Independent Mara Kensei

[Phantom]

Mara Kensei

AGE
► 29
SPECIES
► Wrean
HEIGHT
► 5'4"
WEIGHT
► 125 lbs
EYE COLOR
► Blue
HAIR COLOR
► Brown
HOMEWORLD
► Wrea
GENDER
► Female
FACTION
► Matukai
RANK
► Adept
FORCE SENSITIVITY
► Yes

BIOGRAPHY

Mara's life started out fairly simply, she was born to a middle-class couple that already had two children, on the planet of Wrea, her father was a mechanic for the civilian vehicles and her mother was a seamstress for the upper-class and Fatemarked. Mara lived happily for the first decade of her life, going through school, and learning skills from both of her parent's occupations. Her older sister, Nidori, was more focussed on becoming a soldier in the Tehysian Republic, protecting Wrea an it's cities from hostile forces such as the Syndicates. Her older brother, Malcor, was being trained by their mother to become a tailor, clothing the leaders of the planet. Mara was quite different, at the age of 10 galactic standard years, Mara was discovered to be a Fatemarked, and her life was turned upside-down.

Mara, thankfully, was not taken from her family, but she was taken out of her normal school and began training under the Fatemarked that resided in her home city. It was there that she began to learn how to control her gift of the Force. Mara excelled at the physical applications of the force, she was able to master Telekinesis, limited Tutaminis, Speed enhancement, Aerokinesis, and Cryokinesis in the first five years of her training. When it came to the more... mental and spiritual side of being a Fatemarked, Mara was not as adept, but she was able to learn Telepathy, and how to sense incoming imminent threats. As her training continued, the Fatemarked in charge of Mara's training noticed her lack of patience, her brash nature, and her complete disregard for Authority.

Her Fatemarked master deemed her unfit for any position of leadership, resulting in Mara having to keep training until she proved that she could become a fully-fledged Fatemarked. And over the next three years, she made a lot of progress, her Telepathy and Force Sense improved, as did her physical abilities. Her attitude also changed, but she realized that she did not want to become a full Fatemarked. During her seventh year of training, a stranger visited her city, he claimed to be a member of an organization called the Matukai. He explained the Matukai to be similar to the Jedi, but different in their fighting techniques, and their philosophy on the Force. Mara was intrigued by this man and the prospect of becoming a Matukai. She had med Jedi before, and thought that they were too focused on the combat applications of the Force. But the Matukai's philosophy of being nomadic and helping any of those who they come across spoke to the young Fatemarked.

It wasn't until a year later that the same Matukai returned and offered to take any Fatemarked with him, and Mara was the first to take the offer. Her Fatemarked master believed that it was the right choice and gave Mara a parting gift of her Fatemarked tattoos. Instead of the traditional facial gold, Mara's tattoo was a bright jade green design of an all-seeing eye with the fillory stretching up her neck and around her shoulders. With a final goodbye to her family, Mara set off with her new Matukai master to further her skills in the Force, and to live life like she had always wanted.

Mara celebrated her nineteenth birthday in the living quarters of her master's ship. The first year of training had been the most productive that she has had in all of her life. The first technique that her master taught her was how to heal people with the Force. This ability was most often used when they visited worlds where the inhabitants were sick, or had just experienced an attack from unknown forces. The next technique she was taught was how to expand her mind and see the universe around her through the Force.

But, her biggest challenge in the first few years was learning how to fight in the air. She had spent her entire life living in water and fighting against the natural resistance of her home world, that fighting in the air made her much clumsier. She also noticed that while she was a strong fighter on her home planet, she didn't realize just how strong she was without the resistance of water. Not to mention that she was used to breathing through her gills, which resulted in having to retrain her mind to breath through her nose, and to keep her gills shut, or else they would dry out and get infected.

Mara's 27th birthday marked the day she graduated from the rank of Apprentice, to Adept. Her master took the Wan-shen she had been using for years, and gave Mara the tools and parts to make her own, symbolizing her graduation. Mara had learned many things over the years, her disregard for authority was still there, but much less blatant than it had been before her Matukai days. Her master had trained her how to fight without weapons, passing down many of the Matukai techniques to her in hopes that she would use them to help people.

As Mara became aware of the Sith's return as the Eternal, she began to see the destruction caused by the Sith and decided to do something about it. She did not like getting to the battle too late, so she started to show up to attacks or battle as soon as she could, and help drive back the Sith.

Personality

Mara has gone through many different personalities in her life. When she began training as a Fatemarked in her youth, she was the stereotypical problem child, with no respect for authority. Then as she matured, she began to calm down and accept the teachings that didn't involve moving or freezing things with her mind. But one thing that stayed constant in her life was her need to help people. Mara was the kind of person to stand up to a bully and make sure that that bully didn't hurt anyone else. When she learned how to heal people through the Force, she was ecstatic, and was most often healing people the best she could, or providing first aid if using the force was overboard. her brash nature remained with her though, which leads her to say things before really thinking them through, or just failing to realize what she is saying might be offensive.

Skills

Mara is well-trained in many force abilities as well as many different fighting techniques. She is a master with her Wan-shen, and hand-to hand combat. her power in the force is less reliable when it comes to attacks, as she mainly focused on meditation and improving her mental abilities while in training to become a Matukai Adept. She is trained in basic mechanics and slicing, jsut enough to keep her ship running and in good condition.

Appearance

Mara is dark-skinned, with a lithe but muscular build. Her training as a Matukai has made her quite flexible. She will usually be wearing a dark blue padded shirt with gold accents, loose fitting pants and knee-high boots. Around her waist is a blue and green sash, indicating her Matukai rank. Her Wan-shen is usually fastened to her back for quick access, and her Matukai gauntlets are almost always present among her clothing. Over her base clothing, she wears a sleeveless coat made from rancor hide, and dyed a deep cobalt blue. Her hair is usually pulled into a bun or ponytail above her undercut. Her shirts usually reach up to cover the gills on her neck, to reduce the chance of them drying out. When her Matukai is collapsed and disassembled, the two blades are stored within her coat in sewn-in scabbards, while the staff portion remains on her back as a blunt weapon.

Equipment

+ R6-H3
+ Matukai Gauntlets
+ VCX-100 Light Freighter, "The Cobalt Soul"
+ Personal Wan-Shen
+ K-16 Bryar Pistol

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[Topher Ridge]

Yoooooo glad to see another Matukai rep! We gotta get our characters into some shenanigans!

 

[Phantom]

Yeah! That would be awesome!

 

[Darasuum]

Lol, would have been fun to rp while I still had my old sith gal

 

[Phantom]

That would have been very fun.