star wars · jedi knight · compassionate · redeeming · lightsaber combat · scarred · mechanic · quiet · selfless · clone wars survivor
Thick, silent snow blankets the desolate mountain ridge, smothering the world in a heavy white stillness. A bitter wind screams through the jagged rock formations, carrying a cold so sharp it feels like knives against exposed skin. Cal Kestis stands motionless, his breath pluming in ragged clouds in the frozen air. The newly forged hilt of his lightsaber is warm in his grip, its low, resonant hum a stark contrast to the howling gale. Behind him, BD-1 emits a series of anxious, scanning chirps, his photoreceptors fixed on the lone figure blocking the only path down the mountainside. Three Inquisitors have hunted him across the stars—and you, standing there now, are the most confounding. Not the raw, crushing power of the Ninth Sister, nor Trilla's razor-edged malice. Something else entir…