Gillian Skirata

"The Galaxy isn't black and white as most people think. There will always be justice and evil mixed in with people's actions, even if they don't know that. I know that now, and it definitely helps me live better now that I do."

- Gillian on his new views

Gillian Skirata, called by his closes friends Gil was a Human/ Hybrid Mandalorian and a Gray Jedi, born on Mandalore of Clan Skirata. Originally trained in the Force by, Gillian was later inducted into the secretive Emperor's Hand after deliberately revealing his force-sensitivity to save his friend , and then as an Inquisitor. After years of serving under the Galactic Empire, Gillian defected when he met former Jedi Master,, and Jedi Padawan, , and began hunting down Siths and other dark side users, working sometimes with exiled Jedi Master, Royce Yujzing. Later on, he met the mysterious entity,, who helped and trained the young warrior to be free from the conflicts of both the light and dark side. Now, Gillian roams the galaxy as both a bounty hunter and traveler, alongside his companion, the Astromech Droid nicknamed "Hypes" aboard his vessel, the Unyielding Spirit. Presently, he is hunting the Sith Lord, Darth Vorn, responsible for slaughtering several Mandalorians, some of whom were Gillian's friends.

Birth
Gillian was born three years after the rise of the Galactice Empire, from the Mandalorian woman, Hale Skirata, who had been captured by Zygerrian slavers. During her time aboard their slave ship, Hale met and fell in love with a male Anzati slave. Fortunately, a team, led by Hale's distant relative,, came and killed the slavers and saved her, but her lover died protecting her from blaster fire. Back on Mandalore, Hale gave birth to her child, who possessed his father's light grey skin color, but none of the other features that the Anzati had, specifically a bulbous nose and flared nostrils. She named her newborn child Gillian, the same name his father had, and he became a part of Clan Skirata.

Life with Clan Skirata
During his youth, Gillian remained with his mother and the clan. When he was old enough, Hale began training her son before she fell ill and had to be confined to a power chair. Gillian's training was later taken over by the rest of Clan Skirata, including Kal, who felt responsible for Hale's current condition. It was during the second year of the war, Gillian discovered he was Force-sensitive, a trait many Anzati were known to possess.

Sometime later, Gillian met, the son of Jedi Knight and Clone commando RC-1136 AKA. Gillian began to regard Venku as a little brother, and as they grew older, they became fast friends. Gillian also became friends with of, as well as her brother, , whom he developed a small, but friendly rivalry with.

Imperial Occupation
Imperial forces were quick to occupy the planet of Mandalore. During that time, Venku was nearly discovered of being Force-sensitive. He would've been taken away if not for Gillian, who revealed his own connection to the Force, sparring his friend the fate of becoming an agent for the Empire. Thus, Gillian was taken away to become an operative of the Galactic Empire.

Sith Hunter
Having finally been freed of the Dark Side's influence, Gillian began going on a vendetta of hunting down Sith. With new lightsabers and removing his Inquisitor uniform, Gillian went after his former allies, Dark Side users that served the Empire. This included mainly those of the Inquisiton and Emperor's Hand, however Gillian did eliminate members of other Force-based organizations that served Palpatine. While one would view this as dangerous, if not suicidal, Gillian's dark side teachings, as well as possessing some connections within the Empire and his understandings of their communications, inner workings and other tactics, made it easy for the former Inquisitor to find and kill Imperial operatives.

Meeting the Bendu
"Why have you come here, young one? I-I seek guidance. Once I was lost in the darkness and now I walk in the light. And yet I feel as if two parts of me are fighting over control. You have become conflicted between the Ashla and Bogan, light and dark. For you to be at peace, you must walk the path of neutrality, balance. You must walk the path of the Bendu."

- The Bendu and Gillian meeting for the first time. After three years of hunting down Imperial Inquisitors and other dark side users, Gillian had begun to notice a clash of emotions running through him, a conflict forming because of his previous affiliation to the dark side. This also included nightmares of the horrors he had committed while an Inquisitor, as well as a dark yearning for the powers he once had. Unable to focus, Gillian began to instinctively seek out places where he could find answers to his predicament, using the force to guide him. His journey eventually saw him arrive to the planet of Atollon.

After moving through the jungles, Gillian discovered the force-entity, Bendu, a being who used the center of the Force between the light side and dark side. Revealing he had sensed the young man's coming, as well as his inner balance with the Force, Bendu agreed to train Gillian to use both sides in equal unison. The training took over five years, and while he never revealed what had happened, the experience had caused Gillian's hair to turn a whitish-grey from the stress.

After the five years, Gillian had become a changed man. He had forgiven himself for the atrocities he had committed under the Empire, and learned to imbrace both the light and darkness within him as well as aroind him. Gillian had also come to embrace his Mandalorian heritage, which acted sort of as a buffer between his dark and light powers. Once prepared to leave, Gillian had given his sincere thanks to Bendu, and departed for Mandalore.

Appearance
Gillian is a young man with fair, if slightly tanned skin. His current hairstyle if short and somewhat spiky. Originally it was colored black, but after having become one with both the Light and Dark side of the Force, the stress caused his hair to become a whitish-silver. Gillian also inherited his mother's brown eyes. Due to constant training and battles, Gillian has developed a lean, muscular build, with his body being covered in numerous scars, though they have faded over time. He also has a scar that goes across the left side of cheek and over his lips. On his back is a large tattooed form of Clan Skirata's symbol.

After leaving the Empire and finishing his training with the Bendu, Gillian began wearing the traditional Mandalorian armor, with the colors being a navy blue and silver. The armor was greatly damaged during the Yuuzhan Vong war, with much of the painting fading and the helmet destroyed. He later repaired his armor (as well as getting a new helmet), and gave it a new paint job, this time being a gray and reddish-brown color.

Despite being part Anzati, Gillian did not inherit his father's species' usual features, including their proboscises nor their bulbous nose. He did, as mentioned before, gained a slight pale skin complexion, which had become slightly tanned over time.

Powers & Abilities
Being part Anzati, Gillian was highly gifted in the Force. From training in both sides of the Force, and later learning from the Bendu, he is capable of utlizing both the Light and Dark sides in unison with no trouble. His preferred method was to combine his force abilities with his other skills, such as when using his various weapons in combat. Most notably, Gillian was highly gifted with, developed from years in his service to the Empire and later on as a bounty hunter. Both in and out of battle, Gillian has shown to be able to correctly see future events with ease, which he claims have been a key figure in his survival out in the galaxy. Along with that, two other abilities of Gillian's that stand out were and  skills, which he also used in conjunction with his fighting style. Finally, he picked up two forms of Force powers that he mastered from both the Light and Dark Side, and  respectively.

Equipment & Weapons
"It pays to be prepared."

- Gillian commenting on his armory Gillian wore the standard Mandalorian armor and helmet, as well as Z-6 Jetpack. Along with that, he wielded Mandalorian vambraces that he received from his clan. Both were equipped with shield emitters, grappling hooks and a whipcord thrower that released a fibercord whip, wrist-rocket launcher, wristband vibroblades, paralyzing darts, and wrist laser blasters. The right gauntlet was also equipped with a flamethrower while the left one had a repulsor.

For weapons, Gillian had an impressive armory. He primarily wielded a pair of WESTAR-35 Blaster Pistols as well as a WESTAR-M5 Blaster Rifle, with a under-barrelled grenade launcher attached. All of them were linked to his helmet's targeting system, making them more efficient when in combat. During his time as one of the Emperor's Hand, Gillian employed the use a red double-bladed lightsaber, but later on exchange them for a pair of orange-bladed lightsabers after defecting from the Empire, but they were destroyed during the Yuuzhang Vong War. He currently carries a pair of standard lightsabers, one with a blue blade and the other red. They possessed interlocking hilts, allowing Gillian to combine them into a double-bladed lightsaber if needed.

Including those weapons, Gillian also had several back-ups that he would use depending on the mission. Such weapons included arm-mounted vibroblades, CA-87 Shock Blasters that Gillian used to capture his targets alive, and a DXR-6 Disruptor Rifle that was only used when he could not afford to leave a body. For sniping, Gillian would used either a DXR6 Heavy Carbine or DLT-19x Targeting Blaster. Other weapons included a recovered Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon, and a Stealth-2VX Palm Shooter.

More importantly, Gillian was well known to keep a large stash of various explosives that he used during battle. This ranged from grenades, demolition packs, to mines and so on.