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Name: Kia Teifion

Gender: Male

Age/DOB: adult, unknown birth, arrived in the mid-2010s, in the Far Galaxy's BBY21 (though ... he wouldn't know that date since it was invented post-Battle of Yavin!)(wait there was a battle at Yavin!?)

Origin World: Glee Anselm

Family: Unknown, possibly Jedi in their line in addition to him

Other: came to Twoarth to attend CHS and has remained at Talon for work

Height: / Build: 5'9", strongly muscled but sleek for aquatic movement, very good torso

Hair: none, Nautolan have multiple tentacular appendages on head (more than the 4 shown) which add quite a bit of sensory perception

Eyes: reddish black, larger than shown and round, with added membrane for underwater safety

Appearance: brightly cyan coloration with deep blue mottled markings on tentacles, shoulders, back, and legs; young looking, so he has no obvious scars; a charming face and welcoming smile; tends to wear 'fancy skimpy' outfits, but does have a selection of more sedate gear for more formal occasions or just, y'know. not swimming. Prefers to match his dual sided lightsaber for colorations on clothing. Webbed fingers and toes with claws. Has a strong voice, thanks to being under water breed

Genetic Abilities: Aquatic and Amphibious by nature, able to breathe both well-oxygenated water and atmospheric air. Prefers a more moist environment. Swims like a demon. Tentacles allow for pheromone and scent sensing, which mean he has an incredibly good sense of peoples emotions such as 'sweating it out' or fear.

Skills or Profession: Environmental Protection was never this charming! With degrees in Environmental Hazards and waste control, and a strong side of innate ability, Kia is the one you can count on for both organizing beach cleanup activities with your classroom, and showing up in court to make sure that industrial polluters don't get away with their messy crimes. He is able to research local law and make well-informed decisions, and can also incorporate that information into beach-combing teams to keep them interested in the 'why' of their work cleaning up the beach. Though he is not particularly 'religious' he does have a strong love of the old stories of his people, regarding the 'spirit of the Ocean' and the way worlds seem to respond to such things as pollution, war, and resource management. Currently, he's 3 years out of C4 and has used his degrees to get a 'great gig' doing things he already loves - protecting the beach, and flirting with lovely swimmers. Has continued his Jedi training with those found at Carramba, but outside of his actual school work since he was taking a break at that time from the Order. Now that he's here, he has his own way to forge in the use of the Force, and has been encouraged to learn new ways to manipulate matter and occasionally sway minds

Personality: 'charming!' for real, he's not the type to 'love em and leave em', but he does cause quite a few folks to be let down a little when they realize his work is his true love

Events or History: As above, has graduated from both CHS and C4 with honors, and before that had been a Padawan paired with a Jedi Knight, however they were lost during one of the various conflicts during the Clone Wars. At some point, possibly during a return to Glee Anselm, the ocean he emerged from after a meditation... wasn't the same one he went into. But Kia is nothing if not resourceful! He sensed both Jedi and Sith in the area, and went off to make sure of what was going on. Turned out, it was a 'how to not hurt people when you're sparring' in a local school! He was taken in by the Jedi on campus, though not particularly reinstated to a Padawan level, because they felt he had some 'mundane learning' to do. And learn he did. Now, he is a Knight - though not necessarily in the way his original Order would allow. He concentrates on making sure that the beach and sea in this odd furry-and-human world is clean and safe.

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"That's definitely a bigger hatchling than we're used to seeing," one of the dragon riders native to the Talon City area said, "but ... I mean, here we are, right?" Val and her rather lage dragoness had helped get the turtle-shaped dragon to the beach, but it would then be up to Kia to make sure that he was safe and healthy from then on. "We've always got people with dragon-healing and anatomy courses to work on, so don't hesitate to come back down to Carramba."

"Don't worry, I bet we will!" Kia waved at the hippie dragonrider, and turned to face the Dragon Turtle, whose name was Zalendri, right in the eye ... standing full on his legs Kia was only barely taller than the 'hatchling'.

They busied themselves with learning speech, sensing friend from foe, managing anger issues, and finally realizing that Zalendri was perfect for the 'collecting the junk and turning it in' aspect of beach environmental safety. Just... Don't be on hand when that plastic is being melted down, it gets very hot!

All text is ©Lethe of Kshau Protectorate 2024. Many images on this site (background and character) are from photographs taken by local news crews during the 2003 wildfires in Southern California. They are not meant as an infringement on the photographer - they are meant only as a tribute to the hard working firefighters and emt crews who are the pictures subjects. Any other images will be credited on the pages they appear. Pier and beach photos by Lethe.

This site takes place in The Endings universe - a subset of the Kshau Protectorate.