Lorbei Harves (Jedi Renaissance)

Lorbei Harves was a male Kajain'sa'Nikto Jedi Master serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic as a investigator and a General in the Grand Army of the Republic. After the Clone Wars, Harves was appointed to the High Council, serving the Order for many years from Ossus.

Early life
A Force-sensitive Nikto born to a single mother on Coruscant, Mirathan Harves turned over her son to the Jedi Temple immediately after he was identified as Forceful, citing her prominence in the corporate world to take time to raise him. Training in the Temple Academy for years, Harves often inquired after his mother and was always refused access to records by Curator T'un. Within weeks of the Apprentice Tournament, Harves had only just reached his thirteenth name day when the Council of First Knowledge called the Nikto before it to inform him of his mother's murder. Rushing down into one of the Temple's crowded refectories, Harves saw the reports on the Hononet detailing the gruesome murder of his mother several miles from the Temple at her penthouse suite. Requesting permission to attach himself to the case, the Council refused him sitting his strong feelings towards his mother and clouded judgment. Disregarding their counsel, Harves left the Temple and entered the crime scene to begin with the investigation. When the authorities questioned him on his presence Jedi Master Tera Sinubé, the lead investigator on the case, told them that he could stay and that he was a Jedi. Sinubé pulled Harves aside and warned him that straying from the Temple against the will of the Council was not wise, but agreed to let him remain so long as he did not interfere in the investigation. Honored to be in the presence of such a renowned Master, Harves assisted Sinubé in evidence collection and impressed the Cosian Jedi with his calm and centering abilities given the circumstances.

Remaining by Sinubé's side throughout the investigation, Harves continued to astound the wizened investigator and prove that he possessed a knack for the job of finding clues and piecing them together logically without the distraction of emotions. After two months of searching for answers, Harves and Sinubé discovered the murderer of Mirathan Harves; her former lover and shareholder in the Insco Grocery Company attacked her after dismissing his affection as lust. Despite the fact that his father had murdered his mother, Harves kept his composure during the arrest of the man and saw him incarcerated within a high security prison. Returning to the Temple, the Council was prepared to reprimand Harves for getting involved and refusing to defer to their counsel but was stopped by Master Sinubé who claimed Harves was acting as his Padawan and was obeying his instructions. Agreeing to honor the apprenticeship, the Council refrained from disciplining Harves and permitted him to train under the respected Master.

Honored to train under the esteemed Master, Harves dedicated himself to learning all he could of criminal law, studying within the Temple Archives reviewing court cases and journals of retired investigators for days at a time. Travelling with Master Sinubé to Ilum, Harves crafted a amber-bladed lightsaber deep in the caverns beneath the Temple's entrance which he would wield for several decades. Before finishing his apprenticeship, Harves was tasked one final mission on Coruscant which would serve as his Trial of Knighthood. Traveling deep into the Coruscant Underworld, Harves was tasked with discovering the location of a warehouse on Level 1406, infiltrating it, and discovering whether or not it was housing illegal explosives as reports indicated. Looking through transaction reports and following rumors, Harves discovered the factory and quickly deduced that it was being run by the Pyke Family, a criminal syndicate run by a notorious family of crime bosses. Infiltrating the building's maintenance crew, Harves entered the facility and recorded enough information so that Coruscant Security Forces could safely enter the building and shut down the illegal activity without any loss of life.