Theron Shan

Theron Shan was a Human male of the Shan family, the secret son of Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan and Supreme Commander Jace Malcom of the Republic Military. Conceived after his parents fought together in the Battle of Alderaan, Theron's mother gave him away to be raised by her former Jedi Master Ngani Zho. Theron was trained as a Jedi in his childhood, but was forced to leave the Jedi Order after Zho realized that the boy was not Force-sensitive. Theron eventually joined the Republic Strategic Information Service and became one of its top field agents. Late in the Cold War Theron and a Twi'lek criminal Teff'ith joined Ngani Zho to investigate the Vesla system, where Darth Mekhis was using the Sun Razer to construct superweapons. Captured by Imperials, Theron was able to break free and kill Mekhis, though his old Master died biding time for him and Teff'ith to escape. After the Battle of Ilum Theron was assigned to destroy the Ascendant Spear, a superweapon commanded by Mekhis' successor Darth Karrid, working alongside Jedi Master Gnost-Dural and learning that Supreme Commander Malcom was his father. Theron and Gnost-Dural infiltrated the Ascendant Spear and sabotaged it during the Battle of Duro, killing Darth Karrid and earning a Cross of Glory. For killing both her predecessors, the Dark Councillor Darth Acina dubbed the unknown Republic asset Technoplague.

Later in the Galactic War Theron assisted Republic Colonel Rian Darok in planning the Korriban Incursion. The Empire retaliated with an Assault on Tython, and suspecting that the attacks were related, Theron spied on Darok and found him to be in league with the Sith Lord Darth Arkous. On Manaan Theron met Arkous' advisor Lana Beniko, who revealed that Darok and Arkous were both members of the Order of Revan. Teaming with the Wookiee smuggler Jakarro, they tracked the conspirators to Rakata Prime, causing their deaths and learning that the Order was led by Revan himself, Theron's distant ancestor. Disavowed by the SIS, Theron went into hiding along with Lana and Jakarro, and tracked down Revan and his allies to Rishi, where they exposed the conspiracy to Satele Shan and Darth Marr. To stop Revan from resurrecting the Sith Emperor, the Grand Master and the Dark Councillor joined forces and traveled to Yavin 4, where Theron and his mother stood against Revan alongside Darth Marr, Lana Beniko, Jakarro, and Shae Vizla. Though Revan was defeated, the Emperor returned to life, while Theron was reinstated in the SIS with a promotion. He sent the Jedi of the Sixth Line to investigate violence on Ziost, where they fell under Emperor Vitiate's thrall. Theron worked with Beniko to stop Vitiate and was able to shock a large number of his pawns unconscious and remove Sixth Line Master Surro from the planet's surface before Vitiate performed the ritual that wiped out all life on the planet.

Later that year, the galaxy was invaded by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul, which overwhelmed both the Republic and the Sith Empire. Angered by policies of Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh, Theron quit the SIS and five years later joined the Alliance formed by Beniko that opposed Zakuul's Emperor Arcann. From the Alliance base on Odessen Theron worked to destroy Zakuulan Star Fortresses and accompanied the Alliance Commander to Zakuul to recruit the anarchist known as "Firebrand" and Republic Special Forces Havoc Squad. Theron participated in the plunder of the Gilded Star and arranged for Mandalorians led by Mandalore the Avenger to assist the Alliance with the Raid on Darvannis. He was part of the attempt to take over the Eternal Fleet, during which SCORPIO betrayed the Alliance and claimed the Eternal Throne for herself. Theron manned the Gravestone omnicannon in the following battle of Odessen, in which Emperor Arcann was defeated. Arcann's sister Vaylin allied with SCORPIO and became the new Eternal Empress, and Theron fought her army during the Invasion of Voss. He joined Lana and the Commander on a diplomatic visit to Sith Empress Acina on Dromund Kaas and led Alliance reinforcements to reclaim the Gravestone from Vaylin and her forces. When Alliance leadership got stranded on Iokath, Theron's implants proved crucial for them in obtaining the means of escaping. He joined the Commander in infiltrating the Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin and piloted the shuttle during a mission to Nathema. When Vaylin launched an assault on Odessen, Theron fought from behind the enemy lines, after which he traveled with the Alliance forces to Zakuul, where Commander claimed the Eternal Throne that controlled the Eternal Fleet.

Learning about the secretive Order of Zildrog, Theron faked his defection to the Order by luring the Commander into a trap during the War on Iokath and staged a betrayal of Lana and the Commander during a mission to Umbara. Stalling the Order with false data to buy the Alliance time, Theron helped retrieve Vitiate's holomap from the Chiss House Inrokini on Copero, which led the Order to locate the ancient machine god Zildrog on Nathema. Theron leaked those coordinates to the Alliance, revealing his true allegiance and rejoined Lana and the Commander to stop the Order's leader Vinn Atrius from awakening Zildrog. Together they prevailed, but at a heavy cost of losing both Eternal Fleet and the Gravestone in process.

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