Post by Grim Kelborn on Apr 1, 2015 4:49:14 GMT -8
Grim Kelborn
Cuy'val Dar
Full Name: Grim Kelborn
Gender: Male
Species: Human Mandalorian
Age: 27
Faction: Grand Army Of The Republic/Mercenary
Class: Instructor/Mercenary
Rank: Sergeant
Face Claim: Paul Nicholls
OC or Canon: OC
APPEARANCE
Height: 6"0"
Weight: 160 lbs
Eyes: Dark hazel
Hair: Dark Brown
Overall Appearance:
Grim Kelborn is about 6"0" tall with dark hazel colored eyes and dark brown hair. He keeps his hair neat but refuses to shave, which makes him a man with light stubble thus his eyes often show that he is either tired or bored. Because he followed the Six Actions, Grim often wears full armor even though it is a Katarn Class Commando Armor. He often walks as if he have confidence in himself and his posture remains alert as if there will be any attacks happen at any moment. Grim's adopted Katarn Class Armor were painted with black stripes and because of this, most people think that he is one of the clone commandos unless he takes off his helmet. Despite he follows the Six Actions, Grim wears civilian clothes at times especially a jacket, a black shirt, a pair of sand colored cargo pants and boots.
PERSONALITY
""Ke nu'jurkadir sha Mando'ade… Don''t mess with the Mandalorians."
As a Mandalorian, Grim is proud of his roots and he follows Resol'nare or Six Actions, the tenets of Mandalorian life. As a mercenary, Grim fulfills his contract without any high demands but he expects fair amount of payment in return otherwise things will be ugly between him and his clients. Unlike any Mandalorians who is serious, Grim possesses a sense of humor and sarcasm especially when he is around with the clone commandos of Nynir Squad and his friends. He is also fan of bolo ball and podracing, Grim often watches these two sports and rarely miss them. Grim often cares the well-being of his friends and offers his help if they need him. Even though he knows that they are the clones of Jango Fett, Grim forms a close bond with the Nynir Squad. As a young Mandalorian, Grim respects those Mandalorians who are more older and experienced than him particularly Kal Skirata and Walon Vau whom he acquaints with during his contract in Kamino. Following the Mandalorian custom, Grim recites the names of his late friends and the fallen clone commandos who he commands before he goes to bed, he wants to keep his memory of them unforgotten.
Despite he is a sociable and cheery type, Grim can be aggressive and quick to anger if someone crosses his boundaries or rubs him in the wrong way. He is also headstrong and intends of doing things in his own way, Grim's strong will and stubbornness streak have been described as a younger image of his late biological father by his late foster father Karr Kelborn. He is also merciless in combat and gives no chance or openings to his enemies, Grim relishes and remains energetic when he enters a battlefield, claiming that it makes him feel alive. Even though he is cooperative with other races, Grim despises Kaminoans for treating Jango Fett's clones as experiments and he resents Trandoshans especially slavers deeply.
In Grim's mind, no one deserves to be a slave and everyone deserves to live in freedom. If he comes across a slave or more in a mission, Grim saves them and helps them. Mostly he uses violence to save the slaves and if the odds are against him, Grim will buy them from the slavers and set them free. When rescuing the slaves, Grim refuses to show mercy to slavers and often leave the survived slavers at the mercy of the slaves. He often reject contracts which involved sinister plots and crimes, Grim only accept the contracts which is legal and not against the law. Some of the Mandalorians view Grim as an incarnation of a True Mandalorian even though he does not aware nor follow the Supercommando Codex. Even though he have no problem by working with the Jedi, Grim despises the Jedi who distrusts or treats the clone troopers as cannon fodders.
Even though he is the commanding officer and former instructor of Nynir Squad, Grim cares for them as if they were his own family even though each of them bears the face of Jango Fett. At times he can be have fun and wisecracks with them while he can be serious and stern with them if he needs to, but he also can jokes around with them during a mission. Grim also pities the Nynir Squad and other clones because of their short life expectancy and their roles as cannon fodders for the Republic. Sometimes he remembers his clone commandos who lost their lives in the war and he mourns them, often recites their names in his mind. Not just the clones, Grim is on friendly terms with others of those whom he acquaints with but he remains wary and alert of his acquaintances until he trusts them deeply. Despite he can be hotheaded and stubborn at times, Grim shows his patience when he plans his attacks and tactics with his Nynir Squad and his other allies.
BACKGROUND
Planet Origin: Mandalore
Starting Planet: Dantooine
Era Origin: Clone Wars
History:
Early Life
Born in Mandalore, Grim was an orphan after his parents died in a battle against pirates in Concordia. Karr Kelborn, who was a close friend of Grim's father adopted the orphan into the clan Kelborn, one of the respected clans in Mandalore. Followed the tradition, Karr raised Grim in Mandalorian ways. He taught him in combat and the way of daily lives which carried by the Mandalorians. After he reached his young adulthood, Grim became part of clan Kelborn and earned his first black painted Mandalorian armor which the color meant desire for justice. At his young age, Grim followed Karr throughout the galaxy and completed many mercenary contracts with him.
Mercenary Career
During in a middle of a contract, Grim and Karr were ambushed by Trandoshan slavers in Demesel. Although the Trandoshans managed to retreat, Karr was gravely wounded and died in Grim's arms. Fueled with vengeance, Grim trailed the slavers and tracked them down in a slavery ship in Kashyyyk System. With the help of other mercenaries whom his late foster father befriended, Grim raided the Trandoshan slave ship and left no Trandoshan prisoners but he freed the slaves in the ship. After Kashyyyk, Grim became a lone Mandalorian mercenary and accepted contracts. Not just a mercenary, Grim rescued and freed any slaves he came across and punished the slavers in his own "Mandalorian" way. For years he continued his life as a mercenary and traveled many places around the galaxy. He also befriended with other mercenaries and made enemies with some as well.
Cuy'val Dar and Life In Kamino
When he was in Coruscant, Grim was approached by the famous bounty hunter Jango Fett. Fett recruited Grim into the Cuy'val Dar, a one hundred man group responsible to train the clone commandos in Kamino. Fett told the young Mandalorian that he will have everything he needed except for one thing, home. The project to train the clones was clandestine so Fett warned him that he must not tell anyone about it including his friends and family. Grim reluctantly accepted it and made his trip to Kamino. At Kamino, Grim was tasked with a group of clones which resembled Fett and he instructed them in combat, tactics and survivals. Furthermore, Grim was bonded with the clones and considered them as part of his family, he was also disgusted with Kaminoans' treatment with the clones and he begrudged them for it. Grim also oversaw the "Nynir Squad", his clone commandos' training in Killing House, a location within Tipoca City Military Complex which used for the training of clone commandos in anti-terrorist operations. During the live fire exercise with his clone commandos, Grim's Mandalorian armor was damaged beyond repairs. Instead of looking for a new one, Grim adopted the Katarn class armor which issued to the clone commandos, he added a few pieces of the leftover from his damaged Mandalorian armor and painted some black patterns on it.
Hunting a Rogue Mandalorian
After the death of Jango Fett and the Battle of Geonosis, Grim's contract as a Cuy''val Dar was done but he was re-enlisted into the Grand Army of Republic in order to reunite with his survived clone commandos. Along with the Nynir Squad, Grim was assigned under Republic Strategic Command to fight against Separatist terrorist cells in Coruscant. When he read the intelligence about the list of terrorists, Grim recognized a name and it shocked him; "Beskad Kelborn" who was a childhood friend of Grim when he was with the Kelborn clan in Mandalore. When he made contact with the clan in Mandalore, Grim founded that Beskad had abandoned the way of Mandalorians and went rogue, he was employed by the Confederacy before the Clone Wars began, now he was the leader of the Separatist terrorist cell known as "Tal'galar" or "to spill blood" in Mando'a. Determined to find why, Grim and his Nynir lads began their investigation to track down Beskad and decided to eliminate Tal'galar no matter the costs.
The Time Wound
At the climax of the Battle of Coruscant, the Tal'galar made their final stand in the middle of the crossfire between the Separatists and the Republic Forces. As Nynir Squad engaged with the Tal'galar operatives, Grim chased after Beskad until they reached on the top of a burning building. Realized that their weapons were out of ammunition, both Grim and Beskad engaged in close combat. However, Beskad overpowered Grim and threw him off from at the edge of the building. Before he could fall to his death, a rift appeared and it sucked Grim into it. After Grim was fall into the rift, it disappeared while Beskad watched with bewilderment.
ABILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
Strengths/Skills:
Through his training in Mandalore and battle experiences as a mercenary, Grim is a good marksman especially with a blaster rifle and pistol. Furthermore when he trained with his clone commandos in Kamino, Grim shows his interest in the clone commando's versatile weapon; the DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System and he uses it with the help of his clone commandos. Instead of facing enemies head on, Grim uses stealth approach and sneak attacks upon them but chooses to expose himself if the situation needs him to. Not just a marksman, Grim was an adept knife fighter and melee combatant. Grim is also a team player and often cooperates with his Nynir Squad thus other allies. A careful Mandalorian, Grim scans the surroundings and situations before he can make his move and execute his plans. Although he rarely flies, Grim have experience in combat flight with a starfighter but not as good as the army's starfighter pilots. Instead looking for another Mandalorian armor, Grim adopts the clone commando's Katarn Class Commando Armor with additional of few attachments and remains from his damaged Mandalorian armor, the Katarn armor have duraplast and deflector shields which provides more protection against blaster fire and anti-infantry weapons. The most important of all, the hidden knuckle blade which is the reason that Grim fancies the armor most.
Skills and Strengths
- Veteran Marksman
- Skilled in knife-fighting and unarmed combat
- Able to take his role as a rifleman, sniper, infiltrator, demolition expert and saboteur
- Stealth and sniper is Grim's most effective skills
- Know how to track down a target
- With his battle experiences, Grim is able to teach others in combat techniques and warfare
Weaknesses:
Even though he is a Mandalorian, Grim is a human and he can be killed easily. He is also can be aging like the rest of humans of the galaxy and he can easily get sick if he is not careful. Even though he is a skillful tactician, Grim's tactics can be foiled by anyone who is more tactical and predictable than him, this can be irritates and annoys Grim. Unlike his previous Mandalorian Armor which is more lighter, Grim's adopted Katarn Class Commando Armor is bulkier than regular clone trooper armor and this armor slightly slows him down and reduces his flexibility, furthermore the deflector shields is not able to withstand against more blaster fire or powerful shots from the enemies. Because he is wearing the Katarn Class Commando Armor, most of the clones and people mistaken him as one of the clones unless he takes off his helmet.
Weapons/Equipment:
Grim adopted several weapons and equipments which used by the clone commandos during his time in Kamino. He is also attached some mounted equipments and weapons on his adopted Katarn Class Armor from his damaged Mandalorian Armor.
DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System
A weapon which designed by Blastech Industries, the DC-17m is commonly used as versatile weapons by the clone commandos. Not just functions as an assault blaster rifle, it can reconfigures into a sniper rifle or a anti-armor grenade launcher by changing the attachments. Lighter than the standard clone trooper's DC-15 blaster rifle, he DC-17m's design ensured that it never jammed in the presence of excessive heat, cold, dust, or grime, though it required periodic calibration.
DC-15s Sidearm Blaster
A sidearm which acted as a backup weapon for the clone commandos, the DC-15s Sidearm Blaster fired plasma bolts and Grim holstered it behind his waist. Although it was not a powerful sidearm blaster, the DC-15s was handy in close-quarters combat thus when conserving ammo was necessary. The DC-15s had a recharge rate of seven rounds per second and was capable of eight consecutive shots with energy fully recharged; after eight shots, the user had to wait for recharge of energy for at least one shot to fire again.
Grim's Customized Katarn Class Commando Armor
After his Mandalorian armor was damaged and beyond repaired, Grim adopted a Katarn Class Commando Armor which issued to clone commandos instead of looking for a new Mandalorian armor. Grim customized the armor by adding mounted equipment and weapon on it from his damaged Mandalorian armor such as mounted wrist rocket launcher on the right arm and grappling hook on the left arm. Like the rest of clone commandos' armor, Grim had a backpack which hold detonators, ammunition and medical kits such as bacta spray cans and patches. The backpack also functions as a jump pack. The armor also had a knuckle plate vibroblade, a retractable weapon inside a Katarn Class Commando Armor's glove that could be ejected from the gauntlet to be used in melee combat or silent quarters. Grim painted his armor in black stripes and additional of a ragged scarf around his neck.
Twi'lek Dagger
The dagger which given to Grim by a Twi'lek mercenary as a sign of friendship during his time as a young mercenary. Grim strapped his Twi'lek dagger on his chestplate and often used it as an adjutant weapon with his vibroblade in melee combat.
OUT OF CHARACTER
Name: Nightjar
How Would you like to be contacted?: PM
How did you find this site?: Dan is a long time friend of mine, he introduced this to me.
Other characters: No, this is my first char
