Aefan (Jedi Renaissance)

"While we have managed to see few Aefan Jedi due to their world's opposing allegiances, those Forceful Aefans have shown a greater then average proclivity toward pyrokinesis. Studies suggest that his is somehow related to the Aefao's burning fields where shamans would scorch the earth surrounding cities or great forests to prevent the spread of the world's unique fire storms. I hope that with new treaties in place the lack of Aefan Jedi can swiftly be remedied."

- Jedi Knight Horen Hote, writing about Aefan in the Jedi Order.

Aefan were a humanoid species from the terrestrial world of in the  of the galaxy. Discovered by the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War, the Aefans developed a society that was largely mistrustful of the Republic and believed the Jedi Order to be deceptive and malicious. Following the Clone Wars, Aefao remained a member state of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and was finally able to negotiate with the Jedi Order in regards to sending Forceful individuals to train on Ossus.

Biology and appearance
Baseline Humans, the Aefan people evolved from a lost colony of Core Worlders that adapted to the world's sun and the forests of Aefao. Maintaining all their Human traits and anatomy, Aefans were diminutive and had a dark orange complexion due to the light from the local star.

History
The Aefans were native to, a remote planet located in the of the Outer Rim. After a colony ship crashlanded on the world sometime in the Republic's early history, the stranded Human colonists persevered and began their own society on the forested world. Relying on the ironwood forests to protect them from the firestorms that plagued the world, the Aefans were reliant on shamans who used the Force to scorch the earth outside and around the forests to stop the approach of the fire storms. Erecting simple cities across the surface of Aefao, the descendants of the stranded colonists never were able to reconstruct the ancient transport that brought them to the world, but generations later remembered that they came from the stars. When Darth Revan's Sith Empire discovered the planet, the Aefan's hailed the Sith as their saviors and pledged themselves to their cause against the Republic and the [[Jedi Order (Jedi Renaissance)|Jedi Order. After the war ended abruptly after the death of Darth Malak and the defection of Revan to the Jedi Order, the Aefans remained independent, awaiting the return of the Empire and their Sith masters. Pledging support for the Sith each time they reemerged, it was eventually conquered by the Republic after the Empire's final defeat at.

When the Confederacy of Independent Systems was created to oppose the Republic, Aefao withdrew from the Senate of the Republic and pledge support to the Confederacy. Hotly contested during the Clone Wars, the Republic maintained its presence on the world throughout the fighting; refusing to let the Confederacy gain a foothold on the world. Confederate Major attempted to liberate the world from the Republic but was assassinated by his own tactical droid during the third battle, disabling the Confederate rear guard and resulting in a Republic victory. When the war ended, the planet was permitted to join the Confederacy peacefully. For years the world remained solitary, rebuffing efforts by the Jedi Order to recruit from the planet. This changed when the world was visited by representatives of the Hutt Empire in Year 37 and offered a position within the Empire. The representatives, members of the t'landa Til species, stimulated the brains of many Aefans during a ceremony known as the Exultation and compelled them to align with the Empire. A major faction of the government traveled as pilgrims to and joined the Cult of the One and the All and pledged support in destroying the Republic and the Jedi. Little did they know the Empire simply needed slaves to help mass produce their glitterstim spice to help fund the coming war known as the Hutt Offensive. When the Jedi did launch their assault on Hutt Space, Republic and Confederate troops assisted in liberating the Aefans from their thralldom and transported them back to their homeworld. With greater trust between them, the Aefans permitted the Order to recruit from their world.

Aefan Jedi
While only serving in limited numbers throughout the early history of the Republic and the Order, the Jedi Order renegotiated their dealings with the Aefan after the Clone Wars. Aligned with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Aefan agreed to blood test their children and send any Forceful infants to Ossus in exchange for Jedi protection. Like all species which served in the Order, Aefans were represented in the Grand Temple on Ossus. Within the main entrance of the Temple, known as the Hall of Meditating Masters, a larger-than-life bronzium statue was erected in dedication to all Aefans who had and who would serve. Erected far down the corridor among less represented species, the kneeling Master did not represent any one Jedi in particular, but gave future generations of Aefan Jedi a place to find solace and peace. In the Sword of the Jedi tower, the lightsabers of all Jedi were placed in memory of fallen warriors and scholars alike. The Edifice of Heroes stood ready to memorialize any future Aefan within the Order with paintings, monuments, or holodepictions.

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