Talk:Gray Jedi Code/@comment-84.212.139.245-20160218063103/@comment-25836167-20160218163809

I've read Dawn of the Jedi too, and have put some considerable thought into the Je'daii. I'd really consider them the prototype for all Force-centered organizations, but ultimately unsustainable. Their goal was to understand and balance all aspects of the Force, no argument. But they never really achieved it. They still had members who failed to maintain balance and sent them into exile on Ashla or Bogan until the head council decided they had reattained it. And of course, the notable poor handling and failure to balance the Daegen Lok situation. The arrival of a single Dark Side-only user (Xesh) threatened the entire planet and required all 9 temple masters to correct. They were unable to find an alternative to the Dark Side-only powered Forcesabers and had to resort to fighting Dark Side with Dark Side when the Rakatan armada finally arrived. Finally, the ultimate split of the Je'daii Order into Ashla and Bogan followers (Jedi/Sith forerunners), rather than resolving differences, rebalancing, and continuing as The Je'daii Order, is a final nail in the coffin. The Je'daii had Gray intentions, but did not have millenia of experience and wisdom to draw on, and not able to continue to exist as they were. Which is why the Jedi and Sith even exist: because the Je'daii were not balanced, regardless of intentions.

The Gray Jedi here carry on the spirit of the Je'daii, but with the successes and failures of millenia with which to improve.