Night-flower

A night-flower was a type of flower that closed itself at dawn. The Lucem former Jedi Padawan Ruu began to close himself up in order to deal with the grief of the death of his Jedi Master, Conithr, between 230 BBY and 229 BBY.The events of "Rogue Element" take place one year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 230 BBY. The story establishes Conithr died between the destruction of Starlight Beacon and the story's events, therefore meaning she passed away between those two years. 
In 229 BBY, after destroying a Nihil pirates' factory on the Core Worlds planet Corellia, Ruu mentally reflected on how much harder it had become to let the comforting numbness of the Force envelop him. He likened his emotional withdrawal to a night-flower closing at dawn—a once-familiar act that now felt increasingly difficult.
==Behind the scenes==
A night-flower was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in "Rogue Element," a short story written by Alyssa Wong that was published in the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition of the 2023 young-adult anthology The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, a night-flower was mentioned in "Hondo Ohnaka's Not-So-Big Score," a short story written by Jason Fry that was published in the 144th issue of the Star Wars Insider magazine by Titan Magazines on September 3, 2013.Star Wars Insider 143
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==Notes and references==
Category:Flowers