Lady Varra

Second Daughter of Atoa

The Reborn

**Varra** is an Atoan Jedi Knight who acts as a mentor to those who follow the teachings of the Jedi Sentinel.

## Description

### **Appearance**

Calling Kirtan a physical marvel almost seems like a misnomer. Standing at the taller side of six full feet in total height with very pale skin, even so, Varra has little difficulty when it comes to standing out within any crowd she happens to find herself in - with the possible exception of meeting her Atoan counterparts. Her matted hair is black which fades to white as it reaches the length of her shoulders and is styled with various dreads and braids.

Her body strikes a delightful balance between practical physical prowess and feminine features: lean, powerful muscle lurking under her skin blesses the Atoan with an obvious firmness without overbearing the soft contrast of her flared hips, and relatively shapely figure. While chiefly covered by skin, thicker, deep-blue markings can be spied at the base of her lower lip, upper forearms, deltoids, and up the length of her spine/lower neck.

#### **Personality**

What Lady Varra occasionally lacks in respecting the sanctity of personal space, she more than makes up for by being an exceptionally personable individual. Granted, her penchant for dry wit and straight-faced sarcasm might not be everybody's proverbial cup of tea, but there's no denying that the woman positively revels in conversation. It matters not where the matter is serious, flippant, flirty, or dour - the people she stumbles across, for better or worse, will be met with her horrid tongue. One of the few exceptions seems to be the subject of her own past which rarely fails to be covered under a thick sheet of vagueness and half-truths, but at least she can spin an entertaining yarn about it as well. The truthfulness of whatever she says notwithstanding.

Furthermore, writing the woman off as a simple, crass belligerent mess would be doing her a great disservice. She's the brutish type, yes, but she's far from confrontational. While her actions may not always seem 'practical', you'd be hard-pressed to find an action on her part without genuine forethought. She's a decent person in a questionable position, in other words. But not decent enough not to hold a grudge or engage in the odd act of pettiness.

## Biography

### **Early Life**

Little is known about the inner-workings of the Atoan people, save for the details surrounding the theocratic oligarchy that ruled during the years leading up to Atoa's presumed downfall in 19 BBY. Like her people, the details surrounding Varra's birth is shrouded in mystery. Left in a state of disrepair, the Atoan oligarchy crumbled under the occupation of the Galactic Empire. So this raises the question. What is known about Varra's younger life?

Varra and her twin sister, Aketra, were born to the affluent Kirtan family consisting of Adann Kel, and Thine Kel that owned a conservatory in the eastern reaches of the Atoan capitol, Angarath’s fist. Adann was a true to form separatist who wanted independence from the corrupt and bloated Galactic Empire. Their worlds had suffered far too long under the incompetent rule of a thousand planets and none of them seemed to care about any planet that wasn’t directly in the core. It was here where the family spent a majority of Varra’s adolescence. Even from a young age Aketra and Varra showed a strong connection to the force which manifested in violent visions for both the young women. However, most of this time was spent in the temple of Bin’Dal’Un’Tho, an Atoan landmark which acted as the center for their cult-like religion that is exactly that, a cult. In its pejorative use, the group was often disparaged das being secretive, highly controlling of members’ lives, and was dominated by a single, charismatic leader.

After the death of Lady Saro, a ‘Reborn Daughter of Atoa’ was slated to take the mantle of High Priestess at the head of their adolescence. As young children, Thine would train the girls in the way of the Atoan people. Aketra took a radicalized approach to The High Theocracy; however, this was not seen as a negative outcome in the eyes of the Kirtan family who sought out diplomatic reform in hopes of the Atoan people expanding their hold over the Expansion Region. Such a mindset made her viable for the aforementioned mantle. Varra didn’t realize that her adoptive parents believed Aketra was a better fit for the title of ‘First Daughter’ who would eventually rise to become the ‘Reborn Daughter of Atoa’. Sometime before their eighth birthday, Adann gave Varra and Aketra each one half of Saro’s Crest, one of the few marks of the High Priestess that had been passed on to her loyal followers in the years prior to her death. Eventually, Thine died under unknown circumstances, leaving Adann to care for the twins alone. Sometime later, they were attacked by radicalized Atoan ‘Profligates’ led by Garen Untal who murdered the duo’s adoptive father, and though both Aketra and Varra survived, the twins were separated, and Varra believed Aketra to have died when in fact she was sheltered by the surviving Priests of Bin’Dal. Varra followed her adoptive father’s last wish, and took up a new identity to hide from Garen’s Profligates, adopting the name ‘Biran Kital’.

Some years later, she found herself under the care of a woman posing as her mother on Lothin Island. She befriended a young boy named Adande. Varra/Biran and her “mother” were forced to leave when Garen’s Chosen attacked and burned down the town. It was her usage of the force to assist in construction on the island that marked its downfall.

Years after the Lothin incident, Varra and the woman posing as her mother emigrated to Nal Hutta and ultimately settled on Nar Shaddaa. There, she befriended a local gunsmith named Jin, who would go on to engage in.. questionable relations with her faux mother. In a gang-related raid at Jin’s workplace, Jin and several other workers were killed alongside Jin’s daughter. Varra was blamed for it all due to her loose tongue which tipped off local sharks as to where the family had settled. While Varra knew the identity of the men that had killed the family, she remained tightlipped about it through the remainder of her teenage years which was spent picking up basic grunt work for various thin-skulls operating out of the lower wards. Noticing a trend here? Mercenary work had never been so enticing.

#### **Whispers Of Rebellion**

Varra works out of a brothel in the lower wards picking up various jobs for local contractors. She’s tasked with recovering a young girl named Mori. Although initially reluctant to accept the job, Varra does eventually agree to do it for the credits and heads out to find the girl.

Poking through her previous place of residence, Varra gets into a scuffle with a few other hunters who had taken up the job. After going through a few fights, she finds out that Mori had run away with her estranged lover, an Imperial defector. After a heated discussion between Varra and the defector, the man explains that Mori is force sensitive, a trait that was valued by the ever-present Inquisitorious who had (up to this point) been little more than a scary story amongst the lower wards of Nar Shaddaa.

The defector tells Varra that he was the one who had hired the hunters, a fact that annoyed the woman. When she asks why he did all of this, the defector states that he hoped that members of the Atashi rebel cell would take up the contract and pull the duo into their rank. Having witnessed Varra in action, the defector informs Varra that he has already paid the reward. Just before she leaves, the defector offers to buy his half of Saro’s crest, which Varra declines.

Later, Varra goes back to the cantina in which she’d taken up the job only to find Mori there waiting for her. At this point, Mori and her lover had joined up with the Atashi cell which consists of several Atoan ‘Profligates’ who had been pushed off of Atoa when the Bin’Dal rose and returned the planet to its original standing with the theocracy reinstated with the new High Priestess of Atoa, Aketra Dawn spearheading reform.

Varra is initially relieved to find out that her younger twin is still alive, but it soon became apparent that they had grown into different people - meaning that they both had different goals in mind. Aketra, believing her sister to be dead is none the wiser of her presence in Nar Shaddaa, and it remains this way throughout the years that followed. The Atashi cell offers Varra a place amongst their rank, but the woman ultimately declines the offer and returns to basic grunt work in the months that followed.

#### **Simple Living**

When one gang fell and another rose, she barely noticed a difference. Her whole life was one of crushing oppression, and to her, the fight never truly ended. It was in these years that the young Atoan woman’s hate began to fester in ways that would otherwise seem reckless if not for her resolve. In these months the first Death Star was destroyed, which gave rise to more Rebel cells When approached a second time by the Atashi cell, she reluctantly accepted after a brief debate with Mori.

Before long her sect joined with the much larger rebellion, Varra’s group raiding Imperial ships for supplies and arms at the butt-end of the conflict. Blasters of old were crude, but a weapon was a weapon. Her luck fighting in close quarters with soldiers who had little experience left her cocky, as the Stormtroopers who had only recently replaced the clones a few years prior. But as their skills grew, so did hers. It made her one of the few ground fighters either skilled or just lucky enough to survive until the rebels became a true fighting force. Now stationed on Yavin-IV the pilot spent her days tinkering with her astromech R4-T1, continuing her love for droids that she’d gained from her childhood. Her cocky attitude made her a bit of a troublemaker, however, and her irregular feelings towards the republic left her with mixed feelings on several key individuals within the rebellion, such as Mon Mothma, Princess Leia, and others who sought peace with the Empire. As the war went on, and it became clear that peace was no longer an option, more people inside the rebellion began to share her sentiment.

#### **Order Amongst Chaos**

After the events of ROTS, Varra took up a diplomatic role acting as a member of the Galactic Advisory Board that oversaw the transfer of land between governing bodies that had supported the rebellion within the Outer Rim. It was when the second wave of scouts for the New Jedi Order went searching for potential students that she left the board and instead

No doubt Varra would have been in the know in regards to the formation of the New Jedi Order. She was one of the first in the wave of force sensitives who trained under Leia Organa Solo at the newly formed Praxeum on Yavin IV, having set aside her previous distaste towards the General to instead fully embrace her as the Grand Master of the order.

Varra’s rise was difficult. Excelling in physical training, Varra’s connection with the force dwindled as time went on. Even so, she managed to rise to the rank of Jedi Knight. Her experiences beneath the Grand Master and Solo’s acceptance of the woman’s faltering connection with the force left her feeling disaffected, and she lost faith in herself. It was only when she took on her first padawan learner that this feeling passed. It was with this in mind that Grandmaster Solo suggested she honor the teachings of the Jedi Sentinel.

It was when she rose to knighthood that Varra was slated to join the New Order Exploratory Force, with the intent of assisting in the training of Jedi hopefuls on Odessen.