Master of Illusions
[SAMARA GALLOWAY]
Playby: Ellen Anders
" I have never known morality to just give me happiness. Instead it has been the guiding light on my road, showing me all the reasons I have for happiness."
- Samara Galloway
Playby: Ellen Anders
" I have never known morality to just give me happiness. Instead it has been the guiding light on my road, showing me all the reasons I have for happiness."
- Samara Galloway
[SPECIES] Hapan(Human)
[AGE] 34
[SEX] Female
[HEIGHT] 5'7"
[BUILD] Athletic and fit
[FACTION] The Silver Jedi Order
[RANK] Jedi Master
[FORCE SENSITIVE] Yes
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[STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES]
Natural Strategist (+) - With an IQ in the high 100s Samara has a keen sense strategy that has turn the tide in her favor numerous times. Whether it be on the battle field or the Hapan court.
Social Chameleon (+) - Growing up among Hapan nobility Samara has became adept in any social situation, allowing her to move through any situation unnoticed.
Mental Block (+) - Due to the unique mutation within her bloodline Samara is immune to all but the strongest Force manipulations.
Haunted by the Past (-) - Even after a decade in service to the light Samara still cannot find balance and lives and regret of her past atrocities. Making her an easy target by those that try to cloud her judgement, in particular her former husband.
Addicted to the Darkside (-) - One of Samara's greatest secrets is that under it all she enjoyed the power to drew from the darkside. She strives to fully purge this from her being, though as long as she carries the lightsaber she held as a sith she will never be able to fully let go.
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Part One: Sacrifice
"Your memories and your choices will be all you have left. At the end of the game the King and the Pawns go into the same box. You have to decide what you'd be willing to sacrifice."
- Master Amara Mu to Samara
Part One: Sacrifice
"Your memories and your choices will be all you have left. At the end of the game the King and the Pawns go into the same box. You have to decide what you'd be willing to sacrifice."
- Master Amara Mu to Samara
Samara Galloway was born on Myrkr to Thomas and Esme Hunter. Named after her grandmothers Mulan Galloway, Ducha of Gallinore, and Samara Hunter founder of Hunter Technologies, Samara inherited both positions.
During a period of open borders Thomas Hunter moved the headquarters of Hunter Technologies from the families homeplanet of Hapes to Myrkr before Samara and her siblings were born. Growing up Samara had taken an interest in medicine was dreamed of attending the Medical school on Coruscant. Her family had other plans for her though. In a deal brokered with the House Volturi an arranged marriage was planned between Samara and Gabriel Volturi. Despite her abhorrence to this arrangement Samara fell in love with Gabriel and soon became pregnant at 18. Nine months later Esme was born, forestalling her plans for school.
Unbeknownst to Samara and her family the arrangement was a manipulation by the sith, led by Gabriel himself, to gain access to Samara's unique genetics. To further their plans, and unlock Samara's strong force talents Gabriel arranged for the massacre of her family shortly after the birth of their daughter. Disguised as Alliance and Jedi personal, sith forces descended on the family estate. Ravaging the near by city and seizing Hunter Technologies.
Samara along with her brother, sister and daughter were evacuated to a hidden underground landing pad several kilometers from the city, though not before her parents were captured. Fearing the worst Samara left her siblings behind and snuck back into the city to discover the whereabouts of Thomas and Esme Hunter. What she found was "Alliance" officers holding a mock trial for several officials, including her parents. But what shocked her the most was that her own husband was leading them. After a long mock trial Gabriel Volturi moved down the line, personally executing each official including her parents. The deaths set off a force rage that had the city square in flames within minutes. Samara remembers little of that experience except waking up sometime after dusk in the middle of the forest, covered in blood with Sith Master Emyrc standing over her. The one clear memory she retains though is standing over Gabriel, who was writhing in pain, before she brought her boot down hard on his head.
Part Two: Suffering
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
- Khalil Gibran
After the events of that day Samara left behind her entire family, her reasoning being she felt it was best and she did not want to harm them with her uncontrolled power. It was discovered that during the harsh and brutal training under Master Emyrc, that she had an iron will as she was Immune to even the strongest of mental probing. Through further training she learned to harness this power and use it to protect those around her. Her skills best served her in the form of illusions, Samara looked to dominate the mind of another rather then simply trick them. Besides her fascination with the mind that did not limit her lightsaber training. She became an accomplished duelist and used her saber training to center herself and control her emotions.
Though trained as a Warrior, she traveled to the planet Ruusan to study in it's library. Through her individual studies of old scrolls and manuscripts, Samara's attitude towards the Sith Order changed drastically. She believed that there was a greater destiny for the Sith Order wanting more then just dominance through wanton slaughter. This was a belief that she also instilled in the training of her Apprentices. She encouraged them to look beyond themselves and help the galaxy itself. Her new views constantly put her at odds with the more traditionalist members of the Sith Order.
Fives year after Samara's journey down the dark side started, she found herself baring witness to a horrific slaughter of a village on the planet Wayland. Many helpless women and children were slain all a product of Sith brutality. Shocked at the Malicious and Merciless act, Samara took action. She personally murdered each Knight responsible for such a horrid display of viciousness and went on to challenge the Sith Council itself for its use of such tactics. The Council however would have none of it, she was quickly arrested and sentenced to be executed.
She suffered torture at the hands of the Council and was prepped for execution. However a timely intervention by a number of the Volturi family member's at the call of Gabriel Volturi, Her life was sparred, her beliefs and devotions shook to the very core. Samara was unable to continue on as a Knight of the Sith Council. Though she would not know for sometime the reasoning for the council's mercy, or that her husband had learned the secrets to cheat death, her already weakened faith in the Sith Order from five years of study had finally come to a head, she left the Order and went into seclusion.
Part Three: Change
"Change does not forgive, it only transforms. Don't cry for redemption by changing who you are."
- Gabriel Volturi
"Change does not forgive, it only transforms. Don't cry for redemption by changing who you are."
- Gabriel Volturi
For a year Samara remained in seclusion on the ecumenopolis world of Taris. It was there that she discovered her innate talents were not a random fluke, but the result of an undiscovered neuro transmitter that interact with the force unseen in any other species. For months she tried to learn of the origins of this new step in human evolution but to no avail. It was shortly before the arrival of Gabriel a year after his rescuing of Samara that the young woman found the journal of a long lost Sith alchemist. It was there she learned the neuro transmitter was a sith creation, but was hidden away in a select bloodline before it could be used.
Eventually Gabriel tracked Samara to Taris. With their daughter in tow the Volturi lured Samara out of hiding where he presented her with a choice. She could rejoin their family and help raise Esme or never be allowed near her again. Remarkably it was Esme whom touched her heart and made Samara reconsider her outlook. The exile force user sensed the budding darkness in the little girl and realized all her actions had ever done was hurt the ones she loved. Soon after Samara sought out the Jedi. Though she was shown typical distrust it didn't take long for her to be welcomed into the order as a Jedi Knight.
For the next few years Samara would spend her time on Coruscant, learning all that she could about the lightside of the force. She attended the prestigious Theed University where she finally completed her dream of obtaining a degree in Medicine. Her discovery of the neurotransmitter also inspired her to get a degree in Xeno-Genetics. During this time, with the resources of the Jedi Order, Samara began to study this genetic abnormality and learned how to replicate it.
Samara also began to expand her skill with the force, finding that she was talented when it came to illusionary abilities of the force. When she wasn't training a padawan Samara was tracking down rumors of such mental powers through out the galaxy. A habit that would sometimes put her at odds with the Jedi Council. Despite any differences she had with some of the Council members Samara was soon invited to sit on the council, obtaining the rank of Master at the same time. Her time on the Council did not last long however, as unrest within her own home system made Samara consider reclaiming her birth right.
Part Four: Balance
"Balance in our lives comes when we stop striving to control and we start desiring to surrender to the will of the Force."
(Coming Soon)"Balance in our lives comes when we stop striving to control and we start desiring to surrender to the will of the Force."
[SHIP]
(to be written)
[LIGHTSABERS]
Old Gallinorian for Gallinore's Inner Spirit, this was the second lightsaber Samara constructed. Made after her induction into the Jedi, Samara constructed it using an ingot of Songsteel from her family's vault, and a rainbow gem at its heart, producing an icy blue blade. This lightsaber represents everything she'd abandoned in her quest for vengence. Family, Home, Purity. Though it can be said this one lightsaber is worth more then a star system, the use of such materials shows just how far she is willing to go for redemption.
Old Gallinorian for Gallinore's Wrath, the lightsaber was the first she constructed during her time with the Sith. She designed the hilt to reflect the armor of her first kill, a Mandalorian. The Kyber crystal was taken from her first Jedi kill. Though she never officially bled it, over time the blade turned a deep red as her own empathic link channeled all the fear, pain, and suffering she caused into the kyber crystal. As a result of all she had done the link continues and the ghosts of her past haunt the lightsaber. Though she as wanted to destroy it many times over, Samara keeps the lightsaber in a small wooden box on her at all times. Allowing the dark taint of it remind her all what is needed for forgiveness.
[KILLS]
- Gabriel Volturi (Multiple times)
[ROLE-PLAYS]
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