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Setarkos Andillia, was a human male explorer, philosopher and polymath; most known within his exceptionally small circle of friends for his contributions to the prestigious library of the University of Naboo through his research and historical recordings. For much of his life Setarkos travelled with various smugglers, adventurers and a good manner of others, visiting numerous worlds across the Galaxy.

A member of a minor noble family on Naboo, Setarkos benefited from a good education and a modest income which permitted him to enjoy the life of an academic. Something of a jack-of-all-trades, he held a wide variety of roles throughout his life, an artist, a poet, teacher, author, philosopher, linguist, and on many an occasions an all round layabout and wastral.

Biography

Born on Naboo, an idyllic world much removed from conflicts that often shook the galaxy, Setarkos was the beneficiary of a good education and an equally blessed upbringing, something he never took for granted as he grew up. Attending one of the royal schools in Theed he entered into the legislative program, as was tradition for graduates, and matriculated with an offer to take an apprenticeship as a junior diplomat. After some thought, he declined, and instead pursued an academic career, beginning first at the University of Naboo, where he undertook a degree in Philosophy.

Continuing his academic life, he was to teach the same subject for four years in Theed, before a desire to see the Galaxy took him heavenward, and he headed out on a tour of the Core Worlds, sponsored by the University, before enrolling at the University of Bar'leth to undertake a Doctorate in Galactic Philosophy. Once again, he was to pass with relative ease, before heading back into teaching for a while longer, back on Naboo. During this time he was given the opportunity to travel often, heading for the rim, visiting the sites of old battles, ruins of ancient civilisations, and recorded his travels in a journal as he did so.

Joining a merchant trading company, he served as a navigator or a time, travelling across the galaxy to worlds such as Tatooine and Hutta, where - upon the occasion of his second year with the company, he was stranded and captured by a local crime lord, who saw the wanderer as an excellent curiosity to add to his collection.

During this time he was enlisted as a manner of court entertainment for the Hutt to which he was bonded, and would serve some time as an archivist and general dogsbody for the grotesque creature. On one occassion he was expected to act as an enforcer for the creature, but unfortunately lacked any ability in that department, and was released after the Hutt grew tired of his endless, and unceasing questions. Returning back to his University, and his homeworld, he wasted no time at all, before heading back out into the Galaxy, for more adventure.

Personality and Traits

Setarkos was a tall man, with a broad and somewhat imposing appearance, standing at a little over 1.78 meters. He was not a force sensitive, having been tested for such sensitivity at a young age. Well spoken, well educated, well legally read, and well mannered, he was a consummate scholar of Naboo, with an appetitie for knowledge and adventure.

Having spent most of his adult life in education, either as a student or tutor, he was an exceedinly well read individual, and could read in multiple languages, aside from basic, being fluent in Old Corellian and numerous ancient scripts. He adored learning, and enjoyed a reputation with those who knew him as never shying away from asking the most awkward (and difficult) questions, often at the most awkward times.

An expert in the teachings of the Four Sages of Dwartii, he felt it important to understand as much about the Galaxy and its peoples as possible, and believed that this could only be achieved through interaction and exploration. Slow to judge (and by some accounts, even slower to act) he was a thoughtful and deliberate man, who made friends with ease, and kept them even more easily.

Thanks mostly to his place of education, he was well versed in the Nouanese art of Rhetoric, and often times during his youth had considered remaining in the legislative program of Naboo, and pursuing a career in politics. However, this was stopped by his unwillingness to doggedly follow a set ideology, making him unsuitable for the political world of the day. Thanks to his distinctive (and by all accounts, bombastic) voice, he was a passionate storyteller, something which went down well on some of the more traditional worlds of the Galaxy, and was prone to retelling adventures he had been a part of, or head of, when coin was offered, and often when it wasn't.

Having travelled much through his life, he was well aware of the dangers of the Galaxy, and as such was well versed in the some of the classical combat forms, such as fighting with a blade or staff using Teras Kasi. Setarkos was an explorer at heart, and had a great wanderlust that he rarely saw satiated to its full, and was besotted with recorded key events in history - meaning he was often to be found where history was being made, and could rarely be seen in the sidelines, but rather in the thick of the action.

Equipment

A robe and shoes, and a Wroshyr staff, he normally as a journal on his person, as well as a comlink and a traditional nabooian sword.


 
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