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RATHIR
JEDI INITIATE
JEDI INITIATE
ALIAS: Rathir
SPECIES: Firrerreo
HOMEWORLD: Anaxes
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Naboo
AGE: 15
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 5'9"
WEIGHT: 68 kg
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Black with silver streaks
SKIN: Golden
CLAN: Undisclosed
NAME DISCLOSURE: Restricted by Firrerreo custom
LANGUAGES: Galactic Basic, Firrerreo
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
▲ Firrerreo physiology grants Rathir considerable physical strength, rapid healing, hearing beyond normal Human ranges, and ultraviolet-capable eyesight protected by nictitating membranes
▲ Strong aptitude for immediate precognition and sensing nearby danger
▲ Instinctive mental defence, with a natural tendency to shut out unwanted intrusion
▲ Fiercely loyal and attentive toward those he considers close
─ One year of Jedi training; Rathir possesses a genuine foundation, but remains inexperienced
─ Strongly drawn toward the Living Force and immediate experience rather than distant foresight
▼ Forms attachments quickly and does not always recognise appropriate social boundaries
▼ Frequently equates being useful with being wanted
▼ Struggles with meditation, prolonged stillness and introspection
▼ Protective instincts can become defensive, hot-tempered and rash
PERSONALITY: Rathir tends to exist at two very different speeds. Around people he feels wanted by, he is energetic, eager to participate and openly happy. He laughs easily, volunteers readily, remembers small details and has a habit of involving himself in the interests of people he likes. Relationships come quickly to him, sometimes considerably quicker than they do to the other person.
He is attentive to where people are going, when they expect to return and whether there is some way he can help. He can stand closer than expected, stare intently while listening, follow someone from one activity to another and become protective before a relationship has necessarily reached the same significance for both people. He rarely intends any of it as intrusion.
Alone, much of that energy disappears. Rathir has few hobbies or interests that feel entirely his own, having spent much of his adolescence focused on survival and later on forming connections with others. Empty hours tend to be filled by pacing, training, cleaning his lightsaber, reorganising belongings or finding unnecessary work to occupy himself. Sometimes he simply becomes very still.
Years spent without his clan also left many Firrerreo social instincts largely untempered. Rathir can react sharply to sudden movement, crowd personal space without recognising it, display his canines freely when pleased or irritated, and run hot when defensive or protective. The Jedi have begun teaching him patience and control, though not always in the same ways another Firrerreo might have.
When Rathir feels accepted, however, much of that tension disappears. He is capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm, broad canine grins and genuine happiness simply from being included. Those moments have contributed strongly to his affinity for the Living Force and its emphasis upon experiencing the present.
APPEARANCE: Rathir is a young Firrerreo with warm golden skin, striking blue eyes and tousled black hair broken by prominent natural streaks of silver. His build is lean and athletic rather than bulky, giving little immediate indication of the considerable strength typical of his species. Pronounced canines become particularly obvious when he smiles, while protective nictitating membranes occasionally pass across his eyes in response to bright light, debris or reflex.
His posture can vary considerably with his mood. Around people he trusts he tends to be animated and physically expressive, while discomfort or anger can make him abruptly still.
Rathir typically wears practical beige and brown Jedi robes with dark leather boots, bracers and a utility belt. Around his neck hangs the canine of a deceased grandparent, given to him when he was very young as a family good-luck token.
BIOGRAPHY:
That life ended during the Core Wars.
Rathir was ten when the fighting and instability surrounding Anaxes forced his family into an emergency evacuation alongside thousands of others. Somewhere within the crush of people moving through the evacuation system, Rathir dropped a small carved stone token.
He stopped to retrieve it.
By the time he stood again, the crowd had closed between him and his family. Rathir could still see them and hear them calling for him as people were pushed onward toward different transports, but neither side could overcome the flow of the evacuation.
Eventually, they disappeared from sight.
Rathir never saw them again.
The stone remained in his hand.
He still has it.
He does not cherish it.
He remained near the districts through which displaced people had arrived, convinced that moving elsewhere would only make him harder to find if his family came looking.
The following years were spent largely around Denon's streets and transit districts. Temporary shelters, small kindnesses and periods of relative stability came and went. For a time, a local shopkeeper gave Rathir food, simple work and somewhere familiar to return to. Criminal pressure eventually forced her from the district, and one day the shop was simply gone.
Later, Rathir fell in with a small street crew. The group offered food, companionship and the sense of belonging he had spent years trying to replace. During a break-in, Rathir heard the high-frequency tone of an alarm the others had missed and attempted to warn them. He was dismissed.
When security arrived shortly afterward, the newest member of the group was pushed toward them while the others escaped.
Rathir escaped as well.
Afterward, however, his distinctive golden skin and black-and-silver hair became liabilities. He began covering himself beneath old clothing and a ragged blanket, avoiding security patrols and drawing as little attention as possible.
A Jedi eventually began passing through the district.
The first time, nothing happened.
The second time, the Jedi left a credit near Rathir without forcing an interaction. Rathir remembered the figure nonetheless, along with the faint smell of scorched fabric and ozone that lingered on their clothing.
On a later encounter, the Jedi finally approached him. An attempt to calm the guarded teenager through the Force provoked an immediate response: Rathir's mind closed instinctively against the contact, an untrained defensive reaction strong enough to surprise them.
The Jedi apologised.
More importantly, they left--
--and then came back.
Again.
Rathir had spent years remaining in one place because he believed leaving meant abandoning the possibility that his family might return for him. The Jedi did not promise to find them, nor ask him to stop caring. Instead, they offered him a way to move forward without closing that door entirely.
At fourteen, Rathir finally left Denon.
He has spent the following year as a Jedi Initiate. Rathir took readily to the physical elements of training, particularly lightsaber instruction, movement exercises and practical applications of the Force. His natural Firrerreo strength has encouraged an interest in the powerful, grounded techniques of Form V, including both Shien and Djem So.
The intensity of Form VII has also attracted his attention, though Rathir presently possesses neither the experience nor emotional control expected before serious instruction in Juyo.
His connection to the Force has developed unevenly. Years spent surviving on Denon appear to have encouraged a strong aptitude for immediate precognition. Rathir is particularly sensitive to the moments immediately preceding danger, experiencing warnings and impulses rather than detailed visions of what is about to occur.
Mental defence also comes naturally. Telekinesis, telepathy and physical enhancement remain considerably more elementary.
Meditation is another matter entirely.
Rathir struggles with prolonged stillness, deliberate foresight and exercises that require extended introspection. Physical training gives him somewhere to direct himself; meditation frequently leaves him alone with memories and thoughts he would rather avoid.
The Living Force has consequently become the aspect of Jedi philosophy that feels most natural to him. Rathir understands the immediate world more readily than distant possibilities, and when surrounded by people he trusts, involved in what they are doing and allowed simply to exist in the moment, there are times when the past seems very far away.
Those are usually his happiest moments.
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FACTION: The High Republic
RANK: Jedi Initiate
MASTER: None
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes
FORCE ABILITIES:
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Immediate Precognition / Danger Sense
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Living Force Awareness
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Mental Defence
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Force Enhancement
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Telekinesis
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Telepathy
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ Mental Influence
LIGHTSABER FORMS:
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ I. Shii-Cho | Instructor/s: Jedi Order
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ V. Shien / Djem So | Instructor/s: Jedi Order
- ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮ VII. Juyo | Interest only; not presently trained
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POSSESSIONS:
- Rathir's Lightsaber
- Blue crystal
- Standard single-bladed construction
- Jedi Robes
- Practical protective layers
- Leather forearm bracers
- Dark leather boots
- Jedi Utility Belt
- Comlink
- Standard field supplies
- Grandparent's Canine - A canine tooth once belonging to a deceased grandparent, given to Rathir when he was very young as a family good-luck token. He continues to wear it around his neck.
- Stone Token - A small carved stone Rathir dropped during the evacuation of Anaxes. Its meaning is personal to his family and clan. Its edges are chipped and its surface heavily scratched from years of being gripped, struck, thrown and recovered. Rathir has complicated feelings towards it, but has never managed to leave it behind.
SHIP:
- None
- Rathir's Lightsaber
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FAMILY:
- Family and Clan - Separated from Rathir during the evacuation of Anaxes. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
FRIENDS:
- None listed
MENTORS:
- None - Rathir has yet to be formally taken as a Padawan
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None
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NOTABLE EVENTS:
- Evacuation of Anaxes
- Displacement on Denon
- Discovery by the Jedi
- Arrival at the Jedi Temple on Naboo
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