User:SonofNils

About the Real Me

 * Name: Brett Nilsson
 * Aliases: "Son of Nils", "Hey you!"
 * My Home: BrettANilsson.com
 * Residence: Pacific NW"
 * Craft: Art and Illustration

Fields of Interest
In Star Wars: In Life:
 * Jedi Lore
 * Ancient Force History
 * Force Mythology
 * Force-based organizations
 * Jedi organizations
 * Illustration
 * Writing
 * Childrens Books
 * Science Fiction
 * World History
 * World Mythology
 * Ancient Civilizations

My Contributions to Wookiepedia

 * Major Contributions Lightsaber - Wrote the Introduction, History, and Cortosis pieces; contributed to and editted Methods of Use piece.
 * Minor Contributions Arcona Whiphid Other contributions

A Heritage in the Force
It was on Taris in 5 BBY, tucked safely away from the omnipresence of Palpatine's Galactic Empire, that the Force-sensitive Yajaira Casimir gave birth to her equally talented son Devry. Known before her marriage under the family name of Vikriti, Yajaira had spent her youth learning the ways of the Jedi at the Temple on Coruscant. Like other initiates, she eagerly sought the attention of the Jedi masters who came to take on Padawan learners. Her thirteenth birthday came with no apprenticeship, however. As was custom, she left her home at the temple for service abroad in the Agricultural Corps. That very same month, the Clone Wars erupted with the Battle of Geonosis.

Yajaira never told her family how she spent her years during the Clone Wars, but on seldom occasions she later recalled to her husband that she had seen the Holonet reports of a Jedi rebellion on Coruscant, and that she had watched Palpatine's imperial proclamation before the Galactic Senate. Fearing that her prior association with the Jedi would lead to her arrest and execution under the Emperor's new laws, Yajaira fled to Taris, where she made herself a humble home in a dingy apartment down in the Lower City. The Lower City best suited her needs, for here amongst the rebuilt and the ruined, few questions were asked of one's past. While living among the reconstruction crews and downtrodden immigrants, she befriended and fell in love with a local tavern bouncer named Nils Casimir.

Nils and Yajaira were married in 15 BBY, and two years later gave birth to their first child, a daughter they named Hisa. Yajaira hoped that her connection to the Force would be passed down to her offspring, but Hisa showed no aptitude at all. The former Jedi student was therefore surprised when, eight years later, her newborn son appeared strong in the Force.

Learning an Ancient Religion
Yajaira began instructing Devry immediately. She had crafted from memory sensory tools and other infant toys that would help develop Devry's connection with and attunement to the living Force. Using the journal she had kept as a student and initiate at the Jedi Temple, she outlined courses of study for Devry as best she could, though she had to concede that her knowledge and memories had gaps. She turned inward for guidance, and came terms with the fact that Devry would not benefit from proper, traditional training.

Ironically, the lack of a strict and isolated learning environment such as that which Yajaira experienced in her youth benefited both student and teacher. By Devry's seventh year, both he and his mother had become stronger in the Force.

Devry took in everything he could about the Force and the Jedi. He was so fascinated by the lost Order that he grilled his mother continually for more stories. He took a keen interest especially in the history of the Jedi, and dreamed that he and Yajaira would one day help retell their stories to the galaxy.

By this time, word had reached Taris that the rebellion against the Empire was gaining ground after their successful attack on the Death Star, and that Palpatine's reign may at last be in jeopardy. Nils, who had been eager to join the fight against the Empire since he first caught whispers of a resistance movement, could stand idly by no longer. A local regular in his tavern led Nils to a rebel sympathizer in Upper City, who in turn put him in contact with a rebel agent. After the meeting with the rebel, he and their daughter, Hisa, left Yajaira and Devry to enlist in the Alliance. Yajaira desperately wanted to go with him, for she too longed to see the demise of Palpatine. Nils ultimately talked her out of it, though. Nils understood that training Devry in secret was more important than any aid Yajaira may be able to lend directly to the war effort. Reluctantly, she and Devry remained behind.

Yajaira was so proud of her husband for answering the call to action that she came to call Devry Son of Nils. The nickname took hold in the local merchant quarter and among their friends, until soon Devry was no longer called by his given name. For Devry, it was more a title of honor than a nickname, and it filled him with pride to be thusly addressed.

Five months later, Yajaira and Devry received word that Nils had been killed in the Battle of Hoth, and that Hisa was missing in action and presumed dead. The news devastated both of the surviving Casimirs, but it also renewed their commitment to the study of the Force and the light.

Breaching Unknown Territory
By Devry's eleventh year, Yajaira had taught him all that she knew in the ways of the Force. There was nothing left for them to do, save to seek more knowledge that may still have remained. By this time in 6 ABY, the Emperor had been two years' dead, and the Casimirs felt more inclined to track down any surviving Jedi. Not long after leaving their seclusion on Taris, they heard stories that only one Jedi lived, and he was the son of the great war hero, Anakin Skywalker.

With travel more easily available, Devry convinced his mother to travel the galaxy in the hopes of learning what actually happened after the Clone Wars ended. They made their way to the Obroa-skai, hoping to find information on the Jedi at the Obroan Institute. Yajaira introduced herself to the curator of antiquities as a former Jedi student who had escaped the Purges. The Obroan was elated to meet her and hear her own tales, but sadly related to them that the Jedi relics had all been destroyed in the early years of the Empire.

He was able to provide them with what he knew of the Jedi rebellion, and of the Emperor's rise and fall. At the curator's invitation, the Casimirs stayed at the Obroan Institute for several months, studying the history of the past two decades and searching the histories for subtle clues about the Jedi that may have been missed by the Imperial Security Bureau.

The ISB had been thorough in its erasure of all things relating to the Jedi; however, they could not eradicate the memories of those who worked and served alongside the Knights. One morning, the curator called upon them to dine with him that evening. Joining them for dinner was a professor from one of the local universities on Sullust. The aged professor had been a transport pilot in the years before the Clone Wars, and for a time was contracted as a pilot for the Jedi Order. As a hired pilot, he lived near the temple and spent most of his hours interacting with the many Jedi students, Knights, and Masters. They spent the evening listening to his stories. Devry even recorded the conversation on audio so as to be sure of his accuracy later.

Devry and Yajaira left Obroa-skai with the names of planets to investigate for possible connections to the Jedi. Their first stop was the planet Jabiim. The Sullustan professor had told them about the massacres that had occurred there during the Clone Wars, and believed some well-placed inquiries there may yield additional information about the fates of the Jedi who fought there. Unfortunately, they were forced to leave Jabiim shortly after arriving, as Yajaira had fallen ill during the hyperspace journey, and she required medical attention. They returned to their home on Taris, and Yajaira was admitted into the local med clinic. The doctor diagnosed her with a degenerative illness called Knowt's Desease, for which there was no known cure.

They remained on Taris so that Yajaira could remain comfortable and received what pain-relieving treatments their physician could provide. Devry took on whatever jobs were available in Lower City to pay for his mother's treatments. He stayed with her and ensured her comfort until she at last succumbed to the illness in 12 ABY at the age of forty-four. Devry was seventeen.

To Be a Jedi
After seeing to his mothers remains, Devry sold the apartment in Lower City that had been his home his entire life. He made queries to the local government about the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker, and sought ways of contacting him. After several months of volleying requests to various contacts of contacts, Devry managed to reach a protocol droid under the employ of a woman at first only identified as Skywalker's sister. Devry was shocked when the droid informed him that his master was none other than the Chief of State for the New Republic, Leia Organa Solo. The protocol unit, identifying itself as C-3PO, told Devry that he would relay his message to the Chief of State and that he was certain someone would be in contact with him as soon as they were available.

Devry had heard enough brush-offs in his life to know what the droid was doing, so it came as quite a surprise when two days later he received a transmission from Master Luke Skywalker himself. After a brief discussion, they agreed to meet there on Taris three days later. Luke had found references in the Coruscant Temple of an ancient Jedi Temple in the ruins of Taris, decimated by orbital bombardment three thousand years ago. Devry jumped at the chance to help search for Jedi artifacts.

Praxeum, Knighthood, and Service to the Force
During their time searching the ruins of the old temple, Luke came to recognize Devry's Force talents and offered to teach him what he knew of the Jedi at his praxeum on Yavin 4. Devry heartily accepted, and so in 12 ABY he joined the New Jedi Order.

Three years later, he passed his trials and ascended to the title of Jedi Knight. He left the praxeum and returned to Taris. There he helped where and when he could to maintain the peace, especially between Upper and Lower City. He often left Taris when called upon for other missions, and answered the call when the Yuuzhan Vong invaded.

Though he survived the Yuuzhan Vong War, he fell out of contact with many of the other Jedi. The last known reports placed him somewhere in the Quence Sector around 32 ABY.

Author's Note
''This Biography is a work of fan fiction created by SonofNils (Brett Nilsson) for use in this user profile only. Although painstaking steps were taken to incorporate this into the continuity of all canonic elements, none of this is to be taken as canon itself.''