Nomen Karr

Nomen Karr was a male Human Jedi Master and one of the Jedi Order's most veteran masters, and the personal nemesis of Darth Baras.

Early career
Although valued for his experience, Nomen Karr was known to challenge the Order's rigid precepts in his crusade against evil in the galaxy. The determined Karr even dared to touch the dark side during his time behind the Imperial border, but emerged a valiant champion of the light. He was convinced that the Sith Empire, had been infiltrated by the Republic, and for his efforts, he would pass on to become a member of the Jedi Council. Baras managed to expose Karr before their duel on Nal Hutta ended in stalemate before the latter fled. As a result of Karr's betrayal, the two became bitter enemies.

Karr was driven to expel the Imperial infiltrators which he believed were hidden throughout the Republic, he sets himself to find these spies and bring them to justice. In this endeavor, he spent his time in the undercover area of the Empire. Learning of an Alderaanian young woman with the extraordinary gift of being able to discern a person's true nature at a glance, Nomen Karr immediately claimed her for the Order and as his student. He dedicated his life to her tutelage and protection, hoping she could expose those that Karr believed to be a threat to the Republic or the Jedi Order. However, the Jedi High Council continued to remain skeptical that Karr's Padawan's power was foolproof. As part of their training, he sent his apprentice to Tatooine to be trained by the the respected Jedi Master Yonlach.

Last days
During the Cold War, Karr learned that his old enemy, Darth Baras, had acquired an extraordinarily strong new apprentice. As part of his continued surveillance of Baras' assets, Karr ordered a Republic listening station to monitor and track the movements of the apprentice's ship. The apprentice was headed to Balmorra and Nar Shaddaa, which Karr assumed to be providing extraction for Baras' agent.

When Baras and his apprentice found out, the latter arrived at the listening station and put a violent end to the spying. Karr was monitoring the station via hologram and tried to have the apprentice subdued, but even the station's finest soldiers could not subdue the dark apprentice.

The listening post incident proved instrumental in Karr's undoing. Noting how protective Karr was of his Padawan, Baras ordered his apprentice find and kill the people who had been closest to, starting with her previous master on Tatooine, and eventually her parents on Alderaan. Baras' plan was to unbalance Karr's apprentice, and rob him of his most treasured asset.

The plan ultimately proved successful and Willsaam contacted Baras' apprentice to arrange a one-on-one meeting. Karr soon discovered her arrangement and branded it foolish and rash. He forbid her to attend the meeting, and in her place sent a pair of trained Jedi Knights to end the threat permanently. The pair proved no match for Baras' apprentice, and were quickly defeated.

Tiring of the endless intrigues, Karr then contacted Baras directly to arrange a duel to finally end their conflict. The stage was set for a final battle at the site of Karr's betrayal years earlier. But because Baras feared a trap, and because he knew of his apprentice's great strength, Baras sent the Warrior in his place.

Karr was sorely disappointed to see the Warrior alive and in place of Baras, but he was confident that he would be able to defeat the apprentice and expose Baras' network of spies. But the Warrior proved to be stronger than he expected, both physically and in the ways of the dark side. Karr succumbed to the Warrior's taunts and turned to the dark side for the strength to win their fight. The Jedi Master failed and was defeated by Baras' agent. Mortally wounded, Karr felt that the dark side has underestimated him, and would try to fight his way back to the light sided and die in order to protect Jaesa, but Imperial operatives dispatched by Baras were able to stabilize him so that the Warrior could use him as bait to draw Willsaam into the trap.

The ruse was successful and she arrived to witness her master twisted by the dark side into something she couldn't recognize as he spewed his hate for both Baras and his apprentice. She engaged the Sith Warrior in fair combat, but she turned out to be no match against the Sith apprentice. Surrendering herself and following the path towards the dark side, Nomen tried to fight the dark side within him, and show part of himself in the light side. He tried to tell his apprentice that she was not fully trained to fight a sith, but Jaesa wanted to follow the Sith Warrior's path since she was fond of this new power. Jaesa accepted her will to become the Warrior's apprentice, and become a servant to the dark side. As Jaesa was concerned of what to do with her former master, the Warrior eventually orders her to kill him as her first test in becoming strong in the dark side. Feeling regret for letting his apprentice's corruption and letting himself become a slave to the dark side, Nomen pleaded her not to become a murderer, but Jaesa immediately kills him.

Behind the scenes
In the Old Republic, if the player chooses the light side dialogue option, Karr lives and is detained by Imperial forces either to Baras or to the Jedi Temple on Tython.

If the player chooses the dark side dialogue, he/she would be the one to kill Nomen Karr since Baras wanted him dead instead of letting Jaesa kill him.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic