OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a temple for the Advisers as a part of my character's backstory and to provide some flavor for the region.
- Image Credit: Game of Thrones, GoT Concept Art
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SETTING INFORMATION
- Structure Name: Candlekeep
- Classification: Temple
- Location: Council
- Affiliation: The Advisers
- Accessibility: Waypoint is a small coastal city not far from the nothoiin political capital. A small spaceport services lighter transports and connecting airspeeders to the world's main ports. Commoners must first petition the monks for access but nobility and those with the Gift are allowed access regardless of affiliation so long as they swear to cause no disturbance.
- Description: Candlekeep is the tallest spire in Waypoint and one of the largest structures on the planet. It is constructed of ancient stonework and has marked the landscape for hundreds of thousands of years. It is one of the largest repositories of knowledge in the Outer Rim, its rare texts and artifacts not merely pertaining to esoteric matters of the Force but sciences, mathematics and the arts as well. Housing and boarding an entire mystic order of academic scholars, the tower bustles each and every day with activity from arcane rites to mundane supply deliveries.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- The University: Candlekeep's lowest levels are entirely devoted to a neutral Force praxeum that emphasizes academic study and honing one's mental talents. Adviser Scribes are trained to become walking repositories so they might better perform their ancient duties.
- Common Rooms: Upon completion of their studies most Court Advisers are assigned to a noble house or other powerful benefactor, occasionally however there is need to reside for a time in Candlekeep conducting further studies. These rooms resemble a scholar's office more than they do monks' quarters.
- Athenaeum: Named for the mythical Hadean Athenaeum, Candlekeep's libraries are vast but of course nowhere near infinite. They do however take up most of the tower's internal structure and are considered a wonder of the sector.
- Council of the Wise: Though they hold no great influence over even local affairs, this collection of Mentors include some of the brightest minds of our age. The Council assigns Advisers to their noble house and administrates Candlekeep's praxeum.
- The Eternal Flame: A symbolic brazier once remained lit at the highest point of the tower for thousands of years. The Galactic Empire changed that, extinguishing the flame when they drove both the Noble Court and their Advisers into exile. Now the flame of eternal knowledge burns again, as it has for the past century.
SECURITY
Candlekeep's stonework provides modest protection from the elements and small arms fire, but the Advisers are not warrior-monks. Most have taken vows of nonviolence and all rely on the Noble Court's influence over Council to keep them safe from harm. The tower has been sacked at least once in the past during the rise of Palpatine.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
For thousands of years the Anoat sector remained largely independent from the Ancient Republic, instead this entire region was once reigned over by the nothoiin dominated
Noble Court. Of course, every court has their advisers. For the nothoiin however only those trained as mystics in the ways of the Force would make for suitable appointment to instruct and advise a noble's household. The spiritual order of the Advisers was born.
Several Gray Jedi banded together to found a praxeum on Council, one devoted neither to the light or dark but to the preservation of knowledge and maintaining a balance according to the teachings of the Bendu. Over the millennia their philosophy has proven remarkably resilient to corruption and infighting, quite probably due to the monks' focus on scholarly studies rather than combat training. In return for the nothoiin's protection Advisers are assigned to serve as special counsel to each of the sector's noble houses.
Candlekeep has towered over the city of Waypoint for as long as any can remember. While much of their ancient knowledge was lost or destroyed either during the first Imperial era or the Great Darkness that followed, by the current age their Athenaeum has regained some of its former splendor. While the Adviser praxeum is a crucial institution the tower's true purpose is to serve as a vast information repository.
Although their influence over the region is vastly reduced since its zenith, several worlds still fall under the Court's purview. Council was designated as the seat of nothoiin interstellar government. On rare occasions
Her Majesty will petition the Council of the Wise directly. Insight from their most gifted Mentors is the monarch's privilege.
