Davian Korran
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 Jedi Knight Davian Korran
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| Name: | Davian Korran |
| Age: | 19 (born 12 BTC) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Corellian |
| Weight: | 121 lbs/55 kg |
| Height: | 5'6'"/168 cm |
| Skin tone: | Pale |
| Eye Color: | Dark green |
| Hair Color: | Dark brown |
| Birthplace: | Coronet City |
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| Title: | Jedi Knight |
| Alignment: | Jedi |
| Guild: | None |
| Religion/Philosophy: | Living Force |
| Occupation: | Jedi Sentinel |
| Relative(s): | Altran Korran (Father, deceased), Cora Jasra (Mother, deceased), Djin Korran (Brother, MIA) |
| Known Master(s): | Nabai De'nura (Jedi Archivist), Jory Oolien (Jedi Master, deceased) Hiemura Balthas (Jedi Master) |
| Current Student(s): | Shien Jso |
| Former Student(s): | (None) |
| Residency: | Tython |
| Character Specialization: | Force Cloak, core powers, diplomacy |
| Weapon of Choice: | Lightsaber |
| Lightsaber Styles: | Niman |
| Allies: | Shien Jso, Adela Jasera,Raysch Nargon, Hiemura Balthas, Nabai De'nura, Kahiti Norvos |
| Ship: | Singular Fortune, modified A-Wing |
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| Created by: | Belanore |
(Work In Progress)
"Pliable pacifists? I'm as pliable as a Nexu who was starving, but recently found food only to have it snuck away by a Mynock singing the 'in your face' song and leaving a small note with a drawing of an extended tongue on it, along with a sketch of the stolen dinner and the text 'ha-ha' written all over. And you were saying?"
- Davian Korran
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Personality and traits
“She is… young, I believe that is the polite way to put it, no?”
― Master De’nura, about her former Initiate ward
Growing up, Davian often seemed the ‘rose’ to her brash friend Kahiti’s ‘thorn’, even though, when left alone with De’nura, her more mischievous side surfaced. De’nura observed early on that Davian’s personality often seemed to change according to whoever she was around at the time, becoming a foil of sorts, even though her profound shyness always permeated the impression, as well as a considerable sense of duty.
After her Knighting, Davian was often viewed as headstrong and brash, but Davian often only appeared in opposition because of her empathic ability, which caused her to always try and supply the personality of her allies and her inability to, after having grown up around men who threw big words around constantly, take anything seriously. She often affectionately referred to her lightsaber as ‘glowstick’ and was never above seeking some entertainment through childish means. The lack of respect was never absolute, however, and she would always deter to the Council’s judgment in the end, it merely often took her longer than the average Jedi.
All of the noise and her tendency to seek out company and making others like her if possible was another side-effect from her early childhood, when alone she would first be homesick and later, after the revelation of the raid, start brooding about Djin when left to herself. However, the general view others had of her was that of an outgoing, charming girl, energetic and mischievous, as Davian went to great lengths to avoid discussion things that caused her discomfort, believing that focusing on the bright aspects of life was the best way to celebrate it.
She was a remarkably fine liar, to the point where she could sometimes convince herself she spoke the truth, a talent that has caused her some concern. Her Master often reassured her, however, that as long as she did not misuse it, just like the Force itself, she would not slip into darkness.
Appearance
Davian was a small, slender girl, who often appeared younger than her years would suggest. Her youthful appearance and delicate frame was often useful to her, however, as she typically did her best to blend into the background when in precarious situations. She was known to be remarkably relaxed with her appearance, always keeping her hair down and wearing no distinctive marks, always dressed as her current role required and nothing more or less than this.
She was, however, not to fond of the shape of her nose, even though by most accounts she was not an ugly girl, Davian simply made no effort to be remarkable, and thusly, she was not. She had a round face with large green eyes, a small, straight nose and dark brown hair with parting banks around shoulderlength, a hairdo she retained from childhood.
Early life
Heir to a negotiator
"I’m a descendant of smugglers, politicians, Jedi Masters and other esteemed liars."
― Davian, on her heritage
Davian was born on Corellia as a daughter to a succesful diplomat. Recognizing the inherent good publicity in a Jedi offspring, Davian’s mother was delighted when her willful and active 5-year-old daughter was judged Force-sensitive by passing Jedi. Of course, the trait was hardly a surprise. Through her father Davian was a direct descendant of a Force Sensitive Senator for whom she was named, and the siblings of a few prominent Jedi through her mother. Davian also had a brother, but despite inherent potential in the boy, their mother denied giving up both her children.
This is the story Davian usually passes on when asked, but the truth is a tad more sinister. Davian's inherent abillity to connect with the Force, and through it, all around her, caused her to read the minds of everyone around her as a toddler and, unable to shut the constant noise off, Davian would likely have gone insane had her parents not in desperation called for a Jedi. While the Jedi was unable to 'remove' the problem as requested, he was able to explain the nature of it to her parents and suggest he could give her lessons in controlling her inherent powers. When the Jedi was called back to the Temple, Davian's parents urged him to take her along and make sure she received the necesary training to control herself. Before she left, eager to try this new adventure, her mother urged her to be a good Jedi and a credit to the family name.
Realizing the fun new trip was a bit more permanent than she had believed, Davian was devastatingly homesick in her first year, she remembered her mother’s claims that she could help her father immensely by being a good girl and become a famous Jedi, and her tears were wept in quiet solitude. Outwards she learned early on to bury her own feelings and display a cheerful front that calmed those who would worry. The Jedi Master who brought Davian to Copeuscant confided in his Padawan, however, that he had sensed grave danger around the family, a notion proven correct when the Korran elders were wiped out by a surprise attack on their cruiser en route to Coruscant about two years later.
Davian, ignorant of her orphan status eventually settled in nicely on Coruscant and proved a natural focal point for her fellow students, being cheerful, helpful and showing great oratorical skills for a child so young, as well as leading them in the occasional prank.
((The Gateway to Eternity))
One day, Davian was assisting De'nura in the Archives when Jedi Master Zor'en Vendrack came in search of information. After one of her usual displays of defiant antics, De'nura 'had words' with Davian on her behaviour and expelled her from the Archives to reflect on her foolishness and lack of respect in the presence of an esteemed Master. Davian was not left sitting for long, however, as her Zabrak friend and fellow youngling, Kahiti Norvos, presented her with an opportunity for adventure almost too good to be true - seeing the inside of a REAL starship...
((The Gateway to Eternity: Journey to Utapau))
The two intrepid younglings quickly came to face with complications once aboard the vessel, however. Having been lead there by the frail-minded former Sith, Kai'ali Anesu, who was also a lost Padawan of Zor'en's, the girls suddenly found themselves locked in a cargo closet, and they were only freed and discovered by the bounty hunter Neth Edon after the jump to hyperspace had commenced. Stuck on the ship, they were assigned to the care of Zor'en's reticient Padawan Usay Toran, though Edon was more proactive in taking care of the energetic troublemakers...
Fate of Korrans
“I will acknowledge what have happened, Master.” “That is good to hear.” “My mother is dead. My father is dead. Nothing can bring them back. Revenge won’t do me or their legacy any good.” “Very good, Davian, yes.” “But nowhere do I see confirmation Djin died in that raid. My brother is alive out there, Master, and while the dead leave no obligations, the living do. I have to find him. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, or even in the conceivable future, but I will find him!”
― Davian and Master De’nura discussing her family
Following some horrible nightmares, Davian started making several inquiries about her family. Slightly troubled that her promising pupil was showing such, for a Jedi, overly clingy emotions, Master De’nura petitioned the Council to contact the Korran Family. She hoped some news from them would be enough to calm Davian down. Between deliberation in the Council and the sending of feelers in all conceivable directions, Davian was nine by the time the terrible news of the raid on the ship came back with the entire family having been reported dead, while she was still away from Coruscant.
De’nura, not heeding advice to shield the girl until she was better able to control her emotions, went and gave Davian the news straight after she was returned to the planet, citing that she respected Davian too much to lie straight to her face. Not unexpectedly Davian was completely devastated. Despite her playing tricks and getting into trouble, she had tried to remain true to her mother’s final words about being a credit to the family name. Sometimes the dream of walking into their lavish apartment a respected Jedi Knight and see how proud they would be was all that had kept her going when she missed them the most. Davian did not say any of those words, but she did not have to either. De’nura hugged the child and let her cry for as long as she was able after which she carried her to bed, ordering Davi to only emerge for more training when she felt her mind was clear and her sorrow under control.
While that took less than a week, for the remainder of Davian’s Initiate time, De’nura noted with worry, she, while still blossoming around others, more and more often chose solitude, reading through all available records of the pirate attack, a behaviour that clearly signified she was nowhere near as at peace with it as she would like others to believe.
After a while, De’nura confronted her student and told her that she would end up in a bad way if she was unable to let go of the past. Davian calmly explained that she had merely found a recurring inaccuracy as to the fate of young Djin. While the reports showed autopsies and other documents on her parents, there was no data on Djin at all. Davian assured her Master she had let her parents go and that she would not seek revenge. Djin, however, was still alive and she refused to give up on him until he, too, was proven dead.
The Sacking of Coruscant
"They hurt…they hurt… they HURT…"
― Davian in shock following the Sacking
The day Davian turned twelve, a Jedi came to visit. Having just trained his first Padawan, the Twi’lek Ninta Ajura, a freshly promoted Master called Jory Oolien, who was an acquaintance of De’nura, was searching for a new Padawan. Having heard only good thing of Davian regarding her willingness to learn, her interest in history and her empatic and stealth-related abilities, he wished to take her as his Padawan, if she wished to accept his offer.
Without her parents, Davian knew she had nowhere else to go beside the Order, but she also took an instant liking to Oolien, as the Echani had a gentle disposition that softened the impact of his emotions. Davian, who had still not learned to fully control her empathy, was rather pleased by this, and she readily accepted the offer. This was 8 days before the Sacking of Coruscant, an event that was to have a lasting impact on Davian’s future and personality.
As the Sacking began, Davian was on one of the top floors of the Temple, meditating. Upon sensing the first death, Davian was so shocked, that her meditation broke instantly. She immediately attempted to feel the life-force of her friends, but the constant aggression from the Siths, the relentless pain from the harmed on both sides and the repeated deaths nearly deafened her, and, afraid and disoriented, she resorted to her other primary talent and ‘hid’, using Force Camouflage.
However, her fear disrupted her connection to the Force, and unable to move, she simply scrounged up in a corner and buried her face in her hands, trying not to feel the blow of the death of people she had known the faces of nearly all of her short life. Davian stayed there even as some stray Sith snuck into the room, but she was saved by the timely intervention of Oolien himself, who fought off the Sith and calmed down Davian enough that she was able to start escaping.
As she did, she looked back to see the Echani dispatch his opponent, only to be fired at by a bounty hunter, who shot a rocket at Jory. Davian screamed, but the Echani, having apparently sensed the intention, was able to fling the rocket aside and once again cry for her to run. As Davian obliged, Jory engaged the bounty hunter, only to be billed by a stray blaster shot to the back. Davian managed to escape, but having lost her home and parental figure a second time, she slipped into a shock-like state upon reaching De’nura, a state that caused her to be completely apathetic several weeks following the incident.
Padawan
The Epicanthix and the Corellian
“Masters don’t have two Padawans!” “You’re awfully hostile considering this might be your only shot at becoming one.” “Right, sorry. With all due respect, Master, you’re a very weird Jedi.”
― Davian discussing Jedi Ethics with her future Master, Hiemura Balthas
Despite De’nura often praising her star pupil to the other Masters and Knights, Davian’s ascension to Padawan status, by the time she was near 13, seemed very unlikely. No one doubted the child’ potential, but what they had also knew of was that she had been Oolien’s chosen, and that she, following the Sacking, had suffered a cynical streak to her normal personality that made her hostile and unwilling to accept any master out of ‘charity’ or ‘pity’.
While Davian herself was more concerned with reconnecting to her love of life on the verdant Tython, De’nura was doing her outermost to secure the girl’s future with the Order, convinced Davian could become a great Jedi and a good example if just given a chance. The chance appeared through unlikely channels at a very opportune moment. With Davian’s 13th birthday weeks away, Master Balthas returned from a trip through the Rim with his Padawan. An old friend of De’nura, the Master heard her out on Davian’s plight. Always a maverick himself, Balthas found it rather amusing a girl with Davian’s talent was being turned down due to mischievous antics and not even ‘luring taints’ or ‘weak potential’, which tended to be the prime reason given. Balthas and De’nura decided on a course of action, one which was presented to Davian the following day.
Davian was quick to point out the slight flaw – that Balthas already had picked a Padawan, and when the Master brushed it off as a ‘minor detail’, Davian, annoyed her entire future was a mere joke to the man, retorted sharply. Balthas easily chastised her, however, and the meeting ended in a somewhat friendly atmosphere with Balthas declaring he would go twist the Council’s arms for them to accept what would be, he admitted, ‘a stretch’. Between De’nura and Balthas, however, the two Masters managed to convince the Council it was the only way the promising pupil could avoid being lost for the Order, and Davian entered her strange shared Padawanhood, worried that her new ‘partner’ would harbor ill will, considering the entire deal had been sealed way over her head without her opinion being polled…
A shared burden
“Never tell him he's crazy.” “Why?” “Because that utterance always somehow ends up with him giggling in a ship and me working shifts in a cantina on some obscure planet for three days. And I think it'll extend to us both now.”
― Adela Jasera informs Davian about their Master's unique personality
Before she was assigned to him, Davian knew very little of her Master. Balthas, however, was notorious for his obsession with making Jedi connect to what he referred to as "the real world". It was rare for his students to fall, but it was a widely held opinion that Balthas sometimes broke a rule just because it existed. His most commonly employed tactic was to leave his Padawans on a planet with no credits, maps or any inkling of where they were and how they could get home, only to find out Balthas had assigned them as serving personel in the local cantina.
However, Balthas' behaviour also fostered a close friendship between his 'victims', Davian and Adela Jasera. While the irrational Master taught them both in his unique manner, they developed a form of sisterhood, supporting each other. Davian sometimes wondered if that was the real reason behind Balthas' antics, but resigned that most of what Balthas did always had at least two interpretations, and that neither ever felt fully right when considered. Davian quickly adopted a sense of healthy skepticism and took in from Balthas what she felt made sense, often having the nagging suspicion that the training, a favour to De'nura more than a result of Balthas' wishes, were perhaps rushed.
Following a memorably excursion to Ilum for lightsaber crystals, which involved Balthas sending both girls into the wilderness with the order only to return when they had found 'their' crystal, and the construction of her own lightsaber, Davian was rather stunned to learn that, after only six years of misadventures, Balthas wanted her to take the trials, futher cementing her opinion that the Master simply wanted her over and done with, and she questioned her own abillity to a near crippling degree before Balthas comforted her and, for the first time in six years, told her that she was good enough.
Trial of Skill
“Stupid glowsticks...”
― Davian, left alone on Ilum, reflects on her order to construct a lightsaber
Never an obvious talent with a lightsaber, the first of the trials were also the trial Davian dreaded the most. After several spectacular malfunctions, her reliance on the weapon and confidence in it was very low. Perhaps for this reason Davian was allowed several days of preparation before being pitted against actual opponents.
Despite her natural abillity to control her emotions, Davian's training was often interrupted with her giving up in the midst of the sparring and a few incidents of throwing her lightsaber into the nearest wall and leaving. As the day of the Trial came closer, her frustration with her own ineptude increased and nothing Adela could say reasurred the devastated Padawan who felt that she was letting all the trust placed on her down, failing her trial before it even began. In despair she even declared that she could never become a Jedi Knight, as her sub-par lightsaber skills never seemed to improve, in fact all her frantic practice had made it worse.
Coming to terms with that it could and likely would fail, however, instilled a sense of calm in her, and Davian's last sparring match against Balthas, the night before her trial was not prematurely interrupted. Despite being heavily outmatched, Davian refused to give up and quit, which would leave her last match another disgraceful failure. Sustaining themselves with the Force, Balthas and Davian duelled most of the night, and as dawn broke, Davian was panic-struck with having wasted away a good night's sleep before this essential event and rushed out to make it to the chambers, only to hear Balthas laugh behind her.
Balthas explained that, by facing up to her limitations without giving up, Davian had both proven she had learned the most basic of points of Jedi swordmanship and defeated a strong opponent in her own crisis of self-confidence. In other words; she had just passed her first trial. Davian swore to Balthas she would continue practising the saber, and that, while she knew her skill would never be immense, she would no longer fear perfecting it to her personal limitations.
Trial of Flesh
“Not just like that. If I do become a Knight, I'd be ashamed to profit from something a scared seven-year-old hid away so she would not have to deal with the burden. Phrase it however you want, I'm going back in.”
― Davian telling Adela of her decision to make sure she has truly come to terms with her loss
The Trial of Flesh had in fact been passed by Davian when she was still a child, after she acknowledged the loss of her parents without getting consumed by the grief that had first threathened to overwhelm her. She had also not let her conviction that Djin lived interfere with her Jedi training, nor her dedication towards her assignment, in any way. Davian remarked to Adela later on that in hindsight, this trial had probably been the worst to emerge from, as she had, dissatisfied with the easy way out, forced herself to meditate on her parents' demise, using her Force sensivity to sense their last moments as best she could and still forgive the pirates afterwards.
Trial of Courage
“I'm going to enjoy this immensely, little Davi, daddy's beloved shell of bad publicity. I am looking forward to closing the report on damage control concerning you permanently...”
― Darovel Skoen, taunting Davian shortly before attempting to murder her
In the midst of her trials, Davian was surprised to learn that she would be allowed to break off and search for Djin, having recently proven through her own dedication the Trial of Flesh that she was true in her heart about not pursuing vengeance. Using the ship her parents had left for her to use when she came of age, Singular Fortune, Davian sat out to investigate the raid that orphaned her further.
It was the first time Davian went anywhere alone, but her Master's constant conviction of the good of meeting the people of the galaxy, namely smugglers and the likes in the cantinas, had left her with a healthy network to build her investigation on. However, it quickly became clear that the cruiser had not been a victim of a random slave-grab or plundering pirates. Sensing there was more to the case than first appeared, Davian utilized her abillity to go 'unnoticed' to its fullest and infiltrated the particular ring of mecenaries she suspected of having been the fist of the operation, a line of information that lead her back to Coronet.
Discovering that the raid had been orchestrated by her father's own staff to elevate his assistant, Darovel Skoen, to his position and that Djin had been given to the raiders as 'payment' to be sold as a slave, Davian angrily confronted the new diplomat, only to get herself captured when the security systems of the office activated. She was imprisoned, but not in an official cell, and Darovel explained to her, while taunting her about having locked up her lightsaber, informed her that it was because he had no desire of risking what she had learned get out if there was a trial. Indeed, he was happy her foolish decision to rush headlong into danger had given him a good opportunity to get rid of the last Korran as well as a potential witness.
He injected the Jedi with what he thought was a lethal dose of chemicals, but was surprised when she suddenly found himself pressed into a wall and a weakened, but obviously rather ticked off Davian staring at him, her gaze alone seemingly commanding the Force to hold him. Unknown to Skoen, the dose had shattered the firm control over her natural Force affinity that Davian had displayed since she was five, and, while her mind was slipping into a stupor, the Force was going rampant around her, reacting to the decreasing stabillity of her mind.
Breaking the restraints, Davian managed to stumble out of her cell, stll holding Skoen pinned to the wall, and started making her way out in a feral state between consciousness and unconsciousness, her gaze sending all who tried to stop her flying, because it focused the raw energy her body was unleashing, though the jolts became weaker and weaker. By the time she reached a public street, her energies were so depleted that what had started as an immense, nearly unstopable force felt like a slight poke. She eventually collapsed on the street and when she came to, she was in a hospital.
Unable to remember what had happened, Davian became convinced she had murdered Skoen in a fit of rage, but before she could base any actions off that fear, she found out from the holonews that the diplomat was alive. Upon recovery, Davian resolved to confront him, prepared this time, and reclaim her lightsaber.
When she later reported back to the Council, it was deemed that her escape without taking a single life, stripped of her lightsaber and most of her mind, was against such overwhelming odds that it counted as passing the Trial of Courage.
Trial of Spirit
“It can't be... he lied... politicians lie... He lied... he lied...”
― Davian attempting to calm herself down following Skoen's revelation
Getting the lightsaber proved to be by far the easiest task as Skoen had simply ordered his men to dispose of it, and it had been left in the trash to be broken down to components. While the lightsaber was badly damaged, she managed to obtain it before it was ground beyond repair. Repairing her lightsaber, a few strange hallucinations reminded Davian that her body was still poisoned, and she considered postponing the confrontation until she was of a right mind again. Worried, however, that Skoen would go into hiding before she was ready, she decided to push on.
Skoen had indeed chosen to flee, but Davian managed to sneak aboard his cruiser. Once again utilizing her talents with Force Cloak, Davian got to the bridge unseen, the staff and Skoen himself only noticing her after she had her lightsaber turn on right over his throat. Holding Skoen hostage, Davian told his guards to back off and then demanded to be told of Djin's fate while she edged herself and Skoen towards the site of the escape pods.
The diplomat was not intimidated, however, citing that the moment she killed him, an unarmed man, she would disgrace herself and her family's good name, and then proceeded to tell Davian that her brother was dead. Seeing red, Davian pushed away Skoen so hard she knocked him out against the ship hull and was about to stab him with her lightsaber when she was interrupted by the ship guards, who opened fire on the now hostage-less Jedi. Davian narrowly escaped, firing herself off in an escape pod.
In the pod, her agitated state of mind, paired with residues of chemicals in her system lead her to hallucinate the seven year old Djin at her side. The apparation ensured her he was 'fine, but lost', and Davian, struggling to keep her anger and sorrow down, started telling herself what she presumed was a lie, that Skoen had only told her a lie to hurt her and make her lose control of herself. If so, she surmised, it had worked.
In all of her years, she had never once called upon the Force with the seething intend to harm another, and while she flew Fortune back to Tython, she meditated on the side of herself she had witnessed when she had allowed anger and hatred to get the better of her. This brief glance into a previously unknown side of her character shook a faith she had always kept, that as long as she remained true to herself and her mother's order, surely she could never fall. Concluding that had she not been interrupted, she would have murdered an unarmed, if immoral man, Davian vowed to herself that she would tell the Council the full truth of her mission and accept whatever verdict they placed.
Coming to terms with her own fallibility and telling an unpleasant truth without flinching was eventually deemed her Trial of Spirit, and Davian, shaken and still not recovered fully from the experience, was Knighted a few weeks after her homecoming.
Jedi Knight
Knight of the Republic
“Step forward, Padawan. Davian Korran, by the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee, Jedi Knight of the Republic. Take up your lightsaber, Davian Korran, Jedi Knight. And may the Force be with you”
- Davian's Knighting ceremony
Following her ascendency to Knighthood, Davian was left to her own devices for a week, a time she spent conversing with Adela, Balthas and De'nura, playing with Younglings, training with her lightsaber, and foremost reading through the vast archives, indulging her personal love of history, especially concerning the events on Onderon that lead to the Beast Wars and The Freedon Nadd Uprising, when one day Balthas summoned her and informed her she was to show a new arrival around the Enclave. A new arrival by the name of Shien Jso...
((Checkmate))
It turned out the relatively simple escort mission was merely a precourse to something much bigger. After having befriended Shien with the two having a surprisingly easy time of sharing a few of their own problems, Davian was stunned to learn that Master Balthas had conspired with Shien's Master Jean Lu, who had sent his Padawan to study under someone who could offset the Arkanian's scholarly limits, and the conspirancy involved her becoming Shien's Master. Still having doubts on her Jedi qualities after her Trial of Spirit, Balthas nonetheless reassured his former Padawan and she accepted, albeit reluctantly, still afraid her own limits would prove a dent in Shien's growth as a Jedi.
((The Blade is the heart of the Jedi))
Deciding to indulge Shien's desire to claim one of the fabled Solari Crystals, Davian and her new Padawan hire a pilot and travel to Sacorria, where the crystals are rumoured to appear...
((Convergence of Power))
Some time after having completed Shien's grand goal of obtaining a Solari crystal for his lightsaber, the pair accompanied a mission to the mysterious area known as the Maw, driven by the rumour of the legendary crystal Heart of the Guardian resting on a planet nicknamed Gilgamesh in the area. However, Sith and mercenaries alike were also on the trail of the artifact, and conflict seemed inevetiable...
Jedi Abilities
“We're all Jedi. Whatever difference seem to set us apart is just the Force's gift to make us survive on our homeworlds. Not the Force's way to ridicule us.”
- Davian expresses her views on the nature of the Force
Trained by a rather unortodox Master, Davian is a firm believer in the Living Force, which feeds into her abillities. While she is not adept at seeing past the immediate now, her most notable feat has been to quickly and easily sense all life around her at any given time. It gives her great awareness of the emotions and intentions of others, but the flipside of the abillity is the backlash that falls when a life she has touched is vanquished. Rampantly and randomly connecting to all minds around her as a child, Davian has been trained to control her gift, so that she now only reads minds that she intends to read. The upsetting memories from her early childhood ensures that this rarely ever occurs.
Lightsaber Forms
In combat, Davian preferred to stay aware of her envoirment, and talked more than the average Jedi during duels, who usually limited themselves to taunts and brief responses. She always entered a duel with the prime goal of understanding her opponent's motivation and, if able, discourage them from further violence, a manner some regarded as a form of inverse Dun Möch, although the term itself was not familiar to Davian. If for whatever reason her opponent would not listen, she would continue the fight, relying on her telekinetic and self-empowering powers to see her through, or hold her over until help could arrive.
The Force
Davian was very gifted in Force techniques, though her mastery of anything often came to odds with her relaxed and, some might say, lazy nature. She was especially adept at cloaking and hiding herself, as well as manipulating her projected emotions, a technique that simply went about augmenting existing, desired emotions and hiding or supressing the ones that were not. She was adept at telekinesis, although it was not a dicipline she gave much thought until after becoming a Knight. Because of her unique abillity to 'connect' with living things, Davian was capable of simple feats like the Mind Trick as well as communing with plants or small animals, by tracing the patterns of life in them. Because of her distaste for combat, Davian was weaker in more combat-oriented techniques such as the Force Speed. though powers came to her more naturally than swordmanship.
Notes from the author
"She's got more attitude than a pack of angry Rancors!"
- Lord_Paladin regarding Davian's assertive nature.
Once ToR was announced, I began my usual character planning cycle based on the little information I could find (el zippo), and considering this was Star Wars, well... *lightsabers*. I never did much Jedi roleplaying before, and now was as good a time as any to give it a shot. The problem was of course that I'm about as imaginative as a damp piece of cloth, I spent most of my character planning sessions lambasting myself for being unoriginal. However, as Rowan Atkinson could tell you if you watched Blackadder Rides Again, sometimes being original just for the sake of being original is not a good thing.
So I decided to go generic. Corellian Jedi Knight, a fairly young one at that, a pretty basic appearance I ought to be able to get in the area of no matter the character creator come the day (and to be honest, drawing shoulderlength hair with parting bangs is the easiest hairdo I know of). It would be interesting to see how I could PLAY a generic, rather boring setup. Thankfully Davian proved herself to have a pretty rabid personality pretty quickly.
