Carud Marekar

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A picture of Carud taken in 21 BBY, 13 Weeks before Order 66. His armor was recognizable from it's Kyuzo heritage, worn by his adopted father, the Highwayman.

## Political Information

### Affiliation(s)

Jedi OrderGrand Army of the RepublicClan Marekar

> "Napalm sticks to kids- it'll stick to you, too." -Carud Marekar
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Jedi Knight Carud Marekar served in the order from the age of 8, a self-taught swordsman, and a thirst for things that aren't his.

While kind-natured at heart, Carud is a curious Arsonist who relies more upon passion and emotion than his peers, but for not the wrong reasons. His beliefs and religion still lie within the teachings of his old Tribe, with what fragments remain engraved into his mind.

For this attitude, it took many miracles for him to become a Knight, and suppress his true tendencies until the Clone Wars threw him over a boiling point, in which he wouldn't return.

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### Adoption into the Order

Carud's origins came from the Marekar Tribe, a collection of descendants of Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders, exiled after the death of Mandalore the Ultimate. Ditching their armor, the Marekars turned to worship a new religion, a god known as the 'Omnissiah' who is a saint of functionality and efficiency. Reverse engineering their War Droids and spacecraft, Marekars adopted four tribes of Warriors, Councils, and the most prestigious two of all, the Mechanics and the Shaman. With the adaptation for the Omnissiah's teachings, Mechanics grew from wretches into worshipped demigods, for every bolt and cybernetic tacked onto your body meant more than a prosthetic.

Carud himself was born into the Shaman Tribe, a reject from the Mechanical tribe after his force-sensitivity was learned. The Leader of the Tribe became Carud's father, a mysterious Kyuzo donned in ancient tattered robes, known only as of the Highwayman. He grew up alongside 11 other students as brothers and sisters. It was forbidden in the Marekar tribe to know of your parents or legacy, as you must create your own titles and epics before you are remembered.

However, at the age of 8, Carud and his family witness the death of the Highwayman upon a hill of worship, killed by an anonymous Jedi Shadow. When the children fought back, their force-sensitivity was learned, and they were adopted into the Jedi Order under the guise of Transfers.

### Early Initiation

In his 'youngling' years, Carud began as a slower learner, classified by the order as a late-bloomer for a few months regarding his abilities within the force. However, after beginning Saber practice, he excelled once more into a notable Padawan in dueling abilities. After becoming a Padawan further in his years, he was assigned to Jedi Master Alkrex Tij, alongside his other padawan and one of Carud's brothers, Taz Marekar.

Late into their padawan years, the Marekars worked together in cohorts, speculating and pondering their origins, and studies within the order. Both Padawans shared common interests in returning to their Family but differed in opinions of doing so. This was cast aside however during the battle of Geonosis in which Alkrex, Carud, and Taz both served on one of the many distraction fronts. While Carud himself apposed relatively unharmed besides a large concussion from an artillery shell, Alkrex was killed defending the unconscious Padawan, and Taz was placed under an elongated Bacta treatment for months. Feeling grief for his comrades, Carud swore the avenge Alkrex and Taz during the course of the Clone Wars, and shortly met his transfer master afterward, being High Master Ravioli.

#### Knighthood

While he had only served a week or two with Ravioli, a demand of personnel from the Order deemed a rushed Knight trial after having Carud quickly learn his way around. Afterward, he was deployed onto the Heimdall network to serve as a Field Sergeant for the 104th Battalion. The Marekar took his free time honing his Lightsaber skills in the forest, after many embarrassing losses to his ex-master.

Carud served in relatively few operations during the course of the years, instead of being put on a more passive defensive role during missions. Besides lightsaber practice, Carud spent time in his Garage, creating small Simulations for Jedi Arenas and firefights for his unit and allies within the order.

### Family Gathering

Posing as a Meditation trip, Carud went on a small two-day vacation to visit his Home planet, secretly navigating his way through towns to find his Tribe's ancient meditation grounds, after receiving a holo pad notification from Taz. Carud followed this lead almost instantly, unknowing that Taz had secretly escaped the Coruscant medical facility, going rogue and hiring contractors from Caltez Corporation to lead Carud into a trap. After meeting with Taz, Carud attempted to defend himself from the Ambush, before being knocked unconscious from a faulty carbonite grenade, which burst directly into his eyes, blinding them over.

Luckily, a team of Jedi Investigators consisting of Kit Fisto, Okrex Zaas, Ravioli, and Crystal was deployed to investigate the disappearance of this Jedi, tracking down Taz and Carud to the meditation ground. Taz's plan was revealed here, intending to use Carud as a sacrifice to redeem himself back into the Marekar tribe, seeing the Jedi as the ultimate disgrace for abandoning their tribe. Dispatching the Mercenaries with ease, the Fireteam gave Taz's warrior death and recovering Carud in critical condition. High Master Crystal of the group found the ill-fated body of the deceased Highwayman and feeling regret for killing his brother, he took the armor and \*totally\* buried the body, revealing a cybernetically-altered Kyuzo, who's body seemed to almost be an eon old.

After receiving surgery to alter his blindness, Carud could see normally once more with a special type of goggles mounted into his skull, and the second pair of lenses implanted beneath his Iris, allowing him to see past the Carbonite freezing. While angered and skeptical, Carud bickered with Okrex and Crystal about their murder, but ultimately forgave them after learning of Taz's honorable killing, and graciously accepted High Master Crystal's gift, of the refurbish armor.

### Personality

Carud, while selfish in his pursuit of knowledge and overconfidence in traditional honor, still retains a natural kindness to those he deems allies, and puts trust in new families such as the troopers of the 104th, and other Clone units.

His most noticeable differences in the Jedi order compared to the standard Knight was that of his dueling attitude and technique, constantly self-improving with a hyper-aggressive Stance, focusing on becoming a glass cannon of sorts. He also utilized a lot of movements to focus on counterattacking his enemy with an executed riposte, while distracting them with strafes and swipes. Another major difference is one he keeps mainly to himself, that being his lack of belief in the force itself. Carud still believes in his old Clan's religion, that of the Omnissiah and its many blessings, with the power of the 'force' being a sign of deeds from a past life being rewarded. While only a few Jedi know this, Carud often silently says this all the time, tip-toeing around the wording of The Force.