Kienshi Tian

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Kienshi Tian
Basic information
Homeworld	Esseles
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age	18
Height	5'10"
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Cybernetics	None
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era New Republic era New Jedi Order era
Affiliation	The Order New Republic Galactic Federation of Free Alliances
Rank	Jedi Adept
Caste	N/A
Known masters	Xiahou Kun
Known apprentices	N/A
Other information
Weapon	Single Lightsaber
Ship	N/A

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Kienshi Tian is a human male and current Jedi Adept of The Jedi Order. He was trained to the rank of Adept by Xiahou Kun.

Biography

Early Life

Kienshi Tian was part of a wealthy family in the cultural capital of Esseles, Calamar. This city is known for it’s devotion to the arts, and his father was an owner of one of the cities popular theatres. He believed that his life would revolve around the stage and from birth expected a life of theatre on his home planet.

This all changed when he discovered that he was force sensitive. The family had birthed potential Jedi before, the most successful of them being Kienshi’s cousin Wolf Sazen. He was far older than Kienshi and had spent his life training, moving through various clans.

At this time Wolf was a member of the Jedi Council for the clan “Jedi of Freedom”. He had no Padawan and when he heard that Kienshi was force sensitive he sent word across the Holonet offering to take Kienshi to the {JoF} Temple as a hopeful.

Kienshi left shortly afterwards to begin his career as a Jedi

{JoF}

Kienshi moved quickly through the {JoF} ranking system. Upon arrival Wolf Sazen managed to convince the Council that he could take Kienshi on directly and skip him past all of the Hopeful and Youngling stages that most Jedi admitted to the temple went through. Partly because of Kienshi's age, and partly as a favour to Wolf the Council allowed him to do so. Kienshi then spent many hours training with his new master and learning the basics of lightsaber combat, force control and understanding the teachings of the Jedi.

Wolf was a tough master and continuously pushed Kienshi to take trials and improve his rank. This Kienshi did, and he passed his first set and moved up to the second stage of {JoF} Padawanship: Jedi. He barely scraped through the trials by having a lucky duel against his master, which he didn't win, but dealt enough damage to slip through and by successfully completing the jump trial. It was really his knowledge of the Jedi Code, the Jedi Law, and the theory behind the lightsaber forms that moved him up as he could quote the information word perfect. This head for knowledge and facts would serve Kienshi later in his career.

At this juncture of Kienshi’s career Wolf started sharing with him some anxieties he had about the direction in which {JoF} was heading. Some of the newer members were straying off the path of the true Jedi and their masters were not stopping them. The clan leaders also were distant and frequently away from the temple meaning that there was no definite watch over the Temple. The council were becoming complacent and the clan seemed to be at a halt.

Wolf suggested a move to a Yavin based clan called {TO} The Order. He knew some people who were part of this clan and cited it as a place of honour; a cut above {JoF}. Kienshi didn’t have to follow him. However, he too had felt disillusioned about the direction of his clan and the two of them left shortly for Yavin.

{TO}

Kienshi Tian and Wolf Sazen arrived at {TO} Academy no longer as master and student. They were now equals and both hopefuls to a new clan.

Right from the outset Kienshi could see the differences between {JoF} and {TO}. For one thing, it was far more challenging. At {JoF} Kienshi had been a reasonable dueller. At {TO} he found that he lost the majority of training duels. This did not matter to him, it only confirmed in his mind that leaving {JoF} was a positive notion.

In {JoF} Kienshi had been immediately accepted as a padawan. This time he had to go through the process of becoming initiated and then earning a learner’s badge before this was even considered. It was going to be a very different road than last time.

Wolf Sazen was accepted into the clan before Kienshi in a large clan ceremony in the great hall. Kienshi's acceptance a month later was much different. The Council were suffering from bureaucracy and were getting little done, so Jedi Master Zree held a private ceremony in the Council Chambers to accept Kienshi without their permission. This caused a minor uproar from the Council, but they could see the wisdom of Zree taking action rather than allowing stagnation. Kienshi was now an Initiate.

Padawanship

Kienshi spent many months building himself towards Padawanship in {TO}. He first had to earn his Learner's badge, which required attendance of two classes, two missions and two events. Only then could he be eligable for selection. Kienshi found himself entering saber touraments, attending classes on Galactic History and going on missions to hostile planets. He would never had done this in {JoF} as he wasn't pushed to risk it. But in {TO} it was a necessary part of training and so he found himself learning more than he'd thought possible upon his arrival.

Once achieving his Learner's badge, Kienshi waited for a master to select him. He came in the form of a new rodian Knight named Xiahou Kun. A week later Kienshi found himself standing on a pillar waving his saber back and forth. Xiahou took him straight back to basics and completely reworked his technique. He trained Kienshi primarily with yellow stance to counter the powerful red stance that Wolf had taught him in {JoF}. Kienshi's skill was not in combat however, but he did his best to learn. It would be a long time before he was ready for any trials though.

A New Path

Shortly after Wolf Sazen left {TO} Kienshi found himself