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TiHere's Shiri. Zez and Astera's CSes to be added to this post later.
Name: Shir'Inilim, or Shiri Nilim when split apart.
Species: Twi’Lek
Age: 19...ish
Gender: Female
Faction: Jedi Order
Rank: A Knight
Master: I have no current Master
Former Master(s): Jaa Iblik, a Jedi Knight (now deceased)
Time/location of Capture: The Jedi temple on Coruscant, during the Sacking
Homeworld: Ryloth?
Trained at: The Jedi Temple on Coruscant
Spoken Languages: Ryl, Lekku, Basic, and Sarchasm
Written Languages: Ryl and Basic
This is what I normally wear, along with a sleeveless white tunic under a short Jedi robe. The sleeves of the robe don’t reach past my elbows. The hem of the tunic goes down to my hip, while the bottom of the robe barely reaches my knees.
Clothing aside, my physical appearance is rather childish despite my age. My skin is completely smooth, a shade of lavender (or light purple) with darker spot-like birthmarks on my sides and Lekku, though you wouldn’t notice the spots unless you were looking for them. I’m relatively small, 5’4” (~1.6 meters), and weighing roughly only 105 lbs (~50 kg). I have narrow shoulders and a lithe, flexible but sturdy frame. I am also rather lean, most of my body fat being stored in my Lekku.
I have a round, “soft” looking face, with clear skin and muted structural features. One can barely see my cheekbones and my chin is small and rounded. I have wide, expressive eyes that are a dark honey-brown in color, and full, naturally upturned lips. My eyebrows are tattooed-on, to help me look less “alien” to baseline-humans and also to help make my facial expression easier for others to read.
My skills with the force are as follows: (In no particular order)
Telekinesis
Mind Tricks
Force Jump
Force Healing
Force Stun
Ionize
Breath Control
Tapas
Pyrokinesis
Psychometry
Force Stealth
Alright, fine. Before I joined the Order, I was not in the best of situations. My memories of the time from my birth to a time when I might have been 7 or 8 years old are nearly completely missing, I only know what little I do because of stories told to me by others. At some point I'd been taken by slavers but somehow wasn't a slave now, another Twi’Lek, someone I considered a friend, told me that we'd escaped together with a handful of others. No one knew how or why I couldn't remember anything, but we didn't dwell on it much. It's not like our pasts meant anything much then anyways.
We stuck together, this small group being the only ones I could trust as we went through our daily lives. We worked together to try and survive on whatever planet we were on at the time, I still don't know its name. I took to learning how to slice tech and stealing whatever we'd need from whoever seemed like they had enough to share. I got pretty good at it too, even being able to slice the police droids that would come after us. We survived, but we had no goals or ambition past that. Life was a day to day thing that became monotonous, not worth living. I couldn't just give up though, I was too scared to die, too scared of the unknown that is, or I should say, was death. I'm not scared of death anymore, because now if I die, it's for a cause at least.
Sorry, rambling. Um, I guess I was 13 or so when a Jedi found me and took me to the temple on Coruscant... I learned quickly and actually found I liked learning about how to be a Jedi. It only took a year for me to master the basics and become a padawan to Master Jaa Iblik. He was nice enough, though I'm not sure we got along as well as we could have… he was a good teacher at least. After a year with him, he got a second padawan, a human named Cerria Kinal. Cerria and I worked well together despite our nearly opposite personalities and skills, we were teammates and friends.
After three years as a padawan, I passed the Knight trials and became a Jedi Knight. It's been two years since then, and here we are! In the two years since I became a knight I've been sent on mostly investigative missions, with a few sending me to the battlefields of the war. I'm not sure I should tell you anything else about them, and I don't want to anyway. If it matters the Sith can find it out on their own, no way am I telling them anything.
Cerria Kinall - She and I shared a Master, her being Master Iblik’s Padawan along with me for two years before I passed the knight trials about 2 years ago. We have crossed paths a few times since then, and I believe that because our master died during the sacking it's up to me to take care of her and to get her out of the Sith's reach.
Nazca Barsavi - She's a youngling, almost a padawan I think though. We are... very alike from what I can tell, which could be both good and bad. I consider us to be good friends.
Sela Kythor - The reason I was on Coruscant when the Sacking happened... I was working with her for a while to help with a case.
Xid Terrik - Sela’s padawan and an awesome person. He’s a little quirky, but I like his unique mindset. Also.. he’s cute.
Talon Soule - A friend of Cerria’s, I only recently met her. The fox is, interesting.
In order of strength: (weakest at the bottom)Force Jump - (Advanced) Because of her use of the Ataru form of lightsaber combat, this is an essential skill for her.
Mind Trick - (Advanced) She mostly does Suggestion/Persuasion and can defend herself from all types of mind tricks, to a point.
Telekinesis - (Intermediate) A basic skill, She has good control and accuracy but not much strength with it. She can lift the huge boulders if you give her time but that’s about it.
Ionize - (Intermediate) If she can't disable a machine by slicing it she could just destroy it instead by overloading its circuitry. She’s only able to use it at a short range (about 3-5 feet) or when touching the object, and she can’t use it a lot in quick succession.
Breath Control - (Intermediate) She can hold her breath for up to 2 hours at a time while she’s active, and for 6 hours if she does nothing (like if she’s meditating).
Pyrokinesis - (Intermediate) Outside of battle, she can control existing flame with ease, and she can create a small flame relatively quickly with any flammable materials nearby, and in about 10-15 seconds otherwise.
Tapas - (High Novice) It's literally just staying warm by using the force. She can keep this up for a few hours at a time before needing some rest.
Force Healing - (Novice) She can only use it on herself, and to a pretty low level. She can stop herself from bleeding to death, at least I hope so anyway. She needs to meditate to use this power at all.
Force Stun - (Novice) She can effectively stun a single unprepared target for about a minute.
Force Stealth - (Low Novice) There seems to be multiple versions of this one so, I'm referring to the ability to cloak your force sensitivity and light/dark affiliation from others. She may not be able to maintain it for very long, and after a while it may fail randomly, but she has practiced this at least a bit.
Psychometry - (Innate) She can’t control this at all yet, it just kicks in at the GM’s discretion. She doesn’t even know she has this ability.
Twi'lek's have:
If she dies trying, well I just hope she was able to get the others out with her sacrifice then.
If she turns, she’ll be lost to the darkness forever. Unlike Zez, there’s not even a chance for her to go back to the light. She’ll keep trying to develop the skills that would have made her into a Jedi Shadow, but now she’ll be striving to use them against the Jedi rather than the Sith.
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I totally forgot to put this with the CS at first. oops.
Technical data
Species: Twi’Lek
Age: 19...ish
Gender: Female
Faction: Jedi Order
Rank: A Knight
Master: I have no current Master
Former Master(s): Jaa Iblik, a Jedi Knight (now deceased)
Time/location of Capture: The Jedi temple on Coruscant, during the Sacking
Homeworld: Ryloth?
Trained at: The Jedi Temple on Coruscant
Spoken Languages: Ryl, Lekku, Basic, and Sarchasm
Written Languages: Ryl and Basic
Concerning you
As a prisoner, your wardrobe is limited. When you were captured, how do you look and what clothes do you have on now?
This is what I normally wear, along with a sleeveless white tunic under a short Jedi robe. The sleeves of the robe don’t reach past my elbows. The hem of the tunic goes down to my hip, while the bottom of the robe barely reaches my knees.
Clothing aside, my physical appearance is rather childish despite my age. My skin is completely smooth, a shade of lavender (or light purple) with darker spot-like birthmarks on my sides and Lekku, though you wouldn’t notice the spots unless you were looking for them. I’m relatively small, 5’4” (~1.6 meters), and weighing roughly only 105 lbs (~50 kg). I have narrow shoulders and a lithe, flexible but sturdy frame. I am also rather lean, most of my body fat being stored in my Lekku.
I have a round, “soft” looking face, with clear skin and muted structural features. One can barely see my cheekbones and my chin is small and rounded. I have wide, expressive eyes that are a dark honey-brown in color, and full, naturally upturned lips. My eyebrows are tattooed-on, to help me look less “alien” to baseline-humans and also to help make my facial expression easier for others to read.
You got captured. Did you make any mistakes that led to this, or were others at fault?
I was not at fault for getting captured, only because it is not my fault many of the events that led to my capture happened. They were outside of my control. The only thing I could hold myself accountable for, is not being strong enough to fight off the Sith that captured me. If it's anyone's fault, it's the Sith's for attacking the temple in such an underhanded, cowardly way. The Force is your ally. How do you use it?
I have a wide range of skills and abilities in the force, most of which I pursued learning because of my own interests rather than the difficulty of doing so or the basicness of the skill.My skills with the force are as follows: (In no particular order)
Telekinesis
Mind Tricks
Force Jump
Force Healing
Force Stun
Ionize
Breath Control
Tapas
Pyrokinesis
Psychometry
Force Stealth
Having the Force did not keep you safe. What other skills can help you escape?
Umm… I’m pretty good at Slicing droids and other computer systems, and for a long time before I became a Jedi I was a pickpocket and a thief, meaning I’ve got a light touch and a tendency to subtly try to do things when I can. I’m very flexible, both literally and figuratively- I’m good at thinking quickly and coming up with stuff on the fly, as well as rolling with the punches as scenes pan out, and as a Twi’Lek I’m naturally just a bit more supple than some other species. I specialize in the Ataru form of Lightsaber combat, but I’m light and quick in a fight even without a lightsaber or the force with me. I’ve never trained in any formal type of hand-to-hand combat, but over the years I’ve developed my own style that incorporates many of the ‘tricks’ of fighting that I learned in my years before joining the Order. I’m strong-willed and stubborn when I want to be, I won’t give up easily, and when I’m confronted with adversity my automatic response is now (thanks to my Jedi teachings) to remain calm and collected while everything else tends to fall apart. This doesn’t exactly count unless someone among the prisoners can understand it, but I can communicate silently and secretly with my Lekku. And finally, I’m a lot smarter than I may seem, especially to anyone who doesn’t know my history even within the Order- I learn quickly, and am good at observing a situation. What was your life like before you got captured? Which major events shaped your life?
Do I have to fill this part out? I really don’t want to…Alright, fine. Before I joined the Order, I was not in the best of situations. My memories of the time from my birth to a time when I might have been 7 or 8 years old are nearly completely missing, I only know what little I do because of stories told to me by others. At some point I'd been taken by slavers but somehow wasn't a slave now, another Twi’Lek, someone I considered a friend, told me that we'd escaped together with a handful of others. No one knew how or why I couldn't remember anything, but we didn't dwell on it much. It's not like our pasts meant anything much then anyways.
We stuck together, this small group being the only ones I could trust as we went through our daily lives. We worked together to try and survive on whatever planet we were on at the time, I still don't know its name. I took to learning how to slice tech and stealing whatever we'd need from whoever seemed like they had enough to share. I got pretty good at it too, even being able to slice the police droids that would come after us. We survived, but we had no goals or ambition past that. Life was a day to day thing that became monotonous, not worth living. I couldn't just give up though, I was too scared to die, too scared of the unknown that is, or I should say, was death. I'm not scared of death anymore, because now if I die, it's for a cause at least.
Sorry, rambling. Um, I guess I was 13 or so when a Jedi found me and took me to the temple on Coruscant... I learned quickly and actually found I liked learning about how to be a Jedi. It only took a year for me to master the basics and become a padawan to Master Jaa Iblik. He was nice enough, though I'm not sure we got along as well as we could have… he was a good teacher at least. After a year with him, he got a second padawan, a human named Cerria Kinal. Cerria and I worked well together despite our nearly opposite personalities and skills, we were teammates and friends.
After three years as a padawan, I passed the Knight trials and became a Jedi Knight. It's been two years since then, and here we are! In the two years since I became a knight I've been sent on mostly investigative missions, with a few sending me to the battlefields of the war. I'm not sure I should tell you anything else about them, and I don't want to anyway. If it matters the Sith can find it out on their own, no way am I telling them anything.
How do you keep yourself calm in captivity? How do you keep your will to escape strong?
I try to meditate and center myself whenever I start losing my calm, or I'll distract myself by thinking about how to escape. It's not hard to keep my motivation to escape, whenever I feel like it might not be possible, I just think about all the other Jedi here with me. I'm going to get us out of here, somehow. I'd rather we all die than turn to the dark side or remain as prisoners or test subjects for the Sith. How well do you hold up under pressure? Do you have a high pain threshold?
To answer the first question, I'm extremely good at keeping calm in bad situations, and I have enough confidence in myself and those around me that I don't believe we'll fall easily. I'm a fighter. as for the second… I'll say yes, for everything other than my Lekku. The brain-tails of my race are quite sensitive, the only good thing I can say for this is that I'll most likely pass out before I could or would say anything. Lightsabers. Though you lost yours, it would be good to know what style(s) you use.
I know the basics of Shii-cho like every other Jedi should, but I'm most practiced in the form Ataru. I have recently started trying to learn Soresu as well so I could better deflect blaster bolts and conserve more of my energy in battle. I am Left-hand dominant, though I can hold my lightsaber in either hand and fight just fine. I don’t like holding the blade with both hands at once. Have you encountered other prisoners or Sith in the past?
(WIP, kinda. I think this is all for now.)Cerria Kinall - She and I shared a Master, her being Master Iblik’s Padawan along with me for two years before I passed the knight trials about 2 years ago. We have crossed paths a few times since then, and I believe that because our master died during the sacking it's up to me to take care of her and to get her out of the Sith's reach.
Nazca Barsavi - She's a youngling, almost a padawan I think though. We are... very alike from what I can tell, which could be both good and bad. I consider us to be good friends.
Sela Kythor - The reason I was on Coruscant when the Sacking happened... I was working with her for a while to help with a case.
Xid Terrik - Sela’s padawan and an awesome person. He’s a little quirky, but I like his unique mindset. Also.. he’s cute.
Talon Soule - A friend of Cerria’s, I only recently met her. The fox is, interesting.
Out of Character
How powerful is she in the Force?
She’s a Knight, so she’s well-grounded with most of her skills in the Force, but a Jedi never stops learning, so some of her skills are less developed than others.In order of strength: (weakest at the bottom)
Mind Trick - (Advanced) She mostly does Suggestion/Persuasion and can defend herself from all types of mind tricks, to a point.
Telekinesis - (Intermediate) A basic skill, She has good control and accuracy but not much strength with it. She can lift the huge boulders if you give her time but that’s about it.
Ionize - (Intermediate) If she can't disable a machine by slicing it she could just destroy it instead by overloading its circuitry. She’s only able to use it at a short range (about 3-5 feet) or when touching the object, and she can’t use it a lot in quick succession.
Breath Control - (Intermediate) She can hold her breath for up to 2 hours at a time while she’s active, and for 6 hours if she does nothing (like if she’s meditating).
Pyrokinesis - (Intermediate) Outside of battle, she can control existing flame with ease, and she can create a small flame relatively quickly with any flammable materials nearby, and in about 10-15 seconds otherwise.
Tapas - (High Novice) It's literally just staying warm by using the force. She can keep this up for a few hours at a time before needing some rest.
Force Healing - (Novice) She can only use it on herself, and to a pretty low level. She can stop herself from bleeding to death, at least I hope so anyway. She needs to meditate to use this power at all.
Force Stun - (Novice) She can effectively stun a single unprepared target for about a minute.
Force Stealth - (Low Novice) There seems to be multiple versions of this one so, I'm referring to the ability to cloak your force sensitivity and light/dark affiliation from others. She may not be able to maintain it for very long, and after a while it may fail randomly, but she has practiced this at least a bit.
Psychometry - (Innate) She can’t control this at all yet, it just kicks in at the GM’s discretion. She doesn’t even know she has this ability.
Has your character encountered members of the Strike Team / Rescuers before?
No. Nobody with any sort of wisdom wants to speak of their flaws. Especially not to their enemies, so what are your character’s flaws?
The Lekku, or 'Brain Tails' are distinctive traits of the Twi'lek species, they are exceptionally sensitive and so Shiri could be knocked out or killed without much trouble if someone were to target them- she has to take care to protect them in a fight. She's suffered brain damage before because of her lekku that also caused complete amnesia when she was younger. While she has a high pain tolerance and ability to stay quiet when she's being tortured, she knows the others might not and so feels that she has to protect everybody else however she can, usually by taking their place. She values her fellow Jedi and sees how each of them could be more useful than herself if someone had to be lost. Most of the time, you have to do things the right way to get the result you want or need, but when it comes to the Sith Shiri practically has a criminal mindset. All Sith deserve to die, and in some cases the ends do justify the means. At this point it's never occurred to her that Sith are capable of change, of righting their wrongs and starting anew. (While it is rare, it could happen that a Sith changes sides) In that case Shiri would remain skeptical of the Sith even if they are sincere in their change. Shiri has no respect for anyone who believes she should respect them simply because they feel they are entitled to it. She rebels against those who believe they are better than someone else, and is more than happy to challenge them for them to see just how much they aren't. She's stubborn, sarcastic, can be a bit of a smart-ass at times, and while she is good at hiding her emotions she does still feel them and can be rather fierce at times (For example, she's more than a little spiteful towards the Sith right now because of the Sacking of Coruscant, and while it may not be obvious it is definitely there). As a non-human, list what traits your character has specifically because of their Species.
- Lekku (or 'Brain Tails') - stores fat and acts as an erogenous zone, also contains part of the brain at the base. Extremely sensitive and a great vulnerability if targeted in battle.
LEFT= tchun
RIGHT= tchin - The ability to communicate silently and secretly with their lekku
- Sharp claw-like nails
- Multiple stomachs - allows Twi'leks to eat most foods
- Under normal circumstances, they have a higher body temperature than other humanoid species.
Is your character any good at holding out against torture?
Yes, in fact. She’s reasonably good at keeping quiet under most circumstances. What is your character’s personality like? What motivates her?
Kind and caring by nature, and fairly mischievous. When she's around people she likes she can be funny and lighthearted, but most of the time she tries to keep her thoughts and emotions to herself. If she appears mean or harsh, it's more than likely a farce. Shiri takes pride in being a Jedi and enjoys learning as much as she can to try and make the universe a better place. She's decided that she wants to battle the dark side by either being an investigator or a Jedi Shadow, and that choice has led to many of her other choices throughout the years. Her goal is to become the best Jedi she can possibly be and save as many people as she can. Do you have any limits as to what is “ok” to happen to your character?
I just don’t want her to die, mentally, physically, or in spirit . If she dies she’s no fun to play anymore. That being said however.. I'm interested to see what kind of trouble she can get into. Give it your best shot. Do you want your character to escape?
Yes, of course. But, she doesn’t have to, and will absolutely refuse to leave if given a chance to while others are unable to escape. She's determined to get everyone out. how easily do you wish to be captured?
About as easily as it is to give a big dog who doesn't like water a bath. Possible to do without injury, but annoying as hell after a short while. What do you think your character is doing in a few IC months?
If she escapes, her ties to the light side will be set for life and she'll continue pursuing her goal to be a Jedi Shadow. If she dies trying, well I just hope she was able to get the others out with her sacrifice then.
If she turns, she’ll be lost to the darkness forever. Unlike Zez, there’s not even a chance for her to go back to the light. She’ll keep trying to develop the skills that would have made her into a Jedi Shadow, but now she’ll be striving to use them against the Jedi rather than the Sith.
Does your character have any secrets useful for the GMs’ plots?
Maybe...-EDIT-
I totally forgot to put this with the CS at first. oops.
- All skills are one of five levels:
- Innate: User knows next to nothing about the skill itself or how to use/control it. It just, happens sometimes. Very little chance of successfully using the skill.
- Novice: User knows the basics rather well and can easily apply them at any time. An ok chance at successful use of the skill.
- Intermediate: User knows a bit beyond the basics and has a decent understanding of this skill. They can easily apply the skill and have a good chance at success using it.
- Advanced: User has good foundations and understanding of the skill. They can use this skill to its fullest and have a high chance of success with it.
- Master: User has an excellent understanding of the skill’s foundations and applications. They can use this skill to its highest level. (This doesn’t guarantee success, but there is a very high chance for it.)
