Nelani Dinn

Nelani Dinn was a Human female serving as a Jedi Knight in the time following the resolution of the Swarm War. Nelani was assigned to Lorrd and was stationed there when Jacen Solo and his apprentice Ben Skywalker came to the planet whilst investigating the events at Toryaz Station. Whilst on the planet Nelani became increasingly concerned by Jacen's questionable methods in preventing the bizarre series of attempted violence carried out by misguided members of the public.

When a woman named Brisha Syo came forth and told Jacen the nature of these disturbances, Nelani was wary that they were being led into a trap when the self proclaimed Force Sensitive offered to take them to her home, later explained to be Darth Vectivus' former asteroid lair.

When Brisha revealed that a Sith Lord dwelt in the caverns beneath the asteroid's surface, Nelani accompanied the others down into the depths, where Syo telekinetically shoved her and Ben out of their mine cart, while she took Jacen deeper into the caverns.

Whilst Brisha, who had now revealed herself to be none other than Lady Lumiya, attempted to subvert Jacen to the Dark Side, Nelani and Ben did battle with the Force Phantoms conjured by Lumiya to keep them at bay. It was there that the ghost of Darth Vectivus appeared to her and explained that each phantom she slew was connected with a living being who would somewhere die. Proclaiming that all she needed to do was cut him down in order to save the "lives of thousands", Vectivus offered Nelani his head. True to the Jedi training at this moment being criticized by Lumiya, Nelani refused to cut down the apparition, most likely a test of the Dark Lady to see if the young knight had the strength to join her and Jacen.

"Jedi girl, you're not strong enough to save lives. You're not strong enough to sacrifice one to save many"

- Darth Vectivus

Travelling down to the caverns, Nelani was shocked to discover Lumiya capitulating to Jacen, urging him to embrace the ways of the Sith. When Lumiya proposed that Jacen's mentor Vergere had too been a Sith, Nelani attempted to strike her down, and was again shaken when Jacen raised his blade to defend the Dark lady.

Unfortuanately Jacen was urged to look down the paths of the future which would result in the arrest of Lumiya proposed by Nelani. Each one invariably ended in his muder of Luke Skywalker and the fall of the Galactic Alliance, apart from those in which Nelani was killed. Pursued into the caverns by the more powerful Jacen, the already injured Nelani was struck down and faded away to become one with the Force.

Appearances

 * Betrayal