Post by Miri Mojito on Apr 10, 2009 23:07:20 GMT -5
Given Name: Mirian Fel
Current Name: Tessa
Race: Miraluka
Age: 29
Height: 5'3"
Weight:123 lbs
Birth place: Tatooine
Appearance:
Mirian is considered by most, who would look at her in such a way, to be a very beautiful female. Though she is smaller in height than most of her counterparts, it only adds a dainty feminine appeal. Her skin is very pale with almost no unique scars or birthmarks, except for two. Along her right side she bares a single circular scar next to her naval, the other is a similar scar that is the same height as the first, but located on the right side of her spine. Her hair is a deep natural red color, and reaches down to her shoulders. This deep red color contrasts sharply with her skin only granting an even lighter appearance. Like most female Sith Mirian has spent a great deal of time training her body, this has led to her having a more shapely and toned appearance.
Since falling to the darkside Mirians choice of clothing has changed slightly from its original outfit. Where before a skin tight fabric covered most of her upper body and one of her arms their is now a white corset that laces up at the front. The corset itself is made of fabric similar to leather, allowing for greater range of motion, and limited protection from the elements. On her arms Mirian wears a pair of white sleeves that extend from her middle finger to half way up her bicep. Thye offer no protection to the Miraluka but do add to the overall appearance of her outfit.
Mirian has kept her lower half covered in a very similar fashion to how she had before, using a long slitted skirt to hide her legs. However instead of skin tight shorts like she had before, she now has the freedom to dress more provocativly and so wears a red thong that is almost easily visible when she walks. She has also started wearing a longer boot that comes up half way up her thigh, but like before the heel and toes are removed allowing her to feel the ground she walks on.
As it is customary for moral reasons, Mirian wears a headband to hide her eyes, or lack there of. The headband itself is nothing more than a single band of the simple white fabric similar to the kind used to make her sleeves. Very few if any individuals have ever seen her without something hiding her face. She does also wear a hood now when traveling. Aside from that the only other article of clothing she wears to hide herself is a hooded cloak, that can be pulled tightly around her and fastened to hide not only her appearance, but the light sabers clipped to her belt. Occasionally, for protective purposes, she wears a pair of slip on foot guards.
Previous Faction: Jedi
Previous Rank: Knight/Guardian
Current Faction: Sith
Current Rank: Knight
Bio:
Prologue: Mirian's Parents
Nissi Fel was a Miraluka born on Alpheridies. She had lived there most of her young life until she was snatched from her home planet by bounty hunters. The bounty hunters worked for Motta the Hutt on Tattooine, and had been paid a large sum to bring back a live Miraluka. The reason for this being that Motta had desired a Miraluka dancer for his court. Upon arriving on Tattooine, Nissi quickly became Motta's Most prized possession. Nissi received much better treatment than the other female dancers Motta owned. This due in part to the rarity and novelty of a Miraluka dancer. She was even, for the most part, kept away from other people that found their way to Motta's court. In fact the only people who ever got to see her without the Hutt present were his most trusted associates.
Nissi had been in Motta's Possession for just over 8 years when She met Mirraan Shino, A Miraluka Bounty Hunter who had just started working for the Hutt. Mirraan had started doing odd jobs, collecting betting money, and threatening local politicians. But He seemed to excel in his work, and soon enough he was going across the galaxy on assassinations. With every opportunity Mirraan was sneaking off to meet his mistress and the 2 often discussed plans of escape for them both. Their plans would be halted however with Nissi's unexpected pregnancy.
Motta soon learned of the secret affair between his most trusted bounty hunter, and his prized slave. As most would assume he was outraged at the betrayal, and immediately placed a bounty on Mirraan. The bounty hunter was never seen after that, and most assumed that he had simply died off, while in truth he had simply gone into hiding on Nar Shadaa. Nissi was punished severely for the affair, though the punishment stopped during the latter part of her pregnancy. Despite Motta's displeasure he soon found a use for the child, betting her on swoop races before she was even born.
The Pazaak Gambit
Before Mirian was even a year old Motta had used her in countless bets. The goal being to increase interest, and subsequently betting, in his swoop circuit. It seems the girl was a suitable prize as bets seemed to double and even triple as everyone jumped on the opportunity to own a Miraluka. Unfortunately for all who bet, no one knew that the swoops were rigged, and so despite the bets no one could ever win. To Motta Mirian was the perfect way to make money.
Not long after Mirian was born, A young Jedi knight, known as Lugra Dagon, passed through the system on her way to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. Unfortunatly a malfunction in her ship forced her to land on the dessert planet. Luckily the locals were most accomodating, and she was even given a special booth to watch a few of the swoops. This is where Lugra first saw Mirian, who at the time was being wagered on the race. Lugra instantly felt something from the child and believed her to be a force sensitive capable of being a jedi.
After the race Lugra approached Motta, and inquired about setting the child free. The hutt of course refused, and even turned down Lugra's offer to buy the child. In fact it seemed as though Motta would not give up Mirian, until he caught sight of the jedi's lightsabers. Lugra being very perceptive immediatly saw a weakness that could be exploited, and made an offer to wager her own lightsabers against the child. Motta immediatly tried to set up another swoop race. Lugra was already aware of the fixed conditions and instead talked the Hutt into a game of pazaak.
It took a degree of convincing but Motta did agree to one round, winner takes all. Both of Lugra's blades were taken from her and placed on a table next to the infant. Not long after the cards were dealt and the game was in progress. Normaly a round of pazaak lasts a few minutes at most. This round however lasted 23 minutes as both the Hutt and the jedi played not only off what was dealt, but also what each had in their respective hands. For a moment it looked as though Motta might win, but a favorable draw in Lugra's favor left the Hutt with a loss. Motta was furious with his defeat and loss of property, and after many sour words turned the child over to Lugra and told her that should either herself or the child be seen here again they would be killed.
Dantooine and Early Life
Lugra brought Mirian to the enclave on Dantooine, where she was immediatly tested for her level of force sensitivity. Most Miraluka were sensitive to the force, but some showed a true ability with it, and if she did then she could be trained. It took not longer than an hour for the council to determine that Mirian was capable of being trained.
Even from a young age Mirian was the subject of many jokes amongst the other younglings. Most of those jokes were about her lack of eyes, but the older younglings, the smarter ones, chose to make fun of the fact that she was a slave. At the time that the jokes started Mirian was no more that 2 or 3 years old. Far too young to fight back against such jokes, and still too young to understand them fully. A couple the the individuals responsible for taking care of the younglings noticed these taunts and jokes and tried many times, with limited success to end them.
By the age of 5 Mirian had started her basic training under the supervision of several masters who had opted to train the younglings. She showed a remarkable affinity with her early lightsaber training, even for someone so young. She also showed an incredible speed far beyond her counterparts of the same age, and even moreso than some of the older younglings, and even moreso than some of the other padawans. Despite these strengths Mirian had many short falls, primarily her lack of natural agility. With her increased speed and her lack of force focus, which augmented her force sight, she was more prone to slipping up and landing on her face. This later became another reason for her peers to make fun of her.
It was during her younger years that she started cutting the toes and heals off of her shoes and boots to allow her to feel where she walked. This helped a little with her walking and getting around without being able to see. She also received additional help in her force training to allow her better force assisted sight. It was these things and her sheer tenacity and will to succeed that helped her to overcome her grace issues.
Chosen
Mirian wasent finally chosen to be a padawan learner until she was 10 years of age. It happened accidentaly while Mirian was doing some additional force training with the other younglings and a few of the masters. The lesson of the day was using the force to see when one could not rely on their natural vision. This lesson came naturaly to her, more so than to the other student simply because of her race. By this point in her life she had greatly improved her force sense, to the point that was normal to other Miraluka.
One of the masters working with the students was Lugra Dagon, the same jedi who had rescued Mirian 9 years prior. Lugra was now there with the intentions of choosing a student to take on as a padawan learner.For the entire days training Mirian had shown a great level of understanding in the force and Lugra was intrigued by her abilities. upon finishing the days lessons she pulled the girl to the side and told her that she would be trained as a jedi.Mirian was thrilled that she had been chosen, but still remained unaware of thre history her and lugra shared.
Lugra's Training
Mirian thrived under Lugra's direct teachings. Lugra was a jedi guradian, but not only that she was a brilliant battle tactician. She fought every battle 5 minutes in advance, analyzing strength and weakness, and acting on that. This is what helped her identify Mirians specific strengths and divise a training regiment based on that.
The first thing that Lugra started in Mirians training was unarmed combat. She had always said that a Jedi cannot rely too heavily on their lightsaber, as things happen. If the blade is damaged, lost or stolen one would need to rely on themselves to get by. Mirians lessons consisted more of defensive fighting styles, similar to Akido, and Nin jitsu, but other more aggressive styles of kick boxing were also enforced. It wasent long before Mirian was considered to be very skilled in unarmed combat, having both the perfect body type, and the right mindset to properly incorperate all her learned forms into one fluid form.
Speed was Mirians strongest feat and Lugra opted to enhance and build on that speed as much as possible. With the additional training Mirians speed increased again and again. Lugra stressed the importance of knowing where your strengths lay, and that ones survival depended on that. Mirians abilities with a lightsaber also increased under Lugra guidance. It was not long before she began to show a superior understanding of the Shii Cho form, both reversed grip and normal grip styles. It was at this early understanding of the form that inspired Lugra to begin training Mirian in dual wielding.
It took Mirian several years to relearn the Shii Cho form with 2 blades, but when she finaly did it proved a formidable combat technique that few could counter. It was also during this point in her training that she began studying the mechanics of lightsabers. Her master had insisted that an additional skill was needed inb order to help provide focus, almost like a moving meditation. Mirian spent many hours pouring over blueprints of lightsabers, and even taking apart old damaged blades.
It was during the later years of her training that Lugra shared with Mirian the truth behind their history. About how she had been the one to save her from slavery, and bring her to be trained. Lugra also revieled the identity of Mirians mother and father, as well as the fate of her father. To prevent Mirian from trying to rescue her mother, Lugra withheld Nissi's fate of continued slavery to Motta the Hutt.
Mirians Lightsabers
At the age of 17 Mirian began work on her own lightsabers. The first one she made was the dual phase blade, though it was not originaly intended to be dual phase. She spent many weeks in meditation and study before she began construction. Her intent was to make a blade that would be thin and easy to control. Upon begining construction howeve she quickly learned that making a noticably thinner blade was much harder than she had thought. To complicate the contruction further Mirian had designed the hilt to be curved, for a more secure grip, as well as making it easier to turn the blade from a normal to a reverse grip easily. With much persistence however she soon found the anwser to her complicated build, and was rather suprised when she discovered that not only was the blade thin and sleek, but also could double in length in the blink of an eye.
The second blade was to be a shoto blade for defensive purposes. Mirian had an easier time with the construction of this blade, having just finished the construction of a more complicated one not a month prior, But she still took the time before hand to meditate on what she had wanted to achieve. Like the first blade she wanted this one to be thin and easy to control, so similar focus crystals would be used. Also like the first, the hilt would be curved for easy change in grip. Once completed the second blade was a shorter twin of the first blade.
Mirians Trials
Mirian began her trials at the age of 19, though still considered young her master believed her to be ready. The first trial would be the trial of skill, one that would test her combat ability, as well as her practical use of the force in combat scenarios. Mirians master believed that the best test would be against a real opponent that was deliberatly trying to kill her, so with the approval of the Jedi Council, Lugra took her to find a real dark jedi.
It took nearly 4 months to find a suitable dark jedi, and when they did Mirian wasted no time in getting his attention. The dual was fierce and lasted a fair amount of time, as both Mirian and her opponent were both very skilled in combat. But in the end it was her that lost the fight, and had her master not been there to save her she certainly would not have survived. The Dark Jedi had implied a form of Trakata and feinted Mirians defence allowing him to thrust his own blade through her torso.
Mirian spent many weeks recovering from this near fatal wound, and many more after meditating on her loss. She had determined that her own arrogance and self assurance had led her to take a more lax approach to her guard, and engage her opponent more aggressivly. She learned from this a valuable lesson, No matter how good one is, there is always someone better. Regardless of the loss both the council and her master agreed that she had demonstrated the degree of skill needed to pass this trial. Further more they had also determined that for her near fatal injury, and that she had learned from her arrogance, she had also passed a very harsh Trial of Flesh.
Not a year aftet her last failed dual Mirian found herself on a mission away from her master. She was to go to Tatooine and rescue a kidnapped dignitary. The group responsible had demanded much, and promised death to their captive and anyone who tried to rescue her should any attempt be made. Mnay Negotiations had failed as the captors continued to increase their demands. They had also in recent days tried to kidnap others as well. It was the belief of the Jedi council that intervention would be needed, and sieging them would only agrovate them further. Thus Mirian was chosen to infiltrate and rescue the Dignitary.
Mirian had little trouble infiltrating the kidnappers, but quickly found herself overwhelmed when it came time for the escape. It took several failed improvisations, but eventualy she managed to escape with the dignitary via Mirian using the force to pull down a badly damaged wall. Not long after the dignitary was on a shuttle back to Nar Shadaa, and she was left waiting for her own transport. It was while she waited that a new issue arose.
Mirian had been approached by a slave woman who had only ever seen 2 Miraluka females in her life. One was an infant taken away many years ago, and the other was slave that she had once served with. The woman had told her that before she had been sold herself to another individual, the other Miraluka Nissi Fel, had been owned by Motta the Hutt. Mirian thanked the woman for the information and left the shuttle terminal in search of Motta.
It had not been long before Mirian had found Motta, but it took several weeks before she had been able to gain access to speak with him. Upon doing so she inquired about the other Nissi, only to discover that Motta had had her killed not 4 years ago for trying to escape.Mirian was filled with hatred for the Hutt at that point, and it took all of her restraint to keep from slaughtering him where he sat. There was so much she wanted to do to him now, for taking away the chance to meet her mother, her chance to know her only family. She walked away from Motta there and left Tattooine to return to the Jedi Enclave.
Upon Returning the council found that she had completed her trial of Courage. However they could see that she was now battling her own inner demons. Thus began her Trial of Spirit. Mirian spent many weeks meditating in silence, trying to figure out what to do. She still wanted to go back and kill the Hutt, but remained unable to do it. Eventualy the anger subsided, and with the help of the Jedi teachings was able to let go of her anger completly. She had walked on the edge of hatred and returned better than she had been. With that she had finaly passed all her trials and was now ready to be knighted.
Knighthood
Mirian spent the first few years of her knighthood in continued training, now with other master accross the galaxy. The goal was to better increase her combative abilities, as well as gain a better understanding in the roles that Jedi play in society. The Masters welcomed her each time, and each taught her new lessons, and new skills that she wouldnt have learned otherwise. Everything from additional unarmed combat techniques, to how to pilot a small fighter.
It wasn't until the age of 25 that she really started taking missions on behalf of the Jedi. Her first was simply to assist in some trade negotiations. This proved to only reenforce her lessons on diplomacy, something that most who wish to become a jedi never think of. She handled several other missions of the same nature, giving her time needed to meditate and better understand her connection to the force. Most all of these missions ended peacefuly, with fair agrrements being accepted by all parties. Only once did one end in conflict, but it seemed nothing would have detered them from fighting.
She handled several other missions that did not involve negotiations. Those included rescue efforts, and occaisionaly being asked to protect certain members of the senate from would-be assassins. She did recieve one peticularily dangerous mission that required several Jedi to infiltrate and break up a dark jedi training accademy. Mirian was one of a dozen chosen to assist with this. In the end after several months of recon, and several hours of bloody combat the dark Jedi temple was in ruin, its head master in shackles, and all but 4 of the chosen Jedi left alive.
Not long after Mirian had reached the age of 29 and had become a well respected member of the Jedi order, did she begin her search for a padawan learner of her own. By this point she had developed a unique fighting style, as well as learned much of the ways of the force. She felt now she had enough to offer a student so that they might thrive in much the same way she had under her master.
Falling
Over Mirians time with the Jedi, several incidents did occur. Most of which were minor and simply an incovienence at the time, but others were radical and cast serious doubt on the Jedi and their teachings. Most of these were issues involving love and lust. It would seem in her time spent with the Jedi that Mirian developed feelings of physical desires towards certain individuals. Often she would meditate and ignore these feelings as she had been taught they were wrong. But in atleast 7 seperate occaisions she succumbed to her base desires and had brief sexual affairs with other female Jedi. Most of these were one night stands, in which both parties later pretended as if they never happened. But in one instance Mirian developed romantic feelings for one of her lovers.
This was the start of a whirlwind romance that would change Mirians life forever. Given that both parties were Jedi, the romance itself was completly secret, and time spent together was only achieved when one could sneak away from regular duties or training. This created additional problems as both parties wanted to spend more time than they could afford together. With the risk of getting caught so high, the relationship soon ended. Mirian took this rather hard, believeing it was the Jedi's fault that she had lost her lover.
Out of a desire to get away from the Jedi, and generally just be alone with her anger she began taking every mission she could. All of which seemed to end in violence. The Jedi council quickly noticed the pattern and tried to calm the raging Miraluka, offering her time away to meditate and even preventing her from going on missions. This of course only anger Mirian further and she took a leave of absense from the temple to collect her thoughts. It was during this leave that she ended up on Tatooine, the planet where she had been born. It was here that she encounter the Sith Madora, and was captured.
Over wekks of torture, abuse and unspeakable horrors, Mirian fell. She had been taught the error's of her ways by the Dark Lady, and had been given a chance at retribution. All she had to do was be an apprentice/slave. Given her newly changed disposition mirian found no trouble accepting the offer to learn the true nature of the darkside from Lady Madora. As a symbol of her change Mirians lightsabers were destroyed and she was given a new name. "Tessa"
Dark Training
Mirian flourished under Madora's training. Despite having already been a skilled fighter and force user she quickly found that there was much still to learn. Her Mistress also took it upon herself to continually beat Mirian down in order to keep her from becoming arrogant or over compitant. This allowed her to learn much easier than she would have normally.
Given that her mistress had a rather unique fighting style Mirian quickly began trying to learn the basic principles of it. Under Madorea's teaching Mirian began to learn the very basic steps involved with Makashi. She had been suprised that in all of her training she had never learned this peticular form, as it made good use of the curved hilt blades that she was so fond of. She also started to learn the basics of double bladed lightsaber combat, though given her previous training and combat styles, the basic priniciple seemed to be about all she could grasp of the exotic weapon. That being said she has no ntention of persuing it any further than she absolutly has too.
Mirians force usage changed as well in her time spent with Lady Madora. While she had always been a combative force user, often utilizing telekinetic attacks or boosts of speed or strength to gain advantages over opponents, she now had a new form to learn. Destruction. Given her previous training and disposition, her grasp on the concepts of destruction are limited at best. Her current skill level is that of a much younger aprentice, often only allowing her to induce mild shocks to others.
Light saber:
When Mirian had been captured by the Sith Madora her lightsabers had been destroyed. As a result she needed to create new blades that were adapted to her fighting style. Again like before she opted for a dual phase blade and a shoto blade. This time however both of which would be a bright teal in color. This color was achieved with a focusing crystal given to her by her new mistress. Of course she was only given one genuine color crystal, so the other is in fact a replicated synthetic crystal.
Like before both hilts are curved and are smoothly rounded alowing for a more comfortable grip in either a reversed or normal stance. The hilts themselves are a cortosis/durasteel weave making them incredibly resilient. They are then wrappped rather tightly in 2 inter woven white and black leather cords increasing the ease that they are gripped. The blades themselves like her previous pair are noticably thinner than the average lightsaber. This was achived through the use of specialized focusing lenses. The thinner blades allow for a faster and more controlled strike than a conventional blade.
Practiced Light saber forms:
Shii-Cho 5
Makashi 0
Soresu N/A
Ataru N/A
Shien / Djem So 0
Niman 0
Juyo N/A
Double Bladed Combat N/A
>>Sub-form Backhanded 4
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield 5
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 7
Telepathic: 3
Body: 5
Sense: 7
Protection: 6
Healing: 2*
Destruction: 2**
*Mirian's skill within the healing aspect of the force has been augmented in a negative way given her now darker nature.
**Since falling to the darkside Mirian has begun to learn the darker side of the force from her mistress, and as such has gained some skill in the matter.
Specialized Skills:
N/A
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 7
Leadership: 2
Unarmed: 7
Melee Weapons: 4
Ranged Weapons: 0
Force Attunement: -3
RP Sample:
The world around Mirian was buzzing with energy and activity. The bustle of Nar Shadaa was something she hadn't experienced in a long while, and it was proving to be a bit overwhelming. She often had to stop and allow herself to refocus on her objective. She was here to look for a missing diplomat, And it was believed that she could be found here. Mirian believed that the missing diplomat had not met foul play, but was in fact running away. And it was easy to see why someone would run here, anyone could disappear with little effort.
She stepped off the main walkway and stood in a doorframe for a moment to think about her next direction. She had been here for 3 days now and despite many interogations had found no leads. She had one last tip to go on, and then she would need to rethink everything. She let out a sigh as she drew her cloak tighter around her slim frame., before steppng out onto the walkway again. She had to walk farely quickly to keep up with the walking traffic. "Everyone is in such a hurry..." She spoke in Miralukese so as to avoid people understanding her.
After a few moments at that hurried pace she turned off into one of the cantinas. Inside it was crowded and patrons were puhing around everywhere jostling to get to the bar or find a place to sit. She pushed past the other patrons and found a comfortable spot along the back wall and waited. Her force aided sight was cetainly something in a crowded place like this, she was able to see through people who may have been disguised themselves. That was partially why she was chosen for this mission, the other reason being if a situation did develop she would be able to take care of herself.
It didn't take long for the lead Mirian had been searching for to become visible. At the far end of the bar close to the door sat a hooded individual with a very clouded aura, more so than most of the individuals here. Mirian smiled as she pushed free of the wall and began making her way towards the individual. Because of her size she had trouble making it to the other side of the bar, but when she did she came up silently behind the hooded figure. "Scuse me...I wonder if i might have a word with you?" The hooded individual looked up at her for a moment and then let out a shriek. "IM NOT GOING BACK"
Mirian was taken aback by the hooded individuals sudden out burst. Though it was now aparent that this individual was in fact the missing diplmat. Unfortunatly She had no further time to talk to individual as her shriek had caught the attention of some local thugs. There were easily 7 of them, and they were coming in from all angles. "Stay back..." Mirian said in a loud clear voice. The thugs contined to close in. The diplomat had already run off and exited the cantina at this point. "Stand down... This is official Jedi Buisiness" Mirian said again in a loud clear voice.
The thugs stopped for a moment at the word Jedi, but quickly began advancing again. A few of them were now within arms reach of Mirian. SHe also took note that the cantina had now gone quiet, as if everyone were now watching with anticipation. One of the thugs, A Rodian, made a grab at Mirian, who quickly used force push to send him flying bacwards only to bounce off the bar. Several of the thugs pulled blasters as a responce to this, and began to fire rapidly at the Jedi. In a flash She unclipped her cloak and removed the lightsabers from her belt. Instantly they hummed to life as she deflected the blaster bolts, back to their point of origin.
Several more thugs got up to replace their fallen comrads. It seemed now like all the cantina, if not all then most of the, patrons were in fact coming to arms against her now. With a quick burst of force added speed she continued to deflect blaster bolts. However it soon became aparent that this defensive form was not going to end this conflict, so she took a different approach. As the thugs continued to shoot at her, Mirian disengaged her dual phase saber, and used her now free hand to force push individuals away from the door.
Current Name: Tessa
Race: Miraluka
Age: 29
Height: 5'3"
Weight:123 lbs
Birth place: Tatooine
Appearance:
Mirian is considered by most, who would look at her in such a way, to be a very beautiful female. Though she is smaller in height than most of her counterparts, it only adds a dainty feminine appeal. Her skin is very pale with almost no unique scars or birthmarks, except for two. Along her right side she bares a single circular scar next to her naval, the other is a similar scar that is the same height as the first, but located on the right side of her spine. Her hair is a deep natural red color, and reaches down to her shoulders. This deep red color contrasts sharply with her skin only granting an even lighter appearance. Like most female Sith Mirian has spent a great deal of time training her body, this has led to her having a more shapely and toned appearance.
Since falling to the darkside Mirians choice of clothing has changed slightly from its original outfit. Where before a skin tight fabric covered most of her upper body and one of her arms their is now a white corset that laces up at the front. The corset itself is made of fabric similar to leather, allowing for greater range of motion, and limited protection from the elements. On her arms Mirian wears a pair of white sleeves that extend from her middle finger to half way up her bicep. Thye offer no protection to the Miraluka but do add to the overall appearance of her outfit.
Mirian has kept her lower half covered in a very similar fashion to how she had before, using a long slitted skirt to hide her legs. However instead of skin tight shorts like she had before, she now has the freedom to dress more provocativly and so wears a red thong that is almost easily visible when she walks. She has also started wearing a longer boot that comes up half way up her thigh, but like before the heel and toes are removed allowing her to feel the ground she walks on.
As it is customary for moral reasons, Mirian wears a headband to hide her eyes, or lack there of. The headband itself is nothing more than a single band of the simple white fabric similar to the kind used to make her sleeves. Very few if any individuals have ever seen her without something hiding her face. She does also wear a hood now when traveling. Aside from that the only other article of clothing she wears to hide herself is a hooded cloak, that can be pulled tightly around her and fastened to hide not only her appearance, but the light sabers clipped to her belt. Occasionally, for protective purposes, she wears a pair of slip on foot guards.
Previous Faction: Jedi
Previous Rank: Knight/Guardian
Current Faction: Sith
Current Rank: Knight
Bio:
Prologue: Mirian's Parents
Nissi Fel was a Miraluka born on Alpheridies. She had lived there most of her young life until she was snatched from her home planet by bounty hunters. The bounty hunters worked for Motta the Hutt on Tattooine, and had been paid a large sum to bring back a live Miraluka. The reason for this being that Motta had desired a Miraluka dancer for his court. Upon arriving on Tattooine, Nissi quickly became Motta's Most prized possession. Nissi received much better treatment than the other female dancers Motta owned. This due in part to the rarity and novelty of a Miraluka dancer. She was even, for the most part, kept away from other people that found their way to Motta's court. In fact the only people who ever got to see her without the Hutt present were his most trusted associates.
Nissi had been in Motta's Possession for just over 8 years when She met Mirraan Shino, A Miraluka Bounty Hunter who had just started working for the Hutt. Mirraan had started doing odd jobs, collecting betting money, and threatening local politicians. But He seemed to excel in his work, and soon enough he was going across the galaxy on assassinations. With every opportunity Mirraan was sneaking off to meet his mistress and the 2 often discussed plans of escape for them both. Their plans would be halted however with Nissi's unexpected pregnancy.
Motta soon learned of the secret affair between his most trusted bounty hunter, and his prized slave. As most would assume he was outraged at the betrayal, and immediately placed a bounty on Mirraan. The bounty hunter was never seen after that, and most assumed that he had simply died off, while in truth he had simply gone into hiding on Nar Shadaa. Nissi was punished severely for the affair, though the punishment stopped during the latter part of her pregnancy. Despite Motta's displeasure he soon found a use for the child, betting her on swoop races before she was even born.
The Pazaak Gambit
Before Mirian was even a year old Motta had used her in countless bets. The goal being to increase interest, and subsequently betting, in his swoop circuit. It seems the girl was a suitable prize as bets seemed to double and even triple as everyone jumped on the opportunity to own a Miraluka. Unfortunately for all who bet, no one knew that the swoops were rigged, and so despite the bets no one could ever win. To Motta Mirian was the perfect way to make money.
Not long after Mirian was born, A young Jedi knight, known as Lugra Dagon, passed through the system on her way to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. Unfortunatly a malfunction in her ship forced her to land on the dessert planet. Luckily the locals were most accomodating, and she was even given a special booth to watch a few of the swoops. This is where Lugra first saw Mirian, who at the time was being wagered on the race. Lugra instantly felt something from the child and believed her to be a force sensitive capable of being a jedi.
After the race Lugra approached Motta, and inquired about setting the child free. The hutt of course refused, and even turned down Lugra's offer to buy the child. In fact it seemed as though Motta would not give up Mirian, until he caught sight of the jedi's lightsabers. Lugra being very perceptive immediatly saw a weakness that could be exploited, and made an offer to wager her own lightsabers against the child. Motta immediatly tried to set up another swoop race. Lugra was already aware of the fixed conditions and instead talked the Hutt into a game of pazaak.
It took a degree of convincing but Motta did agree to one round, winner takes all. Both of Lugra's blades were taken from her and placed on a table next to the infant. Not long after the cards were dealt and the game was in progress. Normaly a round of pazaak lasts a few minutes at most. This round however lasted 23 minutes as both the Hutt and the jedi played not only off what was dealt, but also what each had in their respective hands. For a moment it looked as though Motta might win, but a favorable draw in Lugra's favor left the Hutt with a loss. Motta was furious with his defeat and loss of property, and after many sour words turned the child over to Lugra and told her that should either herself or the child be seen here again they would be killed.
Dantooine and Early Life
Lugra brought Mirian to the enclave on Dantooine, where she was immediatly tested for her level of force sensitivity. Most Miraluka were sensitive to the force, but some showed a true ability with it, and if she did then she could be trained. It took not longer than an hour for the council to determine that Mirian was capable of being trained.
Even from a young age Mirian was the subject of many jokes amongst the other younglings. Most of those jokes were about her lack of eyes, but the older younglings, the smarter ones, chose to make fun of the fact that she was a slave. At the time that the jokes started Mirian was no more that 2 or 3 years old. Far too young to fight back against such jokes, and still too young to understand them fully. A couple the the individuals responsible for taking care of the younglings noticed these taunts and jokes and tried many times, with limited success to end them.
By the age of 5 Mirian had started her basic training under the supervision of several masters who had opted to train the younglings. She showed a remarkable affinity with her early lightsaber training, even for someone so young. She also showed an incredible speed far beyond her counterparts of the same age, and even moreso than some of the older younglings, and even moreso than some of the other padawans. Despite these strengths Mirian had many short falls, primarily her lack of natural agility. With her increased speed and her lack of force focus, which augmented her force sight, she was more prone to slipping up and landing on her face. This later became another reason for her peers to make fun of her.
It was during her younger years that she started cutting the toes and heals off of her shoes and boots to allow her to feel where she walked. This helped a little with her walking and getting around without being able to see. She also received additional help in her force training to allow her better force assisted sight. It was these things and her sheer tenacity and will to succeed that helped her to overcome her grace issues.
Chosen
Mirian wasent finally chosen to be a padawan learner until she was 10 years of age. It happened accidentaly while Mirian was doing some additional force training with the other younglings and a few of the masters. The lesson of the day was using the force to see when one could not rely on their natural vision. This lesson came naturaly to her, more so than to the other student simply because of her race. By this point in her life she had greatly improved her force sense, to the point that was normal to other Miraluka.
One of the masters working with the students was Lugra Dagon, the same jedi who had rescued Mirian 9 years prior. Lugra was now there with the intentions of choosing a student to take on as a padawan learner.For the entire days training Mirian had shown a great level of understanding in the force and Lugra was intrigued by her abilities. upon finishing the days lessons she pulled the girl to the side and told her that she would be trained as a jedi.Mirian was thrilled that she had been chosen, but still remained unaware of thre history her and lugra shared.
Lugra's Training
Mirian thrived under Lugra's direct teachings. Lugra was a jedi guradian, but not only that she was a brilliant battle tactician. She fought every battle 5 minutes in advance, analyzing strength and weakness, and acting on that. This is what helped her identify Mirians specific strengths and divise a training regiment based on that.
The first thing that Lugra started in Mirians training was unarmed combat. She had always said that a Jedi cannot rely too heavily on their lightsaber, as things happen. If the blade is damaged, lost or stolen one would need to rely on themselves to get by. Mirians lessons consisted more of defensive fighting styles, similar to Akido, and Nin jitsu, but other more aggressive styles of kick boxing were also enforced. It wasent long before Mirian was considered to be very skilled in unarmed combat, having both the perfect body type, and the right mindset to properly incorperate all her learned forms into one fluid form.
Speed was Mirians strongest feat and Lugra opted to enhance and build on that speed as much as possible. With the additional training Mirians speed increased again and again. Lugra stressed the importance of knowing where your strengths lay, and that ones survival depended on that. Mirians abilities with a lightsaber also increased under Lugra guidance. It was not long before she began to show a superior understanding of the Shii Cho form, both reversed grip and normal grip styles. It was at this early understanding of the form that inspired Lugra to begin training Mirian in dual wielding.
It took Mirian several years to relearn the Shii Cho form with 2 blades, but when she finaly did it proved a formidable combat technique that few could counter. It was also during this point in her training that she began studying the mechanics of lightsabers. Her master had insisted that an additional skill was needed inb order to help provide focus, almost like a moving meditation. Mirian spent many hours pouring over blueprints of lightsabers, and even taking apart old damaged blades.
It was during the later years of her training that Lugra shared with Mirian the truth behind their history. About how she had been the one to save her from slavery, and bring her to be trained. Lugra also revieled the identity of Mirians mother and father, as well as the fate of her father. To prevent Mirian from trying to rescue her mother, Lugra withheld Nissi's fate of continued slavery to Motta the Hutt.
Mirians Lightsabers
At the age of 17 Mirian began work on her own lightsabers. The first one she made was the dual phase blade, though it was not originaly intended to be dual phase. She spent many weeks in meditation and study before she began construction. Her intent was to make a blade that would be thin and easy to control. Upon begining construction howeve she quickly learned that making a noticably thinner blade was much harder than she had thought. To complicate the contruction further Mirian had designed the hilt to be curved, for a more secure grip, as well as making it easier to turn the blade from a normal to a reverse grip easily. With much persistence however she soon found the anwser to her complicated build, and was rather suprised when she discovered that not only was the blade thin and sleek, but also could double in length in the blink of an eye.
The second blade was to be a shoto blade for defensive purposes. Mirian had an easier time with the construction of this blade, having just finished the construction of a more complicated one not a month prior, But she still took the time before hand to meditate on what she had wanted to achieve. Like the first blade she wanted this one to be thin and easy to control, so similar focus crystals would be used. Also like the first, the hilt would be curved for easy change in grip. Once completed the second blade was a shorter twin of the first blade.
Mirians Trials
Mirian began her trials at the age of 19, though still considered young her master believed her to be ready. The first trial would be the trial of skill, one that would test her combat ability, as well as her practical use of the force in combat scenarios. Mirians master believed that the best test would be against a real opponent that was deliberatly trying to kill her, so with the approval of the Jedi Council, Lugra took her to find a real dark jedi.
It took nearly 4 months to find a suitable dark jedi, and when they did Mirian wasted no time in getting his attention. The dual was fierce and lasted a fair amount of time, as both Mirian and her opponent were both very skilled in combat. But in the end it was her that lost the fight, and had her master not been there to save her she certainly would not have survived. The Dark Jedi had implied a form of Trakata and feinted Mirians defence allowing him to thrust his own blade through her torso.
Mirian spent many weeks recovering from this near fatal wound, and many more after meditating on her loss. She had determined that her own arrogance and self assurance had led her to take a more lax approach to her guard, and engage her opponent more aggressivly. She learned from this a valuable lesson, No matter how good one is, there is always someone better. Regardless of the loss both the council and her master agreed that she had demonstrated the degree of skill needed to pass this trial. Further more they had also determined that for her near fatal injury, and that she had learned from her arrogance, she had also passed a very harsh Trial of Flesh.
Not a year aftet her last failed dual Mirian found herself on a mission away from her master. She was to go to Tatooine and rescue a kidnapped dignitary. The group responsible had demanded much, and promised death to their captive and anyone who tried to rescue her should any attempt be made. Mnay Negotiations had failed as the captors continued to increase their demands. They had also in recent days tried to kidnap others as well. It was the belief of the Jedi council that intervention would be needed, and sieging them would only agrovate them further. Thus Mirian was chosen to infiltrate and rescue the Dignitary.
Mirian had little trouble infiltrating the kidnappers, but quickly found herself overwhelmed when it came time for the escape. It took several failed improvisations, but eventualy she managed to escape with the dignitary via Mirian using the force to pull down a badly damaged wall. Not long after the dignitary was on a shuttle back to Nar Shadaa, and she was left waiting for her own transport. It was while she waited that a new issue arose.
Mirian had been approached by a slave woman who had only ever seen 2 Miraluka females in her life. One was an infant taken away many years ago, and the other was slave that she had once served with. The woman had told her that before she had been sold herself to another individual, the other Miraluka Nissi Fel, had been owned by Motta the Hutt. Mirian thanked the woman for the information and left the shuttle terminal in search of Motta.
It had not been long before Mirian had found Motta, but it took several weeks before she had been able to gain access to speak with him. Upon doing so she inquired about the other Nissi, only to discover that Motta had had her killed not 4 years ago for trying to escape.Mirian was filled with hatred for the Hutt at that point, and it took all of her restraint to keep from slaughtering him where he sat. There was so much she wanted to do to him now, for taking away the chance to meet her mother, her chance to know her only family. She walked away from Motta there and left Tattooine to return to the Jedi Enclave.
Upon Returning the council found that she had completed her trial of Courage. However they could see that she was now battling her own inner demons. Thus began her Trial of Spirit. Mirian spent many weeks meditating in silence, trying to figure out what to do. She still wanted to go back and kill the Hutt, but remained unable to do it. Eventualy the anger subsided, and with the help of the Jedi teachings was able to let go of her anger completly. She had walked on the edge of hatred and returned better than she had been. With that she had finaly passed all her trials and was now ready to be knighted.
Knighthood
Mirian spent the first few years of her knighthood in continued training, now with other master accross the galaxy. The goal was to better increase her combative abilities, as well as gain a better understanding in the roles that Jedi play in society. The Masters welcomed her each time, and each taught her new lessons, and new skills that she wouldnt have learned otherwise. Everything from additional unarmed combat techniques, to how to pilot a small fighter.
It wasn't until the age of 25 that she really started taking missions on behalf of the Jedi. Her first was simply to assist in some trade negotiations. This proved to only reenforce her lessons on diplomacy, something that most who wish to become a jedi never think of. She handled several other missions of the same nature, giving her time needed to meditate and better understand her connection to the force. Most all of these missions ended peacefuly, with fair agrrements being accepted by all parties. Only once did one end in conflict, but it seemed nothing would have detered them from fighting.
She handled several other missions that did not involve negotiations. Those included rescue efforts, and occaisionaly being asked to protect certain members of the senate from would-be assassins. She did recieve one peticularily dangerous mission that required several Jedi to infiltrate and break up a dark jedi training accademy. Mirian was one of a dozen chosen to assist with this. In the end after several months of recon, and several hours of bloody combat the dark Jedi temple was in ruin, its head master in shackles, and all but 4 of the chosen Jedi left alive.
Not long after Mirian had reached the age of 29 and had become a well respected member of the Jedi order, did she begin her search for a padawan learner of her own. By this point she had developed a unique fighting style, as well as learned much of the ways of the force. She felt now she had enough to offer a student so that they might thrive in much the same way she had under her master.
Falling
Over Mirians time with the Jedi, several incidents did occur. Most of which were minor and simply an incovienence at the time, but others were radical and cast serious doubt on the Jedi and their teachings. Most of these were issues involving love and lust. It would seem in her time spent with the Jedi that Mirian developed feelings of physical desires towards certain individuals. Often she would meditate and ignore these feelings as she had been taught they were wrong. But in atleast 7 seperate occaisions she succumbed to her base desires and had brief sexual affairs with other female Jedi. Most of these were one night stands, in which both parties later pretended as if they never happened. But in one instance Mirian developed romantic feelings for one of her lovers.
This was the start of a whirlwind romance that would change Mirians life forever. Given that both parties were Jedi, the romance itself was completly secret, and time spent together was only achieved when one could sneak away from regular duties or training. This created additional problems as both parties wanted to spend more time than they could afford together. With the risk of getting caught so high, the relationship soon ended. Mirian took this rather hard, believeing it was the Jedi's fault that she had lost her lover.
Out of a desire to get away from the Jedi, and generally just be alone with her anger she began taking every mission she could. All of which seemed to end in violence. The Jedi council quickly noticed the pattern and tried to calm the raging Miraluka, offering her time away to meditate and even preventing her from going on missions. This of course only anger Mirian further and she took a leave of absense from the temple to collect her thoughts. It was during this leave that she ended up on Tatooine, the planet where she had been born. It was here that she encounter the Sith Madora, and was captured.
Over wekks of torture, abuse and unspeakable horrors, Mirian fell. She had been taught the error's of her ways by the Dark Lady, and had been given a chance at retribution. All she had to do was be an apprentice/slave. Given her newly changed disposition mirian found no trouble accepting the offer to learn the true nature of the darkside from Lady Madora. As a symbol of her change Mirians lightsabers were destroyed and she was given a new name. "Tessa"
Dark Training
Mirian flourished under Madora's training. Despite having already been a skilled fighter and force user she quickly found that there was much still to learn. Her Mistress also took it upon herself to continually beat Mirian down in order to keep her from becoming arrogant or over compitant. This allowed her to learn much easier than she would have normally.
Given that her mistress had a rather unique fighting style Mirian quickly began trying to learn the basic principles of it. Under Madorea's teaching Mirian began to learn the very basic steps involved with Makashi. She had been suprised that in all of her training she had never learned this peticular form, as it made good use of the curved hilt blades that she was so fond of. She also started to learn the basics of double bladed lightsaber combat, though given her previous training and combat styles, the basic priniciple seemed to be about all she could grasp of the exotic weapon. That being said she has no ntention of persuing it any further than she absolutly has too.
Mirians force usage changed as well in her time spent with Lady Madora. While she had always been a combative force user, often utilizing telekinetic attacks or boosts of speed or strength to gain advantages over opponents, she now had a new form to learn. Destruction. Given her previous training and disposition, her grasp on the concepts of destruction are limited at best. Her current skill level is that of a much younger aprentice, often only allowing her to induce mild shocks to others.
Light saber:
When Mirian had been captured by the Sith Madora her lightsabers had been destroyed. As a result she needed to create new blades that were adapted to her fighting style. Again like before she opted for a dual phase blade and a shoto blade. This time however both of which would be a bright teal in color. This color was achieved with a focusing crystal given to her by her new mistress. Of course she was only given one genuine color crystal, so the other is in fact a replicated synthetic crystal.
Like before both hilts are curved and are smoothly rounded alowing for a more comfortable grip in either a reversed or normal stance. The hilts themselves are a cortosis/durasteel weave making them incredibly resilient. They are then wrappped rather tightly in 2 inter woven white and black leather cords increasing the ease that they are gripped. The blades themselves like her previous pair are noticably thinner than the average lightsaber. This was achived through the use of specialized focusing lenses. The thinner blades allow for a faster and more controlled strike than a conventional blade.
Practiced Light saber forms:
Shii-Cho 5
Makashi 0
Soresu N/A
Ataru N/A
Shien / Djem So 0
Niman 0
Juyo N/A
Double Bladed Combat N/A
>>Sub-form Backhanded 4
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield 5
Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:
Telekinetic: 7
Telepathic: 3
Body: 5
Sense: 7
Protection: 6
Healing: 2*
Destruction: 2**
*Mirian's skill within the healing aspect of the force has been augmented in a negative way given her now darker nature.
**Since falling to the darkside Mirian has begun to learn the darker side of the force from her mistress, and as such has gained some skill in the matter.
Specialized Skills:
N/A
Attributes:
Physical Strength: 5
Intelligence: 5
Speed: 7
Leadership: 2
Unarmed: 7
Melee Weapons: 4
Ranged Weapons: 0
Force Attunement: -3
RP Sample:
The world around Mirian was buzzing with energy and activity. The bustle of Nar Shadaa was something she hadn't experienced in a long while, and it was proving to be a bit overwhelming. She often had to stop and allow herself to refocus on her objective. She was here to look for a missing diplomat, And it was believed that she could be found here. Mirian believed that the missing diplomat had not met foul play, but was in fact running away. And it was easy to see why someone would run here, anyone could disappear with little effort.
She stepped off the main walkway and stood in a doorframe for a moment to think about her next direction. She had been here for 3 days now and despite many interogations had found no leads. She had one last tip to go on, and then she would need to rethink everything. She let out a sigh as she drew her cloak tighter around her slim frame., before steppng out onto the walkway again. She had to walk farely quickly to keep up with the walking traffic. "Everyone is in such a hurry..." She spoke in Miralukese so as to avoid people understanding her.
After a few moments at that hurried pace she turned off into one of the cantinas. Inside it was crowded and patrons were puhing around everywhere jostling to get to the bar or find a place to sit. She pushed past the other patrons and found a comfortable spot along the back wall and waited. Her force aided sight was cetainly something in a crowded place like this, she was able to see through people who may have been disguised themselves. That was partially why she was chosen for this mission, the other reason being if a situation did develop she would be able to take care of herself.
It didn't take long for the lead Mirian had been searching for to become visible. At the far end of the bar close to the door sat a hooded individual with a very clouded aura, more so than most of the individuals here. Mirian smiled as she pushed free of the wall and began making her way towards the individual. Because of her size she had trouble making it to the other side of the bar, but when she did she came up silently behind the hooded figure. "Scuse me...I wonder if i might have a word with you?" The hooded individual looked up at her for a moment and then let out a shriek. "IM NOT GOING BACK"
Mirian was taken aback by the hooded individuals sudden out burst. Though it was now aparent that this individual was in fact the missing diplmat. Unfortunatly She had no further time to talk to individual as her shriek had caught the attention of some local thugs. There were easily 7 of them, and they were coming in from all angles. "Stay back..." Mirian said in a loud clear voice. The thugs contined to close in. The diplomat had already run off and exited the cantina at this point. "Stand down... This is official Jedi Buisiness" Mirian said again in a loud clear voice.
The thugs stopped for a moment at the word Jedi, but quickly began advancing again. A few of them were now within arms reach of Mirian. SHe also took note that the cantina had now gone quiet, as if everyone were now watching with anticipation. One of the thugs, A Rodian, made a grab at Mirian, who quickly used force push to send him flying bacwards only to bounce off the bar. Several of the thugs pulled blasters as a responce to this, and began to fire rapidly at the Jedi. In a flash She unclipped her cloak and removed the lightsabers from her belt. Instantly they hummed to life as she deflected the blaster bolts, back to their point of origin.
Several more thugs got up to replace their fallen comrads. It seemed now like all the cantina, if not all then most of the, patrons were in fact coming to arms against her now. With a quick burst of force added speed she continued to deflect blaster bolts. However it soon became aparent that this defensive form was not going to end this conflict, so she took a different approach. As the thugs continued to shoot at her, Mirian disengaged her dual phase saber, and used her now free hand to force push individuals away from the door.
