Tott Doneeta

"&hellip;I've got to do something&hellip;there must be a way&hellip;a Jedi would find a way."

- Tott Doneeta, as he faces the heat storm

Tott Doneeta was a male Twi'lek from the planet Ryloth. Born into slavery, he was found by Jedi Master Arca Jeth and trained up as a Knight of the Old Republic. A devout follower of the Force, Doneeta trained alongside fellow apprentices Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma at Master Jeth's praxeum on his homeworld of Arkania. Doneeta had the unique, innate ability to understand and communicate with beasts.

In 4,000 BBY, Doneeta and the brothers Qel-Droma were sent by Jeth to mediate peaceful negotiations between the warring peoples on the world of Onderon&mdash;between the Beast Riders of Onderon's wilderness, and the dark side-worshiping citizens of Onderon's only city, Iziz. The mission went awry, and Doneeta found himself siding with the Beast Riders against the Naddists; followers of the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd, led by queen Amanoa of Iziz. The battle ended with the arrival of Master Jeth, who defeated Amanoa and banished Nadd's influence from Iziz. Doneeta and his companions remained on the planet to oversee the final internment of Amanoa and Nadd, and was present when the forces of Amanoa's husband, king Ommin, arrived to steal both her remains and those of Nadd, Ommin's Sith forefather. After the ensuing battle, Doneeta stayed behind while Jeth attempted to retrieve the sarcophagi, but when Jeth was captured by king Ommin, Doneeta and his companions sent a distress call to the Galactic Senate on Coruscant. The Republic responded by sending the full force of its navy, and a team consisting of five additional Jedi. Doneeta and his team were successful in defeating the Naddists, freeing Jeth, and permanently driving Nadd's spirit from Onderon.

When a new Sith cult called the Krath was formed in the wake of the unrest in the Onderon system, Doneeta responded to the call for action by attending the Jedi Conclave on Deneba. The Krath ambushed the convocation, and Master Jeth was killed in the attack. Doneeta's Jedi brother, Ulic Qel-Droma, attemped to infiltrate their ranks and destroy the Krath as a result. Many of Qel-Droma's colleagues were against his plan, and Doneeta was among those who were sent to collect him from the Krath, only to find that Qel-Droma had joined the Krath, embraced the dark side, and had become a Sith Lord. Qel-Droma and the Krath began a holy crusade also joining forces with Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun to wage the Great Sith War upon the Republic. When the Sith Brotherhood invaded Coruscant, Doneeta was among the Jedi that helped capture Qel-Droma, so that he could be tried for his various war crimes. However, Qel-Droma was freed by Exar Kun, and together they resumed their war of galactic conquest. Doneeta was present on the library world of Ossus when the Sith caused a supernova that threatened to devestate the planet, where he gathered many priceless Jedi artifacts and assisted in the evacuation proceedings. The Sith were subsequently defeated by the Jedi, and he led Doneeta and his companions to Kun's stronghold on Yavin 4, where the Twi'lek joined the collective Jedi effort that resulted in Yavin 4's surface destruction, and the ultimate defeat of Exar Kun.

Ten years later, Doneeta returned to Ryloth, where he faced a heat storm in defense of his clansmen&mdash;and lost. He then left his homeworld for the Exis space station, to attend another Jedi gathering called by then Head of the Order, Nomi Sunrider. Arriving late, Doneeta was just in time to save Sunrider's daughter from a stellar calamity. At the conclave's end, Doneeta attempted to help the Cathar Jedi Sylvar release her anger, but to no avail. He recognized where her hate was leading her, and left his old friend in the deserts of Cathar to contemplate whether she would give into the dark side, or not.

Jedi training
"The first lesson I learned as a Jedi, Cay, is that things are rarely what they seem."

- Tott Doneeta



Tott Doneeta was a male of the Twi'lek species, native to the Doneeta clan of the planet Ryloth. Doneeta spent his days as a youth with his family on a slave ship. They were found and rescued by Arkanian Jedi Master Arca Jeth, who recognized young Doneeta's Force sensitivity, and decided to take the boy to Arkania for Jedi training. At Jeth's praxeum, Doneeta studied with Jeth's most gifted student, Ulic Qel-Droma, and his younger brother Cay. The three trained together for many years, and Doneeta developed a close friendship with the brothers. In 4,000 BBY, Jeth deemed their training nearly complete, and sent Doneeta with the Qel-Dromas on their first mission: to bring about an end to a centuries-long civil war fought between the citizens of the planet Onderon's only city Iziz, and the Beast Riders of Onderon's wilderness. As Doneeta and Cay Qel-Droma boarded their ship, the Nebulon Ranger, Master Jeth gave Ulic specific instructions as his chargeman to find a peaceful resolution, and to raise arms only if necessary, before Ulic himself joined the Twi'lek and his brother. With Doneeta at the helm and Cay acting as navigator, the Ranger left Arkania for the Onderon system.

Mission to Iziz
"Okay. I’ve just been made an honorary boma. Let’s ride."

- Tott Doneeta

According to Doneeta, his people practiced a philosophy of non violence over brutality, and he hoped to impart this belief on the Onderonians. However, their arrival in Onderonian space was met with force, as they were attacked by a squad of Beast Riders, determined on preventing the Ranger from landing in Iziz. Doneeta performed evasive maneuvers while preparing to retaliate, but was stayed by Ulic as the city's wall defenses covered their descent by unleashing turbolaser fire against the outlawed Beast Riders. Once they had safely landed inside the city walls, Doneeta and his companions were greeted by the queen's emissary Novar&mdash;who immediately refused the Twi'lek entry, citing that aliens were forbidden to enter the royal palace of Iziz. Ulic and Cay demanded Doneeta's release, going so far as to draw their lightsabers in his defense. The queen was expecting three Jedi, however, and Novar received a comlink ordering them all to be brought before her at once. Doneeta was released, and the trio was escorted through Iziz, with the Twi'lek feeling increasingly unsettled by the citydwellers, sensing something that he could not quite pinpoint was amiss. They soon arrived at the palace, and were introduced to queen Amanoa of Onderon, and her daughter, princess Galia.



Before the Jedi could begin their peace mission, the Beast Riders&mdash;whom Doneeta recognized as the same ones from their earlier encounter&mdash; crashed through the window and attacked the throneroom. At the queen's behest, Doneeta and the Qel-Dromas joined her Royal Protectors in combatting the invaders, while she and her daughter fled to safety. Doneeta had slain several Riders before realizing that several of the invaders had gone in pursuit of Amanoa and Galia. He and Cay followed the Riders but arrived too late; Amanoa had been incapacitated, and Galia was missing. Doneeta suggested to his companions that they report the situation to Master Jeth, as the Twi'lek believed that the situation had spiraled out of control. Ulic Qel-Droma refused, and coaxed his brother and Tott to join him on a rescue mission to save the princess.

Doneeta flew the Rangerover the Onderonian jungle, searching for Galia's abductors. They were spotted by Beast Rider sentries below, who fired a seeker torpedo at them, which Doneeta's piloting could not avoid. He crash-landed in the jungles nearby a massive stronghold. While Cay began to make repairs, Doneeta exited the ship to take a quick survey of the area, and was surprised to find the Ranger surrounded by savage boma beasts. Rather than attack the creatures, Doneeta soothed the bomas with the Force, and then conversed with them. He learned that Galia was marrying Beast Lord Oron Kira in his father Modon's fortress. The bomas also allowed the Twi'lek Jedi and his companions to ride them as steeds, carrying them to the Beast rider citadel. Doneeta led the charge into Fortress Kira, as the elder Qel-Droma attempted to collect Galia. She fought him off, stating that she chose to marry Kira of her own will. Modon Kira then invited the Jedi to stay in peace, an offer they accepted.

Modon toasted to the Jedi and told them of the oppression perpetrated by the citydwellers. Doneeta sat quietly as Galia confirmed what he had suspected earlier&mdash;Iziz was tainted with the dark side of the Force. Amanoa worshiped an ancient Dark Lord of the Sith called Freedon Nadd, whose spirit afforded her sorcerous powers. Wishing to be free from Nadd's influence, Galia feigned her abduction to secretly escape the city and wed Oron Kira. It was agreed upon that the couple would present their marriage before Amanoa as a peace offering, though, the Beast Riders still gathered their full host in case negotiations failed.

Amanoa's defeat
"The dark side! It's everywhere&hellip;stifling the Force!"

- Tott Doneeta, as Amanoa reveals her power

Doneeta flew the repaired Ranger back to Iziz with the princess on board, while Kira and a small force of Beast Riders followed the Twi'lek's lead. As they approached Iziz, he had to again perform evasive maneuvers to avoid turbolaser fire from the wall defenses, since he was flying under escort of the Beast Riders. Ulic Qel-Droma convinced the citydwellers to cease their attack because Galia was with them; he also talked them into entertaining the idea of peace. They agreed, and the Ranger landed, with Doneeta bringing up the rear as the group was escorted to Amanoa'a throneroom. Doneeta remained silent as his Jedi brother pleaded with Amanoa to cease her dark side worship, and to recognize the union between her daughter and the young Beast Lord. Amanoa refused, and called on the power of Freedon Nadd's spirit, which shrouded his party in complete darkness. She then ordered her forces to attack Doneeta's group, who had been led to safety by Galia. Tott ferried the princess and her husband to the safety of the Ranger while the Qel-Dromas battled Amanoa's forces within the palace. Momentarily shaken by the queen's stifling power, Doneeta carried out his mission, and remained on the Ranger with Galia while Kira left them to command his forces in battle against the citydwellers. Under Amanoa's darkness spell, the Beast Rider army was rapidly being defeated. The Twi'lek observed that the Beast Riders were stricken with a dark side-induced madness, and that the tide of battle had turned in favor of the citydwellers. The fighting ended with the arrival of Master Jeth, who employed ancient Jedi battle meditation to counter Amanoa's Sith magic, giving victory over to the Beast Riders. When the fighting ended, Jeth admonished Doneeta and his companions for their failure to peacefully resolve the conflict. Jeth then led them into the palace in search of the queen, who they found in the Tomb of Freedon Nadd drawing on his power. In the presence of the Jedi Master's superior strength, Amanoa perished, and Freedon Nadd's spirit vacated Iziz.

Combatting the resistance
"&hellip;That's why the Twi'lek's here meeting with Master Thon&hellip;there's a battle with the dark side going on&hellip;on the other side of the galaxy. If Thon approves, I'll be fighting next to Master Arca and his apprentices&hellip;Ulic Qel-Droma and his brother Cay&hellip;and the Twi'lek Jedi Tott Doneeta!"

- Oss wilum

In the weeks that followed Iziz's liberation, the Jedi remained on the planet to assist in the round up of the remaining darksiders, and in the reconstruction effort. Tott Doneeta was lending aid in the royal palace, preparing the citadel for habitation by the new king and queen, Oron Kira and Galia. The relief efforts were occasionally plagued by guerilla attacks, perpetrated by survivors of Amanoa's dark side army. One such attack was carried out in the royal palace, where an explosion was triggered that caused the structure to fall in on itself. Doneeta was inside when the detonation occurred, and was trapped by felled debris, and surrounded by fires. Too weak to lift the pillar from his chest, the Twi'lek used his remaining Force strength to keep the pillar from crushing him. He feared that he his death was at hand; however, Cay and Ulic remembered their friend, and arrived to save him before another explosion brought the rest of the citadel down.

The Jedi remained on Onderon for the next two years, overseeing the restoration of peace. A tomb for the remains of Amanoa and Freedon Nadd was also being constructed on Onderon's jungle moon Dxun. While Master Jeth prepared Iziz for its ruler's final internment, he sent Tott Doneeta to the Stenness star system to entreat additional Jedi assistance from the Tchuukthai Jedi Master Thon, with which to combat the continued Naddist threat. The Twi'lek arrived on Thon's world of Ambria, and was presented with the Vultan Jedi Oss Wilum. Doneeta spent a brief time in Stenness before returning with Wilum to Onderon.

War on Onderon
"Master Arca! Scanners report another army of darksiders approaching the city!"

- Tott Doneeta



As Doneeta and Wilum arrived In Iziz for Amanoa’s funeral, the Naddists ambushed the procession, and stole the sarcophagi of both the deceased queen and Dark Lord. Doneeta slew several Naddists before he fell back to protect Master Jeth, who had been smitten through the Force by an unknown and unseen assailant. When he recovered, Jeth was determined to retrieve the sarcophagi. Galia believed that her father, king Ommin, could assist them, and departed with Jeth and Ulic into the tunnel left in the Naddist war machine's wake. Doneeta meanwhile ferried teams of Beast Riders back to Fortress Kira, in preparation for another stand against the worshipers of Freedon Nadd.

Two days had passed before Ulic and Galia returned, and without Jeth, who had been captured by Ommin and held prisoner deep within the king’s underground sanctuary. The Jedi realized that the power of the dark side plaguing Onderon was beyond their capabilities of fighting in their current state, and sent requests to both the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Order for reinforcements. Doneeta joined his friends in Fortress Kira, hoping that assistance would come soon. Haggard and exhausted, Doneeta led the Beast Rider resistance out of Fortress Kira. They were sorely outnumbered, and endured Naddist retaliation efforts for weeks before the entire Republic Navy arrived, complimented with five additional Jedi Knights: Shoaneb Culu, Dace Diath, Kith Kark, Nomi Sunrider, and the Gotal Qrrrl Toq.



Rise of the Krath
"We have learned that two young Tetans were on Onderon during the uprising. They are Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, heirs to the throne."

- Tott Doneeta

In the time between the Naddist Uprising on Onderon and the Great Sith War a few months later, Tott Doneeta enjoyed a brief holiday with some other young Jedi Knights, including his Jedi brethren: Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma, Nomi Sunrider and Oss Wilum. During this holiday he also spent some time with Qrrrl Toq, Dace Diath, Nomi and Ulic in learning how to fly the great warbeasts of the beast riders.

However, the young Jedi's holidays came to a swift end when Master Arca announced that the Sith Teachings were not contained and they had spread to the Tetan system. Tott knew Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, heirs to the throne, had been on Onderon during the uprising. Nomi left with Arca, Qrrrl Toq, Dace, Oss Wilum and Shoaneb Culu to the Jedi planet of Ossus, leaving the three Jedi brothers alone on Onderon again. These three decided to examine the Sith Artifacts still on Onderon. After examining, he met with Exar Kun on Onderon when the Jedi wanted to examine the Artifacts. Tott immediately took a dislike to the man who would eventually become Dark Lord of the Sith.

Later, Tott attended the Jedi gathering on Mount Meru. He was present when Jedi Master Arca was killed, but did not long for the same vengeance Ulic did. Tott was also present when Ulic killed Satal Keto, after Cay and Nomi attempted to "rescue" him from the Krath. Tott advised Cay to "grab him" but Ulic blasted his brother away and realizing it would be useless to try to pull him away, forced Nomi and Cay to leave Ulic behind. Tott also flew a small fighter as cover when Nomi and Cay tried once again to "rescue" Ulic from Aleema.

The Great Sith War
"We will rally all the Jedi&mdash;all Jedi&mdash;against our final enemy."

- Tott Doneeta, speaking about Exar Kun



Tott had so little respect for Exar Kun that he did not even attend his speech about renewal of the Jedi way. His Jedi brother Cay did however, but he was not taken in by Exar Kun's proclamations.

Tott was among the Jedi who went to Coruscant to attempt to convince the Galactic Senate that the Jedi should deal with the Renegade who was causing so much destruction. When Ulic's forces attacked, Tott helped the other Jedi to protect Coruscant from the Mandalorian invaders. Tott was able to protect himself against fire from Basilisk War Droids. Tott was also one of the Jedi who arrested Ulic on Coruscant during that very battle.

Tott was also present for Ulic's court hearing, but did not speak out like Nomi Sunrider, the Cathar Jedi Sylvar or Ulic's brother Cay.

It was Tott who announced to the other Jedi that Ulic's forces had attacked Kemplex IX. It was this news which sent Dace, Shoaneb and Qrrrl Toq to their eventual deaths.

Tott thought it a great shame that so much Jedi history and knowledge was lost in the fall of Ossus, but tried to salvage as much as he could, until Nomi pointed out Ulic damaging Cay's ship. Tott then dropped the scrolls he was carrying and ran with Nomi to the scene of the landing. Tott and Nomi arrived just in time to see Ulic kill his brother Cay in battle. Tott was also a witness to Nomi removing Ulic's connection to the force. Tott attempted to stop her, but was unable to and demanded to know exactly what she'd done as soon as she'd done it, shaking her violently. Tott accepted what she'd done when she told him. He then suggested the Jedi must rally together and travel to Yavin 4 to defeat their final enemy (Exar Kun.)

Return to Ryloth
"You didn't get rid of your anger, Sylvar&hellip;you gave into it. You're walking the path of anger&hellip;and you know where that will lead. You have to work this out yourself."

- Doneeta to Sylvar



10 years after the Great Sith War, the great Twi'lek Jedi had returned to his home planet of Ryloth. Tott saw a great heat storm in a premonition and managed to get several members of his clan to safety. He saved many lives. When the heat storm came however, he attempted to stop it using the Force. Telling himself "A Jedi would find a way!", he managed to stall it for a few seconds but the storm soon engulfed him. Luckily for Tott, he survived with only facial scarring.

When he was recovered by some other Twi'leks a few days later, he refused rest and instead headed immediately for the Great Jedi Convocation on Exis Station.

When he arrived late to the convocation, he sensed that Vima Sunrider's ship was heading into the star Teedio. Luckily he was near enough to secure her with a grappling hook and tow her to safety. He brought her safely aboard Exis Station to her mother: Nomi.

After the convocation, Tott spoke with Sylvar and suggested to her that she come back to Ryloth with him. She agreed and he took her to his clan's new city.

When they arrived, one of the clansmen ran to Tott in a panic, telling him that the R'lyek clan attacked them and killed many. Tott vowed to bring peace and as a Jedi, spoke with both leaders. He told Sylvar to help the people of his clan, while he was gone.

When he returned, Tott was horrified to see that Sylvar was attempting to rally the clansmen as soldiers. Tott yelled for them to stop, saying that peace did not come through more spilled blood. Tott had created an arrangement between the two clan leaders and peace had been decided. He was disappointed in Sylvar, telling her that she was too quick to choose violence when another way could have been found.



After that Sylvar requested that Tott come with her, back to Cathar. On Cathar, Tott was amazed at how the Cathar revered her. Sylvar wanted to find solitude and peace on Cathar, but instead, after seeing families, the planet only reminded her of what she had lost. Tott felt very sorry for her as she remembered her one and only mate (as Cathar tradition dictates) Crado, who joined Exar Kun in the Sith war and was killed.

Sylvar decided she must go on a blood hunt in order to cleanse herself of her anger. She requested that Tott come with her, he replied that he would be honored. Nearing the lair of the Kiltiks Tott noted that he had never seen such devastation not even after a heat storm on his home planet. The two Jedi entered the Kiltik cave, but Tott did not kill any of the bug-like creatures, as Sylvar gave into her anger and killed every last one of them. Tott scolded Sylvar for giving in to her anger and walked away from her into the Cathar desert, telling her to remember Ulic. Little did he know that Ulic would be the one to free Sylvar from her anger on Rhen Var.

Personality and traits
"My people, the Twi'leks, have an ancient and rich history of non-violence. We prefer intellect and cleverness, to outright brutality."

- Tott Doneeta



Tott Doneeta was a devout Jedi, never a slave to emotion, and rarely if ever driven to anger. He was never tempted by the dark side, and he fought against it at every opportunity. Doneeta was a keeper of the peace, who preferred to exercise intelligence and cunning rather than blatant violence. When Master Jeth was killed, Doneeta did not display a thirst for revenge like his fellow Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma did, and felt compelled to rescue Qel-Droma from his mission to infiltrate the Krath. When Qel-Droma refused to leave with Doneeta and the Jedi strike team, the Twi’lek reluctantly acquiesced, even though he believed that Qel-Droma’s decision would ultimately end in disaster.

Tott was a loyal friend, evidenced when he attempted several times to assist the Cathar Jedi Sylvar in finding a viable way to release her anger. He did, however, realize that Sylvar’s hatred was an issue she had to resolve herself, and thus left her to sort out her own problems. Doneeta recognized the value of Jedi lore and artifacts, and worked diligently to preserve all that he could before the impending destruction of Ossus. Tott was devastated when he witnessed the murder of his fellow Jedi Cay Qel-Droma at the hands of his own brother Ulic, and even more bewildered by Nomi Sunrider’s Force-severing technique.

Powers and abilities
"Fnrrg! Gnrrarrg snnrruff snrooo!"

- Tott Doneeta, speaking the language of bomas



Tott Doneeta displayed considerable talent with the Force, and implemented it in a variety of ways. He had the unusual and natural ability to communicate with beasts, a talent that proved useful when he tamed wild bomas for he and the Qel-Droma brothers to ride through the jungles of Onderon. Doneeta understood them when they told him of Galia's whereabouts in the Beast Riders' citadel. When Amanoa revealed her power to the Jedi, Doneeta immediately recognized it to be that of the dark side, and continued to feel as though his Force connection was being smothered by it. He also created a Force shield that absorbed much of an explosion caused suddenly by the Naddists in the palace of Iziz, but the detonation overwhelmed him, and he was unable to maintain the shield for much longer afterwards. Doneeta was capable of deflect blaster fire with both his lightsaber and his palms, having done so when fighting the Naddists on Onderon. On two occasions, Doneeta joined his fellow Jedi in creating walls of light; first subduing Ulic Qel-Droma during the Krath raid on Coruscant, and again over Yavin 4 to trap Exar Kun forever within the walls of his temple. In 3,986 BBY Tott Donneeta also briefly succeeded in stalling a Ryloth heat storm. By concentrating on the Force, Doneeta momentarily held it back, before it overcame him. He survived with nothing more than a facial scar.

Tott Doneeta wielded several different lightsabers during his time as a Jedi, and when dueling, switched between single and two-handed grips. His original weapon had a unique hilt design, one with a curved guard and pommel. This lightsaber originally produced a golden blade, one that Doneeta wielded during the Beast Wars of Onderon. He also used a straight handled, purple blade lightsaber during this time. When the Naddist Revolt broke out, Doneeta continued to alternate between his curved handle weapon, which now produced a green blade, and the straight purple one. The curved, green blade lightsaber remained with Doneeta throughout the Krath conflict, using it in battles that took place on Deneba, and Coruscant. Later in life, Doneeta carried a metal curved sword. He also wielded a blue blade lightsaber with a straight hilt in a reverse grip, doing so alongside Sylvar during her ritual blood hunt.

Tott Doneeta was as experienced a pilot as he was a warrior. When riding in the Nebulon Ranger, Doneeta was most often at the helm. He also learned to tame and fly the drexl war mounts of the Beast Riders. When the prototype star saber starfighters were made available to the Jedi, Tott Doneeta declined one, instead choosing to fly his trustworthy S-100 Stinger-class fighter.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Tales of the Jedi (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Tales of the Jedi: Redemption
 * Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur
 * Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur

notes and references
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