Mission to Melida/Daan

Background
Melida/Daan was a planet colonized in 1,020 BBY. It was constantly engulfed for centuries in a civil war between the Melida and the Daan factions. Eventually, a group called the Young, led by various children of the Melida and Daan, rose up in 44 BBY, in a move to end the war. The Galactic Republic intervened at this point, and the Jedi High Council] sent Jedi [[Tahl to help negotiate a treaty. During a meeting with the Daan, Tahl was taken hostage and lost contact with the Jedi Temple. In response, Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi were dispatched to rescue her.

Mission
Wehutti, leader of the Melida in the generations-long war on Melida/Daan was the Jedi's contact when the Master and Padawan team were sent to the planet to rescue Tahl. The Jedi quickly saw how conflicted Wehutti was and went out in search of another source of help.

The Young, a movement of children and teenagers trying to end the centuries of warfare between the two factions intervened in the fighting, trying to make their parents see sense. The Jedi joined with the Young in an attempt to rescue Tahl.

After The Young ended the war and began rebuilding the planet with the help of Obi-Wan, infighting led to a split within the group and conflict broke out with the Elders (the collective term for the older adults who wanted to continue fighting) over the destruction of Melida/Daan's Halls of Evidence, shrines to the war where holograms, ashes, and mementos of the dead were stored. The Elders and The Young confronted each other outside the Hall where the ashes of Wehutti's wife (and Cerasi's mother) were kept. Both sides were heavily armed and ready to begin fighting, despite the efforts of Obi-Wan, when Cerasi emerged from a grate and rushed towards the middle to try and stop the two groups from fighting, but she was shot and killed. Wehutti was devastated by his daughter's death, and like Nield was wracked with guilt because he thought he might have killed her. He withdrew completely, cutting off contact with his followers and isolating himself until Obi-Wan contacted Qui-Gon for help and the two talked with him.

However, Wehutti was unwilling to help the Jedi. Meanwhile, another conflict between the two factions of The Young (one of them a splinter group led by Mawat) was gearing up, but it was stopped when Qui-Gon played back a recording of Cerasi where she pleaded for everyone to support peace. Wehutti learned soon afterwards that Cerasi was killed by a sniper placed on a rooftop by Mawat, and that he had not killed his daughter.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path