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OUT OF CHARACTER:
Name/Handle: Ax
Contact: Plurk @ AxiomaticGrue
Reference: Maggie
Other characters: N/A

IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Nomi Sunrider
Character journal: seaoflight
Series name: Star Wars: Legends
Canon notes: 3996 BBY, shortly after being elected head of the Jedi Order.
Species: Human (Space Wizard) (Note as well using a PB over comic art as the art is...inconsistent)

History:
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Personality:
The first thing worth noting about Nomi is that she is not very good at following the Jedi Code as defined by Yoda and the more modern Order. Really, she’s quite bad at it, though canonically she seems to have a rather interesting relationship with the Force and a very liberal view on how the Code should be applied, given her propensity to find attachments and get really emotional. So, that’s something to bear in mind.

Now, onward. Nomi is a person with a lot of strong emotions. She has a lot of love, and she shows it with family and friends, and it’s a huge part of her life. She is a very passionate person, and kind to people who’ve earned it almost to a fault. She is warm and open, her generosity regularly apparent in her dealings with people she’d consider herself close to. She’s fairly accepting, and seems to be open minded about quite a lot. A common theme in some parts of her canon is a mistrust for non-human sentient life that Nomi has no trouble with at all. Her first teacher was a quadruped, and she easily makes friends with several other alien species, given that it does come up rather frequently in Tales of the Jedi. She is stubbornly loyal to those friends as well, to the point of being somewhat impractical. Despite this, she still doesn’t talk a lot, generally preferring a listen-and-react approach to conversation rather than blithering on like some people. She speaks when she has something to say, and is quiet when she has nothing to say.

Nomi displays a great deal of stoic confidence in the face of great odds during the Sith War. She doesn’t like to fight, and seeks to avoid causing harm to others. She even goes so far as to refuse to touch a lightsaber for years after her husband’s murder, the trauma of that particular incident haunting her for a long time. She’s not quite a pacifist, because she is entirely willing to fight, but she definitely prefers to avoid conflict directly, instead using her powers to undermine the enemy morale or even directly turn them against one another in a bid to end the fight without danger to her loved ones. When she does finally take her lightsaber back up, she does so to save her daughter and her teacher from pirates who would surely have murdered them in cold blood. It was a test, to see if she was truly willing to fight or not, according to her teacher. This showed that she’s quite capable of being strong for people when they need her.

Conversely to her positive qualities, Nomi grows quite a lot harder over the course of the Sith War. She is not as forgiving as she once was, and she shows that when pressed or in a state of emotional flux she is all too willing to kill or use her powers to strip away an enemy’s power permanently. An example of this would be when she comes across a fallen Ulic Qel-Droma, who’d murdered his brother Cay. She curses him forever in a fit of blind, emotional rage and permanently cuts him off from the Force. She typically reserves such temperamental outbursts for people who threaten her family and close friends, almost like a mother bear. During such times, she gets rather reckless and prone to outbursts and displays of extreme power. But she isn’t the type to regret her decisions. She’s made some rash ones, but she looks forward without hesitation. Nomi’s strong sense of right and wrong helps her get into trouble, since she’s not entirely willing to act without cause. Hurting people is wrong, and in some ways she blames herself for not stopping Ulic before he killed Cay, though she could’ve intervened. This does, of course, result in Ulic being cut off from the Force as mentioned above, an act that she does not regret in the slightest, despite having loved him.

Nomi has a great deal of faith in the Force. Throughout the Sith War she is touched over and over again by it, and develops an unshakable trust that the Force will guide her. She feels it keenly, and it helps her in ways that often baffle her elder Jedi. Because of this, she lets the Force flow through her more naturally than most, and as a result is compared to an Avatar of the Light Side by Master Odan Urr, and referred to as a luminous being by several other Masters. 

Nomi has a pragmatic side that others lack as well, when it comes to combat. She often reminds the more impulsive Jedi she knows that avoiding trouble is generally a wiser approach than seeking out trouble. In fact, it was her idea to avoid a direct confrontation with Exar Kun at the conclusion of the Sith War, instead choosing to combine the powers of hundreds of Jedi together to seal away his power and avoid a massive conflict. In essence, she ends the Sith War from orbit, without the need for a lightsaber to even be ignited. That said, she’s a bit of a hypocrite in this regard, because she has a sense of adventure and a keen interest in going out and being active that many other Jedi seem to have trouble keeping up with. She’s excited to see some of the wilder places in the Galaxy, curious about what mysteries they might hold, and wondering what marvels of the Force might be found.

Finally, Nomi has an incredible sense of self, great charisma, and a strong strength of spirit. She is someone who learned how to make her presence known in a crowd. When she speaks, such as when she addressed the Republic Senate, people do listen because she’s generally fairly quiet and rarely speaks without reason. She’s considered a luminary with reason. She has an incredible force of will, strong enough to unite the Jedi and the ailing Republic senate to the cause of defeating the Sith when there is dissension in the ranks. Her bearing is regal and noble, and her sense of self so strong that she was able to focus the will of hundreds of Jedi into a single Wall of Light to defeat Exar Kun. She addressed the other Jedi and faced them with no fear, even though the Masters thought that perhaps it was impossible, including her own masters. She managed it, and managed to keep her sanity in the process, a fear that the Masters had for her. Not that it would have stopped her, thanks to her conviction to her cause and faith in the Force.

Focusing on flaws and weaknesses, the first thing to note is that she has an impulsive streak. There are numerous examples of her undergoing dangerous missions against the advice of the Jedi Council, at least twice outright defying orders to the contrary. In part this is due to her faith that the Force will guide her, but something others do chide her on is that she will often rush into things. This is especially true if there are people she likes in danger, such as Ulic Qel-Droma’s disastrous infiltration of the Krath. 

Another flaw is her emotions getting the better of her at times. Nomi is not the calm, collected Jedi Master all the time. She is most of the time, but when she snaps she really, really snaps. A prime example (aside from Andur’s death) is when she dealt with Ulic after he murdered Cay. Another good one is after Odan Urr was attacked and murdered by Exar Kun. She was overcome with grief at the loss of her then master and swore that she would see Kun brought to justice for his crimes. That became a driving force in her life that propelled her forward for years to come.

Another weakness is Nomi’s reliance on the Force. She has incredible faith in it after her ordeals and training, and to find herself cut off from it or somehow set apart from it would shake her greatly. She identifies herself as a Jedi, and being one means so much to her. Her (admittedly after my canon point) interactions with Ulic after he was severed from the Force, and her daughter, and Master Thon in some later comics point to this, as she states that “If I wasn’t a Jedi, I wouldn’t be me anymore. I was called, and now it is who I am.”

Another “potential” weakness is the importance Nomi places on family and friends. She will do nearly anything to protect and help her friends, even if it’s foolish. It goes along with her impulsive nature, but this is particularly brought out by the presence of loved ones. As for family, or people she sees as family? Nomi will do anything. Friends she’ll go very far for. Family, particularly Vima? A few years after my canon point there is a storyline where she pursues a mercenary group that attempts to kidnap Vima across most of the galaxy, rooting them out and dealing with them with extreme force. It’s a trait she doesn’t exhibit early, but Vima is kept in the sidelines in the early canon. 

Yet another flaw with Nomi is that she has grown harder throughout the course of the Sith War. Early on she’s a lot more naïve and gullible, almost a pacifist but by the end of her training and the war she’s actually a tough battlefield commander and a merciless combatant. She won’t kill if she can avoid it, but forcing her into a battle is something that will result in her taking violent action. She often laments that she has to, and after hurting an enemy she feels guilty but not to the extent that she did early on. She’s seen war and it’s made her colder, and she does not like it. It’s something other Jedi comment on, most notably Tott Doneeta and Oss Willum. Both of them state that she’s changed. Not necessarily for the worst, but she’s definitely not as easygoing as she once was.

Finally, Nomi isn’t someone who can set aside things easily. She holds onto emotions, quite contrary to the Jedi code. She feels things keenly and has some difficulty with letting anything go. Some Jedi, such as Thon, note that she often seems troubled by events in her life and dwells on them. Coping with and coming to terms with things just takes her a long time. It takes her nearly twenty years to come to accept Ulic in a positive light again, even after he’s repented and helped her daughter become a Jedi (Again, after my canon point), and it takes her several years to move past Andur’s murder. She doesn’t ever fully come to grips with it, carrying mementos of him with her throughout the course of her life.

Abilities:
This...is going to get potentially rather lengthy. Nomi Sunrider is considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi to have ever lived. The Hutt Jedi Beldorian placed her alongside Odan Urr and Yoda as the three Jedi with the deepest understanding and strength in the Force, though the origins of said strength are something of a mystery. There are times when the Force seems to guide Nomi directly rather than the other way around, and after some incidents like this she faints.

The Force, an energy field that exists…anywhere and everywhere, is the primary source of Nomi’s abilities. Without the Force, she’s reliant entirely on her natural talents, thus limiting her effectiveness substantially. Cutting her off from the Force is difficult, certain conditions or oddball things such as reptiles called Ysalamiri or certain places of extreme Dark Side energy.

Some things are pretty common to all Jedi, such as enhanced senses, the ability to feel danger, and telepathy. Nomi demonstrates a rather strong telepathic ability, being able to communicate with friends through a mental link as far away as a separate moon. She also possesses a sort of psycho-empathic sense, the ability to read emotions in other sentient beings. It follows the same guidelines as other Jedi, she has difficulty with particularly alien mindsets, or with beings that have very strong mental defenses. As a counterpoint to this extreme psychic sensitivity, Nomi’s mind is somewhat more vulnerable to psychic attacks employed by some Sith, the psionic backlash causing her extreme pain in some cases.

The abilities granted by the Force are often lumped into three categories, Alter, Control, and Sense. I will outline the abilities rather broadly to save space, but I can explain them upon request.

First up is Alter, the flashy powers that catch the eye. Nomi’s strengths lie here more than anywhere else. Nomi’s most impressive Alter ability is the Wall of Light, an extremely rare talent she was taught by Odan Urr. It is the ability to create a prison of light to purify the darkness. Evil things trapped inside the prison are burned with purifying fire, and Dark Side users are completely cut off from the Force within it. It can be used to permanently render a Dark Side user unable to touch the Force. She also has the rare gift of Battle Meditation, the ability to manipulate the emotions of combatants on a large scale, weakening enemies and strengthening allies. Other powers include blocking blaster-shots with her bare hands, creating shields to block energy and physical attacks, the ability to turn enemies against one another through manipulating perception, levitation (even flight), projecting light and sound, creating illusions, stunning enemies, telekinesis, and even obscuring oneself from sight.

This tree is also where the ‘Mind Trick’ lies, subtly or even rather strongly manipulating weak psyches (Something that’ll never be used without explicit permission), or even mind reading. Nomi does not enjoy delving into the minds of others, though she is quite happy to use her powers to confuse or trick people into liking her or fighting her enemies for her. She once tells her daughter ‘Why fight if we can make our enemies do it for us.’

The second tree is Sense. This consists entirely of sensory perception skills to enhance a Jedi’s abilities and give them better means to control the Force and understand their surroundings. The abilities in this tree include increased vision and hearing, and even a heightened sense of smell in some Jedi (Though not Nomi). Precognition, both long and short term, psychoempathy, psychometry, telepathy, and even the ability to comprehend any spoken language through sensing mental intent fall into this category as well. She also experienced strong bonds with close friends, feeling when they were in danger, so it’s feasible that she could develop strong enough bonds with friends to make use of this in game as well.

The third aspect of the Force is Control: the ability of a Jedi to feel the Force in himself and to manipulate it. Through the use of this discipline, a Jedi can alter his own body by Controlling the Force in himself. Powers that would fall under this include the ability to temporarily gain superhuman speed and strength, heal one’s body and that of others, cleanse toxins and purge diseases, and move with superhuman agility and grace. Jumping incredible distances, resistance to aging and bodily decay, entering a hibernation trance, and even absorbing energy also all fall under this category. Nomi is shown as being incredibly skilled at Tutaminis, the ability to absorb and redirect energy, blocking lightsaber blades and blaster bolts with her bare hands with little apparent difficulty. A Jedi who’s mastered Control like Nomi can push themselves far, far beyond their body’s normal limits, though pushing too hard is a double edged sword.

Outside of her talents with these, and in spite of her dislike of them, Nomi is a prodigious lightsaber duelist. Both Master Thon and Master Vodo-Baas believed that the Force spoke to Nomi and guided her hands with a blade. On several occasions she defeats dozens of enemies single-handedly, including a squad of Mandalorian Elites during Ulic Qel-Droma’s assault on Coruscant. She’s a natural with one, though she hates using them and prefers instead to use her strength with Force powers to overwhelm an opponent.

Nomi was a passable pilot, shown being able to fly various starships alone, but she is never shown in ship to ship combat. It’s implied in later canon that she has some skill at piloting, again being guided by the Force.

She’s able to speak Basic and Huttese without difficulty, though she’s cited as being a terrible cook and a poor dancer by her husband. For this reason, her family kept a droid to do the cooking.
Other than that, it’s shown that she was educated well, and has some knowledge of early Galactic hyperspace routes, through dangerous spaceways. Moreover, her studies under Odan Urr included more than just the Force, but also Jedi history, Republic history, and biology. She’s no scientist, but she’s not stupid.

Augment Skillset: Security

Sample:
Thread with Atton Rand at Ataraxion. And with Anakin and Obi-Wan. The account is an older account, same mun.