Star Wars: Legacy of the Sith (OOC/Signups)[OPEN]

[Jedi Council]

It is a era of peace and reform across the Galaxy. The virtuous GALACTIC REPUBLIC is coming out of the dark times, a savage era where the forces of good clashed with those of evil in open war the burned across the Galaxy. Alongside their Jedi protectors, the Republic defeated their enemies, the BROTHERHOOD OF DARKNESS, ruled by the powerful Sith Lords in an epic confrontation.

Unbeknownst to the Jedi or the Republic, a single Sith Lord, DARTH BANE, escaped the massacre, and founded a new Dark Order, designed to keep the Sith teachings alive, and promote their interests in secret, operating from the shadows, and using any means necessary to survive.

While the Republic rebuilds, and the Jedi appear dominant, a new Sith Lord has risen, a powerful figure with the strength to take revenge upon the foes of the Dark Side. The Jedi are unaware of this new, and growing, threat, as a few rogue members of the Order prepare to take matters in their own hands in an effort to save the Galaxy from the dominion of Evil....

Introduction

Welcome everyone to my third attempt at Star Wars RP. My first attempt being moderatley successful in a time frame where we knew nothing, I have chosen another window where Star Wars Lore is oddly silent, that being, the years after the reigns of Darths Bane and Zannah, and the Golden Era of the Old Republic. This RP begins in the year 950 BBY, essentially, 950 years before the events of A New Hope, and around 30 years after the known death of Darth Bane, the progenitor of the Rule of Two.

This RP will focus on the Jedi Order and their allies attempting to navigate the Galacitc underworld, hunting for a rumored Sith Lord. Here, criminals and bounty hunters reign, and many Jedi are doubtful the Sith have even survived the disaster on Ruusan some fifty years before.

I hope everyone likes the idea; I try to be original with the settings of these RP's, and while it may be daunting for some who are unfamiliar with the time frame, the events of this era can be easily described. So thanks for reading, and keep scrolling if this piques your interest!

A Brief History of the New Sith Wars and their Aftermath

This period in history, the time between Darth Bane's death in 980 BBY, and the Naboo Crisis in 32 BBY, is very sparsly written of, especially this early in the timeline. Therefore, I will be providing a brief overview of the general history of the Galaxy since the Fall of the Eternal Empire, and the time frame that this RP is set.

The events after the rebellion against the Eternal Empire that ended in 3630 BBY are fairly unclear. What is known that by the advent of the next millennium, the Republic was once more dominant in the Galaxy, with the Jedi perched in their Temple ever vigilant for the rise of the Sith.

However, in 2000 BBY, a Jedi Master named Phanius abandoned the Order to pursue the teachings of the Dark Side. Finding the struggling remains of the once mighty Sith, he declared himself the new Dark Lord, and decided to found a New Sith Empire, determined to succeed where both the original, and Vitiate's Empires, had failed. While Phanius, known to history as Darth Ruin, was killed by his own disciples in accordance with Sith tradition, his legacy was covered in blood and death.

Over the next one thousand years, the New Sith Empire ruthlessly attacked the Republic, causing trillions to lose their lives, and in many cases, forcing the Republic to nearly lose the war. Galacitc civilization itself began to decay, as the constant war destroyed system after system and even the Holonet was dismantled. Worlds that were once glowing beacons if intelligent design became savage and barbaric cultures, and the universe appeared to be regressing. In this dark time, the Jedi were forced to take far more involved leadership roles within the Republic, even as public opinion turned against them. In 1400 BBY, the last non-Jedi Supreme Chancellor stepped down, and for the next 400 years, every Chancellor would be a member of the Order. While war killed many, disease killed more, with some estimating that 2/3rds of the Galactic population was ill or dead.

After almost 1000 years of combat, and a ruined and flaming galaxy left between them, the Republic and New Sith Empire were both exhausted and near collapse. For their part, the Sith, who had proved so effective in the early stages of the War, were now embroiled in numerous petty civil wars, with Warlords fighting each other, and launching personal crusades against the Republic rather than attempting to form a coherent strategy. For its part, the Republic was teetering on the edge of destruction. Much of its territory was now ravaged by Sith raiders, and even more were directly controlled by the Dark Side Warlords. Lacking a strong government or a military powerful enough to effectively defend itself, the Republic relied on Jedi to reclaim systems and protect their civilians. These Jedi often became revered figures, and many took independent control of the systems they had saved, standing as protectors and "Jedi Lords" over the poverty stricken worlds of the Republic. During this time, the Jedi High Council on Coruscant competed directly for authority over the Order with the Jedi Grand Council, made up mostly of Jedi Lords that had chosen to remain in the field.

In 1010 BBY, a Jedi prodigy named Skere Kaan defected to the Sith, and proved strong enough to unite the warring factions of the Empire into a new army, his Brotherhood of Darkness, declaring each of his followers a Dark Lord of the Sith in their own right. Using this new force, Kaan assaulted the Republic, intent of taking control of the ravaged Galaxy once and for all. In response, the influential Jedi Lord known as Hoth pooled the Order's resources together to face Kaan. The two sides clashed on Ruusan in 1000 BBY.

After seven battles on the planet's surface, it became clear that the Brotherhood of Darkness would be defeated. In response, the Kaan and his most loyal followers created a thought bomb, a darkside ability that could destroy the very body and soul of any force sensitive in its blast radius. After the detonation, Ruusan was left lifeless, and the few Jedi that escaped reported to the Republic that the Order of the Sith Lords was defeated, with no survivors.

With the New Sith Empire destroyed, the Republic stepped in to fill the power vacuum, and enacted a series of Reforms, known as the Ruusan Reformation, the goal of which was to rebuild the Galaxy, and restructure the Republic. The Senate was once more invested with executive power, with the Chancellor an arbiter, rather than a ruler. And in order to assuage fears among the public that the Jedi would merely assume power after the war, the Order was restructured. All Jedi gave up their military ranks and holdings, disbanded their armies, fleets, and weapons of war, and swore allegiance anew to the Senate and Chancellor as keepers of the peace, not soldiers.

While the Galaxy began the slow process of recovering from a millennia of destruction and barbarism, a new threat was growing. Darth Bane, the sole surviving Sith from the Battle of Ruusan, was rebuilding his Order. Yet, under his guidance, the Sith would number but two, one master and one apprentice, in order to operate in secret, and keep Sith teaching alive. Bane would take a female named Zannah to be his apprentice, until she killed him, and took his mantle as Dark Lord. Zannah was in turn betrayed by her Apprentice Darth Cognus. So would the cycle go for generations until the decree of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, the culmination of the Rule of Two.

"Help me _____, your my only hope!"

Alright, alot to unpack there! This RP is designed to by a hybrid of sorts. While I desire for players to have the freedom of sandbox gameplay, the best way to ensure activity, and quality, is to have a set idea for a storyline. With that in mind, there will be four characters I will need to have before this RP is to start.

1. The Jedi Grandmaster
2. The Dark Lord of the Sith
3. The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.
4. At least One Criminal Warlord

Once these slots are filled, then we can begin. However, as these slots are extremely important to the story, they will only be allowed to be filled by either experienced players, or players with excellent applications, and preferably, a mix of the two.

Also, a special note about the Dark Lord of the Sith.

DO NOT FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

The point of this RP is to discover the identity of the Dark Lord, and to see if the weakened Republic can be saved from his schemes. Therefore, a public application for the role of Dark Lord would be entirely useless. Instead, once we have a sufficient number of applications for various characters, I will be selecting one, most likely the best application from the most experienced writer, and be offering them the role via telegram. This will allow the player in charge of the primary antagonist a level of anonymity, and ensure that they are a proficient enough writer to carry on as such a major character. Once I have telegrammed this prospective Sith and they have accepted, they will fill out the Dark Lord App and send it to me.

If you would like your character to be considered for the role of Dark Lord, please mark it down when you create your app. Otherwise, leave the section blank or say no. The Dark Lord public persona can be applied for using either the Force User or Non-Force user application.

The Dark Lords Apprentice will be a publicly known figure, though, they may or may not know the true identity of their master.

Rules

1. My rule is law. I am the OP, if you do not like my ruling, tough luck.
2. Follow all the site rules, not metagaming, godmodding etc.
3. Strive for good quality posts. One liners are not acceptable. Be prepared to have your APP denied if it is sub-par.
4. Be creative. This is a sandbox RP, I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep in contact with your fellow players and brainstorm plot ideas with them. The RP will fall apart fast if you cannot think of your own story arcs.
5. Be active. Im not expecting a post every hour, but a post once or twice a week is not enough to keep the pace. Try for one every day or two, and if you are falling behind or cannot keep up, myself or a CO-OP will move your character along so the plot moves forward.
6. Have FUN!

The Applications

Special Note: Applications for Force Users should be primarily Jedi. They also will be limited in number if we get too many.
Special Note x2: If you are making an organization, like a company or cartel, fill out both the Organization app, and the character app for the organizations leader. Remember, the Galaxy is recovering from the worst time period in its history. That means there is lots of opportunity for gangs, crime syndicates, companies and aid workers.

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Final Notes

Thank you so much for reading, I really worked hard on this OP, so I hope you find it worthwhile to drop and app and explore this fascinating era of Star Wars History with me!

[Jedi Council]

RESERVED FOR THE ROSTER

[Jedi Council]

For Force Users
Name: Orm Guran
Appearance:

Species: Kel Dor
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Sexuality: Asexual
Allegiance Paid to: Jedi Order
Title/Occupation: Jedi Master, Grandmaster of the Jedi Order
Skills/Powers: Arguably the most powerful force wielder alive, Master Guran has trained as a Jedi Consular since his birth, specializing in the use and manipulation of the Force. Among his most notable abilities are Force Healing, Telepathy, and Telekinesis, all three of which he has mastered to an incredible degree. Among his more esoteric powers are Kinetite, Malacia, and it is even whispered that he has dabbled in Sith knowledge. He is one of the only known Force users capable of Force Sever. He is also a noted lightsaber duellist, having mastered Forms III and VI, though his first option is always diplomacy, and his second are his Force abilities.
Weaponry:

Ship: N/A
Personality and Traits: Almost unnaturally serene, Orm Guran is usually considered to be a kindly, caring man, soft spoken, and relaxed. He has a wry wit at times, though it only reveals itself when he is with his most trusted friends. He is extremely intelligent, and understanding.
Biography: Born on Kel Dor some 1031 years before the battle of Yavin, the early career of Orm Guran exemplified the traditional Jedi Path. Taken from his family as a yougn child, Orm was noted for his strong connection to the Force, and his internal strength. While a Youngling, the Kel Dor soon became well known for his hard work, and intelligence, and many teachers described him as exceptionally competent. Despite this however, Orm struggled with interpersonal relations, had few friends, and proved to be introspective and reclusive.

This all changed when he was 9 years old, selected to be the Padawan on the Jedi Knight Arina Yaz, a Talz female with a penchant for adventure. Master Yaz refused to omit the more complex sides of the Force during her curriculum and even though they lived in a time of war, the pair were consistently searching for a deeper connection to their own beings, and devoting their time to the Force. This heavy focus on academics, and spirituality, made Orm even more of an outcast among his fellow Jedi, many of whom viewed combat, and war as their primary tool in the fight against the Sith.

Orm was knighted at the age of 23 in 1008 BBY, and soon became a premier agent for the Order, exploring Force anomalies and hunting down Sith Sorcerers. His natural skill at Force Sever made him excellently suited for the latter role. Orm was present at the Battle of Ruusan, surviving all seven battles even as more experienced, and more martial, Jedi, such has his form Master, Arina Yaz, were slain. The terrible events of those battles, and the devastation of the subsequent Thought Bomb led Orm to develop a deep sense of guilt over his own survival. After the slaughter, the Jedi Order conferred upon Orm the rank of Master, and the Kel Dor left Corucsant for a five year exploratory mission to the edges of the known Galaxy. What he found is unknown, however, he returned with a new sense of purpose, and set himself to work on his new task: rebuilding the Galaxy from the devastating War he had participated in.

Years of hard work and labour followed, before Orm was granted a seat on the Council, though his passion for this project was never quenched. Due to his personal involvement with many reconstruction projects, Orm grew a vast series of connections, from Senators to labourers, all of whom appreciated his wisdom and loyalty. He is a prominent proponent of the de-militarization of the Jedi Order, and when this view came into the mainstream, was the obvious candidate to be made into the new Grandmaster. Having been Grandmaster for almost two decades now, Orm still prides himself both on the success of his rebuilding scheme, and the diligence with which he has watched for any Sith activities.
Consideration for Dark Lord: N
RP Example: N/A
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTWpoiGP98
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Name: Zhara Vell
Appearance:
Species: Zabrak
Gender: Female
Age: 42
Sexuality: Asexual
Allegiance Paid to: Jedi Order
Title/Occupation: Jedi Master, High Council Member
Skills/Powers: Receiving her training at the feet of Master Orm Guran himself, Zhara Vell developed from a troubled Youngling to one of the most dedicated Jedi in the Order. Primarily concerned with lightsaber combat, Vell has devoted herself to the mastery of Form IV: Ataru. Her fighting style is intense, using a mix of elaborate and elegant blade work with integrated force powers to overwhelm her opponents defenses. She is also highly trained in unarmed combat, and she is known to utilize kicks and punches in her duels. Her Force abilities, while not as developed as a dedicated Consular, are considerable, with a high level of skill with telekinesis, and mind trick, along with performance enhancing force augmentation.
Weaponry: Single Bladed lightsaber with an Ilum crystal providing a blue blade.
Ship: N/A
Personality and Traits: Intensly devoted to the Jedi Code, Zhara Vell is a known champion of the Light Side. Her experiences in dealing with the ruined Galaxy alongside her Master have made her both incredibly compassionate to the poor and downtrodden, but highly cynical in her view of politics and power. She has come to oppose the disarmament program of the Jedi. With her friends, she can be warm and caring, though with an acerbic tongue that doesn't siffer fools. She has a dry sense of humour, sometimes verging on dark. Her devotion to the Jedi is so great she can often be blinded to their mistakes, while her feelings toward the Sith often verge on hatred.
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[Brusia]

Tag, glad to see this back again!

[Jedi Council]

Tag, glad to see this back again!

I've been itching to get it back up but only recently found the time. Glad to see you're interested!

[Brusia]

Tag, glad to see this back again!

I've been itching to get it back up but only recently found the time. Glad to see you're interested!

Most definitely! I'll get started on an app today, and I'd be happy to sign on as a Co-op if you need one

[Jedi Council]

I've been itching to get it back up but only recently found the time. Glad to see you're interested!

Most definitely! I'll get started on an app today, and I'd be happy to sign on as a Co-op if you need one

Fantastic, good to have you on board, I'll put you up as Co OP in the OP shortly.

[Brusia]

Fantastic, good to have you on board, I'll put you up as Co OP in the OP shortly.

Thanks!

[Brusia]

For Force Users
Name: Claudius Antilles
Appearance: In normal robes, In his old armor
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 90 (Biologically 41)
Sexuality: Cis/Het
Allegiance Paid to: Jedi Order/Galactic Republic
Title/Occupation: Battlemaster of the Jedi Order
Skills/Powers: Claudius is an extremely talented strategist and tactician, and has mastered both the Makashi and reverse-grip Shien forms while maintaining a proficiency in the two lightsaber variant of Ataru. However, while skilled in numerous combative Force techniques (such as Force Speed), his general skill in most Force abilities (such as Force Heal) is comparatively lacking due to his focus on lightsaber combat. Perhaps his most noteworthy ability however is an innate talent for locating and manipulating Shatterpoints; a skill which served him greatly during the war, and which he has worked extensively in the year since his awakening in particular to further hone.
Weaponry: His suit of armor from the war (as seen in image) and blue vented lightsaber which has been augmented with a Ruusan crystal Claudius obtained and installed during the campaign on that world.
Ship: Defender-class light corvette
Personality and Traits: While he no longer holds the title of Lord, Claudius still carries himself with an air of dignity and nobility largely lost in the post-war era. He greatly values honor, and is a devoted follower of the light-side and firm believer in the core-tenets of the Jedi Code. That said, there are some sub-tenets of the Code he disagrees with, and he has strong reservations about some of the new tenets and policies the Order and Republic enacted while he slumbered as part of the Ruusan Reformations. In particular he finds the near total demilitarization of both organizations to be greatly troubling, as he still remembers full well just how devastating an unexpected Sith resurgence can be, and he fears that a continued drawdown of forces could leave the Republic too vulnerable to ever hope to defend...
Biography: Born during the Republic Dark Age into Alderaanian nobility in 1040 BBY, Claudius Antilles was taken from his family at a very young age when it was discovered that he was force sensitive. He grew up in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, learning the ways of the force and use of the lightsaber, eventually being chosen to train in the path of the Jedi Guardian. When he came of age, Claudius was sent out on missions against the Sith with his master, a Kel Dor High Council member named Jan Koon. The brutality of the New Sith Wars necessitated that Claudius quickly become experienced in the art of war to survive, and his master helped ensure he learned the necessary lessons by having him assist in leading Republic forces from the frontlines. This helped the pair to become popular with the troops, and when Jan Koon felt that the soldiers trusted his Padawan enough to follow his orders, he allowed Claudius to command troops on his own. This proved to be a wise decision as the young Claudius would show himself to be a talented tactician and strategist, and helped lead his soldiers to many victories over the Sith forces.

After several years of serving in such engagements, it was determined that Claudius had sufficiently faced his Jedi Trials through the forges of war, and he was soon officially made a Jedi Knight. There would be little time to celebrate however, as tragedy struck House Antilles. Claudius' father, Drusus Antilles, the Lord of House Antilles, had been asked to help mediate a dispute on Coruscant by a friend of his in the Galactic Senate. Drusus chose to bring his sons with him to Coruscant in the hopes of teaching them about diplomacy and the Galactic Senate, not knowing that an assassin had planted a bomb on his vessel. The bomb killed everyone aboard, leaving House Antilles with no leader and no heir; no heir that is, except for Claudius.

Fearing the House would fall into chaos with relatives fighting to claim the title of Duke and Lord of House Antilles, Claudius' mother, Antonia, pleaded with the Jedi Council to allow her son to return to Alderaan to claim his birthright and keep the House in order. After much deliberation, the High Council decided that the Galaxy did not need any more chaos, and in the interest of keeping the peace on Alderaan, allowed Claudius to return to Alderaan and take his place as the Lord of House Antilles. This placed Claudius in the rather awkward position of being a Jedi Lord who was still loyal to the High Council, and to remedy that to at least some extent, the Grand Council invited Claudius to join their ranks as their liaison to the High Council (a position which in truth involved little liaising, but which enabled the Grand Council to keep an eye on the peculiar Lord, and which served to bring the Household forces he now commanded into their ever more depleted ranks).

In the hopes of making peace between the two Councils, Claudius accepted the position, and though he made little headway in getting the Jedi groups to work together, he did get to enjoy a brief period of relative peace as the Sith concentrated on attacking themselves, during which time he trained a Padawan to Knighthood, and helped forge a political alliance between his and another Alderaanian noble House by wedding himself to one of the House's noble Ladies after gaining special dispensation to do so from the Order. Not long after their marriage, his family's legacy would soon find itself secure when Claudius' wife, Lady Aemilia, bore him a twin son and daughter. Sadly, Claudius would get to enjoy little time with his new family as the relative peace was shattered in 1010 BBY when Skere Kaan and his newly formed Brotherhood of Darkness began their campaign against the Republic.

Recognizing the gravity of the situation, Claudius joined the Grand Council in voicing unanimous support for Lord Hoth and the Army of Light, and after saying his goodbyes to his family, Claudius led his Household forces once more to war. Claudius' military experience would prove to be of great use in the coming battles, and he helped to liberate numerous Sith strongholds in the Outer Rim before Kaan's push into the coreworlds forced a confrontation on the planet of Ruusan. Claudius would go on to fight in all seven of the bloody battles on the surface of that world, refusing to retreat despite suffering numerous injuries and losing more than half of his forces, knowing that the fate of the Order and the Republic would hinge on the outcome of the brutal campaign.

In the seventh battle however, he sustained a severe injury after being struck by enemy artillery that left him unconscious and only barely clinging to life. His personal guard dragged his body off the battlefield and back to a waiting medical ship, which placed him in cryo-cycle stasis to ensure he didn't die before they could get him proper treatment. While attempting to get the Jedi Lord back to Alderaan for treatment however, the ship was attacked by Sith fighters which destroyed the ship's bridge; killing its crew instantly and setting the vessel adrift just before the Sith thought bomb detonated and killed nearly everything on the planet below.

With wreckage virtually ubiquitous around the planet, and a death toll higher than anyone cared to count on the surface, the lone medical ship and its frozen passenger went unnoticed and forgotten, and Claudius, like countless others, was declared missing and presumed dead. And so for the next 49 years Claudius remained trapped within his icy tomb, circling a dead world even as life finally began to return to the Galaxy around him, until one day a crew of scavengers looting whatever valuables they could find in the area happened upon the long missing medical ship and stumbled into the equally long missing Lord. Seeing the lightsaber near his stasis tube, the scavengers managed to piece together he was likely a Jedi of some sort, and attempted to ransom him back to the Order.

That ended predictably poorly for the scavengers, and the Jedi were able to bring Claudius' stasis tube back to Coruscant after arresting his captors. He would spend the next few weeks being tended to by Jedi healers, while the Order deliberated on what to do with a living relic from a bygone era. Ultimately, since Claudius had remained loyal to the High Council during the war, he was spared the indignity of expulsion, and on the condition that he renounce his title of nobility, was given the rank of Master for his service to the Republic and for having helped maintained peace and stability on Alderaan. With his son now fully grown and by Claudius' estimation a far better political leader than he ever was, Claudius gladly accepted the terms, and with lightsaber skills and combat experience of his caliber in short supply, he would soon find himself appointed as the Order's Battlemaster; though there are some who wonder if his appointment to that position was actually intended to help train the next generation of Jedi to combat a potential Sith resurgence...
Consideration for Dark Lord: N
RP Example: Star Wars: A Final Hope
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTZbJMQiD4
Notes: None that I can think of

[Beutarch]

Tag. Considering applying as either a Pyke or Hutt crime syndicate.

[Jedi Council]

Tag. Considering applying as either a Pyke or Hutt crime syndicate.

Tag.

Welcome, thanks for the tag.

For Force Users
Name: Claudius Antilles
Appearance: In normal robes, In his old armor
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 90 (Biologically 41)
Sexuality: Cis/Het
Allegiance Paid to: Jedi Order/Galactic Republic
Title/Occupation: Battlemaster of the Jedi Order
Skills/Powers: Claudius is an extremely talented strategist and tactician, and has mastered both the Makashi and reverse-grip Shien forms while maintaining a proficiency in the two lightsaber variant of Ataru. However, while skilled in numerous combative Force techniques (such as Force Speed), his general skill in most Force abilities (such as Force Heal) is comparatively lacking due to his focus on lightsaber combat. Perhaps his most noteworthy ability however is an innate talent for locating and manipulating Shatterpoints; a skill which served him greatly during the war, and which he has worked extensively in the year since his awakening in particular to further hone.
Weaponry: His suit of armor from the war (as seen in image) and blue vented lightsaber which has been augmented with a Ruusan crystal Claudius obtained and installed during the campaign on that world.
Ship: Defender-class light corvette
Personality and Traits: While he no longer holds the title of Lord, Claudius still carries himself with an air of dignity and nobility largely lost in the post-war era. He greatly values honor, and is a devoted follower of the light-side and firm believer in the core-tenets of the Jedi Code. That said, there are some sub-tenets of the Code he disagrees with, and he has strong reservations about some of the new tenets and policies the Order and Republic enacted while he slumbered as part of the Ruusan Reformations. In particular he finds the near total demilitarization of both organizations to be greatly troubling, as he still remembers full well just how devastating an unexpected Sith resurgence can be, and he fears that a continued drawdown of forces could leave the Republic too vulnerable to ever hope to defend...
Biography: Born during the Republic Dark Age into Alderaanian nobility in 1040 BBY, Claudius Antilles was taken from his family at a very young age when it was discovered that he was force sensitive. He grew up in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, learning the ways of the force and use of the lightsaber, eventually being chosen to train in the path of the Jedi Guardian. When he came of age, Claudius was sent out on missions against the Sith with his master, a Kel Dor High Council member named Jan Koon. The brutality of the New Sith Wars necessitated that Claudius quickly become experienced in the art of war to survive, and his master helped ensure he learned the necessary lessons by having him assist in leading Republic forces from the frontlines. This helped the pair to become popular with the troops, and when Jan Koon felt that the soldiers trusted his Padawan enough to follow his orders, he allowed Claudius to command troops on his own. This proved to be a wise decision as the young Claudius would show himself to be a talented tactician and strategist, and helped lead his soldiers to many victories over the Sith forces.

After several years of serving in such engagements, it was determined that Claudius had sufficiently faced his Jedi Trials through the forges of war, and he was soon officially made a Jedi Knight. There would be little time to celebrate however, as tragedy struck House Antilles. Claudius' father, Drusus Antilles, the Lord of House Antilles, had been asked to help mediate a dispute on Coruscant by a friend of his in the Galactic Senate. Drusus chose to bring his sons with him to Coruscant in the hopes of teaching them about diplomacy and the Galactic Senate, not knowing that an assassin had planted a bomb on his vessel. The bomb killed everyone aboard, leaving House Antilles with no leader and no heir; no heir that is, except for Claudius.

Fearing the House would fall into chaos with relatives fighting to claim the title of Duke and Lord of House Antilles, Claudius' mother, Antonia, pleaded with the Jedi Council to allow her son to return to Alderaan to claim his birthright and keep the House in order. After much deliberation, the High Council decided that the Galaxy did not need any more chaos, and in the interest of keeping the peace on Alderaan, allowed Claudius to return to Alderaan and take his place as the Lord of House Antilles. This placed Claudius in the rather awkward position of being a Jedi Lord who was still loyal to the High Council, and to remedy that to at least some extent, the Grand Council invited Claudius to join their ranks as their liaison to the High Council (a position which in truth involved little liaising, but which enabled the Grand Council to keep an eye on the peculiar Lord, and which served to bring the Household forces he now commanded into their ever more depleted ranks).

In the hopes of making peace between the two Councils, Claudius accepted the position, and though he made little headway in getting the Jedi groups to work together, he did get to enjoy a brief period of relative peace as the Sith concentrated on attacking themselves, during which time he trained a Padawan to Knighthood, and helped forge a political alliance between his and another Alderaanian noble House by wedding himself to one of the House's noble Ladies after gaining special dispensation to do so from the Order. Not long after their marriage, his family's legacy would soon find itself secure when Claudius' wife, Lady Aemilia, bore him a twin son and daughter. Sadly, Claudius would get to enjoy little time with his new family as the relative peace was shattered in 1010 BBY when Skere Kaan and his newly formed Brotherhood of Darkness began their campaign against the Republic.

Recognizing the gravity of the situation, Claudius joined the Grand Council in voicing unanimous support for Lord Hoth and the Army of Light, and after saying his goodbyes to his family, Claudius led his Household forces once more to war. Claudius' military experience would prove to be of great use in the coming battles, and he helped to liberate numerous Sith strongholds in the Outer Rim before Kaan's push into the coreworlds forced a confrontation on the planet of Ruusan. Claudius would go on to fight in all seven of the bloody battles on the surface of that world, refusing to retreat despite suffering numerous injuries and losing more than half of his forces, knowing that the fate of the Order and the Republic would hinge on the outcome of the brutal campaign.

In the seventh battle however, he sustained a severe injury after being struck by enemy artillery that left him unconscious and only barely clinging to life. His personal guard dragged his body off the battlefield and back to a waiting medical ship, which placed him in cryo-cycle stasis to ensure he didn't die before they could get him proper treatment. While attempting to get the Jedi Lord back to Alderaan for treatment however, the ship was attacked by Sith fighters which destroyed the ship's bridge; killing its crew instantly and setting the vessel adrift just before the Sith thought bomb detonated and killed nearly everything on the planet below.

With wreckage virtually ubiquitous around the planet, and a death toll higher than anyone cared to count on the surface, the lone medical ship and its frozen passenger went unnoticed and forgotten, and Claudius, like countless others, was declared missing and presumed dead. And so for the next 49 years Claudius remained trapped within his icy tomb, circling a dead world even as life finally began to return to the Galaxy around him, until one day a crew of scavengers looting whatever valuables they could find in the area happened upon the long missing medical ship and stumbled into the equally long missing Lord. Seeing the lightsaber near his stasis tube, the scavengers managed to piece together he was likely a Jedi of some sort, and attempted to ransom him back to the Order.

That ended predictably poorly for the scavengers, and the Jedi were able to bring Claudius' stasis tube back to Coruscant after arresting his captors. He would spend the next few weeks being tended to by Jedi healers, while the Order deliberated on what to do with a living relic from a bygone era. Ultimately, since Claudius had remained loyal to the High Council during the war, he was spared the indignity of expulsion, and on the condition that he renounce his title of nobility, was given the rank of Master for his service to the Republic and for having helped maintained peace and stability on Alderaan. With his son now fully grown and by Claudius' estimation a far better political leader than he ever was, Claudius gladly accepted the terms, and with lightsaber skills and combat experience of his caliber in short supply, he would soon find himself appointed as the Order's Battlemaster; though there are some who wonder if his appointment to that position was actually intended to help train the next generation of Jedi to combat a potential Sith resurgence...
Consideration for Dark Lord: N
RP Example: Star Wars: A Final Hope
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTZbJMQiD4
Notes: None that I can think of

Accepted

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

For Force Users
Name: Ase Truthseeker
Appearance:

Species: Vahla
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Sexuality: Straight
Allegiance Paid to: The Jedi Order/ School of Mind
Title/Occupation: Jedi Master, unofficial leader of the School of Mind

Skills/Powers: Ase is among those in the Jedi Order who sees little need in the use of a laser sword that some others seem to revere with an almost worshiping mindset. While she has been trained in the basic arts and is considered a skilled practioner of Niman, much of her time is instead dedicated to mastering the force to the utmost extent. Thus, her knowledge of various force techniques and their applications is considered by some to be unsurpassed within the Order. Her mastery of force speed and the Art of Movement, including a few of her own techniques in those moves that the order has since adopted as official. However, several of them have remained elusive to other members of the order due to Ase's own increased flexibility due to her Vahla physiology. Her mastery over control has also led to her renown as one of the Order's best healers, though her style is less of a battlefield ready approach and more of a mediwing version of the force power. While not as strong as her mastery over Control, Ase has also gained significant talent in the art of Sense. She is well versed in the abilities of Force Sight and Telepathy, with a special talent in Precognition. However, while her skills in Control and Sense are great, Ase has spent very little time studying and mastering the various techniques of Alter. Her reasons for it are her own, but many believe it is for the same reason she mostly eschews the Lightsaber. While she has mastered the techniques in order to properly utilize Niman, as well as some more useful ones such as the Mind Trick, she has mostly ignored Alter and comparative to her near total mastery of the other two categories of force use, is quite unskilled in the matter.

Weaponry: Yellow Saberpike, though she has modified the weapon to appear closer to the staff of some sort of priest or shaman.

Ship: None, when she travels she will charter one of the various captains who work with the order.

Personality and Traits: Ase is naturally calm and collected scholar by nature, mostly as a result of a fiery youth that has since burned out of her. Now a middle aged woman, though her mastery of control gives her the appearance of one much younger than herself, Ase is dedicated to understanding the world around her and the reasons behind it's behavior. She is mostly pensive in attitude, as it is her personal belief that the secrets of the force have long since been laid bare for the eyes of those who would simply study their past instead of pining for a better future. She speaks with a soft, almost whispering voice, but when she sings it becomes dramatic and loud, but still soft and high. Singing is her more mundane hobby, which she uses to root herself firmly to the mundane realms with all the investigations into the nature of the force that she does. Often times, she'll pay great sums for songbooks from world's she visits and occasionally organizes a choir from among the Jedi's ranks to perform for special events.

Like all Jedi however, she is not without her flaws, and it is her constant struggle to overcome them and resist the Dark Side. Her fatal flaw is her pride. Some would even venture to call Ase arrogant, but not to her face of course. She is aware of her accomplishments within the order and even believes to an extent that she is destined for prophetic destiny, though what it is she cannot tell. Though she strives for humility, her continued success in her ordeals continues to hinder her ability to do so.

Biography: Ase was born on Nar Shaddaa, to members of the Ember of Vahl. Vahla being nomadic people by nature wandered the galaxy in search of money in food, however not the Ember. The remnants of the ancient order that had ruled the Vahla and their homeworld until the Jedi struck them down, the Ember worshipped Vahl, widely seen as a manifestation of the Dark Side. The Ember had become a merciless group of bounty hunters in their time wandering the Galaxy, particularly reputed as Jedi Killers. It was also for this reason that Jedi were often dispatched to deal with the Ember wherever they were reported. One such group of Jedi found Ase's clan when she was nigh on six months old and sensing the Force within her, but not the presence of the Dark's touch, they brought Ase to the order upon their return. Ase was raised among the order, never remembering a life beyond it and being told that she was rescued from a slum on Coruscant rather than her true origin.

Initiated as part of the Wampa Clan, Ase excelled ahead of her fellow younglings thanks to her bodies natural physiology. While it was true that she couldn't hit as hard or as strong as the other youngling's in her clan, Ase was easily the fastest and most flexible, both traits far more useful for jedi training than sheer strength. While she was fairly popular not only amongst her own clan but the younglings in general, she grew particularly close to a pair of twi'leks, who like her were also raised out of a slum into the order. Their names were Dujkule and Ivin. Though not blood siblings, the trio came to regard each other as close relatives and relied on each other in training simulations and group work, allowing the trio to work at a higher level than the rest of the clan. In particular, in her later days as a youngling, Ase and Ivin even became somewhat romantically attached. That ended abruptly when the trio became padawans and were split apart.

Ase as a Padawan was assigned to Jedi Knight Keldor Hirith, a Human and a veteran of Ruusaan, albeit he had been there as a Padawan himself. Eager to prove himself worthy of the title of Master and to have a gifted pupil, he somewhat doted on Ase, who eagerly absorbed knowledge under his teachings. Ase at the time wasn't the cool person she would become, but rather a fiery and eager student who saw the path of combat as her way forward in the order. Keldor, weary from what he had witnessed in War but still willing to oblige his Padawan in that regard, took her on many combat missions, fighting against Hutt Crimelords and such in the Outer Rim. While they were doing that however, they recieved news that in a nearby system, Ase's old friend Ivin and his master had been slain by members of the Ember of Vahl. Pursuing them with a squad of other Jedi, Ase witnessed for the first time what the other members of her race were like. Alongside her master and Dujkule, Ase struck down the clan of Ember members, but avenging Ivin did not help heal the wound that had opened in her heart. Losing her stomach for fighting, Ase instead requested of her master if they could instead focus on studies and exploration. All to willing to oblige, Keldor and Ase began to dedicate themselves to the now booming practice of Archaeology, especially given the ruined state of the Galaxy following the war.

Ase spent the next few years of her life studying and excavating Jedi and Sith ruins across the Galaxy with her master. She also began her long quest to master the force over the Lightsaber. It was also in this time period where her true origins were revealed to her, by none other than Keldor himself. Ase's master had in fact been a part of the initial mission that had orphaned Ase and made her a member of the order. If the news hurt the young Vahla, she did not indicate it. Instead she poured herself more fervently into her studies and work, eventually joined by Dujkule and her master, one Tonk Vay, a Zeltron. The party had gathered to venture into jedi tomb on an obscure outer rim world. While Ase and Duj worked apart from their masters, Duj revealed to Ase that she had been experimenting with certain powers she thought the Jedi were trying to keep hidden from them, since Ivin's death at least. While they weren't neccisarily stronger than their baseline abilities, they felt good to use. Ase, well versed in the Dark Side from her time spent in Sith tombs, recognized it's influence on her friend, but did nothing beyond cautioning her, for fear of what the order what do to her or what she would do if pushed.

Ase rapidly learned the price of her actions when not but three nights later Ase and Keldor were awoke to the sound of a lightsaber going off. They found Tonk with Duj's lightsaber through his chest and the Twi'lek was nowhere to be found. For the last trial of her apprenticehood, Ase and Keldor set off hunting Duj, chasing her across the Galaxy until they cornered her on Nar Shadaa, the place where Ase's journey had begun. There, Ase managed to defeat her once friend, but not before the dark jedi had managed to maim Keldor, slicing off an arm and doing severe damage to his chest. Ase tried to offer her friend mercy, but Duj laughed as she cracked one of her own teeth and took her life in front of her one time foster sister. Upon returning to Coruscant, Ase was granted the rank of Knight and Keldor the rank of Master, but it was a hollow victory. From then on would the effects of the dark side rattle in the quiet corners of Ase's mind, haunting her nightmares for years to come.

Ase's years as a Knight were not very exceptional in terms of action, but in terms of progress they were momentous. Ase dove whole-heartedly into her research and studies, surrendering herself body and soul to her work into understanding the nature of the force. The Council, recognizing a way of coping with depression, assigned her a young padawan by the name of Bik Speedle. Bik was a young Zelosian who was just as eager to learn as his new master, and in some ways he was even her intellectual equal as he grew older. His mind challenged Ase to rewrite her philosophies, and even as Bik grew into a powerful and intelligent knight, Ase became less entrapped in her work and more open again. Once Bik passed his trials, Ase quickly took up another intellectually gifted Padawan, and then another. As she trained Padawans, so too did her philosophy shift, until ten years ago, when she published On the Mind, a philosophical text on her various insights into the force over the years. For her work training Padawans and her various scholarly and spiritual insights, Ase was given a seat on the council and the rank of Master, where she has served faithfully since as one of the leading minds in Jedi Archaeology and Force Research.

Consideration for Dark Lord: Y
RP Example: big ole collab post I helped write, namely the Henry parts
Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i67z7dCeZOA
Notes: None yet

[Brusia]

For Force Users
Name: Ase Truthseeker

Hey, good to see you again Anarcho! Your app looks great, as long as Jedi has no objections, I'd say it's good to go

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

For Force Users
Name: Ase Truthseeker

Hey, good to see you again Anarcho! Your app looks great, as long as Jedi has no objections, I'd say it's good to go

Excellent. I'll have an app for the school of mind up in a bit as well.

[Jedi Council]

Hey, good to see you again Anarcho! Your app looks great, as long as Jedi has no objections, I'd say it's good to go

Excellent. I'll have an app for the school of mind up in a bit as well.

Agreed with Brusia, excellent app.

I will have the roster updated along with my own apps completed by tomorrow night.

[Jedi Council]

Just a little bump

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Been busy for the past two days, will have an app for the school of mind up later

[Brusia]

Another little bump