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Halan Darklighter was a human male moisture farmer from the outer rim world of Tatooine. Born during the Force Eternal period, Halan was a simple, hard-working, tough man like many of his kin. Married at a young age, he took up his own farm, around the time he was to be married. Now he focuses on his craft and surviving the harsh and ever-changing conditions of Tatooine.
Biography
Halan was a human male born to two spaceport workers in the mining settlement of Anchorhead on Tatooine. As a young man, Halan knew what he wanted from his life: to forge his legacy outside of the slum-like accommodations of Anchorhead and establish his homestead and live off of his wits. As such, Halan left his home, becoming a labourer on a nearby homestead during his late teens. When he turned twenty-one, he met and married a fellow-labourer before establishing a small farm of his own in the Jutland wastes.
Building the homestead by hand, Halan and his wife took pride in their work and soon found a home to call their own.
For several years the Darklighter family lived in relative isolation, working with other farmers when needed to support their community. More recently, he has begun to get more involved in the nearby towns, joining patrols with his fellow farms against the Tusken menace and the nearby raiders. Halan has a large family, with seven children, all of whom are married and have young children of their own.
Personality & Traits
Halan was a human male with light skin weathered by the twin suns and blue eyes. Standing just over 1.7 meters, he had dark brown hair and a formidable build. Those who knew him described him as a solitary, pragmatic and hard-working man who enjoyed his work and was dedicated to it and his homeworld. ’Twin suns through and through’, he believed in the traditions of hard work and discipline and could come across as harsh, gruff and strict to those who did not know the kind soul beneath. A survivor, and a man who believed in the importance of self-sufficiency, he was every bit the farmer people expected.
Harbouring a deep mistrust for outsiders, Halan had never left Tatooine and saw little to no reason to do so. Uninterested in galactic politics, his first concern was his farm, his neighbours and the continuation of the traditional way of life Tatooinians had always enjoyed. Owing to his upbringing and his lived experience of their ways, he hated Tusken Raiders.
A proud man, he refused the ‘protection’ of local gangsters and was not afraid to defend what was his. Having worked on the frontiers for much of his life, Halan was a dab hand with various weapons, both ranged and close quarters, and frequently used them owing to his harsh upbringing. He spoke Galactic Basic and could understand Huttese and droid speak.
Equipment
As the owner of a moisture farm, he had a range of run-down droids, moisture vapour machines, and a small homestead. He grew crops in cool underground caves and made us of an Eiopee.
Skills & abilities
A hardy man, Halans skills mostly revolved around practical ones he needed to do his job and to do it well. Physically strong, he could hold his own in combat and was a dab hand with a cycler rifle, especially when fired to defend his land or his neighbours. Owing to his life in a remote place, where he was the only person around, he was able to effect repairs on droids, speeders and his evaporators, as well as to conduct all the expected activities of a farmer.
Halan was a good pilot behind the wheels of a speeder and had excellent knowledge of the land around his farm, able to navigate it without the assistance of a map. He was a survivor, knowing essential medical services, usually to treat farm injuries and heat stroke.
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