Jordis Valden was looking forward to a bright future. She was gifted in the use of the Force, as were many of her people. She had been brought to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and after proving her abilities, she was chosen as a Padawan by the renowned Jedi Master Luminara Unduli.
That was all before Order 66.
Jordis had been a happy, precocious person before then. Rather than focusing on combat, as many Jedi had during the conflict with the Separatist, Jordis focused on her own, personal connection with the Force. As a Mirialan, she had a natural connection to her surroundings, and the more common Force powers came quite easily to her. Her future in the Order looked bright, indeed.
Jordis trained under Luminara for a year, and her powers developed. Luminara taught Jordis patience, and that mastery of the basics was they key to stability and success, and Jordis took to this lesson eagerly, hoping to emulate her venerated Master in as many ways as possible.
As the conflict with the Separatists intensified, Luminara found herself drawn away from her Padawn, to Kashyyyk, where she was serving alongside former Grand Master Yoda. Jordis never knew what happened to her Master, but through their connection in the Force, she heard one word, understood one dire plea;
"Run".
She gathered her meager possessions; some supplies, a baton, her cloak and her training lightsaber. And without a word to anyone, trusting her master, she was gone.
Barely a day later, the HoloNet broke the news of the destruction of the Jedi Temple.
Jordis heard it all; how the Jedi had been traitors to the Republic. How only through Chancellor Palpatine's wisdom and foresight had the Republic been saved from a coup.
The anger that fostered in her drove Jordis perilously close to the Dark Side.
Jordis retreated to the Outer Rim. She spent time on Tattooine, Taris and Belsavis. Jordis spent months concealing her presence, using the Force to erase memory of her existence from those few sentients she interacted with. She spent time, meditating on what had happened, attempting to center herself so that, when she returned to the core systems, she could act not from anger or hatred, but from a place of serenity.
She spent an entire year learning to move on.
During that time, she knew what her true goal was; there were still people in the Galaxy that would oppose the Empire. But those that would would need hope. They would need someone to preserve the knowledge of the Jedi for a new generation of Force users, and guide their path through the lens of justice, not wrath.
Jordis felt, deep within her, that it was time to return to the Core, and her path has led her near the planet Brentaal...
