Ashin Varanin

History
Born to a husband-and-wife merchant team in the Outer Rim, Ashin Varanin began training at the RSA Praxeum in her early teens. Transferred to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, she had the option to stay behind when Damascus' Death Star appeared in orbit, but chose instead to evacuate with her fellow Apprentices. She remained in the Ithorian Herd Ship while it orbited Talus and then Corellia.

A Bothan named Ketti, seeking to curry favour with his boss's boss (Sivter), sent Ashin a message claiming that he was in business with her parents and that they had been injured. Once lured to Kothlis, Ashin was kidnapped by suborned members of Kothlis planetary security and spent six days in a force-field before escaping. She was aided in her flight by Lyn-Char Beorht and Ember Rekali, and, with Beorht, was recruited by Captain Farn Engel to participate in an important effort in the Unknown Regions.

She became a member of the Committee to Restore the Shau'ghunate and, acting as a Jedi advisor to Admiral Jita Hangetsu of the Jade Worlds, participated in Operation Overdue Justice.

Her personality has undergone a severe shift over time. Once upon a time, she could best be described as a normal teenage girl. Now, having witnessed the siege of Coruscant, she has become somewhat more serious - about her studies, the Force, and life in general.

Force Training
Her education in the Jedi ways is largely limited to the basics. Her grasp of them has so far been unexceptional. The Force is not especially strong with her, but her diligence and the sheer length of time she has been in training make her a respectable Jedi. It should be noted that spending six days defeating numerous attempts at the use of sleeping gas and stronger substances has given her a good deal of practical experience dealing with chemical agents.

She uses one of the RSA Praxeum's old training lightsabres, one with a green blade. Although those lightsabres require a special tool to shift between lethal and nonlethal settings, she has perfected the trick of using the Force to make the adjustment, even in battle. Although she has received limited training in Makashi, Soresu, Djem So and Ataro, she focuses on Shii-Cho. She likes to experiment with timing and broken rhythm.

Current threads
Jade Worlds: Kingmaker: Interstellar Incident: