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Night Raptors

2011-07-10T06:15:13Z

Masika Oshairana: moved Night Raptors to Raptors: The name of this Battleteam is no longer Night Raptors, it is now just Raptors.

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{{Organization infobox
|image=[[File:NightRaptorsNew.jpg|250px]]
|name=Night Raptors
|founder=[[Muz Ashen]]
|leader=None
|members=* [[Shikyo Keibatsu]]
* [[Raven]]
* [[Vladek]]
* [[Fremoc Pepoi]]
* [[Kano Tor Pepoi]]
* [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]
|headquarters=[[Markosian City]]
|founded=22 ABY
|reorganized=31 ABY
|dissolved=33 ABY
|restored=35 ABY
|affiliation=* [[House Marka Ragnos]]
* [[Naga Sadow|Clan Naga Sadow]]
* [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]
|era=[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
}}

{{Quote|On Wings of Hate, We Deliver Pain...|Night Raptors' motto}}

The '''Night Raptors''' were a [[Battleteam]] in [[House Marka Ragnos]]. Founded by [[Quaestor]] [[Muz Ashen]] in 22 ABY the team was shutdown after inactivity and recommissioned near the beginning of 31 ABY. [[Fremoc Pepoi]] built the team from the ground up after it's reinstatement, before handing the reigns over to [[Kano Tor Pepoi]] and [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]. The team's notable achievments are recieving the accolades of the [[Consul's Own]] as well as [[House Marka Ragnos]] Elite before being decommissioned due to reduced numbers in the Clan in 33 ABY.

== Battleteam History ==
=== Simple Origins ===
As the military might of the Brotherhood grew and the Dark Council sought their grasp of the Antei system, so too did the summit of House Marka Ragnos think of increasing their might. Under the guidance of the [[Quaestor]] [[Muz Ashen]], the Night Raptors were [http://darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/viewreport.asp?ID=6652 formed] as a powerful new Battleteam for the militaristic Obelisk members of his house. The first Obelisk [[Sergeant]] of the team was Phantom. The detailed records of the Battleteam were lost over the ages but it is known that after the Night Raptors were introduced they had become introductory Battleteam for the young journeymen of House Marka Ragnos before they were transferred to the then intermediate Battleteam of Ragnos, the [[Night Falcons]], and after they had completed their tenure in the Falcons were moved to the clandestine unit of the [[Night Hawks]].

Sadly this standard didn't stand and was proven ineffective in its uses, through an executive decision the Night Raptors were decommissioned with their members returned to the house until 31 ABY.

=== On Wings of Hate ===
After the Ninth Great Jedi War, changes were made in House Marka Ragnos and Clan Naga Sadow as a whole; former Grand Master Jedgar Paladin took the Quaestorship of Marka Ragnos while Jade Sadow took the second-in-command position of Aedile.
In addition to a former Grand Master coming back to the Clan of Sadow, another Son of Sadow also ascended to the highest position possible in the entire Brotherhood; the rank of Grand Master and the right to sit on the Iron Throne; Muz Ashen, now known by the moniker of Darth Ashen.

Within days of Muz’s accession, his first decree was his choosing of a new Shadow Hand, or Deputy Grand Master, and he chose none other than Jedgar Paladin to take up the mantle of his second. Almost flawlessly, another leadership revolution shook the House Marka Ragnos, for the better; Jade Sadow took up Quaestor, Zaxen Dauketrenal Isradia became the Aedile after an application process and by massive demand, Manji '''Keibatsu''' Sadow was installed as Rollmaster.

It was during this revolution that the House Summit announced their first official mandate; the re-opening of the training Battleteam, the Night Raptors, under the leadership of the up-and-coming Jedi Hunter, Fremoc “Demonic” Pepoi.

=== Let Demons Reign ===
When Commander [[Fremoc Pepoi]], callsign “Demonic” and former Commando, took command, things started looking up for the Night Raptors. Weekly status updates were filed with the Brotherhood database and new operating procedures and a Battleteam chain of command was implemented, with two Flight Leaders backing up the Battleteam Leader; [[Valorian]] and Horus Blackheart.
In late 31 ABY, Fremoc and his Team shined in an event called the '''Fractured Mirror''', going so far as to earn the much sought after title of Consul’s Own, which was the Clan designation of elite unit.

==== Fallout ====
However, before the Battleteam could celebrate their victory, a resurgence of the Yuuzhan Vong appeared and with them their unholy vengeance, wasting the cities of Kar Alabrek and many outlying villages and settlements all across Tarthos. The Ragnosian capital was not the only planet ravaged, as an even more fierce attack decimated Seng Karash on Aeotheran and guerrilla attacks sprouted across the surface of the Clan planet, Sepros.

Dubbing the massacre “Fallout”, the Consul ordered all of his Battleteams to retaliate by patrolling their cities, engaging the Yuuzhan Vong and extinguishing the fires that raged across the Orian System. It was in these preliminary patrols that the Night Raptors discovered something that was completely unexpected…the Yuuzhan Vong were not alone; they had forged an alliance with the Peace Brigade as well as rogue Jedi, those who had converted to the Vong religion.

[[File:Artalldone.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Soldier attached to the Night Raptors]]It is in this predicament that the Consul’s Own find themselves, with a war on the home front. Under the leadership of Fremoc “Demonic” Pepoi, Dark Jedi Knight and Krath Commander, the Raptors are sure to come out on top and prove themselves the rightful elite of Clan Naga Sadow. The battle team split into two groups, Fremoc, Kano, and Talos Omerta, along with Manji '''Keibatsu''' Sadow, went after the various commanders of the Peace Brigade after Fremoc's VCX went down. Fremoc would later break off from that group and kill the Peace Brigade's main commander but wound up being severely wounded. The other group stayed at Ragnos Cathedral helping Raven and the Night Hawks defend the Castle. Only to their dismay that the Cathedral would soon have a doomed fate.

==== Knightfall ====
After Fremoc's revival from the Bacta tank, he led the Night Raptors to the office of Arnet, who was to be arrested for treason. The troopers that had accompanied the Raptors into the Office, turned their rifles to bear upon the Knight and his teammates. The Raptors quickly dispatched the traitorous troopers and began to follow Arnet. They quickly met the Night Hawks at a LAAT/i gunship and chased after Arnet. After the combined efforts of the Raptors and Hawks, Arnet was captured and gave the information to Fremoc, Raven, and Manji. This led them to Obsidian Station that had crash landed years prior, and they stumbled upon the Vong base. Fighting their way inside, the two teams gained the codes for the planetary grid to go back online but in the mean time William Darkfire was captured. The two teams were then sent to the ''Final Way'' and ordered to escort the Violator Gas Bomb onto the enemy Vong ship. Fremoc found William and fought him until William was reminded who he was and became normal again, without the Vong implants. The rest of the Raptors were engaging various Vong soldiers. Upon finding the Violator Gas Bomb broken, William stayed behind and sacrificed himself for his clan after making sure everyone had retreated from the ship. The Raptors have a memorial in their main headquarters for William.

=== A Quick Reign of Terror ===
Shortly after the death of William, Fremoc was appointed as Aedile to House Marka Ragnos and Fremoc appointed Ryuk, now known as Kano Tor Pepoi, to be the next Battle Team Leader of the Night Raptors. Kano led the team on several missions, capturing various pieces of equipment, while also doing strike missions in different systems for Fremoc and Robert Sadow. On one such mission Kano came back from badly wounded, to the point where he could not perform his duties as Battle Team Leader.

=== But He's Just a Boy ===
Upon finding that Kano was badly injured to the point where he could not perform his duties, Robert Sadow and Fremoc Pepoi looked over various members of the House trying to figure out who would be best suited for the job. The two Dark Jedi, decided on Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart. Methyas was called down to the Catacombs of Mucenic and into the Quaestor office, where he was appointed as Obelisk Sergeant to the Night Raptors.

==== Deployment to Markosian City ====
Shortly after Methyas was put in charge of the Night Raptors, Fremoc sent the battle team to Markosian City to begin to protect the Governor's Palace. Methyas and his team deployed in the city's blue zone where the mansion was located. With the need to remain under guise from their enemies the Night Raptors were given the cover of the Governor Security Force to ensure the protection of the Marka Ragnos Aedile while leaving them close enough the a member of the House Summit to receive their orders swiftly and embark on their missions from there.

After several weeks of protecting their former BTL [[Fremoc Pepoi]] stepped up the ladder into the Quaestor's chair and appointed [[Bal Demona]] as [[House Marka Ragnos]] new Aedile. Things remained calm for the team as they guarded the new Aedile until a Vendetta was called for. A war between all the Clans.

==== Rites of Supremacy ====
As all the Clans flocked to Salas V to take on each other as well as the planets inhabitants the Night Raptor's along with their BTL [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]. The battle were waged on the surface of Salas V and Clan Naga Sadow fought strong at first landing and eliminated [[Clan Plagueis]. As things progressed [[Clan Naga Sadow]] was defeated by [[Revan|Independent House Revan]]. As the Raptors and the rest of the Clan retreated from the planet surface [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]] appeared before them. Feeling beaten [[Clan Naga Sadow]] took out their rage on the unsuspecting Clan and left them devastated. The Night Raptors returned with [[Bal Demona]] back to [[Markosian City]] to rest from their great efforts. The end of the war also let the Night Raptor's see the return of a former BTL to its ranks, [[Kano Tor Pepoi]].

==== The Divine Attack ====
The Night Raptors peace and quiet was ended quickly as the [[Divine Reborn]], a group dedicated to the belief they are the true Disiples of Marko Ragnos, attacked [[Mucenic]] and captured [[Fremoc Pepoi]]. The Night Raptors were called into action and quickly moved onto [[Mucenic]] to end the slaughter of the innocent monks and free their Quaestor. The team moved through the city eliminating Dark Jedi from the Divine Reborn and rescuing monks. As the enemy numbers grew BTL [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]] sent a message to the Final Way in an attempt to gain some support on the mission.

Soon [[Kano Tor Pepoi]] came into contact with Lord Remus Xemo, a former Mandalorian and friend until he attempted to kill Kano. The two engaged in a Forceless battle and ended when Remus called upon the Force to attack Kano. The Dark Jedi Knight used the Force to pull the Lord's own saber and sever all his limps in one swing. Kano then lost it and proceeded to beat Remus to death with his own saber hilt.

The Raptors made their way closer and closer to where Fremoc was being held and ended up coming face to face with various Lords from the [[Divine Reborn]] including; Ravened Magnum, Bhindi Tisa, and Antar Nakcohh. The Raptors also with the help of the freed [[Fremoc Pepoi]] managed to capture the Divine Reborns leader, Master Drosk Nunes, Drosk was taken to the Final Way where he was cut down while unarmed by Fremoc's wife, [[Teu Pepoi]].

=== Final Flight ===
Following the events of the attack on Mucenic, Methyas was appointed [[Aedile]] of [[House Marka Ragnos]] and the team was leaderless with both Methyas and Fremoc putting their faith once more in [[Kano Tor Pepoi]]. The team quickly picked up from where they left off with Kano ensuring the team was on their toes at all time, even briefly taking the team on a mission to Tatooine to get in some training and resolve some personal issues amongst team-members.

The team was pushed into duty when [[Consul]] [[Manji Keibatsu Sadow|Manji '''Keibatsu''' Sadow]] requested all Clan assets to [[Aeotheran]] to deal with the ''Voice of Justice'' and other terror cells that had surfaced on the planet. Placing a focus on subverting the terrorist organization, Kano and many members of the Raptors found themselves posing as mercenaries looking for work as a way to gain entrance to the Voice of Justice. Participating in the events along the railway tracks, encountering a strange and regenative alien creature and being present at the destruction of '''Generator Two''' were but a number things a member of the Night Raptors could take claim for.

The final mission for the team came after returning to the [[Marakith Skyhook]] to regroup and seek medical attention. After a threat by Voice of Justice leader, Deliverance, the team was sent to the isle of [[Lor Zatean]] to rescue civilians and kill any insurgants within the Keebada Villa. The mission was a success but saw the leave of Sergeant Kano Tor Pepoi to the planet of Mandalore resulting in the team being placed under the temporary leadership of Aedile Methyas L'eonheart once more. The completion of their mission on Aeotheran saw the team return to [[Tarthos]] and the sanctuary of [[Mucenic]]; as a final decision and with a heavy heart, Methyas and Fremoc were forced to dissolve the Night Raptors into the House and [[Night Hawks]] for the continued life of the House.

== Night Raptors Headquarters ==
Located on the second level of the Orian Manor's sub-basement, the Night Raptors HQ is an impressive complex spanning nearly half if not all of the second level. With the primary entrances available through two service elevators and a series of stairs located at specific entrances, the Raptors are secluded from prying eyes. With large living quarters the members of the Battleteam are well kept aside from their respective homes and quarters outside of the mansion.

Near the center of the Battleteam’s HQ are the war room and sparring chambers. The latter specifically designed for hand-to-hand training it does also support lightsaber duels with the supporting walls and floors designed from lightsaber resistant materials as well as being extremely fortified to ensure safety to those outside the chamber. The war-room is designed specifically to co-ordinate the Battleteam and House military when necessary; with the Night Raptors more often than not operating as a Special Operations team and taking the lead in combat, the Battleteam will help direct combat or will often be directed by the Aedile and Quaestor from this chamber.

Located nearest the war-room and sparring chambers are the changing rooms and armory; although the team shares much of its weaponry with the rest of the House and Clan, the team’s personal weapons and armor are located here for safe keeping and due to the fact they spend most of their time here as opposed to anywhere else.
With their cover story set as a personal guard to the Governor, many of the service elevators lead to the major regions of the Gubernatorial Mansion. Specifically one or two of the elevators lead to a garage and hanger for the team to get vehicles for their rapid deployment when necessary.

== Night Raptor Kit ==
=== Heavy Combat Armor: Raptor Assault Armor ===
[[File:Night-raptors-armor.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The Night Raptors Armor]]
The Raptor Assault Armor was created by Valorian, but under Fremoc's supervision had models modified for different uses.

'''Standard''' is the basic model given out to all members of the Night Raptors upon joining the battle team. The specifications are as follows:
* Concussion-proof Armor Plating
* Health monitor for wearer within Visor's HUD
* Night Vision mode for the Visor and HUD
* Secure Communications system to other team members
* Able to provide an extra boost to abilities if needed.

'''Flight Leader''' is the model designed for the Flight Leaders in the battle team. The specifications are as follows:
* Additional Armor plating to withstand fragmentation blasts
* Built-in visor magnification capable of 5 times magnification
* Additional HUD monitoring for the Health of all members of their squad/flight

'''Commander''' is the model designed specifically for the commanding officer of the Night Raptors. It has all the main specifications from the standard armor but here are the modifications:
* Additional Armor plating to withstand anti-personnel mines
* Built-in visor magnification capable of 20 times magnification
* Additional HUD monitoring for the Health of all members of the battle team
* Communications contain an addition line directly to the Quaestor and Aedile

=== Light Combat Armor: Scout Light Armor ===
[[File:NRarmor.jpg|thumb|150px|left|The Night Raptors Light Armor]]
Developed by Kano Tor Pepoi, the Night Raptor Scout Light Armor is provides basic coverage for the wearer. It has an armored chest plate, including a plate that protects the back. There is also armor plates on the legs and the shoulders so that all vital arteries are thoroughly protected. The wearer utilizes regular combat boots to go with the light weight armor and to allow the wearer to move softly and near silently, instead of armored boots that are clunky and can make loud noises. Underneath it all there is a basic body suit that protects the wearer from knives and daggers, but still can be penetrated by blasters and swords. The Scout Light Armor has a utility belt that can provide seven days worth of rations, and hold twelve clips of ammunition for the NR2S and the NR3S. On top of all that, instead of a helmet, there is a ear piece that also provides easy communication to the other members of the team, but there is also attached to the ear piece is a view screen that can provide a map of the area, as well as determining if someone is a friend or foe. The viewscreen can be turned off by tapping a button on the ear piece to allow the wearer to see the area with their right eye and not just their left.

=== Primary Weapon: Dlarit NR3S Submachine Gun ===
[[File:NR3S.png|thumb|150px|right|NR3S]]Designed by the Dlarit Corporation after a special request by Obelisk Sergeant Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart. After carefully researching the Imperial Heavy Repeater, Dlarit came up with the NR3 Submachine gun, a small one-handed rifle based off the NR2 Pistols. Slightly curved in design, the NR3 fits comfortably into the curvature of the user's shoulder for more accurate shots and to reduce the "walking" that occurs with the traditional rapid-fire slugthrowers.
The NR3S takes the traditional NR3 and is used for discreet missions, with additional recoil dampeners and a sound suppressor added to the weapon it is surprisingly more accurate than its base model at the cost of a reduced magazine and slower rate of fire. A red-dot sight has been added to weapon to assist with targets at a distance.

The NR3S was selected by Commander L'eonheart for its rather aggressive, albeit unusual, methodology in combat in a blaster-centric galaxy. Most combat armor and opponents are used to and resistant to energy based weapons while a slugthrower is extremely difficult to block by those trained force. In addition Slugthrowers were selected for their ability to be silenced for stealth based missions as opposed to that of more common weapons in the galaxy.

'''Weapon Details:'''
* Magazine Size: 36
* Maximum Ammunition: 180
* Rate of Fire: High, approximately 12 rounds per second
* Accuracy: Low-to-Moderate, Fully-Auto is Low while Burst fire is Moderate
* Range: Moderate

=== Sidearm: Dlarit NR2S Pistol ===
[[File:NR2S.jpg|thumb|150px|right|NR2S]]Designed by the Dlarit Corporation after a special request by Obelisk Sergeant Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart. After carefully researching older Mandalorian slugthrowers Dlarit came up with the NR2 Combat Pistol, a weapon primarily for officers and discreet operatives in the Clan. While keeping a fairly traditional design amongst pistols in general, the NR2 is rather light compared to that of a blaster pistol due to more mechanical nature as opposed to that of an electrical based, with that said the NR2 feels like it has more solid construction compared to that of more traditional pistols.
The NR2S is a weapon designed for discreet missions being equipped with built in, stronger recoil dampeners, muzzle break, a sound suppressor and an extended clip for longer combat and stealth tactics; this comes at the expense of a heavier weapon with slightly decreased range and lack of a scope in comparison to that of the standard NR2. As with the NR3, Commander L'eonheart requested slugthrowers for his battleteam for the advantage of stealth and surprise against most enemies expecting Blasters.

'''Weapon Details:'''
* Magazine Size: 15
* Maximum Ammunition: 90
* Rate of Fire: Semi-automatic, 2 rounds per second
* Accuracy: Moderate-High
* Range: Moderate-High

== Current Roster ==
* Battle team currently decommissioned

== Former Members ==
* BTL [[Shikyo Keibatsu|Shikyo '''Keibatsu''']]
* BTL [[Raven]]
* BTL [[Fremoc Pepoi]]
* BTL [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]
* BTL [[Kano Tor Pepoi]]
* [[Araxis Stormreaver Farron]]
* [[Nassin Zye]]
* Quo-Wing-Tzun
* [[Talos Omerta]]
* Horus Blackheart
* [[Valorian]]
* [[Bal Demona]]
* [[Nix Graves]]
* Strigoi
* Andros
* [[Kalei Basai]]
* [[Ekeia Iclo]]
* [[Teu Pepoi]]
* Feira "Echoe" Elleiria
* [[William Darkfire]]
* [[Roxas Buurenaar]]

== Trivia ==
* After some time inactive, the Night Raptors where reopened under the Command of Fremoc Pepoi.
* Flight Leader Valorian created the graphics for the new Raptor armor as well as the symbol.
* Once held the accolades of [[Consul's Own]] and [[House Marka Ragnos]] Elite
* The Raptors have an undying loyalty to Fremoc since each one of the members have spent time training with Fremoc either when he was their battle team leader, or through the various apprentices he has had.
* [[Kano Tor Pepoi]] held two consecutive terms as BTL broken up only by Methyas' term as Sergeant
* Although Muz Ashen was the founder of the Battleteam, he has never been a member. The first SGT was Phantom.

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Masika Oshairana

2011-06-06T04:06:04Z

Masika Oshairana:

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{{Character
|image=[[File:Masika_Image_2.jpg‎|250px]]
|firstname=Masika
|homeworld=She doesn't know, she is an orphan.
|birth=12 ABY
|species=Zeltron
|gender=Female
|hair=Blue hair braided in a serpentine S shape down her back
|eyes=Orange
|height=1.7 meter
|weight=55 kilos
|enemies=too many to mention; #1 enemy [[Venator]]
|saber=training saber
|profession=Con-artist, Lounge Singer, Drifter
|era=Dark Jedi Brotherhood
|affiliation=[[Naga Sadow]]
|masters=[[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]
|dossier=[[dossier:11718|11718]]
}}

{{Quote|She doesn't sing to pay the bills. She sings to pay for her shoes.|[[Venator|Mirado L'eonheart]]}}

== Character History ==

=== Early Life ===
Doesn't know where she comes from, where she was born, or who any of her family is. All she knows is her parents were killed in a war on her home planet which left her orphaned. All she has left of her parents is a pendant from each of them that she wears on a necklace around her neck. She bounced around to many different foster families until she turned 12, then ran away to make it on her own.

=== Teenage Years ===
After running away from the last foster family she would ever have to live with, Masika vowed to make it on her own. She learned the ways of the streets and learned how to take and con her way through life. It wasn't easy at first, but eventually she got the hang of it. She had to to survive on her own.

=== Early Adulthood to Present ===
After living on the streets and traveling from place to place, she heard many kinds of music along the way in her travels. She came to find a love for music, and soon after found her voice, and obtained a passion to sing. She takes on lounge singing jobs anywhere she can so she can fill her passion and earn a few credits for it. Thanks to her #1 enemy, [[Venator]], her vocal cords are strained, but she continues to sing.

=== Background - Birth to Present ===
~Unknown Planet
~12 ABY

It was a warm, dry night in a small town on the outer edge. Somewhat remote and a bit hidden from the larger nearby city that was at minimum twenty minutes away. Not a vast population, and everyone knew everyone, and for the most part got along quite well. It was late in the evening, and most were fast asleep.

Cloaked beings scampered almost silently, slithering in and out around the outside of homes. Lighting fires wherever they could and using whatever they could get their hands on for kindling. The residents were awoken by the fiery blaze. As some began to rush out of their homes screaming, others grabbed whatever weapons they had and opened fire on the unwelcome invaders.

At the time, there was a war being fought, yet the quiet beings who lived here didn't think they would ever have to see it, let alone be part of it's experience. Unfortunately, most of them became the cloaked beings casualties. Children and babies screamed and cried, as their parents tried to protect them or hide them. One particular baby cried as her parents attempted to make an escape with her in her mother's arms. She was a Zeltron, with a slight hint of blue hair just beginning to grow, purplish skin, and the most brilliant orange eyes that could make any heart melt when she looked at you. The little girl wasn't much more than 5 months old.

As the Zeltron woman and her husband ran to get their baby girl out of harm's way, they received blaster fire in their direction from two of the cloaked figures. They returned blaster fire as best they could over their shoulders. As the baby's mother ran into a dark area with little to no light, she tripped and fell to her knees. Her husband tried to cover and protect his wife and child, but to no avail. One of the cloaked figures caught up with them and decided to wait and kill them at close range. The mother tucked her baby under her so that the gunman couldn't see her and leaned to one side, knowing she would be shot and killed, in order to make sure she would not fall and die on top of her baby and smother her. No sooner had she done this, the events played out just as she suspected. First, her husband was approached and shot in the back of the head, and not even a second later so was she. The cloaked figure immediately turned away without another thought and opened fire on others that were running and screaming. There was so much noise that he did not hear the baby crying, and her mother's body fell in such a position that it shielded the baby from his view. That was the last time Masika Oshairana saw her parents alive, and was to young to be able to remember them.

After all was said and done, five of the beings escaped the massacre with their lives and were able to make it to the nearby city for help. The rest perished. When help arrived, the cloaked beings were gone, and everyone and everything that was left were burned and dead. Mangled bodies lay all over the ground. With the air as warm and dry as it was, the flames burned through everything quickly, leaving very little but ashes and charred remains. Off in the darkness, a baby could be heard crying a few meters away. One of the men from the city, whom come to try to help, rushed over to the sound, and found little Masika wrapped up in a blanket barring her name on it, lying next to the bodies of her dead parents. The man noticed a necklace hanging off of each of the parents' neck. He removed them, placed them in the pouch hanging from his belt, and picked Masika up. He rocked her in his arms until she fell fast asleep.

Others searched for any other remaining survivors and found none. They headed back into the city and the man took Masika to the city orphange and handed her over along with the necklaces from her parents bodies. He told the orphanage director what had happened and that they were unable to ID the parents. When she was old enough to somewhat understand death at the young age of five, she was told of the events that killed her parents, and from that day forward, she would wear the charms that were her parents' around her neck, never to take them off, and swore revenge on their killers. No one could tell her what planet she was from, the records of that had been lost with so many moves.

For years Masika bounced around from one orphanage to another, and between many foster families, too many to count. She was a bit of a wild child, with the looks that could persuade anyone to get what she wanted, and she knew it. She used it to her advantage numerous times, which eventually got her kicked out of every foster home she lived in. She learned from her mistakes, honed her skills, and at the age of twelve decided she'd had enough of the system. She set out on her own, taking little more with her than the clothes she was wearing, her necklaces with her parents' charms, and the few hundred credits she'd stolen from the last foster parents she would ever have.

At first she was scared, living on the streets, but she was a fast learner. During the day, Masika would do nothing more than sit and people watch. She watched how people acted, and listened to how they spoke, and paid close attention to how they mingled with one another. Especially those she could tell had wealth. She wanted to be them, she didn't want to be a hopeless, homeless orphan anymore, with not much of a past or a future to speak of. So she thought why not just become someone else. She studied whenever and wherever she could, and conned a tutor into teaching her how to read.

She learned how to be other people, to play a part, and conned her way through life. She made some friends along the way, but most of the bonds she created were short lived. Either it was someone whom she only needed to befriend for a short time to get a con job done, and after that they were no longer needed, or it was a friend in the same line of work, and they usually got caught and imprisoned, or killed. At first Masika didn't do very well. She took note on what went wrong each time, and learned from her mistakes as well as those of her friends. She studied others, older beings that were also con-artists, and learned from their techniques as well.

Mostly she would con the wealthiest people she could find. Government officials, arms dealers, those with wealth and power. She'd obtain what she wanted and be on to her next role. Along the way, she fell in love with music and eventually found her voice. She would sing at clubs, certain venues, parks, whenever the opportunity presented itself to be able to sing, she took it.

~Markosian City, Tarthos
~ Many years later

Masika conned a lot of people along the way. Most of the time, she did quite well, and rarely was ever found out by her marks. However, every once in awhile, the more intelligent marks would figure her out, and the occasional bounty was placed on her head. Most of the time, she was able to con her way out of danger with the bounty hunters, but one in particular was not wooed but her feminine wiles in the slightest. She started out singing as a soprano, but a run in with a bounty hunter named Venator changed her into an alto. He had her up against the wall in a choke hold, outside a night club in an ally one night, and for some reason was able to resist her. This had never happened to Masika before, she was dumbfounded, and it threw off her concentration. With such strength in his grip, he did everlasting damage to her vocal cords. To this day she still wasn't sure why he didn't take the kill her to collect his bounty. But she would never forget him, as he was the reason she had a more sultry voice to sing jazz songs with.

The Zeltron never stayed in one place for too long. But as the years went on, she grew tired and bored of the lifestyle she lived. She didn't want to be someone else anymore, she wanted to be herself again, if she could even remember who that was. She couldn't, and therefore decided her next adventure would be to regain herself, and to someday make good on the vow she made to avenge her parents. One place she remembered from a con job many years ago was Markosian City on Tarthos. She thought it was beautiful, and a perfect place to make a new beginning.

After settling into a little cottage in Sleepy Forest, Masika took a lounge singing job at the local lounge. She would still pull the occasional con, to keep her in the lifestyle she had become accustomed to. After a few months, she was approached to join Naga Sadow and gladly joined not only for the thrill of a new adventure, but also to help her on her self discovery journey. Doing so reunited her with the one man who was ever able to resist her, the bounty hunter, Venator. They are getting to know each other, but there is always tension between them. At first, they were ready to kill each other at the drop of a hat if they were ever left alone in a room together. Thankfully, that never came to pass. Eventually, they learned to tolerate each other. Masika decided with her new beginning, she had to let the past stay in the past, and she thought maybe she could even learn a thing or two from Venator, and perhaps someday return the favor as well.

After joining Naga Sadow, Masika was paired with her Master Methyas. Little did she know, and later came to find out, her Master is the brother of her past enemy, Venator. This was unnerving information to say the least, but she did her best not to let it get to her. She trained with her Master, and learned the ways of the force, and continues to do so to this day. While spending time in Naga Sadow, she has had the privilege of being entered into the Order of the Black Guard, and has been able to add more skills to her fighting styles. Within Naga Sadow, she has been able to find the family she's never had, and has even been recruited by none other than Venator himself to join his battle team, The Regulators.

Masika plans to stick with and continue on the path she's on. She's doing all she can to make her Master as well as her Battleteam Leader proud of her. She's never had anyone show pride for her, and when they do, it means more to her than they will ever know, and more than she'll ever let on. She stays guarded, and still holds the vow to avenge her parents someday, and to find out who they were. And of course in her spare time, she still sings.

=== Why she became a Krath ===
~Aeotheran
~ 33 ABY

Masika was a very lone soul. All of her life she had been on her own. Being an orphan, bouncing around from one foster home to the next was the way her life had always been. That is until she ran away to escape the system when she was a young girl at the age of twelve. Her parents were killed when she was a baby. So she never knew them or knew of them. She learned how to take care of herself and lived on the streets doing whatever she had to to survive. Masika realized early on that just surviving alone was not enough. She wanted the better things in life and knew the only way she would be able to get it was to become someone else.

Along the way she would study people, learn what they did, and who they were, especially those who were wealthy beyond all measure. She wanted to be them and to live like them, so she did just that. She became a con-artist, conning everyone that she could. At first she started out with the small-time money. Small business owners, small city drug dealers and alike. This is how she came to honing her skills, and to practice for her future con jobs with more big-time wealth.

One day she would move her way up to Governors, big-time arms dealers, and anyone else who could leave a healthy inheritance to their families, that is until she came along and cleaned them out. At first, she wouldn't take all of what they had, but would only skim a little off the top of their fortunes. The more skilled she became in her art, the more she took.

She would also study whenever she got the chance, once she learned to read, it made it much easier. Whenever she was in some fancy mansion, she couldn't believe the materials she was able to get her hands on. As a young girl she always loved to learn, and thirsted for knowledge.

Once Masika started on big-time wealth, she kept going and didn't stop. She was working a con-job late one evening. She was at the home of a Governor and was staying there as his personal guest. Every evening, after her mark was asleep, as well as all of his help, she would rummage through his belongings, his records, and anything and everything else she could get her hands on. Her goal was to figure out what all she could get away with without ever being caught. Of course the first possessions we're jewels and jewelry, after that was always the weapons, and then she moved onto the bank accounts. Of course, the first place she looked was the safe hidden in one of the most obvious places, behind a picture on the wall. Anybody who was anyone always hid their safes in the same type of location, supposedly believing they were being clever, when in reality, it was the first place a thief looked. Everyone did it without even knowing that everyone else did the same thing.

Masika rummaged through the governor's desk and came across a datapad that had all of his personal information in it. Being a man well up there in years, his memory wasn't exactly as sharp as it used to be in his younger days. Therefor, he stored all of the passwords and codes that he couldn't remember on his datapad. After a few moments of searching, she came across the number code for the safe. Swiftly as she had found it, she went over to it, typed in the numbers, and with an almost silent hiss, the safe door opened. Masika began to rifle through the contents of the safe. What she found were his bank statements, an abundance of credits, and yet another datapad.

Stopping for a moment to listen carefully and make sure there was no one about in the masion, Masika sat down on the couch located directly across from the safe, with all of the contents in hand. She attempted to get into the datapad, which took her several tries, as this one was well more protected then the one she'd found in his desk. Becoming aggravated, she was on her last nerve, when finally, she was able to get into it. She began looking through the files and reading everything that said files had to offer.

Most of the files had to do with the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. She had heard of them, but did not know much about them. Through all her years of studying, there hadn't been much about them. The files she was able to find in her academic travels over the years, were usually highly classified and had extremely high tech security that she was unable to surpass, of course not for lack of trying by any means. Masika assumed all of the governors probably had these same files. As she read on, she learned of what they were, what they did and what they were about. She became very interested in them and thought about pursuing her interests further. She had become bored and over stressed with the lifestyle she had lead and grew accustomed to since she was a teenager. She wanted something new, a different kind of adventure to live.

Masika packed up her take of goods and credits along with both datapads, and made a quick and silent exit. She made her way to the nearest shuttle port, and hopped aboard the very next shuttle that was leaving immediately. The shuttle she boarded would end up taking her to Markosian City on Tarthos. While aboard, she took out the datapad and learned everything she could about the Brotherhood. She found herself immersed in all of the material and information there was on them. She studied their history, their present, and the speculations of what some thought may someday be their future.

As she studied on, the time passed very quickly. The more she read, the more she wanted to join them, and she hoped that one day she would be able to have that chance. As the the shuttle landed, she put the data pad away and packed up her newly obtained belongings. As she did with every new planet, the first thing she looked for and had to find was a lounge. She needed to find somewhere she could get a job singing. Of course it was not because she had to for the money or anything. Not by any means. She had everything she needed to survive, and if she didn't have it, she knew how to get it. She remembered awhile back, back on Aeotheran, while singing in lounge there, a man by the name of Methyas trying to recruit her for the Brotherhood, and offering to be her Master. At the time, she was on a winning streak so to speak, and had no intentions of giving up her lifestyle. Now, after careful research and consideration, she thought it would be in her best interest. She thought she could also use a little discipline in her life, although it would take some getting used to, more than a little.

She found a lounge that seemed to be just perfect for her. She needed to sing, to keep her soul and heart in perfect balance, and to keep them happy. So, she went into the lounge, ordered a drink, and sweet talked the bartender into giving her a job singing. The stage was the one place she always felt as though she was at home. Everywhere she went, somewhere, there was always a stage.

As Masika sipped her drink, she read the last bit of information she could find on the datapad. The text contained the various orders of the Brotherhood. She read about the Obelisk Order, and came to the conclusion that they were all about blood, and guts, and glory. For the most part, they were assassins, and were more brawn then brain. Then she came across the Sith Order. From what she read, they were all about power, territory and the like. She knew neither of these orders seemed to be a logical match for her. After that, she came across the Order of the Krath. She read of how they were all about gaining knowledge, and using such knowledge in their advancements, as well as studying and using force powers. After Masika read this, she knew the Krath Order was a perfect fit for her.

=== Masika's Theme Songs ===

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKCccyZvtIo Everything Burns]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktDKqFhsSYk Poison]

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