Character History
Humble Beginnings
Brought into her world by her doting father and mother in 6 BBY upon the idyllic, mountainous Alderaan, Kookimarissia was born with a glowing aura radiating around her and everywhere she went. The first few years of her life were spent happily absorbing the utopian society that surrounded her. Days spent discovering new depths of her habitat with her nearest and dearest. Nights spent admiring the stars and dreaming of worlds and civilisations beyond her. From a young age, Kooki seemed to have an innate sense of adventure, and took great pleasure in discovering her home planet. Her only fears were of the possible monsters under the bed. The mountainous landscape was both aesthetically pleasing and developmentally challenging for a youngster. Despite being too young to ascend the mountains, Kooki set her sights and dreamt of worlds beyond hers. The first six years of her life were undoubtedly and unspeakably wonderful. Life couldn’t have been more perfect.
Written in the Stars
Ever since she was very young, Kooki was always mesmerised by the stars. She would often spend evenings staring out into the vast expanse of navy sky illuminated by the numerous sparse, twinkling dots in the distance. As she got older, wherever she was she always looked up to them, almost for reassurance that she wasn’t alone in such a mortal world of mystery, darkness, devastation and corruption. Wherever she was or whatever happened, the stars remained the only consistent aspect of her life. The stars seemed to shed light in her dark soul and as dark as she was, they provided her with a sense of comfort if she was ever to need it.
Parental Guidance
Kooki spent her first six years of her life being raised and guided by her mother, Tabithiamarissia and father, Mostynn Mimosa. Partially named after her spiritual mother, Kooki remained close to both of them. As she had been relatively young when they passed away, Kooki only has a vague and hazy memory of them. From what she could recall, her mother's spirituality led to her dying the tips of Kooki's hair purple to signify this faith. Tabithiamarissia had a full head of purple hair as she had completed her spiritual journey and Kooki was just beginning.
Disruption in Perfection
In 0 BBY Kooki’s world fell apart all around her. One fateful day she embarked on her debut venture to Corellia to explore life beyond what she already knew. Oblivious to what was happening on her home planet, she was absorbing a new environment. Whilst on this planet, she happened to meet her maternal grandmother. Recognised by a familiar shade of purple within the hair, Kooki's grandmother soon identified her granddaughter. Little did Kooki know, her habitat had been shattered into tiny pieces and was floating mindlessly and aimlessly through the galaxy. She decided she didn't want to lose her grandparents and wished to reunite her mother with her estranged parents. Despite hesitation due to their age, they reluctantly agreed. However, once discovering the disastrous news by visually seeing what once her home, was now mere asteroids floating, something in the hidden depths of her soul vowed that she would not let anyone or anything touch her heart again. Faith in humanity became skepticism. Upon her parents' death, Kooki's tips of her hair remained purple. She had lost her faith, yet she kept them this was as a mark of respect to her late mother.
Kooki returned to Corellia and her grandparents took her under their wings and raised her as best they could. Her grandmother had been childhood sweethearts with her departed husband, and since Kooki’s mother’s passing, Marissia hadn’t amended the animosity between them and her mental health had begun to deteriorate. More devastation hit when Kooki was twelve years old. Her grandfather passed away due to his heart failing. Without her childhood sweetheart, Marissia rapidly descended into senility and began getting dazed and confused on a regular basis.
As Kooki grew up and developed into a young woman she began attempting to fill the empty void deep within the depths of her soul with anything that came her way.
Once she hit adolescence, Kooki’s hormones began raging and doing somersaults inside her maturing exterior. Unable to control such unusual feelings and only a senile grandmother to guide or advise her on how to manage them. Now as the years had progressed, Kooki was growing up fast and Marissia was getting progressively worse, so she began needing to look after herself.
It all happened one fateful day, when Kooki was only sixteen. Barely even an adult and she had a heart-breaking decision to make. Marissia hadn’t left the house in months and had become a recluse. Seeing her like this was painful day in, day out. After a lot of emotion battling and having to converse with some unsavoury characters, she finally took the plunge. She had attempted to get her hands on some Cordazine, yet she encountered issues retrieving it, since the last dose had been used when her grandfather had had his first heart problem and he was revived. Therefore, Kooki had run out of options and approached her sleeping grandmother and administered the lethal dose of Silicartha. Within minutes Marissia had departed the mortal world of Corellia. Once nightfall came, she removed her grandmother's body with aid from the people she had sought the poison from and deposited it into a lake she had visited in her youth with Kooki's grandfather. She had been told the story many times and even his ashes had been scattered here.
Later that night, Kookimarissia fled the utopian planet. She no longer had any connections to the place. She board a shuttle and watched the stars go by and continued her quest into discovering herself and the weird feelings she often had. Only time would tell.
Kooki may have survived Alderaan's destruction, but part of her soul ceased on that fateful day. As time ticked by she decided to travel the galaxy and seek solace elsewhere. Sadly Kooki spent almost her entire life moving from place to place without properly settling, so she had never had time for maturity. Physically she had all the genetic wiring and attributes of someone her age, yet mentally and cognitively she remained quite young. This meant obtaining and maintaining relationships and friendships with members of both genders quite troublesome.
Character Profile
Physical Appearance
Kooki has unique hair which is long, floaty and black with purple tips. This denotes her spiritual connection to her ancestors. This is her main notable physical attribute, as the rest of her is quite formulaic. She is of average height for a human female and is petite in build.
At the ripe age of 43, Kooki is older than many members, but is well traveled. She rarely speaks of her past, but occasionally her experiences shape who she is. Despite having ventured throughout the galaxy for many years, she has aged well and is determined to remain looking youthful.
Kooki's daily attire tends to be a set of black and purple cinder robes. Attached to these is a flowing purple cloak. These add to Kooki's youthful looks, yet allow for maximum comfort and mobility.
Temperament
Upon initial meeting, this Krath appears friendly and warming towards others around her. Making friends seems difficult for Kooki, as she lacked guidance and support growing up. Moving from place to place so frequently meant she had not had the opportunity to settle down and develop friendships or relationships properly. As she experienced severe emotional loss and lack of attachment at such a young age, she harboured a lot of inner resentment, bitterness and anger, especially to those who were responsible for the loss of her family and home. Since becoming a self-taught orphan, Kooki swore she would never let history repeat itself. Channeling this aggression was tested throughout childhood and adulthood.
Dark Brotherhood
After years of travelling, Kooki enrolled into the Shadow Academy. It was here she partook several exams, which she passed. From here she was assigned to Clan Arcona. She soon began progressing through the ranks at a steady pace and meeting new people along the way. Kooki was slightly hesitant and resistant to stay, as she was attuned to her innate sense of travelling and never properly settling. Despite battling her way through her mixed up emotions, she slowly began forming attachments with those already within the Clan.
Clan Arcona seemed to have a family aura surrounding it, and as Kooki felt increasingly familiar. Even if she didn't stick around, a knighthood would bode well for whatever came her way in the future. Also along the way, she could obtain useful skills and hopefully learn how to manipulate superior weapons, which may prove useful.
Relationships
Oh Master Grant That I May Always Seek
Upon graduating from the Shadow Academy, Kooki was assigned to Atyiru Caesus Entar as her Apprentice. Quite quickly the pair seemed to develop a firm friendship. Atyiru warmly welcomed a shy and apprehensive Kooki upon her debut into the Arcona cantina.
- "No need to be shy, Kooki. This lot is harmless. Andrelious, the Rollmaster...my Quaestor and brother, Cethgus, Deimos d'Tana over there...and grumpy-face in the kitchen is our esteemed Consul, Marick. "
- ―Atyiru’s initial introduction of those in the cantina on Kooki’s first appearance
Not long after their debut meeting, Kooki and her Master met away from the cantina and in the Darkest Night’s training hall.
Star-Crossed Lovers
One of the few Atyiru introduced Kooki to be the Clan Rollmaster, Andrelious. A short, stumpy sort of person whose lines on his brow and fading hair colour indicated his mature age.
Upon their initial meeting in the cantina, Andrelious questioned Kooki as to her background. Probing into her personal history was only going to cause uneasiness and venom to emerge from within. Kooki calmly explained to the Sith that she hailed from Alderaan, which resulted him admitting to being an ex-Imperial Pilot for The Empire. Knowing they were responsible for the collapse of her home planet, she wasted no time in expressing her anger.
- "Let the anger of your homeworld blowing into pieces flow. Try it. Strike me down with that armoury saber. "
- ―The line that resulted in Kooki attempting to attack Andrelious.
Naturally, Kooki was overthrown by Andrelious’ far superior power and ended up succumbing a minor injury on some broken glass. Being a medic, Atyiru came to her Apprentice’s rescue and tended to the wound.
As Kooki progressed through the ascending ranks, she reluctantly agreed to meet Andrelious outside the cantina and away from prying eyes. After the epiphany of that she wasn’t getting any younger and Andrelious too had a chequered and upsetting past, Kooki began to relax and became more accepting of the Sith being in her life as nothing more than a friend at this early stage.
After much suppression and questioning herself, Kooki finally swallowed her pride and surrendered her inner emotions.
- "We have both suffered enough tragedy in our long lives. Before long we will approach our autumnal years and time will have just passed us by. Surely our akin tortured souls don't deserve more anguish. We could just leave the past where it belongs and advance forwards. As long as it’s amicable between us, I know I will sleep more peacefully knowing this. "
- ―Kooki ‘seeing sense’ and capitulating to Andrelious.
After what seemed like forever, the exchange between the pair led to Kookimarissia Mimosa discovering and feeling something she had once thought impossible- she was home.