<strong>Alest Xerit</strong>(Vandren)<br/>Age: 42 (looks early 30s)<br/>Race: Human<br/>Gender: Male<br/>Alignment: Dark<br/>Status/Position in the temple: Master, Councilmember<br/>Force Powers/ Skills:<br/>- Shii-Cho, Makashi, Soresu, Ataru (Adept)<br/>- Knife/Dagger (Adept)<br/>- Telekinesis (Master)<br/>- Force Push/Pull (Adept)<br/>- Force Leap/Jump (Adept)<br/>- Cloak (Master)<br/>- Energy Resistance (Master)<br/>- Mind Trick (Master)<br/>- Force Stealth (Master)<br/>- Hibernation Trance (Adept)<br/>- Force Grip (Learning)<br/>- Force Throw (Learning)<br/>- Mind Control (Learning)<br/>- Politics (Master)<br/>- Administration (Adept)<br/>- Research (Master)<br/>- Linguistics (Learning)<br/><br/>Description: At a glance, no one would think anything odd about Alest.  He looks like a normal Human Jedi, about 5’10” with a good build.  He wears his straight blonde hair long and loose to his waist.  Alest is also unshaven with a well trimmed beard.  While he is not known for his combative ability, rather for his diplomatic/political acumen, he moves with a grace characteristic of the Jedi.  He always wears the traditional robes, not because he is a traditionalist but because it is easier to hide things in them.  He carries a single green lightsaber and conceals a cortosis vibrodagger in his sleeve.<br/><br/>Background: Alest was born and raised in the outer systems on the fringe of the Empire.  As such, his family was never really affected by the Empire or the Rebellion.  He grew up in a starport and began running with local gangs for protection when he was very young.  By thirteen, due in part to his latent Jedi potential, he was running two gangs, one of thieves and con-men, the other of thugs.  He was discovered a few years later and taken to Yavin 4.  There Alest learned everything he could.  He focused on developing more and more power and only took the physical aspects of training as a necessary evil.  Nine years ago, Alest was made a master, officially.  Two years later, he became part of the Council.  A few months ago, due to his research, interests, and frustration with he New Order, Alest began his descent to the Dark Side.  He completed this process on a recent mission for the Council, but is still teaching himself Dark Force powers.  He has been quietly working to destroy the Order since then.<br/><br/>Personality: In public, Alest is a clam and collected master of the Order.  He controls his outward emotions well and manages to even shield his mind to a great extent through various techniques.  In private, however, he is completely different.  Since he lives outside the temple, Alest lets his control slip there.  Even so, he is careful and only studies his dark powers circumspectly.  So far, he doesn’t think the Council suspects his private self-instruction.<br/><br/>Weaknesses:<br/>Secret - pursuing dark knowledge; already turned<br/>Watched - while he’s on the Council, he is closely watched and suspected, lately.<br/>Tech Inept - Alest is absolutely inept and hopeless when it comes to technology.<br/><br/>Limits: Site Rules, Male-Male<br/><br/><strong>Kouress Olani, Senator</strong>(Vandren)<br/>Age: Mid-30s<br/>Race: Mirialan<br/>Gender: Female<br/>Alignment: Grey to Dark<br/>Status/Position in the temple: None (Senator)<br/>Force Powers/ Skills:<br/>- Blaster (Master)<br/>- Piloting (Adept)<br/>- Tracking (Adept)<br/>- Diplomacy (Adept)<br/>- Politics (Adept)<br/>- Stealth (Learning)<br/><br/>Description: The Senator is a fairly typical Mirialan in appearance.  She has the greenish toned complexion, vivid blue eyes, and chin tattoos denoting her family.  Her figure is difficult to discern because of the voluminous clothes of state that she wears in her role as a senator.  However, given her background, one could assume that she is in good shape.  Her hair is likewise covered, but is cut fairly short (only noticeable by her closest attendants when she removes her headdress).  Unbeknownst to most, she carries a small vibrodagger and holdout blaster concealed in the folds of her clothing, one of the manifestations of her paranoia.<br/><br/>Background: Thirty some years ago on a little backwater planet on the edge of the newly reformed Republic, Kouress Olani was born to a security officer and her pilot husband.  She was raised in a reasonably middle-class household, though one whose fortunes had peaked during the latter days of the Empire and were starting to fall.  As confidence in the local security forces dropped, her mother’s job became less and less stable.  Eventually, she was replaced by a group of privately funded mercenaries, bodyguards, and bounty hunters.  Kouress, seeing that this was where the money really was, left home and tagged along after one of the hunters when she was sixteen.  By her twenty-third birthday, she had a bit of a reputation in the sector and contacts among the Hutts and other crime lords.  She retains these contacts through the present day.  A few years later, her homeworld was approached about joining the New Republic.  The populace agreed, and she was asked to run for one of their Senate positions.  A few months later, Kouress won the election and moved to Coruscant.  That was nine years ago.  Ever since then, she has been a minor player in the Senate.  However, she is known for being vocally anti-Jedi.  Typically she claims that the Jedi failed to protect the Old Republic and asks how they can be expected to succeed now where they’ve failed before.  She also constantly asks why their failure is rewarded by the construction of the new temple.  Finally, she has often claimed that the Order is still corrupt and is made up of mere guardians of an old, out-dated, and practically forgotten religion.  Once she even claimed that the Jedi Purge was a hoax, meant to evoke sympathy for the failed Jedi Order.<br/><br/>Personality: Kouress is a rather paranoid individual, with some reason.  She has several secrets and many enemies, both past and present.  Her open animosity toward the Jedi, and secret anti-Republic stance, is partial justification for her paranoia.  She sees nothing wrong with using her contacts and connections (gathered during her days as a bounty hunter) to her political advantage.  She also sees no reason not to use blackmail to get what she wants.<br/><br/>Weaknesses:<br/>Paranoia - Due to her position and views, Kouress has become somewhat justifiably paranoid.  This could be used against her.<br/>Secret Desire - Secretly she desires the dissolution of the Republic and reinstatement of the Empire.<br/>Background - At some point in time, her background could catch up with her.<br/><br/>Limits: Site Rules, Males (for now, will likely change in the future)<br/><br/>Other Notes: Always travels with at least two guards, sometimes more, of various species and both sexes.<br/><br/><strong>Inoru D’aan</strong>(Free)<br/>Player's name: Vandren<br/>Age: 19<br/>Race: Anomid<br/>Gender: Male<br/>Alignment: Middle<br/>Status/Position in the temple: Student/Padawan<br/>Force Powers/ Skills:<br/>- Technologically Gifted (Adept, as most Anomids; could probably have built a lightsaber 14 years ago)<br/>- Linguist (Adept)<br/>- Telekinesis (Learning)<br/><br/>Description: As one would not expect from an Anomid, Inoru is bald but has the large ears of his people.  He also has blank pupilless eyes and the ever present Anomid breather/speaker.  He is about 5’7” with a very slender build.  In fact, there is practically no muscle definition to his body.  As with many of the young padawans, he bucks the old fashion conventions and typically wears a technician’s jumpsuit.  This outfit is always bulging with devices and tools for various mechanical and engineering problems.  Seeing as he has only been at the Academy for a few months, Inoru has yet to be allowed to make his own ‘saber.<br/><br/>Background: Inoru was born and raised on Coruscant.  Being raised at the center of the Republic has had an interesting effect on his life.  For example, he has an innate gift for languages, which flourished on this world.  By the time he turned twelve, Inoru was already fluent in seven languages.  As he entered the Academy, he had an even dozen under his belt.  He spent most of his early life following his parents around their shop.  Both repaired and built droids of various sorts, one handled the electrical details and basic construction, the other the programming and design.  Inoru learned at their feet over time, and picked up a lot from their friends.  Today, he can probably build or repair nearly anything that he can see plans for.  He is especially gifted in electronics and photonics.  In fact, he spends a lot of his free time in the Academy’s hanger, following around the technicians and offering advice.<br/><br/>Personality: Generally quiet, Inoru realizes that he has very little talent for the more physical aspects of Jedi training.  He has neither the talent nor the drive to fight, though he knows he has to learn the basics.  Ultimately, he hopes to become a consular and work with the ships and other technological aspects of the Temple.  Ideally, he’d love to help design and modify new ships for the Jedi.  He knows that he could probably build a lightsaber any time he wants to, but is dreading that day, to some extent, in part because it means he’ll have to pass tests in actually using the weapon.<br/><br/>Weaknesses:<br/>Can’t speak without his “breather”<br/>Not particularly good at fighting<br/>Better with droids and machines than with people and animals.<br/><br/>Limits: Site Rules, Male-Male<br/><br/><strong>Quen</strong>(Free)<br/>Player's name: Vandren<br/>Age: 29<br/>Race: Weequay<br/>Gender: Male<br/>Alignment: Light side<br/>Status/Position in the temple: Jedi Master / Consular / Instructor<br/>Force Powers/ Skills:<br/>- Niman (Adept)<br/>- Archaeology/History/Literature (Master)<br/>- Flower Arranging (Adept)<br/>- Telepathy (Master)<br/>- Force Sense (Master)<br/>- Psychometry (Master)<br/>- Empathy (Adept)<br/>- Persuasion (Adept)<br/>- Projection (Learning)<br/><br/>Description: Quen is a typical Weequay in appearance.  He has the wrinkled skin, deep tan, dark brooding eyes, and lone black topknot coming down from the right side of his head.  He falls just shy of 6.5 feet in height and has a powerful build, as would be expected of his species.  Because it is expected, he does carry his green lightsaber at his belt at all times, though he’s never been known to use it since attaining the master rank.  As a traditionalist, Quen wears the traditional Old Republic era Jedi robes all the time.  In fact, he’s said to look down on those who have taken to modern conventions.<br/><br/>Background: Born on Dantooine, Quen narrowly escaped never being born.  Had Tarkin believed an initial ruse, both of his parents would have been destroyed with the planet.  Fortunately, that never happened.  Instead, Quen was eventually born and grew up in a desert on that world.  He was discovered as a child by a passing Jedi and was sent to study at the temple on Yavin 4.  As soon as the Temple on Coruscant was rebuilt, Quen requested transfer to the new school.  He was sent to the capital over a decade ago and has been making exceptional use of the library since then.  For the last decade, Quen has been working, almost single handedly, on reconstructing Jedi history.  His talents with archaeology, history, and literature have helped considerably in this endeavour.  To date, he has managed to reconstruct everything post-Purge and has a good idea of several unclear parts of the Old Republic era.  Currently, he is focusing his research and reconstruction on the Sith Wars at the urging of the Council.  Between studying, he teaches padawans about the order’s history and written works.<br/><br/>Personality: Quen is a classic academic and bookworm.  Had he not been discovered as a Jedi, he probably would have ended up at a local university, assuming his family could afford it.  While he sees the necessity of learning militant arts, he was much more interested in the intellectual aspects of Jedi training, thus he stopped instruction in Niman after attaining knight status.  That said, he is apparently fairly good with his ‘saber.  A few years ago, Quen also became fascinated with flower arranging and began taking up the art in his free time as a sort of calming hobby.  He claims that the art helps him to focus and meditate.<br/><br/>Weaknesses:<br/>Sedentary - despite his consular role, he’s never really wanted to travel or move around much<br/>Bookworm - Quen generally forgets to do simple things like eat and sleep, especially if he’s stumbled upon something particularly interesting in the library.<br/><br/>Limits: Site Rules, Male-Male<br/><br/>Other Notes: More or less lives in the library