Acacius Aries

Acacius Aries

## **OOC**

Acacias is the Guild Master in command of the guild known as The Knights of the Republic. He is level 75, gear rating 306, and is a Jedi Shadow/Infiltration DPS.

## **LORE**

Acacias was born shortly after the Great Galactic war began on Coruscant. Taken by the Jedi Order as an infant to train in the ways of the Jedi, Acacias never knew his parents until much later in his life. As a youngling at the Jedi Temple on Tython, Acacias would learn a great deal about the force and the Jedi from Satele Shan, who took Acacias and mentored him until he was ready to become a padawan. Acacias showed great promise among his fellow younglings, and when he was finally old enough, the Jedi Council made Acacias the padawan of famed Jedi Scholar Gnost-Dural, a Kel Dor on the Jedi Council.

Acacias would show great combat skills in his training as well as the great ability of stealth, set forth putting him into the path of a Jedi Shadow. As Acacias grew older he began learning a multitude of hand-to-hand combat skills and types and was well as one of the few in the Jedi Order to learn all 7 forms of lightsaber combat but master the combat style of Ataru. During his time as a Padawan, he aided his battle in many missions and battles of the Great Galactic War against the Sith Empire.

When the Sith Empire offered a peace treaty to the Republic, Acacias and his Master Gnost-Dural were among the many other Jedi to attend the meeting on Alderaan.

While on Alderaan, The Sith Empire sacked Coruscant and held the planet hostage for the Republic to sign an unfair treaty. Gnost-Dural and Acacias traveled to Coruscant to see the damage, it was here they were ambushed inside the rubble remains of the Jedi Temple ruins by Sith and Imperial Troopers. Acacias and his master defeated multiple troopers and Sith and then escaped as more sith began to arrive.

Gnost-Dural and Acacias got word the Jedi fled to Tython and were building a new Jedi Temple. Upon arriving on Tython, Acacias quickly began to aid in building the Jedi Temple. After the temple was built, the Jedi Council awarded Acacias with the rank of Jedi Master. When the Cold war flared up, the Jedi Council met with a woman that owned Corellia Engineering Corporation who was also in the Republic political scene named Kalique Abraxas. Kalique informed the Republic she could help against the pockets of battle against the Sith Empire by manufacturing new weapons and ships through her company for the Republic. The Republic met with the Jedi Council and formed an organization known as "The Knights of the Republic" consisting of the very best Republic Troopers, and Jedi the Republic and Jedi had to offer. They even granted Kalique a capital ship she named The Eradicator. The Knights of the Republic would be Kalique's strike force organization to aid the Republic.

Acacias was placed in The Knights of the Republic on the Knights Council as Master of the Order of Knights, with Jedi Master Velkiron serving as the Knights Order Grandmaster. Kalique even brought some Mandalorian Mercenaries with her that had been in her employ to help the Knights of the Republic. After the Disappearance of Grand Master Velkiron, Acacius became the Grand Master of the Knights of the Republic.

Acacius always saw conflict within the Jedi Order, and noticed through his historical research, the Jedi always fell to the Sith due to complications of restrictions within their ways. He confronted the Jedi Council and proposed the idea to allow the use of Darkside to aid the abilities of Jedi under the supervision and to only Masters. His plea was denied, and Acacius against the wishes of the Council used the Darkside anyways tapping into it to harness more power to defeat sith, but he never allowed it to consume him and corrupt him. The Jedi Council discovered what Acacius was doing and put him on Trial. He was stripped from the Knights of the Republic program, and then Exiled from the Jedi order.

After Acacius was exiled, all his loyal followers in the Knights of the Republic program followed Acacius leaving the Jedi Order and the Program forcing the Knights of the Republic Program to be shut down. The Chancellor of the Republic called upon Acacius after hearing what the Jedi had done and Personally granted Acacius a position of power within the Republic as a Republic Protector, and Acacius re-formed the Knights of the Republic program, not as a program but a new type of Jedi Order, one that would eventually have it's own Military and Mass amount of Jedi.

During the conflicts of Shadows of Revan and the Eternal Empire, The Knights of the Republic would go on to aid the Republic through both campaigns and eventually victory, all the while gaining more and more Jedi and Military to their cause. Acacius Aries was officially announced as the Republic Knights Jedi Grand Master, The Jedi Order disliked the Knights of the Republic, but could do nothing about them as the Republic favored them and they were protecting the Republic.