Star Wars: The Old Republic Character Guide
Star Wars: The Old Republic Winters Unchained
Republic Characters
Canon Characters who appear in the story
Jedi: Satele Shan, Kao Cen Darach, Ngani Zho, Gnost Dural, Ven Zallow, Aryn Leneer, Grand Master Zym, Master Dar'Nala, Yuon Par, Nomen Karr, Jun Seros, Jaric Kaedan, Syo Bakarn, Orgus Din, Tol Braga, Master Oteg
Republic Military Characters: Elin Garza- Human female who enters the military under forged documents and rises rapidly through the ranks. Eventually helps found the Elite Special Forces Unit.
Jace Malcom- Human male enlists in the military as soon as he is old enough he helps found the Army's Special Forces division after The Battle of Alderaan
Commander Gall- Legendary leader of the elite fighter squadron Dagger Wing. Ends up recruiting Edward into his unit and after a few years suggests that Edward should be given a squadron of his own to command.
Zeerid Korr- Human Male soldier of Havoc Squad
Jek Kardon- Human Male Soldier of Havoc Squad
My Own Characters: Delta Squadron
Edward Winters- Male Human from Dromund Kass helps found the Navies Special Forces division and is eventually given command of Delta Squadron
Keira Halcyon- Female Human from Corellia a Jedi who's a Padawan of Belth Allusis, she becomes a knight and gets inducted into Delta Squadron at Edward's request
Richard Price- Edward's bunkmate when they first join up and becomes his second in command until Keira joins the squadron
Grace Dodonna- Human female from Commenor and sister to Bevera Dodonna
Joel Darklighter- Human male from Tatooine
Yoan Foah- Gand Male from Gand
Goran Daemon- Zabrak male from a colony on Nar Shadaa
Bri Klar- Sullistan female from Sullust
Nomi Sularen- Mirilian female from Mirial
Lauren Organa- Human female from the famed House Organa of Alderaan
Aalya Tarmin- Female Twi'lek from Tatooine
Felix Antilles- Human male from Corellia
Not my OC's Smugglers and Bounty Hunters:
Nico Okarr- Human Male smuggler helps Satele Shan and Jace Malcom escape Korriban
Shae Vizla- Female Mandalorian bounty hunter works with Shepard's crew on a few jobs and forms a relationship with Edward Winters
Hylo Visz- Mirilian female smuggler from Nar Shadaa helps break the Mandalorian blockade of the Hydian Way and help the Republic get back on its feet
My Own characters
Edward Winters- Human Male, age 15 at the start of the story, Former slave of the Sith Empire is rescued by a bounty hunter/mercenary and is mentored by Shepard Halcyon
Keira Halcyon- Human Female, same age as Edward, they're both 17 when the war officially starts. Is one of the best if not the best pilots in the Order and is allowed to join Delta Squadron when it is formed
The crew of The Elusive Corellian
Shepard Halcyon- Human male from Corellia a bounty hunter/ mercenary, he's a former Republic military and Corellian Security officer, he frees Edward Winters so he can help him with a job on Ord Mantell and then lets Edward decide if he wants to join his crew or not.
Amnen Rov- Human male bounty hunter from Mandalore is a skilled heavy weapons expert and takes Edward under his wing when he learns about his past
Farr Leenik- Rodian male from Rodia he's a skilled hunter who uses sniper rifles and knives as his main weapons
Tharen Locin- Human male from Manaan is skilled in medical treatment/trauma and is very skilled with a blaster
Celria Naysiri- Female Twi'lek from Ryloth, trained slicer and very skilled with blaster pistols
Skya Mothma- Human female member of the famed Mothma family acts as a liaison for Shepard some more proper diplomatic missions. She's a skilled fighter as well as a skilled medic.
Lora Hawke- Mirilian female from Nar Shadaa has several Underworld contacts and is a skilled fighter with vibroknives and vibroblades as well as blasters also skilled in stealth and slicing and is a decent mechanic
Duran Koth- Zabrak male from Iridonia is an expert in hand to hand combat. He teaches Edward the finer points of hand to hand combat as well as making his own weapons.
Droids on the ship
T7-QH maintenance droid
T7-1138 maintenance droid
Mini Basilisk War droid owned by Amnen Rov called Freckles
Sith Empire Canon Characters: Rycus Kilran, Harridax Kirill aka The "Void Wolf", General Arkos Rakton, Darth Angral, Darth Decimus, Darth Baras, Darth Marr, Darth Malgus, Darth Thanaton, Darth Jadus
Winters Unchained
Chapter One
Author's note: Hi everyone here's a new story that I hope will catch a lot of people's interest. If the beginning of the story seems a lot like a certain Tarantino movie, then you would be right. I am basing my title and one of my characters mannerisms on Dr. King Shulz from Django Unchained and I am using some of the dialogue from the movie as well. All credit goes to Mr. Tarantino and his wild imagination for these first few chapters. I hope that you will find this story fulfilling, insightful, and comical at times. However there is going to be a serious darkness to the lead character so expect the unexpected at times. It is going to be rated as Mature so if you don't want to read any further then stop reading.
3,683 BBY Three years before the Great Galactic War begins
Somewhere on Ord Mantell
The sores on his feet had barely stopped bleeding before he and his fellow slaves were ordered to start walking again. He wondered how long they were going to keep on marching. You keep marching until they tell you to stop. You keep walking until you either give up or refuse to move, in which they kill you or leave you for dead, or they might whip you within an inch of your life and then kill you. Such were the thoughts that went through the mind of Edward Winters as he and his companions started their long trek from a slaving outpost on Ord Mantell. Edward kept moving his feet. He was in a chain gain with five other slaves- one was a Zabrak male, another was a Twi'lek male, there was a Wookie who was right in front of Edward, and there were two other humans in the group who had a black coloring to their skin. Altogether Edward thought that this wasn't the strangest slave grouping that he had been in, but it was unique in its own way. Edward wondered how the Wookie had been taken as a slave. He had worked alongside several building the ships that were once a source of pride for him and his family, but now they were part of his shame. Their masters were two human brothers who rode above them on Tauntans and carried stun batons and had rifles at the ready.
Not for the first time Edward wondered why Tauntauns were being used as riding animals. He was sure they were more of the cold climate kind of animal, but then again this was the cold part of the season on this part of Ord Mantell, so maybe that's why they had them. They were just going into the thickest part of a forest when one of the slaver's said "Whoa." His partner brought his mount around to see what the other slaver was seeing. A land speeder of some kind was being driven deftly through the thick forest and in it was a driver. The slaver on the right got his rifle out and checked the power pack in it and waited for the stranger to arrive. "Who's that rumbling around in the dark?" The lead slaver shouted, "State your business or prepare to get blasted back to wherever you came from."
A voice came from the land speeder and said "Calm your-self gentlemen I mean you no harm. I am simply a fellow weary traveler." As he finished speaking he turned the speeder so that the driver's side faced the group. A tall human man with brown hair sat in the seat of the speeder. He had a cloak that covered his shoulders and went all the way past Edward's view.
The driver pulled up to the group and said "Good cold evening gentlemen." Edward hummphhed in his mind, these guys are anything but gentle. But he was curious as to what was going to transpire next. "I am looking for a pair of slave traders that go by the name The Speck brothers. Would that be you?"
"Who wants to know?" Asked the man with the scatter gun
"I do, I am Shepard Halcyon. Now are you the Speck brothers and did you purchase those slaves from an outpost a long ways away from here?" "So what?" One of the brothers asked. "So I wish to parley with them…" "Speak Basic," replied the brother who appeared to be in charge.
"Oh I am sorry it is a little bit of a troublesome language sometimes. Now amongst your inventory there is a specimen that I'm keen to acquire."
"Hello you poor devils," he said addressing the slaves for the first time. "Is there one among you who was a former resident as Suudaa Nem'ro's slave?" Edward's ears perked up when he heard the name and replied "I'm one of Suudaa's former slaves." "Who said that? Shepard asked. He got out of his speeder and pulled a flashlight out and inspected the slaves individually. He finally got to Edward and then went past him to the last slave in line.
Shepard inspected each of the slaves and then he got to the boy who was second to last in line. The boy looked a lot older than he really was but that was partially because of what he had endured for the past few years. He had black hair, blue eyes, and Shepard could tell that once he stood up he would be rather tall as well.
"What's your name?" Shepard asked.
"Edward Winters," Edward said. "Then you are exactly who I am looking for. Do you know who the Creel brothers are?" Edward nodded knew exactly what this man was. "Who are they?" Shepard asked. "Big Jol, Abric, and Ike, they were overseers at Suudaa's place of operations." "Not anymore," Shepard said, "Tell me if you were to see any of these three men again would you recognize them?" Shepard asked. It was right then that one of the brothers said "Hey stop talking to him like that."
Shepard turned around, faced the man and said "Like what?" "Like that" said the driver pointing at him. "My good man I am simply trying to ascertain…" "Speak Basic blast it," said the slaver. "Everyone calm down I am simply a customer trying to conduct a transaction." "I don't care, enough said now off with you." "Don't be ridiculous of course they're for sale." As Shepard finished speaking the man lowered his scatter gun and aimed it at Shepard.
"My good man did you get simply carried away with your dramatic gesture or are you pointing your gun at me with lethal intent." The man powered up his rifle to emphasize his point. "Last chance fancy pants," the man said. Shepard sighed and said "Oh very well." And before either of the two slavers could do anything Shepard pulled out his blaster and shot the man with the scatter gun in the head and then shot the other man's Tauntaun in the head. The creature fell backwards and landed on the man and he started screaming his lungs out. Shepard flipped his blaster around his finger a few times before he holstered it. He walked over to where the dead man had dropped his scatter gun and picked it up.
Shepard saw that it was fully charged and then walked over to the man who was lying beneath the dead Tauntaun. "I'm sorry I put a laser in your beast but I didn't want you to do anything too rash before you had time to come to your senses. "You damn bastard you shot my Tauntaun. And you killed my brother." "No I only shot your brother once he threatened to shoot me, and I believe that I have six witnesses as to what just happened here."
"My damn legs busted." "No doubt, now if you could keep your caterwauling down I have to finish my line of inquiry with young Edward." And Shepard left the man so he could keep screaming out curses about his misfortune. Shepard walked over to Edward and said "As I was saying before if you could see anyone of the Creel brothers again would you recognize them?" Edward nodded and Shepard shouted "Sold to the Corellian, now sir how much for young Edward here?" Shepard got the keys that went to the shackles above the feet and unlocked Edward's pair.
Edward couldn't believe what was happening. He had imagined his escapes would be daring and would inspire other slaves to see if they could free themselves. But here was someone a total stranger who was freeing him. Edward felt a huge wave of emotions run through him at that moment.
"Now those shackles are a nasty business." Shepard said bringing Edward back to the present. "Here hold this," Shepard said giving the man behind Edward the scatter gun he had liberated from the dead slaver Shepard reached into one of his coat pockets for something.
"Edward if I were you I'd take the coat of the dearly departed slaver over there. You're going to need it." Edward walked slowly towards the man who had caused him a lot of pain in the last few days. As Edward walked he threw the thin blanket that he was wearing off his shoulders. Shepard looked up from his datapad and saw something that would remain in his mind forever. Edward's entire back was covered in stripes. They crisscrossed and made checkered patterns. Some of them even looked like they were fresh. As Edward approached the dead man his brother shouted "Slave don't you touch my brother's coat." Edward stopped and looked at Shepard and then walked over to the man and pressed his leg on the dead animal. This caused the man to cry out in pain again and curses flowed from his mouth like a river. Edward scurried over to the dead man and put on his coat. It was aligned with some kind of fur and it instantly made a difference to the temperatures that Edward was feeling. He also took the man's boots and as he was putting them on he heard Shepard say "One hundred twenty, one hundred and fifty credits for young Edward here. Also sir I would require a bill of sale you wouldn't happen to have one would you?" "You can go to hell whoever you are." "I thought not. No worries I come prepared." Shepard said and he pulled out a separate datapad and made the calculations.
When that was done Shepard and Edward got into the land speeder and started it up. Shepard stopped before the slaves and said "Now as for you poor devils, as far as I see it, when it comes to the subject of what to do with yourselves after I am gone you gentlemen have one of two choices which is one, you could lift that beast off that man and carry him back to the place where you came from and find a doctor for him. Or two you can unshackle yourselves, take that rifle, put a laser in his head, bury him deep, and make your way to a more enlightened area of this galaxy. The choice is yours. Oh and if any of you know your stars then the star that will lead you to a free city would be that one. Farewell." And he gave them the keys to the shackles and then powered up the speeder and started flying across the ground. Edward was positive that he heard a blast go off behind them and he knew what his fellow slaves had chosen.