Katarine Ryiah
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Katarine Ryiah
| Full Name | Katarine Alysabeth Ryiah |
| Pronunciation | Kat-Ah-Ren | |R-Eye-Ah |
| Alias | Kat |
| Age | Young Adult |
| Rank | Jedi Master |
| Faction | New Jedi Order |
| Birthplace | Unknown Regions |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Force Sensitive | Yes |
| Height | 5' 2" |
| Weight | Slender |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Deep Green |
| Skin Color | Pale |
| Distinctive features | Darkside Kryptonite |
| Playby | Nina Dobrev / Commissioned Art |
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| Discord | KitterBitters#0902 |
Katarine Ryiah is a Jedi Master from the Clone Wars era who was frozen in carbonite deep beneath the waters on the planet Naboo in the year 12BBY. The The Cataclysm of Naboo caused her carbinanation chamber to be discovered. After her rescue she was taken to a Naboo hospital and treated for hybernation sickness. She spent three years battling the illness and lost many of her memories due to it. Now she has joined the New Jedi Order, serving mainly as a Jedi Investigator to help solve crimes in Alliance territory.
- Biography
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Katarine Ryiah and her twin brother Daxium Ryiah were born to loving parents named Anastasia and Troy on the planet XXX in the year 44BBY. Her parents were members of an extremist Dark Jedi cult who believed in a prophecy surrounding the birth of twins. Convinced that Katarine and her twin brother Daxium were the fulfillment of this prophecy, the cult leader Lady Sinistra murdered Anastasia and Troy Ryiah mere minutes after the birth of the twins. Lady Sinistra took both of the children and raised them, teaching them the ways of the Force.
44BBY
39BBY
Growing up with Lady Sinistra was harsh and full of cruelty, but both of the twins did learn the ways of the Force under the dark woman's tutelage. Katarine did not accept the cults view of the Force, and struggled to embrace the darkside as was expected of her. While Daxium excelled in his teachings, Katarine lingered behind, causing a lot of anger in Lady Sinistra. In an attempt to turn Katarine to the darkside, Lady Sinistra injected her with Sith poison when the girl was only five years old. The poison did not have the intended effect on Kat. Instead of being pulled to the darkside she developed such an aversion to it that it made her physically ill if she was around it too often. Kat would get dizzy and weak if a darksider so much as touched her, and she could feel the dizzying effects if a darksider was too close. Enraged that this plan did not work, Lady Sinistra ordered Daxium to kill his sister. Unable to fulfill his master's wishes, Daxium helped fake Katarine's death so she could escape to the Jedi. Katarine begged her twin to come with her but he refused. Lady Sinistra had been the only mother Daxium had ever known and he was not willing to leave her.
When Katarine arrived at the Jedi Temple there was some concern about her age. At five years old she was a little older than most younglings. When Kat demonstrated a remarkable proficiency in the Force due to Sinistra's teachings however the Jedi did decide to let Katarine join. Katarine excelled quickly through her training and demonstrated an extreme defensive maturity in her mental capabilities.
33BBY
Because of her advanced standing Katarine was selected as a padawan at only ten years old. Master Jessari Tanelorn took Katarine on as a padawan and began her training. Jessari and Katarine trained together for several years and during that time together they liberated an Ewok village from slavery, stopped a pirate's cruelty on Tantooine, and aided the Jedi Council in several investigative missions. Katarine proved to be a great Jedi Investigator with a keen eye for solving a mystery. After almost five years together Jessari was called away on an assignment and the elder Master Spark Vallen stepped in to assist Kat with her lightsaber construction. Kat proved skilled in lightsaber combat but she never demonstrated the aptitude with a blade as she had for the Force. Katarine's pure nature made her a shy warrior. She practiced each of the lightsaber forms to be a well-rounded duelist but Katarine was never a warrior at heart. With practice and dedication Katarine mastered these forms as best she could and was allowed to take her trials.
29BBY
As a green Jedi Knight Kat was still unsure of her abilities. Her first confrontation came when she faced the alien Artemis Obuldi. Kat attempted to use the Force to drown Artemis but her inexperience with his odd technology made her unaware of the capabilities of his ooglith masqure. Artemis sealed off his airways and was about to strike Kat down when she was rescued by the Rebellion clone trooper, T.J 1884. Both Captain T.J and Kat retreated to a medical tent and were told their injuries would take weeks to repair by medical technicians with the limited tent supplies. During those weeks a small attraction evolved between Kat and T.J, mostly out of gratitude for each having saved the others life. Things never proved physical between the two, due to Kat's commitment to the Jedi Code and both left each other to return to the lives they were destined to lead. T.J 1184 continued his duties as a captain in the army and Katarine returned to the Jedi to start the training of a new generation.
28BBY
Now at the age of sixteen Katarine was younger than most knights who took on a padawan but the council believed she was ready and assigned Mist Mayweather to be her first student. Mist Mayweather came to the Jedi as a young energetic woman looking to follow in the footsteps of her uncle Zeek who was a famous Jedi Knight. During the training of Mist the woman became friends with Katarine as most padawans tended to do, but Mist seemed to take things further with Katarine. Kat accepted the clinginess of her padawan and trained Mist in the standard protocol of Jedi abilities. Mist showed talents with telekinesis, which Kat worked extremely hard with the young woman to perfect. She chose to teach Mist the acrobatic style of lightsaber combat, but because of Mists easy attachment and vulnerable emotions, Kat would not teach her Juyo in fear that the emotions needed for this form would do more harm than good. During a mission to Ambria Kat and Mist discovered a hidden cave and hot springs, which produced the crystal Mist would need to construct her lightsaber. Mist proved capable of handling the trials but seemed hesitant to face them, despite Kat assuring her she was ready. Her refusal to accept the trials meant Kat would continue being her master for almost a year longer than most padawans were trained. During the tutelage Katarine found it difficult to separate the boundaries between master and friend. Mist often pushed these boundaries uncomfortably for Katarine, and even the refusal to let Katarine move on when the training was done left Kat uncertain what to do. She sought the aide of other masters, and upon their request decided to train another student even though Mist Mayweather had not taken the rank of Jedi Knight. It was the belief of the Council that this action would help Mist move forward, and also help Katarine expand her considerable skills as a Jedi teacher.
23BBY – 20BBYDuring the years that followed Katarine trained several more students, much to Mist Mayweathers annoyance. Mist still refused to take the Jedi trials and was becoming uncommonly clingy towards Katarine. While continuing to teach Mist, Katarine would go on to knight Ellion Corsair, Phylis Alince, and a young Twi'lek named Koga. The lack of attention from Katarine proved overwhelming for Mist Mayweather and the young woman fled the Jedi. Kat and the investigator team search to find Mist, and discovered that Mist had fallen into the hands of a darksider who performed genetic experiments on Mist. The team rescued padawan Mayweather and took her back to the Jedi. After finally convincing Mist Mayweather to take the trials and helping the young woman with the bizarre events that had turned her into a Cathar/Human hybrid, Katarine watched proudly as Mist Mayweather completed the trials of knighthood and became a Jedi Knight.
Now free of students, Kat decided it was time to find another trainee. She took a forth padawan named Aden Lothiar. Aden had a complicated past with the Sith Master named Lord Grimm. Kat found herself delaying her responsibilities to help Aden, and when she learned he was constructing a planet designed to produce genetically enhanced species she turned the other cheek in the hopes she could help the young man instead of letting him rot in a prison. Eventually, Aden fled the Jedi after being injured on a mission with Kat, and she left with him. He killed a few knights on his way out and Kat was suspected of being his accomplice. Aden took Kat to the planet he had been building and a complicated bonding took place between them. Eventually, Katarine escaped. She was separated from Aden and she spent several months looking for him. Kat learned that Aden was holding the empress of the planet hostage aboard her flagship. She went to find Aden and brought him back to the Jedi after separating her padawan from the spirit of Lord Grimm. She saved Aden Lothiar but the Sith Master Grimm was still out there, and this worried her.
Upon her return, she had to face a trial for her fugitive actions. The Council informed Katarine that she should have trusted them with her struggles and told them of Aden's past. They advised her to learn to depend on her friends and surprisingly offered her no punishment for her actions. After the hearing, Jedi Master Vohn Excel informed Katarine that she had earned the rank of Jedi Master. She learned a valuable lesson to trust her allies and friends and was welcomed and celebrated by many Jedi in the Order.
19BBY
The Clone Wars proved a testing ground for Kat's abilities but the unthinkable happened when Order 66 was issued. Katarine was on an investigative assignment when Order 66 was set so managed to escape the purge. She went into hiding, concealing her identity as a Jedi and began to serve the Rebellion that had formed to defeat the new Galactic Empire.
During their time serving the Rebellion Katarine fell in love but her partner learned of his Mandalorian heritage, eventually deciding he wanted to join his brethren. He left Katarine, utterly devastating her. Katarine quickly unraveled and traveled to Zeltros where she met a darksider Christian Draclau and quickly realized that being in the presence of the darkside activated her mutation and caused her to forget the pain she was dealing with her loss. She spent a lot of time in Draclau's company, using the darkside as her own drug to cope with her loss. Eventually Katarine was forced back into her senses when she couldn't ignore the acts the darkside caused. She decided to go into isolation, cutting herself off from the galaxy in fear that she would turn to the darkside herself.
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14BBYDuring her time in isolation Katarine was tracked down by her twin brother Daxium. Dax had survived the Great Purge by luck. By now the Empire was looking for all Force users, not just the Jedi, and Lady Sinistra had turned in her student Dax to gain favor with the Empire. Shocked by his mother figures betrayal, Daxium had fled to the world of Chalacta. He had arrived gravely inured and was nursed to health by a member of the Chalactan Adepts. The peaceful nature of the planet and the simple farming life of its people had helped to cleanse Daxium's soul and finally purge the darkness from his heart. Daxium had married the woman who nursed him back to health and the two had a family together now. Katarine welcomed her twin back in her life and together they remained in hiding from the Empire. Katarine started to teach Daxium the ways of the Jedi during their exile.
12BBYWhen Lady Sinistra learned that her student escaped and that his twin was still alive, she vowed to find the pair. The Dark Jedi remained convinced that the twins were the fulfillment of the prophecy her cult believed in, and that any offspring produced would also be of great use to the cult. She began to track down the Ryiah family, determined to have them under her control once again.
Still tuned to his former master, Daxium had a Force vision of Lady Sinistra coming for his family. Together the twins set out to confront Lady Sinistra, leaving Daxium's family behind in a hidden location. Eventually the search lead the twins to Naboo. Deep in the waters of the beautiful planet there was a secret prison that an old Gungan had once shown Katarine. The galaxies most dangerous criminals were kept in cells and frozen in carbonite down there. Katarine lured Lady Sinistra to the prison and an duel broke out. The trio fought strongly but the duel ended with both women entering the carbon freezing chamber and both women being frozen. Katarine could not see if her twin was frozen too before she sank into to the hibernation.
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Katarine remained frozen for the next 909 years until the The Cataclysm of Naboo destroyed the underwater prison, sending those frozen in carbonite to the surface. Many of the criminals who were trapped in the watery prison escaped as their freezing chambers were opened due to the Netherworld events taking place on the planet. Katarine was discovered and taken to hospital on Naboo where she spent the next three years combating hibernation sickness. The hibernation sickness caused her to lose many of her memories, so she does not remember a lot of her past. Once she was healthy enough she traveled to the New Jedi Order in search of answers and hopefully to restore her memory.
- Strengths & Weaknesses
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Force Sensitivity - Katarine is a gifted Force user and very capable at altering her environment.
Strengths
Lightsaber Combat - Katarine is gifted with a lightsaber and always training to better her combat skills.
Investigation & Stealth - As a Jedi Investigator Katarine specializes in undercover work.Weaknesses
Darkside Kryptonite - As a child Kat was injected with Sith Poision which caused a very odd reaction in her. Katarine now has a mutation in her blood that causes her to be weak against the darkside. When in the presence of a darksider she feels dizzy and lightheaded, very much like Superman does in the presences of Kryptonite. This effect is multiplied if the darksider makes physical contact with her.
Piloting - Katarine is a subpar pilot and prefers not to fly if she can help it.
Kindess - Kat wears her heart on her sleeve, which can be very dangerous for a Jedi.
Technology - Katarine is familiar with the technology of her time, but the new future is full of gadgets she does not know how to use.
- Equipment
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Lightsabers
During her padawan training Katarine went to Ilum to find the crystals contained in her lightsabers. She selected two sets of crystals that were bled by Sith in order to make strong dark weapons however because Katarine is weakened by the darkside (Darkside Kryptonite) she needed to purify the crystals before she could use them. She was able to purify one crystal set completely but the second crystal still contains some darkside energy, meaning she can only use it for a short period of time before it weakens her.
Katarine specializes in wielding two blades, each contained two crystals. Each weapon has a dual-phase mechanism, which allows her to switch from one crystal to the other with a turn of the hilt, thus lengthening the blade. When the blades are in their standard form they are white, average length and utilizing the purified crystal, but when the hilt is rotated the blades lengthen and utilize the crystal that still has some residual dark energy This dark energy turns the blade pink and can only be used for a short time before Kat must switch her weapon back to it's original form.
Factory Link: HereClothingTraditionally Katarine wore a black flight jacket, black flight pants, white tank top, and black boots. This outfit served her well while she was doing undercover missions with the Jedi Investigators, and latter helped her hide her identity as a Jedi after Order 66. While she worked with the rebellion she would hide her lightsabers in her jacket or inside her boots to keep from revealing her true identity. After her arrival in the current time period Katarine stood out for wearing clothes that were a century out of fashion. Thanks to her new friends in the New Jedi Order she was gifted with a more updated version of Jedi attire. This new outfit features black boots, white pants, and a black tunic top.
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