Risam Adra

Risam Adra was born Korlan and Larin of the Adra Clan on the Kiffar homeworld of Kiffu. A recent addition to the Jedi Order, the young Initiate still has much learn - and even more to prove.

Origins
Due to the poverty of the Adra clan, many of Risam's early years were spent in hardship. The decline of the Kiffar race had long been underway, leaving few opportunities and fewer choices to those who remained on the homeworld, struggling beneath the Imperial yoke. Still, the young boy's parents did what they could to instill in him a love for both his people, and his planet; a love that would persist despite the struggles they faced every day.

Fortunes changed briefly when Larin Adra, Risam's mother, was granted a position as a Kiffu Guardian -- but this boon would quickly prove a double-edged sword when Larin was dispatched to the prison planet, Kiffex. Forced to leave behind all that he knew, tossed by the whims of chance, Risam soon resolved to claim his own place in the ever-shifting tides of the universe.

It was on Kiffex that Risam would discover his Force sensitivity, the Guardians quickly identifying him as someone worthy of note. Though it pained his parents greatly, they saw no options but to send the boy where his talents could be honed to their fullest potential.

Shuffled onto a ship and sent off to the Jedi Academy on Coruscant, Risam clutched the insignia of his mother Larin close. As he did, a surge of images swept over him - revealing to him the story of the object, and all that it had seen. He felt his mother's pain, but also her resilience; he saw his father's suffering but also his strength. He saw years of Kiffars serving proudly as members of the Guardians...and then, as swiftly as they had come, the visions dissipated.

Filled with a newly strengthened pride - and armed with a newly kindled secret - the boy of Kiffar resolved to become not merely a Jedi - but a man that all of Kiffu would be proud to name their own.

Initiate
After the Gathering ritual on Ilum, Risam found his crystal and took it back to begin construction of his very own lightsaber. Though he had some difficulty at first, eventually he was able to fashion a working saber - which, once ignited, yielded a blade with a bright orange glow. It was a simple weapon, modeled originally after the traditional blades of the Kiffu Guardians.