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Kiersha Asso
A G E
23
H E I G H T
5' 5"
W E I G H T
140
Who knows...
R A C E
Human
S E X U A L I T Y
Pansexual
G E N D E R
Female
G E A R
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As a kid she wore rags, as a smuggler slightly better rags, and as a sith apprentice she wore black armor. Now Kiersha has the ability to wear whatever the hell she pleases, within reason, and her attire is unsurprisingly dark. It's nothing that would identify her as a sith, but her black bodysuits and leather bomber jackets reminisce of rebels are not the white and grey silks and linens she has access to. Her usual attire includes a utility belt and boots fit for the rockiest of terrain. Lightsaber's are in short supply, and for a Jedi in her time she's lucky to even have one, even if it is red. Though the colour in her point of time does not necessarily have the same sort of connotation that it would in the time of the Old Republic. Her hair is often loose, but she'll pull it back in a simple tail or bun if it's or windy. Her striking red hair and green eyes have been complimented before, and so she's a tad vain of them. She doesn't think herself much to look at but she's not the scrawny teen she used to be anymore. It would be suffice to say that now she's capable of turning heads, even if she doesn't think so.
P E R S O N A L I T Y
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During the time of the Rebellion and the First Order, the qualifications for a Jedi are very different from what they are in the time of the Old Republic. To be a Jedi in the time of the rebellion you need only be capable of two things, using the force, and holding a lightsaber. And that about sums up what qualifies Kiersha. She is not patient nor tactful nor wise nor particularly capable of any of the peaceable gentleness that a Jedi is supposed to exhibit. She is a tumultuous storm, not a calm sea. But in her defense, she had a teacher that exacerbated this problem of hers rather than tempering it as he should have. And unfortunately as far as a rebellion is concerned, so long as her lightsaber is pointed at the enemy, she can be as heavy handed as she wants.
Kiersha is quick to strike first and negotiate later, a sort of defense mechanism ingrained into her. Dead things canât hurt you. She sees absolutely no problem with the morals of this, and is altogether much too comfortable with taking life. But her lack of actual emotional attachment and ability to connect with the force in the way a mere padawan can probably holds her back. Her use of the force has always been with a sense of desperation and fear, aggression and anguish. It was no wonder that the dark side got to her first. Sheâs trying to change now, little by little. Stopping and listening, being more polite and considerate of others, trying to make friends and trusting people within reason. Sheâs certainly not the wild animal that Rey took pity on after killing her former master, Kylo Ren. In just two years sheâs gotten much better, but isnât necessarily what you would call a proper Jedi, or respectful human being for that matter.
Kiersha is, as mentioned, not very tactful. Sheâs blunt and can come across as rude, and an absolute shit sometimes. Her big mouth causes trouble and her speech isnât polite. She curses worse than the soldiers do, but sheâs working on it ok. All in all, she's a rather bit more emotional than a Jedi should be, and unable to temper that emotion. She feels what she feels and exudes it, making her terrible at lying. Which is a plus, right?
Grudges are something a wise individual wouldnât hold onto, but again sheâs not very wise. Sheâll hold on to a small slight forever, and dub you as the enemy. An overreaction to be sure, but it isnât impossible to get back into good graces. Maybe. Eventually. Sheâll forget about it at some point. Her behavior can also be rather self destructive. Although her will to survive is very high, her self esteem is very low, and anything good happening to her is either too good to be true or too good for her to handle. Sheâs well aware sheâs no angel, and makes no excuses for it; worse than her inability to forgive others is her inability to forgive herself. She has to hit the self destruct button because she doesnât believe she deserves anything good anyway. Her issues have issues and her trust is rocky at best. Sure that's a rather lonely existence to have, but she's somehow managed to convince herself that she's ok with being alone. And before that was very easy, but not since being taken in and shown how things can be. She wants to be better, and her attempts can be called, cute? But she isn't comfortable with being vulnerable and not exuding a harsh and punishing exterior is embarrassing. Humor can mask her discomfort in general, but even that has a limit. Thankfully she's learned to remove herself rather than lash out lately. At least she doesn't go on a tirade and destroy the room with her lightsaber like a certain someone who used to be her master.
One thing Kiersha does have going for her is her resourcefulness, she's shrewd. You don't survive all alone like she did without the smarts to do it. It's never just option A and B for Kiersha, there is always an option C, always a way to do something that no one else sees or expects. There is always hope and will, and when there is a will there is a way. She's like a god damn leech with things, once she sets herself to it, she latches on and sees it through, no matter what kind of god damn rabbit she has to pull out of her ass to accomplish it.
H I S T O R Y
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As per most orphaned children, life started out shit and got shittier. She knows her father was rebel, something she found out recently, but isnât sure who or what her mother was. All she knows is that they had split and her mother had her and promptly abandoned her on Teth. Teth of all places. A human infant on some jungle planet in wild space. She was left at some bar in a Hutt clan base, and by some good graces, wasnât fed to whatever creatures lay in the jungle. She was somewhat raised and mostly left to her own devices by the barkeep. She recalls that she got into trouble more than once, taking things from customers that did not belong to her, but only when she was caught. It was like a game, pick their pockets and return what you find to the barkeep. And get food. Get caught, and get beaten. Now she understands that at the time the game was meant to make the barkeep look innocent, while benefitting from their own personal pickpocket.
As well as Kiersha came to perform at this, the barkeep must not have been too attached to her, because as soon as Kiersha was old enough, she was sold to the Hutt clan to be made useful. She began life as a smuggler at the age of thirteen, the barkeep had told her buyer that she was sixteen and fully grown by human standards. Assholes.
The job didnât entail much at first, assist with this, assist with that, carry this heavy thing over there. Ok now carry these heavy things off the ship and after that carry these apparently much better heavy things onto the ship. Good? Ok now fix this thing over here, no, not like that you absolute moron. - And things went on like this until she was assigned somewhere else. Some people were polite enough, and some treated her like a dog. At one point, she got tired of living like that and realized that she didnât really even need to do what the people in charge told her to do. She could just slip away and they wouldnât find her if she ran far and fast enough. Hell, maybe they wouldnât even look for her. She could manage on her own well enough, she even had a little money, and whatever money she didnât have she could just take.
Kiersha couldâve picked better places than Nar Shaddaa to do this, but by this time it was the best place she knew and frequented. An actually sixteen year old Kiersha was much more capable and managed to give everyone the slip. The great thing about Nar Shaddaa was that it was bustling and packed. Places to hide were abundant, and she was small and too unimportant to spend much energy on.
Life on her own and providing for herself was much more difficult than she imagined it would be. People, especially criminals, were not kind to an alone thing with no protection. She became meaner and more aggressive, she survived. Surviving was about all she could manage to do until she found work independently on a privately owned smuggling ship. She had no idea that getting on that ship would change her forever.
The ship was stopped by The Order. She learned later that they had only barely managed to come across her and hadnât been looking for her intentionally. Kylo Ren sensed her and ordered that they seize the ship. At the time Kiersha was nearly out of her mind with fear, as was the rest of the crew. They had intended to fight and see if they could escape. A stupid idea but the only one they had. It was a standoff until Kylo himself entered and stated very simply that he only wanted⊠he pointed at her. Wouldnât you know it, she was given up with little hesitation. The ship and its crew thought they were in the clear, but after Kylo Ren had what he wanted her ordered their deaths. Not a single trooper was injured in the excursion. Kiersha was utterly confused, and had no idea what the hell The Order could want with her.
She spent the next few years being carved into a sith. Not very long, but long enough. Kiersha became familiar with a war she had never felt close to before. What was worse, she was not sure she was on the right side of it, but merely accepted her situation as her lot. What was she to do to defy someone as strong as a god damn sith lord? It seems however that Kiershaâs existence was never to be too sure of itself for longer than a few years at a time. Rey, a Jedi on the side of the rebellion eventually killed Kylo, and could have killed Kiersha too. Instead she spared her. Why is a question many have asked, including Kiersha, but it has been proven time and again that Kiersha can be made useful. Maybe Rey saw something good in her, maybe she just had pity for her. Whatever the case, there has hardly been any training on Reyâs part. Partly because she isnât sure how to approach a case as difficult as Kiershaâs, and partly because she realized Kiersha needed more than anything a chance to come into her own and make her own decisions. Rey has been more a guide than a teacher, and that seems to be working... slowly.
Kiersha's mother had left her with very little, but what she did leave her was vital in finding out who her father was. The last name, Asso, it belonged to a Captain. He died when she was young apparently, but he was a well liked and brave individual according to those she's spoken to about him. In her most recent mission, Kiersha is sent with a crew on a mission of peace and negotiation, as protection and assistance in the customs of the outer rim and wild space territories. She grew up there and is the next best thing to a tour guide.
Jedi
H O M E
Any Rebel Base
R E L A T I O N S H I P
single
R E L I G I O N
none
Chaotic Neutral
S T A T U S
Active
C O L O U R
#581845
T I M E
Rebel Alliance Era