Knol Ven'nari

Knol Ven'nari was a Bothan female Jedi Master who lived during the final decades of the Galactic Republic. She was nicknamed the Fire Eater by her fellow Bothans for her ability to manipulate fire with the Force. Ven'nari eventually was elevated to the rank of Master, although she refused to take a Padawan. Instead, she chose to wander the galaxy and go wherever the Force guided her, rarely visiting the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital Coruscant. Ven'nari grew to be regarded as a legend of the Jedi Order. During her time as a Jedi, Ven'nari saved all of Bothan space by repelling Wookiee bandits.

In 21.7 BBY, four months after the initiation of the Clone Wars, Ven'nari accompanied fellow Jedi Masters Jon Antilles, Nico Diath, Fay, and Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi on a mission to the planet Queyta. Ven'nari and the team were assigned to infiltrate a mobile Separatist facility that rode on one of Queyta's lava streams and acquire a sample of the antidote for swamp gas, a chemical weapon that the Separatists planned to use against the Grand Army of the Republic's clone troopers.

Shortly after Ven'nari and the other Jedi infiltrated the base, they confronted the Separatist agents Asajj Ventress and Durge. During the encounter, Durge shot two Skakoan sentries, causing them to explode. Ven'nari used the Force to draw the flames toward herself, suffering severe burns in the process. Diath suggested evacuating her for treatment, but she declined, stating that her time had come. Diath then used the Force to ease her pain as she succumbed to her injuries. Of all the Jedi on the mission, only Kenobi survived, successfully recovering the antidote and returning to the Jedi Temple. A holographic memorial was held at the Jedi Temple to honor Ven'nari and the other fallen Masters.

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