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The Shan Family
In General
Jarik Shan
The main character of the Shaniverse. The last descendant of the Ancient Jedi and Sith Lord Revan, Jarik is the best friend of Ahsoka Tano and becomes the second apprentice of Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars.
- Arch-Enemy: Jarik has three of them.
- Darth Maul was the one who killed Jarik's parents when he was three in attempt to kidnap him. He later killed Jarik's Parental Substitute Qui-Gon Jinn and spent a considerable amount of time torturing his master Obi-Wan. Jarik hates Maul passionately and while Maul's primary focus was on Obi-Wan and Sidious he makes it clear he hates Jarik as well often taunting him about his parents whenever they meet. At the end however Jarik comes to understand that Maul was a victim of Sidious his entire life and comes to pity him.
- Darth Vader Jarik's Evil Former Friend and Foil. Vader blames Jarik for turning Padme against him and hates him as much as he hates his former master. Its strongly implied however that the real reason Vader hates Jarik so much is that he reminds him so much of Anakin and what he could have become had he not fallen to the Dark Side. He is one of Jarik's most relentless enemies hunting him across the Galaxy and the the two have dueled on multiple occasions. Jarik regards Vader with a sense of pity seeing him as the miserable broken man he truly is underneath his mask.
- Darth Sidious. Almost everything negative in Jarik's life is due in some way to Sidious. Sidious sent Maul after Jarik when he was a child that resulted in the deaths of his parents, Sidious brought Anakin to the Dark Side, Sidious destroyed the Jedi and the Republic. Sidious for his part regards Jarik as his most dangerous enemy even greater then Yoda as Jarik has caused him no end of trouble foiling his plans on multiple occasions.
- Master Swordsman: Jarik is one of the most skilled duelists of his age noted even as a youngling to be a prodigy with a lightsaber. His preferred lightsaber form is Form II (Makashi), however he was also trained in Form III (Soresu) by Obi-Wan the Jedi's most skilled Soresu master. This enables him to overcome Form II weakness to kinetic force allowing him to stand up to dedicated Djem So duelists like Darth Vader. He also utilizes some Ataru in his lightsaber style as well.
Ahsoka Tano Shan
A Togruta Jedi Padawan and the best friend of Jarik Shan since childhood. She becomes the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars until she leaves the Order following being framed for terrorism and the Jedi Council refusing to defend her for political convenience.
Mara Jade Shan
A force sensitive child who was targeted for kidnapping by Darth Sidious but was rescued from the Second Sister by Jarik. Mara Jade was adopted by Jarik and Ahsoka in addition to being trained by them rising to become a major figure in the rebellion against the Galactic Empire.
- Adaptational Wimp: While Mara is just as skilled a fighter as she is in canon (possibly even better) she does not have any of her canon counterparts skills at infiltration and intelligence gathering due to never becoming an Emperors Hand.
Talia Shan
The first biological child of Jarik Shan and Ahsoka Tano.
