Post by BlackS on Sept 2, 2011 20:21:34 GMT -5
Name:Preston Thule
Race:Half Human-Half Zeltron
Age:26
Height:6’0
Weight:155 lbs
Appearance:
Preston is a very odd looking man, His skin is an strange pale red color, a half way point between beige and red. His eyes are a navy blue, and his hair is strawberry blonde. His cheekbones are high and his jaw is angular. His body is very thin and frail with a large scar across the chest, and his arms and legs are tiny and meagre. His teeth are extremely sharp and glistening, and he shows them off in his cruel grin. Overall he is a tall, thin man with a cruel smile. He wears an ornate navy and black sleeveless robe, emblazoned on the robe are gold and silver emblems, underneath the robe he wears a skin tight crimson suit, black fingerless gloves and black boots.
Personality:
Preston is a cynical man, his Genius level intellect causes him to look down on people lacking the same level of intellect. He has a survival of the fittest mentality, and believes the only way to survive is to eliminate the competition. Above all he craves power, and will do anything to obtain it. He has a great work ethic and will always attempt to get ahead, even if it means getting his hands dirty. Because of his Zeltron heritage he possesses their pheremones but to a lesser extent. Overall he is an over-achiever with a superiority complex.
Birth place:
Mygeeto
Faction: Sith
Rank: Initiate
Previous Faction: Dark Jedi
Previous Rank: Knight-Prophet
Bio:
Part 1: A Dark Beginning
Preston Thule was born on the Sith occupied Mygeeto in the year 3627 BBY. His mother was a 22 year old Zeltron Dark Jedi by the name of Kiera Thule, and his conception was at best an accidental blessing. Kiera used her body to seduce the human philanthropist Lepo Swik and gain access to his vault, walking away with a large sum of credits and a child. After birth, Karo was taken off Mygeeto by Kiera, and taken to be raised on Kuras IV in seclusion.
Preston’s childhood was a sad one, his mother would be away the majority of the time, and when she was home it was either with a new man, or a new technique to study. The one solace Preston had was books, with nothing to do Preston taught himself to read at age 3, and he never stopped. When he was 5 Preston wandered out into the garden, wanting to be one of the mighty Dark Jedi he read about in his mothers library. Entering the artificial garden he swung around his toy lightsaber, smiting self-righteous Jedi, when suddenly a poisonous snake entered the secluded garden. Preston ran away, attempting to get back into the house, only to find he had accidentally locked the door, so Preston attempted to bat the snake away with his toy, but this had little affect on the snake. Slowly the snake advanced, closing in on it’s prey. It was then that Preston was overcome with fear, and from this fear he touched the force for the very first time, instinctively lifting his hand in the air and closing his fist down, choking the snake to death.
Preston began his formal learning as a Neophyte when he was 6 years old, beginning to learn the basic aspects of lightsaber combat and force abilities, finding he had a much greater affinity for the latter, which greatly annoyed his mother, who preferred the physical aspects of the force. When Preston was 8 his mother had him face off against a hologram of a Jedi Padawan, to simulate combat with someone more skilled than him. The Padawan hologram attacked Preston at every turn, taking advantage of his weakness in combat. Starting to lose faith he turned to his mother for help, she looked at him and snickered. Preston once again was overcome with great fear, but this fear soon turned into rage, at his mother, at the holocron, and most of all, at himself. Preston’s rage consumed him at that moment, and he lashed out with the deadly force powers he had been taught by his mother, using shock after shock of Force Lightning, before slamming his training sabre down on the Padawan simulacrum. Saro turned to his mother with a proud grin, she looked at him coldly and told him she could have done better as a child, this shaped Preston’s work ethic.
When he was 10, his mother forced him into a dark cavern and told him he had to survive on his own for a month, something that excited Preston, because he believed he could prove himself to her. Entering the cavern Preston immediately set out to build a shelter and find food. The first week was troublesome for Preston, while he still had his shelter, poor monitoring of the rations caused him to have a shortage of food, so Preston took to killing indigenous animals and rationing food, this would cause him to drop a quarter of his body weight, but also allowed him to survive the first two weeks alone. On the third week, a small group of native predators moved into the cave looking to expand their territory. During this time Preston laid sleeping, and one of the creatures devoured his training sabre, the noise of this woke him up, and he retreated deeper into the cavern. Searching for a safe area to rest, Preston came upon a part of the cave he hadn’t explored yet, and curiosity got the best of him. Wandering into the cavern Preston heard a sound come from a corridor to the left of him, calling out to it he received no response, so he went to explore the sound. Down the cavern he found a beastly sight, an alpha male of the predators. With no weapons Preston had only the force to rely on, so he improvised. The creature was strong and fast, but incredibly stupid, Preston’s clear opposite. The beast would use its spiked head to attempt to ram Preston, but this was easily stopped with a force push. After long bouts of back and forth ramming and dodging, Preston was able to get an opening on the beast’s defence. When it charged at Preston, he leaped to the side, and used the force to rip stalactites off the cavern roof and hurl them down upon the beast, killing it. Preston’s last week was simple, and he returned to his mother with more power. After this his mother continued his basic training until he was 12, at which point she declared him as her acolyte.
Part II: An Acolyte’s Rage
Preston’s first act as an acolyte was to build his lightsaber, not an easy task for two reasons, the first was that he was not skilled with lightsabers to begin with, and the second was much more sinister, his mother threatened to abandon him to die if he failed. So his mother left him, alone in the artificial grove she used to meditate. Armed with lightsaber parts and the crimson crystal his grandfather used in his lightsaber he was ready for the challenge. The construction of the sabre was a labour of necessity, each day having recurring visions of being left to die alone in the wild, these visions only strengthened his resolve however, and on the fourth week, he left the grove, sabre in hand.
When he was 13, his mother started to teach him the Djem So style of combat, it was the same style she utilized, so she expected perfection. The training was harsh, and on one occasion his mother beat him so severely that she left a large scar running diagonal down his chest. After the first six months Preston started to show improvement, being able to hold his own against his mother, at least long enough for her not to lock him in his room and make him practice the entire night. After 6 months more of intense training, his mother deemed him ready to go on a mission with her.
When he was 14, Preston and his mother traveled to Vjun to find a crashed freighter that was supposedly carrying a large sum of credits and a cache of instructional dark side tablets. After setting down on the planet, Preston boarded his speeder bike and followed his mother to the crash site, avoiding the acid rain they eventually came upon the downed ship. Entering the area they set out to plunder the ship, but were confronted by a Jedi Knight and his Padawan, sent there to destroy the dark texts, and a fight ensued. The fight was fierce, as the Padawan was also skilled in the use of the force, it appeared they were both evenly matched, until the Padawan knocked Preston's lightsaber away. On the ground cornered Preston appeared helpless, as the Padawan was about to strike him down, Preston had an idea. The Padawan was about to slam his lightsaber down, when Preston unleashed a volley of Force lightning on the Padawan, disorienting him, Preston then used the force to pull his sabre to the Padawan’s chest, before igniting it through the Padawan’s chest, killing him. He then returned to his mother, who had just defeated the Jedi, they then went on to loot the ship, before returning home.
When he was 15 Preston and his mother traveled to the orbit around Dxun to intercept a cargo transport that contained a priceless work of art that Preston's mother hoped to sell for a large profit. After boarding the ship Preston and his mother found it deserted, before suddenly being shot at by republic military forces. Running to cover, Preston heard the sound of a lightsaber igniting, and turned around to see a Jedi master leading the republic forces. Apparently some one had tipped of a republic intelligence agent that a marauding pair of Dark Jedi were in the system, so the Republic sent a contingent of troopers and a Jedi Master to deal with them. Preston's mother ignited her saber and charged the Master, while Preston took on the troops, using the cargo boxes to crush the troopers. Finally Preston came upon the squad leader, who pulled out a vibroblade to attack him, Preston ignited his saber and went on the defence, blocking the much larger mans swings. Locked in a parry, Preston electrified his saber and broke the Parry, brutally swinging his saber he managed to cut the trooper’s hand off, who then fell to the floor writhing in pain. After finishing the weakened trooper off, he turned to see his mother standing over the Jedi, holding her hand over where her left arm used to be. Preston quickly made her change into the Jedi robe, before flying her down to Onderon, where he stole a civilians clothing, and took her to a clinic, where they fitted her with a prosthetic.
When Preston was 16, he and his mother were meditating in the grove when two Jedi who had been tracking them burst through the gate of their home, Preston and his mother snapped into action, igniting their sabers they defended their home. Fighting through the halls Preston took advantage of his familiar environment, popping in and out of secret doors to confuse the Jedi. Eventually they reached the top of the house, where a fierce duel ensued. The Jedi Preston fought was much weaker and inexperienced than Preston, and Preston took advantage of this. After hurling furniture at him and shocking him with continual blasts of Force Lightning, Preston continued to toy with him, weakening his enemy‘s resolve. Finally Preston had him cornered, where he berated him for his weakness, this turned out to be a bad idea however, as the Jedi gave into his anger and lashed out at Preston. His opponent’s new found furry pushed Preston back, forcing him to drawn on every ounce of power he had in his frail body, Preston then unleashed this inner rage on the Jedi, electrocuting him to near death, before choking him to death with the force. Preston then ran to the main hall, where he found his mother and the Jedi still duelling, so Preston used the force to hurl an Armoire at the Jedi, momentarily distracting him and allowing his mother to get in the killing blow.
When he was 18, Preston and his mother went to Xagobah to find the final resting place of a powerful Dark Jedi, who had apparently left his Holocron and many texts filled with dark side lore filled inside. Entering the tomb they were attacked by invasive native creatures, which they easily slaughtered. Following the tunnels deeper into the tomb, they found footprints, sensing a dark presence they walked along the footprints, until coming upon the hatch. After climbing down, they saw a Rodian Dark Jedi and his Twi’Lek apprentice. Dropping down, Preston and his mother attempted to negotiate a deal with the fellow dark jedi, but they refused, and a battle ensued. Preston and the Twi’Lek locked sabers and lightning, trading blows they were locked in a stalemate. After breaking the saber lock, quickly moved his lightning onto the Twi’Lek, incapacitating her, he then cut her saberstaff in two. Angered the Twi’Lek started to hurl the decaying architecture at Preston, bringing down the tomb around them. Preston leapt around, dodging the chunks of rock and mortar, before pulling down the large statue of the ancient dark jedi and hurling chunks of it at the Twi’Lek, hitting her hard in the abdomen. Walking up to her she begged for mercy, Preston replied “Mercy is for the weak””, before slashing his saber across her throat. Running to the entrance hall Preston ignited his saber and ran to help his mother against the Rodian, keeping the rodian's free saberstaff blade from hitting his mother. His mother swung her blade at the Rodian and he blocked, while Preston took advantage of the opening and blasted him with Force Lightning, his mother then ran her saber through his chest, killing him. They then retrieved the Holocron and texts and returned home.
When he was 20, Preston’s mother recovered a text from an ancient dark jedi's tomb containing information on the ability known as Drain Knowledge, finding no use for it, she was going to destroy it, before Preston asked to be taught the ability so it would be easier for him to obtain knowledge, she reluctantly agreed and began attempting to teach him the ability. Preston would attempt to learn his mother’s birth world from her with this ability, but he was always unsuccessful, he was able to speed up the neural process like the ability entailed, but this only tired him out. After 4 months of trying, failing and trying again they eventually discovered the problem in a partially damaged part of the text, the user needed to have some knowledge of the topic for it to work. So Preston's mother told him of her birth on Zeltros, before making him scan for her birth city. At first Preston was unsuccessful in his attempts, glimpsing into her mind for only a few seconds. It took another month of intense practice, but Preston was finally able to get in long enough to learn of her birth in the capital city, from here they continued to practice the ability for another three months, before Preston was able enough to use the ability on a regular basis.
When Preston turned 22, his mother sent him to the planet Ambria to claim the tooth of a Hssiss, stating that if he could do so on his own, he would be a Dark Jedi Knight. Setting down near Lake Natth, Preston set out to find a Hssiss. While walking through the desert planet, Preston was alerted when a Hssiss leapt over him, and attempted to bite him, setting Preston into motion. Constantly having to leap out of the Hssiss massive bite, Preston was tiring, suddenly he was knocked back by the Hssiss’s head, before falling into Lake Natth itself. While in the lake he felt rejuvenated, the dark energy restoring his power, he then quickly hopped out of the water and ignited his lightsaber, assailing the Hssiss from behind. With this new found energy, Preston electrified his saber, and struck the Hssiss, momentarily incapacitating it, with this distraction Preston quickly hurled his saber at it, while giving a huge blast of force lightning, killing the beast. Preston then set to work, using his saber to cut off the tooth. Preston then took his ship home to Kuras IV and presented the tooth to his mother, who declared him a Dark Jedi Knight, from here Preston claimed himself a Prophet of the Dark Side.
Part: Revelations
When Preston was 23 he left Kuras IV to find a home. Settling on Zeltros, his mother’s native world, he was given the rights to his Grandfathers old estate by his mother, who had came into possesion of it after his murder. Setting up a cover story as a wealthy banker, Preston revealed in his new found freedom, setting his studies as a dark jedi aside to take in all the pleasures the planet. While out at a party, Preston was hitting it off with a female Zeltron by the name of Neena Fuse, when she invited him to her home, which Preston happily accepted. Entering her home, Preston was suddenly met by a lightsaber blade to the face. Realising Neena was also a Dark Jedi Preston reached for his saber, but Neena raised her saber in a threatening motion, and Preston backed down. Neena explained that she had heard another dark jedi with a large collection of dark texts had moved to Zeltros, and she wanted those texts, so she was going to kill Preston and take his books. About to be killed, Preston began trying to negotiate with her, promising her full access to his texts if she let him live, at first she was reluctant, but Preston promised she would be allowed to take anything she wanted as long as he would be allowed to live, so she accepted. To honour their newfound relationship, they went to bed together, and as Neena slowly drifted off to sleep Preston whispered “Good Night” into her ear, before igniting his saber through her chest, killing her.
When he was 24 Preston learned of a group of Dark Jedi acolytes led by an Assassin who had moved into the slums of Zeltros, so Preston set out to find them and establish that this was his territory. In the slums of Zeltros Preston disguised himself as a beggar and wandered around the area of their supposed hideout, scoping the place out Preston saw an older man with a powerful dark aura step out of a warehouse. Tailing the man he stopped in a back alley where the man pulled out his saber and told Preston to reveal himself. Preston pulled out his lightsaber and ignited it, explaining to the man their situation. The man scoffed and said that if Preston could beat him in a duel he and his acolytes would leave. So they fought in the streets, leaping from building to building they matched each other equally. Finally when they reached the final building in the chain the engaged in more serious combat. Ripping apart the duracrete from the broken down old building Preston hurled the chunks at the Assassin, with one hitting him square in the chest, from here Preston cut the man's saber in half. The Assassin, realizing he had been beat surrendered and fled.
On Preston's 26th birthday he had a strange desire to learn more about his father. Traveling to Kuras IV he asked his mother, who told him that his father was a human business man on Mygeeto who had used her and then left her. Preston decided to go to Mygeeto and confront his father as to why he left them. On Mygeeto in the capital city, Preston searched through the directory and found his father's name, Lepo Swik, under the Capital city's address. So Preston waited until the late night, he then climbed in through a window and snuck into Lepo's room. In the room, Preston ignited his saber and held it to Lepo’s throat, awakening him. Questioning what he wanted, Preston told him that he was his son and that he wanted answers, Lepo looked at him in confusion. After relaying to Lepo what his mother had told him, he still was confused, before realizing who his mother was, and telling Preston the truth. At first Preston didn’t believe him, but for good measure he delved into Lepo’s mind, and what he drained enraged him, finding Lepo had told the truth he became enraged and went to confront his mother, but not before choking Lepo to death for not coming to save him from her.
Arriving at his mother’s house he found her waiting for him with saber at the ready. Engaging her in fierce fighting, Kiera told Preston that once she had killed him she would join the Sith and be “born anew”, this further fuelled Preston’s rage, launching an offensive flurry upon her. Pushing her back, she released assassin droids on Preston, but with his anger he easily destroyed them. After chasing her into the study, Preston’s rage began to subside and the tide started to turn, Now Preston was the one forced onto the defence. After being pushed into a corner, Preston’s lightsaber was knocked away, but this made Preston angry again, and gave him back the Power he had lost. Preston then started to throw parts of the house at her, before shooting out a powerful blast of force lightning at her. Using the opening, Preston brought his saber down on her right arm, severing it. Begging for mercy Preston laughed before cutting off her other arm, and draining the last bits of life out her. Walking out of the house, he used the force to collapse it, before boarding his ship and flying to Korriban, to gain the power the Sith Order had to offer.
Lightsaber:1 Single Phase sabre, it has a simple short black matte hilt, with a rounded pommel and a spiked hilt.
Color: Crimson
Practiced Lightsaber forms:
Shii-Cho-5
Makashi
Soresu-N/A
Ataru
Djem So-3
Niman
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield
Juyo
Double Bladed Combat
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 6
Telepathic: 5
Body: 4
Sense: 3
Protection: 2
Healing: 1
Destruction: 7
Specialized Skills:
Drain Knowledge
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Leadership: 5
Unarmed: 1
Melee Weapons: 1
Ranged Weapons: 1
Force Attunement:-5
RP Sample:
“I know”, suddenly Preston ignited his saber, and locked blades with his mother. “I’m just an accident to you, an unfortunate circumstance in your quest for wealth, well not any more mother, rage fuels my power and I am really, really ANGRY", Preston screamed, before pulling his blade back , holding it above his head, and slamming it down upon his mother's lightsaber. "Your absolutely right dear, you are an accident, you've plagued me your entire life, but the Sith have offered me a way out, kill you and I will become more powerful than you could ever imagine" Kiera snidely quipped. Preston's power surged, all around him parts of his childhood home flew off the walls and towards his mother, he followed by quickly unleashing a storm of Force Lightning upon her. Kiera then stood up staggeringly, and hit a red button on the wall, causing two assassin droids to walk out of a large opening in the wall. “Really mother assassin droids, how weak do you think I am”? Suddenly Preston leapt over the droids, and used the force to slam them together, disabling them. "Now mother, you always told me direct confrontation was the way of the dark side, so why do you cower behind machines", Preston then charged his saber with lightning, and swung his saber at his mother.
Preston continued to attack his mother, chasing her all through the many rooms of their house, before finally they arrived at the study. Hurling books at him, Preston began to get distracted, stemming his rage and draining his power, Preston's mother took advantage of this and charged him, using her ability with Djem So to knock away Preston's saber. Preston became enraged, and tore the room down around them, he then retrieved his saber and attacked his mother once more. As his mother was distracted, he swung at her right arm, cutting it off from the shoulder down. As she writhed in pain she called out to her son for mercy "Please baby, I love you, let me got". Preston snickered and said "Mercy is for the weak, that's what you always told me", before he cut off her left arm as well, the motor in it slowly churning one last time. "Now feel as the last bit of your power is used to restore mine" Preston then lifted his hand, and sucked the last bits of Life out of his mother, using it to help sustain his. Preston walked out of the home, but as he was walking away he turned around slowly and said "Allow me to entomb you mother", Preston then used the force to rip the support beams out of the house, bringing it down upon his mother's lifeless corpse. "Hmm, the Sith may not be a bad idea , they have power, mother said it herself, I want power", Preston thought to himself, before boarding his ship and flying away.
Race:Half Human-Half Zeltron
Age:26
Height:6’0
Weight:155 lbs
Appearance:
Preston is a very odd looking man, His skin is an strange pale red color, a half way point between beige and red. His eyes are a navy blue, and his hair is strawberry blonde. His cheekbones are high and his jaw is angular. His body is very thin and frail with a large scar across the chest, and his arms and legs are tiny and meagre. His teeth are extremely sharp and glistening, and he shows them off in his cruel grin. Overall he is a tall, thin man with a cruel smile. He wears an ornate navy and black sleeveless robe, emblazoned on the robe are gold and silver emblems, underneath the robe he wears a skin tight crimson suit, black fingerless gloves and black boots.
Personality:
Preston is a cynical man, his Genius level intellect causes him to look down on people lacking the same level of intellect. He has a survival of the fittest mentality, and believes the only way to survive is to eliminate the competition. Above all he craves power, and will do anything to obtain it. He has a great work ethic and will always attempt to get ahead, even if it means getting his hands dirty. Because of his Zeltron heritage he possesses their pheremones but to a lesser extent. Overall he is an over-achiever with a superiority complex.
Birth place:
Mygeeto
Faction: Sith
Rank: Initiate
Previous Faction: Dark Jedi
Previous Rank: Knight-Prophet
Bio:
Part 1: A Dark Beginning
Preston Thule was born on the Sith occupied Mygeeto in the year 3627 BBY. His mother was a 22 year old Zeltron Dark Jedi by the name of Kiera Thule, and his conception was at best an accidental blessing. Kiera used her body to seduce the human philanthropist Lepo Swik and gain access to his vault, walking away with a large sum of credits and a child. After birth, Karo was taken off Mygeeto by Kiera, and taken to be raised on Kuras IV in seclusion.
Preston’s childhood was a sad one, his mother would be away the majority of the time, and when she was home it was either with a new man, or a new technique to study. The one solace Preston had was books, with nothing to do Preston taught himself to read at age 3, and he never stopped. When he was 5 Preston wandered out into the garden, wanting to be one of the mighty Dark Jedi he read about in his mothers library. Entering the artificial garden he swung around his toy lightsaber, smiting self-righteous Jedi, when suddenly a poisonous snake entered the secluded garden. Preston ran away, attempting to get back into the house, only to find he had accidentally locked the door, so Preston attempted to bat the snake away with his toy, but this had little affect on the snake. Slowly the snake advanced, closing in on it’s prey. It was then that Preston was overcome with fear, and from this fear he touched the force for the very first time, instinctively lifting his hand in the air and closing his fist down, choking the snake to death.
Preston began his formal learning as a Neophyte when he was 6 years old, beginning to learn the basic aspects of lightsaber combat and force abilities, finding he had a much greater affinity for the latter, which greatly annoyed his mother, who preferred the physical aspects of the force. When Preston was 8 his mother had him face off against a hologram of a Jedi Padawan, to simulate combat with someone more skilled than him. The Padawan hologram attacked Preston at every turn, taking advantage of his weakness in combat. Starting to lose faith he turned to his mother for help, she looked at him and snickered. Preston once again was overcome with great fear, but this fear soon turned into rage, at his mother, at the holocron, and most of all, at himself. Preston’s rage consumed him at that moment, and he lashed out with the deadly force powers he had been taught by his mother, using shock after shock of Force Lightning, before slamming his training sabre down on the Padawan simulacrum. Saro turned to his mother with a proud grin, she looked at him coldly and told him she could have done better as a child, this shaped Preston’s work ethic.
When he was 10, his mother forced him into a dark cavern and told him he had to survive on his own for a month, something that excited Preston, because he believed he could prove himself to her. Entering the cavern Preston immediately set out to build a shelter and find food. The first week was troublesome for Preston, while he still had his shelter, poor monitoring of the rations caused him to have a shortage of food, so Preston took to killing indigenous animals and rationing food, this would cause him to drop a quarter of his body weight, but also allowed him to survive the first two weeks alone. On the third week, a small group of native predators moved into the cave looking to expand their territory. During this time Preston laid sleeping, and one of the creatures devoured his training sabre, the noise of this woke him up, and he retreated deeper into the cavern. Searching for a safe area to rest, Preston came upon a part of the cave he hadn’t explored yet, and curiosity got the best of him. Wandering into the cavern Preston heard a sound come from a corridor to the left of him, calling out to it he received no response, so he went to explore the sound. Down the cavern he found a beastly sight, an alpha male of the predators. With no weapons Preston had only the force to rely on, so he improvised. The creature was strong and fast, but incredibly stupid, Preston’s clear opposite. The beast would use its spiked head to attempt to ram Preston, but this was easily stopped with a force push. After long bouts of back and forth ramming and dodging, Preston was able to get an opening on the beast’s defence. When it charged at Preston, he leaped to the side, and used the force to rip stalactites off the cavern roof and hurl them down upon the beast, killing it. Preston’s last week was simple, and he returned to his mother with more power. After this his mother continued his basic training until he was 12, at which point she declared him as her acolyte.
Part II: An Acolyte’s Rage
Preston’s first act as an acolyte was to build his lightsaber, not an easy task for two reasons, the first was that he was not skilled with lightsabers to begin with, and the second was much more sinister, his mother threatened to abandon him to die if he failed. So his mother left him, alone in the artificial grove she used to meditate. Armed with lightsaber parts and the crimson crystal his grandfather used in his lightsaber he was ready for the challenge. The construction of the sabre was a labour of necessity, each day having recurring visions of being left to die alone in the wild, these visions only strengthened his resolve however, and on the fourth week, he left the grove, sabre in hand.
When he was 13, his mother started to teach him the Djem So style of combat, it was the same style she utilized, so she expected perfection. The training was harsh, and on one occasion his mother beat him so severely that she left a large scar running diagonal down his chest. After the first six months Preston started to show improvement, being able to hold his own against his mother, at least long enough for her not to lock him in his room and make him practice the entire night. After 6 months more of intense training, his mother deemed him ready to go on a mission with her.
When he was 14, Preston and his mother traveled to Vjun to find a crashed freighter that was supposedly carrying a large sum of credits and a cache of instructional dark side tablets. After setting down on the planet, Preston boarded his speeder bike and followed his mother to the crash site, avoiding the acid rain they eventually came upon the downed ship. Entering the area they set out to plunder the ship, but were confronted by a Jedi Knight and his Padawan, sent there to destroy the dark texts, and a fight ensued. The fight was fierce, as the Padawan was also skilled in the use of the force, it appeared they were both evenly matched, until the Padawan knocked Preston's lightsaber away. On the ground cornered Preston appeared helpless, as the Padawan was about to strike him down, Preston had an idea. The Padawan was about to slam his lightsaber down, when Preston unleashed a volley of Force lightning on the Padawan, disorienting him, Preston then used the force to pull his sabre to the Padawan’s chest, before igniting it through the Padawan’s chest, killing him. He then returned to his mother, who had just defeated the Jedi, they then went on to loot the ship, before returning home.
When he was 15 Preston and his mother traveled to the orbit around Dxun to intercept a cargo transport that contained a priceless work of art that Preston's mother hoped to sell for a large profit. After boarding the ship Preston and his mother found it deserted, before suddenly being shot at by republic military forces. Running to cover, Preston heard the sound of a lightsaber igniting, and turned around to see a Jedi master leading the republic forces. Apparently some one had tipped of a republic intelligence agent that a marauding pair of Dark Jedi were in the system, so the Republic sent a contingent of troopers and a Jedi Master to deal with them. Preston's mother ignited her saber and charged the Master, while Preston took on the troops, using the cargo boxes to crush the troopers. Finally Preston came upon the squad leader, who pulled out a vibroblade to attack him, Preston ignited his saber and went on the defence, blocking the much larger mans swings. Locked in a parry, Preston electrified his saber and broke the Parry, brutally swinging his saber he managed to cut the trooper’s hand off, who then fell to the floor writhing in pain. After finishing the weakened trooper off, he turned to see his mother standing over the Jedi, holding her hand over where her left arm used to be. Preston quickly made her change into the Jedi robe, before flying her down to Onderon, where he stole a civilians clothing, and took her to a clinic, where they fitted her with a prosthetic.
When Preston was 16, he and his mother were meditating in the grove when two Jedi who had been tracking them burst through the gate of their home, Preston and his mother snapped into action, igniting their sabers they defended their home. Fighting through the halls Preston took advantage of his familiar environment, popping in and out of secret doors to confuse the Jedi. Eventually they reached the top of the house, where a fierce duel ensued. The Jedi Preston fought was much weaker and inexperienced than Preston, and Preston took advantage of this. After hurling furniture at him and shocking him with continual blasts of Force Lightning, Preston continued to toy with him, weakening his enemy‘s resolve. Finally Preston had him cornered, where he berated him for his weakness, this turned out to be a bad idea however, as the Jedi gave into his anger and lashed out at Preston. His opponent’s new found furry pushed Preston back, forcing him to drawn on every ounce of power he had in his frail body, Preston then unleashed this inner rage on the Jedi, electrocuting him to near death, before choking him to death with the force. Preston then ran to the main hall, where he found his mother and the Jedi still duelling, so Preston used the force to hurl an Armoire at the Jedi, momentarily distracting him and allowing his mother to get in the killing blow.
When he was 18, Preston and his mother went to Xagobah to find the final resting place of a powerful Dark Jedi, who had apparently left his Holocron and many texts filled with dark side lore filled inside. Entering the tomb they were attacked by invasive native creatures, which they easily slaughtered. Following the tunnels deeper into the tomb, they found footprints, sensing a dark presence they walked along the footprints, until coming upon the hatch. After climbing down, they saw a Rodian Dark Jedi and his Twi’Lek apprentice. Dropping down, Preston and his mother attempted to negotiate a deal with the fellow dark jedi, but they refused, and a battle ensued. Preston and the Twi’Lek locked sabers and lightning, trading blows they were locked in a stalemate. After breaking the saber lock, quickly moved his lightning onto the Twi’Lek, incapacitating her, he then cut her saberstaff in two. Angered the Twi’Lek started to hurl the decaying architecture at Preston, bringing down the tomb around them. Preston leapt around, dodging the chunks of rock and mortar, before pulling down the large statue of the ancient dark jedi and hurling chunks of it at the Twi’Lek, hitting her hard in the abdomen. Walking up to her she begged for mercy, Preston replied “Mercy is for the weak””, before slashing his saber across her throat. Running to the entrance hall Preston ignited his saber and ran to help his mother against the Rodian, keeping the rodian's free saberstaff blade from hitting his mother. His mother swung her blade at the Rodian and he blocked, while Preston took advantage of the opening and blasted him with Force Lightning, his mother then ran her saber through his chest, killing him. They then retrieved the Holocron and texts and returned home.
When he was 20, Preston’s mother recovered a text from an ancient dark jedi's tomb containing information on the ability known as Drain Knowledge, finding no use for it, she was going to destroy it, before Preston asked to be taught the ability so it would be easier for him to obtain knowledge, she reluctantly agreed and began attempting to teach him the ability. Preston would attempt to learn his mother’s birth world from her with this ability, but he was always unsuccessful, he was able to speed up the neural process like the ability entailed, but this only tired him out. After 4 months of trying, failing and trying again they eventually discovered the problem in a partially damaged part of the text, the user needed to have some knowledge of the topic for it to work. So Preston's mother told him of her birth on Zeltros, before making him scan for her birth city. At first Preston was unsuccessful in his attempts, glimpsing into her mind for only a few seconds. It took another month of intense practice, but Preston was finally able to get in long enough to learn of her birth in the capital city, from here they continued to practice the ability for another three months, before Preston was able enough to use the ability on a regular basis.
When Preston turned 22, his mother sent him to the planet Ambria to claim the tooth of a Hssiss, stating that if he could do so on his own, he would be a Dark Jedi Knight. Setting down near Lake Natth, Preston set out to find a Hssiss. While walking through the desert planet, Preston was alerted when a Hssiss leapt over him, and attempted to bite him, setting Preston into motion. Constantly having to leap out of the Hssiss massive bite, Preston was tiring, suddenly he was knocked back by the Hssiss’s head, before falling into Lake Natth itself. While in the lake he felt rejuvenated, the dark energy restoring his power, he then quickly hopped out of the water and ignited his lightsaber, assailing the Hssiss from behind. With this new found energy, Preston electrified his saber, and struck the Hssiss, momentarily incapacitating it, with this distraction Preston quickly hurled his saber at it, while giving a huge blast of force lightning, killing the beast. Preston then set to work, using his saber to cut off the tooth. Preston then took his ship home to Kuras IV and presented the tooth to his mother, who declared him a Dark Jedi Knight, from here Preston claimed himself a Prophet of the Dark Side.
Part: Revelations
When Preston was 23 he left Kuras IV to find a home. Settling on Zeltros, his mother’s native world, he was given the rights to his Grandfathers old estate by his mother, who had came into possesion of it after his murder. Setting up a cover story as a wealthy banker, Preston revealed in his new found freedom, setting his studies as a dark jedi aside to take in all the pleasures the planet. While out at a party, Preston was hitting it off with a female Zeltron by the name of Neena Fuse, when she invited him to her home, which Preston happily accepted. Entering her home, Preston was suddenly met by a lightsaber blade to the face. Realising Neena was also a Dark Jedi Preston reached for his saber, but Neena raised her saber in a threatening motion, and Preston backed down. Neena explained that she had heard another dark jedi with a large collection of dark texts had moved to Zeltros, and she wanted those texts, so she was going to kill Preston and take his books. About to be killed, Preston began trying to negotiate with her, promising her full access to his texts if she let him live, at first she was reluctant, but Preston promised she would be allowed to take anything she wanted as long as he would be allowed to live, so she accepted. To honour their newfound relationship, they went to bed together, and as Neena slowly drifted off to sleep Preston whispered “Good Night” into her ear, before igniting his saber through her chest, killing her.
When he was 24 Preston learned of a group of Dark Jedi acolytes led by an Assassin who had moved into the slums of Zeltros, so Preston set out to find them and establish that this was his territory. In the slums of Zeltros Preston disguised himself as a beggar and wandered around the area of their supposed hideout, scoping the place out Preston saw an older man with a powerful dark aura step out of a warehouse. Tailing the man he stopped in a back alley where the man pulled out his saber and told Preston to reveal himself. Preston pulled out his lightsaber and ignited it, explaining to the man their situation. The man scoffed and said that if Preston could beat him in a duel he and his acolytes would leave. So they fought in the streets, leaping from building to building they matched each other equally. Finally when they reached the final building in the chain the engaged in more serious combat. Ripping apart the duracrete from the broken down old building Preston hurled the chunks at the Assassin, with one hitting him square in the chest, from here Preston cut the man's saber in half. The Assassin, realizing he had been beat surrendered and fled.
On Preston's 26th birthday he had a strange desire to learn more about his father. Traveling to Kuras IV he asked his mother, who told him that his father was a human business man on Mygeeto who had used her and then left her. Preston decided to go to Mygeeto and confront his father as to why he left them. On Mygeeto in the capital city, Preston searched through the directory and found his father's name, Lepo Swik, under the Capital city's address. So Preston waited until the late night, he then climbed in through a window and snuck into Lepo's room. In the room, Preston ignited his saber and held it to Lepo’s throat, awakening him. Questioning what he wanted, Preston told him that he was his son and that he wanted answers, Lepo looked at him in confusion. After relaying to Lepo what his mother had told him, he still was confused, before realizing who his mother was, and telling Preston the truth. At first Preston didn’t believe him, but for good measure he delved into Lepo’s mind, and what he drained enraged him, finding Lepo had told the truth he became enraged and went to confront his mother, but not before choking Lepo to death for not coming to save him from her.
Arriving at his mother’s house he found her waiting for him with saber at the ready. Engaging her in fierce fighting, Kiera told Preston that once she had killed him she would join the Sith and be “born anew”, this further fuelled Preston’s rage, launching an offensive flurry upon her. Pushing her back, she released assassin droids on Preston, but with his anger he easily destroyed them. After chasing her into the study, Preston’s rage began to subside and the tide started to turn, Now Preston was the one forced onto the defence. After being pushed into a corner, Preston’s lightsaber was knocked away, but this made Preston angry again, and gave him back the Power he had lost. Preston then started to throw parts of the house at her, before shooting out a powerful blast of force lightning at her. Using the opening, Preston brought his saber down on her right arm, severing it. Begging for mercy Preston laughed before cutting off her other arm, and draining the last bits of life out her. Walking out of the house, he used the force to collapse it, before boarding his ship and flying to Korriban, to gain the power the Sith Order had to offer.
Lightsaber:1 Single Phase sabre, it has a simple short black matte hilt, with a rounded pommel and a spiked hilt.
Color: Crimson
Practiced Lightsaber forms:
Shii-Cho-5
Makashi
Soresu-N/A
Ataru
Djem So-3
Niman
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield
Juyo
Double Bladed Combat
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 6
Telepathic: 5
Body: 4
Sense: 3
Protection: 2
Healing: 1
Destruction: 7
Specialized Skills:
Drain Knowledge
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 8
Speed: 5
Leadership: 5
Unarmed: 1
Melee Weapons: 1
Ranged Weapons: 1
Force Attunement:-5
RP Sample:
“I know”, suddenly Preston ignited his saber, and locked blades with his mother. “I’m just an accident to you, an unfortunate circumstance in your quest for wealth, well not any more mother, rage fuels my power and I am really, really ANGRY", Preston screamed, before pulling his blade back , holding it above his head, and slamming it down upon his mother's lightsaber. "Your absolutely right dear, you are an accident, you've plagued me your entire life, but the Sith have offered me a way out, kill you and I will become more powerful than you could ever imagine" Kiera snidely quipped. Preston's power surged, all around him parts of his childhood home flew off the walls and towards his mother, he followed by quickly unleashing a storm of Force Lightning upon her. Kiera then stood up staggeringly, and hit a red button on the wall, causing two assassin droids to walk out of a large opening in the wall. “Really mother assassin droids, how weak do you think I am”? Suddenly Preston leapt over the droids, and used the force to slam them together, disabling them. "Now mother, you always told me direct confrontation was the way of the dark side, so why do you cower behind machines", Preston then charged his saber with lightning, and swung his saber at his mother.
Preston continued to attack his mother, chasing her all through the many rooms of their house, before finally they arrived at the study. Hurling books at him, Preston began to get distracted, stemming his rage and draining his power, Preston's mother took advantage of this and charged him, using her ability with Djem So to knock away Preston's saber. Preston became enraged, and tore the room down around them, he then retrieved his saber and attacked his mother once more. As his mother was distracted, he swung at her right arm, cutting it off from the shoulder down. As she writhed in pain she called out to her son for mercy "Please baby, I love you, let me got". Preston snickered and said "Mercy is for the weak, that's what you always told me", before he cut off her left arm as well, the motor in it slowly churning one last time. "Now feel as the last bit of your power is used to restore mine" Preston then lifted his hand, and sucked the last bits of Life out of his mother, using it to help sustain his. Preston walked out of the home, but as he was walking away he turned around slowly and said "Allow me to entomb you mother", Preston then used the force to rip the support beams out of the house, bringing it down upon his mother's lifeless corpse. "Hmm, the Sith may not be a bad idea , they have power, mother said it herself, I want power", Preston thought to himself, before boarding his ship and flying away.
Anyone go ahead a correct me if Im wrong, but I have heard that it usually takes a destruction skill of 5 to use Force Lightning, and thats a unpowered version. I doubt that even being more skilled with the Force than in lightsaber combat Preston wouldn't have this much destruction until his late teens/early twenties.
I was just trying to be helpful. 