Arligan Zey

Early Life

Arligan Zey, a Force-sensitive human born on Mentellos. He was taken into the Order at a very young age but got accustomed to his new life fairly quickly. Remembering almost nothing of where he came from, Arligan never dwelled on the past, choosing instead to focus on the future and the present moment. His easygoing attitude is what identified him throughout the Order, earning trust not through strength alone, but through his genuinity. 

Creation of the Jedi Assault Team and Bulwark

Fast forward the time, Zey is now a renowned Master, holding the title, Keeper of The Balance. Upon the request of the Jedi High Council, Master Zey was tasked with creating a task force composed of 14 elite Jedi, created to assist the Republic and deal with direct foes of the Jedi Order.

After the 14 members were selected, the Jedi Assault Team were deployed to their first mission, a recon mission on Alderaan, in which they were ambushed by IRC Pirates, resulting in three members getting captured. Arligan was notified of this and the day after, led a team with the assistance of the remaining Assault Team members and retrieved the captured members. Master Zey along with Master Ima-Gundi came up with a creation of a weapon that could further the protection Jedi gave in terms of their weapons. Master Gundi and Master Zey formulated the idea, and with the help of Jedi General Lyria, they created the weapon of protection. A shield powered by a Kyber Crystal.

Darth Vynn

Master Zey along with Master Sai Ten, Ahsoka Tano, and Ravyn Voss witnessed one of the many upbringings of the Sith Lord. They ventured into the Jedi’s esteemed second temple on Dantooine, discovering the saber they thought to be the saber of Darth Vynn. As they attempted to research it, the saber constantly pushed them away. Master Zey attempted to hold the saber, but to no avail. As time went by, Mastery Zey abstained from this mystery due to other duties that required his attention.

A few weeks later, upon the request of Master Kenobi, over 20 Jedi Knights and Masters were requested to come to the Planet Ashas. This would be the first battle that ensued between the Jedi and the Sith Lord. During the battle, Master Zey found himself not only fighting the body of Vynn, but also projections or “visions” of other Jedi, like Master Kenobi, Master Zey even caught himself fighting a vision of himself at one point. His next encounter with the Dark Lord would be through Padawans Lego Nubby, Vanto Silar, and Knight Volhaar on Numidian Prime. As the two padawans explained their situation further, Master Zey would start to realize the danger the Order was in. In light of this, against the Council's orders, Master Zey would attempt to help them flee the planet to continue their journey, as they were one of the only hopes the Order had. Many in the Order had grown to dislike and chastised the three, but Master Zey looked beyond their “wrongdoings”.

War throughout the Galaxy

In the early stages, when the Republic's main enemy was the IRC, Master Zey was requested by Master Mundi to come with the 21st to seek out a high-ranking IRC officer in which they did find. Master Kenobi, unfortunately, killed the officer, but the mission was deemed a success.

Fast forward, Chancellor Volken sent out a message requesting Jedi Attache, Master Zey had good relations with General Skywalker, so he asked if he could accompany the 501st during their time on Alderaan. It wasn’t a very eventful time, just a few skirmishes with the IRC here and there. As time went by, event after event, led to the start of what was referred to as the Clone Wars. Master Zey had long gone from the 501st and was now stationed with the 41st. He and Master Tapal got along very well, in turn Master Zey also got along very well with the troopers within the 41st. One of the more important missions Zey went on with them was the protection of the Queen of Naboo. She was delivering a speech and intuitively, Master Zey jumped in front of her, blocking the blaster bullet that would be used to end the Queen's life.

Master Zey and members of the 41st escorted her quickly to safety. Unfortunately, Master Zey would not be able to stay by her side long enough, as he had to move out of the city to escort a technician to fix a terminal, which was under heavy droid fire. The technician successfully completed his job, and the day was considered a success, the 41st in Master Zey's eyes had some of the most helpful groups of clones. 

Death at Christophsis

Master Zey was still with the 41st, but they had now been relocated to Christophis, one of the biggest, if not the biggest war front during the time. The first fight Master Zey took part in was the retake of a droid factory, where he along with members of JAT, 104th, 41st, a few SOB units, where they successfully took over the base, and retrieved information from a T-Series droid. Master Zey participated in many skirmishes across Christophis, but one of these skirmishes led to him being in space above Christophis.

Master Zey was just supposed to be looking over at the space fight, but Drop Pods boarded the Venator he was on, and he, along with Master Windu, Master Obi-Wan, Master Saesee Tin, and Master Sai Ten, dealt with the threats along with those on board. Whilst he was fighting, he got news, the Sith Apprentice Ventress was on board and he quickly dispatched to the other Venator, with the help of his fellow Jedi, they pushed her to leave the Venator. The fleeing sith did some damage to a RSF crewman, in which Master Zey patched up quickly.

The space fight was considered a success and Master Zey returned to the ground of Christophis, but little did he know, this would only be the beginning. As the forces moved deeper into Christophis Master Zey found himself meeting with an old friend, a Jedi he worked with during his time in the 501st. Well, who he thought was his friend. Master Zey sensed he recognized the man but couldn’t truly tell. He came into contact with the Sith in Leesis City and he fought against along with the help of another Jedi, successfully pushing him back. This led the clones and the Jedi to go deeper, in which would be a grave mistake.

The point they were attacking was held strong by the CIS, Tanks, Spider Droids, too many units to count. Whilst Mastery Zey was taking out a tank, he was shot, exploded by a Spider Droid, whilst he was on top of a tank attempting to take it down. Master Mace Windu had attempted to save him, but Master Zey was quickly put out of his misery.