Kappa Kavv

**Kappa Kavv** was a Bothan Jedi archivist who served during the time of the New Republic and was a part of Captain Maverick's crew. He was a crucial player in the Shadow War, organizing the Jedi Alliance and seeking ancient knowledge to use against Vann.

In the final year of the New Republic Kavv and several Jedi he befriended over the course of the war settled on the ancient planet Ossus, reestablishing the Jedi temple there with support from the Alliance. Officially tasked with building a repository of the New Jedi Order's knowledge, Kavv withdrew into personal isolation over the coming years and his Atheneum followed suit, becoming a de facto separate Jedi Order entirely. He disappeared in the early years of the United Federation and was presumed dead by his colleagues.

Nearly two decades later in 37 ABY the ascendant Lord of the Sith Darth Thorn discovered Kavv imprisoned in a secret GenoHaradan prison station. The Jedi's mind was found incoherent and twisted, further probing revealing that his cultist captor had pillaged his broken psyche for information about the Jedi Atheneum. After learning what he could from the broken Jedi Thorn returned him to Ossus where his fellow Jedi hoped to rehabilitate him.

## **Biography**

### Early life

#### Childhood

Kappa was raised from birth on the moon Rori. His small family lived peacefully in the city Restuss until the galactic civil war battle of Restuss a couple of years after the destruction of the Death Star. The city was absolutely devastated beyond repair as the Rebels and Imperials fought to a draw. Kappa was separated from his parents in the chaos and evacuated on a Rebel transport ship.

Only a toddler, the orphan was shuttled between Rebel outposts as an Alliance citizen for several years. During this time he learned a lot about the galaxy, growing fond of reading about galactic history and planets. At around age 12 he was put to work by the Rebellion, serving under minor non-combatant roles on various consular vessels.

#### Stranded on Ossus

In 9 ABY, 17 year old Kavv was serving onboard the medical frigate *Yun* as a nurse. One day the vessel was ambushed by an Imperial squadron while transporting wounded personnel. The attack caught the crew off guard and *Yun* was quickly disabled and boarded. In the chaos the head physician was killed and a panicked Kavv abandoned his post. Alongside a crippled patient he was working with he ejected from the ship in an escape pod, soon landing on the planet below: Ossus.

Slowly the pair made their way across the planet, Kavv struggling to keep up with living needs and his companion begrudgingly accepting his dependence. In the wasteland of the planet a unique structure soon emerged, a vast complex of ruins and a temple. The Bothan immediately sought refuge there only to be violently informed they were occupied by a tribal group, the Ysanna. Barely leaving with his head on his shoulders he retreated with the serviceman to the caves nearby.

Unbeknownst to the teenager, the helpless man with him was in fact a General,one of several key personnel the Imperials were after. To their mutual dismay they were soon joined on the planet with Stormtrooper search parties, watching as they combed through the wreckage of escape pods and sought out signs of life. After a few days of this one of the troops came upon the ruins. Kavv watched grimly as the Stormtroopers blasted their way through the tribesmen, including women and children, until eventually being driven back by overwhelming numbers.

Ignored by pirates and alone in space, Kappa's escape pod drifted through the vacuum for days until eventually landing on the ancient planet Ossus. Kappa roamed the planet aimlessly, barely managing to sustain himself, until one day coming across the ancient runes of the old Jedi Order and the Ossus temple. While curiously inspecting the artifacts and writings scattered across the planet, he encountered the Ysanna, an ancient Force sensitive people that guarded what was left of the Great Jedi Library. After brief hostility from the people, they allowed Kappa to continue roaming under the condition that he didn't trespass into the Library's ruins. He continued studying the surface artifacts of the ancient temple for many months until encountering Jedi off-worlders visiting the ruins. Sensing the Force in the young man, they offered him a place in the Jedi Praxeum being constructed on Yavin IV. Kappa was shocked by the news that he was Force-sensitive, having a passing knowledge about the Jedi through his academic studies but being completely unaware of his own potential. While eager to leave the planet, he initially experienced apprehension as he was uncertain about abandoning his standard New Republic life. However, after some encouragement and deeper consideration, he agreed to train as a Jedi and left with them to Yavin IV.

#### Jedi training

Kappa arrived on Yavin IV while the Jedi Praxeum was still under construction, so much of his first month there was spent at a New Republic outpost close to the construction site, as well as attending Order assemblies at the work in progress temple. Even in this disorganization, Kappa found himself living with other Jedi, some new and some old, at the outpost in-between his Jedi activities. Despite his occasional attempts, though, Kappa struggled to socialize with his fellow Jedi, especially the experienced ones, and usually failed to fit in. Part of what alienated him from his peers was his age, as many of the new students were full grown adults while Kappa was only 17 years old.

## **Equipment**

### Lightsabers

Kappa Kavv wielded three main lightsabers during his years as a Jedi. He assembled his first lightsaber at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV in 11 ABY as part of his initiation, though he seldom used it due to his disinterest in combat. This neglect of his physical training came back to haunt him in 14 ABY when the inexperienced Kavv was ambushed on Mustafar by Imperial forces and overwhelmed, losing his lightsaber to the fiery sea in his escape.

In the interlude of Kavv's time hiding on Mustafar he wielded a vibroblade found off the body of a mercenary, eventually meeting Curt Maverick and his crew. A close encounter with a Sith assassin brutally highlighted the Jedi's vulnerability, and so Maverick provided him with a lightsaber he had looted from a dead Jedi several days before. An adequate though not ideal weapon, Kavv used this yellowed bladed lightsaber for the remainder of the Surect conflict. It served him well in the final battle against Surect where he held his own with his fellow Jedi.

Following the Dark Lord's defeat Kavv retired his second lightsaber out of respect for its former owner. Back at the recovering Yavin Praxeum, he once again crafted his own weapon under Master Val Tor's guidance. Kavv's second forged lightsaber beared similarities to his first with a green blade few enemies actually saw. Though not his go-to choice to resolve conflicts, this lightsaber served Kavv well for the next decade in his fight against Vann and struggles to build a new Jedi temple on Ossus.

## Appearances

* Outcasts: Chapter I (First appearance)
* Outcasts: Chapter II - Divided
* Outcasts: Chapter III - Redemption