Kylar Tanake

Kylar Tanake was an Impari who was raised by Reiko Kaytana and Sigea Tanake. He was the adopted brother of Nagarian Sakaros and excelled at mechanics.

Biography
Kylar was born on Vor'Dal in 144 ABY to two traveling parents. The same year, his parents fled Vor'Dal; Sigea "Six" Tanake found him in the rubble remains of a crashed spacecraft on. He was adopted by Reiko and Six and taken to the Merquise Syndicate ziggurat, where he started to show his species' natural ability to shape change.

Kylar was raised along with Octavia Solios, Azalyn Kass`l, and the other children of his mother's friends, but he was closest to his adoptive brother, Nagarian. He went to the Golden Empire in 145 ABY for the wedding of Tariun Sakaros and Breek Zagrev. During that visit, a manically working Six neglected to attend to safety protocols on a machine, which exploded. The shrapnel badly wounded Kylar, sending Nagarian into a terrified panic, but the young shapeshifter's life was saved by Te`net Organi, who used his Qua blood to repair Kylar's injuries.

In 146 ABY, Kylar moved with his family to. At this time, as his family tried to blend in and hide their Force-sensitivity, Kylar's natural talent for mechanics came to light. He was a constant problem in that he tried to sneak out of school to Reiko's shop almost daily.

Skills and abilities
Though Kylar was not sensitive to the Force like his brother or mother Reiko, he possessed an understanding of mechanics which could rival that of many adults. Like all Impari, he was also able to change his appearance at will; by his youth, he had already developed sufficient control over the ability to allow him to remain in a chosen shape indefinitely.

Appearance and personality
Kylar had two appearances, that of his natural race and the face he wore to blend in around his family. The Impari form was gray-skinned, with black hair and golden eyes. The "family" side of him was white-skinned with black matted hair that he wore as tiny dreadlocks, usually changing his eyes to blue-purple when it suited him.

Kylar was known by other schoolchildren for being quiet and focused on a single task at a time. Despite his lack of Force abilities, he was very close to both his brother and his friends. Kylar's chosen "family form" was a mimicry, initially unconscious and later deliberate, of his brother Nagarian's appearance.