Gantoris Edinn (Jedi Renaissance)

Gantoris Edinn was a Human male Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during the Jedi Renaissance era. A skilled swordsman and a recruiter for the Order, Edinn worked with the Acquisition Division to bring in new students to the academy on Ossus.

Biography
Born on the isolated volcanic world Eol Sha on the Outer Rim in 18 BBY, Gantoris Edinn was the descendant of a Jedi Knight who joined the sole settlement during its founding. A Force-sensitive, his affinity with the Force first became apparent when he survived an avalanche as a child: while his companions were crushed by falling rock mere feet from him, Gantoris instinctively shielded himself using the Force to survive the onslaught of rock. As the other residents of the colony noticed Gantoris' abilities, they contacted the Jedi Order to alert them of the potential Jedi in their midst. When a representative arrived, the settlement's citizens pleaded with her to take them from the world and its violent tectonic activity. Promising to involve the Senate, the Jedi took Edinn with her to Ossus and turned the boy over to the Acquisition Division Tower in the city of Knossa for proper care.

Already aged four standard years, Edinn was immediately sent to the Jedi academy for training in the ways of the Force and induction into the Jedi Order. Working diligently in the academy, Edinn became a favorite of the hand-to-hand combat instructors as his tough spirit allowed him to fight on despite muscle fatigue without drawing on the Force. Encouraging the boy to combine his strength in combat with his lightsaber technique and other martial skills, the instructors at the academy were able to hone in on Edinn's cultural background as a boy coming from a hostile world to forge him into a able-bodied initiate. Passing his Initiate Trials with ease, Edinn's competency in his other classes had proven to be strong despite the focus on the martial aspects of academy life. At the Apprentice Tournament of 5 BBY, Edinn was noticed by the Firrerro Jedi Knight Sisseri Deo who specialized in survival skills and trained Jedi in the Exploration Corps. Agreeing to receive instruction from Deo, Edinn's apprenticeship took him far from Ossus as they traveled aboard a massive ExplorCorps mobile academy ship known as Purpilia's Fire. Constructed after the Clone Wars by the shipbuilders of Purpilia, the ship and its two sister ships were commissioned at the behest of the planetary leader as a gift to Purpilia's own son, Grand Master Tomac Moorcé. Like all Purpilian vessels, the ship was crafted from Purpilian crystals which were known to cause severe nausea and vertigo among non-Purpilians as well as adverse effects on the skin. To avoid these ill effects, Edinn and other travelers were required to don violet robes and silver head-coverings to reflect the strange light which emanated from the indestructible crystals.

Moving through space, Edinn and Deo participated in several missions relating to the discovery of new worlds and the exploration of abandoned or forgotten worlds already within the Republic's boarders. On one such mission, the Jedi were able to recover ancient scrolls recording the death of a star system once inhabited by beings which moved faster then light and were invisible to standard beings. Sending the scrolls back to the Great Library on Ossus, Edinn and his master were commended for their exciting discoveries. A unique feature aboard the Purpilia's Fire was a crystal cave formed from the bulkheads where Jedi aboard the ship could construct a new lightsaber. Taking a sliver of Purpilian crystal, Deo led Edinn through the lightsbaer construction ritual and the Human boy successfully constructed a silver-bladed lightsaber. Continuing to develop his martial skills aboard the ship, Edinn impressed his fellow Jedi had he grew more skilled and stronger of body.