Christian Hall

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Christian Hall
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Biographical Information
Race Human
Homeworld Tatooine
Mother Asori
Father David
Spouse None
Siblings None Known
Children None
Born Year -8 Day 339
Physical Description
Gender Male
Height 1.85m
Hair Color Black
Eye Color Black
Political Information
Affiliation CoreGuard
Positions Pilot


Biography

Christian Hall was born in the crime-ridden city of Zion on blazing Tatooine. His father was a fighter pilot in the New Republic, while his mother was a Stormtrooper. His parents had a bond which enabled them to work past both their obvious ideological differences and two rigid schedules which kept them mostly apart. A child, however, was not on the agenda for either of them and Christian was raised by his father's brother and his wife. While his parents, especially his father, visited when they could, their attention was mostly for each other. Because of this, though he knew his parents loved him, Christian always felt a little abandoned.

His life with his aunt and uncle was very easy compared to what he could have had. Anything he needed materially could be supplied, while his schooling came in the form of educational droids. There was space set aside for his use in their home, and having parts of it closed off to him was a small price to pay. He fed his body by spending much of his free time in the desert exploring, and he fed his mind on legend and myth. In search of the affection his guardians never thought to offer him, he learned to supply his social needs by making friends with the slaves on his uncle's estate, all of which were non-human. He was not supposed to socialize with them, which he knew full well. Still, almost as soon as he could walk he began sneaking out to spend hours with them-- mostly tinkering in the garage with old equipment. As he aged, he learned how to sneak them into his uncle's mansion on needed occasions. For the young boy this meant excitement and companionship. For the slaves in meant extra food and precious minutes in cooler air.

One of those slaves appeared to be a human girl near Christian’s own age. When the estate acquired Kaida and her family, Christian questioned his uncle about it, and was only told that she was "one of them". Christian became good friends with her, and when he asked her about why she was out with the aliens when she was clearly human, she explained to him that she was Kiffar, and that was why she was a slave. Christian's young mind immediately realized that there was no difference between a Kiffar and a human, and yet because of where she was born, Kaida, and by extension others, was treated like an animal instead of a person. This sickened Christian and made him realize how useless race was as a separating factor.

Christian eventually noticed that his mother never stayed as long as his father did-- a week at most-- and that, when she did come, she avoided his guardians. In turn, his aunt and uncle seemed to despise her, and both during and after her visits they treated Christian even less tolerantly than usual. During those times he would go to the slave quarters for days at a time, but no one actually seemed to miss him.

When he was thirteen, the visits from his father suddenly stopped. No one ever explained why. When he tried to ask his uncle about it, he was not given a real answer. This wasn't the first time his uncle and aunt had kept secrets from him. He hoped that his mother would fill in the blanks for him when next she came.

Christian knew deep down that something bad had happened, but with no one telling him anything he became quite bitter and defiant. He neglected his schooling, and rashly courted his uncle's displeasure by refusing to conceal the friendships he had made with aliens. His defiant streak was quickly ended when his uncle punished him by punishing his friends. He denied the estate’s slaves food and water until Christian fell in line. After that Christian mostly stayed in his rooms.

About a month later he received a surprise visit from Kaida, who reassured him that he was missed and that no one was bitter about about the trouble he had caused, like he had expected them to be. The fact that Kaida had risked getting into so much trouble, and that the slaves were willing to get into further trouble just to be around him shocked Christian. The contrast between his alien friends' kindness and his own uncle's cruelty was apparent. Christian happily, albeit quietly, resumed his friendships.

Then, one night, Christian awoke from a horrible dream sure that he would never see his mother again either. He was right. She too, disappeared, and he became obsessed with finding out the particulars of her disappearance. His guardians were just as unhelpful as they had been when he father disappeared, except, this time they actually seemed happy. Now with both his parents completely gone, their interest in his well-being completely plummeted, almost to the degree of resentment.

Christian fell into a depression, conscious as never before of his utter lack of power to protect anyone or anything that he cared about. He had ever increasing fights with his uncle, both over the treatment of the slaves and over the man's complete refusal to be open with him about anything. It was Kaida who told him to leave, to go find out what had befallen his parents. She directed him to Kiffex, which, she said, was his mother's homeworld. He tried to convince Kaida to come with him, but she opted to stay, as her family was on Tatooine. In turn, he swore that he would return and free all of his friends there.

He stole credits from his uncle's safe-- a surprising amount of credits-- and ran. Kaida's information led him to Thath Clan. They knew nothing of what happened to his mother, but surprisingly, the Thath took him in. Days turned to weeks that turned into months. Months spent stretching his wings, sparring for long hours with clanbrothers and learning as much lore as he could. He loved it, drank the acceptance they extended him like water, and under their care his spirit healed somewhat. But the young man knew that staying on Kiffex would get him nowhere near the truth about his parents or near his goal of freeing his friends.

Again he left, a little older now, and a little wiser, but still totally alone. Eventually, he landed a job with Turner Securities Limited, which he felt would be a good place from where to not only earn his own living, but gather information and make contacts with both of his goals in mind.