Jinlo Halan

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Although adopting a name of her own choosing, Jinlo Halan was given the name Tal'Shiar by the tribe's council, as a spite against her mother for bedding a human male and conceiving an impure offspring, the translation to Galactic Basic is close to 'Define Abomination'. Although being seen as nothing more than Human / S'kytri hybrid, Jinlo was still considered a child of her home world, Skye. Now at the age of 24 years old, Jinlo is making her own way in the universe, granting her allegiance to the Sith as nothing more than an henchman for her Sith Master's will.

Despite being seen as a impure half-breed by those of her species, Jinlo is by no means unattractive, standing at a full height of six foot, which for her kind is considered to be petite, her body nether the less is of a muscular build as a result of rigorous physical training under the mentoring of the aged Hermit Jedi who she once saw as her foster father, yet due to her mothers inherited genes Jinlo carries a shapely feminine figure, the smooth curved profile of her body acting as a natural aerodynamic profile. The more predominant feature of her appearance is a large set of white wings, spanning a total length of 10 feet to which protrude from a region of her back that lies between her shoulder blades. It is because of these wings that Jinlo is often seen wearing tops of a halter neck design, to which like the over articles of clothing that she wears is often tight fitting, to not to produce any unwanted drag whilst she is in flight.

Jinlo possesses a very pale skined complexion, her jet black hair contrasting against her skin enhancing her pale skinned complexion. The jet black hair is a result of her cross breeding, her dark hair being inherited from her father's side, along with her dark near black eyes, to which both features do nothing better than make her standout further against the other Sky'tri whose natural features consist of pure white hair coupled with yellow eyes, it was because of this difference, that the colony chased her into Exile.

In conjunction to her dark hair, Jinlo tends to wear dark attire, usually consisting of tight fitting leggings, along with a halter neck styled top, so that the movement of her wings are not hindered. In addition to her attire that is somewhat either tight or figure hugging so that her natural aerodynamic profile is not hindered whilst she is in flight, Jinlo carries numerous pouches that are attached to her person through a belt that the pouches are fastened to, in these pouches Jinlo carries a multitude of possessions, ranging from credit sticks to what other trinket that Jinlo may have picked up or stolen.

Jinlo is very cold and isolated towards those around her, even her own peers, being brought up as an outcast; Jinlo from an early age grew to know what discrimination meant, from those who she considered to be of her own kind. But after years of isolation and ignorance by those around her, Jinlo has developed hatred towards those around her, whilst developing a self pride within her, seeing those who looked down on her as being jealous and inferior.

Other characteristics that had developed as a result of her upbringing as a social pariah to which Jinlo has been openly seen displaying as being bitter towards her past, she bares little care for reminiscing on her own past, instead concentrates on using what she has at her disposal in forging her future. In which Jinlo for one, will be fully committed to her agenda, in which she would be more than willing to sacrifice whatever she has in order to claim her prize, including loved ones and friends.

Although being somewhat reclusive and cold towards those around her, Jinlo can be extremely violent if provoked, in which she could just simply retaliate at the moment, or allow the anger boil and concentrate within her, to which would bring a somewhat postponed retaliation to the provocation. If Jinlo is allowed to bottle up her anger and frustration without any from of safely releasing that pent up aggression, the backlash can be fatal for whomever is on the receiving end. What may have started off as a simple case of name calling, could have the potential to result of a very violent backlash, suspended over hours if not weeks, if she is allowed to boil the incident over in her mind.

Early Life

Born as a result of a chance encounter between a wayward space farer and a Sky'tri priestess, the news of the Sky'tri’s pregnancy did not bode well to those around her, considering the strict laws that the priestesses of the Sky'tri’s culture have to abide by. Not only that but breeding with another species was considered as treason in the eyes of the Sky'tri elders. To which upon the discovery of the priestess, Tal’Miane’s pregnancy after she had concealed the fact for as long as she could, it was ruled that the priestess was to be executed, for not only disobeying the strict laws of the Priestesses but mating with an off worlder. The final ruling was that Tal’Miane was to be executed once the offspring was born, as it was considered that the child the priestess was carrying was the victim of her mother’s crime.

No sooner than an hour after Jinlo was born, her mother was executed by order of the Elders, to which had left Jinlo with no real parentage for her upbringing, as a result Jinlo was brought up in the temple where her mother had done many years before. Her time within the priestess temple was troublesome to say the least. Jinlo was literally the black sheep amongst the flock, being an almost contradicting contrast to those around her, through her not sharing the full natural complexion as the others, through her father’s natural black hair standing out against the natural white of those around her. It was because she held such a unique feature in her appearance the Elders and the High Priestesses inability to accept her as one of their own intensified, seeing Jinlo as being impure.

Jinlo’s impurity no matter how much it disgusted those around her, had to be tolerated until the point in which the time that Jinlo came to age, as it was contrary to the culture’s laws that she should be exiled or ‘erased’ until the time she became fourteen, being protected by the insanely conservative child protection laws set down by the ancients. To which the Priestesses knuckled down and continued to tutor and educate Jinlo in the ways of her people, the very people who were literally counting down the time until they could be rid of her.

The time soon came in which the Priestesses were able to permanently banish Jinlo from their domain, so sooner than a minute had passed on the zero hour of her birthday Jinlo was chased out of the temple. Being forced to flee towards the small community that lived towards a rundown space port. Taking nothing but the clothes on her back, Jinlo took to the skies in a means of escaping her pursuers and to seek out refuge from the near by community that was made up of off worlders, the place seemed like the perfect haven for an outcast like her.

During Jinlo’s seeking of aid amongst the community, she came across an aged Jedi Knight who was living out of the limelight of his fellow Jedi, choosing to take the life of a hermit, than to commit his aging body to the Path of the Jedi, effectively throwing himself into retirement. It was upon this moment that the Jedi took pity in Jinlo’s plight and made the decision to heed her call for help and take her in as a companion. Almost a decade passed and Jinlo grew proficient in the numerous defensive arts that the Jedi took the time to teach her, whilst developing her own physical strength. It was at this point that Jinlo cast aside her birth name of Tal’Shiar in favour for Jinlo Halan, which she had discovered to be the name of her father’s mother, solely to spite her father, as she blamed him for her mother's execution, coupled with the abuse and stigma that was forced upon her throughout her childhood.

As Jinlo neared the end of her teenage years, she has started to become somewhat defiant towards her foster parent’s will and words, her youthful rebellions soon spiralled out of control, to the point that she was becoming disobedient, wanting to seek out the universe around her rather than studying under the aged relic, day in and day out. It soon drew to the point that Jinlo would sneak out of the house during the night to seek out the thrills of the nightlife, in which she soon aquired a passion for using her honed skills and abilities to amass a small fortune, to which she would one day use in order to be rid herself of the cursed planet.

Adult Life

It was not until a week after Jinlo’s twenty-second birthday that she had finally overstepped her mark, inciting a brawl within the near by cantina over accusations of her cheating in a game of pazzacc, to which the accusations were met with physical retaliation, using the strong bones of her wings to shatter the bones of other player’s arms and legs. Which as a result Jinlo soon found herself sitting in a dank Jail cell until the Jedi finally came about to pay for bail. Once being taken back home, already in a foul mood from the night turning sour on her, Jinlo had to sit through the aged Jedi’s ranting about her behaving more responsibly, and not just setting out for her own personal gain.

The lecture did nothing but to intensify her foul mood, anger and hatred was soon coursing through her veins, as she sat staring coldly at the Jedi, who had tried to raise her like his own daughter. The growing frustration within her soon made itself known, in which Jinlo had screamed out at the Jedi master, layering verbal abuse upon him, before eventually barging past him, whilst storming to her room almost knocking the frail man to the floor in anger of his retaliating words for her to calm down. As the night passed Jinlo seethed in rage at the Jedi relic's narrow mindedness, not understanding what life had been like for her, and how she was just trying to fit in with her peers.

In the still of night, Jinlo crept from her bedroom, sneaking into the Jedi's room, being careful not to wake him, before bringing a spare pillow to his face and forcing the padded cushion hard against the sleeping man's face, the man's attempts to resist were met by Jinlo beating away the old man's hands with a near by cane. It was within her boiling fit of anger that Jinlo did not stop in merely smothering her surrogate father, but continued to vent her frustrations by kicking and beating the fallen Jedi’s body with the cane, effectively using him as a piñata to relieve the pent up aggression and stress that was billowing within her as she lay in her bed glaring at the ceiling. It was soon afterwards that Jinlo had realised that she was to be faced as being responsible for the Jedi’s death, fear and panic soon took over the anger and hatred that once flown through her veins.

For Several hours Jinlo frantically gathered what possessions she needed, packing both her own trinkets, and looting the items she considered to be of some financial worth from the fallen Jedi's personal possessions and effects, before eventually fleeing, stowing away on board a cargo ship that was bound for a neighbouring system. It was at this moment that Jinlo realised that she could no longer return, not that she really wanted to, she sought out power for her own gain, and the anger and hatred that she felt course through her seemed to be the pivotal part of her achieving what she wanted for herself.

Since having fled from her former home, Jinlo had stowed away on numerous ships and cruiser's, progressively making her way towards somewhere where she believed she could make a name for her self. The planet of Nar Shaddaa seemed to be the perfect place for the young woman to embark on making a name for herself, the dreams of a life filled with glamour and fame, were abruptly ended, as she soon came to realise that she was no longer the person she had believed herself to be, back home, she had a reputation, here on Nar Shaddaa however, she was a nobody. Those who carried eputations and names were either the corrupt Hutts who ran each little district like their own mafia syndicate, or the Elite Bounty hunters who were at such a level they only cared for the bounties that would prove to be testing for them, or that the financial gain would be substantial enough for them to hold off from assassinating their rival for just another day.

Right off from day one Jinlo could see that she was still just a little girl, now lost in a big city. That realisation however didn't stop there however, as it soon became apparent that her little 'fortune' would not be enough to provide her the life that she envisioned for herself, yet alone sustain her. Jinlo soon found herself performing petty thievery jobs, just so she would have enough to get her through to the next day. After a while Jinlo had became fairly adept at being a pick pocket preying on the busy streets and cantina situated around the hub of the main space port. Amongst the day's takings was possibly just about enough credits to see her living comfortably for the next week, a few generic possessions that she could pawn off for a measly credit or two, a few items of jewellery, and something that she would never of expected to come across. An access card to one of the small bounty offices located in the northern district.

Curious about the prospect of the bounty hunters potential wealth, Jinlo gathered her possessions and headed north. Once she had gained access to the inner sanctum of the office, Jinlo was freely able to work and claim what ever bounties she wished. It was apparent that this particular bounty office was for the small fry, the trivial and often petty jobs posted, a thousand credits for seeking out a prostitute who had made off with a client's collection of pristine blasters whilst he lay tied to the bed, was the first job that she had taken, it was relatively a simple errand, the prostitute had the usual haunt, to what the client had detailed in which it was just a simple case of picking her up under the pretence of her being employed for a playboy's party.

Needless to say the Jobs that were placed within the bounty office, and in many cases the people who had the bounty on their head, as well as the people placing the bounties, were complete morons in Jinlo's opinion one based on the fact that she had been using someone Else's access card to the office for almost 2 months and still no one has questioned her about it, but she was not one to complain lightly, she was soon finding herself to be in a potential position of living a comfortable life, where she would only have to go out and fulfil a bounty when the money starts to run low.

It was possibly after her fourth month of visiting the bounty office that she had came across a bounty posted that was nearly touching upon the hundred thousand mark, and yet despite the appealing amount posted at the top of the document, it had remained untouched for a few weeks now. It was soon after reading it that she realised why, the poignant words ' Sith Exile' acting as a clear deterrent. She had learned about the Sith from the old Jedi who had taken her in, and knew that they were not ones to be taken lightly. It was in her arrogance that since the old hermit had taught her some of the basic Jedi defensive weapon skills that she would be able to have a potential chance of claiming the small fortune as a bounty. Clouded by greed and arrogance Jinlo took up the bounty and used what money she had remaining to take a transport ship to Bespin, where the document claimed where the Exile was supposedly hiding.

Now it was just simply a case of finding the person who had placed the bounty on the Exile's head. Although she was somewhat wounded, few stray glancing hit's from blaster fire marking her arms and torso, and a few points in which her wings would require attention, Jinlo had succeeded in eliminating the Sith exile Sirch Tivarnus, who by judging from his skills was possibly no more of an apprentice, that had gotten to big for himself for his masters patience to deal with.

Once Jinlo had claimed the sizable bounty for taking the life of Sirch Tivarnus,she was approached by a Ubese Mercenary, who conveyed a message from his employer, who had a lucrative contract that he wished to offer her. After meeting with the employer in person, Jinlo soon found that the Insectiod information broker was offering a vast fortune for her to find and locate a suspected Sith cult.

Serving the Sith

With the promise of a vast fortune, Jinlo continued to seek the Sith following numerous leads and old documented texts, leading her to Korriban. Despite a landing that destroyed her ‘borrowed’ ship’s flight capabilities she continued to set foot upon the Sith’s most sacred ground to continue and ultimately conclude her search for the Sith cult. Yet she was had been discovered by the very thing that she sought. Fiera Kitayas whilst camouflaged had stalked Jinlo as she made her way accross the valley of the Dark Lords, only for her to shed her guise when Jinlo took to the skies, leaving the Sith no option but to use her telekinetic powers to wrap the Jinlo within in her own wings and pull her towards the ground so that the Sith could question her purpose and reason for being on Korriban. Still Jinlo spoke of her mission to find the Sith, to which it seemed that Fiera accepted the answer for the time being, yet still insisted on checking the facts for herself by invading the sanctuary of her mind tasting and relishing on Jinlo’s troubled past and the desire for vengeance towards.

Awaking well into the early afternoon hours, relatively stripped of her weapons and clothing within a battered dorm room in an equally dilapidated building. Jinlo could see nothing but blinding rage that was being directed towards the garnet Sith, as the two women exchanged words Jinlo was forced to see possibilities that she had never allowed herself to see, and question much of what she thought to be true. Believing the woman to be worthy of life should she choose to stop feeling sorry for herself and work to be made better Fiera allowed the woman to choose her fate. She chose to learn how to live, accepting a role as Fiera’s follower.

Soon after Jinlo made her choice, the two were joined by Kubric Noxious. The powerful Umbaran Sith chose to evaluate for herself, whether or not that Jinlo was worthy of remaining on Korriban soil alive. Having been forewarned of Kubric, Jinlo knew that Kubric was a venerable foe, only because of her connection of the Force, seeing that without the Force assisting the violet Sith the roles would undoubtedly be reversed into Jinlo’s favour. Yet despite her words, the Umbaran chose to cotinually provoke Jinlo into and act of aggression, hesitating before initially striking, summoning all her strength for a rough but futile blow. While she did not shed Sith blood, it appeared that Kubric was satisfied enough to permit her continuing existence.

Weapons

Curved Vibroblade(Katana Styled):- A average costing, base skilled weapon that provides minimal resistance towards the energy arcs of the Lightsaber blades in comparison to the purer Phrik material based weapons, the blade is significantly lighter through the material composition of the blade with other light metals and alloys. This blade was in addition to the other effects that she had looted from the hermit Jedi who took her in off the streets, was also stolen from the aged man's personal collection, knowing that it was futile to steal the Jedi's lightsaber, as she could not control the weapon. The last time she had attempted to wield the Jedi's lightsaber, Jinlo was almost severely burned along her right arm.

Finger Claws:- Purchased shortly after claiming the bounty on the Dark Jedi who at the time was believed to be a Sith Exile. To which consist a set of sharpened duraseal claws, each of them constructed to run down the entire length of Jinlo's slender fingers, before jutting out an inch into a curved sharpened point, almost similar to that of a predator's talon. The articulated metal plates of each individual claw allows for flexibility in the fingers movement, whilst providing a slight defensive value for her fingers.

Personal Inventory

Jinlo has a fair few items that she had stolen from the hermit Jedi who took her in off of the streets, mostly consisting of the typical utilities that were standard issue for all Jedi. In addition to which Jinlo has a fair amount of Holo journals and one or two of the hermit's personal trinkets that Jinlo kept in her possession, when fleeing after murdering the Jedi knight seeing a potential selling or bartering value in the old man's personal effects.

Completed Scenarios

Cashing in on a Dead man (GRP)

Following the slaying of a Marked Rouge Dark Jedi and the claiming of the bounty, Jinlo was contacted by an Information Broker by the Name of Heigt, who offered her a lucrative contract to seek out a Sith cult, with the promises of vast riches as a reward.

Seeking out a Destiny (GAL)

Continuation of Jinlo's investigation into the Sith cult, her travels have taken her to the hostile wastelands of Korriban, where despite a questionable landing, Jinlo choose to continue her search, heading towards the numerous valleys that have shown past signs of life. Only to encounter the residing Sith on the planet, Fiera, whom following from feeding off Jinlo's life force served her with an ultimatum, Serve her and the Sith or die, needless to say she is still drawing breath.

Darkness Gathers (GAL)

Swiftly following Jinlo's aligning with the servants of the Dark side, Jinlo overlooked a gathering of the Sith ranks, master and apprentice alike, learning that her place within the Sith weighed heavily in the balance of her actions.

Striving to equal the Force (GRP)

A week having passed since the Sith gathering, where each master choose their respective apprentice. Jinlo has fallen into a routine of pushing her physical boundaries further, only to find that Fiera's Force capable apprentice will go to extreme lengths to disrupt her training.

Tremors in the Force (GAL)

Several months had passed since the masters of the Sith choose their respective apprentices, until the time came for Jinlo along with her counterpart under Fiera's tutorledge, Maleena to travel to Coruscant along with two other Sith with the intent of salvaging any vital nuggets of information they could find within the abandoned Jedi Temple.

Current Scenario

GAL - Convergence of Brethren

Character Awards

December 2006 - February 2007