Treetower (Jedi Renaissance)

Treetower was a male Ugnaught Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic as a General in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Following the war, Treetower was appointed as the Temple Master of the Temple of Force Skills, Qigong Kesh, one of the nine Great Temples of Tython. Treetower would serve in this position for over forty years, teaching young Jedi Journeyers the ways of the Force and opening their minds to new and ancient skills that went far and above anything practiced in recent memory.

Early life
A Force-sensitive male Ugnaught, Treetower was born to parents whose blood profession was space engineering. While relatively wealthy, they were happy that their child would be free to move from their homeworld when he was identified by the Jedi Order for training. Taken to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant, Treetower was sorted into the Katarn Clan where he received training in the ways of the Force. Working well with others at the academy, Treetower preferred exploring the Temple grounds over meditation and sought adventure with his friends more times then entering the Temple Archives. This all changed when Treetower entered into the class of the renowned Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis opened his eyes to the power of a calm mind. Practicing meditation in earnest, Treetower spent much of his time in deep meditation, helping him to excel in his studies and keep a restful mind. Using a type of moving meditation during the Apprentice Tournament at the Temple, Treetower successfully defeated his opponents round after round. Selected to be the apprentice of Roshell Krannurak, a young Theelin Jedi Knight, Treetower accompanied her on many diplomatic missions and recorded her lessons in a small holocron he had learned to construct at the Temple.

In 137 BBY, Treetower was taken to the Jedi world of Ilum by his master to participate in the Gathering; an ancient ritual where several Master-Padawan teams enter the crystal caves there to find their lightsaber crystals by listening to the Force for guidance. Delving deep into the caves, Treetower discovered two small green crystals which were to be used in his lightsaber he had constructed on the journey to the planet. Seeking out the Temple Proper, Treetower located Master Krannurak and ascended to the lightsaber ritual chamber where she led the young Ugnaught through the process of making his first lightsaber. Pleased with his new lightsaber, Treetower returned to taking missions with his master for the next several years, over which he grew in the Force and stalwart in the ways of the Jedi.

Upon facing his Trials of Knighthood, Treetower was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight,

Clone Wars
When the Clone Wars erupted between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Master Treetower took up the rank of General in the Grand Army of the Republic, leading clone troopers against the Separatist Droid Army. During the war, the Jedi learned that a group of Ugnaughts—men, women and younglings—were being smuggled to the Trade Federation, destined to be slaves in Confederate factories. Treetower, despite never having faced such a dangerous mission before, demanded that he be allowed to undertake it by himself. Arriving on the gas giant of Yorn Skot, Treetower landed aboard a small platform but was met with resistance by two spider droids, and was forced to trigger a distress signal before being knocked from the platform. He was rendered unconscious and wound up hanging from the platform's underside by his cloaks.

Aboard a nearby Star Destroyer, the H.O.P.E. Squad—four specialized clone commandos—intercepted his signal and were rerouted from their previous mission by the Jedi Council. Ejecting from the starship aboard four individual escape pods, they descended into the atmosphere where the pods broke open, allowing them to slow their fall using combat umbrellas. The clones destroyed the spider droids from the air and landed on the platform, then used grappling hooks to rappel down to where Treetower hung. Suddenly, they were attacked by Separatist jump droids, and three of the clones were quickly killed. The squad leader managed, by way of skillful acrobatics and combat prowess, to overcome all the droids, as well as grab Treetower when his cloak ripped and he began to fall. The Jedi awoke as the squad leader caught him, then held on tight to his arm as the clone dealt with the final droid. Climbing atop the platform once more, Treetower raced forward and flung open the hatch on the platform, freeing the cargo the droids had fought so hard to possess. He revealed the slaves to the clone, then turned to him and smiled, both satisfied that their mission was a success.