Jedi Covenant

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Jedi Covenant

TheJedi Covenant was a secret organization ofJedi headquartered onCoruscant in the time of theOld Sith Wars. It was established after theGreat Sith War byKrynda Draay, who felt that not sensing the fall ofExar Kun to thedark side was her failing. The Covenant's goal was to useJedi Consulars asShadows to search for ashatterpoint that might lead to the resurrection of theSith, and then take any action necessary to prevent that. The Covenant hated the Sith with a passion, which in itself was an aberration of theJedi Code. They believed that had such an organization existed before the Sith War, they could have recognized the threat posed by Exar Kun when he was still a Jedi.

History[]

Founding[]

As the organization's founder,Krynda Draay had personally trained many, if not all, of its greatest Consulars. However, her obsession blinded her to the true threat when it eventually developed. She had a special interest in theMiraluka and was known to have several of them at her home at a time for teaching.

The existence and motives of the Covenant remained unknown to the Order as a whole; even the membership of theJedi Enclave Council andJedi High Council were ignorant of its existence. However, Krynda had many allies throughout the Republic. Although she was no longer in the hold of the Order, many Jedi brought students to her to train, though she only accepted the most gifted. After the Sith War, Seers were hard to find, and when they could be found they needed to be trained by the best. Jedi from all overthe galaxy brought students to theDraay Estate, and when they were trained they were allowed to enter the order on a trial basis and were often accepted.

Padawan Massacre[]

Main article:Padawan Massacre

The Covenant would go to any lengths in order to prevent the rise of the Sith. Such determination led to the Covenant'sFirst WatchCircle—Feln,Q'Anilia,Raana Tey,Xamar, and Krynda's sonLucien—carrying out thePadawan Massacre ofTaris after the TarisianJedi Masters had avision of the destruction wrought by theMandalorian Wars,Jedi Civil War and theFirst Jedi Purge. It appeared to be carried out by aSith Lord in red armor, a possible symbol that one of their Padawans would fall to thedark side, considering they were all wearing red environmental suits at the time the visions took place.

The Padawan Massacre of Taris was not completely successful, for one Padawan escaped. Much to their surprise Lucien's own Padawan,Zayne Carrick, was the survivor, and the masters knew he had to die to ensure that their vision did not come true. After being captured bybounty hunterValius Ying, Zayne was returned to theJedi Tower. But again he escaped his fate with the help ofJarael, who had disguised herself as the Sith Lord from the masters' visions. As a result, riots broke out on Taris, and the Covenant was forced to withdraw to Coruscant. But before leaving they received a message from Zayne assuring them that he would hunt down each of them, only sparing the one who confessed and cleared his name of the atrocity they committed. He also told them that if he did indeed bring about the Jedi Order's demise, they were to remember that it began with them.

First WatchCircle separated[]

The members of the Covenant returned to Coruscant and attempted to meet with their leader and associate, Krynda Draay, but were denied entrance to her estate. Later, they met with the Jedi High Council, a meeting in whichVrook Lamar ordered that they be separated due to the events that had transpired on Taris, although the Council did not know of the masters' specific acts.

During their separate missions, several Covenant members were experiencing visions of very terrible events: Q'Anilia sensing themany deaths onSerroco, Raana having nightmares of Zayne's possible revenge, and Lucien being betrayed and captured by his old friend,Arkoh Adasca, who reunited him with Zayne onOmonoth. Zayne later escaped back to Taris after Adasca was killed by hisfamily's owncreation.

When Zayne returned to Taris, Raana had beat him to the punch and ordered Shad Jelavan's younger sister,Shel, to kill Zayne. However, theTaris Resistance needed everyone to help drive theMandalorians away from the planet, even fugitives like Zayne. Raana disagreed with having a "future Sith" as a comrade. Raana was the first of the Covenant to die, having been caught in the explosion of theJedi Tower on Taris.

Muur Talisman[]

Zayne then met an agent of the Covenant namedCeleste Morne. Morne was ordered by Lucien to kill Zayne, but she couldn't do it after seeing Zayne risk his life to save others. After she fell under the control of theMuur Talisman, Zayne chose to help Morne by putting her in stasis until he could get her some help. Before being put into stasis, Morne asked Zayne to reach Krynda and stop the Covenant's corruption, believing that she wouldn't have allowed the massacre on Taris. Zayne then resolved to end the Covenant once and for all.

Odryn[]

OnCoruscant,Haazen (former "failed" Padawan ofArca Jeth, servant ofBarrison Draay, close associate of Barrison's wife Krynda Draay, member of her Jedi Covenant and the former mentor of her son) got Lucien on theJedi High Council so the Covenant's agents could move about freely.

With his companions, Zayne traveled toOdryn, where theSanctum of the Exalted, a storehouse of Sith artifacts, was located. He andMarn Hierogryph took as much evidence as they could to expose the Covenant. They were captured by the locals, and were imprisoned in the Sanctum. Feln arrived there and destroyed the Sanctum when he heard that Zayne's allies were returning. His arrogance cost him his life as his own people turned on him and killed him. Zayne left the planet with several Sith artifacts that theMoomo Brothers had smuggled onto their ship when they dropped Zayne off in the first place.

Endgame[]

Zayne headed to Coruscant and, after dodging a Republic fleet that was charged with destroying his ship, Zayne and Gryph landed on the planet. But they were soon apprehended by Xamar. But this proved to be a blessing: Xamar confessed to the Jedi Council that Zayne was innocent shortly after capturing him. Xamar realized that the Rogue Moon Prophecy was coming true, and wanted to ensure Krynda would be safe from it.

Xamar brought both Gryph and Zayne (disguised as aDark Jedi) to the Draay Estate as part of a plan to get Krynda to safety. After Zayne was revealed to working for the Jedi Council, members of the Order stormed the Estate. Haazen, who was really aservant of the Sith, chose this moment to make his move: he usurped leadership of the Covenant from Krynda andordered the Covenant Jedi to destroy the Jedi High Council, claiming it to have been influenced by the dark side and ordered them to capture the Council's cache of Sith artifacts. He also took control of the Republic fleet in orbit through a flaw in theVanjervalis Chain, having them fire on the Jedi Knights, instigating a civil war between the Jedi that began to destroy Coruscant.^[2] Once Haazen had gained the artifacts, he slew the couriers and prepared to destroy the Jedi Council so that an emergency Council would be formed under his command. But when Zayne and Lucien tricked and killed him, the Covenant was ultimately dissolved.^[4]

The existence of the Covenant taught the Jedi Council the dangers of having cabals from within their own Order and furthered their opposition to theRevanchists.

Wasted efforts[]

Unknown to the Covenant, long before the Great Sith War, the Sith were not entirely destroyed as they, the rest of the Order, and the Republic had believed. After beingdriven fromKorriban in the waning hours of theGreat Hyperspace War, remnants of theoriginal Sith Empire had slipped into uncharted space and had beenreorganized and restrengthened under theirnew leader.^[6] For over a thousand years, the Sith remained hidden until theirsurprise attack on the Republic.^[7]

The Covenant was also unaware of theLost Tribe of Sith, descendants of the crew of theOmen who crashed onKesh during the Great Hyperspace War. When former Covenant ShadowJelph Marrian discovered this by accident in3960 BBY, he attempted to warn the Republic, but was chased off bySith SaberOrielle Kitai, and hisstarfighter wasdestroyed, leaving him trapped.

Organization[]

WatchCircles[]

The Jedi Covenant was composed of several WatchCircles that specialized in different types of visions. The five Masters of the Taris Jedi Tower—Lucien Draay, Q'Anilia, Feln, Xamar, and Raana Tey—were known as theFirst WatchCircle. The first four were among the greatest Consulars of the Jedi Order, and were apparently the premier prognosticators of the Covenant while Lucien served as its "hand." Another WatchCircle was known as "WatchCircle Vodo," though some of the masters felt that they were not as effective.

The Economic Study Circle was a group of seers used by the Covenant to study changes in theDraay Trust's stocks and to protect it from bankruptcy.

Apart from the Seers, the Covenant also had agents known asShadows; all records of their existence had been erased and were known only to a few of the Covenant's members. The Shadows hunted Sith treasures, one of which was the Muur Talisman on Taris. Shadow Celeste Morne was known to have destroyed the last copy of theEpistle of Marka Ragnos, and recoveredJori Daragon'samulet and theEye of Horak-mul. Any retrieved items had amicrotag attached to them and were distinctiveCovenant identichips. This was only after these artifacts were coated inNullification resin.

Failed Padawan Haazen was taken under the wing of Krynda and became her Hand, serving to maintain the Draay Trust and to employ contacts and resources to keep the Covenant functioning.

Executors[]

The different WatchCircles were led by a single Jedi Guardian who was given the title of Executor and acted as a facilitator that managed the logistical details so that the group could perform their duties. They were chosen from those that lacked the capacity for precognition in order to ensure that such individuals did not alter the findings of the WatchCircle that they oversaw. In addition to this role, they reported any findings of the WatchCircle to Haazen as well as gave a report on their activities. Furthermore, they acted independently where they provided general security duties to the Jedi Covenant.^[8]

Appearances[]

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Essential Reader's Companion

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