[b]Name:[/b] Alastro Hunnem

[b]Age:[/b] 24

[B]Gender:[/B] Male

[B]Race:[/B] Sphodromantis. 

Short version, a mantis enlarged to human size. 

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Long version, the Sphodromantis (often shortened to just 'Mantis'), is a humanoid species with a tough exoskeleton with colors that vary from green all the way to aqua blue. 

Their eyes are usually big and large with a yellow sclera, though the color of the irises varies from person to person. 

They do grow hair, but only on the top of their heads and even then, most Mantis have their head shaved. 

Their exoskeleton is tough enough to withstand normal bullets, pointless with the current laser weapons, though. 

They also have a pair of wings on their back, though they are too small to actually carry them. 

There are also a pair of blades sprouting from their forearms, sharp enough to cut through wood and even some metals, though they are mostly useless since they can't compare to a lightsaber.

Enough about the weaknesses of the species, let's move on to the actual good points. 

They are really nimble, and, since the biggest Mantis you'll ever find is about 1.75 meters, their small sizes also allow them to be pretty stealthy. 

The blades sprouting from their forearms are extremely useful in close range against anyone that is NOT a Jedi, so they tend to use them almost always using a stealthy approach.   

Their legs are really powerful, and they can jump several meters into the air. When they do this, they can also glide for a short time by using their wings. 

They also produce a lovely annoying sound with their wings when they shake them, molt somewhat often and the females have a tendency towards cannibalism. Also, their bites are said to be 'somewhat erotic' instead of harmful.

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[b]Appearance:[/b]

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Alastro stands at 1.70 meters and has sharp red eyes. 

He usually wears long coats, black pants and shirts with things written in his own language. His coat and shirt have holes in the back and forearms for both his wings and blades.

[b]Personality:[/b] Alastro is often seen lazying around in the cockpit, and the ship flying around in auto-pilot mode. Since he has a deep hatred for the words 'hard' and 'work', he tries to rest as much as possible in a single day.

Unlike other Mantis, Alastro is neither dedicated nor spiritual. 'A boring monk with a stick up their *sses', he would say before he was sent off-world. Now, he says that half the galaxy has some kind of thing stuck into their behind. 

He is foul-mouthed, annoying, sarcastic and probably the biggest a-hole you'll ever meet in your life. What makes things worse is that he is the kind of charming a-hole you like having around and are unable to hate. He's only had a couple of friends that have actually said they want to put a bullet in his head, and Alastro always manages to convince them to save it for the next time they meet.  

Though it is hard to upset him while he is sober, Alastro becomes trigger happy and temperamental when drunk. He also likes to tell exaggerated stories, like the time he once bested a Jedi knight in battle. Nobody came out pretty from that one. His bad puns and black humor have often gotten him kicked out of several bars too. 

[b]Profession:[/b] Bounty hunter/Mercenary at request/Occasional scavenger

[b]Skills:[/b] Stealthy and quick by nature. His powerful legs allow him to jump several meters into the air and he can glide by using his wings. 

He usually handles two blaster guns at once but his marksmanship increases when using only one. 

He is also quite the skilled CQC fighter, using the blades in his forearms as weapons. The particular way he fights is a modified version of his homeplanet's martial art known as 'Praying Blades' in the common language. 

The original focuses in defense with almost no direct physical attacks from the user, with the objective of making use of the opponent's own strength against them, whilist Alastro's is a bit more dynamic and offensive, though at its core it remains the same.

[b]Abilities:[/b] Can't be said he is the best pilot, but he knows how to get out of tight spots with only minimal (medium) damage to his ship. 

Good cook, but only for the Mantis species. Other species tend to find his food 'disgusting'. He claims that with enough practice, he can also make something decent for other species, though he is too lazy to actually try. 

Alastro is known for being able to talk his way out of things and being an excellent liar and actor.   

[b]Equipment:[/b] 2 [url=http://battlefront.wikia.com/wiki/DC-15s_Sidearm_Blaster]DC-15s Blasters[/url]. 

He has given the two of them a paint job to better suit his tastes. They are of a distinctive green and blue color, flashy and easy to identify.

If you want a job done, just look for the guy with the green and blue weapons hanging from his hip.

Unlike his other two weapons, his [url=http://battlefront.wikia.com/wiki/E-11e_Blast_Cannon]E-11e Blast Cannon[/url] retains its original paintjob. 

He also has a commlink, for whenever he needs to use it, food and supplies in his ship, a green and blue [url=https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLgfDoL0LicDonoE5fY_Z9kSD58BPR0T1BbxPk_NrL2m1cDJBz5HWROOTEyw]helmet[/url] to be used underwater or with hazardous chemicals.

He owns a [url=https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdjgPwRGYBtEIMjkO89MYv9ZiKxQYFQJvjfaXnQpMhm2T0rCjen9qlZ18L]Naboo N-1 Starfighter[/url] he stole from one of his marks in Naboo. He used it for a quick escape but he ended up liking the ship more than he thought he would and kept it. He really wants to get a droid so that it can pilot the ship while he sleeps. 

[b]Brief Backstory:[/b] Raised in the planet Ahizora, Alastro's race is actually a complete contrast to himself.

The term 'praying mantis' never suited an species better. Peaceful and trying to reach Nirvana, the Mantis usually grow up in temples dedicated to their several Gods. They are instructed in martial arts and given shape to become the next generation of peaceful Mantis, one step closer to achieving Nirvana. 

Mantis like Alastro are not exactly unusual. Several leave the planet before their instruction is complete, after all, but Alastro was the first special case that every monk agreed would have no future as a monk.

Alastro was a troublemaker even as a kid. He painted the head priest with buckets of paint so many times that they ended up banning paint as a whole in the temple so that Alastro couldn't use them in his pranks, and that's just one of the things Alastro did to get on the priests' nerves. 

The decision to send Alastro off-world was unanimous, and the priests gathered as much money as possible to buy the boy a ship. They knew that he just wasn't meant for the life most Mantis lived, and even then they respected that. There IS a reason why the Mantis tend to keep out of wars.  

After he finally mastered the martial art of his people, Alastro was sent towards the vast galaxy with an elderly mantis, his teacher, as his guide. 

Once he was pointed in the right direction to become a mercenary, Alastro completed his instruction after he scattered his master's ashes in his first space travel with his mercenary company. 

Many of his species thought that Alastro would be fine as a mercenary, but they were oh so wrong. 

They suspected it, but they never though that Alastro actually hater work. 

He knew that it was necessary, he wasn't stupid, after all, but it was such a drag that he got fired from more than one mercenary company, and, lastly, decided to open up his own business as a bounty hunter, in which he was surprisingly good. To top it off, he could only work when he needed to, so it was definitely the job of his dreams. 

After he finally settled himself as a recognized, and capable, bounty hunter, Alastro then started accepting mercenary work, IF the pay was good enough, of course. 

[i][b]"Not everyone can do a job as well as I, can they? You want someone erased from the galaxy or someone watching your back, you got the right guy. As long as you've enough credits, of course."[/b][/i]

Alastro is now in need of work again and he's set his sights on Nar Shaddaa. Try and see what kind of oddjob he can get in there. His moral compass isn't so inclined towards good that he wouldn't accept a job from a slaver or even the Children Of The Emperor, so it should be interesting what kinds of crime lords he can see there. 

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[b]Name:[/b] Julis Torranm / Darth Ianthinus 

[b]Age:[/b] 26

[b]Gender:[/b] Female

[b]Race:[/b] Necropolitan

[b]Appearance:[/b]

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Julis stands at 1.74 meters. She usually wears the clothes seen in her appearance image while she is walking around as a civilian. 

She sports a white dress shirt with a tie, a white and red capelet, a black tie, a white skirt, pantyhose and white and black boots. She also wears a white and black cap.

She also keeps her pale blonde hair in a pair of twintails. 

When she does work as a Dark Jedi, she changes her attire to one rather similar to the one she almost always uses though black and with a full length cape. She also abandons her cap for a Sith mask granted to her by her master in the Dark Side of the Force.

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[b]Personality:[/b] It is surprising to meet Julis and see that she is not your average Sith Lord/Dark Jedi. 

Unlike other Dark Jedis that just ooze evil and their murderous intentions, Julis can actually mask those feelings of hatred and appear to be a perfectly normal woman most of the time. 

Most times, she can be described as a gentle woman with a positive predisposition towards everything. 

Her job as a teacher has made her family oriented and good with kids too, not to mention that it is the perfect cover for her actions as a Dark Jedi. 

It is hard to picture a woman such as her being a relentless killing machine or such like many other Sith lords, and in truth, she is. What first made her approach the Dark side of the force has made her more aware of just how hypocritical society can be. 

Her hatred for the current society just grows more with each passing day. They claim to love peace, but can do nothing better than to barr themselves into their houses and hope that the bad guys won't come by their doorstep. Such is her philosophy and true, dark thoughts below that cheery exterior she keeps at all times. 

In battle, her usual cheery and kind predisposition is changed by a stone cold glare, nerves of steel and the usual ruthless mindset of every other Dark Jedi and Sith Lord. 

Though she's killed, and a lot, Julis always remembers to pay the proper respects to the dead, as it is implied in her culture that, if not shown enough respect, the dead will rise from their tombs.

The Dark side of the Force is slowly eating at her, and she knows it. What's worse is that Julis really doesn't seem to mind lately... What's even more ironic is that Julis first sought the Dark side of the Force as a way to bring complete balance to the Force, to stop evil from taking over ever again and now, evil is taking her over, and she likes that feeling. 

Lately, her thoughts have also been filled with hatred. She feels that she needs to stop going to the school, or otherwise she'll end up murdering the first kid that manages to set her off. 

Perhaps it is the dark side of the Force, perhaps it is society itself, Julis certainly does not know, but one single thought has been dwelling in her head for quite some time now; perhaps changing society by force is not such a bad idea after all. 

[b]Profession:[/b] Languages teacher/Dark Jedi

[b]Skills:[/b] An skilled Form V: Shien user. Due to its highly defensive approach, Julis makes use of her Force abilities to take an advantage over the battlefield and true to her lightsaber combat form, dominate the battlefield all by herself. She usually handles her lightsaber with a reversed grip too. 

She is knowledgeable in several languages thanks to her job as a teacher, and she is even able to communicate with Wookies and other unknown species due to all the time she's spent studying in alien planets. 

[b]Abilities:[/b] Though not the most skilled Force user out there, Julis is indeed a talented Force user, because she uses it most of the time in combination to her lightsaber combat form because it is mostly to be used in defense against blasters instead of one-on-one battles. 

She is capable of using Force push, pull, throw, lightning, persuasion, leap, choke and many others. She continues to research the Force in order to get an even more powerful and dominant aspect of it. 

As a bonus, she is great at housework, since she lives alone. 

[b]Equipment:[/b] Julis owns a purple lightsaber with a long and rather simple handle. It is painted in silver with several, rectangular black pieces sprouting from the end of the grip to better fit into her hand. She uses a rather simple Sith mask that also works as a breather and has an integrated commlink. 

[b]Brief Backstory:[/b] There is no big tragedy here, no big family drama here either. After all, Julis was an orphan. A really Force sensitive orphan, and she was lucky enough to have a Jedi, Tar'Ishtal, visiting Necropolis when she was 18. 

Sensing her great talent for handling the force, and with no one to stop him from taking the girl, Tar took the girl offworld to train with him and become a Jedi herself. 

Her training was harsh on her, and that's not mentioning the fact that Tar also had to teach her about everything else that they would've taught her in any respectable school, just to make sure the girl was not a dimwit when she grew up. 

At age 23, the girl was already a talented possible Jedi, and Tar had already presented the girl in the temple of Jedis as his apprentice. She also showed talent when it came to learning and speaking other languages. 

Around that time was when she found some scrolls that contained lessons of the Dark side of the Force. 

When she asked her master about them, his answer was merely silence, but Julis wasn't going to sit around with that.

She started experimenting with the dark secrets the scrolls held. She liked the power in them. It was tempting, it was strong, and more importantly, it was just what she thought she needed. 

Balance in the force had always been feeble. Anakin Skywalker proved that any Jedi, virtous as they were, could succumb to the dark side of the force, but Julis would not. She would succeed where Anakin failed. She would prove that the two sides of the Force could be controlled and balanced in just one being... At this point, she started getting delusions of grandeur. 

When she went to Tar with her ground shaking idea, she was sure that the man would be behind her without a doubt. That all of his years of experience would allow him to see that Julis was the woman for the job. 

Tar told her she was crazy, and she probably is, but no crazy person likes being told that they are crazy. 

It was then when she decided to dedicate herself to the dark side of the Force. To become a Dark Jedi and her first task as a Dark Jedi? To kill her own master. If she was able to kill Tar, she would prove that she was right.

Tar knew in the moment Julis stabbed him through his chest that he should have taken better care of her. Having not told her about the Dark side in a foolish attempt to protect her was a mistake. He should have warned her. Perhaps then she wouldn't have been so easily seduced. When Julis pulled her lightsaber out of his chest and then cut his head with it, he knew it was already too late, as the dark Side had already taken a hold of her.   

After severing her master's head, she took on the name of Darth Ianthinus and turned towards the Children of The Emperor. 

There must be someone in there with better understanding of the dark side, and even if there wasn't, she could still just search for something in the vast libraries she assumed they would have. Not to mention that they possibly hold the power she needs to see her ambitions come true. 

The Children Of The Emperor, the dangerous society that emerged from the ashes of the previous Empire. At present, they are a danger to the status quo and galactic safety, but they could become so much more, and Julis certainly wants to be a part of that. A part of what she believes is the engine that will start the change of the whole galaxy. 

However, and as she fled towards the Children of The Emperor, the new grand Temple of the Jedi sent another Jedi Knight after her, trying to track her down and make her answer for her crimes. Perhaps and try and make her see reason. 

At some point, she was able to lose her pursuer and was able to settle down in a garden world where she took up a job as a teacher, so as to not to lose herself in her path of becoming the perfect balance between the Dark and Light sides of the force, she also decided to become a school teacher. Perhaps sharing some time with kids would help alliviate the burden in her heart. Not that any Sith lord ever massacred several kids or anything.