History

Shortly afterwards, Illuminati member Shock and his friend Maniac took down the eXia's website/forum and defected to the Galactic Imperial Army in hopes to revive the GIA's presence in Jedi Knight. The eXistence quickly launched their recruiting operation and recruits began pouring in. Memorable names such as bwp_2001 and JC were recruited during this time, and former GIA Nightstryke was admitted to the Illuminati and made Chief Engineer. JC and bwp_2001 quickly began helping to organize the eXistence, and during this time the ranks were decided upon for all Enlisted and Officers. Seeing the success in the chapter, Korzac created the Squads, which were two teams of members of the Jedi Knight chapter, one headed by Captain bwp_2001, the other by Captain JC. Though the concept of the Squads was promising and the captains remained on good terms, intense rivalry quickly developed and fighting occurred, leading to the dissolving of the Squads. A few days later, Shock and Maniac abandoned the GIA and took all their members over to the eXistence, including Manix, Venturous, Ryan and Neomatt. This caused the Jedi Knight chapter to flourish. Shock rejoined the eXistence a few weeks later. Soon after, more tension arose among the higher ranks. Bibles, Noon, Manix and SubZero conspired to take over the eXistence for the reason that Korzac wasn't focused on helping eXistence progress. SubZero later decided that he should be the only one leading the eXistence. Shortly before the announcement was made, Manix told Korzac of the plan due to the flaws in it. After discussing the plan, Korzac and Manix came to the conclusion that the plan would not be put into action. Bibles and Noon left the eXistence shortly afterwards due to personal reasons, before Korzac could pass sentence on them. SubZero quit the eXistence clan and created his own. Manix was pardoned. Since Noon was gone, bwp_2001 became the new Chapter Commander of Jedi Knight, and Manix became a General. Jedi Knight received a wave of new recruits under their combined leadership, including Brian, Soul, and Cloud. Other chapters began to emerge, such as Jedi Outcast (JO). However, the GIA was also there. This renewed the GIA's hatred of eXistence for daring to intervene in a game they claimed had been 'unofficially reserved for the GIA in which eXistence was not to enter'. Rivix, Chapter Commander of Jedi Outcast, eventually resigned. This was not due to the GIA's presence; he did not have any help with the chapter and he was tired of gaming and needed time off. He left on a high-note with the eXistence members, and the Jedi Outcast chapter was marked unsuccessful. After this in May 2003, Director Xul and Director Tetsuma created an Academy for Jedi Knight to train any eXistence members who wished to better their skills. Future leaders Jai (rejoined), Zyrene (a.k.a. Realm), and Himura were recruited shortly after, Shaatar rejoined and was admitted to the Illuminati when Locke became inactive, and eXistence doubled its size in the early months of summer 2003.