Aasra Yanto

> I don't need the trust of others. But I needed the trust of you, and instead of that, I got your shadow.
>
> Aasra Yanto to Vrierias, their former master

**Aasra Yanto** is a Jedi Knight in the Jedi Order and a General of the Grand Army of the Republic, in charge of the 194th Legion. Identified as a force-sensitive when they were an infant, Aasra's parents willingly gave her to the Jedi Order, and they were sorted into Heliost Clan as a Jedi Initiate. She learned the most from Jedi Master Tera Senube during their early years, who was the lightsaber instructor for Heliost. He primarily taught Aasra the art of concealing one's weapon and the elegance there within.

After her generation's crystal Gathering, Aasra returned from the ancient temple on the world Ilum with a violet-blue crystal in hand. Taking after their instructor's teachings, Aasra built her lightsaber to be retractable and easily hidden on her person. After her successful Gathering, she passed that year's Initiate Trials near the top of her cut. She was chosen by Jedi Master Kukyos Kaam, an elderly Togurta, to be his apprentice. The two shared an affinity for wildlife, and he gifted her an animal caller that she could use to soothe wild creatures. They spent much of their training together in the wild of various worlds, enjoying untamed nature and learning the Living Force from the beings who knew it best.

Aasra and Kukyus spent three peaceful years training before Aasra's beloved master was suddenly and violently killed. Thought to be murder, Aasra, sixteen at the time, was not told much of what had happened and felt terrible about how they had not even been able to sense their own master's demise in the Force. It was chalked up to her as a massive failure on her end and manifested in a case of survivor's guilt that she barely had time to process before she was thrust into a new apprenticeship.

In the absence of Kaam, and with the Clone Wars beginning with the Battle of Geonosis, Aasra was assigned to the teaching of the young Jedi Knight Vrierias shortly before the battle. They were not endeared to their new master immediately, as Vrierias, to them, was somewhat distant and challenging and refused to make a case for them to take the trials, despite Aasra being older than Vrierias himself was when he became a Knight. Departing for Geonosis straight from the Jedi Temple, it quickly became apparent just how different Aasra and her new master were. Whilst on a mission with Arrow Squad to destroy a droid factory, Vrierias made a point of keeping her from combat as part of a lesson. Rather than punish her, Vrierias punished the Clones within their unit when she disobeyed and attacked droids during an ambush.

After the disappearance of the Clone Trooper CT-2802 'Corr' from their unit, Aasra left with the rest of Vrierias' division, the 194th Legion, from Geonosis, and on the word of Jedi Master Plo Koon, they relocated to the Eidolon System. There, Aasra and their master were sent to the planet Eidolon undercover as weapons buyers, looking to secure Separatist information and stolen prototype weapons from criminals based there. Whilst Vrierias acquired the weapons, Aasra was left to discover what she could within the smuggler's port. Though she did find a datapad with some valuable intel, she succumbed to a strange vision that sent her to an unknown place in space and time, where she witnessed a burned man kneeling before a statue. When she tried to comfort the man, the vision ended, and they awoke back in the spaceport. They were swiftly escorted back to the capital ship, the *RNS Insurmountable*, by Vrierias, as Aasra appeared physically unwell following the vision.

On the *Insurmountable*, Aasra would be a witness to the return of the lost clone Corr and the arrival of others he had found during his ordeal, alongside a stray Padawan, Lomya Zapal. After a secretive debriefing between Corr, Aasra's master and the Clone Commander Noxx, her master would depart for Coruscant immediately and leave command of the 194th split between Aasra and Noxx. Shortly after Vrierias' departure, the Eidolon Flashpoint began with the arrival of major Separatist and Republic forces.

On the front lines for the first major conflict in the Flashpoint, the Battle of Basarakh Mountain, Aasra witnessed the death of Jedi Master Jysyal Harik, and retreated with the other Jedi to a Jedi temple nearby after she fell. There they were ambushed by an unknown cyborg Separatist, who wielded lightsabers with deadly efficiency and killed two Masters in their company before the third, Haro Kenu, sacrificed himself to buy the Padawans time in their escape. Leading her companions away from the rampaging general, they escaped through an underwater tunnel but were swiftly pursued. The immense strength of one of the Padawans in their group, Jana Bringbey, ultimately saved them as she was able to use the Force to close a set of massive, ancient doors made of Lightsaber-repellent material.

However, that move also served to trap the apprentices in the depths of the temple, places unexplored for hundreds of years. Whilst searching the inner tunnels to find a way out, the group encountered a Force ghost, one who Aasra recognized as a voice guiding them in their initial escape. The ghost bid Aasra to complete trials it had laid out for them and upon their successful completion, Aasra was rewarded with a newly-forced saber encasing the Ghostfire crystal she'd found earlier in the temple. Her and her companions then had a run-in with an unknown woman who diverted a droid battalion to let the padawans escape and they soon came upon a mountain cabin to shelter in.

Following a few days of waiting and recovery in the cabin, they were beseiged by insurgents and only relieved by the arrival of a squad of Clones, sent to find them after the disastrous battle at the mountain. Escaping aboard military transport, Aasra, the padawans and the clones were forced to crash-land some distance away from Republic operations after being shot down by Separatist forces.

Forced to escape on foot, the survivors made it to a nearby city, hoping to be evacuated via water transport by Republic troops in the city. They arrived just in time for the King of Eidolon, Arkan Shahani, to publicly announce his support of the Separatist movement and to encourage his people to rise up against Republic forces. when a mob beset the evacuating group, Aasra pulled Jana Bringbey out of the mob as they were beginning to throw rocks, but one clone was lost in the frenzy.

Returning to the command centre and reuniting with her master, Aasra was disquieted to have a cool welcome awaiting her after being missing for so long, and was informed by Vrierias that he had recommended to the Jedi Council that she was ready for her Knight Trials. She informed Vrierias of the dead Jedi, and the two parted ways with Vrierias and various command staff, including Aasra, to leave for Coruscant.

On Coruscant, Aasra was administered a shortened version of the Knight Trials under Jedi Master Plo Koon. These included a puzzle of logic, a false courtroom testimony, and a trial on Centax-3, which involved Aasra having to break the apparent 'rules' of the test in order to save her fellow apprentice's life -- Who was later revealed to be a Jedi Master himself, merely in disguise. Having passed all three of the accelerated trials, Aasra was to be Knighted, though learned almost immediately after that her master, Vrierias, had left the Jedi Order formally. He did not inform Aasra of his reasons for departing, nor did he stay long enough to see her knighted.

After the defection of Vrierias and Aasra's knighting ceremony, Aasra was made a General of the Republic Army and given command over her former master's soldiers, the 194th Legion, where she was once a Commander. Maturing rapidly as a young adult, a military officer and a newly-named Jedi Knight, Yanto was present throughout the theatre of war in the Outer Rim and, eventually, earned the trust of her men. The 194th's colours became teal to reflect their General's colours.

Rodia followed Arorua where Aasra was forced to put their trust into their Commander, Noxx, as he successfully out-played Separatist forces who had trapped their fleets in the skies above the world. Rodia was merely one piece of the 194th's new mission of anti-piracy campaigns. Following it, one such lead would take them to the world of Tatooine, where covertly Aasra and two squadrons would break up a smuggling ring taking advantage of war-time confusion. While there Aasra would free a Vornskr, a creature native to Myrkr, and would take the animal with her henceforth.

After their efforts to combat piracy among the Outer Rim front were finished, Aasra was eventually sent to Velmor for diplomatic efforts, travelling ahead of the 194th personally. This proved to be a mistake as the planet was blockaded by unknown forces and Aasra was trapped planet-side. Forced to duel with the mysterious Lord Recluse and his peons, the Sons of Sadow, Aasra held out until the 194th's fleets arrived. With Velmor saved, the war moved on.

The 194th arrived at Phindar and the legion was assigned to repelling Separatist forces, with Aasra becoming both amused and pleased with the actions of the trooper 'Twitch', who became a viral media sensation following a Holonet news team capturing his heroics surface-side.

Following Phindar, Aasra was sent on a personal mission by the Jedi Council to investigate the world of Barab II, where she learned much of herself and of the planet's nature, before discovering a Force-sensitive boy and taking him with her back to Coruscant. There, when Aasra turned the age of eighteen, Jedi Master Eeth Koth volunteered to mark her with the Zabrak facial markings that indicated she had reached maturity.

After reuniting with the 194th on Coruscant following their victory on Takodana, Aasra was once again separated from the legion by mission to Vjun with countless other Jedi Knights, Masters and specialized Clones that would end in the death of three Jedi as they dueled with the rogue Force user Ventress and the Sons of Sadow.

The 194th would then engage in more campaigns across the Outer Rim after Vjun, including notable conflicts on Metalorn, Trandosha and the most recent on Iskalon, where Aasra was contacted by her former master, Vrierias, now a loner in the Galaxy. She would permit him to board the *Insurmountable* and travel with them as they made ready to leave the Iskalon system.

While en-route to shore leave on Velmor after Iskalon, Aasra, Vrierias and trusted members of the 194th would speak on all they'd learned and gathered and their next moves would be planned upon their arrival. Though it took time for Aasra and Vrierias to speak the truth to one another, as Aasra still harboured old resentment, they all parted on a levelled field and Aasra would speak to old comrades on what she had learned so the truth would not end with them.

Before further action could be taken, the treachery of Corr was revealed and though Aasra and Noxx would attempt to apprehend him and his conspirators, they would be ambushed at Velmor by General Grievous and his forces. Forced to abandon ship, Aasra would remain aboard the *Insurmountable* until such a time as they were forced to evacuate, where they would flee in an escape pod with CT-4941 'Ace' and landed later on Kashyyyk, near Yoda's forces.

## History

### Early Life (18 BNZ - 5 BNZ)

Aasra was born to unknown parents on the world of Iridonia in 38 BBY. Though the specifics of her discovery as a youngling are known only to the Jedi who sought her out and brought her to Coruscant, Aasra is under the belief she was given willingly as young infant. Life at the Jedi Temple is all they have known as a result of being taken in so young. They were placed into Heliost Clan when they aged into Initiatehood, training with fellow younglings under the purview of Jedi Masters like Tera Sinube and Yoda in the ways of lightsaber combat and studies of the Force.

Inside Heliost, Aasra was neither particularly well-liked or hated by their fellow Initiates. She was solidly a 'middle of the pack' sort of child, though wasn't afraid to stand up to other Initiates she thought were behaving wrongly or against the Code. She also was slightly known for getting into physical altercations easily, and ended up in trouble with Heliost's overseers more than once for resorting to violence to prove their point.

Aasra still managed to complete their Initiate Trials almost at the top of her class, edging out a few other Initiates on style and determination. Aasra was impossible to put down in a competition, even so young, and was relentless in her path to victory. Eager to become skilled in combat, she ardently hoped she would be assigned a duelist master, but was disappointed to hear that a pacifist Jedi Master by the name of Kukyos Kaam had requested her personally.

### Pre-Clone Wars (5 BNZ - 2 BNZ)

At first, Aasra was rather wary of Master Kaam, due to his advanced age and calm demeanor. He seemed to be a poor pick for a young, hot-blooded Padawan ready to prove themselves. She was particularly annoyed with how he always seemed to move so slowly, never in a rush, always going at the pace 'the Force dictated'. It led to many impatient moments where Aasra was forced to wait for their master to catch up to them, proverbially and literally.

The drowsy nature of Kaam soon rubbed off on Aasra, though. It became less annoying and more endearing, something she could always anticipate to be the same. And though Kaam was more peaceful than he was a warrior, he was extremely skilled in stealth and undercover missions, since none expected an old, friendly face to be of any concern or danger. It was this quality, this shadowed-side to her master, that made Aasra understand why he'd chosen her as a Padawan, as he wished to nurture that same desire to serve the greater good and yet not be seen fully by it.

The majority of their training consisted of diplomatic missions and small-scale conflicts, though those were minor missions compared to where they truly spent most of their time. It was Kaam's training method to visit unexplored, or mostly-unsettled worlds, and commune with the Force though the wildlife, learning from the flora and fauna around them in the Living Force. These field trips were at first extremely boring to Aasra, as they never really saw the purpose to them, but after actually listening to what Kukyos had to say, did she finally start to.

The most formative of these liasons was to the wild planet Myrkyr, a hub of Force-related evolutionary wonders. Aasra was introduced to the Vornskr species whilst there by Master Kaam, who demonstrated to her how they hunt their prey using the Force. Fascinated by them, Aasra and Kukyos spent two weeks in solitude living with the Vornskrs, earning the trust of a pack and learning how they saw the world. After their successful training together, he gifted her an animal caller so that Aasra would be able to calm wild animals without the use of the Force.

The experience on Myrkyr greatly endeared Aasra to Master Kaam, and she began to care for him as a grandfatherly figure, despite the warnings of the Jedi Code. They had already given him the affectionate nickname of 'Old Man', and continued to call him such during their last leg of training in the Core Worlds. Kaam, for his part, opted to reciprocate by calling Aasra 'Kee'tch', the Togruta word for 'bird'. Kaam also believed his apprentice was drawing closer to being ready for the Trials, and decided she required exposure to urban elements now that they had been immersed in the natural, and so their training went from vast landscapes of wild territory to the ecumenopoli of the inner planets.

This new shift in focus would ultimately be the duo's defeat, though. Whilst on Coruscant in-between teachings, Aasra was separated from her master temporarily as they both went to tend to separate tasks; only for Aasra to be informed later that, in that span of time, Kukyos Kaam had been suddenly murdered.

Horrified and confused, Aasra at first refused to believe the news, until she saw her master's body for herself. They were utterly ashamed; how, in their three years together, had Aasra never formed a bond with her master close enough that they could sense if he was in peril? To her, it was the ultimate failure of her duties as his Padawan. Though she tried her best to bury the emotions, to feel peace, within Aasra raged to avenge her fallen master.

She would never get the chance, though. Investigations into Kaam's death went nowhere, and Aasra was forced to let go of the burning resentment lest it consume her whole and destroy her future as a Jedi. Though she still carried the guilt of his death like a heavy memento of her failures, Aasra was at least ready to face the future without her beloved master in it, and was ready for a new teacher to finish her training.

### Clone Wars (2 BNZ - 0 BNZ)

It was at the very onset of the Clone Wars that Aasra was paired with her new master, the young Jedi Knight Vrierias, an Echani of noted talent. Their new master had taken the Trials when he was 15, a distinction that did not escape Aasra, as she asked her new master to permit her to take the trials so their awkward partnership would be at an end. Vrierias did not outright refuse them, but rather drilled them in training courses until the very moment they received summons from Jedi Master Mace Windu to report for an incursion on the planet Geonosis.

#### The Battle of Geonosis (2 BNZ)

With her master now in command of the 194th Clone Legion, and herself promoted to the rank of a Commander with the Grand Army of the Republic, Aasra was quickly shuttled to Geonosis for the first battle in the emerging Clone Wars. Tasked with destroying a droid factory during the large-scale battle, Aasra, her master, and the top squad of CC-0492 'Noxx', Arrow Squad, were sent to carry out the mission as the rest of the 194th engaged the enemy.

During the first brush with combat in ambushing battle droids, Vrierias ordered his apprentice to stay put with CT-6107 'Twitch' ordered to watch them. When Aasra disobeyed and joined the fight by slaying some droids-- And inadvertently getting in the way of Twitch's covering fire --Vrierias opted to punish the clone, not her, making the stakes very clear to the older apprentice and inadvertently beginning to build resentment.

Nonetheless, they worked well together in clearing the factory itself, though the disappearance of CT-2802 'Corr' was troubling, especially as her master found no trace of where he'd gone after falling down a trash compactor as a part of them shutting down the factory. They were forced to leave without locating him, presuming him missing in action.

#### Undercover on Eidolon (2 BNZ)

After the battle on Geonosis signaled the formal beginning of the Clone Wars, the 194th was quickly pulled from the Geonosis front and were sent to the Eidolon System on a high-priority mission. Vrierias and Aasra were tasked by Jedi Master Plo Koon with retrieving a Republic prototype that was being sold on the black market, while Noxx and Arrow Squad were to attack a Separatist base on the planet. With their orders in hand, and Aasra particularly excited at the idea of stealth-based work, the teams set off to complete their parts of their mission.

A secondary objective of the Jedi's was to find information on Confederate operations in the area. While posing as weapons buyers and arriving at a smuggler's port, Vrierias and Aasra split up, with Vrierias to approach the smuggler with the prototype and Aasra to look for any information they could find. Though Aasra thought to linger at the bar first, her youthful appearance quickly became a distraction and she opted to wander instead, trying to go as far as she could in the port and searching any rooms she could find for pertinent data.

Whilst snooping around private quarters, Aasra did end up finding a datapad, though they passed out into a strange vision after its discovery. In their vision they were on an island in a red sea in a ruined temple, before a statue and man in black robes, kneeling and in distress. Her first instinct to help, Aasra reached out for the man, but once she touched him, the vision was ripped from her and she awoke feeling unwell. After securing the information, Aasra awaited the return of her master from his half of the mission, and he escorted her back to the *Insurmountable* after noticing her distress.

Though Aasra only longed to meditate and think on the vision, they were put quickly into a meeting with other high-ranked Republic officers for a debriefing and for the return of Corr after his disappearance, as he appeared aboard a Delaya Courier running Republic signatures, and had a Jedi Padawan, Lomya Zapal with him alongside other unknown Clones. Aasra was eventually dismissed as Corr, Commander Noxx and her master had a secretive debriefing together, one she was not privy to, and was only informed after said debriefing that Vrierias was returning to Coruscant on a mission of grave importance, and that Aasra and Noxx would be left in joint command.

Finally left to mediate in peace, further contemplation of the vision did not bring Aasra any more clarity.

#### The Eidolon Flashpoint (2 BNZ)

After Vrierias departed for Coruscant to report directly to the Jedi High Council, Aasra was left in command of the 194th alongside Commander Noxx, though they had little time to exercise that command as they were swiftly entangled with the beginning flashpoint over control of the resource world. Eidolon was revealed to be the source of a rare ore capable of scrambling communications, blinding enemy and ally forces alike, or, for the Republic, capable of disabling the vast droid armies of the Confederacy. The largest deposit was within Basarakh Mountain, where the worst of the fighting took place, and was the site of the Battle of Basarakh Mountain. Prior to the battle Aasra would meet the rest of the Jedi accompanyment, consisting of the Jedi Masters Jysyal Harik, Essara Brimen, Vinor Harcourt and Haro Kenu, and their respective Padawan learners Vurrha, Nad Yuuza, Jana Bringbey and Lomya Zapal, whom Master Kenu had come to meet in the Eidolon system after her rescue.

While ARC troopers and Arrow Squad were tasked with specialized duties within the battle for the mountain, Aasra was put on the frontlines alongside the Jedi sent to help take the planet. They were overstretched in the first leg of the battle, though, and Jedi Master Harik was killed in the gruesome fighting. Aasra and the other three masters retreated with their Padawan learners to a nearby temple to regroup. Whilst there, recuperating from the brutal first strike, Aasra was drawn to a pool deeper in the temple's sanctum and found a rare ghostfire crystal calling to her. However, there was barely enough time to react to the valuable find as it became apparent a droid battalion was bearing down on the temple, having followed the retreating Jedi there. The situation became worse when a Separatist lightsaber user burst through the ceiling of the temple and began attacking the Jedi with the intent to kill them, a strange cyborg warrior.

Even three Masters did not stand a chance against the cyborg, though. Aasra was focused on keeping the apprentices together, especially protecting an unconscious Vurrha who had tried to fight the creature and had been injured for his bravery. Masters Harcourt and Brimen were killed by the general and Master Kenu, seeing the apprentices retreat into the caverns Aasra had been in before, used the Force to cause a cave-in and buy the apprentices time to escape, likely with his own life.

Fleeing, Aasra began to follow a voice they heard calling out to them through the Force, different than the ghostfire crystal. She followed it to another pool, this one appearing deeper, and the apprentices used it to swim to another section of temple, even as the cyborg gave chase underwater. They were very nearly caught by it but Jana, in a show of great strength, used the Force to slam shut ancient doors that were made of a metal that was Lightsaber-repellant. Free from the threat of the Separatist but now stuck deep in the temple in an unknown set of rooms, the Padawans started to search for a way out.

Whilst exploring the inner chambers they came upon some strange rooms, including one that appeared to be some sort of alter or presentation space. Travelling further in, however, they encountered what appeared to be a force ghost of a young woman in a blindfold, the owner of the voice Aasra had heard calling and guiding them here.

Elsewhere, Aasra's master had returned to Eidolon after the emergency visit to Coruscant, only for Vrierias to receive the news of the death of Master Harik, and the disappearance of the rest of the Jedi, including his Padawan. With the first battle drawing to a close, the Republic held one half of Basarakh Mountain and the Separatists held the other, and the unstable ore made scanners and technical surveys useless on both sides. He proceeded with calling for reconnaissance squads to the mountain to scout the area for future conflict, and left to meditate on the location of his missing apprentice, unbeknownst to him but lost deep in the heart of the ancient Basarakh temple.

##### Trials in the Temple (2 BNZ)

The blindfolded ghost explained to Aasra that there would be trials for them to pass before them and their friends could leave the Basarakh temple. Wanting to ensure her fellow padawans could escape, Aasra agreed. Her first test involved one of their party, Vurrha, being threatened by a great dark spirit. Aasra at once leapt in to protect her friend, and took some injury from the spirit but succeeded in protecting her fellow apprentice.

The party was then ushered onward through to the presentation room where Aasra was made to fight combat drones. The experience, for her, was growing more and more bizarre as she defeated this test, too, and was then forced down a hall that inflicted great pain on her. Only upon making it to the other side, conscience and alive, did she earn the right for her friends to join her. Aasra was then stopped by a man in a cell, the same from their vision, who once again begged their help. She tried to help him again, but the vision disapated again, and when Aasra asked the ghostly instructor if that was another test complete the ghost did not know what she was talking about.

Unsettled, Aasra descended into the last test of this twisted temple, facing first an older, darker version of herself that taunted her over her failure to protect her old Master. The shade attacked her and Aasra retaliated, but then the vision changed into her old, elderly Master, who himself asked why they had failed. Pained, Aasra was forced to protect herself against the mirage, and passed this test too, though it nearly felled her.

When the ghostly guide was satisfied with its testing, it guided the party to an antechamber where the ghostfire crystal Aasra had collected was forged into a saber made of Basarakh ore itself in the heart of the temple and returned to her. Stunned, Aasra and her companions were then ushered into a garden, left to their own devices to continue the escape.

Fleeing from the garden after making note of a statue featuring the blindfolded woman, They were nearly caught by a droid battalion but a strange woman in a tree, pale-skinned and hairless, offered a diversion as they escaped.

They then came upon a mountain cabin and turned it into a temporary shelter for the evening. With the mountain still disrupting scanners and comm equipment, they were still in no place to signal anyone, especially because they had seemingly come out on the Separatist-side of the mountain. Still, it was better than being trapped in the old temple, and the party had a moment to relax and even act playful with one another as they settled down for the evening.

##### Escape From Narusa (2 BNZ)

After a few days of waiting out, the padawans were eventually attacked by Separatist insurgents, forcing them out of their refuge. Thankfully, a contingent of Republic soldiers, among them Corr, were there to evacuate the padawans back to Republic territory. After fighting their way out of the area, they were able to escape aboard dropships, though they were quickly shot down by Separatist anti-air forces.

Crashing in the woods nearby the city of Narusa, lives were lost, though Aasra saved Lomya from falling to her death. Forced to again flee on foot, the Jedi and clones made it into the city where they hoped to evacuate with naval forces in the area. Though everything appeared fine with Narusa as they made their way to the ship awaiting them, they were interrupted by an announcement by the King of Eidolon, Arkan Shahani, who announced publicly that he was siding with the Separatists and urged his people to rise up against Republic forces.

With the crowd assembling turning on the clones and Jedi, it became a struggle to reach their evacuation point, with Jaina being lost in the crowd alongside the Clone Smoke. Though Aasra was able to pull Bringby out of the quickly-turning crowd, Smoke was lost, and Corr eventually opened fire on the revolting people of Narusa as they made their escape.

By the time Aasra had been returned aboard the *Insurmountable*, she was able to briefly reunite with her master Vrierias, who himself had just returned after attempting to save King Arkan from assassination and rather walked into the King's trap. The two had a frosty reception, with Aasra informing him all the Masters and Knights they had been sent with into battle were now dead. Vrierias, in turn, informed her that he would be recommending her for her Knight Trials, and that they would be returning to Coruscant immediately.

#### Battle of Arorua (1 BNZ)

As the new General of the 194th, Aasra's first assignment was to Arorua, where they struggled adjusting to the command their former Master had unceremoniously left to them. Nonetheless, whilst carefully managing any insubordination from her new men, Aasra managed to take the world for the Republic, before the Separatist forces even arrived. It was a rocky way to begin her stewardship of the 194th, though the young General celebrated her birthday in solitude, alone in what had once been her master's chambers aboard the *Insurmountable*.

#### Skirmish at Rodia (1 BNZ)

Following unexpected success at Arorua, the 194th joined with the 121st at Rodia to deal with what was thought to be a mere piracy issue when it was revealed to be a Separatist trap. Whilst en-route to the planet, Aasra's transport among many others had their engines cut, some transports falling into Rodia's gravity and others being trapped above atmosphere.

It was Aasra's Clone Commander, Noxx, who saved the day with his calling of the Separatist bluff. Aasra had little with the victory at Rodia, and they found themselves struggling again with command. The clones Corr, Jaws, Ace and Heater were her most vocal critics during this time, though their disapproval of their new General would either fade away into private conversation or otherwise be turned around during the following campaigns.

#### Operation on Tatooine (1 BNZ)

From Rodia, the 194th continued anti-piracy operations in the Outer Rim, sweeping nearby systems in smaller patrols to comb for activity that was disrupting the war effort. Gamma Squadron accompanied Aasra on her sweep, which took them to the Tatooine System. Discovering evidence of a smuggling ring that was operating in and out of Republic-controlled space, Aasra and the clones began to plan their assault on the smuggler's compound outside of Mos Espa.

With a combination of non-lethal methods and multi-pronged attack strategem, Gamma Squadron and Aasra were succesful in taking down this particular operation, revealing it to be a ring of exotic animal smugglers. One of the creatures trapped there, a Vornskr, appeared to take special interest in Aasra, and they were susprised to sense the creature was Force-sensitive. Letting it free, a rudimentary Force bond was achieved, and Aasra took the predator with her back to the 194th. It was later named Vyshtal, the Zabraki word for 'soldier'.

#### Duel on Velmor (1 BNZ)

Aasra did not remain with the 194th for long following the conclusion of their pirate hunting. They were called away on a diplomatic mission to the planet Velmor while the 194th continued operations in the Outer Rim, including some participating in a covert mission to the Tartatus Prison Complex. Whilst on Velmor, Aasra would become partially trapped as the planet was unexpectedly blockaded, and when calling for the 194th to reinforce her position, the fleets would not arrive in time to help their trapped General.

Taking matters into their own hands, Aasra would attempt to stop the ships herself, but would be waylaid by the presence a lightsaber wielder, later she would learn this mysterious figure was the very same who had captured Corr and had later dueled with her former master during the Eidolon Campaign.

Naming himself as Lord Recluse, Aasra would defend the King of Velmar in a scene similar to her own master's defense of the King of Eidolon months earlier. Having honed her skills tremendously and forced to adapt on the fly, Aasra would remain engaged with Lord Recluse and his minions, identified as the Sons of Sadow, for four hours until the 194th finally arrived and pushed Recluse and his men into a retreat.

Regardless of their pyrrhic victory against the strange Force user, Aasra was forced to leave Velmar to continue the Outer Rim campaign, though left the world certain it had been touched by the Dark Side, and was also left with more questions than answers.

#### Discovery on Barab II (1 BNZ)

Split up from their men once again, Aasra was sent away from the legion on orders from the Jedi Council. Commander Noxx would take the 194th to Takodana to begin support work, while Aasra travelled alone to the world Barab II, where a disturbance in the Force had been sensed by some members of the Order.

Discovering the remnants of an ancient Human or Human-like civilization that had lived there, Aasra also discovered a strange 'dark heart' of black ice, which stretched almost to the core of the world through a series of caves and caverns. After exploring underground and finding nothing of interest, Aasra would re-surface only to discover a lone child in the snow, alone, and left to die.

Recognizing the boy as a Force-sensitive, Aasra took him with her back to Coruscant and left him in the care of the Jedi Order, despite his advanced age disqualifying him for training. Whilst on Coruscant, Aasra turned eighteen, passing a milestone in Zabrak culture as she came of age. In recognition of this, Jedi Master Eeth Koth, a fellow Zabrak, would give Aasra her facial markings, tattooed upon her skin to tell the story of her apprenticeship and knighthood. Also while on Coruscant, Aasra purchased two shield remote droids from military vendors on the planet, adding them to her personal arsenal.

Freshly-marked and filled with new wonder following the mission to Barab II, Aasra reunited with her legion on Takodana, and was very satisfied with the 194th's performance in her absence, seeing as they had effectively reclaimed the planet while they had been away. Following her rite of Zabraki passage and the mission to Barab II, Aasra would appear to settle more into her rank and role, proving to be less of an awkward leader and more of a learned one. Though she was never a natural for such a job, she did it well enough, and dissent against their leadership was effectively over at this time, though some still harbored their own personal resentments.

#### Mission To Vjun (0 BNZ)

When intelligence was received that Count Dooku, one of the architects of the Separatist movement, was on the planet of Vjun to oversee a research project, Aasra was called upon by the Jedi Council to join a strike team of Jedi and elite clone units. Taking Commander Noxx and Twitch with her, Aasra would meet the rest of the team at their rendevouz, meeting familiar faces such as Lomya Zapal, who was now also a Jedi General. The two had a clumsy reunion, with Aasra rather stoic towards Lomya, even though it appeared rather evident that the two had some sort of connection.

Assaulting the base of Dooku's operations, Aasra alongside the other Jedi and Clones of the strike team would be surprised to find instead a fellow Dathomirian Zabrak; Asajj Ventress, the same strange woman who had saved the lives of Aasra, Lomya, and other padawans while on Eidolon years prior. Before Ventress could be captured, Lord Recluse arrived and with his Sons of Sadow, and the encounter erupted into violence.

Strangely, it appeared as though Lord Recluse was also attempting to kill Ventress, alongside with the Jedi-Clone team. Though that hardly forced the two opposing forces to work together, it only added to the chaos as Aasra fought to protect her clones and fellow Jedi. A small group of the Sons of Sadow then began to perform some sort of ritual whilst the battle ensued, though no Jedi could be spared to intervene.

In the end, three Jedi, including Master Luminara Unduli, would be killed in the fighting. Ventress escaped, and Aasra and the others understood now they had been led into a trap of some kind. The Sons had managed to finish their bizarre ritual, and the Jedi were left to their dead and their mysteries. All throughout, Aasra would be left entirely ignorant to the events unfolding with the rest of the 194th on Aargonar.

#### Invasion of Metalorn (0 BNZ)

When Aasra, Noxx and Twitch rejoined their legion, it was already time for reassignment, as they moved to join the 13th Legion on Metalorn, with Aasra sharing command alongside Jedi Master Jaro Tapal and his young Padawan. Aasra would be particularly impressed by the heroic actions of Ballast, as he defended another Padawan who had been hurt in the fighting, even though it cost him greatly. Nonetheless, he remains aboard Aasra's flag ship, tended to by their medical staff in the hopes he may wake up.

#### Battle of Trandosha (0 BNZ)

The 194th's latest campaign following Metalorn was assignment to Trandosha, where one of the most vicious battles in the Clones Wars has taken place to date. Aasra's troopers received recognition for their actions during the 'Slaughter of Harssk Valley', where the close-quarters-combat skills of Clone Trooper Akk would single-handedly turn the tide of the battle. After the impressive display, Aasra and others would request additional instruction and training in Akk's techniques to incorporate them into the broader skill of the 194th.

#### Battle of Iskalon (0 BNZ)

While leading the 194th at Iskalon under a new campaign, Aasra would be surprised to be contacted directly by her former Master, Vrierias, now a loner in the galaxy. Initially hesitant to even accept the communique, when they did, Aasra learned he was travelling to rendezvous with the 194th and requested to speak concerning information he had gathered while on his own. Still leery of her former Master, Aasra consented, and transmitted him permission to board the *Insurmountable*.

#### Return to Velmor (0 BNZ)

> I always thought it strange, that we had an army ready and waiting for us when we happened to need one.
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As the 194th left Iskalon following their campaigns there, they were en-route for shore leave to Velmor, the world they had liberated, with Vrierias on-board. He and Aasra would speak on the bridge of the *Insurmountable*, where it was tersely agreed that Vrierias would finally tell them the knowledge he had learned that led to him leaving the Jedi Order. Suspicious and angry at her former master, Aasra would agree to this, eager for any truth she could again.

In her private chambers Vrierias finally told her what he'd learned of the fate of his former master, Syfo-Dyas, and that the war had been executed on the orders of Lord Tyranus -- Formerly Dooku, a lost Jedi himself. He then reveals the largest piece of the puzzle he has; that he suspects Chacellor Palpatine is a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Summoning Commander Noxx, Twitch and Corr, the five would speak at length of their next moves. Commander Noxx had already begun to reach out to fellow Clone legions, those under Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ankurn Toldreyn, in order to inform them of the bio-chips in the head of all Clones.

Vrierias, meanwhile, wished to travel to Moraband, the dead world of the Sith, to see what wisdom was there, and looked to bring Corr with him. With the final decision to be made on who would go with the former Jedi when the legion reached Velmor, the five went their separate ways, and Aasra specifically went to follow her commander's lead and contacted the Jedi Knights she'd known when they'd all been apprentices, and Korvan Toldreyn, a Knight who had served at Eidolon and fought with Aasra on Vjun.

The last Jedi she contacted was Eeth Koth, the Zabrak who had done her facial markings. She merely told him of her knowledge of the chips, and that the legion was en-route to Velmor, in the event something happened to them. Little did Aasra know, however, that such dangers had already played out on their own ship.

Informed by Commander Noxx that 'Trip', a Clone who was revealed to be experimenting on the inhibitor chips, had done so on the orders of Corr and that the ARC trooper was betraying them to the Chancellor, Aasra would go with Noxx to oversee the arrest of Corr's conspirator, Jaws, but would be quickly distracted by the impending battle over Velmor.

Ordering an evacuation alongside Noxx, Aasra would assist with evacuating various sections of the *Insurmountable*, saving their own escape for last. They would join the clone trooper Ace in his escape pod, and the two would wind up on Kashyyyk, near to Grand Master Yoda's legions.

## Appearance

Half Dathomirian Zabrak and half Iridonian Zabrak, Aasra has unique physical traits for one of their species. Her horns are oddly-formed and she's taken to hidden the more malformed horns under her long hair. She has unmistakably Dathomirian eyes, though, with dark scleras and bright golden irises, and her skin is a distinct blue colour, once more suggesting a Dathomirian parent as that trait is only found among the females of that ethnicity. Aasra's horns have improved significantly due to her diligent care, and she now sports a set of two horns atop her forehead that require tending to not weaken and die.

At sixteen, Aasra is fit, as any Padawan would be, and they are especially built for stealth and agility as opposed to brute strength. By the time they are eighteen, they have completely filled out their adult form.

Aasra's facial markings were given to her when she reached the age of eighteen, maturity for a Zabrak, by Jedi Master Eeth Koth. They are meant to tell the story of Aasra's apprenticeship and knighthood in a language known only to Zabrak gifted enough to write it on skin.

During their apprenticeship, they dressed in a set of cream-and-blue robes. As a General, they now wear an enhanced set of Jedi Reconaissance Armor. Their sole 'accessory' is a parasol, purchased in the Coruscant markets. They keep it in their chamber at the Jedi Temple as a decorative piece. Over the course of the war their aesthetic has pivoted significantly, from soft and calm colours to harsher edges and shades.

## Personality and Traits

Aasra is loyal, but reckless. She is dogmatic in the belief of democracy and believes it is the Jedi's duty to end the Clone Wars with as few casualties as possible, and that nobody else should carry that burden but them. She initially butted heads with some of the Clones she was suddenly forced to command after the defection of Vrierias, but after the events of Barab II and her rite of passage as a Zabrak, Aasra began to mellow out emotionally and began to let her soldiers take more command of situations, rather than micro-manage them needlessly. Learning to be a leader, as opposed to being born one, has become a large part of Aasra's identity following her ascension to Knighthood and promotion to General.

They also experience heavy survivor's guilt from the murder of her last master, Kukyos Kaam. She was not with him when he was murdered, nor did she sense it in the Force, leading to her feeling as though it was her fault. As his Padawan, they were meant to help protect their elderly master, and they failed in that duty. These feelings have lessened significantly following notable events like the Eidolon temple and her Knighthood trials on Coruscant, but they have only been replaced by resentment towards Vrierias, her second master, who left the Order unceremoniously. They view Vrierias' abandonment of the Jedi ways as selfish, and have yet to forgive him for putting them in command of the 194th without warning or preparation.

Following the harrowed conversation between Aasra and her former master en-route to Velmor, and the revelations of the secrets he had learned, and the admission of his failure as their teacher, Aasra has begun to treat Vrierias with less animosity.

## Powers and Abilities

As an Apprentice, Aasra showed rudimentary talent for extrasensory abilities, such as the ability to let the Force guide one to unknown but fateful destinations. They were also noted to be talented with telekinesis, but otherwise was unremarkable. Progressing into her apprenticeship under Vrierias, Aasra began to develop more abilities related to direct combat, such as emotion sensing and applying such techniques against foes in duels.

After her Knighthood and promotion to General, Aasra began to develop a much more distinct set of abilities. She inexplicably developed a Force bond with a Vornskr, a deadly Force-sensitive predator, and her abilities began to reflect a more guerrilla set of tactics, including heightened perception and stamina.

After Vjun, she also began to study the art of Jedi healing, learning to use the Force to heal her troopers mid-battle as to minimize casualties.

## Equipment

Aasra's first lightsaber is of indigo colour, appearing blueish-purple in different lighting. It was built into a hilt that was later extended by Aasra after they became a General.

Her second saber is more unique, obtained whilst on Eidolon and from the heart of an ancient Jedi temple. It has in its core a Ghostfire crystal, unique in that it gives the wielder an 'echo' in combat, disorienting opponents. The blade itself is also a striking colour, with a deep violet core that turns blue by the edges. The saber length is shorter, as it is a shoto, and Aasra frequently duel-wields the blades. After becoming a General, Aasra had her shoto saber augmented to include a pistol hidden in its hilt, capable of firing short-ranged stun blasts to disable enemies unexpectedly.

Following Aasra's trip to Coruscant after the events of Barab II, they purchased two shield remote droids to bring back with them, nicknamed Su and Ku, 'One' and 'Two' in Zabraki. They serve as auxiliary defense units whilst Aasra is out on missions, with one typically assigned to protect Vyshtal, her Vornskr, and the other to cover whatever accompaniment they have with her.