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Eos Holocron
Production information
Creators	Justinian Khyron Star Chamber
Created	15 ABY
Owners	Dark Brotherhood
Gatekeepers	Various Grand Masters of the Dark Brotherhood
Known locations	Dark Hall, Eos Dark Hall, Antei
Physical and technical specifications
Shape	Pyramidal
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Material(s)	Black Adegan Electrum
Width	4.5 inches
Height	6 inches
Protection type	8 Gatekeepers
Usage and history
Contents	The secret knowledge of the Grand Masters
Heritage	Star Chamber
Era(s)	Dark Brotherhood Era
Affiliation	Star Chamber
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The Eos Holocron was a master holocron created by Justinian Khyron after the Second Great Jedi War. It has contained the knowledge and teachings of each Dark Lord of the Sith to walk the halls of the Star Chamber since his time. Some Brotherhood Historians believe that Grand Master Khyron found a long lost Sith Holocron, possibly the Dark Holocron, and after studying from it he created a palimpsest that he would later use to make the Eos Holocron. This Lost Holocron’s connection to both Dark Lord Naga Sadow and Jedi Master Odan-Urr along with the coincidences, like House Naga Sadow being founded in the same year Khyron took the Iron Throne or Grand Master Muz Ashen allowing the Acolytes of Odan-Urr to live under the shroud of the Brotherhood, are evidence it may have been the Dark Holocron that Khyron obtained. Unlike most holocrons the Eos Holocron has many Gatekeepers, each Grand Master that has placed his knowledge or teachings into it has become a Gatekeeper for future Grand Masters to learn from. Engraved along the top of the holocron is the phrase “Ipsa scientia potestas est” meaning “Knowledge itself is power” in Aurebesh.

Physical Appearance

"Let all who gaze upon this Holocron remember our creed... and tremble in fear."

―Justinian Khyron

The Eos Holocron was forged from a rare black Adegan crystal matrix, which was unnaturally treated by Sith alchemy and sorcerous powers and forced to grow far beyond its natural limits. It is pyramidal in shape, resembling other Sith holocrons, and is adorned with a solid cap of electrum, with further strands of electrum worked up the sides of the Holocron to act as a golden framework. The design was intentionally chosen by Justinian Khyron to be a subtle reminder of the true owners of the Holocron; the black and gold trim marks the Eos Holocron as a possession of the Grand Masters of the Brotherhood. The Holocron is unnaturally heavy for its size; it weighs substantially more than a normal human being could possibly lift without the aid of the Force. Stars and galaxies swirl across the smooth surface of the black crystal, moving with a perverse life of their own- an outward sign of the power and knowledge contained within. The overall effect gives the impression that the user is staring into a dark mirror of the galaxy, tainted and twisted by the dark knowledge encapsulated within the Holocron.

When it is being used, the Holocron's appearance changes; the stars swirling across the obsidian surface blaze brightly enough to cast a whitish-blue aura around the user. As they continue to access the Holocron, the stars leap out into the aura to surround the user with slowly drifting holographic galaxies, and the secrets of the Holocron are projected before the user's eyes.

Characteristics

Created by a combination of Krath sorcery, Sith alchemy and the technological knowledge of Justinian Khyron, the Holocron divulges information differently to most other Sith holocrons. Each Grand Master to possess the Holocron after Khyron added the distilled essence of their own knowledge to the Holocron, treating it as a repository for the most sensitive and classified information that the Brotherhood holds. As such the Holocron, unusually, contains more than one Gatekeeper- the knowledge of each Grand Master is guarded by an artifical consciousness of that particular Grand Master, who can choose whether to pass on their teachings to the current holder of the Holocron. One of the first tasks that a new Grand Master, upon assuming the role, must undertake is asserting his dominance over the gatekeepers inside the Holocron, in order to access the secret knowledge of those who came before him and better prepare himself for the challenges of becoming Grand Master.

The teachings vary according to the particular interests and ruling style of each Grand Master; current Grand Master Muz Ashen's contribution to the Eos Holocron details ruling through raw power and his own development of his powers to that end, for example, while the teachings passed down by former Grand Master Aristan Dantes focus on the advantages of stealth and secrecy and the benefits of deception.

History

The Black Adegan

When the Grand Masters first began to convene in secret in 14 ABY, they decided they needed to find a way to preserve their teachings for future posterity and so scoured the archives on Eos in search of how to distil their essence in a Holocron, the knowledge of which had been lost to antiquity. This, however, was only the first half of the problem, for the Grand Masters also realised they needed to acquire the necessary components, many of which required elements rarely found in the galaxy anymore. To this end, when Justinian Khyron left the Iron Throne in 15 ABY, he travelled the galaxy in search of various artifacts and other relics that could be used. In a spark of luck, or possibly dark insight, he located what the Sith Lords had been searching for: a rare crystal, unnaturally forged of black Adegan.

However, the crystal was very nearly lost when the convoy on which the Grand Master was transporting his new collection back to Eos was raided by a group of pirates from Cordona, forcing Khyron to hurry back to the Minos Cluster and rally the clans to recover the crystal from the pirates. It turned out, however, that the black Adegan had already been stolen by Clan Ar’kell, whose defiance of Khyron’s rule had been goaded by the former Grand Master who was now know only as the Other. However, warriors from House Ektrosis managed to board the corvette transporting the crystal, delaying it from jumping to hyperspace for long enough to allow Khyron himself to arrive and take back the crystal from the rogue Consul who had tried to steal it.

With the crystal finally recovered, Khyron was at long last able to complete the Holocron that the Star Chamber had long been trying to build. Recognising it to be a suitable matrix, Khyron installed the black Adegan inside an electrum and neuranium shell and became its first gatekeeper.

Zor go Boom Boom

Zoraan disbands Star Chamber and hordes everything to himself, so Holocron lost when he blows up the original Dark Hall.

Lost

Chi Long doesn't manage to find it so Star Chamber's power remains broken.

Found

Firefox rediscovers Holocron. Star Chamber reformed. Knowledge helps with Antei, Exodus, etc. Firefox begins sharing knowledge with key Elders, i.e. the Seven, to avoid the knowledge being as easily lost again in future.

New Era

Gatekeepers help with Post-Exodus stuff like reorganising how Houses/Orders organised work to make Iron Throne's centralised control stronger, etc.

Vong Steal

Not enough people knew about it, so Holocron got left behind when the Vong attacked.

Rediscovered and modern use

When Antei reclaimed, Sarin and Muz retrieve Holocron again. Muz, a Son of Sadow, discovers Holocron is in fact a palimpsest, with the Black Adegan in fact the remains of a much earlier holocron after Naga Sadow appears to him as another gatekeeper. The Holocron thus becomes an even more important part of Brotherhood knowledge, with not just the Grand Master's teachings, but Krath scholars trying to rediscover all its secrets.

Properties

The gatekeepers appear after the Eos Holocron is activated by [whoever dude looks like]

Contents

"Knowledge" (better term?) of the Grand Masters

Not entirely sure if they need full blown subheaders or not, but... depends how much people add to each?

Dunno whether to add Paladin and Chi-Long? They weren't the GM when the Holocron was in possession, but... does that matter?

Justinian Khyron

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Firefox

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Jac Cotelin

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Darth Sarin

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Darth Ashen

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Palimpsest

Blah, blah, blah, describe what a palimpsest is (see Wikipedia). Muz realised the Black Adegan was actually part of a much older holocron, blah, blah, blah, some fragmented, incomplete records from earlier uses still seem to remain, blah, blah, Krath scholars trying to reconstruct what might have been imprinted on the Adegan crystal prior to Khyron reverse engineering it and turning it into his own Holocron.

[Insert fuzzy Sith Lord who might be on it]

Nothing too specific... just like the sort of fuzzy images you used to get when you recorded over a VHS tape too many times?

Trivia

• Created by Clan Naga Sadow for the Week Four event of the Tenth Great Jedi War