Krynda Draay

"Rant all you want, youngling. But you will never understand your mother&hellip; until you understand her mission."

- Haazen to Lucien Draay

Krynda Draay was a Jedi Master of the pre-Ruusan Old Republic. She was a Sage Master, the mother of Lucien Draay and the founder of the Jedi Covenant. Her father may have been a Jedi Consular as well.

Biography
Krynda's husband and sister died in the Great Sith War, and she blamed herself for not sensing the rise of Exar Kun. She distanced herself from the Jedi, but in 3,993 BBY agreed to train Q'Anilia.



That was the beginning of the Jedi Covenant; Krynda was personally training the Jedi Order's greatest Consulars to join her organization. However, this goal became an obsession, and blinded her to the rise of the dark side in the Order through other means until it was too late.

As of 3,964 BBY, she lived in the Draay estate on Coruscant and had Ninebeedee as a household droid. She acted as an advisor of the five Jedi Masters running the Jedi Temple on Taris. She sanctioned the Padawan Massacre of Taris, which was done at least partly out of the desire to protect her.

During a joint meditation on the rogue moon, Master Q'Anilia foresaw that some female figure&mdash;presumably Krynda&mdash;would be killed on Coruscant during the First Jedi Purge by a red-suited Sith Lord. However, the accuracy of the vision is in doubt.

After Padawan Zayne Carrick escaped the Masters' grasp and the Taris security force entered the chase, tagging Zayne as a wanted criminal, Lucien Draay, who was Zayne's Master, told Krynda that the intervention of "civil authorities" was "expected." When Lucien and the other members of the Covenant went to visit her on Coruscant, Haazen denied them entrance and later would not tell Lucien where Krynda was.

Weeks later, Haazen mentioned her being upstairs in the Estate, unharmed and well.

Behind the scenes

 * Before the stand alone issue, Homecoming, Krynda was known only as the "Jedi associate" to the Jedi Covenant on Taris.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 9: Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 16: Nights of Anger, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 18: Nights of Anger, Part 3