About the Jedi "ranking". Is it possible to be, although we are only lvl 5, recogniced as a Knight already, instead just a learner? I think your earlier post hinted to that but was not sure. I think that my character could have been given the rank of Knight becouse of his extencive training (and because he is
persona non grata in the Academy), eventhough he is considered a "heretic".
Anyways, the background:
[sblock]There were survivors of the Purge. Jedi were a cunning breed behind all their serenity and Savin Brock was a survivor. In the decades after the Purge she hid among the scum of Nal Hutta's darkest deeps, hidden from the Empire, and isolated from even the most worldshaking news. Why she took the young child under her wings was a mystery for even her. Maybe she had grown lonely and longed for the days of the Jedi order. Maybe she felt that it was her duty to keep the teachings of the Jedi alive. She was growing old afterall, and as far as she knew, she was the last of the Order. Maybe others had hidden as she had, but she could not be sure. And so, as she found the orphaned child, crying on his mother's body, she felt the need for a padawan.
It wasn't easy growing on the capital of Hutt Space. But somehow Savin managed to keep the child from showing off his prowess while getting into the inevitable fights. It was perhaps a blessing that the boy wasn't very strong in the Force for he could have wrought havok growing up.
But as time flowed past the boy grew on the teachings of the old woman. He took the tenants of the Order as his own, and though he became a fiersome storm with the blade, he never raised it in anger.
Then Savin passed on. She died peacefully knowing that the ways of the Jedi lived on.
The boy felt a need to get out of Nal Hutta. The tales Savin told of ages past drove him to see the universe himself and he was surpriced to find a Galaxy where the Jedi Order was growing again. He sought out the center of this New Order and presented himself to the Masters. They greeted him with mixed feelings. On one hand he was a Jedi, one with knowledge that was thought to be forever lost, on the other hand, he followed a code that was in many ways different to the New Order, in some ways even very drastically. They didn't want him on the Academy, but they could not either dismiss him altogether. So he was asked to join the Republic Military, to serve with Jedi who could teach him the proper ways without risking the initiates to his misguided "herecy".[/sblock]
I haven't decided on race yet so he still remains unnamed (though I'm thinking about using a nickname that represents his fast reflexes and ferocious fighting style. Maybe "Acklay"
. A nickname given by his master since she did not know his real name.). It is possible that I end up playing human for it being an easy choice, but I am thinking about other choices still.
As for the consept. As can be read from the background, he is technically one of the Old Order, having been taught in isolation and not even knowing of the New Order until leaving his secluded haven. He knows much about the Jedi lore that has been lost from the others. And especially he knows the basics of the old Lightsaber combat forms, which is one of the reasons why he is even tolerated. The masters hope that once they can hew the "herecy" out of him, he can become a valuable asset.