Nolan Hawke

"Good and evil have always been at war inside you Conor. But I have faith that you will make the right choice" -Gwen Nestina

Conor Nestina was a Jedi Knight born 41 BBY. After being taken to the Jedi Temple, Conor quickly excelled. He also became good friends with Anakin Skywalker and Auric Truitt. On a mission to Tattoine, Conor discovered Julianna Tenas. She was the daughter of a missing Jedi Knight. As she continued her training at the Temple with him, Conor realized he was falling in love with her. When Conor was sent to help quell a Dark Jedi incursion, dark jedi Arak Nars tried unsuccesfully to use this information to convince Conor to turn to the dark side. During the Clone Wars, Conor proved himself a cunning warrior and a brillant strategist. He managed to survive when Order 66 was issued. After learning the identity of the traitor who turned them to the empire was his old friend Anakin Conor swore revenge.

During the Dark Times, Conor traveled with Julianna and Auric. Now free from the Jedi Order's rules, Conor and Julianna were secretly married. They eventually had a son named Tristan In the year 15 BBY, Julianna was tricked into taking them to Tattoine where they were ambushed by Imperial Troops. Auric and Conor managed to escape but Julianna was killed. Shortly after, he and Auric had to race to prevent the extremly powerful sith Lord Darth Neyhos from being resurrected by the empire. This culminated in a duel between Conor and the Neyhos possessed Auric. Auric briefly took control again and commited suicide. After he lost both his wife and his best friend in quick succession, he sunk into a deep depression. He traveled alonefor 7 years. He was eventually found and approached by senator Bail Organa. He offered Conor the chance to join him in the fight against the Empire. After some consideration Conor agreed. Conor was essential to stealing the plans for the newly constructed Death Star which would eventually lead to the Empire's downfall.

Training
Conor Nestina was born in year 41 BBY on the planet Amaranthine. From an early age he showed talents with the Force. He was found by Jedi Master Mace Windu and was taken to the Jedi Temple to begin his training as a Jedi. While training with the other younglings, Conor became good friends with Auric Truit and Anakin Skywalker.

The Stolen Holocron
During his youth at the jedi temple Conor developed a rivalry with a fellow Padawan by the name of Tailan Noth.

Meeting Julianna
On Conor and Yarak's first mission, they encountered a young girl about Conor's age named Julianna Tenas. She was to be sold into slavery to Gandara the Hutt. Conor and Yarak managed to rescue her from the Hutt, along with all the other slaves. Afterward, it was revealed that Julianna was the daughter of Terian Tenas, a Jedi master long believed to be dead. Terian had taught Julianna in the ways of the force. They returned to the Jedi Temple with Julianna to continue her training. During this period Conor and Julianna developed mutual romantic feelings for each other. Neither pursued their feelings because they felt that their duties to the Jedi Order were more important than how the felt about each other. The only person Conor revealed his feelings to was Auric, who promised to keep them a secret.

The Pachat Crisis
Conor had his first brush with the dark side several months later when he, Auric, Julianna and their respective masters were sent to the planet Pachat to investigate rumors of the Dark Jedi uprising. During the ensuing battle, the leader of the dark Jedi: Arak Nars escaped. Conor went after him. The two engaged in fierce lightsaber duel. During the fight, Arak tried to tempt Conor to join his cause. He stated that he knew about Conor's love of Julianna and that it was only his commitment to the Jedi that prevented him from being with her. Conor asked Arak how he knew that. Arak told him that he could sense Conor's feelings. He told Conor that if he killed his masters and joined him, he could have the life that he had always wanted. For a brief moment Conor lowered his weapon.

At that moment the other Jedi appeared. Arak told Conor to choose his path. Conor looked at Julianna. He had made his choice. Conor then killed Arak with his lightsaber. Yarak told Conor that he was proud that he had been tempted by the dark side and had resisted. He also warned all of them to be careful, as the lure of the dark side would be forever present. Afterward, Conor and Auric talked about what had occurred. Conor told Auric that fighting Arak was terrifying. But then he said that what was worse was that for a time, he had actually considered Arak's proposal.

The Battle of Geonosis
5 years later, Conor, Auric and Julianna were among the 200 Jedi knights sent to rescue Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala. They managed to infiltrate the arena where the three captives were sentenced to be executed. Count Dooku revealed his new droid army and a heated battle began. Though outnumbered, the Jedi fought to the end. By the end of the battle, the Jedi forces were exhausted and had suffered severe casualties. Things looked grim until Master Yoda arrived with a fleet of republic gunships. The jedi joined forces with the Clone Troopers. Conor, Auric and Julianna were airlifted out of the arena and joined the battle outside.

====Siege of Banasance====

Four Months into the Clone Wars, Conor and Yarak were stationed on the planet Banasance. The heavily fortified base was built from the ruins of an ancient Jedi stronghold.

The Battle of Hypori
"Make peace with the Force now, for this is your final hour."

-General Grievous

Several weeks later Jedi Master Daakman Barrek and his padawan Sha'a Gi discovered that a massive droid factory was located on the planet Hypori. Conor was sent as part of a jedi task force to destroy the factory. Along with Ki-Adi Mundi, Aayla Secura, Shaak Ti, K'Kruhk and Tarr Seirr he traveled to the planet to aid Master Barrek and his garrison of clone troops.

They were quickly surrounded by the massive droid army that was stationed on the planet, and all the clone troopers present were quickly slaughtered. The Jedi were forced to retreat. As they were retreating, Master Barrek attempted to send out a distress call to any nearby Jedi. As Barrek was doing this, he was suddenly attacked by the Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Army, General Grievous. Barrek was able to make contact with General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commander Anakin Skywalker on Muunilinst and requested an "immediate evac" from Hypori, telling Kenobi that they were being hunted before being slain by Grievous.

The remaining Jedi were forced to take shelter in the remains of a downed starship. Exhausted, The Jedi remarked that Grievous' strategy was without flaw. Suddenly they heard the General's voice; announcing that they would receive a "warrior's death,". The Jedi waited as Grievous approached. As Grievous drew near, his footsteps became consistently louder until Sha'a Gi was overwhelmed with fear and charged into the open. Grievous quickly crushed him with his metallic body before leaping back out of sight. As the Jedi retreated into the wreckage, Grievous suddenly attacked, dropping from the wreckage above and brandishing two lightsabers. He engaged the remaining Jedi in a furious duel. After a few moments of fencing, Grievous began to focus his efforts on Mundi. The Jedi Master promptly leaped onto a ledge above and launched a powerful Force push at Grievous. The cyborg quickly dodged, leaping onto one of the larger pieces of wreckage and using it as a spring-board to launch himself back at the Jedi. Conor rushed toward Grievous his lightsaber raised. The cyborg quickly deflected his attacks and with a kick from his powerfull legs, he sent Conor flying into a wall where he was knocked unconscious.

Conor awoke several days later in the Jedi Temple. He noticed Ki-Adi by his bedside. Confused, Conor asked Ki-Adi what had happened. Mundi told Conor that while Grievous was engaging the Jedi a squadron of ARC Troopers had been rushing to Hypori via gunship. They managed to subdue Grievous and rescue the Jedi. Conor asked Ki-Adi about other survivors but Ki-Adi sadly told him that only Aayla and Shaak Ti had survived. When explaining what had occured to Anakin, Auric and Julianna he told them that he was disturbed by how easily Grievous managed to hold his own agains 6 Jedi Knights. He told them that the Republic had a fomidable new enemy. He also said that the next time he and Grievous would meet, that the cyborg would not best him so easily.

Undergoing the Trials
"You have done well Conor. I have seen you rise from a small, frightened boy into a strong and noble man. I know you will do me proud.

-Yarak Soong, moments before his death

After proving himself to be a valient fighter and a brillaint strategist, the Council decided to allow Conor to undergo the Jedi Trials. Conor returned to the Jedi Temple. Once there, he was instructed by master Yoda to journey deep into the forgotten bowls of the temple. There, he would face his test.

Conor walked cautiously down the ancient tunnels. He sensed the presence of something dark but when he turned around, he saw nothing. He continued onward. Suddenly, a shadowy figure emerged from the darkness. The figure weilded a crimson lightsaber. Conor was forced to defend himself against this foe. After a long fight, Conor gained the upperhand. As he was about to strike finishing blow, the mysterious sith lord took off his mask. The face underneath looked identical to Conor's. Caught off guard, Conor was wounded by the sith lord's lightsaber. As they continued fighting, the figure constantly shouted the phrase: "The Sins of the Fathers". Terrified, Conor struck down the sith lord. Miraculously, he found that the wound on his side had disappeared. He returned to master Yoda.

He was then summoned to the council chamber to begin the knighting ceremony. The room was pitch black. Suddenly, the room was lit up by 12 lightsabers. Yoda told him to step forward. Conor knelled before Yoda and he cut off Conor's padawan braid, dubbing him a jedi. Conor was very sad that his master had not lived to see the ceremony, as masters were usually present.

Encounter with Dooku
Republic Intelligence Agents discovered that there was a large Seperatist operation going on in the Bespin system. The Jedi Council wanted to send a Knight to investigate. Their first choices were Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi but they were unavailable. So the council decided to send Conor. They told Conor to travel to Cloud City and report any possible information to the Jedi. They also equiped him with a homing beacon should he get into trouble. The device would send a signal to a garrison of clone troopers orbiting the planet in a small cloaked vessal.

In the guise of a smuggler, Conor traveled to Cloud City. He got a small hotel room in a secluded spot on Cloud City. For days he searched the city but could find no evidance of any Seperatist activity. He checked several Cantinas and Clubs but nobody seemed to have any information he needed. After two weeks in Cloud City with no leads Conor began to suspect that this was all a ruse orchestrated by the Seperatists. As he exited a Cantina and walked through an alleyway Conor sensed a disturbance. He quickly rolled out of the way as he narrowly avoided a sniper's blast. Using a burst of speed, Conor managed to climb up a ladder to the top of the building where the assassin was possitioned. The assassin tried to escape but Conor pursued and eventually caught up with him. When he caught up with him, he asked the killer who had hired him. In haste the assassin told Conor he was hired by a man called Thane. The assassin said that Thane was a big crime boss on Cloud City. When Conor asked why Thane wanted to kill him the assassin told him that Thane didn't like him snooping around so he decided to take care of him. Conor ordered the killer to tell him more but before he could the he began to convulse uncontrollably as if he were having a seizure. The killer was dead in seconds. Thane had most likely placed an implant in the man in case he was captured. While searching the man's body, he found a map which lead to Thane's base of operations. Conor returned to his hotel room, where he contacted the Jedi Council. He told then that he had found a lead, which may lead to finding this Seperatist Operation. Master Windu told Conor to tread carfully. Conor agreed. He decided to wait till the cover of nightfall before infiltrating Thane's base of operations.

The Skyllian Blitz
The Skyllian Blitz was a systematic attack of several key points throughout the Skyllian Verge region of space. A huge coalition of pirates,slavers, and mercenaries funded by Count Dooku launched a massive assault on the Planet Elysium. As small ground teams (One lead by Julianna Tenas) managed to hold of the pirates a massive republic task force led Conor and Anakin Skywalker held off enemy vessals above the planet.

Personality and traits
In his youth Conor was known for his dry sense of humor and friendly nature. He always had a tendancy to look before he lept, in direct contrast to his good friend Anakin Skywalker. Conor was always extremely loyal to his companions. When any of them were in jeopardy, he would do anything to save them. He always refused to turn his back on those in need of his help. When he was young Conor was idealistic and always tried to find the goodness in others. He always tried to seek a diplomatic solution to problems before resorting to violence.But he always kept his emotions bottled up and as a result could not always control himself when he would lose his temper. After Anakin fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader however, his faith in people was shattered and he became much darker and more violent. As his anger grew he began to slip closer and closer to the dark side. He eventually returned to the light when he witnessed the birth of his son Tristan.

Lightsaber training
Conor Nestina was a Jedi Guardian and therefore focussed mainly on his combat skills becoming a very talented swordsman. He specialized in Form VI: Niman, prefering it because it combines the techniques from other forms into a less intensely demanding combat style. He also had enough prowess in Form III: Soresu to survive many vicious battles including the battle of Geonosis where nearly two hundred other Jedi were killed. He was regarded as one of the best duelists of his generation, even defeating Anakin Skywalker in a sparring match. Even Count Dooku was impressed by his skill when he faced him on Cloud City during the Clone Wars.

Force powers
Despite specializing in Lightsaber combat Conor was very strong with the Force. Like all Jedi, he possessed precognitive abilities which allowed him to know his opponent's moves before they made them. Though all Force users had this ability, Conor's talent appeared to be sharper than most and he sometimes knew how someone would attack before they did. He was also capable of extensive telekinetic feats and could use the Force to increase his body's endurance and agility. He is also adept at using Mind Tricks. He even learned how to use Force Lightning, pushing the boundries between the light and dark sides of the force.

Auric Truit
Auric was Conor's closest friend. They did virtually everything together while they were younglings. From their teen years to adulthood, Auric remained Conor's confidant. Auric was the only person who Conor revealed his secret love for Julianna Tenas. Auric offered moral support for the times where Conor questioned his faith in the Jedi order and helped keep him from turning to the dark side. Conor did not wholly approve of Auric's tendency to fight first and ask questions later. Despite the disagreements, Auric remained Conor's most loyal friend.

Julianna Tenas
Julianna was the love of Conor's life. This began when Conor and Yarak encountered Julianna and rescued her from a life of slavery. Both developed romantic feelings for each other. Neither of them took any action on these feelings as romantic relationships were forbidden by the Jedi Code. During the course of the Clone Wars, Conor wrestled with these conflicting feelings. But he believed his duty to the Jedi was more important than how he felt. She and Conor shared their first kiss before the Battle of Coruscant. After they both escaped the Jedi Purge, they were secretly married. Eventually, they concieved a child together that they named Tristan. Even after her death, Julianna's memory helped Conor resist the lure of the dark side.

Yarak Soong
Conor was very close to his Master, Yarak Soong, looking on him as a father figure. When Yarak died during the Clone Wars, Conor was devastated and, ignoring the Jedi rule of "letting attachments pass out of his life", he wept for his deceased Master. Just before Yarak died he told his former Padawan that he was proud of him.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Conor got on pretty well with Obi-Wan who was able to comfort him about the death of his Master.

Anakin Skywalker/ Darth Vader
Anakin and Conor struck up a friendship as younglings. Conor, Anakin and Auric often spent their free time exploring Coruscant. Despite disapproving of his reckless nature, Conor looked up to Anakin and admired his ability to think on his feet. During the Clone Wars, Conor and Anakin fought side by side. During one such occassion, Conor learned of Anakin and senator Padmé Amidala's secret marriage. Conor decided not to reveal his knowledge to anyone, not even Auric. When Anakin turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader, Conor felt personally betrayed. What was once friendship turned to hatred. After Vader killed Julianna, Conor swore to avenge her death and the deaths of all the Jedi that had died at his hand.