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| |type= Obelisk | | |type = Loyalist |
| |image= | | |image= [[File:Arcia-WikiBox.png|250px]] |
| |firstname= Arcia | | |firstname= Arcia |
| |lastname= Cortel | | |lastname= Cortel |
| |homeworld=[[starwars:Anaxes|Anaxes]] | | |homeworld=[[New Tython]] |
| |birth=[[0_BBY_to_9_ABY|4ABY]] - (Age 33) | | |birth={{Birthyear and Age (legends)|BBY|4}} |
| |death= | | |death= |
| |species=[[starwars:Human|Imperial]] | | |species= Human |
| |gender=[[starwars:Female|Female]] | | |gender= Female |
| |hair=Predominantly Blonde | | |hair= Dark brown, blonde bangs |
| |eyes=Predominantly Green | | |eyes= Olive Green |
| |height=5'6” | | |height= 1.7m/5'6” |
| |weight=115 lbs | | |weight= 54.4kg/120 lbs |
| |cyber=Optical Implants | | |cyber= Optical Implants |
| |allies=[[Teroch_Erinos|Teroch Erinos]] | | |mother= Ellie Corden |
| |enemies= | | |father= Jasper Corden |
| |saber= Light Blue | | |children= |
| | |spouse= |
| | |allies= |
| | |enemies= |
| | |saber= |
| |form= | | |form= |
| * [[Vapaad]]
| | |weapons= Custom DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol |
| * [[Makashi]]
| | |fightingstyle= |
| |fightingstyle= | | |profession= |
| * [[Dulon]]
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| * [[Kartranin]]
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| |profession=[[Obelisk|Obelisk Prelate]] | |
| |position=[[AGV_Nighthawk|XO of AGV Nighthawk]] | |
| |era= | |
| |affiliation= | | |affiliation= |
| *[[Arcona]]
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| *[[Nighthawk]]
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| |masters= | | |masters= |
| |apprentices= | | |apprentices= |
| |dossier= [[dossier:3463|3463]] | | * Professional [[Xeipha]] |
| | * Warlord [[Rulvak Qurroc]] |
| | |dossier=[[dossier:3463|3463]] |
| }} | | }} |
| | == An "Unremarkable Girl" == |
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| Arcia Cortel is a former [[starwars:Human|Imperial]] and a current [[Obelisk|Obelisk Prelate]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]], [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]]. Having started along the path of the [[starwars:Dark_side_of_the_Force|Dark Side]], rising to the [[starwars:Light_side_of_the_Force|Light]] just to ultimately succumb to the Dark Side once again, Arcia has intimate knowledge of many different aspects of the [[starwars:The_Force|Force]] and how to go about using it. She was forced to forever relive a lifetime of pain and torment during a short lived duel with a former Master, leading her to nearly mentally collapse and decide that the only way for her to ever best him, is to allow the Dark Side of the Force to completely take hold of her once again.
| | === The Birth of a Mundane === |
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| | At a time when the Jedi were few and far inbetween, two Force Users — Ellie and Jasper Corden — of no particular order, and not of the Light or Dark, settled upon New Tython in hopes to help bring new Force Sensitive life into the Galaxy. It was there that they were elated to discover that Ellie was with child. Jasper, having always wished to make his mark upon the Galaxy and the Jedi at large, thanked Ashla, but shortly after their daughter was born, they came to realize their wishes had not been granted. Their daughter, named Destri, was not gifted with the Force. |
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| == Character History ==
| | Ellie and Jasper allowed anger into their hearts and directed it towards the only thing they could control: their daughter. For five years, they half-heartedly taught their mundane child while still attempting to bring a new life into the Force. Finally, during the time of the Battle of Yavin IV, their second daughter, Alexandria, was born.Very early on, it was apparent the she was gifted with the Force, and any remnants of love and care were stripped from Destri as Alexandria became the sole focus of their parents. |
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| === A Bright Childhood ===
| | Through the years, Destri learned the common ways of life through family’s friends, though those of a Force Sensitive nature also gave her little to no help, causing her to have a deeply embedded distrust of their kind. Some even offered to teach her of their professions, some of military life, some of political. Destri clung dearly and quickly to the structure and discipline of the military life, so it was no surprised when she left home at seventeen to enlist with the [[Kotahitanga-Unity Defense Force|K.U.D.F.]] that had arrived with the presence of a group of Jedi and allies known as Odan-Urr. |
| In [[0_BBY_to_9_ABY|4ABY]], two [[starwars:Imperial_officer|Officers]] of the [[starwars:Imperial_Navy|Imperial Navy]], named Jasper and Ellie Corden, decided they were at the point in the lives and careers to settle down and have a child. Both were outstanding Officers and were eligible to resign from their positions early, so they quickly took advantage of it and moved to Ellie's home, the fortress world of [[starwars:Anaxes|Anaxes]]. Ellie was already pregnant, which was why they moved forward as quick as they could with their resignations, and nine months later, their daughter was born. Naming her Destri, the two once Imperial Officers enjoyed raising their daughter and teaching her the lifestyles they learned as children and adults.
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| By the time Destri was old enough to be eligible for schooling, she had already been able to test out of many different courses of study and was on the road to graduating early, which is why [[starwars:Imperial_Academy|Imperial Academy]] Recruiters began to closely monitor her. By [[20_ABY_to_29_ABY|20ABY]], Destri maintained her status as top of class and by the age of 16, she graduated with all outstanding honors from her studies and applied to join the Imperial Academy due to her exquisite test results, intelligence and demeanor.
| | === Military Genius === |
| | [[File:DestriCorden.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Destri Corden]] |
| | Straight out of her basic training, Destri proved to be a worthwhile strategist, having passed most of her tactics courses with flying colors and completing weapons training and general military knowledge. Primarily assigned to a strategic command, where she would assist in checking orders, offering insight and even proposing new naval troop movements herself, Private Corden did her best to find a purpose in her life. |
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| Not even months after applying, Destri was accepted, having learned what to expect already from her parents and was ready to make her mark in the Imperial Navy. When being taken to the Academy shuttles, Destri encountered her first [[starwars:Force-sensitive|Force user]]. All common sense immediately drained from her, having only heard of such people in stories and she instinctively reached out towards the man's [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsaber]]. In a blinding flash, the [[starwars:Sith|Sith]] drew and ignited his saber pointing the crimson blade directly at the girl. Destri stood strong, fearless in the eyes of a much greater man, bringing the Sith to frown, wondering why she did not run in fright as many did in such a situation. Chuckling to himself, the Sith turned, sheathed his weapon and went on his way, leaving Destri to do the same.
| | It was here, in the K.U.D.F., that Destri decided that nothing would ever stop her from achieving the goals she placed before herself. She would do her best in everything she attempted and never let anyone tell her that she could not achieve something. In her mind, she was being reborn in the fires of combat and discipline, and she would emerge a better person because of it. |
| | In the years that followed, Destri continued to perform her job in the best possible fashion. Award and recognition were offered to her for her dedication and dutiful attitude, giving her the life purpose she so desired. It wasn’t until she was a Major and second in command of her strategic command unit, that she was approached by a Colonel Jericho Tannor. He briefly explained that he was part of the [[Tanduran and Dac Unified Commandos|T.D.U.C.]], and was sent to recruit Major Corden into their ranks. Destri saw this as another opportunity to further her goals and grow in both skill and discipline, thus she accepted. |
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| === Imperial Life === | | === Elite Operations === |
| Having been raised by Officers early in her life, Destri somewhat knew what to expect when it came to [[starwars:Imperial_Academy|Academy]] life. It was difficult, yet informative; easy to succeed on the correct route, even easier to fail without proper guidance. With her excellence in previous schooling, Destri was able to complete most of her initial training with ease, above most others in her class yet again. The more aged recruits scorned her due to her age in life and her knowing more and performing better than them. It was due to this reason and her success thus far in the Academy, that she was chosen to be her training squads leader for the duration of her stay at the Academy.
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| When it came time to start learning the arts of combat, Destri began to falter. She did not have the physical prowess as most others did, to which they showed her time and time again to keep her knowing of that fact, but where she lacked in the strength to stand toe to toe with her fellow peers, she had the reflexes far superior than any other to keep herself out of the situations requiring strength. Her far above average dexterity paired with her sheer intelligence on any situation placed before her, Destri continued to outperform her squad in many of the physical training exercises as well as the standard course work. This slowly came to fruition when her squad was performing an exercise for visiting officials and a few of them started taking note in her ability to adapt to any situation without much time to prepare.
| | For seven years, Destri worked with the T.U.D.C. under Jericho’s command. She primarily acted as their intelligence liaison and strategist, leaving most of the heavy hitting to the rest of the commandos, but when it came to crunch, she was able to keep up with the team when it counted. Over time, she learned about Jericho and his time in the military, mesmerized by his war stories and achievements. Eventually, she became smitten and confided to him, explaining her past and her struggles through life, only being able to trust herself. He shared her feelings, giving Destri a shoulder to cry on, an ally in combat and eventually, a warm bed to share. |
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| Destri spent two years training in the Academy as well as being sent to her advanced schooling facilities to learn more about signals analysis and how to insert into enemy territory and erect communications devices for use on the battlefield. So with this training, she learned more of how the communications field worked as well as learning how to keep herself hidden and to blend into the crowd as needed by taking on different persona. When finished with her initial and advanced training around [[20_ABY_to_29_ABY|22ABY]], Destri was placed into the [[starwars:Imperial_Navy|Imperial Navy]] as a Lieutenant in a desk oriented job, against her every fighting will, to assist in handling the orders of different strike teams to insert and erect the communications devices that she had become rather knowledgeable of. | | Destri and Jericho were inseparable. The more they worked together, the stronger their bond became. Everything the Colonel had to teach, the Major learned with the same excellence she had shown her entire career. Mission after mission, the TUDC team thwarted threats, relayed intelligence and continued performing their basic military duties until word of an impending invasion rang through the intelligence community. A group known as the Dark Brotherhood was threatening New Tython, primarily those of Odan-Urr, with horrifying power. A sect of them known as Arcona were the ones to initially invade the planet, and that is where Destri’s life changed forever. |
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| With her disagreement widely known, Destri continued to perform her duties to the best of her abilities, making sure that each job was placed with Imperial Officers and soldiers whose dossier's reflected to be the best choice for the jobs assigned. Even though she disagreed with her placement, all of her superiors continued to tell her that this was a foot in the door for administrative options as well as being viewed by another department for further progression in the Imperial Navy. In [[20_ABY_to_29_ABY|25ABY]], after some time completing her job, getting a promotion as well as various medals and awards for overseeing the completion of different missions, Destri was approached by two ranking Imperial Officers while traveling to her place of work.
| | === Invasion of New Tython === |
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| Commander Rizon and Captain Roche were both a part of [[starwars:Imperial_Intelligence|Imperial Intelligence]] and told Destri that she was being watched ever since her first year in the Academy. Everything that she had accomplished in the Navy was a 'test' of sorts to see if she would be proper for an offer that they carried with them. After a short meeting, Destri was taken to the offices of Imperial Intelligence for further discussion. It was there, that Destri was offered a place in the Imperial Intelligence as an Agent, but first and foremost, a massive promotion to the rank of Captain and was transferred to the [[starwars:Imperial_communications_ship|Communications Dreadnaught]] ''Silent Runner''.
| | Jericho had been called away, one of the few times Destri was not able to join him. Her team was too busy dealing with the initial attacks from Arcona for her to worry about the Colonel, but he was always on her mind. Only a few weeks into the invasion, however, Major Corden received word that the facility where Jericho was sent had been hit by orbital strikes, no word on survivors. In that moment, Destri’s world collapsed around her. The only person she truly cared for was gone and that left her with nothing. |
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| It was there where Destri was in direct connection with a single strike team assigned to infiltrate enemy forces and disrupt communications to allow for a military occupation. On the side, she would relay information back and forth between the remaining groups of [[starwars:Imperial_Security_Bureau|ISB Agents]], due to working with one of the most advanced communications and holonet devices in the Imperial Navy aboard her ship.
| | In a panic, thinking she had nothing left to live for, the Major elected to serve on the frontlines, using her knowledge of the war to help the military thwart the Arcona forces. Her platoon quickly encountered a strong force of the Arcona military, leading to one of the bloodiest battles Destri had ever seen. Massive casualties eventually played out to a complete loss of life on both sides. Destri, however, knew how to hide and did so, surviving the onslaught. |
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| The next two years were rather uneventful until she was placed in an unfortunate situation upon a recently occupied planet where a massive revolt occurred without warning. Knowing that her uniform would be a blatant scream of her being an Officer in the Imperial Navy, she quickly stripped down to her under clothes and grabbed the closest set of civilian clothing possible. Her only goal now was to escape the planet before any orbital bombardment could occur to quell the revolt, so she used her training from the past to quickly come up with a persona and meet up with members of the revolt to secure passage off the planet. While on this personal mission, she recorded everything she did on a datapad, including information on the revolt, who was leading it, where they received their supplies from and more. When finally back aboard the ''Silent Runner'', she returned to uniform and sent her datapad entries to Imperial Intelligence for further review.
| | Using the skills taught to her by Jericho, she stealthily dispatched the last few remaining Arcona soldiers, the last being a woman slightly older than her. Having lost her love, been neglected nearly her entire life from her family and having to fight for herself, Destri decided, then and there, that she would not remain on New Tython. Using the surrounding environment and the uniform of the woman she had killed, Destri impersonated Arcia Cortel, also a Major in the Dajorra Defense Force, apparently the military of Arcona. With previous knowledge of the enemy base location and some understanding of their workings, Destri infiltrated the Arcona F.O.B. and was accepted as the sole survivor of the engagement. |
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| Now a Major, Corden received great praise from her superiors and was offered a once in a life time opportunity that would change her life forever.
| | A new life was to begin for Destri. No longer would she be viewed upon with neglect and disdain. She would do what was necessary to survive and for her, running away to Arcona was her way of doing it. At first, it was hard to play a completely different person, especially one you didn’t know, but many of her attitude quirks seemed to have been in line with what was to be expected from Arcia. Any other issues were written off as psychological damage, having been the sole survivor. |
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| === A Life in Shadows ===
| | When the war was finally over, Destri contemplated not going through with her plan. She was about to leave her home behind to rebuild without her, when they would need her the most. Likely, though, she was already written off as K.I.A., so she stayed true to her choice, and left New Tython to return to the Dajorra system with Arcona. |
| According to Major Corden's official dossier, in the later part of [[20_ABY_to_29_ABY|27ABY]] she went MIA during a training mission with her squadron. Several searches and investigations occurred in attempt to locate her, but were officially halted after orders from [[starwars:Imperial_High_Command|Imperial High Command]] were issued to cease all search and rescue missions. A funeral ceremony was conducted both on the ''Silent Runner'' as well as on her homeworld of Anaxes in commemoration to her outstanding service to the Imperial Navy, with both of her parents in attendance.
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| In an undisclosed location, Destri met with her superiors from Imperial Intelligence after awaking from a drug induced coma. They explained to her that she was taken from her position in the Imperial Navy, falsely declared as dead and stricken from Imperial record to further be of use for II as a [[starwars:Cipher_Agent|Cipher Agent]]. While working for Imperial Intelligence on sanctioned or unsanctioned missions, she would go by no name, other than that given to her in dossiers at 'drop boxes' or locations rigged for secure transmissions. With all of the training in covert operations, weapons use and communications espionage, she was the perfect choice at being the newest addition to the Cipher ranks. Understanding her new job and position fully, Destri opted to have optical [[starwars:Cybernetics|cybernetics]] implanted to give her more of an advantage in darkly lit areas, as well as the ability to scan, monitor and disrupt many different communications frequencies when approached. Both of her eyes were replaced with such implants and were backed by state of the art electromagnetic resistances to ensure that her vision would not be disrupted by any means. The downside to these implants, as she was warned frequently before, during and after the surgery, is that they had their own rechargeable power sources that would require additional attachments to her temples. After just a few short hours, the power supplies would be fully recharged and she would be able to work without the secondary attachments.
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| Given her designation, she began working towards an ultimate goal unbeknownst to her. Each job she was given was overseen by a [[starwars:Sith_Lord|Sith Lord]] by the name of Zeklynd Csularin, the very Sith she encountered before she left for the Academy. Having never met him, however, she did not know this until a year passed by in the field when she was approached directly by the man. He explained that during her missions, both as a Cipher and as an Imperial Officer, she was noticed to have used special 'influence' to get things done her way without any additional quarrel, aside from her eye catching figure, of course. Cipher X02 knew of this, but was unsure how she went about doing so only fully noticing the use of her body as a weapon. To her, all she did was 'emphasize' her words when speaking with others and they would follow orders, give up information, do things they would normally not, on her every whim. Zeklynd educated Cipher X02 that it was through the Force that she was able to manipulate others and that doing so in such manners was his expertise. He then offered to take the woman under his wing and teach her more of the powers the Force and the Dark Side would give her, to which she quickly agreed, still being greatly fascinated by Force users; now being given the opportunity and the knowledge that she, too, can become something she praised so much. With their agreement, Zeklynd bestowed upon her the name of Sephren, sealing their fates together as Master and Apprentice.
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| Over the course of the next three years ending approximately [[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|31ABY]], Sephren went by many names, accomplishing many missions for both the Imperial High Command as well as her new Sith Master. During these years, Zeklynd began teaching his Apprentice many forms of persuasion, manipulation, becoming even more with the shadows that she hid in, all to better achieve her goals as a Cipher and as a [[starwars:Sith_apprentice|Sith Apprentice]]. When Zeklynd deemed her ready enough, he even offered her his old Lightsaber as a token of good faith towards her further training and taught her the art of saber combat, emphasizing her ability of speed and acrobatics. She learned quickly to use her saber, though the hand me down didn't feel comfortable to her. Noticing this, Zeklynd sent her to an ancient Sith world, full of raw crystals and Force spirits to learn the art of creating her own.
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| It was here, on [[starwars:Korriban|Korriban]], that Sephren, formerly known as Destri Corden, created her first personal lightsaber after communing with a holocron containing an unnamed [[starwars:Force_ghost|Sith Weapon-master’s spirit]]. What she crafted was an intricately made hilt, with curves and etchings all across the sides emphasizing her connection with the shadows and the Dark Side of the Force. When she began to leave the archaic tomb in which she built her saber, half a dozen Force spirits shimmered to life, beckoning her to challenge them, sealing her fate with her saber. After a rigorous battle, tuning herself with her saber, Sephren emerged from the tomb, tattered and torn from the punishment received. Calling out to her Master through the Force, he arrived with his personal ship, the ''Spectre'', taking Sephren away from Korriban and towards their next mission.
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| Barely a few months passed from the creation of her own saber before a mission arose that was to impact Sephren's life forever. She was paired up with another Cipher Agent whom she had worked with many times before and had started becoming more and more attached to, even though it was forbidden between Agents. Cipher 23, as he was known by now, was an expert in hand to hand combat and linguistics, thus was instrumental for the mission at hand. The task for the two Ciphers was to infiltrate a heavily guarded installation, all inhabitants of which spoke no common languages, and steal a state of the art design for a new type of star cruiser. The mission was to be lengthy, being under cover for anywhere up to a year. So the two Agents prepared with their new identities and supplies to make their way into the installation and complete their mission.
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| During their time undercover, Sephren and Cipher 23, going by the names of Qi Dai and Yun Singe, were able to gather the information needed to successfully infiltrate the installation and pass of as militants, particularly security officers that would have access to all areas of the facility. The mission was a lot easier than they had expected and been given more time allotted than needed, they extended their stay on the beautiful planet they were sent to as sort of a 'relaxation' period of sorts. The two grew very close, knowing it was forbidden yet not caring of the fact, and after a few months together after the mission, ended up laying together.
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| A short period of time before the two were to return to Imperial High Command, Cipher 23 simply vanished. With no word nor sign of where he went, Sephren realized the plans she had lifted from the facility were copied; most likely by Cipher 23 before he disappeared. Knowing that she would be reprimanded severely, Sephren choked up the courage and set forth on her way back to [[starwars:Imperial_High_Command|IHC]]. As she expected, she was severely reprimanded and punished, not being able to perform any missions any longer with the Imperial Intelligence command, giving her more of an opportunity to study and train with Zeklynd, who was also disappointed at the minor failure of her mission. It was only another few months later when Sephren's speculations of her body were apparent to her; she was with child.
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| === One Life Taken, Two Lives Destroyed ===
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| The year was [[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|32ABY]], Sephren was now 28 years of age and pregnant with child. To her surprise, Zeklynd refused to be around her, acting very very strange whenever their eyes ever did meet in passing. Even though [[starwars:Cipher_Agent|Cipher 23]] had vanished, which crushed Sephren's emotions, the news of child brought her spirits back full force and she was ecstatic to give birth to a new life. As a few months passed on, Sephren began to see Zeklynd less and less, though the cold sensations of the Force continued to wrap around her when she thought of her Master. She continued to brush it off until there was a day when she passed by his personal quarters aboard the ''Spectre'' and heard Zeklynd yelling about some sort of possible prophecy that would bring end to a Sith Lord, one that must be stopped.
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| Fearful, Sephren didn't know how to react or what to do, not wanting to harm the child growing within her. She made her way to the bridge of the ship, intent on securing an escape pod to remove herself and her unborn child from the reach of a madman, but was unable to due to security measures that even she could not identify nor break. Without warning, she was lifted off her feet by forces unknown and slammed into the bulkhead nearest to her right side, crashing her back into various electronic paneling. With a sharp cry, Sephren instinctively brought her hands to guard the child within her and pushed out with the Force to allow herself to drop from the foreign attack, drawing her saber in one fluid motion. She was immediately met by a crimson saber that flashed her back to her childhood days, realizing that it was Zeklynd attacking her without warning. Strike after strike wore the young woman to the ground, not having the physical prowess to withstand such an onslaught. Her saber was quickly stripped from her hands and she was forced to look eye to eye with the blood crazed Sith Lord as he grabbed the scruff of her shirt and drew her in close.
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| The most powerful of crys erupted through the Force from both Sephren and her unborn child as she felt Zeklynd wrap the Force around the baby within her and squeeze. Psychically feeling the child crumple against the sheer force of the Sith Lord before her caused her throw up in pain and agony, blood spewing from her lower portion unto the durasteel plated flooring beneath her. The final jolt of agony was displayed when Zeklynd [[starwars:Telekinesis|ripped the remains of the child out of Sephren with aide of the Force]] and dropped it to the floor in a bloody heap. Sephren could not make a sound, the pain too terrible to react to as she began to fade into unconsciousness. The last thing she saw was Zeklynd leaning over her with a dark hood, then it all went black.
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| Sephren was taken to a location far from the reaches of any law enforcement of any kind and was imprisoned indefinitely. She did not speak, feed, or even move for weeks after being thrown into her tiny cell, which seemingly became smaller and smaller each day she remained. In order to try and keep her sanity, Sephren placed herself into a meditative state to try and preserve whatever mind she had left as well as heal the damage that had been done to her by Zeklynd, however, due to the considerable amount of physical and mental damage done to her, [[starwars:Sever_Force|she could not properly connect to the Force]] to do so. She eventually began eating the rot that was given to her, as it was the only means of sustenance, when Zeklynd appeared before her in her cell. He simply watched her, it having been nearly a month since she was thrown into confinement and he chuckled. Turning to his lead guard, he ordered him to take Sephren to the barracks to give the soldiers some 'relief.'
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| To her horror, Sephren, too weak to fight back with the Force, was taken to the military barracks, clothing torn and ragged, and was thrown into the fray. She was immediately seized by one of the larger guards and the remainder of her outer garments were torn from her. With a cry she attempted to fight back only to receive a swift blow to the stomach, knocking the wind out of her and causing her vision to fade. Not knowing what was happening at that point, she felt herself thrown onto a table as the guard began to have his way with her. Repeatedly for the remainder of the day, she was abused and raped by the majority of the soldiers in the barracks.
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| When finally thrown back into her cell, broken and sobbing, she heard whispers to her from a cell next to her own. The words were calm, smooth, composed. They told her it would all be better in time and to shut herself out of her own body when they came to take her again. The voice was there to help, it said, and Sephren believed it. The voice even ‘coached’ her into relearning her connection to the Force and through that training, a slow track to healing ensued. Sure enough, over the course of the next year, Sephren was taken multiple times throughout the weeks to be raped, broken and abused by the soldiers as a trophy for their own successes. From time to time, Sephren was also tortured for the sake of enjoyment of others, ending up with various scars and burns across her body and face.
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| Come [[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|33ABY]], Sephren sat in the center of her cell, completely in a meditative state as she had been since the beatings became worse midway through the year. She didn't even acknowledge being taken anymore, as there was nothing she could do about it. The only thing she ever listened to was the voice that helped her fight her own internal battles and regain her [[starwars:Force_attunement|attunement to the Force, though not fully connecting as she once was]]. The voice had told her a few months prior that an attack on the facility they were imprisoned in would be taking place soon and that help may arrive. She just needed to stay alive. It was that hope that caused Sephren to close herself off to the world so that she wouldn't anger anyone or anything enough to kill her outright; the hope of rescue was enough to keep her going.
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| The day finally came when the alarm klaxons sprang to life in the installation and explosions rang out, snapping Sephren out of her meditative trance to look around, her eyes wild. She had forgotten how long she had been imprisoned, only that her and the voice were best of friends. Guards and soldiers cried out in the halls around her as they were shot, cut down, thrown out of windows by forces unknown. When Sephren's cell door opened, she looked up expecting to see Zeklynd come to finish her off, but instead it was the face of a much older man, abused and torn the same as hers. He offered a hand, to which she took reluctantly and was taken from the prison that became her hell for over a year of her life.
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| The man that offered his hand of assistance to Sephren went by the name of Okan Corinya, a [[starwars:Jedi_Master|Master of the Jedi Order]]. He spoke at length with Sephren, helping her regain her composure and trying to help her forget everything that had happened to her while imprisoned. Even though he knew of her past, he knew that she was punished for it already and wanted to help her find the right path to take at this point in time, offering to teach her what he had learned from the [[starwars:Jedi_Order|Jedi Order]] in his life. She weakly accepted, not knowing what she would do without him and realized that she would need a new name, Sephren being the tie to cut from the Dark Side of the Force and Destri Corden being a name many Imperials would be looking for.
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| Taking the name Arcia Cortel, the name she would have given her daughter, she went with Jedi Master Okan to learn the ways of the Force again and to change her life for the better. To her, the girl that was imprisoned had died in there and she was a newly reborn woman bathed in Light. While traveling with Okan, Arcia met a master weapon smith that claimed to be able to create any sort of weapon out of anything. So to challenge this man, she took her previous Master’s old saber and her own custom built saber and told the man to create two blasters out of the metals he would get from melting down the plating and power them with the crystals and focusing lenses from the sabers of her old life. Excited to work with such devices, the man quickly went to work. He melted the saber plating down, molded pieces into that for blaster pistol construction and inserted the crystals as the bolt charging devices. As added flair, he made the twin blasters able to connect together to create a very high powered rifle. Arcia quickly paid the man for his time with what little she had remaining from her stash while traveling with Zeklynd over the years, sadly wiped the man’s mind of having ever designed and crafted such a pair of weapons, and went on her way.
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| For the next two years, Arcia worked with Okan to become one with herself, as well as the Force, and to use her powers for the greater good. Knowing what she had accomplished in her life as a Sith as well as an Imperial Agent, Arcia was sworn to never allow someone she knew to fall into the darkness that she grew into at the early stages of her life. So with the teachings of Master Corinya, she found that the powers she grew to use under Zeklynd could be turned around to be used for the Light; healing instead of harming, teaching instead of taking. This brought a wave of calm over the woman, knowing that her life was not lost, simply reborn. She also took this time to craft herself a new saber that had no connection to the darkness that she embraced many years ago, its blade a shimmer of green, rather than the crimson red that signified her connection to Zeklynd.
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| After traveling the galaxy with Okan, Arcia began hearing of a large gathering of Dark Jedi controlling several system of planets. She learned of this information from a smaller group of Jedi who believed they could be infiltrated and Arcia quickly sought them out, with the good graces from her new Jedi Master. Okan told Arcia that there was nothing else he could teach her and that she had come a long way since first speaking with her in the prison. She had once been a being full of hate, darkness and disarray. Yet now, she was composed, calm and more pure than she had ever been in her life. She was ready to venture off on her own, almost as a child would leave home for the first time.
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| So, come the later part of [[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|35ABY]], 32 year old Arcia Cortel ventured into the [[starwars:Esstran_Sector|Esstran Sector]], specifically the Yhi System, to seek out the group known as Odan Urr to offer her aide in their struggle against the Dark Side of the Force.
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| === Becoming a Light in the Dark ===
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| {{Quote|Starting on the Path of Dark and rising at this time of life, gives you more power than any other, to teach young ones of the Light.|Okan Corinya, [[starwars:Jedi_Master|Jedi Master]]}}
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| Arcia unfortunately didn't take to the teachings of Odan Urr as she expected she would and decided to part ways after only a short stay with the group of Jedi. She continues to travel the Galaxy, searching for anything to link her to a past devastation that still plagues her to date.
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| '''Any continuity errors and/or canonical errors can be brought to Esca's attention before any alterations need be made.'''
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| == Personality ==
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| Arcia holds herself very calm and composed during situations of great stress, being able spread her calm to others around her. With her experience in the field of espionage, her fluidity and ability to adapt to any situation would normally cause her to be a bit cocky, however with her Imperial training, she is able to keep a solid structure in thought process as well as day to day activities.
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| == Personal Weaponry ==
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| [[starwars:Lightsaber|Lightsaber]]
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| Custom Made Twin Force Accelerated Blaster Pistols
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| == Interesting Facts ==
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| *Arcia is the second complete character Esca has used in the DJB, following Ethran Sayre Isradia.
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| *Arcia is the first Light Side oriented character Esca has ever made, in or outside of the DJB.
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| *Though Arcia's optical implants resist any sort of outside influence, in the ACC this may not be the case at hand...
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| *The DJB is the first Star Wars oriented club Esca had ever been a part of, having nearly applied to be a part of the [[EH|EH]] around the time of the split.
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| *Esca is the only member of the DJB to have had a fully rotating lightsaber graphic on their dossier.
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| *Esca was the last P:KHP before the office was dissolved due to changes in the DJB.
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| *Esca will be writing short fictions that go into more detail of Arcia's past missions and accomplishments. Stay tuned!
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Optical Implants
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Ellie Corden
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Jasper Corden
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The Birth of a Mundane
At a time when the Jedi were few and far inbetween, two Force Users — Ellie and Jasper Corden — of no particular order, and not of the Light or Dark, settled upon New Tython in hopes to help bring new Force Sensitive life into the Galaxy. It was there that they were elated to discover that Ellie was with child. Jasper, having always wished to make his mark upon the Galaxy and the Jedi at large, thanked Ashla, but shortly after their daughter was born, they came to realize their wishes had not been granted. Their daughter, named Destri, was not gifted with the Force.
Ellie and Jasper allowed anger into their hearts and directed it towards the only thing they could control: their daughter. For five years, they half-heartedly taught their mundane child while still attempting to bring a new life into the Force. Finally, during the time of the Battle of Yavin IV, their second daughter, Alexandria, was born.Very early on, it was apparent the she was gifted with the Force, and any remnants of love and care were stripped from Destri as Alexandria became the sole focus of their parents.
Through the years, Destri learned the common ways of life through family’s friends, though those of a Force Sensitive nature also gave her little to no help, causing her to have a deeply embedded distrust of their kind. Some even offered to teach her of their professions, some of military life, some of political. Destri clung dearly and quickly to the structure and discipline of the military life, so it was no surprised when she left home at seventeen to enlist with the K.U.D.F. that had arrived with the presence of a group of Jedi and allies known as Odan-Urr.
Military Genius
Destri Corden
Straight out of her basic training, Destri proved to be a worthwhile strategist, having passed most of her tactics courses with flying colors and completing weapons training and general military knowledge. Primarily assigned to a strategic command, where she would assist in checking orders, offering insight and even proposing new naval troop movements herself, Private Corden did her best to find a purpose in her life.
It was here, in the K.U.D.F., that Destri decided that nothing would ever stop her from achieving the goals she placed before herself. She would do her best in everything she attempted and never let anyone tell her that she could not achieve something. In her mind, she was being reborn in the fires of combat and discipline, and she would emerge a better person because of it.
In the years that followed, Destri continued to perform her job in the best possible fashion. Award and recognition were offered to her for her dedication and dutiful attitude, giving her the life purpose she so desired. It wasn’t until she was a Major and second in command of her strategic command unit, that she was approached by a Colonel Jericho Tannor. He briefly explained that he was part of the T.D.U.C., and was sent to recruit Major Corden into their ranks. Destri saw this as another opportunity to further her goals and grow in both skill and discipline, thus she accepted.
Elite Operations
For seven years, Destri worked with the T.U.D.C. under Jericho’s command. She primarily acted as their intelligence liaison and strategist, leaving most of the heavy hitting to the rest of the commandos, but when it came to crunch, she was able to keep up with the team when it counted. Over time, she learned about Jericho and his time in the military, mesmerized by his war stories and achievements. Eventually, she became smitten and confided to him, explaining her past and her struggles through life, only being able to trust herself. He shared her feelings, giving Destri a shoulder to cry on, an ally in combat and eventually, a warm bed to share.
Destri and Jericho were inseparable. The more they worked together, the stronger their bond became. Everything the Colonel had to teach, the Major learned with the same excellence she had shown her entire career. Mission after mission, the TUDC team thwarted threats, relayed intelligence and continued performing their basic military duties until word of an impending invasion rang through the intelligence community. A group known as the Dark Brotherhood was threatening New Tython, primarily those of Odan-Urr, with horrifying power. A sect of them known as Arcona were the ones to initially invade the planet, and that is where Destri’s life changed forever.
Invasion of New Tython
Jericho had been called away, one of the few times Destri was not able to join him. Her team was too busy dealing with the initial attacks from Arcona for her to worry about the Colonel, but he was always on her mind. Only a few weeks into the invasion, however, Major Corden received word that the facility where Jericho was sent had been hit by orbital strikes, no word on survivors. In that moment, Destri’s world collapsed around her. The only person she truly cared for was gone and that left her with nothing.
In a panic, thinking she had nothing left to live for, the Major elected to serve on the frontlines, using her knowledge of the war to help the military thwart the Arcona forces. Her platoon quickly encountered a strong force of the Arcona military, leading to one of the bloodiest battles Destri had ever seen. Massive casualties eventually played out to a complete loss of life on both sides. Destri, however, knew how to hide and did so, surviving the onslaught.
Using the skills taught to her by Jericho, she stealthily dispatched the last few remaining Arcona soldiers, the last being a woman slightly older than her. Having lost her love, been neglected nearly her entire life from her family and having to fight for herself, Destri decided, then and there, that she would not remain on New Tython. Using the surrounding environment and the uniform of the woman she had killed, Destri impersonated Arcia Cortel, also a Major in the Dajorra Defense Force, apparently the military of Arcona. With previous knowledge of the enemy base location and some understanding of their workings, Destri infiltrated the Arcona F.O.B. and was accepted as the sole survivor of the engagement.
A new life was to begin for Destri. No longer would she be viewed upon with neglect and disdain. She would do what was necessary to survive and for her, running away to Arcona was her way of doing it. At first, it was hard to play a completely different person, especially one you didn’t know, but many of her attitude quirks seemed to have been in line with what was to be expected from Arcia. Any other issues were written off as psychological damage, having been the sole survivor.
When the war was finally over, Destri contemplated not going through with her plan. She was about to leave her home behind to rebuild without her, when they would need her the most. Likely, though, she was already written off as K.I.A., so she stayed true to her choice, and left New Tython to return to the Dajorra system with Arcona.
The Strength of Arcona
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