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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Velenne" data-source="post: 845923" data-attributes="member: 1856">Tal JinnJedi Consular 5, Jedi Investigator 27d8 HD; 40 vp's, 10 wp'sSTR 10, DEX 12, CON 10, INT 18, WIS 14, CHA 13  (Intelligence was raised at 4th level)Atk: Melee +4 (4d8, Lightsaber); Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6; Defense 18 (19 w/Dodge, 23 w/Dodge+Expertise); Reputation +3; SQ Deflect(Extend Defense, Defense +2, Attack -4)Skills: Bluff +6 (3 ranks), Diplomacy +5 (4), Intimidate +9 (6), Pilot +5 (4), Knowledge:Forensics +8 (4), Knowledge: Politics +8 (4), Knowledge:Jedi Lore +6 (2), Search +12 (6), Sense Motive +14 (10), Spot +6 (4), Treat Injury +6 (4)Force Skills: Affect Mind +13 (10), Enhance Senses +7 (5), Empathy +8 (6), Far Seeing +7 (5), Force Lightning +8 (4), Force Strike +8 (4), Friendship +7 (6), Heal Self +9 (8), Telepathy +8 (6)Feats: (1)Expertise, (H)Dodge, (Cnslr2) Persuasive, (3)Mind Trick, (6)Rage, (Inv2) Sharp-Eyed, (Knt) Dissipate EnergyDescription and Personality:  Tal was once a brilliant padawan with sharp eyes, a sharper mind and an eagerness that bordered on the troublesome.  His quick, kind smile brought warmth to his instructors and made him many friends during childhood.  Since his ordeal, however, he has withdrawn and become somewhat judgemental and cynical.  He still retains his keen mind which is capable of stripping a person of any guises or charades within moments of meeting them.  His once charming wit has recently aquired a stronger bite, but it is something he must struggle with alone.History: Tal Jinn (pronounced TAhl, not Tayl or TOhl), a young cousin to the great Qui Gon, displayed the early aptitude for sensitivity to the Force.  Through his family's connections, he was able to join the Academy while he was still very young.  During his years of training, his visits with his cousin were very rare but he still felt great remorse upon hearing of Qui Gon's death.  When his education was complete, the Council felt it best for him to learn from a more reserved Master who could teach him greater patience and how to harness his abundance of energy.  He was sent to the Fondor System to train with a Cerean named Maj-Odo.  There he trained for several years until learning of the Clone Wars.  The fighting was spreading rapidly and he and Maj-Odo quickly found themselves in the middle of it.  In the massive, flying city of Seist, Seperatist forces began forcing huge numbers of the unruly populace off the decks and into the sky.  Overwhelmed and facing certain death, Maj-Odo instructed Tal to take a group of refugees and attempt an escape.  His Master sacrificed himself in a distraction which bought them just enough time to escape the pens and make a daring, three day gambit for the airdocks.  Along the way, Tal and his group of fleeing citizens encountered fierce resistance in a sleepless game of cat-and-mouse.  It was then, when death loomed over him, that he gave into the Dark Side in the hopes of saving the people.  As time raced by, he entered a predatory state in which he was one with the Dark Side, slaying soldier after soldier with the Force.For his successful efforts during the Slaughter of Seist, Tal Jinn was raised to Jedi Knight.  But for his personal failure, the Council could come to no satisfactory pentinence.  Finally, sensing his own shame and guilt over the matter, they allowed him time to decide his own fate and sort out his inner Dark Side under close supervision.OOC: For a time during the escape, Tal Jinn was considered 'dark', having accumulated more dark side points than his Wisdom score.  However, in accomplishing such an act of great heroism, they were reduced to one less than half his Wisdom score: 6.  He has spent 2 of his starting 10 Force Points to reduce that number to 4.</blockquote>

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