Andra Kess

Andra Kess is an Umbaran Jedi Initiate in training on the Jedi Temple in Coruscant.

Personal History
Kess was known to be Force-sensitive from a young age, tested by an errant Jedi master on a diplomatic visit to the planet. Andra was born to one of Umbara's lower castes, with her parents, both farmers, being near the very bottom of the barrel and were either unable or unwilling to advance through the ranks. It was no surprise when her parents, whoever they were, chose to give up their child, preferring to give her a chance among the stars, instead of the cutthroat and endlessly dangerous world of the Umbaran castes. The Jedi would leave with the baby, that day, departing the sunless world of Umbara.

From a young age, Andra was noted as a people-pleaser, trying to do whatever her handlers had assigned as the activity for the day. For this, Kess was often taken as a bit of a "handler's pet", assisting her elder masters with whatever they needed help with, occasionally helping other younglings with their works. In recent years, Kess, once a shining, bright example of an initiate, has become less of that. Condescending and occasionally rude, it is not rare for her to be provoking fellow initiates, to the great frustration and dismay of the handlers. This does not appear to be the case with her superiors, at the least, to whom she retains a level of respect, but whether this is an actual belief or an affect in order to get into less trouble has not been figured out.

Yet, even as she has shown she will be a difficult padawan, temperamentally, her skills have been shown to be above average at her age, in both physical efforts and mental acuity. However, there has always been difficulty in efforts of the Force, but it is unknown whether this is a mental block, due to her ability to get easily frustrated, or a more innate one.