Zoph

Zoph is an isolated planet on the Outer Rim. Vic Dantor ran a mining operation on the planet, prospecting for rare crystals, until it was disrupted by Master Quiet and Vesper Syl'tine who claimed to be acting on behalf of the Jedi Order. Vic went looking for answers after his employees refused to return to the site, and as far as he knows the mining camp has been abandoned ever since.

According to files Vic stole from the Jedi Temple which are in the process of being decrypted by Ori Dantor, the Jedi have been involved with Zoph for a thousand years or more. Over the course of the past two decades, several Jedi including Master Quiet and his padawan Nimm Sato, Zernvik Akawoi, and Damasa Kovani have visited Zoph for unknown reasons. In Damasa's case, she took a sample of something and reported to the Jedi Council that the status of the planet was unchanged.

A crystal from Zoph was incorporated into the artifact.

Master Quiet claimed that Vic's mining camp was actually the location of a vergence in the Force which had been used for initiations in the days of the Old Republic. Master Quiet believed that Zernvik may have been killed by the vergence in a failed attempt to access it, and that a padawan might have more success in entering it. The Force-sensitive PCs all felt strongly that they needed to enter the vergence (Reevo Tetsu did not feel this way). Efnir Kis felt equally strongly that Master Quiet had to be prevented from entering.

The PCs entered the vergence and found Zernvik in stasis in a large crystal inside it. Zernvik explained that in the days of the Old Republic, the vergence had been used for the initiation of padawans, who would overcome certain trials and then build their lightsabers with help from a Jedi Master named Rego Tane, the Keeper of the Armory. However, the ancient weapons and techniques Master Tane studied in his free time gradually made him believe no one was worthy to pass his tests and led to his fall to the dark side. When Master Tane died, his corrupted spirit still inhabited the vergence, and the Jedi were forced to abandon it. After Master Quiet convinced Zernvik to enter the vergence, Zernvik fought the Keeper of the Armory to a stalemate, then had a vision that warned him of the terrible tragedy that would ensue if Master Quiet gained access to the Keeper's dangerous knowledge. Zernvik chose to bind himself to the vergence to keep Master Quiet out until a more permanent solution could be found.

Ultimately, the Force-sensitive PCs built their lightsabers using crystals from the vergence. They then defeated the Keeper of the Armory, laid his spirit to rest, and destroyed his dark side artifacts. After Zernvik discovered he could no longer leave the vergence, Reevo chose to remain there with him to explore its mysteries, with Jaquina Masin also staying on to support them.

The PCs told Lilikai Singan about Zoph and the vergence, not realizing she had fallen to the dark side. Vesper Syl'tine warned Zernvik that the temple's location had been compromised. Zernvik still couldn't leave and Reevo still refused to leave him, but Jaquina escaped to temporary safety in the hidden settlement on the surface of Nar Shaddaa. Because Jaquina saw Imperial scout troopers arriving on Zoph just before she left, the PCs fear that Lilikai and/or the Empire may currently be laying siege to the temple.