V'yr Vorsa is a Neti Consular and Scholar from House Odan-Urr. After her long exile on Kashyyyk she has finally resumed her search for a reorganized Jedi order, finding a suitable spiritual successor in House Odan-Urr. Her true purpose in the troubles to come is yet to be revealed.
Character History
Early life
Sprouted from a seed sometime around 300 BBY on the forest planet of Myrkr, Vorsa spent most of her young life on her home world in her natural tree form, enjoying the sun and natural tranquility of the planet. Not much is known about this part of her life since she doesn't talk about her people to outsiders, Jedi or otherwise. Occasionally she would revert to a humanoid state to travel her home world and enjoy the comforts nature gave her. Unbeknownst to her, a greater destiny awaited her in the larger galaxy.
Introductions
Sometime around 280 BBY a group of Jedi arrived on Myrkr in search of the elusive Ysalamir lizards. When they managed to capture one it was from Vorsa's own branches. Annoyed at the intrusion she shape-shifted into a large humanoid tree form startling the Jedi. Showing no hostile intentions other than an intimidating visage of a huge tree-like woman ready to stomp the intruders into the ground, Vorsa started asking questions and demanding why she was disturbed. Since the Jedi did not understand her language they were confused and unsure how to proceed until, to their astonishment, Vorsa spoke in Galactic Basic.
She talked to their leader, who was taken aback by the talking tree-woman. Amused by his apparent ignorance of her species, Vorsa laughed and her mood improved as soon as she deemed them to not be hostile. The Jedi leader had seen a Neti before in the form of Jedi Master T'ra Saa, but he had never experienced a Neti's true shape-shifting abilities firsthand and was unsure how to proceed so he did what any Jedi would do - he conversed. He explained how Ysalamir have an innate ability to "drown" the Force around them, a fact Vorsa knew of, being Force-sensitive herself, and that they need them to train their Young Jedi on how to react when their connection to the Force is cut for whatever reason. Vorsa, curious, had many question about the Jedi Order and the galaxy in general for she knew little else except her own planet. She, of course, knew of the galaxy at large and the Jedi Order but to her they were just stories from a faraway place told by elder Neti in their twilight years.
Promising her a life of knowledge and wonder in the Jedi Order if she would become one of them, the Jedi leader who's name she had forgotten by now, invited her to Coruscant. Her life changed after that, in more ways than one.
The Jedi Order
File:Vorsa-young.jpgAs a padawan
Even though she was already 20 years old, Vorsa was little more than a child by Neti reckoning. She had spent most of her time exploring her planet, communing with nature or just playing around the woods with her friends and knew very little of life. She was an innocent child and thus she was deemed to still be of an appropriate age for training in the Jedi Order. They welcomed her with open arms.
Vorsa was never an excellent student, nor was she gifted in any particular area of study. She was an average student just like most of her comrades. She did, however, excel at teaching her fellow Jedi about nature and how to properly care for living things in the forest. She was also a slow learner, but then again she had many, many more years of her life ahead of her and Neti were never ones to rush.
Though her Initiate and Padawan days came and went with several different teachers, once she became a Jedi Knight she looked for a way to be useful to the Order. Not particularly adept at combat, she chose the more natural course and became an archivist and librarian, teaching students in many, many fields of study just as she had learned from her masters before. She always had her head "dug" into books, holocrons and archive data, vastly expanding her knowledge.
Some 200 years later, during the Clone Wars necessity required her to leave the safety of her libraries and archives and move her abundant knowledge and skill into the field to fight alongside the Clone troops of the Galactic Republic. This is when it all went wrong.
The Aftermath of the Clone Wars
During the Clone Wars, Vorsa found a new self - a warrior self. She wasn't particularly fond of this, but it was a necessity at the time. The war dragged on and more and more Jedi were needed to lead the army. As a Jedi General, she fought on several mayor battlefields such as the battles of Jabiim, Duro, Coruscant and most notably, Kashyyyk.
When Order 66 was issued she was on the Wookiee home world, alongside her friends and masters, fighting against the innumerable droid armies of the Separatists. She was flying with her squad on a transport just over a large lake at the moment her troops turned their guns at her. She managed to kill two of them but a laser blast shot her in the arm and she fell from the transport, twenty meters into the frigid water. The transport circled twice and when they found no sight of her, flew to base.
In truth, Vorsa had survived the shot and the fall thanks only to her advanced physique. She had instinctively "cocooned" herself in a tough bark-like shell that absorbed the fall. Bloodied, wounded and aching she dragged herself from the lake and dug roots in a nearby glen of tall trees. There she remained for many years, slowly recovering from near-death injuries.
Kashyyyk
File:Vyr-awoke.jpgAttikabukk. Friend among the Wookiees
In later years, from time to time, Vorsa would revert to humanoid form and spy on Imperial troops stationed on Kashyyyk. She even befriended a clan of Wookiees led by Chieftain Attikabukk which in Shyriiwook means "First guide". He was an aging but strong leader who desperately tried to protect his clan from the greedy hands of the Empire's slavers. They mostly lived on the lowest parts of the great Wroshyr forests where the Imperials rarely ventured and only did so in force. She found peace again with the Wookiees and seemed to forget the troubles of the galaxy at large.
She did, however, gather as much information she could from the Wookiee scouts and became very proficient in their language, Shyriiwook. In this way she found out about the Rebellion and their exploits and also about the young Luke Skywalker, who's surname she knew well. She wept when she heard Alderaan was destroyed and cheered when Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star. And every so often she would hear rumors about old Jedi emerging and vanishing, mostly due to Darth Vader's vigil.
In 4 ABY, after the Battle of Endor she finally managed to leave Kashyyyk and travel the galaxy, though she occasionally settled down for several months at a time to regain her energy. Ship life had an adverse effect on her due to her nature. This time of her life was a time of discovery and searching for purpose. Only years later would she discover her new home, in House Odan-Urr, but before she ever heard of them, she came to be in the New Jedi Order on Yavin.
New Jedi Order
Vorsa traveled to Yavin's fourth moon where Luke Skywalker, son of the now redeemed Anakin Skywalker, made his Jedi Training facility and began founding a new order to protect the galaxy. This new Jedi order, Vorsa found, was a lot less conservative in its studies of the Force and its relationship with the Republic. They were defenders of peace, yes, but less rigid in structure and laxer in teaching their students about the dangers of the Dark Side of the Force.
Vorsa found them to be unrefined versions of the old Order and, though she understood that it was created under different circumstances, she pleaded with their teachers to implement a more rigid form of Force training. Some would call it brainwashing or indoctrination, some would call it ignorance and some would simply state that that kind of mentality ruined the old Order in the first place.
With the majority against her way of thinking, Vorsa seemed to remove herself from politicking and squabbles and proceeded to meditate on her own thoughts. She began having doubts about the old way she was so accustomed to. That is until Skywalker's Jedi started turning to the Dark Side more and more. She was always there to help but also to warn students not to follow in their fellow's footsteps.
She lost several students when Desann and his Reborn attacked the Jedi Temple and then again when Desann's apprentice Tavion and her cult of Ragnos rampaged through the tombs on Korriban. These events shook her to her core, so much so that she began losing faith in her abilities to train others.
During the Vong war all her doubts receded into obscurity as the Jedi united to fight off the threat. She was often at the forefront of the fighting but more so in the praxeum and training grounds, defending the young initiates and apprentices. She came to believe her role was that of a teacher and defender of the young and inexperienced and she finally found her purpose. However, during the fighting, her own Padawan, a Kel-Dor named Nem Yaman, was slain by Vong assailants. Heartbroken, Vorsa would not take on a Padawan for many years. She became increasingly protective of he students after that.
File:Jedi archives.jpgDuring the Vong war
The War gave a sense of community and friendship to all Jedi from the New Order, but not long after their enemy was defeated and the galaxy returned to normal, the squabbles returned. At the end of the Swarm war when Luke Skywalker decided to distance the Jedi Order from the Republic, Vorsa left feeling she had less and less to contribute and that her own way of thinking didn't coincide with the Order's. She stayed in good relations with the Masters on Yavin despite their different opinions and would aid any Jedi of the New Order should they ever need assistance. Her own path, however, was not the same as theirs. She would find a new home, and a new purpose.
She had heard rumors of a second Order, one more in line with Jedi teachings before the Empire's rule, created by several Jedi Masters who survived the Purge. She traveled the galaxy, following any clues she could find. For months she searched, moving from one planet to the next, until at last on Corellia, she found an old freighter captain called Corvus Gallian who led her to the Odanites and her new home.
Home away from home
Not long after joining their ranks, the Odan-Urr Jedi gave Vorsa the responsibility of leading one of their elite teams - The Knights of Allusis. It was a great honor, a great responsibility and an eye-opener for Vorsa. The Jedi of Odan-Urr were in a bad place when she joined, assailed by many enemies - Cy Thuron, The Brotherhood, The One Sith. But seeing that their leaders, Liam Torun and A'lora Kituri, gave their best to follow the Jedi Code, and having established friendships with many of the other Jedi in the House, she gave her best to help her comrades.
File:Vyr-Ataru.jpgDuring the battle of Jaguada
The first time she commanded the Knights into battle was on the planet Jaguada where the One Sith and the Brotherhood clashed. Their objective was retrieval and safe transport of artifacts from the planets ancient Sith temples. They failed in their mission due to the enemies overwhelming force and had to retreat.
On Dromund Kaas, the ancient capital world of the Sith Empire of yore, she commanded the Knights again and under the guidance of their leaders, the Odanites managed to gain a small victory. Hurt, scarred but still breathing they maintained a presence on the planet, much to the dismay of their enemies.
Senior Jedi General and Master
After the battle for Dromund Kaas, Vorsa was acknowledged for her contributions and given and even bigger command - that of a Senior Jedi General and commanding officer of the 1st AAC "Kota's Fist". The full weight of responsibility was left squarely on her shoulders as she was given command of all of the House's armored assets. She accepted this responsibility stoically and would do her duty diligently and with pride. However the emotional response to this was very very different. Again, she was back in the Clone Wars, "fighting the good fight". She had doubts about the House's current state of mind. It was very much war-oriented and leaning further away from the Old Order's teachings.
Her command was not the only responsibility she was given. A young Padawan and Dark Side convert named Ryan Neale who had until then trained and studied mostly by himself, was paired with Vorsa for his final training and eventual Trials. Eventually she became attached to her Padawan and very protective of him in front of his peers. However she did become a bit strict with his studies, be they reading of sword fighting. Ryan proved to be a diligent and hard-working student and she respected him immensely for his keeping his darker emotions in check when faced with bad mouthed students.
File:Vyr-torture.jpgTortured by Omega
During an away mission on the planet of Varonat Vorsa and her X.O. Kah Manet were, in an attempt to make contact with an Odanite agent, ambushed by a well armed and organized group of mercenaries. They called themselves Alpha's Omega and their intentions were made clear when they attempted to ransom the two back to House Odan-Urr. As a reply, Councillor Liam Torun sent the rest of the Knights of Allusis on a daring mission to rescue the two leaders.
However, under the leadership of Zak Sallis one of the lieutenants in Alpha's Omega, the mercenaries orchestrated a daring plot. They never intended to ransom the two Odanites. Finding the Odanites' hidden base of operations was their true goal. They submitted both Kah and Vorsa to grievous torture to find what they were looking for, but when the two Jedi would not bend nor break, their plans changed. Their intent became to capture the whole team and submit them to questioning. In this they succeeded, after an ordeal and several of their men dead at the hands of the Knights.
The Jedi were imprisoned on Omega's ship, the Diligence, where they were tortured and bled dry of information. Brought back to their homeworld of New Tython, they would be left to fend for themselves. Vorsa herself took the brunt of the interrogation, being the one who knew more than the rest of her team. Left in a dying state and without the soothing effect of the sun's nurturing rays, Vorsa was left to die, along with the rest of her team.
Their status is, as of yet, unknown.
DJB Facts
Positions Held
Outstanding Achievements
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Trivia
- Relies predominantly on Force abilities.
- Believes it is her duty to defend the Journeymen of the House, and she will usually prioritize them over others
- IC Vorsa has an Iranian accent similar to actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay from Mass Effect)
- The character of V'yr Vorsa will never refer to herself as V'yr but will always use her surname, Vorsa, instead
- In the same manner, the player role-playing Vorsa (me, that is) will use the name V'yr(or variation) on IRC to refer to himself so it can be easier to distinguish OOC and IC
- It's all a bit confusing but you'll get used to it :)
- For former positions and achievements go to User:Vyr vorsa