Kamon Vondiranach
Heart in a Jar
Kamon Vondiranach was born on Corellia hundreds of years prior to the current galactic timeline. His mother was a Corellian woman named Naomi Hinata and his father an Echani transplant named Dess Vondiranach. He had two older siblings, a set of twins. As he was the youngest, his older siblings would often look out for him when they were out and about doing what it was that children do. His father was a member of CorSec at the time, and his mother spent much of her time working around the town. They didn't live in Coronet City, but rather on the outskirts of Bela Vistal. They led a largely peaceful life despite their father's work, but it wasn't destined to remain that way. When Kamon was roughly six years old, he awoke in the middle of the night. Thirsty, he walked to the door of the room he shared with his two siblings and started to open it. Now the door looked out onto the main living area of their home, and as he opened it, he became aware that there were people other than his parents there. Terrible things were happening. They'd tied up his parents, done terrible things to his mother and left them there while dousing the place in a flammable liquid. A quick spark and the whole room went up in flames. Thankfully his brother and sister had woken as he stared on in horror. The two older siblings were wise enough to draw him away to a window, and push him out. That was the last he remembered of his siblings.
Eventually he found his way into the City, unsure of what had happened to everyone else. His brother and sister hadn't immediately come out so he'd thought to go get help. And sure enough, he'd told people what happened and they raced off, leaving him with a family friend. Those friends would eventually take him in, as no sign of his siblings was ever discovered, though the remains of his parents were clearly present. During the time he lived with these family friends he began to exhibit minor abilities in the Force. Chiefly he could pick up on the thoughts of his step-parents, and exhibited acrobatic skill beyond that of even his father's capabilities. Because of this, the family opted to consult with the Jedi, who eventually took Kamon in as a teenager with the intention of training him in the ways of the Force. It took some time, but eventually he was paired with a Jedi Knight named Cole Donovin. Kamon excelled in the art of lightsaber combat, and was an exceptional pilot, but he exhibited very little Force talent outside of these. The man taught him much, but Kamon's powers opened him to new realities and a realization of what had been done to his family. He eventually left the Jedi Order and went to the Rogue Jedi Order.
Among the Rogue Jedi he found friends, including a new teacher named Xylon Hexyra. He was by far the most brilliant Master of the Force that Kamon had ever met. He taught him a great many things until his death, and then passed him on to the Rogue Jedi Grandmaster: Gash Jiren. Gash trained Kamon to knighthood, and then sent him off to fend for himself. During this turbulent time he encountered the Skywalker family on Tatooine. Most notably, Alana Skywalker. He fell in love with the beauty, and, with the permission of her older brother, Han, began to court each other. But this, too, was destined to failure. The current Dark Lord of the Sith, Sedriss Sadow, caught wind of this romance, and captured Alana. He poisoned her mind with a Sith poison, making it so when she looked upon Kamon, she only saw horror. She became so terrified of him that he could not go near her. But, as Kamon learned, Sedriss had a cure. Seeking to free Alana, he went to face him, but was defeated, the cure a lie. In so doing, he lost Alana forever, as Han forbid him from ever being near her.
Distraught, Kamon left and went to the world of Tholatin, where he discovered a vast smuggler and pirate enclave. Disgusted at their proclivities, he proceeded to conquer them, and installed himself as their ruler, at which point he brought law and order to the world. But even that wasn't destined to last, as they came under attack from a new Empire, which sought to wipe them out. Kamon was left defeated, as one Jedi could not stand against the tides of darkness. In his grief at all the losses, for even Gash Jiren had disappeared from the galaxy, he knew that he was open to a bitter pain that would lead him down a dark path. That path would lead him to the darkside, which was a place he never wished to go. Because he knew that was an inevitability, he had himself cryogenically frozen, which would allow his mind to wander, to control itself, while his body was in stasis. This would last for hundreds of years, everything he knew gone (or so he thought), before he would eventually be awoken once again.
Eventually he was awoken from his stasis. The galaxy he arrived in was very different from the one that he had left. The enemies he had known in days past were all but gone, but new ones had arisen in their place. New ones with old names, new ones with new names. Once he'd had the time to settle his mind, he found a new center of peace which allowed him to return to his life as a Jedi Master, and despite being of ancient teaching compared to those around him, he was accepted. The Jedi of the day proved far more fluid than the Jedi he had known, and he found himself rather at home among them. He ventured forth into the galaxy, and in so doing met a young lightside witch named [member="Satara Hawk"]. He fell in love with her and, fearing the loss of his legacy b3cause of an upcoming dangerous mission, the two conceived two children: [member="Aston Jacobs"] and [member="Spencer Varanin"]. Because Satara was married, their conception was through Force manipulation rather than through conventional means. The twins grew up little known to him, but he loved them just the same. Though he and Spencer often butt heads, he still cares for her deeply even now. But he and Satara were not destined to be together forever, and Kamon moved on to fighting other battles.
With the rise of the Echani Compact, he assumed the role of naval leader, and asserted himself as new Grandmaster of the Rogue Jedi Order, which had seemingly died out in the time that he had been frozen. Neither of these lasted long, but were still influential in their time period. TEC fought at the battle of Roche, their fast attack craft valiently facing off against Sith Forces. They fought against Omni and his hordes of machines. Eventually, however, their leader succumbed to her genetic illness, Kamon was forced to leave, and leadership of the Echani was passed down to his daughter, Spencer, who installed herself as Queen of the world. However, during this time, Kamon became enamored with a young woman named Hanna. Eventually the two would become married, and [member="Hanna Vondiranach"] would conceive a daughter of her own. Still, Kamon was never one to be tied down to any one place, and he eventually ventured off into the unknown regions about the same time as Spencer was marrying [member="Ashin Varanin"].
While in the unknown regions he was forcibly captured by a darkside cult, who proceeded to experiment upon him. Their experimentation caused him to fall into the darkside, and when he was unleashed upon the galaxy he left a brief terror filled wake behind him before his then apprentice, Silas Fox, found him and followed through with the order that Kamon had given him: if he was ever to fall, Silas was to kill him. On Vortex the two did battle, and Kamon fell to the blade of Silas. There he was entombed in a crystal embrace. However, being of Hinata blood meant that even though he had died, he wasn't dead. His spirit was still tied to the place, and his body would eventually mend itself. Force Manipulation of the genetic line of Hinata's made it so that they could only ever be truly killed by another Hinata, which meant that Kamon could only ever be killed by either Spencer, Aston, his daughter with Hanna, or his cousin, Rach Sullen. So though he was dead, he was not truly dead, and would rise again, but this time without the darkness within.
[Invasion] Some Like It Hoth
