Selene Kahn

Selene Kahn
Biographical Information
Race	Anzati
Homeworld	Unknown (Taris)
Mother	(adopted) Camilla Kahn
Father	(adopted) Yurther Kahn
Partner	Gida Freetaa
Born	Over 100 years ago
Languages	Galactic Basic, Kiffu and Anzati
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Height	170cm / 5'7"
Weight	54kg / 119lb
Coloring	Pale Skin
Hair Color	Light Brown (Dyed - Black)
Eye Color	Dark Green to Light Blue
Political Information
Affiliation	Tresario Star Kingdom

Early Years

Selene on Taris (Upper Town)

Selene was seriously injured, her clothes torn and shredded by the savagery of the attack which left her unconscious laying on the ground of a dingy, dark alley. A large wound on the Anzati's head oozed blood which had already began to puddle around her prone body. Who or whatever had perpetrated the brutal attack was long gone having left her to bleed out in the shadows. She would have most likely died there had she not been found by a female passerby. The young Anzati's savior, was a human named Camilla Kahn a woman that fortunately for Selene had a strong sense of empathy for her fellow sentience. Acting upon this natural inclination she took the wounded young lady back to her home where she would minister to her injuries with the aid of her husband Dr. Yurther Kahn a Kiffar geneticist. In time the damage done to Selene’s body healed thanks in no small part to the efforts of her hosts. Only one wound had caused any lasting impact on her, the trauma she received to her head when she had been attacked caused her to lose all memory of her past. Where she was from, who she was, what she did for a living, all gone from her mind no matter how hard she tried to recall them. Although she could remember nothing beyond waking in the couple’s home she still had all the powers and skills available to here that any Anzati would. The pair had grown attached to the young girl during the time they had cared for her and couldn't see turning her out in into the city in her amnesiac state. In addition Dr. Kahn also saw a huge opportunity to study a live Anzati while trying to help her recover her memories. The couple decided to adopt the girl and raise her as their own, giving her the name of Selene Kahn.

As time passed Selene grew up healthy, happy with her new life and adopted parents. The couple cared for and loved her as if she were their own daughter, teaching her the culture of their respective people. Dr. Kahn also taught her the language of the Kiffar and their history, including the horrors Selene’s people the Anzati inflicted upon the Kiffar. He explained how the Anzati viewed other species as nothing more than food and tried to make her understand how abhorrent such a view was. Unable to recall any of her own past upbringing, Selene readily adapted to the teachings of her adopted parents, living by their morals and continuing to learn Human and Kiffar ethics. Selene’s adopted father also studied her feeding habits over the years in an attempt to find a way to eliminate them. Dr. Kahn went so far as to splice her genes with his Kiffar and his wife, Camilla's, human genes. None of his experiments were successful in eliminating Selene’s need for soup, though it had decreased substantially allowing her to go longer between meals. These experiments also had unforeseen side-effects some of which caused painful physiological changes to her. Her appearance became less Anzati, losing the bulbous nose and pale skin that was common to her species, allowing her to easily pass for a normal human. Her wounds once healed left no scar and she was made sterile, unable to have offspring by natural means. Selene also discovered that as a result of the genetic splicing experiments she was able to change the colour of her eyes at will ranging from dark green to light blue and cause her canines to extend out like fangs. During this time, Selene met Aetius Morbus, another Anzati raised by humans. Sharing this in common the two became good friends quickly, spending all their free time together. Selene learned a lot from the older worldlier Anzati, the most important thing she learned from Aetius was how to hunt the criminals and scum of the city to satisfy her need for soup. One thing they never discussed or brought up was their pasts and how they had come to be on Taris. Over the years Aetius and Selene began to grow slightly distant from each other. They remained friends but spent less time together. Each focused one following their own path, until eventually they rarely met up to hunt or talk. Selene’s adopted parents grew older as the years passed by on Taris. She spent much of this time training and honing her combat abilities until slowly she became a skilled hunter. Through diligence and practice, she became a weapon specialist, adept in combat tactics and close quarters fighting. Her adopted parents, her adopted father in particular, were very proud of her, amazed at what a talented woman their daughter had become.

Selene’s life most likely would have continued on as it was except for the unfortunate events of one fateful day. She was home between hunting trips, happy to enjoy the company and familiarity of her adopted family. As the trio sat in the living room of the house a knock came at the door. Dr. Kahn rose from his seat to answer it and a disheveled and out of breath human stumbled into the room. Gasping between breaths he warned the old geneticist that a group of bounty hunters were asking around about him, that it might not be safe on Taris anymore. Dr. Kahn looked worriedly at his wife and daughter, panic clearly visible on his face. He quickly spoke a barrage of words to them in Kiffu that made no sense to Selene. It was at that moment that the door to their home exploded into the room in a hail of smoke and shrapnel. The man that had warned the Kahns caught the brunt of the explosion and was flung across the room where he laid lifeless. As the dust settled a trio of humanoids stormed through the gaping opening that was once the door to the house. The assailants were garbed in nondescript, worn battle armor and brandished DLT-20a's. The first to enter the room casually raised his side arm, a DL-18 blaster pistol, and squeezed the trigger. The bolt flashed through the small space hitting Camilla, Selene’s adopted mother, squarely in the chest killing her instantly. Selene barely had time to register what she had just witnessed when a second bolt tore through the air directly towards her. Training saved her from being hit, as instinct kicked in and she just barely dodged out of the way.

During this chaos, the last attacker lurched forward and started grappling with Dr. Kahn, attempting to subdue him. Sensing that his fighting was in vain against his larger opponent, the doctor turned his head to look at his adopted daughter and in a strained voice, spoke a fast stream of words in Kiffu to her as he flashed her part of a thermal detonator he had palmed and concealed inside his coat pocket. The bounty hunters armored gaze fell on Selene as she nodded her understanding to her adopted father. What seemed like a brief moment of stillness passed when she suddenly burst into a sprint, running as fast as her legs could carry her toward the nearest window. The assailants, caught off guard by Selene’s sudden movement and speed were slow to react, two raised their guns and fired wildly as the third wrestled with Dr. Kahn. The bolts flew past Selene, shattering the window in front of her, still she covered her head with her arms as she dove through it into an alley that ran next to the building.

Selene rolled as she hit the ground and sprang to her feet as another flurry of blaster bolts shot out the window and over her head. Not losing a second, she continued to run as fast as she could away from the house until her lungs burned and her legs ached, eventually collapsing against the side of an alley she had dodged into. She panted and breathed heavily from her exertion, sweat and tears streamed down her face as she glanced toward the direction of her home just in time to hear a deafening explosion followed by a huge fireball that climbed into the sky. Without seeing it, she knew her old home was now a smoldering hole of ash and debris and her adopted father was dead. Selene's heart thundered in her chest as her father’s last words echoed in her mind over and over. Grief stricken and exhausted, she forced herself to her feet slowly. Feeling lost and heartbroken, she didn't know what to do but to run away from the pillar of smoke that drifted slowly over the place she had once lived.

Leaving Taris

Selene as a gang member

Selene left Upper City where she had previously lived the most happiest times of her life with her adoptive parents, and one of the worst times too, her parents deaths were going to be forever in her mind, she could never forget the way her adoptive mother was coldly murdered, or how her adoptive father had committed suicide to protect her. She felt frustrated and helpless for not being able to protect them or do anything, it made her feel a deep growing rage and sadness inside herself. She never thought about seeking vengence, mainly since the Bounty Hunters died in the explosion together with both of her adoptive parents. Now, she was alone again. In the following years, Selene wandered lost and alone in the dark and dirty streets of the Lower City where she fed her needs with any 'intelligent' being, no matter the race. No one ever discovered that she was Anzati, everyone had always thought that she was human which gave her a great advantage when hunting for soup. She joined a local gang and proved quickly that she was a soldier, a warrior, not a woman to serve any man's desires. All the combat training she received from her adoptive father seemed to be a crucial skill at this stage of her life, though she had to prove her value in an underground fight ring, of which was simply a choice made by the Anzati to prove to herself that she could win in the ring. All of her melee combat training gave her a huge advantage in the ring, where she won many battles proving her worth and improving her standing with the gang, her many unperiled victories gaining her the full confidence from her leader. As a soldier, Selene did all sorts of violent, dangerous and un-safe work, such as drug sales (Death Sticks and Ryll Patches), gang warfare was always present, difficult credit collections for loan sharks, where she was often wounded but such actions were essential to unload her rage. One day, after a drug sale operation, the gang leader called Selene and accused her of stealing some of the money from the sale, which she answered naturally with violence, killing the leader and the two bodyguards the leader had with them. She would not allow anyone to suspect her, after years of dedication to the gang. Immediately, she escaped from the gangs hideout without a trace, unseen, unheard. Her time in Taris had come to an end it seemed, now it evidently seemed was a good chance to get to know her adoptive father’s roots, if she had to leave the planet quickly.