Nessa Uvaren (Jedi Renaissance)

Nessa Uvaren was a female Ainu and a Valië of Tython. A survivor of the, Uvaren and the other Valar led the Maiar down from their sanctuary on Ashla to the marred surface of Tython to begin restoring the world starting with the continent of Arda. The youngest of the former Je'daii Masters, Uvaren was the least powerful of the group and known for her dancing. She married the Valar Tulkas Astaldo during the first Spring of Arda.

Life as a Je'daii
A Force-sensitive Human, Nessa Uvaren was born on the planet Shikaakwa in 25,821 BBY to non-Forceful parents who turned her over to the on Tython, along with her brother, Oromë Aldaron. Following her study at Padawan Kesh, Uvaren began her Great Journey which would take her to each of the Order's eight Great Temples beyond Padawan Kesh to learn the skills necessary to becoming a great Je'daii. As a Journeyer, Uvaren learned the ways of the Force, martial skills and became well read, but her true skills were brought to the fore at Bodhi Temple, the Temple of the Arts. A dancer at heart, Uvaren used the Force to guide her footfall and dance among the grasses surrounding the great sea-side temple.

Following the completion of her Journey, Uvaren was made a Ranger and assigned to Ska Gora, the system's verdant forest world. Dancing among the trees, Uvaren helped to ensure the laws of the planet were maintained, a peace was kept between the Wookiee clans and their neighbors who occupied the great city-ships that floated above the surface to ensure that the planet wasn't marred with construction. Lithe and swift of foot, Uvaren was a skilled hunter and could survive indefinitely in the great forests alone. After years of service, Uvaren was made a Master at the outbreak of the Infinite Empire's invasion of the system. Recalled from Ska Gora after it fell to the Rakata and their hordes, Uvaren and several other Masters were selected to take a small group of Je'daii Rangers, Journeyers and Padawans to Tython's moon of Ashla to ensure the survival of the Order should Tython fall. Delving into the moon's crust to take refuge in a bunker hidden there, Uvaren and her compatriots remained hidden for three years before emerging to the surface.

Along with her brother, Oromë Aldaron, Uvaren and the other survivors emerged to find the planet of Tython in ruin. Looking down on the planet from Ashla, the planet's atmosphere was filled with ash and ruin, the sun's light unable to reach the surface. Realizing that both the Je'daii Order and the Infinite Empire were gone, the Je'daii were determined to survive. Calling a Council of the Masters, the senior Je'daii agreed to continue the training of the youngest Je'daii and hopefully bring about the restoration of the Order. Hope seemed small for some time until the group received a Force vision, revealing the restoration of Tython and the birth of new races and people upon the world. Enamored with the beauty of the vision, it was fleeting and the details of the resurrection of the world were vague and shrouded in shadow. Determined to see the vision to fruition, the Je'daii decided to send a group to the surface to seek out stable land. With only a few surviving transports at their disposal, the Je'daii knew that there would not be fuel for a return journey, and all that descended to the surface would remain there for ill or for better.

Descending to the planet's surface, Uvaren and her fellow Je'daii discovered the symmetric continent of Arda to be the most suitable for rehabitation. Setting down upon the featureless surface, the Je'daii found the air to be breathable but the sun would not shine through the dust clouds which filled the upper atmosphere. The groups' thirteen Je'daii Masters, consisting of Uvaren and her brother, set immediately to setting the world right, raising forests and mountains and streams across Arda. Nessa, in her dance, created deer and rabbits and other creatures swift of foot to serve as her companions; racing them across the surface of the world. When Master Melkor Belegûr descended from Bogan, he reacted in jealousy at the marvels the other Je'daii had crafted and struck out with the power of the dark side of the Force. Retreating from Melkor's darkness, the Je'daii were reinforced by Master Tulkas Astaldo from Ashla who drove back Melkor to the continent of Westeros. With Tulkas living among them in the Spring of Arda under the light of the Lamps of the Valar, massive towers bearing the light of the world, Uvaren fell in love.

Becoming the Ainur
Determined to see the vision of peace carried out the Masters, calling themselves the Valar, kindled within themselves and the Maiar the Flame Imperishable. As the Flame kindled within her heart, Uvaren's physical form was burned away and her spirit retained its individuality within the Force. Along with the others Uvaren became an Ainu, or a Force entity, an eternal and powerful servant of the Force. Simply known as Nessa from that time onward, she often took the form of a fair humanoid with pointed ears, taller then any known Human and capable of astounding Force feats. It was after this transformation that Nessa and her love, Master Tulkas, were wed on the island of Almaren where she danced and frolicked on its green grasses.