Dane Barchel

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Dane Barchel
Dane Barchel was a Pantoran female from Pantora - one of the moons orbiting the ice planet of Orto Plutonia. She became a Jedi Knight at age 20, and 3 years later she served the Galactic Republic as a General during the Clone Wars.

During the Clone Wars, Dane developed a strong relationship with the clones under her command, and eventually developed romantic feelings towards her clone Commander, Backtrack.

In 19 BBY, she was attacked and nearly killed during Order 66 by her clone troopers, but survived due to a timely intervention by Sia, a Togruta bounty hunter, whom she had developed a friendly relationship with earlier in the Clone Wars. Sia took Dane under her wing for a brief time, but the pair parted ways soon after.

Around half a year after the start of the Jedi Purge, she reunited with Dusty, a clone trooper formerly under her command, who had been reported MIA shortly before the execution of Order 66. Dusty, who had her inhibitor chip removed when she left the GAR, explained all that she could (which honestly wasn't a lot) about the plot against the Jedi and the clones part in it. Together, she and Dane continued to hide from the Empire. Later, they reunited with Backtrack and removed his chip.

Early Life
Dane Barchel was born on Pantora in 45 BBY to an unidentified birth mother, who for an unknown reason chose to put her up for adoption. She was adopted by a nice couple of Pantoran men when she was 1 year old. Around 3 years later, she began showing signs of Force sensitivity, and in mid 41 BBY, she was taken by Jedi recruiters to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to begin her training.

Jedi Training
At the temple, Dane was a model student. Much to the disapproval of many Jedi masters, she befriended Adali Wyn, another youngling in her clan, who was known as a bit of a troublemaker. Unlike many others in the temple, who shunned and ridiculed Adali, Dane showed compassion to her, and the pair became close friends.

Dane became a Jedi Knight in 25 BBY at age 20.

Clone Wars
"'I hate this war as much as those protesters out there, but when all these men are out there fighting and dying by the hundreds each day, who am I to do any less than them?' — Dane on why she chose to participate in the Clone Wars"Throughout the years of the Clone Wars, Dane served as General of the 415th Attack Battalion.

Order 66
In 19 BBY, Barchel and her men were sent to intercept a Separatist shipment of Twi'lek slaves. Once they had captured the separatist leaders and sent the freed slaves on freighter ships back to their homes, Barchel instructed her men to do a final sweep of the ship. Moments later, Commander Backtrack received a transmission from Chancellor Palpatine, now Darth Sidious, to execute Order 66, the flash trained order for the clone troopers to kill all their Jedi leaders.

Backtrack, Leo, and Red open fire on Dane. She defends herself quickly enough to avoid a fatal blow, but loses use of her left arm due to a paralyzing shot from Backtrack. The three clones manage to knock their former general unconscious, but before they could finish the job, Sia, a bounty hunter, opened fire on the clones from behind. She managed to fight them off for long enough to take the unconscious Dane onto her ship and far away to hide from the empire, who would no doubt be searching for any surviving Jedi.

Personality and Traits
Despite growing under the guidance of the Jedi, who promoted minimal attachment to others, Dane was openly loving, sweet, and compassionate by nature. She had an affinity for physical affection towards those she cared about. She wasn't particularly opposed to violence, but disagreed strongly with the war and the treatment of the clone troopers, many of whom she developed close relationships with. Dane identifies as biromantic demisexual. As a padawan, she began to develop minor romantic feelings (a crush, if you will) for her fellow padawan, Adali Wyn. It was through Adali that she started to explore the concepts of physical and emotional attraction to others, and Adali was even her first kiss. After a few months of serving alongside the clone commander Backtrack, Dane began to develop romantic feelings for him, which he strongly reciprocated. The pair danced around each other throughout the Clone War, but never vocally confessed their feelings until after Order 66. Despite this, it's likely that Dane at least realized that the love was mutual before then.

Dane stands at 1.57 meters (5'2). Being a Pantoran, she has blue skin with yellow tattoos. Her hair is white and buzzed short on the sides. After Order 66, she cut the majority of her hair off to lower the risk of being recognized.

Trivia
-In initial sketches, Dane was labeled as about 1.39 meters tall, or 4'7, but I decided to bring her height up to 5'2 in the end