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12.11.2009

Hyperspace Traveler Jori Daragon

Jori Daragon was a Human female, a native of Koros Major and a hyperspace explorer who lived circa 5,000 BBY. Although she and her brother, Gav Daragon, were somewhat Force-sensitive, they chose not to join the Jedi Order and remained untrained in the use of the Force. Following the death of her parents, she and Gav became indebted to Aarrba the Hutt. Running out of credits, the two took their ship, the Starbreaker 12, on one last expedition from the city of Cinnagar in hopes of repairing their finances by earning a commission from the Brotherhood of Navigators for finding new hyperlanes.



The Daragons accidentally discovered a trail that took them to the Sith world of Korriban. They were imprisoned by the Sith and taken to the planet Ziost for interrogation.
Eventually, they were sentenced to death by the Sith, but Naga Sadow sprang them from prison and took them to his own fortress. Sadow hoped to convince the other Sith that the Daragons were the precursor for a Republic invasion, as that would give him the support of the other Sith Lords for his plan to invade Republic space.




When Sadow's rival, Ludo Kressh, attacked Sadow's fortress, Jori took the Starbreaker 12 and escaped back to Republic space, knowing that the she was the only means of warning the Republic of a Sith invasion. Little did she know that Sadow had placed a homing device on her ship and was planning on following the Starbreaker 12's course.


She returned to the Koros system and, after overcoming arrest and incarceration for various crimes, managed to get an audience with Empress Teta, leader of the Koros system, and several prominent Jedi Masters, including Memit Nadill and Odan-Urr. Jori's warning came in time for a successful last-ditch defense to be mounted against the oncoming Sith armada. However, Gav was aiding the Sith fleet and when Jori encountered him on Cinnagar, she chased her brother, trying to stop him.



Although Gav eventually turned on the Sith, Naga Sadow had him killed over Primus Goluud. However, Jori survived the war, and since one of its casualties had been Aarrba, she took over ownership of the Hutt's repair dock.



Jori Daragon was impulsive and impetuous, and willing to take great risks without concern for her own safety or future consequences. She was willing to commit a large number of crimes in an attempt by her and her brother to break out of their destitute circumstances. She was also easily upset, being drawn to tears on numerous occasions. Her brother, and to a lesser extent, her ship, the Starbreaker 12, were the two main things she prioritized after the death of her parents. She often lamented the injustice of her and Gav's situation, being less optimistic than her brother. She was also naïve, believing that people, including Naga Sadow, were as sincere as she was. She was determined to do what she felt was the right thing, even risking her life for an audience with Empress Teta to deliver a warning about the Sith threat.



This, was partially motivated out of her care for Gav, who was still a prisoner of the Sith Lords. When she found Gav friended with the Sith, she was afraid and felt betrayed, but held out hope for him. The loss of her brother affected her emotionally,and for her the victory in the Great Hyperspace War was bittersweet and caused her to be more contrite. She was gladdened to take ownership of Aarrba's Repair Dock, though, feeling that it was what Gav and even Aarrba would have wanted.


Jori, like her brother Gav, was Force-sensitive, but was never trained as a Jedi out of a desire to make money as a hyperspace explorer. However, in combat, she was capable of wielding a lightsaber, though she had never done so, and cut down several Massassi warriors in Cinnagar. She was also a pilot, eluding spaceport authorities and Sith patrols on 7 occasions, as well as helping map new hyperspace routes.



Years after her lifetime, Jori Daragon was remembered for her role in starting the Great Hyperspace War, including in a compilation of Jedi history and lore created by Jedi Tionne Solusar in 40 ABY. In the years after the Daragons, some historians pointed out that the Great Hyperspace War might have been avoided had Jedi Odan-Urr not saved the Daragons from Kahorr's assassins, but Solusar believed that the Daragons could not be held responsible for the start of the war. Their role was long remembered throughout history for blazing what was considered one of the most remarkable hyperlanes of the Old Republic era. The hyperlane, named the Daragon Trail, provided a passage directly from the Deep Core to Sith space.

12.10.2009

Hyperspace Traveler Gav Daragon


Gav Daragon was a male Human hyperspace traveler who lived in the years up to and during the Great Hyperspace War. After his parents, Hok and Timar Daragon, died while running materials to beset soldiers on Kirrek, Daragon and his sister, Jori Daragon, innate the Starbreaker 12, one of their parents' ships, and began careers as hyperspace trailblazers. However, problem with creditors forced them to flee their home, Koros Major, and take a blind hyperspace jump into the Unknown Regions of the galaxy to avoid assassins and the authorities. When they pulled out of hyperspace they stumble upon the well-known Sith Empire, which had been vanished for millennia. Although the Daragons tried to keep the meeting with the Sith diplomatic, he and his sister were jailed by the reigning Dark Lords.

Although the two were due to be executed, they were rescued by one of the most powerful Sith Lords in the Sith Empire, Naga Sadow. Gav and Jori Daragon were hidden in Sadow's secret stronghold on Khar Shian, where Sadow exposed Daragon's Force-sensitivity and began to educate him in the dark side of the Force. Sadow was expansionist, and preached to Daragon that he would assist the Sith in a coming war with the Galactic Republic. Meanwhile, Sadow was in a power clash with another Sith Lord, Ludo Kressh (Sadow’s rival), leading Kressh to attack Sadow in the Battle of Khar Delba. Sadow was successful, and in the chaos he allowed Jori to escape in the
Starbreaker 12. With nothing standing in his way, Sadow placed his new trainee Daragon in charge of the Sith fleets, and launched a two-pronged attack on the Galactic Republic, with major battles on Coruscant and the Koros system.

Daragon personally command the attack on Koros Major, but hoping to find his sister on the planet below, took a dropship down to his previous home city, Cinnagar. Daragon sought help from an old acquaintance, Aarrba, the owner of Aarrba's Repair Dock, but the old Hutt just spat in his face. Interpreting this move as an attack, Daragon's guards slay the Hutt; as a shocked Daragon stood over Aarrba's body, Jori, who blamed him for Aarrba’s death, confronted him. Overwhelmed by emotion, Daragon fled from his sister, and returned to his flagship. No longer loyal to Naga Sadow, and feeling that he needed to put a stop to the violence, Daragon went to Primus Goluud, where Sadow was sheltered in his Sith Meditation Sphere, conjuring illusions for the war effort. Daragon fired on Sadow, breaking his concentration; however, Sadow was able to convince Daragon to meet him together. When Daragon arrived on the meditation sphere, he realizes he had been tricked; the broken sphere was empty. The Koros fleet soon arrived in-system, along with Jori, and Daragon gave them the match to the Sith Empire's home worlds. Gav telling his sister goodbye, Daragon was soon killed by solar flares summon by Sadow, when he use the force. The Koros military would take Daragon's coordinates and attacked Sadow at Korriban, steering him and conclusion the Great Hyperspace War. Signing off…