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From humble beginnings he will be.
A Leader.
A Soldier.
The blade will be his choice,
And the Blades will choose him.
Before the tides of blood and death
He will stand unafraid.
When the stars turn dark,
A light in the shadow will he be.
The last of his line,
The first of another.
The Final destiny of our world
Will rest on his shoulders.
The Blade Prophesies
You may question the truth of my tale, but I have nothing to lose from telling it. History is changed over the years, and is eventually forgotten.
It has been thirty thousand years since the first Jedi order was formed. The Force was stronger then than it is now. The divisions between the Light and Dark, and the corruption of the Sith have strained its integrity. Hyperdrive was a relatively new discovery and plasma blasters were toys for the rich.
When the Jedi first emerged, they were revered for their wisdom and clarity of thought. It was not uncommon for a Jedi to lead a small village. Of course at this time, they were not yet the Jedi; they were the Jicaru, the wise ones. After years, the Jicaru had amassed great power in many systems. The Trade Alliance, an organization of a handful of thousands of systems, sought the destruction of Jicaru power. It took many years, but finally the Alliance succeeded in ousting the Jicaru.
Thus the wise and powerful Jicaru became the exiled Jedi, the outcasts. The Jedi began to live in fear, for they were hunted. Jedi heads became more prized than the pelts of Gardin Jungle Leopards. Alliance leaders would not settle for driving off the Jedi, they had to be totally obliterated.
This is the story of Merik Steele, a young orphan on the forest planet of Belirec. As this young man enters the Beliren Military Academy, he brushes with the Force, and discovers a budding power unlike anything he has ever experienced. But the power of the Jedi is frowned upon, and there are forces that will stop at nothing to end Merik's military career as well as his life…