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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Broodica's grimoire records the Jedi exile's historical and archaeological record of artifacts found on Korriban after the exiles had conquered the native Sith civilization. Primarily an account of Sith culture, it contains hand-copied replicas of scrolls and tablets from tombs and other sites of cultural significance, as well as notes on their significance in the Force or observations on the Dark Side of the Force. The grimoire is primarily focused on the concept of the spirit world, the notion of the afterlife, or the invocation of the dead. A treatise on the Mysteries is presented, along with spells for harnessing the Dark Side into a Force blast or the raising of Dark Side tendrils. The culmination of the grimoire's rituals is the summoning and binding of a smoke demon. The grimoire also contains the author's biographical notes that portray events of the Hundred-Years Darkness from the Exile point of view.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
An artifact of both Sith and Jedi significance, Broodica's grimoire was written by a Fallen Jedi Master. Broodica belonged to a splinter sect of Jedi that had begun experimenting with extended use or application of the Force to alter living tissue in early tests of what would later come to be known as alchemy. Outrage over this perceived perversion or misuse of alteration powers led to Broodica's expulsion from the Jedi Order, along with her peers, which ignited a violent schism that engulfed the Old Republic in conflict for the next hundred years. This culminated in the Battle of Corbos in 6,900 BBY, in which the Republic and the Jedi defeated Broodica and the other Dark Jedi.
Exiled to the Outer Rim, beyond Republic space, the 12 survivors of the conflict discovered the planet Korriban. Conquering the Sith civilization there, Broodica came across the ancient writings of the Kissai and Massassi, which she began organizing in a journal. As that journal was expanded with her notes and translations of the rituals discovered on Korriban, the grimoire began to take shape. Expanded over time, with the locking mechanism added later as a safeguard to the collection, the journal was rebound into the physical form it occupies today. As the Sith Empire that she helped found spread, her apprentices reproduced her collected knowledge for their own use, spreading her knowledge as the nascent Sith Order spread across the galaxy.
The grimoire is historically significant as archaeological evidence of the transition from the Jedi use of Alter powers to the Sith use of alchemy or the influence of Kissai mysticism to the Force rituals that would become canonized as Sith magic.
At least one copy of this grimoire came to be present on the planet Yalara prior to the Gulag Plague. Following the Four Hundred Years Darkness, the First Order had spread its influence from Dosuun to Yalara, dispatching its Knights of Ren to subjugate the world under Imperial control. One of those Knights was a young Pantoran, then known as Chiyo Ren, who uncovered the grimoire while exploring ruins of a Sith temple on the planet. The grimoire then became an object of study among the Knights of Ren, such as for the production of the Chiyo Amulet in 844 ABY.
That boy, now going by the name Boo Heavenshield, still had this copy of the grimoire later, on the planet Midvinter, when he summoned a smoke demon to aid the forces loyal to
Thurion Heavenshield
in combat against a large army of vinterbound.
The grimoire itself was under a curse that caused those who beheld it to encounter false visions, either manifestations of their insecurities or visitations by the deceased. This was true regardless of if one was deemed worthy by the gatekeeper or not, and may have been an intentional choice by the author.
Receiving the approval of the gatekeeper required that the requester have spilled either the blood of the innocent or taken the life of a Jedi.
- Intent: Create a grimoire that respects Legend and SW: Chaos lore.
- Image Credit:
- Fig 1. TheWholesomeWitch
- Fig 2. Amazon
- Fig 3. Yunna Minkova
- Canon: Broodica's Grimoire
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- Holocron Name: Broodica's Grimoire
- Alignment: Dark
- Origin: Broodica, on the planet Korriban circa 6,900 - 6,800 BBY
- Affiliation:
- The Sith Empire
- The Knights of Ren (after 844 ABY)
- Boo Chiyo (also known as Chiyo Ren)
- Gatekeeper: A malevolent entity, the consciousness guarding the grimoire had a vaguely humanoid female appearance that was macabre in nature. Though the head, shoulders, and arms seemed human, the chest was that of a large human skull, with the spine and ribs distended, as though functioning as spidery legs for the apparition. The basis for the gatekeeper may have been the namesake author.
- Description: Written at the conclusion of the Hundred-Years Darkness by a Dark Jedi exile, and later Dark Lord of the Sith, the grimoire was a prototype for the Sith holocrons that would follow in later centuries. Physically, the grimoire was bound with pages of loub-paper inscribed with an alchemical ink and bound by a wood and leather frame, the cover of which was decorated in Sith runes. A polished kyber crystal was embedded on the cover, with a locking mechanism on one side.
- Accessibility: Blood Seal. Access to the grimoire required that the holder have on their conscience either the blood of the innocent or the blood of the Jedi.
- Security: The foremost mechanism safeguarding the grimoire is the physical and magical mechanism that provides for the gatekeeper, as with a Sith holocron. A curse affecting the grimoire or those who behold it is that of corpse vision. Those who hold it, whether granted access or not, will experience some kind of hallucination provided that they are connected to the Force. For this reason, those who are Force Dead or those Force-Sensitives familiar with vongsense are immune to the curse. Finally, even if granted access to the pages of the book, the contents will be either blank or indecipherable without the aid of a separate Sith artifact known as a translation talisman.
Broodica's grimoire records the Jedi exile's historical and archaeological record of artifacts found on Korriban after the exiles had conquered the native Sith civilization. Primarily an account of Sith culture, it contains hand-copied replicas of scrolls and tablets from tombs and other sites of cultural significance, as well as notes on their significance in the Force or observations on the Dark Side of the Force. The grimoire is primarily focused on the concept of the spirit world, the notion of the afterlife, or the invocation of the dead. A treatise on the Mysteries is presented, along with spells for harnessing the Dark Side into a Force blast or the raising of Dark Side tendrils. The culmination of the grimoire's rituals is the summoning and binding of a smoke demon. The grimoire also contains the author's biographical notes that portray events of the Hundred-Years Darkness from the Exile point of view.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
An artifact of both Sith and Jedi significance, Broodica's grimoire was written by a Fallen Jedi Master. Broodica belonged to a splinter sect of Jedi that had begun experimenting with extended use or application of the Force to alter living tissue in early tests of what would later come to be known as alchemy. Outrage over this perceived perversion or misuse of alteration powers led to Broodica's expulsion from the Jedi Order, along with her peers, which ignited a violent schism that engulfed the Old Republic in conflict for the next hundred years. This culminated in the Battle of Corbos in 6,900 BBY, in which the Republic and the Jedi defeated Broodica and the other Dark Jedi.
Exiled to the Outer Rim, beyond Republic space, the 12 survivors of the conflict discovered the planet Korriban. Conquering the Sith civilization there, Broodica came across the ancient writings of the Kissai and Massassi, which she began organizing in a journal. As that journal was expanded with her notes and translations of the rituals discovered on Korriban, the grimoire began to take shape. Expanded over time, with the locking mechanism added later as a safeguard to the collection, the journal was rebound into the physical form it occupies today. As the Sith Empire that she helped found spread, her apprentices reproduced her collected knowledge for their own use, spreading her knowledge as the nascent Sith Order spread across the galaxy.
The grimoire is historically significant as archaeological evidence of the transition from the Jedi use of Alter powers to the Sith use of alchemy or the influence of Kissai mysticism to the Force rituals that would become canonized as Sith magic.
At least one copy of this grimoire came to be present on the planet Yalara prior to the Gulag Plague. Following the Four Hundred Years Darkness, the First Order had spread its influence from Dosuun to Yalara, dispatching its Knights of Ren to subjugate the world under Imperial control. One of those Knights was a young Pantoran, then known as Chiyo Ren, who uncovered the grimoire while exploring ruins of a Sith temple on the planet. The grimoire then became an object of study among the Knights of Ren, such as for the production of the Chiyo Amulet in 844 ABY.
That boy, now going by the name Boo Heavenshield, still had this copy of the grimoire later, on the planet Midvinter, when he summoned a smoke demon to aid the forces loyal to
Thurion Heavenshield
in combat against a large army of vinterbound.The grimoire itself was under a curse that caused those who beheld it to encounter false visions, either manifestations of their insecurities or visitations by the deceased. This was true regardless of if one was deemed worthy by the gatekeeper or not, and may have been an intentional choice by the author.
Receiving the approval of the gatekeeper required that the requester have spilled either the blood of the innocent or taken the life of a Jedi.
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