B E A C O N
Image Source: Pares Zhao
Name: Lady Nadja Keto
Loyalties: Lily Kuhn / Empress Teta
Role: Lily Kuhn's attendant/handmaiden/friend
Development Threads:
- Get Some Freedom [ Galactic Alliance ]
- People of Our Fears [Galactic Alliance Domion of M'haeli & Arrgaw]
- The Times, They Are A Changin... [Corellian League Rebellion of Corellia]
Age: Twenty-Five
Species: Human
Appearance:
Nadja Keto stands at just over one hundred and sixty centimeters tall, weighs in at just fifty-three kilos, and generally keeps her dark brown hair above shoulder length. Unlike other members of the Tetan nobility, Nadja was unfortunate enough to have been born with the worst combination of physical traits possible for someone in her shoes. While she has relatively flawless skin and beautiful eyes, her height is shorter even than average - far more so than desired by most - and her proportions elsewhere are.. lacking.. to say the least. While certainly not unappealing to the eye, she was the least favored of her family and thus the one coaxed into offering her service as the empress's handmaiden and attendant.
Personality:
Nadja Keto's personality is a bit more complex than the average person - she acts one way when around certain people, and rather differently when around another, all of which contrasts with how she interacts with people and strangers in general.
Around people that are in her small circle of friends and confidants, such as Lily Kuhn and some members of Lily's personal guard, Nadja tends to be more open, relaxed, and friendly - but she can give her own healthy dose of sarcasm if the situations calls for it. She indulges in "girl talk" with appropriate friends, offers advice even when she isn't asked for it, and shares genuine concern for her friend's well-being.
Around her family, however, Nadja is very stiff, leaning on acerbic. She is at odds with her parents, who felt her only use was serving the crown for their own political gain, and the rest of her family tend to treat her as little more than a stepping stone because of that same treatment and her position. Chances are that those with the Keto name, yes, that Keto name, are looked upon as bitterly as she views her parents.
When confronted by the general populace, Nadja is very formal and tries her best to appear servile - believing her image as being the empress's attendant and most valued servant could be impacted negatively by not doing so.
Force Sensitivity: Non-Force User
Weapon of Choice: A pen.
Skills:
Nadja can pilot small starships, smaller than corvettes, in the form of transportation - though she lacks any combat ability or experience if she were to ever be engaged in such a scenario.
Wealth:
Nadja Keto comes from a wealthy family of the Tetan nobility, and works directly under the empress of the Empress Teta systems. While not outrageously wealthy, among the upper class of Tetan nobility she is considered to be on the lower end of personal wealth.
Combat Function:
Nadja is completely untrained in combat and her only real strength would be her knowledge of flying freighters and other smaller crafts - but has no experience or skill to speak of except in the form of a hasty retreat. But she can probably hurt someone with a pen, if that's any consolation.
Notable Possessions:
A necklace bearing the crest of the Keto family, signifying her place in Tetan nobility.
A pendant with the symbol of the Krath, a trinket that most Tetan nobles have as personal possessions.
A datapad and some expensive clothing, nothing protective like armor.
History:
Under the golden era of One Sith rule over much of the core worlds, Nadja was born to the wealthy Keto family on Empress Teta. Her mother, Anina, and father, Erich, are both the matriarch and patriarch of the infamous noble family. Related by blood, though not quite directly, to the ancient Emperor and Empress of Krath-controlled Teta, the Keto family - and thus Nadja - sit well within Tetan nobility. From birth all the way through adulthood, Nadja was always small - never quite reaching even one and a half meters in height until her fifteenth birthday, and just barely growing over that through the last growth spurt during the start of adulthood. Although she remains to be a picturesque member of the wealthy Keto family, her undesirable height and petite proportions left her without any suitable suitors. Coupled with the fact that the Tetan royalty was passed to a female heiress rather than a male heir, and it was clear that Nadja would not be able to marry into power and influence.
Pressured by her parents into "supporting" the family, Nadja was coerced into approaching the crown to offer her services as personal attendant to the empress - an offer that more than backfired on the noble house. Rather than working against the interests that the young monarch held, Nadja instead worked wholeheartedly to support the Kuhn heiress and turned her back on her family completely. Over the course of a series events that saw name-calling, being cut off by her parents, and treated like some kind of beggar by the rest of her family, Nadja and the rest of the Ketos developed an extremely strained relationship, one which saw her choosing to stay at the side of the system's ruler rather than align herself with a Krath-backed family that saw little use for her than as a tool to obtain influence.
Intent: Nadja Keto has and will play the part of Lily's companion and friend through many RPs to come.
