Omar Tal

Omar Tal was an Kiffar male born on Kiffu, who during the Galactic Civil War served with the Kiffu Guardians, sought employment as a mercenary & hitman, and then finally served as an Alliance to Restore the Republic Pathfinder.

## **Biography**

### **Early Life**

Born to a Kiffu Guardian father, Daro, and mother, Mira, on one of the many villages of Kiffu, Omar was the second child of his family. While Clan Tal was of low standing compared to many other Kiffar clans on the planet and could not be called nobility, they had a long-standing martial tradition and were respected for serving the Kiffar faithfully for generations.

Due to his family's tradition of serving in the Kiffu Guardians, Omar and his brother Alec both were taught how to wield and maintain blasters, fight hand-to-hand as well as with vibroblades and other melee weapons from a young age. As their father enjoyed hunting, both Omar and Alec were brought along for hunts from an early age, where they learned to respect their prey and the tracking them, as well as long-range marksmanship.

While the rest of his family showed no signs of the ability, Omar exhibited signs of psychometry from a young age. Due to this, Omar was sure to enter the Kiffu Guardians, as they specifically recruited Kiffar men and women capable of psychometric abilities for hunting down escaped convicts from the prison world of Kiffex, as well as other miscellaneous duties.

### **Age of the Empire**

In 19 BBY, when Omar was only twelve years old, the galaxy-wide conflict known as the Clone Wars ended, and the Galactic Republic became an Empire. While the first years of life under the Empire were mostly peaceful, the galaxy's new government and Kiffu's local administration would often clash due to the Kiffar people's tendency to value independence above all else.

Due to the Kiffar's rebellious nature, the Empire would have begun cracking down hard over the years on Kiffu and it's people. By this time, Omar was serving with the Kiffu Guardians, while his brother was involved with an underground rebel cell. While Omar was not particularly political, he sympathized with his brother's cell and aided them whenever he could. This cell would ultimately be the reason that Omar would lose his family, as the Empire would soon after stumble upon the cell and liquidate it.

Arriving from the prison planet of Kiffex to his family's village homestead, Omar found the residence razed to the ground, with his parents lined up outside and executed with blaster fire. Omar found himself first immensely saddened and then furious, afterwards searching for his brother due to not finding his corpse at the family residence. Questioning neighbors and utilizing his psychometric abilities, Omar soon found out that Alec had been taken into Imperial custody and interrogated for an extended period of time before succumbing to wounds obtained during interrogation.

Resigning from the Kiffu Guardians and packing up his remaining possessions, Omar spent the next several years drifting around the galaxy, unable to stay on Kiffu due to the painful memories of his family haunting him there. Enlisting as a mercenary and even hit-man for various parties while also hunting to feed himself, he eventually entered the employ of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, vowing to avenge the fallen members of his family and clan, as well as the other Kiffar killed by the Empire. Due to his skillset, Omar quickly found himself amidst the ranks of the Alliance Special Forces as a Pathfinder. Taking part on various reconnaissance, sabotage and even assassination missions, Omar quickly became a reputable member of the Alliance, and reached the rank of Sergeant.

### **Roleplay Events**

##### **4 ABY**

###### Endor

Partaking in a strike team on Endor that set out to assist General Han Solo's own famous team, Omar was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant and granted the Alliance Medal of Honor for his valor.

## **Personality**

During his youth, Omar was a happy and outgoing young man. After losing his family, Omar had became a cynical and quiet man over the years. While he still maintained a sense of humor, it was often black in nature. Omar was loyal to those he considered friends.

## **Psychical Description**

Omar stands at an above-average height of 6'0 compared to most other Kiffar, with a wide-shouldered mesomorph build. While his physique could not be described as one of a body builder, he was highly muscular. Omar was very strong, but also had high agility.

Omar had short black hair and a short black beard. His Qukuuf tattoos are black, and adorned in the traditional way of Clan Tal.

## **Abilities**

While Omar was not Force-sensitive, he had psychometric abilities that were uncommon but known to occur among the Kiffar people. As such, he's capable of picking up traces of knowledge from merely touching an object or corpse. Due to being trained to control this ability as a youth on Kiffu, he can choose whether he recieves such traces of knowledge on touch or not.

Omar was also a very capable tracker, hunter and marksman due to spending his youth hunting on Kiffu to feed himself and his family, as well as serving several years with the Kiffu Guardians.

Omar was also skilled in hand-to-hand combat, as well as fighting with a vibroknife. After entering the Alliance as a Pathfinder, he was taught the basics of the Echani martial art.

## **Equipment**

### **Weapons**

Omar wielded various blaster and slug-thrower sniper rifles as his primary weapon of choice, but specifically preferred to carry a custom lightweight and EMP-proofed Czerka Arms Model 38 sharpshooter's rifle equipped with a targeting optic he obtained after years of mercenary work.

Omar often also carried an accurized A-180 blaster pistol as his sidearm.

Omar also always carried a concealed vibroknife on his person.

### **Armor**

Omar rarely wore armor, and most often only chose to wear an armorweave vest capable of stopping small arms blaster fire, shrapnel and sharp objects under his clothing.

However, depending on the mission, he sometimes opted to wear a cuirass and helmet.