Tiamath, born on Talus in 1 BBY in a family of traders and engineers. A former test pilot, Emperor's Hammer Navy TIE pilot and an Outer Rim mercenary. In the year 35 ABY Tiamath joined Independent House Revan in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. He currently holds the rank of Dark Jedi Knight and is a member of Clan Naga Sadow.
Character History
Early Years
Tiamath was born on Talus in 1 BBY, in a family of traders and engineers. Both his parents worked as a part of a design team in one of Talus shipyards. When the Galactic Civil War first started, Talus remained mostly neutral, but Tiamath's parents sought Rebel Alliance as a threat to peace and order in the galaxy. They displayed extreme loyalty to the Galactic Empire and raised Tiamath as such.
From his early days, Tiamath always wanted to become a pilot. Having his parents at the shipyard made it very easy to access the flight simulator whenever he wanted. From time to time, he was also lucky enough to take some landspeeders and small shuttle crafts for a ride.
In the year 17 ABY Tiamath became a test pilot at one of the Talus shipyards, in order to further develop his flight skills before joining the Imperial Remnant forces. Somewhere in the middle of 20 ABY Tiamath finally left his homeworld of Talus and moved to Aurora Prime to study at the Imperial Academy.
Emperor's Hammer
Tiamath's dress uniform (25 ABY)After one year of rigorous training at the Imperial Academy in Aurora Prime, Tiamath obtained his Cadet rank and was relocated to M/PLT Daedalus in Phare system, where he could finally test his flight skills outside the simulator.
In the year 21 ABY Tiamath joined Emperor's Hammer Navy as a full-time pilot and signed a 5-year contract at a rank of Lieutenant. He was assigned to Vortex Squadron, which was part of Wing XIII stationed aboard the ISD Grey Wolf. For several years Tiamath served under command of Commodore Sarin, who years later became a Grand Master of Dark Jedi Brotherhood.
In the year 24 ABY, as his skills grew and combat record filled, Tiamath drew attention of a former leader of Tau Squadron, who described him as "Force-sensitive". Soon after, he was introduced to his new Master (who's name is long gone from his memories) and began to train in the ways of the Force.
Year 25 ABY was a turning point for Tiamath's Navy career. As he saw many great pilots depart from the Fleet, some missing in action, some retiring with noone to take their place, he felt the emptiness and a lack of motivation to keep fighting and fulfill commanders orders. At the rank of the Captain, Tiamath decided it was time to move on.
As his contract came to an end, Tiamath handled his resignation to his Commodore and abandoned his Master. In the year 26 ABY Tiamath left Emperor's hammer Navy and moved back his homeworld to start a new chapter of his life.
Guns For Hire
YT-2000 over Corellia (27 ABY)Tiamath moved back to Talus and got himself a job as a pilot in one of the local trade companies. Assigned as a co-pilot to YT-2000 freighter, he made several cargo runs through Hutt Space and Outer Rim. In between the runs, Tiamath earned some additional credits as a flight instructor for company applicants.
In a couple of months, Tiamath felt that things were going to slow for his liking. In a radical step to bring some action back to his life, he quit his job, took out a large part of his savings and became an owner of a used E-wing escort starfighter, callsign: Bandit-66. He offered his services to the Hutts and started his career as a mercenary pilot in the Outer Rim.
Tiamath was hired primarily to escort transport ships, Hutt's emissaries and recapture stolen goods. Between 28-34 ABY he took part in over 100 missions and skirmishes with 65 confirmed kills, built up his reputation as a "guy-who-gets-the-job-done" and managed to secure a steady income. It all changed in the year 34 ABY.
Bandit-66 over Nal Hutta (32 ABY)In the late 34 ABY, Tiamath was hired by the Hutts, to take part in an escort mission. The goal was to deliver a freighter full of some precious cargo safelly to the Hutt Space. The freighter was said to carry some illegal weapons and substances, which seemed like an everyday job in the Outer Rim. The rumor was however, that one the crates carried a powerful artifact of unknown origin.
While passing through the Kessel system, the convoy was brought out of hyperspace and ambushed by the New Republic carrier cruiser and several starfighters, led by an unknown Jedi. Whole mercenary group engaged the enemy and bought the Hutt freighter enough time to escape and re-enter hyperspace.
During the engagement Tiamath was shot down and crash landed on Kessel. Having his life support system and his flightsuit mostly intact, he managed to sneakily board a starship docked at one of the mining facilities. Hidden in a cargo compartment, he flew with the ship to Tatooine.
Katharsis on Tatooine
Tatooine hideout (34 ABY)When the ship finally reached it's destination, Tiamath sneakily left the docking bay and found himself in the middle of Mos Eisley. At the time the city felt like a perfect place to go into hiding for a while, calm down and think about the whole situation. There was plenty of bars, plenty of liquor - excately what he needed at the moment.
Tiamath realized, that during the last combat engagement he have lost his starfighter - his source of income and a symbol of status in the Outer Rim. He knew that his ship remains got secured by the Republic forces, his identity revealed and his assets and accounts being taken over by the Republic authorities. To avoid prosecution, he needed to leave the Republic space and probably never come back. This was when he began to realize what and when exactly went wrong.
Not even years spent in flight training, combat simulations and real space combat could save him from one single Jedi flying a sub-par starfighter. Tiamath felt guilty that he abandoned his Master, in the middle of his journey toward the Force. He had a chance to obtain power available only to a few and he blew it. But one evening, while going through another bottle of liquor he realized there was hope.
There was a place called Dark Jedi Brotherhood he heard stories of. He knew that some of his former Emperor's Hammer comrades went to the Antei system to seek knowledge and power. Most of them he never saw again, some others he met during the past years in various places. They told him stories of power, Dark Side, powerful artifacts and endless possibilities. He realized this was his chance to become powerful enough, to have his revenge on the Jedi and the Republic he so despised.
Somewhere in the middle of 35 ABY, Tiamath left Tatooine in a stolen starfighter and went straight for Antei.
Dark Jedi Brotherhood
Initiate Tiamath on Salas V (35 ABY)As soon as Tiamath approached the Shroud and came out of hyperspace, he found himself caught in a crossfire between several pirate starfighters. Not given much time to react, Tiamath managed to pull out only a few evasive manoeuvers before he got hit by laser fire. With his controls mostly gone and the life support system partially damaged, in a desperate attempt to save his life, Tiamath transferred most of the ship energy into engine boosters. He flew straight into the Shroud and passed out.
When he finally regained his conciusness, he found himself in an infirmary, surrounded by people that introduced themselves as members of Independent House Revan. He was told, that his starfighter drifted through the Shroud for several days, when it eventually got caught by Salas V gravity field and went into its orbit. It was then intercepted by one of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood vessels. They told him, that he was found barely alive but strong enough with the force to subconsciously hibernate his body, with the help of starfighter's partially functional life support system.
In the late 35 ABY Tiamath joined Dark Jedi Brotherhood to complete his Force training as an apprientice of Fremoc Pepoi Sadow. In the same year, Tiamath reached the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, constructed his first lightsaber and relocated to Sepros in the Orian System to join the Clan Naga Sadow.
Tiamath's constant activity during his first month within Naga Sadow drew attention of the Clan Summit. By the end of 35 ABY, Tiamath was appointed as the Consul's Black Guard.
Character Information
Physical Appearance
Tiamath in his reconaissance outfit (35 ABY)Height: 1.80m, weight: 75 kg. Bald head, wide shoulders and a slim waist. Several Black Guard tattoos on the arms and robes. Tiamath is mostly seen carrying a Lightsaber on his belt as well as combat knife and a DH-17 blaster pistol strapped to his leg.
Lightsaber Skills
Tiamath fights with a mixture of Shii-Cho and Soresu, with Shii-Cho being his primary form. His ultimate goal is to one day learn and master the form of Djem So.
Combat Skills
Lightsaber (built in 35 ABY)In hand-to-hand combat Tiamath fights using Jakelian style, which he was taught in the Imperial Academy on Aurora Prime. In order to study it, Tiamath also took several classes of Broken Gate and Hapan, but abandoned those right after his acceptance to Jakelian class.
After initial training classes and Tiamath's decision to join Imperial Navy, he decided (since pilots do not carry advanced melee weaponry on duty) to focus on hand-to-hand and combat knife fighting skills. He also received teachings in improvised weaponry.
During his first month in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, Tiamath became a member of the First Echelon of the Grand Master's Royal Guard. This is where he first learned about Echani and decided to master this particiular style. Tiamath also earned the right to wear the Royal Guard training armor and to wield the Force pike.
Possessions
Lucky charmTiamath is usually seen carrying a DH-17 blaster pistol and combat knife. Those two served him for almost a decade and seen plenty of combat. The blaster itself is showing some distinct wear marks, barely holds together anymore, but Tiamath tries to prolong it's lifespan by any means, including hour-long junkyard scrapdiving.
In the year 31 ABY, during one of the missions iun the Outer Rim, Tiamath was part of the team that intercepted and captured a transport freighter full of cargo stolen from the Hutts. Several cargo crates of equipment were recovered and placed in a remote hideout. During some further inspection Tiamath found out, that one of the crates was holding some mining equipment from GasDiver Mining station. His attention was drawn towards the Corusca crystal drill bit. Tiamath decided to keep the crystal as a form of a lucky charm, as he felt a strange, eerie connection with it. A chip of this lucky charm was used by Tiamath in order to build his first lightsaber.
If such need arises, Tiamath always finds his way to one of his secret weapon stashes, hidden in several locations scattered around the Outer Rim back in 28 ABY. Those usually contain a sidearm, a rifle, ammo clips, change of clothes, tools (repair kit, night goggles, communication device, compass etc.) and some credits.
DJB Facts
Positions Held
Outstanding Achievements
Trivia
It took Tiamath 3 months and 8 days to obtain the rank of Dark Jedi Knight.