Corvus Raaf
Adieu...

Although the Jedi Order had deliberately banished Ilum from all standard star charts for many centuries, almost everyone in the galaxy knew not only of the planet, but its location.
And still Jedi trainees dreamed of visiting the sacred, secret planet in the Unknown Regions. That was because many generations of Jedi had gathered crystals from Ilum to energize their lightsabers, and some Jedi maintained that Ilum crystals were the finest in the galaxy.
This was a claim Corvus was ambivalent about – but there was one undeniable fact. This was where Obi-Wan crafted his first saber – and if it was good enough for him, well, it was ideal for her newest Padawan.
She knew little of him, the trip here had been unfortunately interrupted by Jedi affairs and she’d spent little time chatting and getting to know him. But she knew of his reputation and his prowess in classes on Ossus. So asking him to work with her as her apprentice was an easy decision.
Constructing a lightsaber on Ilum was not regarded as the most challenging trial for a Jedi apprentice, but to most, it was confirmation that they would one day become a Jedi Knight.
And already a bond had developed between them and Corvus was confident this bond would grow stronger over time.
And so it was that travelling in her Jedi Corvette they were making their pilgrimage to the snow-covered world of Ilum. As Corvus punched in the codes for the landing – the snow travelling past the cockpit window horizontally now – and handed the controls to her astromech, she turned to face [member="Barrien Siegfried"].
“So…why accept my request to have you as a Padawan? And I don’t mean praise me,” she smiled warmly. “I mean what is it about my skill-set that made you say yes.”