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ergosphere) wrote2017-11-20 10:00 am
ergosphere) wrote2017-11-20 10:00 am
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PLAYER
NAME: Fastback
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ARE YOU 18 OR OLDER: Yes
CHARACTER
NAME: Kylo Ren
CANON: Star Wars
AGE: 29
CANON POINT: After the events of The Last Jedi
HISTORY: Wiki
Kylo Ren was born Ben Solo to Leia Organa and Han Solo after the fall of the tyrannical Galactic Empire, representing a new generation for a new era of peace. His parents led hectic lives rebuilding the government of the Republic, leaving Ben to feel abandoned for most of his childhood. They also kept the truth of his heritage a secret from him: he was the grandson of Darth Vader, Sith Lord of the Galactic Empire and one of the most hated and feared men in the galaxy. Darth Vader and his master, Darth Sidious, had wiped out the Jedi in the last generation, eliminating the only real threat to the rise of the Dark Side.
Ben Solo was strong with the Force, like his mother, uncle and grandfather, which granted him the powers of telekinesis and telepathy. He was sent to train with his uncle Luke Skywalker, the only remaining Jedi master.There was a rising darkness in Ben, however, and after a perceived attempt on his life by his uncle, Ben killed many of Luke’s other students, burned down his temple, and left for a new master, Snoke. Ben then became Kylo Ren, Master of the Knights of Ren and apprentice to Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order.
The First Order rose from what was left of the Galactic Empire, and Kylo believes entirely in its goal: bring peace to the galaxy by destroying the Republic his parents helped rebuild, and end the Jedi once and for all. His role within the First Order is more mystical than military, though he does enjoy almost free command of its soldiers. He shares part of the responsibility aboard the Star Destroyer Finalizer with General Armitage Hux, who is antithesis. The two are rivals, vying for Snoke’s favor, though Kylo does have the advantage of being a Force user -- and Snoke’s apprentice.
Kylo Ren’s primary mission has been hunting down Luke Skywalker, whom Snoke believes is the only danger to Kylo’s growing power in the Dark Side. While searching for a map that would lead him to Skywalker, Kylo discovers another whose power with the Force is a surprise in its match to his own. A scavenger girl from Jakku, Rey got caught up with a soldier defecting from the First Order, on the run with a droid containing the map Kylo Ren was after. Kylo captures Rey, forcibly entering her mind to extract the information she knows. Rey not only resists him, but manages to get something from him: the fear that he will never be as powerful as Darth Vader.
During a battle between the First Order and the Resistance that opposes them, Kylo is faced with his father, who pleads with him to return home with him. It’s an emotional reunion, though Kylo is upset because he knows he has to kill his father. He knows his master expects it of him, and he knows it will sever his last remaining threads to the Light and fuel his power within the Dark. His kills his father, and discovers he was, of course, completely wrong. He doesn’t have time to think on it, though, as the fight goes on against Rey. She bests him in combat with his grandfather’s lightsaber, leaving him wounded and defeated.
Kylo is then chastised by Snoke, for his failures and his childish attempts to hide behind a mask. Furious, embarrassed and emboldened, Kylo leads an attack on the fleet his mother is commanding, but fails to open fire on her at the critical moment. She survives, and he’s forced to retreat and wait for the next available opportunity.
He begins experiencing moments of connection with Rey through the Force, and the two attempt to find some common ground through their bond. Kylo believes Rey will turn to the Dark Side with him, whereas Rey believes Kylo will return to the Light with her; eventually she comes to him, and he brings her before Snoke. When Snoke commands that Kylo kill her, he turns on his master, killing him and then fighting alongside her to take out Snoke’s attacking guards. Once they’re triumphant, Rey believes Ren has chosen her side, but she’s incorrect. He won’t give the order to stop firing on her friends in the Resistance, and instead implores her to rule with him, because otherwise she is nothing, no one. Except to him.
That’s obviously a load of crap, and Rey rightly refuses, leaving Kylo unconscious and fleeing to rejoin her friends. General Hux finds him, and the two briefly struggle over who assumes the mantle of Supreme Leader. Using the Force to choke Hux into submission, Kylo wins that round, and they launch yet another assault on the Resistance, now holed up on an uncharted mining planet. Their advance is blocked by the appearance of Luke Skywalker, and Kylo goes out to meet him alone. While his father wanted him to return, Luke seems to accept that Ben Solo really is dead, and means to stop Kylo Ren.
It’s all a ruse; Luke used the Force to project an image of himself to distract Kylo, and allow the Resistance to escape. The effort of such a feat does kill him, but it denies Kylo the chance to do it himself, and proves Luke’s point. Lashing out in anger like he does will not serve him well, and will ultimately haunt him. Besides that, Luke’s death does not dash out all hope of the Light as Snoke had thought. Rey has escaped with that seed, planting the beginnings of a new rebellion, and perhaps the rise of a new Jedi Order.
PERSONALITY:
Kylo Ren is volatile, aggressive and an unpredictable element in the otherwise well-oiled war machine of the First Order. Despite being raised by war heroes who fought for peace and justice in the galaxy, Kylo shows no compassion to his enemies, and little remorse for those he’s killed or wronged. He displays a passionate zeal for the goals of the First Order, and an obsession with completing his grandfather’s mission to eliminate the Jedi. He idolizes Darth Vader, not only following in his path but mimicking his image by wearing (what he thinks is) a fearsome mask. If he has any problem with the First Order’s methods, like blowing up planets or conscripting children to raise them as soldiers, he certainly says nothing about it.
The image of his strong convictions, however, is undermined by the incredible conflict raging inside of him. He appears to genuinely waver in face of his father’s offer to return home, removes his finger from the trigger that could have killed his mother, and confesses to an effigy of his grandfather that he still feels ‘the pull to the Light.’ His parents loved him despite their absence in his childhood, and their attempt to shield him from the knowledge of his heritage, so he can’t pretend they hate him and struggles to distance himself from them. He believed killing them would end that conflict within him, and instead it only made things worse. He is constantly at odds with his past and his desired future, knowing he can’t have one if the other still exists. Before resolving to kill him, he told his father he felt as though he was being torn apart; the only way to be free of it was to clear the way to one path. The path he chooses, time and again, is that of the Dark Side.
Kylo Ren’s greatest strengths also play right into his greatest weaknesses. His aggressive temper unfortunately makes him prone to tantrums: he does not hesitate to lash out, with words or with his lightsaber, trashing an entire room when something doesn’t go his way. It’s an immature response, though it does instill fear in his subordinates, ensuring people avoid him or to defer to him to avoid being in the line of fire. Destroying your own property and injuring your allies is not a great way to foster long term confidence, though. His anger also makes him impulsive, and in the case of facing his uncle, he rushes to a fight and doesn’t stop to consider that it was only meant to delay him. He becomes single-minded in his hunt for those he deems most important to destroy, and it can cloud his judgement.
He is also overconfident, as he’s used to getting his way either through intimidation or use of his powers. It works most of the time, notably when he uses the Force to choke General Hux into declaring him Supreme Leader. It does not work against Rey, who resists his probing and his attempt to get her to reveal her location, and that of Luke’s. This overconfidence, coupled with the resulting failure, brings about doubt and uncertainty in him, and he wants so desperately to be powerful enough to avoid that. While it slows his reactions and decisions, he often comes out of it with his usual conviction in place, ready to storm on ahead.
Kylo Ren is not a good person. Though he struggles, internally and sometimes visibly, with his choices and the consequences, he keeps barreling ahead by making the worst possible decisions. By the end of The Last Jedi, he’s rejected another offer to return to the Light, and taken up the mantle of leading the most aggressive and destructive military regime in the galaxy. In the face of defeat and failures on a personal level, he still gets up and continues down his chosen path of the Dark Side.
POWERS:
Kylo Ren is a powerful Force user, which grants him a number of abilities. These include:
Telekinesis: Moving, stopping, throwing, etc. people or items with his mind, including blaster bolts.
Telepathy: Mind reading or probing, which he also uses as an effective, albeit painful, interrogation technique. He can also cause someone to lose consciousness, and attempt to compel someone to do his bidding or answer his demands.
In addition to his Force powers, Kylo Ren is a skilled pilot and well trained in melee combat. He has an incredibly high threshold of pain as well as high endurance. After getting shot by a weapon that knocked most people back several yards, Kylo got up and continued fighting. He is also a swordsman, confident (or crazy) enough to wield an unstable lightsaber.
Kylo Ren isn’t great with consent or using his powers to, you know, be a nice a guy. I will not use any of his powers against another character unless it’s been agreed upon, and of course please nerf/cap the hell out of him at your discretion.
SAMPLES
1ST PERSON: LINK
3rd PERSON: LINK
MISC
PLANS: Kylo Ren not getting what he wants delights me to no end, and putting him out of his element is even better. I have no super concrete plans, but after he’s learned more about the setting, he might be more interested in seeing what the Regency is all about...
ITEM: His lightsaber
CHARACTER @ID SUGGESTIONS: You may decide; he deserves something terrible.
HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER JOIN COST? He won’t remember.
NAME: Fastback
CONTACT:
ARE YOU 18 OR OLDER: Yes
CHARACTER
NAME: Kylo Ren
CANON: Star Wars
AGE: 29
CANON POINT: After the events of The Last Jedi
HISTORY: Wiki
Kylo Ren was born Ben Solo to Leia Organa and Han Solo after the fall of the tyrannical Galactic Empire, representing a new generation for a new era of peace. His parents led hectic lives rebuilding the government of the Republic, leaving Ben to feel abandoned for most of his childhood. They also kept the truth of his heritage a secret from him: he was the grandson of Darth Vader, Sith Lord of the Galactic Empire and one of the most hated and feared men in the galaxy. Darth Vader and his master, Darth Sidious, had wiped out the Jedi in the last generation, eliminating the only real threat to the rise of the Dark Side.
Ben Solo was strong with the Force, like his mother, uncle and grandfather, which granted him the powers of telekinesis and telepathy. He was sent to train with his uncle Luke Skywalker, the only remaining Jedi master.There was a rising darkness in Ben, however, and after a perceived attempt on his life by his uncle, Ben killed many of Luke’s other students, burned down his temple, and left for a new master, Snoke. Ben then became Kylo Ren, Master of the Knights of Ren and apprentice to Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order.
The First Order rose from what was left of the Galactic Empire, and Kylo believes entirely in its goal: bring peace to the galaxy by destroying the Republic his parents helped rebuild, and end the Jedi once and for all. His role within the First Order is more mystical than military, though he does enjoy almost free command of its soldiers. He shares part of the responsibility aboard the Star Destroyer Finalizer with General Armitage Hux, who is antithesis. The two are rivals, vying for Snoke’s favor, though Kylo does have the advantage of being a Force user -- and Snoke’s apprentice.
Kylo Ren’s primary mission has been hunting down Luke Skywalker, whom Snoke believes is the only danger to Kylo’s growing power in the Dark Side. While searching for a map that would lead him to Skywalker, Kylo discovers another whose power with the Force is a surprise in its match to his own. A scavenger girl from Jakku, Rey got caught up with a soldier defecting from the First Order, on the run with a droid containing the map Kylo Ren was after. Kylo captures Rey, forcibly entering her mind to extract the information she knows. Rey not only resists him, but manages to get something from him: the fear that he will never be as powerful as Darth Vader.
During a battle between the First Order and the Resistance that opposes them, Kylo is faced with his father, who pleads with him to return home with him. It’s an emotional reunion, though Kylo is upset because he knows he has to kill his father. He knows his master expects it of him, and he knows it will sever his last remaining threads to the Light and fuel his power within the Dark. His kills his father, and discovers he was, of course, completely wrong. He doesn’t have time to think on it, though, as the fight goes on against Rey. She bests him in combat with his grandfather’s lightsaber, leaving him wounded and defeated.
Kylo is then chastised by Snoke, for his failures and his childish attempts to hide behind a mask. Furious, embarrassed and emboldened, Kylo leads an attack on the fleet his mother is commanding, but fails to open fire on her at the critical moment. She survives, and he’s forced to retreat and wait for the next available opportunity.
He begins experiencing moments of connection with Rey through the Force, and the two attempt to find some common ground through their bond. Kylo believes Rey will turn to the Dark Side with him, whereas Rey believes Kylo will return to the Light with her; eventually she comes to him, and he brings her before Snoke. When Snoke commands that Kylo kill her, he turns on his master, killing him and then fighting alongside her to take out Snoke’s attacking guards. Once they’re triumphant, Rey believes Ren has chosen her side, but she’s incorrect. He won’t give the order to stop firing on her friends in the Resistance, and instead implores her to rule with him, because otherwise she is nothing, no one. Except to him.
That’s obviously a load of crap, and Rey rightly refuses, leaving Kylo unconscious and fleeing to rejoin her friends. General Hux finds him, and the two briefly struggle over who assumes the mantle of Supreme Leader. Using the Force to choke Hux into submission, Kylo wins that round, and they launch yet another assault on the Resistance, now holed up on an uncharted mining planet. Their advance is blocked by the appearance of Luke Skywalker, and Kylo goes out to meet him alone. While his father wanted him to return, Luke seems to accept that Ben Solo really is dead, and means to stop Kylo Ren.
It’s all a ruse; Luke used the Force to project an image of himself to distract Kylo, and allow the Resistance to escape. The effort of such a feat does kill him, but it denies Kylo the chance to do it himself, and proves Luke’s point. Lashing out in anger like he does will not serve him well, and will ultimately haunt him. Besides that, Luke’s death does not dash out all hope of the Light as Snoke had thought. Rey has escaped with that seed, planting the beginnings of a new rebellion, and perhaps the rise of a new Jedi Order.
PERSONALITY:
Kylo Ren is volatile, aggressive and an unpredictable element in the otherwise well-oiled war machine of the First Order. Despite being raised by war heroes who fought for peace and justice in the galaxy, Kylo shows no compassion to his enemies, and little remorse for those he’s killed or wronged. He displays a passionate zeal for the goals of the First Order, and an obsession with completing his grandfather’s mission to eliminate the Jedi. He idolizes Darth Vader, not only following in his path but mimicking his image by wearing (what he thinks is) a fearsome mask. If he has any problem with the First Order’s methods, like blowing up planets or conscripting children to raise them as soldiers, he certainly says nothing about it.
The image of his strong convictions, however, is undermined by the incredible conflict raging inside of him. He appears to genuinely waver in face of his father’s offer to return home, removes his finger from the trigger that could have killed his mother, and confesses to an effigy of his grandfather that he still feels ‘the pull to the Light.’ His parents loved him despite their absence in his childhood, and their attempt to shield him from the knowledge of his heritage, so he can’t pretend they hate him and struggles to distance himself from them. He believed killing them would end that conflict within him, and instead it only made things worse. He is constantly at odds with his past and his desired future, knowing he can’t have one if the other still exists. Before resolving to kill him, he told his father he felt as though he was being torn apart; the only way to be free of it was to clear the way to one path. The path he chooses, time and again, is that of the Dark Side.
Kylo Ren’s greatest strengths also play right into his greatest weaknesses. His aggressive temper unfortunately makes him prone to tantrums: he does not hesitate to lash out, with words or with his lightsaber, trashing an entire room when something doesn’t go his way. It’s an immature response, though it does instill fear in his subordinates, ensuring people avoid him or to defer to him to avoid being in the line of fire. Destroying your own property and injuring your allies is not a great way to foster long term confidence, though. His anger also makes him impulsive, and in the case of facing his uncle, he rushes to a fight and doesn’t stop to consider that it was only meant to delay him. He becomes single-minded in his hunt for those he deems most important to destroy, and it can cloud his judgement.
He is also overconfident, as he’s used to getting his way either through intimidation or use of his powers. It works most of the time, notably when he uses the Force to choke General Hux into declaring him Supreme Leader. It does not work against Rey, who resists his probing and his attempt to get her to reveal her location, and that of Luke’s. This overconfidence, coupled with the resulting failure, brings about doubt and uncertainty in him, and he wants so desperately to be powerful enough to avoid that. While it slows his reactions and decisions, he often comes out of it with his usual conviction in place, ready to storm on ahead.
Kylo Ren is not a good person. Though he struggles, internally and sometimes visibly, with his choices and the consequences, he keeps barreling ahead by making the worst possible decisions. By the end of The Last Jedi, he’s rejected another offer to return to the Light, and taken up the mantle of leading the most aggressive and destructive military regime in the galaxy. In the face of defeat and failures on a personal level, he still gets up and continues down his chosen path of the Dark Side.
POWERS:
Kylo Ren is a powerful Force user, which grants him a number of abilities. These include:
Telekinesis: Moving, stopping, throwing, etc. people or items with his mind, including blaster bolts.
Telepathy: Mind reading or probing, which he also uses as an effective, albeit painful, interrogation technique. He can also cause someone to lose consciousness, and attempt to compel someone to do his bidding or answer his demands.
In addition to his Force powers, Kylo Ren is a skilled pilot and well trained in melee combat. He has an incredibly high threshold of pain as well as high endurance. After getting shot by a weapon that knocked most people back several yards, Kylo got up and continued fighting. He is also a swordsman, confident (or crazy) enough to wield an unstable lightsaber.
Kylo Ren isn’t great with consent or using his powers to, you know, be a nice a guy. I will not use any of his powers against another character unless it’s been agreed upon, and of course please nerf/cap the hell out of him at your discretion.
SAMPLES
1ST PERSON: LINK
3rd PERSON: LINK
MISC
PLANS: Kylo Ren not getting what he wants delights me to no end, and putting him out of his element is even better. I have no super concrete plans, but after he’s learned more about the setting, he might be more interested in seeing what the Regency is all about...
ITEM: His lightsaber
CHARACTER @ID SUGGESTIONS: You may decide; he deserves something terrible.
HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER JOIN COST? He won’t remember.