Arkanian (Jedi Renaissance)

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- Jedi Knight Horen Hote, writing about Arkanians in the Jedi Order.

Arkanians were a race of Humans from the terrestrial world of in the  region of the galaxy. Colonized during the settling of the Slice by a group of scientists and doctors shunned from the Core due to their extreme views, the Arkanians sought to be free of the regulations of the early Republic and delve into the greater mysteries of genetic manipulation. While dealing with the Galactic Republic, the Arkanian government largely interacted with large galactic governments through mining contracts. Rich in diamond mines, the planet was granted provisional status in the Republic, though the Arkanians did not wish to have to great of a Republic on the world so that they might conduct their experiments in peace. Indeed, when the Sith Empire came to power, the Arkanians were quick to draft mining contracts with them, allowing their world to be drawn under Imperial control. Under the Sith, Arkanian experiments were encouraged and the fates of entire species were altered forever. Despite supporting the Sith, some Arkanians with a strong sense of righteousness or justice actively allied themselves with the Jedi Order. Parents of Forceful children would secret their children offworld to the Ossus to avoid their child being raised in the Sith tradition.

Biology and appearance
A race of Humanity, Arkanians were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup of the primate order of mammals. Arkanians were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had four fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also four digits. Arkanian fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Their fifth digit was eliminated using genetic manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso. Unlike other mammalian species they had only a light covering of body hair, most of which was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face. Arkanians were warm-blooded animals, meaning they maintained a constant body temperature independent of the environment using the energy from their food. Arkanians were omnivorous, subsisting on both animal tissue and plant-based foods. Arkanians had two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair. Members of the Arkanian race could interbreed naturally with many other near-Human races. It was also not unusual for an Arkanian to enhance themselves with internal and/or external cybernetics. It was also standard practice for Arkanians to undergo genetic manipulation of their own bodies, enhancing themselves so as to be better than "lesser" species. Despite overall physiological uniformity, Arkanians varied greatly in appearance, and no two Arkanians looked exactly alike. One of the diversity factors was height. Arkanians averaged 1.8 meters in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females. Arkanian hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons&mdash; females generally wore their hair up in styled chignon updos while young men kept theirs close cropped and older man wore theirs long and straight. The facial hair grown by adult males was similarly grown over the course of a lifetime and kept neat and close-cropped. Their hair color was a stark white color when pure of blood, though those who bred with Humans or other species could gain more pigmentation. The eyes of Arkanians eyes were a solid white and could see into the infrared spectrum. Extremely sensitive to sources of extreme heat or light, Arkanians traveling offowlrd were forced to wear blinders on planets with hotter, younger suns. A lack of gradiation of skin tone was also seen among Arkanians; all purebloods had a pale, light skin color.

Arkanians were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offspring. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain. Being mammals, the Arkanian females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time. The delivery itself normally took place after nine months of pregnancy when a woman would take up residence within a local medcenter where professional doctors would attend her every need. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten hours; if not attended to in a medcenter, women could die during childbirth. During their first months of existence, Arkanian babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts. The period during which a young Arkanian developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the legal code of Arkania the legal transition from childhood to adulthood was only attained after eighteen standard years of life. Arkanians had an average lifespan of 85 standard years. Those who were keenly attuned to the Force could live up to 200. At any rate, individuals past the age of 103 were considered to have reached an age worthy of veneration. Natural signs of ageing in Arkanians included the fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Arkanians would experience a decline in many cognitive processes, frequently losing track of time, misidentifying people or places and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.

Arkanian Jedi
Since forming a strong bond with the Jedi Order early in the culture's history many Chalactans had served as Jedi, with several rising to prestigious positions within the upper ranks of the Order's leadership. Their strong sense of clarity, inner peace, and calm made the Chalactans ideal for accepting the Jedi teachings. Many Chalactan Jedi took to the school of thought of the Consular, studying the Jedi Code and living by it in quiet contemplation. Chalactan diplomats, healers, scientists, and researchers were also commonplace, as Chalactans could both be sociable, political beings and studious, contemplative stoics. Those who chose to pursue the role of Guardian were calm and extroverted; expressive and quick to laugh jollily, Chalactan Guardians did not take themselves too seriously and sought to ease tensions with a more balanced view of life. Like all species which served in the Order, Chalactans were represented in the Grand Temple on Ossus. Within the main entrance of the Temple, known as the Hall of Meditating Masters, a larger-than-life bronzium statue was erected in dedication to all Chalactans who had and who would serve. The kneeling likeness of Sage Master Mikoon Kulaavoon served as a reminder to all that enlightenment came at a great personal cost. In the Sword of the Jedi tower, the lightsabers of all Jedi were placed in memory of fallen warriors and scholars alike. The Edifice of Heroes memorialized past Chalacatans while standing ready to adorn its halls with paintings, monuments, or holodepictions of all future Chalactans.

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 * Serifa Altunen||25 BrS||Year 112||Consular||Chief Diplomat||Sia Tarven||Kya Morastus; Dureena Lockheart; Dorian Kyle
 * colspan="8" align="left"|Trained in the diplomatic arts by Master Tarven, Serifa Altunen traveled the Mid Rim with her mentor meeting with Senators and officials and negotiating agreements and treaties on behalf of the Republic. Elevated to the rank of Knight, Altunen continued her study of diplomacy and often worked alongside fellow Jedi Sar Labooda, whom had been raised in the same Initiate clan at the Temple. When negotiations between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems broke down and the Clone Wars erupted across the galaxy, Altunen dutifully took on the role of General as she led troops in the Grand Army of the Republic. Quickly though, Altunen became disenchanted with the war and the Republic and withdrew to her homeworld where she urged the Arkanian Dominion to declare neutrality in the war and close Arkania's borders. When the High Council heard of this, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker were dispatched to persuade her to return to the Order and the war. Rendezvousing with Altunen on a watery tundra plain, the Arkanian removed her Jedi robe and officially resigned from the Order, citing that she served the Force, and that she believed that the Jedi no longer did. With the conversation over, Altunen departed the company of her fellow Jedi and returned to her people. Returning to the capital of Arkopolis, Altunen titled herself as the Watchman of Arkania and provided counsel to the Dominion until the close of the war. With the restructuring of the Jedi High Council, emissaries from Coruscant arrived to reopen negotiations with Altunen and bring her back into the fold of the Order. Recognizing that the Order was changing and that her ideals were shared by the new High Council, Altunen rejoined the Order as a Master and was stationed on Coruscant as an attache to the Council of Reconciliation. In Year 25, Altunen took on the rank of Chief Diplomat and leader of the Council on Coruscant. Taking up residence with the Tranquility Spire's suite of rooms given over to the Chief Diplomat, Altunen maintained a large staff of Knights and Masters who specialized in political affairs. Presiding over the Council as the High Council planned the Hutt Offensive, Altunen filled out the Council accordingly, with Masters specializing in Hutt culture and dealing with former slave worlds. Resigning from the Council in Year 62 to reconnect with the Force and allow a new perspective to guide the Council. Retiring to Tython, Altunen took up residence at Stav Kesh where she conditioned her body to stave off the effects of old age. Becoming a fierce martial artist of even greater skill then in her younger years, Altunen gave several guest lectures and instruction classes at the academy until her death.
 * Darryn Ardmore||Birth||15 BrS||Consular||Master of Wisdom||Hopp Groeg||Irin Bastra
 * colspan="8" align="left"|Master of Wisdom Darryn Ardmore was the classic Arkanian Jedi: part scientist, part scholar, and part eccentric. Along with fellow newcomer to Almas, Master Inkari, Ardmore helped to cultivate the basic science programs offered at the Academy into a bold new vision of how the study of the natural world should be taught. Spending great amounts of time at the fledgling research facility on the outskirts of Forard, Masters Ardmore and Inkari worked with scientists from around the galaxy to parse out the secrets of the kaluthin, all the while involving students in their research. Ardmore was popular on the convention circuit that cycled through the Cularin system; attending galas and showcases to lecture about the advancements the scientists of the system had made in the field. A favorite of interviewers, Ardmore was frequently asked to appear on the HoloNet's most popular science-oriented web-series, Wild and Weird Worlds of the Rim and spoke frequently of the oddities and mysteries of the Cularin system.
 * 3,945 BrS||3,917 BrS||Guardian||Armorer||Darkus Puln||Padawans
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 * Hanna Ding||Year 1||Death||Guardian||Lightsaber instructor||Sol Prower||Padawans
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 * Wev Ella||Birth||Death||Guardian||Beast Master||Masters||Padawans
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 * Arca Jeth||Birth||Death||Class||Specialization||Travecao Arnjak||Tott Doneeta; Barrison Draay; Krynda Draay; Ulic Qel-Droma; Cay Qel-Droma; Nomi Sunrider; Haazen
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 * Nasdra Magrody||32 BrS||Death||EduCorps Jedi||Instructor/Researcher||Kor Narweld||Padawans
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 * Anhel Retwin||Birth||Death||Consular||Diplomat to the Confederacy||Masters||Padawans
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 * Arca Jeth||Birth||Death||Class||Specialization||Travecao Arnjak||Tott Doneeta; Barrison Draay; Krynda Draay; Ulic Qel-Droma; Cay Qel-Droma; Nomi Sunrider; Haazen
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 * Nasdra Magrody||32 BrS||Death||EduCorps Jedi||Instructor/Researcher||Kor Narweld||Padawans
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 * Anhel Retwin||Birth||Death||Consular||Diplomat to the Confederacy||Masters||Padawans
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 * Nasdra Magrody||32 BrS||Death||EduCorps Jedi||Instructor/Researcher||Kor Narweld||Padawans
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 * Anhel Retwin||Birth||Death||Consular||Diplomat to the Confederacy||Masters||Padawans
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 * Anhel Retwin||Birth||Death||Consular||Diplomat to the Confederacy||Masters||Padawans
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