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Volfe Karkko was a learned Anzat Jedi Master who lived more than a thousand years before the Invasion of Naboo. Karkko believed himself to be above the natural predatory instincts of his species; however, after casually tasting the "soup," or essence, of several sentient beings&mdash;Jedi included&mdash;he rapidly developed an addiction which precipitated his fall to the dark side of the Force. The threat posed by Karkko's increasing bloodlust caused the Jedi High Council to rise up in battle against him, a fight which the Anzat ultimately lost. Rather than eliminating Karkko, the Council placed him in stasis on the prison world of Kiffex. For a millennium he remained incarcerated, left in full mental consciousness by the Council so that he might contemplate the error of his ways. Karkko, however, refused to renounce the dark side, and spent his time in isolation plotting his revenge against those who had imprisoned him. He became something of a legend among his kind over the years; other Anzati were drawn to Kiffex by Karkko's mental summons, and through their worship at the feet of the man whom they regarded as the "Dark Dreamer," his prison was transformed into a place of hallowed ground. Karkko in turn fed on the essence of his visitors who, over time, devolved into beastly semblances of their former selves.

In 30 BBY, Volfe Karkko sensed the arrival on Kiffex of Aayla Secura&mdash;an amnesiac Twi'lek Padawan&mdash;whom he lured to his prison and tricked into releasing him. Karkko seduced Secura to the dark side and took her as his apprentice, planning to make her his queen upon his escape from Kiffex. He placed his new student in command of his Anzat slaves and sent them to terrorize the populace of Kiffex in an attempt to attract the attention of the Jedi. Several Jedi responded, but only one, Aayla Secura's former Master Quinlan Vos, actually entered Karkko's stronghold to confront him. When the Dark Jedi's enchantment over Secura was broken by Vos, Karkko attempted to seduce Vos to the dark side, to no avail. Karkko then engaged Vos in lightsaber combat and was slain when the Kiffar Jedi Master cleaved him in two.