Sketch depicting Kaiburr
- "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
- ―The Call of Cthulhu
Kaiburr was a Shard male personality Dark Jedi who's entire Hive was destroyed, shortly after the Republic discovered his homeworld during last few decades of the Galactic Republic's existence. Forced to deal with the ever increasing demands of the Mining Corporations, Kaiburr learnt how to navigate the ever shifting quicksands that is the political game - something that would stand him in good stead in his later years. After spending most of a decade trying to stem the onslaught of greedy executives, Kaiburr and a few of his brothers drew the attention of a mysterious Jedi, who, discovering their Force Sensitivity, inducted him into the Jedi Order as an initiate in 60 BBY. Under the tutelage of Jedi Master Aqinos, Kaiburr learnt to access the Force and joined the Iron Knights, an offshoot sect that was soon excommunicated for it's founder's heresy.
The betrayal of the Jedi Council left Kaiburr stunned and shaken, and a now darker Kaiburr wandered the galaxy eventually falling under the sway of the charismatic Havoc. Soon, Kaiburr grew ever more militant and fanatical and his long slide to the Dark Side had begun. Turning to terrorism and committing heinous crimes against the galaxy only compounded his fall and the Yuuzhan Vong invasion was the final catalyst. Horrified by his actions during the war the Jedi Order hunted him down, eventually cornering and defeating him once and for all. But this was all a ruse, Kaiburr had found a Holocron detailing a long string of numbers and one name - Antei. Making the blind jump to hyperspace, Kaiburr knew that whatever was out there was bound to be better then the Jedi.
The Shards starcraft was intercepted and brought in by members of the Dajjoran Defense Force, and brought in for questioning. Surprised to find only a broken down and heavily damaged droid, the soldiers turned him over to their Arconan overlords and within a few days Kaiburr was shipped to the Shadow Academy to begin his training. Arriving at the Academy with some knowledge of the Force already made Kaiburr a target of the other trainee's, and his further alien nature soon made him a loner and social pariah among his peers. Rising through the ranks fast, Kaiburr graduated the Academy and joined Clan [Arcona], passing his trials under the auspices of the Rollmaster of the Clan, Nikola Valtiere. Thrust into the volatile situation on New Tython, Kaiburr was struck by the initial failing of Soulfire to succeed with their objective's and came to the conclusion that the way to remedy their failure was by amassing forbidden lore and dark power. This search led him to the mysterious Dark Jedi Master, Sith Bloodfyre, and Clan Tarentum.
Biography
Pre-Dark Brotherhood
Main - Pre-Brotherhood
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The Dark Jedi Brotherhood
The Force Awakens
19 ABY to 30 ABY
- "The Je'daii don't see a division of the light and dark side; instead, they believe a balance is necessary between the two. The Je'daii are like the Titans in Greek mythology who came before the gods. They are beings of great power and ability, but not all-knowing. They struggle with the idea of balance in the Force and know that being out of balance affects their power and the planet Tython itself."
- ―John Ostrander
After the tumult of the Yuuzhann Vong wars and the cataclysmic destruction that they had wreaked on the New Republic, the New Jedi Order investigated reports of the many atrocities committed by Kaiburr and his organization during the war - all in the name of "peace". The Shard's strategy of "Fight fire with fire" and his almost casual attitude when it came to ordering the deaths of thousands was repulsive and went against the very code that the Jedi lived by. Hunting down Kaiburr and his elusive group was no small feat, and after leading them on a merry chase for nearly three years, his small group was decimated and torn into small independent cells barely clinging on to life. Recognizing the need to disappear Kaiburr lead one last foray into the very heart of the Jedi Temple itself and after a bloody battle in the Jedi Archives managed to find the one thing that he had came for - the location of a safe world that the Jedi couldn't reach.
The only reason that Kaiburr himself managed to survive the brutal fighting was his usage of droid technology, and the secret of his true nature. Thinking him to be a Clawdite fallen Jedi instead of the ex-Iron Knight and Shard that he was, his decapitated body was immediately dismissed in the heat of battle and Kaiburr managed to escape by detaching the small spider droid he had created in the HRD droids stomach cavity. Making his way stealthily into the Jedi Archives he crawled slowly through the vast space and sliced his way into finding a directory that lead to the storage area he wanted. Marveling at the incredible amount of knowledge stored there, and the great Holocron's just lying there for any Jedi to study and learn from he activated the one he sought and searched through the information located there.
Recognizing his true nature and refusing to cooperate with the fallen Jedi, the gatekeeper - though he couldn't deny access to a Force Sensitive - attempted to deny him as much knowledge as he could and led the Shard through a long and convoluted path until he found the object of his search. Although the heavy encryption on the Holocron that he had stolen only permitted him to recognize two things from the Star map he had accessed, it was enough for his purposes - an incoherent string of numbers and formula, and one word - Antei. Stealing through the Jedi Temple in the middle of the night and making his way towards the Hangar bay that housed the Jedi starfighters he stole into a [stealth transport] and fought his way clear of the system, narrowly escaping destruction at the hands of his Jedi pursuers as he punched in the coordinates that he had found in the navicomputer.
Escaping into hyperspace just in the nick of time
Physical Appearance
Kaiburr in his natural stateIt seems that many who possess great magical, mental, or otherwise mystical might are also in the worst of shape. They may be sickly, horribly ill, crippled, or just physically weak and puny; in general, people who have reality-bending powers seem to suffer for it in other areas.
Kaiburr is no different. His reckless plunge into Sith Sorcery, delving too deeply into Alchemy and attempting to master the Dark Side has granted Kaiburr great mental power, but at the expense of his soul and body. The intensive mental training, pursuit of forbidden lore and the performance of many a dark ritual in the search for ever increasing power has rendered his host frail, decrepit andhorribly weak despite his use of a droid body.
Natural State
In his natural state, Kaiburr is a sentient silicon-based irregularly faceted cylindrical crystal. He is 40 centimeters long and weighs only 5 kilograms. A virulent blood red with a tinge of obsidian at his core, faint pulses of sickly green light can be seen can be seen inside him when thoughts pass through his "brain." Kaiburr's crystalline body has a hardness of 9.0 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Composed of α-alumina (the most stable form of Al2O3) in which a small fraction of the aluminium3+ ions are replaced by chromium3+ ions. Each Cr3+ is surrounded octahedrally by six O2− ions. This crystallographic arrangement strongly affects each Cr3+, resulting in light absorption in the yellow-green region of the spectrum and thus in the red color of the gem. When yellow-green light is absorbed by Cr3+, it is re-emitted as red luminescence. This red emission adds to the red color perceived by the subtraction of green and violet light from white light, and adds luster to the gem's appearance. When the optical arrangement is such that the emission is stimulated by 694-nanometer photons reflecting back and forth between two mirrors, the emission grows strongly in intensity.
Host
Kaiburr's droid hostKaiburr's droid host's construction was originally similar to human anatomy and indeed was equipped with a variety of cybernetic enhancements. Here though, the similarities ended. Seemingly built out of almost any spare droid and/or vehicle parts the droid looks to be falling apart and in a dangerous state of disrepair. Numerous wire hanging loose from broken appendages, various plating's hanging open revealing the pistons and levers operating them, and the left half of his robotic skull being caved in give Kaiburr a terrifying resemblance to some sort of undead monstrosity.
Personality and Traits
- "Let me give you some advice, Captain. It may help you to make sense of the world. I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
- ―Lord Vetinari, Guards! Guards!
As a Shard, Kaiburr has a moral framework that is so utterly alien and foreign to human experience that he can't be pegged as good or evil. Though he may seem to act in terrifyingly random ways, Kaiburr is no anarchist; nor does he strictly follow the law, because human and Shard understanding of 'law' as a concept may not even be equivalent. There is logic behind Kaiburr’s actions, it's just that he operates with an entirely different set of values and premises with which he draws his conclusions.
In addition as a silicon-based species; Shard are neigh immortal and posses a Hive-mind that is inherently alien to most sentient thinking. This perspective makes Kaiburr feel a disconnect with other “organic” sentients who have a faster outlook on time, and because of these differences Kaiburr often struggles with understanding the "organics" around him, and they with him, making him introverted and quiet.
A more comprehensive guide on how to roleplay Kaiburr can be found in this page.
Powers and Abilities
Main - Kaiburr's old abilities within the Force
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- "Although the Force exists everywhere and within all living things, certain artifacts have demonstrated the ability to augment it. One such artifact is the Kaiburr crystal of the planet Circarpous V, locally known as Mimban."
- ―An excerpt of Jedi Scholar Tionne Solusar's writings[src]
Kaiburr takes his name from the Kaiburr Lightsaber crystal. This was a common practice among Shard Jedi[1]. When first introduced to the Brotherhood he named himself after the Kaiburr crystal due to its rich history and powerful abilities. The Kaiburr crystal was an ancient Force relic, initially located on the planet Circarpous V, locally known as Mimban. When in its natural location in the Temple of Pomojema on Mimban, the crystal increased a Force-sensitives power one thousand times over. Among its magnification of abilities were the ability to heal, to further augment a Force-user's connection to the Force, to project Force lightning by those typically unable, and to empower and energize a tired being close in proximity to the crystal.
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