Grey Sentinels

The Grey Sentinels was a religious monastic group founded in 5 ABY by Barriss Offee, a Jedi of the old Galactic Republic, after Jedi Master Luke Skywalker refused to reform the Jedi Order after the defeat of the Galactic Empire. The group was focused on the recovery of ancient Jedi and Sith artifacts from all corners of the galaxy, for storage in the Jedi Archives of the old Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where the group made their base. They used the logo of the old Jedi Order as much of their work involved researching and recovering the history of the order. When the New Jedi Order was eventually formed in 40 ABY, the Grey Sentinels became an independent branch of the order.

Offee led the group herself from its founding to her death in 12 ABY, and she was succeeded by her Jedi lover, Girrolt Raxis, who led it from 12 ABY until 40 ABY when it was absolved into the Jedi Order itself and Raxis became a member of the Masters' Council; from then on, the leader of the Grey Sentinels within the Jedi was a member of the Council of First Knowledge, and was known as the Keeper of the Old Ways. Commonly, the leader of the sentinels was also the Chief Librarian of the Jedi Archives.

In 84 ABY, the sentinels were involved in a mission to rediscover the ancient Jedi world of Ossus, and the leader at the time, Bashevlos Kiar, was the one behind the discovery itself. Afterwards, the sentinels focused almost all of their efforts on excavating ancient Jedi relics from the Great Library on Ossus, and were later behind the rebuilding of the library when the Jedi decided to move their base of operations from Coruscant, to focus more on study of the Force. During this time, many Grey Sentinels members became librarians, researchers and archivists at the Great Library, and the Keeper of the Old Ways officially became the Guardian of the Great Library.

Offee was inspired by the grey-cloaked Jedi Temple Guards in creating the order, as they carried yellow saberstaffs reminiscent of that of ancient Jedi sentinels.

Known Members

 * Barriss Offee - 5 ABY-12 ABY
 * Girrolt Raxis - 5 ABY-42 ABY
 * Coleman Kcaj - 5 ABY-6 ABY
 * Makida Suberil - 18 ABY-63 ABY
 * Dunteri Fezerron - 40 ABY-76 ABY
 * Bashevlos Kiar - 76 ABY-104 ABY

Behind the Scenes
The Grey Sentinels is the first wholly original organisation or group I have introduced into this series. As time goes by, I will add more members and leaders as its story unfolds. I chose Barriss as leader and original founder as she had a great sense of respect for ancient Jedi teachings and rituals prior to her fall to the dark side, which she redeemed herself from in my storyline.