Yacombe

The Yacombe were a group once associated with the dark side of the Force and whose members only spoke through proxies. In 382 BBY, a delegate of the Yacombe attempted to join the Convocation of the Force, an advisory council, in the Holy City of the moon Jedha. While there, two other representatives of different religious groups attacked the Yacombe, and Jedi Knight Oliviah Zeveron intervened to protect them. However, the representative decided to leave the Convocation since they understood it was not what they were looking for. In 88 BBY, at least one artifact associated with the Yacombe was kept in the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts, a section of the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant.
==Description==
The Yacombe were a group of Force-sensitive individuals. The Yacombe were once associated with the dark side of the Force but eventually broke from that alignment andStar Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia by 382 BBY were neutral. Susalee, the Lonto species representative in the Convocation of the Force—an advisory council that gathered various factions related to the Force—indicated that the Yacombe strived for balance in all things. The Yacombe did not speak directly but instead used proxies to speak for them. They traditionally wore purple robes and used two twin blades as weapons.
==History==
===Convocation of the Force===
In 382 BBY, a Yacombe envoy traveled to the Convocation Chambers in the Holy City of the moon Jedha to apply the Yacombe for membership in the Convocation of the Force. The Yacombe representative spoke only through a Ximpi proxy. While in the Convocation Chambers, the envoy was threatened by Convocation representatives Sirené and Waran Val of the Fallanassi and Matukai religious orders, respectively, as they believed the Yacombe were dark siders and aggressors who sought only to divide and corrupt. The envoy's proxy insisted that the envoy was not a dark sider and that none of the Yacombe were affiliated with the dark side of the Force.
Susalee claimed that the Lonto and Yacombe had a long history together and confirmed that the Yacombe had left the dark side of the Force behind many generations ago. Waran asked then why the envoy did not speak for herself, and the Convocation representative of the Disciples of the Whills, Elris Florent, explained that the Yacombe only spoke through proxies and that they should at least listen to the Yacombe's application. However, the representatives continued with their attacks.
===Leaving the Convocation and legacy===
Before either attacker could reach the envoy, Jedi Knight Oliviah Zeveron arrived to defend the Yacombe and was able to defuse the situation by pointing out that the Yacombe was not fighting back. After receiving an apology from Kilan T'Dara, the representative of the Church of the Force institution and leader of the Convocation, the Yacombe communicated with their Ximpi proxy, who informed the Convocation that the envoy was retracting her application. Before leaving, the representative's proxy claimed that the Yacombe had come seeking a place of peace and harmony and had found none. Sometime later, while trying to discredit the Convocation of the Force, Herald Werth Plouth of the Path of the Open Hand religious order claimed to the people of Jedha that the Convocation had insulted and attacked the Yacombe representative.The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha
In 88 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines Jedi Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas snuck into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts, a Bogan Collection and forbidden section of the Jedi Archives located in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. They saw several artifacts that belonged to groups such as the Sith, the Sorcerers of Tund, and the Yacombe. Sifo-Dyas was surprised by the artifacts and wondered about their origins.
==Behind the scenes==
The Yacombe were first mentioned in a flashback sequence in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott and published on April 30, 2019. The spelling of Yacombe was confirmed by the audio drama's script releaseDooku: Jedi Lost script on October 1 of the same year. The organization made its first appearance in the comic story "Peace and Unity," which was published by Marvel Comics in the first issue of the 2022 Star Wars: The High Republic comic series as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase II on October 12, 2022. The issue was written by Scott and illustrated by Andrea Broccardo. Scott later stated in a Q&A that the Yacombe design was based on the rightmost Jedi in Phil Noto's concept art for Star Wars: The High Republic.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha 
*The High Republic: The Battle of Jedha script 
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*The High Republic (2022) 4 
*The High Republic (2023) 5
*The High Republic (2023) 6
*The High Republic (2023) 7
*The High Republic (2023) 8
*The High Republic (2023) 9
*The High Republic (2023) 10
*The High Republic: Tempest Breaker 
*The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script 
*Dooku: Jedi Lost 
*Dooku: Jedi Lost script 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
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==Notes and references==
Category:Dark side organizations