Cal Kestis

Cal during his travels on Dathomir

No Balance

Cal Kestis is a Jedi Knight and member of Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order. Cal was a survivor of Order 66, an event that almost wiped out the Jedi Order. Although initially planning on staying in hiding, Cal was drawn out by the Mantis crew and put on a quest to find an Jedi Holocron that contained a list of Force Sensitive children. Some time after this quest Cal was rifted into the Multiverse Merged universe where he met Luke Skywalker and formed a New Jedi Order with him. Although recent hardships have strained their relationship, Cal and Luke are still trying to restore the Order, now much better than it was before.

Cal possesses a unique connection to the force that allows him to learn abilities faster from those he has closer bonds with but prevents him from using advanced force abilities away from them

## History

### Forming the New Jedi Order

#### Meeting Luke Skywalker

Cal was brought into the multiverse on his own and spent a few weeks hunting down jedi. Eventually Cal found himself on the desert planet of Tatooine, where he met **Luke Skywalker** in **Ben Kenobi's** old hut. The two agreed to search for jedi holocrons together, unofficially founding the New Jedi Order together.

#### Time at Yavin IV

Luke and Cal decided to travel to Yavin IV, as the planet would mask their holocron's presence. Upon arrival they met Anakin Solo who was almost dead. Luke and Cal helped Anakin regain their strength. Luke and Anakin discussed the future of the Jedi Order.

Soon after a shuttle descended to the planet and Cal went to investigate. The intruder turned out to be a Clone Commando sent to arrest them as they were "Rogue force users." Cal came very close to killing the clone thanks to his PTSD. The group were taken to the Coruscant jedi temple for questioning

##### Brief trip to Coruscant

Cal's PTSD didn't serve him well on Coruscant, resulting in him not doing much while the group were stuck at the temple there. In fact, for most of the journey he was separated from the group.

##### Back on Yavin

Back on Yavin Luke revealed that he had taken a holocron from the jedi achieves. Cal was the most experiences with him, so he was chosen to open it. The holocron revealed the location of the Star Forge maps.

### Investigating the Star Forge

Luke and Cal first went to Tatooine to search for the maps, but found nothing but Ben Kenobi in his hut who was supposed to be dead by this time. After a brief conversation, the two then travelled to Dantooine to investigate the temple there only to get caught between the first battle between Revan's Sith Empire and Vader's Empire. This allowed **Din Djarin** to escape the Sith Lord and agree to help the two in any future battles

### A universe without balance

#### A new jedi master

Cal was once again dragged into another universe, this time arriving in a ship owned by Meetra Surik, a legendary jedi who had similar force connection issues like his own. The two stole a ship on Corellia and headed to Dagobah. There he briefly met Luke again and after an argument between them and Yoda, Cal departed with Meetra and another jedi master, Jolee, who had rifted in during the argument, to go repair his connection to the force. During the trip Cal was reunited with his faithful droid BD-1, but the happy reunion ended when Cal was given a flashback to order 66.

#### Restoring his connection to the force and reuniting with an old friend

Upon arriving at Ilum one of Cal's friends before the Multiverse Merge appeared, the Nightsister Merrin. The group travelled to the crystal caves on the planet and after several girlfriend jokes they split up, Merrin and Jolee going to gather a kyber crystal and Cal and Meetra going to restore Cal's connection to the force. After they split up, the two successfully repaired Cal's connection to the force and Meetra explained how it would work from now on. The crew regrouped at their ship and travelled to Onderon to drop Cal, Merrin and Jolee off with Luke and arrived after some very awkward conversations.

#### Continuing to build a New Order

Cal and Luke reunited once again on Onderon, now joined by Mara Jade. They parted ways with Meetra, taking Jolee to train Merrin with them

The crew travelled to Dantooine, deciding to set up a jedi temple there. Merrin attempted to teach Cal Dathomiri, but Cal was knocked out several times by barrels and crowbars (thankfully saved by Merrin's ability to heal people) and went to clean up the base, using his skills from being stuck on Bracca to repair the base's electronics. After cleaning up the vines in the base Cal and Merrin discovered that a redeemed version of **Darth Vader** had appeared, causing tension within the group

Luke and Cal attempted to make amends over their quickly failing friendship, but were interrupted by Mara and Merrin

#### Friendships shattered

Tensions within the group continued to rise, eventually sparking an argument between Merrin and Luke, with Cal completely out of things to say. In the following few days Merrin left the Enclave with **Darth Maul** and before Cal was able to stop them, he was placed into stasis. To make matters worse, Luke poorly handled comforting Cal, causing him to reach a boiling point and isolate himself from the group, leaving Dantooine to get a generator for the settlement. During his absence, Mara Jade was possessed by the sith spirit Exar Kun. Cal arrived while Luke and Jolee were away and was attacked by Mara. Without anyone to support his connection to the force Cal was quickly defeated by the former Emperor's hand and was knocked unconscious. Cal was soon saved by Meetra, who finally gave him the comfort he needed. Unfortunately, the young jedi was unable to join her on her travels and they had to part ways again... Luke and a non-unpossessed Mara soon arrived and took Cal to Coruscant to avoid the threat posed by the Yuuzhan Vong. Shortly after this the three of them returned to MM

### Back in the Multiverse

#### Returning to Coruscant

Cal was returned to the Multiverse shortly after Luke and Mara did. Unfortunately, the group travelled to Coruscant. Ever since Cal has been staying in a hotel far away from the jedi temple, doing things on his own for a while

[More to come]

## Abilities

### Skills:

* **Lightsaber proficiency:** Cal, for the amount of training and opponents he has been up against, is an exceptional lightsaber duelist with a lot of potential. He was able to make a very improvised form with limited training and succeed with it, even surviving an assault from Darth Vader and defeating two Inquisitors and a Jedi master.
* **Athleticism:** Even without force related enhancements, Cal can climb with ease, easily use wires and vines to swing over gaps and run for extended periods of time. He also has exceptional natural stamina.
* **Mechanical skill:** After spending years on Bracca Cal knows a lot about mechanics and how machinery works, giving him exceptional skill when it comes to tech.

### Powers:

* **The Force:** Like other Jedi Cal is skilled with the force, despite a lack of advanced training. Thanks to his unique connection to the force and how it was repaired irp, Cal has to be near someone he has a strong bond to to reach his full potential. Plus, if a force user he is close to is more powerful than him he can strengthen his own power and if they know any abilities Cal doesn't, it's a lot easier for him to learn them
	+ **Telekinesis:** Cal can use the force to move objects telekinetically. He excels with using it to push and pull, able to dislodge heavy objects and break down walls. He can also charge it for a greater effect and can use it on himself with enough practice.
	+ **Stasis:** Cal has an almost natural ability for stasis, an ability that essentially slows down time around a target. He can charge this ability to have a stronger effect (even completely freezing someone) or to spread it to other people from a single target
	+ **Jedi Flip:** A technique that allows Cal to extend his jump without using too much force energy. It’s essentially a double jump.
	+ **Wall running:** Cal’s natural athletics can be used to run along walls for an extended period of time, much more than the average human.
	+ **Psychometry:** Cal’s first rare force ability. Cal can sense echoes in the force, showing him past events. The intensity of the echo depends on the emotions attached to it. For example, a weapon of a rather traumatized person can pull him into what is essentially a flashback.
	+ **Meditation:** Cal meditates in a very different way to other jedi.
		- **Healing:** Probably the most important meditative ability for the server, Cal can heal most wounds and restore his stamina by entering the meditative state for a long time
		- **Meditation training:** Cal can use meditation in two ways to train. First, he can enter an arena like area where he can place opponents he has encountered during his travels and practice fighting techniques against them. Secondly he can just learn abilities as he gets better at his general skills. Thanks to his strange force connection, if he is close enough to a person he can borrow from their abilities to add to his own with this state.
	+ ***Nighsister magic:*** Cal knows how to tap into the Star Wars equivalent of magic. He only knows how to cast a fireball and hasn’t actually done it before, but he knows the theory behind it

* **Enhanced agility, stamina and endurance:** Thanks to the force Cal can enhance his already exceptional stamina and agility. He also has enhanced endurance, allowing to take several lightsaber slashes, direct blaster hits and survive most long falls.

### Weaknesses

* **Human Weaknesses:** Despite the enhanced durability, Cal is still human and takes damage from the same things we do. He also doesn’t have armor and relies on his skill alone.
* **PTSD:** Cal suffers from PTSD relating to Order 66. Although he has gotten past most of it, his sudden return to Clone Wars Coruscant made his progress regress
* **Connection to the Force:** Thanks to Meetra, Cal’s connection to the force is temperamental and he can only access his advanced abilities (Though he hasn’t really learned any yet) when close to those he has a strong bond with

## Notable Equipment

### Lightsaber

Cal's lightsaber is actually a combination of two, one half given to him by his first Jedi Master, Jaro Tapal and the other by his informal Jedi Master, Cere Junda. Thanks to a split kyber crystal Cal's lightsaber can easily be split into two, giving him a slight edge in combat as he switches between single, double and two seperate lightsabers.

### Rebreather and Climbing Claws

Two pieces of equipment he picked up during his time with the Mantis crew. The rebreather allows him to breathe underwater for extended periods of time and the climbing claws let him climb easier and on surfaces that usually can't be climbed on

## Personality

Cal is optimistic and kindhearted, always helping out when he can. He dislikes taking innocent lives but won’t hesitate to kill someone if necessary. For his age, he can be surprisingly wise, mostly due to his experiences and will throw his own life away for others. Cal is by far one of the most persistent jedi, which has allowed him to overcome seemingly impossible tasks like slightly repairing a broken force connection alone and fighting those who should be much more skilled than him.

### Relationships

#### Luke Skywalker

Cal's current Jedi Master. Cal and Luke's relationship is rocky at best after the events in the other universe. Cal doesn't trust him like the Mantis Crew, though does hold a lot of respect for him

#### Merrin

Cal's relationship with Merrin is complicated. The two obviously have feelings for each other but neither of them have actually realized. Cal doesn't quite understand why her leaving with Maul affected him so much

#### Meetra Surik

Cal personally considers Meetra a much better master than Luke, at least so far. Cal would probably try and find Meetra if things go really bad again