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The speech Master Darté gave to Ryssa when he offered to be her Master and take her on as his Padawan learner.
Bravery Is A Discipline, Not A Trait. Bravery is the discipline to act in the face of fear. Some people shrink back in the face of fear, but not you. You step forward. Where they feel their fear, you have disciplined yourself to step squarely into it. Sometimes this means literally putting your life on the line. Sometimes, it means acting defiantly in the face of illness or oppression. Sometimes, it just means risking the possibility of losing something you’ve worked hard to obtain.
People who choose bravery know what drives them, and they care more about the outcome than they do about temporary discomfort.
People who choose bravery hear the voices of doubt, but choose to believe the truth.
People who choose bravery know that life isn’t all about their own wants and desires.
People who choose bravery are building toward something they can’t yet see.
People who choose bravery don’t think it’s bravery in the moment. It’s just the next step forward.
Will you choose to be brave with your work? Will you have the courage to develop your voice? It takes bravery to stand against the tide, to plant seeds you may never see harvested, and to invest in work that may never be celebrated. It takes bravery to refuse to settle-in to a place of comfort, even as everything in our culture tells you comfort is the aim of life. It takes bravery to make something you’ll be proud of in ten years, not just something that is good enough today.
Will you choose to be brave?
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Master Roblio Darté
- Born 50BBY
- Human Male. Blonde Hair. Blue eyes. Fair skin.
- Created the Forked Lightsaber Crossblade
- secondary emitter angled at 45 degrees from the main blade
- Proficient with a Lightsaber
- 22 BBY became a General in the Grand Army of the Republic
- 21 BBY fought on the Battlefields of Parcelus Minor
- Separatist Army ordered an Orbital Bombardment after growing tired of the difficult terrain and being unable to defeat Darté and his clones in battle
- As the Separatist turbolasers bombarded the world, decimating Republic troops and Separatist droids alike, the tzeotine created by the native flora ignited, setting the entire planet aflame.
- Darté ordered his forces into a full retreat; attempting to save as many clones as possible, but was ultimately forced to leave large numbers of wounded troopers behind. Over 90% of the clone troopers involved in the battle were killed, and it was later described by some as being close to a second Battle of Jabiim.
- Darté himself was wounded numerous times, and lost his left eye.
- The truth of the report was largely downplayed by the media and the Galactic Senate.
- Senator Aak blamed Darté for the destruction of another world.
- Died 19 BBY
- He survived order 66 but was murdered during the Conclave on Kessel by Darth Vader and his clones