Nad Yuuza

Nad Yuuza was a Jedi Padawan. He was adopted by the Jedi Order after his force sensitivity was discovered on Dorin.

## Background

Born to parents who worked in construction and at one of the few spaceports in Dorin respectively, Nad was always a quiet, reserved child, the oldest of four siblings. His force sensitivity was discovered quite early, but not by the Jedi Order. A Baran Do sage, one of the few left in his order, was the first to realise Nad's potential. Though he was polite to the couple, the young child's parents worried about sending their son away with the odd wizard, and made the Jedi Order aware of him instead.

Still a young boy, Nad had instead dreamed of becoming a great explorer, seeing uncharted worlds across the galaxy and finding things that nobody else in the known galaxy had seen. Such a dream would have to wait, even with as bad as the young boy wanted it. He was taken from his parents when a Jedi Knight came to collect him, and though he missed them, he was excited at the idea of seeing other worlds and places, environments not trapped beneath the gloom of Dorin's black holes.

The young Kel Dor took well at first to the very basic training, his naturally reserved and calm demeanour serving him well. However, it was discovered that this attitude came with its own problems; Nad was aloof and with little feeling towards other sentients, which made him difficult to get to know. Detail-oriented and intelligent, he became quite quick at spotting problems, not only in his own technique, but others' as well. The fact that he didn't hold back from telling them this made it even more difficult for him to make friends amongst his fellow younglings.

Despite these setbacks, young Nad's potential with the force was determined to be certainly great enough to continue his training as he was continually assessed and he started to fit in a bit more with his initiate clan.

### Jedi Padawan

Being initiated into Clawmouse Clan, Nad would be one of the many Jedi learners to be part of the second group to venture into the crystal caves of Ilum. After finding his own crystal, he returned to the temple on Coruscant with the rest of his clan. Upon arriving, he was given the parts necessary and instructed to construct his own lightsaber. Though it took him a few attempts, he was able to use the force to put it all together, revealing that his crystal made a blue blade.

The Initiate trials were an overwhelming and stressful test for the young learner, as they no doubt were intended to be, putting various aspects of his learning and progress up to scrutiny with various masters waiting to see who suited as their padawan learner. Struggling with the philosopy test and slipping up in athleticism, he put pressure on himself to do better in his further examinations.

With the trials continuing, he pushed himself to place as eleventh in the force affinity test, and although that was better, it was not enough to make up for his previous performances in his mind. He threw all that he had into the lightsaber trials against the other learners, and it was here that he proved himself, showcasing his weapon skills well enough to be placed fourth, and reaching ninth place overall.

After the trials were over, Nad was approached by the Mikkian Jedi Master, Tiplee, and taken as her Padawan learner.