Background
- How did you discover your force sensitivity?
-- Gaatento (Gat) was a steward of nature in his hometown (a mining colony on Regusa) and learned that he is in tune with the world around him, as long as he isn't flying. With that understanding, he learned how to ground himself in the force and influence people and things around him.
- Describe a moment where you fell prey to your moral weakness or experienced a tragedy/horror that still haunts you.
-- Gaatento had created a stink when one of the few "green" areas in his township was being developed for strip-mining, and his father tried to coerce him into standing down, and Gattento mentally dominated him with the force, not allowing his Father's pragmatism and politicking to get in the way of his principles. This shamed Gaatento, leading him to leave his home planet some months later.
- How did you come to join the NJO?
-- Gaatento was wayward for a number of years until he came across a older Jedi emissary by chance, and through conversation he understood the unparalleled opportunity that the Jedi Order could offer him.
- Name one NPC your character has a strong connection with. This could be a family member, a friend, a work contact, or a bitter rival.
-- His estranged family is a significant source of shame to him. His community knows of him as a black sheep, and his family definitely see him as a disappointment for not being a "team player." He would at some point like reconnect with his father especially and apologize, and hopefully show them what he is becoming.
-- His father, Baatun Dora, is the affluent Coral Sourcing magnate on the Toydarian moon of Rugosa. He taught Gaatento how to scrimshaw, how to carve, how to find resources in the wild, and just generally the beauty of the natural world. As his father's business grew, so did his flexibility of principles, specifically concerning the sanctity of the natural world. This eventually would lead to the breakdown of their relationship.
- Describe a moment in your life where you demonstrated your moral strength despite adversity.
-- The incident that precipitated his falling out with his family was an environmental sit-in, when he single-handedly delayed the development of one of the few green areas in his hometown, complete with felled tree barricades, turning soil to sinkholes, and just generally barring would-be miners from the area.
Motivation
Pursuit: Knowledge - Gaatento has a deep yearning to know the secrets of life and how to foster it, especially that of the more simple, non-sentient variety.
Morality
Morality 50. (63 Without Mechanical Conflict)
Strength: Certainty - Gaatento is as strong personality as one can find. Personable, Strong-Willed, and crafty. He knows what he wants and how to go about getting it. He has a clarity of purpose in most situations.
Weakness: Impatience - While he knows what he wants, Gaatento is often too wrapped up in the goal to understand that he isn't in control in the flow of time. This means that often he misdirects his energy in frustration when his progress is slowed.
Obligation: Disgraced (10) - Gaatento left his homeworld, having been the scion of a moderately powerful industrialist family, in shame and disgrace. He attempted to dominate his father with the force to preserve a natural environment he cared for, and afterwards they couldn't trust him, nor could he himself.
Duty: Teaching (2) - Gaatento has taken an active interest in the growth of his fellow acolytes. Whether it is philosophy, growth in the force, or other contemplative matters, Gaatento is like to introduce challenges to preconceptions and guide those around him.
Description
- Mid-20s, thin and gangly for a Toydarian. Often walks instead of flying, doesn't even have holes for his wings in his outerwear
- Dresses simply, unkempt black beard
- Shorter Snout
Personality Notes:
Disposition - Calm, Curious.
- Optimistic Outlook - Does not see the best in people, but has a belief in the healing and positive nature of the universe.
- Conscientious - Very much has principles, and a normative moral system
- Controlled - Is like an iceberg sliding towards it's destination
- Intrepid, yet Measured - Dauntless and decisive, but thoughtful as well
- Disagreeable - Often intractable once decided on a course of action, but more open when not having a strong opinion.
- Open, but "Off" - Doesn't speak plainly, but is pleasant generally.
- Conventional - Has a naturalistic sense of the world, isn't one for creature comforts, artsy in a "love the earth" kind of way.
- Dry sense of humor, verging on cynical
- Favorite Subjects - Hobbies (Scrimshaw/Carving), Philosophy, and the Natural Sciences
- Vaguely Religious in the cosmic force sense
- Paces a lot (rather than fluttering), also Humms insessently. He likes white noise.
- Enjoys scrimshaw, gardening, and hiking