A brilliant fire
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To establish Valery's lightsaber crystals.
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- Canon Link: Lightsaber Crystal
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer:
Valery Noble
- Affiliation:
Valery Noble
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: N/A
- Production: Unique
- Material: Hurrikaine Crystal
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Lightsaber Crystal
- Weight: Extremely Light
- Resistances:
- Lightsabers: None
- Blasters: None
- Kinetic: Very low
- Dark Side Bleeding: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Hurrikaine Crystal: The Hurrikaine crystals are known for their ability to produce lightsaber blades that more easily can cut their way through defenses. For Valery's lightsaber, this mainly manifests itself as an increased ability to cut through lightsaber-resistant materials.
- Bonded: The color of the crystal was determined when it bonded with its owner,
Valery Noble
, and thus only truly answers to her. Unless bled by a Dark Sider, the crystal will only have its special properties when used by Valery. But when used by Valery, these properties are especially strong.
- Force-imbued: Following the Battle of Jedha, Valery has imbued the pair of crystals she owns with her own inner strength, allowing them to offer additional help in her duties. While this is only a minor imbuement, it adds to the importance of these crystals to her.
- Cutting potential: With the crystal being a Hurrikaine crystal, its potential to get through lightsaber-resistant materials is amplified. Some materials, especially when they are thick, will still make it hard to get through, but the generally thinner plating in personal armor will be far less of a problem for her to deal with.
- Force-imbued: Valery has imbued the crystal with her own inner strength, allowing it to help her focus in times of need. The crystal now offers minor amplification in focus and potency of Force abilities.
- Force-nullification: While a weapon can still function with this crystal in a Force-nullified field, the Force-imbuement Valery added into the crystal later can not. So in the presence of a Void stone or Ysalamiri field, she will not benefit from the Force-imbuement. The cutting potential is not affected by Force-nullification.
- Bleeding: As much as the crystal may try to resist being bled, it is by no means immune or highly resistant to it. If a Dark Side user were to get their hands on this crystal, they would be able to bleed it.
- Bonded: Because the crystal only offers its special cutting and imbuement properties to Valery, an ally temporarily having to use the lightsaber would not benefit from it either. To them, it would be a very ordinary lightsaber. A Dark Sider attempting to use it without bleeding the crystal would be met with heavy resistance or even the blade disengaging.
- Fragile: While the Crystal is particularly strong in the Force and through its added benefits, physically it's still just a crystal. If removed from the lightsaber casing, it can easily be shattered with simple tools or the underside of someone's boot.
As a Jedi Padawan, Valery collected her first crystals from the caves on Ilum, where they adopted a blue color to represent the strength and Guardian nature the young girl had at the time. But following the events on New Cov that resulted in the scar over her left eye, as well as the loss of her lightsaber, she ventured out to Hurikane to collect a new pair of lightsaber crystals for her weapons.
When the Force called her to these crystals in particular, and the bonding process began, she was surprised to see that the colors had shifted to purple. What happened on New Cov had scarred far more than her face, and this inner turmoil was represented by a shift in color. It was and still remains a sign of incredible inner strength, as well as the lingering conflict that's buried deep within the woman.
Now many years later, following the Battle on Jedha, Valery still makes use of these crystals. By imbuing them with the Force, she has further strengthened the deep bond between her and her crystals, but its color still remains the same. As much as the Jedi Master has moved on and learned to deal with her past, various events have contributed to an inner struggle that will likely never fade.
The Hearts of Fire represent both her strength and the chaotic turmoil within the Jedi Master.
