Species: Yuul
Gender: male
Age: 31 Rotations, or 23 years; comparable to a human aged 17
DOB: 13 Fentith, 679th Rotation of Herod
Birthplace: Gharintown, Therax Province
Occupation: fmr. apprentice barrigater
Languages: Yuulan, English

Physical Characteristics
Height: 5' 7"
Weight/Build: wiry and muscular, there isn't much meat on him
Hair: light sea green
Eyes: green with murky brown edges
Skin: modestly tan
Face: two white circle marks on left cheek
Attire: typically white and green shirts/tunics and pants, often with a dark green undershirt layer; he's from a desert planet and gets cold easily, but never overheats, so will wear several layers of clothing even in summer

CHILD

Collective History:
 

Individual History
The moment of n'Barit's birth was a cause for great celebration. During her pregnancy, n'Barit's mother showed signs of carrying a Tuulani child. Tuulani possess superpowers, capable of manipulating energies in the world around them. Only about one in every four thousand births is a Tuulani.

At about six months of age, n'Barit was taken from his parents to begin his training as a barrigater. Part mage, part magistrate, part priest, and part governor, barrigaters are the political, spirutal, and military leaders of the Yuul.

The school was rigidly disciplined, even abusive. Tasked with training the next generation of leaders, there was no time for pleasantries or play. N'Barit was taught the art of war and the science of law. He lived by the school's schedule and raised according to its laws. Only about half of the enrolled students ever graduate, and n'Barit worked hard to achieve the honor.

The most important part of n'Barit's schooling involved learning the use of his Tuulani powers. Every Tuulani has a slightly different class of power. Some can control light, some fire or heat energy, while others create sparks or unleash terrifying sonic attacks. N'Barit was discovered to possess a rare subclass of kinetics: shielding.

At the time of n'Barit's birth, the previous shield-type Tuulani had been dead almost ten rotations. Because of this, n'Barit had no direct teacher from which to learn, and instead had to teach himself from notes and writings left behind by others. This hindered his training, and at graduation, he was the only child unable to make a demonstration of his abilities before the master. Because his subtype was so rare, the masters decided to allow him to graduate. His class of powers was simply too important to lose, and it was thought that with several rotations to practice and hone his skills, n'Barit would grow into the full potential of his powers. So, at his eleventh rotation (a rotation later than usual, and about eight years of age), n'Barit became a junior barrigater.

N'Barit was sent to the somewhat remote Telmat province and assigned to a senior barrigater to complete his training. The elder barrigater was in his twilight years, old and wise but somewhat irreverant. N'Barit continued to explore his powers, spending hours each day in meditation, prayer, and practice, self-directed and -inflicted torture so that he might one day become a full barrigater.

Barely a rotation after his assignment, the Telmat Province became the landing point for a group of alien invaders, the Lubellans.

The Lubellans were a slaver race, with massive slave armies beyond the Yuul's imagining. Lubellan technology included spaceflight and far surpassed the Yuul, who had yet to discover electricity. Additionally, the Lubellans possessed abilities similar to the Tuulani: they could manipulate energy.

Because they landed in his province, n'Barit was the first Yuul to come against a Lubellan. He still had many years to go before he would master his shielding powers, but the enemy commander underestimated him. The Lubellans were unfamiliar with shielding abilities, having no shielders among their own people, and n'Barit took advantage of this oversight, managing to kill the commander of the exploratory force. In the process, n'Barit lost his foot.

Even though he was a Tuulani, even though he was a barrigater, even though he was only a child and had fought in defense of his planet, the loss of his foot made n'Barit "disbodied." As per Yuul law, he was outcast for the unclean disfigurement, forced to go to the rocky desert where the other disbodied outcasts lived.

When the exploratory force lost its commander, the Lubellans simply sent more soldiers to deal with the problem. N'Barit swore to destroy them for shaming him and continued to fight to the best of his ability, but it was a hopeless war. The Lubellans outclassed the Yuul in every area.

Rather than face subjugation, the Yuul decided to commit mass suicide and rest their fates in their religious beliefs. N'Barit tried to argue against this, but he was disbodied and no one would even hear his words. He could not even join the suicide, for he was disbodied and unclean, and his oath of vengeance prevented it.

Over ninety-nine percent of the population committed suicide in the space of two days. The Lubellans, not having anyone to enslave, simply got back into their ships and left. They had no interest in the planet beside slaves. Yuul had no strategic benefits or resources that interested the Lubellans. It did not even have what the Lubellans considered a desirable climate.

N'Barit was left, alone, to wander the deserted streets and bury the dead with all his hurt and his rage. There was nothing he could do to retaliate against the Lubellans and fulfill his oath, no way for him to leave his planet. He scraped by on a diet of vermin and berries for nearly half a dozen rotations until someone else came to Yuul. A Praetorix.

Post-Extraction
The Praetorix convinced n'Barit to leave with her and extracted him. She also extracted one other from his dimension: the enemy comander he had killed, Jaden Amn. Upon learning this, n'Barit was furious. When the Praetorix did not allow him to slay Amn a second time, n'Barit decided to leave her house and go wandering through dimensions. He went to the Wilds.

A vast, untamed cacophony of worlds, the Wilds were full of fantastic dangers. N'Barit took his rage out on all manner of monsters, in the process finally reaching the full extent of his powers. Even though he only had one foot, he was a great warrior.

He was eventually felled by the tiniest of adversaries, a virus. he was forced to crawl back to the Praetorix and her family, where a nurse by the name of Sally nursed him back to health. Sally became the only person n'Barit trusted. Because of her, n'Barit decided to stop his wandering and stay for a change. He became a member of the Fleet and his abilities were put to good use in the war against Deity Command.

He had everything he needing: a purpose, respect, friends, and more. Sometimes, he even smiled or laughed. But he was not happy.

Then, in the summer of 2006, the Conference happened. A thousand souls, including n'Barit, were given the chance to decide the meaning of reality for the next ten years. Half an hour later, they had a peace treaty with Deity Command and a choice between two wishes. One, bring back from the dead a single comrade who had died during the war with Deity Command. Two, rewrite your own history.

N'Barit decided to change his past. He was willing to give an arm and a leg to save his people.

So he did. Instead of losing just a foot, n'Barit lost both his arm and his leg, and in the process, saved his people. But some things could not be changed. Even though he had saved his people, he was still disbodied as a result. They cast him out into the rocky desert and never spoke his name again.

His people saved, n'Barit thought at last he would be happy, but he was not. Without his arm, he no longer had his full shielding powers, which he had spent the better part of his life perfecting. Instead of finding himself through his sacrifice, he became lost and inconsolable. His entire past became painful to him.

What he needed was a fresh start, away from every vestige of his memories, away from anything that could remind him of the past. He asked the praetors for their help and they offered him the chance to move to Gaia. N'Barit left everything behind, keeping only the clothes on his back, and went to Gaia.

PERSONALITY
N'Barit's most defining feature is his stubbornness. Once he has an idea, there is nothing that can shake it from him. He holds on to things past the point of reason and very rarely takes counsel from anyone. His intractability can make him very difficult to talk with or relate to. He simply refuses to accept worldviews outside his own.

N'Barit was raised to be a leader, and in Yuul society, that means once you take a position you don't back out of it. If you take the wrong position or no position at all, you don't deserve to be a leader. The Yuul view decisiveness as a virtue greater than wisdom, and follow-through is a matter of greatest honor. N'Barit is nothing if not a thoroughly accurate representation of his people's society and values. When he commits himself to something, he does so totally and completely. He is fearless once he has chosen a course of action. He will stand up to any enemy, no matter how numerous or strong, and persevere even under the worst odds. He expects more of himself than anyone has ever expected of him, and he accepts less. There is no such thing as good enough for n'Barit. He must always be better.

Traditionally, this stubbornness and determination has been both blessing and curse. Had it not been for his stubborn hard work, he never would have graduated from his schooling. His schoolmasters knew that, even though he did not have typical mastery of his powers when he graduated, that he possessed the discipline and drive to continue learning on his own. His stubborn determination to fulfill his oath of vengeance kept him alive when everyone else on his planet died.

His stubbornness also left him wandering his dead planet alone, surrounded by the bodies of his people and the decay of his once-great civilization, images he has never been able to erase from his mind and probably never will. His stubbornness led him to the fulfillment of his oath, causing him to lose everything he worked so hard to earn for himself and ruining his life. No matter how many times he tries to convince himself, n'Barit cannot ever truly believe his sacrifice was worth it.

N'Barit is proud to a fault, of his heritage and who he is. Honor is extremely important to n'Barit. Even though he made choices that led to personal loss, he remains resolute with the knowledge that his choices were the honorable ones. N'Barit would sooner starve than betray his personal honor.

One of the things hardest for most people to understand is n'Barit's continued pride in his people, people who exiled him for saving their lives and whose beliefs state that he is the lowest scum imaginable. Instead of turning away from the society which shuns him, he persists in his loyalty to it. He continues to believe in the precepts of his upbringing, even when those precepts mean hating himself.

N'Barit is very deeply religious. He was trained to be a priest to his people. He continues in his zealotry even when his religion calls him "unclean" and bars him from Paradise or participating in sacred rituals. He is incredibly intolerant of any other religions, particularly monotheistic ones which seem to make no room his own beliefs. When the subject of religion comes up, he is quick to launch into hateful diatribe, decreeing followers of other religions as false and evil. He makes no friends with these speeches.

Cleanliness is one of the cornerstones of his religion, and n'Barit despises people who are messy or dirty. He permits himself to be around or in contact with filth and dirt only because he is unworthy of the ceremonial cleanliness to which he once adhered. Touching garbage is a sign of his shame and unworthiness. He permits no such thing from Kirkcaldy. As permitted, n'Barit still engages in ritual cleansing ceremonies whenever possible and is very fastidious when his situation allows.

He also eschews earthly possessions, believing in owning only what is absolutely necessary to life. Most Yuul live in self-inflicted poverty, and n'Barit's goes beyond the usual. He owns precisely two sets of clothing, a small knife, a waterskin, and a blanket. He never sleeps on anything finer than dirt.

Though poor, stubborn, proud, self-hating, intolerant, and a zealot, n'Barit has his good points. Because of his history, he has an immense capacity for understanding and recognizing pain and suffering in others. He is very protective of Kirkcaldy, honorable, and is an excellent listener. He believes strongly in education. He would never intentionally hurt an innocent.

Part of n'Barit's problem is that he grew up without any real parental figures. He was raised in a school with very strict teachers, subjected to training which most of us would consider abusive both physically and mentally, especially to young children. He never played as a child, never laughed. He's never met his actual parents or had any meaningful personal relationships prior to leaving his world. He was trained to be his people's idea of the perfect leader and warrior. Having lost that role, it's been difficult for him to learn to be anything else.

N'Barit is attempting, through moving to Gaia, to redefine himself completely and become something else. It scares him, but he is determined to succeed. Perhaps, with Kirkcaldy's help, he will succeed.

The Duchess of Kirkcaldy - N'Barit's adopted daughter, and the absolute light of his life. She's sweet, forgiving, obedient, and very loving. n'Barit considers her pure and clean of the taint that marks non-Yuul and is raising her by traditional Yuulani values.

Daub - ???

Sally -

Jaden Amn - N'Barit's mortal enemy, he killed Amn once before and has sworn to do so again. Unfortunately, Amn is much too powerful and smart for n'Barit to take down.

Daiyka Dallyete - One of n'Barit's few actual friends, a scathingly funny, intelligent, and dangerous Coelophysus.