Dawn of the Republic - Gray Jedi Order Idea

[Cainhurst Crow]

I'd like to play a former dark side character, who was turned to the light after the death of a close friend. Would this backstory be allowed for the faction?

 

[e_black162_2]

I'd like to play a former dark side character, who was turned to the light after the death of a close friend. Would this backstory be allowed for the faction?

I don't see why not. Your character has seen both extremes of the force making him a great candidate for our balanced faction.

 

[Shalken]

So uh, how will our faction fit into the NTL's rp? will the admins allow independent factions like ours or is it just the main factions?

Yes, they allow independent factions. In fact, there are often way more independent factions than primary ones.

 

[e_black162_2]

Yes, they allow independent factions. In fact, there are often way more independent factions than primary ones.

Okay. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[Eagei]

Ok its official when i get home I am starting the temple of adega work shop, anyone interested in being a part of it message me and ill tag you when I post it

 

[OhNoesBunnies]

Hmmm, shame their ideals don't align with Mimi's. Though it'll be interesting to see what happens if she ever interacts with one of the Fulcrum's agents.

 

[Vosrik]

Hey @theprophet! You can go ahead and add @Shalken and I to the roster, as our characters Vosrik and Shalken will be joining the Fulcrum after a time.

 

[Azenethi]

I am extremely interested in joining Fulcrum. I do have a few questions though, Earlier in the thread it sounded like the Mystics were going to be an intelligence gathering group along with their other duties. Is this correct? If so would an intelligence group be interested in having access to someone who could spy for them? And my second question is what Fulcrum members ability to kill if need be on the job? But yeah, I would love to join up with you guys.

 

[Vosrik]

Don't think I can answer for the above, but I have a question too regarding battles.
If giant faction battles break out, will the Fulcrum aid whichever side best supports their current plans, or will we just take a back seat and let them fight each other while we observe them? Trying to keep the balance might mean that we mobilize to try stopping either one side or another from gaining complete dominance.

 

[e_black162_2]

@Vosrik and @Azenethi, I cant really answer your questions (as I am but a lowly grunt) but i think killing on the job would be acceptable as it is a necessary task in war and espionage alike. And as for battles, I believe we would stay as uninvolved as possible. After all, we are a small secretive faction.

 

[Azenethi]

@Vosrik and @Azenethi, I cant really answer your questions (as I am but a lowly grunt) but i think killing on the job would be acceptable as it is a necessary task in war and espionage alike. And as for battles, I believe we would stay as uninvolved as possible. After all, we are a small secretive faction.

Thanks for the answer. I can see my self wanting to work closely with @AchillesHell on spy and espionage matters. A question to him though, I saw your interesting lightsaber style, and was wondering if it could be taught to me as well?

 

[Kibagami]

I am extremely interested in joining Fulcrum. I do have a few questions though, Earlier in the thread it sounded like the Mystics were going to be an intelligence gathering group along with their other duties. Is this correct? If so would an intelligence group be interested in having access to someone who could spy for them? And my second question is what Fulcrum members ability to kill if need be on the job? But yeah, I would love to join up with you guys.

Welcome @Azenethi
I'm sure we could find use for a spy type.
As for killing, it boils down to personal judgement in matters of survival.

If giant faction battles break out, will the Fulcrum aid whichever side best supports their current plans, or will we just take a back seat and let them fight each other while we observe them? Trying to keep the balance might mean that we mobilize to try stopping either one side or another from gaining complete dominance.

We would never get involved in a faction battle for a number of reasons, least of which is that the Fulcrum is a very secretive group that wants to stay hidden, especially from the Sith/SBZ.

 

[Azenethi]

Welcome @Azenethi
I'm sure we could find use for a spy type.
As for killing, it boils down to personal judgement in matters of survival.


We would never get involved in a faction battle for a number of reasons, least of which is that the Fulcrum is a very secretive group that wants to stay hidden, especially from the Sith/SBZ.

Sounds good. Thanks for the info.!

 

[Vosrik]

Hey everyone, so I just read a bit of disturbing news from Brandon in the timeline announcements.

Basically, you can't walk the line as if the line represents balance. That's not how the dark side works. The dark side is corruption. Anything you do that dabbles in the dark side is going to corrupt you to some extent. So if you're a Grey Jedi and your idea of Grey Jedi is being able to safely use the light and the dark, that won't work. Any time you use the dark side, it will start to corrupt you.

The best way to be Grey Jedi in this timeline is in the way Jolee Bindo or Qui-Gon Jinn were considered Grey Jedi. They were in the light, but they did not follow the path of the Jedi Council. Or in this case, the path of the Jedi Council or the Jedi Lord.

This kind of goes against our whole philosophy about keeping the balance between the two. It's not quite so much a problem for my character, Vosrik, but for other people who were planning on walking the line more so.

 

[RedneckLoves]

I'll say it in here too for the benefit of everyone interested in this faction. Most of us have already come to the conclusion that by using mostly neutral force powers, like moving things around/levitating/etc that can be USED for any reason but isn't inherently good or evil is the best way to be a gray jedi with the restrictions posed by admins/thinktank/whoever during this TL.

Of course some people are going to want to used dark side powers sometimes and that's fine too as long as you show that there are consequences in your character immediately following the incident. Meditating to recover from the corruption of the dark, or just being angry and evil for a minute, stuff like that has to happen. Someone else pointed out that the whole idea behind what Brandon's saying (walking the line is essentially impossible because each use of the dark side corrupts a little) is that you can't have a character all like I'm healing someone and then I'm using force lightning to kill and then I'm healing again and now I'm draining the life from someone, etc.

Basically as long as there are major consequences and you understand being gray jedi DOES NOT mean you get to use both sides of the force willy nilly I don't see any problems at all.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Keep in mind - you can't just shrug off your use of the dark side either. Meditating or whatever isn't going to magically cure you. If you keep delving into the dark side, it will consume you. It will take time to fully ensnare you, but every use of the dark side has consequences that will build up over time and can't just be balanced away by use of the light or anything.

That's not a restriction we've placed on the site - that's Star Wars canon. That's how the Force works, and that's something we explained in this announcement one month ago.

 

[Tsunami]

Don't worry guys, there are spots for all of you in the Sith!

Welcome to the brotherhood!

 

[Shalken]

Don't worry guys, there are spots for all of you in the Sith!

Welcome to the brotherhood!

Shalken will probably be more interested in increasing those Sith vacancies than filling them :P

 

[Gamov]

It will take time to fully ensnare you, but every use of the dark side has consequences that will build up over time and can't just be balanced away by use of the light or anything.

That's not a restriction we've placed on the site - that's Star Wars canon. That's how the Force works

Hurling Sith down reactor shafts in battle stations seems like a cure.

That's all you guys need to do. Don't fret. Traveling too far down the Dark Side? Just throw a Sith off a cliff. Easy.

#Redemption.

 

[Tsunami]

Shalken will probably be more interested in increasing those Sith vacancies than filling them :p

Doesn't sound very balanced to me!