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<p style="text-align:justify">Noah Alexandria's birth was one of peculiar circumstances. Her mother had spent a long time travelling and little time in Braaust, having taken the earliest opportunity possible to leave and explore the world; by the time she returned she was in the later stages of pregnancy, making her the source of much gossip and speculation at the time, not least of all being the identity of the father.</p>  
 
<p style="text-align:justify">Noah Alexandria's birth was one of peculiar circumstances. Her mother had spent a long time travelling and little time in Braaust, having taken the earliest opportunity possible to leave and explore the world; by the time she returned she was in the later stages of pregnancy, making her the source of much gossip and speculation at the time, not least of all being the identity of the father.</p>  
  
<p style="text-align:justify">Her birth was uncomplicated - however, where her mother lived often snowed over even in the dead of summer, and the day Noah was born was no exception; on the contrary, weather conditions were noted as being particularly extreme. It snowed so heavily on the day of her birth that none were able to reach the hospital in time, leaving her mother and the hospital staff to be the only witnesses of Noah's birth. This did nothing to deter the rumours and gossip surrounding she and her mother.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Her birth was uncomplicated - however, where her mother lived often snowed over even in the dead of summer, and the day Noah was born was no exception; on the contrary, weather conditions were noted as being particularly extreme. It snowed so heavily on the day of her birth that none were able to reach the hospital in time, leaving her mother and the hospital staff to be the only witnesses of Noah's birth. This did nothing to deter the rumours and gossip surrounding Noah and her mother.</p>
  
 
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=== Childhood ===
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<p style="text-align:justify">At 14 standard years old, Noah crossed the southern river and entered the ice lands. Eventually, after much rough travel, she discovered an ice camp and worked her way into it. At first she was delegated to performing menial tasks, but as time went on and she proved her ability she was assigned rougher and harsher tasks, competing with most men. Her strength and endurance grew through hard labour as the years went by, and by the time she was in her late teens, she had proved herself the equal of most of the men, becoming a respected member of the camp. </p>
 
<p style="text-align:justify">At 14 standard years old, Noah crossed the southern river and entered the ice lands. Eventually, after much rough travel, she discovered an ice camp and worked her way into it. At first she was delegated to performing menial tasks, but as time went on and she proved her ability she was assigned rougher and harsher tasks, competing with most men. Her strength and endurance grew through hard labour as the years went by, and by the time she was in her late teens, she had proved herself the equal of most of the men, becoming a respected member of the camp. </p>
  
<p style="text-align:justify">She met Cor'buir later and was adopted into the Aliit Haliis. She left about two years later, but is still part of the family - she just needed to finish her life quest.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">It was in Year 5 where Noah - now aged 16 standard years - had her first encounter with life from off-world. A Mandalorian was visiting the ice camp, on his way through to another destination. Noah found the man exotic and mysterious, clad in armour and plainly very dangerous; she had never seen such an individual before, and her interest grew. While initially one-sided, this interest soon went both ways; as Noah worked and demonstrated her prowess and general level of fitness, the Mandalorian took note, and before long the two began to converse.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">The Mandalorian introduced himself as Corran Haliis, Cor'Buir of Aliit Haliis. He quickly proved himself to be friendly and open to conversation, and Noah learned of the Mandalorians and of life - not only off-world, but outside of the Hapes Cluster, of the vast galaxy around them of which she knew nothing. Noah found herself fascinated by the culture, by the idea of belonging to something greater than herself, of utter loyalty to one's kin - and receiving that same loyalty in return. To a woman who had known few friends and even less family, it was an enticing fantasy. Corran Haliis went on his way, and Noah was left with it, to continue working at the ice camp.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">What she did not expect was for him to return several days later, done with his business - and with an offer for her to become his daughter as is the way of Mandalorians, and to join his Aliit as one of them. He made it clear that it would be a difficult road, and she would need to undergo much hard training - but she was ecstatic at the offer. Not only would she now have a place to belong and a family to depend on, but she would at long last have a father, the thing that had been missing from her life for so long. She did not hesitate in accepting the other, and so the two made their way north to a small village named after the Clan, Haliis. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Located near to the boundary between the north-western glaciers and the boreal forests of Calfa, the village made the perfect site for Noah's training, and quickly became her new home. There, she received her very own suit of armour, and was shown out to adjust its size for when she inevitably grew. Over the course of two years, she learned what it was to be a Mandalorian, and she learned the skills and arts of war - how to use and maintain blaster weaponry, how to handle explosives, how to maintain her own armour and modify it to suit her own needs, how to use a jetpack and fight while using one, how to fly a ship, how to track and hunt prey, how to defend herself in melee combat, and countless more things besides. Fortunately, Noah proved herself to be a quick study, and she fit in to the Aliit nicely. She found contentment there. She had found a family at last. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Newly exposed to the galaxy at large, however, Noah discovered she wanted to explore it and see what was out there, as well as develop her skills - training was one thing, her Cor'Buit had made clear, but experience quite another. More, she wished to find her biological father, and in so doing find some form of closure. With encouragement and blessing from her Aliit, she prepared to set out and enter the galactic scene. No longer a helpless teenage girl. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify">Now, a Mandalorian.</p>
  
 
=== Travels and Questions ===
 
=== Travels and Questions ===

Revision as of 10:26, 15 April 2018

Noah Alexandria Traner
AlexSmile.png
Biographical Information
Race Corellian/Hapan
Homeworld Calfa (Hapes Cluster)
Mother Kayda Xem
Father Kalen Traner
Corran Haliis (via Mandalorian adoption)
Partner Aetius Morbus
Siblings Wes Calais
Evan Traner
Drael Nagatee
Zeff Traner
Padme Knight (via adoption)
Born Y -11 D 266 (Age: 29)
Physical Description
Gender Female
Height 1.61 Meters or 7.875 Bananas
Weight 60kg
Hair Color Brown with natural blonde highlights
Eye Color Brown
Political Information
Affiliation Tion Hegemony
Title "Troubles"
Rank Veteran Guardsman
Prior Affiliation Sienar Fleet Systems
"Here comes Troubles."
— Ninian Delayn


Noah Alexandria Traner, otherwise known by the callsign 'Troubles', is a half-Hapan half-Corellian female Mandalorian, adopted into Aliit Haliis. A Veteran Guardsman of the Tion Hegemony, there is little known about her; what is known is that she is an able combatant as with most Mandalorians, yet with few notches on her belt due to being relatively new to the galactic stage. Noah is noted as being disinterested in the pursuit of fame or notice, largely keeping to her own affairs.

Personal Life

As is typical of Mandalorians, Noah Alexandria Traner's life is one full of trial and tribulation, with no shortage of difficulties and challenges. Having overcome most of them through her own merit, Noah nevertheless remains a little-known member of the galactic community, though despite this many of the details of her personal life have become public knowledge - generally thanks to her own forthrightness.

History

Origins

Noah Alexandria Traner was born in the Year -11 to the Hapan man Kalen Traner and a Corellian woman by the name of Kayda Xem, on the planet Calfa in the Hapes Cluster. Noah was raised in Braaust, previously a small southern town inhabited by Hapans on the fringe of the law. Noah's mother Kayda Xem ranked lowly in Braaust's social ladder, and so Noah enjoyed few luxuries and much difficulty during the earlier years of her life.

Noah Alexandria's birth was one of peculiar circumstances. Her mother had spent a long time travelling and little time in Braaust, having taken the earliest opportunity possible to leave and explore the world; by the time she returned she was in the later stages of pregnancy, making her the source of much gossip and speculation at the time, not least of all being the identity of the father.

Her birth was uncomplicated - however, where her mother lived often snowed over even in the dead of summer, and the day Noah was born was no exception; on the contrary, weather conditions were noted as being particularly extreme. It snowed so heavily on the day of her birth that none were able to reach the hospital in time, leaving her mother and the hospital staff to be the only witnesses of Noah's birth. This did nothing to deter the rumours and gossip surrounding Noah and her mother.

Childhood

The first few years of Noah's life were uneventful, albeit difficult. Her mother often told her that she was a special little girl, because she got to help with chores, feed the animals, bake, etc., before she was even 7 standard years, where most other children instead spent their time playing. At 7, she started in the local academy like all little girls did in the Hapes Cluster, with boys starting the year prior.

Having been sheltered up until then, it was only now that Noah learned that everyone else had a father and a mother, while she only had a mother. She asked her mother about it, and her mother said little, save to comment that he was a "heartless jerk" and not worth thinking about. She did mention that Noah's father was a Hapan however, which delighted Noah. Neither did she believe a Hapan could be a heartless jerk, for reasons of her own. This naivete lasted all the way until she was 13 standard years old.

Noah's time at the academy was unpleasant, and she found little camaraderie there. By this point everyone seemed to know she was fatherless, and her fellow girls were judgemental and harsh; Noah suffered much bullying at their hands before eventually opting to socialise with the boys several years later, who were considerably less judgemental. Spending time with the boys led to her engaging in the same activities, prompting much judgement upon her mother, especially from other parents - Hapes culture being what it was, allowing her girl to 'debase' herself to act like a boy was unheard of.

Noah herself didn't care, and her mother supported this approach, advising her to live how she chose to rather than seek the approval of others. However, the good times did not last; as the years went by, the boys themselves became more judgemental and questioned Noah's presence among them, with various childish rumors surrounding her - claims that she didn't even have a father, that she had simply appeared one day, or that her mother was a witch. Distressed, Noah eventually snapped at them. Feeling alone and abandoned, Noah was then approached by a boy called Jaden, who apologised for his words. The two became fast friends, especially upon the discovery that Jaden himself lacked a father. His mother spread the word that he was fighting in a war and earning money for the family, but Jaden told Noah the harsh truth; he had left before Jaden was born and plainly had no intention of returning. The two bonded over their shared misfortune.

To be a Mandalorian

It was towards the end of Year 2 that Noah's mother, Kayda Xem, passed away. The 13-year-old was devastated. After finishing the last academic year at the academy, with the final optional year involving etiquette, Noah made the heavy decision to leave the small town she had grown up in as her mother had done before her. Saying her farewells to her only friend, Jaden, she prepared herself for the coming journey - she gathered supplies, researched her destination and the route she would take. This process took the better part of a year.

At 14 standard years old, Noah crossed the southern river and entered the ice lands. Eventually, after much rough travel, she discovered an ice camp and worked her way into it. At first she was delegated to performing menial tasks, but as time went on and she proved her ability she was assigned rougher and harsher tasks, competing with most men. Her strength and endurance grew through hard labour as the years went by, and by the time she was in her late teens, she had proved herself the equal of most of the men, becoming a respected member of the camp.

It was in Year 5 where Noah - now aged 16 standard years - had her first encounter with life from off-world. A Mandalorian was visiting the ice camp, on his way through to another destination. Noah found the man exotic and mysterious, clad in armour and plainly very dangerous; she had never seen such an individual before, and her interest grew. While initially one-sided, this interest soon went both ways; as Noah worked and demonstrated her prowess and general level of fitness, the Mandalorian took note, and before long the two began to converse.

The Mandalorian introduced himself as Corran Haliis, Cor'Buir of Aliit Haliis. He quickly proved himself to be friendly and open to conversation, and Noah learned of the Mandalorians and of life - not only off-world, but outside of the Hapes Cluster, of the vast galaxy around them of which she knew nothing. Noah found herself fascinated by the culture, by the idea of belonging to something greater than herself, of utter loyalty to one's kin - and receiving that same loyalty in return. To a woman who had known few friends and even less family, it was an enticing fantasy. Corran Haliis went on his way, and Noah was left with it, to continue working at the ice camp.

What she did not expect was for him to return several days later, done with his business - and with an offer for her to become his daughter as is the way of Mandalorians, and to join his Aliit as one of them. He made it clear that it would be a difficult road, and she would need to undergo much hard training - but she was ecstatic at the offer. Not only would she now have a place to belong and a family to depend on, but she would at long last have a father, the thing that had been missing from her life for so long. She did not hesitate in accepting the other, and so the two made their way north to a small village named after the Clan, Haliis.

Located near to the boundary between the north-western glaciers and the boreal forests of Calfa, the village made the perfect site for Noah's training, and quickly became her new home. There, she received her very own suit of armour, and was shown out to adjust its size for when she inevitably grew. Over the course of two years, she learned what it was to be a Mandalorian, and she learned the skills and arts of war - how to use and maintain blaster weaponry, how to handle explosives, how to maintain her own armour and modify it to suit her own needs, how to use a jetpack and fight while using one, how to fly a ship, how to track and hunt prey, how to defend herself in melee combat, and countless more things besides. Fortunately, Noah proved herself to be a quick study, and she fit in to the Aliit nicely. She found contentment there. She had found a family at last.

Newly exposed to the galaxy at large, however, Noah discovered she wanted to explore it and see what was out there, as well as develop her skills - training was one thing, her Cor'Buit had made clear, but experience quite another. More, she wished to find her biological father, and in so doing find some form of closure. With encouragement and blessing from her Aliit, she prepared to set out and enter the galactic scene. No longer a helpless teenage girl.

Now, a Mandalorian.

Travels and Questions

Noah Alexandria, now going by Alex, gathered her few belongings and headed off. For some unknown reason, she headed off onto a cheap spaceliner going anywhere. She was bundled in her warm clothes, wearing everything she had since she didn't own a backpack. She spent a fortnight on the ship before it landed in a warm town on Callos, She wandered north to the forest, laughing to herself about the stories of outlaws who live in the forest. Finding ocean, she got on a boat. Her mind turned to wondering about her father, if she had any siblings, if there was anyone in the galaxy that cared about this young woman. 

After that, Alex ran into Jeff Knight, and his stepdaughter Katherine Scordonian. Because of Katherine's link to the Force and young age, she mistook Alex for her uncle, Evan Traner. Jeff realized that Alex's name also was Traner, and helped her to contact the main family. Alex tried to learn about her family. After contacting her family, she decided she needed to get a job. She floated around a few factions at first before settling in Rim Mining Guild. Over time, that became Seinar Fleet Systems, then Permanent Solutions. Alex stayed there, having found another sort of family. The group merged into Tion Hegemony towards the end of Y18, and Alex joined the local military.

Family Life

Alex has a good relationship with her brother Zeff Traner, who she speaks to whenever she can.

She speaks with her half brother Wes all the time.

Her half brother Evan is missing and hasn't been seen in years, so she has never been able to meet him. Alex has been in contact with Evan's ex-wife, Drael Nagatee.

Her adopted sister Padme is deceased; her second husband was kind to Alex, though, until his death in year 18.

Alex had a long term relationship with Jagged Hersch, a member of Aliit Haliis, for a few years. They ended their relationship near the end of Y18.


Paraphernalia

Armour

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Because Noah is a Mandalorian, she always wears her armour. Her armour is made from Duraplast, and weights about 90kg.