Tomb of Miktrull

The Tomb of Miktrull was the resting place of Miktrull, a revered Zeffo Sage known for his mastery of the "Life Wind"—what the Zeffonians referred to the Force as, located underground in the Outer Rim Territories planet Zeffo. 
The tomb was highly decorated, and the architecture closely resembled the Zeffo temple on the planet Ontotho. The only difference was that a statue of Miktrull was embedded into the entrance to the tomb. Zeffonian designed Tomb Guardians guarded the tomb with the tomb extensively using Zeffonian origin energy spheres and the Life Wind. 
Fauna such as the subterranean, verminous scazz had entered the tomb however the tomb overall was well preserved by the time the Galactic Empire discovered the Outer Rim planet Zeffo and initiated Project Auger, a top-secret Imperial project to recover Zeffo relics for the Emperor. Fugitive Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis's actions on Zeffo in 1990 led to the Empire discovering the tomb.
==Description==
The tomb was located deep underground on the Outer Rim planet Zeffo. By the time of the Galactic Empire, the only known entrance to the temple was via a Crash Site where a Galactic Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer crashed, after which an elevator led to an underground Imperial Dig Site which could be passed to reach a cave system containing the tomb. The tomb was highly ornamental in design, closely resembling the Zeffo temple on the planet Ontotho.Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple 2 A statue of Miktrull was embedded into the entrance to the tomb. By the Imperial era, the tomb suffered some damage however was well preserved though somewhat flooded by the time of the fall of the Jedi Order.
The tomb was also highly decorated inside with various glyphs and gold lining the walls of the tomb with many of the glyphs repeating the word "astrium" near old, damaged statues. It contained two known main halls which included one multilevel main hall that contained two energy spheres which could be used to power Zeffo Technology. The main hall consisted of two levels and contained artwork depicting astriums in the Bogano Vault, a Zeffonian data vault on the Outer Rim planet Bogano, which could be seen by placing a Zeffonian energy sphere within its socket. These astriums had the ability to unlock the secrets of the vault hence its importance to the Zeffo then later to Jedi Master Eno Cordova and Jedi Survivor Kestis. The Zeffonian energy spheres could also be used in the main hall to raise the spire of the Tomb near what would later become the Imperial Headquarters on the planet. The main hall contained many entrances with one entrance including a puzzle course powered by Zeffo technology that could manipulate the gravitational pull of the planet which was inhabited by the parasitic, plant-like skungus, the subterranean, verminous scazz and the mountainous, horned, territorial phillaks. The puzzle course led to back to the main hall and later a burial chamber through a corridor featuring three programmed sliding doors made of stone that could be turned off via a switch at the end of the corridor. The burial chamber contained the sarcophagus of the famous Force-sensitive Zeffo Sage Miktrull hanging from the rooftop which suffered light damage by the Empire in 1990 when the fugitive Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis explored the tomb. The burial chamber also contained an entrance that led back to the first main hall. The tomb also featured another chamber in which the only entrance to the chamber was through the main hall. 
==History==
===A distant age of extravagance===
The Tomb of Miktrull was a tomb constructed when Miktrull was alive, sometime before or during the reign of the Republic. It was built to honor Miktrull for his mastery of "Life Wind," the Force, with the tomb being highly ornamental and large.The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order During its construction phase, a large Zeffonian labour force was used where there were instances of labourers being overworked to death. Zeffonian Soldiers guarded the construction process. Zeffo Tomb Guardians and energy spheres were placed in the tomb. The body of Zeffo Sage Miktrull was placed there after Miktrull died. Afterwards, someone or a group of people uniformly destroyed many Zeffonian energy spheres in the tomb to cover the existence of astriums. At some point before the fall of the Jedi Order in 1984,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas Cordova and Explorer droid BD-1 explored the tomb of Miktrull with him documenting the various glyphs, artwork and artifacts found throughout the tomb.
===Imperial Era===
By 1990, the Empire discovered the planet Zeffo and started excavating the ruins of Zeffonian structures on the surface of Zeffo but were unable to reach to the tomb. That changed when Kestis arrived on Zeffo and managed to get to the Tomb of Eilram, the resting place of the Force-sensitive Zeffonian Sage Eilram. Thus, the Empire reignited Project Auger, their secret operation to recover Zeffonian relics for the Emperor, leading to an increased Imperial presence on Zeffo. The Empire set up operations in the Imperial Dig Site at the Crash Site where they dug for any valuable Zeffonian relics.
During Kestis's second mission to Zeffo, he came across the Crash Site and faced off against some Imperial Viper probe droid then proceeded to the Imperial Dig Site close to the tomb. There, he faced off against a company consisting of stormtroopers, scout troopers, KX-series security droids. While Kestis traversed the Imperial Dig Site, he found a workbench and upgrade BD-1, his companion droid, to allow him to go up and down ziplines. Then he narrowly escaped the Inquisitor Second Sister, formerly known as Cree Lincoln, and discovered a passage leading to a large cave system that contained the Tomb of Miktrull.
During his journey traversing across cave terrain, the Second Sister hacked into Kestis's comms and taunted him. Kestis managed to get inside the tomb via a crack in the wall where he faced off a Tomb Guardian that killed two stormtroopers for trespassing. He then killed the Tomb Guardian and Force pushed a broken wall to enter the first main hall which contained a working Zeffonian energy sphere encased in a glass container hanging from the rooftop. Kestis then Force Pushed a walled entrance where an Eno Cordova Log played after BD-1 scanned the surroundings explaining that a push button device had the ability to manipulate the gravitational pull of the planet.
Kestis followed a path and reached to the second level of the main hall. He faced off against scout troopers and stormtroopers and managed to survive. After exploring the second floor of the main hall, he exited the tomb and discover a large puzzle course inhabited by the subterranean, verminous scazz, parasitic, plant-like skungus and the mountainous, horned, territorial phillaks combatting against the Empire. Kestis navigated through the course, climbed cave terrain using vines, metal bars and solved various puzzles all the while combatting against the Empire. He faced off against various types of purge troopers, troopers trained to kill Jedi, the standard Scout troopers and the Stormtrooper variants he had encountered previously.
After completing the puzzle course, Kestis entered another main hall containing the sarcophagus of Miktrull. There he fought Imperial troopers and nearly fell to his death when a LAAT/le patrol gunship shot the chains holding the sarcophagus from the rooftop. While he fell, he remembered how to Force pull, allowing him to survive from falling to his death by grabbing a rope. He followed an exit from the main hall containing the sarcophagus and enter into the first main hall containing a container of a working Zeffonian energy sphere. He used votive candles to break the glass container and place the energy sphere into its socket allowing the spire to rise. After placing the energy sphere, a mural appeared and unlock an encrypted log played by BD-1 of Cordova explaining the mural, the astrium and how it could "perceive the mysteries of the Vault." Kestis left Zeffo afterwards in search of an astrium. Kestis's actions however allowed the spire to be raised, meaning that the Empire could fully explore the tomb and loot it of any valuables.
When Kestis explored the tomb, he used a Force ability called psychometry to learn about what occurred in the tomb prior to his arrival. While exploring the tomb, Kestis opened one chest, at one main hall that housed a working Zeffonian energy sphere, that contained Haysian smelt which could be used to construct a lightsaber. Another chest located near the same main hall, behind a creeper was opened by Kestis which contained a Sumi BD-1 skin. A third chest close to the entrance to the Imperial Dig Site was unfastened by Kestis which had the Greezy Money paint job for the Latero Spaceworks S-161 "Stinger" XL Luxury yacht, the "Stinger Mantis." An additional chest which contained the Zodiac Drifter paint job for the Stinger Mantis was unlocked by Kestis, close to the same main hall as the other chest which had a Sumi BD-1 skin.
==Behind the scenes==
The Tomb of Miktrull was created for the 2019 video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts – the first installment of the Star Wars Jedi multimedia series. Concept art was done by artist Gabe Yeganyan. Like with the rest of the game, the location is heavily influenced by 3D Metroidvania type design. The Tomb of Miktrull was designed to illustrate a transition from being one with the Force and one with nature as seen in the Tomb of Eilram to a shift towards rigidity, corruption and power. The location was first revealed in the launch trailer of the game on October 29, 2019 and was first identified as the "Tomb of Miktrull" in the game itself.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 
==Sources== 
*The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
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==Notes and references==
Category:Zeffo locations
Category:Zeffo tombs