Order of Revan
Order of Revan
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**Title**Order of Revan
**Small Text / Caption**A secretive movement built around the legacy of Revan, transformed from an Imperial cult into a conspiracy that infiltrated both sides of the galactic war.
**Heading**Overview
**Standard Text**The Order of Revan, whose members are commonly called Revanites, began as a secret society within the **Sith Empire** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/factions-powers/sith-empire). Its followers studied and venerated Revan: the former Jedi who fought in the Mandalorian Wars, became Darth Revan, later returned to the Jedi, and left behind a history that resisted easy classification as either purely Jedi or purely Sith.
During the early SWTOR period, the Order remained comparatively small. Its adherents included Sith, Imperial military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, slaves, scholars, and others attracted to different parts of Revan's history. Some withdrew from ordinary Imperial society to devote themselves to the movement; others maintained conventional careers while meeting and studying in secret. SWTOR's Revanite codex describes a society numbering in the hundreds in this period, with status or species presenting less of a barrier to membership than personal strength and devotion.
The Order later changed dramatically. Revan himself eventually made contact with the movement, and the Revanites expanded beyond their Imperial origins into a clandestine network reaching both the Republic and Empire. By the events surrounding *Shadow of Revan*, the movement had become an armed conspiracy capable of infiltrating high levels of both galactic powers and fielding substantial forces of its own.
For roleplay, it is therefore important to ask not only whether a character was a Revanite, but when, where, and why they became one. A believer initiated in the jungles of Dromund Kaas could understand the Order very differently from a Republic officer recruited into Revan's later conspiracy.
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**Suggested Subject / Description:**An SWTOR-era scene evoking the original Revanite sanctuary deep in the jungles of Dromund Kaas: concealed tents, ancient-looking shrines or artifacts, and several followers of visibly different backgrounds gathered away from Imperial authorities. The image should emphasize secrecy and devotion rather than depicting the Order as a conventional army.
**Heading**Quick Reference
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* Type: Secret society, religious-philosophical cult, and later militant conspiracy* Common Name for Members: Revanites* Founder of the Early Order: Tari Darkspanner* Original Center of Activity: **Dromund Kaas** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/dromund-kaas)* Central Figure of Devotion: Revan* Early Membership: Primarily drawn from Imperial society, but socially and culturally diverse* Later Membership: Expanded into both Republic and Imperial institutions* Force-Sensitive Membership: Present, but not required* Historical Peak: The conspiracy surrounding *Shadow of Revan** Present StarForgeRP Status: The historic Order is no longer an intact galactic power; surviving former members, hidden sympathizers, isolated remnants, or later imitators may still exist where appropriate* Major Historical Locations: Dromund Kaas, **Rishi** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/rishi), and **Yavin 4** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/yavin-4)
**Heading**Origins & the Early Order
**Standard Text**The early Order of Revan developed within the Sith Empire under Tari Darkspanner, a Sith who became fascinated with Revan while studying his history. Darkspanner built a movement around the belief that Revan's apparent contradictions represented strength rather than failure: Jedi and Sith, warrior and seeker, conqueror and redeemer.
The Order initially operated openly enough to attract attention in Kaas City. Growing suspicion regarding its loyalty to the Emperor eventually drove the movement underground, and the Revanites established a secluded sanctuary in the jungles of Dromund Kaas. By the time outsiders encountered the group during the early SWTOR storyline, it was known only to its adherents and a limited number of Imperial investigators.
Although Imperial authorities regarded the movement as potentially heretical or subversive, early Revanites did not necessarily think of themselves as enemies of the Empire. Some believed that Imperial society could be improved by adopting lessons they associated with Revan. One Imperial officer encountered during Revanite initiation explicitly rejected the idea that the Order should simply wage war against the Empire, favoring secrecy and persuasion instead.
This makes the early Order more useful for roleplay than a simple anti-Imperial rebellion. Members might consider themselves reformers, seekers of forbidden history, ambitious outsiders, religious devotees, political dissidents, or loyal Imperials who believed their society misunderstood one of its most important historical figures.
**Heading**Beliefs & Doctrine
**Standard Text**The Order did not reduce Revan to only Darth Revan or only the redeemed Jedi who followed him.
Early Revanites emphasized that Revan had experienced both the light and dark sides of the Force, fought as both Jedi and Sith, and drew upon qualities their own society often treated as mutually exclusive. SWTOR's Revanite material describes followers remembering both passion and tranquility, and the Order's own initiates disagree over which parts of Revan's legacy deserve the greatest emphasis.
This should not be interpreted as a formal doctrine that the light and dark sides are harmless, interchangeable, or meant to be combined in equal measure. The Revanites were followers of a historical figure whose life had crossed ideological boundaries, not evidence of a universally established third path between Jedi and Sith.
**Subheading**Strength Through Contradiction
**Standard Text**Revan's ability to survive radical changes in identity and allegiance became part of the Order's fascination with him.
To many Revanites, his history suggested that a person could learn from apparently opposing traditions without remaining permanently bound to either. Knowledge, experience, adaptability, personal power, and the willingness to question inherited assumptions could therefore carry considerable importance.
Individual members did not necessarily agree on what those lessons meant. A Sith might admire Revan's refusal to submit to orthodoxy. A soldier might admire his leadership. A scholar might be interested in suppressed history. A Mandalorian might respect the commander who defeated Mandalore the Ultimate. An alien living beneath Imperial prejudice might focus upon traditions within the Order that judged worth through ability rather than ancestry.
Shared devotion did not produce identical motives.
**Subheading**Rebirth & the Rejection of Old Obligations
**Standard Text**Initiation into the early Order included symbolic trials based upon episodes from Revan's life. One ritual centered upon death and rebirth, encouraging the initiate to imagine their former obligations and identity as having been left behind. Other trials emphasized knowledge of Revan's past, personal strength, judgment, and usefulness to the movement.
For roleplay, this theme can matter considerably. Joining the Order could appeal to someone who wanted to escape an old identity, reject inherited status, abandon previous loyalties, or believe that transformation itself was evidence of strength.
That does not mean every Revanite literally abandoned family, profession, or faction. Many early adherents continued ordinary lives while maintaining secret membership.
**Heading**Membership & Recruitment
**Standard Text**The early Order was unusually broad by the standards of the Sith Empire.
Its ranks included influential Sith, military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, and enslaved people. The SWTOR codex specifically establishes that low social status was not itself a barrier to membership. Personal power and fervor mattered more.
That openness did not make the Order egalitarian in a modern sense. Strength remained important, initiation could be dangerous, and members were expected to demonstrate their worth. What distinguished the movement was that Imperial status categories did not necessarily determine who could become valuable within it.
The later Revanite conspiracy broadened recruitment far beyond those Imperial beginnings. By the time its activities became a galactic threat, Revanite agents and sympathizers could be found inside both the **Galactic Republic** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/factions-powers/galactic-republic) and Sith Empire. The conspiracy reached senior figures on both sides, demonstrating that membership could coexist with an outwardly respectable military, political, or institutional career.
**Subheading**Why Join?
**Standard Text**A Revanite character should have a reason for being attracted to the movement beyond simply admiring Revan's appearance or reputation.
Possible motivations include dissatisfaction with Jedi or Sith orthodoxy, resentment of Imperial social barriers, fascination with forbidden history, admiration for Revan as a military commander, belief that the Republic–Imperial war had trapped both sides in destructive thinking, desire for personal advancement, genuine religious devotion, attraction to secrecy, or recruitment by a trusted superior.
Some later members may also have joined because they believed Revan personally offered a solution to a galactic crisis.
These motivations can overlap without being identical, and a member's reasons for joining may later become reasons for leaving.
**Heading**Structure, Secrecy & Initiation
**Standard Text**The original Order does not appear to have possessed the rigid administrative structure of a major galactic institution. An official SWTOR intelligence report characterizes the early movement as poorly structured and poorly resourced despite its ability to attract members from several levels of Imperial society.
Tari Darkspanner styled herself the Master of the Order. Other Revanites served as elders, teachers, guards, recruiters, scholars, and members of an inner circle. Initiates underwent rituals and interviews intended to test their understanding, abilities, commitment, or usefulness before receiving deeper access to the organization.
Secrecy became essential as Imperial authorities began treating Revanite activity as heresy or treason. Members could consequently live double lives: publicly serving Sith masters, military commands, households, or other institutions while privately belonging to the Order.
That model becomes even more important during the later conspiracy, when infiltration of established institutions became one of the Revanites' greatest strengths.
**Heading**Revan's Return & the Order's Transformation
**Standard Text**The early Revanites built their beliefs around a figure they did not fully understand.
Darkspanner herself developed incorrect theories about Revan's fate, including the belief that he had secretly overcome the Sith Emperor and been concealed by the Dark Council. Her devotion happened to be correct about one central point—Revan had survived—but not about the circumstances.
Revan eventually contacted Darkspanner and drew the existing movement into his own plans. SWTOR's later codex describes the original cult becoming the backbone of his campaign against the Sith Emperor, with Darkspanner elevated into one of his trusted commanders.
The difference is important.
The Order founded on Dromund Kaas was a secretive cult interpreting Revan's historical legacy. The later movement had Revan himself at its center and developed into something much more organized, militant, and ambitious.
A character belonging to one phase should not automatically possess the beliefs, contacts, knowledge, or experiences of the other.
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**Suggested Placement:**Between “Revan's Return & the Order's Transformation” and “The Shadow of Revan Crisis.”
**Suggested Subject / Description:**An SWTOR-era depiction of the later Revanite movement as a disciplined but unconventional force composed of personnel from different backgrounds, ideally suggesting both Republic and Imperial origins. Revanite armor, military equipment, or the ruins and jungles associated with Rishi or Yavin 4 can visually distinguish this later organization from the secluded Dromund Kaas cult.
**Heading**The Shadow of Revan Crisis
**Standard Text**The later Revanites became a threat to both major galactic powers.
An investigation attributed to the Shroud connected suspicious activity inside both Republic and Imperial institutions to the Order and identified Republic Colonel Rian Darok and Darth Arkous as figures of particular concern. Official SWTOR material subsequently presents Revan's followers as an army whose plans threatened both the Republic and Empire.
The conspiracy became openly visible through the chain of events leading into *Shadow of Revan*. Attacks against Korriban and Tython exposed the existence of a wider plot. Further operations drew the conflict toward Rishi and ultimately Yavin 4, forcing Republic and Imperial forces into temporary cooperation against Revan and his followers. StarForgeRP's **Galactic Timeline** (https://www.starforgerp.com/timeline/galactic-timeline) places this crisis around 3637 BBY / 16 ATC as an approximate narrative chronology.
Revan's campaign ultimately sought the destruction of the Sith Emperor at any cost. The Revanites became the military and organizational foundation supporting that objective, but SWTOR does not clearly establish that every ordinary member understood every part of Revan's ultimate plan.
That uncertainty is useful for roleplay.
A former Revanite might have known exactly what their commander intended, received only compartmentalized orders, believed propaganda about a different objective, or discovered the true scale of the plan only after the organization began collapsing.
**Heading**Relations
**Subheading**Sith Empire
**Standard Text**The Order's relationship with the Sith Empire changed over time.
The early movement arose inside Imperial society and recruited Imperials who did not necessarily consider themselves traitors. Its willingness to study Revan's Jedi history, include socially marginalized members, and question Imperial interpretations of the past nevertheless brought it into conflict with Sith authorities.
The later Order moved far beyond covert reform or historical study. By infiltrating Imperial institutions and supporting Revan's independent campaign, it became a direct security threat to the Empire.
An Imperial character may therefore view Revanites as heretics, traitors, dangerous idealists, victims of manipulation, useful sources of forbidden information, or evidence that even highly placed personnel can conceal divided loyalties.
**Subheading**Galactic Republic
**Standard Text**The original Dromund Kaas Order was not a Republic organization, despite its fascination with a former Jedi.
Later Revanite activity, however, penetrated Republic institutions as well as Imperial ones. Senior Republic personnel could cooperate secretly with Imperial counterparts in service to the movement, demonstrating that the later Order deliberately crossed the political boundary defining most of the era's warfare.
Republic authorities would therefore have strong reasons to associate the later Revanites with infiltration, treason, military conspiracy, and catastrophic security failures rather than with an unusual historical society.
**Subheading**Jedi & Sith
**Standard Text**Revan's history ensures that both the **Jedi Order** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/organizations/jedi-order) and Sith traditions are relevant to Revanite belief, but the Order of Revan should not be confused with either.
A Revanite could be Force-sensitive or non-Force-sensitive. A Force-sensitive member might have previous Jedi or Sith training, but joining the Order did not automatically create a standardized Revanite school of Force practice equivalent to the established Jedi or Sith traditions.
For roleplay, “Revanite” is therefore usually more useful as an ideological or organizational affiliation than as a combat style.
**Heading**Current Status — 3621 BBY
**Small Text / Caption**StarForgeRP present-day context · Established SWTOR aftermath with cautious extrapolation
**Standard Text**The organized Revanite movement seen during *Shadow of Revan* should be treated as defeated by StarForgeRP's present day.
Republic and Imperial forces dismantled the Revanite position on Yavin 4, Revan was stopped, and the central movement lost both its leader and the military organization that had allowed it to threaten the two galactic powers. SWTOR does not subsequently establish the Order of Revan as a restored major faction.
That does not require every individual who ever followed Revan to have died.
At the current StarForgeRP date of 3621 BBY, a surviving former Revanite could plausibly still be alive. Hidden sympathizers, deserters, prisoners, disillusioned veterans, former infiltrators, isolated believers, abandoned cells, scholars preserving Revanite writings, or people appropriating the movement's symbols may also provide reasonable character concepts when their histories are explained.
What should not be assumed without explicit StarForgeRP continuity is that a large, coordinated, galaxy-spanning Order of Revan has quietly continued operating at its former strength for the sixteen years since the Shadow of Revan crisis. StarForgeRP's present setting incorporates that crisis as established history rather than an unresolved current war.
**Heading**Roleplay Considerations
**Standard Text**When creating a character connected to the Order of Revan, the most useful questions are:
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* When did they join?
* An early Dromund Kaas initiate and a later Shadow of Revan operative belonged to significantly different versions of the movement.
* Why did Revan appeal to them?
* Philosophy, military reputation, forbidden history, rebellion against orthodoxy, social mobility, religious devotion, personal ambition, or belief in Revan himself can produce very different characters.
* Were they Force-sensitive?
* Revanite membership did not require Force sensitivity.
* What did they do outside the Order?
* Many Revanites maintained other identities, professions, and affiliations. Their public life may have been as important as their secret membership.
* How much did they actually know?
* A recruiter, historian, infiltrator, soldier, intelligence asset, and senior commander should not all possess the same information.
* What happened to them when the Order fell?
* Did they surrender, flee, desert, become imprisoned, change allegiance, abandon the ideology, or continue believing after the organization disappeared?
* How public is their history?
* A known Revanite veteran may face very different consequences from someone whose membership was never discovered.
* What do they think of Revan now?
* Reverence can survive disappointment. So can anger, guilt, denial, nostalgia, shame, or the belief that Revan's followers corrupted an otherwise valuable philosophy.
* What relationships did membership cost them?
* Secret loyalties can damage families, military careers, Jedi or Sith relationships, friendships, and professional trust even years later.
* What remains unfinished?
* Missing comrades, hidden caches, compromised identities, old safehouses, confiscated artifacts, abandoned intelligence networks, debts, enemies, or unrecovered records can connect historical Revanite membership to present-day roleplay.
**Heading**Common Roleplay Hooks
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* A former Revanite operative attempting to build a new life while someone discovers their old affiliation.* An Imperial investigator reopening a forgotten Revanite case after evidence resurfaces.* A Republic veteran discovering that a respected former superior once belonged to the conspiracy.* A scholar searching for surviving records of the original Dromund Kaas cult rather than the later military movement.* An ex-Revanite trying to locate former cell members before an intelligence service does.* An artifact associated with Revan attracting believers, collectors, Sith researchers, Jedi historians, and criminals for very different reasons.* A surviving infiltrator whose public career continued after the Order collapsed.* A younger character adopting Revanite symbols without fully understanding the historical movement behind them.* Former members disagreeing over whether the Order betrayed Revan's original legacy or fulfilled it.* A hidden Revanite site containing records that could expose people who survived the movement's destruction.
**Heading**Common Misconceptions
**Subheading**“The Revanites were simply Grey Jedi.”
**Standard Text**They were not.
The Order included Force-sensitive and non-Force-sensitive members and developed as an organization centered upon Revan's legacy. Its interest in both Jedi and Sith aspects of Revan's history should not be converted into a universal “middle path” Force philosophy or a claim that light and dark can be used without consequence.
**Subheading**“Every Revanite was a Sith.”
**Standard Text**The early Order began within the Sith Empire and included Sith members, but its membership was broader than the Sith Order. Military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, enslaved people, and other non-Sith adherents are explicitly established. The later movement expanded into Republic institutions as well.
**Subheading**“The Dromund Kaas cult and the Shadow of Revan army were exactly the same organization.”
**Standard Text**They were connected, but the organization changed dramatically.
The original cult was small, secretive, poorly resourced, and largely Imperial. Revan's later involvement expanded its recruitment, reach, purpose, and military capabilities until it became a threat to both the Republic and Empire.
**Subheading**“All Revanites believed exactly the same thing.”
**Standard Text**The Order already contains competing interpretations of Revan during its early Dromund Kaas storyline.
Different followers emphasize his use of light and dark, military victories, willingness to empower outsiders, rejection of conventional loyalties, or personal transformation. Shared membership should provide common reference points without erasing individual motives.
**Subheading**“The Order of Revan is still a major active faction in the current setting.”
**Standard Text**Not by default.
The Shadow of Revan movement was defeated years before StarForgeRP's current 3621 BBY setting. Former members and small remnants remain plausible, but recreating the organization as a galactic-scale secret army would constitute new StarForgeRP continuity rather than simply continuing an established SWTOR faction.
**Heading**Notable Figures
**Subheading**Revan
**Standard Text**The historical figure around whom the Order was created and later the direct leader of its expanded campaign. Revan's complicated history as Jedi, Sith, military leader, prisoner of the Sith Emperor, and independent actor allowed different followers to construct very different interpretations of what his legacy meant.
**Suggested Future Page:** Revan
**Subheading**Tari Darkspanner
**Standard Text**Founder and self-appointed Master of the early Order of Revan. Darkspanner transformed private fascination with Revan into an organized secret movement on Dromund Kaas and later became one of Revan's trusted commanders after he made contact with the Order.
**Suggested Future Page:** Tari Darkspanner
**Subheading**Darth Arkous
**Standard Text**A prominent Imperial Sith secretly associated with the later Revanite conspiracy. His cooperation with Republic Colonel Rian Darok helped reveal the extent to which the movement had penetrated both sides of the galactic conflict.
**Suggested Future Page:** Darth Arkous
**Subheading**Colonel Rian Darok
**Standard Text**A senior Republic officer involved with the later Revanite conspiracy and secretly cooperating with Darth Arkous. Darok demonstrates that the expanded Order was not simply an Imperial heresy but a cross-faction movement capable of recruiting influential personnel from the Republic as well.
**Suggested Future Page:** Rian Darok
**Heading**Related Locations
**Subheading**Dromund Kaas
**Standard Text**The birthplace and original center of the Order. Early Revanites maintained a hidden sanctuary within the jungles beyond the capital after suspicion forced the movement away from more open activity in Kaas City.
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**Button Name:** Explore Dromund Kaas**Link Page Name:** Dromund Kaas**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/dromund-kaas
**Subheading**Rishi
**Standard Text**A major location in the later Revanite crisis, where the movement's plans drew Republic, Imperial, and independent participants into the growing conflict surrounding Revan.
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**Button Name:** Explore Rishi**Link Page Name:** Rishi**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/rishi
**Subheading**Yavin 4
**Standard Text**The site of the final major confrontation with Revan's organized movement during *Shadow of Revan*. The defeat of Revanite forces there effectively ends the Order's period as a major galactic threat.
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**Button Name:** Explore Yavin 4**Link Page Name:** Yavin 4**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/yavin-4
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**Button Name:** View the Galactic Timeline**Link Page Name:** Galactic Timeline**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/timeline/galactic-timeline
**Small Text / Caption**A secretive movement built around the legacy of Revan, transformed from an Imperial cult into a conspiracy that infiltrated both sides of the galactic war.
**Heading**Overview
**Standard Text**The Order of Revan, whose members are commonly called Revanites, began as a secret society within the **Sith Empire** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/factions-powers/sith-empire). Its followers studied and venerated Revan: the former Jedi who fought in the Mandalorian Wars, became Darth Revan, later returned to the Jedi, and left behind a history that resisted easy classification as either purely Jedi or purely Sith.
During the early SWTOR period, the Order remained comparatively small. Its adherents included Sith, Imperial military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, slaves, scholars, and others attracted to different parts of Revan's history. Some withdrew from ordinary Imperial society to devote themselves to the movement; others maintained conventional careers while meeting and studying in secret. SWTOR's Revanite codex describes a society numbering in the hundreds in this period, with status or species presenting less of a barrier to membership than personal strength and devotion.
The Order later changed dramatically. Revan himself eventually made contact with the movement, and the Revanites expanded beyond their Imperial origins into a clandestine network reaching both the Republic and Empire. By the events surrounding *Shadow of Revan*, the movement had become an armed conspiracy capable of infiltrating high levels of both galactic powers and fielding substantial forces of its own.
For roleplay, it is therefore important to ask not only whether a character was a Revanite, but when, where, and why they became one. A believer initiated in the jungles of Dromund Kaas could understand the Order very differently from a Republic officer recruited into Revan's later conspiracy.
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**Suggested Placement:**Below the introductory text.
**Suggested Subject / Description:**An SWTOR-era scene evoking the original Revanite sanctuary deep in the jungles of Dromund Kaas: concealed tents, ancient-looking shrines or artifacts, and several followers of visibly different backgrounds gathered away from Imperial authorities. The image should emphasize secrecy and devotion rather than depicting the Order as a conventional army.
**Heading**Quick Reference
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* Type: Secret society, religious-philosophical cult, and later militant conspiracy* Common Name for Members: Revanites* Founder of the Early Order: Tari Darkspanner* Original Center of Activity: **Dromund Kaas** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/dromund-kaas)* Central Figure of Devotion: Revan* Early Membership: Primarily drawn from Imperial society, but socially and culturally diverse* Later Membership: Expanded into both Republic and Imperial institutions* Force-Sensitive Membership: Present, but not required* Historical Peak: The conspiracy surrounding *Shadow of Revan** Present StarForgeRP Status: The historic Order is no longer an intact galactic power; surviving former members, hidden sympathizers, isolated remnants, or later imitators may still exist where appropriate* Major Historical Locations: Dromund Kaas, **Rishi** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/rishi), and **Yavin 4** (https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/yavin-4)
**Heading**Origins & the Early Order
**Standard Text**The early Order of Revan developed within the Sith Empire under Tari Darkspanner, a Sith who became fascinated with Revan while studying his history. Darkspanner built a movement around the belief that Revan's apparent contradictions represented strength rather than failure: Jedi and Sith, warrior and seeker, conqueror and redeemer.
The Order initially operated openly enough to attract attention in Kaas City. Growing suspicion regarding its loyalty to the Emperor eventually drove the movement underground, and the Revanites established a secluded sanctuary in the jungles of Dromund Kaas. By the time outsiders encountered the group during the early SWTOR storyline, it was known only to its adherents and a limited number of Imperial investigators.
Although Imperial authorities regarded the movement as potentially heretical or subversive, early Revanites did not necessarily think of themselves as enemies of the Empire. Some believed that Imperial society could be improved by adopting lessons they associated with Revan. One Imperial officer encountered during Revanite initiation explicitly rejected the idea that the Order should simply wage war against the Empire, favoring secrecy and persuasion instead.
This makes the early Order more useful for roleplay than a simple anti-Imperial rebellion. Members might consider themselves reformers, seekers of forbidden history, ambitious outsiders, religious devotees, political dissidents, or loyal Imperials who believed their society misunderstood one of its most important historical figures.
**Heading**Beliefs & Doctrine
**Standard Text**The Order did not reduce Revan to only Darth Revan or only the redeemed Jedi who followed him.
Early Revanites emphasized that Revan had experienced both the light and dark sides of the Force, fought as both Jedi and Sith, and drew upon qualities their own society often treated as mutually exclusive. SWTOR's Revanite material describes followers remembering both passion and tranquility, and the Order's own initiates disagree over which parts of Revan's legacy deserve the greatest emphasis.
This should not be interpreted as a formal doctrine that the light and dark sides are harmless, interchangeable, or meant to be combined in equal measure. The Revanites were followers of a historical figure whose life had crossed ideological boundaries, not evidence of a universally established third path between Jedi and Sith.
**Subheading**Strength Through Contradiction
**Standard Text**Revan's ability to survive radical changes in identity and allegiance became part of the Order's fascination with him.
To many Revanites, his history suggested that a person could learn from apparently opposing traditions without remaining permanently bound to either. Knowledge, experience, adaptability, personal power, and the willingness to question inherited assumptions could therefore carry considerable importance.
Individual members did not necessarily agree on what those lessons meant. A Sith might admire Revan's refusal to submit to orthodoxy. A soldier might admire his leadership. A scholar might be interested in suppressed history. A Mandalorian might respect the commander who defeated Mandalore the Ultimate. An alien living beneath Imperial prejudice might focus upon traditions within the Order that judged worth through ability rather than ancestry.
Shared devotion did not produce identical motives.
**Subheading**Rebirth & the Rejection of Old Obligations
**Standard Text**Initiation into the early Order included symbolic trials based upon episodes from Revan's life. One ritual centered upon death and rebirth, encouraging the initiate to imagine their former obligations and identity as having been left behind. Other trials emphasized knowledge of Revan's past, personal strength, judgment, and usefulness to the movement.
For roleplay, this theme can matter considerably. Joining the Order could appeal to someone who wanted to escape an old identity, reject inherited status, abandon previous loyalties, or believe that transformation itself was evidence of strength.
That does not mean every Revanite literally abandoned family, profession, or faction. Many early adherents continued ordinary lives while maintaining secret membership.
**Heading**Membership & Recruitment
**Standard Text**The early Order was unusually broad by the standards of the Sith Empire.
Its ranks included influential Sith, military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, and enslaved people. The SWTOR codex specifically establishes that low social status was not itself a barrier to membership. Personal power and fervor mattered more.
That openness did not make the Order egalitarian in a modern sense. Strength remained important, initiation could be dangerous, and members were expected to demonstrate their worth. What distinguished the movement was that Imperial status categories did not necessarily determine who could become valuable within it.
The later Revanite conspiracy broadened recruitment far beyond those Imperial beginnings. By the time its activities became a galactic threat, Revanite agents and sympathizers could be found inside both the **Galactic Republic** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/factions-powers/galactic-republic) and Sith Empire. The conspiracy reached senior figures on both sides, demonstrating that membership could coexist with an outwardly respectable military, political, or institutional career.
**Subheading**Why Join?
**Standard Text**A Revanite character should have a reason for being attracted to the movement beyond simply admiring Revan's appearance or reputation.
Possible motivations include dissatisfaction with Jedi or Sith orthodoxy, resentment of Imperial social barriers, fascination with forbidden history, admiration for Revan as a military commander, belief that the Republic–Imperial war had trapped both sides in destructive thinking, desire for personal advancement, genuine religious devotion, attraction to secrecy, or recruitment by a trusted superior.
Some later members may also have joined because they believed Revan personally offered a solution to a galactic crisis.
These motivations can overlap without being identical, and a member's reasons for joining may later become reasons for leaving.
**Heading**Structure, Secrecy & Initiation
**Standard Text**The original Order does not appear to have possessed the rigid administrative structure of a major galactic institution. An official SWTOR intelligence report characterizes the early movement as poorly structured and poorly resourced despite its ability to attract members from several levels of Imperial society.
Tari Darkspanner styled herself the Master of the Order. Other Revanites served as elders, teachers, guards, recruiters, scholars, and members of an inner circle. Initiates underwent rituals and interviews intended to test their understanding, abilities, commitment, or usefulness before receiving deeper access to the organization.
Secrecy became essential as Imperial authorities began treating Revanite activity as heresy or treason. Members could consequently live double lives: publicly serving Sith masters, military commands, households, or other institutions while privately belonging to the Order.
That model becomes even more important during the later conspiracy, when infiltration of established institutions became one of the Revanites' greatest strengths.
**Heading**Revan's Return & the Order's Transformation
**Standard Text**The early Revanites built their beliefs around a figure they did not fully understand.
Darkspanner herself developed incorrect theories about Revan's fate, including the belief that he had secretly overcome the Sith Emperor and been concealed by the Dark Council. Her devotion happened to be correct about one central point—Revan had survived—but not about the circumstances.
Revan eventually contacted Darkspanner and drew the existing movement into his own plans. SWTOR's later codex describes the original cult becoming the backbone of his campaign against the Sith Emperor, with Darkspanner elevated into one of his trusted commanders.
The difference is important.
The Order founded on Dromund Kaas was a secretive cult interpreting Revan's historical legacy. The later movement had Revan himself at its center and developed into something much more organized, militant, and ambitious.
A character belonging to one phase should not automatically possess the beliefs, contacts, knowledge, or experiences of the other.
**Image / Photo — Optional**
**Suggested Placement:**Between “Revan's Return & the Order's Transformation” and “The Shadow of Revan Crisis.”
**Suggested Subject / Description:**An SWTOR-era depiction of the later Revanite movement as a disciplined but unconventional force composed of personnel from different backgrounds, ideally suggesting both Republic and Imperial origins. Revanite armor, military equipment, or the ruins and jungles associated with Rishi or Yavin 4 can visually distinguish this later organization from the secluded Dromund Kaas cult.
**Heading**The Shadow of Revan Crisis
**Standard Text**The later Revanites became a threat to both major galactic powers.
An investigation attributed to the Shroud connected suspicious activity inside both Republic and Imperial institutions to the Order and identified Republic Colonel Rian Darok and Darth Arkous as figures of particular concern. Official SWTOR material subsequently presents Revan's followers as an army whose plans threatened both the Republic and Empire.
The conspiracy became openly visible through the chain of events leading into *Shadow of Revan*. Attacks against Korriban and Tython exposed the existence of a wider plot. Further operations drew the conflict toward Rishi and ultimately Yavin 4, forcing Republic and Imperial forces into temporary cooperation against Revan and his followers. StarForgeRP's **Galactic Timeline** (https://www.starforgerp.com/timeline/galactic-timeline) places this crisis around 3637 BBY / 16 ATC as an approximate narrative chronology.
Revan's campaign ultimately sought the destruction of the Sith Emperor at any cost. The Revanites became the military and organizational foundation supporting that objective, but SWTOR does not clearly establish that every ordinary member understood every part of Revan's ultimate plan.
That uncertainty is useful for roleplay.
A former Revanite might have known exactly what their commander intended, received only compartmentalized orders, believed propaganda about a different objective, or discovered the true scale of the plan only after the organization began collapsing.
**Heading**Relations
**Subheading**Sith Empire
**Standard Text**The Order's relationship with the Sith Empire changed over time.
The early movement arose inside Imperial society and recruited Imperials who did not necessarily consider themselves traitors. Its willingness to study Revan's Jedi history, include socially marginalized members, and question Imperial interpretations of the past nevertheless brought it into conflict with Sith authorities.
The later Order moved far beyond covert reform or historical study. By infiltrating Imperial institutions and supporting Revan's independent campaign, it became a direct security threat to the Empire.
An Imperial character may therefore view Revanites as heretics, traitors, dangerous idealists, victims of manipulation, useful sources of forbidden information, or evidence that even highly placed personnel can conceal divided loyalties.
**Subheading**Galactic Republic
**Standard Text**The original Dromund Kaas Order was not a Republic organization, despite its fascination with a former Jedi.
Later Revanite activity, however, penetrated Republic institutions as well as Imperial ones. Senior Republic personnel could cooperate secretly with Imperial counterparts in service to the movement, demonstrating that the later Order deliberately crossed the political boundary defining most of the era's warfare.
Republic authorities would therefore have strong reasons to associate the later Revanites with infiltration, treason, military conspiracy, and catastrophic security failures rather than with an unusual historical society.
**Subheading**Jedi & Sith
**Standard Text**Revan's history ensures that both the **Jedi Order** (https://www.starforgerp.com/lore/organizations/jedi-order) and Sith traditions are relevant to Revanite belief, but the Order of Revan should not be confused with either.
A Revanite could be Force-sensitive or non-Force-sensitive. A Force-sensitive member might have previous Jedi or Sith training, but joining the Order did not automatically create a standardized Revanite school of Force practice equivalent to the established Jedi or Sith traditions.
For roleplay, “Revanite” is therefore usually more useful as an ideological or organizational affiliation than as a combat style.
**Heading**Current Status — 3621 BBY
**Small Text / Caption**StarForgeRP present-day context · Established SWTOR aftermath with cautious extrapolation
**Standard Text**The organized Revanite movement seen during *Shadow of Revan* should be treated as defeated by StarForgeRP's present day.
Republic and Imperial forces dismantled the Revanite position on Yavin 4, Revan was stopped, and the central movement lost both its leader and the military organization that had allowed it to threaten the two galactic powers. SWTOR does not subsequently establish the Order of Revan as a restored major faction.
That does not require every individual who ever followed Revan to have died.
At the current StarForgeRP date of 3621 BBY, a surviving former Revanite could plausibly still be alive. Hidden sympathizers, deserters, prisoners, disillusioned veterans, former infiltrators, isolated believers, abandoned cells, scholars preserving Revanite writings, or people appropriating the movement's symbols may also provide reasonable character concepts when their histories are explained.
What should not be assumed without explicit StarForgeRP continuity is that a large, coordinated, galaxy-spanning Order of Revan has quietly continued operating at its former strength for the sixteen years since the Shadow of Revan crisis. StarForgeRP's present setting incorporates that crisis as established history rather than an unresolved current war.
**Heading**Roleplay Considerations
**Standard Text**When creating a character connected to the Order of Revan, the most useful questions are:
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* When did they join?
* An early Dromund Kaas initiate and a later Shadow of Revan operative belonged to significantly different versions of the movement.
* Why did Revan appeal to them?
* Philosophy, military reputation, forbidden history, rebellion against orthodoxy, social mobility, religious devotion, personal ambition, or belief in Revan himself can produce very different characters.
* Were they Force-sensitive?
* Revanite membership did not require Force sensitivity.
* What did they do outside the Order?
* Many Revanites maintained other identities, professions, and affiliations. Their public life may have been as important as their secret membership.
* How much did they actually know?
* A recruiter, historian, infiltrator, soldier, intelligence asset, and senior commander should not all possess the same information.
* What happened to them when the Order fell?
* Did they surrender, flee, desert, become imprisoned, change allegiance, abandon the ideology, or continue believing after the organization disappeared?
* How public is their history?
* A known Revanite veteran may face very different consequences from someone whose membership was never discovered.
* What do they think of Revan now?
* Reverence can survive disappointment. So can anger, guilt, denial, nostalgia, shame, or the belief that Revan's followers corrupted an otherwise valuable philosophy.
* What relationships did membership cost them?
* Secret loyalties can damage families, military careers, Jedi or Sith relationships, friendships, and professional trust even years later.
* What remains unfinished?
* Missing comrades, hidden caches, compromised identities, old safehouses, confiscated artifacts, abandoned intelligence networks, debts, enemies, or unrecovered records can connect historical Revanite membership to present-day roleplay.
**Heading**Common Roleplay Hooks
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* A former Revanite operative attempting to build a new life while someone discovers their old affiliation.* An Imperial investigator reopening a forgotten Revanite case after evidence resurfaces.* A Republic veteran discovering that a respected former superior once belonged to the conspiracy.* A scholar searching for surviving records of the original Dromund Kaas cult rather than the later military movement.* An ex-Revanite trying to locate former cell members before an intelligence service does.* An artifact associated with Revan attracting believers, collectors, Sith researchers, Jedi historians, and criminals for very different reasons.* A surviving infiltrator whose public career continued after the Order collapsed.* A younger character adopting Revanite symbols without fully understanding the historical movement behind them.* Former members disagreeing over whether the Order betrayed Revan's original legacy or fulfilled it.* A hidden Revanite site containing records that could expose people who survived the movement's destruction.
**Heading**Common Misconceptions
**Subheading**“The Revanites were simply Grey Jedi.”
**Standard Text**They were not.
The Order included Force-sensitive and non-Force-sensitive members and developed as an organization centered upon Revan's legacy. Its interest in both Jedi and Sith aspects of Revan's history should not be converted into a universal “middle path” Force philosophy or a claim that light and dark can be used without consequence.
**Subheading**“Every Revanite was a Sith.”
**Standard Text**The early Order began within the Sith Empire and included Sith members, but its membership was broader than the Sith Order. Military personnel, mercenaries, aliens, enslaved people, and other non-Sith adherents are explicitly established. The later movement expanded into Republic institutions as well.
**Subheading**“The Dromund Kaas cult and the Shadow of Revan army were exactly the same organization.”
**Standard Text**They were connected, but the organization changed dramatically.
The original cult was small, secretive, poorly resourced, and largely Imperial. Revan's later involvement expanded its recruitment, reach, purpose, and military capabilities until it became a threat to both the Republic and Empire.
**Subheading**“All Revanites believed exactly the same thing.”
**Standard Text**The Order already contains competing interpretations of Revan during its early Dromund Kaas storyline.
Different followers emphasize his use of light and dark, military victories, willingness to empower outsiders, rejection of conventional loyalties, or personal transformation. Shared membership should provide common reference points without erasing individual motives.
**Subheading**“The Order of Revan is still a major active faction in the current setting.”
**Standard Text**Not by default.
The Shadow of Revan movement was defeated years before StarForgeRP's current 3621 BBY setting. Former members and small remnants remain plausible, but recreating the organization as a galactic-scale secret army would constitute new StarForgeRP continuity rather than simply continuing an established SWTOR faction.
**Heading**Notable Figures
**Subheading**Revan
**Standard Text**The historical figure around whom the Order was created and later the direct leader of its expanded campaign. Revan's complicated history as Jedi, Sith, military leader, prisoner of the Sith Emperor, and independent actor allowed different followers to construct very different interpretations of what his legacy meant.
**Suggested Future Page:** Revan
**Subheading**Tari Darkspanner
**Standard Text**Founder and self-appointed Master of the early Order of Revan. Darkspanner transformed private fascination with Revan into an organized secret movement on Dromund Kaas and later became one of Revan's trusted commanders after he made contact with the Order.
**Suggested Future Page:** Tari Darkspanner
**Subheading**Darth Arkous
**Standard Text**A prominent Imperial Sith secretly associated with the later Revanite conspiracy. His cooperation with Republic Colonel Rian Darok helped reveal the extent to which the movement had penetrated both sides of the galactic conflict.
**Suggested Future Page:** Darth Arkous
**Subheading**Colonel Rian Darok
**Standard Text**A senior Republic officer involved with the later Revanite conspiracy and secretly cooperating with Darth Arkous. Darok demonstrates that the expanded Order was not simply an Imperial heresy but a cross-faction movement capable of recruiting influential personnel from the Republic as well.
**Suggested Future Page:** Rian Darok
**Heading**Related Locations
**Subheading**Dromund Kaas
**Standard Text**The birthplace and original center of the Order. Early Revanites maintained a hidden sanctuary within the jungles beyond the capital after suspicion forced the movement away from more open activity in Kaas City.
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**Button Name:** Explore Dromund Kaas**Link Page Name:** Dromund Kaas**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/dromund-kaas
**Subheading**Rishi
**Standard Text**A major location in the later Revanite crisis, where the movement's plans drew Republic, Imperial, and independent participants into the growing conflict surrounding Revan.
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**Button Name:** Explore Rishi**Link Page Name:** Rishi**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/rishi
**Subheading**Yavin 4
**Standard Text**The site of the final major confrontation with Revan's organized movement during *Shadow of Revan*. The defeat of Revanite forces there effectively ends the Order's period as a major galactic threat.
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**Button Name:** Explore Yavin 4**Link Page Name:** Yavin 4**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/galaxy/planets-moons/yavin-4
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**Button Name:** View the Galactic Timeline**Link Page Name:** Galactic Timeline**Page URL:** https://www.starforgerp.com/timeline/galactic-timeline
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