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Post by Nick Cousland on Nov 14, 2009 23:46:59 GMT -5
The Crystal Cave of Dantooine was located near the Khoonda Plains and the Jedi Enclave that existed during the time of the Jedi Civil War. The Jedi from the academy would often journey to the cave in order to find lightsaber crystals, many varieties of which grew out of the walls of the cavern. Unfortunately, the cave was only accessible via a complex of tunnels created by a hive of dangerous kinrath which used the cave as a nesting site. Red lightsaber crystals formed in unhatched kinrath eggs.
In the year 3,956 BBY, Revan entered the cave and collected numerous crystals during his quest to find the Star Forge. During the Dark Wars that followed the Jedi Civil War, Khoonda was formed and the Dantooine militia sealed the Kinrath caves, but the Kinrath quickly made a new tunnel to the surface that was even closer to Khoonda.
The Jedi Exile entered the cave complex in 3,951 BBY and killed the kinrath matriarch in order to pacify the local kinrath population. While exploring the Kinrath tunnels, she and her companions stumbled across the Crystal Cave, and with the help of Kreia, she was able to detect the imprint that Revan had left upon the chamber. She also collected several lightsaber crystals, including a unique personal crystal which would prove quite useful during her campaign against the Sith Triumvirate.
At some point prior to the end of the Clone Wars and the execution of Order 66, the Jedi Jax Pavan obtained a small crystal from the Dantooine caves, which he kept with him during his time in the Coruscant underlevels.
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Post by Jade Albright on Sept 14, 2010 12:50:56 GMT -5
~She walks to the cave and sits near a tree. Her saber in her lap.~
You have to go in there yourself. Remember there are wild animals here and you will have to defend yourself against them
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Post by Jorj'anu'sabosen on Sept 14, 2010 19:22:48 GMT -5
*Janus nods and checks his blaster, making sure to turn off the safety, and then straps his vibroblade to his back. He takes a deep breath to relax himself, then enters the cave. Upon entering, Janus sees a split in the path ahead. He reaches into the Force to see if he can sense the crystals in the cave. He sees that if he follows the path left, he'll find them. He begins heading toward the crystals in the back of the cave, keeping on alert in case he should run into some wild animals. Janus is aware of two spiderlike creatures off to his right, remembering from his research that these were called kinrath. The kinrath don't seem to notice him, so Janus leaves them alone and continues on. As he feels that he is getting closer to the crystal formations, he sees more and more green slime on the walls of the cave. Janus stops for a moment and can sense a group of about six kinrath inside the room the crystal formations. He draws his vibroblade and his blaster so he can defend himself quickly. Janus continues on to the crystal room and can suddenly feel the strength of the Force here. He quickly assesses his situation and forms a quick battle plan for fighting off the kinrath. He sees one kinrath near him, but it hasn't noticed him yet, so Janus raises his blaster and fires three shots. The kinrath falls, but the sound of the blaster fire alerted the other five to his presence and they begin to swarm toward him. Janus, with the guidance of the Force, quickly fires at the kinrath closest to him, severely injuring it, then slices it in half horizontally with his vibroblade. One of the kinrath reaches him and pokes at Janus's left side, but he reacts quickly and slices off the kinrath's appendage, then stabs it in the heart. The remaining three kinrath swarm at him and surround Janus, and he finds himself cornered, with a crystal formation at his back. Janus's memory flashes him back to when he first used the Force in a fight and he remembers how he used a powerful push to knock his attackers backward. He focuses and sends a powerful Force push at the kinrath, sending two into a crystal formation, killing them, and the third into the wall, stunning it but not killing it. Janus raises his blaster and fires two quick shots at the last kinrath and finishes it off. He puts his weapons away and sits down in the center of the crystal room and begins to meditate. Janus finds his master in the Force and reaches out to her.*
TTF: Master, I have made it safely to the crystal formations. Now, do I meditate until a crystal calls out to me?
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Post by Jade Albright on Sept 14, 2010 19:30:04 GMT -5
~Her eyes stay closed as she watches through the force all Janus does. A smile fills her lips at his actions. ~
TTF yes now you need to meditate. I'll keep the others away
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Post by Jorj'anu'sabosen on Sept 14, 2010 19:37:40 GMT -5
TTF: Ok. Thank you, Master.
*Janus meditates and after about five minutes or so, he can feel three particular crystals call out to him. Janus stands up and uses the Force to find the crystals. He finds them on the crystal formation he was trapped by toward the end of his fight with the kinrath. Janus picks them up and places them carefully in a pouch on his belt. He then leaves the crystal room and heads back toward the exit. Janus once again notices the same two kinrath he'd seen earlier, this time on his left. They once again do not notice him and Janus makes it out of the cave unscathed. He goes over to Jade and presents his crystal to her.*
Master, I have my crystals. Here they are.
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Post by Jade Albright on Sept 14, 2010 21:07:14 GMT -5
~She stands and looks at him.~
What was given to you?
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Post by Jorj'anu'sabosen on Sept 14, 2010 21:37:43 GMT -5
*Janus looks at his crystals and feels them with the Force, scanning through the list in his head of lightsaber crystals and their properties from when he researched them. Finally, he responds.*
The first one that called out to me was this blue one here, which I remember is an Ankarres Sapphire. This teal colored one, a Sundrider's Destiny crystal, also called to me, and this purple one as well, a Lorrdian gemstone.
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Post by Jade Albright on Sept 14, 2010 21:40:11 GMT -5
~She yawns and stands.~
Very good now we need to go back to the temple and you need to meditate and put them together through the force.
~She heads to the ship and gets in waiting on Janus.~
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Post by Jorj'anu'sabosen on Sept 14, 2010 21:42:11 GMT -5
*Janus puts his crystals back into the pouch on his belt and follows Jade to the ship and gets on board.*
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