The Rod of Power was a Force artifact formed from combining the Rod of Daybreak and the Rod of Seasons, two of a set of three rods used control the Nameless species. Unlike the two rods individually, the Rod of Power provided complete control of the Nameless, the creatures unable to resist. If the user of the Rod was trying to control multiple at once, however, the blood-lust of hungry Nameless enabled them to put up some resistance. When Nameless were close by, the Rod of Power could also be used to induce similar effects upon Force-sensitives as the Nameless themselves.[1]
During the Battle of Jedha,[3] in 382 BBY,[4] the Herald of the Path of the Open Hand cult, Werth Plouth, united the Rod of Seasons and Rod of Daybreak. He "tested" it by using it to order the Leveler, one of the Nameless, to kill Jedi Master Leebon.[3] However, the Rod was split into its two parts once again during an ensuing fight against Jedi. Elecia Zeveron, the Mother of the Path of the Open Hand, would later unite the two Rods again shortly before the Night of Sorrow. She and the Path's Guide, Marda Ro, used the Rod of Power to attack the Jedi with the Nameless during the Night of Sorrow.[1]
After the battle, Marda left with the Rod of Seasons, while her cousin Yana Ro smuggled out the Rod of Daybreak without her knowledge.[1] Marda's descendants thus only held part of the complete rod,[5] which nonetheless was passed down through the Ro family.[2] In time, Marda's descendant Marchion Ro came to acquire the pieces to the Nameless control rod.[6] In 228 BBY,[7] while investigating the blight plague on the planet Vixoseph I, Marchion used the Rod of Power to walk into the blight, remaining unharmed.[2]
Appearances
- The High Republic (2022) 8 (First appearance)
- The High Republic (2022) 9
- The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (and audiobook) (First identified as Rod of Power, in book)
- The High Republic (2022) 10
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (and audiobook)
- The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 2 (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 4 (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (and audiobook)
Sources
Star Wars: The High Republic Show: The High Republic at New York Comic Con, Phase II Begins Now, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First pictured)- Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic: The Path of the Open Hand on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic: The Mother on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic: Volume II
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The High Republic: Temptation of the Force
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The High Republic (2022) 8
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ The High Republic: The Rising Storm
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates Starlight Beacon's destruction to 230 BBY. The implementation of the Guardian Protocols, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia places in 229 BBY, took place one week after Starlight Beacon's fall according to The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight 1. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force takes place one year and six weeks after the destruction of Starlight Beacon and its events span a few months, it must be set in 228 BBY.