Tomac Moorcé

Tomac Moorcé was a male Purpilian and the Grand Master of the Jedi Order following the death of Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious in 19 BBY.

Early life
A Force-sensitive Purpilian, Tomac Moorcé was born to the last monarch of Purpilia in 64 BBY. Detected to be Forceful at birth, Moorcé was taken the Coruscant Jedi Temple for training in the ways of the Force. While in his clan of fellow Initiates, Moorcé became close with the Devaronian female Maladi Guidicelli, developing a friendship which would last for decades. Following a successful performance during the Apprentice Tournament of 51 BBY, Moorcé was selected as a Padawan by the Elomin Jedi Shadow, Indot Sheni. Traveling the galaxy together, Sheni encouraged the Purpilian to explore his own strengths and weaknesses during their journeys and to pick the specialization which best suited his talents.

Ultimately Moorcé chose to follow in his master's footsteps and study as a Jedi Sentinel alongside his long-time friend Maladi Guidicelli. Completing several missions together on behalf of the Council of First Knowledge, the two worked in tandem through a close bond in the Force. When time came for Moorcé to craft his own lightsaber, he traveled with his master to his homeworld of Purpilia to have an audience with the king; his father. Welcoming his Jedi son into the royal palace, King Moorcé presented his son with two priceless Purpilian crystals, one carved into a flawless sphere, and the other a mere shard, perfect for use in a lightsaber. Fashioning a hilt of violet metal around which was wrapped a root from the mighty Tree of Kings which fronted the Royal Palace, Moorcé's blade shone violet like the sun refracting through the crystal mountains of Purpilia. Keeping care of the spherical crystal, Moorcé decided to take up the rare art of fighting with a longstaff. Using a weathered purple-barked branch from a mighty tree, Moorcé set the crystal at the top of the staff in the embrace of the branch's talon-like grasp. Imbued with the Force much as the ancient staff of Vodo-Siosk Baas, the staff served Moorcé as a weapon and walking stick in later life.

In the final years of Moorcé's apprenticeship, a war broke out on the Outer Rim which called for the attention of the Jedi Shadows. An ancient evil left over from the New Sith Wars had been released from their prison and sought to seek control of their old holdings. A group of fallen Jedi, formerly members of the Ansion Enclave's Council before forsaking the Order and joining the New Sith Empire had been encased within a floating prison by the Enclave Council's remaining members, casting them out into the void where they would spend eternity contemplating their fall. Reestablishing their armies upon release, the Dark Jedi Masters unleashed a Shadow Army which drew upon their leaders' use of Sith alchemy to reanimate them after each defeat. As the Jedi Shadows struck down each fallen Jedi warrior, they realized that the Dark Jedi Masters could recreate them and send them back into battle in new bodies. Seeking out the lost academy on Ansion, Moorcé and Master Sheni discovered that the last member of the Council, a wise Sage Master, had been trapped within a time warp where he was forced to live out eternity far from the galaxy but still able to maintain contact with the Enclave. The Sage Master revealed that destroying his connection to the galaxy, while it would kill him, would also enable him to unleash his light side energy and cleanse the galaxy of the Dark Jedi Masters. With no other option available to them, Moorcé smashed the Master's prison and a wave of light washed across the strongholds of the Dark Jedi Masters, reducing their armies to sand and ending the conflict. The Masters themselves were purified, and became one with the Force finally free of their own dark dreams. Returning to Coruscant, the Shadows were victorious though losses were heavy. The war, known as the Silent War within the Order, was kept secret from the galactic community to avoid the attention of the growing anti-Jedi movement.

Agent of the Council
Completing his Trials of Knighthood in 44 BBY, Moorcé was knighted and continued to study as a Jedi Shadow, taking assignments from the Council of First Knowledge to hunt down Sith artifacts and dark side cults along the Outer Rim. Using his connections to Purpilian government, Moorcé reestablished a Jedi Academy on his homeworld. On the nearby moon, Ansion Council member Master Oozian had once trained Purpilians before falling to the dark side. Having defeated Oozian during the Silent War, Moorcé saw fit to rebuild what was destroyed on a new site on Purpilia itself. The new academy would specialize in training new Sentinels for the Jedi Order, replacing those who fell during the Silent War. A massive construct of shimmering Purpilian crystal, Moorcé named his old friend Maladi Guidicelli as headmistress, an appointment the Council of First Knowledge quickly approved. While Purpilia was loyal to the Republic, the world was closed to visitors and the establishment of the academy caused anti-Jedi groups such as the People's Inquest to voice their disapproval on Coruscant.



During this time, Moorcé had selected the Human Nadia Abduli to train as his apprentice. Like his master, Moorcé allowed Abduli to find her own path, encouraging to fulfill her desires to study as a starfighter ace with the Jedi Starfighter Corps. After seeing her complete her green-bladed lightsaber during the Gathering on Ilum, Moorcé recommended her to the High Council for knighthood and was pleased to see her successfully attain the rank of Jedi Knight. While not often on Coruscant, Moorcé did occasionally visit the Galactic Senate to keep informed with the growing threat of Separatism, often times meeting with Senators Mina Bonteri and Fang Zar to discuss their systems' problems and efforts to keep other planets from seceding. Upon the eve of the Clone Wars, Moorcé selected his second Padawan, an Umbaran Wraith he had rescued from persecution while on a mission with Master Sheni during his apprenticeship. The young Qui Zulu, unlike others of his species, had grown up within the safety of the Jedi Temple and was not malnourished like his mistreated species on Umbara. A Force-sensitive species, the Wraiths lacked legs and used the Force to float in the low-gravity pockets of the Umbaran underground. Under Zulu's long dark robes was an insectoid abdomen with a long venomous stinger, a built-in weapon he was discouraged from using in battle by his master. Zulu was also gifted with Force sight, like all members of his species, due to his lack of eyes.

When Master of the Order Mace Windu gathered all able-bodied Jedi to Geonosis, Moorcé and Zulu joined their colleagues in the Petranaki arena as they attempted to liberate Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Following the battle, Moorcé returned to Coruscant with his student and was given the rank of Master by the High Council. Taking up the rank of Jedi General, Moorcé was placed in command of a secret legion of Special Operations troops and worked to track Count Dooku and his cadre of Dark Acolytes. Placed in command of the Temple's detention facilities, Moorcé turned to his homeworld for assistance in establishing a secret satellite prison. While the Order operated the ancient station called the Prism, the loss of Citadel Station on Lola Sayu caused Moorcé to seek a more secure facility. Crafting a space station armored with the energy-absorbing Purpilian crystals, the Purpilian government secretly moved the station near to Coruscant inside an asteroid field in the Quenk system. An anomaly in the asteroid field allowed the prison to lie undetected, despite the heavy traffic in the densely populated Core Worlds allowing Moorcé to operate in plain sight.

Leading his troops to the darkest regions of the galaxy, Moorcé's special ops teams worked completely off the grid; evading even the eye of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. In a joint operation with Master Coleman Kcaj, Master Moorcé was able to capture the notorious Dark Acolyte Shaala Doneeta, the Twi'lek responsible for enslaving the minds of several planetary leaders through the use of advanced dark side sorcery. During the fighting, Moorcé damaged Doneeta's tattooed lekku destroying the Eye of Darth Nox which was surgically embedded in her head-tail. Along with several prolific Dark Jedi and cyborgs, Doneeta was imprisoned in the Purpilian space station for the duration of the war. Known officially as the Warden of the Order, Moorcé was not fond of titles and was more playful then any of his predecessors. Young and in shape, Moorcé maintained his positive attitude throughout the war, despite the ravages of the conflict. In 19 BBY, Chancellor Palpatine finally discovered the location of the Purpilian station, though the Prism remained hidden. Frustrated with the Chancellor's meddling in what Moorcé viewed as strictly Jedi business as the prisoners at the facility would ultimately be tried by the Jedi Order whether they were at war or not, Moorcé reluctantly agreed to escort the Chancellor's private and newly formed Secret Service members to the station in the wake of the Chancellor's failed kidnapping by General Grievous. En route to the station, Moorcé felt a massive shift in the Force as the dark energies which had shrouded Coruscant collapsed in upon itself and vanished from the galaxy. Arriving at the station, Moorcé rushed to determine the origin of the disturbance but was delayed by the sudden attack from the Secret Service agents. With the assistance of his loyal clone troopers, Moorcé successfully defeated each of the agents and determined that the Sith suspected of infiltrating the Chancellor's office must have ordered the attack. Rushing back to Coruscant, Moorcé was shocked to learn that Master Windu had slew Chancellor Palpatine, the true Sith Lord and mastermind behind the war.

Realizing that the betrayal of the Secret Service agents was not an isolated threat, Moorcé realized that the Chancellor would have had authority to execute the Contingency Order 66 and wipe out nearly all Jedi in the field. With renewed urgency, Master Windu issued an immediate recall of all Jedi from their battlefronts as chain of command placed clones in charge of all ongoing operations. Hacking the databanks of the Chancellor's computers and dispatching all remaining Shadows and their black ops troopers to the homes and offices of Palpatine's aides and supporters, the Jedi were able to detain and question those implicit in Palpatine's attempted takeover and discern the location of the Confederacy's corporate leadership. When word came from Mustafar that the Separatist Council was in custody and the droid army deactivated, a message was sent to Raxus calling for a peaceful transition into peaceful negotiations. While Master Windu joined Senator Bail Organa and Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin in forming a temporary triumvirate to govern the Republic and end the war, Moorcé hastened to question and imprison Palpatine's closest confidants. While the likes of Sate Pestage, Mas Amedda and Kinman Dorianna were released to the federal courts for treason charges, Forceful individuals such as Sly Moore, Cronal and the traitorous Anakin Skywalker were detained at the Jedi Temple and prepped for rehabilitation should they chose to forsake the dark side.

A new Jedi Renaissance
As the war wound down and the Republic made peace with the Confederate Systems, Grand Master Yoda announced to the High Council that he would stepped down from the Council and go into self-imposed exile for failing to detect the Sith so close to the heart of the Order. Additionally, the seats of four Council members needed filling with the deaths of Masters Kolar, Fisto and Tiin, and the arrest of Jedi Skywalker; Master Windu would also step down in able to participate in the reformation of the Galactic Constitution and the Senate. With a total of six seats open, Master Windu offered his seat to his old friend and teacher Master T'ra Saa who humbly accepted though refused the title of Master of the Order and leader of the High Council. To the surprise of all, Master Yoda suggested Master Moorcé for his expertise in tracking a destroying that which is associated with the dark side, as well as his young heart and love of the Order. While Master Ki-Adi-Mundi strongly dissented, the Cerean eventually backed Master Yoda's recommendation and Moorcé took the title of Grand Master. Shocked by the appointment, Moorcé graciously accepted and quickly fell into the stride of the title. Prepared to lead the Order into a Golden Age not seen since the time of Grand Master Fae Coven, Moorcé saw the appointment of K'Kruhk as Leader of the High Council; a seemingly odd choice as the Whipid had left the Order early during the war after invoking the Right of Denial. Along with K'Kruhk, Moorcé championed the appointments of Old Guard Master Tsui Choi, a conservative Master to serve as the Council's moral compass in conjunction with K'Kruhk; the controversial Quinlan Vos for his contact with the dark side and his return to the light; and Djinn Altis, possibly the most radical appointment due to his status as an exile from the Order. Moorcé's sought to consolidate all Force-sensitives within the Order to ensure another Palpatine did not slip through the cracks of the Order's recruitment system. The appointment of Altis was meant to demonstrate the High Council's ability to break with tradition in order to accommodate those loyal to the Order even if their practices may be unorthodox.

In a bold move less then two months from the death of Sidious, Moorcé and the new Jedi High Council announced that scouts had already been sent to both the Jedi homeworld of Tython and the ruined fortress world of Ossus to see if re-habitation was possible. When positive feedback came back from both planets, funds were allotted by the Senate Special Committee on Jedi Budget and Funding to help in the process of reconstructing the lost city of Knossa. Employing artisans from across the galaxy, the Order caused an economic upswing in the surrounding sectors as artisans and stone masons poured into the region from across the galaxy eager to aid in the rebuilding process. Overseeing the reconstruction of the Great Jedi Library, the Jedi Grand Temple and the planning of new museums and plazas, Moorcé and the High Council encouraged the war-weary members of the Order to travel to Ossus and contribute in their own way to the rebuilding. A year after the initial survey, Knossa was habitable and the Jedi relocated the academy to a new structure set back along the southern end of the city near to the jungle. To run the academy a lesser council subservient to the Council of First Knowledge was formed and led by the Thisspiasian Headmaster Rassad Cospicitis.



As the Acquisition Division increased its enforcement of Republic law to test all infants for Force-sensitivity, the Council of Reconciliation sought to open the Jedi Service Corps to older Forceful individuals who had not been picked up for Jedi training when they were younger, as well as accepting non-Forceful applicants including the disgraced former Senator from Naboo, Padmé Amidala to work in the newly former Diplomatic Corps. As Moorcé's work on Ossus continued to flourish, work progressed on Tython as the Order rebuilt the nine great temples of the Je'daii Order using schematics preserved within the old Temple preserved from the Great Galactic War. The blue prints, recovered by the ancient Jedi Master Yuon Par's records, showed a detailed layout of the nine temples and work began through the use of local resources and craftsmen from a large Twi'lek colony flourishing on the planet.