The sky above the planet seemed calm, however a grim battle raged on the planet's moon.
As the battle of good and evil raged on, apprentice Kane and his Master Jericho fought through a mass of X-1 battle droids. Asma Industries had been using the moon as a base to build the evil bots in secret to fuel a small rebellion led by a group of Dark Jedi known as the Coven. While the Coven was able to hold the Jedi at bay, they proved to be too under trained to prove to be too much of a true threat to the Jedi council. Or the council thought, but the Jedi Diplomats sent to the moon found a dark secret that may cost them their lives.
One year earlier: Chapter one- Master Jericho
The old master, who spent his evenings in the Jedi Library, dawned his green robes, a symbol of the Jedi Diplomats. The Diplomats had two jobs, monitor the archives and gather information to add to the library, and meet with perceived enemies of the council to judge how much of a threat the enemies would be. As of late, however, the galaxy seemed to be quiet, and as wrong as it was, Master Jericho wished something would happen.
Jericho, once the prodigy of a sith lord known as Darth Neos, turned to the light side of the force after he saw the brutality that the dark side demanded, but he was not free to go as he wished. In the final moments of Darth Neos, the sith lord cast a spell on his old apprentice marking him with a symbol of a slave. Jericho found solace in the teachings of the Jedi, and quickly grew his powers in the force, able to control both sides with ease and retain his ability to keep from falling to the dark side. With his great skill he was given the role as knight, then as a master when his apprentice came to him. Kane was powerful and had prior training in the force before becoming a Jedi, he was trained by a group of grey's who taught the boy the basics on controlling the force and resisting the temptation of the dark side.
As Jericho walked through the halls of the great library, located on the planet Dathomir, he felt aches growing his his feet. "Age is catching up with me." He mumbled to himself as he fought through the pain and pulled holocrons from the shelf's to view and read. The Hologram, one he had previously viewed held no new answers. Darth Neos, Jericho's once master, claimed that all he knew was on the hologram, Jedi and Sith teachings alike, but Jericho was never told how to access the information embedded deep within the small cube, nor did he hope anyone else did. "Dangerous teachings." He spat. "No one needs this." He was tempted to destroy the holocron.
"Master!" Kane said as he ran into the library. "Master the council, they want us.." He gasped. "Something happened."
"Something has always happened, but if the council would pull me away from my work then.." Jericho let his voice trail off. "Let me just put these away." The old man stood up, but something popped in his back, he let out a nasty grunt and decided to just hold on the the small cube. The duo left the library and made way to the council chamber. Inside they found that a new chair had been added to the table that housed the council and the grand master stood gesturing for Jericho to stand in the center of the room.
"Jedi Master Jericho." Grand master Archon, a Zabrak, said. "I am glad you could attend."
"I am a servant of the light, where it commands me, I go." Jericho bowed.
"Truer words have yet to be spoken." Archon bowed in return. "Tell me, Jericho, what do you know of the Covenant?"
"Very little, I'm afraid." Jericho answered. "I have recently come across some holos that reference them, but not much else. I think my apprentice may be better suited to tell you more about them."
"Grand master," Kane bowed. "The Covenant is an order of grey Jedi, not too unlike the one's who trained me. My old teachers once told me that the Covenant, while dangerous, had only the good of the galaxy at heart."
"I want you two to start researching them, as they appear more and more, I sense a darkness creeping across the galaxy and I fear that they may be at the heart of it, but before you go, Master Jericho, please come forward." Archon announced. "Jericho you have served the council well, and it is time you be rewarded for it, from this day forth you will be a member of the Jedi council."
Jericho bowed "Thank you."
"No, Jericho, we should be thanking you." Archon announced. "Now, please find out what you can." The two Jedi in green robes bowed a final time and marched back to the library where they would spend two day's researching Holos to find more information about the grey Jedi order.
