Faction [THP] Haven In The Snow

[Ines Pen-Ar-Lan]

The Haven in the Snow
Objective 2 - Kaleleon - Open ​

The medkit went back into the coat's inner pocket and she let out a breath accompanied by a small "Good." Verse's right hand hovered over the jacket zipper for a few moments before falling down to the side. It was warm enough inside the outpost to leave it halfway up - but not quite warm enough to pull it all the way down. Beneath it, multiple layers were visible: first a champagne coloured vest exposed by the open zipper, and then a thick colourful sweater that could be seen peeking out over the vest's collar.

The young rebel did not seem to have much input on the challenge the jedi was facing. Although an arm raised just slightly as she shuffled a little closer - as if thinking that she might be able to help him out - she soon seemed to give in to hesitation and simply offered a nod and a friendly "uh-huh"

Her features lit up as he introduced himself. She spoke enthusiastically - her voice young and eyes bright "Nice to meet you Kale. I'm Verse! I don't know how much help I'd be with the hardware stuff, but Bormodan, the Ithorian, seemed like he knew his way around these machines." She glanced around for a few moments before spotting the woman she was speaking of. The alien appeared to be locked in some technical discussion with a few colleagues across the room. "Maybe there's a queue" she mused as her eyes ventured back to the Jedi who was already going back to work.

Amused brows curved up and a sweet smile spread across her face as the Agent's gaze fell onto his extended tongue. Verse let out a silent chuckle as her head shifted and her eyes started to wander, looking around for things she could help out with.

She did not have look far - or look at all, really. "Sure thing!" she chirped whilst trying to identify the right device. Finally, she picked something with an omega symbol up and activated it. The girl quickly figured out how to set it to ohms - apparently, she felt way more at home with an interface.

"Does this thing scan or..." she trailed off, experimenting a bit with the buttons. "Nope, nono, I've got to plug these things in, right?" she approached him and the console with small distracted steps as she kept trying to figure everything out. Finally, she knelt down next to him and slipped her arms out of the thick winter jacket.

Verse brushed her ponytail away from the Jedi before trying to squeeze her arms into the console. She shifted closer, tucking one shoulder beneath his arm and angling her torso slightly to fit beside him without getting in his way. Delicate fingers guided the two cables with precision as she slid them into place. Her eyes flicked down to the interface as it made a few beeping noises. Maybe a little awkwardly, she twisted to look up at him with a bright smile. The enthusiasm in her voice overshadowed any uncertainty she might've had "Yes! That looks like a 24!"

 

[Jane]

Tag: Valery Noble Everest Vale Tigris Aphra l OPEN
Objective: 1 & 4

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As more Jedi and rebels entered the gardens, Jane's desire to stroll around and outright leave grew stronger. But, despite not entirely understanding what was going on or why everyone was there, she decided it was important. At the very least, given how Everest was looking, it was important to her friend. And that was worth the discomfort of being surrounded by so many people.

A woman Jane didn't know, but perhaps one of the prettiest woman she'd ever seen, came to a stop near her and smiled towards her. But that wasn't what stuck out to her; the woman's song in the Force was unlike anything she'd ever heard. It was as if her soul was soaring, her heart skipping twenty beats per minute with joy. "Hello." Jane whispered to her, to not disturb anything, before her gaze drifted to the group again.

When Valery handed her the device, Jane gently held it in her hands. "Of course." She replied before raising the camera slightly to ensure it was correctly focused at Everest. As properly as she could with zero knowledge about holorecorders, anyway.

The sight of Gavin Restur and Acier Moonbound arriving made Jane turn her gaze towards them. She couldn't wave because she was holding a device in both hands, so she bent her head to greet them both, her cybernetic fluted ears dancing slightly at the sight of them.

Valery's words brought her attention back to the former Grandmaster and her Padawan in front of her. The request to kneel caused Jane to tilt her head to the right, when finally it dawned upon her.

She'd read about this before, one or two mooncycles after she joined on Coruscant, regarding the ranks.

This was a knighting.

 

[Everest Vale]

Outfit: Robes
Equipment: Lightsaber, Bracelet, Earrings, Seer Stone, Wayfinder's Flare, Engagement Ring
Companion: Isari
Tag: Valery Noble Jane Tigris Aphra Acier Moonbound Connel Vanagor Gavin Restur OPEN

A quiet crowd had begun to gather now. Volunteers who had laid the first stones. Rebel operatives with frost still clinging to their jackets. Jedi from near and far, some friends, some strangers. All drawn by the moment. All watching her.

Eve felt the shift. The stillness. The way breath caught in the wind. She glanced around shyly, uncertain what to do with her hands, her posture, her presence. Then her eye found Tigris, just for a second, but it was enough. The warmth of that smile grounded her.

She bit her lip, subtle but noticeable, and in that brief meeting of their gaze, the bond between them stirred, silent, invisible, yet so achingly present. She didn't need to say anything. Tigris would feel it all: her nerves, her gratitude, her complete awe of the moment, the fierce swell of love blooming in her chest like spring thaw.

Her eye caught Acier standing near the back, quiet and watchful, and then to Connel and his team. A flicker of surprise, then appreciation passed through her. She glanced to Jane holding the communicator, her ears twitching slightly with every subtle movement. Her eye dropped to the hologram of her mother, respectfully quiet but her gaze ever loving. Eve gave the gentlest of smiles, cheeks pink not from the cold, but from the weight of so many eyes on her.

Eve took in a breath, slow and steady. Valery’s voice rose again.

"Now, please kneel."

The world narrowed. Her gaze lifted to meet her Masters. There, in Valery’s eyes, she found every answer she needed, not in words, but in the unshakable trust that had carried her through so much. She gave the tiniest nod, and then, with care and quiet reverence, she lowered herself to her knees.

The marble beneath her was cold, solid, grounding.

She exhaled.

Dipped her head.

And closed her eye.

 

[Valery Noble]

Outfit: Winter clothes | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Blasters | Lightsabers

Valery's gaze stayed on Eve, as she took in this important moment. She let the silence hold for a breath, then stepped forward to address her student, "You have come far, Eve. When I first met you, I saw someone with great potential but also doubts that weighed heavily. You faced trials that would have broken many, yet you pushed through them with courage. You learned from every setback, and you never lost sight of who you wanted to be."

She circled slowly, her lightsaber now in hand but still inactive.

"Now you stand here, having built something lasting. This enclave is more than stone and walls. It is a home for the Jedi, a place where others can find hope and purpose. That takes so much more than just strength. You're patient, wise, and you have a strong and kind heart."

Valery's expression softened into a proud smile. "I am proud of the Jedi you have become, and of the leader you are now. No matter what comes next, remember this moment and what you have built."

Finally, Valery stepped closer and hit the ignition switch off her lightsaber. Its violet blade burst into existence and came to rest just in front of Everest. Then, with friends and family watching, Valery raised her lightsaber high above the ceremony, before carefully lowering the weapon to hover just above Eve's left shoulder.

"It's time, my Padawan," she said with one last smile. Valery then cleared her throat, focused her eyes, and began to recite the traditional Knighting speech, "By the right of the council..."

Slowly, she repositioned the blade to rest just above her head. "By the will of the Force..."

Finally, Valery lowered the blade again, hovering it over Everest's right shoulder. "I dub thee..."

"Knight of the Jedi Order."


Everest Vale Tigris Aphra Jane Acier Moonbound ​

 

[Tigris Aphra]

Location: Snowpeak Sanctuary
Time: Early day
Outfit: Robes
Equipment: Lightsaber, Bracelet
Tag: Everest Vale Valery Noble Jane Acier Moonbound and Others Gathered

Others had gathered to see the impromtu even, but Tigris only noted them from the corner of her eye, or their presence in the Force. Her dark almond eyes, her full attention, remained fixed upon Valery Noble, and most specifically, upon Eve. While her fiancé deserved a knighting in a grand temple, before ranks of Jedi, Tigris knew this ceremony was much more suited to Everest. small, personal and intimate. Eve wasn't about grandiose gestures, she was about caring for people, for living things, and for the virtue of truth and right. There was no better place for the silver-haired padawan to be knighted than in the garden of the enclave she founded, with a small cloud of witnesses.

Valery's words were elegant but not embellished. Every word profoundly true, and deserved. Tigris greatly admired Valery, she and Everest mother two women she looked up to as role models. She truly did Everest right by her words.

Tigris' heart swelled, and she hid the tears that threatened to well up in her eyes. Not that she was ashamed to show her pride, or love, for Everest. Anyone who ever saw them together would know that.

The final declaration was made with the glow of Master Noble's might saber. And it was done.

Tigris erupted in a cheer and began to clap her hands, waiting for the chance to embrace Eve and congratulate her.

 

[Colette]

Everest Vale

There stood a figure in the back with a rigid posture and deathly calm stare on her face. Her lips and eyes should have betrayed the joy she felt for this occasion but were instead staunchly, stoically muted as she watched her friend kneel. She kept her hands behind her back, her feet at near-perfect shoulder-width as she merely stared at the ceremony.

Colette's knighting had been one of the greatest days of her life, and yet when it came to her friend all she could truly feel was at a loss. Words failed her no matter how many times she ran them over in her head. She wanted to reach out to congratulate Everest and tell her that it was well-deserved, but didn't she already know that? Did it matter? Did any of this matter at all?

Of course it did. Colette's glance softened up a little when Valery proclaimed Everest a Jedi Knight. She tried to beam a small smile over, but the energy was just not there. Colette should have been out there looking for Reina, not here. She loved Everest dearly, but the fact that Colette had decided to be here in person instead of out in the field looking for Sith hideouts was a far greater courtesy than even Colette herself had anticipated that the young woman would be given.

At this point her desire to hunt had shifted gears into sheer tunnel vision. All she could hope was that Everest understood what that meant to Colette and just how significant her appearance today was.

As much as Colette wanted to say this wasn't about revenge, she also knew better than to lie to herself like that. She had tried to promise Reina that she would always be there, especially if she was captured, and right now Colette felt dangerously close to breaking that promise.

Everest would understand. She had to.

 

[Acier Moonbound]

Location: Eshan - Snowpeak Sanctuary
A few hours prior...

Equipment:
Winter Gear | Lightsaber | Modified DL-27 | Commlink

As he watched everything unfold, he felt a familiar presence settle in next to him. Silently, he cast a side long glance to see Gavin Restur . He offered the bounty hunter a faint but genuine smile before returning his gaze to the ceremony at hand.

With a shrug, he went on to answer Gavin's question "No idea, pretty much just got here too." he whispered.

As he continued to observe what was happening, it finally hit him - this was a Knighting. While the freckle faced young man didn't know much about Jedi lore, he knew that when one became a Jedi Knight it was a huge achievement. His smile broaded as he watched Valery Noble evoke, what he assumed, was some traditional mantra one would say when Knighting a Padawan.

When the moment finally came, when Valery said the words...

"I dub thee..."

"Knight of the Jedi Order."​

A silence befell the garden. It was as if he'd witnessed something historical, that this moment would later be remembered centuries down the line. Then, the silence broke, Tigris Aphra erupted into cheer and applause. Ace let out a quiet snicker before joining Tigris in the applause.

He didn't know Everest Vale for long, and they were friends for even less. But words couldn't explain how happy he was for her, and how grateful he was able to witness such a huge turning point in her life. For now, Ace wouldn't bother her - he'd let her have her moment with her loved ones. After Elaris, he'd make sure to visit her and congratulate her privately.​

 

[Everest Vale]

Outfit: Robes
Equipment: Lightsaber, Bracelet, Earrings, Seer Stone, Wayfinder's Flare, Engagement Ring
Companion: Isari
Tag: Valery Noble Jane Tigris Aphra Acier Moonbound Connel Vanagor Gavin Restur Colette OPEN

The world felt impossibly still. She could hear the distant chatter of builders outside, the faint rustle of banners in the mountain wind, but everything else blurred into the space between Valery’s words.

When her Master spoke, each phrase seemed to land somewhere deep in her chest, like pebbles cast into water. Ripples spreading through her memories — her first halting days in the Temple, her stumbles, her doubts, every moment Valery had held the line for her until she could hold it herself. Every hug, every wiping of tears, every smile, every laugh.

The violet blade’s glow bled into the edge of her vision. She didn’t look at it, her eye remaining closed, but she felt it in the warmth across her skin, and in the weight of what it meant.

Valery's proclamation began. Her breath caught, but she held steady.

At her feet, Isari had lifted her head the moment Valery's voice shifted into the final words. The fox's silver eyes stayed fixed on her, ears flicking as if sensing the change in the air. Eve felt the familiar warmth brush against her through the bond they shared — calm, certain, and quietly proud.

And as the final declaration came, for a heartbeat, she couldn’t move, nor speak. When she rose, she did so with her shoulders squared. She raised her head fully to the woman standing before her who had given her everything, who had helped make her the woman she was today, and she finally let her breath go in a long, slow exhale. She didn't speak, but rather stepped forward once and wrapped her arms around her former Master.

It was a declaration of her own. A statement, a promise, and in many ways, a farewell, to who she was, and what she had shared with this woman.

"Thank you."

The wind carried the faint echo of clapping, the murmur of voices. The enclave — her enclave — seemed to breathe with her.

Her gaze flicked briefly across the gathered faces. Tigris, eyes bright with love, pride burning through the bond they shared. Jane, holding the holocommunicator steady so Mariana could see, her quiet focus a gift in itself. Acier and Connel near the back, their presence grounding her. Colette, rigid as stone, but here. That meant more than Eve could say.

And her mother, shimmering in blue light, watching from further south.

She rubbed away the moisture that clung to her eyelashes, and took in a sharp inhale, her gaze flitting across the applauding crowd. The pink of her cheeks deepened.

"Thank you... Everybody. Thank you for being here."

The words were raw, vulnerable and honest. Then she couldn't hold back anymore. Shifting through the front line of gathered souls, she flung herself at her fiancé, and held her tight, her smile blooming like morning sunlight.

 

[Kaleleon]

Objective 2: Building the Outposts
Tags: Ines Pen-Ar-Lan

After asking her to help me, Verse had attempted to illicit the help of the Ithorian to aid with the technological aspect of making the communications station work properly. However, others were already around him trying to get the aid of the man. For which she commented about a queue. I chuckled a little and motioned with my head to get over here to help me. She did so. Grabbing the scanner and finding out quickly how it worked.

Her shoulder came up underneath my arm so she could get in the right placement. Taking the two prongs to attach them to either side of the device for the fuze in which would read the resistance provided. It would read the voltage going in, and the voltage going out. If there was a drop in power, it would have been the wrong fuze. However, showing that it had not dropped, told me that it was the correct one. Her voice raised up as she read out the 24. I smiled and nodded my head before speaking.

“Good. That means its working properly this time. Go ahead and take it off so I can close this up.”

Once she had moved, I closed the little box around the fuzes to make sure they were protected. Closing up whatever else before standing up. Dusting myself off before looking over to her. A soft smile on my face as I spoke.

“Alright, now we try this again.”

I started setting up the console to its off settings. Then once more, a flick of my hand into the direction of the power lines. The hum of power came on line and the system was booting itself up once more. My hands moved over the console with practiced knowledge of its systems. Almost like starting up a speeder. Flicking a couple switches and then holding down a button to start the sequence. The monitor came on line and lights over the dash were flashing or holding solid for what was on line. As it settled and flashing lights started to solidify, I turned to her for a moment eyes wide to show surprise it was working before looking back.

“Well, I guess we should test it now. What do you think?”

 

[Gavin Restur]

TAGS: Acier Moonbound , Everest Vale , Jane , Valery Noble , Tigris Aphra
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[ "No idea, pretty much just got here too."]

Great, so Ace also has no clue what's going on. There was a brief mumble under his breath, but fortunately for him, he would get his answer.

["I dub thee..."]

["Knight of the Jedi Order."]

Oh. Huh.

He didn't have a clue what that means. But it's probably something good. He took a moment to glance around to the others that in the garden, watching this go down. Do they clap and cheer? Do they stay quiet?

Fortunately, someone answered that dilemma for him, as he watched Tigris Aphra bust out in cheer and applause for the newly Knighted woman. To which, he decided to join in. Giving a few light claps with his gloved hands. Did he know the woman who was Knighted? Not at all. At the very most, they had given each other a nod while passing by as they did their work. But, that didn't mean he couldn't give his congratulations.

"How nice..." Before, leaning in next to Acier Moonbound once more. "This is a good thing, right?" While he could pick up on context clues and people's body language, he just wanted to make sure.

 

[Ines Pen-Ar-Lan]

The Haven in the Snow
Objective 2 - Kaleleon - Open ​

She did as he asked and removed the cables from their slots before shuffling out of the console. The girl shuddered immediately - for while the tight confines and active console had provided a good amount of warmth, that could not be said about the open area right next to it. She let out a small "Too cold" as she placed the device on a ledge and took the thick winter coat back on with the jacket zipper drawn all the way to the top.

As the Jedi went about checking his work, Verse took the device he had used and placed it back into the toolbox. Although she worked on cleaning their workspace up, a number of glances would be thrown his way as if to study the way the console and its underlying machinery was supposed to be handled.

Eventually, the Agent returned to his side. She looked up to him and let out a bright "Of course!" upon being asked if they should test it. "It would be a shame if it didn't work, now after all of your hard work." Her voice was a little distracted - for she had finally found something she might actually be able to help with. Her gaze ventured from the access panel they had worked on to the console's display

"Alright, let's see what it picks up. There's a little village all the way to the west and one of the cunstruction speeders broke down not too far south of our location. Sooo, if the sensor picks up one cluster, us, and the broken vehicle, we should be good." There was an enthusiastic beat to her words. Apparently, this was something she enjoyed and had already done a few times with other sensors earlier this day. Her eyes lingered on the monitor for a while as the equipment booted up and got to work. Slowly, it started picking up faint signals that appeared to grow stronger by the minute. This was promising.

An open smile formed on her lips as she suddenly turned to look up to him - away from the console's monitor they were waiting for. "I'm Verse, by the way" she offer a hand for him to shake.