Post by berserker on Feb 11, 2012 22:35:48 GMT -5
Faction: Mandalorian Military
Department: Army
Rank: Rally Master (Lieutenant)
Name: Lee “Sarad” Dova
Race: Human
Age: 25
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 148 lbs
Birth place: Keldabe Highlands, Mandalore
Appearance:![]()
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Lee Dova is a member of the Mandalorian Dova Clan. She has shoulder-length red hair and has blue eyes that sit beneath un-kept eyebrows. Despite being shorter than most, she has very well-developed muscles under her fair skin. Since she began training at a young age until the present, she has gained numerous scars all over her person as tokens of her bravery and strength. The most distinct of these markings is a claw mark that runs across her face, which was left behind by a Zakkeg during her initiation rites in the jungles of Dxun.
Because of her clan’s practice of eugenics, hers is a different genetic stock from that of the standard human. Though her genetic structure is still considered as baseline human, she and everyone else in her clan has inherited a superior genetic structure that has little, or is free of flaws. As such, it can be visually apparent that she is different from any other human. One of these differences is that she is noticeably more aesthetically pleasing.
During battle, she is usually seen garbed in a unique, purple-colored Mandalorian armor made for her by her clan, with a small cape flying with the wind attached to her suit. She also sports a traditional Mandalorian Kama around her waist. The suit itself has numerous scars of its own; carbon scores where blaster fires hit, cracks left behind on places where melee weaponry has made contact with her armor. She repairs them when she can, but, at times, leaves certain ones alone to serve as a testament to her victories. Three distinct lightsabers, hanging from her utility belt, serve as trophies for the Jedi kills she has made. Lee does not wield them, nor make any attempt to, out of great respect for their previous owners
Equipment:
Clan Armor
Clan Dova Beskad
MN-MTHA1 Battle Rifle
Zakkeg War Droid
Mandalorian Assault Rifle (Supplementary)
Mandalorian Blaster Pistol (Supplementary)
Ship: Concordia
Personality:
During battle, she is capable of staying calm and collected, which is the effect of the training given to her by her clan since she was a child. This gives her the ability to separate herself from the battle and think things through with a cool head. When she does take action, however, she displays the same ferocity that other Mandalorians display while fighting, even when outside the Trance. During her trance, Lee is an unstable vessel of pure rage and would attack anything and anyone in sight, be it ally or foe.
Being a soldier of Mandalore, she has a very strong sense of warrior’s honor rooted within her and follows the six tenets of Mandalorian society without question. She has a soldier’s heart and believes in following orders completely. She might question her commander’s motives, but she obeys them, nonetheless.
Outside of battle, Lee is surprisingly mellow. She is easygoing and is very patient, as a result of her training to control the Berserker’s Trance, the ability present within all warriors of Clan Dova. She is also quite eccentric, gathering trophies and wearing ritualistic tokens that she believes would give her protection. Despite having numerous suitors, she has rejected the idea of marriage for now, since she believes that her first priority is to help bring the Mandalorian people into greatness.
Skills:
Berserker Trance – Capable of suppressing serotonin at will. The effect causes her body to shift mental control from the brain’s frontal lobes, responsible for reasoning, to the limbic system, responsible for aggression and survival. (May be entered consciously or otherwise. Usually lasts for 10- 15 minutes. In extremely rare cases, the user might not come back to normal and would die out of organ failure within an hour. The user also suffers temporary, debilitating side-effects after releasing the technique.)
Melee Charge
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 6 (7 when under trance)
Intelligence: 5 (0 When under trance)
Speed: 5 (6 When under trance)
Leadership: 6 (0 When under trance)
Unarmed: 5
Melee Weapons: 7
Ranged Weapons: 5 (blaster rifles), 3 (everything else)
Alignment: +2 (0 when under trance, as she loses control of herself)
Bio:
Eugenics
Birth
At only a few hours old, Lee has already began fighting for her survival. The only child of Genma Dova and Seyl Dova, Lee went through a screening process that all newborns of her clan underwent to see whether they were worthy to carry the Dova name. The warrior council that rules Clan Dova scrutinizes over each infant born within the Clan. Any physical deformities, defects within her genes or simply being too small would have made the council order her parents to leave her in the wilderness to the mercy of Mandalore’s wildlife. Despite this practice being looked down upon by the rest of the Mandalorians, as familial bonds mean everything to them, it was never outlawed, even kept secret to the republic. The other clans of Mandalore believed that whatever practices the clan did gave birth to one of the most formidable and loyal soldiers within their ranks, and was willing to turn a blind eye to such things.
At the time of her birth, amid the misty highlands not far from Keldabe, within her family’s vheh'yaim, Lee’s father believed that leaving her in the wilds would indeed be the case. Lee was certainly small, smaller than most other infants born that year. Genma advised his wife to leave the clan with him and move to the capital itself, where the laws of Dova hold no power. But Seyl, being the stubborn woman that she was, decided that if their daughter was not to carry the Dova name, then she would live a life bereft of honor, a life of a clan-less woman. Seyl believed that being left to die in the outside world was a better fate. Despite Genma’s initial protests, he eventually relented to offer Lee to the council’s mercy.
As the actual tests were being run, Genma could not help but hold his breath. Lee passed the tests ran on her blood and the screening she underwent through to see if she had any deformities that could undermine her ability to live normally. And, despite the time they took to decide, the council deemed Lee just big enough to be normal and was accept within the clan. With this, Lee claimed her first victory in the name of clan Dova, despite being barely a day old.
Agoge
0 – 12
By the time Lee reached her fourth year, already eligible to be trained by one of her parents in the arts of combat. As dictated by their clan’s traditions, it was her mother, who was an exceptional warrior in her own right, who would teach Lee of the ways of a Dovan warrior. Using a plasteel rod as a sword, mother and child would duel all day. By the afternoon, Lee was already covered in bruises. But being the stubborn woman like her mother, she kept going at it, her bloodline giving her strength. With each practice session, both her parents would educate her of the ways of Mando’ade, their history as a clan and instilling within her the sense of duty that she strongly has now. Despite her not remembering those teachings word for word, the impact was so great, that she follows these teachings in an almost fanatical way.
With each year that passed, her training intensified. She was taught hand-to hand combat by her mother, while wrestling with her in under the hot sun and was taught how to use a blaster, though she has proven to be abysmal at it, much like her mother. From then on, until her sixth birthday, she was trained to specialize in all combat aspects. But her real forte was in melee combat.
By six, she was sent to an ancient Dova compound to continue her training. Here, she was exposed to other children of the clan and, for the first time in her life, left her family for a while. Within this training camp, Lee and twenty-eight others were trained in the arts of war and the teachings here also acted as their primary education. Within the walled compound, she was trained ruthlessly and her skills in combat were polished further. She was also taught to speak galactic basic and a number of alien languages, cooking traditional Mandalorian dishes, familiarizing herself with their people’s history and the galaxy’s history, including the history of the numerous factions that exists and has existed. Here, she learned of the Jedi from holo-vids and has immediately become enamored by their legend and skills as warriors. From then on, she resolved to challenge every Jedi she might encounter in the future and test her mettle against them.
By eight, Lee was most certainly a skilled warrior. During her time in the compound, she has made friends with another girl of Dova by the name of Pam. Pam was taller and more scholastically accomplished than Lee. The only thing that Lee was better at her was dueling in the training grounds. Lee looked up to Pam like an older sister, despite them being in the same age, and respected her as such. Lee had help from Pam while in their classes; whereas Lee helped Pam in practicing her weapons skills.
As they persisted through their training, Lee and Pam were inseparable, even during battle simulations, where they always teamed up at whichever squad they chose. Being the best at combat within their class, Lee was always the one giving orders. As such, her leadership skills vastly improved as they went on with their training. By the time they were ready to move on further into the later stages of their instruction, Lee and Pam were considered to be the top students within the compound.
Trials In Dxun
12
At twelve years old, Lee and the rest of her batch was now ready to move on to advanced training, which would also act as their secondary and tertiary education. Before she could advance further, however, she had to pass a test, one that would strain her abilities to the limit. They were to be sent to Onderon’s moon, Dxun and left in the wild, where they were expected to survive for a week. Once they’ve reached the moon, Lee was designated as squad leader and was given the chance to form her own squad consisting of seven others. She naturally chose Pam first. They were then each given a blaster weapon of their choice and rations that was only enough to last for a day. This would encourage the young Dovans to be resourceful and live off the moon’s bounty on their own.
Lee and the rest of her squad were then blindfolded and dropped off into the wild after being driven in circles. After being left by the proctors, she immediately took charge and had her squad form a perimeter. Lee also formed a chain of command and assigned duties to each of her squaddies, such as gathering food, building temporary shelters and guard duty, as she was well aware that the moon’s wildlife is not to be trifled with.
Things were proceeding well by the time they have reached their second day in the jungle. But on the third day, one of her squad has gone missing after being sent to gather food. By the end of the day, two others also disappeared. On the fourth day, Lee was convinced, after patrolling their encampment’s perimeter and finding tracks, that something has been stalking them and was resolved to find out what. Gathering the rest of her squad, they proceeded deep into the jungle to hunt the mystery creature down. This turned out to be a bad idea. Once they’ve reached what seemed to be the creature’s lair, a clearing within the heart of the jungle, only three of them were left, including Lee and Pam, as they were methodically being picked off.
Here, they began setting traps. They laid mines around chokepoints and other improvised snares where the beast might go. After this, they began to wait, not knowing that the creature they were hunting was already aware of their presence. It waited for Lee and the rest of her squad to lower their guard. By the fifth day, there was still no sign of the creature. After more than two days without sleep, Lee and her squad began to lose focus and drift off into sleep. Sensing this, the beast began to move into its lair, while avoiding the smaller traps and destroying the bigger ones. It was not long before it eventually found itself within an arm’s length from Lee and her squad.
Lee woke up with a start when she heard Pam’s screams. She was being dragged by the leg by a gigantic beast known among the Mandalorians as the Zakkeg, the near-mythological apex predator of Dxun. Lee immediately lunged at it, desperate to save her friend, who was bashing the creature’s face with the butt of her blaster rifle, as it seemed to have jammed due to the jungle’s humidity. Lee used her vibroblade and impaled the beast’s side, right through its armored plates. Enraged, the Zakkeg then threw Pam aside and clawed at Lee, who was thrown to the ground. Their third squad mate began to saturate the creature in blaster fire, enough to catch its attention. The Zakkeg, still having a vibroblade stuck on its side, bounded towards the gunner and head-butted him into a tree, effectively breaking his spine and killing him. With the squad neutralized, it began savoring the meal that has yet to come, stalking Pam eagerly. With her legs gnawed, Pam was unable to stand properly, let alone fight.
With her face bleeding heavily and her body hurting all over, Lee could do nothing more than to keep the beast’s attention to herself. Using her blaster, she shot the Zakkeg, forcing it to focus its attention on her. As the beast began vaulting towards Lee, she could feel her consciousness slipping away; whether from the loss of blood or from the fear of death, she wasn’t sure. The last thing she saw before slipping away was the beast’s maw ready to take her in.
When Lee came to, she was already standing, the world seemed to spin, her muscles were noticeably sore and throbbing and a strange ringing was present in her ear. After a few seconds has passed, she began to retch, her stomach pushed out what little she has eaten in the past days. As she wiped her mouth, she noticed a heavily mutilated corpse of a giant creature a few feet away from her and her entire body was covered in blood that was not hers. She soon realized that the creature was the Zakkeg. She then frantically looked for her friend Pam, who she soon found leaning against a nearby tree, while her leg bled heavily. As Lee tried to help her friend, Pam told her of how magnificent the Trance was and how thankful she was to Lee for letting her lay witness to it before she passed on.
At that very moment, Lee immediately understood what had transpired in the jungle’s clearing. She somehow accidentally activated the Berserker’s Trance, an ability that gives them immense strength, but puts a massive toll on their bodies. The Trance itself was only taught to members of the Dova Clan once they have entered the second phase of their Agoge. But despite her achievement that day, she could not feel proud, as she has failed everyone under her command, including her first and closest friend. A whisper from Pam, a confession of love, was the last thing Lee has heard from her. A kiss from her then lands clumsily on Pam’s lips, no lighter than two moths bumping into one other, as life from her friend slowly ebbs away.
After their goodbyes, Lee placed Pam’s lifeless body, still fully-garbed in armor, along with the other brave member of her squad in the middle of the Zakkeg’s clearing and built a simple funeral pyre for them both. After their bodies were consumed by the fire, Lee gathered all her things and began to scavenge the lifeless body of the Zakkeg, taking in what meat she can carry, including a claw. By the time she got back to their camp, it was already dark. Despite knowing that staying in the encampment on her own was dangerous, Lee saw little point in making any effort to move elsewhere. Realizing how hungry she was, she built a fire, and began roasting the Zakkeg’s meat for her consumption. After eating, she slept like a rock, exhaustion just catching up to her. On her sixth day, she woke up at midday, her muscles aching and her head consumed by migraine. As she woke up, she began hoping that the events of the last few days were just a dream, despite knowing otherwise. The day seemed to pass uneventfully, as if Dxun has decided that it has already thrown its best at her and has nothing left to offer.
On the seventh day, Lee sensed movement not far from her camp, her muscles immediately tensed and her body instinctively took up a stance to challenge whatever threat the jungle has decided to throw at her. This menace, however, fully garbed in Mandalorian armor, was no threat to her at all. The proctors have returned to pick her and her squad up. With her face caked in dried blood and her armor nearly shredded, the proctors questioned Lee of what has transpired. She merely showed them the claw she took from the Zakkeg and that was all the explanation they needed. They then took Lee back to the Dovan compound on Dxun, where she discovered that more than half of the entire class didn’t survive. Soon, stories of her kill began circulating among the students and, long before she returned to Mandalore, Lee was already being admired as a hero. Within her thoughts, however, she was nothing more than a failure as a leader, who let her entire squad die under her command. With this, she swore in Pam’s name to be a better soldier.
Verd’goten
12-16
With her success at Dxun, Lee was now eligible to advance further in her training. As a reward of her achievement, she was given her father’s Beskad, a very heavy and unwieldy sword. Although it would take Lee many years to be able to wield it effectively, her clan would consider her an adult once she successfully does. Lee’s victory against a Zakkeg didn’t go unnoticed as well, despite the fact that she failed as a leader for her squad, which she thoroughly regrets. A Zakkeg was revered by the Mandalorians as the epitome of strength and primal power. Having defeated one, Lee was now celebrated as a legend among her clan, at only twelve years old.
Lee began her advanced training not too long after Dxun. The training she received was not unlike the training she had from before Dxun. The next stage of her training was more intense, however, and Lee was pushed to her limits. She was only allowed four hours of sleep a day with just enough rations to keep her alive. Despite the seemingly cruel training regime, Lee understood that they were being trained to withstand the stresses any normal soldier would face on the battlefield.
During advanced training, Lee was taught how to control entering the Trance. This ability allowed members of Clan Dova to separate themselves from their consciousness and remove most of the limits of their bodies, becoming unstoppable vessels of pure rage and power. This comes with drawbacks, however as it forces their cells to regenerate rapidly, hence decreasing their lifespans by a day for each minute that they are under the Trance.
By the age of sixteen, Lee was already a hardened warrior. She was now ready to undergo her clan’s Verd’goten ceremony. During a small ritual within her parent’s home, she was able to show them how adeptly she can wield her father’s Beskad by holding her ground during a duel with her mother. With that, she was now considered a full adult, and was allowed to carry the Beskad into battle with honor. Soon after, Lee was given her own armor and was now a full-pledge warrior of the Dova Clan.
Strength in Battle
16-20
After being named a full member of Clan Dova, Lee was immediately assigned to her own rally master, who was a weathered veteran of many battles known as Barsir Dova. Under Barsir, Lee got to explore more of the galaxy for the first time as they posed as pirates and raided other systems for the sake of proving themselves in battle. For the next four years, with three other members of her clan and her rally master, Lee seeded fear within the hearts of those living in the systems between Mandalore and Dxun. In spite of the Republic’s attempts to capture them, Lee and her fellow Dovans managed to escape the Republic’s grasp and found refuge among the other clans within other worlds. Despite their constant victories and the infamy her group has gained, Lee began to get jaded as she felt that she hasn’t tested her skills on a worthy opponent as of late. Soon enough, however, Lee managed to get what she wanted.
During one of their raids on Onderon, Lee, now twenty, and her group encountered two Jedi, a Cerean Jedi knight and his human Padawan, who was barely into his teens, setting up an encampment on the edge of a forest not far from Iziz. It seemed that they were sent to help with the constant raids Lee and her crew did. The rally master wasted no time and ordered his team to surround the duo. The Jedi Knight managed to sense them before they could, however and took the chance to flee into the forest. His apprentice lagged behind, however and Lee’s group managed to surround the Padawan easily. Wasting little time, Lee then offered to duel the Jedi apprentice while the rest of the squad would chase the Jedi knight down. Her rally master agrees and soon, Lee was left with the apprentice to herself.
The following duel wasn’t what Lee has expected and she was greatly disappointed. The fight was indeed tough, but it was more of a tedious chore than anything. The young Padawan’s inexperience has shown and, using her superior physical strength and her proficiency with melee weapons, Lee managed cut him down. After defeating her opponent, Lee took the downed Jedi’s lightsaber as a trophy and moved deeper into the forest to track the rest of her squad down. By the time Lee caught up, the rest of her squad has already cornered and engaged the Jedi knight within a clearing closed off by a cliff face. The skirmish didn’t go well to their side, as three of her squad mates were laying on the ground, writhing in pain or incapacitated. Only her rally master Barsir was left battling the Jedi knight, where Barsir was already showing signs of fatigue.
Lee stood at awe at the duel. While Barsir attacked with absolute power, with each of his blows shaking the ground, the Jedi wielded his lightsaber with complete finesse, like a feather dancing in the wind. For each blow that Lee’s battle master swung, the Jedi blocked it and countered with three. The old rally master never even had the chance to block any of the blows landed on him, surviving only because of his armor made of pure Beskar. It was only a matter of time before the Dovan was overwhelmed by the sheer number of blows upon him and was then rendered unconscious after being pushed aside by the Jedi’s expert command of the Force.
With this, only Lee was left to face the Jedi, whose breathing was already slightly labored, his lightsaber, which was radiating with a bright blue shade, now reduced to a small cylindrical device. Lee stood facing the Jedi, astonished. For the first time after her encounter with the Zakkeg on Dxun, she was afraid again, like a little twelve-year old once more. What made her even more apprehensive was the lack of emotion within the eyes of the Cerean Jedi facing her; the calmness in his sweaty face despite the fact that he took down four Dovans. Lee knew that this Jedi was at a totally different level than his apprentice. But she knew that she had to test herself, see whether she is tough enough to be the best. She had to know. Steeling herself, Lee began to calm down, her muscles began to steady themselves form shaking. Lee began to feel her senses sharpening. She can now feel the coolness of the underlay inside her armor, the sounds of her own beating heart and the shifting shadows the forest cast upon the ground. Lee then raised the Beskad of her forefathers and she lunged into the attack.
The first slash missed by a long shot and crashed into the ground where the Jedi used to be. After sidestepping, the Jedi reignited his lightsaber for a counterattack, only to be blocked by another blow from Lee. The Jedi obviously didn’t see this coming, as he hesitated for a millisecond too long before his next flurry of attacks, the majority of which were either blocked or avoided. Lee may have lacked the strength of her rally master, but she was significantly faster, fast enough to keep her own pace against the Jedi. Her blows were still strong, however, and each time the Cerean Jedi blocked her attacks, it tired him further. The Jedi Knight opted to dodge Lee’s attacks after a while, but his movements began to slow.
Lee wasn’t out of the woods either. She has taken a significant number of lightsaber blows to her body and, despite the biorestorative protocols within her suit kicking in, she was feeling the pain. But she wouldn’t falter; her resolve was one hell of an anesthetic. She had to win, for her clan; for her honor. Gripping her sword tighter, Lee swung hard and fast. She may not be as fast as the Jedi, but she was relatively fresh, whilst the Cerean just fought four of her kin and was tiring fast. All she needed was a mistake on her opponent’s side.
Suddenly, just as she slashed downwards, Lee’s opponent sidestepped towards uneven ground and got caught off balance. With this, she hacked sideward, towards her opponent’s abdomen. The Jedi still managed to jump back and avoid being cleaved in half, but he was still too slow. The Jedi knight dropped his weapon and looked up to Lee in surprise, blood flowing forth from his mouth while he held his bleeding belly. He then fell on his knees, then to his side. To Lee, it felt unreal, like slow motion in one of the holo-vids she used to watch with Pam during rest hours. She did it. By her own skills this time, outside of the Trance.
It took Lee a while to realize how much the duel had taken its toll on her body. She was tired, she was wounded all over, but she felt good about it. Judging by the shadows cast by the trees, it seems she has been dueling for quite some time. Checking on her comrades, she was thankful they were all still alive, albeit slightly beaten. She was glad that Jedi do not kill unless necessary and felt a pang of guilt for killing opponent. This wouldn’t stop her from claiming her price, however. With heavy steps, she walked closer towards the Jedi’s corpse to retrieve her trophy, the Jedi Knight’s lightsaber.
Service to Mandalore
20-23
After her victory against a Jedi, Lee gained considerable fame within her clan. Because of Barsir’s injuries, she was reassigned to a new rally master from a different clan, to expose her to other Mandalorians. Under her new, younger rally master, Hegana Kun of Keldabe, Lee received further training on leadership and combat skills before they were sent on missions. Her new squad normally took up resupply runs between Mandalore and Shogun, where she was assigned her own armed freighter, the Concordia. This was when Lee met her first suitor, a fellow squad member named Pallo Drik. Despite her mother’s insistence that she should get married, which has been going on since Lee was sixteen, she felt awkward about the idea, and kept putting it off.
Pallo didn’t strike as attractive by Lee’s standards, but he was gentle and not pushy. He had jet-black hair and the most peculiar gray eyes. It was Pallo who gave Lee the nickname of Sarad, which means flower in Mandalorian. Months after she was assigned to her new squad, Pallo eventually declared his intentions to court Lee, who, by then, felt at ease around Pallo and enjoyed his company, though not enough to want to marry him. After two years and a half of courtship, just when Lee was almost ready to accept Pallo’s advances, an attack on Shogun put an abrupt stop to their potential love story.
During one their visits to Shogun, Lee and her squad was made aware of a Mandalorian trading outpost being hit by marauders not far from the planet’s capital. Using speeders, it didn’t take them long before they managed to reach the outpost, only to see it razed to the ground and most of its inhabitants, who were seasoned Mandalorian soldiers, brutally killed. From what information they have gathered from the few survivors, a single man was responsible for the attack: a Jedi versed in the dark side of the Force. As the rally master began to give orders to secure the perimeter, an ominous aura has suddenly fallen among them, like a thick blanket of smoke. A tall, hooded figure then appeared from the trading post’s rubble, his lightsaber’s blade shone redder than the blood spilled across the ground. He then pulled his hood down to reveal a cracked, ashen face of an Epicanthix. The Jedi then spoke in a language that Lee didn’t recognize, as if questioning them of something.
Without further provocation, the Dark Jedi lunged at the nearest Mandalorian, who fell within two strikes. The one next to him attempted to shoot the Jedi down, but was too slow and ended up being cut apart without firing a single shot. Three more began to open fire, only to have most of their blaster shots returned to them by the Dark Jedi’s lightsaber or struck by foul lightning emanating from their opponent’s fingertips. Lee has never seen such ferocity or malice from any sentient being in all her life. This Jedi was different from the noble warriors she revered from her childhood. Wasting no time, Lee coordinated with her rally master and attacked the Dark Jedi, along with what was left with her squad, all at once. Unbeknownst to Lee, the brutality of the following battle would change her perspective on the Force forever.
With Lee, her rally master and Pallo engaging the Jedi in melee, it was almost as if they had the upper hand. But this Jedi’s strikes were totally different from the attacks of Jedi knight that Lee encountered in Onderon. This Jedi indeed struck just as fast, but each blow was also stronger. Despite improving herself from training every single day since she was two, Lee felt weak compared to her opponent.
It wasn’t long before the rally master was defeated, stabbed through the midriff. Without missing a beat, the Jedi continued the assault on Lee and Pallo. Losing their rally master increased the pressure on them both. While Lee had a slight difficulty on defending against the Dark Jedi’s attacks, Pallo was obviously struggling to keep up. Lee tried hard to keep the attacks focused on her, but to no avail. With a step to the side and a counter, the Jedi sliced through the back of Pallo’s armor like it was paper, stabbing trough him and plunging into his heart. Lee could do nothing more but try fight the Jedi off, her own heart aching with grief. Suddenly, with a blast of lightning, Lee was thrown backwards, her helmet whacked off her head; the wind knocked out of her.
As she tried to stand, Lee saw that her vision was distorted and her ear was ringing. Once on her feet, another blast of lightning passed through her body, her muscles contracted as the torrent of dark electricity threatened to burn her inside out. It then began to rain, as if the heavens mourn the deaths of Lee’s squad and her own eventual demise. Lee could see her assailant’s shape walking towards her, his ignited lightsaber blowing steam into the air as it made contact with the falling water in the atmosphere. The Epicanthix then grabbed Lee by the throat and carried her up off her feet and up above his head. Lee grabbed his hand, trying to pry it open. But in her sorry state, she eventually slackened. The Dark Jedi then repeated his question in the same language Lee didn’t recognize. But she didn’t answer. Rather, she wasn’t able. A few more seconds and she lost consciousness as her brain was deprived of oxygen.
When Lee came to, she was on her back, drops of water falling on her face. She noticed that there was a commotion around her and it felt like there was something on top of her pushing her down, making it difficult to move. As she looked towards her body, she saw that she was being pushed down by three, fully-clad Mandalorians. When they’ve noticed Lee was aware of them, they let her go and helped her up, as she felt weak, her muscles aching. As she looked around, more Mandalorians were at the scene, a couple of them were being treated not far from her, as it seemed that they had been beaten badly. Others were gathering up the dead trading post guards and her squad. As Lee saw the lifeless body of Pallo, she couldn't bear to look and began to cry. The Mandalorian assisting her took her to a nearby speeder and allowed her to sit on it.
The same Mandorian explained that the Jedi escaped after Lee inquired of what happened. Apparently, she somehow entered the Trance and managed to fight the Jedi off long enough for reinforcements to come along. The Dark Jedi then retreated, dropping his lightsaber in his frantic escape. As the Mandalorians tried to talk to Lee, she lashed out and they were forced to bring her down, a feat that required three Mandalorians to achieve.
After his story, the Mandalorian offered Lee the Jedi’s lightsaber and went back to his comrades. Lee stared at the weapon as she reflected on the events that transpired. Her eyes were opened to the dangers of that the Force brought with it. The terrible, corrupting that took the lives of her comrades. It was Dxun all over again, like she was failing Pam the second time. Gripping the lightsaber tighter, she loathed herself for relying on something as unstable as the Trance, tears of anger and sorrow flow down her cheeks.
Rally Master
23-present
Lee’s survival against another Jedi has gained her further fame within the Mandalorian ranks, despite her failure to her squad. Her exceptional skills did not go unnoticed, however, as a Field Marshal in Keldabe awarded her the rank of rally master at the age of twenty-three. Lee was also deemed eligible by her clan’s council to be given her own experimental War Droid. She had goose bumps the moment she laid eyes on the droid. It was designed after the same beast that gave her the scars than ran across her face. Zakkeg war droids were built by her clan using Basilisk war droid schematics and was outfitted by large amounts of weaponry. Despite her initial apprehension, Lee felt euphoria as she thought about the amount of damage the droid could do against her enemies and accepted the war droid, which she later named A’den.
As a rally master, Lee was now allowed to form her own squad, though no Mandalorian has ever managed to stay longer than two weeks within her team, as she proved to be quite brutal in training, despite her surprisingly mellow attitude outside battle. Because of this, and the fact that she felt guilty about her failures, Rally Master Lee “Sarad” Dova spent the next two years serving the Mandalorian Armed Forces mostly without a squad.
Password: Bylgia
RP Sample:
(the scene might be a bit bloody, but nothing too graphic though.)
Lee looked past the low wall she used as cover. The defending Republic soldiers has been raining a relentless barrage of blaster shots into the street leading into the estate long before her assault rifle ran out of juice. She was alone. No squad to back her up, no allies to provide covering fire. Such was the life of a shock trooper. Just like most members of her clan, it was her job to soak up most of the fire and bring down as many enemies as she can before the rest of the troops get there. She felt a pang of regret as she surveyed the street, knowing that it was too small to accommodate A’den. The war droid would have made things so much easier.
She tapped her helmet, checking whether her heads-up display showed the correct amount of Kolto within her reserves. Seeing that she still had enough, Lee gripped her Beskad tighter and jumped over the low wall. She dodged and weaved as she ran up the streets into the estate, her brilliant purple armor reflecting the sunlight despite the numerous carbon scores on its surface. As the blaster fire slightly let up, Lee took the chance to lunge into a courtyard on the estate grounds, where more than fifteen Republic soldiers were waiting for her, aiming down their sights towards Lee.
A pompous Republic officer moved forward and began to examine Lee, his long moustache fluttering with the slight breeze.
“This? This little woman proved difficult for all of you?” The officer squeaked, in his High-Coruscanti accent. “I have not seen such incompetence! Shoot her!”
“Better make sure you kill me quick, Republickers.” Lee said, her voice steady and in a thick, Mandalorian accent. “Wouldn’t want to give me a chance to gut you all.” The officer’s face was priceless after what she said.
“You insolent little-! Blast he-“ Before the Republic officer could finish his sentence, a large Beskad was already lodged into his body. Lee has covered a distance of two meters almost instantly with that attack. Without pulling the Beskar sword out, Lee slashed sideward, cutting through the soldier standing next to the officer. With this, the rest of the soldiers opened fire. Lee attacked with her Beskad in a flurry, not even bothering to dodge the blaster shots. She was no longer the same Lee that came into the courtyard.
Holes began to appear on the parts of her armor unprotected by Beskar, blood and Kolto discharging through those holes. Lee hacked and slashed like a crazed animal, devoid of emotion other than rage. Blood flooded the courtyard, as she cut down her enemies. As the last of the soldiers were dead, Lee stood at middle of the courtyard. With no immediate threats, she began to calm down. Minutes later, another rally master entered the courtyard, followed by some twenty fully-clad Mandalorians.
“Are you with us, Dova?” The rally master asked. When Lee didn’t answer, he aimed his weapon towards her, the rest of the Mandos, following suit. He was aware that members of Clan Dova under the Trance were as dangerous to their allies as they were to foes.
“Are you with us, Dova?!” The rally master repeated. This time, Lee answered with a nod and the rally master relaxed. He then turned to his men and began barking orders. When they dispersed, he then walked up to Lee’s side. “Are you all right, Ma’am?” He asked.
“Yes, Feng.” Lee said. “Call me a medic, will you? I ran out of Kolto.” She added. She then fell unto her knees and fell unconscious, her mission completed.
Department: Army
Rank: Rally Master (Lieutenant)
Name: Lee “Sarad” Dova
Race: Human
Age: 25
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 148 lbs
Birth place: Keldabe Highlands, Mandalore
Appearance:
(Image by me, Taken with camera.)
Lee Dova is a member of the Mandalorian Dova Clan. She has shoulder-length red hair and has blue eyes that sit beneath un-kept eyebrows. Despite being shorter than most, she has very well-developed muscles under her fair skin. Since she began training at a young age until the present, she has gained numerous scars all over her person as tokens of her bravery and strength. The most distinct of these markings is a claw mark that runs across her face, which was left behind by a Zakkeg during her initiation rites in the jungles of Dxun.
Because of her clan’s practice of eugenics, hers is a different genetic stock from that of the standard human. Though her genetic structure is still considered as baseline human, she and everyone else in her clan has inherited a superior genetic structure that has little, or is free of flaws. As such, it can be visually apparent that she is different from any other human. One of these differences is that she is noticeably more aesthetically pleasing.
During battle, she is usually seen garbed in a unique, purple-colored Mandalorian armor made for her by her clan, with a small cape flying with the wind attached to her suit. She also sports a traditional Mandalorian Kama around her waist. The suit itself has numerous scars of its own; carbon scores where blaster fires hit, cracks left behind on places where melee weaponry has made contact with her armor. She repairs them when she can, but, at times, leaves certain ones alone to serve as a testament to her victories. Three distinct lightsabers, hanging from her utility belt, serve as trophies for the Jedi kills she has made. Lee does not wield them, nor make any attempt to, out of great respect for their previous owners
Equipment:
Clan Armor
Clan Dova Beskad
MN-MTHA1 Battle Rifle
Zakkeg War Droid
Mandalorian Assault Rifle (Supplementary)
Mandalorian Blaster Pistol (Supplementary)
Ship: Concordia
Personality:
During battle, she is capable of staying calm and collected, which is the effect of the training given to her by her clan since she was a child. This gives her the ability to separate herself from the battle and think things through with a cool head. When she does take action, however, she displays the same ferocity that other Mandalorians display while fighting, even when outside the Trance. During her trance, Lee is an unstable vessel of pure rage and would attack anything and anyone in sight, be it ally or foe.
Being a soldier of Mandalore, she has a very strong sense of warrior’s honor rooted within her and follows the six tenets of Mandalorian society without question. She has a soldier’s heart and believes in following orders completely. She might question her commander’s motives, but she obeys them, nonetheless.
Outside of battle, Lee is surprisingly mellow. She is easygoing and is very patient, as a result of her training to control the Berserker’s Trance, the ability present within all warriors of Clan Dova. She is also quite eccentric, gathering trophies and wearing ritualistic tokens that she believes would give her protection. Despite having numerous suitors, she has rejected the idea of marriage for now, since she believes that her first priority is to help bring the Mandalorian people into greatness.
Skills:
Berserker Trance – Capable of suppressing serotonin at will. The effect causes her body to shift mental control from the brain’s frontal lobes, responsible for reasoning, to the limbic system, responsible for aggression and survival. (May be entered consciously or otherwise. Usually lasts for 10- 15 minutes. In extremely rare cases, the user might not come back to normal and would die out of organ failure within an hour. The user also suffers temporary, debilitating side-effects after releasing the technique.)
Melee Charge
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 6 (7 when under trance)
Intelligence: 5 (0 When under trance)
Speed: 5 (6 When under trance)
Leadership: 6 (0 When under trance)
Unarmed: 5
Melee Weapons: 7
Ranged Weapons: 5 (blaster rifles), 3 (everything else)
Alignment: +2 (0 when under trance, as she loses control of herself)
Bio:
Eugenics
Birth
At only a few hours old, Lee has already began fighting for her survival. The only child of Genma Dova and Seyl Dova, Lee went through a screening process that all newborns of her clan underwent to see whether they were worthy to carry the Dova name. The warrior council that rules Clan Dova scrutinizes over each infant born within the Clan. Any physical deformities, defects within her genes or simply being too small would have made the council order her parents to leave her in the wilderness to the mercy of Mandalore’s wildlife. Despite this practice being looked down upon by the rest of the Mandalorians, as familial bonds mean everything to them, it was never outlawed, even kept secret to the republic. The other clans of Mandalore believed that whatever practices the clan did gave birth to one of the most formidable and loyal soldiers within their ranks, and was willing to turn a blind eye to such things.
At the time of her birth, amid the misty highlands not far from Keldabe, within her family’s vheh'yaim, Lee’s father believed that leaving her in the wilds would indeed be the case. Lee was certainly small, smaller than most other infants born that year. Genma advised his wife to leave the clan with him and move to the capital itself, where the laws of Dova hold no power. But Seyl, being the stubborn woman that she was, decided that if their daughter was not to carry the Dova name, then she would live a life bereft of honor, a life of a clan-less woman. Seyl believed that being left to die in the outside world was a better fate. Despite Genma’s initial protests, he eventually relented to offer Lee to the council’s mercy.
As the actual tests were being run, Genma could not help but hold his breath. Lee passed the tests ran on her blood and the screening she underwent through to see if she had any deformities that could undermine her ability to live normally. And, despite the time they took to decide, the council deemed Lee just big enough to be normal and was accept within the clan. With this, Lee claimed her first victory in the name of clan Dova, despite being barely a day old.
Agoge
0 – 12
By the time Lee reached her fourth year, already eligible to be trained by one of her parents in the arts of combat. As dictated by their clan’s traditions, it was her mother, who was an exceptional warrior in her own right, who would teach Lee of the ways of a Dovan warrior. Using a plasteel rod as a sword, mother and child would duel all day. By the afternoon, Lee was already covered in bruises. But being the stubborn woman like her mother, she kept going at it, her bloodline giving her strength. With each practice session, both her parents would educate her of the ways of Mando’ade, their history as a clan and instilling within her the sense of duty that she strongly has now. Despite her not remembering those teachings word for word, the impact was so great, that she follows these teachings in an almost fanatical way.
With each year that passed, her training intensified. She was taught hand-to hand combat by her mother, while wrestling with her in under the hot sun and was taught how to use a blaster, though she has proven to be abysmal at it, much like her mother. From then on, until her sixth birthday, she was trained to specialize in all combat aspects. But her real forte was in melee combat.
By six, she was sent to an ancient Dova compound to continue her training. Here, she was exposed to other children of the clan and, for the first time in her life, left her family for a while. Within this training camp, Lee and twenty-eight others were trained in the arts of war and the teachings here also acted as their primary education. Within the walled compound, she was trained ruthlessly and her skills in combat were polished further. She was also taught to speak galactic basic and a number of alien languages, cooking traditional Mandalorian dishes, familiarizing herself with their people’s history and the galaxy’s history, including the history of the numerous factions that exists and has existed. Here, she learned of the Jedi from holo-vids and has immediately become enamored by their legend and skills as warriors. From then on, she resolved to challenge every Jedi she might encounter in the future and test her mettle against them.
By eight, Lee was most certainly a skilled warrior. During her time in the compound, she has made friends with another girl of Dova by the name of Pam. Pam was taller and more scholastically accomplished than Lee. The only thing that Lee was better at her was dueling in the training grounds. Lee looked up to Pam like an older sister, despite them being in the same age, and respected her as such. Lee had help from Pam while in their classes; whereas Lee helped Pam in practicing her weapons skills.
As they persisted through their training, Lee and Pam were inseparable, even during battle simulations, where they always teamed up at whichever squad they chose. Being the best at combat within their class, Lee was always the one giving orders. As such, her leadership skills vastly improved as they went on with their training. By the time they were ready to move on further into the later stages of their instruction, Lee and Pam were considered to be the top students within the compound.
Trials In Dxun
12
At twelve years old, Lee and the rest of her batch was now ready to move on to advanced training, which would also act as their secondary and tertiary education. Before she could advance further, however, she had to pass a test, one that would strain her abilities to the limit. They were to be sent to Onderon’s moon, Dxun and left in the wild, where they were expected to survive for a week. Once they’ve reached the moon, Lee was designated as squad leader and was given the chance to form her own squad consisting of seven others. She naturally chose Pam first. They were then each given a blaster weapon of their choice and rations that was only enough to last for a day. This would encourage the young Dovans to be resourceful and live off the moon’s bounty on their own.
Lee and the rest of her squad were then blindfolded and dropped off into the wild after being driven in circles. After being left by the proctors, she immediately took charge and had her squad form a perimeter. Lee also formed a chain of command and assigned duties to each of her squaddies, such as gathering food, building temporary shelters and guard duty, as she was well aware that the moon’s wildlife is not to be trifled with.
Things were proceeding well by the time they have reached their second day in the jungle. But on the third day, one of her squad has gone missing after being sent to gather food. By the end of the day, two others also disappeared. On the fourth day, Lee was convinced, after patrolling their encampment’s perimeter and finding tracks, that something has been stalking them and was resolved to find out what. Gathering the rest of her squad, they proceeded deep into the jungle to hunt the mystery creature down. This turned out to be a bad idea. Once they’ve reached what seemed to be the creature’s lair, a clearing within the heart of the jungle, only three of them were left, including Lee and Pam, as they were methodically being picked off.
Here, they began setting traps. They laid mines around chokepoints and other improvised snares where the beast might go. After this, they began to wait, not knowing that the creature they were hunting was already aware of their presence. It waited for Lee and the rest of her squad to lower their guard. By the fifth day, there was still no sign of the creature. After more than two days without sleep, Lee and her squad began to lose focus and drift off into sleep. Sensing this, the beast began to move into its lair, while avoiding the smaller traps and destroying the bigger ones. It was not long before it eventually found itself within an arm’s length from Lee and her squad.
Lee woke up with a start when she heard Pam’s screams. She was being dragged by the leg by a gigantic beast known among the Mandalorians as the Zakkeg, the near-mythological apex predator of Dxun. Lee immediately lunged at it, desperate to save her friend, who was bashing the creature’s face with the butt of her blaster rifle, as it seemed to have jammed due to the jungle’s humidity. Lee used her vibroblade and impaled the beast’s side, right through its armored plates. Enraged, the Zakkeg then threw Pam aside and clawed at Lee, who was thrown to the ground. Their third squad mate began to saturate the creature in blaster fire, enough to catch its attention. The Zakkeg, still having a vibroblade stuck on its side, bounded towards the gunner and head-butted him into a tree, effectively breaking his spine and killing him. With the squad neutralized, it began savoring the meal that has yet to come, stalking Pam eagerly. With her legs gnawed, Pam was unable to stand properly, let alone fight.
With her face bleeding heavily and her body hurting all over, Lee could do nothing more than to keep the beast’s attention to herself. Using her blaster, she shot the Zakkeg, forcing it to focus its attention on her. As the beast began vaulting towards Lee, she could feel her consciousness slipping away; whether from the loss of blood or from the fear of death, she wasn’t sure. The last thing she saw before slipping away was the beast’s maw ready to take her in.
When Lee came to, she was already standing, the world seemed to spin, her muscles were noticeably sore and throbbing and a strange ringing was present in her ear. After a few seconds has passed, she began to retch, her stomach pushed out what little she has eaten in the past days. As she wiped her mouth, she noticed a heavily mutilated corpse of a giant creature a few feet away from her and her entire body was covered in blood that was not hers. She soon realized that the creature was the Zakkeg. She then frantically looked for her friend Pam, who she soon found leaning against a nearby tree, while her leg bled heavily. As Lee tried to help her friend, Pam told her of how magnificent the Trance was and how thankful she was to Lee for letting her lay witness to it before she passed on.
At that very moment, Lee immediately understood what had transpired in the jungle’s clearing. She somehow accidentally activated the Berserker’s Trance, an ability that gives them immense strength, but puts a massive toll on their bodies. The Trance itself was only taught to members of the Dova Clan once they have entered the second phase of their Agoge. But despite her achievement that day, she could not feel proud, as she has failed everyone under her command, including her first and closest friend. A whisper from Pam, a confession of love, was the last thing Lee has heard from her. A kiss from her then lands clumsily on Pam’s lips, no lighter than two moths bumping into one other, as life from her friend slowly ebbs away.
After their goodbyes, Lee placed Pam’s lifeless body, still fully-garbed in armor, along with the other brave member of her squad in the middle of the Zakkeg’s clearing and built a simple funeral pyre for them both. After their bodies were consumed by the fire, Lee gathered all her things and began to scavenge the lifeless body of the Zakkeg, taking in what meat she can carry, including a claw. By the time she got back to their camp, it was already dark. Despite knowing that staying in the encampment on her own was dangerous, Lee saw little point in making any effort to move elsewhere. Realizing how hungry she was, she built a fire, and began roasting the Zakkeg’s meat for her consumption. After eating, she slept like a rock, exhaustion just catching up to her. On her sixth day, she woke up at midday, her muscles aching and her head consumed by migraine. As she woke up, she began hoping that the events of the last few days were just a dream, despite knowing otherwise. The day seemed to pass uneventfully, as if Dxun has decided that it has already thrown its best at her and has nothing left to offer.
On the seventh day, Lee sensed movement not far from her camp, her muscles immediately tensed and her body instinctively took up a stance to challenge whatever threat the jungle has decided to throw at her. This menace, however, fully garbed in Mandalorian armor, was no threat to her at all. The proctors have returned to pick her and her squad up. With her face caked in dried blood and her armor nearly shredded, the proctors questioned Lee of what has transpired. She merely showed them the claw she took from the Zakkeg and that was all the explanation they needed. They then took Lee back to the Dovan compound on Dxun, where she discovered that more than half of the entire class didn’t survive. Soon, stories of her kill began circulating among the students and, long before she returned to Mandalore, Lee was already being admired as a hero. Within her thoughts, however, she was nothing more than a failure as a leader, who let her entire squad die under her command. With this, she swore in Pam’s name to be a better soldier.
Verd’goten
12-16
With her success at Dxun, Lee was now eligible to advance further in her training. As a reward of her achievement, she was given her father’s Beskad, a very heavy and unwieldy sword. Although it would take Lee many years to be able to wield it effectively, her clan would consider her an adult once she successfully does. Lee’s victory against a Zakkeg didn’t go unnoticed as well, despite the fact that she failed as a leader for her squad, which she thoroughly regrets. A Zakkeg was revered by the Mandalorians as the epitome of strength and primal power. Having defeated one, Lee was now celebrated as a legend among her clan, at only twelve years old.
Lee began her advanced training not too long after Dxun. The training she received was not unlike the training she had from before Dxun. The next stage of her training was more intense, however, and Lee was pushed to her limits. She was only allowed four hours of sleep a day with just enough rations to keep her alive. Despite the seemingly cruel training regime, Lee understood that they were being trained to withstand the stresses any normal soldier would face on the battlefield.
During advanced training, Lee was taught how to control entering the Trance. This ability allowed members of Clan Dova to separate themselves from their consciousness and remove most of the limits of their bodies, becoming unstoppable vessels of pure rage and power. This comes with drawbacks, however as it forces their cells to regenerate rapidly, hence decreasing their lifespans by a day for each minute that they are under the Trance.
By the age of sixteen, Lee was already a hardened warrior. She was now ready to undergo her clan’s Verd’goten ceremony. During a small ritual within her parent’s home, she was able to show them how adeptly she can wield her father’s Beskad by holding her ground during a duel with her mother. With that, she was now considered a full adult, and was allowed to carry the Beskad into battle with honor. Soon after, Lee was given her own armor and was now a full-pledge warrior of the Dova Clan.
Strength in Battle
16-20
After being named a full member of Clan Dova, Lee was immediately assigned to her own rally master, who was a weathered veteran of many battles known as Barsir Dova. Under Barsir, Lee got to explore more of the galaxy for the first time as they posed as pirates and raided other systems for the sake of proving themselves in battle. For the next four years, with three other members of her clan and her rally master, Lee seeded fear within the hearts of those living in the systems between Mandalore and Dxun. In spite of the Republic’s attempts to capture them, Lee and her fellow Dovans managed to escape the Republic’s grasp and found refuge among the other clans within other worlds. Despite their constant victories and the infamy her group has gained, Lee began to get jaded as she felt that she hasn’t tested her skills on a worthy opponent as of late. Soon enough, however, Lee managed to get what she wanted.
During one of their raids on Onderon, Lee, now twenty, and her group encountered two Jedi, a Cerean Jedi knight and his human Padawan, who was barely into his teens, setting up an encampment on the edge of a forest not far from Iziz. It seemed that they were sent to help with the constant raids Lee and her crew did. The rally master wasted no time and ordered his team to surround the duo. The Jedi Knight managed to sense them before they could, however and took the chance to flee into the forest. His apprentice lagged behind, however and Lee’s group managed to surround the Padawan easily. Wasting little time, Lee then offered to duel the Jedi apprentice while the rest of the squad would chase the Jedi knight down. Her rally master agrees and soon, Lee was left with the apprentice to herself.
The following duel wasn’t what Lee has expected and she was greatly disappointed. The fight was indeed tough, but it was more of a tedious chore than anything. The young Padawan’s inexperience has shown and, using her superior physical strength and her proficiency with melee weapons, Lee managed cut him down. After defeating her opponent, Lee took the downed Jedi’s lightsaber as a trophy and moved deeper into the forest to track the rest of her squad down. By the time Lee caught up, the rest of her squad has already cornered and engaged the Jedi knight within a clearing closed off by a cliff face. The skirmish didn’t go well to their side, as three of her squad mates were laying on the ground, writhing in pain or incapacitated. Only her rally master Barsir was left battling the Jedi knight, where Barsir was already showing signs of fatigue.
Lee stood at awe at the duel. While Barsir attacked with absolute power, with each of his blows shaking the ground, the Jedi wielded his lightsaber with complete finesse, like a feather dancing in the wind. For each blow that Lee’s battle master swung, the Jedi blocked it and countered with three. The old rally master never even had the chance to block any of the blows landed on him, surviving only because of his armor made of pure Beskar. It was only a matter of time before the Dovan was overwhelmed by the sheer number of blows upon him and was then rendered unconscious after being pushed aside by the Jedi’s expert command of the Force.
With this, only Lee was left to face the Jedi, whose breathing was already slightly labored, his lightsaber, which was radiating with a bright blue shade, now reduced to a small cylindrical device. Lee stood facing the Jedi, astonished. For the first time after her encounter with the Zakkeg on Dxun, she was afraid again, like a little twelve-year old once more. What made her even more apprehensive was the lack of emotion within the eyes of the Cerean Jedi facing her; the calmness in his sweaty face despite the fact that he took down four Dovans. Lee knew that this Jedi was at a totally different level than his apprentice. But she knew that she had to test herself, see whether she is tough enough to be the best. She had to know. Steeling herself, Lee began to calm down, her muscles began to steady themselves form shaking. Lee began to feel her senses sharpening. She can now feel the coolness of the underlay inside her armor, the sounds of her own beating heart and the shifting shadows the forest cast upon the ground. Lee then raised the Beskad of her forefathers and she lunged into the attack.
The first slash missed by a long shot and crashed into the ground where the Jedi used to be. After sidestepping, the Jedi reignited his lightsaber for a counterattack, only to be blocked by another blow from Lee. The Jedi obviously didn’t see this coming, as he hesitated for a millisecond too long before his next flurry of attacks, the majority of which were either blocked or avoided. Lee may have lacked the strength of her rally master, but she was significantly faster, fast enough to keep her own pace against the Jedi. Her blows were still strong, however, and each time the Cerean Jedi blocked her attacks, it tired him further. The Jedi Knight opted to dodge Lee’s attacks after a while, but his movements began to slow.
Lee wasn’t out of the woods either. She has taken a significant number of lightsaber blows to her body and, despite the biorestorative protocols within her suit kicking in, she was feeling the pain. But she wouldn’t falter; her resolve was one hell of an anesthetic. She had to win, for her clan; for her honor. Gripping her sword tighter, Lee swung hard and fast. She may not be as fast as the Jedi, but she was relatively fresh, whilst the Cerean just fought four of her kin and was tiring fast. All she needed was a mistake on her opponent’s side.
Suddenly, just as she slashed downwards, Lee’s opponent sidestepped towards uneven ground and got caught off balance. With this, she hacked sideward, towards her opponent’s abdomen. The Jedi still managed to jump back and avoid being cleaved in half, but he was still too slow. The Jedi knight dropped his weapon and looked up to Lee in surprise, blood flowing forth from his mouth while he held his bleeding belly. He then fell on his knees, then to his side. To Lee, it felt unreal, like slow motion in one of the holo-vids she used to watch with Pam during rest hours. She did it. By her own skills this time, outside of the Trance.
It took Lee a while to realize how much the duel had taken its toll on her body. She was tired, she was wounded all over, but she felt good about it. Judging by the shadows cast by the trees, it seems she has been dueling for quite some time. Checking on her comrades, she was thankful they were all still alive, albeit slightly beaten. She was glad that Jedi do not kill unless necessary and felt a pang of guilt for killing opponent. This wouldn’t stop her from claiming her price, however. With heavy steps, she walked closer towards the Jedi’s corpse to retrieve her trophy, the Jedi Knight’s lightsaber.
Service to Mandalore
20-23
After her victory against a Jedi, Lee gained considerable fame within her clan. Because of Barsir’s injuries, she was reassigned to a new rally master from a different clan, to expose her to other Mandalorians. Under her new, younger rally master, Hegana Kun of Keldabe, Lee received further training on leadership and combat skills before they were sent on missions. Her new squad normally took up resupply runs between Mandalore and Shogun, where she was assigned her own armed freighter, the Concordia. This was when Lee met her first suitor, a fellow squad member named Pallo Drik. Despite her mother’s insistence that she should get married, which has been going on since Lee was sixteen, she felt awkward about the idea, and kept putting it off.
Pallo didn’t strike as attractive by Lee’s standards, but he was gentle and not pushy. He had jet-black hair and the most peculiar gray eyes. It was Pallo who gave Lee the nickname of Sarad, which means flower in Mandalorian. Months after she was assigned to her new squad, Pallo eventually declared his intentions to court Lee, who, by then, felt at ease around Pallo and enjoyed his company, though not enough to want to marry him. After two years and a half of courtship, just when Lee was almost ready to accept Pallo’s advances, an attack on Shogun put an abrupt stop to their potential love story.
During one their visits to Shogun, Lee and her squad was made aware of a Mandalorian trading outpost being hit by marauders not far from the planet’s capital. Using speeders, it didn’t take them long before they managed to reach the outpost, only to see it razed to the ground and most of its inhabitants, who were seasoned Mandalorian soldiers, brutally killed. From what information they have gathered from the few survivors, a single man was responsible for the attack: a Jedi versed in the dark side of the Force. As the rally master began to give orders to secure the perimeter, an ominous aura has suddenly fallen among them, like a thick blanket of smoke. A tall, hooded figure then appeared from the trading post’s rubble, his lightsaber’s blade shone redder than the blood spilled across the ground. He then pulled his hood down to reveal a cracked, ashen face of an Epicanthix. The Jedi then spoke in a language that Lee didn’t recognize, as if questioning them of something.
Without further provocation, the Dark Jedi lunged at the nearest Mandalorian, who fell within two strikes. The one next to him attempted to shoot the Jedi down, but was too slow and ended up being cut apart without firing a single shot. Three more began to open fire, only to have most of their blaster shots returned to them by the Dark Jedi’s lightsaber or struck by foul lightning emanating from their opponent’s fingertips. Lee has never seen such ferocity or malice from any sentient being in all her life. This Jedi was different from the noble warriors she revered from her childhood. Wasting no time, Lee coordinated with her rally master and attacked the Dark Jedi, along with what was left with her squad, all at once. Unbeknownst to Lee, the brutality of the following battle would change her perspective on the Force forever.
With Lee, her rally master and Pallo engaging the Jedi in melee, it was almost as if they had the upper hand. But this Jedi’s strikes were totally different from the attacks of Jedi knight that Lee encountered in Onderon. This Jedi indeed struck just as fast, but each blow was also stronger. Despite improving herself from training every single day since she was two, Lee felt weak compared to her opponent.
It wasn’t long before the rally master was defeated, stabbed through the midriff. Without missing a beat, the Jedi continued the assault on Lee and Pallo. Losing their rally master increased the pressure on them both. While Lee had a slight difficulty on defending against the Dark Jedi’s attacks, Pallo was obviously struggling to keep up. Lee tried hard to keep the attacks focused on her, but to no avail. With a step to the side and a counter, the Jedi sliced through the back of Pallo’s armor like it was paper, stabbing trough him and plunging into his heart. Lee could do nothing more but try fight the Jedi off, her own heart aching with grief. Suddenly, with a blast of lightning, Lee was thrown backwards, her helmet whacked off her head; the wind knocked out of her.
As she tried to stand, Lee saw that her vision was distorted and her ear was ringing. Once on her feet, another blast of lightning passed through her body, her muscles contracted as the torrent of dark electricity threatened to burn her inside out. It then began to rain, as if the heavens mourn the deaths of Lee’s squad and her own eventual demise. Lee could see her assailant’s shape walking towards her, his ignited lightsaber blowing steam into the air as it made contact with the falling water in the atmosphere. The Epicanthix then grabbed Lee by the throat and carried her up off her feet and up above his head. Lee grabbed his hand, trying to pry it open. But in her sorry state, she eventually slackened. The Dark Jedi then repeated his question in the same language Lee didn’t recognize. But she didn’t answer. Rather, she wasn’t able. A few more seconds and she lost consciousness as her brain was deprived of oxygen.
When Lee came to, she was on her back, drops of water falling on her face. She noticed that there was a commotion around her and it felt like there was something on top of her pushing her down, making it difficult to move. As she looked towards her body, she saw that she was being pushed down by three, fully-clad Mandalorians. When they’ve noticed Lee was aware of them, they let her go and helped her up, as she felt weak, her muscles aching. As she looked around, more Mandalorians were at the scene, a couple of them were being treated not far from her, as it seemed that they had been beaten badly. Others were gathering up the dead trading post guards and her squad. As Lee saw the lifeless body of Pallo, she couldn't bear to look and began to cry. The Mandalorian assisting her took her to a nearby speeder and allowed her to sit on it.
The same Mandorian explained that the Jedi escaped after Lee inquired of what happened. Apparently, she somehow entered the Trance and managed to fight the Jedi off long enough for reinforcements to come along. The Dark Jedi then retreated, dropping his lightsaber in his frantic escape. As the Mandalorians tried to talk to Lee, she lashed out and they were forced to bring her down, a feat that required three Mandalorians to achieve.
After his story, the Mandalorian offered Lee the Jedi’s lightsaber and went back to his comrades. Lee stared at the weapon as she reflected on the events that transpired. Her eyes were opened to the dangers of that the Force brought with it. The terrible, corrupting that took the lives of her comrades. It was Dxun all over again, like she was failing Pam the second time. Gripping the lightsaber tighter, she loathed herself for relying on something as unstable as the Trance, tears of anger and sorrow flow down her cheeks.
Rally Master
23-present
Lee’s survival against another Jedi has gained her further fame within the Mandalorian ranks, despite her failure to her squad. Her exceptional skills did not go unnoticed, however, as a Field Marshal in Keldabe awarded her the rank of rally master at the age of twenty-three. Lee was also deemed eligible by her clan’s council to be given her own experimental War Droid. She had goose bumps the moment she laid eyes on the droid. It was designed after the same beast that gave her the scars than ran across her face. Zakkeg war droids were built by her clan using Basilisk war droid schematics and was outfitted by large amounts of weaponry. Despite her initial apprehension, Lee felt euphoria as she thought about the amount of damage the droid could do against her enemies and accepted the war droid, which she later named A’den.
As a rally master, Lee was now allowed to form her own squad, though no Mandalorian has ever managed to stay longer than two weeks within her team, as she proved to be quite brutal in training, despite her surprisingly mellow attitude outside battle. Because of this, and the fact that she felt guilty about her failures, Rally Master Lee “Sarad” Dova spent the next two years serving the Mandalorian Armed Forces mostly without a squad.
Password: Bylgia
RP Sample:
(the scene might be a bit bloody, but nothing too graphic though.)
Lee looked past the low wall she used as cover. The defending Republic soldiers has been raining a relentless barrage of blaster shots into the street leading into the estate long before her assault rifle ran out of juice. She was alone. No squad to back her up, no allies to provide covering fire. Such was the life of a shock trooper. Just like most members of her clan, it was her job to soak up most of the fire and bring down as many enemies as she can before the rest of the troops get there. She felt a pang of regret as she surveyed the street, knowing that it was too small to accommodate A’den. The war droid would have made things so much easier.
She tapped her helmet, checking whether her heads-up display showed the correct amount of Kolto within her reserves. Seeing that she still had enough, Lee gripped her Beskad tighter and jumped over the low wall. She dodged and weaved as she ran up the streets into the estate, her brilliant purple armor reflecting the sunlight despite the numerous carbon scores on its surface. As the blaster fire slightly let up, Lee took the chance to lunge into a courtyard on the estate grounds, where more than fifteen Republic soldiers were waiting for her, aiming down their sights towards Lee.
A pompous Republic officer moved forward and began to examine Lee, his long moustache fluttering with the slight breeze.
“This? This little woman proved difficult for all of you?” The officer squeaked, in his High-Coruscanti accent. “I have not seen such incompetence! Shoot her!”
“Better make sure you kill me quick, Republickers.” Lee said, her voice steady and in a thick, Mandalorian accent. “Wouldn’t want to give me a chance to gut you all.” The officer’s face was priceless after what she said.
“You insolent little-! Blast he-“ Before the Republic officer could finish his sentence, a large Beskad was already lodged into his body. Lee has covered a distance of two meters almost instantly with that attack. Without pulling the Beskar sword out, Lee slashed sideward, cutting through the soldier standing next to the officer. With this, the rest of the soldiers opened fire. Lee attacked with her Beskad in a flurry, not even bothering to dodge the blaster shots. She was no longer the same Lee that came into the courtyard.
Holes began to appear on the parts of her armor unprotected by Beskar, blood and Kolto discharging through those holes. Lee hacked and slashed like a crazed animal, devoid of emotion other than rage. Blood flooded the courtyard, as she cut down her enemies. As the last of the soldiers were dead, Lee stood at middle of the courtyard. With no immediate threats, she began to calm down. Minutes later, another rally master entered the courtyard, followed by some twenty fully-clad Mandalorians.
“Are you with us, Dova?” The rally master asked. When Lee didn’t answer, he aimed his weapon towards her, the rest of the Mandos, following suit. He was aware that members of Clan Dova under the Trance were as dangerous to their allies as they were to foes.
“Are you with us, Dova?!” The rally master repeated. This time, Lee answered with a nod and the rally master relaxed. He then turned to his men and began barking orders. When they dispersed, he then walked up to Lee’s side. “Are you all right, Ma’am?” He asked.
“Yes, Feng.” Lee said. “Call me a medic, will you? I ran out of Kolto.” She added. She then fell unto her knees and fell unconscious, her mission completed.
