The Green Knight-The Forum

[Bercilak de Hautdesert]

So here I was thinking that I might create a character based off an Arthurian legend (a legend related to King Arthur and his contemporaries). I did a little research and ultimately chose the Green Knight, known as Bercilak de Hautdesert. Wikipedia has an article on him here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Knight

I got probably two thirds of the way through the first post of a backstory. Here IT is:

Near the End of the Clone Wars

Jedi Knight Hautdesert sliced through the last of the battle droids, the two halves falling to the side. He breathed deeply and let the adrenaline and rush of battle leave his body. He straightened from his battle stance, almost instantly taking an air of relaxation. The Force told him there was no danger remaining nearby though he still felt the echoes of the battles raging around the rest of the planet. The Republic's forces were fighting well and overall the mission was a success. Hautdesert took a moment to balance his emotions and his body, letting a calm come over him before he turned and began walking back towards his entourage of clone troopers that had accompanied him to secure this relatively minor objective. The destruction of the targeting computer for an anti-spacecraft defense array was not absolutely necessary, but it did make it easier to bombard targets from a starfighter if you didn't have to worry about getting shot while you were doing it. Hautdesert saw the commander of the clone unit talking on his comm. As he neared, the commander pointed at him. Intuition, assisted by the Force, told Hautdesert in his heart of hearts what was to come next. It was almost a premonition that Hautdesert knew he could not escape. Regardless, he took the last few innocent steps towards the clone commander.

"New orders, commander?" Hautdesert said with a bit of forced cheerfulness.

"General Hautdesert, we have been given the command to execute Order 66." There was no emotion in the clone commander's voice. There hardly ever was. Hautdesert merely nodded.

"Can you do something for me then? Before you execute Order 66, at least allow me to turn away."

"Very well"

Jedi Knight Bercilak de Hautdesert turned away from the clone commander. He spent his last moment meditating on the Force and the way it flowed through all living creatures, the clones included. It was with these thoughts that the heat of numerous, but efficiently all that would be needed, laser blasts scorched their way through his back and the being known as Bercilak de Hautdesert, human male Jedi Knight, and a general in the Grand Army of the Republic ceased to exist.


On a space station parked far below the galactic plane, 604,772 seconds later...

Primary Power: Online
Command: Online
Navigation: Online
Cryogenics: Online
Sensors: Online
All systems nominal...

Begin Signal Acquisition Attempt 7 of 7...

Signal acquisition failure. Confirm Navigation...

Navigation confirms. No signal detected within mission parameters. Notify command...

Command confirms mission order. Notify cryogenics...

Cryogenics confirms Command. Selecting genetic material Alpha and confirming Incubator...

Incubator confirms operational. Incubation conditions set. Nominal incubation period: 660411024 seconds. Request Command confirmation...

Command confirms.
Negative signal acquisition: confirmed -Nav
Mission parameters: confirmed -Command
Genetic Material: confirmed-Alpha -Cryo
Incubator Readiness: confirmed -Cryo
Incubation Period: confirmed-660411024 seconds -Command
Archive Tap: initiated -Command
Mission Objective: initiated -Command

...
...

Command diverting secondary power to Incubation Module...
Command shutting down primary power and entering hibernation...




660411024 seconds (21 years) later...
Nobody knows who created the space station that hung by itself outside the gravity well of the galaxy, far below the galactic plane, and very few people know it even exists. But to those few beings who are aware of its existence, it is called the Green Chapel. It is a place of evil and a place of good. Some have found redemption, others have stared into the abyss of the universe and gone mad. Few have found it to be a place of learning, and others have used it as a place to forget. All know it to be a place from which to observe. Whatever its uses over the centuries, the Green Chapel has one continual purpose that it fulfills.

Bercilak de Hautdesert has had many lives over the centuries. He has been Sith, he has been Jedi, he has been neither, he has been both. He has loved, hated, lived, and died hundreds of times. Each death has been met with rebirth and a new life thank to the Green Chapel. And so 21 years after the death of the most recent Green Knight, Jedi Knight Hautdesert, general of the Grand Army of the Republic and casualty of Palpatine's Order 66, a new Bercilak de Hautdesert was ready to take his place in the galaxy...well...almost.



Now if you would be so kind as to share your thoughts. Many thanks.

[Vince]

So Bercilak is the Force-Sensitive equivalent to the Green Lantern? It's a joke, but it strikes me as being that way truthfully. Otherwise it looks interesting, though I'm curious about the reference to many past lives. Does he remember them, or is this like something where one clone or iteration dies and then another memory-less one is hatched up?

I ask because even though the process of redemption and such from the dark-side is quite well traversed in the whole Star Wars lore, but it seems to be a rare thing, or is put across that way; and the myriad 'falls' to the dark side of various Jedi are short and mostly transitory: think of Anakin when he asks himself "What have I done?" when he kills Dooku when he is defenseless. Most Jedi would have used that experience to firm themselves in the light and would not fall again, or not so easily, or they would fall, and completely be fallen, to be rarely redeemed.

This isn't to say that you couldn't have had Bercilak be such things in the past, but it seems like the whole "old-age, done everything" sort of character that this little intro is pointing to would be hard to actually play as or with, due to the lack of growth that there is for him. Please don't take these comments as "this is an attempt at a godmodder" sort of thing. I'm actually finding this sort of storyline interesting in the respects of the different plots that could come from it; I just want to know, and to help make the experience of this collaborative roleplay board more enjoyable for all by making some comments and questions, which don't have to be answered if you don't want to.

One last question: Bercilak was a Jedi and knew of Order 66 beforehand?

[Tear]

I also enjoys my deserts haut.

[Bercilak de Hautdesert]

So Bercilak is the Force-Sensitive equivalent to the Green Lantern? It's a joke, but it strikes me as being that way truthfully. Otherwise it looks interesting, though I'm curious about the reference to many past lives. Does he remember them, or is this like something where one clone or iteration dies and then another memory-less one is hatched up?

I ask because even though the process of redemption and such from the dark-side is quite well traversed in the whole Star Wars lore, but it seems to be a rare thing, or is put across that way; and the myriad 'falls' to the dark side of various Jedi are short and mostly transitory: think of Anakin when he asks himself "What have I done?" when he kills Dooku when he is defenseless. Most Jedi would have used that experience to firm themselves in the light and would not fall again, or not so easily, or they would fall, and completely be fallen, to be rarely redeemed.

This isn't to say that you couldn't have had Bercilak be such things in the past, but it seems like the whole "old-age, done everything" sort of character that this little intro is pointing to would be hard to actually play as or with, due to the lack of growth that there is for him. Please don't take these comments as "this is an attempt at a godmodder" sort of thing. I'm actually finding this sort of storyline interesting in the respects of the different plots that could come from it; I just want to know, and to help make the experience of this collaborative roleplay board more enjoyable for all by making some comments and questions, which don't have to be answered if you don't want to.

One last question: Bercilak was a Jedi and knew of Order 66 beforehand?


It's more of a new iteration thing. New clone, no memories, will receive a well-rounded education before leaving the Green Chapel. Thus the room for growth as a character :) On top of that, the reference to the past lives was meant to show that the character's baseline personality can go many different ways. I don't intend for him to be a straight up and down Jedi or Sith from the beginning, though long term he may end up that way.

As far as the Green Lantern thing, I have no idea. I honestly wasn't thinking about that at all. I was doing research on Arthurian legends and came across the stuff about the Green Knight and thought it was interesting. I wondered what would happen if you added the Force and threw him into the Star Wars Universe via SW-Fans. Storyline-wise, I intend to eventually add characters that represent other Arturian characters such as Galahad, Lancelot, Gwain, and Mordred.

The answer concerning Order 66 is no, he didn't know about it before hand but part of the story of the actual Green Knight figure is that he plays sort of a judge roll for Gwain. In a nod to this, I determined that Bercilak, as a Force-sensitive, would be particularly keen on picking up the intentions and motives of others. Kinda an enhancement on the natural precognitive ability that Force-sensitives that makes them seem to have greater reflexes. I intend to develop the specifics more as the story goes on, and of course where there is strength there must be a weakness. As of yet, I haven't decided where that weakness will be yet, but know that it will be crucial for his story. You can expect any antagonists to take advantage of his weakness as well.

One of the more interesting plot items to consider that I look forward to working with is the impact that the character's reappearance has to the potential to have. For example, say he runs into someone who knew the Jedi Knight Hautdesert from before the Clone Wars. Or someone who knows the Jedi Knight Hautdesert was as a matter of fact killed during Order 66. It has potential.

[Vince]

I'm fairly acquainted with the Arthurian legends, but not to any large extent. I know enough about them to be fairly interested in the idea of a Mordred in this setting.

If he had been able to retrieve the memories, it would have been interesting if done well. First thought I had would be that Bercilak would be likely a schizo, due to all the disjointed memories he'd have floating around. But that doesn't really fit the Green Knight, so yeah. Still, interesting to ponder.


In a nod to this, I determined that Bercilak, as a Force-sensitive, would be particularly keen on picking up the intentions and motives of others. Kinda an enhancement on the natural precognitive ability that Force-sensitives that makes them seem to have greater reflexes. I intend to develop the specifics more as the story goes on, and of course where there is strength there must be a weakness.
Makes sense.


One of the more interesting plot items to consider that I look forward to working with is the impact that the character's reappearance has to the potential to have. For example, say he runs into someone who knew the Jedi Knight Hautdesert from before the Clone Wars. Or someone who knows the Jedi Knight Hautdesert was as a matter of fact killed during Order 66. It has potential.
If you want to pursue this more, then it wouldn't be very hard. There are quite a few Jedi and non-Jedi characters who could have known or met Jedi Hautdesert; Tell Cho is one that I've got. Ask around, and we'll help out.

[Ilias Nytrau]

One of the more interesting plot items to consider that I look forward to working with is the impact that the character's reappearance has to the potential to have. For example, say he runs into someone who knew the Jedi Knight Hautdesert from before the Clone Wars. Or someone who knows the Jedi Knight Hautdesert was as a matter of fact killed during Order 66. It has potential.

If you want to pursue this more, then it wouldn't be very hard. There are quite a few Jedi and non-Jedi characters who could have known or met Jedi Hautdesert; Tell Cho is one that I've got. Ask around, and we'll help out.

Hi, I'd be one of those very Jedi of which Mr. Idalix speaks. :) The Green Knight? Oh, very cool. This piques my interest.

[Bercilak de Hautdesert]

Well, if no one has any objections, then I will surely being the backstory using the above post and whatever else I can think of through a migraine. Once the backstory is posted and I get him out into the universe, I'll begin open posts and pm those who show interest.