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Ismaren, Irek

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Roganda Ismaren's son by Sarcev Quest, Irek's youthful abilities with the Force were augmented by his mother when she had Nasdra Magrody implant an AI chip in his brain. This chip allowed Irek to become educated quicker, both from a practical standpoint as well as with the Force. The subelectronic converter chip was placed in his brain at the age of 5. By age 7, he began formal training in the Force. At 13, he could easily qualify for an advanced degree in a number of physical sciences, if he so chose. However, he had been brought up this way for one purpose: to recover the derelict Eye of Palpatine. Roganda realized, from her association with Palpatine, that only a mind capable of interfacing the Force with the ship would be able to reactivate it. So, she chose her own son to be the instrument of her success. She hoped that his ability to control mechanical things with the Force would allow him to call the Eye to Belsavis and control it. Irek's weakness, though, was that he could only control objects if he knew their basic schematics, which he committed to memory. If the schematics were to change, even fundamentally, he couldn't manipulate an object. When the Eye of Palpatine was destroyed, Irek managed to escape with his mother, and was not seen again. In his weakend state, Irek was unable to resist when his mother brought him to Coruscant. There, she began altering his body and mind, creating a huge, Force-wielding humunculous. His bones and muscles were forced to continue growing long past the point of maturity, giving him incredible height and mass. The AI implant placed in his brain was further enhanced, allowing him to have a deep-seated inner focus that provided a strong connection to the Dark Side of the Force. A collection of lightsabers were implanted in his body - at the wrists, knees, and shoulders - and hardwired into the implant for greater control. His weapons training was handled by an unknown Dark Jedi hired by Roganda. At some point in the training, Irek became angry with the Dark Jedi and killed him in a duel, but not before the taking a lightsaber thrust through the brain. Roganda was forced to begin a second series of transformations, this time to try and restore Irek's mind retrieve him from brain death. Before the entire transformation was complete, however, Irek broke free. Without memories or a basic understanding of what had happened to him, Irek killed his mother and fled into the depths of Coruscant's undercity.