S H A D O W
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Codify the Order Viers grew up in
- Image Credit: Twilight Rune | Suikoden & IMAGE
- Canon: Guardians of Whills
- Permissions: None
- Links: Netherworld Crisis
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Organization Name: Order of the Uneti
- Classification: Covenant
- Affiliation: None
- Organization Symbol: [Pictured above] Split Sphere to show balance and the converging planes
- Description: The Order of the Uneti Monks were developed as a sprinter group from the original Guardians of Whills. When the Netherworld emerged into the current reality causing havoc on the galaxy at large. It wasn’t prepared to handle Akala and the monstrosities. Being protectors, the Guardians decided it was their duty to study and learn everything it could to push back the threat of the Netherworld.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
- Headquarters: Scattered
- Domain: The Order of Uneti hide in plain sight. Masking as humble and charitable Monks around the galaxy they keep their ear to the ground while searching for evidence of the Netherworld. To continue to recruit members without drawing attention to themselves, the Order is known for giving homes and funding orphanages in several large cities and planets across the galaxy. These orphanages care for children while also testing for Force sensitivity. While staying in the orphanages the children are educated and fully funded. They live a comfortable life among the monks. Some are given a chance to join the Order itself, while the rest are set up for a successful life whether they get adopted or leave when they come of age. Beyond the Orphanages, the Monks are known for their spiritual healing. In recent times, their small knowledge of the Netherworld provided comfort and mental stability. Some Monks specialize in Flow Walking from the Aing-Ti. These monks allow the mourning to relive moments with their loved ones. With access to these memories, the Monks are able to find key moments and any evidence of Netherworld activity.
- Notable Assets:
- Temples
- Old “handwritten” texts
- Staves made from Uneti wood
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Hierarchy: Grand Master > Master > Disciple > Initiate
- Membership: Membership into the Order is based on unique selection and inducted as children. The façade of the orphanages allows the Masters to observe and find children with the list of skills necessary for the Order’s membership. Once a child is seen to have the keen eye and force sensitivity, they are separated from the others and placed into specific classes and training. As the child grows up, they are given the same education as those not selected, but upon coming of age, they choose to join. With secrecy being an essential pillar in the Order, by having initiates grow up within the care of the Order, they develop a sense of community. This secrecy is the reason outsiders are rarely initiated into the Order proper. When the Order finds an outsider valuable, they accept them as a contact but never reveal the inner workings of the Order. No outsider can join the Order if they have not grown up within the Order, nor does any outsider honestly know the secrets and true nature of the Order.
- Climate: The shared brings the members of the order into a tight knit family. If all rules are followed and the community of the order is put ahead of oneself, then the benefits of the Order are plentiful. Once someone breaks the secrecy and the trust of the others - they are ostracized or killed without a second thought.
- Reputation: Assumed to be a group of charitable monks, their reputation is favorable among citizens of the galaxy at large.
- Curios: To the naked eye, the members of the Order of the Uneti are hard to distinguish beyond the carrying of the Uneti staff. Each stave is decorated with etched and burned runes that are unknown to all besides the Monks of the Uneti. Upon further examination, several intricate tattoos adorn the individual's body with the same runic symbolism that varies from rank to rank and monk to monk. One similar marking that all the monks have is the small burn at the base of their neck. When light hits the burn, faint shards of the embedded kyber crystal are visible. The burns are the initiation ritual for the adolescents that have chosen to join the Order in full. The burn is the symbol of the Order. When the burn wound is fresh, slivers of kyber crystal (the same kyber crystal embedded in their staff) are embedded into the folds of the burned flesh. The Masters do their best to keep the wound clean to avoid infection, but it is difficult because of its brutal nature. While the burn heals, initiates are hindered by a high fever that causes visions as their bodies attune the shards of kyber in their skin. Those who survive the attunement's healing process leave their initiated life behind and delve deeper into the Order of the Uneti as a Disciple.
- Rules:
- Anything and all things from the Netherworld are unnatural and must remain in its realm.
- Deriving power from a singular side of the Force is impractical
- Secrecy and the Order above oneself.
[*]Goals:
- Removal of all Netherworld entities from the living plane
- Monitor open gates if unable to close
- Maintain balance between the living plane and the netherworld
- Prevent another incident like 20 yrs ago with Akala
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
During the rise of the Galactic Empire, a religious group formed called the Guardians of Whills. They were a group of monks that were active on Jedha. Self-proclaimed protectors of the Kyber Crystals believed not only in power in the crystals but the Force itself. With the Jedi being considered to be dead, the Guardians did their best to create a balance. Their numbers were never fully realized; they remained quiet and protected the Force and the Kyber Crystals.
From this group, another order of monks emerged. With the coming of Akala, the whispers and threats of the Netherworld converging onto what is believed to be the living plane came true. Nothing no one could do; Force users and Non-Force users alike were affected, causing loved ones to be lost in the portals and worlds being destroyed. The Guardians of Whills worked quietly to try and understand but realized their knowledge was limited. A woman named Kirin became a leading member in the study and the war against Akala and the Netherworld. She taught and weaved a network of Lore hunters to find everything they could to find a way to lock Akala away back into the Netherworld. With a galactic effort, Akala was pushed back, and the galaxy began to settle.
Corellia and other planets suffered the effects of the Netherworld crisis; there was no way to fully revert the galaxy back into its rightful place. Kirin decided to break away from the Guardians of Whills and form the Order of the Uneti. This allowed a more significant force to focus entirely on studying the Netherworld and doing their best to push back the threats.
During the events of the Netherworld Crisis, the galaxy rose up and fought against Akala, yet upon seeing the power, she could wield, others felt they deserved that power. The Sith, in particular, began to delve deeper into the Netherworld, creating rifts and uncontrolled portals. The Uneti Monks soon began to make their presence known, growing more and more desperate to obtain a force that could fight the Netherworld without the aid of the Jedi and the current governments.
As time progressed and the Order grew, pulling more and more from the wayward Guardians. With Force, the Uneti pushed out farther into the galaxy. The Order not relying on any specific government was justified with the rise of the current governments constantly fighting each other without realizing the underlying danger of the Netherworld and those that seek its power. Keeping to their secrecy, the Order moves silently under the guise of a charitable group.
