Emoral Heliolite

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Chapter I: Idealism (Initiate- and Padawanhood)
Born twelve years before the First Battle of Korriban and the consequent Great Galactic War with the resurgent Sith Empire, Emoral Heliolite was discovered as an infant by a local Jedi Recruiter and offered to the Jedi Order by his parents. Although his infancy was spent as a ward of the Jedi Temple of Coruscant, by the time he was capable to begin formal Jedi tuition, he was selected as a promising child to be nurtured by the harsh, but tranquil, isolation of the Jedi Temple of Ilum.

As a Jedi Youngling, Emoral was initiated into the Snowfeather Initiate Clan in a school of twelve who would, over time, form a strong kinship - and later become known as the 'Ilum Guard', being of the final generations of Jedi to be trained to Knighthood on Ilum. Such schooling consisted of traditional academia, such as galactic politics and history, science, mathematics, and anthropology; meditations upon the Force, surrounded by the resonant harmonics of the Force-attuned Crystals; and harsh training challenging their physical endurance, mental fortitude, and combat drills against the uncompromising demands of the Ilum’s permafrost. The Initiate Heliolite began with a mischievous and competitive nature, attracting the exasperation of his Instructors and fervour of his peers—exacerbated by a tendency to disappear into the Crystal Caves for days at a time. Nevertheless, it was under these severe conditions that he prospered, with little doubting the glacial idiosyncrasy of Jedi Training upon Ilum moulded by his nurtured experiences of this. Indeed, by the Apprentice Tournament, he was an acknowledged prodigy in lightsaber combat—having not only crafted his first blade, but secreted a second which he demonstrated—inexpertly—during that tournament.

Attracting the attention of two potential Masters: the Mirialan Jedi Lorekeeper, La’is, and the Zabraki Jedi Battlemaster, Brunae. It was decided that the Initiate Heliolite would serve as the Padawan of the former, a Councillor of one of the Jedi Enclaves constituting the Ilum Assembly, governed by its Jedi Temple. Under her calm guidance, Emoral’s competitive streak subsided in favour of the practice humility of the Jedi Order, albeit often still described as “polite and difficult in equal measure”—becoming more grounded, if acerbic, in his temperament, although undoubtedly more studious. By the time of his twelfth birthday—only a year into his Padawanhood—the resurgent Sith Empire had returned to the known Galaxy, seeing the Jedi Padawan accompany his master often to Coruscant to liaise with the Jedi High Council and Galactic Republic the official response and role the Ilum Assemblies would play in renewed conflict.

Where the holy world became a holdfast against the Sith Empire, Padawan Heliolite would spend increasing time in the company of the Battlemaster Brunae—having already spent the passing year since the Apprentice Tournament under his firm tutelage to hone and focus his swordsmanship. Becoming something of a protégé to the Zabraki Master, Emoral was trained extensively in the theory and practice of lightsaber combat—and as the Great Galactic War broke out, in military strategy, cooperation, and warfare. Although Master La’is undoubtedly shaped the Padawan’s spirit as a Jedi, it was Brunae who would groom the young man’s vocation. Indeed, as the Jedi World served as Republic Staging Grounds, Emoral would shadow his mentor’s involvement as a military liaison and throughout naval campaigns launched from Ilum. It was through this vocation that the Jedi Padawan uncovered a latent ability to sharply analyse and predict the flow of battle with pronounced accuracy, expanding his inherent Force Senses to recognise complex patterns amidst the Chaos to exploit with critical precision. With the aid of Brunae, he would apply this mentality to all things, including lightsaber combat, as he honed his skill as a Jedi Strategist.

The outbreak of galactic war humbled the Jedi Padawan; as he advanced through his Jedi Training, his exposure to it would increase. It was a combination of the unwavering patience of Master La’is and the firm hand of Battlemaster Brunae against the conditions of the Galaxy which saw the Jedi Padawan quickly mature into a disciplined, and virtuous, proponent of the Jedi Order. Indeed, his cool and calculating disposition is reflective of the icy climate in which he was trained, and his experiences therein. It is in recognition of this debt to the Jedi World that Emoral continues to eschew the earth-toned robes most Jedi don to reflect nature; instead continuing to wear white, as an homage to Ilum’s particular environment.

The Jedi Holy World, whilst bitter, served as a sanctuary for war-efforts; strategically-placed to launch successful surprise-attacks against encroaching Sith Invaders, but sufficiently isolated that the planet’s crystalline peace would not be shattered. Under these ideal conditions, the Padawan Heliolite eventually entered the final junctures of his Padawanhood, serving as an Assistant Jedi Lightsaber Instructor to Brunae, who had been grooming him toward this path, and the latest iteration of the Snowfeather Initiate Clan. He had, moreover, completed his Trial of Insight for an especially astute display of technical and tactic precision through a daring naval campaign. The tranquillity did not last, however; the Sith Empire eventually discovered a hyperpsace route to the sacred planet, launching the First Battle of Ilum. In this conflict, many of the Enclaves making up the Ilum Assembly were attacked—including Emoral’s own—resulting in their frantic evacuation through the Crystal Caves to the Jedi Temple in which they could fortress themselves. Padawan Heliolite took an increasingly fervent role in protecting the retreating Jedi, and in being of the last to leave, witnessed the decimation of the structure which had sheltered his formative years, and the deaths of students, friends, and mentors before their time. This experience deeply affected the young man, particularly as he came into direct conflict with encroaching Sith; and though the planet ultimately remained under Jedi control, the trauma marked him.

It, too, marked Ilum. As its Jedi Population was decimated, and its security left in question, its permanent residency was reduced to little more than a skeleton population to maintain the Temple and the remaining Enclaves of the assembly. To this end, Master La’is and Padawan Heliolite returned to Coruscant in order to report to the High Council on the impact of the attack and the future of the future of Ilum's rising youth who would have little more to learn there. It was during this meeting that Emoral’s master released the young man of her tutelage so that he may complete the Trials of Knighthood upon Coruscant. The Council acceded to her action, granting the Trials of Courage and Flesh retrospectively, and later overseeing his Trials of Skill and Spirit—the latter of which was the most trying, given his recent ordeal. He would, many years later, discover that he and a close friend of his Masterhood, Achani Kane, completed their Jedi Trials in tandem. He was soon elevated to the rank of Jedi Knight, majoring upon the Path of the Jedi Guardian. The other members of Emoral's Initiate Clan were similarly spread out, but each achieved Knighthood - becoming known as the 'Ilum Guard', on account of being perhaps the last generation to have begun and ended their Padawanhood on the Jedi Holy World.

Chapter II: Romanticism (Early and Mid-Knighthood)
Whilst Emoral Heliolite had been exposed to the Great Galactic War since the return of the Sith Empire to the known Galaxy, the isolation of Ilum had always provided a safe haven, safe from apparent harm. The shattering of that crystalline tranquillity, therefore, galvanised the now-Knight Heliolite to take a more proactive stance in confronting the Sith Empire directly—which he would remark in hindsight, was likely a means to ‘retake control of that which he knew’, taking the fight to them so that they could never threaten the Jedi Order in the same way again. With his experience fighting the Galactic War already—and with a shortage of Jedi explicitly trained for the frontlines in this new era of war—the High Council granted the Jedi Knight the position of Jedi Commander—artificially integrating him with the Republic Chain of Command. It was precisely due to the lack of frontline-trained Jedi, however, that the Jedi High Council attached a caveat to the Knight Heliolite’s war-bound focus, that he not neglect his training as a Jedi Lightsaber Instructor; but rather, that he develop and apply his craft to training other Jedi upon the frontline. In this capacity, Heliolite served at the pleasure of both the Jedi High Council and Republic High Command. He acted as a Jedi Strategist, given his unique mentality and insights; a Jedi Instructor, training and coordinating Knights-at-arms in combat and warfare; a Frontline Commander and Combatant, with Republic Forces; and a Jedi-Republic Liaison, between them. The onus of this task—and its loyalties—was great, and though beginning junior to the currently-small commission of Jedi Battlemasters elevated across the frontlines beneath whom the Jedi Instructors served, it moulded Emoral’s view of warfare—keeping him grounded by both the ideals of the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic.

Serving the Jedi as much as he did the Republic, Knight Heliolite was posted principally to campaigns with higher concentrations of Jedi Commanders—which were unsurprisingly, given the tactical significance of contingent Jedi, amongst the bloodiest and most strategically-important conflict of the Great Galactic War. These included both naval and military theatres; and as the Sith Empire’s campaigns led them closer to encroaching upon the Core Worlds, were typically counter-attacks to resist them. The most notable of these, however, was the Battle of Alderaan, but led thereafter to the liberation of worlds throughout the Mid Rim, including a number of tours of the Minos Cluster Campaign. Indeed, it soon became apparent forte of the Knight Heliolite in coordinating proactive offensives and counter-offensives through a string of decisive Republic victories even against unlikely odds, in lieu of more defensive campaigns. These included the Aihiri Cluster Campaign, the Kamia Sector Campaign, the Battle over the Vemia Cascade, and the Battle of Cheiter III—his valor and success earning him the comradeship of Republic forces, but more importantly, the respect and pupillage of his Jedi-at-arms.

Nevertheless, it was during the Battle of Icromia that Knight Heliolite re-connected with a Jedi Master under whom he had trained during his Initate- and Padawanhood on Ilum, Master Tobian Berilen. Apprenticed to him was the Human Padawan, Raya, a girl he had, himself, trained as the Assistant Clan Leader in the later years of his Padawan—and had protected during her escape through the Crystal Caves when the Enclave was attacked on that fateful day. Their happy reunion was short-lived, however; fighting shoulder-to-shoulder upon the battlefield, Master Berilen ultimately fell at the hands of a Sith Lord—and whilst the Sith was ultimately defeated by Emoral, and Republic Victory secured, upon a personal level, it felt Pyrrhic. To this end, Knight Heliolite took Padawan Raya on as his Padawan Learner, with whom he already had a bond, intent upon seeing her through the war to becoming a fully-fledged Jedi.

Knight Heliolite and Padawan Raya became an inseparable force throughout a string of Republic victories across the Galaxy—including the Minos Cluster and some erring ever-closer to Sith Space. This came to a sudden halt, however, with the erection of the Mandalorian’s Blockade of the Hydian Way. As supply deficits crippled Republic war efforts, leading to economic deficits, and the Galactic Republic petitioned the Jedi High Council to take action against Mandalorian Forces, Knight Heliolite and his Padawan were hesitantly recalled from combat with the Sith to Coruscant. Herein, Emoral served as a tactical consult alongside numerous other Jedi Commanders in order to break the Blockade. Following its failure, and talks of surrender from the Galactic Republic, Heliolite resigned from political circles to the Jedi Temple. Logistically-unable to reach most warfronts, however, the Jedi Knight was Temple-bound for a longer period than he would otherwise, if habitually, enjoy between campaigns. Consequently, he took this opportunity to begin his treatises on Lightsaber Combat, Military Strategy and Jedi Warfare, and the Sith Empire—exploiting the Jedi Archives’ vast knowledge and petitioning Senior Jedi to take a more proactive stance for renewed conflict with the Sith Empire, using more ingenious ways to bypass the Hydian Blockade. Heliolite, notably, took little part in quenching the Coruscant Riots of the period; but did liaise with the Temple Guards and Security Force to instruct and aid dispel those which erred too closely to the Temple. Most notably, however, Emoral took a more active role in teaching the Jedi at the Coruscanti Temple in his capacity as an Instructor, and training with other Instructors and Battlemasters away from the frontlines. Whilst this was by no means novel, having done so throughout his Knighthood through intense regimens between campaigns, the protracted period was exponentially more beneficial to the Jedi Knight’s training and development as an Instructor—boasting adeptness across all Seven Forms of Lightsaber Combat.

When the Blockade of the Hydian Way was breached by the Smuggling Contingent and Republic Forces, it was precisely due to Knight Heliolite’s expertise and petitions that he was rallied by Master Ven Zallow’scounter-offensive in the Outer Rim Campaign. Coinciding with the end of the Battle of Ord Radama, Heliolite followed the Jedi Master—alongside dozens of other Jedi Commanders—to attack the Sith Mausoleum World of Korriban, followed in short order by the attack on the original capital of the Sith Empire, Ziost: a battle which lasted for thirty days. The Rim Campaign concluded with one of the largest, and bloodiest, military campaigns of the Great Galactic War, the Reconquest of Ord Radama. Lasting over fifty-one days, Knight Heliolite was severely tested; in the Battle of Ashas Ree, shortly prior, the Battlemaster of his Jedi Contingent fell, requiring that he step up to the mantle of training and coordinating Jedi Knights, as the next most senior Jedi Instructor garnering the respect of his Jedi brethren. Uncontested in his battlefield preferment, Emoral led scores of Jedi and Republic Forces in following Master Zallow—resulting in heavy casualties both sides of the conflict. Of the fallen, however, was Padawan Raya who, in following her master, had been petitioned to complete her Trials of Knighthood immediately following the Campaign—and had her Trials of Courage and Flesh recognised already.

Whilst the Rim Campaign concluded with a Republic defeat—and Emoral’s personal defeat, in losing his Padawan Learner—his Battlefield preferment was nevertheless ratified by the Office of the Premier Battlemaster, Master Jun Seros. Knight Heliolite, therefore, was bestowed the rank of Jedi Battlemaster in recognition of his achievement through its triadic-purpose in this era: excellence as a Jedi Instructor, astute strategic wisdom, and distinction as a frontline combatant and leader. For the final seven years of the Great Galactic War, therefore, the Emoral Heliolite served the Office of Jun Seros directly. Alongside other Jedi Battlemasters, he trained more intensely to refine his mastery of lightsaber combat warfare and was sent to the most intense of the frontlines to direct and train scores of Jedi Lightsaber Instructors and Commanders. This elevation saw a symbolic shift in the Jedi Knight; whilst he would continue to serve the Galactic Republic in earnest for the next seven years, as both a combatant and a strategist, the death of Padawan Raya stirred in him a nascent doubt in the Romantic Ideals of frontline warfare and the Republic to which he had subscribed until that point—altering his otherwise-balanced loyalties firmly toward the Jedi Order. It is for this reason that the Jedi Commander resisted promotion to the rank of Jedi General in tandem, opting to ensure that the Jedi Knights under his tutelage were sufficiently trained than lead ever-greater concentrations of Republic Forces—although he regularly advised the upper echelons of Republic High Command with strategic guidance, alongside the Generals and Admirals of the Republic.

When the Sacking of Coruscant struck—culminating the Great Galactic War—Knight Heliolite had been on Coruscant for some weeks, advising Republic High Command and Jedi Council on the ongoing conflict on Dantooine and the withdrawal of Sith Forces from the Minos Cluster; in addition to training Jedi Knights and Instructors at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant on leave between Campaigns. Where the Dark Councilextended an offer of peace to the Galactic Senate, Heliolite was of the many Jedi suspect of the Alderaan Peace Summit; but unheeded, the Invasion of Coruscant was allowed to occur. At the time of the attack, the Jedi Battlemaster was conducting a lesson on Advanced Lightsaber Technique for several talented Jedi Knights. The moment the dropship crashed through the Jedi Temple, and the Sith Lords began their assault, Heliolite mobilised the present Jedi: evacuating the peripheral training grounds of Padawans and Younglings, rallying disorganised Jedi Knights, and coordinating with the Jedi Temple Guard to ensure safe passage to the Lower Levels. Witnessing Coruscant burn from the Temple Ziggurat, the Jedi Knight once again experienced the loss of a home reminiscent of that which had seen the end of his Padawanhood on Ilum; in almost three decades, nothing had changed. Once again, one of the last to leave, Heliolite fought numerous Sith Warriors through the edifice alongside the Temple Guard, cleaving a way through to supposed sanctuary until the spires themselves came crashing down upon it. At that point, convening with the contingent of Jedi Knights with whom he had worked to evacuate the Temple of however many they could muster, Heliolite spent the next two days protecting them on the move against encroaching Sith and Imperial Forces until the Treaty of Coruscant was ultimately signed. Returning to the surface to witness a ruined city—abandoned by the Sith—Heliolite returned immediately to the Temple to salvage what he might from its vestiges, as did all other survivors and reconvened Commanders. Subject to heightened Anti-Jedi Sentiment, Emoral led as many Jedi Survivors, with conserved lore and artefacts, to the Ilum Temple, wherein the Jedi remnants who had survived the First Battle of Ilum and subsequent years of war welcomed their Coruscanti brethren. This secondment was temporary, however, as the scattered Order reconvened at the behest of the Jedi High Council two years later, with Satele Shan’s re-discovery of Tython. As the Cold War took hold, so too did a chapter of Emoral Heliolite’s close—and another, open.

Chapter III: Enlightenment (Late Knighthood and Early Masterhood)
The recusal of the Jedi Order in response to Anti-Jedi Sentiment from both the Galactic Senate and Republic Citizenry saw a notable slowing of time in comparison with the intense conflict through which the Knight Heliolite had lived and fought. Whilst the first two years were spent on Ilum, caring for and training a contingent of displaced Jedi Padawans and Knights from Coruscant, he was amongst the first respondents to the Jedi High Council’s relocation to the Deep Core—and their commissioning of the Jedi Temple of Tython in the Tythos Ridge. Bringing with him the Jedi who had followed him to Ilum, they worked tirelessly to construct the edifice from local stone and timbre, transfer the rescued Jedi Archives to it, and train the Jedi who flocked to the Tython System. Whilst he would, habitually, return to Ilum to enjoy more intense meditation and study—becoming a man of two homes in the Order—it is apparent the dedication Emoral had to sheltering the Jedi. The Temple was, through the combined efforts of all, completed within three years.

Throughout this time, and onward toward the end of the Cold War, the Knight Heliolite was, on the one hand, critical of the peace with the Sith Empire and the vilification of the Jedi Order, but on the other, aware of the opportunity provided to him—and the Jedi—through this lull in hostilities. Indeed, it was a ‘silence’ he had not enjoyed since his Initiatehood prior to the Great Galactic War; and though war loomed through the tense geo-political climate and proxy skirmishes, the prospect of study in earnest was afforded in the Jedi Archiveswhere that on the frontlines may be excessively expedited. This is indicated best by his published literature. Compiling reports from throughout his Knighthood, he published the first editions of two series of anthologies: the “Journal of a Jedi Battlemaster”, Volumes I—IV discussing self-reflections, training logs, and combat reports on the Jedi and the Sith; and the “Journal of a Jedi Commander”, Volume I, discussing military strategy throughout the Great Galactic War and, as later editions were published, the proxy skirmishes of the Cold War. His most celebrated literature of the period, however, was his seminal work: “The Art of the Blade; or ‘The Lightsaber and its Associated Combat”.

Indeed, the Art of the Blade represented Knight Heliolite’s true advancement as a Jedi Battlemaster as, during the Cold War, he focused upon the elements of swordsmanship possibly overlooked in the heavy-duty and utilitarian climate of warfare. To this end, Heliolite refined his technical discipline across all Seven Forms of Lightsaber Combat—becoming recognised as a master of them by the end. Indeed, the Jedi Battlemasters under the Premier, Jun Seros, were geared to prepare for renewed conflict; to which end, the intensity of their training did not decline with the Cold War. Nevertheless, the lack of campaigns and battles to be fought undoubtedly permitted much broader study, and depth of mastery, which it must be said benefitted the Jedi Knight through all matters of academic and spiritual understanding: tracing the history and philosophy and lightsaber combat, and developing its theory and practice in new and insightful ways.

It was, however, early in this time that the Jedi High Council commissioned the Jedi Archivist, Master Gnost-Dural, to compile a history and analysis of the Sith Order leading up to the Treaty of Coruscant. Stirred by this school of thought—given the Jedi Knight’s internal conflict with the utility of warfare as a means of defeating the Sith Empire—he came to also exploit the Jedi Archives and the Jedi Master’s research to study the Sith Order, as distinct from the Sith Empire—and its implications. Drawn toward the liability of the former, he came to suspect the façade the Empire, and its war with the Republic, posed to the Jedi Order: turning his attentions, through his lightsaber instruction, upon how best combat the Lords of the Sith and their political structures. This deep research would change the Jedi Knight in many ways: notably, in his mentality and approach to conflict, and in his combat discipline, becoming more duelling-centric and specialising in combatting the forces of darkness.

Nevertheless, despite this shifting disposition in the Jedi Knight, the impending Second Great Galactic War saw Emoral continue his instruction of scores of Jedi in preparation for it: passing on his knowledge on the Jedi Order, Lightsaber Instruction, and the Art of Military Strategy through well-attended lecturers, seminars, and practical sessions. Over this time, Heliolite became a recognised figure on both Ilum and Tython to these ends, seeing many student—and, indeed, Instructors—pass beneath his tutelage. One such Jedi was the Kel Dor, Yost Tachu: a promising young man who had survived the Sacking of Coruscant as an Initiate, and come to Emoral’s attention early during the Cold War. Taking his first Padawan since Raya, the Jedi Knight trained the Kel Dor, seeing him raised to the rank of Jedi Knight by the time the Second Great Galactic War broke out.

Shortly after Padawan Tachu’s ascension, Heliolite seconded for a short duration at the Culu Memorial Centre of Alpheridies in order to further improve his strength in Force Sense and better connect with his Miraluka heritage, in tandem with the Luka Sene. The academic atmosphere of the planet meshed well with the now-more scholastic Jedi Knight, and greatly cultivated his appreciation for academia and his vision of the Force.

The return of Knight Heliolite was, however, expedited at behest of the Jedi Council; without alerting the Jedi of Ilum, the Sith Empire had sent a taskforce of Sith and Shock Troopers to the Holy World in order to investigate the Crystal Caves, known as the Raid on Ilum. Deeming them to be a valuable resource for what would eventually be used to create the Stealth Armada, they had slaughtered the present Jedi and reduced many of the Temples to derelict husks. Officially, the Galactic Republic could not spare resources to re-take the world; but devastated by its lost, Heliolite was authorised to lead a taskforce in discrete counter-attack. Gathering no more than a dozen of the finest Jedi Knights he could muster—amongst them, the remnants of the Ilum Guard, as many had perished throughout the Great Galactic War.

Allocated few, if any, resources, the Jedi Taskforce executed targeted, and precise, guerrilla strikes against Imperial and Sith interests on the sacred planet, codenamed: decimating outposts, raiding caches, purging the cave network, and expelling invaders from the Jedi Temple and Enclave structures. They completed these tasks swiftly and efficiently, disappearing as quickly as they came, with some success—but not in repelling the Empire from their overall objective on the planet. As the Sith Empire dedicated more and more resources to their Operation Dark Ice under the leadership of Dark Councillor, Darth Arho, Republic SIS uncovered, the Empire’s intentions to construct a functional Stealth Armada—mobilising a considerable army to resist them, led by Supreme Commander Rans and Jedi Master Jaric Kaedan. Initially, the Ilum Guard remained intact, serving under the purview of the Jedi High Councillor, continuing their guerrilla strikes, albeit aligned with ongoing Republic operations.

When Master Kaedan was struck down, however, and Darth Arho in succession, Knight Heliolite was nigh-forced to resume his military posting in order to resist Darth Malgus’ ‘New Empire’, leading soldiers against Darth Serevin’s ground-forces—more than he had ever in the past, but exacerbated more by necessity than desire. Acting peripheral to the Heroes of the Republic upon the Emperor’s Fortress, Heliolite’s forces were successful in buying them sufficient time to defeat the ‘False’ Emperor, and returning Ilum firmly to the control of the Republic—with the Empire suffering the embarrassing culmination of institutional infighting.

Shortly after the Battle of Ilum, Knight Heliolite met Jedi Master Alen Stanic on the orbital station above Tython, wherein they struck up conversation of the past—and its development toward the future. As they parted ways, the Jedi Master extended to the Jedi Knight an invitation to join the Enclave he led: the so-called ‘Lost’ Praxeum. Forced from its original location on Alderaan, the Praxeum was based now on Tython, with its aim to teach the next generation of Jedi, and serve the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic in any way that it might. As Emoral grew weary of his place in the Republic Military—as the previous Battle had forced upon him again—he accepted the offer, both in forging an alternative path to aiding the Republic, and finding closer companionship with the Jedi, recognising the similarity of the Praxeum’s history with his own.

The Miraluka served the Praxeum Enclave in earnest. As a teacher, he would lead the Asharl Panther Initiate Clan—named after the beast from his original planet of training—and host seminars on Lightsaber Instruction and the Jedi Code. He demonstrated, also, the impact of his own training: during the Praxeum Lightsaber Tournament, he defeated Knights and Masters of the Enclave until only he remained—knocking the Jedi Knight Reisende Dolk out in the final round, although she would become a frequent sparring partner thereafter. The Enclave, however, did not shy from the battlefields; the Master of the Enclave, Rasheke Mobius, led it through bloody conflicts against numerous Sith Powerbases, such as the Judgement’s Reach Campaigns of Hoth and Belsavis—amongst others. In this capacity, the Jedi Knight made significant name for himself before the Praxeum’s Council with a notable achievement being the capture and guarding of Darth Dreak—and the consequent submission of him to the attempted Wall of Light, to which Heliolite himself offered his strength.

In recognition of his instructional ardour, technical skill, and battlefield proficiency, Emoral Heliolite was elevated to the rank of Jedi Master—as the Asharl Panther Initiate Clan graduated as Jedi Padawans proper. In apt celebration, the newly-minted Jedi Master hosted a Padawan Tournament for these Jedi hopefuls, and any others, to see them pass from his tutelage unto their new masters—seeing his duty to them through to its completion.

This, however, did not mark the closing of this chapter of Heliolite’s life: Masterhood brought on new challenges, but his elevation was a natural development of the course he had been on since the Cold War. Nevertheless, he gained new responsibilities in ensuring the spiritual health of the Jedi of the Enclave, and lending his strategic advice to Master Mobius in further campaigns, such as that on Keldrash III.

It was in short order, therefore, that Master Heliolite was called before the Praxeum Council and offered a permanent seat upon it. In addition to general leadership of the Enclave, he was given the moniker of ‘Master of the Blade’, serving as the principal of the Praxeum’s lightsaber training and other instruction, coordinating the Trials of Knighthood for the many numerous Padawans petitioned, and fulfilling the role of strategic advisor to the Council. In this capacity, Heliolite worked closely with Master Mobius—the two taking direct leadership of the Praxeum Enclave’s Jedi Guardians—and liaised frequently with Republic High Command given the era of war and his contacts therein. Nevertheless, the Jedi Battlemaster retained his distance, leaving direct command of soldiers with whom the Enclave served on various battlefields to Mobius’ purview, whilst he focused instead upon the Jedi he represented: through instruction, coordination, and pastoral guidance. The two, however, would often come into intense conflict, where Heliolite was more patient—waiting for critical junctures in which to strike decisively—whilst Mobius more direct—decrying idle wait if the enemy are to encroach upon them. They had a functional relationship, however, in which the former would coordinate strategy, and the latter execution—leading to a number of successes from Praxeum operations with the Galactic Republic.

The same, in many respects, may be said of Master Heliolite’s relationship with the Council more generally. Although, himself, highly traditional, the Praxeum Council under the tenure of Alen Stanic was more liberal, with members in frequent spurning of the Jedi High Council—much to Heliolite’s objection. Consequently, he tended to be the minority voice of traditionalism upon the Council in wider decisions of Enclave leadership, supported only by those such as Master Eluon Voska—an elder Miraluka—and the High Council liaison, Master Jek’hana. This led to decisions Emoral found increasingly questionable, especially where Councillors were compartmentalised—examples being a covert raid on the Galactic Senate, and continued dismissal of the High Council’s mandates. Merrill, though distinctly non-traditional and oftentimes crass, was of a similar mind to he; but in time, was elevated by the Council to the rank of Jedi Knight—if a more grounded one than the vast majority of Jedi concerned with Galaxy-spanning events.

Shortly afterwards, Master Heliolite took Marshal Stormcrow, a burgeoning archaeologist and lorekeeper, as an ‘informal’ Padawan—intent upon ensuring he were ready to complete his Jedi Trials after his previous master mysteriously disappeared. Stormcrow, too, was Knighted by the Praxeum Council. It was around this time that Heliolite and the Praxeum Enclave were subject of a Holonet databurst by an anonymous slicer, positing Anti-Jedi Sentiment that they were training an army of Jedi to overthrow the Republic. Whilst passed off as nonsense by most, it suggested that Master Stanic would become the next Supreme Chancellor, whilst Masters Heliolite and Mobius would become the next Jedi Grandmaster and Supreme Commander respectively.

To date, Master Heliolite had proven his worth in opposing the most martial Dark Lords of the Sith against whom the Enclave came into conflict, and the Powerbases they represented. To date, Master Heliolite had proven his worth in opposing the most martial Dark Lords of the Sith against whom the Enclave came into conflict, and the Powerbases they represented. Of the most significant was that of Darth Thyrus, and his army of enhanced droids, for which he saw conflict on Allenteen IV and and Rhen Var—to destroy his manufacturing plants and bastion of operations. This series of events culminated with Thyrus’ attack on the streets of Coruscant, to which he was party to the eventual defeat of the Dark Lord; although was notably absent at the beginning, having been selected for a highly-classified mission with Alen Stanic and Del’oride Krowen, which proved key to ensuring the success of the Sith’s defeat. Heliolite was also a leading figure in Jedi Operations on Keldrash III, masterminded by Darth Tekthon, and combatting several Sith Powerbases on Ilum when the Gree inexplicably arrived on the Grey Secant—albeit temporarily.

When the Galactic Republic discovered Oricon—the volcanic base of the surviving Dread Masters—Emoral was deployed at behest of the Jedi Council to support Jedi operations on the planet, in what would become known as the Dread War. He was aided by his close friend and fellow Jedi Master, Salan Adendi, to aid shield the minds of Jedi and Republic Forces upon the planet from the intense—and maddening—saturation of the Dark Side therein—but also to thin the Dread Host, such that the Oricon Taskforce could penetrate the Dread Fortress and defeat the Dread Masters, finally.

Less than a year later, Master Heliolite had been asked to consult upon plans to invade Korriban, given his position as veteran of the Rim Campaign and Battle of Korriban. Making his submission to Republic High Command for consideration, he would later discover they were contributory to the Korriban Incursion. As the attack happened, however, Heliolite had been in long talks in the Jedi High Council Chamber alongside Masters Stanic, Weathers, and Voska. As they exited onto the Temple Promenade, the Sith Empire descended upon the planet, as the concurrent Assault on Tython was launched—the third sacking through which the Jedi Master were now to live. The RSS Deliverance—the Enclave’s Praxeum Ship—in orbit was quickly overwhelmed; and at the command of the ‘Master of Ships’, Councillor Reisende Dolk, jumped to Hyperspace. The four Jedi Masters spread out: Voska to the Gnarls, Stanic to the Archives, Weathers to Kaleth, and Heliolite remained in the Temple Grounds, coordinating the Temple Security Force and Jedi Knights to repel encroaching forces with maximum prejudice. The battle was short and bloody; but the suddenness of the assault was overwhelming, causing the Jedi Masters to muster as many of the members of the Enclave—amongst other Jedi—from their respective locations and converge upon the Tythian Forge. It was here that the Enclave sheltered—with Heliolite steadfastly warding the passages which led to them—until the RSS Deliverance returned, along with the Republic Navy and Heroes of the Republic. With the Sith Empire’s occupation disjointed, even for a moment, Master Heliolite was of the first to leap forward to retake the Jedi’s ancestral homeworld; and joined by the Praxeum Enclave, they supported the reclamation of the Jedi Temple, and dispatching of the Sith from the planet.

Nevertheless, the number dead was great; and in the aftermath of the assault, Emoral took the opportunity to mourn the lost in silent meditation. Eluon Voska, the venerable Miraluka toward whom Emoral held great reverence, was of the fallen, evacuating Jedi from the Gnarls; as were leading lights of Jedi Instruction, such as Masters Oric Traless and Liam Dentiri.

Unbeknownst to both the Republic and Empire at the time, the concurrent operations had been masterminded by the Revanites—followers of deranged Revan, who sought to destroy both factions so that he might summon the incorporeal Sith Emperor in order to ultimately vanquish him. At the time, however, Knight Del’oride Krowen—the leader of the Jedi Sentinels upon the Praxeum Council at the time—had been leading an investigation into the activity of the Nova Blade Pirates who had been interfering with trade and shipping activity in the region of space surrounding Rishi. This saw the Praxeum jump to the System for closer inspection. As this led the Enclave desperately close to the Revanite Conspiracy, a saboteur was placed aboard their ship, tampering with its internal systems to slow them sufficiently that the respective fleets of Grandmaster Satele Shan and Darth Marr could arrive in the skies above Rishi as scheduled—to which ends, the Praxeum was obliged to serve at the behest of their Grandmaster.

Locked into the Battle of Rishi, Master Heliolite commanded the Deliverance during the space conflict—as Master Reisende Dolk had become One with the Force some time prior to this event. Nevertheless, the Revanite saboteur had weakened the RSS Deliverance’s defences, allowing the Singularity Powerbase, led by Darth Covenant, to board it and storm the Bridge. Doing battle with the Dark Lord herself, word reached the forces of Marr and Shan from the planet’s surface of the conspiracy, mandating an immediate ceasefire and summit upon the planet’s surface. Where the twp, horrified by the prospect of a reborn Sith Emperor, formed a joint-coalition to defeat the deranged Revan, the Singularity Powerbase and Praxeum Enclave were commanded to work together, as a microcosm of the relationship, for which Master Heliolite and his counterpart, Darth Dionius, were established as respective commanders. Obliged only by the edict of his Grandmaster, Heliolite reluctantly agreed; and the combined forces of Jedi and Sith battled—if with great tension given their respective means—to dismantle the remaining Revanite strongholds and forces on Rishi before joining the Coalition on Yavin IV.

Despite the uneasy truce between the two factions, leading often to tense standoffs, Emoral led the Praxeum in support of Coalition Forces through the Battle of Yavin IV. This manifested through a number of objectives and exercise—from combatting Revanite Forces impeding access to the Temple of Sacrifice, to containing the Massassi from posing a peripheral threat. Perhaps most notably, Heliolite led a small contingent of talented Jedi to exterminate Terentatek which had been sighted nearby—and were drawn toward the concentration of Jedi and Sith. It was in this time that Rasheke Mobius acted with the greatest impulsiveness to which Heliolite had been witness, causing intense cracks to form in their relationship—deeper than those differences of opinion which had saturated their time upon the Praxeum Council together. This, however, was forced aside for the final attack of the Battle of Yavin IV, wherein the Praxeum and Singularity attacked the Temple of Sacrifice, such that the Heroes of the Republic and the Empire could defeat Revan. Although successful, it was too late; and Master Heliolite stood witness to Emperor Vitiate’s regaining of strength, and release into the Galaxy once more—an experience which shook him, and all around him. The Coalition, however, promptly disbanded, leaving Heliolite and the Praxeum to retreat and—unsurprisingly—meditate upon the experience.

The Praxeum Council withdrew into silent contemplation, musing and meditating upon how they—and the Jedi Order—might tackle the threat the Emperor posed to the Galaxy; and the threat of the Sith Empire itself. In such rumination, Master Heliolite proposed de-escalating—albeit not entirely—Republic aid on the frontlines, to instead focus upon the more critical threat of Sith Powerbases. As discussion progressed, however, Master Mobius became increasingly restless, pushing fervently for escalation of the Praxeum’s involvement in the war, and closer integration with the Republic Military. This escalated sufficiently that Heliolite was forced to detain the Jedi Master for questioning by the Jedi Council. This did not last long, however, as the other was released by an accomplice Jedi Knight to, after striking down a Jedi Padawan, escape the RSS Deliverance via one of the shuttles. Immediately mobilising a group to disallow Mobius’ escape, a brief conflict broke out in which the two locked blades; but after unsuspecting intervention, the rogue Jedi escapes. Despite a warning shot fired at Emoral’s behest, and the scrambling of the Jedi Aces, they were too late to stop Rasheke from escaping to the Republic, and renouncing his position within—and jurisdiction under—the Jedi Order.

Whilst Mobius’ rogue antics were a blow to the Praxeum Enclave and Master Heliolite who had worked alongside him for years, without preparing for such an event as this, there was little time to rest. Being aptly positioned, the Praxeum’s RSS Deliverance was ordered to work alongside the First Expeditionary Fleet’s Gav Daragon to investigate Raids on the Outer Rim, on both Jedi and Republic outposts. Without warning, the ships were attacked by the vastly superior Eternal Fleet, crippling the Deliverance. Commanding the vessel against these great odds, Heliolite manouevred the ship to intercept turret-fire whilst ordering a complete evacuation to the Gav Daragon, which would then jump to Hyperspace to report back to the Jedi and Republic. Not all were able to evacuate in time, however; and at risk of the certain demise of the remaining Jedi, Heliolite executed a blind Hyperspace Jump, escaping the battle at the last possible second before it would be surely destroyed. Lost in the depths of space, the RSS Deliverance was all but derelict; its NaviComp destroyed, systems awry, and integrity failing. Nevertheless, whilst the Republic was subjugated by the Eternal Empire’s Conquest, and the Jedi Order and Praxeum Enclave dissolved, its remnants lived on under his leadership.

Chapter IV: Realism (Masterhood)
For the next five years, Master Heliolite and the Praxeum Remnant were lost in space, unable to determine their precise location or make contact with the Galaxy at large. Indeed, they had little idea of the extent to which Zakuul had conquered the Republic and Empire, or the fate of the Jedi Order—but for lack of knowledge, were forced to fear the worst. Although food was discovered on various—generally unpopulated or isolated—worlds the Deliverance chanced upon, the isolation and futility was hard upon the survivors of the Eternal Fleet. To this end, whilst Heliolite did his utmost to protect, train, and guide them—as he would otherwise—the reserved fuel on the Deliverance was used to make several successive Hyperspace Jumps with nothing but trust in the Force to return to the known Galaxy once more.

This was particularly significant as it was apparent that the Deliverance would not make it much farther than that time given, at the beginning, it was all but derelict, requiring significant repairs with minimal resources just to keep it space-worthy—the alternative option being remaining on an isolated world for the rest of their days. The ongoing meditation and expansive view of the Force to guide the Deliverance through Hyperspace proved an insightful experience to the Jedi Master—opening his proverbial eyes to the Galactic scale, and his place within it—to which ends he vowed to focus only upon the important: no longer focusing upon the fleeting or the futile. The realism of the situation, therefore, meant protecting the Jedi under his duty of care; but also, the propagation of his knowledge to a successor. Indeed, Knight Kirbus Vaos was one of the Jedi who remained on the Deliverance: a man Emoral had known since he were an Initiate, and had trained extensively since then into his most promising student. Undoubtedly the most promising candidate he would come across, therefore, Heliolite trained Vaos as his protégé to hone his study of Forms I – VI such that, upon returning to the Galaxy, he could be recognised as a Jedi Battlemaster proper—a successor to eventually surpass him, and further develop the art of combat. After five years, Vaos was a worthy candidate to the title.

With the final reserves of fuel, however, the RSS Deliverance returned to known space above Yagara and, discovered by Knight Alera Telenar, the remnants of the Praxeum Enclave called from all corners, having been dissolved by Master Alen Stanic in the wake of the Deliverance’s disappearance. Learning of all that transpired, including the dissolution of the Jedi Order, it was advised that the Praxeum be reformed under the leadership of Master Heliolite, to which none objected. He led the Praxeum Council for approximately a year, focusing upon the tutelage and consolidation of the Jedi on Yagara, but the Jedi Master soon discerned that this course was merely atomistic of the broader issues facing the exiled Jedi Order. Rather, the Praxeum should be led by a new generation of Jedi Masters who would guide it from one generation to the next, spearheading its relationship with the Galactic Republic and wider powers—capacities Heliolite deemed he could not, or would not, do for them. Thus, whilst he initially transferred title to his close friend, Master Achani Kane, he knew it would only be a matter of time before the ‘next generation’ would become apparent. Indeed, it was under her premiership of the Enclave that Kirbus Vaos and Dulleesh Hevip were elevated to the rank of Jedi Master—although she would later fall in battle, drawing Heliolite to pay his final respects at her funeral. Master Vaos would also be recognised as a Jedi Battlemaster, albeit under the Enclave’s authority, for lack of a Premier Battlemaster of the Jedi Order.

In this time, however, Emoral had used his greater mastery of Instinctive Navigation to seek out the Jedi Order more widely than the Praxeum Enclave. Recognising that the conflict with Zakuul—and consequent decimation of the Jedi Order—will have displaced numerous Jedi, and left them vulnerable, he sought them out. With the aid of veteran Jedi Knights and Masters to manage day-to-day care, he established numerous sanctuaries for Jedi Refugees across the Galaxy, keeping them deconcentrated and on-the-move lest they be discovered and exploited by the better-positioned Sith Empire. He cared for the dozens of refugees making up these sanctuaries with all of his being, doing everything he may to offer them guidance and a path to recovery, as well as training them: preparing them for the inevitable call for the Order to re-centralise under a legitimate leader—although given the actions of Satele Shan, he questioned whether it could be her. Over this time, he hosted at least three Jedi Fetes—calling together the Jedi Knights and Masters of various Enclaves to learn and celebrate together, through demonstrations of their swordsmanship which, as the most senior Jedi Battlemaster, Heliolite judged.

In time, however, Heliolite discovered the legitimacy of the Order. Drawn toward the ancient Jedi Fortress World of Ossus, he discovered the Jedi Colony under the guidance of Master Gnost-Dural. Slowly, so as to not attract the attention of the Sith Empire, Heliolite relocated his Sanctuaries, consolidating them into Dural’s Jedi Colony, and doing all that he may to support their growth and survival. The final sanctuary to be relocated to Ossus was that under the care of Master Bolgis, in which the Lora Sal was the most senior Padawan. His curiosity piqued, Heliolite tested her physically, mentally, and through the Force on the Jedi World—discerning an apparent connection with the girl, and taking her as his Padawan.

After months on the planet, however, the Sith Empire eventually discovered the Jedi Colony, launching an Invasion to destroy it. Leaping to evacuate the colonists, Heliolite and Sal’s shuttle was shot down above the Great Library, requiring the Master and Padawan to fight through hordes of Sith to safely evacuate the Clan of Jedi Younglings they had in their shuttle—although Master Bolgis, unfortunately, had not survived the initial crash. Successfully extracted by the Republic Fleet, the two retreated to Ilum so that Lora might train in isolation—ensuring she is ready for that which she may face in the wider Galaxy.

Perhaps most significantly to Master Heliolite’s vow to focus upon the reality of the situation, however, in lieu of the fleeting and futile, was his recusal from the affairs of the Galactic Republic and renewed war with the Galactic Empire. Instead, he came to lead a contingent of Jedi Shadows—establishing a Ledger in which operatives would report upon Sith Lords, Powerbases, Projects, Sites, Artefacts, and Sithspawn – which, in turning his strategic mentality to these ends, he would analyse and act accordingly at the most critical junctures. In this capacity, Heliolite sought to strike at the Sith Order, and Dark Side of the Force, directly: sending Jedi Shadow operatives incognito to investigate and infiltrate the Sith Empire, secure and destroy artefacts and sites, and to target significant Lords of the Sith Order in order to destabilising the Powerbases they rule—and by extension, the Empire of which they are atomistic. He would, where warranted, become involved himself, although would typically reserve such for more dire situations—such as when combatting the Dark Lord of the Eclipse Powerbase, Darth Vossen, and her Shadowhand, Darth Nevidyra and her Obsidian Legion, on the planet of Croetis. The success of the Shadows in combatting the Sith Order directly has led to further escalations of its operations—with little sign of its decline.

Most recently, the Jedi Battlemaster is looking to establish an initiative to mobilise the remaining Jedi Instructors in order to better pass on their knowledge—where the most celebrated minds of the Jedi Order were lost in the conflict with Zakuul—to the next generation, lest they too be lost whilst the Order remains vulnerable. In this way, whilst he leads strikes against the spiritual enemies of the Jedi Order, he may ensure that foundations of the institution to which he has dedicated his life remains strong, such that the next generation might thrive.

Appearance
A Miraluka standing at 5'11, of a defined and lean-muscular build, Emoral is perhaps easily recognisable as a Jedi Guardian, having been forged by the battlefields he has walked, and his dedication to the development of physical pursuits. Now nearing the tail-end of his physical prime, his external features show the inevitable lines of age, although few can doubt the dignity he holds in this appearance. He holds himself tall, and with great propriety, allowing little to disrupt his cool external disposition. His movement is graceful and deliberate, with no hesitation in his step. The Jedi Master's presence in the Force is notable: powerful but composed. Indeed, he has been described by Jedi as carrying with him a calming aura which reaches out to them; but by Sith, it has been described as akin to a glacial dam: cold, unyielding, and piercing to their presence in rejecting the touch of the Dark Side - but apparently reserving a greater power within. Ultimately, his entire figure, elocuted and formal speech, and his unwavering presence in the Force, speaks of a figure of authority - and demands respect as a result.

His hair is at a medium-length; naturally white-blonde, but now an unblemished silver with age. It is well-kept, groomed backwards and secured in a half-up / half-down fashion, and currently dons a white beard. Typically wearing either a lilac veil or an ornate visor to conceal his vestigial eye-sockets, the Jedi Battlemaster has gained repute for his donning attire of white-silver tones, often with earth-tone highlights, derivative of his training upon the Holy World of Ilum, leading to denominations such as the 'White Knight' and 'Silver Jedi'. Such attire takes a number of forms; from traditionally-layered Jedi Robes, to comfortable robes, reinforced armour-weaves, and armour-plating.

Despite his lacking eyes, the Miraluka's gaze can demonstrate significant character depending upon the context – oftentimes piercingly cold or an unceasing gaze, but where it is due, sufficiently warm to remain inviting. Inevitably, however, he will wear the Symbol of the Office of Battlemaster upon his shoulder pad and/or wrist, in addition to that of the Jedi Order. Although he would once wear the Symbol of the Galactic Republic upon his belt, at war, he has since eschewed this tradition in line with his current thinking and loyalties toward the institution.

Personality and traits
Epitomising the firm traditionalism and orthodoxy of a more conservative Jedi Master, Emoral is an intensely disciplined and pious man, often found to possess a solemn and cool exterior - one which some have described as cold, or even glacial, on account of his calm and patient, but piercingly discerning, disposition. This is often unhelped by an overtly formal and serious temperament which, in the presence of those with little contact to Jedi - particularly civilians - can be mistaken for aloofness - although this is challenged by those with closer proximity. Described in his youth to be “polite and difficult in equal measure”, he has since matured into a strong, but humble, proponent of the Jedi Order and Light Side of the Force—supporting positivist interpretations of the Jedi Code, the centralised curriculum of the Order, and its sovereignty against the encroaching jurisdiction of the Galactic Republic.

Believing firmly in the Natural State of the Galaxy, he perceives the Jedi Order as an institution through which to understand and render the Will of the Force—with himself merely a servant to that end, serving the Jedi Order and upholding the values of the Galactic Republic with whom it has aligned itself. Described by a Jedi Master as the "Truest Sword of the Jedi Order", Emoral is a renowned - or infamous - combatant; but in reference to this quotation, also widely regarded for his calculating and scholastic nature, deeply attuned to the Will of the Force and duty to the Jedi Order in defending it, and definitively combatting threats. Since the fragmentation of the Jedi in the aftermath of the Zakuulan Conflict, Master Heliolite worked tireless to ensure the institution to which he dedicated his entire life has a foundation upon which to prosper when legitimate governance is restored, yielding a more active stance in the foreground to the ‘new generation of Jedi’.

Deeming it his greatest privilege in the Jedi Order to teach in the capacity of Jedi Battlemaster, having instructed potentially-hundreds of Jedi of all ranks, across the frontlines and homefronts, whether in-person or through his scholastic literature. The critical approach Master Heliolite adopts toward his students—and, indeed, his peers—is rivalled only by his patience to ensure they succeed. Not beyond offering praise where it is merited, he is widely-known for his firm hand and discerning sight—expecting students to take the lessons he teaches to heart, noting even the smallest of mistakes in their approach. Though demanding, he takes solace in the truth that this will ensure the survival, and thriving, of those who have passed under his tutorship so that they may go on to teach the next generation thereafter. Nevertheless, he has demonstrated a notably softer disposition in the presence of Jedi Younglings. Although this steels with age, as young Jedi prove more able-bodied and able-spirited - to which end he endows autonomy and confidence - Emoral has proven recognisably paternalistic and protective of his students when faced with overwhelming odds or circumstances against which he does not believe them prepared, explicitly or tacitly. He has without hesitation taken it upon himself to combat or tackle such himself even at great possible risk to himself—sometimes unwarrantedly.

Although this deeply critical disposition is illustrated through his tutelage, Master Heliolite is a discerning and calculating man more broadly—traits he has applied throughout his career as a Jedi. Describing this to be akin to Shatterpoint—speculation of his possessing the skill never humoured with a response—he has gained significant repute for his abilities as a Jedi Strategist and Combatant, able to analyse and predict the flow of battle, actions, or events with pronounced accuracy, to manipulate accordingly. Described by a contemporary, “he knew perfectly where my foot would land, and how not only to defend himself, but use it against me.” In the most heated of instances, he has been noted to discern patterns from apparent Chaos, reacting to it with defined and confident intent. Consequently, whilst often proactive, he is not foolhardy; indeed, Heliolite has proven content to simply - and patiently - observe events as they unfold, to take swift and decisive action at the most critical juncture, to maximum effect. It is with this in mind that Heliolite is known to keep abreast of threats to the Jedi Order and Republic, whether from individuals or groups - and discern ways in which to best combat them, for dissemination to students.

Whilst the Miraluka’s vocation saw this approach applied more illustratively to the art of warfare, in both strategic and combative capacities, his nature has been described as that of a scholar—and an artist. Described by a contemporary as an “artisan… in everything he does I can see the marriage of art and the force”, he has sought refinement and perfection in all facets of his training and his studies—his mastery of the lightsaber being a testament to the development of his art. Indeed, though practice is a necessary component to any pursuit, Emoral is a strong proponent of academia and the scholastic theory which must underpin it. Denouncing those who would forsake the philosophy, history, and theory behind their craft as practicing something fundamentally imperfect, he believes it is vital to realising its practice—but also developing it. The duty of Jedi, thereafter, is to engage with this by recording such developments through academia for future generations to access, practice, and develop further. The most notable illustration of this exists as his seminal work on the Lightsaber and its associated combat, ‘The Art of the Blade’, although he has studied and recorded works, also, on the Jedi Order, Jedi-Republic military strategy, and the Sith Order and Sith Empire.

Such a scholastic nature has often drawn out a deep sentiment of a ‘philosophical’ or ‘reluctant’ warrior—although formidable in both warfare and duelling, it is apparent Emoral holds a solemn wish that he need not. Albeit tempered by his focus and duties to the Present, he holds a deep sentiment for true peacetime wherein the Jedi Order need not be involved in the bloodshed which has resulted in too many lives lost or led astray. It is his hope that, within his lifetime, the Temples of Coruscant and Ilum will be reconstructed to once again house the Order. Politically, he has argued strongly for the sovereignty of the Jedi Order; and though he believes the Galactic Republic, and its values, to be a positive vehicle for society in the Galaxy, he is highly suspect of impositions they may present upon the Order and their role as aligned, but nonetheless separate, institution.

Much of Master Heliolite’s apparent weariness of conflict centres quite significantly upon his later-year belief in the ultimate futility of warfare against the Sith Empire—being symptomatic of the true cause of Imbalance and strife: its aristocracy in the Sith Order. Whilst more illustrative now, as a latter-day Jedi Shadow, Emoral has not shied from combatting the Dark Side, proving an extremely potent combatant against Dark Lords of the Sith. To this end, he has earned the honorific of the ‘Silver Jedi’, if not due to the colour of his robes then his deep intolerance of the Dark Side in all of its forms. Believing it to be a perversion upon the Natural Order and the Light, he is largely unrivalled in his combat of the Sith, using his mastery of the blade, trust in the Force, and critical disposition to undermine, defeat, and strike true to Sith Lords and their Powerbases, as constituents of the Empire they rule. His knowledge upon how to combat them has been trusted upon numerous occasions, most notably in his capacity upon the Council of Shadows and through his academia. Indeed, whilst often the first to strike—particularly upon sacred grounds, or often with a courtesy warning that they might surrender—he will often probe encountered Sith, believing it to be ignorant not to consider opportunities and implications, present and future. In very limited cases, Master Heliolite has proven a proponent of Redemption—typically from younger Sith for whom their masters may be held vicarious liable; although Redeemed Sith suffer a more trying path to gain his trust. He has, however, enjoyed some success in swaying Sith beliefs —at the very least undermining the teachings of their Sith Master.

In contrast, he holds his peers in the Jedi Order in high regard. Coalescing with greater ease with Jedi of similar conservatism to he, although deeply concerned when taken to ‘obsessive’ extents, the Jedi Master has been noted to hold the utmost respect for those such as Masters Stannis Drayson and Jek’hana— and forming stronger friendships with contemporaries such as Masters Salan Adendi, Reisende Dolk, Achani Kane, and Svenaq Zaraen. Noted amongst those with whom he is more comfortable, the Jedi Master has a dry — if cynical — sense of humour reminiscent of a more sardonic Padawanhood and a tacit rivalry with his Coruscant-trained peers. Often at odds with more liberal and maverick Jedi, however, he has not shied from making his criticisms known to them as a means of demonstrating their past mistakes.

Lightsaber Prowess
One of the most senior Jedi Battlemasters of the remnant Jedi Order, Emoral is an acclaimed master of all seven forms of lightsaber combat, having trained in their technical practice throughout his entire career as a Jedi. Indeed, Heliolite is well-versed in all components of them: principally, in their theoretical and practical application, both at war and in duelling; but more scholastically, in their respective histories, philosophies, developments, and mechanical optimisation with the lightsaber. He is, therefore, capable of teaching all seven, in addition to broader lightsaber principles and techniques, to an increasingly advanced level - having proven as much in his tutelage of all ranks of Jedi, from Initiate to Master, and inclusive of at least three other Battlemasters to greater or lesser extents.

His mastery in, and versatility of, lightsaber combat is such that - whilst he teaches the seven forms atomically - his personal combat discipline is very much a hybrid affair, although it enjoys some variation depending upon his circumstances. He is known primarily as a duellist, being for this which he is most practices and celebrated—if not notorious. Refined and mastered during the Cold War, it reflects his transition from frontline conflict to combating the Sith Order directly, often bringing him into confrontation with Dark Lords of the Sith. Consequently, it is built upon his inherently critical disposition: swift and fleeting strikes serving to probe an adversary for windows of opportunity, however minute, through circular movement borne from Form IV: Ataru, to then exploit them accurately and decisively with maximum prejudice—often (although not exclusively) with more linear resolution, both simplistic, as from Form VI: Niman, and manipulative, from Form II: Makashi. Whilst his age has weakened his physical attributes for such extensive use, he has substituted them for technical mastery and heightened malleability, although his sequences remain supremely graceful and seamlessly-integrated: drawing together nimble footwork, and measured acrobatics, to dance around and evade combatants in close-quarters whilst making use of the environment; swift shiims therein to promote mistake or attempted-counters, or cut incisively where it is possible; subversive defences influenced by Form III: Soresu; and off-setting shiaks which intercept and strike simultaneously. Moreover, he is a renowned master of the Jar’kai Technique, applied with either a full-length lightsaber or Shoto—applying this combat discipline with it, or with a single-blade. He complements this style with some measured martial prowess, often through low kicks and sweeps and close-quarter grapples, and precisely-focused Telekinesis, such as sharp, albeit explosive, Force Pushes or Force Throws which weaponise smaller objects as ballistic projectiles toward vulnerable points upon an adversary.

Emoral is, however, a recognised practitioner of the controversial Form VII: Juyo-Kos—and whilst demonstration of it is rare, his mastery is undoubted by those who have faced it. Indeed, the Jedi Master expresses some distaste for its practice, reserving its use for circumstances of last resort, in which the mentality is morally-justifiable and his application of the Form would thrive in the execution of his duty: such as when the Jedi Order, or its most vulnerable members, are undeniably threatened. Indeed, as the Form lacks rote, to the extent that it is all but a hybrid style in itself, the Jedi Battlemaster's application of it bears great similarity to his typical combat discipline: probing, exploitative, and precise. Where it differs, however, is in eschewing the expected and celebrated grace of his sequences, to instead embrace the staccato and broken rhythm of the Ferocity Form: fluctuating erratically between circularity and linearity to disjoint the sequences of his adversary. Consequently, although the Jedi Battlemaster's usual style of combat is undeniably aggressive, and reflects complex strategic methodology, it is clearly calculated and judicious. These traits are intensified and compounded in his application of Juyo-Kos: his combat methodology becomes increasingly entangled, veiling the singular-decisiveness of his heightened aggression toward even the most minute of openings behind the illusion of reckless abandon.

This style described is equally-demonstrable in battlefield combat, as Heliolite will very typically focus upon the most strategic target to cripple forces from the head. Nevertheless, in traversing such terrains with vaster swathes of combatants, he will typically hybridise Form IV: Ataru and Form V: Shien, drawing upon their synergy as Circular and Sokan-centric styles of lightsaber combat. In unhinderedly traversing the terrain, therefore, he will oscillate between speed and strength: to fleetingly or forcefully cut through enemy combatants, occasionally launching through brief acrobatic sequences to bypass or weave between obstacles, lest he be pinned down by greater numbers in concentration. Indeed, Heliolite suffers more where he is forcefully grounded, whether by melee or blaster-wielding foes. Nevertheless, in defending himself from blasterfire, Heliolite prospers in deflecting blasterbolts judiciously: sacrificing volume in favour of more pronounced accuracy toward their original source or an alternative target. Throughout his years of training and experience on the frontlines, his cone of deflection rests at a reasonable medium which encompasses himself, and some modest range with which to defend Jedi immediately proximate without sacrificing precision. Despite this, he is most celebrated as a lone-combatant able to deflect blasterfire accurately whilst moving to engage strategic targets.

Ultimately, Heliolite is not a particularly durable combatant relative to others—he relies upon his speed and precision to end conflict swiftly and efficiently. His ability to construct complex stratagems, precisely exploit vulnerabilities, critically analyse opponents’ combat disciplines, and calculate the most astute bladework are foundational to his combat mentality. Practically, this has carried his combat discipline through even the most chaotic and demanding circumstances, permitting his adaptation to situations against multiple combatants, difficult terrains, and peripheral obstacles.

Force Mastery
Master Heliolite is recognised as possessing a strong connection with the Force, manifesting through feats of both very precise and very powerful natures. Although by no means exclusively, it is apparent that much of his skill in the Force is utilitarian in nature, having derived from concurrent training and practice with his swordplay—or otherwise throughout his Jedi Career. Consequently, with some notable exceptions, he lacks skill in notable niche or specialist abilities such that one may find amongst the Consulars and Sentinels of the Order. Rather, they are more practical, or born of his circumstances, in line with his particular talents.

Control - Having trained as a Jedi Guardian, the branch of Control is an area in which Heliolite has flourished throughout his life. As a result, its more ‘passive’ impact upon the body, characterised by Altus Sopor, has ensured he retains his stamina and physical attributes well into an advancing age—indicative of his strong connection to the Force and intensity of his training. More actively, however, he is particularly noted for his ability in Bodily Augmentation, with especial skill in abilities such as Force Speed and Force Reflex over those which may instead bolster one’s Strength. These, alongside the Art of Movement, Inertia, and Alchaka perfectly complement his movement-centric and agile style of combat.

Heliolite has demonstrated a preference toward self-healing than use of traditional medicine—no doubt given it would often be in short-supply during wartime campaign. Consequently, Emoral has proven quite adept at entering Hibernation Trances and Accelerating his healing process.

Emoral has also demonstrated significant skill in feats of Tutaminis, although traditionally in a symbiotic relationship to empower his more celebrated application of Force Barrier in Alter—the two in tandem creating an effective defensive measure in duelling-scenarios, against powers such as Telekinesis and Force Lightning.

To similar ends, Heliolite is a masterful practitioner of Force Resistance—generating an aura which steels around him in the presence of Dark Lords of the Sith, with whom he comes into frequent confrontation. To this end, he has cultivated his connection with the Force to develop a resistance—or even immunity against lesser Sith—against the powers and influence of the Dark Side of the Force, such as the Aura of Uneasiness. Consequently, he may combat them without inhibition or constraint: his defences akin to a glacial wall, not easily thawed.

The Jedi Battlemaster has refined a highly effecive Thought Shield to manifest complex internal labyrinths to block and circumvent mental attack - and to subconsciously veil his thoughts, emotions, and motivations. Whilst the former is self-evident in its application, to resist Affect Mind Powers, the latter is useful for two reasons: firstly, in his capacity as a combatant, to not telegraph his combat tactics lest adversaries exploit them; and secondly, in his capacity as a Jedi Shadow, to not sacrifice the security of his mission or other operatives. The Force of Will to this end is neatly encapsulated by Protocol One of the Jedi Shadows: the Mission is the Will of the Force. An unceasing dedication to this end has proven especially useful to this end.

It is worth noting, that Emoral boasts almost an almost perfect application of Tapas, having trained on the harsh world of Ilum throughout his Padawanhood—quite capable of functioning without impediment, even lacking thicker robes, in colder ecosystems.

Master Heliolite has demonstrated other skills inherent to Control, to an expected extent as a Jedi Guardian of his calibre, such as Control Pain, Breath Control, and Detoxify Poison.

Sense - Born of Miraluka heritage, Heliolite has a strong grasp of the Sense branch; his trust in the Force is unequivocal, and so never doubted, being an evolutionary trait rather than a wall overcome through training. To this end, his most evident skill is a superior application of Force Sight: capable of seeing at all 360-degrees, through solid objects, discern very acute movements, changes, and transitions, and to detect the Force alignment of individuals - or subtle changes in their presence. This ability complements his critical disposition greatly, and is no doubt a prominent reason for his fluent martial prowess. During a secondment to the Culu Memorial Centre, Emoral studied amongst the Luka Sene for a short while—from whom he learnt the skill of Field Detection, and later studied further alongside a Miraluka Jedi Master. This ability has come in most useful when scouting enemy logistics; and in combat, has proven most useful in determining weak spots in shield generator, for immediate exploitation.

Moreover, Emoral is an extremely advanced and potent practitioner of Battle Precognition—a variant of precognition limited exclusively to the immediate short-term. Indeed, it cannot be said that Emoral has ever received a Force Vision, or any more long-term Foresight. His intimate understanding of combat, however, and extreme sensitivity to the ebbs and flows of the Force in the Moment has permitted him particularly accurate skill noted of him by his peers, such as Arantir Frostbrand. He has trained and focused this technique extensively, honing his natural talent, for which this prescience has once more contributed to Master Heliolite's fluency and success in both duels and on the battlefield.

Heliolite has demonstrated some considerable skill in Force Empathy, which he has applied to both passive ends, toward his students, and more surgical probing of the motivation and guarded secrets of adversaries. In the case of the former, such application has proven useful as an instructor, to wean and combat the fears and weaknesses of those in his tutelage; but against adversaries, used to engender revelations from their mental and emotional labyrinths: exploiting immediate opportunity, or considering their implications for the future.

Of the earlier lessons taught to Jedi Padawans of the Ilum Temple is Instinctive Astrogation to traverse the Metellos-Ilum Hyperpsace Route, to which ends Heliolite proved versed from an early age. He has since combined this skill with an academic grasp of Physics and Mathematics; but was taken to far greater levels of mastery, having navigated a derelict Praxeum Ship sans a NaviComp for five-years shortly after the Invasion of Zakuul.

Emoral is suspected to possess a nascent skill in Shatterpoint, espousing a mentality and philosophy (viz. Personality) which subscribes to recognising and exploiting perceived fault-lines in events: making singular, but decisive, strikes at critical junctures. Confirmation of this rumour has never been humoured by the Jedi Master, passing it off as a ‘way to see the Galaxy’.

Otherwise, across the sub-branches of Tactus Otium, Prima Vitae, Tai Vordrax, and Telepathy, Heliolite's skill in Sense is perhaps average for one of his race and rank.

Alter - It is worth noting immediately that Heliolite has almost no skill in Affect Mind or mental suggestion. It is suspected that this may be a lack of inherent skill, ethical concern, or simply a lack of training – or, more likely, a combination of the three. Although not lacking in defensive measures, or the ability to probe the mind in Sensory application, his ‘offensive’ skill to influence the mind is where the line is seemingly drawn under this sub-branch of Alter.

Nevertheless, Emoral has made up for this apparent weakness with far greater skill in Telekinesis which, unsurprisingly, is trained for, and in tandem with, combative application. He has demonstrated the potential to manifest powerful - if destructive - abilities such as Force Burst, Force Wave, and Force Repulse—although reserves these more powerful feats for more trying circumstances. One such example was in vanquishing a Starweird: he demonstrated a startling display of his potential through .a Force Burst which all but disintegrated the Dark Side Creature after some hours of combatting it through the halls of the Deliverance, carrying with it an immense concussive force felt throughout the Hangar Bay. More measured applications, however, are more typical, and successfully chained into his Lightsaber sequences: often preferring to use sharp, if explosive, Force Pushes and launch smaller projectiles at great speeds—accurately toward vulnerable points upon an adversary.

Master Heliolite has demonstrated an innate skill in the field of Alter Environment, which he is prone to applying even in combat—making subtle changes over its course to shift the advantage in his favour. This has manifested through the subtle manifesting of winds, mist, and fog, or manipulating air and water currents, or the local temperature. Over time, and/or with meditation, such demonstrations can become more extreme: summoning storms, or clearing them. Otherwise, he has summoned Adiabatic Shields to disperse gasses and smoke, or traverse storms with little hindrance; or starving oxygens of fire. Whilst the sub-branch is versatile, it is notable that Emoral has demonstrated no ability in directly affecting adversaries with the environment—such as calling lightning from the heavens—but only to gain a subtle combat advantage and detriment them. Beyond this, it has served as a form of meditation, or to influence the local environment to utilitarian ends. His academic appreciation of physics, however, and pious deference to the Natural Order has naturally delimited his application: unwilling to push the environment farther, or faster, than the natural course would allow lest the ecosystem be damaged—potentially irreparably.

Emoral has demonstrated some skill in Animal Bond, particularly with the Asharl Panthers of Ilum—as indicated by their often-seen presence around the planet’s Jedi Temple. He has, however, employed the skill more broadly, if only to not be impeded by native fauna on missions.

Master Heliolite has proven capable of Force Blinding, which he has used to draw attention and to blind foes, even to the extent of burning corneas. His lack of physical perception, however, has resulted in an altogether 'raw' application of it: oftentimes erring toward increasing intensity than more moderate application. He has utilised Flamusfracta at least once.

As a result of his mastery of the blade, Heliolite has also demonstrated the ability of Alter Damage, in both increasing and decreasing the damage of his Lightsabers upon a target, in line with either more aggression or mercy as required respectively. He has also shown some skill in Force Weapon, although its rare usage makes it difficult to judge.

A rare skilled practiced only by Ilum Jedi, Emoral has possessed the ability to manifest noise-dampening bubbles through the Force since his Padawanhood—a skill Jedi learnt to combat the sustained Force Shriek of Blismal, native to the planet. Throughout his career, Emoral has re-applied this skill—using it to dampen the sound of his steps during infiltrative missions; and even to silence the Force Scream of a Sith Lord.

Light - A staunch traditionalist and servant to the Light Side of the Force, Master Heliolite is able to manifest the Light Side of the Force in such a way reserved for the likes of Jedi Masters. Although showing no apparent talent in Force Healing or Ritualism, he nonetheless shows potent capacity in other areas.

Notably, he has demonstrated use of Force Valour to augment his resolve, speed, and stamina—and that of his proximate allies. To similar ends, he has illustrated the potential to advance a step farther in group-coordination, accomplishing a Force Meld with Jedi with whom he is close, such as his protégé, Kirbus Vaos. The latter skill, he is known to have employed with Jedi-at-arms upon the warfront—or some lesser variant of it—sufficient to teach the skill to Master Reisende Dolk's Jedi Aces.

In combat, Heliolite has demonstrated the ability to enter the Serenity Trance—using the calm lulls of battle to allow the Force to replenish and increase his focus, to far more potent ends. By his Masterhood, Emoral had demonstrated skill in Force Light, weaponising the raw power of the Light Side into withering blasts sufficient to detriment Sith Lords in Battle—and contribute to the Wall of Light which severed Darth Dreak from the Force—if temporarily.

Whilst the ability to attune Kyber Crystals is one shared by all Jedi, being a rite of passage through Initiatehood, Emoral has a certain benefit in having trained upon the Holy World of Ilum. In close proximity to the Crystal Caves, Heliolite studied the heart of the Lightsaber more deeply, more singularly demonstrating the ability to Cleanse crystals of impurities caused by passive exposure to the Dark Side, actively 'bled', or manufactured in that way. On occasion seizing the blades of Sith Lords in battle, or chancing upon them, especially with naturally crystals within, he has been witnessed to do just that: with the crimson of the crystals diluting to pink, and finally an unattuned white.

Other Abilities
Arguably Master Heliolite’s most celebrated skill outside of Lightsaber Combat, he is an accredited Strategist and Tactician, having worked in this capacity as a Jedi Commander and Battlemaster throughout the Great Galactic Wars. Noted for his apparent distaste for impulsive approaches to warfare, his critical and academic disposition has led him to a comprehensive understanding of the discipline. Through multi-disciplinary planning and comprehension, Heliolite is recognised for a considered, but aggressively-decisive, approach which seeks structure from otherwise chaotic situations in order to discern the simplest means to achieving an objective, by exploiting and dislocating adversaries—making full use of the environment and logistics. Interestingly, this is the same approach he takes to Lightsaber Combat; and although initially applied to the art of warfare during his Knighthood and early Masterhood, Emoral’s strategic disposition has been repurposed to the work of leading Jedi Shadows—to undermine Sith Lords and their Powerbases, as atomistic of the Sith Empire. Indeed, in this capacity, he analyses and compiles reports brought by operatives, discerns their weaknesses and objectives, assigns assets to particular tasks for lesser successes and enquiries, and ultimately coordinates decisive strikes for greater victories.

Largely aligning with his person style of Lightsaber Combat, Emoral studied the martial art of K'thri, both for integration into his other martial studies and as a stand-alone discipline for use in hand-to-hand engagements. Boasting a potent grasp of the style, no doubt owing his success to transferable skills from Lightsaber combat, he has stripped the style down to its more pragmatic elements of balance, speed, and precision, whilst doing away with the more 'sporting' aspects for which K'thri is celebrated.

Owing to the traditional academia undertaken by Jedi Initiates and Padawans, and available to more senior Jedi, Emoral has a clear and evident grasp of Physics and Mathematics. He has notably used these skills in line with his martial and Force feats, including in use of Alter Environment, Instinctive Navigation, and the calculating machinations of his combat style.

No doubt due to his early life spent on Ilum, Heliolite is recognised as something of a crystallographer and crystal cutter, with an intimate understanding of crystal structures, their properties, and their relationships with Lightsabers and the Force. He has demonstrated extensive knowledge on the subject, including how to recognise and find particular crystals, how they may be cut and used in Lightsabers and Holocrons, and how one may attune or cleanse them through the Force.

Emoral is also something of an artist, with some skill in drawing and music. He is better recognised, however, for his skill in wood- and metalwork, having crafted aesthetically-beautiful Lightsabers in his time.

Heliolite is an acclaimed academic writer, celebrated for his deep and critical insights into the topics such as Lightsaber Combat, the Jedi Order, the Sith Order, and the Art of Warfare—explaining and challenging axiom based upon his own experience and research. Although his style is often deemed by younger readers as 'quite dense to read', his work is nonetheless widely-regarded and has been used by many Jedi of all ranks to the extent that it is almost standard reading.

He is fluent in Galactic Basic, High Galactic Basic, and Miralukese. He has a very rudimentary understanding of the Kel Dor language.

Lightsabers
Master Heliolite is a recognised artisan, allowing the Force to guide his creative processes: having created a number of Lightsabers well-regarded for their beauty and, indeed, their practicality. Indeed, the number in his possession expand beyond those which see use - some being academic experiments to consider their specifications for particular styles of Lightsaber Combat. He has noted these designs and facets in a number of textbooks and Holocrons for consideration by Jedi Padawans when coming to research how to construct their own. Nevertheless, Emoral has crafted three which are 'his own', properly-attuned and designed according to his subjective requirements: two Lightsabers of full-length and a Shoto. The three share a Pontite Crystal heart, cut from the same formation that he discovered many years ago, giving them all a deep silver-blue colour which many associate with the colour of ice. Although they each offer slight specialisation toward respective practices of lightsaber combat, they can be used just as well for any circumstances - their specifications simply offering Master Heliolite slight advantage in particular fields.

Emoral's Duelling Lightsaber
Emoral Heliolite’s first Lightsaber may be considered his mainhand 'Duelling Lightsaber' – offering a slight edge in combat against lightsaber-wielding foes of its blade specifications. With a hilt of 28-centimetres’ length, it was created from a lustrous silver alloy metal, the cylindrical shape of it slightly thinner in diameter than the average. This is bulked slightly by a Homogoniexterior fitting over the bottom-half of the hilt, and a smaller band just beneath the blade's fencing emitter. Into the bottom fitting, at each sides, are thin transparisteel windows through which the crystal chamber can be viewed - and indeed, through which the soft pulsating glow of the Pontite Heart shines. At each side of this window, are stylised carvings of Asharl Panthers – a species native to Ilum – which stretch up the blade in a silver colouration. At the top of the Homogani fitting is what appears to be a deep blue activation stud, although the true mechanism is Force-activated, within the blade. So too are the power-output and blade-adjustment settings. At the blade emitter, the Lightsaber is fitted with a single silver shroud, upon which the symbol of the Jedi Battlemaster is also etched, and to differentiate offensive and defensive blade ‘surfaces’.

The Lightsaber has a triumvirate of crystals, with the Pontite Crystal being its heart. Initially, it was just this, although at some point in his Padawanhood, he integrated a Rubat Crystal which significantly sharpened the blade, offering a more potent offensive mechanism with greater speed and manoeuvrability. He later, presumably during the Cold War, also added a Dantari Crystal to complete the optimal number of crystals – serving as a better Force Focus which recycles the energy of combat into more potent demonstrations of Force Power.

Emoral's Frontline Lightsaber
Master Heliolite’s second Lightsaber, in contrast, offers slighter advantage for blast deflection and the heavy-duty demands of the Frontlines, and was consequently his ‘mainhand’ during much of the Great Galactic Wars – and when not engaging with the likes of Sith Lords. At 29-centimetres’ length, it also includes a pommel-cap created from an Adegan Crystal formation which continues to pulsate, serving as an externally-fitted force focus, but is otherwise aesthetic in terms of the blade’s mechanism. Nevertheless, it is a similarly thin hilt, if slightly bulkier than the Duelling Lightsaber, created from presumably the same silver-alloy metal, although stylised with gold accents throughout, particularly at its deflection emitter, which appears like a separately flat dish, slightly wider than the rest of the hilt, and lacking any exterior fittings such as a blade shroud. This offers it a larger surface for defence, as one may require in the warzone, and so too a larger offensively pragmatic surface for counter-strikes. As with Emoral’s Duelling Lightsaber, all of the mechanical-switches are protected within the blade.

So too does this Lightsaber have three crystals, including the Pontite. In lieu of a Rubat Crystal, like his ‘duelling blade’, it is equipped with a Jenruax Crystal which offers a defined and agile blade which effectively serves for blast-deflection and counter-strikes. So too, from early in the Cold War, does it contain a Tythian Meditation Crystal which permits him to retain Force-energy in the midst of combat, which facilitates his continuance through protracted battles and engagements.

In melee combat, Emoral may use his Frontline Lightsaber as a Jar'kai offhand; but in deflecting blasterfire, will use this one exclusively.

Emoral's Lightsaber Shoto
Emoral Heliolite’s Lightsaber Shoto is exclusively used as an ‘offhand’ weapon to duelling engagements – one for which he has made great use throughout his long career in combatting Dark Lords of the Sith Order. At 16-centimetres’ length, it is significantly shorter and finer than his two other Lightsabers, formed of a lustrous silver-alloy casing over a matte-black grip. The symbol of the Jedi Order at the bottom is also accented with silver. The duelling emitter is enveloped by a shroud upon one side with a vent down the centre, giving the impression of two-prongs, and a prong upon the other side. Once more, this separates blade facets for defensive coverage, as it is more designed to do, although offers also an offensive ‘face’ in immediately close-quarters. The internal-mechanisms are Force-activated.

The Lightsaber Shoto consists only of two crystals due to its smaller frame. Within, is a Pontite Crystal, and so too a Tythian Meditation Crystal. Although these crystals are attuned – and thus, bonded – to Master Heliolite, it is apparent that they have served Master Zaraen, also, as this blade was offered to him in the form of the Concordance of Fealty - presumably from a personal connection between the two Jedi Masters. The blade has since been stolen from Master Zaraen by Karza Vossen.

Behind the scenes
Emoral Heliolite is an Original Character on the Darth Malgus RP Server of Star Wars: The Old Republic.