OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a Jedi Master that can provide tutelage to my padawan character. To create an interesting healer among the Jedi.
- Image Credit: https://www.midjourney.com
- Role: She is one of the chief healers among the Jedi and will become the official master of my padawan
Pari Sylune
- Permissions: N/A
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PHYSICAL INFORMATION
- Age: 85 Standard Years
- Force Sensitivity: Master
- Species: Human
- Appearance: Master Hama Ruthen is an elderly woman with silver-white hair pulled up. Her weathered face bears the gentle lines of decades spent healing and teaching, with soft, kind eyes the color of stormy gray that seem to see both pain and hope. She wears well-worn, earth-toned Jedi robes embroidered subtly with symbols of life and renewal. Despite her age, her posture remains upright and steady, radiating calm strength and quiet wisdom.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Name: Hama Ruthen, Hama, Master Hama, Cranky Old Lady.
- Loyalties: She is a wandering Jedi, loyal to all Jedi. Master to Pari Sylune.
- Wealth: She owns very little.
- Notable Possessions: Lightsaber
- Skills: She is a seasoned healer and has an in depth knowledge of remedies both natural and synthetic. Beyond healing she has the standard abilities you would expect from a typical Jedi Master.
- Languages:
- Personality: Master Hama Ruthen is a warm-hearted soul whose kindness flows as naturally as the gentle rivers she loves to wander beside. Deeply connected to nature, she often draws wisdom from the whisper of leaves and the song of birds. Her laughter is infectious, a joyful spark that lightens even the darkest moments, revealing a delightfully quirky side that keeps those around her on their toes. Though her wisdom runs deep, she never takes herself too seriously, embracing life's unpredictability with a playful spirit and a healer's compassion.
COMBAT INFORMATION
- Weapon of Choice: Lightsaber / The Force
- Combat Function: She is skilled with the blade and the Force as you would expect from a standard Jedi Master. Nothing special.
- Force Abilities (Force Users Only):
Strengths:
- Expert level healer
- Seasoned teacher
- Blades expert
Weaknesses:
- Holds a grudge for the time she spent in a Sith prison
- Age makes reflexes, sight, and other systems slower and less powerful
- Is seek as an "old kook" by people so is often overlooked or not listened to
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Master Hama Ruthen was born 85 years before 902 ABY on the lush, forested world of
Takodana, a remote planet with lush forests and seas. From a young age, Hama exhibited a strong affinity for healing and the living Force, often found tending to injured animals or calming restless spirits in the ancient groves.
Recognizing her potential, Jedi Order scouts brought her to the temple as a child, where she trained diligently not as a warrior, but as a healer and scholar. Her gentle spirit and empathy earned her the respect of her peers, and she quickly became known for her ability to mend wounds others could not and to soothe minds torn by conflict.
However, Hama's path was not without darkness. During a covert mission, she was captured by Sith forces and imprisoned in a brutal Sith detention facility known only as the Shadow Bastion. For several harrowing years, she endured harsh physical and psychological torment, the cruelty of her captors leaving scars on both her body and soul. This period planted a deep bitterness in her heart, not toward the Force or the Jedi, but toward the darkness that could corrupt and consume even the strongest of wills.
Despite the brutal torment she endured, Hama's spirit was not fully broken. When she was finally rescued from the Shadow Bastion, the years of captivity and suffering had irrevocably altered her, deepening her wisdom and sharpening her resolve. She returned to the Jedi Order not as a warrior seeking vengeance, but as a healer who sought to prevent the kind of pain she had experienced from ever touching another soul. Her teachings were infused with an even greater compassion, and her once-gentle laughter now held an undertone of quiet understanding, a reminder that light could still exist even in the darkest of places.
But beneath her outward calm, the scars of her time in the Sith prison never truly healed. Her humor, often warm and infectious, became a mask, a way of hiding the pain she'd never fully allowed herself to confront. If one looked closely enough, they might see the flicker of something darker in her eyes, a shadow that never quite faded.
Though Hama continued to teach with kindness, there was a subtle bitterness that lingered in her heart, a bitterness she struggled to acknowledge, let alone release. Deep within, a quiet rage simmered, the memories of her time in captivity poisoning her soul in ways she couldn't explain. She had buried the hurt so deep that even she couldn't always tell where the wounds ended and her healing began.
Her outward serenity and the comforting embrace of her warmth and wisdom were often a shield. She carried the weight of her past with a grace that only made her suffering more hidden, more silent. Her laughter, though genuine, was sometimes too loud, too quick, a way to keep others from seeing the cracks that threatened to surface. Hama Ruthen was a healer, yes, but even healers could break. And while she could mend others, she feared she might never be whole again.
Now, as a venerable Jedi Master, Hama Ruthen dedicates herself to healing, teaching, and protecting the fragile harmony between life and the Force, always carrying the lessons of her past with quiet dignity and a heart full of hope.
