Sskeer

Sskeer was a Trandoshan male Jedi Master of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era. Gruff and opinionated, Sskeer trained the human Keeve Trennis as his Padawan and served on the Galactic Republic installation of Starlight Beacon in the Outer Rim Territories. Around 232 BBY, Sskeer fought under the the command of his friend and fellow Jedi Master Jora Malli against the Nihil pirates at the Battle of Kur, an event which left him physically, mentally and emotionally scarred. By the end of the battle, Sskeer had lost both his left arm and his friend. The emotional scars and deep psychological trauma of the battle caused Sskeer to gradually lose his connection to the Force; however, his overall state did not stop him from putting Trennis through the Jedi Trials and seeing her achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.

Struggling with the loss of his connection to the Force, Sskeer was tempted by the dark side; he and Trennis were investigating attacks by the Nihil, plus cases of missing colonists, on Sedri Minor when he was infected by a parasitic, botanical creature known as the Drengir. In an effort to understand this new threat, Sskeer embraced the Drengir infection and the new replacement arm it gave him, but nearly lost himself to the influence of the Drengir root-mind until Trennis helped him fight-back against it. Using Sskeer's connection to the root-mind, the two were able to locate the Drengir's Great Progenitor on the planet Mulita, and Sskeer manually removed the Drengir infestation from his body.

Joining forces with the Hutt Cartel, Sskeer and a contingent of Jedi (under the command of Marshall Avar Kriss) laid siege to Mulita, where they defeated the Drengir threat and returned it to hibernation. However, during the battle, the Republic Fair on Valo was attacked by the Nihil; in the aftermath, Sskeer and Kriss hatched a plan to send Trennis undercover in the Nihil.

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