Red

## History

The man who simply was known as Red is the son of Garoche Tarkin and Lady Saro, the High Priestess of Atoa. Believed to be a daughter by his mother while he was still in her womb, the boy was recovered by Darth Vader in the ruins of the destroyed the Atoan cathedral, which he had brought down in a fit of suicidal rage. Vader was surprised to emerge from the ruins but was even further surprised when he heard the cries of the baby. Sensing that the child was Force sensitive like his mother, Vader recovered the child instead of letting it die in the rubble.

While awaiting rescue from the 501st Legion on the Atoan crystal planet, Vader named the newborn child Jinn, the name of his son that he envisioned while experiencing hallucinations caused by a Force ability of Lady Saro. Still reeling from the emotional rollercoaster Saro’s visions had put him on, Vader intended on secretly raising the boy as if he were his own son. After being rescued, he brought the infant to Bast Castle, his private fortress on the acid rain-soaked planet of Vjun before returning to Coruscant.

In the following weeks, Vader began thinking more clearly. The child was not his and he would never be able to recreate an idyllic life where Padme and their child had not been killed by raising it. Furthermore, while spending time with Emperor during the Gentis coup, he began to suspect that Palpatine had sensed that Vader was keeping a secret from him.

Rather than simply dispose of the infant, he resolved to keep him as a hostage to keep the ambitious Moff Tarkin in check, as the child was his biological grandson. Stripping the child of his name, Vader simply began referring to him as “Red”, owing to the dark red hair that child had growing in. Around roughly the same time, Vader traveled to Kashyyyk where he tracked down and killed Kento Marek, a Jedi who had avoided death during Order 66. Kento’s young son, Galen Marek, greatly impressed Vader with his tenacity in the face of adversity and his reflexive use of telekinesis. Rather than kill the boy, the Sith Lord resolved to secretly take him in and turn him into a weapon to be used against Emperor Palpatine when the time was right. Though still an infant, Red would be a fail-safe, should Marek prove unworthy. Vader envisioned the two like steel upon steel, sharpening each other until the time was right.

## Personality

For virtually all of Red’s life, he lived an existence devoid of most emotions. As an infant and toddler, he was raised by modified RO-series childcare and nanny droids simply provided for him the basics needed to live. As an adolescent, he was raised by various combat droids and Lord Vader himself, turning the boy into a living weapon. As such, he never knew the warmth of love, the excitement of anticipation, or the happiness of pride. Instead, he only knew anger, disgust, aggression, and contempt.

Though a Sith apprentice, Red had unyielding loyalty to Darth Vader; he was simply raised and conditioned to have it. Had Vader overthrown Palpatine and chosen Red as his apprentice, it is not known whether or not the Sith apprentice would have plotted to overthrow his master, as had been the cycle for thousands of years prior.

## Appearance

A Human/Atoan hybrid, Jinn was able to pass as Human, possessing pale skin and dark red, almost brown hair. A gift of his Atoan heritage, Jinn had two hearts, one on either side of his chest. This made him faster, stronger, and possess more endurance that other humans of equal physical conditioning, traits that served him well in his brutal training.

## Equipment

Red’s Lightsaber

Red’s Armor (modified stormtrooper armor)