Aleema Keto

"I'm enjoying our contest, but I'm winning too easily. Perhaps I want you to be stronger. Perhaps I'd like to be conquered."

- Aleema Keto

Aleema Keto was the cousin of Satal Keto and partner in the overthrowing of the Tetan monarchy just prior to the Sith War. She was the daughter of Lady Magda Keto and niece of the elder Lord Keto.

Biography
She and Satal Keto learned much from their tutors including the ancient Sith Empire which instigated the Great Hyperspace War in 5,000 BBY. They were heirs to the throne of the Empress Teta system. Bored and spoilt, she and Satal along with other aristocrats formed a secret society that dabbled in Sith magic called the Krath. During a trip to the Galactic Museum on Coruscant, she and Satal stole a book of Sith lore. After hearing a news report about dark side adepts in Onderon, the pair traveled to the war-torn planet onboard the Krath Enchanter to find the said practitioners and discover the secrets of the book. Later, they arrived on Onderon to find a massive battle taking place. Their ship was shot down and crashed in the capital Iziz, where they were brought before King Ommin.



Pleased to see the ancient Sith text, Ommin gave them a Sith amulet which allowed them to read Sith texts. He also showed them the captive Jedi Master Arca Jeth, who was hung on a wall and suffering under Sith magic. From the book, they learned many ways to harness the power of the Dark Side of the Force through the Sith incantations. Aleema soon discovered that she was adept at the creation of illusions. While a scribe translated the text, the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd appeared. With Republic forces and Jedi Knights invading the city, Nadd realized Ommin had failed; instead, he convinced Aleema and her cousin that they held the key to restore a new Sith Empire and that he would guide them. Eventually, the Jedi stormed the palace and Ommin was slain by Ulic Qel-Droma.

Aleema and Satal then fled Onderon, with a collection of ancient Sith artifacts and texts. Armed with her new Sith knowledge, she was instrumental in bringing down their parents, tricking them with horrible images of Adegan eels and terrible lizards. However, the citizens of the Empress Teta system rebelled against their new Krath rulers. Then, a Jedi/Galactic Republic fleet was sent to deal with the Krath. However, she used her powers to create illusions of space grazers to fool the task force during the Battle of Koros Major.

After that, she and Satal used Krath war droids to attack a Jedi assembly on Deneba. During the assault, the Jedi Master Arca Jeth was slain and his student Ulic Qel-Droma swore revenge on the Krath. He would later infiltrate the capital world of Empress Teta system Koros Major. Aleema sensed his great strength in the Force and wanted to turn him to the dark side. During a skirmish in Koros Major, she let him "save" her from a fake assassination attempt and took him as her lover to win his trust. However, her cousin Satal was jealous and suspicious. Satal then interrogated and tortured Ulic in the dungeons of the Iron Citadel. Despite denying he was a Jedi spy, Satal injected Ulic with Sith poison that would ensure his fall to the Dark Side.

Later, Satal was slain by Ulic during a skirmish. As a result, Aleema took Ulic as her partner and they became the rulers of the Krath. Later, during the Sith War, the pair along with the Dark Lord Exar Kun and their Mandalorian allies waged war on the Republic. During an assault on Coruscant, she betrayed Ulic and allowed him to be captured by the Jedi. However, Ulic was rescued by his master Exar Kun.



Near the end of the Sith War, Aleema and the fallen Jedi Crado tried to destroy a combined Galactic Republic/Jedi fleet in the Cron Cluster. Her knowledge of Sith lore was augmented by the use of certain Sith weapons, one of which was the ancient starship used by Naga Sadow when he eluded the Republic in the Denarii system. She attempted to use Sadow's crystals to rip the core from a star and hurl it at the fleet. Although she succeeded in destroying most of the starships, she failed to control the power she wielded. The liberated solar core ignited the cores of the surrounding suns, and created an intense, multi-star supernova. The supernova engulfed three Auril systems and the planet Ossus. Caught in the blaze, Aleema and Crado were killed along with their Jedi pursuers Dace Diath, Shoaneb Culu, and Qrrrl Toq.

Aleema may have been an ancestor of Clone Wars-era Jedi Serra Keto.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War