Jorak Uln

"You're a madman!''" "''Ahhh, what's a little mental instability between tutor and pupil?"

- Revan and Jorak Uln

Jorak Uln was a Human male Sith Master and the former Headmaster of the Sith Academy on the planet Korriban. During the Great Sith War, Uln was one of the Sith acolytes under the Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun. Sometime after Kun's Sith Empire was defeated by the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic, Uln became the Headmaster of the Sith Academy on Korriban, eventually taking Uthar Wynn as his Sith apprentice. In 3,959 BBY, when the Sith Lords Darth Revan and Darth Malak initiated the Jedi Civil War, Uln swore allegiance to their Sith Empire and trained many of Revan and Malak's Dark Jedi.

Eventually, Uln grew mentally unstable and was driven out of the Academy by Wynn, who usurped his position as the Academy's Headmaster. Uln took up residence in the tomb of the ancient Sith Lord Tulak Hord, located in the Valley of the Dark Lords. In the Jedi Civil War's final year, Uln encountered Revan&mdash;now a retrained Jedi Padawan&mdash;during the Jedi's quest to find the Rakatan Star Forge space station under reigning Dark Lord Darth Malak's control. The Sith Master trapped Revan and his companions inside Tulak Hord's tomb, and he tested the Jedi's knowledge of the Sith ways. Revan answered Uln's questions incorrectly in order to spare the life of the Sith student Mekel, who was also being tortured by the former Headmaster. When Uln's test concluded, Revan and his companions joined forces with Mekel and slew the Sith Master.

Headmaster of the Sith Academy
"My name is Jorak Uln. I was once the head of the academy, so I'm sure you've heard of me."'' "The old hermit in hiding? Yes, I've been told about you." "''Oh, my, my, my. Such glorious vim! If I could bottle it and drink it, I would. Hmmm&hellip; there's a thought."

- Uln and Revan

Jorak Uln, a Human male, served as an acolyte under Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun's Sith Empire during the Great Sith War. Sometime after the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic defeated Kun, Uln became the Headmaster of the Sith Academy on the planet Korriban. During this time, the Sith Master took Uthar Wynn as his apprentice.

In 3,959 BBY, the Sith Lords Darth Revan and Darth Malak initiated the Jedi Civil War and recaptured Korriban as part of their Sith Empire. Uln swore loyalty to Revan and trained many of the Dark Lord's Dark Jedi at the revitalized academy. However, Uln began to succumb to mental illness, and was overthrown by Wynn, who took over Uln's position as Headmaster. Uln went into hiding in the tomb of the ancient Sith Lord Tulak Hord.

Encounter with Revan
"Now&hellip; this is odd. The test is over and you're both still alive. Well that's never happened before. Hmmmn. What to do, what to do&hellip; I suppose this means you can go, Mekel. I'll have to just figure out what to do with our friend, here. Run along, now."'' "Or&hellip; or I could use the Force to free them! And we could kill you!! Seems you didn't think of that, old man!!" "''What?! Mutiny! Behave, students! I'll&hellip; that's it! Detention for all of you! Permanent detention!!"

- Uln and Mekel

In 3,956 BBY, the final year of the Jedi Civil War, the former Sith Lord Revan, now a retrained Jedi Padawan, explored Tulak Hord's tomb under the guise of a Sith student. Revan was searching for the Rakatan Star Forge, a space station under his former apprentice and ruling Dark Lord Darth Malak's control. When Revan and his companions attempted to make their way to Hord's sarcophagus, they were incapacitated by a trap set by Uln. The former Headmaster took Revan to the room where Hord's sarcophagus was.

Uln introduced himself to Revan after the Jedi awoke and forced him to participate in a test of Revan's knowledge of the Sith ways. Uln told Revan that if he answered the questions correctly, Uln would torture the Sith student Mekel, who was in the tomb. Uln also informed Revan that incorrect answers and refusal to answer would result in the Jedi being tortured. When the game began, Revan answered Uln's four questions incorrectly, in order to spare Mekel's life. Much to Uln's surprise, Revan survived the test. The Sith Master told Mekel that he was free to leave the tomb while he figured out what to do with Revan, but Mekel attacked Uln with the Force. Angered by this, Uln attacked both Mekel and Revan, but the Jedi and his allies, along with Mekel, combined their forces and killed the former Headmaster. After Uln's death, Revan was able to convince Mekel to abandon the Sith ways. Revan presented Wynn with Uln's ancient Sith tablet, which contained recordings of Tulak Hord's teachings.

Personality and traits
"Let's see&hellip; ah, yes. You discover an aspect of the Force that gives you great power. Do you share it and strengthen the Sith as a whole or keep it to yourself?"'' "I share it." "''You gained an advantage and you share it freely? Let them rip the secret from my dead hands, I say! I mean&hellip; 'share it'?! Are you mad?!"

- Uln tests Revan's knowledge of the Sith ways

During the Human male Jorak Uln's time as the Sith Academy's Headmaster, he began to grow mentally unstable. His usage of the dark side turned his skin sickly pale and made his eyes white. Uln possessed strong beliefs in the principles and teachings of the Sith. During his time in Hord's tomb, he studied the ancient ruins inside to find theories on the ancient Sith's philosophies. He believed that the students Uln had been training lacked the "gumption" and purity he expected from a true Sith. Because of this, Uln captured students from the Sith Academy and played torture games with them, in the hopes of finding students who exhibited traits of the old Sith. These games involved questioning the students and torturing them if they failed to answer the question correctly. He was sadistic in his teaching and activism for the Sith cause. Uln believed that he would still be remembered for being the Academy's former Headmaster. However, he did not expect the Sith to consider him an "old hermit," which he considered slander. Uln held his former apprentice, Uthar Wynn, in a low regard and went out of his way to ridicule Wynn's teachings.

Uln was capable of setting traps in order to capture students for his torture sessions. In addition, Uln also possessed abilities which allowed him to fend off the tuk'ata and shyrack that also resided Hord's tomb. He owned a ancient Sith tablet, which Uln translated. The tablet also contained Uln's opinions of Tulak Hord's teachings. Uln possessed a double-bladed lightsaber containing a red crystal. He also kept an Opila lightsaber crystal.

Powers and abilities
Being a Sith Master, Jorak had a strong command of the dark side of the Force. He was capable of using Force lightning, often using this against both his enemies and on the Academy's students that he captured. Uln also used the Force to choke his foes and utilized the Force to drain his foes' life forces, replenishing his own vitality. During combat, Uln wielded a double-bladed lightsaber.

Behind the scenes
Jorak Uln was created as a villain for the 2003 Xbox and PC video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, developed by BioWare. He was voiced by Frank Welker. Uln was mentioned in the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide, and received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

Although there are multiple choices that the player can make in-game with Uln, the canonical choices are the options that increase Revan's alignment with the light side. If the player followed the dark side, they can allow Mekel to die by answering three of Uln's questions correctly. Alternately, Revan can cooperate with Mekel to defeat Uln, then kill the student. Revan can also let Mekel attack and be killed by Uln, which results in the Sith Master having less vitality. This option results in no alignment change.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic