Valik
Professor of Alchemy
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http://random223.deviantart.com/art/7-sin-swords-Pride-201492017
Name: Kata’nari
Designation: Sapient
Homeworld: None
Language: Galactic Basic, Ancient Sith(has a bit of an accent)
Average height of adults: .7m
Skin color: N/A
Hair color: N/A
Breathes: N/A
Strengths:
+Psychometric: The first of three abilities in the Force that Valik instilled into the Kata’nari was Psychometry. This can only be used on contact, and for the most part serves one purpose, to discover how an alchemical item was created. For example, if Kata’nari were to be used in combat with another Sith Sword he would learn how the Sith Sword was made alchemically. The speed of this process is determined inversely by how skilled the alchemy item was made and positively with how strong in the Force the Kata’nari has become. IE: Better swords/amulets/armors take longer to figure out, stronger kata’nari = faster learning.
+Alchemist: The second ability in the Force Valik imbued within the Kata’nari was the ability of Sith Alchemy, but he also imposed a hefty limitation on the blade. While the Kata’nari can carry out many alchemical processes(given enough time and power) it can only perform alchemy on itself. This is primarily used, along with Kata’nari’s psychometric abilities, to copy the abilities of other alchemical items unto itself. As Kata’nari grows in this manner I will provide necessary dev threads through submission edit(or resubmission, should the staff prefer) in order to properly quantify what qualities the Kata’nari has learned, added into the “Special Features Section”.
+Telepathy: The last ability of the Forve Valik gifted the Kata’nari was that of telepathy. The primary function of this ability is to allow the Kata’nari to speak to it’s wielders. The Kata’nari is not a mentalist or illusionist, and as such cannot speak with people who haven’t touched it(though it can speak with them in a radius of five or so meters), nor will it ever be able to make it’s owner see rainbows or ‘assume direct control’. Kata’nari’s attempt to garner control of it’s owner(s) is more of a subtle prod, a whisper in the ear as opposed to an overwhelming possessive force.
+Indestructible: Short of a concentrated effort of multiple masters to use Force Light or being thrown into a black hole Kata’nari is effectively indestructible, being a masterwork blade by what is arguably the best alchemist in the last eight centuries.
+’Immortal’: Like a Terentatek the Kata’nari feeds on the Force and has no defined lifespan, also being able to hibernate in times of famine.
+Adjustable: Through Alchemizing materials it comes in contact with the Kata’nari can up or downsize itself to match it’s host. If this is not done with Songsteel however the balance of the blade will become completely off however, rendering it unusable.
Weaknesses:
-Inanimate Object: The Kata’nari is a sword, and has no muscle and an extremely limited skillset in the Force(which notably will only change through self-alchemization). As such it cannot move itself around, speak without telepathy, or in general affect it’s environment at all without the assistance of a wielder.
-Parasitic: The Kata’nari like a Terentatek, is a Forcivore. While this does bestow benefits of (theoretical) immortality it means also means that, along with it’s inability to move around, that food is difficult to find. It cannot hunt, instead draining energy from those who carry it around. If not accompanied by a wielder it can, like the terentatek’s, hibernate, but it cannot perform any functions in the Force during this state. Extended periods in this state can also starve the Kata’nari, resulting in it’s death.
-Beacon: Due to the nature of it’s creation, being a Sith Sword with part of the Darkstaff as it’s handle and having a living creature forcibly bonded and molded to it the Kata’nari resounds with the Darkside in the Force, making it very easily detectable.
-Force Based: Being a spirit bound to a sword in the Force Kata’nari is extremely vulnerable to things such as Ysalamiri fields. Prolonged exposure(say a few hours) to a Ysalamiri field is invariably lethal for the Kata’nari.
-One is the Loneliest Number that you’ll ever know: The Kata’nari is a unique creation that required several powerful artifacts and skills to create. As such it will never be able to find a lady-Kata’nari friend, nor reproduce(lacking a system with which to do so).
-A New Face: The effect of Valik's bonding the Tsil to a sword was extremely mentally damaging for the Tsil. As a result while the Kata'nari retains basic memories of functions and concepts memories of it's past life have been blocked off, if not erased completely. Furthermore, Valik did not attempt to teach it anything about the galaxy at large other than what it needed to know about itself, reasoning it better to let the blade learn with it's own view.
Distinctions: It’s a sith sword.
Average Lifespan: Theoretically immortal
Races: None
Diet: The Force of it’s wielders and those it attacks. Can hibernate in times of famine.
Communication: Telepathy(Limited to those who have touched the hilt)
Culture: None really, considering it's a sword and an individual being. However, perhaps as a sideeffect of the primary metal used in it's creation, it has an odd tendency to speak in rhymes.
Technology level: Intelligent enough to use technology but lacks the dexterity to do so.
General behavior: Single species, so ‘general’ behavior isn’t really a thing, but based on the abilities and creation of the initial species it would be logical for it to have a desire to provoke it's wielders to battle and artifact hunting, attempting to increase it's power and corrupt it's wielder, and overall looking to kill others in an attempt to fuel and power itself.
History:
In response to the growing Sithspawn leather epidemic Valik set out to create Annulment, an amulet that emits a blast that destroys all alchemical items it comes across. While this was all well and good, it left a bad taste in Valik’s mouth, creating something that could destroy all the work he’d achieved and accomplished, let alone the work of all the other Alchemists in the galaxy. Thus he set out to create a counterpart for Annulment. It took some doing, but through examining the process Rave used to create Daesumnor, a blade Valik examined through Psychometry, and combining aspects of Sith Alchemy and process of Force-Imbueing blades Valik was able to create a blade that was a Sithspawn. Alive and able to feel the Force the blade he crafted was molded to be able to use a very specific skillset, to read the past of objects and apply those properties to itself. While unable to control it’s fate or even locomotion the blade would, assuming proper combat usage, be destined to become perhaps the most powerful Force Artifact ever constructed, something Valik deemed to be an adequate counterpart, a Creation to oppose Annulment’s Destruction. In respect of the Atrisian swordsmith [member="Masamune Tametomo"] and the ancient Sith who pioneered Sith Alchemy he christened the blade “Kata’nari”, a combination of the Atrisian word “Katana” and the Sith word “ari”, meaning “Sword” and “Lord” respectively, making a bastard translation of “The Lord of Blades.”
Notable Player-Characters: @Kata’nari
Intent: To create an interesting character to RP that is extremely reliant on another RPer, as well to create a ‘mimic’ Sithsword and see where it goes.
Development Thread:
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/8995-a-scavenger-huntshadows/ - The Jedi Order track down all the pieces of the Darkstaff in a five page thread lost to the Great Crash.
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/13858-tython-raid-on-the-jedi-archives/ - Valik, Velok, and Val’ryss Zankarr raid the Jedi Temple on Tython, obtaining the pieces of the Darkstaff
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/14161-creation-of-the-nether-amulets/ - Along with Velok, Rave Merrill, and Val’Ryss Zankarr the Darkstaff is reforged, and Valik is given a small splinter of the weapon which did not go into the staff.
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/31683-chemical-warfare/ - Valik uses Psychometry on Daesumnor, learning how to create Force Imbued Blades.
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/33816-the-ballad-of-blades/ - Valik conducts a Forge Duel with Masamune Tametomo, creating the Kata’nari. ( Objective : Consecutively rhyme the last word of every other sentence in every post for the full duration of a duel against a Force User player character –OR—assist members in completing ten other objectives. )) (Ongoing for story purposes, but construction of blade is complete)
Modularity: Extremely, see strengths
Production: Unique
Material: Sith Alchemized Songsteel, The Darkstaff(hilt), Tsil Soul
Classification: Sword
Size: One-Handed
Length: .7m
Weight: 1kg
Special Features:
-Fully immune to conventional damage, such as lightsabers, blasters, other sith swords, etc.
-Absorbs Sith Lightning and Disperses it on contact(Canon Sith Sword effect)
-Can self-imbue properties of other Sith Artifacts
-Drains power from owner and those it cuts
-No Other Unique Properties(yet).
OOC Notes:
This blade is not intended to be used by Valik(though it might be in it’s creation thread, which is ongoing) or any of my other alts, as I do not believe that’s really a sporting thing to do and definitely totes an alt-spamming line. Instead, if approved, I would start a public thread allowing people to come and claim Kata’nari as their own, and then follow them around(or be dragged around rather). Furthermore Kata'nari will not be learning any other skills through the Force that would allow it to be able to affect it's external environment(at least not in the Force, if it came across an amulet that shoots blasts it could learn to shoot blasts for example, but it'll never learn Force Lightning). Kata'nari's intention is to be an inanimate object for it's foreseeable existence, not to possess bodies and go on a rampage. Parts of the Melee weapon template have also been added at the end of the Species Template for reference.
