Tracinya

**Aroa Rakau**, known professionally as **Tracinya** and sometimes called **Aroa'yr**, was a female human Mandalorian explorer, hunter, and animal handler who lived during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Maintaining a mostly neutral status during the years of conflict, she allied with the Sons of Mandalore during the final months of the Clone Wars and the rise of the Empire that followed.

## History

Born in 43 BBY, her family owned a hunting lodge on the resort planet Generis, and she grew up learning how to track animals and serve as a guide to guests. A growing desire for freedom and exploration beyond her relatively generic home planet led her to leave home with a group of visiting Mandalorians around 27 BBY. She became assimilated into their culture, swearing loyalty to the Mandalorians and taking on a Mando'a name. Sometime before the Clone Wars, Tracinya had found work on Felucia hunting predators for the local farmers and acquired a strill, whom she named Verd. By the time the Clone Wars ended in 19 BBY, she was allied with the Sons of Mandalore and traveling on their ship, the Agitator.

## Personality and traits

### Positive

* Observant and quick to react (although you wouldn't know it because the Internet is so darn laggy aggh)
* secretly compassionate but shh don't tell anyone

### Negative

* Arrogant, sometimes rash, and extremely uncommunicative
* Plagued by interior self-doubt and fear

## Powers and abilities

### Skills

* Blade fighting and hand-to-hand combat
* Tracking, stealth and survival in extreme situations
* Understands animals and the way they think - or hopes she does

### Setbacks

* Rarely uses conventional ranged weapons, instead relying on throwing knives (which have a short range, aren't always accurate, and must be retrieved after use)
* An unskilled pilot with both ships and jetpacks
* People skills could do with a lot of refining

## Arsenal

* Advanced sensors and heads-up display in helmet, linked to a datapad stocked with arcane knowledge on the places she's visited
* Beskad sword, heavy and able to deflect blaster bolts, and technically even lightsaber strikes (although it had to be reforged after an Inquisitor's weapon sliced it in two)
* Two large vibroblades, and an assortment of smaller knives, mostly weighted for throwing
* Ejectable grappling line with hook (built into left vambrace)
* Ejectable vibroblade (built into right vambrace)
* A pack of vicious beasts

## Behind the Scenes

This character is played by Ocarina451.

Originally known as Aroa'yr Tracinya, a name which I believed to mean "Silver Flame" in Mando'a. However, it appears that the word Aroa'yr for silver is totally fanon - I first found it listed in the Wookieepedia article for Mando'a, but it seemed odd compared to other words of the official language, and didn't have a source. I could only find the word used on a very old Mandalorian roleplaying forum, suggesting it was invented by a completely different roleplayer who then decided to add it to the official Wookieepedia article. I have been led astray, alack! but you can still call her Aroa, I've just retconned it to be her birth name, with Tracinya alone being her Mando'a name. I guess this is a reminder to always check your sources.

## Appearances

* The Knights of Mandalore: Rise of the Empire