Post by ☠War☢Gerbil☠ on Mar 14, 2011 19:35:38 GMT -5
Faction Name: Order of Shokuur
Faction Purpose:The never ending pursuit of advancement in the Force and Dark Side, collect(horde :
and study artifacts having to do with Force factions, as well as exterminate the Jedi with extreme prejudice and inconspicuousness should our paths cross. We aren't out for universal recognition since autonomy and secrecy are key factors to our survival.
Faction Planet: Shokuur
Financial wealth: None yet.1
Military assets: Roughly one thousand Kaung'aavi warriors2
Form of Government: Theocratic Oligarchy - Within the Order are 3 ranks. Zealot being the lowest rank who's Force and combat prowess is liken to that of say a Padawan or even a Knight. The next rank is Wraith for males and Banshee for females. This the middle rank and skill wise is equal to a Knight or weaker Master. Wraiths and Banshees may take individual Zealots under their tutelage. The third and highest rank in the order is Templar. The Templar are a select few who stand out from the rest in their combat/Force abilities and wisdom/knowledge of the dark side. A templar can only become so by being appointed by the Dark Council. What is the Dark Council you ask? Well the Dark Council is separate from the other ranks being how it's just purely political. Both Wraiths/Banshees and Templar can get on the Dark Council, but only by unanimous vote of the current Dark Council members. Once on the council, the dark jedi places the title Dark before their current rank. So for example, a Templar on the council becomes a Dark Templar.
As the Order increases in size the amount of Templar and Dark Council will increase. As of right now there is one Templar and two Dark Council members. The Dark Council decides the future actions of the Order as a whole and also oversees the Kaung'aavi Prime Seers. Lower ranks are highly revered by the Kaung, but the Templar and Council Members are viewed as demi-gods and thus take precedence over even the Prime Seers.
Something important to note is that unlike the Sith Order, the Order of Shokuur does not condone or allow power struggles. Members must be able to have the utmost loyalty to both the Order and each other. Lack of this is what destroyed our predecessor the "Templar of Shokuur" and so amends have been made.
Faction History: Around 6,900BBY in the wake of the Hundred-Year Darkness a small band of Dark Jedi escaped the rounding up of defeated Exile forces and fled from persecution. They traveled into what at the time was Unknown Space. The cultists wound up in the Tarshagal System. When they emerged from hyperspace, they found themselves gazing down on an uncharted world. They descended to the surface of the planet Shokuur; there they found a humanoid sentient species calling themselves the Kaung'aavi. The dark sider cultists awed the primitive species with their display of Force power and were regarded as demi-gods sent from the heavens to lead and enlighten the Kaung.
They became the rulers of the Kaung'aavi and founded a new cult of force users dubbed the Templar of Shokuur. Templar were composed of the offspring of the cultists as well as Kaung'aavi with high midi-chlorian counts and showing great potential. Their leader being called the Zen'ari, or "High Templar" of the Kaung'aavi. The first High Templar was an zabrak named Krassus Xang. Xang began uniting warring Kaung tribes into a new planet wide empire lead by Templar instead of native Kaung'aavi. Over time the original Templar and the Kaung interbred to make the two groups indistinguishable from one another, and the Empire continued to be lead by a succession of High Templar. Deceased High Templar were entombed in the various natural caves and caverns of Shokuur instead of cremated on massive funeral pyres as Kaung'aavi Kings had been. Their tombs were filled with the treasures they had accumulated during their life, as well as strong dark side energies. Often the tomb would also house the spirit of the Templar lord himself, who remained attached to his body and possessions through the Force.
At the apex of the Templars power, around 6,300BBY, there were a good 10 or so planets encompassed into the Templari Empire. All of these worlds were in the Outer Rim and Unknown Regions; thus the Templar went unnoticed by the rest of the Galaxy.
Around 6,000BBY the Templar of Shokuur went into a power struggle the cause of which is unknown. Perhaps a prominent High Templar died thus causing a power vacuum. What ever the reason, the empire descended into a civil war. Imperial planets in different systems became cut off from the happenings in the rest of the empire and thus became enveloped in their own sub civil wars. On all worlds the High Templar warlords vying for power fully annihilated each other in their obsession for control. Even Templar forces on Shokuur, dubbed the holiest planet in the Empire, splintered and waged bloody cataclysmic wars in the jungles and swamps.
The outcome was that all original non-kaung templar were killed off. Shokuur, the only remaining planet in the galaxy with Kaung'aavi, was plunged back into its pre-templar state. The Kaung spread back across the planet into tribes ran by force trained Kaung dubbed Seers. Seers of each generation continued to pick out and train other force sensitive Kaung'aavi just like the Templar had done so long ago. Although they fight each other over territory, politics, and minor religious differences, all Kaung'aavi await the return of their demi-gods, the return of the Templar.
...
...Now the year is 3601BBY and three "dark jedi"(Nate & Illaina & Varrin) rediscover Shokuur and in doing so revive the Templar of Shokuur. Under a new leader and name the templar of old once again delve into the Force within their ancient temple halls.
A templar and 3 wraiths close in for the kill on a lone Jedi.close ups
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1=Obviously this faction has very humble beginnings, that is intentional. In time it will increase insize and wealth power.
2=The amount of warriors in the given Kaung'aavi tribe territory where Illaina and the other templar will land. These numbers will increase as more Kaung'aavi tribes are united under the banner of the Order.
Faction Purpose:The never ending pursuit of advancement in the Force and Dark Side, collect(horde :
and study artifacts having to do with Force factions, as well as exterminate the Jedi with extreme prejudice and inconspicuousness should our paths cross. We aren't out for universal recognition since autonomy and secrecy are key factors to our survival.Faction Planet: Shokuur
Financial wealth: None yet.1
Military assets: Roughly one thousand Kaung'aavi warriors2
Form of Government: Theocratic Oligarchy - Within the Order are 3 ranks. Zealot being the lowest rank who's Force and combat prowess is liken to that of say a Padawan or even a Knight. The next rank is Wraith for males and Banshee for females. This the middle rank and skill wise is equal to a Knight or weaker Master. Wraiths and Banshees may take individual Zealots under their tutelage. The third and highest rank in the order is Templar. The Templar are a select few who stand out from the rest in their combat/Force abilities and wisdom/knowledge of the dark side. A templar can only become so by being appointed by the Dark Council. What is the Dark Council you ask? Well the Dark Council is separate from the other ranks being how it's just purely political. Both Wraiths/Banshees and Templar can get on the Dark Council, but only by unanimous vote of the current Dark Council members. Once on the council, the dark jedi places the title Dark before their current rank. So for example, a Templar on the council becomes a Dark Templar.
As the Order increases in size the amount of Templar and Dark Council will increase. As of right now there is one Templar and two Dark Council members. The Dark Council decides the future actions of the Order as a whole and also oversees the Kaung'aavi Prime Seers. Lower ranks are highly revered by the Kaung, but the Templar and Council Members are viewed as demi-gods and thus take precedence over even the Prime Seers.
Something important to note is that unlike the Sith Order, the Order of Shokuur does not condone or allow power struggles. Members must be able to have the utmost loyalty to both the Order and each other. Lack of this is what destroyed our predecessor the "Templar of Shokuur" and so amends have been made.
Faction History: Around 6,900BBY in the wake of the Hundred-Year Darkness a small band of Dark Jedi escaped the rounding up of defeated Exile forces and fled from persecution. They traveled into what at the time was Unknown Space. The cultists wound up in the Tarshagal System. When they emerged from hyperspace, they found themselves gazing down on an uncharted world. They descended to the surface of the planet Shokuur; there they found a humanoid sentient species calling themselves the Kaung'aavi. The dark sider cultists awed the primitive species with their display of Force power and were regarded as demi-gods sent from the heavens to lead and enlighten the Kaung.
They became the rulers of the Kaung'aavi and founded a new cult of force users dubbed the Templar of Shokuur. Templar were composed of the offspring of the cultists as well as Kaung'aavi with high midi-chlorian counts and showing great potential. Their leader being called the Zen'ari, or "High Templar" of the Kaung'aavi. The first High Templar was an zabrak named Krassus Xang. Xang began uniting warring Kaung tribes into a new planet wide empire lead by Templar instead of native Kaung'aavi. Over time the original Templar and the Kaung interbred to make the two groups indistinguishable from one another, and the Empire continued to be lead by a succession of High Templar. Deceased High Templar were entombed in the various natural caves and caverns of Shokuur instead of cremated on massive funeral pyres as Kaung'aavi Kings had been. Their tombs were filled with the treasures they had accumulated during their life, as well as strong dark side energies. Often the tomb would also house the spirit of the Templar lord himself, who remained attached to his body and possessions through the Force.
At the apex of the Templars power, around 6,300BBY, there were a good 10 or so planets encompassed into the Templari Empire. All of these worlds were in the Outer Rim and Unknown Regions; thus the Templar went unnoticed by the rest of the Galaxy.
Around 6,000BBY the Templar of Shokuur went into a power struggle the cause of which is unknown. Perhaps a prominent High Templar died thus causing a power vacuum. What ever the reason, the empire descended into a civil war. Imperial planets in different systems became cut off from the happenings in the rest of the empire and thus became enveloped in their own sub civil wars. On all worlds the High Templar warlords vying for power fully annihilated each other in their obsession for control. Even Templar forces on Shokuur, dubbed the holiest planet in the Empire, splintered and waged bloody cataclysmic wars in the jungles and swamps.
The outcome was that all original non-kaung templar were killed off. Shokuur, the only remaining planet in the galaxy with Kaung'aavi, was plunged back into its pre-templar state. The Kaung spread back across the planet into tribes ran by force trained Kaung dubbed Seers. Seers of each generation continued to pick out and train other force sensitive Kaung'aavi just like the Templar had done so long ago. Although they fight each other over territory, politics, and minor religious differences, all Kaung'aavi await the return of their demi-gods, the return of the Templar.
...
...Now the year is 3601BBY and three "dark jedi"(Nate & Illaina & Varrin) rediscover Shokuur and in doing so revive the Templar of Shokuur. Under a new leader and name the templar of old once again delve into the Force within their ancient temple halls.
A templar and 3 wraiths close in for the kill on a lone Jedi.close ups
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1=Obviously this faction has very humble beginnings, that is intentional. In time it will increase in
2=The amount of warriors in the given Kaung'aavi tribe territory where Illaina and the other templar will land. These numbers will increase as more Kaung'aavi tribes are united under the banner of the Order.
