ArkhamInmate333

Star Wars: Light and Shadow

After several long moments had passed, Thaerex let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

"Are you going to let me go anytime soon, or are you not done here, hmmmmm?"

Theva's question suddenly made Thaerex acutely aware of her proximity to him. He released her, but as she was half-laying on top of him, he couldn't move away.

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Thaerex used the Force and the sound of his companion's cursing to guide him through the smoke and dust that now filled the room. He had to reach her before the smoke cleared. For his plan to work he couldn't risk their pursuers hearing her. He spied the faint reddish glow of her eyes before he reached her. She'd landed in a corner of the room near what looked like an overturned reception desk.

"What the FRACK is wrong with you!?" Theva snapped, clutching her shoulder. She inhaled sharply, in preparation for what Thaerex was confident would be a new stream of expletives. Thaerex quickly got around behind her and clamped a hand down over her mouth to cut her off. He dragged her behind the overturned desk. Moments later, the bright beams of searchlights came flooding through the open doors to the building. The lights fell on the flaming wreck of the crashed taxi-speeder, followed by a voice shouting in Huttese.

"That idiot must have thought he could fly straight through and give us the slip!" said the voice. "Looks like he found out his mistake the hard way!"

"Any survivors?" called out another voice.

"No way," the first voice replied. "The speeder's a flaming wreck."

"Alright, then let's get out of here," said the second voice. "The sub levels always make me nervous."

The searchlights snapped off and Thaerex listened as the whine of the speeders' engines faded into the distance.

Star Wars: Shadows of War

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

STAR WARS: Shadows of War

The Jedi are no more... Emperor Palpatine's Order 66 all but eradicated the Jedi, and the few who managed to escape are being ruthlessly hunted down by the Emperor's chief enforcer Darth Vader.

A young Jedi Knight, YOUR CHARACTER, was among those who managed to escape the betrayal of her clone troopers and fled into the Outer Rim. Never remaining on a single planet too long, she has spent the past few years watching from the sidelines as the new Galactic Empire takes hold of the galaxy.

As she is preparing to leave yet another world, she stops in a local cantina, unaware that another fugitive Jedi is already there...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, ArkhamInmate333 here with another Star Wars RP for your consideration! This one features two young Jedi in the aftermath of Order 66. Set two years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, our story features the "return" of General Grievous. My character has managed to successfully go into hiding by masquerading as a bounty hunter who specializes in hunting Jedi. Included in the hiders below are my character's character sheet, a blank sheet you can copy and paste, and a writing sample, which will be used as the initial post for the RP. I am looking specifically for a female to play opposite my character. Please PM me with your character if interested!

Kael Arkanus

Species/Race: Human
Name: Kael
Middle Name: Xaron
Last Name: Arkanus
AKA: Master Arkanus
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 45 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin)
Place of Birth: Aldera, Alderaan
Age: 28
Height: 6’ 2”
Weight: 210 lbs
Home Planet: Alderaan
Current Residence: Unknown
Hair Color/Style: Brown/Buzz-Cut
Facial Hair: None
Eye Color: Green
Body Appearance: Right arm has been replaced with a custom cybernetic prosthesis, otherwise his body is in prime condition, trim, and physically fit. Wide shoulders, powerfully built torso.

Vehicle/Starship: Delta-12 Skysprite Class Light Interceptor
Armor: Black Jedi Robes
Primary Weapon(s): Three Blue Singled-Bladed Lightsabers
Secondary Weapon(s): Echani Martial Arts
Allegiance: Jedi Order
Rank: Jedi Knight

Biography:

Official records claim that only seven Jedi were present at the Battle of Hypori. In truth, there were eight. Young Jedi Knight Kael Arkanus was redirected to Hypori due to a malfunction of his starfighter's hyperspace ring. He was on board the Acclamator-Class Assault Ship with the other Jedi when it was shot out of orbit. When General Grievous offered the surviving Jedi a "warrior's death", Kael fought fiercely against the cyborg. But the General found a hole in Kael's defense and severed his right arm at the shoulder before kicking him back into the wreckage. Kael was knocked unconscious and when the Republic’s Advanced Recon Commandos evacuated the Jedi, he was left behind, presumed dead. Thankfully, Grievous made the same mistake. When Kael regained consciousness, he managed to escape the planet, and broadcast a distress signal. Once rescued, he was returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

Upon his return Kael was fitted with a prosthetic replacement for his lost arm. Having seen Grievous split his arms in two to wield four lightsabers at once, Kael had requested a prosthesis designed after the general’s own limbs. When completed, Kael's new arm could split along its length the same way and sported a six-fingered hand, allowing Kael to effectively wield three lightsabers at once. When the Jedi High Council questioned his choice, Kael told them that he had wanted it as a reminder of what he’d lost and what he’d lost it to.

Kael spent months retraining himself in lightsaber combat to make use of the third blade he could now wield. After almost a year of rehabilitation and training he was ready to rejoin the war effort, secretly harboring a desire to face General Grievous again and repay him in kind for the loss of his arm. However, his path and the general's never crossed. He had just received word of the cyborg's death when the clones he was commanding turned on him. He managed to escape and disappear into hiding in the Outer Rim.

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Writing Sample/Initial Post

Kael hissed as the bitter Jawa Juice burned an icy trail down his throat. Fortunately this was the non-alcoholic variant of the beverage, which wouldn't compromise his ability to control his cybernetic arm. Truth be told, he had been amazed to find it available in this hive of scum and villainy. Savareen was one of those backwater systems that inevitably became a haven for those who don't wish to be found. And as of two years ago, Kael begrudgingly found himself counted among them.

He scowled at the surrounding patrons of the cantina, thugs, smugglers, bounty hunters, and worse. But the crowd did lack the presence of one element, there wasn't a damned clone in sight. Their armor may have been upgraded, and they might be called "stormtroopers" now, but they'd proved in the end that they were little better than the clankers they'd been engineered to fight against. They were tools of the Sith now, Emperor Palpatine and the traitor, Anakin Skywalker, now calling himself Darth Vader.

Kael was about to take another swig of his Jawa Juice when he froze. He sensed something...a presence...the sort of presence he'd come to feel less and less in the past two years. He slowly set down his glass and searched the room with his eyes, at the same time reaching out through the Force. His gaze passed over the Sabacc game that had just devolved into a fistfight, the Zygerrian slave-dealers ordering another round for their prospective clients, and a table of Duros huddled around a datapad. Finally, he spotted YOUR CHARACTER sitting at the bar, drinking a glass of what he guessed to be phattro. A hooded, brown cloak might not necessarily raise eyebrows out on the edges of the galaxy, but when coupled with what Kael could sense about this woman, there could be no mistake.

From his table in a dark corner of the cantina, he watched as she looked around the room. When she suddenly stopped and turned back to face the bar, he followed where her eyes had been and saw an armored Trandoshan carrying a heavy blaster looking in her direction. Kael recognized the brute, he was a bounty hunter named Gornn.

As Gornn started away from the Duros, towards the bar, Kael abandoned his cup of Jawa Juice and made his way to intercept.

"And just what do you think you're up to Gornn?" Kael asked, stopping directly in the path of the Trandoshan bounty hunter.

"Outta my way cyborg!" Gornn hissed. "That Jedi is mine!"

"Fat chance blaster-brain," said Kael, ignoring the angry snarl that followed his insult.

"You think just because you've killed a few Jedi and collected a few lightsabers that every Jedi bounty belongs to you?!" Gornn demanded.

"And here I thought you were as dumb as you looked," Kael confirmed, soliciting another angry snarl from Gornn before he stepped back and raised his blaster.

"She's mine Xaron!" Gorrn proclaimed. "So step aside before I-"

Gornn's threat was cut short by the SNAP-HISS of the sapphire lightsaber Kael ignited. Without a moment's hesitation, the glowing blue blade flashed through the air, carving a diagonal path from the Trandoshan's hip to his shoulder. Gornn's blaster clattered to the floor in two pieces, followed by Gornn...also in two pieces.

Kael extinguished his master's old lightsaber and hooked it back onto his belt, before turning to YOUR CHARACTER and grabbing her. If he didn't "claim his prize" some of the other patrons might begin to think they could do better than Gornn.

"Let's go, Jedi." Kael ordered.

Star Wars: Light and Shadow

His tactic appeared to work almost instantly. Not anticipating his maneuver, the pursuing speeders had to pull a series of corkscrews and wide loops to reorient themselves and follow him down into the shadows of the lower levels. This allowed Thaerex to put some distance between them and their pursuers.

Once they had almost reached the surface, he began to weave a path through the infrastructure, speeding through gaps between decaying industrial pylons, dodging past broken communication antennae, until he spotted what looked like an abandoned barracks directly ahead. The front doors looked like they had been blown off. They hadn't managed to lose the other speeders, but the barracks gave him an idea.

"On my mark, get ready to jump clear!" he yelled over the noise.

He guided the speeder down. They would only have a split-second once they cleared the doorway. He looked over his shoulder and spotted the three speeders that had managed to keep up with them. Steeling himself, he focused on the dark portal ahead, if he was off, even by just a few centimeters, he and Theva would be dead.

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Thaerex ignored the punch in the arm and slammed the throttle forward. They were both thrown back against their seats as the taxi speeder went from full-stop to full-speed in seconds. At this speed it would take them only a couple of minutes to reach Deucalon. With any luck, the Security Force Agents would take a few minutes to reach the pad and realize what happened.

PEW, PEW, PEW! The sound of speeder-mounted blasters, and the bolts that followed, announced that would definitely NOT be the case.

Thaerex managed to evade the first volley of blaster bolts, but was struck by one from the second. The damage was cosmetic, but there was smoke streaming from the damaged panel.

"Blast!" he cursed again, then used the controls to send the speeder into a dive. Once he got them down into the constructed canyons below, hopefully he could lose their pursuers in the tight quarters.

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Thaerex froze, he realized his mistake. The Empire's hangars were located in the Mezenti Spaceport. He had to think quickly. He could see the taxi speeder approaching the pad. He looked over his shoulder at Theva.

"You're right," he began. "It is in the heart of Republic territory. And it's the last place the Hutts will think to look for a pair of fugitive Sith."

"Fugitive Sith?" the taxi droid repeated, a note of alarm coloring its synthesized voice. It's photo-receptors flickered briefly. "This vehicle pad is temporarily closed. Please stay where you are, agents of the Hutt Security Force will be arriving shortly." The taxi speeder was already docked behind the droid.

"Blast it!" Thaerex cursed. He thrust out his hand, using the Force to launch the droid off the pad and over the speeder to fall to its destruction. Without wasting a second, he jumped into the speeder, disabled the auto pilot, and looked to Theva.

"The Hutts are on their way! Get in, unless you want to get caught!"

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Theva briefly considered responding to his question with another sarcastic remark. But as she studied the man before her, she was certain that if she embarrassed him any further, his face would turn redder than her eyes.

"No, I have another suit on underneath, I assure you," she promised, sliding up next to him and peering around the corner. "I suppose changing here would be the best course of action wouldn't it? People are likely to recognize me elsewhere." She pulled back into the alcove and crinkled her nose, put out slightly by the situation. She looked to Thaerex before asking him, "Watch my back?"

Thaerex answered with a silent nod and Theva stepped backwards into the shadows of the alcove, then he turned around so as to give her some privacy. Theva set down her helmet, which she had been holding under one arm. She swept aside her braid so she could begin to prise apart the clips that held her armor together. A few deft maneuvers later and she stood there in just her black under-suit.

"Alright," she huffed as she leaned down to gather up her armor. Thaerex turned back around and was immediately struck by how much more snugly this suit fit her. The armor had only hinted at the figure beneath, but the under-suit clung to her every curve. She straightened up and tossed her head, flinging her braid back over her shoulder. Thaerex closed his eyes for a moment to suppress the thoughts that had begun to surface in his mind. He reopened his eyes and hoped that Theva hadn't noticed. If she did, she didn't let on.

"Let's get of here, eh?" she suggested. Thaerex answered again with a silent nod, not trusting himself to speak just yet, and he made sure to take the lead as they left their hiding spot.

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The path from the alcove to the nearest lift seemed much longer than it actually was. They proceeded cautiously along the largely vacant alleys and walkways until they made it to the lift. Thaerex breathed a sigh of relief as the lift reached the upper levels, the harsh neon-colored light from the cafés and casinos flooded in as the doors opened.

Thaerex kept his awareness up, scanning the crowd with his eyes while simultaneously reaching out through the Force. The air taxi station was just on the other side of the plaza they were crossing. He could spot several members of the Hutt Security Force nearby, but it seemed Theva's change of attire had accomplished its purpose.

"Welcome, please select an available travel route," instructed the droid.

"We need to get to Deucalon Spaceport."

Star Wars: Light and Shadow

Thaerex silently nodded as Theva took a step back into the alcove.

Star Wars: Light and Shadow

Thaerex's lightsaber is now a reality!

Thaerex's Lightsaber IRL

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"Well that's gotta be a first for me," Thaerex admitted.

"Eh, people shoot at me all the time," Theva snickered, waving the comment off absently.

"Well from what I hear about the Hutt Cartel, I don't imagine we'll be able to talk our way out of this," Thaerex guessed. He took a moment to catch his breath.

Theva's helmet hissed as the respirator disengaged. Pulling it off, she finally revealed her face to her companion. Thaerex had to silently admit to himself that she was much prettier than he'd expected. Her deep red eyes seemed to glow slightly in the shadows of their hiding place and stood out in stark contrast to her pale blue skin.

"If we want to get off this moon," Thaerex continued, "we're going to have to be smart about it. Which means first we've got to get you out of that armor."

The Chiss gave him an impish grin.

"Usually I insist men buy me dinner first before I let them see me naked," she retorted. Thaerex blushed slightly as he realized what he'd just said, but before he could rephrase himself she rolled her eyes and exclaimed, "I'm joking! Sheesh! Go figure I'd get stuck with the one Inquisitor who hasn't got a sense of humor."

Again, Thaerex didn't bother to correct her when she misidentified him. He stuck his head out of their hiding place to check and see if the coast was clear.

"By the way," he added, "my name is Thaerex."

The Chiss smiled and stuck out her hand politely.

"Thevalarahn, but Theva is just fine."

Thaerex turned around and took her proffered hand, shaking it firmly. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Theva."

After a moment he cleared his throat and, again, blushed a little.

"Are you...uh...wearing something under your armor or are we going to have to seek something elsewhere?"

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