Forged in Fire
Gel Karn
| Age | 30 Years Old |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 1.98 Meters |
| Weight | 108 Kilograms |
| Force Sensitive | Non-Force Sensitive |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Standing nearly six and a half feet tall and weighing in at 240 pounds, Gel Karn has spent years developing the strength and muscle mass needed to be an armorer, a job he performs admirably well in service to the Iron Covenant. Gel is light skinned with short brown hair and and brown eyes, and sports no facial hair, preferring to be completely clean shaven to avoid any chance of his face catching fire while he is forging. Gel's arms sport dozens of minor burn scars, most of which he received when he just started out as an armorer, along with a Ka'rta tattoo on his chest, which is only the first of many tattoos that Gel plans on getting once he has redeemed himself through his service to the Iron Covenant.
INVENTORY
Though Gel is most at home in his forge, he doesn't really have any qualms about going into the field of battle to support his brothers and sisters-in-arms during combat operations, though the armor he wears is highly unusual even by Mandalorian standards. His Beskar helmet is festooned with a pair of mandibles that Gel claims comes from a juvenile Mythosaur, while his armorer's tunic doubles as a Jazerant, one constructed out of Armorweave, Beskar Chainmail and Spacers Leather. Gel also tends to wear a Utility Belt, Heat Resistance Gloves and Boots and various storage pouches full of tools that he uses to make in field repairs. Gel rarely, if ever, travels without his Beskar Gravity Hammer and Magnetic Tongs, and occasionally wields a Vibroshield on his left arm.
PERSONALITY AND BELIEFS
Contrary to his muscular appearance, Gel Karn is rather shy and soft spoken, much preferring to spend his time tinkering and forging than being in the presence of other people and droids. Gel feels intensely guilty for having forged weapons and armor for the Mandalorian Empire and their Sith allies, which prompted his defection to the Iron Covenant and quest for personal redemption. Overall, Gel is something of a "gentle giant", one who is slow to anger but terrible to face when roused into righteous fury, a fury that he hopes to put to good use against the enemies of the Iron Covenant.
STRENGTHS
- Metalsmith: Gel has over a decade of metal smithing experience, especially when it comes to working with Beskar. Nonetheless, Gel is comfortable with working with nearly any type of metal that he might be asked to use, and anything that he forges is almost always of the highest quality possible
- Leathersmith: Gel is also surprisingly experienced in working with leathers and other textiles, an important but often overlooked facet of armor and weapon construction. This enables him to craft and repair straps, slings, and storage bags for his allies
- Muscular: As someone who spends hours a day lifting heavy pieces of metal and hitting them thousands of time with his Beskar Gravity Hammer, Gel has developed the strength and muscle mass needed to be a frightening person to face in melee combat
- Heat resistance: The forge where Gel works can get quite hot at times, especially when Gel works for hours a time without taking a break. This enables Gel to deal with high temperatures and extreme heat better than most
WEAKNESSES
- Blaster deficiency: In an ironic twist of fate, Gel is laughably incompetent when it comes to using blasters and slug throwers against his enemies, perhaps due to his particularly large and calloused hands. Oddly enough, this deficiency does not apply to thrown weapons, such as throwing axes or grenades
- Large target: As far as humans go, Gel is a rather large and bulky target, making it much easier for enemies to hit him in melee or with ranged attacks
- Guilty: As someone who comes from a proud tradition of armorers, Gel is often crushed by the weight of his guilty conscience, since many of his creations have been used by the Sith Order to further their conquest of the known galaxy
- Quiet: By nature, Gel isn't much of a talker or even necessarily social, which can lead to assumptions that he is a cold an uncaring person. Gel also tends to be over serious at times, due to the weight of his perceived sins against the Mandalorian people.
HISTORY
For generations upon generations, Clan Karn of Mandalore served the Mandalorian Empire faithfully as armorers, constructing thousands of weapons, armor sets and pieces of equipment. Gel Karn was no exception to this, and was particularly celebrated for the quality of his wares and his attention to details, making him one of the most famous and well known armorers in the entire Mandalorian Empire. For over a decade, Gel worked tirelessly to perfect his craft, and the items he made were sought after throughout the entirety of the Empire.
Unfortunately, the Mandalorian Empire's alliance with the Sith Order caused Gel a great deal of personal distress, as Gel and his clan had been opposed to the Sith ever since their genocide of the Mandalorian people and their attack on Mandalore itself. To see his most hated enemies walking alongside Mandalorians filled Gel with a deep sense of shame, especially considering the fact that his weapons and armors were being used to support the Sith in their conquest of the known galaxy. Unable to stomach the fact that he was complicit in the crimes of the Sith, Gel destroyed his home forge and fled Mandalore, seeking to make contact with the Iron Covenant to atone for his actions and what he had created.
Sadly, Gel wouldn't get very far, as he was captured by
Darth Carnifex
and made his prisoner. Stripped of his weapons and tools, Gel could only watch in horror as the Sith continued their invasions unabated, hoping beyond hope that someone might come and rescue him from his captivity so that he could begin to redeem himself through the only way he knows how to: by crafting weapons and armors for those who might use them for good, and no longer for evil!
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