Emberlene's Daughter, The Jedi Generalist
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Classification: Religious Cult
Affiliation: Formerly affiliated with the Jedi Order; operated independently as a rogue sect with no formal ties to any government or faction.
Organization Symbol: A stylized white lotus with a black core, symbolizing purity corrupted by ambition, often hidden within Jedi iconography to avoid detection.
Description: The White Ward is a secretive sect of Jedi Lords who believed the galaxy could only be saved through their absolute rule. To achieve this, they engineered crises and created bioengineered beings called Marid to pose as Sithspawn, inciting fear and chaos to drive populations to willingly submit to their authority. Their goal was to establish an empire under the guise of the Light Side, manipulating galactic events to position themselves as saviors.
Domain: The White Ward claimed no overt territory, operating covertly within Jedi controlled areas. Their influence was exerted through secret laboratories and manipulated events on strategic worlds. They remained hidden, avoiding direct interaction with local populations to maintain secrecy, which fostered distrust among the few who suspected their existence.
Notable Assets:
Climate: The White Ward was a tense, secretive environment driven by ideological zeal and moral compromise. Members faced constant pressure to maintain secrecy and achieve results, fostering paranoia and ruthless ambition. The creation of Marid and manipulation of galactic events created an ethically fraught atmosphere.
Reputation: Largely unknown to the galaxy, the White Ward was a myth even among Jedi with only a handful of Masters aware of their existence. Those who suspected their activities viewed them with distrust and horror due to their unethical experiments and authoritarian goals. The general populace was unaware, manipulated indirectly through the Ward's manufactured crises.
Curios: Members bore a hidden tattoo of the white lotus with a black core, placed discreetly (often on the inner wrist or neck) and visible only under Force enhanced light.
Rules: The White Ward adhered to a twisted interpretation of the Jedi Code, emphasizing control over freedom. Their core philosophy was that humanity could not be trusted with autonomy requiring Jedi rule to ensure order. They justified their actions as necessary for the greater good, embracing manipulation and sacrifice.
Goals:
- Establish a galaxy-wide empire ruled by the Jedi Lords, using the Light Side as a facade.
- Manipulate galactic events through crises to drive populations to accept their rule.
- Perfect flow-walking and cosmic Force manipulation to rewrite history and implant cultural mythologies that position the White Ward as messianic saviors.
- Eliminate potential Dark Side threats by deploying and sacrificing Marid.
The sect's laboratories, including those on Brendok and beneath the Batou Jedi Temple, were sealed by the Jedi Order deemed too dangerous to explore. The Marid, preserved in entrophic stasis were left undisturbed their existence known only to a select few Jedi Masters. During this period, the galaxy underwent significant changes. The One Sith's influence declined, replaced by new threats and power shifts. The White Ward's engineered crises faded from memory but their subtle manipulations implanted mythologies and altered histories lingered in the cultural fabric of certain worlds. Obscure legends of a "white lotus savior" persisted on remote planets, remnants of the sect's theological manipulation.
Around 250 ABY, a rogue Jedi scholar, Taryn Vel, stumbled upon a hidden archive on Brendok containing White Ward texts. Taryn's attempt to replicate the sect's Force manipulation techniques led to a localized Force storm killing her and devastating a nearby settlement. The incident, suppressed by the Jedi, underscored the dangers of the White Ward's knowledge and prompted stricter oversight of known laboratory sites. The Batou lab, buried deep beneath the rebuilt Jedi Temple remained undiscovered its stasis fields silently preserving its Marid.
By 350 ABY, rumors of the White Ward resurfaced among criminal syndicates and Dark Side cults. A black market trade in alleged White Ward artifacts crystals, holocrons and genetic samples emerged though most were forgeries. A few authentic relics, smuggled from abandoned outposts, fell into the hands of Sith remnants, who attempted to reverse engineer the Marid's creation process. These efforts failed, as the Sith lacked the Light Side expertise required but they heightened tensions, prompting the Jedi to intensify their search for White Ward sites.
Over the next century, the Wardens uncovered several minor outposts, but the Brendok and Batou laboratories remained elusive. The task force documented the White Ward's flow-walking experiments, discovering evidence of temporal fractures small-scale anomalies where time looped or slowed on worlds targeted by the sect. These fractures, attributed to failed attempts to create a cosmic Force "single point," posed ongoing risks, occasionally trapping Force-sensitive individuals in temporal loops or distorting local histories.
By 500 ABY, the galaxy faced new conflicts, including the rise of the New Sith Imperium. The Jedi suspected that some of the Imperium's leaders had accessed White Ward knowledge, as their propaganda echoed the sect's messianic mythologies. While unproven, this connection prompted the Wardens to expand their efforts, fearing a resurgence of the White Ward's ideology under a new guise.
During this period, the Batou laboratory remained hidden, its location forgotten amid the Jedi Temple's repeated reconstructions. The Brendok laboratory, partially excavated by the Jedi, was sealed after a failed attempt to access its core chambers, which triggered a Force based defense system that killed several researchers. These incidents reinforced the White Ward's reputation as a cursed legacy, deterring further exploration.
The Galactic Dark Age also saw the proliferation of White Ward inspired cults small groups worshipping the "white lotus" as a symbol of salvation. These cults, unaware of the sect's true nature inadvertently spread the White Ward's implanted mythologies creating pockets of unrest that the Jedi struggled to contain. By 800 ABY, the galaxy began to stabilize but the White Ward's shadow lingered, its laboratories and Marid a latent threat.
Caltin Vanagor
,
Jairdain Ismet-Thio
and
Malcolm Ironmaster
, entered the lab, uncovering a Marid preserved in entrophic stasis within a flower-like structure of ivory petals and dark crystal arches.
The confrontation revealed the full extent of the White Ward's ambitions. The Marid, pale and frail yet exuding a false Dark Side aura warned of the stasis field's risks hinting at the catastrophic potential of awakening others. Matsu's investigation uncovered evidence of flow-walking experiments and cosmic Force manipulation, including a partially activated "single point" that threatened temporal instability. The lab's Force-infused circuits, designed to preserve the Marid and facility, were on the verge of failure, risking a release of stored energy that could destabilize Coruscant's Force nexus.
The Silver Jedi's analysis of the lab confirmed the White Ward's long-term impact. Residual temporal fractures from their flow-walking experiments were detected across the galaxy, causing localized anomalies on worlds like Brendok and Arkania. The Marid's programming, designed to incite chaos and eliminate Dark Side potential, remained intact, posing an immediate threat if more were awakened. Matsu and her team faced a moral dilemma: destroying the Marid risked triggering catastrophic energy releases, while preserving them left a dangerous weapon in play.
The confrontation also uncovered fragments of the Architect's final writings, suggesting they had attempted to merge with the cosmic Force, potentially becoming a lingering presence within the timestream. This revelation raised fears that the Architect could still influence events either directly or through undiscovered holocrons. The Silver Jedi established a permanent watch over the Batou labs, sealing it until a safe method to neutralize the Marid could be developed.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Organization Name: The White WardClassification: Religious Cult
Affiliation: Formerly affiliated with the Jedi Order; operated independently as a rogue sect with no formal ties to any government or faction.
Organization Symbol: A stylized white lotus with a black core, symbolizing purity corrupted by ambition, often hidden within Jedi iconography to avoid detection.
Description: The White Ward is a secretive sect of Jedi Lords who believed the galaxy could only be saved through their absolute rule. To achieve this, they engineered crises and created bioengineered beings called Marid to pose as Sithspawn, inciting fear and chaos to drive populations to willingly submit to their authority. Their goal was to establish an empire under the guise of the Light Side, manipulating galactic events to position themselves as saviors.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Headquarters: BrendokDomain: The White Ward claimed no overt territory, operating covertly within Jedi controlled areas. Their influence was exerted through secret laboratories and manipulated events on strategic worlds. They remained hidden, avoiding direct interaction with local populations to maintain secrecy, which fostered distrust among the few who suspected their existence.
Notable Assets:
- Brendok Laboratory: The primary facility for creating the Marid, utilizing ancient Force manipulation techniques.
- Batou Temple Laboratory: A hidden facility beneath the Jedi Temple, equipped with entrophic stasis fields and Force-infused technology to preserve Marid and conduct experiments.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Hierarchy:- Jedi Lords: The ruling council of the White Ward, composed of high ranking Jedi who orchestrated the sect's plans.
- Researchers: Jedi and scientists tasked with creating and programming the Marid.
- Operatives: Force sensitive agents who deployed Marid and manipulated events on targeted worlds.
- Marid: Bioengineered beings serving as the sect's primary tools, programmed to act as Sithspawn.
Climate: The White Ward was a tense, secretive environment driven by ideological zeal and moral compromise. Members faced constant pressure to maintain secrecy and achieve results, fostering paranoia and ruthless ambition. The creation of Marid and manipulation of galactic events created an ethically fraught atmosphere.
Reputation: Largely unknown to the galaxy, the White Ward was a myth even among Jedi with only a handful of Masters aware of their existence. Those who suspected their activities viewed them with distrust and horror due to their unethical experiments and authoritarian goals. The general populace was unaware, manipulated indirectly through the Ward's manufactured crises.
Curios: Members bore a hidden tattoo of the white lotus with a black core, placed discreetly (often on the inner wrist or neck) and visible only under Force enhanced light.
Rules: The White Ward adhered to a twisted interpretation of the Jedi Code, emphasizing control over freedom. Their core philosophy was that humanity could not be trusted with autonomy requiring Jedi rule to ensure order. They justified their actions as necessary for the greater good, embracing manipulation and sacrifice.
Goals:
- Establish a galaxy-wide empire ruled by the Jedi Lords, using the Light Side as a facade.
- Manipulate galactic events through crises to drive populations to accept their rule.
- Perfect flow-walking and cosmic Force manipulation to rewrite history and implant cultural mythologies that position the White Ward as messianic saviors.
- Eliminate potential Dark Side threats by deploying and sacrificing Marid.
MEMBERS
- Unnamed Jedi Lord Leader: The vanished founder of the White Ward, responsible for its vision and creation of the Marid. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
- Marid: Bioengineered beings serving as the sect's primary agents, programmed to act as Sithspawn and destabilize worlds. No individual names are recorded, as they are semi-unique creations.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The White Ward, a secretive sect of Jedi Lords formed in the wake of the One Sith's attack on Coruscant in 138 ABY, pursued an authoritarian vision to rule the galaxy by manipulating events and creating the Marid bioengineered Lightspawn posing as Sithspawn. Following the collapse of their Army of Light and the disappearance of their leader only known as the Architect around 140 ABY. The White Ward's activities went dormant, their laboratories sealed and their legacy buried.140 ABY - 200 ABY: The Dormant Years
Following the dissolution of the Army of Light around 140 ABY, the White Ward's influence waned rapidly. The Architect's disappearance speculated to be due to a catastrophic flow-walking experiment or voluntary exile left the sect leaderless. Remaining members, disillusioned or fearful of their unethical experiments, scattered. Some reintegrated into the Jedi Order, concealing their past, while others vanished into the galaxy's fringes taking fragments of the White Ward's knowledge with them.The sect's laboratories, including those on Brendok and beneath the Batou Jedi Temple, were sealed by the Jedi Order deemed too dangerous to explore. The Marid, preserved in entrophic stasis were left undisturbed their existence known only to a select few Jedi Masters. During this period, the galaxy underwent significant changes. The One Sith's influence declined, replaced by new threats and power shifts. The White Ward's engineered crises faded from memory but their subtle manipulations implanted mythologies and altered histories lingered in the cultural fabric of certain worlds. Obscure legends of a "white lotus savior" persisted on remote planets, remnants of the sect's theological manipulation.
200 ABY - 400 ABY: Echoes and Rumors
As the galaxy stabilized under various governments and the Jedi Order rebuilt the White Ward became a myth, whispered among Jedi scholars and historians. The Jedi continued to investigate the sect's legacy, driven by reports of anomalous Force disturbances on worlds like Brendok and Arkania. These disturbances, later linked to residual cosmic Force energies from White Ward experiments, included unexplained temporal anomalies and spikes in Dark Side activity, hinting at dormant Marid or unstable flow-walking artifacts.Around 250 ABY, a rogue Jedi scholar, Taryn Vel, stumbled upon a hidden archive on Brendok containing White Ward texts. Taryn's attempt to replicate the sect's Force manipulation techniques led to a localized Force storm killing her and devastating a nearby settlement. The incident, suppressed by the Jedi, underscored the dangers of the White Ward's knowledge and prompted stricter oversight of known laboratory sites. The Batou lab, buried deep beneath the rebuilt Jedi Temple remained undiscovered its stasis fields silently preserving its Marid.
By 350 ABY, rumors of the White Ward resurfaced among criminal syndicates and Dark Side cults. A black market trade in alleged White Ward artifacts crystals, holocrons and genetic samples emerged though most were forgeries. A few authentic relics, smuggled from abandoned outposts, fell into the hands of Sith remnants, who attempted to reverse engineer the Marid's creation process. These efforts failed, as the Sith lacked the Light Side expertise required but they heightened tensions, prompting the Jedi to intensify their search for White Ward sites.
400 ABY - 600 ABY: The Resurgent Threat
In 420 ABY, a significant breach occurred when a scavenger team accidentally triggered a security trap in an abandoned White Ward outpost on Lehon. The release of a single Marid, awakened from stasis caused havoc killing the scavengers and destabilizing the region with its Dark Side-fueled rampage. The Jedi strike team, led by Master Kael Sorran neutralized the Marid using Dark Side techniques a controversial decision that sparked debate within the Order about the ethics of combating such threats. The incident confirmed the Marid's enduring danger and led to the formation of a dedicated Jedi task force, the "Wardens of Light," to locate and secure White Ward facilities.Over the next century, the Wardens uncovered several minor outposts, but the Brendok and Batou laboratories remained elusive. The task force documented the White Ward's flow-walking experiments, discovering evidence of temporal fractures small-scale anomalies where time looped or slowed on worlds targeted by the sect. These fractures, attributed to failed attempts to create a cosmic Force "single point," posed ongoing risks, occasionally trapping Force-sensitive individuals in temporal loops or distorting local histories.
By 500 ABY, the galaxy faced new conflicts, including the rise of the New Sith Imperium. The Jedi suspected that some of the Imperium's leaders had accessed White Ward knowledge, as their propaganda echoed the sect's messianic mythologies. While unproven, this connection prompted the Wardens to expand their efforts, fearing a resurgence of the White Ward's ideology under a new guise.
600 ABY - 800 ABY: The Galactic Dark Age
The period from 600 to 800 ABY, often called the Galactic Dark Age, saw widespread instability as governments collapsed and Force based factions vied for power. The Jedi, stretched thin from the Gulag Plagues aftermath, struggled to maintain order while continuing their investigation into the White Ward. In 650 ABY, a rogue Force user, claiming to be a descendant of the Architect, emerged on the Outer Rim, wielding a holocron purportedly containing White Ward secrets. This figure, known as Voryn the Seer, attempted to revive the sect's vision, awakening a Marid from a minor outpost on Dathomir. The Marid's rampage, combined with Voryn's manipulations, destabilized the region until the Jedi intervened, destroying the Marid and capturing Voryn. The holocron, however, was lost, fueling speculation that other White Ward remnants persisted.During this period, the Batou laboratory remained hidden, its location forgotten amid the Jedi Temple's repeated reconstructions. The Brendok laboratory, partially excavated by the Jedi, was sealed after a failed attempt to access its core chambers, which triggered a Force based defense system that killed several researchers. These incidents reinforced the White Ward's reputation as a cursed legacy, deterring further exploration.
The Galactic Dark Age also saw the proliferation of White Ward inspired cults small groups worshipping the "white lotus" as a symbol of salvation. These cults, unaware of the sect's true nature inadvertently spread the White Ward's implanted mythologies creating pockets of unrest that the Jedi struggled to contain. By 800 ABY, the galaxy began to stabilize but the White Ward's shadow lingered, its laboratories and Marid a latent threat.
800 ABY - 902 ABY: Rediscovery and Confrontation
By 850 ABY, the Jedi had reestablished themselves as a major force for galactic stability with the Republic with a renewed focus on stability. The jedi silver founded by Iella E'ron were able to on the out rim world allocate resources to uncovering the White Ward's secrets. Advances in Force archaeology, led by Jedi Master Matsu Ike enabled the detection of hidden Force signatures, leading to the rediscovery of the Batou laboratory in 902 ABY. Matsu, accompanied by Jedi Master
Caltin Vanagor
,
Jairdain Ismet-Thio
and
Malcolm Ironmaster
, entered the lab, uncovering a Marid preserved in entrophic stasis within a flower-like structure of ivory petals and dark crystal arches.The confrontation revealed the full extent of the White Ward's ambitions. The Marid, pale and frail yet exuding a false Dark Side aura warned of the stasis field's risks hinting at the catastrophic potential of awakening others. Matsu's investigation uncovered evidence of flow-walking experiments and cosmic Force manipulation, including a partially activated "single point" that threatened temporal instability. The lab's Force-infused circuits, designed to preserve the Marid and facility, were on the verge of failure, risking a release of stored energy that could destabilize Coruscant's Force nexus.
The Silver Jedi's analysis of the lab confirmed the White Ward's long-term impact. Residual temporal fractures from their flow-walking experiments were detected across the galaxy, causing localized anomalies on worlds like Brendok and Arkania. The Marid's programming, designed to incite chaos and eliminate Dark Side potential, remained intact, posing an immediate threat if more were awakened. Matsu and her team faced a moral dilemma: destroying the Marid risked triggering catastrophic energy releases, while preserving them left a dangerous weapon in play.
The confrontation also uncovered fragments of the Architect's final writings, suggesting they had attempted to merge with the cosmic Force, potentially becoming a lingering presence within the timestream. This revelation raised fears that the Architect could still influence events either directly or through undiscovered holocrons. The Silver Jedi established a permanent watch over the Batou labs, sealing it until a safe method to neutralize the Marid could be developed.