Father (Mortis)

The Father, also known as the Keeper of the Balance, was a being who stood as the patriarch of the family of deities known as the Ones, manifestations of the Celestials of the Force. The Father maintained the balance between his Daughter and his Son who were incarnations of the light and dark sides of the Force, respectively, in order to keep the Force in balance and the universe from being altered by their existence. At some point, the Father was forced to withdraw from the temporal world with his children to a realm known as Mortis after his mortal wife, the Mother, became the infamous dark side user known as Abeloth. During the time of the Clone Wars, the Father learned that the Chosen One had been found, and decided to meet him in person. When the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano visited the planet Mortis, Skywalker encountered the Father on his monastery, and was tasked by him to pass one test, in order to find out whether he really was the Chosen One. After he successfully passed the test, the Father asked Skywalker to take his place on Mortis to keep the balance of the Force, because he was dying.

However, his Son had his own plans, as he tried to turn the Chosen One to his side to unleash the dark side of the Force in the galaxy. As the Father tried to stop him, he was betrayed by his Son, who tried to kill him with the Dagger of Mortis, a weapon that was made to be the only way to kill a Force wielder, but was saved by his Daughter, who sacrificed herself in an act of selflessness. With the balance of the Force being tipped toward the dark side due to the Son's existence not being balanced by the Daughter, the Father warned the Jedi to leave the planet, before his Son could use their ship, but unknown to him, his child turned Skywalker to the dark side, after showing him the events of the galaxy and his life in the future. Upon discovering this, the Father decided that if there was going to be balance, Skywalker needed to forget what he saw so the Father wiped his memories. He then proceeded to take Skywalker back to his monastery, but once there, his Son arrived, and claimed that Mortis was not his destiny.

The Father tried to convince him to stay, but to no avail; the Jedi proceeded to restrain the Son, but they were brushed aside in an instant. The Father, seeing that the only way to stop his child was to commit suicide, impaled himself with the Dagger of Mortis, and as a result, his Son's powers weakened and lost his immortality, and was then killed by the Chosen One. Dying, the Father was confident that Skywalker would bring balance to the Force and warned him about his heart; after that, he passed away, and his body disappeared, sending the Jedi back to their world.

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