Hal Hendyker

"'The Force. It's not as black and white as you might've heard. There's a grey area. That's where I operate.'""—Hal Hendyker"Hal Hendyker is a Grey Jedi and former Jedi Knight, as well as being a veteran of the Clone Wars from the planet of Coruscant, having served in the war as a General of the Galactic Republic.

At the age of 3, Hal was taken into the Jedi Temple to learn under the Jedi Masters to become a Jedi due to his natural ability with the force. He learned as a youngling before becoming a Padawan to one of the Jedi Master in the temple at age 12 and learned many things under his master before finally being Knighted as a Jedi Knight at age 26.

From here, Hal went onto become a General in the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars and served for the entire 3 years before managing to escape Order 66. Hal then went on to peruse the Grey area of the Force, becoming a private Grey Jedi.

Childhood
Hal Hendyker was born into a loving family on Coruscant at 48 BBY. At an early age, it was obvious he was a natural with the Force after the young child, prior to any training, managed to use telekinesis to move another Jedi's lightsaber while on the Jedi's belt when they were passing through his childhood home. Being taken to the Jedi Temple at the age of 2, a slightly older age for someone to be allowed into the temple, as most children were taken in at around 6 months.

The Training Begins
Hal was clearly shown as a natural with the Force, quickly being able to move on from the basic level of youngling training to a slightly higher level before becoming a full Padawan at the age of 12 to one of the Jedi Masters in the temple at age 12. During this time, Hal was taken to Illum to build his lightsaber, a blue Kyber-crystal housed within it. Activating his new lightsaber, he looked up at it and immediately felt a strong connection to the weapon, a weapon that would serve him for many years to come.

Knighting
Hal stayed as a Jedi Apprentice for many years as he learned more and more about the Jedi way and the order, developing his own take on the form 5 of fighting style as well as tuning himself more and more to the force. At age 26 (22 BBY), Hal was knighted by the Jedi Council, just as the Clone Wars had started.

The Clone Wars
Being a Jedi Knight, Hal served in the Clone Wars for the full 3 years as a General. He fought in many battles such as the First Battle of Geonosis along with many more. It was during this time that Hal lost his right arm from the elbow down due to a lightsaber strike when facing one of his many opponents during one of his many battles. This caused him to need a replacement robotic forearm which he would keep protected underneath a black armoured glove. With this mechno-arm, he has gained a lot of knowledge on technology due to the countless repairs and modifications he has made to the gauntlet.

Order 66
Eventually, in 19 BBY, Order 66 was executed. Hal, being at the age of 29 at the time, was on a mission with a few clones searching a colonised planet thought to have been taken over by the Separatists. Suddenly the Clones stopped and pointed their guns at Hal. Turning around, Hal could feel what was about to happen. All firing onto Hal, the Jedi Knight deflected most shots, the few he did not reflect narrowly missing him. Flipping over the clones, Hal then attacked them all one by one as he blocked their fire and with great sadness, had to cut them all down.

Hal then rushed back to his Star fighter. He knew something was wrong, but he didn’t know what. Getting into his fighter, he turned on his communications to see a flourish of distress calls. All about the Clones turning on the Jedi. Each message ended the same way - Another one of the many Jedi... dying…

Hal was filled with sadness seeing these. He had no feeling this was going to happen. Did the force betray him? Was he not strong enough? How did he not feel it? Hal sat for a while, thinking about what he had just experienced. The Jedi Order was dead. The Sith had won. Hal then looked down at his hands as he clenched them. He could still feel it. The Force, the light. It ran through him. This may be the end of the Jedi order but this was not the end of the Jedi... For now.

Travel
Leaving the planet he was on, Hal scrambled his co-ordinates and removed all traceable components housed in his Star fighter before he set off on his journey. Where was he going? He had no idea. Hal merely flew across space, knowing he would be guided by the force. This eventually led Hal on a few adventures as he learned of the Empire’s rise to power and their cruelty across the Universe.

The Way of Grey
Eventually, Hal found himself at an abandoned temple. It looked... familiar. Similar to the ones of the Jedi but everything seemed more grey. It was odd to say the least. Hal ventured through it. The energy coming from the temple felt right. It felt like something he could feel almost at home in. It was only upon further inspection that Hendyker realised this was a temple previously belonging to the presumed extinct Grey Jedi. Hal was amazed with what he'd found. Although they were all his respected peers, allies and friends, Hal always knew he was different from the regular Jedi of the Jedi Order; darker, yet not a Sith. This is what Hal's calling was. All these years it took and now he knew where he belonged in the force.

Hendyker began to look into the books and readings he'd found, beginning to learn the art of the Grey Jedi, something he picked up very quickly. Hal managed to learn all he could in the following 4 years, staying at the temple and living off of the supplies brought by members of a nearby village. Hal eventually decided his time was done, that he had to leave. With that, Hal took all of the books and loaded them onto his new ship, one he'd gotten about a year after Order 66: a modified Firespray-31 which Hal dubbed the 'Ace', and set off on a new adventure, still studding the ways of the Grey Jedi.

A New Blade
Across Hal's travels, he also came across a hunter of sorts. It would seen the Empire had caught onto Hal and his location, causing him to be a fugitive of the new Imperial Law. Who'd they'd sent after him was what was called an 'Inquisitor' - A Sith hunter trained by Darth Vader himself. The Inquisitor, whom of which never revealed their name to Hal, was a mighty opponent. However, thanks to Hal's new training, he was able to disarm the Jedi-Hunter. However Hal, after actually considering taking the life of the Inquisitor, decided to let them leave and tell his superiors he'd killed Hal. However, it meant Hal could keep the Inquisitor's Lightsaber.

Hal, now in possession of an Inquisitor's Lightsaber, decided to attempt a process he'd only ever heard about: Kyber Crystal Healing. Hal had never attempted it before so he doubted it'd work. However, when the former Jedi Knight tried it, the red Kyber Crystal of the Inquisitor's Lightsaber turned into a white one. This amazed Hal and he thought he'd be able to use this in his Lightsaber to show his middle-ground in terms of the force. This led him to replace the blue Kyber Crystal in his original Lightsaber, keeping the blue in the Inquisitor Lightsaber as a back-up. Following this, Hal continued his adventures throughout the Universe.

Present
Hal currently travels through the universe, helping those who he can and enhancing his abilities in the Grey Jedi ways, hoping to one day find another like him. For now all he will do is keep travelling and helping as much as he can, doing everything in his power to save lives and somewhat having a minor-mission to take down the evil Empire once and for all!

Personality
Hal seemed to be different to most Jedi. He came across as a lot more blunt in his attitude and words, sometimes being mistaken for either not caring or being rude, however this was far from the case. Hal took his missions and responsibilities very seriously, some would say too seriously. His mind was always on the job, no distractions. Atop this, Hal was also somewhat darker than most. He didn't mind getting his hands dirty if need be, in fact he didn't care at all. If it had to be done, it would be done. Although he didn't do this very often, merely due to his position being a Jedi Knight.

When Hal became a Grey Jedi however, he was able to embrace a slight bit more of his darkness. Hal is in no sense evil, but has no problem now with committing darker actions such as murder or intense violence, although he does try his best to avoid this if he can. In his later life (Post Order-66), Hal did develop something of a sense of humour as well, thanks to him travelling along side people from time to time, but no one would ever describe his sense of humour as something remarkable, sometimes being seen as dark.

Physical Appearance
Hal stands at 6 foot and 4 inches, weighing 174 pounds, making him quite a large man. He often has longer hair (or longer hair than the average Earth-Human male) similar to other Jedi from around his time such as Anakin Skywalker, however Hendyker's hair is black. Hal also has Light Brown eyes and has some stubble around his face as well as an ever so slightly thicker moustache.

In terms of clothing, Hal usually wears his darker Jedi robes, them being completely black in colour similar to Anakin or Luke Skywalker's Jedi Garments. He also has a large brown Jedi robe as all Jedi do, however he doesn't wear this as often. In addition, Hal wears a large gauntlet on his right hand to cover up his missing limb and protect it from damage. This gauntlet has been known to block blaster fire thanks to Hendyker's modifications to it and his mecho-arm.

Powers
Hal has a great many Force Abilities, far too many to list. The main ones he uses however are: Force Push, Stun, Speed, Telepathy, Stealth, Push/Pull and Telekenisis.

Other abilities Hal has are more Grey Jedi abilities, basically allowing him to harness dark side abilities without falling to it's evil nature.

Abilities

 * Hand-to-hand Combat: Hal's time at the Jedi Order taught him a great many things. One of these things was combat training for hand-to-hand fights, just in case his Lightsaber wasn't available to him. He can do many types of unique combat styles and, when paired with his force abilities, can be deadly.
 * Lightsaber Combat: Hal is also a Master at nearly all Lightsaber combat styles, however he primarily studied in Form V Lightsaber combat also being known as Shien or Djem So. Atop this, Hal has all other forms of Ligthsaber combat down to near perfection.

Weaknesses
In terms of weakness, like all Humans Hal is mortal vulnerable to anything that could kill a normal person such as gunfire, knives and blaster fire as well as more things. Although most of these can be avoided due to Hal's supreme skill.

Other weaknesses can include Hal's arrogance can sometimes lead him into difficult situations that can leave him beaten. As well as this, his stubbornness can also lead him to defeat.

Equipment

 * Hal's Lightsaber: A Lightsaber constructed by Hal during his Padawan days, later on during his life it's original Blue Kyber Crystal was replaced with a White Kyber Crystal.
 * Hal Lightsaber.jpgInquisitor Lightsaber: Hal, after defeating an Inquisitor, took the Inquisitor's Lightsaber. He later replaced it's Crystal with his old Blue Kyber Crystal.
 * Hal's Jedi Robes and Cloak: Given to him when he became a Jedi Knight, customised to have his own darker colour, an almost opposite to the look of his brighter Padawan robes.
 * Hal's Mecho-arm: Lost during a battle in the Clone Wars, Hal replaced his own right hand and forearm with his own own a Mecho-arm, an arm which he has modified to be ideal for him as a Jedi.
 * Hal's Right gauntlet: Hal also owns a armoured/leather gauntlet he wears over his Mecho-arm to protect the robotic limb from any strikes.

Family

 * Hal's Father †
 * Hal's Mother †

Allies

 * Jedi Order
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Anakin Skywalker (Pre-Order 66)
 * Yoda

Enemies

 * Empire
 * Darth Sidious
 * Darth Vader

Trivia

 * Hal's original Jedi Master was Jedi Master Plo-Koon, however he was tutored by Mace Windu from time to time as well.
 * Hal constructed his Lightsaber (from it's pre-gathered disassembled parts) in less that 3 seconds, that being a record.
 * Hal is one of the few Grey Jedi in the universe, he's never met another like him.