Guardian Langis Gyn Histop was an extremely valualable and respected member of Clan Plagueis. Our temporary Consul Kir Katarn gave me the privilege of being the last person who may recommend her for a promotion. Since I am Aedile of House Exar Kun I would like to recommend her one final promotion and with that give her all the respect she deserves. I would have requested an immediate promotion to the rank of Dark Jedi Knight if I could, but I can not. I do not have the powers or the possibility to do so. One can simply not promote two ranks and skip one of them. Too bad, because I know she would have loved it completely. Langis would most likely create her lightsaber with a black hilt, which was her favourite colour and probably completed it with a blood red blade, loyal to the true nature of the Sith. Otherwise she would have possibly chosen for a white blade. White, because it is the colour of her soul. Her character was pure and honest. She always kept an open mind and was willing to talk with all members, high –and low-ranked. It did not matter to her; she gave them all the respect they deserved. Langis was loved by many and that is how it should be. She worked hard on all her Trials and even when she returned after her first chemotherapy she went on again. She wanted to complete her trials, to become a Knight. To do so she also became a Antei Combat Centre Live Judge and she had already been part of a Battle Team when there was still a Clan Satal Keto. Too bad her last Master is not around anymore to tell us exactly where she was with her Trials, but I have every reason to believe that she worked on them until she was no longer able to. It makes me feel proud to say that she was always persistent when it came to assignments for the Brotherhood. She never let anyone down and kept going, like I pointed out before. Most of all she was a writer and one of Plagueis’ finest. I can say without shame that she was probably one of the most talented writers of the entire Brotherhood. I read several posts and articles of her and was always amazed by her enthusiastic and friendly style of writing. It is one of her talents we will dearly miss among our ranks. I remembered that she told me she wanted to be a writer in real-life, but she was not successful with publishing her stories. We agreed to publish something together and she agreed on writing the Grand Opus together with me; the story about the absolute & inevitable choice for the both of us to choose between the Light & Dark Side. It was meant to become a book that everyone should remember us by… To many of us she was a colleague, perhaps a known person or a (close) friend. But none remained untouched after meeting her. I was always surprised that someone with so much purity and serenity chose for the Dark Side. She would have been a great Jedi, but instead she became our Light in the Darkness. I can say, without any shame, that I will miss her deeply and I think she should have become a Jedi Hunter much earlier. So that is why I wrote this last letter of recommendation for her. I know she would have appreciated it. But our ‘Lovely Langis’ (as I used to call her) died due to her lost battle against lung cancer. I hoped she was cured when she returned, I hoped she would be given the chance to write together with me for the benefit of Clan Plagueis, but she could not. Langis was a symbol for Plagueis, probably even the symbol. Clan Plagueis was her life and I will try to give her that special place in our Clan she completely deserves. So she will not be forgotten en will forever be part of us. Please, let her obtain the rank of Jedi Hunter and let us all honour this fallen Guardian who fought her last unequal battle. Langis, I will miss you with the bottom of my heart, keep on loving you and will never forget you, ever. If there is a heaven, please wait for me at the gate or keep an eye on me from above. Like I said before to you: “Kristin, you and me are oddballs and that is why we found each other…”

Langis Gyn Histop, 2005-11-29 23:00:00 UTC