Rite of the Firmament
- "And far beyond the vale of night
- The vastness of time separated
- the light from the darkness
- And the Ancient One spoke
- With a voice like thunder
- A sound to shatter mountains
- 'Let there be a firmament
- erected between the house of day
- and the house of night
- So that the passing of each
- Shall never mingle with the wards
- of dawn and twilight.'
- Having spoken thus,
- They were separated thus
- And the Ancient One was pleased"
- — From the Kerijanh Fragments of the Song of Son'Jiatt
History
This Rite was first used by the Warriors of the Circled Dagger at the Siege of Monmora. High Master Jeraha, and his warriors of the Star Chamber, faced an onslaught of Jedi Masters the likes of which had not been encountered since the Battle of Deneba during the Great Sith War. Greatly outnumbered, Jeraha called upon the Darkness, and the allegiance of his circle of warriors. Ferran had vested in each the particular cunning of his own war-skills, and through this bond, Jeraha created the Rite, uniting the power of each participant so that all could tap deeper levels of the Dark Side through their mutual bonds of fraternity.
Krath scholars discovered the curious rite during excavations on Antei. When even the Oracle, Trevarus Caerick, was unable to decipher the requirements of the Ritual, the process was dictated to the Obelisk High Commander, who realized what it was. The Order of the Obelisk maintained enough of the traditions of the path of the Assassin, that he felt the cold resolve of Master Jeraha. High Commander Shaithis Var'rek bestowed the secrets of this Art upon the Obelisk of House Dinaari of Taldryan as a reward for their bravery.
Structure
By reciting the following oath in perfect unison, all the assembled Dark Jedi of the Obelisk Order will have a level of power equivalent to the highest ranking Obelisk in the group for the duration of their immediate conflict.
- "Perficere Ferro Anima constatum invictum."
- ―Oath of the Firmament
This ritual creates a singular consciousness within the Obelisk affected. Their personalities become fused into a communal mind, they have no free will. Instead, they are perfectly focused on the immediate danger until its conclusion, at which point the ritual immediately ceases effect.
Records
The Rite of the Firmament was awarded to House Dinaari for winning the Obelisk Rite of Supremacy "Bloodrites" (2004). Graphic made by then Guardian Daar Kareth.