Eryk Tainer - KOTOR Era Jedi Master and Pilot [Mercy]

Eryk Tainer - Human Jedi Master

Details - Green and Brown robes, though he often had a green flight suit on under them at times. He has sandy brown hair and brown eyes. During a Force Ritual he gained feathered wings of a brownish gold color. 1.7m tall, average build. Lightsaber blade should be either Blue or Green.

Story:

Eryk Tainer is a Corellian Jedi Master who lived 3900 years before the Empire existed. He began his career in the Jedi Order as a fighter pilot and also spent time working with the Corellian Defense Force as a trainer. It was during this time that Eryk met a young woman named Marea Suun. Marea was a CorSec officer who was going through flight training and Eryk was her instructor. They became good friends during this time and after she had completed her training they kept in touch and eventually fell in love and were married (which was still acceptable by the Corellian Jedi). Soon after they were married, Eryk took an assignment as the Jedi liason to the Republic Military on Coruscant, spending much of his time training fighter pilots. When the Second Sith War broke out, he took a commission in the Republic Military gaining the rank of Commander. He coordinated the fighter squadrons and worked with Republic R&D to develop new fighters. After the war, he remained on Coruscant and continued his work with the Military. He and Marea would see each other from time to time, but both understood that they had their own work and responsibilities to take care of and just enjoyed the time they had together.

Eryk was requested by the Jedi Council to join a group of Jedi that were working to stop a group of Sith from recovering Rakatan artifacts and technology to use against them. He had also been asked to keep an eye on the Jedi leading the group as they were concerned that he may become another Revan and fall to the Dark Side. As it turned out, their fears were unfounded but Eryk stayed with them and helped them by leading the Republic starfighter squadrons they had with them. They spent the next few months going from world to world, somtimes beating the Sith to the artifacts, sometimes getting there too late. One night while he slept, Eryk had a vision of Keiran Jannz as he went through a ritual before the Tree of the Living Force, and when it was done, Eryk had himself appeared before the Tree. A voice spoke saying that he was needed to take Keiran's place since he had fallen to the Dark Side and defend the Living Force against Keiran. Eryk agreed and after under going a Force-induced vision quest, he awoke to find himself changed: he now had wings and could fly. Soon after this, they received a distress call from a nearby ship that was under attack by Sith fighters. The ship was a CorSec vessel that was being piloted by Eryk's wife Marea. They were able to save her from the Sith and brought her aboard their ship. She was surprised by what Eryk had been through and the addition of his wings, but she said that she still loved him and would stand with him as always. She also had some surprising news for him: she was pregnant with their first child. A few days later, they received another distress signal, this time from a nearby Jedi Training Center. When they arrived, they found that almost all of the Masters and older Knights had been killed in a Sith Attack. They soon learned that this was happening at other Jedi Training Centers as well. After analyzing the attacks, they realized that they were heading to Coruscant itself.

The group arrived at Coruscant too late to stop the attack or save the Jedi Council (which had been the first group attacked). Eryk and one of his fellow Jedi were able to track down the leader of the assault, Darth Vestis (aka Keiran Jannz, a former member of their team who had fallen to the Dark Side), and stop him from killing the Republic Senate. After a furious battle in the air above the Senate Chamber, Eryk was able to defeat Keiran and finally destroy him. After the remaining Sith forces were defeated, they began the process of rebuilding. Eryk found that he was the highest ranking Jedi Master left on Coruscant and so took on the title of Head of the Jedi Council and began the task of rebuilding the Council. He felt it was time for him to settle down in one place and devote his time to rebuilding the Jedi and raising his family. Eventually, he and Marea had 2 children, a boy and a girl, who grew up to be great Jedi in their own right.