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* '''Carriage''': Because of Savan’s intense training in martial arts and sports, he moves with an elegance and quiet power. In fact, there is an almost some feline, animalistic way to how he moves at times, especially when he is tight quarters. Generally, though, he walks with a clean, confident stride, more expansive than other Vulcans. | * '''Carriage''': Because of Savan’s intense training in martial arts and sports, he moves with an elegance and quiet power. In fact, there is an almost some feline, animalistic way to how he moves at times, especially when he is tight quarters. Generally, though, he walks with a clean, confident stride, more expansive than other Vulcans. | ||
* '''Telepathic Skills''': Savan missed much of the mental training that occurs during young Vulcan adulthood. His adoptive father Torin only has a minimum training. Several private psychiatrists recommended Savan avoid the training that would lead to the ability meld, as his emotional boundaries were to weak. That said, Savan possesses some intuitive abilities, often able to detect subtle emotions from others. His lack of strict mental disciplines came make more telepathically pliant, which could cause dangers from telepathic species. | * '''Telepathic Skills''': Savan missed much of the mental training that occurs during young Vulcan adulthood. His adoptive father Torin only has a minimum training. Several private psychiatrists recommended Savan avoid the training that would lead to the ability meld, as his emotional boundaries were to weak. That said, Savan possesses some intuitive abilities, often able to detect subtle emotions from others. His lack of strict mental disciplines came make more telepathically pliant, which could cause dangers from telepathic species. | ||
* '''Special Skills''': Savan is highly trained in martial arts, holding expert status in Suhs Mahna and Wushu. He has advanced training in Klingon Mok'bara. He has also studies other martial arts traditions. His preferred weapon is the Vulcan lirpa, followed by the Ahn Woon. His Mok'bara instructor noted, however, that the Vulcan is a formidable opponent with the bat'leth. "Not a bad for a kid from a planet of pacifist heribvores," he joked. | |||
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* '''Religion/Spiritual Devotion''': Savan expresses interest in traditional Vulcan philosophy, but also pre-Surakian belief systems. He meditates twice daily. He also maintains an altar. | * '''Religion/Spiritual Devotion''': Savan expresses interest in traditional Vulcan philosophy, but also pre-Surakian belief systems. He meditates twice daily. He also maintains an altar. | ||
* '''Hobbies and Pastimes''': Savan is an undeniably an active outdoors person. His main pastimes include martial arts, hiking, wilderness survival training, surfing, swimming, and outrigger canoe paddling. He is also developing an interest in holophotography. | * '''Hobbies and Pastimes''': Savan is an undeniably an active outdoors person. His main pastimes include martial arts, hiking, wilderness survival training, surfing, swimming, and outrigger canoe paddling. He is also developing an interest in holophotography. | ||
* ''' | * '''Favorite Places''': His hometown of Santa Cruz, where he first felt at home. Also wild or isolated places, including Alaska, the Yukon, and the Tuamoto Archipelago. | ||
* '''Musical tastes''': Classical Indian music, Chinese opera, Vulcan lyre, Terran jazz, Andorian blues | * '''Musical tastes''': Classical Indian music, Chinese opera, Vulcan lyre, Terran jazz, Andorian blues | ||
* '''Dislikes''': Bureaucracy, Vulcan snobbery and arrogance, tequila | * '''Dislikes''': Bureaucracy, Vulcan snobbery and arrogance, tequila | ||
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* '''Ambitions and Goals''': Savan joined Starfleet with the idea of contribute to the understanding between species. He is uncertain if Starfleet will be his long-term career. He considers that he could return to Terra to join the planetary parks service when he is older. | * '''Ambitions and Goals''': Savan joined Starfleet with the idea of contribute to the understanding between species. He is uncertain if Starfleet will be his long-term career. He considers that he could return to Terra to join the planetary parks service when he is older. | ||
* '''Nicknames''': While in high school, several classmates were interested in Savan because of his good looks. Finding humor in the attraction to the sometimes reserved Vulcan, Savan's best friend and classmate John Torres would eventually call him "Suave" or "Suavan." Savan does not share this name with ship mates, but it is still used by his close friends from high school and college. Upon hearing his nickname, Savan tends to smile despite himself. | Savan's cousins will sometimes call him Sav. | * '''Nicknames''': While in high school, several classmates were interested in Savan because of his good looks. Finding humor in the attraction to the sometimes reserved Vulcan, Savan's best friend and classmate John Torres would eventually call him "Suave" or "Suavan." Savan does not share this name with ship mates, but it is still used by his close friends from high school and college. Upon hearing his nickname, Savan tends to smile despite himself. | Savan's cousins will sometimes call him Sav. | ||
* '''On his appearance''': From the end of high school, several humans considered Savan good looking. As he grew into maturity, especially with his intense physical training, he does gain his share of attention. (Savan admits that he did "indulge" himself during college.) Regardless, he is still sometimes baffled by the reaction of others to his appearance. | |||
* '''On Vulcans''': Savan prides himself on his Vulcan heritage but has a difficult relationship with Vulcans. He does tend to do better with Vulcans who have been raised on other worlds or who simply do not fit into the rigorous structure of Vulcan society. For all the supposed non-emotionalism, Savan often detects a good deal of hypocrisy. He has noted that his presence in the company of other Vulcans can inspire among them feelings of arrogance, fear, disgust, and suspicion. Of course, this may not be detectable to humans, but Savan can usually sense them. When told that Vulcans have no emotions, Savan usually retorts quickly and quotes the memoirs of legendary, late Ambassador V'Lar: "Upon observing the passions in humans and other species, many in our society have insisted that we do not have emotions. But this is false. The emotions of the humans are our own." Savan tends to avoid Vulcans socially but has no issues working with them in a professional context. | * '''On Vulcans''': Savan prides himself on his Vulcan heritage but has a difficult relationship with Vulcans. He does tend to do better with Vulcans who have been raised on other worlds or who simply do not fit into the rigorous structure of Vulcan society. For all the supposed non-emotionalism, Savan often detects a good deal of hypocrisy. He has noted that his presence in the company of other Vulcans can inspire among them feelings of arrogance, fear, disgust, and suspicion. Of course, this may not be detectable to humans, but Savan can usually sense them. When told that Vulcans have no emotions, Savan usually retorts quickly and quotes the memoirs of legendary, late Ambassador V'Lar: "Upon observing the passions in humans and other species, many in our society have insisted that we do not have emotions. But this is false. The emotions of the humans are our own." Savan tends to avoid Vulcans socially but has no issues working with them in a professional context. | ||
* '''On Humans''': In general, Savan appreciates humans and respects their culture. Terra became his home when he would have been rejected on his home world. For humans unfamiliar with his background, his relatively friendly demeanor compared to the rest of his species throws them off at first. | * '''On Humans''': In general, Savan appreciates humans and respects their culture. Terra became his home when he would have been rejected on his home world. For humans unfamiliar with his background, his relatively friendly demeanor compared to the rest of his species throws them off at first. | ||
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In the months after the accident, the family was treated first in a Federation medical facility and then transferred back to Vulcan. Initially, it was thought that the family could regain a normal life. Varis' treatments--which even included a session with a Vulcan priest--proved to be ineffective. Faced with the end of any career and irreparably permanent loss of emotional control, Varis, committed suicide about two years after the accident. T'val managed to show more improvement but the loss of Varis affect her deeply, leading her to seek refuge in a Vulcan clinic located in Voroth province. Before going into retreat, T'val passed custody of Savan to Taris' older brother Staran, who, despite his initial efforts, gradually realized he was unable to raise the child on Vulcan. The Trellium D exposure, coupled with the loss of his parents, left Savan unable to develop the emotional suppression common in Vulcans, consequently rendering him unable to effectively function and thrive in the rigorous education expected of the average Vulcan youth. A near fatal attack on two schoolmates led to Savan's permanent supsension from school, leading Staran to look for some way to send the child off-world for a better life. | In the months after the accident, the family was treated first in a Federation medical facility and then transferred back to Vulcan. Initially, it was thought that the family could regain a normal life. Varis' treatments--which even included a session with a Vulcan priest--proved to be ineffective. Faced with the end of any career and irreparably permanent loss of emotional control, Varis, committed suicide about two years after the accident. T'val managed to show more improvement but the loss of Varis affect her deeply, leading her to seek refuge in a Vulcan clinic located in Voroth province. Before going into retreat, T'val passed custody of Savan to Taris' older brother Staran, who, despite his initial efforts, gradually realized he was unable to raise the child on Vulcan. The Trellium D exposure, coupled with the loss of his parents, left Savan unable to develop the emotional suppression common in Vulcans, consequently rendering him unable to effectively function and thrive in the rigorous education expected of the average Vulcan youth. A near fatal attack on two schoolmates led to Savan's permanent supsension from school, leading Staran to look for some way to send the child off-world for a better life. | ||
Evantually, Staran was able to find his distant cousin Torin, a half-Vulcan who was an interspecies anthropologist in Northern California. Torin’s father, Selon, joined Star Fleet and married a human female, with whom he had three children, Torin being the youngest. Despite his father’s preference for alien cultures, Torin managed to raised his own two sons with some Vulcan culture and taught them basic mental disciplines in order to help contain any vestigal Vulcan drives, all the while knowing their dominant human blood left them for all intents and purposes humans in the eyes of fellow Vulcans. (Their Vulcan features did make other humans considered them as Vulcans.) While Torin could not consider himself a pure Vulcan, he did pride himself on his Vulcan ancestry, over the years, and was eventually able to reestablish and restablished contact with his father’s family.(Selon had a falling out with his father when he joined Star Fleet and later did not invite his family to his wedding.) Thankfully, the family hailed from the small city of T’Vral Kol, located on the shores of the Voroth Sea, Vulcan's largest ocean. In keeping with the general culture of T’Vral Kol, the family was more liberal and open-minded compared to Vulcan's in the capital when it came to dealing with other species. | |||
[[File:Savan younger.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Savan, the summer following graduation from the Interspecies Day School of California in San Francisco, Stardate 238206.25]] | [[File:Savan younger.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Savan, the summer following graduation from the Interspecies Day School of California in San Francisco, Stardate 238206.25]] | ||
'''Relocation to Earth''' | '''Relocation to Earth''' | ||
After several months of discussion between Staran and Torin, Torin travel to Vulcan to meet Savan and, after a positive meeting with | After several months of discussion between Staran and Torin, Torin travel to Vulcan to meet Savan and, after a positive meeting with the child and his uncle, Savan took the then 12-year-old Savan into his custody and brought him to Santa Cruz. Savan proved to be an entirely new challenge. Unlike his own children who were of a mixed background—and hence with more moderate human traits—Savan was a pure Vulcan who possessed the strong emotions and passions of his ancestors. In some ways, Savan had the raw, unfiltered rage fit for a Klingon youth—an emotional quality that Torin knew came from Savan’s loss of his two parents and the inability for Vulcan society to accept him or his parents. Moreover, the prescribed medical and psychiatric treatments proved only to be moderately effective at best. As an anthropologist, Torin contacted parents of mixed species children for desperate advice. The parents of two part-Klingon children had found one successful outlet for their children: intense physical activities that required immense discipline. Their advice proved to be an effective channel for Savan. Torin managed to enroll Savan into various martial arts programs and wilderness survival programs. Then came the ocean. Torin's wife, Tevai, was a human and originally an accomplished surfer from Tahiti. Already in their late teens, his sons, Tauvin and Tarek, had proved highly successful in their mother's posrt and eventually taught Savan the art of wave riding and competitive swimming. As the human expression goes, Savan took to the sport like a fish to water. Tevai and his cousins would eventually take Savan on trips around Terra to different surf spots, including Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia and Indonesia. It was during these travels that Savan discovered a love for the sea and tropical climates. | ||