The First Jedi Gathering

The First Gathering on Coruscant

> *"Within our walls on Coruscant and Ossus, we feel safe, protected, and most of all -- we find peace. It is our duty as Jedi to expand these feelings that we have within our walls and indulge it to the entire galaxy."*
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> ―Master of the Order Richard Karushi
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**The first Jedi gathering** was an event organized by the Jedi High Council to commune with all members o fthe Jedi Order, an idea initiated by Jedi Master **Ailen Vezo** and executed by Master of the Order **Richard Karushi**. During this gathering, multiple topics were adressed by the High Council to inform and encourage Jedi of their duties to the Force and the Republic.

## Process

The First Jedi Gathering took place in the main hall of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. After all Jedi, except for few, were present ― Master Karushi, accompanied by the Jedi Council, took the stage and shared the following speech:

> "Greetings, Jedi .. thank you all for coming here on such short notice. We have gathered you all here to share some news.. The rumours about my former padawan; Aiden Sheemer, are true. The dark side has taken a hold on him, and with that message in mind ― so has the rise of a New Sith Empire taken a hold on worlds in this galaxy. Next to that, we also face the threat of a yet another Mandalorian crusade on our planets in the Outer-Rim and a war arising from the Seperatist-crisis orchestrated by the Combine of Free Planets. I want to remind you all about our duties as Jedi ― and most of all, to remind you of our combined strength.
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> *Emotions won’t refrain me from bringing peace. Ignorance won’t refrain me from attaining knowledge. Passion won’t refrain me from keeping inner serenity. Chaos won’t refrain me from achieving harmony. Death won’t refrain me from my duty to the Force.*
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> Words to live by, in my honest opinion. We can't let these dark times get the better of us.
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> Within our walls on Coruscant and Ossus, we feel safe, protected, and most of all ― we find peace. It is our duty as Jedi to expand these feelings that we have within our walls and indulge it to the entire galaxy. With that in mind, I ask you all to remember our code and our tenets. Some of which wonder in my mind daily; *honour your padawan, honour your master, honour the council, honour the order .. ― honour 'life'.* Words with a strong message indeed .. Kareem Windu, Aiden Sheemer, Amuro Xarez and others, all Jedi which we lost in the past weeks. Some of them are wandering in the Unknown Regions, others we lost to the Sith. But we must remain strong .. ― and uplive to our duties as Jedi!
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> With that said, I'd like to enlighten us all with a quote of one of the wisest Jedi of all time; **Jedi Grandmaster Griffo Ashunti**:"
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> *"In brightest day, in blackest night ― no evil shall escape my sight.. Let those who whorship evil's might .. beware of my power, the power of light."*
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After the powerfull speech of Jedi Master Richard Karushi, the Jedi Master gave stage to one of the younger attributes to the order; Quinlann Jinn, padawan-learner of Aeacus Windu. Quinlann took on his position on stage, and presented the order with his prestigeous speech:

> "My dear Jedi .. I am Quinlann Jinn ― padawan of Jedi Master Aeacus Windu. You all probably know about the current situation between the Sith, Separatists and last but not least, the Mandalorians. There is a chance that conflict will emerge, between the Jedi and the three other groups. As we move on, I have a small story for you:
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> *A student says to his master: ''You talk about peace, but you teach me to fight. How do you reconcile the two?'' The master replied: ''Its better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.''*
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> You see, I think it is important that we, the Jedi, are warriors in a garden ― and not the gardeners in a war.. Imagine that we, the whole Jedi Order, live next to each other, as neighbours. We all have our own small house with a garden. The gardens are divided by fences. We talk to each other through the fences, but we don't really 'connect' with each other. From this moment and on, we need to erase the fences between our gardens, so we can unite with each other, talk, interact; and most important: be togheter .. ― My Jedi brothers, from here on I'm telling you to unite, we survived this much, and this time we also won't lose from the Mandalorians, the Separatists nor the Sith! May the force be with you all..."
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After the courageous presentation of the padawan-learner, Richard Karushi moved the Jedi company towards the briefing room, where Jedi Master Sethir Selbay would take the word, and annouance the initiation of the **Jedi Active Council**.