Character Snapshot (Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae)
Warlord Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae
Standing just under six feet, Ciara possesses a regal bearing supported by finely-sculpted, symmetrical features and a crown of tempestuous, midnight waves. Unrestrained, layered strands oft stray into her eyes and play at prominent collarbones before spilling over proudly-drawn shoulders to end their sway just above the curve of her hips. When some attempt at management is made, for combat or vanity, the elongated, elegantly tapered ears of the woman’s Sephi heritage become more apparent. Bronzed skin betrays a mixed, humanoid parentage, but glows with a youth that suggests Ciara has inherited the longer lifespans of her Sephi ancestors.
Set above high cheekbones and beneath sharply-arched brows, arresting emerald eyes once merely flecked with gold have given way to deeper, molten fissures. A dramatic, hourglass figure belies and often distracts from the lithe, supple muscle that shifts just beneath the surface. Her arms taper to slender wrists, nimble fingers and nails meticulously manicured to maintain strong, subtle points. Full lips, stained like a deep, red wine, part to the roll of a thick, darkly rhythmic voice.
Detonite Tape
The Detonite Tape is a roll of a tape-line string of the explosive material detonite, that can be unrolled and stuck to various surfaces. When detonated, the explosion follows the tape only blowing out that section of the surface creating holes and breaching rooms among other uses.
Advanced Stuncuffs
The Advanced Stuncuffs are a device designed to prevent anyone wearing them from being able to utilize their arms as well as the ability to stun the wearer if programmed to a separate controller.
A99 Aquata Breather
The A99 Aquata Breather, also known as a Jedi Breathing Device, is a tiny and compact breathing apparatus which sticks into the mouth. It has two tiny, high-pressure oxygen reserves which sit on either side of the mouth, along with a capable filter, allowing it to be used underwater pulling out oxygen from the water itself.
Elite Shock Collar
The Elite Shock Collar is a device that can be placed around the neck of an individual or creature that when triggered will shock them into submission. It also has a built-in design to explode if attempts are made to improperly remove it, the ability to remotely detonate via a transmitter, and a dynamic voltage suite accessed remotely via datapad allowing an operator to fine tune its shock power while practicing the art of torture.
Vial of Poison
Vial of Poison
Type:
Equipment
Category:
Non-equipped Weapons
Poison Vial: Distorted Reality
Prototype: Vial of Poison
The Vial of Poison is a vial that contains enough of the dangerous elixir for a single dose.
Distorted Reality
As an hallucinogen poison, Vial of Poison induces an inability to focus the sense of sight that results in a "hall of mirrors" effect where everything they see is distorted in significant ways. This can manifest by extending, shrinking, and warbling objects within the target's vision.
Diamond Sword
Diamond Sword
Type:
Weapon (Bladed)
Category:
Award
Granted: Sith Alchemy Weapon
Prototype: Diamond Sword
The Diamond Sword is a weapon forged from phrik alloys and impregnated with diamond along its edges making it one of the strongest and sharpest blades in existence. The hilt of the weapon is forged in intense heat and wrapped in Krayt hide. It is a weapon whose formidability is matched only by a lightsaber.
Sith Alchemy Weapon
Diamond Sword has been permanently altered by the Dark side of the Force using Sith Alchemy, these alchemical alterations allow Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae to use their Diamond Sword to block incoming lightsaber attacks, as well as deflect and redirect blaster bolts.
Sith Lanvarok
Sith Lanvarok
Type:
Weapon (Miscellaneous)
Category:
Projectile
Poison Weapon: Type II - Inhibiting
Prototype: Sith Lanvarok
The Sith Lanvarok is an ancient projectile launcher worn on the wrist that launches inaccurate discs intended to be guided by the Force. The discs can be augmented with poisons to increase their lethality by those who have the proper talents.
Type II - Inhibiting
Sith Lanvarok has been coated with a poison that can interfere with the body’s motor functions by targeting the muscles and nervous system. The affects can vary from the numbing, paralysis, or slowing of limbs to halting breathing and inducing seizures or sleep. The poison triggers on contact with the skin or bloodstream, with the most severe symptoms manifesting in the immediate area of the wound. Requires the "Poison Weapons Feat" on the Character Sheets to be effective in combat.
Brotherhood-issued Inquisitorius Stiletto
Brotherhood-issued Inquisitorius Stiletto
Type:
Weapon (Bladed)
Category:
Dagger
Poison Weapon: Type I - Hallucinogenic
Prototype: Brotherhood-issued Inquisitorius Stiletto
The Brotherhood-issued Inquisitorius Stiletto is a weapon that appears to be nothing more than a typical, slender dagger. Upon thumbing a small activator stub on the hilt, however, a sharp and nearly invisible monomolecular blade springs from the tip. This makes the stiletto perfect for penetrating armor in weak points and is deadly as a stabbing weapon in its own right. The blade itself is incredibly brittle, however, and will buckle under impact against even a basic vibroblade. Perfect for a quick and quiet kill, but not as useful in a fight.
Type I - Hallucinogenic
Brotherhood-issued Inquisitorius Stiletto has been coated with a poison that can distort a victims sense of reality by causing them to feel, taste, hear, smell, or see things that may not actually be present. The affects are triggered on contact with the skin or bloodstream, and vary based on the writers discretion. Requires the "Poison Weapons Feat" on the Character Sheets to be effective in combat.
Knight's Lightsaber
Knight's Lightsaber
Type:
Weapon (Lightsaber)
Category:
Lightsaber
Advanced Lightsaber Cosmetic: Dossier
Prototype: Knight's Lightsaber
The Knight's Lightsaber is a weapon constructed by a Force user as part of their training. It is a plasma blade, emitted from a hilt and powered by crystals that determine the characteristics and color. It is useful as both an offensive and defensive weapon depending on the skill of the one wielding it. Capable of cutting through virtually anything including blast doors given enough time.
Dossier
See snapshot image.
Brotherhood-issued Advanced Inquisitor Comlink
Brotherhood-issued Advanced Inquisitor Comlink
Type/Category:
Technology
The Brotherhood-issued Advanced Inquisitor Comlink is a handheld comlink accessory issued to members of the Inquisitorius. Features a 100-kilometer range, encoding, locator, and the necessary frequencies in use by the society, as well as the ability to transmit complex data in the course of official business.
Theta-class T-2c Shuttle
Theta-class T-2c Shuttle
Type:
Space Vehicle
Category:
Shuttle
Space Vehicle Cosmetic: Blackout
Space Vehicle Modification: Onboard Luxury Amenities
Hardpoint Slot:
- Anti-Pursuit Laser Turret
Enhancement Slot:
- Droid Brain (Basic Piloting + Basic Weapons + Hyperspace)
Upgrade Slot:
- Amphibious Modification
Prototype: Theta-class T-2c Shuttle
The Theta-class T-2c Shuttles is a 19-meter long Shuttle is a tri-winged personnel transport craft, most often used by influential senators, officers, and courtiers to travel between planets and starships while maintaining high levels of security. Hyperdrive capable, this vessel has great maneuverability and speed, with average armor and heavy shielding. Although the more advanced Lambda-class shuttle replaced it as the primary transport vessel for the Empire, it is still in heavy use as a support vessel.
Armament
2 quad laser cannons (forward)
1 laser turret (rear)Complement
1 pilot, 1 co-pilot, and 1 gunner for full efficiency
16 passengers
50 metric tons of cargo
Anti-Pursuit Laser Turret
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Droid Brain (Basic Piloting + Basic Weapons + Hyperspace)
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Amphibious Modification
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Blackout
Theta-class T-2c Shuttle has had every external component painted black as night, with attempts to minimize the brightness of external lights and features. This allows this Theta-class T-2c Shuttle to more easily blend into the darkness of space
Onboard Luxury Amenities
Theta-class T-2c Shuttle has had its interior converted to provide the epitome of luxury and comfort, befitting Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae's preferences.
Anti-Pursuit Laser Turret
Anti-Pursuit Laser Turret
Type:
Space Vehicle Hardpoint - II
Category:
Space Vehicle Hardpoint
Prototype: Anti-Pursuit Laser Turret
A hardpoint on this vessel has been fitted with an anti-pursuit laser turret that will automatically target any hostile target, including launched objects, that comes within a short pursuit distance.
Droid Brain (Basic Piloting + Basic Weapons + Hyperspace)
Droid Brain (Basic Piloting + Basic Weapons + Hyperspace)
Type:
Space Vehicle Basic Enhancement - II
Category:
Space Vehicle Basic Enhancement
Prototype: Droid Brain (Basic Piloting + Basic Weapons + Hyperspace)
A droid brain has been installed on this vessel that can automatically perform basic weapon operations and piloting tasks, including hyperdrive operation.
Amphibious Modification
Amphibious Modification
Type:
Space Vehicle Mechanical Upgrade - II
Category:
Space Vehicle Mechanical Upgrade
Prototype: Amphibious Modification
This vessel has been outfitted to be able to operate underwater.
Blinding Dust
Blinding Dust is a crystalline compound that is capable of blinding targets for a short period of time leaving them vulnerable to attack.
Audio Recording Rod
The Audio Recording Rod is a small cylindrical device with several controls on the bottom for recording and playing back audio stored on small removable data disks in the center of the device.
Brotherhood-issued Shadow Academy Datapad
Brotherhood-issued Shadow Academy Datapad
(Brotherhood-issued Collegium Datapad)
Type:
Equipment
Category:
Electronics
Prototype: Brotherhood-issued Collegium Datapad
The Collegium Datapad is a small, high performance electronic device used to store and display information with an incredibly high level of encryption. It provides provisioned access to a vast set of knowledge made digitally available by the Aurora Collegium. It can also store and protect a student’s personal notes, recordings and research related to their particular field of study.
Utility Belt
The Utility Belt is a waist worn device fitted with equipment for carrying out basic mechanical tasks or other essentials depending on the mission.
9D9-s54 Spy Droid
9D9-s54 Spy Droid
Type:
Droid
Category:
Probe Droid
Droid Personality: The Caretaker
Droid Cosmetic: Black As Night
Droid Modification: Sensor Upgrades
Prototype: 9D9-s54 Spy Droid
The 9D9-s54 Spy Droid is a model of probe droid designed for espionage and tracking. It is capable of following the movements of a target, as well as recording footage that it can manipulate as needed to create false intel.
The Caretaker
9D9-s54 Spy Droid has developed a personality around the concept of a caretaker. It has assumed the needs of its owner to be its prime directive, even such tasks that have not been requested of it. This results in 9D9-s54 Spy Droid often flitting about in an attempt to meet any possible task before it is necessary, including menial tasks.
Black As Night
9D9-s54 Spy Droid has had every external component painted black as night, with attempts to minimize the brightness of external lights and features. This allows this 9D9-s54 Spy Droid to more easily blend into the shadows and darkness unseen.
Sensor Upgrades
9D9-s54 Spy Droid has had its sensor suites upgraded to significantly increase their range and sensitivity, allowing this 9D9-s54 Spy Droid to collect and record a wide range of data during scouting operations. These sensors are far more sensitive to jamming interferance and are more prone to damage.
Crimson Dawn Cloak
The Crimson Dawn Cloak is a long flowing crimson red cloak reaching all the way to the ground, attached to a black heavy collar that secures it around the neck and upper chest. One was worn by Qi'ra in service of the Crimson Dawn syndicate.
Nightsister Armor
Nightsister Armor
Type:
Armor
Category:
Light Armor
Armor Resistance Modification : Energy Resistance
Armor Cosmetic: Matte Black Pattern
Armor Modification: Mobility Augment
Prototype: Nightsister Armor
The Nightsister Armor is attributed to and designed by the Nightsisters of Dathomir. It consists of a distinctive, segmented breastplate or hardened fabric for greater ease of movement that is secured by laces attached at the back. The rest of the outfit is left to segments of cloth and wraps, keeping in line with the flexible nature of the design.
Energy Resistance
Nightsister Armor has been altered with an armorweave underlay to increase resistance to energy based attacks at the expense of mobility normally attributed to Nightsister Armor.
Matte Black Pattern
Nightsister Armor has been designed with a black color scheme. Each component of the armor shares the same matte application of black.
Mobility Augment
Nightsister Armor has added aggressive traction and metal to the footwear on this Nightsister Armor. This gives Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae better traction with the ground, but steps are much noisier and rougher with the ground they come in contact with.
Tarentae Ring
The Tarentae Ring is an ornate band bearing the emblem of Clan Tarentum. The presence of the Force can be felt faintly within the material.
Convinced the galaxy belongs to those upon whom the Force has bestowed itself, Ciara has little regard for mundanes beyond their practical usefulness as expendable commodities and can underestimate them. Among Force-users, Ciara respects the powerful and the enlightened and views those who would limit themselves or others in either respect as unworthy of the gift and a hindrance to progress.
While she will not hesitate to cull those she finds unfit for their calling, Ciara has begun to seek and cultivate a certain class of Force-user to form the inner circle of a mystic order she and her partner christened Saarai, or truth, in the Sith tongue. Those who catch her eye are those few willing to go any length, descend any depth and cross any line to attain knowledge, power and dominion. They are those for whom nothing is sacred, everything is permitted and enough is never enough.
Ciara’s presence is rarely felt merely in the physical. The resonance of her voice parting silken lips to reverberate in her hearer’s mind is often a foreboding precursor to the seeking tendrils of the Force that ask no consent in their quest to fulfill their mistress’ whim.
Lacking any true empathy, Ciara has found other means to understand and unravel the people around her. What began as a solution to a natural limitation has evolved to a predation that knows no bounds and causes even would-be allies to reconsider. No one, friend or foe, is entitled to the privacy of their thoughts; your secrets are hers to conceal or dispense at will; and her greatest pleasure is ruining a man with some terrible truth buried in his own soul.
At her core, Ciara is a creator and provocateur. She despises stagnancy and apathy and will suffer a void only as a means to an end. Her penchant for illusion and mind control is purely about the power to incite passion and to shape the reality of another individual. Though she speaks little of her long absence from the Brotherhood, Ciara returned having extended her craft from mindscapes to the physical world. Perhaps first inspired by the impact of Castle Tarentum or the Mystics' Asylum, she became enthralled by architecture's ability to evoke, provoke and even invoke – often subconsciously – and threw herself into its study. Her work often includes experimental techniques involving the Force, drawing on ancient patterns while pushing the boundaries of advancement.
Her designs are typically birthed in a fit of inspiration and completed in long, isolated periods where all other priorities are forgotten.
While generally inclined to the Krath tradition, Ciara is a woman who embodies the foundational tenet of the Sith Code: peace is a lie, there is only passion. In her view, only fools and cowards afraid to face their true nature deny their own desires. Though calculating and capable of remarkable restraint, she rarely denies herself any impulse and simply takes what she wants when the time is right. Be it through her own experience or a kind of vampiric feeding on the pain she senses (or inflicts) in others’ minds, Ciara seeks passion wherever it may be found – from the basest, sensual pleasure or the highest spiritual ecstasy to the taste of blood or the chasms of despair.
Whether a consequence of the consuming nature of passion or desperation to fill the numbing void of loss, the Tarentae has found her desires increasingly difficult to sate.
Ciara has developed her skill in the art of a duel on par and in concert with her powers of illusion and mind-trickery – using the one to inform, sharpen and make way for the other in a deadly combination. If she cannot easily influence her opponent through her illusions or mental manipulations, she will look for opportunities to force close-quarters, visceral combat.
Disadvantaged by and distasteful of ranged weapons, Ciara prefers the poetry of a lightsaber blade or the intimacy of steel against flesh. She genuinely enjoys combat, finding the pounding of the heart, the color of first blood, the dance of bodies and minds, the thrill of fear, of rage ... exhilarating. With the right partner or state of mind, Ciara may risk ignoring a chance at a killing blow simply to prolong the engagement for its own sake.
To engage in combat with Ciara is to enter the battlefield of the mind and risk a break with reality. The Krath-adherent has spent years strategically honing her natural gifts with the mind-altering powers of the Force, and she has learned to combine them to force all but the strongest wills to play her games. Equally likely to draw inspiration from the desire and passions of her prey as their fears, Ciara loves the hunt and will employ various methods to push her deceptions to the brink before letting them dissolve – usually at the end of her blade.
As Ciara relies on the Force to inform and implement her illusions and manipulations, opponents of steelier resolve or those able to suppress her connection to the Force will force a more “grounded” battle.
| Master (+5) |
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| Adept (+4) | |
| Proficient (+3) | |
| Trained (+2) | |
| Learned (+1) | |
| Mediocre (+0) |
| Master (+5) |
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| Adept (+4) | |
| Disciple (+3) | |
| Studied (+2) | |
| Initiate (+1) |
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| Primary Martial Art | K'thri |
| Secondary Martial Art | None |
| Primary Lightsaber Form | Form VII (Vaapad) |
| Secondary Lightsaber Form | None |