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Hoth and Farfalla

Army of Light

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"An Army of Light to face the Brotherhood of Darkness."
―Skere Kaan[3]

TheArmy of Light was anarmy ofJedi within theJedi Order established near the end of theNew Sith Wars by theJedi LordHoth to combat the machinations ofDark Lord of the SithSkere Kaan'sBrotherhood of Darkness. Made up of thoseJedi Knights and loyal constituents ofthe galaxy's many Jedi Lords, as well as troops of theGalactic Republic tired of its ineffectual leadership, the Army of Light fought to a hard-won victory during theRuusan campaign. Following the defeat of Lord Kaan and the Brotherhood of Darkness, theGalactic Senate and theJedi High Council effectively disbanded the Army with the ratification of theRuusan Reformations.

History[]

"We conjured an army from nothing... We turned freighters into warships... We traveled through many systems, conquered all that the dark ones placed in our way, and arrived on Ruusan. Here we fought seven terrible battles... Battles in which thousands of Jedi died.In spite of their superior numbers,in spite of their brutality,in spite of their willingness to invoke the dark side of the Force, the Brotherhood of Darkness lost all but two of those engagements. Only one choice remains to them... and that's surrender."
―Lord Hoth[4]

Prelude[]

For nearly a millennium theGalactic Republic and theJedi Order suffered relentless attacks from theNew Sith Empire and its allied Separatist factions. Pushing in on Republic territories, the Sith managed to take control of theOuter Rim Territories and continued to move closer and closer to theCore Worlds. As the Republic lost control of entire regions of space, adventurousJedi Knights struck out intothe galaxy, clearing wholestar systems andsectors of Sith influence. Established as hereditaryJedi Lords in their constituent sectors and systems, these Jedi kept the peace for centuries in an attempt to hold back the darkness of the Sith Empire.[1]

Establishing theJedi Grand Council, acouncil of Lords working independently from theJedi High Council onCoruscant, these Lords assumed control of local system and sector armies, having earned the respect and fealty of those living under their rule. While the Lords kept the peace, the High Council on Coruscant attempted to raise their own champion,Jedi MasterSkere Kaan. Despite their best efforts to reign in his radical beliefs, Kaan separated from the Order and formed theBrotherhood of Darkness in1010 BBY.[1]

Mustering of the Lords[]

Armored Knight

A member of the Army of Light

Disgusted with the Jedi High Council's utter failure to control Kaan, theJedi Temple's ownbattlemaster, LordHoth, left Coruscant with a band of followers and rallied the banners of all those Jedi Lords loyal to him. Of high repute among his fellow Lords, Hoth's call to arms was answered immediately by the Lords ofCorellia,Cularin andKamparas. The swell of calls-to-arms reached its peak when the Grand Council of the Order declared that all Lords had pledged their baronies to Hoth and flew under the banner of the Army of Light. In addition to those loyal to their Jedi Lords, Republic soldiers dissatisfied with the government's inability to fend off the Sith joined the ranks of the Army, fighting gladly under the command of their Jedi superiors.[1]

Hoth led his army directly to theOuter Rim Territories, liberating a number of Sith strongholds in a methodical attack pattern which avoided a direct conflict with Lord Kaan. While the Army of Light was able to grow in numbers as Hoth's strategy of attacking the flanks of the Brotherhood succeeded, Lord Kaan was meanwhile able to strengthen his central authority and lead a focused attack on the Galactic Core.Striking swiftly atBrentaal IV, Lord Kaan forced the Army of Light to meet him head-on atRuusan for a final showdown.[1]

The Ruusan campaign[]

Rallying his banners to march uponRuusan in a finalcampaign against the Sith, Hoth and his Lords fought seven vicious battles against the Brotherhood. Supported by aforce of three hundred additional soldiers under the command of LordValenthyne Farfalla, Hoth's forces fought on despite overwhelming odds and poor planetary conditions. Ultimately, the Army of Light converged on a system of caves in which the Brotherhood's leadership had reportedly gathered. Led by Hoth himself, the Army located the Sith Lords only to discover their terrible weapon too late. Athought bomb, the Sith detonated the weapon and theForce essence of all present was absorbed within, killing their mortal bodies and ending the war.[1]

The only surviving Lords of the battle, Masters Farfalla andBerethon led their troops off of Ruusan and reunited with the rest of the Army in orbit. Farfalla reported to Coruscant at the behest ofSupreme ChancellorTarsus Valorum as the leader of the Army of Light, replacing Lord Hoth after his death on Ruusan. Chancellor Valorum outlined his plan to reform the Republic which had decayed and foundered over the past two millennium, and requested that the Jedi Order use the time to reform as well. In agreement with the High Council and the Grand Council, theRuusan Reformations passed through theGalactic Senate without contest. Per the agreement, the Army of Light and the Grand Council were disbanded and their forces ordered to downsize. Jedi Lords and other veterans of the Army were shunned by their brother and sister Jedi on Coruscant as a political embarrassment to the Order. Lords holed themselves away within castles and fortresses, maintaining control of their baronies for several decades. The treatment of these veterans caused certain factions of the Order, such as theTeepo Paladins and theCorellian Jedi, to remain away from Coruscant, even in the times following theGreat Jedi Purge.[1]

Organization and structure[]

Army of Light flag

Army of Light banner

The Army of Light was an ad-hoc military force hastily assembled and provisioned to combat the sudden unity of the Sith, now led by Lord Kaan and hisBrotherhood of Darkness. The Army consisted of the baronies and warships of the multipleJedi Lords who made up the Army, supplying bothForce-sensitive and non-Force-sensitive soldiers to wage war against the Sith.[1]

The bulk of the Army's forces was made up of the SevenLegions of Light, each of which was commanded by the greatest Lords of the Jedi Order; including LordNewar Forrth, commander of theThird Legion of Light.[4] Each legion consisted of loyalJedi Knights and the many esquires, warriors, and servants from the different baronies.[1] With them these common folk brought an array of skills and knowledge, wieldingswords, clubs, morningstars, and a variety of other weapons.[2] At the command of the entire Army of Light stood Lord Hoth, theSeneschal of the Army as recognized by theJedi Grand Council, a Council of High Lords of the Jedi Order.[1]

Jedi Camp Ruusan EGTF

Army of Light recruitment camp

Under Hoth's leadership the Army rounded up all Force-sensitive individuals in nearby space, hoping to prevent Lord Kaan and the Brotherhood from recruiting more to the Sith cause. While Hoth had originally been against separating children forcibly from their homes, his aidePernicar advised him of the wisdom of preventing their enemy from getting stronger in ways they could prevent.[1] Despite their heavy recruitment, the Army suffered greatly during clashes with the Brotherhood; by the time of theseventh Battle of Ruusan, the Army was merely the bedraggled remnants of the army they once were, with rumbling within their own camps dubbing the force the Army of Mud.[2]

Following the detonation of thethought bomb and destruction of much of the Army's forces, those who remained retired to their Jedi Lord's holdfasts as the war came to a close. The Army was disbanded during theRuusan Reformation and those Lords who survived and kept their titles remained in power for many decades, mending the wounds the war had caused on their constituent worlds.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Symbols worn on the armor of members of the Army of light and present on flags resemble theFleur-de-lis.They also carried large Mandalorian beskar shields.

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Sources[]

Army of Light
Republic Army

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Army of Light (concurrent)		Grand Army of the Republic

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