<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/GcXjc3W.jpg?1)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 16pt;">KALDON SALBEK</span></strong></span>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1006274)<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male;<strong>Age:</strong>18;<strong>Height:</strong>1.8 m<br/><strong>Race:</strong>Near-Human (traded Bonus Trained Skill for Visually Striking)<br/><strong>Class:</strong>Jedi 1<br/><strong>Background:</strong>Scarred;<strong>Destiny:</strong>Education<br/><strong>Languages:</strong>Arkanian, Basic, Ryl<hr/><br/><strong>Physical:</strong>Standing at 1.8 meters tall, Kaldon has a wiry frame that hints at his ability to react quickly and move fluidly.  With startling sapphire-blue eyes, his face is framed by a thick mop of platinum locks that is almost metallic in its glossiness; the rest of his hair is confined by a loose braid – Kaldon tends to leave the hair on the front loose to hide the twin pairs of vestigial horns that protrude just above his temples.  A sharp scar cuts vertically across his left eye, a final 'gift' from Marael Adasca (see Background) before releasing him to the Jedi so that he would always remember her.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Many of the cooperate heads of Arkanian conglomerates desire to profit from the advanced research projects they often undertake, rewarded by prestige and recognition; which often comes with an attached price of the fear of assassins and protesters who object to their utter lack of ethics.  One such person was Marael Adasca.  After one particularly close call on her life, Marael was determined to have a bodyguard so competent that she need never worry about the matter again.  With typical Arkanian haughtiness, she elected to create one when none that suited her standards could be found; the template she chose was a Jedi Knight named Rann Sol, who had impressed her on previous occasions.<br/><br/>After some effort, her subordinates were able to obtain gene samples from Rann without his knowledge.  As is the want of the Arkanian philosophy of genetic engineering, numerous other genetic samples was spliced into this base.  Out of the forty seven produced subjects, three met Marael's standards, of which one was Kaldon – Rann's DNA with additions of Arkanian and Zabrak genes.  Kaldon grew in isolation on training regimen that was meant to make him an ideal bodyguard, perfect manservant, and exotic distraction to trail at Marael's side at all times.  Word got out, however, of her indiscretions and Rann Sol turned up at Marael's doorstep with a contingent of Jedi.  Rather than risk confrontation, she surrendered the young boy to the Rann, naming him Salbek after the scientist who had provided the Arkanian side of the DNA for Kaldon (and who Marael had learned was the one who leaked the information to the Jedi) chiefly to shame the researcher by association.<br/><br/>Born with Rann's potential, it didn't take Kaldon long to demonstrate capability in the Force and was raised to become a Jedi.  To prevent bonding, Kaldon's training was handled by another Jedi.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Kaldon has a smooth, well-practiced diplomat's approach to any given situation and his almost waifish appearance tends to promote the image that this young man favours words rather than action.  This is almost always at odds with the feral intensity of his volcanic blue eyes, as Keldon tends to be on the watch for hints of a fight.  A fairly easygoing individual, Kaldon tends to be loyal to friends and diplomatic to enemies (even more so than his friends, whom he believes deserves honesty).  When diplomacy exhausts itself, Kaldon seems almost happy to dispense with words in favour of action.<br/><br/>The long years of Arkanian influence means that Kaldon tends to take an intellectual approach to matters, which includes the Force – a dangerous matter, given that he makes almost no distinctions between the light and dark side of the Force - to him, these are simply shades of the same thing.  For now he is happy to focus on Jedi teachings, as it increases his knowledge of the Force, and avoid the dark side as he deems it something dangerous to deal with without proper experience.