Ush's Game Episode I- "Avalar"- Gumf archive

Post your character descriptions for the second game here, preferably something that corresponds to your template.

Just a couple of points- this can be more or less what you like, EXCEPT for these points I'd like you to stick to:

The Light Side players have had very, very little experience with the Dark Side before- and to them, the Sith are ancient history never to be seen again.

The Dark Side players have stayed QUIET since they turned. They may have been making secret plans, but they have not yet unleashed destruction on the Universe. All of you have remained hidden until now- because now is your time...

BTW, if there are things you want to keep hidden from the other side here, that's fine. Post as much or as little as you like; this is all just for reference.

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Bumping...

Post your profiles here after we start play, as and when you think of them.

This is the first of my profiles I am creating for those charatcers you meet in the game. This thread can be used for easy reference.

Trorn- controlled by Ushgarak

Trorn is a long-standing Jedi Disciple from the planet Talorthane. His people have exceptionally quicky mental processes for what other people consider tedious tasks- in short, they make great clerks, administrators, librarians etc.

Trorn is one of the Council's representatives. he will often be the person who asks you to come before the Council if they have sent for you, and will guide you there when you do.

Trorn is not the most social of people. He tends to get caught up in his various administrative tasks. He also comes across as smug and arrogant, but somehow likeable as well.

As far as you know, he has never left the Temple since his training ended. In template terms he is an Acolyte.

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Rattrius Cree (RC to his fellow knights) Jedi Knight - Adventurer

RC was a typical Jedi Padawan. Identified on his home planet of Correlia at the age of 3, he began his training at the age of 4. Upon completion of his training and immediately upon bestowment of his Jedi Knight title, RC shocked many by leaving the order to return to Correlia to serve in CorSec, alongside his paternal uncle Jedi Master Nejaa Horn. 10 years later, on his 28th Birthday and at the urging of Nejaa, RC resigned his CorSec commission to return to the Jedi Order. To this day he has not seen Nejaa again.

Being a member of the Horn family line has left RC with a singular Force disability, he is Telekinetically blind. However, with this lacking comes an interesting enhancement of another ability.

RC is able to absorb large amounts of heat energy, be that from a blaster, a flame or an explosion and then harness that power in a massive Force skill such as projection. The downside of this is that RC is left completely drained and requires some time afterwards to recover. Using this ability can leave RC totally incapacitated. Also, this ability does require RC to be aware of the energy burst before he can absorb it; he is as vulnerable to a blaster bolt in the back as any man.

RC is skilled in many weapons, including the Lightsaber carried by Jedi Knights. He is also highly skilled in the use of most weapons, thanks to his extensive training with CorSec. He is a fair pilot and is currently rated to combat readiness status on all Republic fighters and shuttles.

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Krisha, Fallen Jedi- controlled by Ushgarak

Like most Dark Jedi, Krisha does not talk of her past, though clearly she has not had a happy life. She met with Kuylen sometime last year; she has not been an easy pupil, being remarkably impatient even for a Dark Sider. Still, Kuylen seems to have been successful in maiing her obedient.

Krisha's force skills are not inconsiderable; her fighthing style is competent but unpracticed and undisciplined. Her red sabre (NOTE- allowing any sabre colours until we know for sure otherwise) is a standard model, though the hilt is full of extra little doodads, hooks, various switches, magnetic clamps... she likes her extras.

Krisha has a true genius- sabotage. There is nothing she cannot seem to rig for detonation; she has boasted that with enough time she could destroy a planet. You wouldn't like to bet against it.

The Dark Side players have only met Krisha once or twice, as Kuylen is always sending her out on missions. Now things are coming together, yuo can expect to seemuch more of her.

In the end, Krisha is an evil, twisted, manipulative woman and none of you would trust her with anything. But she is useful.

She looks remarkably like Trinity from the Matrix, but without the shades.

Template-wise, she is a Fallen, with less combat ability and amazing sabotage skills.

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Dim, Revenant

Rumored to be from a Iridonian Zabrak family of bounty hunters there is not much known about her. No can be sure of her past. Even her age and appearance are kept secret with the help of a dark jeweled veil and headdress she wears over her robes.

Quam Ak-toh

Was born on a smuggler's transport where he was raised the first 6 six of his life, until the ship that carried him crashed on Garban. The rest of his youth he spent with the Jenet tribe until a Jedi landed there and noticed the his Force capabilities. After being initiated to the Force, he was deemed too old. Ever since he walks the Dark Path... out to have his revenge.

(Please excuse the length! It just kind of flowed!)

Born as the illegitimate child of a promiscuous slave in the Meridian sector, Edna quickly began to feel alone and unloved by her harsh mother.

At a very early age, her insatiable curiosity and apparent awareness of her surroundings caught the eye of Yarric Dorsa, the Anzanti Mercenary who owned her and her mother. He had apparently seen talents that Edna herself was not aware she had.

She quickly became the most useful tool at his disposal. Her spy skills togther with her irresistable child-like chram made her ideal for covert operations. But Edna was intelligent and had soon realised that she was capable of so much more and that if she wanted, she could easily destroy Yarric and all that he had worked for.

When she reached the age of 14 and felt she had gained all that she could from the mercenary, she decided it was time for her to go it alone and break her way out of this life that was holding her back. But even with her abilities she could not get off planet without being detected. Yarric had been expecting her betrayal for years. Everything she tried, he seemed to have some kind of barrier to stop her escaping. He knew her too well.

She finally gave up through exhaustion but the rage was building up inside of her. Yarric found her curled up in a ball inside a ventilation shaft, too dark for him to see the anger on her face. He reached out a hand to her, and Edna finally lost her self control. She released the rage inside of her, closing her eyes and basking in the force that flowed through her. She finally reopened them to see the destruction she had caused. The entire shaft had caved in around her. She crawled and dug her way out and was strangely not surprised to see Yarric dead on the floor, his outstretched arm decapitated. She had already known it, somehow. The mixed feelings of shock and pure satisfaction confused and overwhelmed her. She left and never returned.

She wondered the galaxy alone for the next to years, not understanding much of what was hapening around her and being more interested in her own abilities. She explored what she could achieve but never touching on that power she had discovered. Not until she met Kuylen.

He seemed to be there everywhere she went, watching her. She couldn't hide from him in her usual ways. He would always find her. He seemed curious like most other people were about her but in a different way. That scared her. He finally took her under his wing and encouraged her skills in the force. He showed her things she could never have imagined.

Now at the age of 20, Edna is strong in the force but still relatively untrained. Most ofher talents being rather experimental. She is incredibly fast and nimble and very small. Her youthful looks are a strong asset and in many eyes she still appears nothing more than an innocent child. Her lack of strength is her weakness but she more than compensates for this with her quick thinking and reflexes and small agile body. She is young with incredible potential.

She may appear little more than an untrained teen runaway, but Kuylen sees something in her. Could he be mistaken?

Argentis, Jedi Knight- controlled by Ushgarak

Argentis is a young and easy going Knight, who achieved Knight status last year a little while after an extended period as a Padawan out in the Galaxy.

Like many young Knights, he is worryingly keen to make a difference, but as yet no official assignments have been found for him.

Argentis has a concentration problem; he was not the bnest pupil ever but he has become a very competent Knight.

Argentis is noit a formiadbale force user, and while he is a competent sabre fighter he is not the best. However, no-one can deny the good phsycial shape he is in. And Argentis is one of the most athletic people you have ever met.

He spends much of his time in various Temple Gyms and training areasl he seems to be able to do near impossible things with his body.

Argentis uses a standard blue sabre, without any fancy additions.

Template: One that I did not include fior players, called the Athlete. Less good at Force and Swordplay but really very nippy and acrobatic indeed.

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Q1 - Tradition
Q2 - Anger

Q1= combo of strength and tradition
Q2= hubris (of course 😄 )

How did I guess...?

Are you going to do Krisha?

Krisha is strength, with some anger and some hubris.

So I can get a slightly better handle on your characters, and for a bit of amusement, would the Dark Side players of the second game mind answering these two questions? Entirely optional, of course.

Question 1- Why do you stay with Kuylen?

a. Strength. Kuylen is strong. The strongest rules. Once I am stronger I will take his place.

b. Survival. Kuylen helps me survive. To not follow him would endanger myself. Once he is not useful to me I will not follow him.

c. Tradition. Kuylen is the Master. I am the apprentice. He took me in and teaches me. That is the way of things.

d. Other (please specify)

Question 2- Fear was Darth Maul's ally, the emotion he liked above all other. Palpatine seemed to like anger. Which Dark Side emotion best describes your character- what is the main source of your power?

1. Fear. Fear attracts all. Fear is the key to survival, from my need to survive I draw in my power. And I WILL survive, and no-one will stop me. And I feel the fear in others, and it is good...

2. Anger. How dare things ever go wrong? It makes you mad to think of all the bad things that happen to people that do not deserve it. Sometimes, you feel so mad that you can just reach out with your mind and knock things over...

3. Hatred. Everyone conspires against you. The list of people that have done you wrong is endless. The Galaxy seems to let people get away with it- but you won't. You feel nothing but contempt and hatred for anything that is not useful for you now, and your hatred fuels you with power you had not dreamed of before...

4. Hubris (or Arrogance). You are the best! Is it not patently clear? How dare anyone stand against you! It may take time, but you will prove that you are the best and that you are superior to everything that the Galaxy has ever known... and your cast-iron belief in your own brilliance is your easy route to power...

Hey! Dim! We want to know you! Pleeeeeeeaaaassssse!

DIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????

Chion, Brutish Dark Sider- controlled by Ushgarak

Chion is certainly an impressive being- not at all human. He is seven feet tall, and is albino white, with a slight blue tinge. There is a knot of blue veins at the back of his skull that radiate out and get thinner so that they just reach the top of his
head and his cheeks. He has no discernable iris, just very dark blue eyes. Light doesn't seem to bother him despite the albino connection.

He wears a sleeveless studded leather jerkin, which allow his white and horribly muscled arms to flex menacingly. He has simple loose fitting black trousers with primitive boots.

Chion's lightsabre is his most interesting feature- it is not of standard design. It is very large, almost half again as long as a normal sabre. The handle has two large speherical grips for his huge ahnds, coated to give him better grip. This makes for a clumsy but devastating weapon. Chion is no fool with this blade, and while inelegant he is a skilled fighter.

Chion never talks. In Star Wars terms, this makes him the most popular charatcer in the story.

No-one knows of a time when Kuylen did not have Chion with him. Chion was certainly his companion before any of the Dark Siders met him.

Chion is always used as muscle, which he is very good at. He seems to have no heart or morals. No-one has yet worked out whether he is even stupider than he looks, or far more intelligent than anyone gives him credit for...

Template: Very specialised Dark Side Template called the Brute.

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Kuylen, Dark Side leader- played by Ushgarak

Kuylen comes from the constellation of Tasker's Crown, an area of space renowned for their tradtional ways and for producing superb warriors. As a warrior of his people, his fair hair is braided down the sides of his head. He is tall, though not particularly bulky. He has a beard, not unlike Blackadders, for anyone in the know of that show- well measured and trimmed.

Kuylen wears a Pelisse, a jacket worn like a cloak with an arm through one sleeve (very much like a Napolenonic-era French officer). He always removes it before a fight. He wears a dark blue jacket and trousers, and black cavalry boots. He looks very much like a military commander. He sometimes wears his old Jedi robes.

His purple lightsabre is the essence of simplicity, a black hilt with an on/off button, a belt hook and nothing else. Kuylen has no need for a flashy sabre. In combat he is the most dangerous man any of you have ever met. His sabre skills are devastating- he uses a series of disguised feints and rapid attacks to quickly undo any opponent. Kuylen is not untalented in the Force, either, though he lacks the patience to be a Master of it.

Kuylen was once a Jedi. His love of military history meant that his main job was working in the Jedi Archives, where he achieved a position of some importance. But a Knight of his calibre was too good to waste, and he was often sent on dangerous missions to outlying parts of the Republic. He has trained two Padawans in his time, and was a sure bet by many to become a Jedi Master.

Two years ago Kuylen disappeared while on a Jedi mission to Hutt space, the nature of which is unknown. He was pronounced missing, presumded dead, by the Council shortly afterwards following a brief investigation. As far as the Council is concerned, Kuylen is a much-missed Jedi who fell trying to fulfill his duty.

The truth is very different, but even Kuylen's followers do not know his full story.

PHINNEYES SIXEAS

Was born to a rich resident of Naboo, was discovered as a jedi at 4 years old, trained under master Ruyas. Was an acomplished pilot, but a better swordsman, Has just reached Knight Hood, Is very Dedicated and Very Happy.