Caretaker of the Lost Souls

The Caretaker of Lost Souls was a dark side Force user who was an unwilling follower of Exar Kun. His real name was unknown.

History
Before becoming an unwilling follower of Exar Kun, the Caretaker of Lost Souls was a student at Corellia University, and may have been a member of an archeological expedition on Yavin 4 that unknowingly tunneled into the tombs below the Temple of Exar Kun and released the Sith Lord's spirit. The evil spirit proceeded to enslave the students and researchers to his will, and induct them into the Cult of Exar Kun. Afterward, he sent them to Talus, to the Corellia University research outpost they had originally come from to enslave the rest of students there. The majority of them were then sent back to Yavin 4. After losing contact with the outpost and fearing the worst, Professor Cornelius Wagglehorn hired a group of spacers to travel to Talus and investigate. After arriving at the research outpost and discovering what had happened, the spacers informed the professor. He sent them the location of the tomb and implored the spacers to travel there and destroy the malevolent spirit. The Caretaker was the third major enemy the spacers faced within the tomb, having previously defeated the Open Hand of Hate and the Minder of Weak Wills. Once he noticed the group, the Caretaker sealed the chamber and sent his minions after him, three at a time. During the battle, a few of the Caretaker's prisoners, fellow students who had yet to succumb to Exar Kun's will, managed to assist in weakening the Caretaker, until he was forced to take matters into his own hands. He surrounded the room in a thick green fog and proceeded to deliver bolts of force lightning to the bodies of the spacers. After a arduous battle with the spacers trying desperately to both escape the fog and damage the man electrocuting them, the spacers stood triumphant over the Caretaker's corpse, his spirit finally free of Kun's wretched grasp. The spacers then continued on through them tomb, until they met the Clenced Fist of Hate.

Behind the scenes
the Caretaker of Lost Souls, as his name appears in the game, is a "boss" enemy NPC in the Temple of Exar Kun Heroic Encounter in Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. He is the third encounter in the instance, coming after the Open Hand of Hate and the Minder of Weak Wills. All the names of the enemies encountered within the tomb begin with a lower-cased "the", except Exar Kun. The Caretaker's physical appearance changes each time he is fought, but he is always a human male wearing a black robe similar that of the Minder of Weak Wills' robe.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided