Tott Doneeta

"&hellip;I've got to do something&hellip;there must be a way&hellip;a Jedi would find a way."

- Tott Doneeta, as he faces the heat storm

Tott Doneeta, born Tottdon'eeta, was a male Twi'lek from the planet Ryloth. Born into slavery, he was found by Jedi Master Arca Jeth and trained up as a Knight of the Old Republic. A devout follower of the Force, Doneeta studied alongside fellow apprentices Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma at Master Jeth's praxeum on Jeth's homeworld of Arkania. As he progressed in the ways of the Jedi, Doneeta developed a unique, innate ability to understand and communicate with beasts.

In 4,000 BBY, Doneeta and the brothers Qel-Droma were sent by Jeth to mediate peaceful negotiations between the warring peoples on the world of Onderon&mdash;the Beast Riders of Onderon's wilderness, and the dark side-worshiping citizens of Onderon's only city, Iziz. The mission went awry, and Doneeta found himself siding with the Beast Riders against the Naddists; followers of the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd, led by queen Amanoa of Iziz. The battle ended with the arrival of Master Jeth, who defeated Amanoa and banished Nadd's influence from Iziz. Doneeta and his companions remained on the planet to oversee the final internment of Amanoa and Nadd, and was present when the forces of Amanoa's husband, king Ommin, arrived to steal both her remains and those of Nadd, Ommin's Sith forefather. After the ensuing battle, Doneeta stayed behind while Jeth attempted to retrieve the sarcophagi, but when Jeth was captured by king Ommin, Doneeta and his companions called for assistance from the Galactic Senate on Coruscant. The Republic responded by sending the full force of its navy, and a team consisting of five additional Jedi. Doneeta and his team were successful in defeating the Naddists, freeing Jeth, and permanently driving Nadd's spirit from Onderon.

When a new Sith cult called the Krath was formed in the wake of the unrest in the Onderon system, Doneeta responded to the call for action by attending the Jedi Conclave on the planet Deneba. The Krath ambushed the convocation, and Master Jeth was killed in the attack, causing Doneeta's Jedi brother, Ulic Qel-Droma, to subsequently infiltrate their ranks in an attempt to destroy the Krath from within. Many of Qel-Droma's colleagues were against his plan, and Doneeta was among those who were sent to collect him from the Krath, only to find that Qel-Droma had embraced the dark side, and had become a Sith Lord. Qel-Droma and the Krath began a holy crusade and also joined forces with Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun to wage the Great Sith War upon the Republic. When the Sith Brotherhood invaded Coruscant, Doneeta was among the Jedi that helped capture Qel-Droma, so that he could be tried for his various war crimes. However, Qel-Droma was freed by Exar Kun, and together they resumed their war of galactic conquest. Doneeta was later present on the library world of Ossus when the Sith Brotherhood caused a supernova that threatened to devastate the planet, where he gathered many priceless Jedi artifacts and assisted in the evacuation proceedings. The Sith were ultimately defeated by the Jedi, and Qel-Droma led Doneeta and his companions to Kun's stronghold on Yavin 4, where the Twi'lek joined the collective Jedi effort that resulted in Yavin 4's surface destruction, and the defeat of Exar Kun.

Ten years later, Doneeta returned to Ryloth, where he faced a heat storm in defense of his clansmen&mdash;and lost. He then left his homeworld for the Exis space station, to attend another Jedi gathering called by then Head of the Order, Nomi Sunrider. Arriving late, Doneeta was just in time to save Sunrider's daughter from a stellar calamity. At the conclave's end, Doneeta attempted to help the Cathar Jedi Sylvar release her anger, but to no avail. He recognized where her hate was leading her, and left his old friend in the deserts of Cathar to contemplate whether she would give into the dark side, or not.

Jedi training
"The first lesson I learned as a Jedi, Cay, is that things are rarely what they seem."

- Tott Doneeta



Tott Doneeta was a male of the Twi'lek species, native to the Doneeta clan of the planet Ryloth. Doneeta spent his days as a youth with his family on a slave ship, where they were found and rescued by Arkanian Jedi Master Arca Jeth. Jeth recognized young Doneeta's Force sensitivity, and decided to take the boy to his praxeum on Arkania for Jedi training. At Jeth's praxeum, Doneeta studied with Jeth's most gifted student, Ulic Qel-Droma, and Ulic's younger brother Cay. The three trained together for many years, and Doneeta developed a close friendship with the brothers. In 4,000 BBY, Jeth deemed their training nearly complete, and sent Doneeta with the Qel-Dromas on their final test&mdash;and first mission: to mediate a peaceful resolution to a centuries-long civil war fought between the citizens of the planet Onderon's only city Iziz, and the Beast Riders of Onderon's wilderness. As Doneeta and Cay Qel-Droma boarded their ship, the Nebulon Ranger, Master Jeth gave Ulic specific instructions as his chargeman to find a nonviolent resolution, and to raise arms only if necessary, before Ulic himself joined his brother and the Twi'lek. With Doneeta at the helm and Cay acting as navigator, the Ranger left Arkania for the Onderon system.

Mission to Iziz
"Okay. I’ve just been made an honorary boma. Let’s ride."

- Tott Doneeta

According to Doneeta, Twi'leks practiced a philosophy of non-violence over brutality, and he hoped to impart this belief on the Onderonians. However, their arrival in Onderonian space was met with hostility, as they were attacked by a squad of Beast Riders, determined on preventing the Ranger from landing in Iziz. Doneeta performed evasive maneuvers while preparing to retaliate, but was stayed by Ulic as the city's wall defenses covered their descent by unleashing turbolaser fire against the outlawed Beast Riders. Once they had safely landed inside the city walls, Doneeta and his companions were greeted by the queen's emissary Novar&mdash;who immediately refused the Twi'lek entry, citing that aliens were forbidden to enter the royal palace of Iziz. Ulic and Cay demanded Doneeta's release and passage, going so far as to draw their lightsabers in his defense. The queen was expecting all three Jedi, however, and Novar received a comlink ordering them all to be brought before her at once. Doneeta was let go, and the trio was escorted through Iziz, with the Twi'lek feeling increasingly unsettled by the citydwellers, sensing something that he could not quite pinpoint was amiss. They soon arrived at the palace, and were introduced to queen Amanoa of Onderon, and her daughter, princess Galia.



Before the Jedi could begin their peace mission, invaders&mdash;whom Doneeta recognized as the same Beast Rider attackers from their earlier encounter&mdash; crashed through the window and assailed the throneroom. At the queen's behest, Doneeta and the Qel-Dromas joined her Royal Protectors in combating the Beast Riders, while she and her daughter fled to safety. Doneeta had slain several Riders before realizing that several of the invaders&mdash;specialized Beast Warrior Commandos&mdash;had gone in pursuit of Amanoa and Galia. He and Cay followed the Commandos but arrived too late; Amanoa had been incapacitated, and Galia kidnapped. Doneeta suggested to his companions that they report the situation to Master Jeth, as the Twi'lek believed that events had spiraled out of control. Ulic Qel-Droma refused, and coaxed his brother and Tott to join him on a rescue mission to save the princess.

Doneeta flew the Rangerover the Onderonian jungle, in search of Galia's abductors. They were spotted by Beast Rider sentries below, who fired a seeker torpedo at them, which Doneeta's piloting skills could not avoid. He crash-landed in the jungles nearby a massive stronghold. While Cay began to make repairs, Doneeta exited the ship to take a quick survey of the area, and was surprised to find the Ranger surrounded by wild and savage boma beasts. Rather than attack the creatures, Doneeta soothed and conversed with the bomas through the Force. From them he learned that Galia was marrying Beast Rider Lord Oron Kira in his father Modon's fortress. The bomas also allowed the Twi'lek Jedi and his companions to mount them as steeds, and carried them to the Beast rider citadel. Doneeta led the charge into Fortress Kira, as the elder Qel-Droma attempted to collect Galia. She fought him off, stating that she chose to marry Kira of her own will. Modon Kira then invited the Jedi to stay in peace, an offer they accepted.

Modon toasted to the Jedi and told them of the oppression perpetrated by the citydwellers. Doneeta sat quietly as Galia confirmed what he had suspected earlier&mdash;Iziz was in fact tainted with the dark side of the Force thanks to queen Amanoa's worship of the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Freedon Nadd, whose spirit afforded her sorcerous powers. Wishing to be bound to Kira and freed from Nadd's influence, Galia feigned her abduction to secretly escape the city and join her Beast Lord consort. At the Jedi's suggestion, it was agreed upon that the couple would present their marriage before Amanoa as a peace offering; however, under Oron's father Modon's banner, the Beast Riders still gathered their full host in the event the Jedi's negotiations failed.

Amanoa's defeat
"The dark side! It's everywhere&hellip;stifling the Force!"

- Tott Doneeta, as Amanoa reveals her power

Doneeta flew the repaired Ranger back to Iziz with the princess on board while Kira and a small force of Beast Riders followed the Twi'lek's lead. As they approached Iziz, his evasion piloting was again tested, this time to avoid turbolaser fire from the wall defenses, who considered his flying under Beast Rider escort as hostile action. Ulic Qel-Droma convinced the citydwellers to cease their attack because Galia was with them; he also talked them into allowing the idea of peace to be presented to the queen.



The Ranger landed, with Doneeta bringing up the rear as the group was escorted to Amanoa'a throneroom. the Twi'lek remained silent as Ulic pleaded with Amanoa to cease her dark side worship, and to recognize the union between her daughter and the young Beast Lord. Amanoa refused, and called on the power of Freedon Nadd's spirit, which shrouded the expanse of the palace in complete darkness. She then ordered her forces to attack Doneeta's group, who fought them off while being led to safety by Galia. Tott ferried the princess and her husband from the palace to the Ranger while the Qel-Dromas battled Amanoa's forces within the palace. Momentarily shaken by the queen's stifling power, Doneeta carried out his mission, and remained on the Ranger with Galia while Kira left them to command his forces in battle against the citydwellers. Under Amanoa's darkness spell, the Beast Rider army was rapidly being defeated. The Twi'lek observed that the Beast Riders were stricken with a dark side-induced madness, and that the tide of battle had turned in favor of the citydwellers. The fighting ended with the arrival of Master Jeth, who employed ancient Jedi battle meditation to counter Amanoa's Sith magic, giving victory over to the Beast Riders. When the fighting ended, Jeth admonished Doneeta and his companions for their failure to peacefully resolve the conflict. Jeth then led them into the palace in search of the queen, who they found in the Tomb of Freedon Nadd drawing on his power. In the presence of the Jedi Master's superior strength, Amanoa perished, and Freedon Nadd's spirit vacated Iziz.

Combatting the resistance
"&hellip;That's why the Twi'lek's here meeting with Master Thon&hellip;there's a battle with the dark side going on&hellip;on the other side of the galaxy. If Thon approves, I'll be fighting next to Master Arca and his apprentices&hellip;Ulic Qel-Droma and his brother Cay&hellip;and the Twi'lek Jedi Tott Doneeta!"

- Oss wilum



In the weeks that followed Iziz's liberation, the Jedi remained on the planet to assist in the round up of the remaining darksiders, and in the reconstruction effort. Tott Doneeta was lending aid in the royal palace, preparing the citadel for habitation by the new king and queen, Oron Kira and Galia. The relief efforts were occasionally plagued by guerilla attacks, perpetrated by survivors of Amanoa's dark side army. One such attack was carried out in the royal palace, where an explosion was triggered that caused the structure to fall in on itself. Doneeta was inside when the detonation occurred, and was trapped by felled debris, and surrounded by fires. Too weak to lift the pillar from his chest, the Twi'lek used his remaining Force strength to keep the pillar from crushing him. He feared that he his death was at hand; however, Cay and Ulic remembered their friend, and arrived to save him before another explosion brought the rest of the citadel down.

The Jedi remained on Onderon for the next two years, overseeing the restoration of peace. A tomb for the remains of Amanoa and Freedon Nadd was also being constructed on Onderon's jungle moon Dxun. While Master Jeth prepared Iziz for its ruler's final internment, he sent Tott Doneeta to the Stenness star system to entreat additional Jedi assistance from the Tchuukthai Jedi Master Thon, with which to combat the continued Naddist threat. The Twi'lek arrived on Thon's world of Ambria, and was presented with the Vultan Jedi Oss Wilum. Doneeta spent a brief time in Stenness before returning with Wilum to Onderon.

War on Onderon
"Master Arca! Scanners report another army of darksiders approaching the city!"

- Tott Doneeta

As Doneeta and Wilum arrived in Iziz for Amanoa’s funeral, the Naddists ambushed the procession, and stole the sarcophagi of both the deceased queen and Dark Lord. Doneeta slew several Naddists before he fell back to protect Master Jeth, who had been smitten through the Force by an unknown and unseen assailant. When he recovered, Jeth recognized the Naddists' ambush as a feint, and was determined to retrieve the sarcophagi. Galia believed that her father, king Ommin, could assist them, and departed with Jeth and Ulic into the tunnel left in the Naddist war machine's wake. Doneeta meanwhile ferried teams of Beast Riders back to Fortress Kira, in preparation for another stand against the worshipers of Freedon Nadd.



Doneeta held position with the Beast Riders in their citadel for several days before Ulic and Galia returned, though without Jeth, who had been captured by Ommin and held prisoner deep within the king’s underground sanctuary. The Jedi realized that the power of the dark side plaguing Onderon was beyond their capabilities of fighting in their current state, and sent requests to both the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Order for reinforcements. Doneeta's friends joined him in Fortress Kira, hoping that assistance would come soon. Despite being exhausted and outnumbered, Doneeta lead the Beast Rider resistance while enduring Naddist retaliation efforts for weeks, before the entire Republic Navy arrived, complimented by the addition of five Jedi Knights: Miraluka female Shoaneb Culu, Humans Dace Diath and Nomi Sunrider, Gotal Kith Kark, and the Nazzar Crown Prince Qrrrl Toq.

The Naddists were no match for the overwhelming military strength of the Republic, which was further augmented by the battle prowess of Doneeta and his Jedi companions. One of the Knights, Nomi Sunrider, employed the same battle meditation technique as Master Jeth had to sway the battle in favor of the Beast Riders and the Republic. Doneeta felt his Force strength renewed as the dark power that suffused Onderon's atmosphere was being pushed back by Sunrider's ability. Their combined efforts saw to the Naddist army's defeat, leaving the rescue of Master Jeth as the next order of business. Doneeta and the other Knights stormed Ommin's lair and caught the king and his minions by surprise, and managed to dispatch all of Ommin's Sith warbots and Dark Jedi before they could mount a successful defense.

Despite the king's repeated attempts to repel the Jedi through his mastery of Sith magic, Ommin was subsequently defeated when Ulic Qel-Droma destroyed his durasteel exoskeleton, and left him a writhing invalid on the ground. Master Jeth was then released from Ommin's imprisonment, and proceeded to banish the spirit of Freedon Nadd from Onderon once and for all. Also, in the midst of all the commotion, Tott Doneeta caught sight of two civilians as they fled the king's lair, before they could be detained by the Jedi and held for questioning.

Beginnings of a Crusade
"We have learned that two young Tetans were on Onderon during the uprising. They are Satal Keto and his cousin Aleema, heirs to the throne."

- Tott Doneeta



The Jedi's guidance to the Onderonians helped bring about the peace for which they so desperately fought, and was also instrumental in breaking the influence of Freedon Nadd's spirit over the planet. Thus, Tott Doneeta was one of several Jedi who enjoyed a brief sabbatical in the interim following the Battle of Iziz. While his comrades spent time learning to fly the Beast Riders' warmounts, Doneeta spent his time cataloging items from the storehouse of Sith artifacts found in King Ommin's possession, and preparing them for transport to Ossus for safekeeping. During his excavation of the caves inhabited by Ommin, Doneeta disocvered that two civilians&mdash;Satal and Aleema Keto&mdash;had been in the King's presence as recently as the Naddist Uprising. Believing that they had received basic initiation to the dark side by the deceased king, Doneeta revealed his findings at the same moment when Master Arca announced that the monarchy of the distant Empress Teta system had fallen in political upheaval to the Ketos&mdash;who had renamed themselves the Krath and began practicing Sith magic.

Master Jeth further explained that he had accepted Jedi Watchman duties for the Tetan worlds, and only several of the present Knights would be going to the front lines of the impending battle with the Krath. Doneeta was not among those chosen, but was instead assigned to maintain the Jedi base on Onderon along with Cay and Ulic Qel-Droma, while the remainder prepared themselves to leave Onderon. Master Jeth also warned Doneeta and the brothers Qel-Droma to take no heed of the guest who would be arriving on Onderon some time soon. When Exar Kun, a Knight claiming affiliation with the "School of Jedi Archaeology", did arrive, Doneeta and the Qel-Dromas initially welcomed him, but grew imediately suspicious when Kun demanded to inspect Nadd's artifacts before they were taken offworld. Refusing his demands, Doneeta and Cay directed Kun's queries to Master Jeth, who also denied him access. Jeth denounced Kun as a liar and imposter and made it quite clear that he was unwelcome on Onderon. Kun departed for Iziz, leaving Doneeta and his companions to both contemplate Kun's defiance and complete their work.

Trouble on Deneba
"The Jedi prophecies predict a great conflict with the dark side.''" "''Sure they do, Shoaneb&hellip;but it's not supposed to begin for another thousand years!"

- Shoaneb Culu, and Tott Doneeta



The Republic's initial military offensive was unsuccessful in defeating the Krath, and the Jedi were also brought up short by the extent of the Krath's newly-mastered Sith powers. The Republic suffered heavy casualties, and Doneeta's Jedi brother, Ulic Qel-Droma, was seriously wounded during an attack. In response to their defeat, the Jedi held a convocation on the planet Deneba. Doneeta answered the call to gather en massé on Deneba's Mount Meru, alongside nearly every other living Jedi in the galaxy.

Marvelling at the sight of the presence of nearly every living Jedi in the galaxy, Doneeta held position with several of his companions, namely Shoaneb Culu. Briefly conversing with her, Doneeta discounted Culu's belief that an ancient Jedi prophecy, one that foretold the rise of a great conflict with the dark side, was on the horizon. The Twi'lek was familiar with the prophecy, and believed instead that the conflict it spoke of was a millennia away. The convocation began shortly thereafter, with the present Jedi discussing possible solutions to the growing Krath threat.

During the gathering, Doneeta's Jedi brother, Ulic Qel-Droma, unveiled his controversial plan to infiltrate the Krath and destroy them from within, rather than fight them through conventional means. Immediately his scheme was rejected by nearly all Jedi present, with several, including Master Jeth, speaking out specifically about the dangers of embracing the dark side in order to defeat it. The meeting was then called to recess, and before the Jedi could reconvene, escape pods rained down to Deneba's surface, unleashing Krath-designed war droids that proceeded to ambush the congregation. Simultaneously, the servant droids that were planetside and assisting with the convocation received a change in programming that ordered them to attack their Jedi owners, focusing on the most powerful of those present. Though overwhelmed and surprised by the sudden onslaught, Doneeta and his companions managed to destroy all the droids during the battle, but not without suffering a great loss&mdash;in defense of Ulic Qel-Droma, Master Jeth was stricken and killed by one of the droids.

Failed extraction
"Something's wrong with him&hellip;grab him, Cay! We gotta leave!"

- Tott Doneeta

The demise of Arca Jeth further solidified Ulic Qel-Droma's determination and belief that the Krath could only be defeated from within, and after studying them and their resident star system, he departed for Empress Teta on his mission. Many months passed without any report from him on his progress, and the Jedi became concerned with his fate. Tott Doneeta, Ulic's brother Cay, and his lover, Nomi Sunrider, were then dispatched to the Tetan worlds on a rescue mission, with hopes that Qel-Droma was still alive. Doneeta and Cay stayed on board the Nebulon Ranger while Sunrider infiltrated Cinnagar, where she was eventually able to locate Ulic. However, the elder Qel-Droma refused to return with her to Ossus, and had her imprisoned instead, planning to execute her personally at the behest of Lord Satal Keto. When Sunrider escaped her captors, she contacted Doneeta and Cay, who then entered Cinnagar in an attempt to collect her. They were set upon by Krath soldiers shortly thereafter, and the Twi'lek led the charge while his partner held off their enemies with blasterfire as they further entered the city in search of their colleagues. Doneeta and Cay came upon the Iron Citadel where they rejoined Sunrider, just as Lord Keto appeared above them on a balcony of the palace.



Doneeta demanded that the Krath leader release Ulic, but to all their surprise, Qel-Droma arrived on his own, naming Keto as the perpetrator of the assault on Deneba. He then engaged the Tetan Emperor in a duel, giving into his rage and striking him down in anger. It was at that moment that Doneeta and the other present Jedi realized that Qel-Droma had succumbed to the power of the Sith, and needed to be removed from Cinnagar. However, Qel-Droma refused, going so far as to lash out at his former friends with the dark side of the Force. Though Sunrider was hesitant to leave him, Doneeta felt otherwise, believing that there were no other options. As Krath soldiers prepared to converge upon their location, the Twi'lek Jedi and his strike team left Tetan space to regroup and formulate a new plan to rescue their comrade.

Efforts redoubled
"Tott Doneeta will lead the air support, while you and I attack the palace."

- Nomi Sunrider to Cay Qel-Droma, just before the Second Battle of Empress Teta

The Jedi convened back on Ossus and planned to return to Empress Teta and rescue Ulic Qel-Droma with a bolstered attack force, one that included a compliment of Beast Riders from the planet Onderon. The Jedi also planned to fly experimental starfighters into battle, and Tott Doneeta was present when his colleagues, Dace Diath and Cay Qel-Droma, tested the new Star Saber crafts. However, when Diath crashed his fighter and was forced to make an emergency escape, the Twi'lek grew skeptical about the new fighters' performance capabilities. The suggestion then arose amongst the Jedi that they should instead fly their trustworthy S-100 Stinger fighters into battle, but Doneeta reminded them all that there were not enough Stingers to escort the great flying drexls mounts of the Beast Riders. Nonetheless, a compromise was met, and the Jedi strike team set out for the Tetan worlds in both prototype Star Saber fighters and traditional Stingers, with Doneeta flying his own personal version of the latter.

Doneeta and his team arrived in Cinnagar and caught the Krath forces completely by surprise, easily dispatching the palace defenses while providing cover for the drexl mounts flown by the Beast Riders. While Nomi Sunrider, Qrrrl Toq, and Cay Qel-Droma assaulted the Krath citadel to collect Ulic, Doneeta lead the remainder of the team in the air assault and fended off the Krath's forces until the extraction was complete. The attempt to rescue Ulic&mdash;who was now completely given over to the dark side&mdash;was unsuccessful, however, as he still refused the pleas of both his brother Cay and lover Sunrider to return with them to Ossus. Dejected, they departed and left Qel-Droma in the thrall of Aleema Keto and the Krath. Unbeknownst to Doneeta and the rest of the Jedi, fallen Jedi Exar Kun, whom they had previously encountered on Onderon, was also present in Cinnagar, with his own intentions of destroying the Krath as well, for he saw as an obstacle to his own progression in dark side power. After a brief duel that ended in stalemate, Kun and Qel-Droma were visited by ancient Sith spirits who anointed both men as Lords of the Sith. An alliance between Kun and Qel-Droma's Krath was formed, and the new Sith Brotherhood would go on to begin their own campaign of galactic conquest, in what would be known as the Great Sith War.

Coruscant invasion
"A Jedi has broken our way&hellip;this is the time to be firm, not careful."

- Vodo-Siosk Baas, during Ulic Qel-Droma's invasion of the Galactic Capital



The partnership solidified between Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun translated into the fulfillment of the ancient Jedi prophecy that the Dark Lords of the Sith would rise again. As warlord and supreme commander of the Krath forces, Qel-Droma staved off an attack by the warrior clans of Mandalore the Indomitable against the Empress Teta system, and forced the Mandalorians to swear fealty to him. With their combined strength, Qel-Droma lead them in an attack and seizure of the critical Republic shipyards at Foerost, before leading his bolstered numbers in an assault against Coruscant itself. Prior to the invasion, Tott Doneeta was one of the team of young Jedi who accompanied Master Vodo-Siosk Baas to the galactic capital, with hopes of convincing them to deal forcefully with the defector Qel-Droma. Shoddy intelligence lead them all to believe that the Krath's next target was a space jumpstation of Kemplex IX; however, Qel-Droma's forces arrived suddenly out of hyperspace over the skies of Coruscant, catching the planetary defenses at unawares.

As Mandalorian Basilisk War Droids descended upon the Jedi, Doneeta worked with Cay Qel-Droma to reactivate the antiquated planetside laser cannons in defense of the capital. When the Mandalorians landed and poured their ground troops into the streets of Coruscant, Doneeta cut swathes of them down, joining his fellow Jedi in a push towards the Republic command center, where Master Vodo believed the outcome of the battle would be decided. Using the Force, the Twi'lek shielded his companions from incoming droid fire while the bulk of the Mandalorians were driven back by the combined efforts of the Jedi and Republic forces. They all sensed Ulic's presence in the command center, and as they confronted the Krath leader, Doneeta joined his fellows in the creation of a wall of light side energy to temporarily incapacitate and arrest Qel-Droma. The Sith Lord was then scheduled to stand trial, where he would most assuredly be condemned to death.

Evacuation of Ossus
"More bad news. We just received a message from Kemplex Nine in the Auril Sector&mdash;the Cron Cluster. They say they are under heavy attack&mdash;by an ancient Sith ship!"

- Tott Doneeta



Tott Doneeta was not among those who attended Qel-Droma's trial, but instead went back to Ossus to assist with reclaiming all that had been lost during the fallen Jedi's crusade of terror. In the meanwhile, Qel-Droma's Sith Master Exar Kun had come to Coruscant, murdered Master Vodo, and freed Qel-Droma, only to reinstate their campaign of galactic conquest. The Sith planned next to assault Kemplex Nine in the Auril Sector, as it had been left undefended after the Republic forces previously stationed there had left to engage Qel-Droma’s forces during the Battle of Coruscant. Tott Doneeta received report of an ancient Sith warship bombarding the jump station, and quickly alerted his comrades of the station’s peril. While Knights Shoaneb Culu, Dace Diath, and Qrrrl Toq volunteered to lead a strike team against the Sith forces, Doneeta remained on Ossus to prepare what assistance could be mustered to help those beleaguered on the jump station.

During the space battle, Krath sorceress Aleema Keto unleashed a Sith superweapon that caused all ten stars of the Cron Cluster to go nova. The explosion threatened to decimate Ossus, which was in close proximity of the star cluster, and the Jedi were forced to evacuate their epicenter of learning and activity, in an attempt to salvage as much of their lore as possible. Doneeta spent much of his time gathering precious artifacts.

Final offensive
"We will rally all the Jedi&mdash;all Jedi&mdash;against our final enemy."

- Tott Doneeta, preparing for battle on Yavin 4

Tott thought it a great shame that so much Jedi history and knowledge was lost in the fall of Ossus, but tried to salvage as much as he could, until Nomi pointed out Ulic damaging Cay's ship. Tott then dropped the scrolls he was carrying and ran with Nomi to the scene of the landing. Tott and Nomi arrived just in time to see Ulic kill his brother Cay in battle. Tott was also a witness to Nomi removing Ulic's connection to the force. Tott attempted to stop her, but was unable to and demanded to know exactly what she'd done as soon as she'd done it, shaking her violently. Tott accepted what she'd done when she told him. He then suggested the Jedi must rally together and travel to Yavin 4 to defeat their final enemy (Exar Kun.)

Facing the storm
"It is always folly to run from a heat storm. Even a Jedi has no way to fight it."

- Tott Doneeta



10 years after the Great Sith War, the great Twi'lek Jedi had returned to his home planet of Ryloth. Tott saw a great heat storm in a premonition and managed to get several members of his clan to safety. He saved many lives. When the heat storm came however, he attempted to stop it using the Force. Telling himself "A Jedi would find a way!", he managed to stall it for a few seconds but the storm soon engulfed him. Luckily for Tott, he survived with only facial scarring.

When he was recovered by some other Twi'leks a few days later, he refused rest and instead headed immediately for the Great Jedi Convocation on Exis Station.

Civil unrest
"This has gone on for too many generations, at the cost of many lives on both sides. I am a Jedi&mdash;I must speak with both clan leaders. I must make them listen."

- Tott Doneeta, on Ryloth

When he arrived late to the convocation, he sensed that Vima Sunrider's ship was heading into the star Teedio. Luckily he was near enough to secure her with a grappling hook and tow her to safety. He brought her safely aboard Exis Station to her mother: Nomi.

After the convocation, Tott spoke with Sylvar and suggested to her that she come back to Ryloth with him. She agreed and he took her to his clan's new city.

When they arrived, one of the clansmen ran to Tott in a panic, telling him that the R'lyek clan attacked them and killed many. Tott vowed to bring peace and as a Jedi, spoke with both leaders. He told Sylvar to help the people of his clan, while he was gone.

When he returned, Tott was horrified to see that Sylvar was attempting to rally the clansmen as soldiers. Tott yelled for them to stop, saying that peace did not come through more spilled blood. Tott had created an arrangement between the two clan leaders and peace had been decided. He was disappointed in Sylvar, telling her that she was too quick to choose violence when another way could have been found.

Saving Sylvar
"You didn't get rid of your anger, Sylvar&hellip;you gave into it. You're walking the path of anger&hellip;and you know where that will lead. You have to work this out yourself."

- Doneeta to Sylvar



After that Sylvar requested that Tott come with her, back to Cathar. On Cathar, Tott was amazed at how the Cathar revered her. Sylvar wanted to find solitude and peace on Cathar, but instead, after seeing families, the planet only reminded her of what she had lost. Tott felt very sorry for her as she remembered her one and only mate (as Cathar tradition dictates) Crado, who joined Exar Kun in the Sith war and was killed.

Sylvar decided she must go on a blood hunt in order to cleanse herself of her anger. She requested that Tott come with her, he replied that he would be honored. Nearing the lair of the Kiltiks Tott noted that he had never seen such devastation not even after a heat storm on his home planet. The two Jedi entered the Kiltik cave, but Tott did not kill any of the bug-like creatures, as Sylvar gave into her anger and killed every last one of them. Tott scolded Sylvar for giving in to her anger and walked away from her into the Cathar desert, telling her to remember Ulic. Little did he know that Ulic would be the one to free Sylvar from her anger on Rhen Var.

Personality and traits
"My people, the Twi'leks, have an ancient and rich history of non-violence. We prefer intellect and cleverness, to outright brutality."

- Tott Doneeta



As a Jedi apprentice, Tott Doneeta was a devout learner who fervently studied the ways of the light and strictly adhered to its tenets. He was never a slave to emotion or heedless action, often reminded his fellow student, Ulic Qel-Droma, to refrain from impulsive behavior. Doneeta was a keeper of the peace, who preferred to exercise intelligence and cunning rather than blatant violence. He would rather solve a conflict without aggression, and, even when action seemed like the only viable option, he still hesitated, opting instead to consult his Jedi Master before raising arms.

Though confident in his own strength in the light side of the Force, Tott Doneeta was familiar with the power of the dark side, and never underestimated its ability to corrupt those willing to explore its nature. He never shirked his duty as a Knight of the Republic, and readily went to protect those who had no defense against the dark side. Alongside his fellow Jedi, Tott Doneeta could always be seen fighting on the front lines of whatever battles he participated in. When fighting erupted on the library world of Ossus, Doneeta refrained; he instead assisted in the collection and preservation of whatever Jedi artifacts he could gather, and was saddened by the fact that generations of Jedi lore would be lost in the planet’s devestation. In the wake of the Sith War, Doneeta returned to his homeworld to settle a clan dispute that threatened to erupt into civil war. A new clan was ultimately formed from the two warring ones, a testament of the passive nature and diplomatic skill of Tott Doneeta.

Tott Doneeta was emotionally wounded when his Jedi Master, Arca Jeth, was killed during the surprise Krath assault on Deneba. However, he was not given over to anger and revenge like his Jedi brother, Ulic Qel-Droma, who chose to embrace the dark side in a failed attempt to destroy the Krath from within. Upon realization of Qel-Droma's corruption, the Twi’lek initially believed that his friend could be rescued and redeemed, but after he accepted the fact that Qel-Droma had willingly succumbed to the wiles of the Krath, Doneeta’s duty as a Jedi superseded his devotion to his friend, for whom he cared deeply Though at first hesitant, he decided leave Qel-Droma to experience the consequences of his actions. During the Jedi's second attempt to claim him, Doneeta joined Ulic’s brother Cay and former lover Nomi Sunrider, in spite of his prior reluctance to save the elder Qel-Droma, by providing aerial support for his team while they attempted to forcefully extract Ulic from the Krath Iron Citadel. Later, during the battle of Ossus, Doneeta was mortified when he witnessed the murder of Cay, by the hands of his own brother, and was further numbed when Sunrider used her newly-learned Sever Force power to render Ulic insensitive to the Force. However, in the face of compounded tragedy, Tott Doneeta remembered his dedication to the light side of the Force, and never gave into the dark. A decade after the end of the Sith War, Tott Doneeta attempted to assist his fellow Jedi Knight and friend, the Cathar Sylvar, to lay aside her anger and hatred for Ulic Qel-Droma, who had never been convicted for his war crimes during his time as a Sith Lord. Though he tried several different approaches, Doneeta ultimately realized that Sylvar had issues that only she could resolve, and left her&mdash;with the memory of what Ulic had become&mdash;to do so on her own.

Force mastery
"Fnrrg! Gnrrarrg snnrruff snrooo!"

- Tott Doneeta, speaking the language of bomas



Tott Doneeta displayed considerable talent with the Force, and chose to implement it in a variety of ways, most often in defense of himself and his allies. Doneeta was proficient in the creation of Force shields, having done so to absorb much of an explosion caused suddenly by the Naddists in the palace of Iziz, but the detonation overwhelmed him, and he was unable to maintain the shield for much longer afterwards. When the Krath forces later invaded Coruscant during the Sith War, Doneeta also formed a barrier that shielded himself and his comrades from the incoming firepower of the Mandalorian's Basilisk War Droids. Doneeta was capable of deflecting blaster fire with both his lightsaber and his palms, having done so when fighting the Naddists on Onderon. On two occasions, Doneeta joined his fellow Jedi in creating walls of light; first subduing Ulic Qel-Droma during the Krath raid on Coruscant, and again over Yavin 4 to trap Exar Kun forever within the walls of his temple. In 3,986 BBY Tott Donneeta came to the defense of his clansmen, and attempted to protect them by using the Force to briefly stall a Ryloth heat storm. Though intense concentration, he briefly succeeded in holding it back, before it overcame him. He survived with nothing more than a facial scar.

Aside from defensive applications, Tott Doneeta was attuned to the Force in other ways. He had the unusual yet natural ability to communicate with beasts, a talent that proved useful when he tamed wild bomas for he and the Qel-Droma brothers to ride through the jungles of Onderon. Doneeta also understood the bomas when they told him of princess Galia's whereabouts in the Beast Riders' citadel. When queen Amanoa later revealed her Sith sorcery to the Jedi, Doneeta immediately recognized it to be that of the dark side, and continued to feel as though his Force connection was being smothered by her spell of darkness. After Nomi Sunrider and her team of Knights arrived on Onderon to assist Doneeta and the other beleaguered Jedi during the Naddist Uprising, the Twi’lek felt his own Force strength renewed as Sunrider’s proficiency in battle meditation drove the power of king Ommin from the atmosphere of the planet.

Lightsaber prowess


Tott Doneeta wielded several different lightsabers during his time as a Jedi, and when dueling, switched between single and two-handed grips. His original weapon had a unique hilt design, one with a curved guard and pommel. This lightsaber originally produced a golden blade, one that Doneeta wielded during the Beast Wars of Onderon. He also used a straight handled, purple blade lightsaber during this time. When the Naddist Revolt broke out, Doneeta continued to alternate between his curved handle weapon, which now produced a green blade, and the straight purple one. The curved, green blade lightsaber remained with Doneeta throughout the Krath conflict, using it in battles that took place on Deneba, and Coruscant. Later in life, after he returned to his homeworld of Ryloth, Doneeta adopted the custom of his people and carried a traditional, curved, metal sword. He also wielded a blue bladed lightsaber with a straight and smooth cylindrical hilt in a reverse grip, doing so alongside Sylvar during her ritual blood hunt.

Piloting skills
Tott Doneeta was as experienced a pilot as he was a warrior. When riding in the Nebulon Ranger, Doneeta was most often at the helm, performing sudden evasive maneuvers when necessary or simply piloting the craft through hyperspace. After the liberation of Onderon, Doneeta was among the Jedi who received instruction in taming and flying the drexl war mounts of the Beast Riders. When the prototype Star Saber starfighters were made available to the Jedi, Tott Doneeta tested one, but after fellow Jedi Dace Diath crashed his test model, the Twi'lek declined one, instead choosing to fly his trustworthy S-100 Stinger-class fighter into battle in Cinnagar.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Tales of the Jedi (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Tales of the Jedi: Redemption
 * Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur
 * Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur

Notes and references
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