Chak Fel

"The best battles are those where the enemy gives up before any shots have to be fired at all."

- Chak Fel

Chak Fel was a son of Baron Soontir Fel.

Biography
He served as a military officer for the Empire of the Hand. In 22 ABY he held the position of Commander, and led a fleet-arm of Clawcraft, but he traveled to Outbound Flight as the leader of a detachment of stormtroopers from the 501st Legion. He and his stormtroopers later joined the Chiss task force under General Drask sent to attack the Vagaari Empire.

In 35 ABY, Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano informed Luke and Mara Skywalker that Chak Fel had subsequently died.

Behind the scenes
In the beginning, the character of Chak Fel caused quite a bit of confusion. In Dark Tide II: Ruin, Jagged Fel said that his mother, Syal Antilles Fel, had by then borne five children, including himself, and five named Fel children were already known before Chak was introduced. Moreover, Mara's initial appraisal of Chak as "no older than his midtwenties" in 22 ABY would suggest that he was too old to be a child of Soontir and Syal Fel. Even if his age was revised downwards, there is some uncertainty as to whether Chak can be fitted easily into the known chronology of the Fels' marriage.

In efforts to explain the problem, fans have variously identified Chak as:


 * Davin Fel, Baron Fel's other eldest son, who supposedly died no later than 22 ABY.
 * Jagged Fel, apparently Fel's only surviving son by 29 ABY; just as Jacen and Jaina Solo were called "Janna" and "Jacey" as small children, but "Jasa" and "Jaya" later, "Chak" and "Jag" may be nicknames used by the same man several years apart.
 * Fyric Fel, Baron Fel's nephew, going under a different name for protection.
 * A clone of his father, or one of his brothers; just as Jagged is known as "Jag", a clone called Jagged could be called "Chak".
 * A child adopted by Soontir and Syal, raised by them along with their biological children.

The hypothesis that Chak was Davin seemed to be endorsed initially by Lucasfilm's Sue Rostoni, but in Dark Nest I: The Joiner King, the two characters appear to be differentiated, and the discrepancy in the number of children is resolved by the claim that Cem Fel was a shadow child. However, to add to the confusion, it is not clear whether statements regarding the Fel offspring (made by either Aristocra Formbi or the Fels themselves) can be trusted due to the secretive nature and xenophobia of Chiss culture.

Appearances

 * Survivor's Quest
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King

Notes and references
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