Tellen Silversun

"Watch the situation at all times. When you watch the situation, you know it. When you know it, you can control it. And when you control it, there is no end to what you can do." -Tellen Silversun (An extract from All Sides of the Force, a manual for Jedi written by Tellen)

Tellen Silversun was a Mirialan Jedi Knight in the time of the Old Republic, during the war with the True Sith. He participated in many significant events throughout the Cold War period, such as the Sacking of Coruscaunt, the Seige of Denon, the Great Holocron hunt and the Battle of Black Sky station. He was most notable as one of the Fillorean Society's main leaders during the Great Galactic War.

=History=

Much of the details of Tellen's life are unknown - including his date and place of death, and his exploits towards the end of the Great Galactic War. However over time his writings were recovered and the events of his life were completed by his own personal accounts. Today Tellen is known for penning All Sides of the Force, a manual for Jedi, that has since become standard Jedi reading.

Early Life
Raised on the prestigious Core World of Rehemsa by a pair of bankers, Tellen had a relatively priviliged childhood. After being raised in what his parents would describe as a fairly stable household, in the vast Rehem City that covers half the planet. This modestly idyllic childhood was cut short by his entrance into the Jedi Order, found by Jedi Master Tuhdar. He was an intelligent boy, with a creative and perceptive mind. No-one but his father knew this was due to the Force.

Tuhdar handed the boy over to the care of the Jedi Order and spent years studying the ways of the Force. Considered a good student with potential - but not vastly special - Tellen worked hard in his classes and impressed his tutors with an inquisitive nature and a great capacity to learn.

The Order of the Ashla
As a Youngling, the bright-eyed Tellen was snapped up by group of Jedi named the Order of the Ashla, and was assigned to Wyrwulf clan, a youngling clan. He soon learnt many things about the Jedi and thier ways. The instructor of Wyrwulf clan at the time was known as Jagger Cyde, and he instructed and trained Tellen in the true ways of the Force, something that the garbled messages his father gave him was unable to do. He taught Tellen the Jedi Code, and also how to fight - Jagger was a gaurdian, after all. Tellen completed the basic training quickly, as he had already learnt to use the force under his father - and now with Jagger's philosophy and fighting training, Tellen was promoted to the rank of padawan.

Leaving the Order
The Order attempted to gain a strong hold on Tellen during his time under the Jedi, keen to have a promising investigator in thier ranks, as the political wrestling of the satellite Jedi academies fought over new Jedi Initiates. The Order of the Ashla instructed Tellen to cultivate his talent for planning and investigation, hoping to use him eventually on assassination missions against high-ranking Imperial targets.

However, the Order had another specific request for Tellen - to seek out the Jedi Master Cai Durkin. The Jedi of Tython were under no illusions that Durkin was a good Jedi and had the best intentions at heart - but several jealous members of the Order of the Ashla - notably Garet Jax and Kaien Decar - gave Tellen the assignment to find out everything he could about Cai Durkin and this "Praxeum" he intended to found. Taking on the persona of "Beqio Kathan", Tellen joined the Praxeum at its inception, and served them well for several years, while constantly reporting to the Order. Soon, however, he would meet a man who would change his mind.

Arrival of Abas Barutylm
Eventually, he went through the ordeal of trying to meditate, but to no avail. At this point Master Abas Barutylm came in, and assisted. By channeling his inner peace into Beqio, the initiate was able to experience not just meditation, but a fully-fleged vision of the past involving his ancestor, Halber Lepras. The vision, however, turned sour. Revan appeared in the vision, and forced Kathan into a seizure. Unable to disconnect, Barutylm was aught up in it also, and was forced into a painful vision of his own life.

Eventually, the vision ended, and the two created a Force Bond, so Abas later accepted him as a padawan. Abas was a Consular, and took a more abstract and casual view of the Force, and taught Tellen many important lessons in interaction, the galaxy, the force and technology. In the end, Tellen felt that he trusted Abas enough to tell him of his deciet. Abas was devestated by the news, as he had trusted Tellen utterly. Faced with a moral dilemma, Abas told Cai, Cal Nyl'ana and Eolas Windriver of Tellen's deciet. The Council therefore decided to banish Tellen from the Praxeum, and then restricted him access from thier home on the planet Kriph'An.

Betrayal
Tellen was outraged at what he had been asked to do. The Praxeum was a benevolent and good-natured place - the closest thing he had to a home - and to be exiled from it earned Garet Jax and Kaien Decar his extreme ire. He journyed back to Tython, where he met up with Jagger, and told him about the mission given to him. Jagger was surprised, and told Tellen that this was not a mission conventionally given to students. Something suspicious was happening.

Late at night, Tellen overheard Garet and Kaien speaking in hushed tones. His natural inquisitive nature took hold of him. Tellen rigged up various surveillance devices inside several key locations frequented by Jax and Decar, intending to gather evidence on them - not expecting of course to actually find Sith Artifacts and comminication transponders within their personal belongings. Tellen took the evidence to Ribess Nettoc and Archiux Sabel, masters of the Order of the Ashla, and after consulting the Council, expelled Kaien and Garet from the Order. It was known that they fled into Sith Space after that. Afterwards, he informed the Order that he was tired of politics, that it was creeping insidiously into even the noble Jedi order, and for that reason, he left the Order of the Ashla, and vowed never to align himself with another political organisation ever again.

The Final Master
With his Jedi Training still incomplete, Tellen was quickly snapped up by the Twi'lek Zalakom Marnia, who taught him investigation and psychology, which Tellen found he excelled at. After a painstaking year of trackin, investigation and Watchman training, Marnia felt that Tellen was ready for his final trail.

Jedi Trials
"It amazes me how a crime lord can be known for repeated arson attacks and yet not recognise a minefield when one is placed right in his path."

Tellen's final Jedi trial was unconventional by Jedi Standards. His mission was to Aquire a large set of Arms and munitions that belonged to Deema Sarkot, a Zeltron Crime Boss who had made an alliance with the Sith. At first, Tellen tried a diplomatic stance, hoping to convince Deema to relinquish the munitions. He refused. Then, he adopted a more subtle approach. Enlisting the help of his old frined, Harriw Cax, a young droid engineer, they created a set of protocol droids diguised as prototypes for a new ultra-efficient labourer caste. After modifying the droid's behavior with a simple exterior/subliminal programming matrix, Tellen and Cax sold Deema a large batch of these protocol droids. When the transaction had been completed, and the protocol droids transferred to Deema's warehouse, The droids promptley activated thier subliminal programming routines. Making off with nearly all the muntions, and turning them in to Tellen, He used the profits from the Droid sale to buy back the remainder of the muntions from Deema. It seemed like Tellen had pulled off the perfect scam. Unfortunately, due to secret secondary cameras hidden within the warehouse, and through much bribery and intimidating behavior, Deema discovered Tellen's plot. He hired a clan of Rodian hunters to kill Cax and Tellen. They went round to Cax's apartment, destroyed his workshop, beat Cax until he told of Tellen's whereabouts, and finally stabbed him in the mouth with a Rodian Death Blade. Tellen was forced to go into hiding for several days in the run-down Processing Sector of Denon. Deema followed Tellen there, forcing him into a dangerous cat-andmouse chase through the Abandoned factories. There, Tellen fought for his life, using Cleverly placed mines, sneak attacks with Stealth Genreators, all out brawls with his lightsaber, Well-placed Force Pushes and the surrounding muntions remaining in the factories, unti lhe had butchered the entire Rodian Clan. Eventually he came face-to-face with Deema. The Crime Boss fought ferociously, using his Zersium Rifle and Poisoned Vibroblade to keep Tellen at bay. Finally, the Zeltron, was tiring, and Tellen was able to keep in in a force grip and impale him on his purple lightsaber. Finally, Tellen had completed his trial.

Life as a Jedi
Tellen became a distinguished Jedi after a while, but it took many years and several long and brutal encounters to finally get his successes recognised by the Jedi council. The most notable ones are listed below.

As a Jedi Knight, Tellen would often approach problems with a pragmatic and complex outlook, often seeking to draw elaborate plans that would place his enemies in vices. In order to stop a Sith Infilitration Unit from setting up a cell on Coruscant he manipulated a ragtag team of mechanics, soldiers and droids into barraging their way down the Sith-Blockaded Hydian Way, and attacked Coruscant's Vaiya district, with the hopes of causing enough red tape to prevent the Sith Cell from aquiring its munitions. While the Sith dealt with proxy identities, Tellen's team infiltrated the complex and routed the Sith inside, gaining the attention of the Council. He quickly gained experience with fighting the Sith and using the Force, and came to the attention of the Council several times. He distinguished himself upon a raid on the Sith battlecruiser Shadow's gate, where after a long and tiring battle, finally killed the Sith Marauder Harkansha.

The Fillorean Society
However, upon leaving the Shadow's Gate Tellen's ship, the Halber's Vengeance, was shot down in orbit of the planet Talus, and Tellen was forced to bale out without a paracute. He was able to break his fall with the Force but the velocity at which he was travelling was enough to break a few of his ribs. He sat for a while nurturing his wounds with the Force, when he heard Sith coming through the bushes. In know fit state to fight, he fled the crash site as fast as a man with broken ribs could, and came upon a strange building. It opened up for him - and only him, not the Sith - and sealed behind him. It was a fully-fleged but cleverly disguised Jedi Enclave. Puzzled, he activated a holocron found in the center and realised that it was identical to his anscestor's, Halber Lepras. It told him of a group that had long been in creation named "The Fillorean Society" that would only be activated by several people in leadership positions in the Republic.

Astounded, Tellen researched the Society and found that the trail lead him to a group of Senators with strong political views, headed by Sergei Meranov, coincidentally, the Senator for Talus. There, he found his powerbase. After meeting with Senator Meranov and his fellow senators supporting the Bill of Reopening, the group pledged financial support to discovering and supporting the currently active "Fillorean Society." Tellen and Sergei deliberately touted their whereabouts by broadcasting an encoded message over the Holonet, until they were approached by a Sophic Council member, who offered them positions as Hands Of The Council.

Leader of the Fillorean Society
Tellen brought many of his former friends and colleagues into the Fillorean Society fold, including Hera Megaran, Jagger Cyde, Valkus Werdana and Luchenco. Early on, he foiled a plot by an anonymous Sith Assassin to poison the Society's water supply on a small outpost that he had been given responsibility for, with the help of Hera and Jagger.

Mission On Ansion
Tellen and Sergei were given a collective assignment, designed by the Sophic Council, to test their mettle in a full-scale Fillorean Engagement. They were given the task of turning Ansion to the Republic after being contested by the Sith. Tellen took his most trusted party of Filloreans with Sergei. While the Senator wormed his way into Ansion's government as a representative, Tellen's party distracted the ingrained Sith with a raid on their enplacements.

The Sith did not take lightly to such a challenge. Attacking in the dead of night, the Sith party struck the Fillorean Ship, before inexplicably retreating. However, they took several captives, including Tellen, who were later sprung by a Fillorean Counterattack. After packing up the remains of their damaged camp, the crew retreated to Ansion's capital, where they waged a publicity war against the Sith in order to gain the trust of the Ansion government. The plan seemed to be working - at least, until a captain who ostensibily served the Republic defected to the Sith, and ordered a a party of Jedi and Assassins to kill Tellen and his associates. However, a section of that party uncovered the truth, exposed the captain, killed the Sith Loyalists in the party, and joined the Society.

The Sith amassed their forces and ships to create a fleet - but not before the Republic sent a small reinforcement contingent, and Ansion pledged its support for the Republic. Tellen and Sergei lead the Republic in a furious battle both above and on the planet's surface in response to the Sith threat. Despite great hardship, the team on the planet managed to accomplish their goal on the planet's surface. The Sith fleet around Ansion was badly damaged, sustaining moderate casualties before withdrawing completely from the sector. As a result of the Society's efforts, though somewhat bungled, Ansion was now decidedly in the Republic camp. Their efforts concluded, the Society's members headed back to one of the Society's secret bases for a de-briefing.

Personality
"Just don't ask me to dance."-Tellen Silversun, on his personality



Known to be Cool and Sardonic, Tellen masked his own inner intensities and conflicts with a somewhat quiet demeanour. However, he was known to speak with power, and could often silence a room with his deliberate, dulcit tone when he spoke. Exuding an aura of capability, Tellen's mind was constantly searching for new oppertunities, and was known to be restless and jumpy.

Powers and Abilities
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Tellen's talents never truly extended into the conventionally stereotyped Jedi Fields. He was never a Great Jedi Swordbeing, nor did he ever perform astounding feats of Telekenisis or Healing, nor was he ever particularly gifted with technology. Tellen's true power lay in the art of manipulation; of investigation; of complex planning. Tellen's ability to assess a situation and see all the outcomes, to notice small details and process a situation in stunning clarity, was made particularly potent when augmented with The Force. He was able to utilise the powers of Force Empathy, Farseeing, and Sense to forsee possible outcomes, and guide the skeins of fate to his advantage, but was greatly prized as a member of the Jedi Order for his rare ability of seeing Shatterpoints, which he used to supplement his manipulation abilities. Tellen made up for his lack of imposing feats and abilities with a fearsome reputation, and his talent for always being able to subtly undermine an enemy and exploit their weaknesses through methods outside of direct combat garnered him a label as someone not to be crossed.

Tellen mastered the Niiman form as his primary fighting style, incorperating other combat tactics and lightsaber forms as needs be into a universal, adaptable form. Tellen was able to successfully kill the Sith Marauder Harkansha - despite Harkansha having more experience and training in combat - and also fight his way through a battalion of Sith Troopers during his tenure as a Council Aide. Tellen also managed to crush the engines of a small freighter and drag it to the ground during the Mission to Yag'Dhul. He was able to reprogram and slice various computers and processors, which he used to his advantage during his Trial of Spirit.

Other than his abilities with Sensing and Telekenesis, Tellen could also make use of strong Force Shields, Heal people with the Force, and project lightning from his fingertips in dire situations.

=Behind the Scenes=

''"Do you think 'Tellen Silversun' sounds too much like the name of a Warcraft Elf?" - Tellen's creator worried about his choice of name.''

Beqio Kathan was created by a man named Nick C. living in the Wirral, UK. The first concept of Kathan came to him while browsing through the RP threads on The Praxeum, as the name 'Kathan' was mentioned by the now-left Tao Syne. Giving a full name as Beqio Kathan, Nick used him as a substitute character.

Over time however, he began to wonder how Kathan would fit into the community on The Praxeum if he were not the player character in SW:TOR. So, he went on a grand retcon effort in order to merge both Tellen Silversun and Beqio Kathan into the same person. The result added huge depth to both characters.

Later, after disagreements with the Leadership, Nick left the Praxeum and joined the Order of the Ashla, another Jedi RP guild. Soon he became frustrated with the poor leadership and organsisational problems and started his own guild with several people, including chiefly Sergei Meranov, but also JediMeg, emokiddamien, Darthsheep and Midoran. During the First Wave of recruits, Nick found his major recruiting grounds amongst former friends and allies, including Tureil, Valkus Werdana and Buchou Jinchi.

Family
Tellen Silversun is related by blood to Halber Lepras. Details of this man (outside of the Lepras family archives) are sketchy, as much of the information has been destroyed or corrupted. Suffice to say, there are several reports that link Halber with an unknown Jedi named simply 'The Jedi Exile'. Some have even theorised that he is the Exile. Others claim they never met. Some claim he was a man who travelled with the Exile during his/her quest against the Sith Triumvirate.

Soon after the Exile left known space, Halber married an unidentified Echani female, who went on to give birth four children, all Force-Sensitive. Only two made it into the academy. Due to the haphazard nature of documentation in the years after the Sith civil war, Sseveral lines of Lepras' family tree then sprouted seemingly from nowhere, connecting far-off places in the galaxy. These bloodlines were totally unaware of each other's existance until recently. Some lines eventually included the Kathans, the Silversuns, the Soras, and the namesake Lepras's. It was only until recently that Glaive Lepras eventually united the lines under the banner of Lepras Family House.

It is known that the Lepras bloodline eventually gave birth to Tellen's ancestral nephew, Blade Lepras, who was supposedly killed during Order 66 but instead escaped and fled into exile in the Deep Core, with his apprentice Beqio Kathan.

=External Links=

A profile of Tellen - The FS

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