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NAME: Zaltac "Ving" Rournic
FACTION: Republic
RANK:
SPECIES: Arkanian
AGE: 19
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 185lbs (83.9kgs)
EYES: White
HAIR: Brown
SKIN: Tanned white
FORCE SENSITIVE: Highly sensitive
STRENGTHS: Due to his Arkanian lineage, Zaltac Rournic has the ability to see the heat signatures of his surroundings upon putting focus with his force abilities into his eyes. This enables him, when not wearing his blindfold, to be able to see enemies hiding within his environment. Though this can backfire if he cannot recognize each individual signature as a threat. Despite being blind, his field of vision outside of nine feet consists of a blur of white with fuzzy heat signatures.
Due to training in his home world, Arkanian Praxeum, since he was seven; Zaltac has a basic sense of training with blasters, sabers and the force. He shows a lack of ability to properly aim blasters as his his vision in the area was almost constantly obstructed by heat sources, and his training with the lightsaber was poor due to his lack of proper vision. Yet he showed a gift with the force at a young age; enabling him to perform abilities that lesser talented classmates could use. Using this gift, he was instructed a way to control how much he could see with the force by his instructors. After putting this to use, he has shown vastly increased usage with Blasters and Sabers; though he could not keep this form of sight up forever. His preferred style was to focus on defense using Soresu, the III form of Lightsaber combat. Though his instructors attempted to convince him to switch to a more aggressive style as he could not keep his vision up, he politely declined and kept using the style; growing more and more adept at his defensive maneuvers and learning of his opponents while he could see.
High Intelligence: During his years in training, Zaltac showed a high intelligence level that made him good at tactically handling a situation and suffering minimum loses. Because of this intelligence he has a good sense of perception when he can see, and a near photographic memory. His perception is high enough that even when his vision runs out he can continue fighting using nothing more but prediction of his opponents. This is why he chose to keep his preferred style, for if his vision ran out he would lose his ability to keep awareness of his opponent if he kept on the attack and would suffer too much damage. Though he is great at predicting his opponents; he has a hard time when creativity is used after his vision has failed. If he cannot regain his sight in time, he will ultimately suffer greatly for his arrogance.
Sense of enhanced hearing: To make up for his eye-sight: Zaltac grew having to listen to everything around him and generate an echo-location map within his head. Giving over any amount of time with no change, the blind Arkanian can run through town or the academy like any other with perfect perception of layout despite never having seen the structure for long periods of time due to his photographic memory. This is put to the point as he has even learned to predict the individuals getting close just by using the sound of their footsteps.
WEAKNESSES: Poor eyesight: A flaw he will be unwilling to admit; Zaltac is near blind and can not see anything within a few feet from him. This has given him trouble in the past as he had to rely on his friends for guidance as well as his hearing. This also proved reading to be difficult; but initially gave him a great value of understanding and the ability to perceive past what the eyes can see later on. Even when finding the Force Sight ability in the academy, he could not control the power for long as his eyes would suffer greatly. Giving his race's inability to see on brighter and hotter planets with accuracy, Zaltac often times finding himself relying on his old skills when blindfolded; or when he is with one he could trust.
Arrogance and Pride: Zaltac suffers from his species natural overly extended pride, despite his blindness, and often times under means those around him even if they perform something that impresses him. He even states that anything and everything is easy if "Inferior" races can do them. Though he often finds his natural inferiority getting in the way which tempts him into anger to perfect himself. This of course is most seen when he is asked to see something from far away before learning
Force Sight (The perception of far to Zaltac is roughly nine feet away from him). He takes pride into his ability to predict his opponents in trailing; making any confusing action infuriate him if it back fires.
Sensitive hearing: Though practical for enhancing his awareness, Zaltac's hearing can be used against him if too much loud noise is used in any given moment. A sudden loud burst of noise will disorientate him as though he was hit with a shock-wave. A consistent string of high pitched sound will claw at him like nails rendering him unable to move about properly even if he can see. Though he has control enough to differentiate between sound volumes he cannot handle extreme volumes. Yelling at him alone will not cause pain, but yelling with any volume enhancing device or power will harm him two to three and/or maybe even four times more than any other person around him. He can often times be found with earplugs to delude volumes to protect himself from going deaf from sudden accidents.
Physically weak: Because Zaltac has spent most of his life being aware of his surroundings and fleeing from bad situations before they can occur, he has not had a chance to increase his physical strength. He often relies on his friends and allies to make up for this as he plans out tactics and uses his force abilities to help himself and others out of situations. This is a second reason why he chose defense, as he has no physical offensive abilities to implement. Though this is something he won't out right admit to others at it does technically make him inferior, he has yet to be shown that physical strength can overcome something that the mind cannot and that includes battle. Though this can be changed once he has made his way out into other planets.
Force Abilities: (Leaving these abilities as this until updated with proper knowledge of Force Abilities. Copying friend's ranking system for terms of how powerful they are.
Force Sight (Padawan)
Force Push (Knight)
Telekinesis (Knight)
Force Pull (Knight)
Force run (Padawan)
Force jump (Padawan)
Force Lightsaber throw (Knight)
Mind Trick {Padawan)
APPEARANCE:
Zaltac is a male standing six foot one with short brown hair, white eyes, and no facial hair. His attire consists of a black blind fold over his eyes, a long black coat that flows over his four digit hands with the sleeves. His coat is zipped closed, and covered with white stripes and metal detail on his shoulders and a triangular piece over his chest. His coat opens up at his waist line to reveal a belted up black slack like pants tucked into boots for comfort and agility. He almost always has a cocky smirk on his face and rarely dismisses it due to his prideful attitude and his view on other species despite his own personal weaknesses that make him inferior to most others.
BIOGRAPHY:
Being the son of the Jedi Master, Zuloth Rournic and Pera'sa Rournic, Zaltac was giving a grievous task of matching up to his Father's level and eventually surpass his abilities with the force and lightsaber since his childhood; and began studying in the ways earlier than most other children. Though Zaltac was plagued at an early age of losing his sight, a trait that occurred due to the exposure of the force by his father to see the outcome of the pregnancy. Though this same exposure helped develop Zaltac's mitochondria levels to sky rocket to new heights. Zaltac had to learn how to compensate this ability quickly to prevent himself from appearing inferior in front of his father and people. Of which, he did well as he forced himself to learn how to read despite his poor eye sight. Though this caused him to eventually lose more sight over time as noted when he entered the Academy. Due to being so intact with the Force at a young age, Zaltac learned how to use basic abilities even before the acadey under the training of his father.
Inside the Academy Zaltac trained hard to compensate his weaknesses with different strengths. Though his eyes proved to be an obstacle too great for him to over come as he could not shoot a blaster or fight others of his own age without injuring someone with a stray shot or being unable to block or attack properly. Seeing his son's weakness; Zulroth -with the help of his mentors- gave Zaltac a lesson into using Force Sight. Though without a Miralukan there to teach him how to use the skill with greater ease, Zaltac eventually learned how to use his gift in the Force to compensate his eye sight when needed. Though he could control it only in small bursts of a few minutes do to the strain he quickly scaled back up the rankings of the other students till he became the top student. Along side him to aid him in his time of needs was a female by the name of Nixia, who became attached to him randomly after he accidentally bumped into her. Ever since she has not left him alone; and he slowly grew to tolerate her existence despite being an inferior being. Though she had all ways of protecting herself and keeping up her own pride, Zaltac would seek vengeance on those who chose to verbally or physically abuse Nexia with his force abilities from a distance. He would often rely on Nixia for guidance to other floors and too help him out with studying as she could read more effectively than he could. Soon the two would be found as a near invincible duo with Nexia taking the physical front and Zaltac disabling and tossing his opponents around with the Force to keep Nixia's weak points protected.
With her as the eyes and him as the tactical genius, Nixia and Zaltac quickly rose to the approving point to become Padawans to seek out new masters. The first most, his own father suggested to find one who could help drastically improve his Force Sight ability so that he may become "Unstoppable" with longer lasting vision. This produced an image of a Miralukan; though he had no form of heading to go. Suggesting this to Nixia, the two would board a ship to leave the planet and begin their quest. Though Zaltac did not show any signs of empathy leaving the planet as he vowed to return as a Master superior to his father; and to one day gaze upon the snow grounds of his homeland for the first time.
SHIP:
Due to his inferior eye sight and inability to maintain force sight long enough for intergalactic travel, Zaltac does not own a ship or a cruiser and tends to hitch a ride with others more so than lead a group to a location. He does not even know how to read a map or compass.
KILLS:
Zaltac has not killed anyone yet, NPC or Player.
BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
Zaltac has not turned in any bounties NPC or Player wise.
ROLE-PLAYS:
To be filled in later: