Peleg Ryn

Peleg Ryn was a Force-sensitive Noghri who served as a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era. In 228 BBY, a plague known as the blight was discovered to be present in the Shrine in the Depths, a Sith temple buried under the Jedi Temple on the Core Worlds planet Coruscant. In response to the discovery, Grand Master Yoda took it upon himself to led the Jedi's efforts to slow the blight's spread by meditating inside the shrine.
At the time Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh visited the shrine to speak with Yoda, Ryn and Master Jenneh Ley were meditating alongside Yoda in the temple. Ryn and Ley continued to meditate as the Grand Master left the shrine spoke with Rwoh, though his brief time away resulted in the two taking on enough added burden that Jedi Knight Inith Lowera was forced to enter the temple and assist the two Jedi. Yoda returned to his meditation after he was finished talking to Rwoh.
==Biography==
Peleg Ryn was a Noghri who served as a Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era. In 228 BBY, Jedi Knights Reath Silas and Vernestra Rwoh visited the Shrine in the Depths, a Sith temple buried under the Jedi Temple on the Core Worlds planetStar Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi Coruscant where they learned that a plague known as the blight was present in the shrine. Grand Master Yoda personally led the Order's response to the discovery, taking it upon himself to slow the blight's spread by sitting inside the temple and meditating. To assist Yoda, other Jedi took shifts in which they sat with the Grand Master inside the shrine, giving themselves over to a meditative trance. The Jedi who returned after spending time combating the blight were weary, drained, and physically spent, with Rwoh commenting it was like the Jedi had given a part of themselves just to slow the blight's spread.
At one point, Ryn and the human Jedi Master Jenneh Ley carried out a shift meditating with Yoda. The three sat around a circle of blight, with Ley and Ryn on the left and right of the plague, and they all shared the same posture of sitting cross-legged with their heads tilted to the left. During their shift, Rwoh made her way to the shrine, intent on speaking with the Grand Master, recognizing Ryn and took notice of their posture as she approached. After the Mirialan stepped into the temple, her presence was acknowledged by the Grand Master, though both Ryn and Ley continued concentrating deeply and did not look up at her. The Knight then noted that because of her distraction of Yoda, it had forced the two to take on added strain and as a result they had deepened their frowns.
While Rwoh stated that she had come to the shrine to see if she could offer assistance to the Grand Master or if he needed anything, Yoda knew it not had been the reason for her visit, and briefly left the temple so that he could speak with her. Feeling guilty for distracting Yoda from his task, Rwoh swiftly noticed how abundantly clear the strain of his absence had added onto Ryn and Ley. Because of the increased burden on the Noghri and human, the Pantoran Jedi Inith Lowera hurried past Rwoh and the Grand Master into the temple to help shoulder the strain. The Mirialan then told Yoda that she could not keep him from his meditation and that she had really come to offer her help. After finishing his conversation with the Jedi Knight, the Grand Master returned to the shrine to assist the Jedi in their efforts against the blight.
==Personality and traits==
Peleg Ryn had gray skin. According to Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh, the Noghri was small in size. Ryn remained in deep concentration and therefore did not look up at Rwoh when she approached the Sith shrine. Rwoh noticed the Noghri's frown deepened due to the added strain of Grand Master Yoda's brief absence had caused them when Yoda spoke with her.
==Skills and abilities==
As a member of the Jedi Order, Ryn was Force-sensitive and trained to wield the Force. When Grand Master Yoda left the temple to speak to Rwoh, she quickly noticed how exceedingly clear the extra burden Ryn and Master Jenneh Ley had taken on was, which necessitated Jedi Knight Inith Lowera coming into the shrine to help them.
==Behind the scenes==
Peleg Ryn appeared in the 2024 young-adult novel The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless, written by George Mann and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless 
==Notes and references==
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