Arriwen Ienia Kai

"I'd say she's rather... bubbly." "Who are you calling bubbly?!"

- Desarus Ren Kai and Arriwen

Arriwen Ienia Kai (Referred to as Lady Arriwen in her early youth) was a female Human Jedi Knight and the youngest daughter of Tennesia and Rohm Ienia, and the sister of Korin and Sellay Ienia. Later in her life, Arriwen became the wife of Jedi Master Desarus Ren Kai.

Born into the Ienia Noble family on Alderaan, Arriwen was the fourth person in her family to be born connected to the Force and as such her parents were able to accept the fact that they would have to give her away to the Jedi Order so that she could learn to harness and effectively control the gifts she was born with. Her short time spent with her family on Alderaan was lived to the fullest and Arriwen of course like any child had no desire to be separated from her parents when she was met by Sullustan Jedi Master Bentine Keetle. Master Keetle would be the one to bring Arriwen into the Jedi Order as well as the Master to oversee her Padawan Trials. However Master Keetle was called away to aid in the on-going Great Galactic War where he would fall in battle. Arriwen was then assigned a new master, who was none other than the newly appointed Jedi Master Desarus Ren Kai. While under Desarus' tutelage Arriwen would take part in several battles in the Great Galactic War such as the Battle of Utapau, the Gauntlet Run and the Hunt on Corellia.

Although Arriwen only joined the Great Galactic War sometime after it's half way point, she was decorated for several successful missions which she participated in, she also became a Jedi Consular and gained the rank of Jedi Knight. During one assignment Arriwen's master was captured by a Bounty Hunter and Arriwen disguised herself as a dancer at the local Hutt's palace (This assignment taking place on Hutta) in order to get to Desarus. During a mission to the planet of Telos IV, Arriwen would lead the entirety of the Republic's forces on the planet against specialized pockets of Sith forces that targeted the Telosian government. Even though Desarus was a Jedi Guardian, he assisted in Arriwen's path to becoming a Jedi Consular and the two continued to fight side-by-side in the Great Galactic War after she became a Jedi Knight. Arriwen also earned herself the sobriquet "The Calming Storm" because of her calm and orderly demeanour and ferocious battle tactics. Despite the possible ramifications, Arriwen and Desarus developed a bond which blossomed into a love for each other and both even tried to get the Jedi Council's permission to marry. However they were denied and the two left the Order instead as it would be rather impossible to continue there relationship now that the Jedi Council personally knew about it.

In the same year Desarus became Darth Igneous, Arriwen returned to the Jedi Order. After rejoining the Jedi, Arriwen was assigned as the commander of a specialist strike team assigned with hunting down Igneous after he attacked the Selkath homeworld of Manaan. Even though the target was her husband, Arriwen led each strike against Igneous personally, dueling the Sith Lord several times such as during the Skirmish of Bespin, the Duel on Nar Shaddaa and the Battle on Yavin IV. In the final year of the Great Galactic War Arriwen would lead the strike team alongside the Republic 7th Sector Fleet and eventually the 3rd Sector Fleet. At the head of the strike team, Arriwen would board Igneous' flagship the Dark Fate and fought there way to the bridge where Igneous was watching the ensuing battle. Arriwen to defeat Igneous in the final stretch of the battle and along side the Force Ghost of Desarus' former Master Assarius Kliel helped to guide Desarus back to the Light Side of the Force. When the Cold War began, Arriwen continued her training and began to study the mysterious of the Force in the ruins of Tython.

=Biography:=

Early Life:
Arriwen was born in 35 BTC, the third child of a Noble family, and was taken to Coruscant to begin her Jedi training shortly thereafter. Her homeworld was Alderaan, from which Arriwen had pleasent memories of playing with her sister Sellay and brother Korin in the courtyard of her family's home. In her later life Arriwen would occasionally visit her siblings and the rest of her family. The Ienia Noble family would also back House Organa in the Alderaan Civil War purely because of the fact that there daughter was a Jedi and a guardian of the Republic.

Jedi Youngling:


As a youngling, Arriwen trained under Jedi Master Rixx-Ceel alongside other Jedi hopefuls of her age; later she would be placed into a clan under the tutelage of Master Phrag Unecca. Zenius Kraid, Ko Hendrix and Miraj Riatila became Arriwen's friends, and she eventually fell in love with then Jedi Knight, Desarus Ren Kai. Others would become rivals, and even enemies, such as Alexi Nagirrom and Danko. Her lightsaber instructors included Assarius Kliel and Olim Fenix.

As a youngling, Arriwen had been fascinated by strategy, reading manuals of war and even reading into history of previously fought battles. She also dreamed of becoming a pilot. Ironically, as she grew older, Arriwen came to despise flying. Her knowledge of tactics and battle plans would serve her well in the future, but because of her ability to learn quickly, Arriwen became arrogant and was often impatient. Under the careful guidance of Master Rixx-Ceel, however, Arriwen became more humble and reserved.

Master Keetle's Apprentice:
Despite the speed of her growth as a Jedi, by the time Arriwen reached the age of twelve, it seemed that her chances of becoming a Jedi Knight had all passed her by; Younglings who weren't selected to be Padawans by the age of 13 would be shifted into one of the divisions of the Jedi Service Corps. One day, Jedi Master Bentine Keetle visited the Jedi Temple to watch the matches. Arriwen dueled one of her competitors, Alexi Nagirrom, to draw the attention of the observing Jedi Master. Arriwen fought valiantly to the point of exhaustion. The final offensive against Nagirrom was carried out so fiercely that Keetle thought Arriwen too dangerous and declined training the girl. Arriwen was sent to the mining colony of Bandomeer to work as a ploughwoman for the AgriCorps. Strangely enough, Keetle happened to be sent on a mission to the same place. The youngling and the Jedi Master had to work together if they wanted to survive the mission, which was a trap set for Keetle by his former Padawan, Odias Khrane. Arriwen showed Keetle that she was worthy to be taken as a Padawan learner en route, when they were attacked by members of Khrane's criminal organization, Outland Arms. After putting an end to the tense situation, the two arrived on Bandomeer, where Keetle received a letter signed by Khrane. It turned out that Bandomeer was not in need of Jedi assistance; it had all been organized by Khrane, who was revealed to be the leader of Outland, a company whose ruthless business practices and mining operations terrorized all of the citizens on the planet.

Keetle sent Arriwen off to her AgriCorps duties while he planned to meet with Khrane, not as old adversaries, but as ambassadors, working to find an agreement between Outland and Bandomeer. Khrane, however, planned all along to sabotage their meeting and kill Keetle. With the help of Arriwen, Keetle once more attempted to end Khrane's acts of terror. Keetle dueled with his former apprentice, and though they ended Outland's business on Bandomeer, Khrane was able to escape. During their altercation with Khrane, Keetle discovered Arriwen's true potential, and took her as his new Padawan learner. Their relationship got off to a bad start, as the pair's personalities were constantly at odds; Keetle was practical, while Arriwen was more headstrong. As time went on, however, their opposing natures blended them into an effective duo.

During her time with Keetle, Arriwen and her master were caught up in the Great Galactic War, specifically a battle on Saleucami, Arriwen elected to stay and help the battered remnants of the Republic forces, otherwise known as the Few, who were fighting against the vastly overbearing Sith Empire. The Republic had been fighting an uphill battle for several months, and had long given up any hope on the arrival of reinforcements. Arriwen befriended a woman within the Few called Tolemi, and possibly developed an attraction for another of the Few, Private "Wash". Soon after Arriwen's decision to stay, "Wash" was mortally wounded and died in Arriwen's arms. For a time, Arriwen remained on the planet to continue helping the war effort, but in time reinforcements finally made there arrival to save the Few. By this time Arriwen felt that her place was with the Jedi and was taken back by Keetle, though it took a long time for them to fully trust each other again.

Keetle and Arriwen eventually caught up with Khrane when the Dark Jedi was planning an attack on Master Kliel. Fortunately the two were able to find and engage him before his plans went into effect. It would be while foiling Khrane that Arriwen was forced to fight her long time rival, Alexi Nagirrom. Nagirrom had kidnapped Arriwen's friend Zenius Kraid while working with Khrane, and Nagirrom engaged the misguided youth in a lightsaber duel. Arriwen won the duel when Nagirrom fell off a ledge and died, though she would carry the guilt for many years. After he escaped, Khrane returned to his homeworld of Odryn. Arriwen and Keetle went after him. On Odryn, however, they were not very welcomed. They were astonished to find out that Khrane wielded significant power there. He was considered a champion to his people. What the people of the planet did not know is that while Khrane and the village leaders had been distracting them with a possible invasion by the Sith Empire, Outland had been pillaging the planet's resources. Not a nice thing considering the importance of the people's place in their environment. The two Jedi were also framed and wanted for a crime they did not commit. Khrane captured them, but the two Jedi managed to escape. Khrane committed suicide by diving into a pool of acid after Keetle stopped his plans.

It was during this time that Arriwen first spoke to Desarus Ren Kai, whom she had met during lightsaber training at the Temple. They started off on rocky terms, as she was annoyed him for rather obscure ways of dealing with things, but would later forge a friendship that would last the rest of their lives, and even develop into something more.

Arriwen fought alongside her master from then on, in the Great Galactic War, one of the longest of the many large-scale conflicts that plagued the Galactic Republic since there first encounters with the Sith Empire. It was during the Third Battle of Dosh when Arriwen's enduring friendship with fellow Padawan Miraj Riatila truly began. Arriwen would later recall fondly a training mission the two Padawans undertook on Bestine and missions the both of them would undertake with Harrbaroar on the Outer Rim.

Keetle Falls:
Four months after Odryn, Masters Keetle and Assarius Kliel of the Jedi Order led Republic forces and a team of Jedi consisting of Phrag Unecca, Elio Wayfarer, Tetrenom, Dulin Gar, and Fallon MalThom to Geonosis. The force was dispatched based on intelligence gathered by Master MalThom and his apprentice that indicated the presence of a large droid factory on the planet. The mission was doomed from the beginning; as soon as the Republic assault ships exited hyperspace, orbital mines surrounding the planet decimated the cruisers, causing them to crash land behind enemy lines.

The entirety of the Republic troops, excluding only a few, were slaughtered, while the seven remaining Jedi fled to the ruins of a crashed assault ship, hunted by the Sith armies new leader; General Ranrrik-Ku. The Jedi were ultimately forced into battle against the Codru-Ji warrior, who defeated and killed a majority of them before a team of Republic Commandos sent by Desarus Ren Kai arrived to save Kliel, Wayfarer and MalThom were the only Jedi believed to have survive. Bentine Keetle proved his skill with a lightsaber as he was the last Jedi standing against General Grievous despite being exhausted and facing a combat style never before seen by the Jedi and wielding an unfamiliar lightsaber. It was still too much for the Sullustan though and his defenses were eventually broken and Keetle was slain.

Hutta Assignment:
"Arriwen be cautious, there's no telling when someone will jump out and attack you, especially on planet's like Nal Hutta." "Yes, Master."

- Desarus and Arriwen

A few months after Desarus had begun training Arriwen he had decided that it would soon be time for her Knight Trials. Although he had no real way of going about it he decided to keep a closer eye on his pupil so that he could examine each situation and hopefully find events that she would surpass that could be counted as her trials - but before such he had to acquire a ship that could transport the two of them across the Galaxy since the Blade of Flames only had two seats and IX-12 would become very problematic being left behind. Desarus would eventually find a ship being sold for a very hefty price on the Smuggler's Den but it was essentially worth it at least Desarus believed so. With a ship acquired, Desarus and his new Padawan were off on there first assignment together on a mission to find some Bounty Hunter on the planet of Hutta - the home of the Hutts and a den for villainy in the Galaxy. While on course for there destination Desarus continued to teach Arriwen a few things - namely how to adapt Telepathy for various situations, such as Force Repulse, Force Grip, Force Push and Pull. This was all nicely done through the use of cargo containers on board Desarus' newly purchased freighter the Bright Inferno. Once they had arrived on Hutta, Desarus left IX-12 behind as a counter measure for any potential robbery or ship theft, knowing the planet was a den for these sort of things had at least kept Desarus cautious. Right off the bat Arriwen and Desarus were greeted by a large group of mercenaries. Not simple thugs. No these men and women were armed to the teeth on black market weaponry and high end armour. Desarus was quick to feign a surrender and seeing no other option Arriwen followed after her master doing the same. The feint lasted all of a few moments before Desarus put effort into a quick Force Push that wasn't strong enough to knock the armed mercs off there feet but enough to ruin there aim for the next few moments. Desarus told Arriwen to run as he activated his lightsabers to cover her retreat. Making sure not to let any blaster bolts fly off in her direction he eventually surrendered knowing that being outnumbered to such a degree would get him killed and he was lucky enough to find out that the mercs had wanted him alive - if a little bruised up as indicated to by the rifle stock to the face. Desarus later found himself trapped in a prison cell, with his usual gear replaced with simple rags and a shock collar around his neck. Desarus was easily tempted to make use of the Force to simply rid himself of his current predicament but before he could get started the leader of his captors made his appearance. A man dressed in armour that seemed to be a mix of Mandalorian and Bounty Hunter armours - of course it didn't really matter outside of pointing out the man was probably of Mandalorian descent. Desarus and the armour clad man had a quick discussion with an annoying revelation. The cell that Desarus was imprisoned in was lined up with surrounding cages filled with Ysalamiri, which made using the Force exceedingly difficult. With a short laugh the armour clad man made his exit and Desarus only hope of escape was the ability to find some sort of way out or his apprentice. Luckily for Desarus, Arriwen and IX-12 were already on the way of working something out. Of course there plan didn't consist of much in the immediate sense as a retreat required a safe place to land and the planet of Hutta didn't really render many safe landing spots - with the planet being a proverbial waste dump and full of all sorts of psychotic killers and credit hounding thugs. Eventually the two found a suitable landing ground for the Bright Inferno and there individual jobs went underway.

IX-12's Entry Plan:
Arriwen had entered a discussion with the High Council on Coruscant about the current proceedings of her mission and her master's capture. While she was doing this IX-12 put his own plan into motion - sneaking off from the ship IX-12 trekked his way to the nearest facility which was a nearby Hutt palace or at least a building matching in the same architecture. Once IX-12 gained entry to this "palace" he found out that it was something of a entertainment hub of course it was easy to spot the fine tunings of black market dealings like slavery and spice but those were unimportant. What was important was a war droid that had been guarding a transport vessel that was preparing to deliver goods to the palace that Desarus was captured at. Of course this knowledge had been gained through IX-12's hacking abilities and maybe the wasting of a few laser bolts. Activating his cloaking device as well as the Ifinium X'tignar virus to make sure the droid put up no resistance. IX-12 quickly captured the vulnerable guard droid and then set about making some changes - namely, making use of his modular memory core system to take full control of this little droid well in a sense actually become this other droid. Stashing his original body in the back of this cargo transport for later, IX-12 assumed the position of the guard droid and awaited the pilots of this vessel for when they were scheduled to leave. With luck they arrived before IX-12 became too bored to wait. Once on board the transport the two unassuming pilots ran a diagnostic check of the systems and then prepared to launch only to meet an untimely demise to a one-liner and a few blaster bolts from IX-12's new body. Taking the pilot position, IX-12 took control of the ship and finished the pre-flight preparations before launching out of the hangar and toward the ship's destination and IX-12's master. When IX-12 finally arrived in the ship's predetermined destination where Desarus was being held prisoner. Quickly abandoning the cockpit and returning to the control of his own body he quickly set up the droid he was commanding with the Ifinium X'tignar virus once again and the two soon hid within the cargo of the ship. A small group of mercs or whatever help the Hutts hired on there base planet came to investigate whatever happened to the crew of the ship. The answer was quickly found when they saw the corpses still lying in the cockpit but this lead to the question of how the ship made it's journey without it's pilots and they soon found the answer and the added bonus of blaster bolts to the chest. The blaster fire and dying screams attracted the attention of the rest of the hangar's attendants and they soon met the fiery end of IX-12's wrist mounted flamethrower. IX-12 soon enough primed the ship full of explosive charges and left his little captured droid companion to guard it. Detonating the charges - IX-12 quickly retreated from the hangar while the explosion attracted a large group of various guards, mercs and other riff-raff who dealt with the only functioning suspect - the droid IX-12 left behind. Of course IX-12 couldn't simply walk around showing off his fine tuned systems and his powerful armour - but he was tempted. In any case IX-12 was able to find a group of robes and cloaks which made a suitable disguise unless someone made it there job to peak straight into the face of others - unless said privacy violation was to occur then a hood should have been sufficient faceplate coverage, and IX-12's photoreceptors could give him a nice little mystery with the whole fact they were glowing. Entering into a large cantina ripe with slave dancing girls and bounty hunters around every corner - IX-12 was quick to find himself a seat in a nice little booth with a couch where he could rest his robotic limbs and think out his next move.

Stealth Work:
Arriwen's deliberation with the High Council ended with the Jedi Master's sending out for another Jedi to aid the situation and Arriwen was simply to wait for this Jedi's arrival before proceeding. But the young Padawan had different ideas on her mind and of course the missing IX-12 only made her want to go ahead with trying to rescue Desarus more. After all if a machine that was programmed as Desarus' companion was already off trying to save the man then his apprentice should have been doing the same right? Regardless Arriwen needed a way into the Hutt palace and the only way she could think of wasn't really something she was fond of. After a few minutes spent thinking while fiddling around in the cockpit of the Bright Inferno, Arriwen soon made the decision to go ahead with her plan no matter how distasteful it could be. She quickly set off for the nearby palace-like building that had earlier been the subject of IX-12's infiltration and ship capture. Once there Arriwen went out in search of someone who was able to make facial changes as it didn't seem like the most outlandish practice to be done in a den of villainy. Soon enough the young Jedi came upon a business woman in the right expertise. Within the hour Arriwen looked like a completely different person. Her long hair had been shortened to the point where the removed hair could be made into a rug, her hair was also dyed a shade of red and her face had been put under some changes as well - after all she could always have it changed back to her former appearance and regrow her hair later, the only problem was that steep price of credits that was paid. But in any case the procedure had been done and Arriwen was off to help her master by... joining a trope of dancers. Arriwen was lucky that being trained to fight in melee weaponry made fluent body movement very easy to understand and acting like a dancer wasn't all that hard. With this she had gained access to the large entertainment facility within the Hutt palace at the cost of being dressed in extremely revealing dancing attire and paraded around the scum of the Galaxy. After the work shift was done well at least for the time being Arriwen decided to do a little snooping around only to be caught by a cloak clad man. This moment of tension was quickly ended when the cloak hood was removed to reveal IX-12's durasteel faceplate. The two now allied together started to search for the missing Desarus. Eventually there searching led them into the more restricted areas of the Hutt palace and the two were soon greeted by armed guards that were quickly brought down in relative silence thanks to IX-12's more assassin-like weaponry. When it was finally clear they had entered the dungeons of this palace they had found what they were looking for but not how they expected it. Desarus had already escaped his captors and was in the process of beating down the guards stationed at his cell. Once the three were greeted with each other, Desarus made a few quick and snide comments at the appearance of his Padawan which were responded in the same manner thanks to his own ragged appearance. With the pleasantries done the three were faced with the job of retrieving Desarus small trove of lightsabers and capturing the criminal they were originally here to arrest. The group would find what they were looking for among the treasure horde of the resident Hutt of this palace and made sure not to disturb any of the treasures outside of what belonged to Desarus - well IX-12 may have snagged a few ornate and rare looking guns but that was beside the point. Motion detection systems had unfortunately alerted the palace to this pilfering and the entire palace was now out to kill the three thanks in no small part to an immediate reward the Hutt was now offering. Fighting there way through hallways after hallways of various underworld thugs the three eventually found themselves face to face with there target and an escape route. Within the confines of a small hangar bay was the criminal target - quickly trying to make his escape on board a gunship. IX-12 had stolen the perfect remedy to this with a Double-Barreled Missile Launcher. The missiles were quickly aimed and fired, smashing into the left engine of the gunship before it could leave the hangar unfortunately for the group there mission would end in failure when the crash killed the target. But with no more reason to stay in a hostile palace the group quickly made there escape from the hangar by way of an aerial transport.

Diplomacy on Alderaan:
"T-the Jedi Code forbids such interaction!" "But it doesn't forbid, being a little playful."

- Arriwen and Desarus

Desarus was on board the Bright Inferno's common room, speaking to the High Jedi Council through use of the Holoprojector Communication System that lay in the center of the room. Arriwen wasn't far outside of the ship, in a grove-like place surrounded by trees which hid away a rock formation. Arriwen was at the center of this rock formation currently deep in meditation as part of a lesson from Desarus who had not long broke from his own meditation in response to his comm-link breaking his concentration. After finishing his discussion with the council, Desarus deactivated the holoprojector and headed off to the loading ramp of the ship. He called out for Arriwen until she eventually broke from her concentration, once she had, Desarus told her that they had a new mission and that they had to launch for Alderaan. Once both of them were on board and in the proper positions of pilot and co-pilot - the loading ramp was lifted and the engines activated. Lifting the ship from the ground and closing the landing gear the ship soon flew up and out of Dantooine's atmosphere, hitting sub light speeds as they prepared the hyperdrive. The two exchanged comedic banter in the cockpit while the ship flew through hyperspace up until the ship was ripped from hyperspace long before reaching it's destination. They had been pulled out of hyperspace by a group of pirates and what looked like a heavily modified Mandalorian Cruiser - it's hull still fresh with carbon scoring and battle damage from earlier fights, however the most odd part about the Mandalorian Cruiser was that it was carrying a Gravity Well Generator - which was obviously not a part of it's regular crafting as the hull around the generator's placement was malformed-looking. Immediately activating the engines Desarus flew the Bright Inferno out of the path of a group of Pirate Starfighters that were streaming in to attack. Maneuvering the ship out of a proper dogfight by avoiding the fighters as best as possible while at the same time making a big distance between the Bright Inferno and the Modified-Mandalorian Cruiser. Of course this didn't allow them to jump into hyperspace but would give them a wide enough berth to perform a strafing run on the ship in hopes of damaging the well generator so that they could make there escape. As the Bright Inferno flipped around, Desarus shouted for IX-12 to get in the ship's rotary turret as the enemy starfighters completed there first attack run - which wasn't enough to break the Bright Inferno's shields but a few more hits like that would definitely be doing some damage. Once IX-12 was in the turret - Desarus opened up the full arsenal of the Bright Inferno's armament and prepared the lightning cannon for a full spray of shots against the Modified-Mandalorian Cruiser. With IX-12 using the turret to keep the fighters at bay and the Bright Inferno's main weapons all primed and ready to fire, Arriwen activated the ship's boosters and the ship made use of blind spots on the hull of a frigate as it tried to destroy them. When finally coming in close enough, Desarus fired the Lightning Cannon which pierced the Modified-Mandalorian Cruisers shields, and Desarus quickly followed it up by firing all of the Bright Inferno's weapons at the same spot - and with enough fire the ship's Gravity Well Generator was destroyed - causing the malformed-looking hull to start crumbling. The Bright Inferno's weapons were brought back into there concealed position and the hyperdrive was activated - the Bright Inferno finally escaped the scene and Desarus, Arriwen and IX-12 went on to relax in the cockpit now that they were home free. Soon enough the Bright Inferno would drop out of hyperspace in the Alderaan system, where the ship was navigated to the planet of Alderaan and the ship landed in the capital city of Aldera. Once they had landed, Desarus and Arriwen left the ship, with IX-12 demanding to be left on board due to the fact he found politics extremely boring and that had been the whole reason for Desarus' and Arriwen's arrival - the overseeing of some sort of political meeting. Arriwen watched the meeting completely immersed in the principals of politics while Desarus relaxed against a wall trying to stay awake. When at last the meetings were over, Desarus and Arriwen left the royal palace, at first planning to head back to the Bright Inferno they instead went off on what some would call a date. It started off with the two of them having dinner at some exquisite restaurant and culminated by star gazing from the view of a lengthened bridge looming over a clear water lake. While the two watched the stars they discussed several things - mainly getting to know each other better. While Desarus past had certainly been longer than his Padawan's it was in no way more eventful after all she had two previous teachers before himself who had been felled in the course of the on going Great Galactic War. The discussion eventually found itself in the nature of the Dark and Light Sides of the Force and how both of them viewed it. There views had there similarities and differences but this was not important. What was important was how the discussion ended in a kiss. Immediately getting a grip on the situation, Arriwen pulled away and Desarus simply leaned his elbows on the railing of the bridge as he chuckled. The two would bicker for a few moments while Desarus would respond with jokes while Arriwen feigned seriousness. In the end the two returned to the Bright Inferno and set off to return to Coruscant.

The Gauntlet:
"Tennure, this is Newborn Sun, the Gauntlet is down, repeat the Gauntlet is down." "We copy Newborn Sun, the fleet is moving in now."

- attribution

After the Mandalorians had sided with the Sith Empire, there appearance in the Great Galactic War as Republic enemies was guaranteed and it wasn't long before the Mandalorians became present in military force. A Space Station known as the Gauntlet was set up through a Republic trade route to the Outer Rim and soon enough the Republic sent a fleet to destroy it only to be attacked by the full force of the Mandalorians. Desarus and his apprentice Arriwen were soon dispatched to the fleet to aid in a strike team-like assault on the station. The mission briefing was held on board the Thranta-Class Warship Tennure - everyone allowed into the room was silent as Desarus explained a plan that he had formulated long before his arrival on board the Tennure. Whatever fallacy's that lay in the plan were easily enough ironed out and a solid plan was provided. Twenty fighter squadrons as well as the Highwind-Class Cruiser Newborn Sun would be the ones to make up the initial assault and destroy the Gauntlet. However the meeting was disrupted by the late arrival of the Jedi Master, Assarius Kliel who had arrived to assist the mission. Desarus appeared to not pay much heed to his master's arrival until after the briefing where the younger Jedi Master became overjoyed - introducing his Padawan Arriwen to his master and other things. When at last everything was settled, Desarus, Assarius and Arriwen made there way to the hangars where the Serpent Squadron going under the mission moniker of Squad 0 greeted them. The hangar was a bustle with life as engineers sprawled around the fighters to prepare them for the battle while the pilots either aided or were preparing themselves in whatever way they could. It wasn't long before the massive group of starfighters started to depart from there respective ships and jump into hyperspace. Once they arrived on the edge of the system, Desarus relegated the orders to each squad - eight squads were deployed in the defense of the Newborn Sun with nine other squads being used as a distraction party by actually engaging the fleet defending the Gauntlet station, Desarus' Squad 0 and two following squads would be carrying out an intricate attack on the station's innards which was also the reason for the heavy escort on the Newborn Sun which was going to attack a weak point on the station to get them inside. With the orders given the squads set off on there duties and Squad 0 followed closely by Squad 10 and Squad 3 started there advance on the Gauntlet.

Within what could only be described as seconds the entire area became alight with explosions and blaster fire as the Mandalorian Cruisers fired on the Republic Fighters while Mandalorian Fighters gave pursuit. The fighter squadrons of the Republic were obviously outnumbered and had to rely on Hit-&-Run tactics to defeat there opponents while Squad 0 made it's advance into the battle, they did there best to avoid the majority of the combat for the moment while only attacking when they had to, this ended when the squadron came in close contact with one of the Mandalorian Cruisers which they proceeded strafe over and attack the vessel. They were buying themselves time while the Newborn Sun made it's advance to the target position, which was taking a lot longer than hoped due to the fact that it was taking severe beatings from the Mandalorian ships. With time it eventually made it to it's target position where it began a bombardment on the Gauntlet's weakest point. This caused certain parts of the hull to smash and crumble revealing an entrance for Desarus' squad. Giving the order to retreat, Desarus and Assarius alone flew towards the Gauntlet while the Republic forces began to pull away. In almost perfect synchronization the two flew through the hull space and ended up in what appeared to be an exhaust system which eventually fed into a huge reactor. Unloading there missiles as they strafed by, the reactor exploded and the two flew out the next exhaust tube using it to escape the station before it exploded entirely. With that the Republic Fleet was signalled and Thranta's poured into the system eventually wiping out the remaining Mandalorian forces.

War on Fondor:
''Main Article: War on Fondor

The War on Fondor is the historical name given to the campaign against Sith Imperial General Ranrrik-Ku, led by Jedi Knight Arriwen Ienia.

The campaign began several years into the Great Galactic War, in 16 BTC. Arriwen was first drawn to fight Ranrrik-Ku after her master, Bentine Keetle, was struck down by the general during the Battle of Geonosis.

The time to fight Ranrrik-Ku again arrived when the Codru-Ji general led a campaign that resulted in the decimation of Fondor's orbital shipyards and nearly-all of the planet falling to Sith Empire control. But Ranrrik-Ku wanted to turn the planet into a war on it's own, fighting for a capital then moving on to conquer the next world seemed like an annoying and hasty idea to the general, he wanted a true war. One that engulfed planet after planet.

When the majority of Fondor fell to Ranrrik-Ku and his armies, the Sith forces finally marched on Fondor's capital, Fondor City. The attack on the city went quickly and the world finally fell entirely when Ranrrik-Ku killed Jedi Master A'Gon Teleb. To deal with this grave threat, The Jedi Council dispatched Jedi Knight Arriwen Ienia, Miraj Riatila, Ko Hendrix and a full Republic army to recapture Fondor. The first battle of this recapture was a successful space battle against the orbiting Sith fleet, proving that Arriwen was a tactical planner on the level of the Sith Empire's admiral Qyular Oron.

After a failed attack on Fondor city, Arriwen was forced to send her forces to the small city of Mariss, Arriwen led her forces to Megus Iila to assist the remaining Republic forces on the planet. Later she led her forces in pursuit of Ranrrik-Ku, eventually tracking him to Fondor's Wastelands. There, she seized a Sith military encampment and captured an Imperial officer for interrogation. The interrogation revealed that Ranrrik-Ku was actually awaiting Arriwen atop a cliff overlooking one of the battlegrounds of his earlier battles on the planet. Arriwen and Ko headed off to the cliff to confront Ranrrik-Ku. A duel broke out, but Ranrrik-Ku easily outmatched the two Jedi where he left Arriwen for dead and took Ko as a prisoner. This provoked a prolonged campaign as Arriwen hunted Ranrrik-Ku all over the planet to try and free Ko from his grip.

Arriwen pursued Ranrrik-Ku through Oridin, Kubay, Venezia and Collarn. Finally the battle was taken to Fondor city itself in the ultimate climax of the campaign. The amassed Sith and Republic armies confronted each other in a battle that attracted the attention of the entire Galaxy. Both factions watched as the fight went on for days. Arriwen and Ranrrik-Ku met in the capital building of the city for a final confrontation, they entered a long duel, inflicting heavy injuries on each other before the end. Arriwen was unable to kill Ranrrik-Ku, and he unable to kill her. Both lay on the ground in critical conditions. Lord Redguard took Ranrrik-Ku and escaped while Republic forces assisted Arriwen. The battle was a Republic victory in the end and Fondor was back in the hands of the Galactic Republic. But Ranrrik-Ku was still alive and would return to torture the Republic soon enough.

Mysteries of the Force:
=Personal Description:=

Personality:
Arriwen is the sort of person who's mood often reflected the atmosphere around them. Meaning that when the atmosphere was tense so was she and if the atmosphere was light she would tend to follow it as well. Though generally her mood was more of a light-hearted nature anyway - it was mixed within a sense of calm and seriousness at the same time, making her natural mood quite odd to try and figure out if she was always calm, serious and yet light hearted. Her mood usually followed in a rhythmic pattern of sorts depending on who she was around or what she was doing at the time - making her mood more odd still. One can only say that being around Arriwen was quite unpredictable (Especially if she was wearing a large grin in the midst of a battle) yet she had the clear sense to make everything feel better or at the least everything seemed a bit more fun - even if she was giving someone a lecture (The sum of which is usually Desarus Ren Kai).

Appearance:
Arriwen despite being in her late thirties carries the appearance of a younger woman in there late teens to early twenties. Her skin is mildly tanned while her eyes are a light shade of yellow and green - due to complete Heterochromia. Her hair is extremely long and set about in an assortment of braids and ponytails. From her fringe are two very long strands of hair that come all the way down to her chest, underneath those long strands are two braids the left done up like a Padawan braid while the other is your ordinary braid - they come down to about neck length, obviously not as long as the strands above them. The majority of her hair is left to simply hang down behind her back coming down to back length with a ponytail holding up a large portion of the hair which simply lays on top of the already back covering hair. Arriwen's hair is also black with certain parts of it dyed in a dark blue.

Weaponry:
Main Article: Arriwen Ienia's lightsaber

Originally Arriwen used a single-handed training lightsaber and a Shoto with blue lightsaber crystals. She would later build her own lightsaber, a Double-Bladed Lightsaber that was made up of a silver alloy. The stemmed out from the center of the blade and was split by two lines on each side a little part away from the main components of the saber, it continued in a sort of curved cyllinder pattern with the underlying parts being black in a ringed style. The saber blade was blue like the sabers Arriwen used before it. Arriwen would rarely use any other sort of weapon aside from her lightsabers but in certain cases where she didn't have access to her lightsaber or it wasn't with her, she would use whatever was at hand, sometimes with good capabilities other times with rotten capabilities.

Clothes/Accessories:
In her years as a Jedi, Arriwen wore the more traditional style of Jedi robes. That being a set of light-brown robes a pair of dark-brown loose-fitting trousers, black leather boots and a brown cloak. This also kept her style in line with the norm of Jedi robes mainly being shades of brown. When she followed Desarus Ren Kai in leaving the Jedi Order, her style of clothing drastically changed becoming a lot more on the revealing and sultry side, along with a colour pallet change. This clothing consisted of a Sports Bustier for the upper clothing which was coloured in white. The bustier was very small of course only covering Arriwen's breasts and leaving the rest of her upper body exposed. The bustier was simple in style. With three vertical lines running down the bustiers front (one in in the center of the bustier and two on each of the half end points - quartering the bustier so to speak) there were also three small triangular slits going down the center of the bustier in a horizontal style only opening enough to reveal small bits of skin. On her lower body Arriwen wore a rather modest skirt. Being very plain in style except for a single red border covering the bottom of the skirt - the rest of the skirt was plain white and only characterised by a variety of creases about the skirt. Around her waist Arriwen wore a white utility belt, with a folding in pattern around the front (similar to those seen on Stormtrooper belts 3000 years later) with two pads on the side of the belt. For footing Arriwen wore a pair of snow boots that were entirely white and comprised by a single grey line running down the front of the boot and a multitude of straps running from each side of the boot.

On certain rare occasions Arriwen changed this attire in favour of wearing a white Slip Dress, which functioned as a simple low cut top and skirt in-one item of clothing. The Slip Dress was pletty plain in style except for a floral design at the bottom of the dress which covered around the entire lower part in a light-red colouring.

Class:
Despite being trained under a Jedi Guardian, Arriwen ended up on the path to becoming a Jedi Consular. She had always held a firm grasp on her surroundings and most often could figure away out of problems or find solutions to a situation. Which she proved a great many times whenever Desarus ended up getting them into the thick of things, she was also much better at using the Force than she was with her lightsaber (That's not to say she isn't a good saber duelist) and she would prove such on many occasions. Mainly her abilities in the Force lay with her ability to use many different powers in a fluent rush that surpassed a simple combination of the average Force Powers (Something Desarus is known for) as well as being quite efficient in the use of the more rare and powerful Force Powers such as Force Absorb. She stuck to the way of being a Jedi Consular even when she left the Jedi Order as a Grey-Jedi alongside Desarus.

Skills:
Arriwen's skills (Outside of the Force) lay in her analytical abilities and her skills as a starship pilot. Arriwen has held the position as a tactical advisor through out many battles in the Great Galactic War, sometimes along Republic Strategists or even as the only tactical advisor on the field. She picked up the skills as a strategist through many days and nights spent in the Jedi Archives as well as different libraries and locations devoted to the history of wars that the Republic and other known forces fought. The culmination gave her an edge in military tactics and fighting the re-surging Sith Empire gave her a chance to put it all into action - as well as try to learn the Sith Empire's own formations. Arriwen's ship flying skills actually mostly came from hands on experience. The first time she properly flew a ship was during an Imperial boarding on board a transport ship. With the pilot dead Arriwen ended up taking the helm and barely kept the ship from falling out of control and ending as hull fragments in an asteroid field. After that point she would continue on to develop her skills as a pilot through simulations and actual piloting work alongside her training as a Jedi. He reasoning for such was that she felt flying a spaceship was rather excellerating - depending on the situation.

Skills In The Force:
Arriwen's skills in the Force lay more in what most believed was her knowledge on the flow of the Force. This was un true however and lay simply in her ability to string the Force together in fluent combinations that others could not or had not thought of. Most of these abilities were combinations of the stronger Force Powers such as Force Shockwave or Force Whirlwind which is what bewildered most as they didn't see much combination out of the more simple Force Powers such as Force Speed and Force Jump which were all easily combined and put into practical use unlike Force Powers that were already quite the mass-of-mayhem on there own. Some would call it Arriwen's ability to decipher the Force's reactions to certain abilities and others would see it for what it was - experimentation. While Arriwen made use of all of the Force techniques at her command she only selectively used higher-up Force techniques in her combinations which had made it pretty obvious as to the purpose not being anything un-achievable by others.

=Companions/Vehicles:=

IX-12(Temporarily):
Main Article: IX-12

IX-12, Desarus Ren Kai's personal companion ended up in the service of Arriwen out of circumstance. When Desarus underwent his fall to the Dark Side and used IX-12 as target practice for a new trio of personal combat droids he had created, the result was a heaping pile of scrap that remained of IX-12's body. Luckily is most important parts were still intact - mainly his memory core and he ended up being rebuilt by Arriwen when IX was found. Due to the fact IX-12's programming demanded that he have a master - and Desarus was unfit as he indirectly caused his destruction, IX-12 chose the nearest possible being, which was Arriwen. Following his protocols he fought alongside Arriwen up until Desarus' redemption during the Second Battle of Sullust.

Newborn Sun:
Main Article: Newborn Sun

The Newborn Sun was the prototype of the Highwind-Class Cruiser that the Republic Protection Manufacturing Company was producing for use by the Jedi Order. The Jedi Order having actually commisioned the vessel themselves were given the charge of who they wished to be it's crew during testing. In the end the Jedi Order decided that a full crew of Republic officers would man the vessel while three Jedi would be assigned to the vessel as it's commander and pilots. Arriwen was one such Jedi sent as the Newborn Sun's pilot. She would fly the vessel long through it's testing phases and successfully kept the ship in one piece during it's final field test. Arriwen would go on to command the vessel on the front lines of the Great Galactic War as her personal vessel instead of having the ship decommisioned in place of the actual mass-production models.

=Relationships:=

Desarus Ren Kai:
Main Article: Desarus Ren Kai

"Carnage" Kreed:
Main Article: "Carnage" Kreed

Alexiss Lightstar:
Main Article: Alexiss Lightstar

Harrbaroar:
Main Article: Harrbaroar

Zenius Kraid:
=Trivia:= Arriwen Ienia is written as  in Aurebesh.

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