Ani'a L'o
From Chimaera Roleplayers
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| Ani'a L'o | |
|---|---|
| Alias | |
| Homeworld | Naboo |
| Age | |
| Date of Birth | 24 BBY |
| Date of Death | |
| Occupation | Freighter Pilot |
| Residence | Outmian Yakta |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Family | |
| Physical Description | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5ft 8" |
| Weight | N/A |
| Build | Medium |
| Skin | Well Tanned |
| Scales | |
| Fur | |
| Hair | Blonde |
| Eyes | Green |
| Cybernetics | |
| Affiliations | |
| Employer(s) | |
| Faction(s) | Rebel sympathies |
| Rank | |
| PA | Dune Sea Desperadoes |
| Force Abilities | |
| Type of Force User | |
| Lightsaber | None |
| Master(s) | Elair To'wana/C’sinth Saarto |
| Apprentice | |
| Empathy | |
| Lightsaber Proficiency | |
| Telekinesis | Novice |
| Healing | |
| Mind Control | |
| Energy Manipulation | |
Contents |
Appearance
Medium height and build Ani'a would not be considered athletic but throughout her adventures she has kept in shape through travelling and physical work. She has green eyes and since living on Tatooine her skin has a fairly permanant deep tanned appearance. Ani'a is a natural blonde who usually wears her hair up in plaits, since living on Tatooine her hair colour has lightened somewhat due to constant exposure to the sun.
Brief description
Family
Elana L'o - Mother
Mother to Jalek and Ani'a L'o. Deceased.
Dathrin L'o - Father
Historian and archaeologist Dathrin often travelled offworld before his childrens births. Took postion at the Theed museum to be on planet to help raise the children and after his wife Elana's death he took them out with him to dig sites and finds throughout the galaxy. Died of a heart attack whilst home on Naboo age 60.
Jalek L'o - Brother
Ex- Imperial Trooper, Deceased.
The Force
Through her mis-adventures relating to her supposed Jedi abilities Ani'a has never really taken this side of herself too seriously. To that end she has never developed any abilities to any usable extent aside from what she learned from the Sith holocron still in her possession. To this day she has still not constructed a working lightsaber although she has in her possession the crystals from her first failed attempt and Elair's own lightsaber which she cannot activate.
Ani'a's Story
The following is the story of Ani'a L'o following the major points in her life and that of those closely linked to her. It is based around the Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire divided game world and does not follow strictly to main Star Wars canon.
New Beginnings (24 BBY to 8 BBY)
Jedi Temple, Coruscant (24 BBY)
Speeders streamed by beneath him, the occasional whine and thrum of repulsor lifts echoing round the walls of the buildings that surrounded the Jedi temple. Coruscant was a jungle but of a different sort to what he had seen elsewhere, its rivers were ships and personal speeders, its predators hung out in the lower level cantinas and he sat seemingly isolated from it all watching everything below him take its course.
He had been at the temple for 6 years after being found on Tatooine by some Jedi he had never really gotten to know who happened to be passing through on a tour of the rim worlds and had sensed him using his gifts to steal food from a street vendor. Although he didn’t miss the dust and sometimes brutal life on the streets his time in the safety of the Jedi temple had been very isolating. He took part in the lessons as was expected of him and showed good skill with a lightsaber but the life of a Jedi as it was taught just didn’t appeal to him.
“Alone again Elair?” Came from behind him at the entry to the speeder landing platform, the rough voice still managing to convey kindness.
“Yes Master Kineeal” He said, his lekku twitching slightly but not turning to face the Jedi Knight who had now walked up beside him.
“You really should learn to enjoy time with others you know, if you can’t see the value in the people you must protect how will you ever become a Jedi knight yourself?” Kineeal said sitting down beside him.
“I know master but it’s just so much more peaceful out here watching things happen in front of me” Elair said gesturing down at the busy cityscape below.
Kineeal peered down into the depths below “I don’t know how you can find this so peaceful, it’s such a long way down and not even master Yoda has managed to fly and he has those ears as a natural parachute”
Elair turned to his master and grinned “I’m sure he’d love to hear your views on his ears master but you really don’t want to get sent to Tatooine or Nar Shadaa for a posting and neither do I”
“Ahh so you have been listening in to your lessons then on tactful use of information” Kineeal said rising up from the ledge laughing and patting Elair on the back “come now, I believe we have an appointment in the lightsaber workshop”
“Today?” Elair exclaimed surprised at his teachers words.
“Well I’m happy with your progress and you can hardly take a training saber with you to Corellia can you” Kineeal said disappearing through the entryway.
Elair took one last look down below him, so he was finally being sent on assignment with his master. He knew it was a big responsibility to leave the temple for the first time, his training was far from complete and he could finally see what life was like for a Jedi in the galaxy. Elair pulled his legs up fully onto the platform and ran inside after his master.
Keren, Naboo (19 BBY)
Dathrin L’o walked down the med centre corridor; his entire body seemed to be feeling the chill his mind expected the sterile white surroundings should give off. The galaxy was in turmoil with the separatists gathering more power and the republic seemingly unable to stop them but the news he had seen this morning on the holo viewer seemed a million miles away right now. His own galaxy had just collapsed and now he had to piece together the fragments enough to carry on but he just didn’t know how.
He turned a corner into the waiting area quickly checking for his kids and spotting them fighting over a toy of some sort in the corner. His breath caught in his throat as he tried to steady his nerve, right now all that mattered to them was who got to play with the toy but after he told them what he must how would they react? He had never been overly close to his children, he loved them and loved spending time with them but he’d always left the day to day care up to Elana and focused on his own work.
Walking over to the two children he wished he could think of what she would say to comfort them but whenever his thoughts turned to her there was just a feeling of emptiness and his own feelings tried to burst through to the surface.
“Hey dad he stole the Kaadu I was playing with and won’t give it back” Ani’a said giving him a pouting look that almost broke his heart.
“She’s been annoying me with it and won’t leave me alone so I took it off her” Jalek said giving his sister a glare.
“Kids come and sit down” Dathrin managed to say, his voice only just above a whisper.
The children looked at him oddly as though they expected one of the lectures Elana was so fond of giving when they fought each other. They followed him over to some of the chairs arrayed along the edge of the waiting room and sat down Jalek was still holding the stuffed Kaadu toy but had stopped glaring at his sister. Dathrin hoped they could understand what he was about to say, Jalek was seven and his sister only five but both were intelligent children and despite their childish behaviour he knew they often understood more than they showed.
“I have something to tell you about your mother” Dathrin said slowly his mind racing with what to say next “Sh...She was badly hurt this morning when she went to town”
“Is she ok now daddy?” Ani’a asked staring up at him from where she had sat on the floor at his feet.
Desperately trying to hold back his own tears Dathrin replied “No love, she’s not awake right now and the medic doesn’t think she will wake up again”
“I could jump on her bed like I do with Jalek that always works” Ani’a said starting to get up.
Dathrin put an arm on her shoulder and settled her back down glancing across to his son who sat expressionless next to him. Jalek obviously understood what he was saying and though his face was blank his grip on the small toy he continued to hold grew stronger and the fabric bunched inside his fist.
“Ani...” Dathrin started saying using the nickname Elana always gave her “Ani she isn’t going to wake up whatever we do. The doctor says you can both go and see her if you want but she’s going to be asleep still, she may not respond but she’ll hear you the force will be with her.”
Dathrin was surprised at his own words, although often during his studies and now his career he came across items linked to the Jedi and their past he had never really accepted the ideals or beliefs their order followed. He had often told the children bedtime stories based on his work and this had occasionally included tales of the Jedi but never to any religious extent.
“I wan...I want to see her” Jalek said softly reaching for his father’s hand his face now white but at least some expression had returned even if it was shock and grief.
Dathrin stood up and picked Ani’a off the floor holding her in his arms and began to walk back down the corridor towards where his love lay. Although he wasn’t sure if anyone let alone Elana really could hear what he wanted to say right now he needed to cling to something , he thought of his words to his children and in his head said ‘Be at peace my love, may the force be with you’. As they walked along the corridor Ani’a burst into tears and Jalek finally dropped the toy he had been gripping.
Bela Vistal, Corellia (19 BBY)
Although a loner at the temple being out in civilisation again and among real people with real problems had spurred him on, he was well known in Bela vistal for helping with a spate of crimes that had plagued the outlying farms and Master Kineeal had been very supportive as he used everything he had learned so far to help people’s lives. When the call came in from Coruscant telling all Jedi to return to the temple Kineeal having heard whispers of the activities of the separatists wanted to leave immediately but the work they had been doing was too important to abandon so he decided to leave Elair to handle it until he returned.
Proud and a little nervous at being left with the responsibility Elair saw his master off at the starport in Kor Vella and returned to work. It was the following night when he was woken up by sounds of crashing from the farmyard outside where they had been staying, although dark the sky was occasionally illuminated by the scarlet flash of blaster bolts and their unmistakable sound. Grabbing up his lightsaber and cloak Elair rushed outside stopping in shock as he almost ran into a clone trooper outside the door.
“What’s going on why are you firing?” Elair remarked looking round for trouble.
The trooper looked him over briefly taking in everything he saw and fixating on the lightsaber in his hand and went to raise his blaster carbine, Elair instantly reacted bringing his saber up underneath the blaster and using the technique he had been taught connected the power circuit inside the hilt with the force activating the yellowish energy blade which swept up through the carbines muzzle. Without thinking he then brought the blade down in an arc that severed the trooper’s torso ending any threat he could pose.
“What the hell is going on here” Elair said quietly to himself deactivating his lightsaber.
His eyes adjusting to the gloom around him he could hear more than he saw, blaster bolts occasionally rang out from outlying buildings and he guessed there must be a full squad here but it still didn’t make any sense why they’d tried to kill him or why they were murdering the other people. He moved quickly to one of the garages where the speeder Master Kineeal and himself had used was stored but only found a wrecked speeder with a blaster bolt through the engine.
“Hold it right there” A brusque voice said from the far entrance to the garage, its familiar tone that of a helmet filter.
Sensing the attack rather than hearing or seeing it Elair turned bringing his shimmering blade up to parry the bolts that flew towards him. He was suddenly very grateful to the training he’d been given in lightsaber combat and completely forgave Master Yoda for making him continually repeat the exercises with the drones and their painful bolts. The attack stopped and Elair realised one of the shots must have reflected back on the attacker but he knew the other troopers wouldn’t be far behind now.
He set off across the main courtyard jumping over the fences that surrounded the property and wished he’d been taught how to let the force help him move at great speed. Although he heard a few more blaster bolts in the night behind him his sense of danger had died down he just wished his pulse would do the same. He couldn’t risk going back to the farm for his belongings and didn’t want to endanger any other people but he had to find out what was going on, the only chance was to get off world and back to the core and hopefully find out what had spurred the attack. Clipping his lightsaber to his belt he ran off into the night.
Mining Outpost, Dantooine (17 BBY)
Elair stepped out from the cantina the sharp wind clashing with the inner warmth in his face from the lum he had drunk. It had been two years since life as he knew it had ended when the republic as it had been had turned its back on the Jedi and systematically begun the destruction of everything they had stood for. He had been on Corellia with Master Kineeal at the time, learning to mediate between locals on minor things like land disputes and continuing his training in use of the force...
Elair shook himself free from those memories and stumbled across the open space between the cantina and the spaceport towards the bank terminal where he had deposited his possessions before going to drink at the bar, the usual denizens that came to work the farms and mine on Dantooine were milling around and it looked like a shuttle had just dropped off a fresh supply of workers. Gathering up his bag from the lockbox he started to walk towards the open gates of the settlement when he was struck in the back of the legs falling forward his bag thrown to the floor from his hands.
“Ani’a what have you done now” Came a voice from behind him.
Elair tried to raise himself a little and felt strong arms grasp under his shoulder and help him to his feet. His bag lay open on the floor a few meters away its contents strewn around it where the catch had given way on impact.
“It’s quite alright” he said trying to scurry forward to grab his belongings from the floor but found he was still being steadied by the man who had spoken. His pulse quickened as he saw the small black cylinder of his lightsaber lying exposed.
The man walked round him checking him over still holding his arm to steady him. “Are you ok Mr..?”
“Err...To’wana” he said in basic without thinking realising he had just given his true name.
“Sorry about my daughter Mr To’wana she just gets a little excited travelling to new places. Seven years old but sometimes I wonder if she’ll ever grow up” The man said smiling and finally releasing his arm and turning to his daughter who Elair now saw to his side. “Ani go fetch the man’s bag and apologise”
“No, no it’s quite alright” Elair protested but the man just held up a hand.
“She has to learn to try and correct her mistakes, she won’t damage anything” The man said.
Elair watched as the child slowly picked up and stuffed his things in the bag, when she came to the lightsaber he tensed as she gave it a cursory glance before putting it away too oblivious to what it was. The girl, Ani’a her father had called her, re-fastened the clasp and strode up to him holding the bag for him to take a cheeky grin on her face.
“Sorry Mr Toowarna” she said trying to pronounce his name.
For some reason Elair had a strange sensation as he looked at the child in front of him, unremarkable as she seemed from any other young human he’d ever known he had a strange feeling she was more than that. He took the bag from her nodding his head in thanks and twitched his lekku which set her off giggling.
“You have a charming daughter mr?” He said turning back to the man who had helped him up.
“Oh sorry Dathrin L’o, here as head archaeologist of a dig out past the Janta lands so we’ll be out of your hair soon enough ” He said offering his hand.
“Jalek come on now bring the bags” the man shouted turning back towards the starport where another boy Elair guessed was about ten was pulling a hovercart piled with bags and a few boxes.
Elair watched the family as they walked off to find their transport, he still couldn’t shake the odd feeling about the girl but after drinking all day and this encounter he couldn’t trust anything but his bed. He shifted his bag on his shoulder and walked off to find somewhere to stay.
Images assaulted his sleep that night, a blonde woman with a lightsaber and Tatooine and a man wearing heavy assault armour of some kind. He awoke awash with sweat and his breath came in short bursts, he never really remembered his dreams but this was as clear as any memory he could recall yet felt different somehow like he could reach out and touch it.
“I must be losing it” he whispered hoarsely his throat dry from his ragged breathing and a strange sense of fear that came with the memory of the dream.
He had heard of masters and some knights being able to meditate and receive visions of the past and future but never a padawan and especially not in their sleep. He tried to dismiss the thought of what he’d seen being a vision but the idea had taken root in his mind and he couldn’t brush it off, he may be the last of the Jedi as far as he knew it but how was he supposed to do anything with this if he had no idea what or even when this all was going to happen?
Elair was suddenly gripped by the need to laugh; the last Jedi was lying in a bed on some backwater world recovering from overindulgence and had just been given a proverbial kick up the rear by the force. He could imagine Master Kineeal having a good laugh at that one and probably was the one behind the kick.
“Thanks Master...” He whispered smiling and closing his eyes briefly.
He dragged himself out of bed and towards the fresher unit the room had, the cool water started to clear his head and all he could think about was who this woman he had seen was. He didn’t know any blonde humans and had never really noticed any who looked like that back in the days at the temple, the only blonde who’d made any impression was the girl Ani’a from today but it couldn’t be her could it?
He stopped cleaning and frowned, he had felt something when he’d seen her but the woman in his vision had been in her twenties and the father had said Ani’a had only been seven. Could the force really show things that far in advance and if so why? He had to know how the pieces fit together and he knew he wouldn’t find the answer at the bottom of a glass of lum, he quickly finished his ablutions and got dressed grabbing his belongings again. He felt invigorated now he had a purpose, he was going to find out all he could about this child and watch her until he knew for certain what it was he had to do.
“I hope the force is still with me” He said to himself as he took a quick look around the room and headed through the door.
Heritage (0 ABY to 2 ABY)
A Final Job (0 ABY)
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Game history (OOC)
Ani'a L'o started out as a second account character to my then main Jalek L'o. She was created on the Europe-Chimaera server in January of 2004 and started being ground out as an entertainer/doctor character for buffing however this was soon curtailed as she took up the responsibility of being the Mayor of the newly started town of Nexus near Keren on Naboo, at this point in SWG history politician as a profession still required skill points and gaining xp was via the voting process. Eventually Ani'a became master politician and Nexus a successful rank 5 city with Rogues (RGS) as its primary guild which Ani'a was a member of.
After a while of trying to complete hologrinding on Jalek i decided to make Ani'a my hologrinding character as i tended to need Jaleks profession to be stable for general play. Working round the skillpoints spent in master politician was hard but eventually she found all her holocron professions, brawler, weaponsmith and then the holocrons were silent. After numerous professions bringing her up to 16 completed she started on bounty hunter which was extremely boring and time consuming so holo grinding was forgotten and Jalek joined the Mos Eisley Roleplaying community trying out a different side of the game.
After months of RP the Eisley RP'ers moved to Mos Entha and after a brief stint of RP as a doctor at the town Medical centre i brought Ani'a back in preparation for the announced new Jedi system training her up as a Teras Kasi/Dancer and introducing her to Roleplay. She eventually completed Ranger and Squad leader bringing the ground out professions to 18 as the new publish hit. After being visited by the old man and done the pre-requisites she visited the village and was rewarded by Paemos with 4 completed lines of Force Sensitive abilities for the previous work. After selecting these carefully so they were useful and it would take the shortest amount of time to finish i began grinding out the required experience by joining groups in the front room of the Geonosian caves on Yavin. I was not able to complete the full grind until Phase 2 of the village 3 weeks later when i finally filled the last boxes and was re-visited by the old man to begin my journey.
Mellichae, Padawan trials and such later i was a new Jedi with no real idea what to do a training saber and a serious case of paranoia about bounty hunters. I ground exclusively on Dantooine around the town of Aztec Boulevard which had my main safe house in and Jalek setup now for doctor buffs and entertainer duty for wounds and battle fatigue, i also had 3 more small houses dotted around the town as safe houses in case i needed to AFK or a bounty hunter came. Quenkers and Grassland Vorritor hunters became the bane of my life for the next few months not to mention to abundant janta spawns that were close to my lairs and the odd passer by.
Numerous months later, lots of grinding and a few bounty hunters Ani'a finished her template, Master Lightsaber, Enhancer 4004, Healer 4004 and probably some long forgotten other points spent elsewhere. She was RPing full time now with Entha taking over from Jalek as my main character still getting the odd bounty hunter and now in the guild Xwing and began working on the Jedi Knight trials with Uni Awosno. Weeks of hunting for rare creatures culminated in a final hunt for the elusive Krayt dragon needed and i was granted the title Jedi Knight, the robe and perma overt status.
After months more RPing in Entha leaving Xwing and redoing my Knight trials to become a Dark Jedi knight i joined the Dune Sea Desperadoes a bunch of players who enjoyed space, dungeon crawling and generally having a good time. I went back to Light Jedi Knight and rebel and was like that when the CU hit and everything changed, testing out numerous new templates under the new system and eventually settling on Lightsaber 0440 Master Powers, Enhancer 2402, Healer 3000. As a guild we started the town Outmian Yakta which proceeded to grow beyond expectations and after lots of BH and Kashyyyk questing later trials of Obi wan was introduced, great new quest lines some nice new jedi robes to get and sadly after about 2 weeks the NGE was announced.
I logged in briefly after the NGE conversion to find an almost unplayable game, fast movement, FPS style combat and a horrendous new UI. I collected my elder rewards and generally stopped playing for a long time occasionally visiting to see how new changes were affecting the game.
