Arye Prays (RP)

"*The greatest solace lies in understanding.*"
―Arye's creed

## Arye Prays

**Arye Prays** was the **Guardian of Tython** as a member of the Jedi Order and former Sith during the period after the Clone Wars. Little known about him, few details disclosed to others. When Abeloth broke free from her prison; the Maw, he would lead a strikeforce against her. This led him to work alongside Axis's team, leading the half which Axis did not.

## Biography

Resurfacing in the Unknown Regions, Prays quickly rose to take the mantle of Dark Councillor within the Eternal Empire, vital to the training of Sith before the Empire revealed itself to the galaxy again. As the High Councillor in charge of military defense, he personally stood back and trained others instead of going into combat himself. Within half a galactic year, he would be appointed the Emperor's Wrath. In the defense of the Empire at Dromund Kaas, he did what others could not in capturing the required Jedi Padawan to fuel a weapon to destroy the attacking Republic fleet. Although would end up in a duel with Jedi Master Mace Windu, in which he would lose an arm and an eye. And in countering Windu's technique; Vaapad, redeem himself.

"*All is as the Force wills it, so perhaps it is time to listen?*"
―Prays to Kylo Ren, discussing the Force during their meeting.Finding the Barsen'thor's holocron within the Maw during the Day of Chaos freed him of any ties to the Empire. And he formally joined the Jedi Order as the Guardian of Tython, and continued the hunt for Abeloth for the following few years.

## Personality and Traits

"*He's a great warrior, once sith, but incredibly kind.*"
―Bastila Shan to Revan, on Arye PraysRemaining an enigma to most, he was reserved and calm. Rarely seeming to have an issue with anything that would arise. And while explaining that his memory is not quite what it should be, still having an extraordinary recollection of past events. As a Sith he was notably lethal, ruthlessly efficient. Even as a Jedi, it was clear he was far from shy when it came to conflict, perhaps more dangerous than as a Sith, if only because he was willing to die to achieve goals.

### Relationships

"*It’s all by the will of the force, from that which was my arm to the stardust in your eyes. - Just look at the wake, all the choices we’ve made, any mistake or good deed; it all led us here. And I wouldn’t change a thing.*"
―Arye Prays to Satele Shan after embracing his feelings
As an old and experienced man, especially regarding the force, Arye finds company to be one of the few lights in the galaxy, and is thus protective over those around him. Often acting as an advisor or teacher, Arye tends to make certain that those he crosses paths with are ready for what the galaxy has thrown at them. Bastila Shan and Annalise Dimidium both described him as kind and caring.

Refusing to stand firmly on a side in the galaxy, gladly playing both sides to benefit his interest; often being to support those around him and those he regard as family, but also Arye seeing everything as a gray area. Which was critical to the success of the team he worked with when combating the threat of Abeloth and her Lost Tribe.

#### Annalise Dimidium

Little is known of Annalise, although it was clear that he lost her once. Later in his life, another Annalise from Fracture would come into his life and they would move on to have children; Alena and Richard, though unbeknownst to them both, Arye was nothing but a father figure, as the children were born of the void due to Omega's influence on the pregnancy. And Arye would bear the burden of not being able to apologize to her after engaging in a relationship with Satele Shan.

#### Satele Shan

"*I... I love you Arye. I know you knew that but I felt the emotion needed to be voiced. You're always there for me, even when I've given up.*"
― Shan informing Prays about her feelings regarding him
The two met on Odessen, and later again on the Chimaera after the third battle of Dromund Kaas. With Vitiate still having a hold on him; a threat she was familiar with, they went searching for the Barsen'thor's holocron. Leading them to the realm of Mortis; where they would eventually put the Son and Daughter out of their misery; and while gaining the approval of the Father. Abeloth would be set loose in the Maw. They would spend months together, working together against any and all threats. Their relationship enduring the tension caused by the sides they chose; Satele standing with Ectherid, Arye with Axis. And it endured them losing Exal when the Thread Maker intervened.

Through Satele he would work with numerous other Jedi, most notably Bastila Shan; standing as her padawan, and Revan.

#### Mitth'raw'nuruodo

"*Arye Prays, I do not think he is the most traditional sith, as he did not show any unnecessary rage or anger, but there was pain in how he spoke.*"
―ThrawnOnce his greatest adversary outside the Empire, Arye and Thrawn first met aboard the Chimaera after the former infiltrated the vessel. Later the two would build a strong professional relationship; Arye trusting Thrawn with a side project that could bypass limitations of hyperspace - which he later did with Bob Ross' help, alerting the Chiss Ascendancy to the Chikaar's existance, and further their relationship is shown when Thrawn was willing to compromise to send Arye additional forces during the crisis on Nar Shaddaa. Trusting Thrawn with all the information he had on the Chikaar jump drives and their armed forces as a whole. The Grand Admiral then stating that given the nature of his current mission, if anything were to go wrong, Arye would be next in line to continue his duties. Thrawn would gift Arye a set of lightsabers he had made over the past two years, before heading to the Unknown Regions with Lana Beniko to investigate an anomaly, in which the Chiss Grand Admiral died. His will dedicating the Katana Fleet with five Super Star Destroyers with advanced medical facilities to Prays and Arcann Tirall.

#### The Key Team

##### Axis

Arye met Axis first on Nar Shaddaa, during an engagement with Abeloth. Though they already knew eachother.

## Powers and Abilities

"*Of all the people I've met since I arrived here, Arye is by far the most tenacious. Out of the countless engagements I've had, those with Arye are the only ones to give me challenge. His combination of techniques is like nothing I've seen before, they all work in tandem to systematically cripple his opponent. If not for my overall strength advantage, I'm not sure I'd fair as well as I currently do.*"
―Satele Shan
### Lightsaber Combat

His prowess wasn't quite clear until he dueled Mace Windu and managed to disarm the Jedi Master. And later he would go on to defeat General Grievous, and prove to be a peer of Anakin Skywalker; a considerably more powerful Force user, as well as Satele Shan. Versed in all forms of lightsaber combat, Arye preferred the Jar'Kai and Tràkata techniques, particularly in tandem with Ataru. Notably using two saberstaffs; flexible enough to brace for blocks by leveraging the extended hits against his forearms. Allowing him to block powerful two handed strikes, single-handedly. His skill in tràkata was often shown through deactivating a saber, freeing one or both of his hands to allow force lightning, later electric judgement to be employed in combat. Due to him employing two saberstaffs, Arye can cover his entire body with incredibly little effort, and when fighting defensively, rendered extremely difficult to push back.

He had also proven masterful in both hand to hand combat, to the extent of reliably disarming lightsaber wielding opponents while unarmed. Not having much in terms of peers; most spars where he could get a grip on the opponent being a near guaranteed victory. Perhaps most notably he picked up and mastered grappling techniques within a standard year, using the philosophy behind it to further develop his own techniques down the line.

### Force Abilities

"*The force is a much stronger ally than a lightsaber, though lightsaber combat is predictable, if you know your opponent and their style, you can see what they'd do before it happens.*"
―Arye to Satele after one of their many spars during their time on TythonTrained primarily as a Sith and later Jedi, he had all bases covered. Having taken time to learn rare and more potent abilities. Learning to control lightsabers with telekinesis; allowing him to duel multiple opponents at once, or better yet overwhelm a single target. This fine control of Telekinesis was also shown in his traditional usage of it, with an extremely potent Force push and pull in his arsenal. And later he would study the waveforms of the Force to further augment these telekinetic talents. He could draw from the Force, find a source of strength that was not his own to fuel devastating energy attacks; although such proved taxing. And he could produce a powerful Force light to suppress the Force powers of those aligned with the dark.

Perhaps most notably, due to his nature as someone preferring to fight up close. His aptitude for mobility, instant travel in particular was of note. Being able to teleport with little effort, as well as understand the basis of spatial manipulation to warp his, or the position of others.

### Other Abilities

"*I have no interest in fighting the rest of the weaklings here,"
"I have no clue what you are."
"An old friend for the most part. But if you must know, I am to be the end of your boredom"
"And?"
"The rest of these lot on this base, they don't satisfy you do they? May as well be training with dummies.*"
―Axis to Arye before the latter fought the former for the first timeDue to his knowledge of all lightsaber forms, understanding of the force and ability to read his opponents whilst staying calm; Arye has also proven to be extremely adaptable - to the point of Grand Admiral Thrawn considering him a combat genius and a peer. His greatest strength was arguably his incredible ability to concentrate and multitask, as shown with both his fighting style and ability to command; Arye was capable of fighting multiple combatants at different places with relative ease. As proven with his Telekinetic saber combat and his precise control of the sabers, further due to this, he had an uncanny ability to combat faster and teleporting opponents; as shown with his spars against Satele Shan, later Anakin Skywalker and encounters with Abeloth.

Proving himself to be an unprecedented scientist and engineer, he had pioneered methods for regrowing limbs and healing any injury. As well as new methods for upgrading and tuning hyperdrives, as well as understanding and even building a jumpdrive after seeing the Chikaar design.