Cultural Background: The Poor and Hungry. Tamrin grew up in constant want. He and his family scrambled for the basic necessities. (Tamrin has told Vek that his parents sent him away to school when he was young, this led to the initial belief that Tamrin grew up with wealth and privilege, but since learned the truth)

Experiencing the Force: One with the Force. Tamrin's education gave him a grounding in Force philosophies and perceives the world through its lens.

Heeding the Call: With Great Power... Tamrin cannot stand by while watching the evils the Empire inflicts on the galaxy.

Tamrin was born in 35 BBY (Before Battle of Yavin) on the planet of Chandrila. His parents were farmers there. His memories of them are faint, but slightly fond. At age 4, he was discovered by the Jedi and taken to Coruscant for training as an initiate. He was placed with the Heliost Clan for his training, spending time with the temple’s Lore Keepers in the process, and remained with the initiate clan until 27 BBY (age 8). Jedi Master Jocasta Nu (Chief Librarian of the Jedi Archives) selected him to become her padawan. He studied dutifully under her for 8 years.

Physical maturity came to him and he also showed great promise with the lightsaber. It wasn’t his passion, but it was his talent. Master Nu sat down and discussed it with him. The decision had been made. He would be re-assigned to a new Master. The Council had decided that the Jedi did not need another trained archivist at present, with the Clone Wars in full swing, they needed Jedi on the battlefield.

The details were being worked out, but Master Nu would not let her pupil sit idle. She sent him on one last task for her before his reassignment. He traveled to the Outer Rim, to Askaj (off the Rimma Trade Route). The Askajians were not nearly so technologically advanced as most societies. He had been tasked with going to record and retrieve some of the oral histories of the planet’s tribes. His reassignment was sent to him while on Askaj. He was to report back immediately to begin training under Master Kelo Fiyed (a Miralukan Jedi Shadow, noted as a premiere duelist in the Jedi Order, noted in particular for his mastery of the Niman and Shien forms). Instead, he stayed two more days to finish his task for Master Nu, partially out of duty and partially out of resentment for the reassignment. On completion of his task, another message came, this one calling all Jedi back to Coruscant. He arranged to get on a ship that would get him into the Inner Rim. While there, waiting to get on a flight back to Coruscant proper, he received Master Kenobi’s counter-message. He found himself bereft of home, Order, and master. He was 16 (19 BBY) and he was alone.

Tamrin ran, repeatedly, and in short order, from planet to planet during the first year after becoming bereft of the Order. Throughout, his thoughts and dreams were plagued with doubt. What if he had immediately come back when the reassignment order had been given? Could he have helped Master Nu? His new master? When Master Kenobi’s message was received, why had he gone into hiding? Was it respect for Master Kenobi? Was it fear? Fear has certainly had a prominent place in his life in the years since.

He eventually settled, feeling like he had shaken any possible connections or trail that would lead to him. There, on planet Phaeda, over the following year (18 BBY), he began to feel safe in spite of the very scummy nature of the planet. He began to form new attachments. Everything seemed like it was going to be alright. He was wrong. The Imperials eventually found him and when they did, something wonderful and terrible happened. One of the people he had become attached to, Zarina (a Twi'lek), stood up for him. She fought to protect him from the Imperials. When he saw this his fear overtook him. Zarina wasn't going to succeed. He ran and she died. He kept running for the next 11 years.

During that time, Tamrin laid low. He kept moving. He kept his distance. He learned that Master Kelo Fiyed had also been ambushed and killed (among so many others) on his way from Nar Shaddaa to Coruscant. Tamrin's continued fear, his failure, his guilt, these things ensured he would keep his distance from people. He couldn't allow a repeat of Phaeda. He worked odd jobs as a mechanic to make ends meet, hopping worlds, colonies, cities, always moving, fearful of being found out again and caught if he stayed anywhere for too long. Fearful of people getting hurt again. He was not a paragon of Light during this time. He avoided a Phaeda-repeat, but in many other small ways, he strayed from the straight and narrow as a matter of survival. (I am leaving this period largely blank, to be filled in as needed during play.)

Some time later, on Eriadu (~6 BBY), Tamrin is again working odd mechanical jobs, which has him near the spaceport. There, his attention is drawn to Vek and Vek's father, but they are not long on Eriadu (just being part of one of their regular runs). He dismisses it. But Vek returns, and again, Tamrin is drawn to him. Once could maybe be convinced, but twice ... there are no such things as coincidences, there is the Force. He begins watching Vek, but keeping his distance. He starts to worry, the old fears surfacing. It is time to move on. Then, Vek's father and his ship vanish, leaving Vek stranded on the planet. Tamrin's plans change, he can't just leave now. There is something about Vek and that becomes more apparent as Tamrin watches him. Vek is lucky, too lucky. He has potential with the Force, Tamrin is certain of it.

This comes to a head during a bout of such luck at a cantina (5 BBY). Tamrin is lurking nearby and Vek is called out as a cheat. Vek does an admirable job of almost completely talking things down and then strides across the room right at Tamrin, bluntly and brashly confronting him about this being the sixth time he's seen Tamrin watching him and demanding to know why. Providence intervenes and one of the men who felt cheated escalated things, blasters were drawn, bolts flew across the room and Tamrin had Vek's back. Actions speak loudly. After that, explanations were not as important and secrecy was less critical.

In the months that followed, Tamrin was there for Vek, as best he could, but no one is perfect. Vek learned that Tamrin was fallible. In turn, Tamrin learned that Vek could be counted on when matters were serious, but that Vek could become "distracted", even flaky, if things were not critical.

During this time, Vek's gotten a sense that Tamrin isn't completely normal either. Tamrin has good "instincts", noted by Vek during a mutual run from some unsavory sorts. Vek believed that they were clear to move from an alley, but Tamrin held him back and just moments later, a previously unseen goon had passed by. This is the first hint Vek has that Tamrin is more than what he seems.

Being drawn back into society through repeated contact with Vek also helped to reinvigorate Tamrin's compassion. He began helping some of the poor and downtrodden that lived in the same neighborhood as him. Specifically, with medical care that they otherwise could not have afforded or might have been afraid to seek for assorted reasons. It started small, just a person here or there, but he began to develop a reputation for being there to help. At the same time, Tamrin's boss (for his mechanics work) kept pushing Tamrin to work fulltime for him, but Tamrin kept refusing. He worked enough to get by, and to have enough to help others, but the bulk of his day was spent helping others. It seems this was the one, and perhaps crucial, lesson that stuck with him from the Jedi.

Cause: Restore the Jedi -- Tamrin wants to see the Jedi Order restored and rebuilt, although what he knows of the Jedi may be limited or even inaccurate. He wants to be a Jedi as well as see them return to being a presence in the galaxy.

Morality: 86
Emotional Strength/Weakness: Compassion/Hatred

Compassion: The character cares about the tribulations others face and wants to help those he comes across. His compassion may lead to self-sacrifice in order to aid those who need it.

Hatred: The galaxy can be a cruel and heartless place, and compassion can quickly turn to hatred of the individuals or situations that cause others to suffer. When a character’s mind roils with simmering hatred, that hatred may be all too slow to fade.

Tamrin is approximately 1.9 meters tall with brown hair and green eyes. His skin is only slightly tanned, having spent much of his time indoors.

Contacts:
Zarina/Red Sister: Inquisitor who hunted Tamrin. Blast from the past (Phaeda).
Chief Boona: Askajian tribal chief
Bail Organa: senator and "rebel"
Echo: computer specialist, works for Bail Organa, was frozen in carbonite (and shipped around by the crew in the earliest sessions)
Master Zon'la: holographic master on Askaj
Leena: Vek's mother. Ex-Jedi Knight.
Tal: Young Paladin from Weik.
CRU-47: Leena's droid.

Kobb's 9 Team:
Oversight on ship: Kobb
Comms: Echo
Insertion team (pilot, tech, versatile): Vek, Whisper, Tamrin
Gambler for tournament: Kobb knows someone, fell through, now Elrod Thume
Bodyguards: Rocky Someson, Sunder
Protocol droid: OP-86