Boli Delish

"This power, it is something you must be careful with. There is a taint that comes with it, and if not controlled, you could turn on your friends and those you care about most. I bear the scars of when that happened to me."

- Boli speaking of Mancery to his pupil Dexon Kyjar

Boli Del Iishi was a Master of Force Mancery and Jedi Master. Later, a manipulated Boli would become the Dark Lord of the Sith.

The Beginning
Sometime around 7000 BBY, the birth of Alvalleborai Del Iishi occured. At the time, Alvalleborai's homeworld was not even present in the galaxy the Old Republic governed. Additionally, this unnamed homeworld had an average year that lasted almost a century long, and the native 'Voidlings' had no written records. Due to these reasons, the date of birth of Alvalleborai Del Iishi can only be roughly guessed at best. Alvalleborai was born into a house of nobility, the highly esteemed and influential house Iishi. Unlike other houses of nobility, almost all members of the house Iishi were Force Sensitive. However, young Alvalleborai was special even amongst his house in terms of power. By the reasonably young age of a standard century, Alvalleborai had already mastered many of the 'menial' powers that placed him above the commoners and the slaves house Iishi hired. By his Republic-time bicentennial, Alvalleborai was named the House Seer, officially labeled most skilled with the Force in his entire household. As Seer, however, Alvalleborai was required to make changes in his life. Firstly, he was derived the pleasure of assuming his natural, most comfortable form, and as the prime example of Iishi House's changeling abilities, Alvalleborai was to venture to alien worlds and learn to assume the forms, powers and cultures of these creatures. In hindsight, Alvalleborai realized that this tradition was merely a way to test the Seer, to make sure that the Seer truly was as powerful as his people expected him to be. Unfortunately, things turned poorly for Alvalleborai. An electromagnetic storm destroyed his primitive craft's hyperdrive and navi-computer, and he was forced to travel blind at sublight speeds. The epic journey of Alvalleborai lasted roughly three thousand years, and the Ancient Voidling became the first sentient being to travel from one galaxy to the next. General assumptions of how Alvalleborai survived that time are that once his provisions ran out, he shapeshifted into larger forms and proceeded to devour his own self, then hibernate for many years in recovery.

A New Galaxy
Upon entering this new galaxy, an exhausted Alvalleborai Del Iishi crash-landed on Korriban, and discovered an exhausted an exhausted Ancient Kaminoan Jedi Knight named Boli Di. Upon closer exmination, Alvalleborai discerned that the strange creature was dying. Doing his best to alleviate the man's pain, Alvalleborai used his Seer's powers to rip the amphibion's memories from his mind, including the various tongues the Jedi had learned, and all knowledge of the galaxy the shifter now found himself in. In homage to the Jedi's sacrifice and out of respect for the good that the odd creature had done in its lifetime, Alvalleborai changed his given name to Boli, and shortened the clan name Del Iishi to Delish, a word that held more meaning in the creature's strange native tongue. With his Seer's powers, Boli looked into the future of the Ancient Kaminoan's future as a species, and he wept.

Travelling to the Valley of the Sith Lords on foot, Boli placed himself in the care of the Sith, becoming a somewhat average Sith Warlock while learning what he could of the galaxy and the strange Life-Force that was believed to control the fates of all. In his studies of ancient Sith magic, Boli discovered many similarities to his Seer's powers, though they were far more morally dependant. Fleeing Korriban swiftly, Boli travelled for the center of the galaxy, Coruscant, to find the Jedi Order.

Behind the Scenes

 * Boli Delish was Rowan Grimes' first Star Wars Universe Role Play character, and his longest lasting.
 * Force Mancery is based on Mancery in the works of Ian Irving's various Tale of Three Worlds novels, primarily the Well of Echoes Quartet.