Abandoned Village

The Abandoned Village was a village located on the Outer Rim planet Zeffo. The village was near the Derelict Hangar, a hangar used to conduct trade, the Turbine Facility, a facility which powered various turbines and the Weathered Monument, a statue created by the ancient technologically advanced, mostly Force-sensitive Zeffonians. It was founded by Republic archaeologists and pioneers. During the Imperial era, the village was occupied by the Galactic Empire as part of Project Auger, which sought to excavate Zeffonian artifacts for the Emperor. Before being abandoned by 1990, it housed several inhabitants including Mirienna and Sienna– all displaced because of the occupation. In the aftermath, Mirienna and Sienna were known survivors with much of the village being covered in moss and snow. The village was later inhabited by fauna such as the scazz leading to constant attacks on the Imperial garrison stationed. In July 1990, fugitive Jedi Cal Kestis came across the village in his quest to restore the Jedi Order where he fought against the Imperial troopers there.
==Description==
The Abandoned Village consisted of ten houses located on the Outer Rim Territories planet Zeffo. It was close to the Derelict Hangar, where starships could land and conduct trade with the villagers, and the Turbine Facility, a run-down facility that operated several turbines. The Weathered Monument, a statue created by the ancient technologically advanced, mostly Force-sensitive Zeffonians could be seen from the village. The settlement was built in a multilevel area between two mountain peaks. There were at least three entrances to enter the settlement: two from the Derelict Hangar and one from the Turbine Facility. The hamlet could be entered from the Turbine Facility by traveling through a cave which included a bridge across a ravine. It could also be entered from the Derelict Hangar through a long windy pathway along the edge of the mountain with a metal bridge that had been destroyed by 1990. This led into a pathway dotted with wide stone slabs, near the outskirts of the settlement. The pathway ended within a rooftop structure in the hamlet. Many homes were separated from the main village by a large turbine. A shortcut could be accessed through a blast door found at the Derelict Hangar that led into a tunnel and later to the rooftop of a house.
Much of the village's architecture mostly utilized stone shaped in round, curved shapesThe Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and many houses were decorated with banners filled with colorful imagery. These houses were connected by metal bridges on the rooftops. At least one known metal bridge connected a house close to a waterfall to the rest of the village in between a deep ravine that formed a river flowing into another waterfall beside the village which ran into a body of water below the mountain. By the year 1990, there were several GX-8 Moisture Vaporators surrounding the village with some located on the rooftops of the houses. Many of the metal bridges were destroyed and were inhabited by local fauna such as the subterranean, verminous scazz and at least one jotaz nearby— large and highly aggressive predators native to Zeffo. By then, many houses were covered in snow and moss with old pots lining the streets of the village, overgrown with grass.
==History==
The village was established by a small community of Republic archaeologists and pioneers. In 1984,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Order 66 to 1984. after Order 66, an order programmed in the behavioral modification biochips in clone troopers to execute the Jedi for treason against the Republic, the villagers found the Crash Site of a Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer and built a memorial for the fallen clone troopers on the ship that crashed there. By then, Jedi Master Eno Cordova was one of the main representatives of the community.Scarif and Other Outer Rim Planets
By 1990, the Galactic Empire arrived on Zeffo and initiated Project Auger, an Imperial project to excavate Zeffonian artifacts of value for the Emperor with excavations beginning almost immediately. As part of the project's goals, the Empire occupied the village and redistributed its inhabitants by forcing them from their homes then shipping them to labor camps through Imperial Code 94364 which forbade selling or trading without proper authorization. It stated that the village's property including its belongings were to be protected by the Empire's 201st Squadron led by General Markon. While relocating the inhabitants there, the villager Ostar distracted several Imperial stormtroopers to allow his wife Mirienna and his daughter Sienna to escape. Mirienna and Sienna survived and were free from the Empire's forced relocation efforts on the planet; however, the village became abandoned and swept by the strong gusty winds of Zeffo. In July 1990, before Fugitive Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis explored the village, two scout troopers attacked and killed a scazz on the edge of the village. During Kestis's exploration, he fought against the Empire to reach the Tomb of Eilram and later the Tomb of Miktrull.
While there, Kestis used a Force ability called psychometry to learn about what happened before his arrival. During his exploration, he opened one chest by a stone wall on the edge of the village that contained enough durite to construct a lightsaber handle, one chest containing a sleeve for the Duty and Resolve lightsaber and one chest containing the material for the Guardian outfit, both positioned on rooftops.
==Behind the scenes==
The Abandoned Village 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 Jean-Francois Rey. Like with the rest of the game, the location is heavily influenced by 3D Metroidvania type design. The village was the very first environment designed and was given simple shapes to give it familiarity and strong readability. The location was first revealed in the xbox e3 briefing of the game on June 10, 2019.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 
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*The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
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==Notes and references==
Category:Galactic Empire cities
Category:Settlements
Category:Zeffo locations