Jacen Ares

Jacen Ares, is a 25 year-old human Dark Jedi/Jedi Knight, born in the capital of the Republic, Coruscant, in the year of 3677 BBY. Jacen was a Jedi Knight, becoming a Jedi Guardian at the age of 20. Several years later, Jacen fell to the Dark Side of the Force for a period of time, becoming a Dark Jedi. However, he was able to harness this power and control it, and later returned to the Jedi Order, if for nothing else than to further his goal of eradicating the Sith.

Appearance
Jacen Ares is a fair-skinned male individual, who is fairly large, standing at around 6'3", and possessing a very muscular build. Ares has dark brown hair, which is medium lengthed and normally unkempt, as well as a similarly unkempt beard and blue eyes. As for clothing, Ares wears black colored jedi-like robes, and normally keeps the hood of his cloak over his head. Also, he wears a pair of gloves/gauntlets which are black in color with golden trimmings, all of which are made of metal. Jacen keeps his lightsaber on his belt, mostly in plain view, along with several other small tools such as a holocommunicator and other things.

Personality
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Background
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Story
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Equipment

 * Saberstaff - Originally Jacen's lover's lightsaber, Jacen has kept it and modified it into a saberstaff. Using the original green colored crystals of the blade's former owner, Jacen has also added blue crystals, which originate from his own first blade, essentially combining the two together, one of the blades being the green of Jacen's deceased lover, and the other being the blue that Jacen himself originally used. Jacen has modified the hilt of the lightsaber to accomidate for the double blades, but has not actually lengthened the hilt at all, meaning the hilt is still only the length of an average lightsaber's, instead of the larger hilt normally associated with saberstaffs. This means that the saberstaff is more useful for one handed use, which actually eliminates several weaknesses of most saberstaffs, being that the long hilt can easily be cut in half, and that it is difficult to deflect blasterfire with the elongated hilt. Both of the blades of the saberstaff are dual-phase, meaning that they can change length, and shorten to the size of a shoto-saber. Jacen often only uses one blade at a time, only activating the second to catch on opponent off guard.
 * Lightsaber - After rejoining the Jedi Order, Jacen decided that he should create a new lightsaber. Jacen constructed an all new blade, this time using a purple colored crystal, to signify his use of both the Light and Dark sides of the Force. This blade is also dual-phase, being able to shrink to the size of a shoto-saber. Jacen most commonly uses this blade, and will use his saberstaff when he deems that the use of two weapons is neccessary.
 * Twin Blaster Pistols - Jacen carries a pair of twin blaster pistols with him the majority of the time. Due to his status as a weapons master, he has trained extensively in blaster use and has no qualms about using blasters. His pistols are possess middle tier range and power, as well as a very high rate of fire. Due to Jacen's force ability, his aim is near perfect.
 * Cloak - Jacen's cloak is laced with armorweave. This means that his cloak is capable of disipating blaster fire, and is able to protect from light hits from a lightsaber, although an invested lightsaber strike will still cut through it quite easily.
 * Gauntlets - The gauntlets that Jacen wears are made from Phrik. This material is one of the very few that is able to withstand a lightsaber blade, which allows Jacen to potentially block attacks from his foes using his gauntlets, especially while he is using unarmed combat.

Physical Ability
Jacen Ares possesses incredibly impressive physical skills. In addition to his impressive stature, Jacen has mastered several forms of martial arts, making him incredibly deadly in unarmed combat, mixing these many styles into his own form of unarmed combat. In fact, his pure skill in unarmed combat ironically qualifies him as a Jedi Weapon Master, since his own body is viewed as a lethal weapon. Even when not using the force to augment his strength, Jacen is able to perform lethal strikes on his opponents with well placed blows, and with Force Augmentation, Jacen would be capable of breaking bones and even metal armors without much difficulty. Jacen's skill is enough that he is able to combat other Jedi or Sith using merely his bare hands as a viable form of combat, even against lightsaber weilding foes. In addition to this, Jacen often employs his Force abilities in conjunction with his martial skill, performing techniques such as firing off a Force Blast from his fist as a punch impacts an enemy, inflicting potentially lethal damage even to armor wearing foes. Even when armed with a lightsaber, Jacen still employs physical attacks quite often.

Lightsaber Skills
Ares is an incredible duelist, even when he was still in the Jedi Order his overall ability wasn't on the level of a Jedi Master, but his lightsaber skills certainly were. Ares has not mastered every form of lightsaber combat, but he has at least a working knowledge of all of the forms, and has mastered both Form V and Form III. His main focus is on Form V, and unlike most users of the form, Jacen is able to blend both Shien and Djem So together into his fighting style fluidly, instead of just focusing on one of them. He also switches back and forth between the more normal lightsaber stance and the rare backwards grip Shien stance, staying with neither consistently. Having also mastered Form III, Soresu, Jacen is able to combine the perfect defense of Form III with the aggressive counterattacks of Form V, eliminating the weakness of Soresu entirely, while further supporting his use of Form V. Jacen therefore has both amazing defense and fantastic offense, making him extremely dangerous in lightsaber combat. Jacen's large build in addition to force augmentation lends itself to Form V's aggressive style, as well as allowing him to hold up his defense against almost any opponent without being overpowered. Jacen is also incredibly skilled at the Juyo form, adding the speed and ferocity of the form into his Djem So offense, making it all the more effective. Additionally, he sometimes adds in techniques of the other forms into his fighting style, since he is able to do at least basic techniques from all of the styles. He also combines physical attacks his incredibly potent physical attacks into his saber fighting. Additionally, Jacen is incredibly skilled in both the use of Jar'Kai, which is the art of dual-blade fencing, as well as the use of the Saberstaff, which along with his martial arts ability qualifies him for the title of Jedi Weapons Master. Even while using dual-blades, Jacen retains enough strength to overpower most opponents despite being unable to put both arms into an attack. This style of fighting also allows him to both attack and defend much faster than before. Jacen is skilled enough with Jar'Kai and the use of a Saberstaff that he is able to weild his Saberstaff in one hand whilst simutaneusly wielding his lightsaber in the other, making for an incredibly swift, unpredictable, and lethal fighting style which most opponents wouldn't be accustomed to. Jacen is also not overly reliant on the use of two blades, only using both when neccessary, and is still incredibly powerful while only using a single saber.
 * Shien - The Shien version of Form V is desinged for countering blaster fire instead of lightsaber combat. Both forms of Form V are focused on turning defense into offense, so Shien is focused on deflecting blaster fire back at the shooter. Shien is best used on multiple opponents, while being less effective against a single opponent. Shien is where the reverse grip stance originated, which Jacen uses quite often. This grip allows the user to perform long sweeping strikes to take out multiple opponents at once, using a similar motion to a punch.
 * Djem So - This is the other version of Form V, which is focused mostly on saber-to-saber combat. Djem So users keep up a good defense, while then immediately counter attacking after parrying or blocking an opponent's attack, bring the force of the opponent's own blow against them. Djem So focused very much on pure power, employing wide, powerful strikes and parries followed by lethal counter attacks. Unlike Form III, this style allowed the user to not only counter attack, but also press the assault, combining Force-enhanced strength with powerful attacks to overwhelm an opponent's defense. Djem So's weakness tends to be a lack of mobility, but Jacen has entirely overcome this hinderance, through his incredible martial arts abilitiy, and his high-tier Force Augmentation. In fact, Jacen's Force Augmentation is powerful enough for him to continue to use powerful Djem So strikes even while dual-weilding lightsabers, meaning he can only put the strength of one arm into his strikes, and is still able to overpower most enemies.
 * Soresu - Soresu is Form III, and is known for it's perfect defense. Soresu relies on tight bladework and subtle dodges to provide the most defensive coverage possible, minimizing the exposure to attacks from opponents. Soresu relied on economy of motion and energy efficiency, keeping up constant blade-movement to build up momentum and minimize energy-expenditure. Form III focused on strong defensive technique to essentially outlast an opponent, waiting until they began making mistakes due to frustration or fatigue, before taking advantage of these lapses and countering.
 * Juyo - Like his master, Jacen is very skilled in Form VII, Juyo. Juyo is a form that focuses entirely on offense, and is the most taxing of all the forms. Juyo attacks are unpredictable, and extremely fast. Jacen rarely ever uses the Juyo form by itself, instead implementing it into his Djem So offense, combining the power of Form V with the speed and ferocity of Form VII, and holding it together with the control and tight bladework of Form III, making him an extremely deadly and overwhelming force. However, when Jacen begins to get angry, he will often regress into a fighting style of almost pure Juyo, becoming a living hurricane of unpredictable fast-paced offense. He lacks defense while using this style, but his sheer overwhelming movements make it nearly impossible for an enemy to find the time to counterattack.

Force Ability
As a former Jedi Knight, Jacen Ares is a very skilled practitioner of the Force. Unlike many Jedi Guardians, Jacen is quite powerful in the force and spends a good amount of his time honing his skills in it, although this is likely because his chosen fighting styles rely pretty heavily on the Force to augment them. Jacen is able to access the power of both the Light and Dark sides of the Force, since he has trained in the Light side for most of his life, before falling to the Dark side later on. Jacen is skilled in both forms, possessing great mastery over the Force. Jacen often refers to the Force as a tool, saying that unlike other Dark Jedi or Sith, he uses the Dark side and his emotions instead of letting it use him.
 * Force Augmentation - This is the ability to augment one's physical prowess using the Force. This ability grants Ares superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and durability. Jacen's skill with Force Augmentation is about as high as it can get, making him nearly unmatched when compared to other Jedi Knights in this regard. Jacen uses it often thanks to his main fighting style focusing on very strong and very fast strikes, aiming to overpower his opponents and catch them off guard. As well as his other forms of combat, such as his unarmed skill being heavily bolstered by this ability. This also allows him to block many attacks at once with incredible speed, and take more punishment when he does end up getting hit. Jacen can also use this to increase his jumping ability. He is also able to fight for extremely long periods of time thanks to this ability.
 * Force Listening - This technique allows Jacen to hear through the force. It allows him to understand speech from other languages that he would not normally know, and also hear things from long distances.
 * Force Smell - A force power that allows Jacen to augment his smell, in order to pick up things that they normally would be unable to.
 * Force Sight - This enhances Jacen's visual perception even in the dark or through walls. This can also be used to counter other Force abilities such as Force Blinding.
 * Force Sense - Force sense was among the most basic of Force abilities. It could be used to feel another being's feelings, the future, ripples in the Force caused by momentous or traumatic events, impending danger and the presence of the dark side.
 * Precognition - Jacen has always had an innate ability to use Battle Precognition, even before being fully trained in the use of the Force. This allows him to predict his opponent's next attack or events in the immediate future.
 * Force Empathy - This ability allows Jacen to pick up on impressions of an indivigual's emotional state.
 * Telepathy - The ability for Jacen to communicate with others through his mind over small or large distances.
 * Mind Trick - Is the ability to alter and influence the thoughts and actions of other sentient beings. It can be used coerce others into agreement, force one to reveal information, or simply halt whatever they're doing.
 * Force Fear - Jacen is able to strike directly at he deepest parts of the target's mind, causing an uncontrollable shaking fear that would wreak havoc with the target's capabilities. Through pure force of will alone, a user could cause them to lose their courage completely, and if left undefended, the effects could be severe, rapidly demoralizing the enemy with a feeling of hopelessness and regret.
 * Beast Control - This ability allows Jacen to tame and control animals to do as he wishes, working in a similar way to the Mind Trick.
 * Telekinesis - The ability to use the Force to manipulate physical objects, and controlling or creating physical impulses and forces.
 * Force Push/Pull - Ares is able to use the Force to push or pull objects. Jacen is able to create large telekinetic waves with this ability, allowing him to blow back enemies or objects, or deflect attacks. He is able to pull things such as his lightsaber into his grasp instantly, or pull opponents into his lightsaber range.
 * Force Blast - A more powerful Force push, essentially blasting things away violently instead of simply pushing it away forcefully.
 * Force Wave - A higher application of Force Push. Jacen releases a large wave of force from his entire body, blowing everything in the area away.
 * Force Choke - This ability allows Jacen to use the force to constrict his opponent's throat with the Force. It could either be used to slowly choke them unconscious, or to violently crush their windpipe.
 * Force Crush - With this ability, Jacen uses the Force to crush things such as an opponents internal organs or armor.
 * Lightsaber Throw - Jacen uses the force to aim and control his lightsaber after throwing it at an enemy, increasing its speed with the force and aiming it precisely. He is also able to use the Force to retain his lightsaber after throwing it.
 * Battlemind - Battlemind was a Force power wherein one's morale and fighting spirit was augmented through sheer focus, giving Jacen the drive to fight through even the hardest of conflicts. He could then overcome things such as injury or fading stamina.
 * Force Rage - Jacen can tap into his innermost fears, pain and hate, and convert them into an intense rage. He can then channel the anger to increase his own speed, strength, and ferocity.
 * Force Lightning - The ability to generate electricity using the Force. Jacen is only able to use this at a low level, meaning it would take quite a while to kill someone with this ability, however, it is still incredibly painful and can cause significant damage. Jacen's Force Lightning is unusually noted as being golden in color, contrasting the usual blue or purple color that most other users of the ability produce.