Caelyn Arak
Blood and Breath
| Age | Mid-Twenties |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5ft 3in (160cm) |
| Weight | 115lbs (52.1kg) |
| Force Sensitive | Yes |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Caelyn is a petite woman with an athletic build. Light on her feet, quick in her methods of attack, and extremely flexible for her small build the woman has the grace of a lothcat and the shrewd approach of a porg at best due to her recklessness. Though she is quite forceful in her movements they are always calculated and fluid as a very highly seasoned combatant. She has a rather clumsy streak about her when she is not in a fight, and it shows from the wild mix of bruises and cuts she often finds herself covered in. Her sense of style is one that reflects her embrace of life, bright, bold, and wild with vivid colors and prints or statement pieces for accessories. With her thick mane of dark curls and sharp cat-like features Caelyn has taken to embracing the attention she draws in and she carries it on her shoulders without much remorse. Though her clothing and even armor are often more lightweight for ease of movement. She does prefer more structured fabrics and form hugging styles to her clothing.
INVENTORY
Various herbs
Chef's knife with cover
Melee weapons
PERSONALITY AND BELIEFS
Caelyn is a very vibrant character. Loud, energetic, and rather reckless in her approach to many things in the world. To those that know her well she is very much a warm and inviting type, but tough to crack. She shows her care for others through her actions rather than words.
She is a woman with a sense of humor, sarcastic and cheeky at that. Caelyn at her core can be extremely loving to those that can get her to break out of her shell. A few drinks in and she is bound to be the life of the party. A few too many though and you might just strike her fiery temper enough to find yourself on the other side of her knife. She loves to mess around and stir up some drama, though perhaps it's her history that has left her less than receptive to games of manipulation.
Though, she leans into the persona of someone that doesn't try to show she has attachments or rather worries. A carefree life traveling through the stars is all she wants. Underneath, well, she is observant and always on guard. There is no sense of safety available to someone that's gotten used to having a lightsaber pointed at her neck or driven through her back time after time. There are moments where the strict life of structure and brutal years of training surface in her day-to-day experience.
Caelyn doesn't have the energy to deal with it though. Her sense of duty and loyalty sticks only where it should be, to herself. She is living a carefree life now, determined to avoid being tied down to anything more than a great meal, a warm bed, and a few companions of her choice.
Her beliefs are simple:
1. All things begin and end with the will of the Force.
2. Everyone can change, usually not for the better.
3. Fate is not a promise, but a promise can create fate.
STRENGTHS
Force Master: As Darth Cestra, Caelyn was an adept user of the force with many years of service under her former master. She mastered many skills as a Sith Lord, including Telekinesis, Force Teleportation, and some forms of Sith Sorcery that she learned from her master before defeating him and taking his station. Some of these skills she continued to hone and grow even after turning from the darkside.
Strength and Power: Caelyn carries a raw strength that has come from many years of hardened combat experience. She has trained to be a warrior for many years and fought to survive even longer. Her raw strength and power are often displayed in hand to hand combat, through the ease of lifting heavy objects, and even in the way she manipulates objects within the force. It can be said that she has an aggressive form of combating her enemies and it shows in how she carries herself when in combat. Though she primarily only uses melee weapons as her tool she still operates in her battles with needle-point accuracy and pure power with her strikes.
WEAKNESSES
Bloodthirsty Combatant: Caelyn when in a fight often neglects her own wellbeing and the safety of those around her in favor of accomplishing the task at hand. For many this would be a manageable skillset, but due to her conditioning and years of training Caelyn herself cannot stop combat at will. Her fallen master manipulated her and changed her so that much like a wild animal who has tasted blood for the first time, Caelyn cannot stop her bloodshed until the target has met their demise or she has been incapacitated. It is this merciless and cold side to herself that has brought the former Sith Lord to walk away from her pursuit of power and the Force all together.
Rejection of the Force: Rejecting the Force, the very core source of her power has heavily weakened Caelyn over the last few years of her life. Since walking away she has found a new sense of self while also supressing the many skills and abilities that she has gained. Having only turned to using the force in moments of pure despiration. Choosing to not be a victim to her years of conditioning for the sake of slaughter and service to the Dark-side, Caelyn has in turn rejected a core part of who she is and shut down many of the very basic tools that were once so vital to her very ability to survive.
HISTORY
Born within the Kingdom of Naboo to a family of high standing and recognition, Caelyn Arak was a child who had every need met without a single worry. Her family held weath, influence, and high aspirations for their only daughter. Just as they aspired, Caelyn would achieve many great things before tossing it all away.
From the time she could walk, Caelyn displayed skills that not many of the other children around her seemed to be able to do. She would often have nightmares and see visions of things that were not there. These disturbances were things that greatly concerned her parents and led them to seek out assistance from a Jedi Master for the sake of their child in an attempt to identify the causes of her dreams.
It did not take much for the man to soon identify that the young girl was plagued by Force sensitive visions. This discernment quickly led to Caelyn's parents surrendering their child to the safety of the Jedi Master's care and following that, years of training within the Temple and heavy accolades from her teachers on her skills, Caelyn identified herself as someone with great prowess who would one day become a mighty Jedi Knight or Master in her own right.
When she came of age to become a Padawan, Caelyn quickly found herself stifled in her growth. Her tactics of combat were far too aggressive, and her prideful temperament was considered a weakness. These were comments typically made by her Master during their travels together. It was this constant assessment and criticism of her skills that started the burning rage within Caelyn. Her pride and arrogance only seemed to grow though as she in time found herself starting to rebel against her master during missions. The frustration felt on the side of her master also seemed to only create a rift between the pair. This distance though quickly came to a head as they met and fought together against the Sith that would become Caelyn's master.
Darth Syrnix was a man with many more years of training and mastery of the Darkside than Caelyn or her Master had ever been alive. Though old and withered in appearance, her master's power was great. He managed to slaughter the Jedi that had trained Caelyn for many years within minutes of the fight beginning. Syrnix though, after identifying the brewing darkness within Caelyn offered the girl the opportunity to become his apprentice, or she could die with her master.
Caelyn, chose power without a moment of hesitation. She wanted to achieve greatness and to become a Force user with power to match her own arrogance. Though the rage at being challenged yet again seemed to fuel her in her youth. It was through he Master's teachings that this rage grew into great aspirations. She wanted to create a world that could be crafted or destroyed at her will. Her arrogance knew no bounds though she soon found herself whipped into shape and bound by the strict hierarchy within the Sith Empire.
As an apprentice, Caelyn's strength grew. Her master trained her well for many years and prepared her for the great aspirations she sought. A tool of slaughter, subjugation, and accomplishments which brought great pride to the aging Sith. Though, Syrnix had many great aspirations for his apprentice the man knew it was only a matter of time before Caelyn sought greater things…and it came around the time of her transition into her twentieth year. Finally after many years of brutal training and torment, Caelyn challenged her Master. Though she narrowly defeated him, there was noththing that would stand in her way from that moment on as Darth Cestra was born. Her name, the final gift of her Master's life.
Cestra was a weapon of the Empire. An artist who crafted her greatest works in cold blood. She killed with little remorse and sought many opportunities to grow her strength or exercise her power. Young, wild, and brazen she moved without fear. Though this pursuit of power brought her closer to her ultimate goals, she soon….found herself growing ever more angry. Her aspirations were not coming quickly, but also she now lacked the challenge once given to her by having a Master to follow. It was at this time she decided to seek out an apprentice of her own to fuel her abilities and also to quell the unidentified loneliness she covered with her own rage.
Cestra found herself a child to mentor, a young Padawan name Jade. The girl was awkward and clueless at times, but showed great skill. At times, Cestra even dared to say she was endearing. Though it seemed that this time with her as a mentor would not last long before a sense of attachment formed. The girl, young enough to be her own sibling found a way to weasel herself through her Master's barriers and into her heart. With this child, Cestra's rage seemed to quiet for a time.
Though, this time of peace did not last for the two of them…as during a mission to capture at target, Cestra's bloodthirsty drive to kill came with the ending of her own apprentice…and the target. A massive failure and a huge loss caused the Sith's resolve to crumble. Her aspiration to create a world of her own command was not nearly as strong as it was to seek a way to save the child she'd grown to care for. Her pursuits ended in failure however, resulting in Cestra laying down her lightsaber and walking away from the Force, vowing to only use her power in times of desperation to avoid harming any others she may grow attached to in time.
In the few years since walking away, Caelyn has found a sense of peace within her life just wandering freely. Periodically she has taken on bounties or short-term jobs working on ships to get by. She'll do whatever it takes to make sure she keeps a hot meal on her plate, but she's found her life to be far more freeing than she'd ever imagined it could be. Though she has been known to scam a few people out of their credits from time to time, the former Naboo noble doesn't necessarily hurt for money…but she does prefer to live freely and act as though she is just another struggling mouth to find what they need. The wild and carefree life is rather entertaining most days, though what lies underneath this sense of contentment is still the raging inferno of emotions she once carried openly.
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