Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 18:59:20 -0500
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Subject: The Motesta Circle
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[dated: 12 years after ANH, 9 years after RotJ, M&LGH timeline]

Founded shortly after the fall of Thrawn by an ex-smuggler with some limited
force capability, the Motesta Circle, keepers of the Jedi Holocron, is
considered one of the greatest institutions of Jedi history in the galaxy. Its
members have explored the maze of the Emperor's Wayland storehouse, and also
have initiated detailed research on many other aspects of the Force. 

The Motesta Circle was founded on Tatooine by Devta Sharanim, believed to be
from Tatooine. Devta never talks much about his past, though he will willingly
explain that he was at one time a Jedi candidate who for some reason never
completed his training. He considers the Circle a repayment to the Jedi
destroyed by the Emperor, a society founded in their memory. 

After the Republic reclaimed the wrecked Coruscant, Sharanim and two of his
initiates, Gallezi Captison of Bakura [Gaeri's third cousin] and Kiweck Patsaqis
of Kinyen, approached Luke Skywalker about their work. Luke, sensing good
reasons to trust them and a need for their work, allowed them access to numerous
important items, including the Mount Tantiss installation, and they quickly
became one of the key resources for all who wished to learn about the Jedi. 

When Luke founded the Jedi Academy on Yavin, the Circle moved operations there.
Devta personally was appointed the keeper of the Jedi Holocron, an artifact that
has proven infinitely useful in the day-to-day curriculum of the Academy. The
Circle now claims over thirty members, nearly half of whom are enrolled in the
Jedi Academy.