Coincidentally I am finally drafting on first chapter on Brendok Massacre in The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Republic. It is proving to be a lot more complicated than I anticipated, as The Acolyte is one of the more complex stories in SW lore. The basic questions of what actually happened on the ground and what the people in question wanted to accomplish remain very murky. Why Qimir was originally on Brendok and whether the Nightsisters were aware and/or approved of it is especially sticky.
We must also consider that Dathomiri historians undoubtedly held up the massacre as evidence of an alleged galaxy wide Jedi pogrom against religious minorities, and Confederation historians likely held that it was the first shot fired in the Clone Wars.
Regarding Ventress...she's a Nightsister by upbringing, regardless of her training later in life. Death is not exactly permanent nor bad to that basket of religions in all of its depictions in SW.
Biggest question of them all. What happened to Mother Koril? Right now the biggest hill I'll die on is that it made far more sense to make Mother Koril Qimir's master than Darth P.
You know...I think I'm convinced. I'm going to run with that line of thinking and credit you. Koril bent the rules of the feminine commune to grant sanctuary to Qimir, and possibly to heal and/or train him, which is why she was especially nervous about the arrival of the Jedi. Vernestra, who was heading up the research project, told Indara to make Sol back off because she suspected this and arrived with a backup battalion of knights just as everything went to hell. Koril survived, but since Mae was already initiated she decided to keep her survival a secret and teach Mae through Qimir to nurture Mae's hatred against the Jedi.
This lets me expand the stakes from the fifty or so Nightsisters to the five thousand I see as more realistic for a new colony. It also provides a catalyst for a Nightsister alliance with the Sith vengeance cult Dooku would eventually run, and gives Vernestra culpability to explain why she tried to cover everything up from the start (I've decided to shift Vernestra's YA-inflected Friendship Uber Alles vibe into a tragic flaw where her near fanatical loyalty to her friends causes spiraling complications for the Order).
Coincidentally I am finally drafting on first chapter on Brendok Massacre in The Decline and Fall of the Galactic Republic. It is proving to be a lot more complicated than I anticipated, as The Acolyte is one of the more complex stories in SW lore. The basic questions of what actually happened on the ground and what the people in question wanted to accomplish remain very murky. Why Qimir was originally on Brendok and whether the Nightsisters were aware and/or approved of it is especially sticky.
We must also consider that Dathomiri historians undoubtedly held up the massacre as evidence of an alleged galaxy wide Jedi pogrom against religious minorities, and Confederation historians likely held that it was the first shot fired in the Clone Wars.
Regarding Ventress...she's a Nightsister by upbringing, regardless of her training later in life. Death is not exactly permanent nor bad to that basket of religions in all of its depictions in SW.
Biggest question of them all. What happened to Mother Koril? Right now the biggest hill I'll die on is that it made far more sense to make Mother Koril Qimir's master than Darth P.
You know...I think I'm convinced. I'm going to run with that line of thinking and credit you. Koril bent the rules of the feminine commune to grant sanctuary to Qimir, and possibly to heal and/or train him, which is why she was especially nervous about the arrival of the Jedi. Vernestra, who was heading up the research project, told Indara to make Sol back off because she suspected this and arrived with a backup battalion of knights just as everything went to hell. Koril survived, but since Mae was already initiated she decided to keep her survival a secret and teach Mae through Qimir to nurture Mae's hatred against the Jedi.
This lets me expand the stakes from the fifty or so Nightsisters to the five thousand I see as more realistic for a new colony. It also provides a catalyst for a Nightsister alliance with the Sith vengeance cult Dooku would eventually run, and gives Vernestra culpability to explain why she tried to cover everything up from the start (I've decided to shift Vernestra's YA-inflected Friendship Uber Alles vibe into a tragic flaw where her near fanatical loyalty to her friends causes spiraling complications for the Order).
Love it. If I knew Kathleen Kennedy or Dave Filoni, I'd tell them to put you on staff.