Lighter (Sa'ari)

The term lighter referred to Sa'ari who were fully-inducted members of the Order of the Blue Light, named for the Order's mandate to bring the light of the Blue to their homeworld of T'lessia. In that capacity, they served as adjuncts to Sa'ari civilian law enforcement agencies as well as pursuers of those guilty of shroud-crime. Lighters also served as chief bodyguards to government officials, including the Presidia and Vice-Presidia, the various delegates to the Foruma Lawyteret, and national leaders.

Skilled practitioners of various techniques of "the Blue," lighters were analogous to Jedi Knights both in terms of role and training. Lighters almost always worked in pairs, with a junior and senior partner who differed in age by thirty or more T'lessian years. Often the senior partner would pass on her experience to the junior partner. Such relationships could last for hundreds of years, with each lighter becoming intimately familiar with her partner.

Lighters were trained as illuminated learners from a young age, and were given their titles in a unique lighting ceremony that marked their ascension into the ranks of the Order. Sa'ari serving as lighters who showed a particularly strong aptitude for the Blue were sometimes picked by the Eldarch to become their Youngarch, serving as her apprentice and appointed successor.

Appearances

 * The Great Leap Forward