Name: Aquilonius Fardreamer
Other Names: Aquil
Origin: Tatooine
Race: Human
Age: 38
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 202 lbs.
Eyes: Copper reddish-orange
Hair: Coppery reddish-brown
Tattoos: Dark brown 'tribal' tattoos around his eyes
Other distinguishing features: None
Relatives: None
Relationships: None
Theme Song: Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori - Halo: Combat Evolved - Opening Suite
Fight Songs: Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori - Theme from Halo 2 (MJOLNIR Mix), Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away
Skills: Exceptional armed and unarmed combatant (both trained and innate), excellent fighter pilot skills, able to pilot small capital ships
Weaknesses: Does whatever he feels is right, regardless of the consequences to himself or others. Has often been termed reckless and foolhardy.
Weapons and other items
Lightsabers
Origin: The lightsabers Aquilonius carries were originally those carried by his mother and father. He has constructed his own, but prefers these instead, having modified them through the years.
Form: These lightsabers are of two different colors, one brilliant green (his mother's) and the other a deep, vibrant blue (his father's). The hilts are nearly identical, a unique thing, as they were constructed by two separate Jedi at two different times. They have been modified by Aquilonius to be used either singly or joined together, creating a lightsaber staff.
Purpose and Function: These lightsabers have been modified from their original, internal construction. Where most lightsabers have anywhere from one to three crystals (the majority have only one), Aquil's has four each. This allows for extremely fine-tuning of the blade, enabling it to be adjusted to various lengths and power settings.
The Fardreamer's Reach
Ship Name: The Fardreamer's Reach
Captain: Aquilonius Fardreamer
Owner(s): Aquilonius Fardreamer
Planet of Registry: Tatooine
Ship Type: Starfighter
Crew Size: 1
Manufacturer: Aquilonius Fardreamer (from parts acquired from salvage)
Length: 13.35 meters
Width: 10.7 meters
Depth: 6.25 meters
Powerplant: Vinop O2K cryogenic power cells and ionization reactor
Sublight Engines: 2 Slayn & Korpil JZ-5 Fusial Thrust Engines, 2 Novadex J-77 'Event Horizon' Engines
Hyperdrive System: Slayn & Korpil HYd-997 hyperdrive motivator - Class 2
Maximum Sublight Speed: 1,350 km/h (average - higher speeds possible depending on power configuration)
Maximum Acceleration: 5,600 G
Shielding: Sirplex Zr-41 shield generators (Rated 125 SBD)
Hull: Durasteel/collapsed-core molybdenum alloy hull (rated 90 RU) with ablative armor plates
Sensor System: Fabritech ANs-7e sensor unit with PA-94 long range phased tachyon detection array and PG-7u short range primary threat analysis grid
Targeting System: Fabritech ANq 3.6 tracking computer and IN-344-B "Sightline" holographic imaging system
Navigation System: Microaxial LpM-549 navigation computer
Avionics: Narmox HG.6w flight control avionics
Armament:
4 Taim & Bak IX4 laser cannons
2 ArMek SW-7a light ion cannons
2 Dymek HM-6 concussion missile launchers (8 missiles each)
Facts about Aquilonius
Aquilonius Fardreamer's family line extends all the way back a thousand years, to the Skywalker family line, a direct descendant of Anakin Skywalker on his mother's side. This particular fact is unknown to Aquilonius himself, though it is known to the members of the Jedi Council and to his now-deceased parents.
Aquil's Force potential is perhaps one of the greatest ever seen in the Jedi Order, since the birth and death of his ancestor Anakin. Not only has he learned from the Jedi, but as he has wandered the galaxy, he has learned from all of the following:
- the Kashi Mer
- the Baadu
- the Followers of Palawa
- the Baran Do Sages
- the Fallanassi
- the Aing-Tii Monks
- the Aiki Order
- the Kilian Rangers
- followers of the Potentium
- Menahuun Shamans
- Monks of Shimura
- Zeison Sha
- Jensaarai
- Jal Shey
- Matukai
- Teepo Paladins
- Sith Teachings
- Various individual Force users
All of these disciplines Aquil has learned either because he ended up in proximity to them, or else he sought them out to further his view and knowledge of the Force. While some of the teachings he has learned are perhaps darker than others, Aquil has only learned them because, as he believes, in order to understand the Force, one must learn all of its aspects, not just one perspective alone.
Aquil's style of lightsaber combat is self-developed and honed. He takes advantage of his natural ambidexterity when using a single saber, switching hands quickly and fluidly often, so his opponent never knows which direction the blade may be coming from. He has also developed a method of 'juggling' two lightsabers at once in combat, to create greater confusion in the midst of a fight, making it seem as if he's striking from all directions at once. This and many, many other techniques and practices he uses and has learned while fighting make him a formidable foe to face.
History
Aquilonius Fardreamer was born on Tatooine, over a thousand years after the Battle of Endor, to a pair of Jedi who had left the Order to raise their own son when it became apparent to them that, even in the womb, he had an unusually strong Force gift. They raised their son near Mos Espa, and it was apparent even as a young child that he had a strong Force gift. His parents, both experienced Jedi, raised their son according to the code of the Jedi, instructing him in the ways of the Force, and providing him with a life that would have been quite idyllic, if not for an unfortunate accident.
While on a sojourn into the Jundland Wastes, the couple and child happened upon a tarantatek, a creature born of the Dark Side, thought to have been bred to hunt and consume Jedi. The monster had been living there for some time, apparently – the skulls of animal and human victims were abundant, and the beast itself was quite large. The parents were caught by surprise – they had heard of such beasts, but they had never seen one, except in a holocron. They were thought to be long since extinct, in fact, but apparently this one had survived. The presence of the three Force-sensitives awoke the beast, and it charged from its lair, a cave set into a cliff wall. The parents tried to protect their child, but the tarantatek, sensing the child’s strong Force gift, went directly after their son. Mother and father fought the beast as one, and managed to grievously wound it, but the monster overcame them both, killing them. At the tender age of ten, Aquilonius was face to face with a beast that had been the bane of the Jedi in ages past. His fear nearly overcame him as the beast neared, and from the air itself, there came voices – the voices of his mother and father, urging him to pick up their lightsabers and finish the beast. They encouraged him, supported him, their spirits flowing through him. As the tarantatek charged, Aquilonius gathered the Force to him and leaped, flipping high above the beast and landing on its back. He stretched out to the Force, calling his mother and father’s lightsabers to him, activated them, and plunged the blades of both lightsabers into the monster’s head. As it collapsed beneath him, the last words of his mother and father echoed through his head – “The Force will be with you, always.”
Grieving the loss of his parents, the boy wandered, finally coming to Mos Eisley after several days. Thirsty and starved, the youth collapsed in the street, near death. As the fates would have it, another Jedi was passing by, and saw the boy. Sensing his Force gift, the man – Tanis Suul – picked the boy up, took him to his ship and nursed him back to health en route to Coruscant. Once there, Aquilonius was taken before the Council, still holding his mother and father’s lightsabers. Tanis related what he knew, and Aquilonius told the Council of his parents, their last battle and how they had saved him. The Council saw great potential within the boy, but sensed he was still grieving the loss of his parents, anger and sadness and turmoil within him. Still, they could not leave his training half-complete. They permitted Tanis to take Aquilonius on as his
Padawan, despite the risks. And for several years, Tanis and Aquilonius traveled together, Tanis the master, Aquilonius the student. Tanis, only nine years older than Aquilonius himself, became the brother that Aquilonius hadn’t had, and the two were as close as two can be.
Twelve years later, Aquilonius, now a Jedi, and Tanis, were traveling in the Unknown Regions, exploring. Aquilonius, his training now complete, had grown amazingly in the Force, becoming a powerful Jedi. His father and mother’s lightsabers he had kept, modifying them so that they could be joined or used separately, as a token of his heritage. The two happened upon a planet that had not been previously recorded, except maybe in the long-lost past, and they discovered a single settlement. The two landed nearby, hoping to make contact with the locals. The planet was a forest world, allowing them to land their ship in relative safety without being seen. As the pair journeyed toward the settlement, however, Aquilonius sensed something that was not right, a dark presence in the Force that seemed to emanate from the village. He tried to persuade Tanis to turn back, but Tanis pressed on, certain that they would be able to see the source of it before the villagers could see them. Aquilonius followed, and as they neared the village, the ambush sprang. The two were captured by the settlers after a brief struggle. These settlers had apparently discovered a method of making armor that blocked lightsabers, and at some point in the past, they had learned methods of shielding themselves from the Force. The two Jedi were overcome and brought before the village leader. This man was a dark Jedi, long ago banished by the Jedi for using the Force in ways that were considered to be of the Dark Side. He had kept himself alive out of hate and anger, coming to this place and bending the then-primitive people to his will. He ordered Tanis killed while Aquilonius was forced to watch. Tanis, a Jedi Master, was brutally beaten and savaged by the villagers as Aquilonius watched, finally dying when a club was brought down on his skull, smashing it. And at that, the grief and anger over his parents – so long held in check by Jedi training – finally came raging to the surface. Aquilonius, using the Force alone, broke free of his bindings, calling his lightsabers to him. His anger unleashed, the Dark side opened up to him, and the young Jedi, in his rage, slaughtered the evil man. His rage was not abated yet, though – he turned his anger upon the villagers, flinging rocks and anything else he could lift with the Force into them, spearing them with trees and using the sheer power of the dark side to crush them completely. He killed them all.
In the wake of the massacre, Aquilonius realized what had happened. He recovered his friend’s lightsaber and fled the planet, heading to Coruscant. He went before the Council, relating to them the full details of the incident. The Council, fearing that someday something like this would happen, ordered the young Jedi into exile. Aquilonius, fully aware of what had happened and horror-stricken by the thought, accepted the Council's judgment, and left the civilized galaxy behind. For sixteen years, he has wandered the galaxy, learning from other Force traditions and traveling from place to place in search of peace.
