Rasilvenaira StormRaven

Rasilvenaira StormRaven
Biographical Information
Homeworld:	Ord Mantell
Date of Birth:	10 BBY (age 53)
Physical Description
Species:	Human
Gender:	Female
Height:	5’7”
Weight:	132lbs
Hair:	Brown, medium length
Eyes:	Dark brown
Personal Information
Allies:	Shadow Nighthunter Sanguis Caldiren Jaxyn Rax Brelon Kinrolf Tivran Velai
Lightsaber Color(s):	twin silver blades
Lightsaber Form(s):	Shien
Fighting Style(s):	Shadow Fist
Chronology & Political Information
Profession:	Dark Jedi, Assassin
Position:	Quaestor of House Caliburnus
Era(s):	Exodus era New Order era
Affiliation:	Clan Scholae Palatinae House Caliburnus
Personal Ship:	Caliburnus
Dossier:	7370
Character Sheet:	22977
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"Do not waste my time with 'what if's. I will do whatever has to be done. I'll deal with the consequences later."

―Rasilvenaira, during the Acclivis Draco-Caliburnus Conflict

Sith Warlord Rasilvenaira StormRaven is a member of Clan Scholae Palatinae. She has served in a number of positions within her Clan, including Clan Envoy, Battleteam Leader, Aedile, and Quaestor. She is currently the Quaestor of House Caliburnus.

Character History

Birth of an Outcast

Rasilvenaira Stormraven was born in an isolated village on Ord Mantell in 10 BBY. Her father was the village leader, Sandral Nel’Kathar. As his wife, Ferina Nal'Kethar, her mother, was the highest-ranked woman in the village.

The village had been founded roughly four hundred years earlier, and over that time and given the increased isolation of the village, the population developed a common standard. They tended to have blond hair and either blue or green eyes. Anything else was considered unnatural.

When Rasilvenaira was born, she was an anomaly born with dark hair and dark brown eyes. Given her parents’ ranks within the village, it was forbidden to kill the child, but she was still branded as an outcast.

Her mother gave her the name of Kaishera, meaning Shadowed Star; however, the rest of the family and village began calling the girl Rasilvenaira, meaning Silver Raven. The name was meant in cruel jest because with her dark hair and even darker eyes, there was nothing silver about her, though she did seem to have a strong affinity for the bird she was named after.

As she grew, Rasilvenaira was subjected to frequent abuse and neglect. By the age of five, she began showing latent talents, which earned her even more abuse as such abilities were considered unnatural and evil.

Rise of the StormRaven

At the age of sixteen, Rasilvenaira was beaten so badly that it came close to killing her. She realized that, given time, they would succeed in ending her life. Thus, she came up with a plan. As soon as she was physically recovered enough from the beating, she slipped away one night with what few possessions she had and stole one of the village’s riding beasts for faster travel.

Two weeks away from the village, she encountered a merchant caravan. She managed to win a few races with the beast, which earned her some credits to buy a knife, fresh water, and some fruit, which she shared with the beast to reward it for winning. The most important thing her wins earned her, though, was information. She learned the direction for the closest city, known as Trader’s Quarter.

She made her way to the city, and on the day she arrived, the weather turned bad. Torrential rain soaked her threadbare clothing in moments. She found a beast trader, and as much as she hated to sell the riding beast, she figured she would need credits more than another mouth to feed, and in the city, she had no place to keep it. She bid the animal farewell and took the credits the trader offered her. She sighed as she walked away, knowing she likely got cheated in the deal for such a fine animal, but it would do for the time being.

She wandered the streets, lost and confused. The city was a huge shock for her after spending her whole life in an isolated village. She finally crouched under a narrow overhang, hugging herself, trying to stay warm. Suddenly, an alien she’d never seen before stopped in front of her and offered her a place to stay if she would follow him.

She took the chance and trusted him, and as they walked, she learned he was a Dressellian named Phutari. He explained that he ran a popular cantina with a vacant room she could use, and he’d be willing to hire her and teach her how to take care of the place if she wanted to learn and earn credits on her own.

As the months passed, they developed a close relationship, Phutari looking after her almost as if she were his own daughter. It was also Phutari who first gave her the name of StormRaven. He always called her ‘little Raven’ since he found that easier than her full name, but he coined the name StormRaven for her because of her stormy and unpredictable temper, combined with her incredible ability of stealth. As he told her, "You move like a shadow, yet strike like a storm. Storm Raven, that's what you are." From that day on, she took the name StormRaven as her own.

Flight of the Raven

Phutari used his many connections to help Rasilvenaira as much as he could in various ways. One of those occasions involved him arranging for her to learn to pilot ships. She was a fast learner and soon progressed to being able to manage even a mid-sized freighter on her own. Her favorite teacher was another Dressellian by the name of Tsudaly, who taught her how to pilot his YT-2400 called the NyghtFyre. Rasilvenaira was also particularly fond of the two droids he kept on the ship: a protocol droid called Verlassen, and a spunky astromech droid, R5-K7, simply known as R5.

Rasilvenaira also began to find her own place in the scheme of things in the city. When she wasn’t spending her time working in Phutari’s cantina, Rasilvenaira gained a reputation as a talented thief. Eventually, she also became an assassin. With her ability to seemingly disappear into the shadows, it was an occupation she was well-suited to. Phutari knew of her activities, but he never openly disapproved of them, as long as she didn’t practice her trade within the cantina.

When Rasilvenaira was twenty, Phutari gave her a special gift. She had been planning on leaving Ord Mantell when she had enough credits saved up to get her own ship. Rasilvenaira was presented with one of the ships she had first learned to pilot, one that was very special to her. Tsudaly found himself in debt from gambling, and in return for Phutari’s help in getting out of that debt, he gave Phutari the NyghtFyre as well as the two droids that served as its crew. Phutari had no real need for the ship, so he offered it to Rasilvenaira as a gift. Soon after getting the NyghtFyre, Rasilvenaira left Ord Mantell and set out to explore the galaxy and to make a name for herself.

The End of an Era

Rasilvenaira started out working various merchant networks, building a solid base of contacts with initial help from Phutari, who put her in touch with some of his contacts. She also quickly became familiar with the added profit to be had in smuggling, as well as occasional jobs as an assassin that presented themselves. The NyghtFyre served well for smuggling with the extra cargo space that Tsudaly had built into the vessel, and the additional sensor jamming systems that she had installed into the ship made it that much harder to catch.

However, despite her rapid successes and growing reputation, a deep-rooted restlessness plagued her. Nightmares that had been infrequent while she was around Phutari’s calming presence became almost constant in the solitude of her ship in deep space. StormRaven stayed on the edge, pushing herself to the limits of her endurance in not sleeping; she sank herself into her work, knowing that if she didn’t sleep, she wouldn’t dream, and the nightmares would be kept at bay. Over time, it gradually began to wear on her; the nightmares drifted into her thoughts even when she was awake, and memories she tried to forget kept haunting her. Unable to escape them, she was pushed close to the edge of madness, driven by those nightmares until she wanted nothing else but to end them once and for all.

One year after leaving Ord Mantell, Rasilvenaira finally gave in to the growing thirst for vengeance, the need to destroy that which kept haunting her thoughts. She returned to Ord Mantell, setting a course for the village where she had been born, navigating mostly by remembered landmarks from her flight away from the village five years previous.

Landing the ship near the village caused quite a stir from the superstitious and isolated people. Rasilvenaira left the ship, walking the last distance to the edge of the village, wanting to make sure that they knew who it was that would bring about their demise. She wanted them to know what their actions had earned them.

Following her orders, Verlassen, aboard the NyghtFyre, opened fire on the village with the full extent of the ship's weaponry, quickly leveling it to smoldering rubble. Those who hadn’t run when they had the chance were killed in the destruction. The way of life, all that the village had been for over four hundred years, came to an end in that firestorm.

Rasilvenaira stood silently watching the remains of the village burn for several minutes, then turned away and returned to her ship. Resigning her past to the ashes of destruction, she vowed never to look back and focused her attention on the future.

StormRaven's Crest

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