Alora (Dark Jedi)

"You won't get a second chance. Tavion has taught me much since then!"

- Alora

Alora was a Lethan Twi'lek female Dark Jedi active during the early years of the New Republic and apprenticed to the Disciples of Ragnos leader Tavion Axmis. During the cult's quest to resurrect the ancient Sith Lord Marka Ragnos, she encountered Jedi Padawan Jaden Korr on Hoth during his mission to locate areas with significant Force energies, and after a brief duel she fled. The second time Alora encountered Korr was on Taspir III when Korr and his master, Kyle Katarn, were there answering a distress call from Rosh Penin, Katarn's other apprentice who had fallen to the dark side but had repented and was being held captive. Alora attempted to persuade Korr to join the Disciples of Ragnos and urged him to strike down his friend. After he refused, Alora sliced off Penin's arm and engaged Korr in a duel, but was ultimately struck down by Korr.

Biography
"Ah, you must be the saber-wielding troublemaker who neutralized our perimeter guard. Are the Jedi stretched so thin that Skywalker sends children to battle the Disciples of Ragnos?"

- Alora, when confronting Jaden Korr for the first time

After the defeat of Desann, Tavion Axmis, Desann's former apprentice, founded the Disciples of Ragnos in an effort to resurrect the ancient Sith Lord Marka Ragnos. During that time, Alora came under the tutelage of Axmis. Axmis taught Alora lethal skills in the dark side, focusing mainly on lightsaber combat and acrobatic techniques. Alora was a skilled acrobat and she used her stealth abilities to infiltrate Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin 4. Easily gaining access to the Jedi mainframes, she stole a list of areas strong in the Force so that her mistress Tavion could siphon the Force energies from there using the Scepter of Ragnos.

Jaden Korr, a Jedi Initiate and apprentice of Kyle Katarn, was sent to investigate Hoth, where the Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi manifested itself to Luke Skywalker during the Galactic Civil War, and determine if the Force energy there had been siphoned or not. Alora and the Disciples of Ragnos were assisting supervising the Imperial Remnant their mission. A Sith Cultist was helping Alora to send the information they needed from Echo Base, but before he could send it to her Korr found and killed him. Shortly after, Korr located Alora in a hangar, where she was waiting for the data transfer. Alora engaged Korr in a duel, but fled when she realized she couldn't gain the upper hand. She taunted Korr as she escaped, angered and determined to defeat him should they cross paths again.

Alora would encounter Korr again, along with Katarn, on Taspir III while the two were searching for Rosh Penin, Katarn's other apprentice, who had renounced the dark side and was being held captive in the cult's large facility. Alora was at the facility to ensure that Penin was secure and unable to escape. She was surprised when Korr showed up and after seeing him proceeded to lead him on a chase through the facility, taunting the Jedi from various ledges and balconies until she reached the hangar, where Penin was being held. Korr confronted Penin, angered by his betrayal. Seeing his anger, Alora encouraged Korr to slay Rosh and join her and Axmis in the dark side. With telepathic help from his master, Korr let his anger dissipate. Realizing that he would not turn, the enraged Alora sliced off Penin's arm with her lightsaber and confronted Korr once again. Even though she had completed her training and was now using the Jar'Kai fighting style, Korr eventually struck her down.

Personality and traits
"You Jedi are blandly predictable. Tavion thought that turning you would gain us an ally. But since you won't be turned, I guess it's up to me to clean up her mistake."

- Alora displaying her overconfidence towards Jaden Korr

Alora was a red-skinned Twi'lek who was an incredibly agile Dark Jedi skilled at lightsaber combat and extremely overconfident, a trait which she learned from her mistress. This overconfidence was evident when Korr first encountered her on Hoth, remarking that Luke Skywalker was sending children after the Disciples of Ragnos. On Taspir III, the second time she faced Korr, she again taunted him, saying that she had learned many things and called Korr a "sanctimonious fool"; however, her overconfidence failed her and she was subsequently killed by Korr.

Powers and abilities
"Tavion has taught me many things as well, you sanctimonious fool!"

- Alora, when confronting Jaden Korr for the last time

Alora was flexible, agile, and feminine; her acrobatic, graceful lightsaber styles reflected this. She focused on lightsaber combat, becoming skilled in the Fast style of the New Jedi Order and Jar'Kai. She was a very fast learner and picked up all that her mistress taught her very easily, becoming second only to Axmis in her skills. Alora focused more on the acrobatic and lightsaber sides of combat, becoming an efficient combatant, and did not use dark side Force powers frequently, although she did demonstrate proficiency in the use of Force lightning.

Behind the scenes
Alora was voiced by Grey DeLisle for the video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. Alora is the only character in the game to have a different animation for Force jump. Her version is more of a forward cartwheel while the standard animation for all other characters is a somersault. She can also perform a unique saber throw, throwing both her lightsabers at the same time and has a different taunt animation, briefly levitating and spinning both her blades.

In the dark side ending of Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Alora commends Jaden for killing Rosh. However, Jaden feels the Scepter should belong to him and Alora still engages him in a duel.

The second Alora model never actually appears in the single player campaign. Instead, when you meet Alora on Taspir III, she is still wearing her Hoth attire, although this can be attributed to a programming glitch.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy