Envoy Ro Nuul, Jedi Master in the Council of Unity
Ro Nuul
| {Age} |41
| {Species} |Kel Dor
| {Gender} |Male
| {Force Sensitive/Alignment} |Yes - Associates exclusively with the Light side
| {Appearance} |Ro Nuul is relatively unassuming for a Kel Dor. He boasts a standard orange complexion, silver eyes hidden under standard issue goggles, and an unassuming rebreathing oxygen mask. He stands at roughly 1.4 meters, on the shorter end for a mature Kel Dor. He rarely ever wears jewelry, and prefers to wear standard Jedi robes made in the traditions of the Jedi Order of the Old Republic. He refuses to wear the "battle" variants often sported during the Clone Wars, instead intending to wear the basic robes and tunics to reflect his self-perception as a teacher and diplomat. However, Ro Nuul does wear his electrum-plated lightsaber, the same one he crafted decades ago following a visit to Illum with the Jedi Order, proudly on his hip. It is the only "accessory" he usually sports, wearing it even with more lavish outfits to openly broadcast his association with the Jedi of old. Ro Nuul has begun to gain weight in recent years, spurred on from his constant attendance at galas and banquets among the high and mighty. He is a far cry from the skeletal, sickly looking Jedi he was at the fall of the Republic.
| {Equipment and Personal Belongings} |- Single-Bladed, Electrum-Plated lightsaber that is polished and prominently hung upon Ro Nuul's belt at all times. When ignited, the saber glows green.
- A handheld holoprojector
- An additional commlink, usually connected to the Harmony
Onboard the Consular Class Cruiser
Harmony- A number of Jedi Robes for various climates and occassions
- A number of appropriate regional formalwear outfits for Ro Nuul, and professional Republic military dress for Clone veteran employees
- A well-stocked on-board galley with various regional treats, constantly shifted and updated to match local cuisine.
- A fine assortment of spirits from across the Galaxy.
- A holochess table
- Various Sabaac decks, kept among the ship's crew quarters to pass downtime.
- A single gunner operated light ion cannon
- Houses a crew of four (1 pilot, 1 engineer, 1 Security Officer, 1 Navigator) consisting of Clone veterans.
Ro Nuul also purchased a TC-series Protocol Droid (TC-27) with an upgraded TransLang III communications module, capable of translating around seven million forms of communication.
Diplomacy: Ro Nuul has carefully cultivated a personal style of interacting with various heads of state, fellow diplomats, or even local warlords. Ro Nuul often does considerable preparation work before any planned meeting: he learns the local customs of who he is meeting with, personal likes and dislikes, local delicacies, some of the native language, etc. He takes the time and effort to try and engage others on their terms, and treats them with respect. However, Ro Nuul does his best not to obfuscate too significantly his intentions. If he is there to ask for money or encourage a policy decision, he is upfront about those intentions. His personal ideals and refusal to use intimidation or pressure as a tactic makes him less effective when dealing with more adversarial forces, but his attention to personal detail and genuine care for all he speaks to has gained him unlikely friends and allies over the years.
I am One with the Force: Ro Nuul is exceptionally gifted with the force, which has been honed with years of training and meditation. It is his greatest gift, and closest ally. Ro Nuul has achieved a comfortability with the force that makes it second nature to reach out through the force to do anything simple from fetching himself a mug or find a lost pen.
Lightsaber Proficiency: Ro Nuul is proficient in the use of a lightsaber from his time in the Jedi Order of the Republic, and this training was expanded when the Republic was thrust into war. Ro Nuul was trained in Form I (Shii-Cho), III (Soresu), and VI (Niman). Ro Nuul most often switches between Soresu and Niman, depending on his needs. Soresu is a guarded form, and served Ro Nuul well in deflecting hails of blaster fire during the Clone Wars. Even now, it most closesly matches Ro Nuul's philosophy of prioritizing protection and defense over violence from a personal standpoint. Niman is occasionally used due to its prevalence in mixing lightsaber combat with the use of the force, which plays into Ro Nuul's strengths as a force user.
Piloting: Ro Nuul was trained in the operation of several types of starship, including starfighters, freighters, cruisers, and yachts. Ro Nuul has piloted a number of starships during the Clone Wars, and has since flown both his Jedi Starfighter and his modified Consular-Class Cruiser. He is no Anakin Skywalker, but his attunement in the force makes him a more responsive pilot in combat... when it comes down to that.
| {Force Abilities} |Cleanse Mind
Comprehend Speech
Force Barrier
Force Deflection
Force Empathy
Force Jump
Force Healing
Force Sense
Force Valor
Mind Trick
Telekinesis
| {Limitations} |Rusty with a Blade: Ro Nuul has not seriously fought with a lightsaber since Operation Stormcaller. He does occasionally spar with members of the Council of Swords, but has found himself falling farther and farther behind his fellow Jedi in terms of combat skill.
Dangerous Laisons: Ro Nuul's connections and resources are deeply linked to the Free Horizons Fund. If a proper investigation were to be had into the Foundation, it would be shut down and discredited in a heartbeat. Though, depending on the leniency of the Mandalorian government and the Jedi Enclaves, Ro Nuul would perhaps pay a far greater price.
Conditional Pacifist: Following the Treaty of Alsakan and the Great Jedi Schism, Ro Nuul has taken a personal vow of Conditional Pacifism: he will not engage in intentional violence, and will only ignite his Saber in the defense of another or himself directly.
Atmospheric Differences, Fragile Bones: Ro Nuul suffers from 2 significant limitations due to his genetics: Oxygen is poison for him, and he has a weaker bone structure due to a genetic mutation. The former is a trait shared by all Kel Dor, which they are able to circumvent through breathing masks and goggles. If these are damaged, Ro Nuul would be severely weakened and may die if unable to remedy the situation quickly. The latter of these two weaknesses is a result of personal lineage and happenstance. While Ro Nuul suffers no adverse effects yet, especially given his strong natural attunement to the force, it does leave him physically weaker and less durable than most Jedi of his age should he find himself in significant physical harm.
| {Personality} |Ro Nuul attempts to personify the ideals of the Jedi Order in the way that he carries himself. He has taken on a more monastic lifestyle in recent years, and has made a vow of conditional nonviolence: he will not raise his lightsaber to kill a sentient and sapient life-form, and will only use his lightsaber to defend himself or others while inflicting as little harm as possible. In his mind, it is his way of putting to rest forever is status as a soldier from the Clone Wars to live the true ideals of a Jedi: a beacon of peace and harmony in a galaxy full of chaos and death. Even in spite of everything he has seen and experienced, the Jedi Master is often stoic in the face of disaster and destruction. Even when overwhelmed with emotion during Knightfall, he quickly let the emotions pass by him and never dwells on them too hard. Mixed with his deep voice, he projects a soothing atmosphere to those he engages in deep conversation. Even on the battlefield, Ro Nuul was not one to shout out of harshness. When he speaks, his intent is always to inspire in some way. That is not to say that he does not have a tendency to be wordy.
Ro Nuul comes from a long lineage of teachers and instructors, and regrets never having the time nor opportunity to take on a Padawan himself. He has instead made himself available at the Jedi Enclaves to help teach basic lessons to Jedi Younglings and newcomers to the Enclaves whenever he is at the Citadel. He has been known to host impromptu meditations and small "seminars" with fellow Jedi and visitors of the Citadel on the grounds as weather permits, engaging with his peers on a number of academic and philosophical concepts. At his heart, Ro Nuul takes deep joy in learning more about the Galaxy and what binds everything together. He is as much a student and thoughtful listener as he is a master and effective instructor.
Of course, Ro Nuul is not without his own weaknesses. As much as he has developed a reputation for being honest and open in his communication... his current association with the Free Horizons Fund has placed him on a far more precarious path than he would expect. His position within the Council of Unity has filled him with doubts and confusion on what unity and peace looks like. Can there be peace with Grevious still on the loose? What cost is too high to free subjugated peoples? Ro Nuul's withdrawal from formal diplomatic duties has been an attempt to distance and isolate himself from his peers in the Enclaves, despite the stoic mask he wears whenever he is home. After all, for Ro Nuul, nothing is more important than for individual autonomy to be maintained in the galaxy to the greatest extent possible. It is his one attachment, the one ideal he refuses to let go of in the face of everything else. So far, it has led him to fund intergalactic terrorists and mercenaries from the shadows behind the backs of his own order and Republic. Ro Nuul, at times, does fear what he may become as a result of this attachment.
But that fear, too, passes.
| {Place of Origin} |Ro Nuul was born on the planet Dorin, but was quickly adopted into the Jedi Order as a youngling. He would more accurately call his home for most of his life Coruscant. At the current time, Ro Nuul has two permanent residences on Mandalore: a room at the Citadel he shares with other members of the Council of Unity, and a more lavish high-rise condominium in the heart of Keldabe City that mostly houses the Free Horizons staff and is used to entertain guests and foreign diplomats.
| {Background} |Ro Nuul's earliest memories are incredibly similar to many of his brothers in the Jedi Order of old: he spent his entire conscious life training to become a Jedi and to serve the Republic. He always tested well, and embodied the basic teachings of serenity, harmony, and peace. Even from a young age, Ro Nuul had aspirations to serve in the Jedi Diplomat Corps. He had a passion for preventing conflict, even among his comrades. It was fitting, then, that Ro Nuul was selected to become the padawan of Jedi Master Tyro Zeverin, a member of the Jedi Diplomatic Corps, at the age of 10. In these early years, Ro Nuul began to experience the rumblings of the coming war. Between 25 and 22 BRS, Ro Nuul was involved in various talks with what would come to be known as "border worlds" in the coming Clone Wars. Tyro Zeverin was a master of making quick friends with leading foreign dignitaries, taking special care to respect regional cultures and customs and always bringing gifts or trinkets for those he spoke with. Tyro taught Ro early on his personal trick to making friends with people of all walks of life: frankness. Tyro was always upfront about what he came to speak about, rarely sugar coating his requests or desires. Of course, Tyro's successes were not particularly grand. He managed to prevent the succession of several worlds, but it all mattered little by the time the Clone Wars broke out.
When the Clone Wars began, and Tyro Zeverin had learned of his own master's death in the Battle of Geonosis, the master and apprentice were thrust into the Clone Wars. At first, Ro Nuul had difficulty understanding the necessity for the Jedi to involve themselves so thoroughly in the war. But as he became more involved in the conflict, and saw the lengths to which Grevious and his forces were willing to go to subjugate or eradicate various worlds and cultures in the name of doing harm to the Republic. The purpose of the Jedi began to make more sense to Ro Nuul, as did the purpose of diplomacy. When Master Zeverin died on a diplomatic mission to the Planet Ryloth, his final words were to remind his padawan that vengeance for his death would help no one: their mission was always to defend, never to destroy. Those words have stuck with Ro Nuul all these years later... though latter events would twist his view of them.
Ro Nuul was, conveniently enough, on Mandalore when Knightfall took place. He was part of a delegation sent by the Galactic Republic senate, spearheaded by Nouanese senator and aristocrat Willha Altoola. He was chosen as one of the ambassadors of the Jedi, seeing as he was recently promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight and was known for having taken after Master Zeverin as a beacon of "honest" diplomacy. He was more meant to stand in the background, look battle-scarred and strong, and not make too much of a scene. Ro Nuul excused himself as the reports flood in, and felt incredible loss and destruction ripple through the force as his home was destroyed by the CIS. He was unable to do anything to help, his orders remaining to guard the delegation for the time. It wasn't until the GAR began to reassemble on Mandalore and develop counter-plans to secure what remains of the Republic that Ro Nuul volunteered to serve on the front lines. He joined in Operation Stormcaller, fighting alongside Jedi and Clones to save the Kaminoans. Ro Nuul was with the last regiment to leave the Kaminoan capital before it was destroyed and sent to the bottom of the ocean. The sight of the structural supports detonating from his view on the gunship haunts him from time to time in his dreams. More sentient lives needlessly destroyed by the CIS. And the truth is, if those clones on that gunship had not dragged Ro Nuul on-board... odds are he would be resting with the wreckage as well. He continued to fight alongside the fragmented GAR in Mandalorian space, though found a lot of the fight had left him after Stormcaller. With more freedom from a significantly weakened GAR and Jedi Order, Ro Nuul developed a closer friendship with some of the clones he fought with on Kamino and with Senator Willha Altoola.
Ro Nuul was disappointed with the Treaty of Alsakan at first. He understood it's purpose to allow for the disparate Republic states to right their own ships, in a matter of speaking. However, it also meant allowing the CIS to control half the galaxy with very little to challenge them. Sure, the rising Renkar Imperium certainly would wage their own conflicts against the CIS, but even this was little more than border disputes it seemed. Ro acknowledged that the war had shifted, and was pleased to no longer have to serve as a military officer and soldier. As the Jedi Enclaves were being formed, and Ro Nuul lived among the people of Mandalore, he renewed his dedication to protecting the sovereignty of sentient life. He was present and watched as the cracks in the Jedi Order formally shattered, and quickly found himself recruited into the Council of Unity as a Jedi Master and diplomat for the Jedi Enclaves, and by extension the Republic of Mandalore. He found himself meeting frequently with Alsakani representatives, attending an imperial wedding, meeting with the Wookies and Trandoshans to pledge Jedi support for the Kashyyk-Trandosha Exclusion zone, and was even part of the Mandalorian delegation that ratified the re-synchronization of the Galactic Calendar. While more prominent figures in the Jedi Order (such as Masters Plo Koon and Obi-Wan Kenobi) stood center stage as the galaxy shifted, Ro Nuul began to find himself increasingly in the background and periphery of major events.
Though, Ro Nuul was not content with doing nothing as a decade and a half had passed since the Treaty of Alsakan. He had made connections with wealthy aristocrats from both the Alsakani Republic and the Republic of Mandalore who had a soft spot for war stories and the plight for those "less fortunate." Combined with being one of the early diplomats involved in the establishment of Independent Systems League's budding relationship with the Mandalorian Republic, Ro Nuul was able to piece together enough financial support to develop a new NGO (non-governmental organization) called the Free Horizons Refugee Development Fund with the help of former Senator Willha Artoola. Willha Altoola filled the Board of Directors with a few of her close allies, all aristocrats from the Inner and Mid Rim, while appointing the Jedi as Executive Director. The rest of the organization was mostly staffed by former Clone soldiers who survived Operation Stormcaller. With Free Horizons, Ro Nuul was able to obtain grants from rich benefactors that would go towards providing necessary equipment and supplies for the resettlement of displaced peoples across the galaxy. In particular, the fund would allow for those who sought to escape from the iron grip of the CIS... or any other oppressive factions that violated their individual sovereignty. For six years, Ro Nuul has been hard at work ensuring anyone who wishes to can live freely in Mandalorian or neutral space.
Of course, rumors have circulated around the Free Horizons Fund since its inception. Ro Nuul's decision to hire former clone soldiers he fought with in the Clone Wars to help staff his administration, lack of full transparency on spending, and semi-frequent "humanitarian missions" into CIS space have certainly placed the Jedi in a difficult political spot. Only the Board of Directors are aware of Ro Nuul's dealings with CIS rebel cells and anti-CIS mercenaries, with all other donors unaware of what exactly they have been roped into funding. While the war formally ended decades ago, Ro Nuul knows that the war has simply changed. He is gambling with the money of the rich and powerful to slowly begin dismantling the CIS one world at a time despite the tentative peace present. As much as Ro Nuul wishes he could resign himself to a quiet life of true pacifism and meditation, he has instead chosen to do as he has always done: promote the sovereignty of the oppressed, no matter the personal cost. He knows that his time continuing the Clone Wars in backrooms and through paychecks is limited: it will either end with him in a prison cell, or when the war reignites once again in earnest.
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