Tajanna - Sentinel: Shadow/Shien Expert

Backstory and Biography

Tajanna is the only child of Lord Tyrak Hyacius, the head of House Hyacia, a minor Sith noble house with a mostly Chiss membership. Although considered to be "human enough" to be accepted by most of Sith society, Chiss nevertheless faced some prejudice from the more ardent bigots among the upper echelons of the Sith, preventing House Hyacia from ever rising above the minor nobility. Tajanna herself was singled out from early childhood for her exceptional attunement to the Force, as well as her quick wit and resourcefulness, and at age six, was sent to train at Akrulta Cathedral Arcology.

Along with about a half-dozen other youthful Sith hopefuls, Tajanna was apprenticed to one Master Orbituous, an expert in the more arcane aspects of the Dark Side of the Force. Tajanna excelled at her studies, only equalled by (or some would say surpassed by, although Tajanna would vehemently disagree) a fellow apprentice from one of the Great Houses, who openly disdained Tajanna's "lesser heritage". At age fourteen, their rivalry lead to Tajanna and her fellow apprentice mutually declaring a formal vendetta, after Tajanna accused her rival of sabotaging the construction of her first lightsaber.

After that incident, Tajanna's rival was transferred to another one of the Masters at the Arcology, a highly unusual occurrence, as most Sith apprentices train under one master for the entirety of their apprenticeship. As this event left Tajanna unable to continue her vendetta for the time being, she decided to devote her time to the mastery of Form V of lightsaber combat, the twin disciplines of Shien and Djem So, both adept at exploiting weaknesses in her opponents' form, and turning their own attacks against them.

Tajanna also trained in the more mundane arts of skulking, lockpicking, slicing, and other infiltration techniques, in opposition to some traditionalist Sith, who eschewed such "crude" skillsets. After Tajanna graduated from the Arcology, by successfully murdering all of the other apprentices under Master Orbituous, this rare combination of mundane and arcane talents lead to her being shortlisted for a prestigious position on one of the Sith Empire's forward strike teams, at the vanguard of the Sith's reconquest of the newly unveiled galaxy.

(I failed my first lightsaber construction roll, which is where the alleged sabotage in the second paragraph comes from.)

Miscellaneous Notes and Reminders

Obligations

A Score to Settle
Tajanna and a rival from her Sith apprenticeship have mutually declared a formal vendetta against each other. Tajanna seeks to kill, or, failing that, to injure, maim, embarrass, humiliate, frustrate, annoy, inconvenience, and to otherwise make her rival's life as awful and as short as possible.