Character Ishani Sibwarra - Sith Acolyte

[Ishani Dinn]

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General Information:

• NAME: Rhiannon Ishani Sibwarra (goes by Ishani because Rhiannon is her grandma's name)
• ALIASES: call her Ish if you're too lazy to say her full name
• BIRTHWORLD: Chaldea
• CURRENT RESIDENCE: The Royal Academy of Korriban
• AFFILIATION: Sith Eternal
• OCCUPATION: Sith Acolyte

Physical Information:

• SPECIES: Human (though she is a quarter Umbaran)
• AGE: 19
• SEX: Female
• HEIGHT: 5'1" (and an extra half inch if it's a good day)
• BUILD: Tiny, mildly voluptuous. What does "mildly voluptuous" mean? I don't know.
• EYES: Green
• HAIR: Golden blonde
• SKIN: Fair
• DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS:
  • Sword tattoo on back
  • Burn scar on right thigh
• VOICE: Girlish, timid and soft-spoken
• FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes

Social Information:

• ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral; no Dark Side corruption apparent (yet)
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
• PERSONALITY: Shy, Neurotic, Nurturing, Loyal
• TROPES: Cute Witch, Plucky Girl, Power Incontinence
• CONNECTIONS:
  • Arcturus Dinn - boyfriend? haha nice
• MOTIVATIONS/GOALS:
  • Long-Term: Learn more about the Force; help Arcturus become a big boy sorcerer; try not to lose herself completely to the Dark Side; reconcile herself with her family (?) and upbringing, or reject them completely
  • Short-Term: Feed this bat; do alchemy; stop eating dirt every time she's in a dangerous situation
• THEME: Wojciech Kilar - "Prologue: My Life Before Me" from The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

APPEARANCE:

At just 5'1" (1.54 meters) Ishani is diminutive in height. Being short wouldn't be so bad, if she didn't also have a girlish voice and youthful features that make her seem even younger than she is. Though she is not beautiful, there is a quality of untouched innocence to her face which might be described as "ethereal". Her hair is as long as a lady's, the golden blonde curls meticulously cared for and styled, usually pinned back or braided so as not to be in the way. She has a dimple in her left cheek, visible only when she smiles.

In terms of how she dresses and comports herself, Ishani tends to lean towards the extravagant - or maybe it's more accurate to say she gives off the impression of a girl who wasn't allowed to dress a certain way for most of her life, and when she was finally free of fashion restrictions, she went absolutely ham. She wears a lot of jewelry, especially earrings - piercings weren't allowed back home on Chaldea - along with constantly changing perfumes, so that she never smells the same from one day to the next. Despite the bright colors and textures and rich fabrics of her clothing, it never quite reaches flamboyant levels. Her sense of fashion toys with the idea of being bold and striking, but never fully commits - and that lack of confidence makes her appearance feel more like a costume or a mask meant to hide behind than something she truly enjoys or takes pride in.

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STRENGTHS

• Force Sensitive: Hooray, she's got the Force!
• Alchemist: She does the thing with the thing, and then a thing happens. It's cool.
• Computer Nerd: Ishani is fairly good with technology and can slice into a computer or two, although she's far from being an expert.
• Weird Weapons Girl: Ishani prefers unusual and obscure weaponry. Energy bows? Lightwhips attached to her hair? Bladed fans? Force-imbued katanas? Hell yeah dude.
• Perfumer: Ishani makes her own perfumes as a hobby, and is trying to find ways of incorporating alchemy into them to produce various effects. She may or may not also have an above average sense of smell.
• Ride Or Die: Ishani is fiercely loyal to those she considers friends. That said, she tends to form attachments quickly - as in, more quickly than the object of her friendship/affection develops such feelings toward her - to people who may not desire or deserve her loyalty.

WEAKNESSES

• I Can't Control It!: Objects flying around the room at random? Technology inexplicably breaking? Did she suck the life out of you by accident? Must be Ishani's Force connection acting up again. Stress can aggravate this issue, making the effects more severe, but it is also randomized for maximum anxiety.
• Shrinking Violet: Ishani is shy, timid, and socially awkward. She also embarrasses very easily. When she gets too flustered, she will attempt to flee whatever situation is causing the upset rather than deal with it head on.
• The Halfway Sith: Ishani's main interest in the Force revolves around alchemy, which is something she can only be taught by the Sith. That doesn't necessarily mean she buys into the entire Sith ideology. She tries to ignore the evil and atrocities committed by the Sith in favor of focusing on her harmless (for now) favorite pastime and her nice (for now) friends.
• Torn Down the Middle: Ishani was born and raised in an anti-Force cult. She is still processing all the different ways her upbringing shaped her views, and she hasn't fully decided whether everything she was taught is totally incorrect. Some of her beliefs may come across as odd or old-fashioned.
• Obsessive/Jealous: Fueled by feelings of inadequacy, Ishani is prone to jealousy, an ugly emotion that can distort her perceptions and skew her attitude. She can be very clingy, and while she is more of an introvert, she is afraid of being completely alone.
• Spirits Beware: One of many attitudes carried over from her upbringing, Ishani has an automatic fear and distrust of spirits, be they ghosts, Shadows, or demons. While she has acquiesced for the sake of friends or a specific purpose, she also really doesn't like visiting the Netherworld.

Likes:
Bats | Owls | Color Gold | Color Green | Nature | Perfume | Autumn | Alchemy | Archery | Whips | Gifts

Dislikes:
Losing Control | Embarrassing Herself | Awkward Social Situations | Strangers | Unpleasant Odors | Betrayal | Loneliness

 

[Ishani Dinn]

THREAD TRACKER​

Act I

Experiencing Transcendence - Ishani meets a wandering Sith named Darth Sorn and agrees to become his apprentice. ABANDONED

The Laws of Nature - Ishani learns about Tutaminis and starts a small fire by accident. While this was not her first thread, I consider it an official character introduction. COMPLETED

Mr. Heartbeat 864 ABY - Ishani sells perfume at a club hosting a male beauty pageant. COMPLETED - SINGLE POST

Please Do Not Feed the Trees - Observed at a distance by the Sith overseers, Ishani must endure a survival trip in the woods on a mysterious moon. After a friend betrays her, she meets Arcturus Thesh. The two go on one crazy adventure after another, facing overly competitive acolytes, wild animals, the elements, carnivorous trees, and their growing mutual attraction to each other. COMPLETED - BOYFRIEND ACQUIRED

Where Is He? - Alina Tremiru yanks Ishani out of class to ask about the missing Arcturus Thesh. Along with Melydia Gold they agree to assist in trying to find him. The trio break into Arcturus' room to look for clues, and learn that he went into hiding after the invasion of Ossus because he aided the enemy. Specifically, he saved a group of Jedi younglings and released a Padawan he had captured. COMPLETED

The Strength in Pain - Ishani undergoes a trial involving torture in the basement of the Royal Academy on Korriban. Under the influence of Maliphant's drug, she experiences her worst fears, including visions of Arcturus' death, losing her connection to the Force, and a timeline where she never ran away from home. She eventually fights her way to consciousness. Maliphant is pleased. COMPLETED

Live Free Or Die - Ishani hires a dude named Dagon Kaze to help her save some captured Sith younglings. They succeed, but after Dagon learns she intends to take them to Korriban, he reveals that he's actually a Jedi. Oops. Rather than getting rid of him, Ishani breaks down and lets him take the children to Coruscant instead, on the promise that he will help her look for Arcturus there among captured Sith. On the way to Coruscant, Ishani and Dagon share a passionate kiss, but she breaks it off before things can go any further. QUEST COMPLETED - AVOID SMUT TIME

A Package For Miss Sibwarra - Still missing, Arcturus Thesh sends Ishani a package: a new type of alchemized sand he developed, and a message. Bit late coming, but better than nothing. COMPLETED - SINGLE POST

The Truth in Pain - Ishani is reunited with Arcturus Thesh on Ossus. After sensing his presence, Ishani tracks him down to the ruins of a Jedi temple. He answers her most burning questions, but there remains a tension between them. After uncovering a holocron, the two leave the planet aboard his ship. COMPLETED

Becalmed in Virtue - Arcturus and Ishani make a sword. Or, at least, they start to plan it out - but their meeting in his room is quickly derailed as the aforementioned tensions between them come to a head. Ishani convinces him to take her aboard his ship, where there is no risk of their being overheard by spies. Once there, she confesses what happened with the kids, and reveals her doubts about continuing her Sith training. She breaks down at the possibility of leaving him, however. Things settle down, there's a fade to black, spicy. The ship winds up on Folende, an agriworld in danger of eradication by the Bryn. Arcturus and Ishani offer to help them in exchange for prepping the planet for domination. Then the two head back to Korriban to tell Maliphant and co about it, and hopefully remember that they were trying to make a sword. IN PROGRESS - SMUT TIME

The Enemy At Home - Break into some traitor dude's house I guess. IN PROGRESS

The Smog - SE Dom of Chandaar. Ishani and Arcturus are tasked by Darth Veradun with sneaking inside a compound containing hidden Jedi and Force sensitives. Ishani, who has never attempted stealth before, is spotted by the guards and injured in the ensuing firefight. Arcturus comes to her rescue and heals her wound, but it leaves a scar. COMPLETED

From the Glare of Stars - Ishani is among a group of Sith acolytes who crash land on Ossus while responding to a distress signal on the planet's surface. Melydia Gold becomes separated from the group, wandering off for unknown reasons. The acolytes find the distress signal's source, and are dismayed/alarmed when it is revealed that a Jedi is inside the ship. After some dallying and awkward attempts at bargaining, Ishani, who did not want to fight, is ironically the first to strike at the Jedi. IN PROGRESS

Afraid of Your Own Shadow - Arcturus and Ishani talk about her hatred of Shadows. Ishani gifts Arc a perfume that restores forgotten memories. IN PROGRESS

Blue Bayou - Ishani and Arcturus travel to Chaldea. In the half-underwater city of Pirivena, they hope to find Finfolk and steal an Atargatis Skin for study. Things go horribly wrong when they come across a mermaid and merman and attempt to subdue them. The mermaid fights them with the Force, attacking Ishani, and Arcturus goes apeshit, using blood magic to kill her. Upon her death, it is revealed the mermaid was possessed by a Bamarri. Ishani requests that Arcturus leave the unconscious merman alive, and they steal the pair's Skins. COMPLETED

Notation From the Stars - Arcturus and Ishani make a sword, for real this time. IN PROGRESS

The Thing That Should Not Be - Ishani ventures inside a tomb on Korriban and encounters Brunas Drace , a Sith Master and "necrogardener". IN PROGRESS

In the Presence of Another World - Ishani and her fellow acolytes take a trip to Misery, a city in the Netherworld, under the watchful eye of Brunas. Arcturus guides Ishani to make sure she doesn't wind up in trouble. Ishani trades with a local, giving up a vial of a new perfume, Echo, in exchange for a bit of Living Clay. IN PROGRESS

Forbidden Knowledge - Ishani is on vacation in Naboo and looking for a Sith holocron among various antique shops. She doesn't find a holocron, but does acquire an antique lightsaber, which she buys in hopes of giving it to someone as a gift. Wannabe Jedi Brandyn Sal-Soren suspects her of being a Sith and follows her around until she confronts him. They hit each other with breadsticks before Brandyn's parents come to the rescue with a security team. COMPLETED

The Seige - SE dom of Voss and Folende. Ishani and Arcturus plot to take over the agriworld Folende by creating their first ever Sithspawn, a type of vampiric bat which turns its victims into mindless zombies craving blood. During the ritual to create the Sithspawn, Ishani begins funneling her own energies into Arcturus - her mentality of serving his rise to power becoming a horrifying reality. While Arcturus and the other alchemists stop her in time, Ishani is nearly drained of life in the process. COMPLETED

A Night to Remember - Ishani attends a TSE party. She meets Lady Marrow and receives a Dantari Shard Drake as a gift. Jane lovett buys three of each of Ishani's perfumes, as well as one of each for Marrow, and Ishani agrees to see Marrow's garden in hopes of finding new scents for her perfumes. COMPLETED

One Punch - Training thread with Alina Tremiru . ABANDONED

Beasts of Babylon - BotM invasion of Felucia. Ishani fights a Sith Lord. COMPLETED

The Perfume Lab - Ishani experiments with perfume when she is visited by Firrerreo . They converse about the Sith and the Force. Ishani comes to a conclusion about her relationship with Arcturus and her allegiance to the Sith. COMPLETED?

Act II

Points of View - Ishani contacts Jedi Master Caedyn Arenais to seek training in secret. COMPLETED

Journal Entry #14: Ishani Sibwarra - Caedyn's private journal contains an entry detailing his first impressions of Ishani. COMPLETED - ARTICLE

Lovers and Masters, Part 1 - Ishani pays Starlin Rand a visit on Coruscant. They discuss Arcturus Thesh. COMPLETED - SHORT STORY
https://www.starwarsrp.net/ams/lovers-and-masters-part-2-short-story.4130/
Lovers and Master, Part 2 - Ishani continues her conversation with Starlin, discussing his masters. The two then part ways. COMPLETED - SHORT STORY

 

[Ishani Dinn]

BIOGRAPHY​

Rhiannon Ishani Sibwarra was born on Chaldea shortly after the planet was wracked by a civil war. The conflict was a religious one, and the Chaldean Potentium, with its doctrine of suppressing Force sensitivity in preparation for severing one's connection, had emerged victorious. Her family were devout followers of the Potentium and raised their children in the cult.
Ishani received a somewhat strict, insular upbringing from her parents, who were both law enforcement officers. Her childhood was for the most part a happy one, devoid of any major tragedies. Her Force sensitivity, which had lain dormant during her childhood, began to manifest in erratic and uncontrollable ways once she hit puberty. She became increasingly reserved, introverted, and avoided social interactions with people outside her family throughout her early adolescence, primarily because of her inability (or perhaps refusal) to suppress her Force sensitivity, which was considered shameful.
Her first exposure to Sith teachings came about through the Holonet. Initially horrified by what she learned, she gradually developed an interest in their more esoteric practices, particularly alchemy, and was able to convince herself that they could help her control the Force that raged within her.
Upon turning eighteen, Ishani led her parents to believe she would be attending the Chaldean Academy, where she would prepare to sever her Force connection. In reality, she boarded a shuttle headed to Korriban to start training at the Sith Academy.
Jarringly innocent and clean-cut compared to her troubled, affected, or even disturbed peers at the Royal Academy of Korriban, Ishani stands out like a sore thumb. After all that she's experienced there, it seems like a miracle that she's even still alive. She has, however, found herself developing friendships and even a romantic relationship with her fellow acolytes. She doesn't care about furthering the power of the faction, nor does she necessarily subscribe to the Sith doctrine of seeking more power. All she wants is the freedom to do as she pleases.

 

[Ishani Dinn]

ABILITIES TRACKER

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{ Apprentice - Lower Knight - Upper Knight - Master - Apex Mastery }​

Force Powers:

Alchemy | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Animal Bond | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Cloak | { ││││││││││││-│ }

She absolutely sucks at this, lol.

Healing | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Very limited, strength-sapping power.

Pyrokinesis | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Learned from Brunas Drace on Korriban.

Revitalize | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Saps her strength, requires a great deal of focus. Learned from a book.

Stun | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Basic training skill.

Telekinesis | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Basic training skill.

Telepathy | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Basic training skill. Works better with people she is close to, such as Arcturus Dinn .

Transfer Force | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Using this inevitably causes her to faint, and if overused, might threaten her life.

Tutaminis (Energy Manipulation) | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Seems to be improving in this area.

Weapons Proficiency:

Ranged - Energy Bow | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Melee - Hair Whips | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Melee - Force-imbued blade | { ││││││││││││-│ }

Other Abilities:

Slicing | { ││││││││││││-│ }

 

[Ishani Dinn]

ART GALLERY
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[Ishani Dinn]

PERSONAL BELONGINGS:

Weapons

• Energy Bow
• Maleficent Curse (no one but her knows that she has this or where it is located)
• Butter Knife
• Irrylath Rand's lightsaber
• Wind Song
• Hair Whips
• Purse Flail

Armor & Clothing

• Porcelain Doll Suit

Pets, Familiars, Droids & Golems

• Nephthys, a Snow owl (Animal familiar)
• Rose, a Dantari Shard Drake (rose quartz)
• Medusa Golem

Assorted

• Pocket Sand
• Sandman Special
• Jars of mummia
• Pink Vapor [Proof of Purchase]
• Perfumes (and sample vials)
  • Infinity
  • Blush
  • Chthonic
  • Sphere
  • Echo

Ships

• Vixen, a Comet-class corvette