The galaxy's turned out a lot bigger than I thought it would be.
—Calen Solayr
Calen Solayr, recorded in the Journal of the Whills as the Son of the Suns, was a Human male Force-sensitive, instrumental in the series of events which aroused galactic uprising against the chaotic state imposed by Raixan Fauth.
Biography[]
Pre-birth[]
In the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns, and in the ages beyond, the worlds will be remade, as in the splendor of its earliest days, and they will never again feel sorrow or harm.
—An excerpt from the Journal of the Whills
Calen's birth was foretold many centuries before its actual occurence; the Ancient Order of the Whills recorded a prophecy of his birth in their writings, in its third chapter and 127th verse. It was said that he would emerge from the Celestials, the famed "Suns of Light" and "First Stars". The galaxy would largely forget this prophecy for many years, though it would resurface from time to time: the Sun Guard of Thyrsus would center around it a century before the Clone Wars, though the Sith Lord Darth Sidious would use it to his advantage and convert the Guard into a Sith cult. On the planet Orto Plutonia, the Talz chieftan Thi-Sen would use the phrase "Son of Suns" as a title circa 22 BBY.
Arhul Hextrophon, a historian for the New Republic, would uncover the prophecy and its meaning in 36 ABY, along with a larger and more comprehensive history of the galaxy. In what would become his final work, these findings were published posthumously in 38 ABY, sparking a brief period of renewed interest in the prophecy. By the time of the Sith-Imperial War, however, knowledge and study of Hextrophon's last work would have passed again into obscurity.
Given Raixan Fauth's degree of knowledge of the term and the prophecy, it is possible that it was better known and believed (though not wholly free of obscurity) in the civilized areas of the Unknown Regions that were not a part of Chiss space.
Birth and early life[]
Solayr as a child.
Calen was born in 1120 ABY, the same year (and, according to later rumors, the same day) as the fall of Coruscant concluded the Fauthian devastation and ushered in the Galactic Interregnum. The effects of Raixan Fauth's actions had, at that time, begun to destabilize the Force in subtle ways, throwing the time and manner of his birth askew.
The exact circumstances of Solayr's birth have been lost along with many historical records of the Galactic Interregnum; popular legend has it that he was born from a star's death throes, its transition into a red dwarf; its expansion, shedding, and shrinkage having assembled the precise atoms and molecules to produce a human being. Others may contend that he was born on the Wellspring of Life, a planet of legend lost in the depths of the galaxy.
A more practical interpretation of the truth is the most likely: the Son of Suns was conceived, in circumstances either noble and natural or foul and coerced, in the mad rush of panic and exodus that shook many systems as Raixan Fauth's forces pillaged the galaxy. His earliest memories where of life on Empress Teta, a truly ancient world of the Deep Core whose physical and spiritual civilization had collapsed under both the influx of refuges and the tendrils of the Fauthian horde that followed them, pillaging the planet. In the aftermath, the great city of Cinnagar became a wild necropolis--bands of survivors scavenged many of the remaining streets, while the Royal District became a world unto its own. The descendants of the Keto family went mad and desperate, retreating within the confines of their royal palace. Those settlements outside of the city, largely outposts of the Mining Guild, became isolated city-states of their own, often in the form of underground shantytowns of cyclopean architecture. Those who did not collapse into decadence among the nobility, or had frozen themselves in the aforementioned carbonite to await the end of the galaxy, formed apocalyptic religious cults, or joined resurging bands of sorcerers, such as the long-absent Krath.
Calen was born to one of these refugees, an unfortunate woman who had been frozen in carbonite in the mad rush that had overtaken the planet years before. His first use of the Force, in fact, was to harness it to free himself rather than be suffocated in the attempt of birth.
Appearance on the galactic scene[]
By 1140 ABY, Calen was making his way as a troubadour-monomachist across the planet, earning his living by the antique viol strung across his back and protected by the blade at his waist.
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He was the sort of person who, even after being through the refresher twice, still looked as if he'd come in from a desert storm.
—Star Wars Faraway
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That pain you feel... try going about it this way. Don't follow the Force. Don't use the Force, alright? Calen, be the Force. Aspire, aspire, and keep on aspiring to that. It won't divide, it won't war, it won't hurt itself.
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Force flames[]
Calen evinced the ability to produce fire using the Force almost from the moment of birth, when he utilized it in order to unfreeze the carbonite binding his mother's body. The power would not be used again until Solayr came more into tune with his Force-sensitivity.
Speculated to be a light side equivalent of the fearsome lightning ability of the dark, while the flames could burn, they lacked offensive power and were easily overpowered when facing lightning directly. Instead, these flames displayed more rejuvenative properties: in addition to defrosting such substances as carbonite and normal ice, the flames would breathe new life into nearby animals and plants, and could even heal wounds, ease fatigue, and other such properties.
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Behind the Scenes[]
His surname was decided upon long before his role as the Son of the Suns was confirmed; the author was merely trying to create a name that sounded 'Star Wars-y'. It was only after his deeper research into the old Expanded Universe and unused concepts that he discovered the forgotten prophecy. He likens the decision to include it to something like fate, and identifies it as the first step into what became a deeper exploration of the old canon in order to inform Faraway.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Faraway (First appearance)