High Commander of the Lilaste Order
Laphisto Div'atori Gix
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How Laphisto Sees Normally
NAME: Laphisto Div’atori Gix
FACTION: The Lilaste Order.
RANK: Leader of the Lilaste Order
SPECIES: Kiev'arian
AGE: 296 [physically] [ 8062 due to carbonite}
SEX: Male.
HEIGHT: Seven Foot eight
WEIGHT: 240.
EYES: Green/ Blue and Draconic in nature
HAIR: Dirty Blond/ brown
SKIN: White Skin that melds into scales at his thighs/ wrists
FORCE SENSITIVE: Force Sensitive
Alignment: Neutral with a lean toward the light side
Weaknesses:
Armament:
Armor: Customized Set of LO-56A MKII
Appearance: Armor built from the remains of his old armor set. After his near-death above Draconia, Laphisto had a new set built matching that of his soldiers, brandishing the emblem of clan ordo on the right shoulder as well as the emblem of the Lilaste order on the other shoulder.
Specs
Laphistos Personal Broad Saber
Companions: Vraen
SHIP: An foray class corvette : The Conquests Agenda
[Primary ship] The Tracyn The ship belonged to Ris Ordo and was Gifted to Laphisto after His death
KILLS:
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BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
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[how Laphistos force sight works]
How Laphisto Sees Normally
NAME: Laphisto Div’atori Gix
FACTION: The Lilaste Order.
RANK: Leader of the Lilaste Order
SPECIES: Kiev'arian
AGE: 296 [physically] [ 8062 due to carbonite}
SEX: Male.
HEIGHT: Seven Foot eight
WEIGHT: 240.
EYES: Green/ Blue and Draconic in nature
HAIR: Dirty Blond/ brown
SKIN: White Skin that melds into scales at his thighs/ wrists
FORCE SENSITIVE: Force Sensitive
Alignment: Neutral with a lean toward the light side
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Strengths:- Poison/Disease Immunity: Hyper-aggressive white blood cells neutralize foreign bodies.
- Flight: Equipped with wings.
- Heightened Hearing: Enhanced auditory senses.
- Biological Fire Breathing: Utilizes a secondary set of lungs storing methane gas, ignited by "Sparking Bones" in the throat to produce fire.
- Unique Force Ability: Can sense others' alignment and see them through the Force.
Weaknesses:
- Immunity to Healing Substances: The aggressive nature of his blood destroys foreign bodies, rendering alcohol, bacta, and other healing items ineffective. He relies solely on natural regeneration.
- Sensitivity to Loud Noises and Bright Light: Heightened senses make him vulnerable to loud sounds and bright lights.
- Vision Impairment: Due to his unique Force ability and prolonged carbonite freezing, his natural vision is severely blurred. He can only perceive those connected to the Force, making Force-dead species and most droids invisible to him.
APPEARANCE
Laphisto stands at an imposing seven-foot-eight, clad in a custom set of Beskar armor gifted by his Mandalorian friend, Ris Ordo. His family crest is prominently branded and etched into his right shoulder.Biography of Laphisto Gix
- 7160 BBY – 7020 BBY: Early Life and Jedi Training
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Laphisto was born on Ossus in 7160 BBY, to a modest lineage of Jedi adherents and scholars. While the Jedi Temple remained a place of learning and stability, the galaxy beyond was not as serene. Tensions were rising between worlds, and the Force itself felt turbulent to those who paid close enough attention. For Laphisto, that turbulence was never far from view.
From his earliest years, Laphisto's relationship with the Force was slightly... off. Where others described the Force as a current, a wind, or a feeling, Laphisto saw it, plain as day. Colors, patterns, and shifting currents surrounded people. Some glowed softly, while others seemed weighed down by shadows. He never quite knew whether this was a gift or a flaw. His peers never spoke of it, and his instructors only acknowledged it in passing. "An unusual attunement," one Master called it, while another quietly suggested he ignore the visions and trust the Code.
The truth was, it made him uncomfortable. Laphisto learned early to keep this perception to himself, to avoid the sidelong glances from fellow Padawans who already found his quiet, introspective nature off-putting. In sparring circles and meditation halls, he was competent but unremarkable. What set him apart wasn't skill with a blade or a keen mind for tactics—it was an unnerving ability to notice things that others didn't.
He was drawn to the old texts buried in the Ossus archives—scrolls and data crystals from the Je'daii era that spoke of Ashla and Bogan as two halves of a whole. They described a Force that was both light and dark, life and decay. While his fellow learners parroted the Jedi Code's tenets, Laphisto quietly wondered if they were missing half of the picture.
No one ever accused him of defiance. He followed the lessons, adhered to discipline, and showed no outward signs of rebellion. Yet when the Council debated his readiness for the Trials, some voices raised concern—not about his ability, but his outlook. Still, the galaxy was changing, and the Order needed Knights.
By 7020 BBY, Laphisto passed his Trials and was Knighted. There was no ceremony beyond the standard rite, no applause beyond the polite nods from instructors relieved to see him assigned as a Seeker—out on the galactic fringe, away from the Temple's growing anxieties.
- 7020 BBY – 7003 BBY: Early Knighthood and Divergence
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The Outer Rim suited Laphisto. As a newly minted Knight, he was tasked as a Watchman—a role given to those expected to investigate Force disturbances, lost relics, or forgotten enclaves far from the busy corridors of Ossus. It was quiet work, often lonely, and that was just fine with him.
For over a decade, Laphisto traveled alone, hopping from dying temples on remote moons to ancient ruins buried in forgotten jungles. He found remnants of Jedi who had fallen centuries prior, cryptic symbols of philosophies abandoned or outlawed by the modern Order. No Jedi likes to admit how much of their past they've buried. Laphisto simply saw it firsthand.
The farther he roamed, the more detached he felt from the Jedi he once trained beside. His old creche-mates wrote him seldom, preoccupied with their roles as Guardians and diplomats. Meanwhile, Laphisto sat beneath collapsed shrines and crumbling walls, sensing a strange pattern in the Force—threads of darkness bleeding through the worlds the Jedi had long forgotten.
In isolated enclaves, he began encountering Jedi who whispered of imbalance. Knights who meditated on Bogan in secret, struggling with the creeping sense that suppressing the Dark Side was driving it to manifest elsewhere, stronger and more volatile. Some were scholars experimenting with primitive forms of what would later be called alchemy, while others simply felt abandoned by a Council they deemed too rigid, too slow to adapt.
Laphisto didn't condemn them. He didn't report them, either.
Instead, he listened.
And slowly, with quiet caution, he encouraged some to reflect on both Ashla and Bogan, to see the Force as it truly was—wild, cyclical, and unpredictable. His words were careful, measured, and spoken with genuine belief that understanding the darker side of the Force might prevent these Jedi from slipping into it. To him, this was balance.
But he was no leader. No mentor crafting a movement. He was a tired Seeker having awkward, necessary conversations with Jedi who felt the pull of something they didn't understand. Perhaps that's what made his mistake so easy to miss.
- 7003 BBY – 7000 BBY: The Breaking Point
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Laphisto's quiet efforts at fostering understanding between light and dark were never intended to fracture the Jedi Order. He was never building a faction, never speaking to halls full of dissenters. Yet, across the Rim, whispers spread. Jedi disillusioned with the High Council found quiet comfort in Laphisto's ideas, and, like cracks in glass, the rift began to spread One of those whispers carried him to Ajunta Pall.
They crossed paths on a barren world deep in the Outer Rim, where Pall, already a respected alchemist and combat tactician, had gathered a small circle of followers to study relics tied to Force manipulation and early Sith teachings. Their meeting was tense but respectful. Both saw the galaxy twisting into imbalance. Both viewed the Jedi's rigid doctrine as a kind of self-imposed blindness.
Pall spoke of empowerment, of breaking free from restraint to reshape the galaxy. His tone was sharp, edged with quiet ambition. Laphisto, though tempted by the idea of systemic change, could see the shadows seeping into Pall's aura. There was too much hunger there—too much conviction that the end justified the means.
Laphisto challenged him. Quietly, cautiously. He spoke of restoring equilibrium, of guiding Jedi back from the brink rather than tipping them over it. For a time, they debated late into the cold, dust-choked night. Pall respected Laphisto's measured approach, but when they parted ways, it was clear they were no longer walking the same path.
In the months that followed, Laphisto's unease grew. He returned to Ossus under pretense of reporting on Outer Rim disturbances, but there was no joy in coming home. The Council chambers were colder than he remembered, the debates more guarded.
Even so, Laphisto did not confess all. He withheld Pall's name, unsure whether betraying him to the Council would solve anything or merely escalate what he now saw as inevitable.
By 7001 BBY, Jedi enclaves began fracturing, with more and more Knights deserting the Order to follow radical thinkers like Ajunta Pall. Rumors of dark rituals and war preparations filtered back to Ossus. In the quiet corridors of the archives, Laphisto finally realized how deeply entrenched the roots of the schism had become—and how much of it traced back to the "small course corrections" he had encouraged years prior. He didn't start the storm, but the winds carried his voice far beyond what he intended.
- 7000 BBY: The Second Great Schism and the Council's Judgment
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By the time Laphisto returned to Ossus, the cracks in the Jedi Order were no longer theoretical—they were gaping wounds. The Second Great Schism had moved from hushed debates in remote enclaves to outright rebellion. Ajunta Pall and his followers, wielding Force-imbued swords and forbidden knowledge, were already taking Jedi worlds and raising dark banners in defiance of the Council.
Ossus was silent as Laphisto walked its corridors, though not in the way he remembered. The quiet here was laced with suspicion and fear. Even among the scholars and archivists, there were sidelong glances, whispers about who might be next to break away.
When the Council called him to the inner sanctum, there were no formalities. No peaceful meditation or attempts at subtle diplomacy. Just grim faces, robes heavy with worry. Laphisto stood in the center of the circular chamber, the tension between him and his former mentors palpable.
They didn't begin with accusations—they began with disappointment.
They knew of his actions: how he had encouraged Jedi to explore their shadows instead of fear them, how he had met with Ajunta Pall before the schism broke wide. Laphisto had never been Pall's follower, but the connection was undeniable. His teachings had contributed to the ideological breach that now consumed the Order.
Laphisto didn't argue. He explained, calmly, that he had acted to preserve balance. That ignoring the Dark Side only empowered it in secret. That the Order itself had grown brittle by clinging too tightly to Ashla and pretending Bogan could be banished. Some Council members regarded him with pity. Others stared as if he were already one of the Dark Jedi. Then came the judgment—not shouted, but delivered with a cold finality.
"You will no longer bear the Jedi name," said one of the senior Masters. "Nor shall you wield a blade in our name."
There, in front of the High Council, Laphisto was stripped of his status as a Knight. He wasn't banished like the others who had joined the Dark Jedi. Nor was he executed. He was something worse—a tool they could no longer control but couldn't afford to cast out fully. A liability to be managed. The warden at the chamber's edge stepped forward, palm outstretched. It was then that Laphisto felt the weight on his hip more sharply than ever before.
The sword was no Jedi-issued weapon. It was his family's—an ancient, Force-imbued longsword passed down through generations of Kiev'arians, long before his people's history was folded into the Jedi. Forged with veins of darkened metal and engraved with a nearly worn-away crest of his bloodline, the blade pulsed faintly under his touch, alive with the Force. To surrender it here, in this room, felt like an admission he hadn't prepared for.
His grip tightened. For a heartbeat, the thought crossed his mind to refuse. But in the faces of the Council, he saw no malice—only fear and inevitability. Slowly, he slid the weapon from its sheath and handed it over. The blade vanished into the folds of the warden's robes, destined for some dark vault where ancient relics gathered dust and memory.Without the sword at his side, Laphisto felt strangely hollow.
The Council delivered its final command without ceremony. He would leave Ossus immediately. His task: seek out the Jedi who had strayed, those who still lingered in the gray before fully falling into darkness, and bring them back if possible… or end them if necessary.
The decision was part punishment, part test of loyalty, and part quiet exile. His silence in response was enough to confirm his acceptance. When Laphisto stepped beyond the gates of Ossus, the war between Jedi and Dark Jedi had already begun in earnest. Yet he walked the path alone, caught between two crumbling ideologies, with neither faith nor blade to call his own.
- 6999 BBY – 6900 BBY: Exile in the Hundred-Year Darkness
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The Outer Rim had always felt distant from Ossus, but now it felt like another galaxy entirely. As war spread like wildfire across Jedi space, Laphisto became a shadow moving along the fringes of a conflict he had, in part, helped ignite.
His exile was never officially logged as such. There was no announcement, no records made public, no mourning for a fallen Knight. The Council had simply removed him, quietly sending him into the growing storm with no title, no sword, and little more than a duty that sounded more like a penance.
For nearly a century, Laphisto drifted between warzones and shattered enclaves. He traced the steps of the Jedi he had once advised, many of whom had since fully embraced the title of Dark Jedi and followed Ajunta Pall into open rebellion. Some had fortified ancient temples into strongholds, filling them with dark rituals and alchemical horrors. Others moved like raiders, scattering across the Mid Rim and Outer Rim, leaving ruin in their wake.
Laphisto confronted them one by one.
Some were old friends, former students who greeted him with bitter amusement or quiet sorrow. Others had fallen too far, their Force signatures so drenched in darkness that even Laphisto's hardened resolve trembled. Those encounters often ended in silence and blood, their auras extinguished beneath Laphisto's steady hand, though never without personal cost.
Each confrontation eroded a little more of his faith. Not just in the Jedi Code, but in the Force itself. What balance was there to restore, when both sides seemed lost to extremism? The Jedi Order, rigid and doctrinaire, pushing Jedi into repression and guilt. The Dark Jedi, consumed by their appetites for forbidden power. Between them, Laphisto saw no middle path—just ash and ruin.
He fought without a weapon of his own. Instead, he scavenged what the battlefields offered: the broken swords of fallen Jedi, hastily forged blades, even unenchanted steel. Yet none felt like the heirloom that had been taken from him, and none felt like they could carry him through this endless conflict.
By 6920 BBY, Laphisto had grown weary. The longer he hunted, the more he became something else—not Jedi, not outcast, but a relic, much like the forgotten ruins he sheltered in. The Force itself seemed more silent to him, heavy with echoes of violence on both sides.
- 6900 BBY – 6899 BBY: Sentencing and Stasis
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The war had hollowed out the galaxy, and the Jedi Order was no exception. Ossus, once alive with knowledge and hope, now echoed with silence. In the shadows of an ancient Rakatan vault buried beneath the Temple, Laphisto stood before the Council, not as a Knight or a warrior—but as a problem.
The High Council, fractured and desperate, saw him for what he had become: an uncomfortable reminder of the Order's failure. His teachings had contributed to the ideological fracture that birthed the Dark Jedi rebellion. He wasn't a Dark jedi, but neither was he the Jedi Knight they had once knighted with quiet hope. Death would have been simple. Laphisto could see it in their eyes—the readiness to end him and be done with it. But the decision was not born purely of wrath.
"Execution," one Master finally said, "would be mercy."
The words were colder than any verdict he expected.
Another spoke, tone sharp with calculation. "You are too valuable to waste. Yet too dangerous to leave in the open." The Jedi had discovered stasis technology in the remains of an old Rakatan vault, modified by the Order's most desperate minds. Carbonite freezing—crude, imperfect, but effective. They would seal him away, indefinitely. He would be no martyr, no wandering rogue. Just a frozen reminder of the schism buried deep below the Order's halls.
"You will sleep," the senior Master declared. "Until we decide if you are ever to be useful."
Laphisto stood silent, staring at the dimly lit vault chamber. His chest tightened—not with fear, but resignation. He had already been exiled in practice, hunted his former allies, and fought without hope of returning to the Jedi fold. Now, they would strip away even his agency. Not a sentence of years. Not even a trial.He was an object to them. A weapon shelved until the Jedi deemed fit to draw it again.
Laphisto made no plea. He offered no argument. There was nothing left to say. As the carbonite chamber activated, he stepped inside on his own. The hiss of gases and the freezing shock of the process were the final sounds he heard before darkness consumed him.
Outside the vault, the war raged on. But Laphisto was no longer part of it. He became a relic, lost to time, locked beneath Ossus like a cursed talisman, waiting for a galaxy that might one day remember him—not as a Knight, but as a tool.
- 5000 BBY: The Great Hyperspace war
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In 5000 BBY, after nearly two thousand years in carbonite stasis, Laphisto was awakened beneath the Jedi Temple on Ossus. The war against the Sith Empire, now fully engaged across the galaxy, had forced the Jedi Council to unseal several "forgotten assets," including Laphisto, who had been entombed since the closing days of the Hundred-Year Darkness.
Upon his awakening, Laphisto struggled to comprehend the galaxy he returned to. The word "Sith" was entirely unknown to him; during his time, the enemies of the Jedi were still referred to as Dark Jedi or heretics. It was in this moment that Laphisto first learned of the exile of the Dark Jedi following the Schism and their subsequent rise as rulers of a people in the Unknown Regions.
The Jedi explained that these exiles had found the native Sith species and forged a hybrid order, combining ancient Jedi knowledge with the dark rituals of the Sith. Over the centuries, this would grow into the Sith Empire, a militarized theocracy that now waged open war against both the Jedi and the Republic.
Confused and disturbed by the magnitude of what had transpired in his absence, Laphisto was also presented with the return of his ancestral weapon—his family's Force-imbued sword, confiscated at the time of his sentencing. Though tarnished and worn from its years in storage, the weapon marked a symbolic reinstatement of his usefulness, though no official Jedi rank was restored to him.
Following his debriefing, Laphisto was promptly dispatched to the Outer Rim, where the Sith's expansion into Republic space was rapidly accelerating. His reappearance marked the beginning of his reluctant participation in the Great Hyperspace War, a conflict unlike anything he had known before.
Laphisto's early engagements included participation in the Battle of Kirrek, a significant Jedi-Republic defensive action, and later in the broader Korriban campaign, where the Jedi sought to strike at the heart of the Sith Empire. His records during these conflicts highlighted a growing unease with the scale of Sith influence and the transformation of former Dark Jedi into theocratic warlords.
Following the eventual defeat of Naga Sadow's Sith forces and the collapse of the initial Sith Empire, Laphisto was recalled to Ossus by order of the Jedi High Council. While his service during the Great Hyperspace War was recognized as effective, his presence remained politically uncomfortable. His past involvement in the philosophical divisions that helped catalyze the original schism, coupled with his archaic approach to the Force, marked him as an uneasy remnant of a bygone age.
Citing concerns regarding his potential influence on younger Jedi and his tendency to operate independently of established military command structures, the Council decreed that Laphisto would return to stasis. The war had demonstrated his usefulness in moments of crisis, but with the Sith threat diminished, the Jedi no longer wished to contend with the moral complications his presence evoked.
Without ceremony, Laphisto was once again sealed in carbonite beneath the Jedi Temple, entombed alongside other dangerous artifacts and sealed records of the Great Schism. His sword, returned to him briefly during the war, was placed at his side within the chamber.
- 4250 BBY: The Third Schism and Laphisto's Second Awakening
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In 4250 BBY, during the crisis known as the Third Great Schism, the Jedi Council sanctioned the reawakening of Laphisto from carbonite stasis. The schism had fragmented the Order, as dissident Jedi across the Mid and Outer Rim renounced the Council's authority and pursued unorthodox and radical Force philosophies. Some of these breakaway groups dabbled in forbidden sciences, including ancient Rakatan technologies and proto-alchemical rituals lost since the days of the Infinite Empire.
Laphisto was brought back into service due to his historical experience with fallen Jedi and his specialized knowledge of Force heresies stemming from the original Hundred-Year Darkness. Upon his revival, Laphisto was dispatched to the Outer Rim, where rebellious Jedi enclaves had begun carving out autonomous fiefdoms.
Throughout this period, Laphisto participated in several key operations against splinter factions, many of which adopted practices echoing the early Dark Jedi exiles. Reports from this time describe Laphisto as detached, professional, and increasingly critical of the Jedi Order's inability to prevent the recurrence of internal division. His mission logs reflect a growing cynicism, observing that the Jedi Council's rigid doctrines continued to produce radical dissent in each generation.
The most significant event of this period occurred in the Vultar System, where a sect of rogue Jedi had discovered and begun experimenting with a dormant Infinity Gate, a remnant of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. This ancient superweapon, capable of mass destruction via interstellar portals, was partially reactivated by the schismatic forces, threatening to destabilize the region.
Laphisto, assigned to halt the activation, infiltrated the site during the ritual's apex. Engaging multiple dark side practitioners, Laphisto is credited with sabotaging the ritual by redirecting one of their alchemical weapons into the core systems of the Infinity Gate. The resulting feedback triggered a catastrophic overload, leading to the destruction of the entire Vultar System—a calamity that would become known as the Vultar Cataclysm.
Although Laphisto's intervention prevented the wider deployment of the Infinity Gate across Republic space, the loss of the system and the unintentional scale of the devastation drew ire from many within the Jedi Order. While some regarded his actions as necessary, others saw them as recklessly destructive.
Following deliberation, the Jedi Council determined that Laphisto's methods, while effective, represented an outdated and potentially destabilizing influence within the modern Order. Once again, they elected to place him in carbonite stasis, extending his sentence indefinitely.
- 3998 BBY: The Great Sith War
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In 3998 BBY, during the Great Sith War, Laphisto was reawakened to assist the Jedi Order against the growing threat of Exar Kun and his Sith followers. The Jedi, under siege on multiple fronts, deployed him to several key theaters where his knowledge of ancient dark side practices proved valuable.
Laphisto operated on Onderon, where Sith cultists and local insurgents worked in concert to destabilize Republic control. He contributed to the dismantling of multiple dark side enclaves entrenched in the jungles and hinterlands surrounding Iziz.
He was later assigned to Dantooine, where Sith sympathizers had infiltrated Jedi outposts and targeted key personnel. His involvement secured the release of captured Jedi and prevented the spread of Sith influence across several sectors of the planet.
On Ambria, Laphisto aided in halting dangerous dark side experiments that threatened to warp the planet's already volatile Force energies. His actions helped to neutralize Sithspawn monstrosities unleashed during the height of the conflict.
Toward the war's conclusion, Laphisto participated in the defense and evacuation of Ossus. He helped extract valuable artifacts and archives as the Jedi Temple faced destruction during Exar Kun's final assault. Ossus was lost soon after, consumed by the resulting supernova.
With the war concluded and Exar Kun defeated, Laphisto was deemed a liability in peacetime by the Council. He was placed back into carbonite stasis, this time relocated to a secure Jedi facility on Lothal, one of several fallback archives established after Ossus' destruction. His status was reclassified as dormant and restricted, to be unsealed only under extraordinary circumstances.
- 3963 BBY: The Mandalorian Wars
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In 3963 BBY, as the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders launched their aggressive campaigns across the Outer Rim, the Jedi Council, under growing pressure from the Republic Senate and military forces, authorized the reawakening of Laphisto from carbonite stasis. The Mandalorians, now unified under Mandalore the Ultimate, had begun a systematic conquest of Republic worlds, overwhelming planetary defenses and igniting one of the most brutal conflicts since the Great Sith War.
Laphisto was revived on Lothal, where the Jedi enclave served as one of the Order's regional command centers. The Council remained hesitant regarding Laphisto's involvement but recognized the need for specialized operatives capable of navigating the increasingly chaotic war zones beyond the Core. Without official reinstatement into the Jedi military structure, Laphisto was assigned as an auxiliary agent and permitted to operate under Jedi military supervision.
He was deployed to several battlefronts along the Mid Rim, supporting Jedi strike teams and Republic forces engaged against Mandalorian clans. His involvement during this period focused on counter-insurgency and humanitarian efforts, often serving to protect civilian populations from Mandalorian raiders while Jedi generals pursued larger military objectives.
While assigned to a campaign along the Hydian Way, Laphisto encountered Mandalorian forces under General Ris Ordo, a commander known for his adherence to traditional Mandalorian codes of honor. This interaction marked the beginning of a tenuous yet notable relationship between the two, built upon mutual battlefield respect despite their opposing allegiances.
Laphisto's actions during the war remained largely autonomous, and his methods, shaped by centuries of prior conflicts, frequently clashed with Republic military protocols. Nevertheless, his ability to maneuver behind enemy lines and stabilize contested sectors contributed to local successes, particularly on Outer Rim worlds left vulnerable to Mandalorian occupation.
As the war escalated, Laphisto maintained his focus on limiting collateral damage and preserving civilian lives, often prioritizing the protection of non-combatants even when it placed him at odds with more aggressive Jedi military leaders.
- 3961 BBY – 3960 BBY: The Later Mandalorian Wars and the Bond with Ris Ordo
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By 3961 BBY, Laphisto remained under the close oversight of the Jedi Council, restricted to isolated battlefronts during the final stages of the Mandalorian Wars. Though a veteran of prior galactic conflicts, his operational freedom remained limited, with assignments focusing on protecting civilian populations and outposts caught between Republic forces and Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders.
During this period, Laphisto faced General Ris Ordo in a formal duel to determine control over a critical system along the Hydian Way. The terms were clear: if Laphisto lost, he and Republic-aligned forces would withdraw from the sector. If he won, Ordo would concede the region. The duel ended in Laphisto's defeat, resulting in his withdrawal and the surrender of his ancestral sword as part of the agreed Mandalorian tradition.
However, in a rare act of mutual respect, Ordo gifted Laphisto a block of beskar, instructing him to "forge a weapon fit for a warrior." Upon returning to a Jedi enclave on Dantooine, Laphisto used the beskar to construct a broad saber, a heavier variant of the emerging energy-based weapons of the era. The saber's design reflected his martial heritage while adapting to the changing realities of modern warfare.
In 3960 BBY, after receiving word of Ordo's death during an unrelated campaign, Laphisto disobeyed Council advisories and traveled covertly to attend Ordo's funeral, blending into the crowd of Mandalorians. Following the rites, Ordo's kin approached him, acknowledging the bond their general had formed with Laphisto. As a final act of respect, they gifted him the Tracyn, Ordo's personal warship.
Upon returning to Republic space, Laphisto found the war concludedwith the destruction of Malachor V , and the Mandalorians were defeated during his absence. The Jedi Council, wary of his past yet unable to fault his wartime service, granted Laphisto five years of freedom, though still under periodic observation.
Rather than reintegrate fully into Jedi society, Laphisto used this period to quietly dispatch the Tracyn into the Unknown Regions, instructing its droid crew to search for signs of his lost homeworld. The vessel was programmed to avoid galactic authorities and remain hidden, functioning autonomously while Laphisto returned to the Core Worlds to resume his quiet, detached life—knowing full well that peace would not last.
- 3959 BBY – 3956 BBY: The Jedi Civil War and Final Stasis on Lothal
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The outbreak of the Jedi Civil War in 3959 BBY interrupted the fragile peace Laphisto had briefly attained. Without completing his full five years of granted freedom, he was summoned back to the frontlines under emergency orders. The Sith Empire under Revan and Malak had fractured Republic defenses across multiple sectors, forcing the Jedi Council to mobilize every available operative.
Laphisto was dispatched to the Mid Rim, where he reinforced key Republic worlds facing Sith invasion. On Axxila, he played a vital role in protecting major hyperspace routes critical to sustaining Republic logistics. His efforts helped stave off multiple Sith incursions aimed at severing trade and supply lines.
In Foerost, a Republic naval hub and shipyard, Laphisto supported Jedi detachments during the evacuation of vital construction facilities. Sith forces pressed heavily against planetary defenses, and while Foerost eventually fell to Sith control, Laphisto's intervention secured the safe withdrawal of valuable personnel and resources before the world was lost.
Laphisto later operated on Taris, engaging in defensive actions within the urban sprawl as Sith-backed mercenaries and agents fomented rebellion among the planet's underworld factions. He oversaw the establishment of fallback positions and coordinated evacuation corridors for civilians during the escalating siege.
In the final year of the war, Laphisto was assigned to Outer Rim campaigns focused on isolating the Star Forge, the Sith's primary war engine. He participated in interdiction efforts that disrupted Sith reinforcements flowing toward the system, weakening Sith fleets in preparation for the Republic's final offensive.
With the Star Forge destroyed and the Sith Lords defeated in 3956 BBY, Laphisto was withdrawn from the frontlines. The Jedi Council, weighing his past against his wartime contributions, opted to return him to stasis rather than reintegrate him into the shrinking Jedi ranks. He was transferred to the Lothal enclave, a distant and lightly trafficked Jedi facility, and sealed once more in carbonite within its subterranean vaults.
Shortly thereafter, the galaxy descended into further turmoil. The First Jedi Purge scattered the Order, destroying enclaves and eradicating archives across the Republic. With the Jedi Order in disarray and many of its secrets lost, Laphisto's existence slipped quietly into legend. His stasis chamber remained untouched beneath the forgotten temple on Lothal, buried beneath centuries of neglect.
- 880 ABY – 902 ABY: Rediscovery and the Rise of the Lilaste Order
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In 880 ABY, Laphisto was discovered and Freed from Cabronite stasis by a Jedi affiliated with the Silver Jedi Concordat. Revived on Lothal after centuries lost to history, he found himself a relic in a galaxy vastly changed from the one he had known. His reawakening triggered interest beyond the Jedi Order, drawing the attention of a shadowy figure known as The Collector, who employed the rogue Force-user and former Jedi Finlay Dawson to recover what was believed to be a lost Jedi artifact, unaware that it was Laphisto himself.
During his escape, Laphisto inadvertently stole a vessel belonging to the Collector, later dubbed The Agenda, and fled into the Outer Rim. On Nar Shaddaa, he encountered a young Chiss Force-sensitive, taking the boy under his wing as his apprentice. Though bound by the Jedi Council's restrictions from his prior life, Laphisto adopted the boy as both a student and companion, committed to teaching him the complexities of the Force while navigating the criminal underbelly of the galaxy.
Their journey brought them to Toydaria, where they recruited Rel, an exiled Jedi Knight, to their crew. From there, the trio traveled to Kashyyyk, where they expanded their ranks further before receiving word of a necessary audience on Commenor. There, Laphisto formally met with the Grandmaster of the Silver Jedi Order, who granted his freedom,
Freed from the oversight of any Jedi authority for the first time in millennia, Laphisto turned to independent ventures, scavenging relics and derelict warships alongside his apprentice and growing crew. During their travels, they encountered Kayen, another Force-sensitive wanderer, and later crossed paths with a Sith known as The Confessor while on Sorroco.
Following the liberation of several ancient warships, Owen, a trusted officer aboard The Agenda, led part of the crew to the Kalinda system, where they discovered an abandoned Republic-era drydock facility. En route, however, tragedy struck. During a hyperspace jump, Rel succumbed to the dark side and ejected himself into deep space aboard an escape pod, vanishing into the void.
Upon arriving at Dantooine, the crew recruited Tilly, a Dathomirian witch, and Bambietta, a Mandalorian Force-sensitive. Together, they relocated to the Kalinda system, where they restored the ancient drydock and solidified their presence.
Over the next several years, the group—now identifying as the Lilaste Order—defended their holdings from persistent threats, including a protracted conflict with the Dusate pirates. During these engagements, Jacen, Laphisto's apprentice, and Bambietta both disappeared under unknown circumstances, while Tilly never arrived at the station.
Despite these setbacks, the Lilaste Order grew in strength, taking on mercenary contracts for various galactic powers, including the rising Empire of the Lost. By 902 ABY, the Order had fully integrated into the ranks of the Diarchy,
Armament:
Armor: Customized Set of LO-56A MKII
Appearance: Armor built from the remains of his old armor set. After his near-death above Draconia, Laphisto had a new set built matching that of his soldiers, brandishing the emblem of clan ordo on the right shoulder as well as the emblem of the Lilaste order on the other shoulder.
Specs
- Wrist-bound Holo Computer
- Magboots, mag locking belt
Laphistos Personal Broad Saber
Companions: Vraen
SHIP: An foray class corvette : The Conquests Agenda
[Primary ship] The Tracyn The ship belonged to Ris Ordo and was Gifted to Laphisto after His death
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