The Gray Order

by Sindaore

2,000 years have passed since the Galactic Empire. The Gray Order rejects the beliefs of the Sith and Jedi, saying that emotions are good, and using them in the right place and right time is the way to living a balanced life...

1. Introduction

Introduction

Roughly 1,000 years ago, the Dark Jedi were finally and completely repulsed. All members were killed in action, captured, or fled beyond the edges of the Republic. But all is not well. They fled to...the Sith Empire.

There, they took refuge. The Dark Lord of the Sith realized how much of an advantage having an actual army of dark-force-wielding Jedi would be, especially since he wished to reestablish the dominance of the Sith Empire. Thus, the Dark Lord made a deal with the Dark Jedi Council: if they gave him control, and he would give them an equal share in revenge on the Jedi.

Thus began the recruitment of the newly merged Dark Jedi/Sith. Slowly, ever so slowly, the numbers of the Dark Jedi increased. Korriban became a sort of...transfer point. Dark force users were drawn there, then tested and (if found worthy) taken to a world in the Empire's territory for training. The numbers of the Dark Jedi swelled over the course of several centuries, and the Dark Lords throughout those times took the cream of the crop to be their apprentices. This bolstered the Sith numbers, leading to multiple Lords—but still, only one high, powerful, Dark Lord of the Sith.This Sith is known as Lord Firiath.

The Jedi sensed the Dark Force presence on Korriban, but every mission to the planet has failed. Whisperings of no Jedi ever returning from the planet alive pop up now and again, but nobody in the higher levels is talking. The Jedi Council didn't know what to do; the tombs of the Sith Lords already darken the planet. Along with the purposefully small numbers kept on Korriban at any one time, it became the perfect hiding place for Sith and Dark Jedi.

Now, the Dark Jedi/Sith are in the final stages of their attack preparations. They've set up a first base of operations on Korriban. Because of advances in technology on both sides in the more than two millennia since their last engagement, both the Empire and the Republic are moving slowly, scoping out the enemy and waiting.

But not all is war. A new Order has been established, a secret Order. This Order of outcast Jedi and outcast padawans was formed by those who saw truly into the Force, or so their teachings say. While the Sith and Jedi quarrel this Order, The Gray Order, has been gaining strength in total secret. For they can only exist if none know their presence; if found they would be targeted by the Jedi and Sith. But their goal is to keep the Jedi and Dark Jedi in complete balance. If one side is dominant they must be stopped. No matter the cost. No matter the target. If the scale is tipped too far on one side, it could tip and plunge the universe into complete and utter chaos.