Jedi

The Jedi are members of the scattered Jedi Order who studied, served and used the mystical energies called The Force. They wielded Lightsabers as their personal weapons but only used them for self-defense.

They consider the Sith, practitioners of what they know as the Dark Side, mortal enemies. In ancient and modern times, the Jedi maintain their own Militia consisting of volunteers and Jedi sympathizers. Historically, the Jedi and their Militia fought against the Sith Empire several millennia prior. In the decades leading to the Great War, the Jedi assisted and became the protectors of the Kingdoms of Vale and Vacuo, constructing one temple each in both kingdoms. There was a Jedi Temple built on Anima but the rise of the Sith Empire and the fallen Jedi Master Salem forced the Jedi to abandon it. During the Great Sith Wars, the Jedi remained out of the Sith's internal conflict and focused on solidifying their coastal territories.

By the time of the Great War, the Jedi remained strictly as peace keepers, only getting involved in combat when necessary. The Jedi High Council would advise Vale and Vacuo's kings on state matters and were always sent to settle border disputes. Their involvement in the War was due to a Jedi having been killed by a Sith disguised as a Mistralian merchant, this incident had been reported by a bystander. After the Great War and Darth Bane's subsequent takeover of the four kingdoms as the Imperial Kingdom, the Jedi in Vale and Vacuo were hunted to extinction, this event became known as the Great Jedi Purge, which saw all active Jedi being executed by the newly founded Imperial Kingdom. In the years following the purge, Ozpin and Yoda governed what was left of the Jedi and remained as their Master of the Council and Grand Master, respectively. After Ozpin became Beacon Academy's Headmaster, the Academy began training a new generation of Jedi, which caused Jedi at Shade and Haven to do the same as well.