Jarat Shimell'elio

Jarat Shimell'elio (often called Jard by his colleagues and friends) was an Eccean Jedi Knight from the planet Ecce. Immensely talented with the Force, his passion was learning, and in battle he relied more on cunning and the Force than brute strength.

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Early years
Jarat begin his Jedi training early in life. He was brought to the Jedi academy on Ossus as an infant, and throughout his life he carried but one reminder of his family, and that was his father's ring, which he wore on his right hand.

As a child he showed great aptitude for the Force, and excelled in the areas of lightsaber combat, telepathy, and telekinesis. But what truly interested him, as his Masters soon discovered, was learning. He would spend many hours in the Archives perusing the holobooks or inquiring of the Masters that spent their time there. He also made many friends, including Tagge Drescoll and his five siblings.

His days at the praxeum were numbered, however. At the age of thirteen he was chosen to be the apprentice of Master Tion Doran. He left the academy to begin his education as a Jedi Padawan.

Padawan Learner
Jarat and Master Doran seemed an excellent match, complimenting each other splendidly, if not perfectly. Despite this, they had a few marked differences of opinion which would be the cause of some tension from time to time. One of the most notable of these disagreements was over the military system. Master Doran believed that the military would always be a necessity for civilization. He believed that the military was needed to keep the peace and that war, though sad, was inevitable. Jarat, though, had been learned much of the wars of the past from the old Masters in the Archives of the praxeum, and believed that the galaxy crippled itself through senseless conflict and would continue to be crippled until it moved past its differences.

These disagreements did not taint their partnership however, and Jarat and Master Doran would face many challenges over the years together.

Slavers on Coruscant
Jarat and Tion Doran’s first assignment together was to track down a group of slavers in Coruscant’s underworld. The two descended together down into the lower parts of Galactic City, encountering along the way many strange and dangerous creatures. Finally, they made their way into the slaver’s camp, Master Doran as a potential buyer and Jarat as his slave. One of the slavers, and unsavory character named Bif Loma, offered to purchase Jarat, but Master Doran naturally turned him down.

While his Master infiltrated a slaver’s meeting, Jarat became acquainted with several slaves, and convinced some of them to help overthrow their masters. When a slaver came by, he mistook Jarat for a slave and beat him severely for “talking without permission”. This started a riot among the slaves, who had been inspired by Jarat, and they attacked the slaver. Moving out of their work areas, the slaves swept across the camp without opposition. Jarat, seeing that his cover was blown, drew his lightsaber and attempted to sedate the slaves before they killed someone.

Meanwhile, Master Doran’s cover had been blown by the riot and he succeeded in subduing the all slavers save for Bif Loma. It would not be the last time he would cross their paths. Together, Jarat and Master Doran freed the slaves and brought the slavers to justice.

Though it had a happy ending, his first mission marked a hard revelation for young Jarat. For the first time, he had witnessed beings maliciously use others for their own personal gain. It made an irrevocable impression on him. He had seen evil, and he would never forget it.

Dispute on Haruun Kal
Two years into Jarat’s apprenticeship to Master Doran, a mission took them to Haruun Kal, where a territorial dispute between the city-dwelling Balawi and the jungle dwelling Korunnai had turned deadly. As the two Jedi arrived, the two sides seemed to have resumed their age-old conflict known as the Summertime War. The two Jedi were forbidden to participate in the fighting, however, and were confined to a small, but ultimately vital role. The Jedi investigated a string of clues that led them to Asa Balsom, a crooked politician who had launched the new Summertime War in order to get himself elected as Prime Minister in the planet’s main government. Percieved as a strong leader, he would have seemed the natural choice to lead the Balawai through hardship. With the arrest of Balsom, the Summertime War eventually ground to an unsteady, and ultimately short-lived, halt.

Jedi Knight
After receiving his Knighthood, Jarat Shimell’elio declined taking a Padawan immediately, preferring to settle first into his role as a Knight. He performed his duties well, and was noting for halting several large illegal slaving organizations in Coruscant’s underworld.