[centre][b]Who and what are you?[/b]
Well... I guess I have no reason to lie here. I am Padawan Kinsakwi'tetsu, Twi'Lek. 

[b]You might have many masters or causes, but when it is ground down properly, you serve one side alone. Which is it? The Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic?[/b]

I serve the Light Side as best as I can... The Jedi Order is my only true allegiance, they're the only reason I support the Galactic Republic.

[b]What do you look like, and how are you dressed?[/b][/centre]

[hider=Appearance][img=http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/5/4674/RachiSitra_SWGTCG.jpg]
(Take away about eight years, so it looks like she's 17 instead of 25 :p)[/hider][centre]

I am of smaller height (1,60 m) and weight than average, my skin tone is a deep purple with gold-colored eyes. Light purple horizontal stripes decorate my cheeks and lekku. My ears are humanoid in form.

[b]Why do you fight? What thoughts and ideas influence your actions? What are the reasons behind it all?[/b]

Lately I've been feeling insecure, paranoia is settling in, somehow. I believe the Galactic Republic is holding secrets, dark ones, and it has an effect on me. My Master used to teach me about meditation, but these feelings of dread and dismay had been inside me so long that I couldn't get rid of them in time before I was dragged here.

I started in this Jedi Path of Light after a Jedi group saved me and a bunch of other Twi'Lek kids from slavery. We were orphans, so they took the force-sensitive ones to train them, and let the Republic handle the others. Ever since, I've been thankful and I do everything they ask of me.

[b]Do you have any skills that make you stand out from the crowd?[/b]

Aside the fact that I'm force-sensitive, I've got a couple other things that make me useful in my own ways. As a future Jedi Investigator, my force-abilities alone are not enough to survive for long times undercover in theory, so I divided my attention between the force and technical knowledge.

I've trained extensively in the process of hacking systems, and have some knowledge on technical stuff, like repairing droids and different machines. 

[b]How do you relate to everyone else? Do you have any friends, family, foes or subordinates among them?[/b]

Honestly, I have no idea. I guess some people like to be around me, others do not. My friends, most of them, died in the battle of the Temple, I never had any family, and the one I felt attached to, my master, is out on some secret mission for an unknown amount of time. Subordinates are out of the list, as I am merely a Padawan.

[b]What made you the person you are today? How did the past influence your present?[/b]

When I was a small girl, I used to be really shy. Why? Well, it had a lot to do with being born into slavery and every new person just wanting something from me, with no thought to what I wanted. As time passed and my apprentice friends treated me with respect, the shyness faded away and I became a curious, happy little girl. The training I went through helped develop my curiosity, leading me to scrutinize every little detail that seemed off about things. 

I also, somewhere along the way, became too outspoken. I started discussing with my Master for reasons I can't remember now, and I eventually became blunt in my way of speaking... I guess that because my Master never lost his temper, I learned that it's better to just be direct with what you think. 

For the last few months, I had been feeling uneasy. Of course, my training was coming to an end, and I was to become an Investigator, after years of hard work, but something felt off. That's when I started feeling unstable, I started doubting things too much. I don't know what happened. 

And to finish, I've done things I'm not proud of, just like everyone else, but these things had to be done, because they were the most efficient way to reach a goal.

[b]Everyone has flaw(s)... What is/are yours?[/b]
You could say that I tend to doubt my beliefs too often to be good. I also find it hard to trust that someone is doing something out of good will, and this often leads me to be distrustful, being wary of the person and in the process, investigating. This often makes them distance themselves from me.

[b]Would you describe your Lightsaber, if you have made one?[/b]
It was a shiny metal, I can't remember the name at the moment. It had black leather lightly covering most of it, where the hands hold it. It produced a yellow blade when activated.

[b]If you wield a Lightsaber, which of the Seven combat forms has your order trained you in?[/b]
Form IV - Ataru. I haven't had much opportunity to use my light-saber in real combat, but I was trained in this form with the explanation that ending a battle quickly was the best way to stay alive, especially if it was just you against one potentially dangerous mob head.

[b]Describe your preference in the use of the Force. Are you particularly talented in any one area? Do you have flaws in another? What are the limits on what you can or will do?[/b]
I am a very talented individual in the area of persuasion, and I excel at force-assisted movements. Otherwise I am average in the areas of force push, pull and I have no training at all in Force Healing or specific stealth skills... I talk my way into undercover situations. I am just a kid compared to the Masters, anyway.

[b]Is there anything else you would like to mention about yourself?[/b]
There's not much to say that I'd be willing to share with the Sith.

[b]If you are a Jedi, have you given thought above as to how your character got captured, and why he/she/it is still alive?[/b]
Yes. Kinsa chose to surrender as soon as the battle started. She saw the slaughter from one of the balconies and hid, with a few others, in one of the rooms. The ceiling crumbled on them and they were rendered unconscious. When she woke up, she was a prisoner.

[b]Backstory[/b]
As everybody knows, Twi'lek females are one of the most commonly enslaved beings. Things weren't any different for Kinsakwi, or Kinsa for short. 

She was born into slavery, her father unknown. At first, she was taken care of by a bunch of brusque thugs, no different than your normal criminal. She was a mere possession, property of a local weapons merchant in Ryloth, just like a bunch other children around her. All born into slavery, or simply orphans who could not find a better home. It was a harsh and punishing life, for sure, but that all changed when the Jedi came. 

She was told that they were there to clean up, to make things better, and they did. They stopped the merchant and they freed the slaves. But what did they do with the orphans, the children? They took the force-sensitive ones, namely Kinsakwi and another girl, and started training them at the closest Jedi Temple. The rest were left for the Republic to handle. 

Days passed, weeks, months, years. The training was intense and most exhausting, but it was worth it. Kinsa learned more and more everyday, things looked up and she actually opened up to people, letting her past fears and apprehensions be lost in time, to wither, die and disappear like a flower does when it's not watered. She'd decided to never water those fears of slavery, torture and loneliness again. 

So time kept passing by, until one day, when Kinsakwi became twelve years old, she witnessed the first act of cruelty, of sheer cruelty that she could remember. 

Her, and a group of Younglings, had been taken on a small field excursion with a droid and a Jedi Master as teachers. They were to learn how everything was connected by the force, how all things had a true purpose, the purpose to follow the Light Side. 

Now, Kinsakwi and her fellow Younglings lived in a remote place of the Middle Rim, in a small Temple that barely anyone but the Jedi knew. Of course, the Jedi there tried to keep the Younglings away from the news, so most did not know about the Galactic War, the gruesome and dark conflict raging through every single yard of the Galaxy.

While on the excursion, they did learn lots of things, they were taken on a ship to a nearby community, to live a day with the civilians there, to get to know them, and to find out about their lives, and if possible, observe patterns in their behaviour. So they did, and when dusk was approaching, the Younglings were preparing to head over to the ship and leave for the Temple. Spirits were high, everyone was happy, even the Master.

Then, a black ship was seen descending from orbit. It wasn't big, but it surely was menacing. The way that its sharp angles, and bright, black metal hinted at a Dark Blade, was enough to trigger all kinds of alerts in the community. The ship landed, and it was not even a minute until tall beings, clad in intimidating armours and robes, wielding light sabers, poured out. Some farmers, merchants, even wives, tried to scatter for their weapons, they tried to- But they were eliminated before they could even fire a shot. 

The Jedi Master was quick to send the Younglings along with the droid into the ship, and ordered the droid to take off without him. As the group escaped, they could all see the distant figure of a remote town being lit on flames by a group of Sith. They all wondered the same question. "Where were the good guys? The soldiers in armor that protect these people?"

Weeks later, they were all moved to the Coruscant Temple. They never heard from their former Temple again.

So, years afterwards, a fifteen years old Padawan Kinsakwi was sent on her first mission with her Master. They were to investigate a series of murders occurring in the Lower Levels of Coruscant. She saw sickening sights, smelled rotting scents, but she wasn't phased by all of that. She was phased by the result of their investigation. 

She had always been taught that the Republic Senate was the highest authority in the Republic, and the therefore, they held the highest responsibility. They were the ones that made the ultimate decisions. They had done so in the War all these years, these decades. So, if they held the highest responsibility, how was it even possible, that when all evidence was checked and re-checked, it pointed to the killer being a Senate Member? 

At first they had believed the evidence to be possibly faked and implanted, but the Senator had something off about him, both Kinsa and her master could feel it, and after going deeper into the investigation, it was obvious that the Senator was indeed the killer. 

They submitted the evidence to the Republic, let them take care of things. But... They never took care of things, either. When Kinsakwi learned that months after the end of their investigation , the Senator was still free and unpunished, she knew something was wrong. She headed over to where they left the evidence, and to her surprise, the evidence apparently never existed.

Ever since, she has doubted the Republic. If they were the good guys, if they were the best in the Galaxy, the ones that stood for Freedom and Prosperity, then... The Galaxy had a bad-looking future. 

Kinsakwi brought this matter to her Master, and he said he'd take care of it. She doubts he ever fix the matter, as a couple days after that conversation, he left for a mission somewhere far away. 

Ever since, she's continued training and helping Law Enforcement whenever she's able to, though she is always wary of the Republic now, and she doesn't trust them with the Evidence, instead opting to take it with herself to her sleeping quarters. 

That all ended when Coruscant was attacked, people died, Jedi died, things again seemed bad, were bad. She had never actually been in a fight against a true Sith, but the moment she had a chance to defend the Republic and the Jedi Order, she... She hid, and waited to be captured. And now she's a prisoner because of that. She always hid her doubts from the Masters and Knights, but now she's not so sure that was a good idea.[/centre]