Dar'Nala

Dar'Nala was a Togruta female that served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Master during the Great Galactic War against the resurgent Sith Empire. During the war, the Human Satele Shan served Dar'Nala as her Padawan until Shan reached Knighthood during the latter stages of the conflict. Dar'Nala and Shan continued to serve side-by-side, and were selected to represent the Jedi Order in a peace conference on Alderaan in 3653 BBY. The conference, which was arranged by the Sith, was in truth a method of distraction to pull Republic forces away from the Empire's true goal—the Republic's capital of Coruscant.

Following the Empire's crippling attack on Coruscant, the Republic and Jedi delegates on Alderaan were forced to accept the Imperial-authored peace agreement, the Treaty of Coruscant. Dar'Nala was heavily opposed to signing the document, but acquiesced on the suggestion of Jedi Grand Master Zym and Republic Senator Paran Am-Ris. In the aftermath of the conference, Dar'Nala secretly began to conspire with other individuals within the Republic to dismantle the tentative peace and reignite the war with the Sith Empire. To that end, the Togruta Jedi manipulated Republic and Sith forces to openly combat one another while fanning the flames of rivalry within Imperial ranks. She eventually faked her own death in order to operate in anonymity for a time, during which she orchestrated the assassination of Republic political figures and the continuation of conflicts that began during the Great War.

Dar'Nala's ultimate intention was to assassinate Darth Baras, the Sith Lord who drafted and presented the treaty on Alderaan. She conspired with Republic Lieutenant Harron Tavus, Jedi Knight Fortris Gall, and the Wookiee mercenary Dalborra to confront and kill Lord Baras in the Crystal Caves on Dantooine. Dar'Nala's battle with Baras was interrupted by Satele Shan, who had followed Tavus to the planet. In retribution for her former pupil's devotion to the mandates of the treaty, Dar'Nala attempted to kill Tavus, who she sensed Shan had feelings for. Gall, who had finally come to see the dark obsession with which she pursued her goals, prevented the Togruta from committing the murder while Dalborra killed her.

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