Luke Skywalker (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
faithfulson) wrote2024-03-25 07:58 pm
faithfulson) wrote2024-03-25 07:58 pm
Entry tags:
Application ~ Folkmore
❥ Character Information
Character Name: Luke Skywalker
Character Age: 24
Character Species: Human
Current Health: Alive
Outfit: A jumpsuit and boots, utility belt, overcoat, and necklace.
Character Canon: Star Wars (Disney Canon)
Link to History: A long time ago, a pair of twins were born, and it was kind of a big deal.
Canon Point: Return of the Jedi, just after Vader's death.
Canon Iteration:![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
deercountry CRAU
Canon Iteration Explanation: Luke remained largely out of the limelight of the main plot of Deer Country; his most notable interactions being offering Cloverfield an ear to listen to his loss, and when his patron Pthumerian — The Reckoning — drove him mad with the need to seek justice. The events he participated in were more personal, like his struggles to have a positive relationship with his father, and his more intimate relationships, of which he admitted he was an utter disaster at. Speaking of disasters, Luke nearly dragged all of Trench into a big one, when his need to find answers about why his father served Palpatine as he did led to the memories of the man attached to his father’s lightsaber possessing him. He was driven out into the world at large, but was eventually defeated by Maul and others.
Character Age: 24
Character Species: Human
Current Health: Alive
Outfit: A jumpsuit and boots, utility belt, overcoat, and necklace.
Character Canon: Star Wars (Disney Canon)
Link to History: A long time ago, a pair of twins were born, and it was kind of a big deal.
Canon Point: Return of the Jedi, just after Vader's death.
Canon Iteration:
deercountry CRAUCanon Iteration Explanation: Luke remained largely out of the limelight of the main plot of Deer Country; his most notable interactions being offering Cloverfield an ear to listen to his loss, and when his patron Pthumerian — The Reckoning — drove him mad with the need to seek justice. The events he participated in were more personal, like his struggles to have a positive relationship with his father, and his more intimate relationships, of which he admitted he was an utter disaster at. Speaking of disasters, Luke nearly dragged all of Trench into a big one, when his need to find answers about why his father served Palpatine as he did led to the memories of the man attached to his father’s lightsaber possessing him. He was driven out into the world at large, but was eventually defeated by Maul and others.
❥ Folkmore Roles & Attributes
Skills:
- Decent at cooking
- Expert mechanic
- Largely self taught swordsman
- Expert pilot
- Skilled with a blaster
- Adept in unarmed combat
Canon Abilities: The Force in Star Wars is an ever present energy that binds all life (and even some non-life) in the Galaxy together. Those that are sensitive to it are capable of amazing, almost superhuman feats that most other organics cannot hope to match. Luke's connection to it in particular is very strong, and much like his father, he is practically a flaming beacon of power to other Force sensitives.
Some of Luke's abilities in the Force can be broken down as follows:
Telekinesis: Luke has demonstrated a rudimentary understanding of being able to lift and move objects using the Force. He was able to call his lightsaber to his hand in a moment of need without being expressly taught how to do so, and after some training, was able to lift and move heavier rocks and even R2-D2. However, he comes to a bit of a stumbling point when it comes to larger objects, as he is still stuck on the fact that something larger and heavier than himself would be impossible to move on his own. He has been working on divorcing himself of this belief after witnessing tiny Yoda lift his X-wing starfighter out of a swamp, though he isn't on that level yet.
Telepathy: Telepathy in the Force has a broad range, from being able to influence minds, to reaching out and communicating with others over a distance, to sensing the presence of others. While eventually he will be able to sway the weak minded, Luke only has a 50/50 chance of being successful; he understands the basic concept, though he hasn't quite managed it just yet (though that may change as canon is being updated on a regular schedule). Communication, however, is something he has managed, instinctively being able to reach out to Leia so she could come save him when he was in trouble. This only really works with people he's close to at the moment. Luke's senses, however, are very strong; he can pick up on presences he knows very easily, and is able to piece together where individuals are. He can even sense the energy powering droids, though not the droids themselves, given they are not alive in the same sense as an organic being. It was largely due to this sense that he was able to destroy the Death Star in the first place. This ability to sense can also work in reverse, allowing him to dampen his own presence in the Force, though he hasn't come close to mastering this yet.
Precognition: Precognition falls under two categories: anticipation of actions and visions of the future. Even at his point, Luke has demonstrated a remarkable ability to anticipate and react to outside influences, whether it's to intercept a blaster bolt or to help prevent someone else from being injured by debris. This ability is the one he's had the most practice in, as it's one of the first things Obi-Wan taught him. Future visions, however, is a bit of a double edged sword for Luke, much like they were for his father. While being able to see the future has helped, particularly bad visions tend to linger, plaguing his nightmares until he does something about them.
Body Conditioning: Yoda didn't exactly have Luke running around in a swamp because he wanted a free ride. By training his body, Luke was able to learn to reach though the Force to help aid himself, improving on his own physical limitations that he otherwise would not have been able to improve on naturally. This is what enables him to perform jumps and feats of endurance that a normal human would be unable to otherwise.
Role: Legend
Role Qualities/Attributes: A small pair of wings (stretched out they’re about as long as his own arm span); the feathers are mostly white, but they have a green tint to them.
Role Reasoning: Luke is quite literally the very definition of a Legend as written on the information page. He is the epitome of what is good and kind in the Star Wars universe; he’s always willing to help others, sometimes even to his detriment, and can always see the good in others, even if it’s hard to see at first. He’s shown this kindness in Deer County, and, not much will change in Folkmore: he’s always going to be willing to lend a hand, and will always reach out to others with kindness, even if they themselves don’t believe they deserve it.
Some of Luke's abilities in the Force can be broken down as follows:
Telekinesis: Luke has demonstrated a rudimentary understanding of being able to lift and move objects using the Force. He was able to call his lightsaber to his hand in a moment of need without being expressly taught how to do so, and after some training, was able to lift and move heavier rocks and even R2-D2. However, he comes to a bit of a stumbling point when it comes to larger objects, as he is still stuck on the fact that something larger and heavier than himself would be impossible to move on his own. He has been working on divorcing himself of this belief after witnessing tiny Yoda lift his X-wing starfighter out of a swamp, though he isn't on that level yet.
Telepathy: Telepathy in the Force has a broad range, from being able to influence minds, to reaching out and communicating with others over a distance, to sensing the presence of others. While eventually he will be able to sway the weak minded, Luke only has a 50/50 chance of being successful; he understands the basic concept, though he hasn't quite managed it just yet (though that may change as canon is being updated on a regular schedule). Communication, however, is something he has managed, instinctively being able to reach out to Leia so she could come save him when he was in trouble. This only really works with people he's close to at the moment. Luke's senses, however, are very strong; he can pick up on presences he knows very easily, and is able to piece together where individuals are. He can even sense the energy powering droids, though not the droids themselves, given they are not alive in the same sense as an organic being. It was largely due to this sense that he was able to destroy the Death Star in the first place. This ability to sense can also work in reverse, allowing him to dampen his own presence in the Force, though he hasn't come close to mastering this yet.
Precognition: Precognition falls under two categories: anticipation of actions and visions of the future. Even at his point, Luke has demonstrated a remarkable ability to anticipate and react to outside influences, whether it's to intercept a blaster bolt or to help prevent someone else from being injured by debris. This ability is the one he's had the most practice in, as it's one of the first things Obi-Wan taught him. Future visions, however, is a bit of a double edged sword for Luke, much like they were for his father. While being able to see the future has helped, particularly bad visions tend to linger, plaguing his nightmares until he does something about them.
Body Conditioning: Yoda didn't exactly have Luke running around in a swamp because he wanted a free ride. By training his body, Luke was able to learn to reach though the Force to help aid himself, improving on his own physical limitations that he otherwise would not have been able to improve on naturally. This is what enables him to perform jumps and feats of endurance that a normal human would be unable to otherwise.
Role: Legend
Role Qualities/Attributes: A small pair of wings (stretched out they’re about as long as his own arm span); the feathers are mostly white, but they have a green tint to them.
Role Reasoning: Luke is quite literally the very definition of a Legend as written on the information page. He is the epitome of what is good and kind in the Star Wars universe; he’s always willing to help others, sometimes even to his detriment, and can always see the good in others, even if it’s hard to see at first. He’s shown this kindness in Deer County, and, not much will change in Folkmore: he’s always going to be willing to lend a hand, and will always reach out to others with kindness, even if they themselves don’t believe they deserve it.
❥ Personality
Luke is a person with a big heart, that he wears on his sleeve at all times. His ability to be kind and forgive go hand and hand, and are most obvious when one looks at the relationship he has with his father. Literally no one else in the galaxy would even give Vader a chance; many believed that the only way to stop his evil was to just kill him. But Luke defied that, pretty much snubbing everyone by setting aside the fact that his father had tortured his friends and maimed him, for the sake of using his love to drag Anakin back from the Dark.
Luke’s determination knows no bounds. He has participated and led countless campaigns during the war against the Empire, many of which were practically suicide missions, like when he aided in the capture of a Star Destroyer in order to break through a blockade and deliver much needed aid to a planet suffering under the Empire’s oppression. Were it not for his determination to see things through to the end (successfully or not), the Rebellion may well have struggled to get the traction it needed to be a credible force against the Empire.
While Luke’s determination has helped the Rebellion, it can devolve into outright stubbornness at times, becoming more harmful than helpful. Most notable of this is when he went running into Vader’s trap at Bespin; he knew it was a trap, knew that Yoda was right in warning him to stay away for the greater good, but his stubborn need to protect his friends had him ignoring all the warnings. In the end, he was the one that needed to be rescued, and ultimately had done more harm to his friends than good.
Luke’s stubbornness also shows how reckless he can be; he literally throws himself into situations that require much more thought than he allows himself to make. The above example is one of the many times, but this has been happening since he was a child. At eight years old, he confronted a group of Jabba’s goons that were collecting water taxes during a drought, something that he certainly should not have been doing, that he just ran off to do in the middle of the night without his aunt and uncle even knowing he left.
While Luke has grown out of his naivety by his canon point, it’s been an issue for him in the past. Biggest example of this is when he teamed up with Doctor Aphra — who before this point had been working with Vader to capture him — foolishly trusting her in going to a planet where a queen could unlock an ancient Jedi artifact. Said queen turned out to be the queen of a hive of essentially body snatching bugs, and Aphra was (initially) more than happy to ditch Luke in favor of getting what she wanted, to literally no one’s surprise but his.
Overall, Luke is the very definition of a hero. He has a big destiny, and understands the responsibility that role requires, and follows the path he chose with goodness in his heart and a hand reached out to help those in need.
❥ Player Information
Player Name: Skyla
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Are you over 18?: yes
Contact(s):![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
SkylaDoragono, or PM.
Who Invited You?: Shade
Current Characters: NA
Permissions: Here
Writing Samples:
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Are you over 18?: yes
Contact(s):
Who Invited You?: Shade
Current Characters: NA
Permissions: Here
Writing Samples:
- TDM top level
- Accidental memory share @ Deer Country