Qigong Kesh (Jedi Renaissance)

Qigong Kesh, or the Temple of Force Skills was one of nine Great Temples of the Jedi Order located on Thyr continent of the verdant world of Tython. Constructed within a natural cavern systems deep among the dunes of the mysterious Silent Desert, the Temple of Qigong Kesh served as the Order's academy for enhancing and improving one's mental and sensory skills with the Force. Making use of the solitude of the desert and its strange, sound-negating properties, the Jedi would practice their psychokinetic powers as well as arcane practices from bygone eras in hopes of reviving and perfecting long-lost techniques.

Je'daii Order
When the philosophers and scholars from across the galaxy first arrived on Tython in the age of the Infinite Empire, they were brought forth from the stars on giant pyramidal constructs called the Tho Yor. These nine massive ships scattered across the planet and landed in separate locations, releasing those held within to settle the planet. The Tho Yor themselves would serve as the very foundations for these travelers' new homes and places of study. One of the Tho Yor lingered in one of the southern deserts of Thyr continent, above a natural cavern system which opened up in the midst of the desert sands. Large teeth-like rock formations towered over the cavern mouth like the tentacles of a massive sarlacc, marking the Temple's location for those who wandered in search of it. Beneath the still landscape, caverns stretched outward, shielded from the bizarre muting properties of the sands. The temple's students would focus on enhancing their mental endurance and strength in the relative silence of the desert, focusing on the Force and learning to shield themselves within it. The Tho Yor which would serve as the foundations of Qigong Kesh floated above this place for millennia as the Je'daii Order thrived and grew until their ultimate destruction during the Force Wars which saw the birth of the Jedi Order and the abandonment of Tython.

Reconstruction
Many thousand millennia removed from the Force Wars, the Jedi Order saw itself weakened after a near fatal alliance with the Galactic Republic drew them into a deadly war. On the brink of extinction the Order appointed a new Grand Master, the Purpilian Tomac Moorcé, who would reinvigorate the Order and begin a new chapter in its history known as the Jedi Renaissance. Sending scouts to Tython, the High Council ordered an exploration of the ancient ruins of the Je'daii temples with the intent of rebuilding them and using them to bolster the existing Jedi academy system. Locating the ruins devoid of any traces of the Tho Yor, the Builder Corps and the Council of Site Preservation and Construction used ancient schematics and new technology to draw up plans for the Temple's rebirth.

As work was underway on Tython, the High Council selected the Ugnaught Jedi Master Treetower to serve as the Temple Master for the facility. A resourceful fighter, a celebrated instructor, and a powerful Sage Master, Treetower had served the Order for over a century and despite his quite voice and reserved demeanor he was a powerful beacon of light. Arriving on Tython as the Academy neared completion, Treetower fasted within the desert for a fortnight, confronting its dangers and seeking to embrace the maddening silence and stillness. Emerging unscathed, the Temple Master set to work constructing a regimen of Force-based classes that would encourage growth within the Order's Journeyers soon to be visiting the Temple. As the first group arrived in early-17 BBY, Treetower welcomed the small group and encouraged them to share with him and the other Masters their expectations and desires so that the education provided could be well-tailored and exciting. Eager to help, the first group of Journeyers were key in shaping the path Qigong Kesh's educational practices would take over its first years of operation, focusing on Alter abilities and developing psychokinetic skills previously avoided by most Jedi. The freedom Treetower permitted his students in their research was designed to negate the affects the war had on the youngest members of the Order, stripping away thoughts of military structure and protocol and replacing it with a focus on the Force and its many manifestations.