Bastila Shan (RP)

"*The Force fights with me!*"
―Bastila Shan
Bastila Shan was a Human female member of the Jedi Order during the Jedi Civil War. Born on the planet Talravin to Helena Shan and a treasure hunter, her mother gave Bastila up to the Jedi Order, believing that their lifestyle of travel and exertions were not suitable for her daughter. Bastila was a venerated and respected Jedi Padawan, who because of these accolades and her ability of Battle Meditation; brash, impulsive, and somewhat overconfident were words to describe her. Respecting her elders and teachers, Bastila looks up to the Jedi and the Code.

Bastila entered the Clone Wars shortly after Malak had been defeated aboard the Star Forge; waking up on a battlefield surrounded by technology more advanced than what she'd been used to. Shan eventually found herself back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Once more, she had been given the rank of Jedi Padawan under Knight Satele Shan. This time however, Bastila would be more rigid in the code and set on a course to prove herself to the Order. Though rediscovering to walk on the path of the Light would prove challenging for Bastila's early life among the new era of Jedi, frequently exhibiting outbursts of annoyance or anger, and sometimes disregarded the very idea that romantic relationships should be discouraged among the Jedi.

Shan wouldn't see many battles during the Clones Wars, opting to reform as a servant to the will of the Force before finally seeing the heat of warfare.

## Biography

### Battle of Rakata Prime

"*You could use your Battle Meditation to aid the Republic fleet.*"
"*Yes, that would be for the best. You don't need me to defeat Malak, anyway. Now I understand that a true Jedi is a match for any Sith. Even the Dark Lord himself.* "
" *I will stay here in this chamber and use my Battle Meditation to aid the Republic fleet. I am their only hope of destroying the Star Forge and ending the Sith menace.*"
―Revan and Bastila, the latter having just been redeemed from the Dark SideThe events of the battle were set into motion when the crew of the Ebon Hawk retrieved the fifth and final Star Map, which pinpointed the hidden location of the Star Forge. Carth Onasi transmitted the coordinates to the Republic fleet, hoping to organize a quick strike to take out the massive space station.

Republic warships emerged from hyperspace and began attacking the Sith fleet defending the Star Forge. Meanwhile, the Ebon Hawk had begun a boarding party. Shan, who had recently retreated back to the forge, was summoned by the evil Malak, to which Bastila then assured her master that she would not fail him again, despite her inner conflict - having been given the task of killing Revan.

It wouldn't take long for Bastila to encounter her former companions and she engaged a duel. Revan became separated from his companions and was forced to confront Bastila. Shan lashed out, and with a rather swift display of the Force, she disabled Revan's companions before launching a vicious attack on Revan, which he quickly countered. Shan eventually withdrew and began to curse Revan for his refusal to reclaim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith, only for Revan to attempt to turn her back to the light side of the Force. Shan angrily attacked two more times, only to meet the same results. Despite drawing upon the power of the Star Forge, the former Jedi was unable to overcome Revan and pleaded for him to kill her. Revan refused, however, and encouraged Bastila to see the light within herself by drawing on both the Force bond and the bond of love that they shared. Bastila then accepted this, and after confessing her own love, she turned her Battle Meditation around to aid the Republic forces, turning the fight in their favour while Revan went on to confront Malak in the Forge's command centre, where he went on to defeat the Sith Lord.

### Passage to the future

Shan had looked past the blackness that was the Forge, finding a certain joy and peace in the Force: the Dark Lord's presence had diminished as he fell to Revan and with it, the Star Forge edging closer to total destruction by the second. The Battle of Rakata Prime was at it's end and the exhausted Bastila, partially due to a prolonged use of Battle Meditation and the duel with Revan, had begun to arise from her meditative seated position. However not before a flash of gold light filled her eyes and Shan responded with an outstretched hand; unintentionally, Bastila had found herself in an entirely new environment. Waking up on a battlefield; hurt, confused and in the midst of foreign technology, Bastila turned to her roots and Jedi training. She took a star ship in pursuit for the capital of the Galactic Republic. Upon arrival, Bastila was greeted by the Grandmaster and inducted her into the Order once more.

### Tutelage under Satele Shan

Jedi Knight Satele Shan took upon the challenge of instructing the young Bastila. The obvious connection between them were the sharing of family name Shan; being blood relatives, of course. Bastila had developed a trust in her Master like no other, especially due to the discovery of Satele becoming a Jedi Grandmaster in her own timeline. She displayed a kindness that Bastila would strive to match and the pair began to form stronger relations; noting Satele to being more than just her Jedi Master.

Master and Apprentice would go on to travel the galaxy to various planets; notably Odessen, Eriadu and the Smuggler's Moon Nar Shaddaa situated in Hutt Space. Under Satele's guidance, Bastila would proceed to discover an array of Force techniques and fine-tune her skills with a Lightsaber.

### Tython

Bastila joined her little gang of Satele and Arye on a getaway adventure from the troublesome younglings for a few days. Unbeknownst to her, they would also be joined by Arla Fett and A-53 "Gin", then later Cin Drallig. It was a relaxing few days for the bunch. Although, Bastila and Arla's first meet up spiralled into both insults and eventually physical blows from Arla. Bastila would not act as childish and only defended herself where necessary. The reasoning for such scuffle was a friendly water fight turning sour. In the following hours, Gin would speak to Bastila of the previous events and she apologised to Arla for her behaviour. This would spark a new friendship between Bastila and Arla but also Bastila and Gin - who hadn't spoke prior to this discussion. The whole gang would bond more and more - especially with Gin in Bastila's case. Before they knew it, they packed up and ventured back to the temple as duties called.

### Jedi Knight Trials

"*You will go home and rethink your life*"
―Bastila, using Force Persuasion to redirect looters away from the ruins of the Jedi Temple

### Return to Tython

Upon return, Bastila received a warm welcome from friends. Gin was among the group who greeted her and the pair quickly picked up from where they left off. Bastila would never hear the end of Gin's worries over the injuries she had sustained on Coruscant. Therefore, he would treat her wounds most days; ensuring she had the smoothest and swiftest of recoveries. Much of their time on Tython was spent together - generally hanging out while Shan's leg healed, then later some light training and exploring. In something of a coincidence, and unbeknownst to Bastila, Ziltafe and Gin had previously formed a friendship before the two Jedi had met on Coruscant; as such, Zil would often join them in with explorations and, more commonly, hanging out.

Jedi Master Stass Allie worried of what the pair's relationship could become and spoke with Bastila about such. As well, the Master had used a Healing through the Force on Bastila's leg to complete her recovery entirely. When asked if she knew how to perform the technique, Shan replied with yes, and followed it with saying she would not use the Force where it's heavily unnecessary and avoidable as she was in the final stages of recovery. She went back to Gin, feeling a little bitter, and they agreed on setting some limits to their relationship for her own safety. Soon after, Bastila would be called up to serve as part of a Jedi Strike Force

### Serenno

"*Need any assistance trooper?"
"Please, these are too much for us alone*"
―Bastila and MAJ. Droz speaking over comms before the former detains every droid in the room with the Force - taking full control over the situationPerforming under the wishes of the council and the Force, Bastila and fellow Jedi Strike Force members: Satele Shan, Anakin Skywalker, Arye Prays and Tarre Vizsla would venture to the Planet Serenno. They had split into teams with instructions: leading clone troopers and jumping from ship to ship. Shan would find herself paired with Anakin Skywalker - a man who's reputation she was all familiar with and once had in her own time, though perhaps not to the same degree.

Filling the role of commander for the 104th Wolfpack Corps while Skywalker acted as General, they boarded the Mediator 2: a 10km super capital ship, through its main hangar where they were met with five B2-series super battle droids. "Flasher", a clone trooper, quickly disposed of these initial droids as the rest of the men successfully boarded. As they continued forth, they encountered blast doors which the two Jedi cut a circular hole through; then in a joint effort, Force Pushing the metal through to the other side, clearing out a squad of B2 battle droids and allowing a pathway for the team to continue through. They had no time to relax though as a storm of blaster bolts passed through the hole; Bastila and Anakin dropped into their preferred lightsaber forms for blaster deflection, forming a shield for the clones to work around - which two clones did, flanking around to pursue the droids from a different angle. Through the Way of the Mynock, Bastila would receive visions of the future - visions of where the blaster bolts would wind-up; and she acted swiftly to move into an optimal position where she can drop her guard briefly to unleash a burst of Ionize on the droids. This was successful and, with the help of the 104th's own shots, the team ravaged through a lot of the droids. That would not be the end of it though as Droidekas (destroyer droids or destroyers for short) hid behind a smoke screen and fired on the group alongside the remaining couple hundred B2s. As well, modified B2s had entered the party. Bastila used a stasis field to effectively freeze the B2's in place which gave Anakin time to overheat them with Pyrokinesis. The enhanced B2 had been causing the clones some trouble so Bastila went over to help. However, the droid absorbed her longer ranged energy attacks, harnessing the energy for itself and was about to strike a clone trooper until Shan rushed in and tackled the droid then trapping it in a stasis. Anakin kicks the droid asthey formulate a quick plan to get rid of it. They agree on launching it into space while strapped to a load of thermals and that is what happened. This section of the ship was clear and they were free to continue.

As the 104th move out of the central tunnel, Bastila and Anakin divide the group and split to take the top and bottom sides of the ship respectively. At the top side, Shan entered the armoury where she encountered more droids which she swiftly discarded. A self destruct mechanism triggers, forcing her to contain the blast with Tutaminis. The Jedi soon meet at the bridge, joining the 104th in their fight against 3 enhanced B2s, a multitude of regular B2s as well as B1s. The team made lightwork of the droids and gained full control of the ship before setting the self destruct on a timer and escaping soundly.

The mission was a success and the Jedi council made negotiations with Count Dooku

## Personality and Traits

Shan possessed many qualities that set her apart from her peers and destined her for greatness, but these same traits and the inexperience of her youth set her down the path that would eventually lead to her fall ito the dark side. Bastila's redemption saw a change in her personality as a Jedi. Instead of living a life of non-attachment and controlling emotions, Shan saw that positive emotions such as love and happiness actually strengthened a Jedi's connection to the Force and helped them battle the dark side rather than increasing the risk of falling.

Before she would be transported to a different universe, Shan continually sought to prove her worth by devoting herself to defeating the Sith. Due to the emergence of many anomalies in her newfound home in a clone wars era Jedi Order, she would have a great many opportunities to flaunt her skills. Being only a Jedi Padawan when she surpassed all but the strongest Jedi Masters, and thanks to her rare gift and mastery in Battle Meditation, Bastila would grow somewhat overconfident. She was constantly reminded of this through her peers, such as Arye Prays, and in an attempt to be the greatest role model for her son, Bastila strived to change and become more understanding and compassionate towards others, as well as eliminate her arrogant tendencies. She is kind and caring, aiming to one day match her Master in this sense. Although, sometimes she can become hot headed and exhibit outbursts of anger however these are extremely rare occurrences now. Shan tries to follow the Jedi code as closely as possible.

Over time Bastila has matured greatly, becoming a calm, collected and defensive person; who boosts the powers of others and instils a great degree of hope in them.

### Relationships

#### Gin

"*Goodnight, and ... Ni kar'taylir darasuum gar. Have fun translating that one tomorrow"
"You assume I just comprehended a single word of what you just said, let alone remember it for tomorrow morning. I'll do my best though. Goodnight*"
―Gin and BastilaFrequently spending time together - exploring Tython's vast environments, The pair would greatly bond and develop deep feelings toward the other during their travels, becoming in somewhat of a relationship although it was never confirmed. Gin had said *'Ni kar'taylir darasuum gar'* meaning 'I love you' in mando'a and Bastila would figure out the meaning of this and speak to him a few days later. During their trips Gin was always vigilant about ensuring Bastila's safety, never neglecting to put in the effort. This was the case in their relationship as a whole as even after Gin had left Tython, Bastila would occasionally visit him on Coruscant and they would make certain the other is content. During their relaxation hours, they immensely enjoyed going to the theatre or staying in her ship and watching a movie, typically of the horror genre, or reading a book together. Their feelings regarding each other tend to almost always go unspoken due to Bastila's position in the Jedi Order and Gin's in the Republic.

Bastila views Gin as her companion, lover, best friend, and so much more. The pair have passed on their genes and have a son together. Despite their eternal love, Bastila is still part of the Jedi Order and is attentive in following the code. She regularly meditates and trains so that she is able to let go of Gin when the time is right.

##### Love is vulnerability

"*I-I’m really not sure how to word it correctly, but I’ll try. Listen, I’m.. I’m just so thankful, honestly. You know, i was at my lowest point when we first met, I was awful. But you listened to me, you weren’t vengeful, you didn’t see me as a threat. I was very appreciative of that, still am, And well, you know as well as i do how things have gone, changed and the like. I’m not really going to be able to live a normal life, but, it was great. This felt a lot like what i think one would’ve been like, anyways. I’ll be sure to remember this for my life, short as that’ll probably be with my aging and profession. Just, thanks*"
―Gin to Bastila

Vulnerability, in the sense of love, is laying out a map of your imperfections and putting faith in your partner not to abuse them. There's a certain beauty to it like when life imitates art without even trying. Part of their relationship is their understanding of each other; in contrast to her usual persona, Bastila is comfortable opening herself up and is much softer and warm-hearted around Gin. Having known each other for over a year, knowing what makes the other happy means they can love better. They get along extremely well and their conversations are not short of humour . Their mutual trust of each other has meant they have become close confidants. Gin stated he was at his lowest point when they first met. Since then, Bastila has constantly helped Gin and has made living a high joyous thing. While Bastila visits Coruscant, Gin keeps by her side and, with encouragement from Shan, makes her ship his own home for the duration of her stay.