Zora Starbright, born Zora of the Twilight Coast, was an Echani martial artist born around 276 ABY on the Echani homeworld of Eshan. Of tall height and strong body she was the perfect example of the Echani race and culture.
Known to be a stern and dedicated martial artist she was also force-sensitive, undergoing Jedi training at the academy of Shili. Her observational skills bordered on supernatural, which might have offset the fact she was blind on her right eye.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Zora was born as the seventh daughter to a fisherman and farmer family, on the Eshan cliff-side known as the Twilight Coast. Since her parents were servants to the local clan of the area, she was given the same last name everyone born in the region got, if not of noble birth, resulting in her name being 'Zora of the Twilight Coast'. Age separated her from her sisters by a year each, with her being the last born child in the family.
Eshan, 279 ABY[]
As is custom in the Echani culture, Zora began training in the martial arts at the age of 3, under tutelage of the local clans masters. Even at this early age Zora displayed an exceptional instinct for observation and adaptation, a trait none of her sisters or parents shared beyond the Echani norm. Noticing this, the clan masters decided to transfer her to a class especially meant for gifted children.
Growing up Zora supported her family with farm work and fishing, building up her endurance and strength. The cliff-sides the children used to play made an excellent area to further develop her agile instincts and athletics in general.
Eshan, 286 ABY[]
At the age of 10 Zora officially finished her martial arts training under the clans masters, and thus received the rank of a practitioner, the lowest rank in Echani martial arts. Being free to decide for herself on what to study now, out of obligation to her family Zora decided to study outworldish cultures. A decision her former masters scolded her for, since they saw it as a waste of her exceptional talents. Nevertheless, Zora remained at the training ground as a scholar, staying on good terms with any former and new students at the training camp.
Eshan, 290 ABY[]
Having reached the Echani adult age', Zora spent a long time meditating over her past and possible future paths to take. Grown into a strong woman, with knowledge about different cultures, her decision did not come as a surprise to her parents. While her sisters and brother all took important and reputable roles in the clan, Zora herself had no intention of stepping into her siblings footsteps. Instead, she had decided to become a traveller, wanting to roam the Eshan plains and coasts, or even the Stars, if possible.
This meant she had to leave the local clans area, of course, and she'd have to pick and build a name for herself, possibly growing her own independent family one day. On this decision, her parents granted her a present that should serve and protect her on her chosen path.
Dusk and Dawn[]
That present was a pair of lightsaber crystals, held once by two ancestors of her father, twin Echani siblings. It is only known that these siblings ended up getting both fatally wounded during a duel they used these in, the reason for the duel being unknown. The siblings last will was that the crystals are never to be separated again, and if at one time one of their family decides to travel the stars, they should carry these with them.
The crystals represent the colors of dawn, a bright firy orange, and the light of a pale moon, a bright cyan shine. Eshan doesn't have a day and night cycle, the sun and moon being up at the same time, and thus bathing the sky in an eternal twilight. As such, gazing at both crystals color, Zoras decision to honor their ancestors will took full form, wanting to experience a dawn and a dusk with her own eyes.
Shili, 300 ABY[]
After 10 years of roaming the Eshan landscapes and mountains, as well as nearby Star Systems, Zora arrived on Shili, where she had heard about the Jedi taking up students. Curious about their ways of living, and the Force, she joined their ranks as an initiate, eager to further her knowledge about different cultures and societies. In those 10 years of travel, she had gained some notable tattoos on her right arm and left leg, as well as an equally notable scar over her right eye. Said eye seems to have dulled, yet it doesn't seem to impede her perception of depth. The cause of the wound is so far unknown.