Tilánweni Dáravru Jaq’édi

Ensign Tilánweni Dáravru Jaq’édi is a diplomatic officer on the USS Odyssey.
== Background ==
Born on stardate 63878.66340055825 (2386-11-17), Tilánweni was the son of Tarx Kitain, an interspecies ethnologist, and Muktanna Jaq’édi (Daughter of the Seventh House of Betazed, Guardian of the Seal of Vashti), a professor and researcher of intergalactic law at the University of Betazed.
Although he was born on Betazed, Tilánweni grew up on different planets, including Risa, Bajor and Andor, spending his most formative years from age 11 through age 16 on Bajor, and then on Risa again until age 18.
Tilánweni was a very outgoing and friendly person, who believed in generally being nice and helpful to others, because in his opinion, it was each and everyone’s responsibility to ensure a well-functioning and healthy society where everybody felt welcome and honoured. While he worshipped multiple deities, largely following Betazoid traditions, he also incorporated a lot of Bajoran theological elements into his belief system, trusting that the deities valued self-discovery above the simple following of tradition. Having lived on Risa for some time, Tilánweni also accepted and applied the liberal romantic and sexual attitude of Risan culture, all the while knowing that most other cultures did not share the values of Risan erotosophy, or at least not to such an extent.
With his mother’s help, Tilánweni undertook a one-year apprenticeship at an intergalactic arbitrator’s office at 18 years old, before attending the University of Betazed for a three-year linguistics programme, which among others included an intergalactic law minor, as well as one semester of xenolinguistics. His thesis explored the theretofore unrecognised parallels between the Bajoran and Betazoid languages, leading scientists and laypeople alike to assume or look for further proof of a historically strong relationship between the two planets.
Upon graduating third-best of his year, Tilánweni decided to combine his previous apprenticeship and academic experiences, thus applying for admittance to Starfleet Academy, and got accepted on or around stardate 86411.0 (2409-03-31). Because he underestimated the sheer amount of understanding of natural sciences and physics it would take to be admitted, he barely scraped by in the Academy Entrance Competition exams, which would take him to the Starfleet Academy Preparatory Programme. Being somewhat prideful about his scholarly prowess, he became determined to apply himself studiously to acquire the knowledge necessary and adequate for a Starfleet cadet, passing the programme and the subsequent admittance exams without much trouble.
At age 23, he might have been older than most freshmen cadets at the Academy, but he wasn’t above the occasional pub visit with the new friends he made there. He would soon be known as a very friendly and naturally helpful person, which allowed him to befriend many of his peers and even some of his younger professors due to his academic interest and background. 
During his time at the Academy, Tilánweni worked as a TA in the department of xenolinguistics. His extracurricular activities included joining the pottery club, the interspecies meditation techniques’ association, as well as helping out around the gardens and the greenhouse. He liked plants and enjoyed reading up on different cultures’ plant-based medicine. 
Having chosen to double-major both in xenolinguistics and Command and Control, Tilánweni graduated one year later than usual, at stardate 91242.0 (2414-03-30), and was regularly appointed to the rank of Ensign.
He was assigned to a science vessel right out of the Academy to study and record a dialect of Klingon spoken outside of the Klingon empire’s territory on Gamelan V. After successfully finishing that task and publishing a paper on the subject, Tilánweni put in a request to be transferred to an exploration vessel where the possibilities of studying an unknown language, gaining diplomatic experience, or being able to gain experience as a bridge officer. In his request, he mentioned the USS Odyssey in passing, knowing that her translators gave out on at least one occasion.
== Appearance ==
Stature: athletic, slight muscles
Tilánweni always kept a kind smile on his lips, and had thick eyebrows and lips. He liked his beard trimmed and sleek, but never completely shaven-off. His hair was naturally curly, and he preferred to keep it that way.
== Personality ==
Tilánweni was quick on his feet, and always seemed to communicate more with his eyes than with actual words, although he could be very eloquent. Often very quick to trust people, it was very hard to regain his trust once it was abused. He laughed very readily with others, partially because he believed that a day without laughter was a lost day in his life. Because of his kind and helpful nature, Tilánweni got along with most everyone, including plants, whom loved to talk to, because he believed that everything alive possessed a consciousness and possibly a soul, and everything that wasn’t alive could have well been inhabited by a conscious spirit or other being.
He sometimes had a tendency to get overly excited with new topics and fields of interest, which would lead him to not letting people finish their sentences before jumping in and asking more about the given topic.
== Psych Evaluation ==
As much as he was kind, he could also get enraged and furious quite easily. His greatest shortcoming was that he hated abuse of power, unwarranted rudeness, or (perceived) injustice. He used to be prone to losing his temper or verbally attacking without assessing the situation quickly, but his apprenticeship with an intergalactic arbitrator, as well as the daily meditation practices he adheres to, helped him sort his thoughts and mellow out, finding more diplomatic solutions to such problems.
== Medical ==
Blindness in right eye, which was cured by an ocular implant.
== Other information ==
* Tilánweni, being a Betazoid, was naturally a telepath. However, he chose to only use this ability on others when he had their consent, or when there was a life-or-death situation at hand. However, a certain amount of telepathic interference, such as registering somebody’s emotional disposition, was unavoidable.
* Likes: Classical music and jazz, Andorian blues, Enaran music, karaoke, birds, literature, botany and botanical pharmacology, meditation, temporal mechanics, capoeira, theatre, pottery, long walks in nature, coffee, cooking and baking
* Dislikes: perfidy, excessive violence, heights, gaseous beverages, bad smells, sleeping early, waking up late, replicator food and beverage, people who see non-humanoid life forms as less valuable/respectable
Languages
* Andorii
* Axanar
* Bajoran (Ancient and Modern), and multiple Bajoran languages
* Betazoid, and multiple Betazed languages
* Borg
* Cardassian
* Federation standard, and multiple Earth languages
* Graalek
* Klingon
* Kelpien
* Kwejian
* Romulan
* Risan
* Sign Languages
* Trill
* Vulcan
Category:Characters
Category:Odyssey Crew
Category:Diplomacy
Category:Ensign
Category:Betazoid
Category:Male
Category:Junior Officer
Category:Selcuk