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ezra_of_lothal) wrote2021-02-12 05:57 pm
ezra_of_lothal) wrote2021-02-12 05:57 pm
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Name/Handle: Lis
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DF Alum: N
Reserve: here
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IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Ezra Bridger
Character journal:ezra_of_lothal
Series name: Star Wars: Rebels
Canon notes: Post Season finale/post-canon
Species: Human
Age: 18 (ish? The exact date of season 4's end is unclear, but let's go with 18)
Arrival Condition: In the finale, Ezra sustained a clearly non-fatal but painful blaster bolt to his left shoulder.
History: wiki
Personality: Ezra is a teenager who has suffered some hard losses in his life, grown up a lot over the course of his canon and potentially has a lot left to learn.
His early childhood seems to have been very happy, as an only child to his strongly moral parents, who appear to have been well liked in their community on Lothal. His parents started doing broadcasts speaking out against abuses under Imperial rule and were arrested when he was 7. Ezra ended up alone, and survived as small-time thief, pickpocket, and conman - abandoning his parents' community based outlook for focusing on looking out himself.
When he met Kanan, Hera, and the rest of the Ghost crew that changed. Seeing how they went out of their way to help people in need, and taking Kanan's lessons from the perspective of the Jedi to heart, he re-embraced the morals that his parents taught him as a small child. When the Ghost crew decided to send out a message on the Imperial comm network to rally Lothal against the Empire, he's the one who gives the speech.
While he never fully reverts to self-protective self-centeredness after joining the crew of the Ghost, his temper, stubbornness, and protectiveness of others can lead him to mistakes and questionable choices. The adults in his life have, on a number of occasions, held him back, whether by verbal instruction, or a hand on a shoulder, from throwing himself into a fight that might be ill-advised. The starkest example of his bad choices - believing Ahsoka Tano had been killed by Vader, and reeling from his master being blinded, Ezra used his anger to open a Sith holocron and listened to what it had to teach him for months before he turned away from dabbling in the Dark Side.
After this turning point, while still a fighter and sometimes angry, Ezra begins to grow into a calmer, more mindful nature. He goes from expressing admiration for Saw Gerrara for getting results while fighting the Empire, to understanding that Saw does not really care about casualties or other collateral damage as long as the Empire is damaged. When his teacher Kanan is killed by the Imperial governor of Lothal, Ezra is devastated, and determined not let Kanan's sacrifice go to waste, but neither does he seem bent on vindictive revenge. Neither is he so desperate to get Kanan back, that when he has a chance to reach through time to try to prevent Kanan's death, that he doesn't listen when Ahsoka tells him that saving Kanan would have terrible consequences. Similarly, when the Emperor tries to tempt Ezra by showing him the possibility of his parents being restored to life, Ezra is able to refuse.
Despite his years on the streets and then fighting against the Empire, Ezra can come off as strangely naive. When he meets the former Sith, Maul, on Malachor, he seems to take Maul's word at face value and the trust he extends leads to Maul blinding Kanan. Less disastrously, he keeps reaching out to Hondo Ohnaka and relying on information from the pirate, despite skepticism from the older members of Ezra's adopted family. But over time his interactions with Hondo reveal something important - Ezra isn't blind to how much of a liar and cheat Hondo can be. He just holds out hope for Hondo's better nature, which may be why Hondo (seemingly sincerely) eventually he says there's nothing he wouldn't do for Ezra. Along similar lines, Ezra himself is capable of coming up with aliases, diversions, hiding what he's really thinking and feeling, and even functioning undercover, but he prefers to be open and empathetic. While he is not a smooth talker, at his best his charisma and humor shines. All these traits together make him someone who can connect to other people, and even bring groups together.
By the end of canon, Ezra has learned to see the Force truly as something binds and connects everything rather than a weapon against his enemies. He's able to be loyal and love deeply, but also able to accept sacrifice. How much he has truly processed of loosing his teacher and being separated from his home world and adopted family however, is an open question.
Abilities:
Ezra is a Force-sensitive, with some Jedi training. In theory, he could display any of the abilities that a Jedi has in canon, particularly with additional training or other precipitating events that give him insight. In his own canon, he's displayed Force enhanced speed and agility, and telekinesis strong enough to pick up a person or a fairly large rock.
He seems particularly skilled in empathy - detecting, connecting with, and influencing minds, both humanoid and animal. He's connected with a wide variety of animals, from small cats, to ray like flying creatures, to huge whale-like space voyagers. With people that he knows well, while concentrating, he's been able to detect their location down to a level on a ship or in a building from many miles away. While it took him a few tries to get the hang of the Jedi Mind Trick, he's now proficient with it. Notably, while he was dabbling with the Dark Side he was able to outright control an enemy soldier, from a significant distance away, into shooting their own squadmates and walking their vehicle over a cliff.
He's also particularly prone to vivid visions of the near future, although they can be very difficult to interpret. (Mods, def feel free to use this as you will.)
Like most Jedi, he has training to use a lightsaber and has used them in real combat for several years. However, his own master was never fully trained in all the classic forms for lightsabers and it shows. Ezra can be creative and/or brutal depending on circumstances, but without some other clever advantage he is likely to be outclassed by anyone better trained. Two years into his training, Vader disarmed him in seconds.
He is also a competent, albeit not brilliant, pilot of small ships and fighters from his native galaxy, a decent gunner, and a pretty good shot with a variety of blasters.
Personal Item: None? Part of his daily wear is a wrist comm, but it wouldn't connect to anything. He deliberately left his lightsaber behind with his family at his canon end point. Maybe he can acquire or build one later?
Sample: TDM
Name/Handle: Lis
Contact:
#5032 on Discord
Other characters: N/A
DF Alum: N
Reserve: here
Referral: N/A
IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Ezra Bridger
Character journal:
ezra_of_lothalSeries name: Star Wars: Rebels
Canon notes: Post Season finale/post-canon
Species: Human
Age: 18 (ish? The exact date of season 4's end is unclear, but let's go with 18)
Arrival Condition: In the finale, Ezra sustained a clearly non-fatal but painful blaster bolt to his left shoulder.
History: wiki
Personality: Ezra is a teenager who has suffered some hard losses in his life, grown up a lot over the course of his canon and potentially has a lot left to learn.
His early childhood seems to have been very happy, as an only child to his strongly moral parents, who appear to have been well liked in their community on Lothal. His parents started doing broadcasts speaking out against abuses under Imperial rule and were arrested when he was 7. Ezra ended up alone, and survived as small-time thief, pickpocket, and conman - abandoning his parents' community based outlook for focusing on looking out himself.
When he met Kanan, Hera, and the rest of the Ghost crew that changed. Seeing how they went out of their way to help people in need, and taking Kanan's lessons from the perspective of the Jedi to heart, he re-embraced the morals that his parents taught him as a small child. When the Ghost crew decided to send out a message on the Imperial comm network to rally Lothal against the Empire, he's the one who gives the speech.
While he never fully reverts to self-protective self-centeredness after joining the crew of the Ghost, his temper, stubbornness, and protectiveness of others can lead him to mistakes and questionable choices. The adults in his life have, on a number of occasions, held him back, whether by verbal instruction, or a hand on a shoulder, from throwing himself into a fight that might be ill-advised. The starkest example of his bad choices - believing Ahsoka Tano had been killed by Vader, and reeling from his master being blinded, Ezra used his anger to open a Sith holocron and listened to what it had to teach him for months before he turned away from dabbling in the Dark Side.
After this turning point, while still a fighter and sometimes angry, Ezra begins to grow into a calmer, more mindful nature. He goes from expressing admiration for Saw Gerrara for getting results while fighting the Empire, to understanding that Saw does not really care about casualties or other collateral damage as long as the Empire is damaged. When his teacher Kanan is killed by the Imperial governor of Lothal, Ezra is devastated, and determined not let Kanan's sacrifice go to waste, but neither does he seem bent on vindictive revenge. Neither is he so desperate to get Kanan back, that when he has a chance to reach through time to try to prevent Kanan's death, that he doesn't listen when Ahsoka tells him that saving Kanan would have terrible consequences. Similarly, when the Emperor tries to tempt Ezra by showing him the possibility of his parents being restored to life, Ezra is able to refuse.
Despite his years on the streets and then fighting against the Empire, Ezra can come off as strangely naive. When he meets the former Sith, Maul, on Malachor, he seems to take Maul's word at face value and the trust he extends leads to Maul blinding Kanan. Less disastrously, he keeps reaching out to Hondo Ohnaka and relying on information from the pirate, despite skepticism from the older members of Ezra's adopted family. But over time his interactions with Hondo reveal something important - Ezra isn't blind to how much of a liar and cheat Hondo can be. He just holds out hope for Hondo's better nature, which may be why Hondo (seemingly sincerely) eventually he says there's nothing he wouldn't do for Ezra. Along similar lines, Ezra himself is capable of coming up with aliases, diversions, hiding what he's really thinking and feeling, and even functioning undercover, but he prefers to be open and empathetic. While he is not a smooth talker, at his best his charisma and humor shines. All these traits together make him someone who can connect to other people, and even bring groups together.
By the end of canon, Ezra has learned to see the Force truly as something binds and connects everything rather than a weapon against his enemies. He's able to be loyal and love deeply, but also able to accept sacrifice. How much he has truly processed of loosing his teacher and being separated from his home world and adopted family however, is an open question.
Abilities:
Ezra is a Force-sensitive, with some Jedi training. In theory, he could display any of the abilities that a Jedi has in canon, particularly with additional training or other precipitating events that give him insight. In his own canon, he's displayed Force enhanced speed and agility, and telekinesis strong enough to pick up a person or a fairly large rock.
He seems particularly skilled in empathy - detecting, connecting with, and influencing minds, both humanoid and animal. He's connected with a wide variety of animals, from small cats, to ray like flying creatures, to huge whale-like space voyagers. With people that he knows well, while concentrating, he's been able to detect their location down to a level on a ship or in a building from many miles away. While it took him a few tries to get the hang of the Jedi Mind Trick, he's now proficient with it. Notably, while he was dabbling with the Dark Side he was able to outright control an enemy soldier, from a significant distance away, into shooting their own squadmates and walking their vehicle over a cliff.
He's also particularly prone to vivid visions of the near future, although they can be very difficult to interpret. (Mods, def feel free to use this as you will.)
Like most Jedi, he has training to use a lightsaber and has used them in real combat for several years. However, his own master was never fully trained in all the classic forms for lightsabers and it shows. Ezra can be creative and/or brutal depending on circumstances, but without some other clever advantage he is likely to be outclassed by anyone better trained. Two years into his training, Vader disarmed him in seconds.
He is also a competent, albeit not brilliant, pilot of small ships and fighters from his native galaxy, a decent gunner, and a pretty good shot with a variety of blasters.
Personal Item: None? Part of his daily wear is a wrist comm, but it wouldn't connect to anything. He deliberately left his lightsaber behind with his family at his canon end point. Maybe he can acquire or build one later?
Sample: TDM
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