#talmaine

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The OC's you mentioned: 4, 14, 18, 23

What is their homeworld?

Obisen- Dromund KaasGevi-CorelliaTalmaine- Undisclosed world in the Outer RimEndizha- Iridonia

Who is/are their favorite companion(s)?

Arrghh, I don’t have any of the companions in character, but I can tell you who they WOULD like.

Obisen-VectorGevi-T7Talmaine- No one. She hates everyone.Endizha- She would get along with everyone, she’s such a sweetie.

Who is their BFF? 

Obisen- Ixor, his hubby. If we exclude Ixor, than his best friend would be Sken Bivvin. They are somehow friends now. Here is a good story about Bivvin and Obisen!!

Gevi- Elthree-TeeSeven, her custom astromech. If she wasn’t allowed to pick a droid for her bff, it would be a toss up between Kerem Kennev and Asara Ornell. Most likely Asara, though. Kerem is a jerk. 

Talmaine doesn’t have friends. Friends are for weak people.

Endizha’s best friend would be Diovious, Gevi’s Padawan, because she doesn’t really know many other people around her age. 

Do they like their role in their current situation? ei: if they are a Sith do they like being in the Sith order?

Obisen - Obisen doesn’t know where he is or what he’s doing any more. He left the Empire after the Zakuul thing and has been living on some resort planet, trying to be normal...but that doesn’t last long for Obisen, so now he’s plotting raids against Zakuul and doing propaganda bombings and...yeah, he really likes that.

Geviana misses being a Jedi. With the Eternal Empire out and about, she’s retreated to her ship with her droids and has started up Project Sanction. She makes droids for people and leaves them on worlds for people to protect themselves with...she basically has a droid army. But she misses the Order. She misses the Jedi. She misses being the sword of justice and the bringer of peace. She misses her friends, she misses her old life and she still holds true to the Code because they’ll come back soon enough. They gotta.

Talmaine hates everything. She hates being a Sith, but that hate makes her stronger. She hates her Master because he’s more powerful than him, so she can’t kill him, but that hate makes her stronger. She hates everything. She wants to destroy everything, but she can’t, and that hate makes her stronger. She loves to hate things. She doesn’t really LIKE her life, but it’s full of power and she likes that.

Endizha is currently traveling with her Master, Kerem Kennev, who is leading fighter squadrons or something. She likes learning the tactics, but she isn’t a flyer or a fighter. She dislikes having to live on a cruiser because she misses the ground and the earth, the connection with the living world. Her quarters are a mess of potted plants and smuggled-in bugs. She wants to go back to doing Jedi things, but understands that the Jedi can’t do what they should do, because the time isn’t right. She is content in her life because she is listening to the will of the Force. 

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Pretty much how Kannik trains Talmaine. 

Beats her up, knocks her down, lets her grow in her hatred toward him. 

Only then will she become a powerful Sith, a Sith he will be proud to die by. 

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The Second

The wife wanted me to write something, so I whipped up this sketch about her Sith. I hope it does the character justice. 

The palace on Mayaanar VI was regal and authoritative in all things, from its location as the grandest building on an otherwise unremarkable agriworld to its beautifully ornate pre-Mandalorian Wars architectural styling. When the front pillars and walls came crashing down, it was regal and authoritative as well, the definite heralding of a new age on Mayaanar VI.

The strike team of partisans sprinted up through the debris, taking positions and sweeping blaster rifles about. There were no armed guards to dispatch, no war droids to destroy, so the soldiers holed up in defensive positions and kept a wary eye.

With a regal and authoritative air, the Prefect of Mayaanar VI strode forward, hands in the air, calmly looking over the rebel soldiers that had come this far. A scant handful of advisors slowly approached as well.

From the ranks of the rebels came two people. One was a grizzled, scarred human male with a scattergun. The other was a female Mirialan with a wicked looking rifle and a backpack that looked like it could coordinate Coruscanti air traffic.

“Prefect Zimosa,” the grizzled man said. “Stand down. Mayaanar VI is free.”

“Ex-General Kayne,” replied the blubberous prefect. “I admire you and your people’s dedication to your world. However, I think that a new acquaintance of mine might have an issue with your statement.”

From the doorway behind the prefect came the thin form of a man in red and black armor. His hair hung to his shoulders, two lightsabers hung from his belt, and he looked over the room with the attitude of one that wrestles Gamorreans. After this brief affectation, however, his face softened and he gave a genteel bow to the partisans. “General Kayne. It is an honor to meet such a dedicated and capable soldier. I’m glad yourself, myself, and the prefect could come together like this.”

The prefect nodded enthusiastically. “This is Lord Kannik. He is here to take Mayaanar VI under his wing and ensure the continued presence of order under its prefect, rather than let your rabble take over.”

Kayne swung his scattergun toward Lord Kannik. “I’ve never killed a Sith before, but I imagine your lightsabers have a harder time with scattershot than blasterbolts. This world will be free.”

Kannik held up a hand. “The prefect speaks too soon. I have come here to take Mayaanar VI under my wing, that is true. However, the terms of any sort of protection have not been agreed to yet. It should first be decided which is the planet’s legitimate regime.”

Kayne, the Mirialan, the prefect, and his advisors all reeled a bit and swung to stare at the Sith. The general smiled thinly while the prefect began to blubber. “I-- I-- Lord Kannik, surely you’re not serious!”

Kannik shot a condescending glance at the prefect. “These rebels are clearly strong. Perhaps they will provide a better offer in exchange for the power of a Sith.”

The prefect waddled in place, suddenly covered in sweat. “If this is about my reluctance for the... generous! Yes, generous, terms for our freedom and protection that you have offered us, then consider that reluctance passed. I think,” he said, glancing between each of his advisors, “that they would be good, strong terms to build a new peace on once you have helped us defeat this rebel menace. Consider it settled, then, that our world may have order, and you may have your wealth and holdings here.”

Lord Kannik nodded at the prefect. He slowly turned back to the general. “And you, General Kayne?”

Kayne spat at Kannik’s feet. “I will not trade one... odious dictator for another,” the general eventually decided. “If you’re here to enslave our world, you die with the prefect.”

Kannik shrugged. “You had your chance.”

A quick staccato of small explosions rang out as charges on each of the commandos that had escorted the rebel leadership into the palace rid the room of the commandos’ presence. Kayne swung around to see the source of the sounds, but got caught up on a red blade that separated his hands and scattergun from his wrists. The Mirialan kicked him backward onto the ground, smiling gleefully at him as realization filled his mind. The woman knelt next to him. “Forty years a careful soldier, Amlar. Six years of war and you made it to the palace, the prefect in your grip. All that time, never falling for girls that blush and bite their lip in just the right way. But one made it. One burrowed into that cold, hardened, mourning heart of yours, General. And look where it got you.”

“Welcome back, Talmaine,” Kannik mused mainly to himself.

Amlar Kayne’s jaw worked and his face flashed through half a dozen emotions as a sense of perspective on the last three months of his life came to him. For Kannik’s mirialan apprentice, the agony was ambrosia.

“Shh, shh, shh, General. Your struggles here are over,” she said, lifting her lightsaber into a striking position above him. He still had no words, but tears filled his eyes. A maternal look came over the mirialan.

“It’s not okay, hon. It’s not okay.”

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Multiples of 4 for Talmaine!

4. Any addictions? (Food, sex, drugs/alcohol, shopping, power/control, etc.)Talmaine is addicted to attention. Oh she loves attention. Attention from her Master, attention from random people, whatever, just give her attention! When people are paying attention to her, she has a certain power over them.

And power. She's addicted to power. 

8. What mistake(s) do they continue to make/have not learned from?Being a sassy, sarcastic bitch to her Master will not stop him from giving her a few bruises during their spars. 

12. At least one thing that they tend to overreact to.People killing kids. That's a big no no for her.

16. Do they have any behaviors and/or beliefs that cannot be adequately justified?None that I can think of. 

20. What is a self-inflicted misery of theirs? (i.e. something they perpetuate themselves)Taunting her Master. She knows the farther she pushes him, the harder he is going to push back and the stronger she will become. 

Also letting her family die. She hates the fact they died because 1.) they died and 2.) They were weak. She kinda hates herself for hating them for dying because they were weak. 

Or something. Sith are weird, yo.

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A Fun List of Character Things.

Geviana Tolan

Her dad was a Jedi Initiate, but failed his trials, so he joined the Service Corps and met Gevi's mom on Corellia. They got married real young and, like more Corellian families, had a few kids. Gevi was the oldest. One of her siblings was born after she left Corellia, but she believes them all to be dead after the attacks on Corellia. 

She could easily go back to her homeworld, join the Green Jedi, start a family, etc, but feels it would be cheating and wrong. She is at constant war with herself about what she wants to do and what she needs to do.

Elthree-Teeseven was a pile of scrap when she found him and fixed him up as a project while traveling with her Master.

Her crush on Kerem is a mix of 'You're the only friend I have and you're the only one who has stuck by me and knows what I've been through' and 'you will never be with me, which is good. If I devote myself to you, I won't be tempted to run away and start a family'

Gevi appears to be overconfident and she knows she's damn good at what she does, but a lot of the times, she's inflating her own ego to convince herself she is as good as she claims to be. 

Learned Juyo but switched to Djem-So and other 'reserved' forms when she got her Padawan. She refuses to let him know she studied it.

Hates flying, but loves working on ships. 

Her favorite color is aqua. 

Obisen Kindrak

Obisen has a lot of what I call "Imperial Guilt". He feels AWFUL for being racist, awful for being a total dickwad to aliens and if you bring up his treatment of Ixor, he will deny it and then beat himself up over it. It's one reason he gets so defensive about it; he doesn't want to admit he's racist against his own husband.

Because he feels bad, he'll go out of his way to try and be nicer to aliens, but it ends up backfiring. He once made a little Twi'lek girl cry because he thought he was being nice, but instead was a racial slur and she thought he was going to sell her. 

When he first joined Intelligence, he was supposed to be an undercover agent. His work in the Academy plays brought him to their attention, but after a mission, he had a hard time adjusting when he got back to Dromund Kaas. They put Obisen into desk work where he excelled. 

Has been known to tattle on friends and coworkers if they talk shit about the Empire. It was his job as a Minder.

After getting canned from Intelligence, Obisen seriously considered jumping off a bridge. Not because he was ill, but because he honestly felt as if he couldn't serve the Empire, he had nothing to really live for. 

The reason Obisen was pale before was that he looked a lot like his father, a dark skinned man and Obisen had real issues with his dad and got a cosmetic surgery done to not look like him. They made up eventually and when Poppa Kindrak died, he went back to looking like a Kindrak. It was time to embrace who is was and always had been.

His job in the Auxiliary is 'Marksmen', but he's accepted the role of 'guy who gets the blame pushed on him' because he knows nothing bad will happen to him thanks to his marriage to Ixor.

Talmaine

Former Republic citizen, taken away from her home by the Sith. 

Went to Korriban thinking she would escape and become a Jedi, like the stories her parents told her. Her spite and stubbornness against the Sith left her in the perfect shape to become a Sith.

Her Master, Aleamar Kannik, used her to hunt down Kerem and Gevi. When he had cornered the two and was on the verge of victory and taking Gevi as his apprentice, Talmaine botched the operation, letting the Jedi escape, but having Kannik achieve honor with the great military strategy he put together. 

Took care of her master after his 'defeat' because she knew she wasn't strong enough to take over his position. 

Insanely jealous of people getting more attention than her. Her Master wanting Gevi is the cause of that.

Has a soft spot for bakers. She has given anonymous donations to bakeries across the galaxy.

Endizha

Given to the Jedi Order as an infant, in hopes of a better life. She doesn't know her parents and considers the Jedi Order to be her family.

She's smart for a 13 year old, well versed in diplomatic strategies and with her Master being a Space Ace, has learned many space combat tactics to assist him.

Very interested in the cultures of other races and seeks to learn all she can about them.

Is a 'Space Hippy'. Has joined in with a few protests on planets when she has seen corruption in the system. She's the kind who would break into an animal testing facility to free the animals or throw fake blood on people wearing fur or set up ways to expose corrupt politicians. 

Considers Diovisus a friend, but thinks he's very immature for his age and will remind him of such.

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What is (/was?) Talmaine's family like?

I think they are all dead now, the planet they lived on was captured by the Empire and she was almost forced into slavery when they sent her to Korriban.

They were nice, kind people. Her mother would bake cookies, her father worked hard and she did the same. She cared for her little brother who looked up to her. 

It was a happy, normal family. Almost too happy. Maybe all the Dark Side has warped her reality of what her family actually was like. Or maybe it was what she clung on to when she was forced into Korriban. Regardless, when she looks back on it, she feels a twinge of regret and anger of the life that was taken from her. 

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Throw Back Thursday - Talmaine, earliest memory?

Talmaine isn't as fleshed out as I'd like her to be, so I don't know which planet she is actually from, but she remembers her family living in Republic space in a nice little home.

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Lord Amellar Kannik and his apprentice, Talmaine.

Facial scars and antenna-backpacks seem to be a theme, here.