Lucien Draay

"How can I even contemplate such a thing? Your Master Lucien is the scion of an important family&mdash;both in the Republic and in the Jedi Order."

- Vandar Tokare to Zayne Carrick

Lucien Draay was a near-Human Jedi Master and a member of the Jedi High Council. He once was stationed at the Jedi Temple on Taris as of 3,964 BBY, and was apparently the leader of the Masters there. Early in life he began training in the Jedi arts under under the tutelage of Haazen after his mother rejected his pleas for her to train him along with her many students. Later in life, Zayne Carrick would be assigned as his own Padawan. He alone of the Jedi Masters on Taris was a Warrior Master, and he wielded a blue lightsaber. He was also a member of his mother's Jedi Covenant, serving as its "Hand".

Early years and Jedi training
The son of Barrison and Krynda Draay, Lucien was a member of a powerful and important family. Even though he was an only child and grew up without a father, he was distant from his mother and often under the care of the household droid Ninebeedee.

After his father died, Lucien often spent time with the Adasca family on Arkania. He even laid eyes on the youngest Adasca, Arkoh, who happened to be very spoiled like any other rich child. Despite their differences, Lucien and Arkoh became best friends. Lucien grew even more distant from Krynda when he was not allowed to train with her students. However, as Lucien became older he reluctantly began training with Haazen, a failed Jedi Padawan who also fought in the Great Sith War.

As years went by Lucien, under Haazen's tutelage, proved himself to be more of a warrior than his father had ever been. He was able to beat four other Jedi apprentices, though his mother did not approve of this. Krynda and Haazen determined that the four Jedi would become the greatest seers of the Order. However, they needed someone to help them in protection and arranging. For this reason, they were able to get Lucien officially inducted into the Jedi Order on a probationary trial given by Master Vandar Tokare. They then accepted him into the Jedi Covenant as well. Soon, he became the leader of the First WatchCircle, a group of five Jedi Masters determined to stop the return of the Sith.

Padawan massacre


Lucien and the other Circle members became assigned to the still non-aligned planet of Taris, where each of them took a Padawan learner. Draay chose Zayne Carrick, who he would later say was living proof that the Force had a sense of humor. For years, the Circle master never took Zayne seriously and considered him, "entertaining".

The Masters set a challenge for their Padawans in 3,964 BBY on Taris' Rogue moon, where the Force flowed freely. The other four Masters, Feln, Q'Anilia, Raana Tey, and Xamar, meditated, attempting to see the future. Each of them saw themselves being struck down by a Sith Lord wielding a red lightsaber in a space suit, the same suits that there Padawans were wearing at the time. Therefore, Raana Tey suggested that they kill them to prevent the return of the Sith. Xamar was the only one who disagreed, saying that they should first consulted contact Krynda on Coruscant. However, the bulk-loader droid Elbee was listening the whole time, so Lucien had it fall off a cliff. After spending days in the tower, Lucien announced they were going to put on a Knighting ceremony, starting with a private banquet for their Padawans' families. Zayne made a "crashing" entrance that Lucien had him pay for the damages and the meal. Lucien planned and carried out a plan to kill their Padawans; they would say the rejected one of Zayne's friends, Shad Jelavan for his headstrong ways, and that he killed his friends before the masters took him down. But Shad had the insight to see through their ploy when they claimed Zayne is to be Knighted, forcing them to strike preemptively. Zayne Carrick, escaped the slaughter because he was running late from catching his nemesis Marn Hierogryph.

Lucien was shocked that Zayne, of all the Padawans on Taris, was the one to escape harm. Apparently, the Masters had reason to believe that one of the Tarisian Padawans was to fall to the dark side. However, he was confident in his ability to track down and capture Zayne, having framed him for the murders of the other Padawans. Indeed, Lucien was consumed by this search, placing it even above his loyalty to the Galactic Republic.

Lucien was particularly close to Q'Anilia (though as a teenager, doubted her and the Miraluka's ability) and trusted her insight that Zayne and his ally Marn "Gryph" Hierogryph were headed for Taris's Undercity. However, Q'Anilia proved to be mistaken and Draay and his fellow Masters had to battle rakghouls and Gamorrean and did not discover Zayne. Informed by Master Xamar that sightings of Zayne and Gryph had been made in the Lower City, Lucien helped Constable Noana Sowrs lead a force to arrest the duo at Junk Junction. Unfortunately for Lucien, Zayne and Gryph escaped on the Last Resort. Lucien refused Sowrs's offer of help to continue the pursuit after Zayne and Gryph left the surface of Taris, telling Sowrs it was "a Jedi problem."

Searching for Zayne
Lucien and a group of soldiers managed to track Zayne to the Rogue Moon, who was determined to find answers and found Elbee. But the Master's craft was shot down by the Resort.

It was the bounty hunter Valius Ying that captured and brought Zayne into custody to the Jedi Council on Taris. Lucien told Zayne the truth in front of the hunter. He then murdered Ying in cold blood, and said they will also go after his crew and Zayne's friends because they know too much would have been next if not for the surprise rescue from Jarael and the crew of the Last Resort. Lucien, finally seeing that Zayne could become a Sith, warned him to fear what he may become. His former Padawan couldn't, as fear leads to the dark side.

Weeks later, after a series of riots breaking out due to the escape of Zayne, Lucien and the other four members of Jedi Covenant lost Taris and were ordered by the Jedi High Council to go to Coruscant&mdash;but not before they received a message from Zayne Carrick. He gave them an alleged vision of his own and threatened to hunt them down and force one of them to confess and clear his name.

Upon returning to Coruscant, Lucien and the other masters attempted to meet with Krynda Draay. However, they were denied entrance by the household droid. Lucien met with the Jedi Council and informed them that he might as well have killed the Padawans of Taris, claiming he was guilty of not taking action upon sensing the dark side in Zayne. Lucien asked that the his group be leading the search for his renegade Padawan claiming he might discover Sith knowledge and convert other Jedi. Master Vrook Lamar denied him and ordered that they be reassigned to separate postings.

Before separating, Lucien was given a report on a "project" by Raana Tey. Lucien once again attempted to see his mother. However, back at the Draay estate, all he found was Haazen who lectured Lucien on how he caused the Covenant to just escape exposure. Lucien demanded to know where his mother was, but Haazen refused to give him a straight answer. Lucien left yelling that there was something that he wasn't telling him&hellip; but there was also something that Lucien wasn't telling Haazen.

Betrayal on the Arkanian Legacy
When hearing that Zayne was captured by Admiral Saul Karath, Lucien was on his way to fetch him on the Republic starship, Courageous. But while on Telerath, he was shocked to hear that the Mandalorians had just destroyed the entire ship. Haazen sent a holographic transmission to the planet's boardroom for Lucien, telling him that Krynda was safe in the Draay estate. Now believing Zayne was dead, Haazen also related that Arkoh Adasca, now the owner of Adascorp, was behind a very evil plan. He then ordered Lucien to investigate the situation and discover the source of the dark power.

Lucien would not believe his old friend could possibly turn to crime, but he had to know. He met with Arkoh on board his flagship, the Arkanian Legacy, which he was able to find through corporate leaks. Arkoh brought upon memories of the past and of business though Lucien was not pleased with his avoidance of discussing the exogorths. Arkoh brought in drinks for the two to share. However, he could not afford any uninvited guests on his ship and drugged Lucien, putting him into a coma. When Lucien finally awakened, he was surrounded by HK-24 units and bound to his thought-dead Padawan, Zayne Carrick.

Despite being bound to he that Lucien had swore to kill, Lucien found himself having to work with Zayne in order to escape their binds. When free however, Lucien struck out at Zayne, who was protected only by a pair of vambraces he had received from Camper. Lucien agreed to settle things with Zayne after they dealt with Arkoh.

After destroying the remaining HK-24's in the security room, Lucien and Zayne discovered that Arkoh was allying with the Mandalorians. Carth Onasi joined in after he had slipped out and brought Zayne's lightsaber from his vessel, the Deadweight, to him. Lucien thought it would be best to kill Jarael in order to stop Arkoh. But Rohlan Dyre, with a blaster pointing right behind the Jedi Master's back, would not allow that. Eventually, the Mandalorian turncoat calmed down and decided to help, in order to take Jarael with him. Zayne decided to wear Rohlan's spare armor as a disguise, causing Lucien to feel that his former Padawan had been around Gryph for too long. Lucien later participated in the Battle of Omonoth as he revealed himself to Arkoh after Zayne disguised as a Mandalorian shoved Carth who retaliated and Zayne in turn ignited his lightsaber and destroyed several HK-24 units, falling for the ruse, Mandalore the Ultimate responded by attacking both the Republic and Arkoh's forces. Later, the elder Arkanian scientist: Gorman Vandrayk caused the exogorths to devour the observatory aboard the legacy after the group escaped, killing Arkoh though Mandalore escaped to his personal shuttle.

After escaping the observatory, Lucien offered Zayne a deal, if Zayne would turn himself in, he would save them all from the crumbling vessel. Zayne agreed but the arrival of the Moomo Williwaw prevented Lucien from successfully capturing Zayne. However, Lucien did manage to learn that Zayne would be returning to Taris where the hunt began. He fled in his shuttle away from the burning Legacy.

The hunt continues
On Coruscant, Lucien and Q'Anilia later sensed the death of Raana Tey on Taris. Q'Anilia said the worst part was that Zayne had learned a name from Raana: Krynda, Lucien's mother and the founder of the Covenant.

While Feln and Xamar have arrived back on Coruscant, the Covenant prepared a memorial for Raana, their lost companion. But before they could begin, the remaining three Seers received a vision of an ancient Sith artifact, known as the Muur Talisman. Acting on this vision, Lucien contacted Covenant agent and Shadow Celeste Morne, who was stationed on Taris to retrieve the talisman as well as bring in his former Padawan.

However, Celeste later came to believe that Zayne was innocent and did not kill him. Also, when Celeste fell under the influence of the Muur Talisman, Zayne was able to snap her out of it, and put her in a stasis until they could find help. Unfortunately, a fleet of Mandalorians led by Mandalore's second-in-command, Cassus Fett, launched nuclear warheads at the planet they were on, hoping to eliminate the rakghouls on it, before Zayne could get Celeste off planet. However, Zayne had been given a lead by Celeste, and headed for the homeworld of Master Feln.

On the Jedi Council
"So it is that I, Lucien Draay, humbly submit to your wishes by accepting this seat on the Jedi High Council."

- Lucien

Soon after Carrick left Jebble, Lucien was elected to join the Jedi High Council, thanks to Haazen, so that the Covenant's agents could move about freely. While thanking the Council, he said that the true honor belonged to his parents, and that he would do his best to live up to their examples, beginning with an agenda for the future, and preventing the return of the Sith. He next declared his opposition to the interventionist path sought by the Revanchist and that it was wrong for both the Republic and the Jedi. His first motion on the council, which was approved, was ordering the recall, and if necessary, the detention of the prowar renegades. He ended his speech by declaring his fervent hope that, in the days ahead, "justice" would find his former Padawan, and bring an end to "all Sith threats".

When Zayne and Gryph were captured on Odryn, Lucien contacted Feln, who was on the planet at the time. He incorrectly deduced that Zayne was corrupted by the Talisman, killed Celeste, was going to blackmail the Covenant and use the Sith artifacts stored in the Sanctum of the Exalted to further spread his poison. He orders Zayne's death again and to execute Option Ossus &mdash; destroy the Sanctum. But Haazen, who had been monitoring the hologram channel the two Jedi had been using, told Feln to disregard that order. Lucien then argued with Haazen about this, but Feln jumped to his own conclusion -- he was going to kill Zayne whether they liked it or not.

However, Feln executed Option Ossus anyway after his fight with Zayne and, enraged at his arrogance, his fellow Feeorin turned on him and killed him. Lucien sensed his death through the Force and began to doubt his own abilities. Xamar and Q'Anilia met with him at the Draay Estate to discuss their next move. Lucien told Xamar that he had told Admiral Karath that Zayne was planning to use the Moomo Williwaw to raid Coruscant for the Mandalorians. Karath was very interested in intercepting him; he still believed him to be a Mandalorian spy. In order to make sure Karath took no prisoners this time, Lucien asked Xamar to join him within the hour.

Xamar agreed, however reluctantly, as he remembered that his part of the Rogue Moon Vision showed him being shot down by friendly fire while with the Republic Navy. Satisfied, Lucien left the Estate in his personal speeder.

Behind the scenes
The name "Lucien Draay" is similar to "Lucien Debray", the name of a character in The Count of Monte Cristo. However, John Jackson Miller, the writer of the Knights of the Old Republic comics, said that it did not, nor was it inspired by anything.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 7: Flashpoint, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Reunion
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 18: Nights of Anger, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Daze of Hate
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 24: Knights of Suffering, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 26: Vector, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 27: Vector, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Exalted
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 31: Turnabout
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 32: Vindication, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 33: Vindication, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 34: Vindication, Part 3