at least past the class.

But otherwise, the only thing that really impressed her instructors was her natural ability to peer into another person's soul and see their true nature. At first she was only given hints through it, but the hints grew stronger and her Insight could be trained on a single person as the lessons came along in focusing their power. Other than that, she was among the top in terms of force use, but she was average in lightsaber usage. The force it seems decided therefore to provide her a path to at least shore up her combat abilities if not excel.

The day before the Initiate Trials, Jasma was particularly nervous. She was worried about failing whether through saying one word incorrectly of the Jedi code or through being a mediocre lightsaber user. She practiced and memorized and did all she could. Finally, the Twi'lek recognized that she was getting into a highly nervous state, needing some sort of calm down. So Jasma decided to do what had worked so well in the past, she went into the Archives and practiced the traditional moves. But this time she had an unknown observer. Jedi Knight T'ish had been thumbing through the holocrons when he saw the young initiate enter in. Curious about what she was doing, he followed her and secretly observed her dance style. He admired the grace with which she moved, grace that had a great potential for lightsaber combat, and the feeling of the force going so freely through her, like one at meditation. After the Twi'lek was done and was leaving the library, T'ish asked a woman he knew there what she knew about the initiate.

But Jasma was unaware of any of this. She was just fully refreshed and prepared. At the actual trials, the Twi'lek passed the code and force test with flying colors, though she only showed competency during the staged hood lightsaber test. Nevertheless, Jasma Quillum had passed the tests. She was delighted and thrilled, though she wondered who the Kel Dorian knight was. She saw him again in the stands during the Apprentice Tournament, where the battles she did win were through telekinesis and some dueling. And that same Kel Dorian was introduced to her later as Jedi Knight T'ish, her master.

Together, they were assigned on many missions and battles for the Republic, and everyone was relieved when they weren't put on diplomatic missions. In the field, he would be the main charge while she would be the support and healer. During training, he worked to improve her lightsaber combat, helping her at least shore up her rather rudimentary usage of the first three forms and teaching her the fourth. They were waiting at the Temple for their next assignment when Project Knightfall fell.

Secrets

Jasma became the closest of friends with the boy that helped save her life throughout their years together at the Jedi Temple. But she hides especially from him the love that she developed for him. She read in the Archives how two Jedi who were initiates/padawans in the Temple together could get married and would like to initiate that with him. But she doesn't know how exactly he feels for her and doesn't want to force him into that kind of relationship without his true consent.

She trained herself in her people's traditional dances in secret at the Jedi Temple, mostly because she knew it was probably something they did not want a Jedi initiate to waste their time learning and she was embarrassed to show many of the moves to the other's with the vow of chastity the Jedi had to take and all. But she finds it somewhat increases her lightsaber skill since the fluidity and gracefulness inherit of dancing gives a mindset to help develop her fluidity and gracefulness with a lightsaber.

Relationships

(insert name here): the boy who helped save her life, they have now grown to be the closest of friends, though at least on one side, something more brews under the surface

Seris: Jasma knows her by sight at least from Jasma's vists to the Archieves to pour over the holocrons there, reading about various Jedi force techniques, hints about where to find long lost techniques, the story of the third Barsen'thor again, and other information she's curious to know, also where she makes sure no one is watching when she starts her dance practices.

Master T'ish: her Jedi Master[to be expanded upon]

(Any connection between other players' characters are welcome.)

(If someone has a male initiate/padawan character, would they be interested in being her crush that helped in her rescue from slavers? If there is no one, then he can just be a NPC that might or might not appear.)

[Taka]

Didn't add any relations yet cause I don't know if anyone wants some with Crim.

Name:
Crim Drayson

Age:
21

Gender:
Male

Species:
Miraluka

Level:
Knight

Class:
Guardian

Force Abilities:
Crim, being a Miraluka, contains an almost instinctive talent in the usage of Force Sight. Many Miraluka are highly force sensitive and Crim is one of many that shares such sensitivity. Jedi are instilled with a basic knowledge in Telekenesis, Mind Control, Force Jump and Force Speed. A duelist at heart, the young knight delved deeper into Force Speed, Force Jump, and Force barrier. Unbeknownst to most is that Crim carries the thoughts of Grey Jedi and has learned two "dark side" force powers. He can produce a facsimile Force Lightning and can induce the Force Choke but only at such a level that he can only incapacitate.

Non-Force Related Skills:
Since his inception into the Jedi Order, Crim has studied the history of the Jedi, Sith, and the Force. He holds an intrinsic knowledge over all that pertains to history and is known as a scholar of such. Dabbling in diplomacy and the political aspects of the galaxy sparked an interest in the Jedi standing within the Galaxy. Though Crim is not unlike his brethren, taking up an adequate knowledge in hand to hand.

Lightsaber Forms:
Form III: Soresu
Form VIII: Jun-Sai - Where Vapaad is direct and staccato, Jun-Sai is circular and flowing. The lightsaber, as well as the Jedi wielding it, is treated as a total weapon. An opponent of a Jun-Sai user can face not only the blade of a lightsaber, but strikes from its hilt, punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and head butts.

With the Force guiding the user's movements, the graceful precision of Makashi and the acrobatic movements of Ataru combine to create a dance-like whirlwind of death. The duelist moves his body just out of reach of his opponent's attacks while positioning his counter-attacks at the most unprotected targets of his enemy. By sinking deeply into the Force, the Jun-Sai duelist can anticipate his opponents movements, allowing him to block attacks before they happen.

One similarity to Vapaad is the use of emotions to power the style. Unlike Vapaad, instead of tapping into the feelings of enjoyment combat brings, the Jun-Sai duelist focuses feelings of determination. Fear, anger, and doubt are compressed into a tight ball in the pit of the duelist's stomach, and forged into an absolute Will to defeat the enemy. When facing a Jun-Sai master, it is said that one's life is measured in only seconds after his Lightsaber is activated.

Lightsaber hilt and colour:
Dual Orange Lightsaber

History:
A product of unknown progeny, Crim was left upon the doorstep of the very Jedi temple that he would grow and learn. It was said that Yoda was the one that brought the child in and felt his connection to the force due to Miraluka lineage. As a youngster the boy was taught like many other younglings and given special care so that he could achieve sight through the force. Yoda felt something special in him that was shared by the many around him. Miraluka were gifts of the force, as stated by one of the masters, and could be molded into grand Jedi. Crim would become one of the many grand Jedi of his race.

By the time that the toddler could comprehend the ability to walk and learn, he was enrolled into the Jedi Academy within the clan of the Falsi. Training and study was the name of the game whilst in the academy. Teachings of the Jedi spurned an interest in history and standing within Crim; this also helped a garner a friendship in a Nikto by the name Gau-Rin. Gau-Rin was a more eager child to learn the physical side of the Force and Jedi teachings. The boys did not agree on everything, subsequently starting a chain reaction that would lead all the way to their adulthood. Several years of Academy training could only prepare Crim for the inevitable.

Initiate Trials came swift upon the younglings. Crim and Gau-Rin were ecstatic to finally engage in the trials that would mark them as padawans. The trials were not truly difficult as Crim has once thought they would be. Studying had led him to recite the Jedi Code like he was just taking a breath. Construction of the lightsaber came to him after he was gifted an orange crystal. Images flooded his mind while he crafted the lightsaber that would guide his hand for many years. A great master known as Seera took a deep interest in the initiate and watched intently on how Crim would handle the final test; a test to survey the dark side. Crim was placed in-front of Gau-Rin. He could feel the dark side within Gau-Rin's aggression but, there was a glimmer of hope, a light that could be salvaged into a true Jedi. The test came to it's completion and both boys' graduated to Padawan.

Ten years passed as Seera taught Crim in a way reminiscent of her own, teaching him the philosophy of the Unifying Force and the ways of the few Gray Jedi that existed. A secret kept between them and the council but under great surveillance despite Seera's great track record as a Jedi. Unfortunately Seera would meet an unhealthy demise during a mission to return the very jedi that Gau-Rin had grown up with. Gau-Rin had fallen to the dark side, wanting power to exact the revenge he rightly deserved against Crim, for the trials they took together left Gau-Rin broken and held back. He slayed his own master, a young knight, and let the dark side give him greater strength then he had ever known. Seera was meant to bring the teen back alive but to no avail. Crim's own naivety allowed Gau-Rin a chance to strike and it claimed the life of his master. Crim and Gau-Rin battled endlessly for several minutes before the Nikto was brought to his knees. Using Seera's body as a distraction, Gau-Rin escaped leaving Crim to mourn the woman that acted his mother for many years.

For many years he studied and practiced. At one point his master reappeared to him as a Force Ghost helping to instruct him mentally. She was around when he needed her most but Seera knew when to return to the Force and let Crim handle his own battles. A determined young man that achieved the rank of Knighthood through his knowledge of the Force and great heroism during the Clone Wars, Crim's future was looking brighter then ever. His only wish was to one day bring the Gray Jedi teachings to a higher place and maybe even meet his parents.

Secrets:
No one, besides the council, knows about Crim's Gray Jedi standing.
Seera as a Force Ghost

Relations:

[Sep]

IC will start tomorrow with our characters in the temple before Operation Knightfall to allow anyone still working on their sheet to finish.

@ChaoticLaw (Think you're the only one who hasn't submitted anything yet)

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@Cyrania I like it so far, but we'll just wait till you and @JBCool get your co-op bit up.

@Kal-El

-Image needs changed to something more SW based.

-Force Barrier on the condition that you can only protect a small area such as on front of your hand.

Form VIII: Jun-Sai

Kal

Error, does not compute.

I would like to point out

Yoda felt something special in him

Kal

Yoda feels something special in everyone.

recite the Jedi Code like he was just taking a breath. Construction of the lightsaber came to him after he was gifted an orange crystal. Images flooded his mind while he crafted the lightsaber that would guide his hand for many years.

Kal

Initiate Trials are more than just reciting the code and lightsaber construction.

He could feel the dark side within Gau-Rin's aggression

Kal

Que?

for the trials they took together left Gau-Rin broken and held back.

Kal

How?

Crim and Gau-Rin battled endlessly for several minutes before the Nikto was brought to his knees.

Kal

Took out two Knights, more experienced than him by years. though he survived against a Padawan?

At one point his master reappeared to him as a Force Ghost helping to instruct him mentally.

Kal

No.

A determined young man that achieved the rank of Knighthood through his knowledge of the Force and great heroism during the Clone Wars, Crim's future was looking brighter then ever. His only wish was to one day bring the Gray Jedi teachings to a higher place and maybe even meet his parents.

Kal

Well this is vague.

[Sep]

Damnit @Naril I use HexChat so I don't get an alert unless you send a message with Sep :P

Apologies for missing you :P

[TheMadAsshatter]

A wild IC post has appeared. Shiny!

[Sep]

A wild IC post has appeared. Shiny!

@TheMadAsshatter

Is there?

Really?

Where?

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My first actual IC post will go up tomorrow.

I'm just teasing y'all :P

[TheMadAsshatter]

...

Not cool. :p

[Sep]

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Not cool. :p

@TheMadAsshatter

You could start to work on your intro post, pre-Knightfall as I'll likely get mine up first thing.