Author's note:
This is an excerpt from one of my "Croyus Chronicles" AU stories. This is a story-within-a-story, so let me give you a bit of background, just enough to let you know who is in the cast of characters.
The story is set on a primitive world, a lot like Endor – big trees, mountains, streams—but no teddy bears. It has mostly escaped notice because of its distance from settled worlds and proximity to an uninhabitable planet that gives off a harmless shielding radiation. Settled by star travelers so many generations ago that the present inhabitants have forgotten their heritage. There are three classes of society: "bonders" (upper class slave-holders), "bondsmen" (& bondswomen - basically, indentured servant-type slaves), and "marless" (middle-class free men and women). Force-sensitives are called "wizard-born" and are feared by the upper-class bonders, who persecute them and put a bounty on their heads. "Sniffers" are Force-sensitives who, on this world, detect other Force-sensitives and turn them in for bounty or other rewards, and who are mostly immune from persecution.
Jenin and Luke are the main characters in this sub-story. Jenin is a young "herb-crafter" and healer—and my own personal creation. Luke, of course, is Luke Skywalker, George Lucas' creation.
Elaan is another one of my creations. She's Luke's long-lost wife, whom Luke had previously thought dead. She suffered a massive memory loss in an accident many years ago, and now has a new husband and child. Luke is helping her rescue her new husband from the bonders. How Luke came to find her again is part of the larger story – which I won't go into here.
Brenna (mentioned, not immediately present in this excerpt) is Luke and Elaan's daughter. Pregnant, in her first trimester. The "Croyus Chronicle" stories are mostly about Brenna.
Please read and enjoy. I have other Jenin stories, but this one is the first. Most of the others have nothing to do with Luke except for an occasional reference to the "Master Wizard," but maybe one of these days I'll post "The Healing Circle" in which Jenin repays Luke for the gift of healing.
Reviews are welcome!! I'd love to know what you think!