KEAHU KAHUANUI // have you met TEVUS DANOHI yet? HE is a THIRTY-FIVE year old CISMAN, HUMAN. they’re originally from ILOH and now show loyalty to THE NEW REPUBLIC. they are best known for being a SENATOR , and i hear they’re pretty DARING yet also IMPULSIVE at times; i hope they survive the galactic civil war. (Devin, 23, EST, He/Him/His)
Tw: Mentions of loss of limb, PTSD
THE PAST
Tevus Danohi was born in 27 BBY on the tropical, beautiful, resort world of Iloh. When he was 5 years old, the Clone Wars would break out across the galaxy, thankfully the war would never come to his home, However, his parents used the war as a teaching lesson for Tevus, that the Jedi and the Republic would always seek to uphold justice in the galaxy. His parents simple but honest people, living on a world that had many wealthy people pass through it they had naturally, like so many others, used their ecosystem to their advantage, and opened a modestly sized resort. As the Clone Wars raged on, those who could afford to enjoyed fleeing that reality to the beaches of Iloh. One of Tevu’s favortie things? Looking at all the ships that came and left his planet, the different designs, and customizations were fascinating to him, and each new ship only made him want to fly more and more.
When the Clone Wars ended, and the Empire rose very little on Iloh changed. By the time Tevus was 13, he was a full time employee for his parents, managing luggage here, being a lifeguard there, When he was 19 they decided to expand the resort to include a spa, and he got to add masseur to his growing list of professions. It seemed like he did everything his parents could find someone to hire for the job, not that he complained. He used his paychecks to buy a water speeder, it wasn’t flying but it was close enough. He would buy parts for it, and customize it whenever his parents let him have free time. It was something of a passion project of his he had started working on back when he was 15.
Eventually, he managed to save up enough to get his first ship, a very outdated T-6 Shuttle, but it was his, and Tevus did everything he could to upgrade it, though he never broke out of the atmosphere with his ship, he enjoyed flying over the water, and through the sky whenever he could, that’s not to say his water speeder went unattended to. When he reached his twenties, everyone could tell war was brewing, no one liked the Empire, sure Iloh was spared unlike many other worlds, but Tevus knew when people needed help, you helped them. On his 25 birthday, he told his parents that he planned on joining the newly formed Rebel Alliance, while they were anxious for his safety, they knew that nothing would change if people didn’t step up to help.
Tevus was assigned to the Sea Foam Squadron, a joke he was sure because of the color of his hair, and he was given like other members of the Rebel Navy, a X-Wing, a ship he fell in love with over the years, and naturally he started to spec it out wherever he could. Tevus would serve through Battles at Scarif, Yavin, Endor, he would see more actio once they became the New Republic Defense Fleet and saw action at Mon Cala, Kuat, Kashyyyk and Jakku. It would be at Jakku he would see the end of his career in the Defense Fleet, while they won the battle and ultimately the war, Tevus suffered a severe injury losing both his legs from just below the knee. An especially traumatizing experiance for him because it meant he wouldn’t be able to feel his own feet in the sands of Iloh anymore, he decided to hang up his flightsuit, ending his career at the rank of Commander, and find a new way to serve his homewrold....albiet against his own will. Returning home from the war, he would find out his parents had ran a senate campaign for him as the planet weighed joining the New Republic, and not only did the planet vote to join, he won the Senate election.
THE PRESENT
Being a Commander, and being a Senator were two very different things Tevus would soon learn. While the Senate paid a much bigger salary and was far more glamorous, everything felt so much slower, and a lot of your collegues were assholes you wanted to punch in the face. Tevus also found the lobbyists absolutely insufferable. Still he knew he could do good from the inside of the senate, knowing what average people wanted from his world, he could bring a common man’s thoughts to a place that seemed to be filled with those who knew only wealth, and power.
Little much changed in his lifestyle, he stil worked on ships and speeders in his free time, the biggest difference had to be, waking up in the morning and deciding if he wanted to put his legs on or just use the power chair he had now. Most days when he knew he would just being dealing with senate nonsense he picked the chair, shockingly the war injured veteran turned senator look got him a lot more attention than he had expected, especially when there were so many who lost so much more than him during the war with the Empire.
With the Yuuzhan Vong attacking, Tevus is leaning more on his military background, where he knows the galaxy needs to be defended, but he also knows they have to put their differences aside and work with their enemy, whatever remains of the Empire......
PERSONALITY
Through and through Tevus is a good person, but he also believes good exists in most other people, even if you can’t see it on the outside of them, and it has to be brought out. He is laid back, and because of his homeworld, believes in going with the flow of life. When it comes to his friends, family, and world no one would be faster to defend them, and while he knows he can take out his enemies if he has to, he would much rather offer them his hand and show them the error of their ways.
Underneath his goofy, and fun exterior, Tevus hides a more serious side that is still racking from the war, a side he lets very few others see, not wanting to push his problems on to them. Most nights he spends waking up in a cold sweat seeing the faces of the lives he ended, or reliving when he thought he was going to die on the sands of Jakku.
