Player name: Draxy
Character name: Shakka Anu
Species: Twi'lek
Age: 27
Appearance:
Shakka is a tall lithe and curvy, blue skinned rutian Twi'lek. Her clothing choice tends more towards the skimpy, often paying but the barest of lip service to claim the identity of 'clothing' covering only what is needed, and fulfilling several of the worst stereotypes about the females of her species. When her she is not wearing such then her clothing choice may tend towards the more modest, though such will still often accentuate her impressive figure in some way. Shakka herself often purposefully bringing attention to such through acts both subtle and not.
Recently Shakka has lost part of one of her leks in a fight. It has had an effect upon her, her usual confidence somewhat lacking though she still puts up her usual mask, it is now perhaps more easier to see through for some.
Equipment: A small easily hidden snub nose pistol, vial of poison. Knowledge of several drop zones and hidden stashes of money, jewellery and other such valuables.
Beskar Axe, Holographic Disguise Matrix, around 200 credits in hand held cash
General skills: Dancing, seduction, slicing. Infiltration and Assassination. Basic Force Abilities.
Motivation: Like most things about Shakka, much of her motivations is a mystery.
View on the fallen Empire and the New Republic: Whilst possessing a specific hatred of the Empire, Shakka's view of the New Republic is not much better seeing such as a flawed, ill-effective, bureaucracy. That shares much of the same flaws as the old republic before it and has done little to change the more seedier side of the Galaxy that she frequents. She cares little, whatever acts she performed, whatever people she left robbed blind or had left dead in a ditch somewhere they might never be found. It had always been for herself.
Homeworld: Imperial Centre
Backstory: Much of the worse stereotyping of the Twi'lek species portrays them as either criminals or midnight entertainment. Shakka is both.
The history she puts forwards is that she was born in the first year of the Clone Wars, back when Imperial Centre was still known as Coruscant to a Twi'lek dancer on the lower levels. She never knew her Father, only that he was some sort of man of high importance from the upper levels and apparently shared her skin tone. It wasn't important, there where many like her down here, half-breeds or otherwise all born into a life of squalor.
Apparently things got worse with the Empire, Shakka was smart and curious yet she found many doors seemingly closed to her because of the human centric new Empire. Even if Twi'leks were the second most abundant species in the Galaxy they never had been viewed well for anything that wasn't about their bodies and the new Empire seemingly turned this view into their new policy.
Twi'leks no matter how smart or promising they are, could find no work above the menial level, for even less than before. Shakka was no different and as soon as she was old enough, she found herself learning to dance in some no name bar. At first she hated how good she was at it.
She had always been special, knowing exactly what others are feeling or on occasion predicting something before it would happen. It was too much at times, the large amount of lifeforms found on the planet often overwhelming her and unable to truly filter out anyone from within the crowd, but that just forced her to learn.
Life had seen fit to force her on stage to perform, and Shakka was forced to use every skill she had just to make ends meat, dancing for every extra tip her audience may pass her way. The true breakthrough was when she discovered her ability to force her magic upon someone else's mind. Her clientele where often Imperial Officers, passing their shore leave within the more seedier side of the Capitol and for Shakka they were an easy payday. At first she plied them for information, using both seduction and her abilities to help lead her towards exactly what they want and selling such to whoever may ask for it. She doesn't know exactly when such evolved into assassinations, except that it first provided her ticket off world and out into the Galaxy.
Though she may of found herself with the alliance as her main partner she didn't care for them, and after the destruction of the Death Star her work branched out the Twi'lek working for whoever may be willing to pay. She found that she was even beginning to enjoy such work.
It was such that had brought her to Bontooine and Orn Duront
It's unknown exactly how much of this history is a lie though. It is clear that much of what Shakka puts forward is an easily crafted mask and what exactly is the real her. Perhaps the biggest clue to her true past, is that Shakka seems to have spent some time as a slave somewhere in her history, the possibility of becoming one again having a large affect upon the girl.
Other: Shakka is Force-sensitive but untrained, though she refers to this ability as either her 'magic' or 'powers' not knowing the true name for her abilities. This mostly amounts to party tricks or the occasional bouts of sudden intuition. Of note however is her ability to sense emotions, allowing her to 'tweak' her own actions to achieve the exact reaction she wants and her ability to force suggestions or outright manipulate another's mind.
Recently she has begun training under the former Jedi Jirano and is now able to use the Force to help boost her own reflexes.