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Charsae Saal was a male Kel Dor and Baran Do Sage who was born during the Republic Classic era and was a young child when the Jedi Order was purged. He was trained as a Baran Do Sage by Master of the Order Koro Ziil and later became the Order's senior combat instructor. In 43.5 ABY, former Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker&mdash;recently exiled for failing to prevent Sith Lord Darth Caedus's fall to the dark side&mdash;and his son, Jedi Knight Ben Skywalker, arrived on Dorin to seek out Ziil. For one day, Saal briefly trained Ben in combat techniques, but on that day Saal decided to join the Hidden Ones, a secret sect of the Baran Do tasked with preserving their knowledge. The next day, Saal held his dying ceremony, a rite for sages before joining the Hidden Ones, where they pretended to give themselves over to the Force and die. However, Luke was not fooled by Saal's "death," and he and Ben searched the site of the ceremony. The Skywalkers discovered a secret underground chamber, where they found Saal alive and well, and accompanied him to the Hidden Ones' secret headquarters, the Caverns of the Hidden One.

Upon their arrival in the caverns, Saal took the name of "Chara" and gave the Skywalkers a tour of the caverns, revealing to them that in order to protect the secrecy of the Hidden Ones, they would never be allowed to leave. He later dueled with the skilled fighter Ithia and defeated her easily&mdash;something he had difficulty doing before Ithia had joined the Hidden Ones. Soon after, Luke, in order to prove his theory that the Hidden Ones were growing weaker in the Force, suggested that Ben duel Chara. Ben emerged the victor, despite Chara being his superior. Ziil, who had become the leader of the Hidden Ones, then confronted Luke in a battle of Force powers, in which Luke prevailed. The Hidden Ones then rebelled and returned to the Baran Do on the surface.