Kalikana (Kali)
Name Kalikana (Kali)
Position Jenefran
Character Information
| Gender | Female | |
| Species | Jenefran | |
| Planet of Origin | Jenefra | |
| Age | 20 | |
| Birth Date | July 24, 2372 | |
| Location of Quarters | N/A | |
| Player (for PNPCs) | Charlie |
Physical Appearance
| Height | 5' 2" | |
| Weight | 102 lbs | |
| Hair Color | reddish gold | |
| Eye Color | blue | |
| Skin Color | fair | |
| Physical Description | Kali is short, even for her species. She dresses simply, when she has her choice. This helps her travel without being recognized as she eschews the pomp and circumstance her father and his counselors are so fond of. | |
| Accent | Jenefran |
Family
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| Father | King Mrowen | |
| Mother | Queen Catanna | |
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Personality & Traits
| General Overview | Kali was raised to care for her people and to serve them. Her mother took her out to help in soup kitchens and hospitals so she would know how the people lived and what they needed from their leaders. Queen Catanna made sure Kali was taught by the best teachers and understood not only the responsibility of leadership, but the importance of education, history and the arts. She is compassionate and cares for others, often sneaking away from the palace to learn, explore or help. After the death of her mother, her activities were strictly curtailed, but she still manages to find ways to get out on her own -- with the help of several trusted servants. |
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| Strengths & Weaknesses | Strengths: Intelligent, knowledgeable, compassionate, literate. Weaknesses: Doesn't like hurting people and will not stand up for herself if it will hurt someone else. (However, she is quickly reaching a point where she has had enough.) |
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| Ambitions | To be a kind, benevolent ruler. | |
| Hobbies & Interests | Painting, reading classic literature, dancing, singing, history, caring for others, meeting people | |
| Languages | Jenefran, Standard |
| Personal History | Kali was born the only child of King Mrowen and Queen Catanna. The court -- and her father -- wanted to pamper and spoil her, but her mother insisted her daughter be given a well-rounded education. Catanna insisted that she care for Kali and not leave her upbringing to servants. She oversaw every aspect of her daughter’s life; from breastfeeding the infant to hand picking her numerous tutors to allowing her to play with the other children in the palace. The Queen made sure a large chunk of her afternoon was set-aside for her to spend time with her daughter. They would play together, go on long walks together and quickly became not just mother and daughter, but best friends. As Kali grew older, she and her mother would go to museums and festivals and visit different parts of the kingdom so that Kali would learn not only how to rule, but get to know the people she would rule as well. The two made a point of visiting hospitals and soup kitchens to lend a hand where needed. This gave Kali a strong desire to help her people and improve the lives of everyone in the kingdom when it became her time to reign. It was not uncommon for the two women to roll up their sleeves and work alongside others when needed. While Kali spent a great deal of time with her mother, she saw very little of her father. He was often busy with affairs of state or meeting with his counselors about one matter or another. Her mother's aide, Phtarro, became more of a father figure to her and she would occasionally spend evenings with him and his family when her mother had to be away. The winter Kali turned 17, a viral epidemic swept the kingdom. Both her parents fell ill and while her father recovered, her mother did not. The entire kingdom mourned the loss of their beloved Queen. Kali joined in tributes and celebrations of her mother's life, but when they were finished, she locked herself away in her rooms to mourn in private. Only Phtarro and his family attended her as she worked through her loss. Slowly, Kali began to slip out of the palace to wander through the city and visit the sick. She generally did this in disguise, not wanting to bring attention to herself, but word got around that the Princess was again visiting her people and she found that strangers would come up to her to give her a hug. They would also tell her of events in the kingdom that her father had not seen fit to share. Indeed, her father rarely spoke to her at all. It was on one of these trips through the city that she learned of her impending marriage to Keelan, one of her father's advisors and now the Prime Minister. . She'd met Keelan a few times, and didn't like him. The thought of a marriage to such a man was repugnant to her. When she informed her father that she did not agree to the marriage, he threatened to lock her in the tower until she complied. That the marriage was arranged and she would either comply, be imprisoned, or be banished from the kingdom. This news shocked Kali as he was not behaving like the father she used to know. Knowing she could not risk banishment as she knew Keelan would be disastrous for the kingdom, she agreed to a long engagement to give her time to get used to the idea. Over the next two years, her father kept her away from council business, but filled her time with social engagements to keep her busy. At the same time, a war broke out between the Jenefrans and the Qunari, a primitive people who shared the planet with the Jenefrans. The two people had been at peace for centuries, but now all envoys to the Qunair people failed, the heads of the Jenefran delegation returned to the palace. Several months ago, a Federation delegation met with the Jenefran council to talk about joining the Federation. Kali met the envoy at a formal dinner and was impressed with their commitment to peaceful exploration. For the past several months the war has escalated to the point Kali fears the council will decide to exterminate the Qunari. She firmly believes that something had to have set off the peaceful primitives and caused them to start the war and if she could learn what that was, she could stop the potential genocide. In an act of desperation, she sent a message to the Federation, using one of their communication devices left behind for her father, and begged them to come investigate the cause of the war and stop the bloodshed. |
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