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I see the contestants are making their way out onto the starting grid. This article was originally created as an entry for a Tenth Great Jedi War competition and is not official DJB canon content. It is preserved here for historical purposes only.
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History
===Creation---
When the Jedi Order was still naive enough to believe that banishment would
be enough, they exiled many Dark Jedi from their midst after the end of the
Hundred Years of Darkness. One of those Lords of Darkness, Darth Kain, took
with him some songsteel from one of the asteroids that he had used to hide
among during the time when Jedi hunted him. He also took with him an adegan
shard from the focusing crystal of his Master, Trellick Lobos. After
discovering the ancient and hidden people of the Sith, he focused his time
and efforts to forge a focus for his hatred and anger that would help him
drive these people to war.
In time, he succeeded, creating a pendant that was all but indestructible,
encased in a material that was as resistant and nigh indestructible as
cortosis, and yet was light and shined like water in the moonlight. The
blackened adegan shard, damaged in the destruction of Trellick’s lightsaber
at Kain’s hands, sat encased at the heart of the pendant seemed to always
glow with power, and would resonate to those of great enough Force
sensitivity. When a Dark Master focused on the Portal of Passion, as it was
called, he or she could generate intense feelings of anger, hatred, and
loathing in those exposed to it, directing those feelings to a particular
purpose. It could be used to target people, places, or even things.
===Vanish and Eventual Resurface
This piece of ancient history vanished during the Great hyperspace war after
one of the disciples of Naga Sadow was consumed during the battle of
Coruscant. It surfaced again much, much later under the name Soul of Solace,
twisted to work for the Jedi during the Great Sith War. It was used to great
success against the Forces of Exar Kun, until he slew its user shortly
before his own death, at which time it vanished again. It has recently been
found in the vaults of the Jedi Library, in Menat Ombo, on New Tython.
Powers
An ancient adegan shard embedded in songsteel, this piece of history serves
one purpose, peace. When used by a Jedi Master, this shard of power
generates a soothing aura of peace that negates violent instinct and forces
those exposed into civil discourse and actions. The powerful Force energies
strip away the ability of the exposed to behave in any violent, angry, or
less than peaceful manner. It has been used to force the surrender of
countless planets that refused to lay down their arms, by disarming them of
the ability to resist.
Darker Side
Like all Jedi artifacts though, it has a darker side to it as well. It saps
the energy of the user, and prolonged use can cause comas and death. It is
to be used sparingly and carefully, for only those of truly empowered
strength in the Force will be able to resist its effects long enough to use
it to any purpose. This cost belies the true nature of the artifact, as it,
like many artifacts belonging to the Jedi, has an older, darker past.
However, as noted earlier, this took an intensive amount of energy, and
could kill the user if they weren’t careful to limit the use and duration of
it. Each successive use always further endangered the user as the Portal
took more energy to use each time a person attempted to wield it.
Trivia
Image courtesy of Furios
Page done by Arcadian
Description and History by Tra'an Reith