Renegin

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**Renegin** is a Jedi Master and member of the Jedi Council within the New Jedi Order, as well as one of the current instructors at the Jedi Praxeum on Odessen. Born as an orphan on the planet of Tanaab, Renegin was a Padawan at the time of the Clone Wars, displaying an unsual aptitude for strategy. He was Padawan to Korvan Toldreyn and was separated from his master during Order 66 when their clone legion, the 909th Katarns, turned on them.

Becoming a mercenary and later rebel during the reign of the Empire, Renegin was a key figure within the Alliance to Restore the Republic and the leader of an elite team that sabotaged the efforts of the Imperial Inquisitorus across the galaxy. He would survive the Galactic Civil war that broke out, and was one of the founding members of the New Jedi Order alongside Leia Organa after the disappearance of her twin brother, Luke Skywalker.

Serving as one of the New Jedi Order's most experienced combatants and a veteran soldier, Renegin is noteworthy amongst them for having always been on the frontlines in any conflict the Order has found itself in. After his training of Kyle Katarn, one of the oldest padawan learners that the order had seen, Renegin was one of the few appointed as a Jedi Master and currently serves on the Jedi Council, attending the meetings remotely.

## Biography

Renegin was discovered as an abandoned orphan child on the planet of Tanaab, found in the middle of a field of farmland where a ship appeared to have landed and left, despite nobody hearing or witnessing one. The infant was taken into a home, where he was to be raised amongst other orphan children. However, the baby was already displaying force sensitivity early on, and his unusual powers gained the attention of the Jedi Order. Soon, a Jedi came, later identified as Master Luminara Unduli, who collected the child and later took a special interest in his training as a youngling.
Having never known another life or any connections outside of the Jedi Order, Renegin was a quick study and dedicated himself to his training. He found that he fit in amongst the younglings, and he was viewed as having much potential, as a person just as much as within the force. He had a notable talent for planning and strategy, impressing his instructors with his ability to adapt to and understand tactics of all kinds, whether in team challenges or in practice scenarios.

When the time came to become a padawan, Renegin had great nerves about who he would be assigned to, or if he would be sent off thanks not being picked. Thankfully, he was chosen. Korvan Toldreyn, a knight within the Jedi Order, had selected him, and though at first Renegin wondered if he was going to be under a highly strict master due to Korvan himself having trained under Mace Windu, the relationship was surprisingly close for the boy.

Without any family, Renegin had not made any strong connections before training under Korvan, but came to regard the older Knight as a surrogate older brother, looking to him as an example of what to be, and admiring him more than he said. He grew more confident and casual, even learning to make a joke now and again, most often at his master’s expense while he accompanied him on every assignment.

War soon came to their peaceful galaxy. Renegin could only follow his master into it as Korvan took command of the 909th Katarns, a fast assault unit. Renegin too, was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic and given the rank of Commander. Despite being a Padawan, his natural talent for tactics and strategy came in very useful during a war, and he honed this skill incredibly well as the war continued. He felt as though he fit in more with the clones than he did even with other Jedi, and grew to be closer friends with some of them than he had anyone else. His strategies always emphasised a lack of casualties where possible, dedicating himself to the preservation of life.

As the war continued, Renegin became a far different young man than he had once been. Whereas before he had been content to meditate and study, war had hardened him into the soldier that he had been for most of his time as a Padawan. He was skilled with a lightsaber and even a blaster, and had become a highly capable strategist, standing out as one of the Order’s most talented tacticians, despite his age and rank. These experiences only drove him closer to his master and the clones they served with, almost seeing them as the surrogate family he had never had.

Renegin was caught off-guard when the war ended. He was separated from his master, leading a small team of clones on reconnaissance, a group of clones he was particularly close to, when he was struck with the feeling of Korvan in great pain, both physical and emotional. It was his shock causing him to turn around that saved him when his own soldiers opened fire on him, and he was forced to defend himself. Being up against experienced and competent soldiers, it took all of the tactical ability Renegin had to outwit and kill them, allowing him to eventually escape, assuming he would never see his master again.

With the fall of the Jedi Order, the young Padawn slipped into a deep depression. Though at first he focused on trying to preserve the Order’s teachings, he soon viewed the exercise as pointless, feeling that they had truly lost. Yet, despite how much he tried to convince himself, he kept his ties to the force, refusing to stop his practice and training. Even more than that, he decided to train in other ways.

At first joining and training with the Antarian Rangers, Renegin disappeared from their care to join militias and mercenary groups, floating from one to the other as he honed his skills in combat of all sorts, keeping his training with a lightsaber and the force secret all the while. While still operating under his false identities, he even got work in bounty hunting to better understand those who would eventually look for him, and gained an imperial peacekeeping certificate, which would come in very handy later in his life.

Renegin continued to wander in his life, attempting to find a purpose and to further his training, feeling that he would never be prepared enough when the time came. He trained with the Echani to try and supplement what scraps of official Jedi training he had, knowing that their way of fighting was almost subconscious. Soon, he found his purpose in the formation of the Rebel Alliance. He joined without hesitation, even as he at first kept his secret even from them, knowing how dangerous it could be.

Eventually, Renegin revealed his origins to a few within the Rebel Alliance, and this along with his tactical ability and experience meant he was put in charge of strike teams at first, and then took part in the overall planning and strategy of the Alliance as a whole, mostly focusing on the movement and application of ground forces. Once again, he was a Commander, but in a different army, one that perhaps wasn’t as efficient, or that he didn’t like as much, but he respected for their choice to stand up, despite all the danger there was, to make the choice a clone didn’t have the luxury of making.

The rebel team often found themselves at odds with shadowy imperial groups such as the ISB and Inquisitorus; Renegin’s training and genuine combat experience meant that he was more than a match for the Inquisitors, and was considered one of the highest value targets the organisation had, having defeated multiple before. He was notable for showing little mercy to the Inquisitors, seeming to have a style closer to an efficient soldier than that of a Jedi.

When the Galactic Civil War reached its end, Renegin once again prepared to wander after the supposed death of not only the Emperor, but Luke Skywalker, son to the man who had once been hailed as the chosen one in the Jedi Order. However, the Last Jedi had a sister, Leia Organa. The Princess of Alderaan was preparing to form a New Jedi Order, and Renegin was determined not to run this time. He quickly became one of the founding members of this new order, and was brought in to serve as a combat instructor for a short time and ‘enforcer’ for the order, handling delicate situations he had experience with.

Now a full Jedi Knight, Renegin was instrumental in the destruction of Zsinj's Empire, being one of the Jedi who fought on the frontline alongside New Republic soldiers. His tactical expertise and extensive war experience was used to aid the New Republic military in coordinating attacks and raids across Zsinj’s territory, crippling his supply lines and allowing his isolated pockets of power to be swept up in the relentless assaults.

It was during this war that he took an apprentice of his own; while a lack of Jedi meant that most were taught in groups, he was too mobile for something like that. He met a man of similar age to himself, a smuggler named Kyle Katarn who was aiding their own supply lines. After informing Katarn of his force sensitivity, he took him as his own Padawan learner, with there being no real age limit for those taught within the New Jedi Order.

Renegin and Kyle would fight in the extensive Thrawn Campaigns, with Renegin once more being part of a large force and aiding in the command of soldiers. By this time, he was regarded as one of the best military minds in the New Republic, and his reputation meant he was considered a high value target. Shortly before Thrawn’s own death, an assassination attempt on Renegin’s life was foiled by Katarn, but not before the Knight was wounded, leaving him to recover while the rest of the conflict ended.

By the time of 11ABY, Renegin had taught Kyle all that he could, and the older Padawan passed his Knight trials, becoming a full Jedi. It was during this time that Renegin was formally given the title of Jedi Master and asked to sit upon the new Jedi Council, being one of the founding and most experienced members of the order. This meant that he was for the most part, staying on Yavin IV and aiding in the actual running of the order. Due to his experience and closeness, he worked in tandem often with the New Republic military, and grew to respect them as much as he had the clones.

He was present for the Battle of Yavin IV, where Gilad Pellaeon was killed and hostilities with the Imperial Remnant were re-ignited. Renegin was the most vocal of the council, and one of the loudest voices in general arguing against the demilitarisation of the Republic, with them now having to rely on mercenaries against the Empire’s better trained and more loyal troops. He refused to work with the mercenaries in battles wherever possible, opting instead to stick with New Republic military personnel.

Renegin was instrumental in the dismantling of the Disciples of Ragnos, yet felt he had failed in losing a fellow council member. It was towards the end of this crisis that he grew to be closer friends with Aldin Kusarik, another Master in the order. By this time, he was known for being distant even amongst the Jedi, and that it was difficult to be counted amongst his friends, so many assumed Aldin had something special about him.

During the peaceful times afterwards, Renegin took part in the investigation of missing children, kidnapped from across the galaxy. Even though he would not discover anything new that they could follow up on, there was a familiar stench to it all that stuck with him. Despite the opportunity he had, he didn’t seek out his old master to reunite after all this time and attempt to look into it together; he saw it as being too long, refusing to confront that part of his life again.

Upon the formation of the New Order Exploratory Force, Renegin volunteered to be part almost immediately, seemingly eager to get off Yavin IV and start seeing the galaxy again, or at least taking part in more practical activity. He was at first assigned to Tython and aided in the building of the new Praxeum there, though he was privately experiencing visions during his time on the planet. He saw the world he had been born on, images of a ship disappearing as it flew from above him. Images assaulted his mind that he could not make sense of, but he did not share them.

Hoping to not have to worry about the visions and move away from them, Renegin once again sought reassignment, and chose to accompany the Exploratory force to Odessen, where there would be a gathering of padawans learning to be Jedi themselves. Deciding that their growth was as much part of building the Order as the temples themselves, the Jedi Master took up the role of the combat instructor once more for all the Padawans, mentoring those individuals in particular who were more martially-minded peacekeepers, travelling down the path of a Guardian.