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Allya Darkwood
"When perfected,
humankind is the superior of animals.
But when isolated,
we are the worst of all.
We are equipped at birth
with the weapons of intelligence
and with the qualities of character
we use for the vilest of ends.
Wherefore if we have no virtue,
we are the most unholy
and savage of animals,
full of gluttony, lust, and rage..."
"When perfected,
humankind is the superior of animals.
But when isolated,
we are the worst of all.
We are equipped at birth
with the weapons of intelligence
and with the qualities of character
we use for the vilest of ends.
Wherefore if we have no virtue,
we are the most unholy
and savage of animals,
full of gluttony, lust, and rage..."
Category: Historical Figure
Name: Allya Darkwood
Homeworld: Ahch-To
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Affiliation: Jedi Order (formerly)
Significance: Founder of the Sorcerers of Dathomir, whom later became the Nightsisters.
Name: Allya Darkwood
Homeworld: Ahch-To
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Affiliation: Jedi Order (formerly)
Significance: Founder of the Sorcerers of Dathomir, whom later became the Nightsisters.
Origin
The woman who would become "Allya Darkwood" was born in the early days of the Republic and the Jedi Order.
Born on the homeworld of the Jedi Order itself, Ahch-To, the infant Allya would never know either of her parents. Refugees from Cardooine, Allya's parents settled in a village some distance away from the Jedi temple, where they planned to have their child and live their lives in peace. Their wishes would never come true. Only a few days before his wife was to enter labor, Alon Darkwood succumbed to Cardooine Chills—then untreatable—and passed away.
Wracked with grief, Allya's mother, Alana Darkwood, was forced to give birth alone. Unbeknownst to her, their daughter was born with a powerful affinity to the Force. Alana was greatly weakened by childbirth; combined with her grief, she knew that she would be incapable of going on much longer. Not knowing what else to do, Alana used the last of her strength to travel into the village, where she beseeched a pair of Jedi passing through to take her daughter and save the child's life. Sensing the child's strength in the Force, the two Jedi accepted. Alana's final act as a mother was to name her child, telling the Jedi that her name was "Allya Darkwood." The Jedi took a crying, infant Allya back to their temple.
Alana died on the journey back home.
Despite beginning the Jedi path on Ahch-To, Allya did not remain there throughout the duration of her training. She was apprenticed to a human Jedi Master named Caran Passik, and traveled the galaxy with him, learning the ways of the Force as he conducted the Order's business.
While on a diplomatic mission to Telos, Passik and Allya's ship was damaged, forcing them to crash land in the cold and treacherous polar regions. There, faced with the threat of starvation and frostbite, Allya learned a critical lesson in survival. With nothing but the Force to sustain them, the two Jedi made their way towards the the nearest settlement. But even this was not to be. As the two traveled, a great snowstorm settled in over the polar regions. Old and weakened, Caran Passik died due to exposure to the elements.
Orphaned again, it didn't look as though Allya Darkwood would survive the Telosian polar region herself. She managed to reach a settlement, however, before collapsing. When she was warm, fed, and well, one of the locals offered to take her out of the polar regions to a city where she might find transport off-world. Unfortunately for Allya, she could not afford transportation. Lacking the means to contact the Jedi Order for assistance, Allya was forced to preform various odd jobs to obtain the necessary credits for passage; but the pay was meager, and several months pass by before she is able to board a transport off-world.
Still, her woes did not end. The pilot of her transport, a smuggler, attempted to take advantage of her during the journey. Angry and afraid, Allya gave way to her darker emotions—built up from years of misfortune and months of grief, following her Master's demise—and killed the pilot with the Force.
Free at last, Allya was able to use her training to return to the Jedi on Ahch-To. While the Jedi at the temple were initially sympathetic after hearing about Master Passik's passing and the struggles she endured while trying to escape Telos, Allya's brief brush with the dark side had a lasting impact. She began to dream of her parents—of their deaths. Driving her mad with grief, these visions furthered her descent into darkness.
The Jedi Council, concerned that she might eventually become a danger to herself and her peers, decided to exile her to a penal colony on a relatively primitive world: a world which would later be known as Dathomir.
There, feeling betrayed by her former comrades while still dealing with lingering grief over her visions and the death of her Master, Allya fully embraced the dark side of the Force. At some point, the inhabitants of the penal colony imprisoned her, believing her to be a "witch" after she demonstrated her dark powers. One month later, the prison burned down in a fire that consumed and destroyed the entire colony. Though she managed to escape, Allya was grievously burned in the process, but managed to sustain herself by drawing upon the dark side.
She fled into the woods of Dathomir and disappeared. Eventually, the survivors of the penal colony rebuilt; some believed her dead, while others feared that she survived and stalked the woods around them.
In truth, Allya survived in the woods, despite her injuries. The pain from her burns furthered her descent into the dark side and she survived by feeding upon the game that she encountered in the wilderness. During her exile in the woods, she also discovered that Dathomir was suffused with dark energy—a magical ichor, connected to the dark side of the Force, that originated deep within the planet. Over time, she learned to tap into this power herself, using it to heal her injuries and increase her powers. But the truest test of her dark strength was when she was cornered by a rancor, giant carnivorous predators native to Dathomir. Through the dark side, she managed to tame the beast, and used it as a mount and a protector.
Eventually, she encountered a nomadic Dathomiri tribe dominated by the women. Impressed by the taming of the rancor, the Dathomiri tribe took Allya in and, in time, she became their leader thanks to her supernatural powers. She taught them to use the Force and the magical ichor she had discovered; they took to calling themselves "Daughters of Allya." She instructed her children to hide in the woods, lest they be branded "witches" like she was and imprisoned—or worse.
Ironically, she would meet her end in such a way. When she was old, and her powers had waned, she became separated from her "daughters" and was captured by villagers who feared her and her "coven." She was put to death, but used her dying breaths to merge her presence with the ichor of Dathomir, transforming her into a vengeful spirit who haunted the nearby woods.
Born on the homeworld of the Jedi Order itself, Ahch-To, the infant Allya would never know either of her parents. Refugees from Cardooine, Allya's parents settled in a village some distance away from the Jedi temple, where they planned to have their child and live their lives in peace. Their wishes would never come true. Only a few days before his wife was to enter labor, Alon Darkwood succumbed to Cardooine Chills—then untreatable—and passed away.
Wracked with grief, Allya's mother, Alana Darkwood, was forced to give birth alone. Unbeknownst to her, their daughter was born with a powerful affinity to the Force. Alana was greatly weakened by childbirth; combined with her grief, she knew that she would be incapable of going on much longer. Not knowing what else to do, Alana used the last of her strength to travel into the village, where she beseeched a pair of Jedi passing through to take her daughter and save the child's life. Sensing the child's strength in the Force, the two Jedi accepted. Alana's final act as a mother was to name her child, telling the Jedi that her name was "Allya Darkwood." The Jedi took a crying, infant Allya back to their temple.
Alana died on the journey back home.
Despite beginning the Jedi path on Ahch-To, Allya did not remain there throughout the duration of her training. She was apprenticed to a human Jedi Master named Caran Passik, and traveled the galaxy with him, learning the ways of the Force as he conducted the Order's business.
While on a diplomatic mission to Telos, Passik and Allya's ship was damaged, forcing them to crash land in the cold and treacherous polar regions. There, faced with the threat of starvation and frostbite, Allya learned a critical lesson in survival. With nothing but the Force to sustain them, the two Jedi made their way towards the the nearest settlement. But even this was not to be. As the two traveled, a great snowstorm settled in over the polar regions. Old and weakened, Caran Passik died due to exposure to the elements.
Orphaned again, it didn't look as though Allya Darkwood would survive the Telosian polar region herself. She managed to reach a settlement, however, before collapsing. When she was warm, fed, and well, one of the locals offered to take her out of the polar regions to a city where she might find transport off-world. Unfortunately for Allya, she could not afford transportation. Lacking the means to contact the Jedi Order for assistance, Allya was forced to preform various odd jobs to obtain the necessary credits for passage; but the pay was meager, and several months pass by before she is able to board a transport off-world.
Still, her woes did not end. The pilot of her transport, a smuggler, attempted to take advantage of her during the journey. Angry and afraid, Allya gave way to her darker emotions—built up from years of misfortune and months of grief, following her Master's demise—and killed the pilot with the Force.
Free at last, Allya was able to use her training to return to the Jedi on Ahch-To. While the Jedi at the temple were initially sympathetic after hearing about Master Passik's passing and the struggles she endured while trying to escape Telos, Allya's brief brush with the dark side had a lasting impact. She began to dream of her parents—of their deaths. Driving her mad with grief, these visions furthered her descent into darkness.
The Jedi Council, concerned that she might eventually become a danger to herself and her peers, decided to exile her to a penal colony on a relatively primitive world: a world which would later be known as Dathomir.
There, feeling betrayed by her former comrades while still dealing with lingering grief over her visions and the death of her Master, Allya fully embraced the dark side of the Force. At some point, the inhabitants of the penal colony imprisoned her, believing her to be a "witch" after she demonstrated her dark powers. One month later, the prison burned down in a fire that consumed and destroyed the entire colony. Though she managed to escape, Allya was grievously burned in the process, but managed to sustain herself by drawing upon the dark side.
She fled into the woods of Dathomir and disappeared. Eventually, the survivors of the penal colony rebuilt; some believed her dead, while others feared that she survived and stalked the woods around them.
In truth, Allya survived in the woods, despite her injuries. The pain from her burns furthered her descent into the dark side and she survived by feeding upon the game that she encountered in the wilderness. During her exile in the woods, she also discovered that Dathomir was suffused with dark energy—a magical ichor, connected to the dark side of the Force, that originated deep within the planet. Over time, she learned to tap into this power herself, using it to heal her injuries and increase her powers. But the truest test of her dark strength was when she was cornered by a rancor, giant carnivorous predators native to Dathomir. Through the dark side, she managed to tame the beast, and used it as a mount and a protector.
Eventually, she encountered a nomadic Dathomiri tribe dominated by the women. Impressed by the taming of the rancor, the Dathomiri tribe took Allya in and, in time, she became their leader thanks to her supernatural powers. She taught them to use the Force and the magical ichor she had discovered; they took to calling themselves "Daughters of Allya." She instructed her children to hide in the woods, lest they be branded "witches" like she was and imprisoned—or worse.
Ironically, she would meet her end in such a way. When she was old, and her powers had waned, she became separated from her "daughters" and was captured by villagers who feared her and her "coven." She was put to death, but used her dying breaths to merge her presence with the ichor of Dathomir, transforming her into a vengeful spirit who haunted the nearby woods.
Legacy
The "Daughters of Allya," over time, became the Sorcerers of Dathomir, a cult of dark siders responsible for repelling the Old Sith Empire during the Sith occupation of Dathomir. These Sorcerers, in turn, became the modern Nightsisters (also known as the "Witches of Dathomir"), who trace their lineage directly back to Allya—though it is unknown if Allya had any consorts, and therefore actual children.
To the Nightsisters, Allya is the "Great Mother," and they believe that if they venture into the woods where Allya lost her life centuries prior—ground considered sacred to them—they are able to commune with her disembodied spirit, which is still said to haunt the woods.
To the Nightsisters, Allya is the "Great Mother," and they believe that if they venture into the woods where Allya lost her life centuries prior—ground considered sacred to them—they are able to commune with her disembodied spirit, which is still said to haunt the woods.
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