Del Morrigan

"The dark side has made you weak. You've become nothing more than a pawn in the Emperor's grand scheme." "He will reshape the galaxy, and destroying the Jedi is only the beginning. I'm simply playing my part." "You're wrong. The Jedi will live on. Hope never dies."

- Del Morrigan and the Fourth Brother

Del Morrigan was a legendary Force-sensitive human male Jedi Master and revolutionary leader who co-led the Phantom Cell during the Imperial Era. During the Clone Wars, Morrigan served as a Jedi General of the Grand Army of the Republic and fought against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Throughout the conflict, Morrigan was put in command of the elite clone troopers of the 71st Delta Corps, including the 401st Legion. However, Morrigan and his apprentice, Main Character, were forced into exile as a result of the Great Jedi Purge. The two fled to the remote planet of Batuu, where they sought refuge and formed a rebel cell against the Galactic Empire.

Born in 47 BBY on the Inner Rim planet of Orchis, Morrigan was discovered by Jedi seekers and admitted into the Jedi Order as a child. Raised in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant, Morrigan was assigned as the Padawan of Jedi Master Tek Lourke in 34 BBY. As he continued to learn the ways of the Force under Lourke, Morrigan earned the rank of Jedi Knight before the outbreak of the Clone Wars.

With the advent of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY, Morrigan earned the military rank of Jedi General in the Grand Army of the Republic and was given command of the 71st Delta Corps. Clone Marshal Commander CC-7713 "Apollo" and Clone Commander CC-7427 "Rayvis" served under Morrigan as his second-in-command throughout the galaxy-wide conflict. Aside from his responsibilities as a general, Morrigan also prioritized the training of his Padawan, imparting what he learned from Lourke. During the final days of the war, the Jedi High Council sent Morrigan, TBD and the 401st Legion to destroy the Separatist facilities on the planet Abrion Major. Morrigan led his task force to victory against the Separatist blockade over Abrion Major and sent the 401st Legion to destroy the droid factory. While preparing to invade the Separatist Research Center, Morrigan and TBD were forced to escape the Venator-class Star Destroyer Integrity after the clone troopers of the 401st Division attempted to kill them in accordance to Order 66. With the aid of TBD's personal astromech droid, R3-D3, the group fled to the Outer Rim planet Batuu as the Galactic Empire rose to power.

Adopting a lifestyle in exile, Morrigan adopted the alias

Early life
Del Morrigan was born on the Inner Rim planet of Orchis in 47 BBY. As a Force-sensitive, Morrigan was discovered by the Jedi Order and taken to the Jedi Temple on the Core Worlds planet of Coruscant, where he was admitted into the Jedi Order. In the crèche, Morrigan began his initiate training in the Tooka Clan along with other Jedi younglings, under the tutelage of Grand Master Yoda. During his early years, he learned several basic Force techniques and even took a class that focused on meditation. He also learned the art of lightsaber combat from Jedi Master Cin Drallig, such as basic lightsaber forms and techniques.

As Morrigan continued to learn the ways of the Force, he developed a sense of honor in the Jedi Code and dedicated himself to their traditions. But despite his dedication to the Jedi ways, Morrigan developed a rebellious and prideful nature, resulting in few Jedi Masters who were willing to train him as their Padawan. To restrain his behavior, Yoda searched for a teacher for Morrigan that had unorthodox methods, which would mold the boy into being disciplined and dutiful.

Tek Lourke's Padawan
In 34 BBY, Jedi Master Tek Lourke chose Morrigan as his Padawan learner when he was thirteen years old.

Battle of Abrion Major
During the Outer Rim Sieges, Republic Intelligence discovered secret Separatist military facilities on the Outer Rim planet of Abrion Major. The Jedi High Council sent Morrigan and TBD to destroy the facilities on Abrion Major. Upon their arrival to the Abrion system, the Separatists had established a blockade under the command of Commander Mok Tuka. To initiate the battle, Morrigan entrusted TBD with command of a squadron to fend off Tuka's blockade to make way for a ground assault. As his squadron began to grow overwhelmed, Morrigan led Bravo Squadron to aid his apprentice fight off the counterattack. Tuka took the opportunity to unleash Hyena-class Droid Bombers to attack Morrigan's capital ships, to which Morrigan ordered the squadrons to return to the Venator-class Star Destroyer Integrity.

Once back on the Integrity, Morrigan reported his losses to Yoda and Mace Windu. After Yoda and Windu stressed the importance of breaking the blockade, Morrigan formulated a plan to destroy Tuka's control ship. Morrigan ordered all capital ships to focus their fire on the central core of the battleship, hoping to destroy it. With the combined fire power of the Star Destroyers, the battleship was eventually destroyed with Tuka still inside. Morrigan sent TBD and his squadron to take out the remaining droids while Morrigan led his fleet to attack the remaining ships of the blockade. Together, Morrigan and TBD led the fleet to victory, forcing the remainder of the blockade to retreat as they secured the space around Abrion Major.

Order 66
Upon the decent to Abrion Major, Morrigan sent the 401st Legion to destroy the droid factory under the command of Apollo. Morrigan stayed aboard the Integrity with TBD and the 401st Division as they prepared to rendezvous with the 401st and invade the Separatist Research Center together. Morrigan, TBD and Rayvis were discussing strategies for the upcoming battle when Rayvis received word that he was needed for an important transmission. Rayvis received the transmission from Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who revealed himself to be the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, ordering all clone troopers to execute Order 66. As Morrigan overheard the hologram, he began to feel a great disturbance in the Force as if a galaxy-wide tragedy had commenced.

As Rayvis returned to the briefing room, a few more clone troopers followed him inside and instantly focused their blaster carbines on Morrigan and TBD. While attempting to fight off the activation of his behavioral inhibitor chip, Rayvis put his helmet back on and drew his DC-17 hand blasters on them as well. Morrigan and TBD ignited their lightsabers in defense while Morrigan attempted to pry answers out of Rayvis, but all of his questions were ignored. As Rayvis fully succumbed to his inhibitor chip, he opened fire on Morrigan and TBD with the other clones. Morrigan and TBD deflected the shots with their lightsabers while Morrigan searched the room for an escape route. He used the Force to seal the door behind the clones, ensuring no one else could enter the briefing room and then Force pushed the clones with TBD. As the clones were knocked to the ground, Morrigan and TBD escaped from the door behind them. However, the respite only lasted for a moment as another squad of clones charged in to help Rayvis. Without any other choice, Morrigan and TBD decimated the squad, clearing their way through the hallway and dashed to an empty hallway when they saw more clones approaching. Once they were temporarily safe, Morrigan used his lightsaber to cut through the ceiling and create an exit hole that they climbed through.

Help from droid companions
As the two snuck around the Integrity, they arrived at the droid storage room, where their personal astromech droids were waiting. Morrigan and TBD powered up the droids, R4-P11 and R3-D3, and tried to clam them down as the droids beeped with excitement to see their companions. As they activated, the droids began to profusely ask Morrigan and TBD questions upon what was happening, but they couldn't give them answers as they weren't sure either; however, Morrigan asked them for their help in escaping. With this, the droids swore to assist them as Morrigan ordered them to get started. With everyone in agreement, Morrigan ordered R3-D3 to patch into the ship's central computer as well as the clone troopers' comms to determine an escape plan. With the new information they received, Morrigan led the group to the hangar control room to begin their plan.

Finally arriving at the hangar's control center, TBD was first to use the Force to push aside two officers while R4-P11 and R3-D3 stunned another. When they approached the controls, they noticed that everything was locked down, so Morrigan tasked R3 with opening up the hangars while R4 would prepare an escape shuttle. As R3 performed his duties, the droid informed Morrigan and TBD that the hyperdrive was still operational as an alternative plan, but Morrigan ordered him to proceed with the initial plan as escaping the clones was their main priority. With that, R3 managed to open the hangar doors, revealing a formation of Nu-class attack/transport shuttles for them; however, opening the hangar doors also revealed Rayvis leading a large unit of clone troopers to the center of the hangar.

Fight in the hangar
As the clones got into formation, TBD turned to Morrigan to ask what they would do, and Morrigan began thinking. TBD suggested the only option seemed to be taking out all the clones, but Morrigan instantly turned down his suggestion, stating it was far too reckless and risky with a slim chance of them coming out alive. Remembering that R4 was preparing a shuttle, Morrigan ordered the droid to enter the hangar and fire the shuttle's laser cannons when he gave the word. Morrigan walked over to the viewport to see the army of clone troopers awaiting their arrival as he filled TBD in on his new plan. He then walked back to hug TBD and told him to remain strong, assuring him that they would all make it out alive. As Morrigan and TBD reached the hangar, the clones focused their blasters at them, ready to complete their mission, but Morrigan and TBD pleaded for them to hold their fire. As the clones temporarily stalled, Morrigan took the opportunity to appeal to his comradeship with Rayvis, explaining that he believed that a greater power was causing the clones to betray them. He refused to give up on his old friend as he believed Rayvis and all the other clones could still be saved. With no sign of R4, the diversion quickly failed as Rayvis grew more impatient and eventually ordered his men to eliminate the Jedi.

As the clones began firing at Morrigan and TBD, they deflected the shots with their lightsabers. The clones began moving in on the Jedi, leaving them no choice but to start decimating the clones as they got closer. Morrigan and TBD were back to back, taking out as many clones they could, including troopers from Lieutenant Stinger's platoon. Stinger witnessed his men fall at the hands of the Jedi, which caused him to furiously charge at Morrigan, attempting to kill him. Out the corner of his eye, Morrigan was able to see Stinger storming at him and swung at him with his lightsaber, striking him down with it. As the fight continued, R4 finally managed to return with an escape shuttle and as Morrigan saw the shuttle, he immediately ordered R4 to fire the laser cannons at the clones. As instructed, the droid unleashed heavy fire on the attacking clone troopers and cleared many of them, creating a path for his companions. His efforts were disrupted when R3 informed the group that more of Rayvis' reinforcements had arrived. The reinforcements that stormed into the hangar focused their fire on the shuttle with R4 inside. As the shuttle took more damage, R4 eventually lost control and crashed it into the side of the hangar, causing an explosion. As R3 witnessed the fight, he flew over to the wreckage and found that R4 was destroyed in the crash.

Escape
With all the pressure on him, R3 made a daring trip to the bay with the Nu-class shuttles and prepared another ship for his friends. As R3 traveled back to the shuttle bay, Morrigan contacted him and told him to fill him in on the droid's plan. Confident in his droid's craftiness, TBD reassured Morrigan that R3 would come through for them. Upon R3's return, he saw that Morrigan and TBD were once again pinned down, with the clones that Rayvis called in. As his droid partner did before, R3 used the shuttle's laser cannons to fire on the clones while they were focused on killing the Jedi. This time the plan was successful as most of Rayvis' forces were killed and they were far more distracted.

As the clones were fired upon, Morrigan told TBD to start heading towards the shuttle, but the boy hesitated. Morrigan assured him that he would be fine and urged him again to go to the shuttle. As instructed, TBD Force jumped over the force of clones to the side of the shuttle, waiting on R3 to open the door. Before hopping in the shuttle, TBD helped out his master by using the Force to push Rayvis and a few more clones. Morrigan continued to fight off the clones as he made his way to the shuttle, but was shot a couple of times. Morrigan kept running to the shuttle as he was able to withstand his injuries and jumped in the shuttle, joining his friends. With everyone safe in the shuttle, TBD immediately evacuated them out of the Integrity as the clone troopers began firing at them.

Morrigan fled the Abrion system with TBD and R3-D3 as they searched the Outer Rim Territories for somewhere to temporarily lie low.

Personality and traits
Del Morrigan was a human male who stood 1.83 meters tall and weighed 81 kilograms. He had dark skin, brown eyes, and black hair which turned gray in his later years. During his childhood, Morrigan was known to be reckless, unpredictable, and prideful, worried to be going down a dark path. However, under his apprenticeship with Jedi Master Tek Lourke, Morrigan corrected his behavior and rededicated his life to the Jedi Code. Lourke's unorthodox tactics on discipline shaped the boy into a respected Padawan as Morrigan desired to please him and earn his respect. Over time, Morrigan become loyal and dedicated to Lourke, developing his sense of humor and sarcastic wit. Even Grand Master Yoda sensed Lourke's defiance in Morrigan, but Lourke reflected on Morrigan's considerable knowledge and potential; he also considered that his Padawan became far wiser than him.

Leading up to his Jedi Trials, Morrigan was nervous and unsure of himself, over-contemplating his past failures and misfortunes. Lourke reassured him of his raw talent and knowledge which impressed many within the Jedi Order. With his newly found balance, Morrigan became a promising negotiator as he was able to resolve disputes and relieve tensions before any escalation. In many ways, Morrigan embodied the image of the Jedi Order: steadfast, selfless and modest.

Over time, Morrigan held on to his youthful audacity, but assumed the role of a more stern and persistent mentor to Main Character, who was very similar to Morrigan in personality. The two had a rough dynamic early on, with Morrigan feeling protective and responsible for his Padawan turning out worse than he did as a child, and TBD feeling like Morrigan was far too strict as if he was incapable of taking on the responsibility of teaching him. Morrigan would stay up at night, remembering some of his master's discipline tactics and developed some of his own over time. Morrigan didn't want to make the mistake of trying to be exactly like Lourke and developed his own methods based on his relationship with TBD.

Lightsaber abilities
"This weapon is your life."

- Del Morrigan, to Main Character

Del Morrigan was a capable lightsaber duelist, known as one of the greatest swordsmen of his time. Throughout his training years, he had learned several forms of lightsaber combat, especially mastering Form VI. In contrast to the more aggressive dueling styles of his apprentice, Morrigan's combat style focused on balance and harmony, seeking to achieve victory without dominating his opponents. He encountered some of the most dangerous people in the galaxy, such as the notorious bounty hunter Crez Dane, the Fourth Brother, and the powerful Sith Lord Darth Midous. Although difficult, he managed to defeat most of his enemies on their numerous encounters with each other.

Even during the enactment of Order 66, Morrigan utilized his power with a lightsaber to best the opposing clone troopers and escape the Integrity with TBD and R3-D3. Making use of his signature Form VI defense, Morrigan carefully anticipated the clones troopers' moves and exploited their weakness. Morrigan, along with TBD, decimated the large force of clones after trying to reason and sympathize didn't work. Years later, Morrigan was hunted down by three Jedi hunters of the Inquisitorius, notably dueling with the persistent Fourth Brother on numerous occasions.

Force powers
Although Morrigan focused on perfecting his lightsaber combat, he was also very skilled and powerful in the use of the Force.

Other abilities
Throughout his lifetime, Morrigan proved himself to be a great military strategist, demonstrating knowledge on galactic history and conventions of war. General Morrigan personally led his numerous forces to many victories throughout his career as a military leader, and his devotion to upkeeping the principles of the Jedi earned him the moniker of "The Defender". Morrigan also proved himself to be an outstanding pilot, however, he entrusted TBD with leading squadrons and realized that his Padawan became a better pilot. During the Clone Wars, he led many attacks from the cockpit of his Jedi starfighters. Morrigan was also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, having developed enough level of skill when he was deprived of his lightsaber. While living in exile on Batuu, Morrigan had to learn how to perfect unarmed combat, as well as his marksmanship with a blaster, to hide his true identity as a Jedi.