Tika Waldurand

Tika Waldurand (//) was a female Weyo Centurion of the Order of Keltrayu.

Rough start
Tika was born on Shest Minor in 134 ABY, in one of the smaller, less influential Weyo nations, to a tax agent father and a police officer mother. When the invaded in 141 ABY, Tika's nation was caught in the invaders' second sweep. Her mother was killed fighting against the, while Tika, her father, and her siblings were taken to an camp.

Tika's father was enteched, but she and her siblings survived until Breek Zagrev defeated the Ssi-ruuk in the 142 ABY Battle of Shest Minor. Like all Weyock, Tika learned the stories of both Breek and the Shest Minor Seven. She was taken as a ward of the state, which struggled to provide for numerous orphaned children, and was being processed for offworld adoption when the Royal Integration Corps sent a new mission to Shest Minor, accompanied by the Wooshlyhee Centurion Khoro`ly`ooho`sh`lyhoo.

Outsider
Khoro sensed Tika's Force sensitivity, and detoured from his assignment to recruit her into the Order of Keltrayu. She was hesitant to leave her homeworld; her country had been behind the technological pinnacle of Shest Minor in 141, and Shest Minor was far behind the Golden Empire. She also had difficulty learning Orhyo, although the orphan camps had little time to devote to education. However, Khoro encouraged Tika to take the chance, and personally accompanied her to the Sith Star.

In the Citadel, Tika still felt strange; many of her fellow Novices could speak Orhyo fluently and had been raised in the Golden Empire since birth. However, her new siblings were welcoming, and Khoro often visited whenever he was aboard to check on her progress. He shared his own feelings of being an outsider, having come from a relatively technologically primitive world and having a high, whistling voice which made both his Orhyo and unusual to the ear. Slowly, Tika eased into the life of a Novice and developed better language skills, which allowed her easier interactions with her siblings.

Commitment
Khoro was killed in 147 ABY, and Tika was devastated by his death, sobbing when Eskol Kaartinen assembled the Novices and their instructors to give them the news. However, she resolved to work even harder to be a good Centurion to honor his memory. She was commissioned after only eleven years of training, at the age of twenty, in 154 ABY.

One of Tika's first major assignments was the Battle of Renthiv alongside Coval Delzashe and her friend Nachiss, although Breek kept the three young Centurions in reserve while deploying more seasoned veterans to the hardest Garjo lines. She stood guard over Assayr's body until Vos'elk'eetash escorted it back to the Sith Star.

Powers and abilities
Tika opted to specialize in, using her powerful frame and upper body strength to her advantage. She had the same extensive training in and  common to Centurions, and often used telekinesis in combat to hurl heavy things at her enemies.

Appearance and personality
Tika stood 1.88 meters (6'2”) tall, and had the broad, powerful build of most Weyo. She had a single forehead horn in addition to the two horns which curved down beside her jaws. Her skin was a dark, garnet red, but her purple hair was slightly brighter. She had pale green eyes, and carried a lightsaber with a lavender blade.

Initially quiet and reserved among her siblings in the Order, Tika gradually became more conversational with them, though she remained quiet around those she did not know well. Her losses in life, including both parents and her friend and brother Khoro, hardened her against suffering but also made her seem cold at times. She rarely let people get close, but some of her fellow Centurions pierced the wall to become her friends.

Tika kept in contact with her siblings on Shest Minor; they regarded her as a hero for joining the same Order that had produced the Shest Minor Seven.