Klo Merit

Klo Merit was an Equani male from Equanus. He was a trained physician and, due to the empathic abilities possessed by all Equani, he was also a minder (therapist).

Six months prior to the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Equanus was destroyed due to a Galactic Republic weapons test. Although Klo was one of a handful of Equani who were off-world at the time, he was deeply scarred by this incident.

It is unknown when Klo began to work as a double agent for the Confederacy of Independent Systems and Black Sun, but it was likely not long after the outset of the Clone Wars. His motives for working with Black Sun, who knew him as Lens, are unknown; but his choice to work for the Confederacy, who knew him as Column, are rooted in his desire to make the Republic hurt as much as they hurt his people.

As a physician and minder, Klo secured employment in RMSU-7, on the remote world of Drongar. Drongar was prized solely for bota, a plant with astonishingly useful adaptogenic properties. Bota was why the Republic, the Confederacy, and Black Sun were all interested in Drongar.

As Column, Klo provided the Confederacy with excellent intelligence, the destruction of a bota transport, an explosion on the Medstar ship, and likely many other heinous acts in the name of the Confederacy.

As Lens, Klo provided Black Sun with surveillence of the Drongar operation, the locations of all the local bota fields, and the murder of corrupt Republic quartermaster, Filba the Hutt.

Eventually, the bota mutated into a useless weed and the Republic chose to leave Drongar. It was during this time that Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee realized that Klo was an enemy of the Republic. She told Chief Surgeon Jos Vondar who confronted Klo, and killed him.

Appearances

 * Medstar Duology