Aeacus Windu

Damon Black

Selene Parveen

> *"Once you succumb to evil, it will eat you and everything entirely."*
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> ―Aeacus Windu
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Aeacus Windu was a Force-sensitive Korun male Jedi Master, active during the Reticent Era. Aeacus was born excluded on a desert planet, born to his father Ranar Windu and an unknown Human female.

## Biography

### Early life

Aeacus Windu was originally born on Sriluur, even though his family lineage originated from the planet of Haruun Kal. During the insurgence of the Akaanir guerrilla military, led by his father Ranar Windu, the Hutts were forced to linger towards vassal-planets, such as Sriluur. Akaanir was sure to follow in behind with their trained military forces. As one of the last planets to remain under Hutt-control, Akaanir established a military compound on the planet's surface in which Aeacus was eventually born.

Unlike other planets, the people of Sriluur did not receive the Akaanir as their 'liberators'. This made the incursion on the Hutts extra difficult to cope with on the planet. Due to these characteristics of the planet, Akaanir was forced to remain on the planet for six years, forcing Aeacus to grow up within the military compound of the Akaanir, and the battlefields of Sriluur. This gave Aeacus a 'forged perspective on war', given by his father and the people of the Akaanir.

After the six years passed by, the Hutts were forced off the planet, but were not defeated. Rather than chasing them to the edge of the galaxy, Aeacus' father, Ranar, send one of his commanders after them and chose to remain on the planet for the time being to focus on raising his child that only had seen war up untill this point and simultaneously working on the relationship with the Weequay-people on Sriluur.

> **Aeacus Windu:** *"You sure it's wise to entrust your whole legacy to me..?"*
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> **Ranar Windu:** *"Ofcourse, you are my son ― besides, you're never alone."*
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> ―Aeacus Windu and Ranar Windu on Sriluur minutes before their departure.
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When he reached the age of fourteen, his brother and cousin were summoned by his father to Ruusan with their regiments for unknown reasons, leaving Aeacus with the stationed garrisson on Sriluur. Months passed by untill a message was broadcasted that all Akaanir regiments that were involved in the unknown happenings on Ruusan were either defeated or captured in an ambush by unknown forces. This decapitated Akaanir from its leadership, leaving the remaining Akaanir forces stationed on Sriluur, Nal Hutta, Nar Shaddaa and Zygerria in turmoil. Combined with the rumoured Neo-Mandalorians on Ordo, most forces returned to their roots of the Mandalorians, disbanding almost every regiment to knowledge.
As the absence of his father and family members stretched out, the garrisson on Sriluur was thinning out in numbers, eventually leaving Aeacus with only a handful of unit-members within the compound. As the word of leaving Akaanir members on the planet spread out to locals, the rebel Weequays staged an attack on the compound, forcing Aeacus to be send into the wilderness of the planet on its own whilst hearing the sound of slaughter passing his ears in the wind from behind him.

> **Aeacus Windu:** *"You're looking at me, but what do you see?"*
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> **Sergei Carver:** *"Myself.."*
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> ―Aeacus and Sergei Carver after their first meeting on Tatooine.
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The reputation of the Aiakide beast hunters grew in dark fashion on the planet of Sriluur, forcing Aeacus and numerous of his band mates to search for jobs off-world. Aeacus was particularly specialised in hunting on desert-planets, similar to Sriluur. One of his jobs required him to travel to the Dune Sea on Tatooine, where a recent increase of a Krayt Dragon population had been raiding moisture farmers' camps. Aeacus was brought there by a Trandoshan law-giver named Gmork, and was offered a salary per Krayt Dragon-pearl he delivered to his staff.

Aeacus spend six months there, learning about the natives and the fauna the planet had to offer. Aeacus adapted quick to the savagely behaviour of the Tusken people which he sometimes clashed with hence they were often hunting the same target. Within his last week on Tatooine, Aeacus encountered a pale near-Human individual, going by the name of Sergei Carver. Their conversation transpired quickly, because not far later the both were confronted by a smaller sized Krayt Dragon, which in combined effort was defeated by them both. Aeacus withdrew the pearl from the Krayt Dragon, and offered to take Sergei to his camp to stay there untill the coming sandstorm had passed. Sergei engaged in the offer, and went with Aeacus to his remote camp. As time passed, the both got to learn eachother a little better — even though a short ramble between the both emerged, but later passed once serenity was reïnstated within both individuals. Sergei then offered for Aeacus to come with him to Dardañaka where, according to him, a group of Jedi resided. After a night of hestitation, Aeacus inclined.

Aeacus' intention was to leave as soon as he was able to, but in order to do so he first needed to investigate a personal matter concerning his father. After minor research, Aeacus was confronted by one of the temple masters, who recognized similar characteristics within Aeacus' physical appearance to that of his father. The temple master enlightened Aeacus with stories of his father and also by directing Aeacus to some of his father's former posessions which still resided within the temple quarters. This is where Aeacus discovered a way to get off-world, and to go where the logs of his father hinted him to go — Haruun Kal.

### Jedi Knight

After succesfully passing his Trials of Knighthood, Aeacus took short time to choose his first padawan — someone who he already was very close to; Kareem Windu. Due to the small size of the Jedi Order at that time, he and his padawan took on residence in the 'Corvette Enclave' along with Jedi Master Ailen Vezo, whom had to leave from time to time because of his service to the Jedi High Council. This allowed Aeacus and his padawan to posess full control over the navigation of the ship. This paved the way to many adventures and missions Aeacus completed with his padawan.

Kareem's progress was quickly noticed by the Jedi High Council, which resulted in his promotion to the Jedi Knight by the age of seventeen, something that had surprised Aeacus. Nevertheless, he took pride in knowing that his padawan had proven to be such a prodigy in the eyes of the council. This feeling persisted even when several years later, Kareem was promoted by the Jedi High Council to Jedi Master and given a seat in it far before his master. Even though mixed feelings about this matter arose in Aeacus from time to time, it never tamed his ambition in his service for the Jedi Order.

#### New apprentices

Due to his former padawan being promoted, Aeacus did not wait too long before taking on new padawans. He returned to Ossus where a new generation of Jedi Initiates followed training under the handful of Jedi Masters that resided there. This is where Aeacus met his second padawan; Quinlann Jinn. The young aspiring Jedi inspired Aeacus in their encounters for taking him on as his new padawan-learner — which in short notice happened. Not too long after, the council presented the decision to allow more padawans under the tutelage of a Jedi Knight, which resulted in Aeacus being appointed another padawan called Selene Parveen. The three went on to follow training on Ossus, slowly transitioning in the usage of their Jedi Freighter called 'The Dhôshalo'. This would be where they mainly resided.

During his service as investigative-assistant of his cousin Kareem Windu, Aeacus came in touch with two Sith-individuals who were taken into custody on the planet of Ossus by the Jedi. A young boy by the name of Damon Black and his slave servant Egan Dysal both spend a week in custody on Ossus before being transferred to an isolated security-cell on Belsavis for further investigation. Aeacus and Kareem took it upon themselves to converse with both individuals, Aeacus being assigned to Damon.

During their conversation, Aeacus came to learn that Damon didn't support the Sith-ideals that he was told to enforce and managed to spot characteristics they had in common. Aeacus was dedicated in bringing Damon to the Jedi Order, and let hem be trained as Jedi — however, before he had the chance both prisoners broke out with the help of former Jedi Padawan Elijah Shan, which resulted in the pursue of both individuals by the Jedi Council. Aeacus later managed to speak to Damon on Scarif, settling the happenings and reconciling their relation, giving him the opportunity to come with him. Damon inclined nor declined.

A year later, Aeacus got reports from low-activity on the planet of Rishii, which he then went on to investigate with his Padawans. To his surprise, Aeacus stumbled upon Damon — who maanged to bring all violent pirate-bands together and engage in pacifistic mannerism to rebuild the infrastructure of the planet. It was here that Aeacus convinced Damon to come with him to be trained as a Jedi under his tutelage. Damon became his third padawan-learner.

## Personality and traits

> "Despite being enemies, you still found forgiveness in your heart. Compassion ― and understanding. I have grown to admire you for it. Don't ever change, Aeacus. Keep changing this galaxy."
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> ―Damon Black
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As he didn't grow up within the Jedi Order but outside of it, his basic understanding of the galaxy was greatly affected because of this. Nonetheless, when he joined the Jedi Order at a later age his personality and way of thinking integrated strongly towards Jedi ethics. This caused Aeacus to realise the wrongs in his father's ways when reflected upon the current society, yet he understood the circumstances in which his father had developed his methods. The possession of his trait to look at almost everything from a 'third' or sometimes even 'fourth party perspective' was greatly inspired from the philosophy he developed among the Jedi.

Even though the Jedi Code mentioned to be cautious of passions, Aeacus still grew a strong passion towards nature and the Living Force, often showing a great dislike towards urbanized planets and also starships ― hence why he brings particular fauna specimens with him on his Jedi Freighter "The Dhôshalo". This specific trait originated from his history as Beast-hunter, and greatly influenced his choice into becoming a Jedi Biologist, a Jedi Consular subbranch.

Aeacus was known to be tolerant towards foreign beliefs, respecting them yet always seeking the opportunity to convince them of his own philosophy. Because of this, Aeacus managed to succesfully redeem the Sith enforcer Damon Black, eventually taking him on as his padawan. This trait, however, also has proven to be a weakness during the negotiations with the Mandalorians concerning the Darksaber.

## Powers and abilities

> "My father developed the Akaanir Self-Defence System as a variation on Mandalorian Unarmed Combat, taking inspiration from many exotic martial arts. In combination with his Jedi teachings, this made him a proficient fighter ― and he passed everything he knew on to me."
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> ―Aeacus Windu on unarmed combat.
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