Alek Squinquargesimus

"Sometimes you have to enter the darkness to save the light."

- Alek

Alek Squinquargesimus, nicknamed "Squint", was a young Jedi Knight during the Mandalorian Wars and a companion of Zayne Carrick after the Battle of Omonoth.

Biography
In the year 3,964 BBY, Squint was one of a number of Jedi who chose to take a more proactive role in the ongoing Mandalorian Wars by participating in a scouting mission along the Outer Rim just prior to the Mandalorian invasion of the Galactic Republic. Led by The Revanchist, whom Alek called his "Master" as an honorific, he and his fellow Jedi investigated the Mandalorian threat along the Republic border against the wishes of the Jedi Council.

On their way to the Outer Rim, they stopped on the planet Taris in hopes of recruiting more Jedi from the local Jedi temple. While there, Alek attempted to recruit a Padawan named Zayne Carrick. Although Carrick was a less than promising student, Squint said he had "a hunch" that Carrick would be a major player during the war.

Soon after leaving Taris, Squint and his companions were left behind on the planet Suurja while their master investigated events on Onderon and Dxun. Roughly a week after his meeting with Carrick on Taris, he was captured during the Fourth Battle of Suurja by the Neo-Crusaders and taken to Flashpoint Station. There, he became the favorite test subject of a sadistic Mandalorian biologist named Demagol who was attempting to divine the source and nature of the Jedi's Force abilities.

Weeks later, Jarael arrived on the station dressed as a Jedi, but Alek saw through her disguise immediately. When Demagol came to take her, he volunteered himself to be studied in her place and insisted that he had some abilities that Demagol had yet to discover. After Alek was brought back to the holding area, Demagol wanted to waste no time in testing Jarael due to her unusual Arkanian features, but fortunately, Zayne Carrick and the rest of the crew of the Last Resort arrived to rescue her in the nick of time. Zayne pretended to be captured by the rogue Mandalorian Rohlan Dyre and was taken in her stead. When Demagol and Rohlan emerged, they announced that Zayne was dead.

However, after the Mandalorians were tricked into leaving the station during a false "Republic attack" masterminded by Marn Hierogryph, it was revealed that the Demagol that had emerged was actually Zayne. Before he and the rest of the freed Jedi prisoners escaped, Alek asked Zayne to join them once again but Zayne declined, saying that there was something he had to finish. Alek said his good-byes to Jarael and took the unconscious Demagol to Coruscant for trial. Although en route, Demagol fell into a drug induced coma and could not be awakened. And due to Demagol's mad experiments, doctors informed Alek that his hair would not grow back completely.



While on a mission to Cathar, Alek, the Revanchist leader, and the rest of the Jedi felt death in the Force when the Mandalorians fired bombs on Serroco.

Following the journey to Cathar, Alek was sent to Omonoth as a representative for the Revanchist faction of the Jedi who were responding to the invitation Lord Arkoh Adasca had placed with the faction's leader. Previous to Alek's arrival several Jedi had experienced visions regarding the possible importance of Lord Adasca's discovery and the role it could play in the ongoing conflict. Alek was instructed by his Master to ensure this new danger was taken "out of the mix."

Upon his arrival aboard the Arkanian Legacy in the system, Alek was reunited both with Jarael and with Rohlan, the Arkanian offshoot and the rogue Mandalorian he had met at Flashpoint. During this time, Alek confided with Jarael that he did not believe Zayne Carrick was guilty of the charges levied against him. Later aboard the vessel, when Lord Adasca's plan for a destructive biological weapon was revealed, Alek reacted with disgust feeling such a force was too powerful to be entrusted to any government. Though the head of Adascorp felt otherwise as immediately after his true intentions for the meeting were divulged when he indicated he wished to ally himself with the strongest suitor. Alek's disgust transformed into alarm and he lit his lightsaber when the final party to the negotiations announced his arrival via transmission.

As Mandalore the Ultimate entered the Legacy, Alek leapt for the kill. Predicting the attack, Mandalore quickly struck him down with his newly made battle axe, knocking the young Jedi off his feet. While Mandalore and Adasca were discussing the exogorth deal, Alek tries to convince Admiral Saul Karath to arrest them. But Karath wouldn't take that risk while they were being outnumbered. When Adasca struck Jarael for her treachery, Alek pointed his lightsaber at Adasca's throat, warning him not to hurt her again. He deactivated the weapon, allowing the discussion to continue.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 14: Days of Fear, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Daze of Hate
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1