Danolie Notorious

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Danolie Notorious (10 BBY) was born to Damien and Skylin, the great grandson of Dark Lord Notorious. Danolie is a distinguished, traditional Jedi Master and the headmaster of the Daltera Force Academy as well as one of the youngest members of the New Jedi Council alongside Kalja Sairu Leidias. Danolie is a Jedi prodigy, much like his father before him, and his mysterious great grandfather as well. Danolie successfully trained a single apprentice, Weda Scami - also known as Xel'Karn - and continues to instruct and lecture both the Loris and Jedi Order's academies. His strongest loyalties are to his brother, Bonden, to Jade Croft, Xel'Karn, and to the Force itself. On first impression he appears to be a pacifist, but Danolie has always been a fierce warrior.

[edit] Biography

• Birth

Danolie's parents, Damien and Skylin, were both survivors of the Clone Wars after being rescued by Master Tahnn. They were vigilant, honorable Jedi Knights who faced off against Anakin Skywalker himself. After fleeing Coruscant they joined forces with a small group of Jedi in an attempt to regain strength, but the tiny resistance was obviously doomed. Rather than risk being hunted down by the Empire, the remaining Jedi fled to the far reaches of the galaxy in order to hide from Emperor Palpatine's Jedi extermination forces. Damien and Skylin, a reluctant pair in the first place, staged a false marriage and settled on Corellia. Love was a foreign concept to them, but they got along well enough to have two children in order to keep up with appearances - Bonden and Danolie. Damien discovered the complete truth about his heritage, his grandfather being a product of Sith Alchemy, and forbid his children to learn the Force in fear of them following the same path as Skywalker. Bonden was a rogue from the start, and at the age of ten he stole a starship and fled his home in search of a more ambitious life. Damien left in search of his eldest son with a promise of return, but he never did come back. Entanglements with the Imperial Regime on Correllia and troubling visions drove Danolie's mother, Skylin, into a state of paranoia. She gave up her son to gypsies and fled Corellia, perhaps in search of Damien and Bonden. When Danolie was eight years old he was discovered by a traveling Jedi Master, Master Mikhail Hoole (a Shi'ido), who immediately recognized Danolie's vast potential and took him in as an apprentice with no knowledge of his connections to the ancient Sith Lord Notorious.

• Jedi Training

Danolie Notorious spent all of his time traveling from planet to planet either training, sifting through piles of Jedi holocrons, or sleeping. Master Hoole never allowed the two of them to stay at the same place for more than a year, so Danolie was quite accustomed to social isolation, which might explain why he is at times more capable of taking a life than a typical Jedi and also never tempted by love, jealousy, or other general attachments. Master Hoole was a grueling trainer who exercised Danolie's physical body just as harshly as his mind and powers, but as hard as he was he could never break young Danolie's spirit. At first Hoole feared that Danolie would not be able to complete his training before the old master died, but even at eight years old the boy showed greatly accelerated progress. There was even a point that Hoole shared the same fear as Damien and Skylin, but no matter how strong he became Danolie was nothing like his brother. As powerful as he grew, the boy remained humble and lived by the code.

• The Return of Bonden

Master Hoole eventually died of old age and left Danolie with a promotion to Knighthood and a starship, making Danolie one of the youngest human Jedi Knights in the history of the Jedi Order at the age of seventeen. Danolie met another Force-sensitive by the name of Kellith Starr and proceeded to take him on as an apprentice. Unfortunately it was at this point that Bonden Notorious returned from his time away. Bonden had been manipulated by the evil Sith Lord Exar Kunn into destroying Danolie, and Bonden was determined to accomplish this goal. Danolie and Kellith found their way into an epic battle between a team of Jedi Knights lead by Jade Mara - before she became Jade Croft - and a group of Dark Jedi lead by Cazzik Wyn. Bonden joined the fray to make matters even more chaotic and although the Jedi Knights prevailed, Kellith Star was killed.

• Loris Empire

Danolie spent several years traveling the galaxy and helping all those who required assistance. He was a vigilante of sorts, running from his brother, hiding from the Empire, and protecting the innocent wherever he found them in danger. Eventually he found a home on the forest moon of Daltera at the Jedi Academy created by the Empress of the Loris Alliance - his old friend Jade Croft. Danolie fit in well at the academy, quickly revealing that his strength in the Force was unmatched and his abilities were far superior to any students. The young Jedi Knight was recruited as an instructor and continued to progress until he became the headmaster. It was at the academy that he met his second apprentice, Xel'Karn, and the two of them embarked on many adventures together. Two noteworthy accomplishments of the two Jedi Knights were the successful rescue missions of Rini - Jade Croft's daughter - from a Darkside Academy, and the newly wed Queen of Naboo from the former queen and leader of a vicious rebellion.

Shortly after Danolie was promoted to headmaster, Bonden Notorious returned yet again. However, Bonden was a changed man. He had found a woman, Bree, and spent several years away from Exar Kunn's influence. The two brothers reconciled and Bonden put away his traditional Sith Robes. Bonden's affiliation with the Force is still in a gray area, but his days of galactic domination are far behind him... most likely.

• Jedi Council

The formation of the New Jedi Order marked a brand new era for Danolie Notorious. After traveling from one end of the galaxy to the other with Delth Ardin, Jade Croft, and Xel'Karn, Danolie was almost too busy to notice that a new Jedi Council was forming. The young Jedi Knight finally heeded a call from the council, after completing his missions, and found himself on Onderon. It was there that he was invited onto the council, recognized for his skills and granted the title of Jedi Master by Grandmaster Daer'Gunn, and joined the war-effort against the imposing threat of the Xen'Chi. Danolie was reluctant to accept the title, but he did not turn down the promotion. After all, doubt is the seed of fear.

• Xen'Chi War Effort

The Xen'Chi war devastated the entire galaxy and even threatened the very essence of the Force itself. In a last ditch effort to stop galactic domination by the God-like being, GAIT, the galaxy banded together for a final battle at Chil'a'chin, home of the Chiss. While several governments were designated to engage in a naval battle against the Xen'Chi's forces, a special assault squad was put together to destroy GAIT herself. The squad was composed of many different teams of people from across the galaxy who all hoped to stop the impending doom; Delth Ardin, Ket Maliss, Skarrek, Kalja Leidias, Garrett G. Granth the IV, and Danolie Notorious. (PSSSST! This list of names isn't nearly finished! I can't remember all of the names of the people on the strike team. Please help me out here)

Danolie continues to train students and train himself.

[edit] Combat

• Form I: Shii-Cho (Proficient)
• Form II: Makashi (Mastered)
• Form IV: Ataru (Proficient)
• Form V: Shien / Djem So (Learning)
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