Jarik Shan

Jarik Claynel Shan, known as The Slicer during the Clone Wars, was a Force-sensitive human male and Mandalorian Jedi Master born during the final years of the Galactic Republic. Born to Marcus Sohl and Lara Shan, a Mandalorian warrior and descendant of the ancient Jedi and Sith Lord Revan respectively, Shan was brought to the Jedi Temple at a young age by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn after his parents were killed at the hands of Darth Maul under the orders of Darth Sidious, who desired the infant boy due to the potential of his bloodline. The association between the Shan surname and Revan became unknown to the galaxy over the millennia due to a purge of the entire Shan bloodline by the ancient Sith Lord Darth Bane, with only one member escaping his massacre to continue the lineage in secret.
During the Clone Wars, Shan was apprenticed to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and fought in many battles with him alongside his best friend, Ahsoka Tano, and her master, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. During the next few years, Shan would grow in both maturity and experience, honing his skills from Kenobi's teachings while being an active combatant of the conflict, for which he was dubbed "The Slicer". When Tano left the Jedi Order after she was framed for bombing the Jedi Temple, Shan would grow more bitter and distrustful of the Jedi High Council, particularly Jedi Master Mace Windu, and would earn their distrust as well after refusing to sever his Force bond with Tano.
Near the conclusion of the Clone Wars, Shan's expertise as a slicer would lead to his investigation of a conspiracy the clone trooper Fives attempted to reveal to the Jedi before his death. However, Shan was unable to advance his investigation far, something that would prove to have dire consequences on a galactic scale later on once Darth Sidious, masquerading as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, would execute Order 66 in order to eliminate the Jedi and seize control of the galaxy by declaring himself Emperor. During this time, Skywalker would succumb to the dark side as Sidious' apprentice and lead an assault on the Jedi Temple, forcing Shan to escape with the youngling Katooni and clone trooper Boil. Rejoining Kenobi, the pair would confront the newly-christened "Darth Vader" on Mustafar as well as Barriss Offee, who was under the control of Sidious. The resulting lightsaber duel between former friends left Vader burned and mutilated while Offee sacrificed her life to save Shan, and the master-apprentice duo would separate and withdraw into exile.
After the Galactic Empire rose to power, Shan would reunite with Tano and play a crucial role in the formation of a rebel movement alongside Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan, managing their intelligence networks under the codename "Fulcrum." While Shan used his skills to uncover intel with the help of his astromech droid, R5-S7, Tano would provide it to various rebel cells such as the Spectres on Lothal, led by General Hera Syndulla. Shan would also rescue a young girl named Mara Jade from an Inquisitor known as the Second Sister and, after coming to an agreement, he and Tano would adopt her as their own daughter, training her in the ways of the Force as she grew older.
After a skirmish with Imperial forces damaged their hyperdrive, Shan and the others would accidentally discover the lost world Ahch-To, birthplace of the Jedi Order. While repairing their ship, they would befriend a native tribe of Vikings and discover the first Jedi Temple, and made the decision to reside there as the perfect refuge from the Empire while also being able to continue providing support to rebel cells as Fulcrum. Eventually, Shan and Tano would fully bond themselves together in their love for each other with their marriage on Ahch-To. A short while after this, however, Shan would be separated from his wife for two years following a climactic duel between Tano and Vader, though they eventually reunited through usage of the World Between Worlds.
Over the course of several years, Shan would become the most well known individual in the galaxy due to his efforts in the struggle against the Empire, making his destruction the Emperor's highest priority. Shan's fame would grow immensely after leading a successful strike against the Imperial Center itself, and would clash blades with both the Emperor and Darth Vader on multiple occasions. Following the final collapse of the Empire and the Sith Order, Shan and his wife would assist the new Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker in the creation of a New Jedi Order to herald in a new age of peace in the galaxy. Eventually, the birth of his three children, Talia, Aven, and Ashla Shan, would ensure the continuation of Shan's legacy for generations to come.
==History==
===Early life===
====Sought by the Sith====
Jarik Shan was born in 36 BBY to his parents, Lara Shan and Marcus Sohl, on the planet Chandrila as a direct descendant of the ancient Jedi and Sith Lord Revan. Even as a toddler, Shan showcased a natural talent for the Force, and was given basic instruction by his mother, Lara, who also possessed the ability to wield the Force. Despite this however, Shan's parents took steps to keep his Force sensitivity a secret, not wishing for their son to become a member of the Jedi Order; this worry stems from the descendants of Revan's bloodline maintaining absolute secrecy for generations, as the family was hunted down and nearly wiped out by the Sith Lord Darth Bane a thousand years prior. Despite their efforts to remain secret however, his connection to Revan was rediscovered by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
Eager to gain the potential of a descendant of Darth Revan, Sidious sent his apprentice Darth Maul to capture the child. Desperate to save their son, Lara and Marcus sacrificed themselves in order to thwart Maul's efforts. Shan would eventually be found on a raft floating down leading to Hanna City, the capital of Chandrila, and was taken to an orphanage. A year later, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn received a vision from the Force that guided him to Chandrila, where he discovered Shan in the orphanage. During that time, Shan forgot much of his memory regarding the murder of his parents, only recalling faint details about Maul's appearance. Sensing Shan's potential, Jinn introduced himself before taking the boy with him back to the Jedi Temple, where he would be trained as a Jedi.
====Meeting Ahsoka Tano====
Once he was brought to the Temple, Shan swiftly developed a strong friendship with another Jedi youngling named Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta girl who was discovered by Jedi Master Plo Koon on her homeworld of Shili. The two were inseparable, become the best of friends during their time together at the Temple. As younglings they were also organized into a clan with four others known as the Akul Clan, which was taught and overseen by Jedi Instructor Xudi Irris. The six younglings bonded together while growing up in the Temple, though none were closer than Shan and Tano.
At some point in their lives, Shan and Tano would form a powerful Force bond with each other, leaving them forever connected together as a "dyad in the Force". During his training at the Jedi Temple, Shan's skill with a lightsaber became greatly recognized due to his proficiency in Form II, Makashi, making him a dueling prodigy that could match the likes of Count Dooku when he was a Padawan decades earlier.
===The Clone Wars===
====A young commander====
A year into the Clone Wars, Shan was assigned as the Padawan learner of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. His first call to action in the Clone Wars would be the Second Battle of Geonosis, in which he would quickly learn about the horrors of war. With Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and her master Anakin Skywalker, the four would go on to lead many campaigns throughout the Clone Wars, becoming renowned as heroes of the Republic and a formidable team that few could defeat easily.
====Journey to Mortis====
At some point during the war, Shan would be brought along with his friends to the realm of Mortis by the Ones: three powerful beings that each represented a certain aspect of the Force. From there, Shan would start to receive dreams and visions of the ancient Sith Lord Darth Revan, plaguing him for some time afterwards.
====Seeking vengeance====
Later, Shan would come to learn of his parents death at the hands of a newly returned Darth Maul, striking true anger in him.
====Continuation of the war====
As a commander in the Grand Army of the Republic, Shan gained a lot of experience on the war front and in other areas. His biggest field of expertise would lie in his skill to slice into nearly any computer or database, gaining him the nickname of "The Slicer." Very few people in the galaxy could match his technical and computer skills, one of them being the mutated clone "Tech" from Clone Force 99, otherwise known as the "Bad Batch."
===Fall of the Republic===
====Battle of Coruscant====
====Losing a friend====
====Order 66====
===Age of the Empire===
====Searching for Ahsoka====
====Adopting a child====
====Finding a lost world====
=====Raid of Hypori=====
=====A new home=====
=====Peace with the dragons=====
====Working behind the scenes====
=====Rescuing Kanan Jarrus=====
====True Love====
=====Forever bonded=====
====Fighting for the Rebellion====
=====The Siege of Lothal=====
=====Anakin's fate=====
=====Reunion with old friends=====
====Evil from beyond====
=====Saving the enemy=====
====Twilight of the apprentice====
=====What is to come=====
=====Traveling to Malachor I=====
=====The fateful duel=====
====Mission to Naboo====
=====Interacting with Shaak Ti=====
=====Windu's sacrifice=====
====Reviving Elita One====
====Rejoining the Rebellion====
====The two holocrons====
=====Wavering between light and dark=====
=====Meeting the Keeper=====
====Battling the Sith====
=====Mara captured=====
=====Discovering an old vessel=====
=====Action at Coruscant=====
====Repose====
====Onslaught's ambush====
====Mission on Geonosis====
====Shan/Mandalorian heritage====
=====Trials of the Darksaber=====
=====Meeting his family=====
=====Search for Mandalore's Mask=====
=====Battle of Dxun=====
====Galaxy-wide broadcast====
====Maul's last stand====
====Inter-galactic threat====
=====Battle of Atollon=====
======Broken weapons======
=====Cyber-battle=====
=====A curious encounter =====
====A new Mandalore====
====Strife among the Alliance====
====Return to Ahch-To====
=====A reluctant bargain=====
=====The black wolf=====
====World Between Worlds====
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==Personality and traits==
Jarik Shan was a human male with tanned skin, blue eyes, and dark brown hair, which he grew out to shoulder length as he became older. As an adult, he grew to stand at 1.91 meters tall, maintaining a strong athletic build whilst also having a prosthetic left arm due to an injury he suffered during the Clone Wars.
As a teenager, Shan was a bit of a jokester who delighted in amusing himself through jokes, bantering, and playful contest, particularly with his best friend Ahsoka. While under the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Shan quickly adopted his master's wit and tactical ability during the war, though he never seemed to pick up on Kenobi's formal/patient side, being more of a rebel when it came to the more "quiet" things, something that left his master exasperated at times. Something that Jarik always maintained however was his firm desire to be the best Jedi he could be, a defender of the innocent and someone who fought for good.
Over time, Shan would grow in maturity in wisdom as his life experiences shaped him, his views on the Jedi, the Republic, and the Force becoming more thought out and insightful. Shan believed in what the Jedi stood for, but internally he felt that the Jedi Order itself had become flawed, and there were certain aspects of the Jedi Code that were a hindrance, rather than a strength. Unlike the Jedi, Shan felt that the dark side was not something to be destroyed completely; the dark side was just as important to the Force as the light side. Shan believed that attachment wasn't something to disregard, but something to be cherished.
===Relationships===
Throughout his life, Jarik Shan cherished all of his friends and family whom he held a close bond with, more than willing to defend them with his life.
====Ahsoka Tano====
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====Mara Jade====
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==Powers and abilities==
===Lightsaber training===
From a young age, Jarik Shan showed a natural talent and proficiency in the use of a lightsaber, easily surpassing the rest of his clan mates and impressing his teachers. By the time he was only fourteen years old, Shan was considered a dueling prodigy in the Temple, rivaling even the skill of Count Dooku when the former Jedi Master was at his age.
As a dueling prodigy, Shan focused on and excelled his use of Form II, Makashi, and improved his lightsaber capabilities further with the addition of Form III, Soresu, while apprenticed to Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was considered one of the Jedi Order's greatest swordsmen of the time. Throughout the Clone Wars, Shan continued to grow in his skills and abilities with a lightsaber due to his training and frequent encounters with individuals such as General Grievous, Darth Maul, Savage Opress, Count Dooku, and Barriss Offee. Shan was also adept in the use of Jar'Kai, using his lightsaber along with Ahsoka Tano's lightsaber, though it was not his preferred fighting style.
During the Age of the Empire, Shan practiced and greatly improved his abilities with a lightsaber, so much that he was considered to be the most skilled saber combatant in the galaxy, surpassed only by Darth Vader and Darth Sidious. In lightsaber combat he proved to be an equal match for Vader, whilst being able to contend with Sidious for a short period of time, even managing to briefly put him on the defensive.
===Force powers===
Despite being extremely proficient with a lightsaber, Jarik Shan was not as gifted in his use of the Force. Though he was powerful in his use of the Force, it was not his strong suit, leading him to focus more on the physical side of being a Jedi.
Shan displayed a proficient aptitude in his use of the Force, able to utilize it to greatly enhance his reflexes, speed, and durability beyond that of the average human. However, he was unable to compete with more powerful users such as Darth Vader and Darth Sidious in the same way he could with a lightsaber. The opposite would prove to be true for his wife, Ahsoka Tano, who possessed a greater talent in manipulating the Force, but was not as skilled in lightsaber combat as him. While able to deliver powerful attacks and form strong defenses with the Force, Shan could not manipulate it as creatively or intricately as others could, nor was he as strong in its use as Darth Vader, despite the latter's injuries. However, he was capable of using the Force to redirect the fire of a Deadly Nadder, and even the fiery dark side energies of Darth Sidious for a brief instance.
In addition to his Force abilities, Shan also possessed the gift of precognition, in which he received visions that would warn him of coming danger in the future: he could not always control when he would receive these visions, however, and sometimes they could be intense enough to cause him pain.
===Other abilities===
From a young age, Jarik Shan proved to be exceptionally talented in the art of slicing and his understanding of computers. His skills were put to good use during the Clone Wars against the Separatists and against the Galactic Empire, where he and Ahsoka Tano established the Rebel Intelligence network under the codename "Fulcrum," in which he would uncover intel whilst Tano distributed it to various rebel cells.
Shan's skill with technology held him in high regards as one of the galaxy's best slicers, gaining the admiration of Imperial officers such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and Wullf Yularen, and was even referred to as such by Emperor Palpatine himself. Shan's slicing ability also enabled him to compete even against Soundwave, a Decepticon who is considered to be the greatest hacker in the universe.
While not as skilled in hand-to-hand combat as Tano, Shan was still a formidable threat without using his lightsaber or Force powers. Describing himself as more of a "brawler" in such situations, Shan's technique was amplified due to his prosthetic arm, which, in addition to being extremely durable, granted him strength great enough to equal the average Wookiee, which only increased after it was recreated using beskar.
==Appearances==
===Non-Canon Appearances===
==Behind the Scenes==
*💬 Jarik Shan Quotes
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