Post by Russ.Stone on Oct 30, 2011 18:37:47 GMT -5
Name: Kon Bund
Race: Kel Dor
Age: 24
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 194 lbs
Appearance: Kon is Kel Dor, meaning his head isn’t the typical egg-shape. Instead, his head has extrasensory organs that protude from it. These organs end in characteristic black tusks. Dorin, the Kel Dor home planet, has a different atmosphere than most planets, so Kon must wear anitox breath mask and protective goggles so that he can see and doesn’t die. This mask and the goggles dominate most of his face. The mask is bulky and robotic, with slits in the front that allows Kon to breathe. Underneath his mask, Kon’s mouth and nose are like gaping hole. His nose has similarities to a beak, but it misses the actual point. His mouth consists of toothless orifice with drooping fleshy strands. Kon’s goggles look more like mesh coverings over his eyes. However, they are more protective than mesh, keeping out any unwanted gas while still allowing Kon to see. Underneath his goggles, Kon's eyes have the silver irises that tell that he is a force sensitive Kel Dor. He wears his breathing mask whenever off of Dorin.
Kon has red-hued skin, much like his father and his brother. However, his mother’s paler skin is reflected in the lighter shade of Kon’s skin when it is compared with Plo, his father. His anatomy is typical Kel Dor, meaning he has less than the human average of fingers. Kon has three fingers and a thumb where humans have four and a thumb. These fingers are thicker than normal as well, and they have long black nails that resemble Kon’s black tusks. Kon is also pretty nicely built because of his years of sparring in the Baran Do Temple.
Kon’s main wardrobe off of Dorin consists of the usual wear of a refugee. He wears dirty clothing, mostly stained from overuse. Most of his wardrobe is made up of the robes of the Baran Do, which resemble the robes of the Jedi Order, except that the cloak is redder and the inside is more of a cream than a khaki. He wears boots that come to mid-shin and are made of worked leather, which befits his station as a Baran Do.
Personality: Kon’s personality consists of three levels: surface, conscious, and subconscious. On the surface, Kon is one mean son of a gun. His exposure to the Dark side of the Force has tainted his Kel Dor vision of right and wrong, making his black and white view of matters skewed so that his whims dictate the correct action. He is petty and selfish, other byproducts of his corruption. Kon was always intelligent and observant, even before his fall, and he now uses those skills for the purpose of manipulating others for his own personal gain. Sometimes, Kon overemphasizes his meanness and darkness because he assumes that that is what fallen Force users do.
On the conscious level, Kon is ambitious and prideful. These were defects that he held while training with the Baran Do, and the sages tried to teach him overcome these emotions. However, Kon’s fall to the Dark side caused these emotions to emerge once again, and Kon has given himself to them. He is also very angry with his brother Dro for the death of his sister Rav, and not even killing Dro could abate that anger. Kon is bitter and vindictive, wanting others to suffer as he has suffered. His ambition feeds into his desire for power and for control, but mostly control. The tragedy within his family was due to his lack of control over the situation, and so Kon desires the power to control his life. The Baran Do did not offer this, and so Kon hopes the Sith will.
On the subconscious level, Kon’s anger is mostly directed towards himself, not for being unable to prevent Rav’s death but for turning to violence to solve the issue. He is afraid of the person he has become, but his blindness to this fear causes him not to realize it. Instead, he overcompensates in matters of malice, trying to make up for the evil core that he feels he must have. Also, Kon has a great capacity to love, something that he was born with and was fostered by the way that his parents adored him. He loved his sister, which was why her death angered him so much, and so Kon fears love and commitment, which caused him to estrange himself from any of the friends he had made during his life on Dorin.
Birth place: Dorin
Faction: Sith
Rank: Initiate
Previous Faction: Baran Do
Previous Rank: "knight equivalent"
Bio: Kon Bund was born to Plo and Lis Bund, successful merchants in the city of Dor’shan on the planet of Dorin . His parents were very traditional in their handling with other Kel Dors, and they took their heritage as members of Dorin’s native race seriously. Therefore, they gave Kon a traditional name, consisting of one syllable in order to save Kon from the wind spirits traditionally believed to live on Dorin. When Kon was born, Plo and Lis Bund also noticed Kon’s silver irises, a trait usually found on the Kel Dors who were Force sensitive. At this time, they decided that instead of giving up Kon to the Jedi for training, they would give him to the Baran Do, a Force using group native to Dorin that predated the joining of the planet to the Republic. They were proud to have such a son born into their family, and he was the only of their children to be born with Force sensitivity. Kon had an older brother named Dro and a younger sister named Rav. While all three children seemed to have taken after their father in their features, both of the sons inherited Plo’s reddish skin tone. Rav, on the other hand, inherited her mother’s skin tone and had therefore more of a peach tone.
During his early childhood, Kon’s parents doted on him because they considered him the true honor of the family. At a young age of three, Kon had enhanced reflexes that matched the reflexes of his older brother of two years. Rav’s birth did not diminish his parents’ favoritism. As the three grew, Dro came to envy his brother for the attention that he received. Rav was unaware of this favoritism because she was barely three when Kon was taken to the Baran Do temple in Dor’shan. The years when the Bund family had all three of the children in the home were the best years of Plo’s and Lis’s lives. Lis spent most of her time at home while Plo continued to manage the family business. After all, three children under the age of 10 are a handful. When Kon left the family, the attention that had been given him was mostly given to Rav, and Dro was left feeling unloved and unwanted. This caused Dro to work hard for his parent’s approval as he continued to grow. Rav too learned the business that her parents managed, but she never fully expected to inherit the business. Her reasoning for learning was so that she could be an asset to her future husband.
Youngling-equivalent Days
At the Baran Do Temple, Kon quickly learned that he would receive no special treatment now that he had joined the Baran Do, not even because he was Force sensitive. He hadn’t realized that every member of the Baran Do was Force sensitive. The society’s numbers were dwindling in this time because of the presence of the Jedi and their taking many of the Kel Dor children who were Force sensitive. Still, the Baran Do Sages boasted a decent number of students and members. The instructors of the Baran Do quickly went to work at eliminating the entitled feeling that Kon had developed as the favorite child of his family. Therefore, for the first few months, Kon disliked his training. He found himself doing physical labor for the first time in his entire life, and he had to follow rules that were stricter than the ones he had known before, especially because there were no special exceptions for him. Still, when Kon applied himself to his studies and was finally able to adapt to his new place in life, he was found to be quite the intelligent and able student, showing great promise at becoming Baran Do sage. Also, his training in the melee combat used by the Baran Do showed some promise too. Therefore, when he was inducted into the order as a first-level member of the Baran Do, much like an apprentice, he was given further training in both the diplomacy of the Baran Do as well as the combat.
Kon’s initial training also explored his connection to the Force and what ability he might have there. No special skills were found in Kon; at least, no special skills that weren’t common for a Kel Dor were found, possibly due to the Baran Do’s incomplete knowledge of the Force. His sensing ability was found to be adequate for a student of his level, with promise of being quite strong. However, Kon was only instructed in the basics of Force sense, giving him a basic understanding of how to predict the weather, which was the original function of the Baran Do. Instead, in his initial training, the Baran Do sages focused on teaching Kon more of the philosophical techniques he would need in the next level of his training. Meditation and deep contemplation, alongside basic education, were the main proponents of his primary training. During these days of training, Kon saw very little of his family, as the Baran Do kept him deep within the confusing corridors of the inner-temple. Over the six or so years before Kon’s raising, he began to detach himself from his family, but he still could not bring himself to forget them completely.
The social interaction that Kon did receive while at the Baran Do temple was with his fellow students. Kon found that he did enjoy the company of the other students, making friends easily as some young children do. They all shared the same recent displacement, so they made the most of the situation and befriended each other. Kon’s two best friends during his early years of studying were Zum and Mer, two little boys who shared a room with Kon in the Temple. The three became inseparable during those six years of training, often spending their free time with each other. They would challenge each other to study harder and to train more, but this rivalry was all in friendship. The three would even share different techniques that they learned or discoveries that they made, especially when these aspects were unknown to two of the three members. By the end of their time together, before they were apprenticed to sages, Kon emerged as the leader among the three, often making the final decision whenever the three could not decide on an activity with which to fill their time.
Padawan-equivalent Days
When he was old enough and skilled enough, Kon was apprenticed to a Baran Do sage by the name of Ord Dari. Now that Kon was around twelve years old, he was able to understand a beginner’s grasp of the culture in which he would serve. Ord taught Kon much about the merchants and the other rich and powerful families he might possibly advise. This knowledge was a vital part of any Baran Do’s education. Kon also began to learn the more intricate facets to the Force’s nature. This included the telepathy that many Kel Dor Force users were known for as well as the telekinetics that many Baran Do sages were known for. The main reason, though, for Ord Dari becoming Kon’s teacher was because Ord was known for his prowess with Baran Do combat tactics. Therefore, Kon was taught he basics of fighting using the Force, as well as being taught how to wield the wooden staff that was sometimes used by Baran Do fighters. However, Kon’s training did not focus heavily on these skills, as they were not essential to the job a Baran Do served in Dorin society.
During the eleven years that Kon served under Ord Dari, he spent little time out of the temple, but he was able to visit his family on a rare occasion. Coming home was a strange experience for Kon, as he had been away from the other four members of the Bund family for so long. He found that his parents were still overly proud of him, but he would not let them fondle him as they had when he was a child. His training had made him more practical than to allow that. Rav worshiped him because he was the unknown older brother who had left the family to become something of himself. Plus, Kon had a sense of the unknown and of the exotic, which enticed the young mind of Rav. Dro, on the other hand, did not welcome Kon back in the manner that his family had. Dro was distant and mean, taking out his bitterness on Kon. The first time Kon visited, he assumed that his brother had just been having a bad day, but as this attitude continued over the years, Kon began to wonder what had happened to make his brother so bitter. However, he never brought up his concerns with his parents or with Ord, so no one else was aware to what extent Dro truly hated Kon.
Kon’s relationship with Ord grew over the time the spent with each other. At their first meeting, Kon found the older Kel Dor to be intimidating, and he doubted that the pairing had been made correctly. However, as the years progressed, Kon was able to crack Ord’s outer shell and find the soft inner center that existed in Kon’s teacher. Ord also took a liking to the young student, and he was proud when the young man was raised to a full Baran Do member by the age of 23. Kon’s two best friends – Zum and Mer – were not so lucky with their pairings, and the three became distant in their studies under different teachers. This distance was not established right from the beginning, but it was a gradual progression as their studying took them in different directions. Zum was being taught how to see the future and readied for a position in the Dorin government while Mer was being instructed in the combat tactics of the Baran Do, focusing heavily on the telekinetic abilities of the Force. For the first few years, the three met in secret whenever they could coordinate time away from their teachers. However, that time became less and less available, and so their meetings became fewer and far between. Zum and Mer were raised a few months after Kon, however, and the three were able to reestablish their friendship in the days after their testing. However, this reunion was short-lived as Zum moved to the political sector of Dor’shan to become a political advisor and as Mer joined the military to become an advisor to a local general. Kon was staying back in the Temple to continue studying under the sages. The Baran Do had hopes that he would be high up in their order. Kon also served as a contractor for the merchants of Dor'shan, and he sometimes advised Zum and Mer as they grew into their own fields.
Disaster and Tragedy
Kon remained in the Baran Do temple after his testing, taking on a few of the younger students’ lessons and serving the Baran Do by advising the merchants who came to the temple in search for advice. Kon was also free to fully reconnect with his family, which was awkward after having been gone for so long. He found his parents to be much older than he remembered as a child, but their pride in him was only increased by his new status. His sister Rav had learned more about the world and had therefore lost her child-like worship of Kon. However, she respected her brother because of his wisdom and of his power. Dro was again unhappy at his brother’s return. Over the years, Dro had been studying how to manage the family business, and his father was finally giving him more autonomy in the different dealings that Dro handled. Therefore, he was making quite a bit of money for the family, and he pocketed some of that money on the side. The way that Dro viewed it was that his parents had slighted him during his childhood, giving Kon more gifts than they had given Dro, so he deserved compensation for the lack of material gifts during that time period. However, once Kon had returned, Plo insisted that Dro confer with Kon concerning the majority of his interactions with customers, something that did not sit well with Dro.
Half a year passed between Kon’s raising and the beginning of his journey to the Dark side. Dro had grown so consumed with jealousy and anger that he had decided that he could suffer his brother no longer. He planned to dispose of Kon, effectively ending his younger bother’s interference in his business. This interference had hindered Dro’s ability to take credits off the top of his transactions and to pocket those credit for himself. Kon had the habit of announcing to his family via message that he would be visiting them so that they could prepare any business material they would have him consider. When the message came that Kon would be visiting, Dro decided that he should take action. He purchased a toxin from an off-world merchant in hopes of poisoning Kon. The plan was working perfectly, as Dro worked behind the scenes to make sure that Kon’s plate at dinner would be poisoned. So when the family sat down to dinner, it was with high hopes that Dro joined his family for a meal. During his meditation before the visit, Kon had felt that something terrible was about to occur, but he had no idea what Dro was planning. He had never been terribly good at seeing the future. The five Kel Dor sat down to eat together, and the different dishes were served. For some reason, Kon’s plate had less of a certain food on it than some of the other plates, and Rav who didn’t like that particular food asked him if they would switch. Kon good-naturedly agreed, but Dro vehemently protested that they shouldn’t trade. Confused as to why his brother would argue over something so menial, Kon traded with Rav, and so through a poison in her food, Dro killed his sister Rav.
The poison was not fast acting, but rather it inflicted Rav with a deathly illness. The onset of the illness was sudden, and the cause was foreign to the Baran Do and to the Kel Dor healers because the poison was from another planet. Kon tried what he knew of healing with the Force, but he was unable to save his sister whom he had come to love in the months since his raising. During Rav’s illness, Dro receded deeper and deeper into his shame, and he was unable to hide his guilt when she died. Focusing his meditation on the death of his sister, Kon was able to tell that his brother knew something that no one else knew. Kon confronted Dro a few weeks after Rav’s death, finding his brother to be a pale shell of the Kel Dor he had once been. Dro confessed to the act, confessing to his jealousy and bitterness in one fell swoop. At the confession, Kon was unable to maintain the level of inner calm that the Baran Do had taught him. Instead, Kon let his anger flood him, making his succumbing to the Dark side of the Force that much easier. In anger, Kon reached out with the Force and choked his brother, wanting his brother to pay for the death of his sister. In the end, Kon killed his brother, leaving him the only remaining child of Plo and Lis Bund.
Leaving Dorin and the Baran Do
Kon could not accept what his brother had done even after Dro’s death, and his anger boiled inside of him, lashing out at any and all people who he could possibly blame. Kon’s parents were so ashamed at the situation that had just happened that they retreated from society, having trusted employees manage their business. Kon cut them off from his life as well, not wanting to face them after killing their firstborn son. In actuality, the truth behind Kon’s anger was that he blamed himself for everything that happened because he had never truly made an effort to connect with his brother, which allowed Dro to harbor the hatred that had consumed him. The Dark side had taken hold of Kon’s inexperienced mind, and he let it poison him against everyone around him. The Baran Do sensed this change in their pupil, confused at what would have caused such a change. The sages urged Kon to regain his inner calm, to let go of his anger, and to return to the Light. However, he could not. He blamed them for taking him away and for not allowing him to handle the situation with his family. He blamed Ord for the same thing, and he blamed Mer and Zum for replacing Dro in Kon’s life, making it easier for Kon to ignore him.
Ultimately, Kon alienated himself from everyone he knew on Dorin, even his parents, and he decided that he could not live on his home planet anymore. He left the planet of Dorin, donning for the first time the breathing mask and goggles that were characteristic of his species when they left the atmosphere of Dorin. Kon was familiar with the state of the galaxy as he had been trained in politics during his basic training, and Zum made sure he was aware of the major events that happened in the Galactic Republic. He knew about the reappearance of the Sith and the Mandalorians, as well as the threat both factions posed on the empire. Kon, now corrupted by the Dark side, found himself drawn to the Sith Order because they would be able to instruct him in the ways of the Dark side.
Traveling the planets near Dorin, Kon gathered information on the location of the Sith Temple which was not easy. However, Kon found that his knowledge of the Force lent itself well to defending himself from the various level of scum that inhabited the areas of the galaxy in which Kon had gone searching. While on Ruusan, Kon came across information that would lead him to Korriban. It was a rumor of a rumor of a rumor, but the original source was said to be Dantooine, so he decided to check it out. Traveling from the planets near Dorin to Korriban required Kon to make his way to the core of the galaxy, where he might find a ship heading down the Hydian Way. Using his father's contacts and some intimidation, Kon was able to hop a ship to Corellia. On Corellia, he was able to procur a ride to Taris. To do so, Kon explained to the merchant in whose ship he rode that the Kel Dor had a secret trading ring on Taris. This insider information peaked the merchant's greed, and Kon was able to come along.
Once on Taris, Kon slipped away from the merchant who brought him to the planet, and he made his way to a local tavern. He hoped to find someone who could take him to Korriban immediately, but the final leg of the journey to Korriban proved to be exceedingly difficult, simply because not many of the pilots he came into contact with were willing to go there and because he was unable to pilot himself. After days of hopping from tavern to tavern, Kon found himself sitting in yet another tavern on Taris. At that tavern, Kon finally encountered a merchant who had plans to trade on Korriban, and the once Baran Do convinced the merchant to take him along to Korriban under the pretense of helping sell the merchant’s goods. However, once Kon arrived on Korriban, he could feel the Dark side coursing through him, and he murdered the merchant because the man had tried to cheat him at a game of Pazaak. Kon's pride had been inflated since his fall to the dark side, and the merchant's attempt at cheating insulted that pride. Kon felt his anger at everything that had happened in his life rise up again because it had found another vessel to unleash its fury upon. In a way, Kon identified the merchant's cheating with how Dro cheated Kon out of having a deeper relationship with Rav, and so like he did with Dro, Kon killed the merchant, feeding off of the dark energy present on Korriban to do so. With the merchant dead, Kon then took the dead merchant’s goods with him as he sought out the Dark masters. Arriving at the Sith Academy, Kon offered his goods and himself to the Sith Order to be trained as an initiate.
Lightsaber: doesn't have one as the Baran Do don't use them
Color:
Practiced Lightsaber forms:
Shii-Cho n/a
Makashi n/a
Soresu n/a
Ataru n/a
Shien / Djem So n/a
>>Sub-form Backhanded n/a
Niman n/a
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield n/a
Juyo n/a
Double Bladed Combat n/a
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 4
Telepathic: 5
Body: 3
Sense: 6
Protection: 3
Healing: 2
Destruction: 1
Specialized Skills:
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 4
Leadership: 5
Unarmed: 5
Melee Weapons: 6
Ranged Weapons: 1
Force Attunement: -3
RP Sample: Kon stood on his parents’ balcony, the Baran Do temple miniaturized on the horizon. Before him stood Dro, his brother and a murder, guilty of the death of their sister Rav. The words which Dro spoke came out, but Kon could no hear them. Yes, he understood their meaning, but he could not tolerate Dro’s excuses. To say that he had been jealous of Kon was no excuse for murder. There was no middle ground in that thought. However, anger was a justified reaction to his brother’s actions. After all, Rav was dead, and Kon’s parents would never accept the fact that Dro had killed her. They loved Dro too much to make him pay the price he needed to pay. “Enough!” Kon yelled at his brother. “No more excuses.”
“Bu… but Kon,” stammered Dro, “you must understand.”
“You will find no understanding from me, murderer,” Kon replied, disgust and anger in his voice. The Force moved through him in a way that he had never known before, but he felt powerful and in control, possibly for the first time in his entire life. “I will pass judgement on you, Dro Bund, for the murder of your sister, Rav Bund,” Kon continued. “I find that you deserve death.”
Dro reared back as Kon spoke and lashed out, “You have no right, Kon! Not even you have that power, even if you are a crazy old wizard.” The venomous words were spat in Kon’s face, and Kon only became angrier because of them. The power inside Kon grew, feeding off of this anger and turning it into hatred.
Kon spat at Dro. “I have every right!” he replied. “She was my sister.” And so with the reflexes Kon was blessed to have as a result of his Force sensitivity, he lunged at his brother, landing a punch and toppling his brother to the ground. With the Force, Kon lifted Dro back up from the ground, only to punch him again. “You. Will. Not. Live.” Kon grunted in between blows. Rage and hatred overcame his mind, and suddenly he found himself using the Force not only to hold Dro in place but also to choke him. Kon had never done this before, but somehow it felt right. He could feel the life draining out of Dro, and he did not lessen his hold. In the end, Dro died at his brother’s hand, and Kon felt little remorse. “A life for a life sounds right to me,” he said as he left the corpse on the balcony and made his way back to the Temple.
Race: Kel Dor
Age: 24
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 194 lbs
Appearance: Kon is Kel Dor, meaning his head isn’t the typical egg-shape. Instead, his head has extrasensory organs that protude from it. These organs end in characteristic black tusks. Dorin, the Kel Dor home planet, has a different atmosphere than most planets, so Kon must wear anitox breath mask and protective goggles so that he can see and doesn’t die. This mask and the goggles dominate most of his face. The mask is bulky and robotic, with slits in the front that allows Kon to breathe. Underneath his mask, Kon’s mouth and nose are like gaping hole. His nose has similarities to a beak, but it misses the actual point. His mouth consists of toothless orifice with drooping fleshy strands. Kon’s goggles look more like mesh coverings over his eyes. However, they are more protective than mesh, keeping out any unwanted gas while still allowing Kon to see. Underneath his goggles, Kon's eyes have the silver irises that tell that he is a force sensitive Kel Dor. He wears his breathing mask whenever off of Dorin.
Kon has red-hued skin, much like his father and his brother. However, his mother’s paler skin is reflected in the lighter shade of Kon’s skin when it is compared with Plo, his father. His anatomy is typical Kel Dor, meaning he has less than the human average of fingers. Kon has three fingers and a thumb where humans have four and a thumb. These fingers are thicker than normal as well, and they have long black nails that resemble Kon’s black tusks. Kon is also pretty nicely built because of his years of sparring in the Baran Do Temple.
Kon’s main wardrobe off of Dorin consists of the usual wear of a refugee. He wears dirty clothing, mostly stained from overuse. Most of his wardrobe is made up of the robes of the Baran Do, which resemble the robes of the Jedi Order, except that the cloak is redder and the inside is more of a cream than a khaki. He wears boots that come to mid-shin and are made of worked leather, which befits his station as a Baran Do.
Personality: Kon’s personality consists of three levels: surface, conscious, and subconscious. On the surface, Kon is one mean son of a gun. His exposure to the Dark side of the Force has tainted his Kel Dor vision of right and wrong, making his black and white view of matters skewed so that his whims dictate the correct action. He is petty and selfish, other byproducts of his corruption. Kon was always intelligent and observant, even before his fall, and he now uses those skills for the purpose of manipulating others for his own personal gain. Sometimes, Kon overemphasizes his meanness and darkness because he assumes that that is what fallen Force users do.
On the conscious level, Kon is ambitious and prideful. These were defects that he held while training with the Baran Do, and the sages tried to teach him overcome these emotions. However, Kon’s fall to the Dark side caused these emotions to emerge once again, and Kon has given himself to them. He is also very angry with his brother Dro for the death of his sister Rav, and not even killing Dro could abate that anger. Kon is bitter and vindictive, wanting others to suffer as he has suffered. His ambition feeds into his desire for power and for control, but mostly control. The tragedy within his family was due to his lack of control over the situation, and so Kon desires the power to control his life. The Baran Do did not offer this, and so Kon hopes the Sith will.
On the subconscious level, Kon’s anger is mostly directed towards himself, not for being unable to prevent Rav’s death but for turning to violence to solve the issue. He is afraid of the person he has become, but his blindness to this fear causes him not to realize it. Instead, he overcompensates in matters of malice, trying to make up for the evil core that he feels he must have. Also, Kon has a great capacity to love, something that he was born with and was fostered by the way that his parents adored him. He loved his sister, which was why her death angered him so much, and so Kon fears love and commitment, which caused him to estrange himself from any of the friends he had made during his life on Dorin.
Birth place: Dorin
Faction: Sith
Rank: Initiate
Previous Faction: Baran Do
Previous Rank: "knight equivalent"
Bio: Kon Bund was born to Plo and Lis Bund, successful merchants in the city of Dor’shan on the planet of Dorin . His parents were very traditional in their handling with other Kel Dors, and they took their heritage as members of Dorin’s native race seriously. Therefore, they gave Kon a traditional name, consisting of one syllable in order to save Kon from the wind spirits traditionally believed to live on Dorin. When Kon was born, Plo and Lis Bund also noticed Kon’s silver irises, a trait usually found on the Kel Dors who were Force sensitive. At this time, they decided that instead of giving up Kon to the Jedi for training, they would give him to the Baran Do, a Force using group native to Dorin that predated the joining of the planet to the Republic. They were proud to have such a son born into their family, and he was the only of their children to be born with Force sensitivity. Kon had an older brother named Dro and a younger sister named Rav. While all three children seemed to have taken after their father in their features, both of the sons inherited Plo’s reddish skin tone. Rav, on the other hand, inherited her mother’s skin tone and had therefore more of a peach tone.
During his early childhood, Kon’s parents doted on him because they considered him the true honor of the family. At a young age of three, Kon had enhanced reflexes that matched the reflexes of his older brother of two years. Rav’s birth did not diminish his parents’ favoritism. As the three grew, Dro came to envy his brother for the attention that he received. Rav was unaware of this favoritism because she was barely three when Kon was taken to the Baran Do temple in Dor’shan. The years when the Bund family had all three of the children in the home were the best years of Plo’s and Lis’s lives. Lis spent most of her time at home while Plo continued to manage the family business. After all, three children under the age of 10 are a handful. When Kon left the family, the attention that had been given him was mostly given to Rav, and Dro was left feeling unloved and unwanted. This caused Dro to work hard for his parent’s approval as he continued to grow. Rav too learned the business that her parents managed, but she never fully expected to inherit the business. Her reasoning for learning was so that she could be an asset to her future husband.
Youngling-equivalent Days
At the Baran Do Temple, Kon quickly learned that he would receive no special treatment now that he had joined the Baran Do, not even because he was Force sensitive. He hadn’t realized that every member of the Baran Do was Force sensitive. The society’s numbers were dwindling in this time because of the presence of the Jedi and their taking many of the Kel Dor children who were Force sensitive. Still, the Baran Do Sages boasted a decent number of students and members. The instructors of the Baran Do quickly went to work at eliminating the entitled feeling that Kon had developed as the favorite child of his family. Therefore, for the first few months, Kon disliked his training. He found himself doing physical labor for the first time in his entire life, and he had to follow rules that were stricter than the ones he had known before, especially because there were no special exceptions for him. Still, when Kon applied himself to his studies and was finally able to adapt to his new place in life, he was found to be quite the intelligent and able student, showing great promise at becoming Baran Do sage. Also, his training in the melee combat used by the Baran Do showed some promise too. Therefore, when he was inducted into the order as a first-level member of the Baran Do, much like an apprentice, he was given further training in both the diplomacy of the Baran Do as well as the combat.
Kon’s initial training also explored his connection to the Force and what ability he might have there. No special skills were found in Kon; at least, no special skills that weren’t common for a Kel Dor were found, possibly due to the Baran Do’s incomplete knowledge of the Force. His sensing ability was found to be adequate for a student of his level, with promise of being quite strong. However, Kon was only instructed in the basics of Force sense, giving him a basic understanding of how to predict the weather, which was the original function of the Baran Do. Instead, in his initial training, the Baran Do sages focused on teaching Kon more of the philosophical techniques he would need in the next level of his training. Meditation and deep contemplation, alongside basic education, were the main proponents of his primary training. During these days of training, Kon saw very little of his family, as the Baran Do kept him deep within the confusing corridors of the inner-temple. Over the six or so years before Kon’s raising, he began to detach himself from his family, but he still could not bring himself to forget them completely.
The social interaction that Kon did receive while at the Baran Do temple was with his fellow students. Kon found that he did enjoy the company of the other students, making friends easily as some young children do. They all shared the same recent displacement, so they made the most of the situation and befriended each other. Kon’s two best friends during his early years of studying were Zum and Mer, two little boys who shared a room with Kon in the Temple. The three became inseparable during those six years of training, often spending their free time with each other. They would challenge each other to study harder and to train more, but this rivalry was all in friendship. The three would even share different techniques that they learned or discoveries that they made, especially when these aspects were unknown to two of the three members. By the end of their time together, before they were apprenticed to sages, Kon emerged as the leader among the three, often making the final decision whenever the three could not decide on an activity with which to fill their time.
Padawan-equivalent Days
When he was old enough and skilled enough, Kon was apprenticed to a Baran Do sage by the name of Ord Dari. Now that Kon was around twelve years old, he was able to understand a beginner’s grasp of the culture in which he would serve. Ord taught Kon much about the merchants and the other rich and powerful families he might possibly advise. This knowledge was a vital part of any Baran Do’s education. Kon also began to learn the more intricate facets to the Force’s nature. This included the telepathy that many Kel Dor Force users were known for as well as the telekinetics that many Baran Do sages were known for. The main reason, though, for Ord Dari becoming Kon’s teacher was because Ord was known for his prowess with Baran Do combat tactics. Therefore, Kon was taught he basics of fighting using the Force, as well as being taught how to wield the wooden staff that was sometimes used by Baran Do fighters. However, Kon’s training did not focus heavily on these skills, as they were not essential to the job a Baran Do served in Dorin society.
During the eleven years that Kon served under Ord Dari, he spent little time out of the temple, but he was able to visit his family on a rare occasion. Coming home was a strange experience for Kon, as he had been away from the other four members of the Bund family for so long. He found that his parents were still overly proud of him, but he would not let them fondle him as they had when he was a child. His training had made him more practical than to allow that. Rav worshiped him because he was the unknown older brother who had left the family to become something of himself. Plus, Kon had a sense of the unknown and of the exotic, which enticed the young mind of Rav. Dro, on the other hand, did not welcome Kon back in the manner that his family had. Dro was distant and mean, taking out his bitterness on Kon. The first time Kon visited, he assumed that his brother had just been having a bad day, but as this attitude continued over the years, Kon began to wonder what had happened to make his brother so bitter. However, he never brought up his concerns with his parents or with Ord, so no one else was aware to what extent Dro truly hated Kon.
Kon’s relationship with Ord grew over the time the spent with each other. At their first meeting, Kon found the older Kel Dor to be intimidating, and he doubted that the pairing had been made correctly. However, as the years progressed, Kon was able to crack Ord’s outer shell and find the soft inner center that existed in Kon’s teacher. Ord also took a liking to the young student, and he was proud when the young man was raised to a full Baran Do member by the age of 23. Kon’s two best friends – Zum and Mer – were not so lucky with their pairings, and the three became distant in their studies under different teachers. This distance was not established right from the beginning, but it was a gradual progression as their studying took them in different directions. Zum was being taught how to see the future and readied for a position in the Dorin government while Mer was being instructed in the combat tactics of the Baran Do, focusing heavily on the telekinetic abilities of the Force. For the first few years, the three met in secret whenever they could coordinate time away from their teachers. However, that time became less and less available, and so their meetings became fewer and far between. Zum and Mer were raised a few months after Kon, however, and the three were able to reestablish their friendship in the days after their testing. However, this reunion was short-lived as Zum moved to the political sector of Dor’shan to become a political advisor and as Mer joined the military to become an advisor to a local general. Kon was staying back in the Temple to continue studying under the sages. The Baran Do had hopes that he would be high up in their order. Kon also served as a contractor for the merchants of Dor'shan, and he sometimes advised Zum and Mer as they grew into their own fields.
Disaster and Tragedy
Kon remained in the Baran Do temple after his testing, taking on a few of the younger students’ lessons and serving the Baran Do by advising the merchants who came to the temple in search for advice. Kon was also free to fully reconnect with his family, which was awkward after having been gone for so long. He found his parents to be much older than he remembered as a child, but their pride in him was only increased by his new status. His sister Rav had learned more about the world and had therefore lost her child-like worship of Kon. However, she respected her brother because of his wisdom and of his power. Dro was again unhappy at his brother’s return. Over the years, Dro had been studying how to manage the family business, and his father was finally giving him more autonomy in the different dealings that Dro handled. Therefore, he was making quite a bit of money for the family, and he pocketed some of that money on the side. The way that Dro viewed it was that his parents had slighted him during his childhood, giving Kon more gifts than they had given Dro, so he deserved compensation for the lack of material gifts during that time period. However, once Kon had returned, Plo insisted that Dro confer with Kon concerning the majority of his interactions with customers, something that did not sit well with Dro.
Half a year passed between Kon’s raising and the beginning of his journey to the Dark side. Dro had grown so consumed with jealousy and anger that he had decided that he could suffer his brother no longer. He planned to dispose of Kon, effectively ending his younger bother’s interference in his business. This interference had hindered Dro’s ability to take credits off the top of his transactions and to pocket those credit for himself. Kon had the habit of announcing to his family via message that he would be visiting them so that they could prepare any business material they would have him consider. When the message came that Kon would be visiting, Dro decided that he should take action. He purchased a toxin from an off-world merchant in hopes of poisoning Kon. The plan was working perfectly, as Dro worked behind the scenes to make sure that Kon’s plate at dinner would be poisoned. So when the family sat down to dinner, it was with high hopes that Dro joined his family for a meal. During his meditation before the visit, Kon had felt that something terrible was about to occur, but he had no idea what Dro was planning. He had never been terribly good at seeing the future. The five Kel Dor sat down to eat together, and the different dishes were served. For some reason, Kon’s plate had less of a certain food on it than some of the other plates, and Rav who didn’t like that particular food asked him if they would switch. Kon good-naturedly agreed, but Dro vehemently protested that they shouldn’t trade. Confused as to why his brother would argue over something so menial, Kon traded with Rav, and so through a poison in her food, Dro killed his sister Rav.
The poison was not fast acting, but rather it inflicted Rav with a deathly illness. The onset of the illness was sudden, and the cause was foreign to the Baran Do and to the Kel Dor healers because the poison was from another planet. Kon tried what he knew of healing with the Force, but he was unable to save his sister whom he had come to love in the months since his raising. During Rav’s illness, Dro receded deeper and deeper into his shame, and he was unable to hide his guilt when she died. Focusing his meditation on the death of his sister, Kon was able to tell that his brother knew something that no one else knew. Kon confronted Dro a few weeks after Rav’s death, finding his brother to be a pale shell of the Kel Dor he had once been. Dro confessed to the act, confessing to his jealousy and bitterness in one fell swoop. At the confession, Kon was unable to maintain the level of inner calm that the Baran Do had taught him. Instead, Kon let his anger flood him, making his succumbing to the Dark side of the Force that much easier. In anger, Kon reached out with the Force and choked his brother, wanting his brother to pay for the death of his sister. In the end, Kon killed his brother, leaving him the only remaining child of Plo and Lis Bund.
Leaving Dorin and the Baran Do
Kon could not accept what his brother had done even after Dro’s death, and his anger boiled inside of him, lashing out at any and all people who he could possibly blame. Kon’s parents were so ashamed at the situation that had just happened that they retreated from society, having trusted employees manage their business. Kon cut them off from his life as well, not wanting to face them after killing their firstborn son. In actuality, the truth behind Kon’s anger was that he blamed himself for everything that happened because he had never truly made an effort to connect with his brother, which allowed Dro to harbor the hatred that had consumed him. The Dark side had taken hold of Kon’s inexperienced mind, and he let it poison him against everyone around him. The Baran Do sensed this change in their pupil, confused at what would have caused such a change. The sages urged Kon to regain his inner calm, to let go of his anger, and to return to the Light. However, he could not. He blamed them for taking him away and for not allowing him to handle the situation with his family. He blamed Ord for the same thing, and he blamed Mer and Zum for replacing Dro in Kon’s life, making it easier for Kon to ignore him.
Ultimately, Kon alienated himself from everyone he knew on Dorin, even his parents, and he decided that he could not live on his home planet anymore. He left the planet of Dorin, donning for the first time the breathing mask and goggles that were characteristic of his species when they left the atmosphere of Dorin. Kon was familiar with the state of the galaxy as he had been trained in politics during his basic training, and Zum made sure he was aware of the major events that happened in the Galactic Republic. He knew about the reappearance of the Sith and the Mandalorians, as well as the threat both factions posed on the empire. Kon, now corrupted by the Dark side, found himself drawn to the Sith Order because they would be able to instruct him in the ways of the Dark side.
Traveling the planets near Dorin, Kon gathered information on the location of the Sith Temple which was not easy. However, Kon found that his knowledge of the Force lent itself well to defending himself from the various level of scum that inhabited the areas of the galaxy in which Kon had gone searching. While on Ruusan, Kon came across information that would lead him to Korriban. It was a rumor of a rumor of a rumor, but the original source was said to be Dantooine, so he decided to check it out. Traveling from the planets near Dorin to Korriban required Kon to make his way to the core of the galaxy, where he might find a ship heading down the Hydian Way. Using his father's contacts and some intimidation, Kon was able to hop a ship to Corellia. On Corellia, he was able to procur a ride to Taris. To do so, Kon explained to the merchant in whose ship he rode that the Kel Dor had a secret trading ring on Taris. This insider information peaked the merchant's greed, and Kon was able to come along.
Once on Taris, Kon slipped away from the merchant who brought him to the planet, and he made his way to a local tavern. He hoped to find someone who could take him to Korriban immediately, but the final leg of the journey to Korriban proved to be exceedingly difficult, simply because not many of the pilots he came into contact with were willing to go there and because he was unable to pilot himself. After days of hopping from tavern to tavern, Kon found himself sitting in yet another tavern on Taris. At that tavern, Kon finally encountered a merchant who had plans to trade on Korriban, and the once Baran Do convinced the merchant to take him along to Korriban under the pretense of helping sell the merchant’s goods. However, once Kon arrived on Korriban, he could feel the Dark side coursing through him, and he murdered the merchant because the man had tried to cheat him at a game of Pazaak. Kon's pride had been inflated since his fall to the dark side, and the merchant's attempt at cheating insulted that pride. Kon felt his anger at everything that had happened in his life rise up again because it had found another vessel to unleash its fury upon. In a way, Kon identified the merchant's cheating with how Dro cheated Kon out of having a deeper relationship with Rav, and so like he did with Dro, Kon killed the merchant, feeding off of the dark energy present on Korriban to do so. With the merchant dead, Kon then took the dead merchant’s goods with him as he sought out the Dark masters. Arriving at the Sith Academy, Kon offered his goods and himself to the Sith Order to be trained as an initiate.
Lightsaber: doesn't have one as the Baran Do don't use them
Color:
Practiced Lightsaber forms:
Shii-Cho n/a
Makashi n/a
Soresu n/a
Ataru n/a
Shien / Djem So n/a
>>Sub-form Backhanded n/a
Niman n/a
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield n/a
Juyo n/a
Double Bladed Combat n/a
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 4
Telepathic: 5
Body: 3
Sense: 6
Protection: 3
Healing: 2
Destruction: 1
Specialized Skills:
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 4
Leadership: 5
Unarmed: 5
Melee Weapons: 6
Ranged Weapons: 1
Force Attunement: -3
RP Sample: Kon stood on his parents’ balcony, the Baran Do temple miniaturized on the horizon. Before him stood Dro, his brother and a murder, guilty of the death of their sister Rav. The words which Dro spoke came out, but Kon could no hear them. Yes, he understood their meaning, but he could not tolerate Dro’s excuses. To say that he had been jealous of Kon was no excuse for murder. There was no middle ground in that thought. However, anger was a justified reaction to his brother’s actions. After all, Rav was dead, and Kon’s parents would never accept the fact that Dro had killed her. They loved Dro too much to make him pay the price he needed to pay. “Enough!” Kon yelled at his brother. “No more excuses.”
“Bu… but Kon,” stammered Dro, “you must understand.”
“You will find no understanding from me, murderer,” Kon replied, disgust and anger in his voice. The Force moved through him in a way that he had never known before, but he felt powerful and in control, possibly for the first time in his entire life. “I will pass judgement on you, Dro Bund, for the murder of your sister, Rav Bund,” Kon continued. “I find that you deserve death.”
Dro reared back as Kon spoke and lashed out, “You have no right, Kon! Not even you have that power, even if you are a crazy old wizard.” The venomous words were spat in Kon’s face, and Kon only became angrier because of them. The power inside Kon grew, feeding off of this anger and turning it into hatred.
Kon spat at Dro. “I have every right!” he replied. “She was my sister.” And so with the reflexes Kon was blessed to have as a result of his Force sensitivity, he lunged at his brother, landing a punch and toppling his brother to the ground. With the Force, Kon lifted Dro back up from the ground, only to punch him again. “You. Will. Not. Live.” Kon grunted in between blows. Rage and hatred overcame his mind, and suddenly he found himself using the Force not only to hold Dro in place but also to choke him. Kon had never done this before, but somehow it felt right. He could feel the life draining out of Dro, and he did not lessen his hold. In the end, Dro died at his brother’s hand, and Kon felt little remorse. “A life for a life sounds right to me,” he said as he left the corpse on the balcony and made his way back to the Temple.
thanks for the feedback, lmr
