Seha Dorvald

Seha Dorvald was a Jedi Knight during the Second Galactic Civil War. Born on Coruscant around 22 ABY, most of Dorvald's family was killed following the Yuuzhan Vong's invasion of the galactic capital, and she was orphaned after the subsequent death of her father during the occupation. Dorvald remained in Coruscant's undercity for the following two years of the war, emerging some time after the invaders had been driven off the capital in 29 ABY. With the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, Dorvald met Jacen Solo, a powerful Jedi and hero of the conflict, during one of his trips into the undercity. Solo found Dorvald to be strong in the Force, and introduced her into the New Jedi Order. Despite the fact that Dorvald was traditionally too old to begin Jedi training, Solo's sponsorship ensured that she was accepted into the Order.

As a form of repayment for Solo's aid, Dorvald would complete tasks at her sponsor's orders. In 40 ABY, Dorvald helped smuggle Solo's apprentice Ben Skywalker out of the Jedi Temple on an unsanctioned mission for her sponsor. Following the revelation that Solo was a Sith Lord, however, and having learned of his invasion of the academies on Ossus and Coruscant, Dorvald came forward to the Jedi Masters and confessed to helping Solo. In recompense, Dorvald volunteered to aid Kyle Katarn, Valin Horn, and Thann Mithric in their mission either to place a homing device on the Solo, capture him, or kill him. The result of the mission was almost a failure, with the death of Mithric and the near-fatal wounding of Katarn, but Dorvald was able to complete the mission by rescuing Katarn and placing the homing device on Caedus before her escape. Dorvald survived the Second Galactic Civil War and was later apprenticed to Chandrilan Jedi Master Octa Ramis.

In 43.5 ABY, Dorvald and her master responded to the threat of Jedi Knight Valin Horn, who had been stricken with an enigmatic illness which induced paranoid delusions. Horn went on a rampage across Coruscant; Dorvald and Ramis attempted to capture and detain the rogue Knight. Although their efforts were unsuccessful in themselves, Dorvald and her Master were able to delay Horn's escape, and he was later captured by Grand Master Luke Skywalker. When Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala later sanctioned a Mandalorian-implemented siege of the Jedi Temple in response to the Order's refusal to relinquish custody of several other psychosis-afflicted Jedi Knights, Dorvald took part in the collective effort to locate previously unexplored exits. Hours of tedious exploration into the depths of the Temple finally bore fruit when Dorvald, along with Master Ramis, discovered that rodents sent by fellow Jedi Leia Organa Solo had made their way through the smallest of the building's crevices, carrying much-needed supplies and correspondence to the besieged Jedi. Dorvald was soon afterward promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight, and was an instrumental participant in the Jedi plot to oust Admiral Daala from the office of Chief of State, and the subsequent hunt for the dark-side entity known as Abeloth.

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