HIERARCHY

 

There are 4 levels or grades of Jedi:

 

• Jedi Initiate (or "Youngling" or "Jedi Hopeful") – The youngest members of the Order, these Force-sensitive children and teenagers are given the rank of Initiate when they began their communal training in "clans". Recruited from any country throughout the World, Initiates go to a Jedi Academy for formal training.

• Jedi Padawan – After being selected for individual tutelage under a single Jedi Knight or Jedi Master, Initiates are given the title of Padawan. Eligible for this rank following the successful completion of the Initiate Trials, Padawans are typically taken at adolescence and completed their training away from the Academy. Per tradition, Padawans would wear a long braid of hair behind their ear. A Jedi Knight or Jedi Master can have only one apprentice at a time, and the Padawan has to be promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight before another apprentice can be chosen. While in place, the policy can be revoked should the Order see a decline in number, and necessity forces the apprenticeship of several students to a single Master. Following several unsuccessful attempts at the Initiate Trials or if a student is not chosen by a Master, the Council of Reconciliation would place the student within the Jedi Service Corps. Depending on where the student's talents lay, this may be the Agricultural Corps, the Medical Corps, the Educational Corps or the Exploration Corps. If this role does not suit a particular student, they can choose to leave the Order entirely (and they're called "the Lost").

• Jedi Knight – Following a period of nearly a decade of one-on-one training with a Master, a disciplined Padawan is eligible to attempt the Jedi Trials. Upon successfully completing all tests put forth, a Padawan's braid is severed in the knighting ceremony before the High Council and their life as a Knight began. No longer attached to a Master, Knights were free to accept missions from the Council, pursue specialized training on one of the three branches of Knighthood, or take their own Padawan.

• Jedi Master – A Knight who shows great understanding of the Force and manage to instruct a Padawan and train them successfully to the level of a Jedi Knight is elevated to the rank of Master by the High Council. Self-declaration of the title was and is frowned upon and rare practice in usual conditions, but not uncommon during war times or periods of disbandment. Amongst the Order's Masters, only a select few are appointed to one of the Jedi Councils.

 

SPECIALIZATION

 

Upon a Padawan's ascension to Knighthood, they face the choice of continuing down one of three branches of Jedi training. Choosing based on preference and personal talents and skills, the opportunity to join the ranks of the Jedi Guardian, Jedi Consular, or Jedi Sentinel is open to all who passed the Jedi Trials.

 

Jedi Guardian:

Knights preferring to take a physically active stance against the dark side of the Force and all other threats are known to pursue the title of Guardian. Brandishing their lightsabers proudly, Guardians focus much of their training on perfecting their sparring and athletic skills, as well as the art of unarmed combat. The Force skills studied by the Guardians are typically those used for quickly disabling an opponent and aiding in agility and stamina. The most profound masters of this specialization were known as "Warrior Master".

• Lightsaber instructors – Stationed at the Jedi Academies, these individuals are battle-scarred Masters who are determined to pass down their experience to the young students of the Order. The highest ranking instructor within the academy is given the title of "Battlemaster" by the High Council and is responsible for selecting and referring future instructors.

• Jedi Peacekeeper – Those Jedi wishing to pursue a peacekeeping role are stationed within government's security agencies where they worked as police to help to quell riots and capture terrorists. The "Temple Security Force" is made up of Peacekeepers.

 

Jedi Consular:

Focusing not on physical force but on mastery of the Force and the sharpening of mental skills, the Jedi Knights who became Consulars work closely with the Diplomatic Corps and medical facilities. Overseen by the Council of Reconciliation, Consulars work as healers, prophets, and researchers, wielding a lightsaber only for self defense. The most studied masters of this specialization are known as "Sage Master".

• Jedi Ambassador – Ambassadors work closely with bureaucrats to assist governments and helping them. Some Ambassadors are designated as advisers upon request.

• Jedi Diplomat – Always right in the middle of a dispute, Jedi Diplomats are given the authority to hammer out a compromise or treaty during tense negotiations, backed by the full support of the Jedi Order. Jedi are often called upon to act as impartial diplomats and mediators. They would serve as moderators and negotiators during disputes, and their judgments usually are recognized as just and binding. When acting as diplomats, Jedi take the utmost care to be impartial and fair-minded.

• Jedi Healer – Some Jedi will focus on the more humanitarian aspects of the Force, manipulating the Living Force to perform the art of healing. Led by the "Circle of Jedi Healers" and headquartered in the Temple's "Halls of Healing", healers are also deployed to serve around the World.

• Jedi Lore Keeper – Jedi wishing to contribute to the growth of the Jedi Archives would become "Lore Keepers", a group directed by the "Librarian's Assembly". Divided into historians, archivists, and librarians, each group work for the proliferation of knowledge and preservation of the past.

• Jedi Researcher – Solving theory and updating the Archives of the Order, "Researchers" choose specializations such as that in archaeology, geology, biology, mathematics, and astronomy.

• Jedi Seer – Those Jedi specifically predisposed to receive visions through the Force are known as "Seers", maintaining and updating the Order's holocrons. The most perceptive of these Jedi are known as "Prophets" and may foretold the future of the World.

 

Jedi Sentinel:

Knights that seek a balance between the intensive combat training of the Jedi Guardians and the wider philosophical views and teaching responsibilities of the Jedi Consulars. These Jedi ferreted out deceit and injustice, bringing it to light. They are generally employed in scouting missions and are skilled in security, computers, or stealth techniques, and also had diplomatic skills.

• Jedi Investigator – Jedi specially appointed by the High Council to uncover hidden and obscure threats to a country or to the World, such as powerful criminal syndicates, corruption and conspiracy, terrorism and other shady menaces. The Jedi Investigator would often work alone and undercover to infiltrate suspicious organizations or would be busy investigating some act of crime.

• Jedi Shadow – The secret police of the Order, "Shadows" worked under the supervision of the First Knowledge Council and are dispatched to destroy all agents of the dark side.

• Jedi Watchman – Jedi Watchmen were charged with overseeing a particular region, thus serving as a type of liaison officer between the region and the High Council. Jedi Watchmen are often highly skilled in diplomacy and possessed knowledge of the culture of the region they oversaw; typically having spent many years living amongst the people of said region.