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Moorwood Watch​

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To rework and expand the original Moorwood Peak submission into Moorwood Watch, a high-altitude Obsidian Guard and Rave Merrill Academy satellite facility. This serves as a training bastion for House Denko and the Veino Garn Dojo, supporting endurance-focused Jedi and Force learners seeking clarity, mastery, and inner stillness.
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• Canon: N/A
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• Links: Moorwood Peak | Josiah Denko | Veino Garn

SETTING INFORMATION

• Structure Name: Moorwood Watch
• Classification: Mountain Fortress / Training Bastion
• Location: Monastery, Mountain Ridgeline, North of the Temple
• Affiliation: Jedi Enclave of Monastery
• Accessibility: Moorwood Watch is perched along a frigid ridgeline far above the T'ra Saa Nexus. Hidden by snowfall and sheer cliffs, it can only be reached via shuttle landing pads, speeder paths, or extended mountain trek. Entry is restricted to Obsidian Guard personnel, House Denko students, and Lotus Enclave staff cleared for cold weather operations. Its isolated nature makes it ideal for focused training and recon.
• Description: An ancient fortress once used by the Confederacy's Knights Obsidian, Moorwood Watch has been reforged into a cold-weather bastion for Force sentinels and guardians. Winds howl through narrow passes while beacon lights mark the entrance to its slate-colored halls. The Watch operates as a training ground for House Denko, and serves as a defensive outpost and early-warning station for the Enclave below. It is a place for clarity, vows, and silent growth—where Force users learn to stand before the storm without breaking.

POINTS OF INTEREST

• House Denko – Vigil & Endurance
  
  • Dormitory: Denko Vigil Wing
  • Library: The Oathbinder’s Archive
  • Learning Center: The Silent Circle
    
    • Focus: Resilience, clarity, vowcraft, moral re-centering
    • Description: Carved into the cold stone walls of Moorwood Watch, House Denko’s space is spare but sacred. Frosted archways lead into heated meditation halls and the trial-forged Silent Circle—where students speak only when words carry purpose. Here, Candidates are taught to confront their shadows, carry their choices with grace, and rise from failure with quiet strength. Lessons combine spiritual disciplines with Obsidian field conditioning, drawing heavily from the legacy of Master Josiah Denko.
• Veino Garn Dojo – Subtle Defense (Veino Garn)
  
  • Warden of the Veil
    
    • Forms Taught:
      
      • Form I: Shii-Cho – Fundamentals of momentum, spacing, and unpredictability
      • Form VI: Niman – Balanced use of Force techniques and blade work
    • Form III: Soresu – Pure defense under pressure, particularly suited for pacifist engagement
  • Supplemental Training:
    
    • Disengagement maneuvers and saber deactivation training
    • Peripheral Awareness Loops – Multi-front combat drills in low-light and snow-covered terrain
    • Silent Contact Tactics – Using minimal movement to project control or deterrence
    • Saber Cloaking Techniques – Saber activation/deactivation drills designed to maximize psychological misdirection
    • Non-lethal Initiative Series – Force push, trip, or redirect training vs fatal strikes
  • Philosophy: “The best duel is the one you don’t start. The next best is the one you finish without hate.”
• The Silent Circle: A stone training forum where sparring occurs without speech. Overseen by Obsidian instructors and linked to House Denko’s ethical curriculum.
• The Listening Chamber: A kyber-lined inner vault designed to detect emotional disturbances and Force echoes. Often used in solo trials or restorative meditations. Prior to becoming a Year 8 student many Year 7 students conduct a week long trial within the Listening Chamber proving that like Denko they too can weather the storm.
• The Blackline Ascent: A treacherous snowy climb taken by students seeking admittance into House Denko. Completion is as much spiritual as physical. The first time students take this path, it is meant for deep reflection, all prospects must complete the Ascent. This is the final climb through the snow toward their vow. It mirrors Denko’s own climb back from the darkness. All Year 8 House Denko Students must complete the Ascent. The path for Year 8 students is a completely different path within the Ascent. It physically mirrors Denko’s own climb out of the dark side and back to the light. This is part of their final trials before becoming a member of the Obsidian Guard.
• Hollowstone Labyrinth: A resonance-dampened maze where Force powers are unstable. Trainees must navigate through sheer instinct and stealth alone.
• Observation Grove: Jungle-height perches and blind-points, used for counter-surveillance and ambush neutralization drills.
• Vigil Ring: A Force meditation circuit attuned to Monastery’s natural energy grid, used for crisis visualization and emotional restraint training.
• Nightglass Chambers: Lightless dormitory pods that train physical presence minimization and heighten Force-sense reliance during rest. Trainees of the Garn Dojo are required to endure one, three, and later five day tests and trials in these chambers, depending on their year.
• The Emberwall Range: A modular sentry field with live-response droids, unpredictable terrain shifts, and randomized moral scenario triggers.
• The Frostgarden Arena: Outdoor dueling space buried in snow half the year. Wind and terrain are intentionally used to teach control under chaotic conditions.
• The Obsidian Forge: A smaller forge maintained by Denko instructors and Obsidian Smiths for ritual repairs, weapon and lightsaber modifications.
• The Blackfire Watch: Monitors weather, sensor pings, and deep-space communication. Staffed 24/7 by Obsidian Guard scouts.
• The Eternal Pyres: A handful of the eternal mountain pyres still remain scattered across the Courtyard and Atrium. It is believed they draw from the nearby Nexus to sustain themselves. While many were extinguished during the outpost’s long abandonment, those that remain now serve as ritual markers for Denko initiates and Obsidian Vow ceremonies. They are lit during trials, guarded during vigils, and left burning to mark each new Watcher of the Veil.
• The Courtyard of the Quiet Flame: Once the grand entryway of the Peak, now rededicated. The Courtyard holds three surviving Pyres, flanking the Landing Circle and the Blackline Gate, a symbolic archway leading to the Blackline Ascent. Statues of Denko and former Obsidian Knights line the path. It’s a place of first steps, and sometimes, last reflections.
• The Atrium: Still the emotional and architectural heart of the Watch, the Atrium now functions as a gathering hall, vow chamber, and recovery site after training. It retains its vaulted ceilings, statues, and subterranean stairwell to Nexus-hewn meditation caves. During winter equinox, the Atrium hosts the Night of Still Flame, where new House Denko candidates meditate in silence before taking up their path.
• Hall of Echoes (fromer West Wing): The old educational wing has been renamed and partially restored. Now called the Hall of Echoes, it houses:
  
  • The Veiled Vault – a heavily guarded collection of rare holocrons and recovered Obsidian scrolls
  • A pair of hologram-equipped combat simulators (with weather variable modules)
  • Stone dormitories for visiting instructors and legacy guardians
  • A viewing room containing archived memories of Josiah Denko, select Jedi, and anonymous Obsidian Knights

SECURITY
High: While the world currently rests within the High Republic, it hasn’t always, and Mishel knows better than most that nations and their governments come and go like the solar winds.

• Obsidian Guard stationed on permanent rotation
• Members of the RMA’s Shadowpetal Wing fly patrol routes over Moorwood.
• Defensive sensors and high-wind environmental camouflage
  
  • Sensors include but are not limited surveillance, including audio, visual and infrared
  • Communication and weapon sensors
• Concealed anti-air cannon embedded in peak structure
• Holocrypt Force-locked doors and echo-sensitive warning fields
• Sentinel drone relays connected to Lotus Enclave

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Originally constructed during the era of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Moorwood Peak was a secluded training site for the Knights Obsidian. Abandoned after the fall of the CIS, it remained in ruin until Mishel Kryze-Noren and the Lotus Enclave rediscovered its shell during the re-establishment of Monastery.

Rebuilt as Moorwood Watch, the outpost now trains students of House Denko, a merit-based affiliate of the Rave Merrill Academy. It hosts the Veino Garn Dojo, dedicated to thoughtful, adaptive saber work, and stands as a waypoint for those reconciling their shadows and vows.

It is not a place of comfort—but it is a place of becoming.

It should be noted the Moorwood Watch is where new Obsidian Guards are trained, and only House Denko students are eligible to become new Obsidian Guards. Students wishing to train at the Garn Dojo from the main Rave Merrill Academy must be at least Year 6+.

Note: House Denko students, are advanced students who were not selected by any of the other advanced houses. They must have been rejected before they're allowed to apply for House Denko. Should a student not meet the requirements, or become accepted into House Denko they are simply redirected to the Continuance Path, as mentioned in the Rave Merrill Academy.