Luca Ionești
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Name
Luca Ionești
Homeworld
Vandor
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Gender
Male
Marital Status
Widower
Force Sensitive
Yes
Force Rank
Force Master
Force Alignment
Light/Neutral
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Species
Human/K'paur
Sex
Male
Age
Early Fifties
Appears Thirtyish
Height
6'2" (187.96 cm)
Weight
170lbs (77.11 kg)
Eye Colour
Blue-Gray
Hair Colour
Dark Brown
Skin Pigmentation
Caucasian
Playby
Michiel Van Wyngaarden
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Allegiances
TBD
Relationships
Platonic
Friends
Rothe
[Deceased]
Eenia Vahn
Master
Urley Tremaine
Former Master [Deceased]
Former Students
Teyla Sal-Soren
Former Jedi Knight [Deceased]
Romantic/Sexual
Current Partner
N/A
Former Partner(s)
Evette Ionești (née Praxon)
Wife [Deceased]
Familial
Florin Ionești
Father [Deceased]
Crina Ionești
Mother [Deceased]
Evette Ionești (née Praxon)
Wife [Deceased
Alexandru Cristian Ionești
Son
Andrei Ștefan Ionești
Son -
Don't let the mouth, or the attitude fool you - Luca is a good guy, from a good family, just with the touch of rough climes and rough living. He is loyal, steadfast, and does care, underneath the bustle... if you can see past it, that is.
Strengths
Fortress of the Mind
Luca is a consummate mentalist, having taken to the art like a fish to water. He could get into your head with more than words, or with none at all, but that would be too un-Jedi-like. And to be unfair, you couldn't return the favour. His mind is locked up like nobody's business. And what is in it is nobody's business, if you ask him.
There Be Ghosts
Or maybe it's just Luca. He has a keen grasp of broad and fine telekinetics, and he knows how to use it all too well and often in unconventional, uncouth, and... possibly uncalled for ways.
Attributes
Dun Moch Me
Luca has a way of getting under your skin, if you let him, and will needle your sore spots, though not out of any malice - he truly believes it is for your own good. If you can't handle him, someone else less reasonable is gonna get the better of you.
As Kind As He Looks
Weaknesses
Oral Fixation
Luca often has something in his mouth, and that something is often a cigarra. Though friends have tried to convince him away from the habit, from many angles, he clings to this vestige of his upbringing... and though he can, in truth, neutralise the poison of inhaled tabacc, this habit predates his ability to do so. And he's a baby when he catches cold, which he is more susceptible to, because of the habit.
Evasive
Despite his mouth, Luca doesn't like to talk about himself, the past less so, and not for the reasons most would expect. This makes getting close to him difficult, though he doesn't make a point of pushing others away, and is often willing to lend a hand.
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Born at Fort Ypso, Vandor, to a young blacksmith and teacher couple of modest means, Luca was raised well despite the realities of a common folk's existence, and until the age of twelve, the unsavoury elements the Lodge attracted wove influence into his young mind, such that Florin and Crina picked up with their son before he became too far gone to pull back, and moved to Frosthall where Florin had gained employ with his blacksmith's skills, and Crina moved into educating the children of Frosthall's residents, much as she had done for the few in the fort who were interested in a good, foundational education for their offspring. But there were other reasons - they had tried to hide it, tried to keep it managed at home, not wishing to have their son gone and out of reach like the way of a Jedi might do, but Luca's independent exploration of his metaphysical endowment after his feeble, old, half-knowing, reclusive mentor passed in slumber was beyond their control, and was starting to draw the interest of, according to Crina, the 'wrong kinds of people'.
Trying to fit in amongst the youths of Frosthall was a hard bargain, and only got harder the closer they placed to his Lordship; there was many a bloody knuckle, and Luca learned the long, difficult way about the gaze of nobility, which put a foul taste in his mouth - he began to work harder at trying to figure out different ways to use the seemingly endless power in his grasp, but this pursuit put him on the bad side of the wrong people. And when pride wouldn't let Luca back down from their threats, when they knew they couldn't best him, they went after his mother and father to try and bring the younger Vandorian to heel.
Luca wouldn't, couldn't let anything happen to them, but what it took to send those boys back to their parents bleeding, aching, if not broken and unconscious scared Luca in a way he hadn't been scared since he was a wee babe. He hadn't intended to go this far, someone could have died, and the blood would be on his hands. The following days were spent pleading with whatever god gave him this power to intercede and remove it, but no wish was to be granted. It was only by the sheer happenstance of a man passing through, that kept Luca from worse treatment for simply protecting his family, with power that had crept beyond his knowledge to restrain it. With the bond of word received from Frosthall's armourer, who had taken a personal interest in furthering Luca's father's skills, to take his parents and unborn siblings under his arm and into his protection, Luca gathered what few effects he couldn't bear to leave behind, and departed at the age of thirteen, with the stranger, a wandering Jedi by the name of Urley.
With Urley, life was varied, complex, and full of different dangers than the snowy landscapes of home offered. It was also simple, in ways, with respect to their relationship as master and apprentice, when downtime presented itself. Urley had some initial concern about his student smoking, a habit Luca acquired in part due to exposures in Fort Ypso, and also due to his father having the same habit, but when Luca refused to give it up because of the connection to his father, the Master Jedi cared enough to teach him to at least mitigate the effects on the body from cigarra smoke, and life went on, lesson after lesson, mission after mission, often into the underbelly of the galaxy.
He wouldn't return fully to Vandor for twelve years, but always made sure to send word of his well being, and visit when he could. So, when Urley felt he had taught Luca all he could, conferring on the then-twenty-five year old Vandorian the rank of Knight, he asked where Luca would like to go, and there was only one answer: home. Thus, he returned to where it all started, said bittersweet goodbyes to Urley, and they parted ways, Urley to the stars, and Luca to the snows.
Now, three years later, during which the Knights Obsidian moved into Frosthall, Luca had become a fixture of the order on Vandor, content to be home, but twelve years of travel leaves its impression. Thus, when he was called upon to take up the training of a student, and move to Naboo... he took the long way around, using every ounce of time before he was expected to arrive, to travel around the worlds of the Confederacy on his own, and gain an impression of the greater culture of the government under which his order filed... in his own particular way.
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Faction
Confederacy of Independent Systems
Never Forget | CIS Dominion of Siskeen Hex
Luca goes to pay his respects for the lives lost during the conflict of Ryloth and Siskeen.
Heavy is the Crown
After being transferred to Naboo less than a week before, Luca attends the coronation of a new queen.
To New Friends and Old || Knights Obsidian Social
Luca, after having been on Naboo for just over a week, in which he met his padawan, and attended a coronation, now joins in celebrating the new headquarters of the Knights Obsidian.
I Know Kung Fu || Knights Obsidian Training
Luca attends some hand-to-hand combat training with his padawan, Teyla Ee'everwest, as they both sweat buckets in the jungles of Vylmira.
An Evening in Theed
Luca goes to drown his sorrow over the loss of his closest friend, Rothe, and of countless others of the Knights Obsidian. He isn't the only one with this plan.
Purifying Light
Luca, now an Obsidian Master, attends a gathering of the Lotus, along with his student, now a Knight herself.
The Kingdom of Naboo
Ballad of Shiraya: Crowning a Queen
Luca, Master of the Ebony Knights, attends the coronation as part of the Queen's guard, before making his way to the tourney, where his life threatens to get a bit more interesting...
The High Republic
Forging Ahead
Luca, on the urging of the Force, travels to Jedha to be party to a gathering of a fledgling Republic, and to meet Jedi outside the scant number within his own Order.
Personal
Naboo: Oil and Water
A new transfer as part of the Knights Obsidian presence on Naboo in advance of the Coronation, Luca goes to meet his new padawan, Teyla Ee'everwest.
Naboo: After the Ashes
After the Ee'everwest Estate burned, after encountering the news, and learning a little of the family his padawan was member of, of the family she had lost, Luca goes to advise Teyla, at her request.
MLM
During the absence of his student, Luca attends a small gathering at the behest of... the Force?... and meets the Vicelord, and one of the Knights Obsidian's many squires.
Naboo: Obsfucation
Sometime after the gala, Luca attempts to delve into his padawan's secrets, under the useful guise of training.
Naboo: The Vault of Memory
Consumed by the roil of his thoughts, further complicated by the sight of a face from his past - Luca, beginning to be convinced that he was perhaps losing his mind, is confronted by the woman herself, who is very, very real.
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