Age: 31
Race: Zeltron
Physical description: This woman's skin is of a dark purplish-red hue, and her hair is a brilliant, flowing azure that cascades down to the small of her back like a tropical waterfall, generally left down. She stands at about five and a half feet, and has excellent proportions. She has silver almond-shaped eyes and a heart-shaped face, and her features are considered by many to be extremely beautiful. Her figure helps this opinion along, as she has an excellently-toned hourglass-shaped body, complete with well-filled curves. Her skin is almost completely without blemishes, the exception being along her forearms and callused hands, a few minor scars present from working with blades her entire life.
Personality: Despite the Jedi Code being somewhat against emotion, Tel'Kar tends to be quite cheerful, and can even get rowdy in battle. She does not, however, possess the same seductive manner as many other Zeltron females, having forgone any such tendencies in her childhood. She tends to step on the toes of the other Jedi Masters, being a bit more aggressive in her opinions than some others, and this has been a subject of close scrutiny during her time among the New Jedi Order. However, they have not yet taken action, and she's confident that they never will, as she's become an integral part in the Jedi Order's rebuilding process, personally going on many missions with her former Padawan, Soran.
Equipment: She usually wears a short-cut black leather halter vest and form-fitting black leather leggings under her dark brown Jedi Master robes, the garments giving her freedom of movement and fluidity that others might not. She uses an orange-bladed lightsaber lance as her primary weapon, and she wields a purple bladed curved-hilt lightsaber coupled with a short red lightsaber shoto as her backup.
Forms, weaponry, talents, and abilities: Tel'Kar is an excellent duelist. She's considered somewhat of a weapons master among the New Jedi Order, mastering four of the seven Jedi forms and learning more than a few other, non-canon saber forms on her spare time. She does, however, struggle somewhat with actual force abilities, though she is one of the few Light Jedi to have mastered the art of Force Lightning, possibly due to her slightly higher level of emotional comfort. her favourite force technique, however, is the Jedi Mind Trick, which plays well off her racial empathic abilities, and she's become very apt at using that as well. She is very non-traditional in her teachings and fighting styles, switching between multiple different radically varying forms in a matter of seconds.
She favours the following Saber styles, in order from favourite to less favoured:
- Form Seven: Juyo/Vaapad - Juyo: This was described as the most vicious form of lightsaber combat, and was said to be filled with both fury and "malignant grace." The form was given the title of the most difficult and demanding form in all of saber combat. Skilled combatants with Juyo were said by Jedi Master Vrook Lamar to be able to "eviscerate a lone enemy."
Vaapad: During the latter years of the Republic, Jedi Master Mace Windu developed Vaapad with the aid of fellow master Sora Bulq, by drawing inspiration from the movements of a creature, known both as the Juyo and the Vaapad native to the planet Sarapin. Vaapad users appeared to wield many lightsabers at once, moving too fast to see, just as the vaapad creature would attack with blindingly fast tentacles that were impossible to count until the vaapad was dead. A Vaapad user's attacks would flow into each other with liquid precision, creating the constant near-invisible weave of energy which was the ready-stance of Vaapad. - Form Four: Ataru - An aggressive style, this form was fast-paced and effective against single opponents, though weaker in prolonged combat and confined spaces. Also, it was not recommended for use against opponents wielding blasters. Ataru was characterized by Force-assisted acrobatics, such as somersaults and leaping strikes, both for attack and defense. Another characteristic of the form was its fast, powerful strikes from multiple directions.
- Jar'Kai - This was not a canon Jedi form, but rather one developed by those who preferred to wield two blades. It focused on speed and accuracy as well as aggression, pushing against one's enemy with a flurry of attacks, either using both blades to constantly attack or using one for defense while the other kept up the attack. Tel'Kar tends to use the latter.
- Tràkata - Tràkata was a form of lightsaber combat developed for taking advantage of a lightsaber blade's ability to be turned on and off, a unique quality in a melee weapon. Quickly shutting off then re-igniting the blade could cause confusion in one's opponents, allowing for diversionary feints in combat. Mixed with Jar'Kai, Tràkata was extremely effective, even against multiple opponents. It was not a canon Jedi form.
- Form One: Shii-Cho - In combat, this form's lightsaber combat was wild and raw, relying on deliberate tactics and being primarily aimed towards disarming rather than injuring foes, in keeping with Jedi philosophy. Basic initiates in the style demonstrated rather clumsy performance, though in the hands of a master, Shii-Cho was fluid but highly randomized and unpredictable.
- Form Two: Makashi - Makashi was described as elegant and focused, and was based on balance and footwork to outmaneuver opponents. Fluidity and economy of motion were relied on, rather than strength, with Form II bladework heavily utilizing jabs and light cuts rather than hack and slash movements. Though Makashi was superb for one-on-one lightsaber dueling, it was not without its weaknesses, being relatively ineffective against multiple opponents and failing to address the issue of blast-deflection.
History: From early on, Tel'Kar showed signs of force-sensitivity. She was able to predict things before they would happen (most notably she predicted the weather for her parents the night before a major party. They didn't believe her, however, and the party was thus ruined by heavy rainstorms.) and she was able to move objects that a girl of her age and weight should never be able to budge. As such, she was taken by the Old Order when she was only one, and was thus never exposed to the massive hedonism and party mentality of her people. This caused her to develop differently than other Zeltrons, but even as she showed great promise as a Jedi, the Order always kept a close eye on her due to her racial tendency toward strong emotion. She trained for a few years within the academy, but her training was cut short when Order 66, the Clone Protocol that labeled the Jedi as traitors to be exterminated, was brought into effect. She narrowly dodged the order, hiding away in an unused training room within the Academy until the clones were satisfied with their search. As luck would have it, however, another Jedi who dodged the Order by the name of Kritak Malkar would find her and take her under his wing, the two fleeing to Dac and going into hiding under the guise of a wealthy Plasma trader and his daughter.
During the Purge, the two dodged multiple attempts at their capture through the help of the Mon Calamari inhabitants of Dac, who were never entirely friendly to the Imperial troops. Under Master Malkar's tutelage, Tel'Kar would become an excellent Jedi, experienced in the ways of the force and masterful with a saber. She tended towards exotic weaponry, such as the lightsaber lance and the curved-hilt lightsaber, as well as enjoying and eventually mastering the art of Jar'Kai, which was wielding two blades instead of one. Their life together on Dac was paradise, but as with all good things, it was doomed to come to an end. Nearing the end of the Empire's reign, Kritak was assassinated by Imperial Shadow Troopers, who invaded his home and torched the entire thing while Tel'Kar was out buying their food for the week. Upon entering, she was devastated at what she saw. Their home, all their belongings (except their blades, which Tel'Kar took with her), and everything else within a ten-foot radius of the home's perimeter had been razed. Kritak had clearly put up a fight -- there were multiple Shadow Trooper bodies strewn about the house -- but in the end he was overwhelmed. For the first time in many years, Tel'Kar almost felt rage. She was able to barely subdue this feeling and moved in with friends of the Rebellion that lived next door to them, those sheltering her until the end of the Empire's reign and the creation of the New Jedi Order in 6 ABY. She still feels stronger emotions than she should when she thinks back to that fateful day.
As soon as she heard of the New Order, Tel'Kar made her way to the newly-built academy as quickly as she could and was inducted as a Jedi Master due to her considerable skill and training, though she was an odd one when it came to Masters. She didn't end up making many friends due to her domineering attitude and ability to steer arguments like a speeder bike, but the New Council still realises that she's an integral part of their operation, and as such hasn't exiled her as yet. Fairly early on, she was assigned a Miraluka Padawan who she herself found by the name of Soran, who she has been able to train to the point where he no longer needs her and has been promoted to Jedi Knight, though he still appears to have some sort of attachment to her, as he requests many missions with her, and even tends to call her Master. She doesn't mind, however, as Soran is one of the few within the Order with whom she feels a connection. She is one of the most active members of the Order to date, putting her and her Padawan and recently turned Knight through many dangerous missions essential to the New Republic's continued operation. Currently, her and Soran are on a mission to shut down a slaver ring deep in the bowels of Coruscant.