Emberlene's Daughter, The Jedi Generalist
- Intent: To create an npc master for the council
- Image Credit: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Role: Council placeholder
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- Age: 20
- Force Sensitivity: Master
- Species: Human
- Appearance: Vanasha is a striking figure, her appearance a direct reflection of her Jensaarai heritage and rugged, practical lifestyle. She moves with the grounded, efficient grace of a predator, every motion purposeful and devoid of waste. Her most vibrant feature is the mane of long, vibrant red hair she typically keeps disciplined in a thick, complex braid a style reminiscent of traditional warrior cultures. It is functional, keeping her hair secured in combat, but its intricacy hints at a hidden patience and a personal pride in her craft. When loose, it falls in waves around her shoulders, a stark contrast to her often stern demeanor. Her face is strong-featured, with high cheekbones and a firm jawline often set in an expression of watchful neutrality. This makes the impact of her piercing, light blue eyes all the more arresting. They are sharp and perceptive, missing little, and can seem to look straight through a person. In moments of intensity, her gaze is like ice, but those she trusts might rarely see it soften to the colour of a clear sky. Her physique is toned and powerful, built for endurance and strength rather than bulk, bearing the minor scars of a life dedicated to martial training. This canvas is adorned with tribal-style tattoos that tell a silent story of her origins On her right shoulder and upper arm, swirling, serpentine shapes coil around the muscle. These organic patterns seem to shift and tighten when she moves, symbolizing adaptability and perhaps a connection to a protector spirit or myth from her sect. Across her back and wrapping around her side, a larger tattoo of sharp, geometric patterns creates a striking contrast. These hard lines and angles represent the unbreakable defense, the fortified wall, and the resilient armor that is central to her identity. This rugged individuality is then layered with her purpose-built gear. She is almost always seen in her custom-fit Hidden Truth Robed Armor. The dark, matte grey plates of the bodysuit are often partially covered by the deep grey hooded robe, allowing her to blend into shadows. The armor itself is not pristine; it bears the subtle scuffs and minor cosmetic damage of faithful service, each mark a story. The Sasori Electro-Armor Tattoo is seamlessly integrated into the design of her own tattoo's, its faint, circuitry-like patterns visible along her limbs when activated, a hidden weapon woven into her very skin.
- Name: Vanasha
- Loyalties: Silver Jedi/
Matsu Ike
- Wealth: Jedi Stipend
- Notable Possessions:
- Lightsaber
- Hidden Truth Robed Armor
- Electro-Armor Tattoo
- Skills:
- Jensaarai Defender Training (A unique blend of lightsaber combat and personal armor crafting)
- Talented in saber combat (Form VI: Niman, with influences from Soresu)
- Talented in archery (Traditional and modern compound bows)
- Armorsmith (Specialized in constructing and maintaining Jensaarai-style armor)
- Languages: Basic
- Personality: Vanasha is a study in contrasts. To those outside her trusted circle, she is taciturn, observant, and intensely private, often mistaken for being cold or aloof. Her Jensaarai upbringing instilled a deep-seated wariness of outsiders and large institutions. However, with those she has sworn to protect or has come to trust, she reveals a fiercely loyal, dry-witted, and deeply philosophical side. She is annoyingly calm under pressure, a trait that can be as reassuring as it is infuriating to more impulsive allies. Her most notable mannerism is a habit of running her thumb over the knuckle of her middle finger when deep in thought or assessing a potential threat.
- Weapon of Choice: Her custom-built Lightsaber and her Sasori Electro-Armor Tattoo, which she uses for both defense and unexpected close-quarters offense.
- Combat Function: Vanasha is a Defensive Duelist and Protector. In combat, she would not be on the front line of an assault but would excel at holding a defensive position, protecting a specific individual (like her Master), or guarding a retreat. Her style is efficient and economical, using the Force primarily for defense (Tutaminis to absorb blaster bolts) and enhancement (to bolster her armor's effectiveness). She would be a reliable, sturdy ally in a fight, not a liability, but she lacks the raw offensive power to be a primary damage dealer against powerful PC adversaries. Her archery skill is a niche tool, used for silent, long-range reconnaissance or eliminations, not open warfare.
- Force Abilities:
- Tutaminis: A classic Jensaarai talent, used to deflect or absorb blaster bolts and dissipate energy attacks, synergizing with her defensive armor.
- Force Valor: Used to briefly magnify her physical strength and durability, making her a more formidable wall in combat.
- Force Sense: Her primary form of perception, used to detect lies, ambushes, and the ebb and flow of the Force around her.
- Art of the Small: A philosophical cornerstone of the Jensaarai, she uses it to better understand the construction and integrity of her armor and weapons, making her a better armorsmith.
Strengths:
- Unyielding Defender: Vanasha's entire skillset is built around defense. Between her custom armor, energy-absorbing tattoo, and defensive Force abilities, she is exceptionally difficult to take down with blaster fire or energy-based attacks. She is a rock in the storm, perfect for holding the line.
- Unexpected Arsenal: The Electro-Armor Tattoo provides a potent surprise for anyone who closes into melee range expecting a standard Jedi. The discharge can stun, disorient, or injure an unprepared opponent, giving her a decisive advantage in close combat.
Weaknesses:
- Offensively Limited: Vanasha's focus on defense comes at the cost of offensive power. She lacks powerful telekinetic abilities and her lightsaber form is designed for survival, not for overwhelming an opponent. Against a skilled duelist or a heavily armored target, she can hold her own but would struggle to land a decisive blow.
- Socially Guarded: Her Jensaarai-instilled distrust makes her slow to form new alliances and reluctant to operate within large, bureaucratic structures. She can be perceived as uncooperative or suspicious, making her a potential liability in missions requiring diplomacy, negotiation, or deep integration with other military or political groups. She follows Matsu Ike not out of loyalty to the Silver Jedi bureaucracy, but out of personal loyalty to Matsu herself.
Vanasha's life began within the cloistered, self-reliant community of a Jensaarai sect. From her earliest memories, the world was one of whispered secrets, the smell of heated durasteel, and the hum of a lightsaber in a dimly lit training cavern. Her training was not that of a Jedi youngling in a bustling temple, but an intense, personal apprenticeship focused on survival, self-sufficiency, and the sacred duty of the defender. She learned to feel the Force not as a cosmic energy to be commanded, but as a current flowing through all things a current she could align with to strengthen her armor, guide her blade, and sense danger long before it arrived. Her childhood was spent learning the Art of the Small, understanding how the microscopic integrity of a material could define its macroscopic strength, and how the same principle applied to one's own spirit.
The sect's isolation was broken by the arrival of a Silver Jedi Master, Matsu Ike. The event sent ripples of anxiety through the community; outsiders, especially mainstream Jedi, were viewed with deep suspicion. Matsu, however, did not come as a conqueror or a critic. She arrived as a humble seeker of knowledge, requesting to learn from and study their unique Force tradition, to understand their path of the defender. To the young Vanasha, Matsu was an utterly fascinating figure a Jedi who possessed immense power yet spoke with a calm, curious grace that disarmed the elders' hostility. She was unlike anyone Vanasha had ever seen: strong, knowledgeable, yet openly respectful of their ways.
During Matsu's stay, Vanasha, then a curious and intense adolescent, was often tasked with observing the visitor a duty she performed with fierce dedication. She watched Matsu meditate, saw her genuine attempts to learn the basics of armor crafting, and listened to her philosophical debates with the sect's masters. For Vanasha, this observation quickly bloomed into a profound, youthful admiration. It was a classic childhood crush, born from the awe of someone from the vast galaxy paying attention to their hidden world and, on a few rare occasions, offering a kind word or a patient answer to the quiet, armored girl watching from the shadows. It was a pure, formative admiration that cemented Matsu as a figure of immense importance in her life.
When Matsu eventually departed, she left a void. Vanasha found her own community's boundaries increasingly constricting, her perspective forever widened. Years later, when a grave threat descended upon her sect, it was Matsu Ike who answered their clandestine call for aid. Seeing Matsu fight not for conquest, but for the preservation of a unique and guarded culture, was the catalyst for Vanasha's destiny.
Choosing to leave her home, she followed Matsu, not out of a childish infatuation, but out of a matured and solemn decision to bridge the world that forged her and the wider galaxy Matsu represented. She formally pledged herself to the Jedi Master, not merely as a student, but as her sworn shield, offering her unique Jensaarai skills in exchange for the chance to walk at her side. In turn, she began to teach Matsu and the Silver Jedi the deeper nuances of her people's ways their defensive applications of the Force, their philosophy of protection, and the sacred art of crafting armor that is an extension of the self. She remains Matsu's steadfast protector, a living link between a secretive tradition and a galactic order, her loyalty forever rooted in that first, awe-inspiring encounter that showed her a different kind of strength.
