OOC Writer Account
"I-I don't want to look although I can't look away! A long forgotten city or temple with crumbling walls, and an asteroid? Surrounded by broken ships and the echo of a cry that I-I cannot think of without a pain that thrusts straight into my heart. Although it sends a pleasant warmth across my skin."
Name: Halle Ren
Alias(s): Lyana Korsus (Birth Name), Hal (Nickname), FN-8710
Age: 17
Race: Human
Skill(s):
- Basic Military Training
- Form VII Lightsaber Combat
- Aircraft & Spacecraft Flying.
Force Power(s):
- Force Grip/Choke (Active)
- Force Crush (Latent)
- Telekinesis (Active)
- Force Drain (Latent)
Rank: Disciple (Knights of Ren)
Title(s): Disciple, Lady.
Force Sensitivity: Yes (Dark Side Vergence)
Ship:
Equipment:
- Black Cloak (W/Red Lining)
- Anariel, Spire of Light
- First Order Rations
- Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Helmet respirator filters.
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Physical Description: Hauntingly beautiful, Halle Ren stands at exactly one-hundred and seventy-seven centimetres tall, or five feet and nine inches. Halle possesses a build characterised by low body fat and lean musculature which has been trained vigorously since childhood. Halle's crown is one of fair gold and she cuts it to shoulder length and will tie it back into a short ponytail as the situation or occasion demands. Her skin is quite warm and pale, like a spring morning still clinging tightly to winter's chill. Halle's almond-shaped long lash surrounded eyes were once like glimmering sapphires, of an obvious and deep blue before turning to a Sulphur yellow after the malevolent touch of the dark side. Halle for all her idle scowling does also have a pair of dimples that flank the corners of lips and only appear when the Disciple smiles or laughs, she is aware of this and is a point of self-consciousness.
Gender: Female
Build: Lean
Skin Colour: Pale
Eye Colour: Blue, Sulfuric Yellow (Dark side)
Hair Colour: Blonde
Uncommon or Specific Features?:
- Superficial laceration scars on the right palm, causation; accidentally force crushed a glass in hand during a fit of anger.
- Sulfuric Yellow eyes, indicative of a significant connection to the dark side.
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Character Personality: Halle is somebody who for the longest time has known only extremes of emotion and adapted accordingly to them; Anger, Jealousy, Hatred, Passion. Whenever Halle speaks of something she believes in, it is done with the greatest passion and most resilient conviction. Halle doesn't shy away from the strength and determination hate and anger provides. Halle knows no peace at a cost and has a marked tendency for an obsession with her current task or subject of interest whatever it may be. Halle has a low tolerance for being on the wrong end of an insult or personal attack and her reprisal is always more cruel and malevolent than the received attack, these traits are part of Halle's very being. Cries for pity and mercy do not move the Disciple once she has resolved to perform an action. The young Disciple is sometimes preoccupied with the image she projects to the First Order and has decided it is more important to be feared than respected, couple this belief with a short fuse. Halle has been involved in more than one argument with Navy and Army officers.
Character Habits/Quirks:
- Clenches jaw when furious.
- Idle hands will curl into loose fists when anxious or irritated.
- Sleeps when bored.
- Often keeps a mug of chilled chocolate milk with her.
Character Backstory:
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"The Jedi Order is my home, the Jedi are my family and my master is the closest thing I have to a Father. We exist to pursue evil wherever it appears!"
-Padawan Lyana Korsus to a Galactic Alliance Trooper
- Born somewhere in the core to a middle-class family with a brother ten years her senior. From a young age, Lyana was identified as having pre-natural talent of some origin whether it came to her curricular or extra-curricular life. It took a number of years but eventually Lyana's presence is detected by the Silver Jedi Order; An Order of Jedi dedicated to eliminating all influences of the Dark Side in the galaxy. Lyana's parents were surprised to answer their door and find three Jedi Knights who came to find the source of the Vergence they sensed is located in a child. Rather than destroying that they assumed would be a Sith object, the Jedi instead decided to recruit the six-year-old into the order. Lyana's parents to the later Padawan's ignorance had little say in the matter, such a Vergence needed to be carefully managed and developed lest it used by the Sith or Dark Jedi.
- Lyana is apprenticed to a Jedi Knight named "Velessar", a Mirialan man who was thought to be a perfect candidate to guide the now Padawan-learner. Or alternatively, hunt her down should the Padawan fall to the Dark Side. Under his tutelage, Lyana came to become a promising sabre combatant and appeared to have quite the penchant for force-powered telekinetic ability including Force Pull and Push. Once disarming her own master after being disarmed herself during a practice duel in a moment of complacency and seizing the Mirialan's lightsaber much to his entertainment. Velessar comes to be the closest thing Lyana has to a Father within the order, he grooms his young apprentice to be a Paragon of Justice and scorn of the Dark side which he repeatedly warns the adolescent against.
- Padawan Korsus and Knight Velessar are sent on a mission to investigate rumours of a Dark side organisation in service to a nondescript Government in the farthest reaches of the galactic South-West. The two would not return and be declared losses to the order with a full funeral service for the two. The truth of what actually happened is known only to a Knight of Ren who slew Velessar in combat before slicing Padawan Korsus's Lightsaber in half, though he could not bring himself to kill the adolescent girl. Instead, he has Lyana brought back deep into First Order space as a prisoner of the Knights of Ren. It was not a regular occurrence the First Order managed to subdue a Jedi Padawan or one so talented in Lightsaber combat for her age.
"Worry not child, we will not kill you. When you awake you will see the truth and understand the path we walk is not one of evil...But of order, the first order."
-Anonymous Knight of Ren to Padawan Lyana Korsus
- Lyana Korsus would not willingly betray the Jedi order and so a small cadre of Knight belonging to the Order of Ren performed a force-powered ritual; The ritual carried a small risk of completely destroying the Padawan's mind. Fortunately, as the Padawan is still young her mind cannot withstand the assault of the cadre and is opened to their devices. The Knights as agreed obliterate the memories and identity of the Padawan, never again would she be known as "Lyana Korsus." She would become what they wanted; A former stormtrooper known as "FN-8710" who had been conscripted into the Knights of Ren due to an overt force sensitivity, to boot. Forged records are entered into the personnel files of the First Order Army for plausible deniability. And finally, Halle is exposed to Stormtrooper infantry training through flash instruction while in a semi-vegetative state that provides her with necessary skills and memories and goes on to accept the new identity of "Halle Ren" without question.
- Halle is placed under the tuition of more senior Knights, necessitated by her now lack of knowledge regarding the Force. Halle relearns the force from a different, broader aspect; The Dark Side, the side of the force which came most naturally to the adolescent woman. Halle, steadily becomes what she would have become had it not been for the interference of the order; A vessel of dark side power. The Padawan who once had a broad arsenal of lightsaber combat techniques is gone and in her place is somebody who draws upon their aggressive feelings and intense passion. Privately, some Knights of Ren remark that Halles' connection with the dark side resembles that of a sith as opposed to a dark or even Gray Jedi who tended to have a more well-rounded grasp of the entire force which Halle fails to do. Halle receives extensive instruction in form VII of Lightsaber combat which she knows as "Juyo" and complements her predisposition towards anger and hatred.
- One evening at a seedy bar with a squad of stormtroopers, an intoxicated patron offers to sell the undercover Disciple of Ren deathsticks and produces the illicit goods right beneath Halle's hawkish gaze. It proved to be a fatal, with the adolescent but focusing on the eyes of the man and curling right hand inward with fingers clasping like claws around some incorporeal object. The man swipes at his own throat, desperate for air as some unseen force strangled him. Bystanders gasp and shoot concerned looks at the man and the young woman wearing a black cloak over her head. Though the eyes were clearly visible even shadowed; Glowing a sulphur yellow on a blank nonchalant stare. The drug dealer's dying gurgles solicit only a half unimpressed sigh from the Disciple before she utters the order. "Turn the bar upside down, take everyone in for questioning" And with that Stormtroopers swarmed into the bar and Halle sauntered out amongst all the arrests.
"They will resist us, they will fight us. We will bring peace back to this galaxy wrapped in a cacophony of destruction and war."
-Disciple Halle Ren to a senior Navy Officer
- One morning before the carefully timetabled day for a Disciple of Ren. Halle gets the opportunity to peer deep into the mirror and study her own ghostly complexion and the now sulphuric yellow that has consumed her usually blue spheres. Halle makes time to visit a physician who runs the young Disciple through a full medical and cannot offer up any explanation for the phenomenon of the Adolescents' eyes turning the deep rather unsettling sulphuric yellow. Halle receives no answers from the physician and does in time manage to overcome her own anxiety and self-consciousness associated with the change, after she realises most people find it too intimidating to question when beneath her unshielded gaze.
- Halle advances into her training and comes to be quite well versed in form VII of Lightsaber Combat to the point she is more comparable to more seniors Knights of Ren; Although only in this single form. Halle continues to regularly practice her Force Grip and uses it to manipulate objects in everyday life with the encouragement of her fellow disciples. Though an argument with a cook in the training academy's mess hall leads Halle into a fit of anger, she accidentally crushes the glass loosely held in hand with the force. Which fortunately manages to break Halle' concentration on the skin boiling anger albeit leaves the Disciple with faint albeit permanent scarring on her right palm.
- Halle is unleashed upon the First Order's foreign enemies with the threat of war nearing, the young woman finds herself celebrating her seventeenth birthday with a handful of Knights and Disciples aboard a Star Destroyer somewhere in First Order space. It is here the unexpected act of compassion and kindness that the First Order and Supreme Leader Sieger completely secure Halles' loyalty, The Order of Ren is her home and the Order of Ren is her family, with the First Order itself being the greater community their family is part of. It is a community that Halle will surely never betray. The Kitchen staff were happy to provide a cake made of ice cream for the Disciple although some were unsettled by the girls' yellow eyes and casual use of force power to cut the cake with a knife motivated by some incorpereal force.
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Character Affiliation:
- First Order
- First Order Military
- Knights of Ren
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Weaknesses:
- Dark side Vergence: Halle is the home of a symbiotic Dark Side vergence, while you might think this grants certain benefits to her. Beyond making the Dark Side something instinctive to the woman it actually fuels the power of Dark-siders around Halle, regardless if they are friend or foe. Giving potential enemies more power to use against the young and inexperienced disciple of Ren. The Vergence also makes it impossible for Halle to try and conceal her presence, nearby Force Sensitives receive an unnatural chill and trained Jedi might 'feel' a scream through the Force in addition to the chill.
- Young and Inexperienced: It is said that in youth and beauty that wisdom is rare and Halle is no exception to this age-old mantra. While she has the raw potential to be a formidable and powerful force wielder in her own right, Halle is still very young, headstrong and inexperienced. And does not recognise her own potential. To Halle, the demand to lift a starfighter out of a lake for example, is an impossible task. And this won't be changing in the near future without a knowledgeable teacher who is well submerged in lore and techniques associated with the Dark Side.
- Blind to the Light and its Techniques: Halle is nearly deaf to the influence or touch of the light, any force abilities she manages to develop always manifest with dark side origins. For example; Halle cannot subtly manipulate somebody with a mind trick into influencing them in her favour. Halle will only ever be able to completely dominate the mind of the subject, where it is outwardly obvious to witnesses the subject is being controlled by some mystical force and requires more effort and focus to the analogous mind trick. Despite being the source of a vergence this serves to staggeringly limit the ways in which Halle can manipulate the force, even should Halle become quite powerful this limitation will always be a vulnerability a skilled and learned force wielder can exploit.
- Lightsaber Technique: Halles' lightsaber technique as it stands is limited to form VII or "Juyo" as she knows it. Juyo is aggressive and unpredictable so from a point of view epitomises the Dark Side. she hasn't been instructed much in the way of the other forms and so has a vulnerable defence and is laughable when attempting to protect herself from more than one enemy at once and deflects blaster fire clumsily. However, when engaging an enemy in melee combat with her crossguard lightsaber Halles' demonstration of Juyo lightsaber combat rivals that of any experienced Knight of Ren.
Strengths:
- Resistant to Fatigue: When immersing herself in dark side energy and manipulating the Force, Halle has a far greater than average resistance to fatigue and is limited mainly by her mental discipline, focus and knowledge of dark side techniques. The Dark Side is like a well to Halle that she drinks off with ease and a quenchless thirst. As one might say, the Sith merely adopted the Dark Side. Halle has been moulded by it and so its use comes almost as naturally as breathing, drawing on the emotions that fuel it every second of her waking being. Hatred, Obsession, Compassion, Jealousy, Attachment, Anger.
- Force Grip/Choke: Halle Ren possesses a noted fondness for the ability to constrict the throats of people who irritate her sufficiently, Halle herself believes that it is derived from a satisfaction she receives as the target gasps for air and sometimes she exerts this power even onto her own friends and allies when annoyed although nowhere near the intensity Halle would use on an enemy she is attempting to kill. Halle has the potential to force choke more than one target simultaneously although the power is inversely proportional the number of targets meaning; The more Targets Halle attempts to choke, the less effective the technique.
- Basic Infantry Training: As part of hew new identity, Halle received a flash version of the Infantry Training the First Order provide to its Stormtroopers, giving her a proficiency with small arms, fieldcraft, camouflage & concealment, first aid, survival, drill, hand signals and military communication. Giving Halle the ability to integrate with First Order Stormtrooper and Infantry teams more efficiently. Halle takes this a step further by donning a distinguishing matte black Stormtrooper armour when in the field, in an attempt to make herself less attractive of a target for snipers and conceal true affiliation with the Knights of Ren.
- Symbiotic Healing: Halle possesses a force ability powered by survival instinct when heavily wounded to subconsciously exploit the empathetic bonds formed with the individuals around her through the force. Draining a negligible amount of their life force to sustain her own. Provided there is life around a mortally wounded Halle, there is a chance no matter how small that her wounds might heal and she will ultimately survive. Only Force-sensitives can sense this ability, the symptom is Halle's force presence disappears entirely as if she is dead, although she will remain breathing under inspection.
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NPCs Commanded:
BB-79: An Astromech droid provided to disciple Halle as part of the Eta-Interceptor she flies, the Astromech droids has a great level of dedication to his charge and part of the droids processing power experiences what could be described as "Pity" for Halle. The Astromech droid has been painted red and black to better identify himself as First Order property.
Source(s):
- Darth Nihilus
- Darth Revan
- Darth Traya
- Force Drain
- First Order
- First Order Military
- Knights of Ren
- Order of the Silver Jedi