Competition: A Day of Infamy

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A Day of Infamy

The day Odan-Urr has long feared has finally come to pass, the Grand Master has returned to New Tython to purge the Brotherhood of the Jedi and raze the planet. This day will be remembered by Clan Odan-Urr and the survivors of New Tython for generations to come.

  • Come up with a name for this dark day (i.e. "Black Friday" or a similar nickname). Valid entries must include both a name and at least one sentence explaining why the name was chosen or what it means.

  • Entries will be evaluated on creativity, theme as it relates to the fictional events and suitability for widespread use.

  • The winning entry will be incorporated into a future Clan fiction

Competition Information
Organized by
Councillor Turel Sorenn
Running time
2016-02-22 until 2016-02-29 (8 days)
Target Unit
Clan Odan-Urr
Competition Type
Other
Awards
Fourth Level Crescents
Participants
15 subscribers, of which 14 have participated.
Results
1st place
Korroth
Member
Korroth
Textual submission

The Untethering

When Darth Pravus burned New Tython, he severed our Clan's connection to the Galaxy. The homeworld was what grounded us to the active, transient, turbulent life of the Universe. Without it, we have naught to protect, no urge to strive for peace within and without. We are now lost and wandering without aim, without anything by which to judge the rectitude of our actions.

But we should not permit the Sith to bind this day of Untethering in their hate. After all, "luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." The souls we have lost have merely dropped the fetters of this world, to fly to unity with the Force. We will grieve, but we will let New Tython go.

Placement
1st place
Member
Padawan Tisto Kingang
Submission
Padawan Tisto Kingang opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Salbecca
Member
Salbecca
Textual submission

Name: The Harrowing of New Tython
Reason: The idea came from the Harrying (or Harrowing) of the North. Between 1069 and 1070 William the Conqueror led a fairly bloody campaign to bring the north of England under heel by looting, burning and slaughtering anyone in his way. I felt like it kind of matched what happened to New Tython.

Placement
3rd place
Member
Corvus Corax
Textual submission

The Treacherous Calamity

In the golden age of Odan-Urr, when we were starting to be accepted, such as becoming allied with Arcona, we were betrayed, and a cataclysmic calamity ('An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction'). This event was so horrendous and HUGE, that it isn't blamed on one man (Pravus), but it is blamed on the organisation that let him get away with it. Its date may be saved, but a time or day isn't tied to it, as it is all-affecting, and will continue to drive us forward.

Placement
No placement
Member
Mako Henymory
Textual submission

"Desolation Day"

because our home was desolated by invading forces.

Placement
No placement
Member
Torin Ardell
Textual submission

The betrayal of the Jedi because we're Jedi, most of us anyway, and we were betrayed.

Placement
No placement
Member
Moff Alethia Archenksova
Textual submission

The Reckoning

Placement
No placement
Member
Edgar Drachen
Submission
Edgar Drachen opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
General Daniel Stephens
Textual submission

Twilight of the Light - THis is a slippery slope for all Jedi. Pravus knows that to bring a Jedi to the Dark Side is a win. To have Jedi react with to a situation with anger and cause them to forget their ideals is still a win for the Dark.

Twilight does not mean the end of the Jedi, nor the light. Just a dimming until we can regain our footing and once again find our way.

Placement
No placement
Member
Colonel Len Iode
Textual submission

The Beginning

Although this day is the end for many lives on New Tython. This day also freed us. We may now act as bringers of the Light and destroy the Sith. That day was just the beginning. This day may have also started something else, maybe this is the beginning of the Order slipping into darkness

Placement
No placement
Member
Trideo Arkson
Textual submission

I'm gonna go with "The Twilight Massacre". I was looking for something about darkness coming without just saying dark...whatever whatever, so I went with twilight. Twilight is a good metaphor for a transition from light to dark, which is what happened. Massacre also carries the proper weight of what happened at New Tython, it's wasn't simply loss of property or life, it was a total....well.....massacre. Relatively easy to say as well, not too wordy.

Placement
No placement
Member
Lu'aisha Gresee
Textual submission

Carnage Prime.

The all or none day of Jedi elimination under GM Pravus's order, an overwhelming defeat of New Tython Light defenders. It was thought as the ultimate moment for the Iron Legion to wipe out all the defiance inside the Dark Jedi Brotherhood previously resided in planet New Tython.

Placement
No placement
Member
Mandalorian Darcy Avarik
Textual submission

Scorched Saturday / Sunday
Random day of the week that alliterates with Scorched, coming from the Soviet strategy of Scorched Earth.

Placement
No placement
Member
Neza-Rem Zarabi
Textual submission

The Sacking of New Tython

I chose the name based on the fact that in the fiction the Grand Master is not there to just kill one group of individuals he is planning to raise the planet and shake it at its core. not unlike Darth Malgus and the Sacking of Coruscant.

Placement
No placement