Ajunta Pall

"So strong, we thought&hellip; so wrong&hellip;"

- Ajunta Pall

Ajunta Pall was the leader of the Dark Jedi that were exiled from the Republic following the Hundred-Year Darkness. Upon his arriving on Korriban, he became the first Dark Lord of the Sith. His spirit was redeemed by the Jedi Knight Revan during the Jedi Civil War.

In life
"Are you&hellip; Ajunta Pall?''" "''I&hellip; had a name, once. Ajunta Pall. Yes, that was my name. I was one of many. We were servants of the dark side&hellip; Sith Lords, we called ourselves. So proud. In the end we were not so proud. We hid&hellip; hid from those we had betrayed. We fell&hellip; and I knew it would be so."

- Revan and the spirit of Ajunta Pall

Ajunta Pall was a disciple of the Jedi Order, who later implied to have knowledge of the First Great Schism, and eventually converted to the Dark side. He then battled his former brethren during the century-long war known as the Hundred-Year Darkness. Like many prominent Dark Jedi of the time period, he was a master of the art of Sith alchemy. He slew more than a dozen Jedi during the final battle of the war, but he and his fellow Dark Jedi were defeated nonetheless. The Jedi stripped them of their weapons and exiled them from the Republic.

When, through fate or fortune, the Exiles subsequently arrived on the remote planet Korriban where they discovered a highly Force-Sensitive species known as the Sith. Ajunta and his followers then subjugated the natives and his new Sith subjects revered him as their 'Jen'ari,' meaning 'Dark Lord'. The Exiles, under Pall, founded the Sith Empire with the world of Ziost as their capital.

After Death
"If&hellip; if I could return. Oh, my Master&hellip; it has been&hellip; so long&hellip; and I regret so much&hellip;"

- Ajunta Pall, after Revan convinced him to turn back to the light

After his death, Ajunta Pall's spirit continued to haunt his tomb. Over the centuries, he began to question his actions as a Sith Lord and the downfall the Lords experienced at each others' hands.

During the Jedi Civil War, Revan entered Ajunta Pall's tomb to retrieve the Sith Lord's sword so that he could gain prestige from the Sith academy, which ultimately led to his accessing a Star Map containing partial coordinates of the Star Forge. Ajunta Pall appeared as a spirit and told Revan of his actions as a Sith, with disappointment and shame, telling him of how the Jedi weren't what drove the Sith to destruction after the Hundred-Year Darkness. Pall explained how the Sith themselves battled each other and led their order close to death and that he felt nothing but remorse. Revan then took his blade and turned the Sith Lord back to the light side millennia after his death, allowing him to become one with the Force and experience peace at last. It is said that Revan gave the sword to Master Uthar Wynn for the prestige necessary to reach the last Star Map.

Ajunta also hinted at a secret source of Sith power. He was unable to reconcile conflicted images of whether Revan had discovered this source of power, or would soon do so.

Behind the scenes
Ajunta Pall's tomb is one of the side-quests available in the Korriban segment of the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In the game, he recognizes the player character's true identity. The main character can either help him become one with the Force (for "light-side points"), fight him and destroy his spirit (for "dark-side points"), or fail to take him to the light and let his spirit fade away. The player may also choose to keep the sword instead of giving it to Uthar.

In the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Ajunta Pall's spirit appears as a generic human Dark Jedi with an energy shield activated to simulate transparency.

The statue of Ajunta Pall seen in his tomb is identical to one seen in the destroyed Jedi Enclave on Dantooine in Knights of the Old Republic II.

Originally, Pall's tomb was supposed to be that of Freedon Nadd, who actually had been buried on Dxun. The error was corrected with the introduction of Pall into the scenario; however, it is still present in a conversation option with Lashowe. Likewise, Pall is referred to as Nadd in the dialogue files and character *.utc file.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords