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Ik-Gredan Kolam
Ik-Gredan Kolam was one of the few surviving Jedi of the Great Jedi Purge. At the time he was a youngling, only 4 years old.

Years at the Temple & The Great Jedi Purge
Kolam spent only a short time of his life at the temple, but learned quite a lot. He was a member of the famous Bear Clan, and of whom Yoda saw a bright future in. At the age of four, when the Jedi Temple was attacked, he escaped using a secret tunnel he had seen another Jedi go though before. Kolam sought refuge in an alleyway in the Uscru Entertainment District. After six months of hiding, scrounging and posing as a poor slum, he went to old family friends that lived nearby, and stayed with them for 3 years. Two years after he left, they were found to be Rebel spies in the senate and were executed for committing acts of treason.

Reign of the Galactic Empire
At the age of seven, Ik-Gredan left Coruscant, and fled to Telos IV. He thought Telos IV would be an ideal location due to its distance from the core. He learned of the Telosian Jedi Academy in the polar region of the planet. There he stayed along with other a few other Jedi, training until he was old enough to join the alliance. A Jedi Master taught him further in the ways of the force, but due to his three years without any training, (all of which were spent suppressing his powers) he would be greatly under trained for a standard Jedi at his age. At the age of 18, he left Telos for the alliance.

The Alliance
Kolam was originally enlisted as a ground soldier, due to his combat training with a Lightsaber, but after a space skirmish with the empire, he would find that his true abilites lie with the Rebel Fleet. He commonly piloted the CloakShape fighter that he had since leaving Coruscant, but due to the extra hours it took to keep it in good condition, due to its age, he decided to switch to the more simple A-Wing. After the battle of Yavin (of which he did not participate), when the A-Wings were first coming into service, He joined the fabled Green Squadron. He fought at the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor. He later retired from Fleet service after the Rebels established the New Republic.

The New Jedi Order
After the Battle of Endor, Kolam spent the next few years training and preparing for any new need of Jedi. He would go on to study at the Jedi Praxeum for some time, incorporating some of the new orders' ideals into that of old.