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>!Darius Onneir was an Imperial Lord who became a Moff within the Galactic Empire. Born into wealth and privilege, Onneir used his connections to increase his influence and political power during the Empire's height. Following the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader at Endor in 4 ABY, Onneir, like many other Imperials, went rogue as an independent regional Warlord. While he would squabble with his fellow Warlords, he remained outside of the larger galactic spotlight until 10 ABY when the Reborn Emperor reunited the fragmented Imperial factions briefly under the banner of the Dark Empire. Onneir heeded the call publicly, and nominally returned to the fold, though he still pursued his own ambitions in private. !<

>!While successful in feigning loyalty and supplication for a time, Onneir eventually exceeded his mandates and drew the ire of the Reborn Emperor and New Republic alike. Unable to fight both the galactic superpowers, he fled his domain with his two remaining Imperial Star Destroyers, dropping all pretense of subtlety, he began styling himself now as 'Grand Moff' Onneir. In order to ease pressure on himself, he launched a surprise attack on the Protectore, capturing their capital world and holding it hostage. Using the planet as a bargaining chip, he attempted to bully the Protectorate into an uneasy alliance against their common foes in exchange for the world being unharmed. !<

>!While publicly agreeing to the alliance and a meeting to formalize it, Adalric and Jaalib Brandl plotted an ambush against the renegade to trap his two Star Destroyers between their four, annihilating him to retake their world despite Onneir's leverage. The details of the battle are not documented, or even if it did occur, but Onneir remained at large after the final death of the Reborn Emperor, so it would appear that the trap did not succeed in destroying him. His whereabouts, status and further actions though are not mentioned beyond his still being active after the Reborn Emperor's final death.!<

>!Chik Apla was a human male who served in the Galactic Empire as a commando and later Royal Guard. After Emperor Palpatine was killed at the Battle of Endor and the Empire fragmented in 4 ABY, Apla deserted the Royal Guard. Living as little more than gutter slime for the next fourteen years, Apla eventually took up residence on the planet Dolis 3, where he regularly drank with several other former down on their luck Imperials that had also taken up refuge on the planet, but credits were hard to come by, and most of the men were in debt to each other through favors and loans. Apla and his friends frequently gathered in the local bars to complain about the state of the Empire and to get updates on galactic politics. Apla became marginally employed by a former Moff, Derran Takkar. Unknown to Takkar, Apla also began carrying on an affair with the Moff's wife, Anlys.!<

>!In 19 ABY, Apla and his bar buddies learned Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade were planning a wedding on Coruscant. At news of the wedding, the group bemoaned their situation, declaring that the New Republic was now "untouchable." Moff Takkar disagreed, proclaiming that they could still do much to change their situation and that of the Empire. Takkar asked the men in the bar to join him in striking a blow at the New Republic by sabotaging the wedding, assassinating the pair and inserting a coded virus into the New Republic economy. While unimpressed with Takkar's arrogance and condescending manner, Apla and the rest agreed to join the Moff's cause.!<

>!After arriving on Coruscant, Apla began to act more professionally, quieting arguments and forbidding real name use out loud. However, he accidentally used his own name aloud, noting he was out of practice at this. Apla conducted surveillance, spying on Mara Jade, following her and eavesdropping. Finding the site of the wedding, Apla and his compatriots staked out the area, locating the best places of attack.!<

>!Equipped with his target's identity, Apla found the address of the Twi'lek dressmaker and waited for Jade to arrive for her fitting. Now in his salvaged Guardsman armor, he attacked the former Emperor's Hand with his double-bladed vibroblade staff, declaring that she must die for betraying the Empire-losing any element of surprise by announcing himself. Unfortunately for Apla, who had not kept up his own skills in nearly two decades, Jade reacted with incredible speed and the Force, evading his attack and destroying his weapon in one motion.!<

>!Apla was utterly helpless against Mara's counterattack with his cobbled together armor proving itself as worthless as his weapon, he was swiftly knocked unconscious. After his arrest, Apla's medical report showed a ruptured spleen, bruised liver, a fractured skull and broken ribs. Luckily for Alpa, a protracted stay in a bacta while in New Republic custody healed all of his injuries.!<

>!Traest Kre'fey was a male Bothan with pure white fur, and violet eyes flecked with gold. The grandson of Laryn Kre'fey, when the Kre'fey's lost much of their political power due to his grandfather's failure at Borleias, Kre'fey was sent to a smaller satellite school of the Bothan Martial Academy. There, he was instructed under a rather unorthodox Bothan teacher and developed unusual views of Bothan society. In particular, he held the view that Bothan society at its current form was less than perfect, and that they needed to change to better exist within the galaxy. While this originally alienated him to many of his Bothan superiors, Kre'fey demonstrated exceptional skill as a military officer where he rose slowly due to prejudice from more established Bothans. In 19 ABY though, because of the string of resignations in the Bothan military over the Caamas Document Crisis, Kre'fey gained the opportunity to advance to the rank of admiral.!<

>!While he was a first cousin of Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya, he disagreed with his kinsman on many issues, political, social and military, and their relationship was rather combative as a result. He recognized the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong early on and prior to the Battle of Ithor, and threatened to take the military into the Unknown Regions or place Leia Organa Solo into power via a military coup d'état if Fey'lya would not act. Unlike other admirals, Kre'fey actively sought the help of the Jedi. When Kyp Durron came asking for help in destroying a gravitic superweapon the Yuuzhan Vong were growing in the remains of Sernpidal, he provided his flagship, the Ralroost to assist. Throughout the Yuuzhan Vong war, Traest would prove himself to be one of the more gifted and cooperative commanders in the New Republic, working well alongside the the Jedi, the old guard Generals Wedge Antilles and Garm Bel Iblis, along with newer officers and even Imperial Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon.!<

>!Kre'fey was one of the commanders at the Fall of Coruscant, commanding Fleet Group One. He performed conservative actions during the battle, and most of his ships abandoned his orders and defected over to General Garm Bel Iblis who favored harsher and more decisive responses, such as firing through civilian ships the Vong were using as rams. After the battle, he returned to Bothawui for the official period of mourning for Borsk Fey'lya, who was martyred during the fall of Coruscant. While he was there, the Bothan Council officially declared a state of ar'krai-total war that would not end until the Vong were exterminated. Kre'fey initially took to the declaration of total war wholeheartedly, making some of the Jedi under his command suspicious of his intentions, though as the war drug on, Kre'fey, while publicly supportive of harsher measures against the Vong, privately began to have doubts concerning the Vong civilians and Shamed Ones. !<

>!As an added measure the Jedi High Council decided that if Kre'fey tried any actions that might constitute war crimes, the Force meld that the Jedi serving in his fleet used to enhance the fighting prowess of the personnel under Kre'fey's command would prevent the soldiers from doing so. With several squadrons of Jedi under his command, Kre'fey took the fight to the Yuuzhan Vong during the interlude between the election of Cal Omas and the Battle of Ebaq 9, raiding Yuuzhan Vong colonies and attacking the Peace Brigade on Ylesia. On the Ralroost's bulkhead, he inscribed two questions: "What can I do to hurt the Vong today?" and "How can I help my own side grow stronger?", to remind his crew to try to answer the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong.!<

>!From his flagship Ralroost, Kre'fey participated at the final battles of the war in the space around Mon Calamari and then Coruscant where he commanded and fought with great skill against Warmaster Nas Choka's armada. He was present at the formal surrender of the Yuuzhan Vong afterwards. Following the surrender of the Yuuzhan Vong, Kre'fey briefly became the Supreme Commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force and earned the title "Liberator of Coruscant," becoming a hero to much of the galaxy. Despite the victory, Kre'fey was despondent, as he believed both that the cost had been too high and that his people would not accept the peace, pressuring him to do the same. His trepidation proved accurate, as the Bothans refused to cease the state of ar'krai, and Kre'fey opposed to their total war, was forced to resign shortly thereafter.!<

>!Zevulon Veers- Zev for short, was a human male, the son of famed Imperial Army General Maximilian Veersn defector to the Rebel Alliance and soldier for the New Republic. Veers lost his mother at a young age, and was raised to be a loyal Imperial youth by his father. Zevulon soon grew distant from his father and began viewing the Empire's practice of slavery against non-Humans as immoral. Veers was enrolled in COMPNOR's Sub-Adult Group where he received low scores from a Political Reliability Observer. After passing junior officer training, Veers was forced by his father to join COMPNOR's elite CompForce unit. Completely disillusioned with both the Empire and his father's obsessive control in the name of reputation, Zevulon considered defecting to the Rebel Alliance. While Zev's superior officer, Ivo Laibach, was interrogating a captive on a mission, a Rebel task force assaulted the CompForcers and took Zev prisoner. Almost immediately upon his capture, Veers defected to the Alliance wholeheartedly.!<

>!Zevulon found life as a Rebel liberating, no longer forced down the path of Imperial service by his father. In 10 ABY, he participated in the Battle of Calamari where he served as a gunner aboard the New Republic Star Destroyer Emancipator under General Lando Calrissian. Zevulon's gunnery managed to destroy the Battlecruiser Allegiance during the battle, but he was forced to abandon ship with the rest of the crew after the Emancipator began disintegrating inside the molecular furnace of a World Devastator. Zev would survive being marooned with the crew on war torn Coruscant to be rescued and later took part in an attack on the Emperor's Citadel on the planet Byss, where he and a New Republic commando team stowed away aboard several X-1 Viper war droids bound for the planet. They launched their attack and made it to the front of the Citadel, but were defeated by a group of Emperor Palpatine's chrysalide beasts-Rancors mutated by Sith alchemy and sorcery. Zev was wounded in the mission, but was rescued with the surviving members of the commando team by the smugglers Salla Zend and Shug Ninx, and were transported safely off-world. !<

>!Zevulon would recover from his wounds and be highly regarded within the New Republic for his actions. His father was not so fortunate, dying that same year in the Imperial assault on Balmorra, demoted and disgraced by the tyrannical regime he had chosen over his own son.!<

Characters and events described below are from the games Jedi Knight Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight Academy.

>!After the defeat of her master Desann and the collapse of the Empire Reborn with the death of Hethrir, Tavion Axmis located a relic of the long dead ancient Sith, Marka Ragnos-his scepter-capable of syphoning or projecting Force energy and storing his Sith sword in the staff. The staff beckoned Tavion to Korriban, where Ragnos quickly bent the young Dark Jedi to his will with promises of power and instruction. Through his tutelage and the scepter, Tavion grew exponentially in power, nearly rivaling her former Master, Desann. Tavion became a devoted acolyte and sought to resurrect Ragnos back into the living world to rule by his side. !<

>!To this end, Tavion gathered up the scattered remaining Reborn and recruited new followers using the staff to empower them with Force energy. Along the way, she found a Twi'lek female named Alora, and took her as an apprentice. Tavion also reached out to the remnants of the Empire, obtaining the use of a Star Destroyer and troops for her cause from a former Moff, and from the crew of the betrayed and vanquished Antinnis Tremayne. She named the hodgepodge cult the "Disciples of Ragnos" With these scraps, Tavion traveled the galaxy draining residual Force energy from locations with a strong presence in the Force, such as Yavin IV's temples, Dagobah, Byss, Vjun, and others to collect enough Force energy to restore Ragnos to life.!<

>!However, her actions drew the attentions of both Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order and the New Republic. Through the actions of Skywalker, Kyle Katarn and a young Jedi Knight named Jaden Korr, the Disciples of Ragnos were thwarted at the cusp of reviving Ragnos. Korr defeated Tavion, but in defiance you used the last of the Force energy in the staff to partially restore Ragnos's spirit-which promptly possessed her body and engaged the young Jedi Knight. Depite Ragnos's skill and power, his connection to Tavion's body was unstable and he was defeated. His spirit left Tavion and returned within the tomb he was bound to once again. The possession had been so devastating on Tavion it had completely destroyed her spirit and left her body a withered and lifeless husk.!<

>!Roganda Ismaren was a Human female from Alderaan, a former Jedi Initiate who had escaped the Great Jedi Purge as a youngling. In 18 BBY, she and several other younglings were smuggled to Plett's Well on the planet of Belsavis, under the guidance of Jedi Master Plett. However, their refuge was discovered by Emperor Palpatine, who sent the dreadnaught Eye of Palpatine to wipe out the Jedi as a sort of test of the automated superweapon. Although the weapon was disabled due to the sacrifice of Jedi Knight Callista Ming, Roganda was captured by Imperial Inquisitors during the evacuation of the conclave on Belsavis. Taken to Imperial Center, Roganda embraced the Empire and Darkside in order to survive. She integrated herself into Imperial society, growing into a beautiful woman trained by the Inquisitorious as an operative. Palpatine took a personal interest in her training and made her one of his Emperors Hands. Serving as Palpatine's spy among the elite of the galaxy, she used her beauty and Force sensitivity to infiltrate the exclusive Imperial Court, with the cover of being one of the Emperor's concubines. !<

>!During her time as Palpatine's consort, she began an affair with another court member, and Emperors Hand, Sarcev Quest. When she became pregnant, Roganda submitted herself to the Emperor's mercy, where rather than kill her for her treachery, Palpatine chose to continue to use her as a pawn since her son was strong in the Force, he too would be brought up to serve the Emperor when he was old enough. In 4 BBY, Roganda gave birth to her son, Irek Ismaren, and began to train him as a possible heir to the Emperor, she would raise Irek to believe he was the son of Palpatine and concealed his true parentage even from her former lover, Sarcev, who never suspected the truth. However, upon Palpatine's death in 4 ABY, Roganda- like several other of the Emperors Hands, did not have the necessary support to make a play for the throne with her primary benefactor now gone. She retreated back to Belsavis and trainedcontinued to train her son for a future attempt to take control of the Empire.!<

>!By 12 ABY, Roganda had formulated a plan to reunite the fragments of the Empire under her son with herself as the power behind his throne. Her son, who had been implanted with a subelectronic converter, used this device to summon the disabled Eye of Palpatine to Belsavis. With the promise of the warship at her command, she made overtures to various nobles in the Senex and Juvex sectors to gain backing for her son as the new Emperor. Once she had these assets, she hoped to join forces with one or more of the Warlords, perhaps even Supreme Warlord Harrsk's Zero Command.!<

>!However, when the ship arrived above Belsavis, Irek found that despite his cybernetic enhancements, he could not control it, and the plot quickly fell apart as Leia Organa Solo uncovered their identity and intentions. Roganda and her son made their way back to Coruscant in secret and went into hiding, where she continued Irek's training, recruiting Lord Cronal to train her son. However, in an argument with his teacher, Irek was stabbed through the head with a lightsaber, rendering him brain-dead. Devastated, and increasingly delusional, Roganda refused to accept the loss of her boy, placing him in suspended animation and trying to repair his brain with computer implants.!<

>!Roganda augmented Irek to become the most powerful darksider imaginable, installing lightsabers in his wrists, elbows, and knees and using growth hormones to increase his size to three meters in height. In an attempt to bring back Irek's mental faculties, she prepared operational programming and prefabricated "Irek" memories to install into his destroyed brain. She had become insane enough to truly believe he could become Emperor Irek, uncoquerable tyrant, and loving son again. However, before this could be implemented, a groundquake awakened Irek from stasis. Driven only by a mindless need to destroy, he used the lightsabers installed into his body to cut his mother to pieces, ending her life.!<

>!Umak Leth was a human male who served as a researcher and developer of advanced weaponry and technology for both the Old Republic and Galactic Empire. In the years prior to the Clone Wars, Leth was a representative of the Galactic Republic's Ministry of Science and distinguished himself with his creativity from his peers. In 22 BBY, Leth participated in a HoloNet debate opposite Nasdra Magrody and Bunt Dantor, where he argued that the mysterious weapon targeting Republic task forces was possibly equipped with cloaking devices. He estimated that the power supply capable of destroying entire task forces of capital ships would require a vessel to be at least 8 kilometers long. He also speculated that a Jenth-class hypermatter core was the possible reactor being used for this weapon system.!<

>!During the Great Jedi Purge, Leth designed the Universal Energy Cage to hold and transfer Jedi captives to their interrogations and executions. He also developed the "resonator" devices, weapons which were used to torture and subjugate the Marasan people. In 0 BBY he began work on the World Devastators, with the development being so secret that Leth only relayed the most basic information to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, which he then used in the official field manual, the Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide. After the Battle of Yavin discredited Bevel Lemelisk, Leth was raised to Lemelisk's former position of Master of Imperial Projects for his creation of an advanced model of molecular furnace which would be a key component in the World Devastators. At some point after the battle of Yavin but before the battle of Endor, Leth was transferred to the Imperial Throneworld of Byss in the Deep Core to continue his projects in secrecy.!<

>!In the following six years, he contributed to or completed the SD-10 Battle Droids, the colossal XR-85 tank droids, the Shadow Droids, the World Devastators, the two Eclipse class Super Star Destroyers, and the Galaxy Gun superweapon for the reborn Emperor Palpatine. Despite these technological terrors proving to be exceptionally deadly and effective, most were destroyed or rendered inoperable due to the incompetence, sabotage and madness rife within the Dark Empire's high command. The World Devastators were shut down by Luke Skywalker, sabotaging the Dark Empire from within, the Eclipse was destroyed by the Reborn Emperor losing control of his own Force Storm. The Second Eclipse and the Galaxy Gun along with the Throneworld of Byss, the Shadow Hand armada and the majority of Leth's inventions were destroyed due to R2 D2 implanting a false jump nav code into the Eclipse II sending it hurtling into the Galaxy Gun. Leth was killed when Palpatine's flagship Eclipse II fell out of hyperspace and collided with the Galaxy Gun.!<

>!Streen was an elderly human male. Originally a tibanna gas prospector from the planet Bespin, Streen's powerful untrained Force empathy caused him to be constantly affected by the thoughts and feelings of those around him. As a result, he sought out solace away from sentients, working his own private mining operation from the abandoned city of Tibannopolis. In 11 ABY, he was discovered by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, who had followed clues from locals to find the Force-sensitive prospector. He offered to help Streen control his abilities and allow him to be a functioning member of society again. Streen agreed, following Skywalker to the newly established Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4. During his training, Streen came into contact with the long dead spirit of the Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun, who manipulated several of Skywalker's students, including Streen to do his bidding briefly. However, Streen was able to overcome the Sith Lord's influence and worked with his fellow students to destroy Kun's spirit.!<

>!Streen was eventually promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight and helped to defend the Jedi Academy from attacks by Imperial remnants in 12, 14 and 23 ABY. As a Jedi Knight, Streen was involved in the mission to Corbos to defeat a Leviathan that had devastated a city on the planet. By 16 ABY, Streen was a Jedi Master, and during the Black Fleet Crisis, Streen was appointed as the temporary head of the Jedi Academy and Grand Master of the New Jedi Order when Master Skywalker took a leave of absence. By the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Streen was still serving the Jedi Order on Yavin 4 as a teacher, and fought in the war following the capture of Yavin 4 by the Vong. He took part in the final battle of the war, which saw the Jedi victorious over the invaders. In the aftermath of the war, Streen accompanied Kirana Ti and Damaya to the planet Dathomir to establish a Praxeum to teach the local Witches the ways of the Jedi and was later in attendance at the Funeral of Mara Jade Skywalker.!<

The primary antagonists of the Jedi Prince series.

>!If Leth fires the Galaxy Gun shell, his two targets are: !<

>!A: The planet the Emperor was on.!<

>!B: The Emperor's Flagship directly above said planet requesting aid.!<

>!Wouldn't either option kill the Emperor and destroy the Eclipse II? So how does he think he's saving Palpatine with a hyperspace capable planet busting space nuke to the face?!<

Fun fact, I never knew that they used to give out promotional bookmarks with the novels until I stumbled on these!

>!Shimrra Jamaane was the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong during the Yuuzhan Vong War, secretly though, he was merely a puppet of the Force-sensitive Shamed One Onimi. Born to Domain Jamaane, he was marked as a candidate for Supreme Overlord when he killed his own twin and his Domain enhanced his physical stature to four meters. Around 29 BBY, the then Supreme Overlord, Quoreal had made the decision to avoid the galaxy, due to the presence of the living planet Zonama Sekot, which he believed to be a portent of doom. Fearing that to remain in the intergalactic void would drive the Yuuzhan Vong to extinction, a Shamed One former shaper who had grafted Yammosk cells to his own brain and accidentally reclaimed the Force, used this power to mentally dominate and control Shimrra. Under Onimi's direction, Shimrra overthrew Quoreal with the support of the warrior caste. He then announced the discovery of a new galaxy, and proclaimed that the Yuuzhan Vong were destined to conquer it.!<

>!In 25 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong launched their invasion of the galaxy, beginning the Yuuzhan Vong War. The Vong made advanced rapidly and soon had the New Republic reeling with their brutal tactics and strange organic weaponry. Three years into the war, Shimrra settled on Yuuzhan'tar-the conquered and Vongformed Coruscant. He conducted meetings from his palace, directing the war and attempting to quash the rising Jeedai heresy. However, the war took a downward spiral after the Battle of Ebaq 9, with Onimi-and by their connection- Shimrra- growing increasingly unstable. !<

>!In 29 ABY, Zonama Sekot -the believed sign of doom—appeared above Yuuzhan'tar fighting with the Jedi, sparking riots among the heretics and weakening Shimrra's already declining power base. Soon after this, the Battle of Yuuzhan'tar commenced. Refusing to surrender Yuuzhan'tar to the Galactic Alliance, Onimi through Shimrra set fire to large swaths of the planet and began convincing the World Brain to destroy the planet. This caused the defection of Nom Anor, and the open rebellion of the Shamed Ones and Heretics. Shimrra and his elite Slayer bodyguards were battled in his citadel by Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker, and Jedi Knights Jacen and Jaina Solo.!<

>!During the duel, the strain of trying to defeat the Jedi, run the battle outside and keep control of Shimrra proved too much, with Onimi's mental domination of Shimrra slipping for the first time in 58 years. What was left of Shimrra lumbered forward to face Skywalker with his royal scepter amphistaff and the fallen Anakin Solo's amethyst lightsaber. Skywalker was bitten by the Amphistaff, being poisoned, but used the opening to pull Anakin's lightsaber to his free hand, using both his and it to cut the royal scepter apart. Stunned briefly by this, Shimrra attempted to crush SKywalker with his bare hands-only for Skywalker to quickly cross the blades and drive them upward through Shimrra's neck, decapitating and killing the giant.!<

>!The true Supreme Overlord Onimi would not long outlive his puppet, as after paralyzing and planning to murder Jaina Solo during his escape, he dueled her brother Jacen in the Force, using it and his Shaper mastery of poisons. However, Jacen achieved oneness with the Force and was able to neutralize, parry or reverse all of Onimi's attacks. Onimi in desperation began fueling his assault with his own body, his fluids, organs, and very essence, burning himself away as he dissolved into a acidic puddle from his own toxins and overuse of the Darkside.!<

The Pineath were an avian species from the Unknown Regions. Known for their red and burgundy feathers and the bandoleers holding their small blasters, the Pineath were speculated to serve the Warlord Nuso Esva and they had a rivalry with the Troukree.

The Quesoth were an insectoid species from the Unknown Regions. With a caste system based society, the insects had a set life cycle that involved the rise and fall of the Black and Red Queens. They had previously been rivals to the Stromma, but after a series of wars, the two species became allies. The Quesoth had significant physical strength and resistance to some energy weapons. Full size soldier Quesoth could tear into a Juggernaut with relative ease. After Nuso Esva was dealt with in late 8 ABY, the Quesoth joined the Empire of the Hand.