Cal Kestis (RP)

## General Cal Kestis, Jedi Knight

Trained at the Jedi Temple as a youngling and later by Master Jaro Tapal once he was a Padawan, **Cal Kestis** was made a Jedi Knight of the Republic. Joining the 501st and later the Special Operations Brigade, he decided to work with General Skywalker to assist the 501st in their campaigns and later many skilled ARC Troopers and Commandos to complete missions alongside them. A skilled Jedi who was highly empathetic to all life, organic or otherwise, **Cal Kestis** began to make his mark on the galaxy. Growing in power every day, **Cal** remains anchored in the Light Side of the Force, and constantly seeks to improve himself as a Jedi learning new techniques and abilities. With the unique ability of Force Slow for someone of his age, **Cal Kestis** is on his way to becoming a Jedi worthy of the archives.

## Biography

### Early life & Induction to The Order

**Cal** was taken in by the Jedi Order at a very young age and taught the ways of the Jedi for many years. He took part in The gathering a ritual under took by all Jedi to create their lightsabers Cal was then able to be chosen as a padawan when he came of age.

### Jedi Padawan

**Cal** was assigned to Master Jaro Tapal and spent years training under him before passing the trials and becoming a fully fledged knight. During his training, Master Tapal focused on teaching Cal how to fail without becoming frustrated or angry something **Cal** had become very good at during his time as a youngling and his master spent time undoing.

### Jedi Knight And Republic General

#### The 501st Legion

During his time as General of the 501st, Cal partook in many if not all of the missions they went on and supported the group through their missions using his skills and through his leadership.

#### Special Operations Brigade

In 20 BBY, **Cal** was invited to take the position of General of 03 Commando Batallion which he accepted and is currently still serving in that role. He took on CC-1/425 "Advisor" as his Clone Commander after the mission to Olanet in which CC-1/425 assited the team greatly. Cal is steadfast and stalwart general who cares deeply about the clones under his command and will always prevent harm from coming to them the best he can.

##### Olanet

**Cal** and a group of ARC troopers and Commandos were dispatched

##### Bunduki

5 Commando Troops boarded an acclmator and were dispatched to the planet of Bunduki, among them was **Cal**. He had gone along with many others to prevent a people known as the Followers of Palawa from emerging from their planet and into the wider galaxy. Soon after landing, it became clear that the Special Forces were getting support from other people when a shuttle landed and out came 2 fire teams of Clone Assassins. The Assassins and Special Forces worked together and planned their first strike. It would be an ambush of a transport by a small team in order to prepare for an infiltration of the enemy's base. A strike team was dispatched and waited out in the wild until a transport came and when the moment came it was siezed. Alpha-17 took the shot at the pilot's head, but a shield stopped it from reaching it's target. Luckily, one of the Assassins known as '63 had a rocket launcher with him and took the shield out before the transport could speed off. **Cal** reached out with the force and found that there was only one person onboard and that was the pilot who was successfully killed this time by Alpha-17. A selection of the team sped down the bank and into the valley to the transport. The door was breached and a scout droid was sent inside and found containers filled with rhydonium. As the droid reported back, the transport blew up in flames. **Cal** who was standing only 30 metres away from the transport along with the others near him instinctively dropped to the floor to prevent damage to themselves. This prevented any major injuries to **Cal**, '63 and another Assassin known as "Dagger". **Cal** was hit in the eye by a pebble and the others were hit with shrapnel causing a broken knee and elbow respectively. **Cal** suffered blindness in his right eye at the time and upon returning to base was told that this blindness in his right eye would be permanent. A group of assassins brought a shuttle to the strike team and took them back to base. Alpha-17 and '04 suffered minor injuries, an ARC known as "Sharon" suffered only mentally and had a mental breakdown thinking he was back on Geonosis fighting droids. However, a Cuy'val Dar who came along, Cort, was paralyzed from the waist down. Once the group returned to base, they went straight to the medical centre and were treated and met by a new DOA who had been dispatched who could only think about what they do next. The strike team then slowly returned to their duties and began life as normal as it could be especially for Cal who can't see clearly anymore and chooses to rely upon the force for his sight now.

## Personality and Traits

**Cal** is an extremely virtuous Jedi who will do anything to prevent someone being killed, but if it comes to it in a fight it comes to it. When A-77 "Fordo" and A-17 have stunned clones in the past, **Cal** had to make a point and couldn't just let it slide, even though he knew they were stunned and not killed. **Cal** loves watching younglings and padawans and seeing the grow through the force and learn new skills and become talened Jedi. This has led to him taking an interest in teaching a padawan when the time is right. He is also frustrated easily be it through not being good enough or someone purposely taunting him. **Cal** is also extremely sociable and gets on with most people, he also takes thime to think things through and doesn't rush head first into danger. Before he finds himself in a fight or disagreement, **Cal** will often try to solve an issue through talking and not with a weapon. **Cal** has a very friendly relationship with his clones and cares deeply for them which is probably why he dislikes senior clones using stun bolts on others. **Cal** has great respect and compassion for nature and will become distracted from a fight to avoid harming nature. Furthermore, he is extremely selfless and will always put others before himself.

### Relationships

**Cal** has no strong relationships but has made strong friends in a young jedi called Willow who he met after she had been messing around on Arca. He took a liking to her and has taken her under his wing in a way and given her a few lessons and made sure she's alright when he's seen her. Another who **Cal** has made a friendship with is his sort of training partner and informal teacher Bastila Shan. He met Bastila when she was visiting Arca and the two got on and have spend hours upon on hours together mainly for Cal's benefit training.

## Skills and Abilities

"*I have one eye and the force, they'll do.*"
―Cal to Alpha-17 on Bunduki.
**Cal** is a Jedi who is both gifted with the force and a lightsaber. Despite him using Form V the most and him being trained further in Form V, **Cal** prefers to answer questions with the force rather than a lightsaber, which stems from his additional skills in the force despite his age. **Cal** is not overconfident with his abilities, if anything he underestimates his abilities more especially when in a training scenario. He is currently working on improving his knowledge of Form VI, Niman, so that his use of the force and a lightsaber flow better. **Cal** is extremely skilled with the unique ability of Force Stasis, also known as Force Stun. Whilst not being overconfident with his abilities, **Cal** does recognise his abilities as seen in the quote where **Cal** had just lost sight in one eye but convinced those around him that he has the force and doesn't need his eye.