Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
Corporation Name: Shule's Workshop
Headquarters: Yavin IV
Locations: Kyrikal
Operations: Jal Shey crafting and sometimes other Force-related craftsmanship: Force-enhanced blades, alchemy, etc.
Rationale: Shule Windspeaker, formerly Grandmaster Je'gan Olra'en, learned the fundamentals of the Jal Shey art while visiting the Kyrikal system, where the Jal Shey tradition is alive and well, if few in numbers. Shule set up a personal workshop in the disused Dantooine Jedi enclave that he called home. From time to time he would visit Levantine space, and his Ithorian and Mon Calamari Jal Shey contacts sometimes worked with him there or on Dantooine, Jal Shey being notorious wanderers. Shule's workshop is where he tinkered with Jal Shey crafting, the occasional forging of Force-imbued blades, and various other methods of Light Side crafting as he found the time. Unwilling to accept a living stipend from the Order, he relied on the generosity of others while on Jedi business, and used his little cottage industry to pay for the basic food he enjoyed. Even so, he pursued obscure historical Light Side crafting arts, more as secondary methods of understanding the Force than as a business. When Dantooine was conquered by the Primeval, Shule stood alone against the invasion, buying time for the Jal Shey to escape to Yavin IV. He set up his shop there afterward, and it was near this shop that he died for the last time.
His workshop was inherited by his most direct living heir: his granddaughter Ashin Varanin. Though she had been a competent alchemist and crafter of Force-enhanced blades in her day, Ashin had little knowledge of the Jal Shey art or rapport with the staff. She opted to leave the Kyrikal operation to its own devices and keep her grandfather's Yavin workshop as a place for refuge and occasional experimentation. It is the closest thing to a house she possesses in Mandalorian territory, despite her long-term membership in Clan Ordo.
Tier: 1
Description: Shule's Workshop comprises two small locations. One is a workshop staffed by wandering Jal Shey in the Kyrikal system. This location produces the special uniforms worn by senior captains in the Levantine Frontier Corps and its successors. The other location is a smaller shop in the outskirts of Port Shardrock, near the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV. This shop is a hostel of sorts for wandering Jal Shey. It is used, on occasion, by Ashin Varanin, who technically owns both workshops. It generally produces small bespoke items from various crafting traditions. Shule's Workshop, the corporation, is Ashin's only source of income.
Subsidiaries: None.
Primary Source: N/A
Pertinent Development Threads:
Headquarters: Yavin IV
Locations: Kyrikal
Operations: Jal Shey crafting and sometimes other Force-related craftsmanship: Force-enhanced blades, alchemy, etc.
Rationale: Shule Windspeaker, formerly Grandmaster Je'gan Olra'en, learned the fundamentals of the Jal Shey art while visiting the Kyrikal system, where the Jal Shey tradition is alive and well, if few in numbers. Shule set up a personal workshop in the disused Dantooine Jedi enclave that he called home. From time to time he would visit Levantine space, and his Ithorian and Mon Calamari Jal Shey contacts sometimes worked with him there or on Dantooine, Jal Shey being notorious wanderers. Shule's workshop is where he tinkered with Jal Shey crafting, the occasional forging of Force-imbued blades, and various other methods of Light Side crafting as he found the time. Unwilling to accept a living stipend from the Order, he relied on the generosity of others while on Jedi business, and used his little cottage industry to pay for the basic food he enjoyed. Even so, he pursued obscure historical Light Side crafting arts, more as secondary methods of understanding the Force than as a business. When Dantooine was conquered by the Primeval, Shule stood alone against the invasion, buying time for the Jal Shey to escape to Yavin IV. He set up his shop there afterward, and it was near this shop that he died for the last time.
His workshop was inherited by his most direct living heir: his granddaughter Ashin Varanin. Though she had been a competent alchemist and crafter of Force-enhanced blades in her day, Ashin had little knowledge of the Jal Shey art or rapport with the staff. She opted to leave the Kyrikal operation to its own devices and keep her grandfather's Yavin workshop as a place for refuge and occasional experimentation. It is the closest thing to a house she possesses in Mandalorian territory, despite her long-term membership in Clan Ordo.
Tier: 1
Description: Shule's Workshop comprises two small locations. One is a workshop staffed by wandering Jal Shey in the Kyrikal system. This location produces the special uniforms worn by senior captains in the Levantine Frontier Corps and its successors. The other location is a smaller shop in the outskirts of Port Shardrock, near the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV. This shop is a hostel of sorts for wandering Jal Shey. It is used, on occasion, by Ashin Varanin, who technically owns both workshops. It generally produces small bespoke items from various crafting traditions. Shule's Workshop, the corporation, is Ashin's only source of income.
Subsidiaries: None.
Primary Source: N/A
Pertinent Development Threads:
- [Link] - [Evacuation from Dantooine to Yavin IV]
