A Light Shining in Darkness
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Wyatt had been across the Galaxy and back again, fighting the Bryn'adul, the Sith, every threat to have ever risen; he'd become feared by his enemies and loved by his friends - he'd failed to protect those he loved, and saved millions he didn't know. His name had become synonymous with the Light, but he himself knew that it was overstated - kind words from friends over the years.
Allyson Locke
,
Cedric Grayson
, Ryv Karis ,
Romi Jade
- the names went on but they paled compared to those he had failed. Through it all, however, he had come to internalize a few lessons.
Jedi did not need armies or governments to make them strong - they almost didn't need Orders, but not to train the next generation. Enclaves had sprouted up around the Galaxy and kept themselves afloat despite great odds. Romi had done so successfully for years -
Coren Starchaser
before her, and more names besides. They had profound success - while the untrained Order he had left behind was crudely undermined by Senators, Sith, and propaganda. Even when he ran it, it was stress and beuracracy - all the good he could do taken up by paper work, funding, and advising politicians on Jedi matters.
It made him realize that he didn't need to be the great unifer as he had once hoped - to mend the cracks in the Jedi Order and make a singular group to hold fast in the face of adversity. No, now was not the time for grand orders and great armies - but of strength in icons, strength in skill, to provide the galaxy with hope of a new kind. He'd seek out the greatest the Galaxy had to offer - hope they'd join in him his efforts to see the Sith pulled from the depths of their shadows and shown the light for what it is.
But for that, he needed to reach out - to old friends and new. Today would be one of those days - criminal organizations offering him good word on the location of someone he hoped to meet. She was on the planet for only a few days, transitory or otherwise - and he would intercept her. She likely didn't know him, likely had never heard of him - but he had heard of her, and he hoped she would at least hear him out.
The door to the starship hanger opened, and in walked the once-Grandmaster Wyatt Morga shrouded in a brown cloak. His stature was hidden behind the unassuming cloak, but each step echo'ed his weight. He pulled his hood down and glanced about, met by none - so instead, he called out.