Character Sheet: http://swsheets.com/c/xrgsp46dv-kydan-oriss<br/><br/>Background:<br/><br/>A Mandalorian Jedi would've been odd even close to the Republic's fall, and it was practically unheard of in Kydan's time, shortly after the end of the Mandalorian Crusade. Naturally, he did not join the order as a child, but instead grew up as a Mandalorian, taught in their ways and customs. However, Kydan was of course Force Sensitive, and it manifested in a variety of ways. He lacked the drive to become a true warrior, finding the idea of hurting others for purposes of war to be pointless and cruel. And further, when he became a teenager, Kydan began to sense the great darkness that was waiting out in the galaxy, ready to devour everyone - Mandalorian and others alike. The Dark Side of the Force was growing strong. When he was 17, he made a resolute choice - leaving his clan, his armor, his way of life, becoming a 'soulless' lost Mandalorian no longer of clan Oriss.<br/><br/>Joining the Jedi Order proved difficult, not only due to his age, but also mindset - but he persisted and was accepted, due to more lenient rules on recruitment brought about by constant battles of the Jedi with the Sith and a need to replenish their numbers. Becoming one of the first Mandalorian Jedi, Kydan helped fight and defeat a powerful Sith menace that could not be killed, but only imprisoned. With no home to return to, and with tensions between the Republic and the Mandalorians meaning that he would not be able to fight either side if a new war broke out, he instead became a warden - his last words before being laid to rest in a cryo-pod to his master being a call to him, to the Jedi, to reach out to his people, to work together for the good of the galaxy.<br/><br/>In the aeons of sleep that passed like an eternal frozen slumber, a single, horrifying nightmare swept over Kydan, lingering in his mind. Unbeknownst to him, the lush world of Mandalore had been bombed into a glass desert by the very Jedi he had joined to make sure his people and them would find peace one day.