Jedi Battlemaster Tyrann Rrowv

[Jenno]

(Basically I was doing one of my random searches on DeviantArt and stumbled upon this image and ever since then I haven’t been able to get it out of my head, nor the character concept I’m beginning to form in my head. My intentions would be for this character to replace the thought-to-be-dead Jedi Battlmaster Kieran Eitan as even though he is alive, he’s no longer a true member of the Jedi Order. However, I’m still contemplating if I should take up this character due to my time constraints. For the moment this is simply a work in progress.)

(Any comments/suggestions are welcome.)

Name: Tyrann Rrowv
Race: Togorian
Age: 53
Height: 10’9”
Weight: 526 lbs
Appearance:

I do not claim to have drawn this picture or have anything to do with it; this is an image from DeviantArt. I am a simple admirer and found myself inspired by it.
Image: jeddibub.deviantart.com/art/Renegade-Jedi-20380922
Artist: jeddibub.deviantart.com/
Birth place: Togoria

Faction: Jedi
Rank: Master Jedi/High Council Member/Jedi Battlemaster

Bio:

Life on Togorian:

Tyrann was born to one of the respected advisors of the governor of Caross. His mother, Elonai, was extremely busy and had very little time for Tyrann or his two siblings, Taslo, his twin brother, and Myann his sister, who was two years older. However, what little time Elonai did manage to spend with her children was time that they all loved, she was kind and caring and seemed to lift the atmosphere with only her presence.

With having no father figure due to the rift between the two genders of the planet, Tyrann was not overly masculine during the first few years of his life. Often the boys his age would get into play fights with one another, however he never really felt compelled in such a way. His brother Taslo was the same, they spent most of their early years together because of this, only really having a few handful of friends, all of which were the same.

Tyrann was five when the Jedi arrived on the planet. It was a middle-aged human male who set foot in their city. It was a bold move for the Jedi to make considering the relationship between the Togorians and the Mandalorians. However, they viewed this move as a good way to improve relations; if they were to recruit a number of Togorians into their Order then perhaps the lingering feelings of hate between them would dissipate. Whilst the governor of Caross debated this situation with her council, and thusly Tyrann’s mother, the Jedi was allowed to select a fraction of Togorian children who he felt would make suitable candidates. Tyrann and Taslo were both selected.

In the end the Jedi would be allowed to take the children, pending the approval of the parents. After much consideration, Elonai let the Jedi take both her boys, feeling that it was both her duty as a member of the governor’s council and a mother to let them have a life not restricted to their world. Of course, which reason took priority was not something she was sure about.

When they arrived at the temple on Coruscant the ten selected Togorians were all tested for a second time, with all of them being accepted as Younglings. However, the Council was aware of the link between Tyrann and Taslo and they thought it best to separate the pair in order to avoid any emotional conflicts in the future. The pair kicked up a fair amount of fuss, not wanting to be apart after being taken from their home world; however their display of solidarity merely reinforced the reasoning of the astute council members.

And so the ten were split into two groups of five, Tyrann and the four with him would remain on Coruscant whilst Taslo and the remaining four Togorians would receive their training at the enclave on Dantooine. With little more than a few moments to say farewell, the brothers were torn from each other, to be kept worlds apart.

Before Tyrann could even try and overcome the brutal separation from Taslo he was thrust straight into his training as a Youngling.

Life as a Youngling

Almost immediately after their arrival the Togorians were shoved into the Jedi training regime. Although the Temple was culturally diverse, the small pack of Togorians often felt as though they didn’t really fit in. There was no hate, however, no sense of malice towards them for the actions of their ancestors and soon they realized this feeling and emotion was not there.

For the first few weeks Tyrann found things extremely difficult without Taslo around, but as he took in the teachings of the Order, that feeling of loss was replaced by a strong and growing interest in his heart. The Force. He had touched it briefly a few times, managing to move small utensils, meditating silently for hours upon end with the sole purpose of simply melding with the Force, getting to know and understand it. They learned how to fight with a lightsaber as well but Tyrann was not as interested by it, he found that the Force held much more potential for him.

However, this was not to be. He reached a stage early in his studies when he was ahead of the others in his class in terms of Force application and everyone knew it. He didn’t boast or brag he simply wanted to learn. Yet in this particular combat lesson that very trait would lead to a key change in Tyrann’s life.

It was with a small human male of a similar age with which Tyrann would fight, one who was much less able at connecting to the force.

TBC


Lightsaber: Single Bladed Staff (elongated handle), Dual Phase
Color: Pale Yellow

Practiced Lightsaber forms:

Shii-Cho 5
Makashi 1
Soresu 5
Ataru 2
Shien / Djem So 5
>>Sub-form Backhanded N/A
Niman 5
>>Sub-form Jar-kai, or Dual Wield N/A
Juyo 3
Double Bladed Combat N/A

Force-Sensitive Abilities or practices:

Telekinetic: 6
Telepathic: 4
Body: 8
Sense: 8
Protection: 4
Healing: 2
Destruction: 3

Specialized Skills:

Attributes:

Physical Strength: 9
Intelligence: 6
Speed: 5
Leadership: 5

Unarmed: 8
Melee Weapons: 6
Ranged Weapons: 1

Force Attunement: +3

RP Sample:

[Meira]

Hmmm...

I wonder about the 9 in sense, but I don't think there's much to say there until more of the character is developed.

About the 10 in strenght. Now obviously he's from a strong species, but are there none equally or stronger than Togorians? I didn't read everything on wookieepedia, so I'm not sure, but I'm doubtful. Now obviously there are beasts and creatures in the galaxy that are super strong and yadda yadda yadda, but I look at it in terms of sentients, a 10 meaning that there is no other sentient out there as strong as the character.

But then again, it is hard to comment when the character is hardly done.

[Iota]

and also a battlemaster is the best swordsman in the order..so they would have to be very fast in reflexes..so i would suggest turning strenght to 8 or 9 and raising speed slightly..my 2 cents =)

[Jeh'rad Verai'cal]

Also, there can be only one Premier Battlemaster, and don't we have one already? Also, maybe his strenght should be lowered his Lightsaber stats raised instead. The battle master at the times of Anakin and Obiwan mastered, I think it was 5 forms. And I cannot, imagine a battlemaster with 3 in speed.. Unless he is like... A holocrone xD

[Iota]

i think there is a battlemaster already yeah but he might be inactive.. but there is only one allowed at any given time =)

[Jenno]

Check the paragraph at the top of the page in reference to the situation to the current Battlemaster, although it is a tad bit complicated.

Now let me try and explain the stats little bit, but I see where you're all coming from in regards to the speed, but what number do you think it should be?

Okay, first off, the strength. Togorians are not naturally overly muscular, however they have really powerful legs and are still quite strong in comparison to humans when in this state. Now as you can see from the image, this is someone who has dedicated near enough their entire life to improving their physical appearance/strength. My initial idea was to make him a character who is extremely offensive and strong, hence Djem So as his primary style, he is simply meant to destroy his opponents with overbearing strength.

The force powers. Well, I'll explain the top three ones, starting with the lowest. Telekinesis, basically Tyrann lacks what you might call 'subtle control' he's not really weak in the force, but he can't really use it for the less combat related things, so for telekinesis, this is basically used in line with Force Wave/Repulse (have yet to put up specialized powers) and will just be a large strong blast, opposed to any finer control, such as lifting numerous objects and doing different things with them.

Now Body and Sense. I see these two as the most combat orientated Force categories, Body is pretty self explanatory, able to jump, hit harder, reinforce one's defence etc etc. Sense is also quite self explanatory and meshes quite well with his more... animal side/appearance, further improving his sight, hearing, smell taste and touch. However there is another ability I thought would also link in here, Battle Precognition. The ability to see your opponent's move through the Force before they make it, now this is ability all use and defend against whilst they fight, and I believed that Tyrann can use this at a high quality. If you wanted, I could always lower it to 8?

Just my pitch. And yea, some things become clearer with knowledge of the character's past.

~Jenno

EDIT: I believe it was six of the seven forms, with Vaapad being the only one he hadn't mastered, or trained in I believe.

[Jeh'rad Verai'cal]

Maybe you should lower his strength to nine? That way you can still keep the original concept, without making him godlike. Also, 8 in sence or 7 seems more reasonable. Speed? Well, if you wan't him to be slow, maybe a 5... That would make him slow, for one with his position.

[Djinnet]

I know I'm not an active player here and don't really have any voice but I do enjoy keeping an eye on this site. And you did say you were interested in comments. There are a few things I noticed. I figured you just threw in the 10 and 9 on your stats to give people something to comment on but I was wondering about your choice of race and background.

The Togorian didn't really start to accept technology or dealing with any outside races until the Empire Era and even then it was only grudgingly. Togorians aren't xenophobic but they rarely leave their planet except for some of the lower class who sometimes become pirates or mercs. During the current time period this game is taking place, a high ranking Togorian advisor giving her children to 'The off planet tech using Enemy' would probably be highly frowned on if not actually seen as outright betrayal. But then they aren't officially at war with the republic and Jedi can be very convincing so it might be possible if you are willing to overlook the strong planetary bias.

Next, I'm not sure he would be accepted by the jedi even if he did have the potential. You have indicated he had strong brotherly links and would have to be brutally seperated. Five years is old enough for emotional scars and resentments to become permanent. Yoda voted against Anakin for similar reasons and he was supposed to be the choosen one. There is just too much chance for the Jedi to go dark. In this case the jedi apparently have eight other Togorians to choose from.

In your last post you mentioned considering giving him Battle Precognition. You might want to reconsider that. Battle meditation is already on the 'must be explained and accepted' list and that only maximizes moral and fighting potential of the user. Battle precognition allows the user to actually know what the opponant is going to do before they even do it and react accordingly. It would make the user practically undefeatable. Just ask yourself if you would allow that level of power to a new player creating a new character? Because once you enter it into the game, others will want to try it also. You'd probably want to avoid having to say “I can do it but nobody else can.” That seldom goes over well.

[Halcyon]

<Denied> j/k I just miss being able to do that stuff.

Unfortunately, that's not actually true. Togorians were discovered long before by the Mandalorians and were one of the first non-taung non-human races to be recruited by them. There were even some Togorian Jedi around by the time Order 66 was passed down. In fact Togoria is considered one of the Mandalorian worlds on wookieepedia. Anywho, I do, however, still think considering all of that that it would be very difficult for a Jedi to be able to go to Togoria and recruit younglings considering that Mando presence on that world, but then again the Mando's have been practically wiped out to nil, but either or.

Just my two cents.

[Jenno]

In regards to the first bit, what Hal said.

Now, for why he was accepted, basically this is not for the simple task of recruiting new members to the order, the reason the Togorians have been accepted into the order is simply for political reasons, to attempt to heal the wounds between the Togorians and the Jedi/Republic. They are not at war any more so you're looking more towards a neutral/poor relation between them, this doesn't mean that the higher ups in both factions wont be looking to make some form of amends. Also, if they accept all ten of the Togorians, they don't necessarily have to continue the training of all ten into apprenticeship and knighthood, if the Togorian administration know that most have though, then it will help them understand that it is just the workings of the order and not discrimination.

And Battle Precognition. Now, you make it sound as though this is a rare ability which is on par with Battle Meditation, this is not the case. Precog is used near enough all of the time in lightsaber combat, and trained even more so in sessions when the Jedi are blindfolded (which form some of the most basic trainings). All I said that he would be adept at it, making him above average in lightsaber combat, which, considering his position is something I thought would be necessary.

Thank you for looking over the profile thus far and raising questions/thoughts that some might have been thinking.

[theevilgood]

I say this character should be denied.

On all the grounds previously mentioned, you also have the fact that you already play one of the most important story characters on the site (Darth Iniquitous). I think it would be rather unfair for one man to have so many highly-ranked characters in the story, especially if, as it appears to me, you're making the decision for the old battlemaster. I think you should tone him down to at least a Jedi Master, and definately lower his stats.

If nothing else, pass the character on to another member (don't ask me, I don't want him) so that we can have a wider distribution of importances here on this site