User:Jedi Kasra/Third Project

"War's a funny thing. It makes you do things you never thought you'd do."

- Saul Karath

Saul Karath was a Human male who served the Galactic Republic as an admiral in the Navy during the Mandalorian Wars. In 3,963 BBY, after successfully keeping the Mandalorian forces at bay at the Jebble-Vanquo-Tarnith line for six weeks, as well as commanding the fleet at the battle of the Outer Rim world Vanquo, Karath was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. Before the battle of the planet Serroco, he assumed on scarce proof that fugitive Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick&mdash;who was fleeing from his Masters after being framed for the Padawan Massacre of Taris&mdash;was a Mandalorian spy. Shortly after the Mandalorians destroyed Serroco's surface, Karath participated in the Adacsa affair and in the events of Vindication, in which the secret Jedi cabal known as the Covenant was exposed. Later that year, the Jedi Knights Revan and Malak&mdash;along with their Jedi faction&mdash;entered the war, and Karath eventually became their subordinate.

In 3,960 BBY, Revan and Malak led the Republic to victory against the Mandalorians in a final battle above the Sith world Malachor V. After the battle, Karath was one of the few among the Republic forces that did not follow Revan and Malak into the Unknown Regions to search for the ancient Rakatan Star Forge space station. However, Revan returned to the Republic a year later as the new Dark Lord of the Sith, with Malak as his Sith apprentice. In 3,958 BBY, Karath transferred his allegiance to the former Jedi Knight's new Sith Empire, bringing his flagship Leviathan and other vessels to Revan's service. Shortly after joining the Sith, Revan promoted Karath to the commander of the entire Sith fleet. Malak ordered Karath to destroy the planet Telos IV, in order to test his loyalty. Karath agreed, killing millions of innocent people on the planet, and earning the wrath of his former friend and protégé Carth Onasi, who served with Karath during the Mandalorian Wars. After Malak betrayed Revan and usurped his mantle of Dark Lord during the Jedi and Republic's attempt to capture them, Karath continued to serve the Sith forces. In the final year of the Jedi Civil War, Malak ordered the Sith fleet to blockade the Outer Rim ecumenopolis Taris, so that the Sith forces could search for Jedi Knight Bastila Shan. Malak eventually ordered the planet's destruction so as to prevent Shan's escape, and Karath complied, bombarding Taris.

Shortly after Taris' destruction, the bounty hunter Calo Nord&mdash;who survived the Sith's bombardment of Taris&mdash;informed Malak and Karath of Shan's escape from Taris through Carth Onasi's efforts, and also told them of Revan's survival and involvement in Shan's escape. Malak and Karath hired Nord to capture Shan, but Nord was killed by Revan, now a retrained Jedi, during the former Dark Lord's search for the Star Forge. After Revan located the fourth Star Map, Karath captured his flagship Ebon Hawk. He jailed his companions and tortured Revan, Onasi, and Shan, in an attempt to find out what their mission was. The two Jedi and Onasi escaped the detention area and headed to the bridge, so they could confront Karath and disable the tractor beam, in order for the Ebon Hawk to successfully escape the Leviathan. When Revan, Shan, and Onasi made it to the bridge, Karath offered to ask Malak to be merciful if the Jedi and Onasi surrendered. They refused, and Karath, his forces, and his Dark Jedi bodyguards attacked the two Jedi and Onasi. After a heated firefight, Karath was grievously injured. Before he succumbed to his wounds, he took the opportunity to tell Onasi about Revan's true identity as the former Dark Lord, and mocked his former friend before he died.

Early life and career
Saul Karath, a Human male, was born on the Core world Corellia to journeyman laboror Craddock Karath, being the eldest of five children. Because his father was rarely home with his family, Karath was forced to take up a fatherly role to his siblings, supporting them by working double shifts at a weapons factory. During the Great Sith War initiated by fallen Jedi-turned-Sith Lord Exar Kun, Karath quit his job at the factory and volunteered his services to the Navy of the Galactic Republic. Karath was too young to officially serve the Navy, and because of his tough upbringing, did not possess the connections to enter the Naval Academy. However, Karath won the attention of fleet captain Orley Vanicus, who allowed the Corellian to serve as a non-commissioned captain's steward on his ship Reliance I.

For every success Karath gained, a setback followed, however, because Karath considered the Navy his family, he never lost faith in the institution. Eventually, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and was given his first command aboard the frigate Reciprocity. During this time, Karath was successful in defending convoys against pirates. At one point, when the Reciprocity was in an engagement with enemies, Karath recognized the Republic pilot Carth Onasi's skills. When Karath was promoted to the Inexpugnable-class tactical command ship Courageous, he invited Onasi to serve with him aboard the ship, and nicknamed Onasi "Fleet".

Battles of Vanqou and Serroco
"Defeat is not a career opportunity, Morvis&mdash;it's just defeat. The last soldier is always the supreme commander of his own forces."

- Karath to Dallan Morvis

In 3,964 BBY, at the onset of the war between the Galactic Republic and the Mandalorian Neo Crusaders, Karath helped organize the defense of the Outer Rim ecumenopolis Taris and its nearby systems from the Mandalorian armada. From his flagship Courageous, Karath managed to halt the Mandalorians' progress at the system of Suurja through four large-scale battles, thus keeping the Jebble-Vanquo-Tarnith line intact. Not long after, Karath was sent to defend the trade post of Vanquo from the invading Mandalorian fleet. As he had predicted, the attack was only part of Mandalorian leader Mandalore the Ultimate's plan for invading the Republic; while Karath's forces were busy at Vanquo, the Mandalorians charged the remainder of the Republic fleet at Taris. Karath saw this as a positive thing; he was certain that when an important world like Taris was threatened, the Republic Senate would put more troops into the conflict. During the battle, he spotted a freighter called the Last Resort&mdash;the elderly Arkanian scientist Gorman Vandrayk's ship&mdash;which was carrying the fugitive Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick. Carrick was on the run from his Jedi Masters, who framed him for the Padawan Massacre of Taris. The Last Resort was speeding away from Vanquo and entering hyperspace into Mandalorian territories. When Lieutenant Dallan Morvis informed that it was Carrick's ship, Karath, now suspecting that Carrick was a Mandalorian spy, vowed that he would deal with the Jedi personally, provided that he survived the battle.

In 3,963 BBY, Karath was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. After he was transferred to the planet Serroco, Karath went through a tour of the local Republic camp on Serroco's surface. Zayne Carrick, who was working at the Little Bivoli restaurant under the alias Shad Camper, accidentally spilled a tray of food on Karath, who ignored him. Carrick was immediately reprimanded by Dallan Morvis. After having a vision through the Force of the Mandalorians destroying Serroco's surface, Carrick told his partner and the head of the Little Bivoli Marn Hierogryph that he needed to warn Admiral Karath. Carrick then sneaked on Lieutenant Carth Onasi's ship Deadweight, after he was discovered by Onasi, the Jedi convinced Onasi to take him to Karath.

When Onasi brought Carrick to the admiral on the bridge of Courageous, Karath congratulated the lieutenant, and proceeded to accuse Carrick of being a Mandalorian spy. Karath interrogated Carrick, who denied knowing Mandalore and the accusations of being a spy, and asked Karath to allow Onasi to try to get in contact with the Jedi Knight Alek Squinquargesimus, known to Carrick as "Squint". Karath instructed Onasi to go the the command center, contact the Jedi Council, and see if he could locate "Squint". At that point, the Mandalorian ships dropped out of hyperspace, and launched nuclear missiles towards the Republic fleet. Karath attempted to counter the attack, but instead of heading towards the fleet, the missiles continued towards Serroco's surface, destroying the Stereb cities, and inflicting heavy damage to the human settlements. As Carrick wept on the Courageous' bridge, Karath knew it was time to rethink their strategies against the Mandalorians. Karath promised Carrick that he would hand him over to the Jedi, since Karath knew that what the Jedi would do to Carrick was far worse then the Admiral could ever do. Until then, Karath had him sealed in a cell. When Mandalorian shock troopers boarded the Courageous, Karath was forced to abandon ship with Lieutenant Onasi and Commander Morvis; he reluctantly accepted to take Zayne Carrick along with them as they fled to Onasi's ship Deadweight. Karath filed a report to the Admiral of the Fleet concerning the disposition of his forces, which were under pursuit on the hypserpace lanes from Serroco to the banking world Telerath. Karath also hoped to make it to Myrkr or the Ryyk Nebula, where they could meet with the Tremendous fleet. Karath noted Onasi and Morvis' performance during the battle.

The Adasca affair
"Think about it, Admiral! We could use the slugs to put a firewall of scorched systems between the Coreworlds and the Mandies! Er&mdash;uninhabited systems of course. But if someone's going to have comtrol,m it had better be us!" "I hear you, Morvis&mdash;but we've still got to call home. This is too big. I'm just an admiral, blast it! I can't cut a deal like this on my own!"

- Dallan Morvis and Karath, referring to Adasca's exogorth superweapons

Shortly after escaping the Legacy's destruction, Karath complimented Onasi on the quick escape from the Mandalorians. After Morvis managed to reach communications with Arkania Command, Karath told Carrick that while he could not turn the fugitive Padawan in to the custody of his former Jedi Master Lucien Draay&mdash;who ordered the Padawan Massacre&mdash;Karath would get another chance to do so. When the Deadweight was in transit to Arkania, Karath received a transmission from the Duro Eejee Vamm&mdash;a servant of the Adascorp leader Arkoh Adasca&mdash;requesting Karath's presence at a meeting onboard Adasca's flagship Arkanian Legacy. After being informed about the exogorths&mdash;space slugs which Adasca's scientists modified to be superweapons&mdash;Karath ordered Onasi redirected the ship to the Legacy. When they arrived, Karath told Onasi, Morvis, and Carrick how old spacefarers talked about the exogorths, and that he had originally thought the slugs were a myth. Karath, Morvis, Onasi and Carrick then prepared to board the Legacy.

When Karath disembarked the Deadweight, Adasca greeted Karath, stating that he felt Karath was the perfect Republic representative for the meeting. Adasca then asked Karath if he was able to deal on the Republic's behalf, and Karath attempted to inquire as to what Adasca meant. As Carrick was disembarking the Deadweight with Onasi and Morvis, Jarael&mdash;the female Arkanian offshoot who helped Carrick elude the Jedi Masters on Taris&mdash;noticed him, and then kissed the Padawan. This was in actuality an attempt to tell Carrick about Adasca's scheming. Karath asked Adasca if his forces could find a detention area to imprison Carrick, and Adasca had Vamm move Carrick to the ship's detention area. Later in the observation dome, Karath was listening to Adasca talk about the exogorths and how they could be operated as weapons capable of destroying entire star systems. After Adasca finished, the Jedi Knight Alek Squinquargesimus&mdash;who was representing the Jedi Knight Revan's faction of Jedi at Adasca's meeting&mdash;expressed his horror and disgust. Karath then asked Adasca what exactly he wanted. When the Mandalorians arrived, Karath told Adasca that he had gone too far. Adasca stated that his corporation was now a galactic player, and that they sought allies, not contracts.



After Mandalore boarded the Legacy, Squinquargesimus attacked Mandalore, but Mandalore hit the Jedi with a battle axe constructed from the Courageous' wreckage, which knocked Squinquargesimus down. Karath pointed his blaster at Mandalore and told him to back off, and Mandalore taunted Karath. While Mandalore was having a conversation with Mandalorian Rohlan Dyre, Squinquargesimus tried to convince Karath to arrest Adasca, but Karath refused, citing their outnumbered position. A short while later, Adasca commenced with a test of the exogorths, and Onasi became disgusted at what he witnessed. He asked Karath his permission to return to the Deadweight, which the Admiral granted. When Mandalore commented that he wanted to keep the exogorths out of Republic or Jedi control, Karath said that they were one and the same. Mandalore expressed his disbelief at that statement, and Karath asked Mandalore why he did not just take the exogorths. When Mandalore offered to make Adasca weaponsmith of all the Mandalorian clans, Adasca commented that the senate seat Karath offered him seemed petty in comparison. Karath then began to grow desperate, and asked Adasca if he wanted his own territory.

Meanwhile, Zayne Carrick and his former Jedi Master Lucien Draay&mdash;who had been ordered by the Jedi Covenant co-founder Haazen to investigate Adasca&mdash; met up with Onasi and Dyre and worked together to crate a plan to put an end to Adasca's scheme. Both Carrick, who was in the armor that Mandalore had given to Dyre earlier, and Onasi made it to the observation dome, and started a diversion. This caused Karath and Mandalore to attempt to control the two, but when Carrick ignited his lightsaber, Draay stormed the room, and Squinquargesimus prepared to attack. Mandalore immediately accused Adasca of treachery, and Karath, along with Carrick, Draay, Onasi, Karath, Jarael, Dyre, and Morvis participated in the ensuing battle. Karath was injured during the battle, and Morvis told Onasi to capture Carrick while he escorted the Admiral back to the Deadweight. Onasi let Carrick go, and they successfully escaped the Legacy observation dome as the exogorths under Arkanian scientist Gorman Vandrayk's command devoured it, killing Adasca.

After Karath, Morvis, and Onasi reached Coruscant, he filed his resignation to the Admiral of the Fleet due the loss of Battle Group Serroco and the Courageous. However, the Admiral of the Fleet refused to accept, and met with Karath, Onasi, and Morvis. After this, the Admiral of the Fleet publicly commended Karath. While the Admiralty had not assigned Karath a posting, Karath stated that he appreciated the public's support but that he wanted those in his position to have a chance to see their families, "in the name of those who did not make it home". Karath also confirmed Arkoh Adasca's death, although he declined to speak of the events that transpired.

Vindication
"Has everybody gone insane? I don't know if you got the message, Morvis, but we're supposed to protect Coruscant&mdash;not fire on it!"

- Karath, to Dallan Morvis

Sometime after the battle of Omonoth, Karath was commissioned to the Swiftsure. He was then assigned by the Jedi Master and Council member Lucien Draay to the planetary defense of the galactic capital Coruscant. Not wanting Carrick to expose the Covenant's actions to the Council, Draay instructed Karath to keep watch for Carrick. Draay told the Admiral that he would be aboard the Moomo Williwaw&mdash;the starship of the Ithorian bounty hunters Dob and Del Moomo&mdash;and also warned Karath that the fugitive would attack the planet on behalf of the Mandalorians. Because of the Khil Jedi Master Xamar's experience with the Republic Navy, the Covenanter was sent by Draay to the Swiftsure to ensure that Karath did not take Carrick as a prisoner. When Xamar met with Karath, the Admiral assured the Jedi that nobody would get through without going through the defense. Karath then ordered the initiation of the Vanjervalis chain, a sensor package that not only predicted enemy movements and adjusted strategies, but linked Republic cruisers under a single command. Xamar asked Karath how Carrick seemed when he met him, and Karath replied that the Padawan did not always make sense and that he absolutely sure he was right.



When the Moomo Williwaw approached Coruscant, Xamar expressed his concern that Carrick would be able to break through the blockade, Karath suggested that the Jedi get in a starfighter and join the other Republic fighters' efforts. Karath assured the Khil that his forces would not accidently shoot the Jedi, which startled Xamar because of his vision that prophesied that he would be killed by the Republic fleet in friendly fire. After Xamar left the Swiftsure, the Moomo Williwaw crashed in the ship's docking bay. Karath and his forces managed to get the bay doors open, when the Moomo brothers and Carrick's companion Jarael disembarked their ship, Karath told the Arkanian that she was in trouble, and ordered his forces to search for Carrick and Hierogryph. When they could not find them, Karath began to ask Xamar to find them, but he found that the Jedi was not there. Carrick and Hierogryph managed to escape to Coruscant aboard Carth Onasi's ship Deadweight.

The Vanjervalis chain's tactical system was sliced by the Covenant co-founder and Sith acolyte Haazen during his insurrection against the Jedi Order. Haazen used a remote located on his cybernetics to fire at the skybridge near the Draay Estate, killing Master Xamar, who turned against the Covenant and many Jedi Knights. Karath asked Dallan Morvis, now the captain of the flagship Veltraa, why the Republic fleet was firing on the surface, and Morvis told the Admiral that someone sliced in their systems. A Republic officer then told Karath that an incoming signal had bypassed their fail-safes, which prevented them from attempting to jam the signal or move out of range. Karath then ordered all non-essential personnel off the Swiftsure while they tried to figure out a way to disable the security breach. When Lucien Draay and Zayne Carrick allied to stop Haazen, Draay managed to recover the remote and directed the fleet's fire on the Draay Estate, killing Haazen and restoring control to the Vanjervalis chain to the Swiftsure. Days later, Karath publicly announced that the Mandalorians were responsible and that he would take the fight to the Mandalorians. The Republic and the Jedi agreed to have the true events of Haazen's insurrection covered up, and Carrick and his companions were cleared of any wrongdoing..

Jedi Civil War
"Admiral Karath taught me everything I know about being a soldier. He was a legend in the Republic fleet, and a hero to me. Until he betrayed us."

- Carth Onasi

Later in the year 3,963 BBY, the Jedi Knights Revan and Malak officially entered the Mandalorian Wars with the sanction of the Jedi Council. Revan gained full control of the Republic fleet, during the wars, Revan and Malak liberated Taris, fought Mandalore's primary strategist Cassus Fett at Jaga's Cluster, and defeated much of the Mandalorian forces at Althir. In 3,960 BBY, Revan forced a final confrontation with the Mandalorians over the Sith world Malachor V, and led the Republic to victory against them, defeating Mandalore the Ultimate. After the Mandalorian's final defeat at Malachor V, Karath was not among the Republic forces who followed Revan and Malak into the Unknown Regions. A year after their disappearance, Revan returned to the Republic as the Dark Lord of the Sith, with Malak as his apprentice, and declared war against the Jedi Order and the Republic.

In the year 3,958 BBY, Karath declared the Republic unworthy of his loyalty and defected to Darth Revan's Sith Empire. He brought the Leviathan and several other ships with him into the Sith's service. He attempted, and failed, to convince his protégé and friend, Carth Onasi, to join him against the Republic. Karath's first act was to give the Sith the codes to bypass a Republic Navy docking bay's scanners&mdash;allowing them to sweep in and destroy over half of the docked ships before they had time to react. At some point after this, Revan promoted Karath as the commander of the entire Sith fleet. Not long after, Karath was ordered by Darth Malak to destroy the surface of Onasi's homeworld Telos IV.

Karath continued his service under Revan, and he served Malak as well, after Revan's Sith apprentice seemingly killed the Dark Lord during the Jedi and Republic's attempt to capture them both. In the year 3,956 BBY, Karath was in command of the blockade over the Outer Rim world Taris, Malak eventually ordered Taris' destruction in order to prevent the escape of Jedi Knight Bastila Shan, whose power with a Force technique called Battle Meditation Malak feared. At first, Karath did not want murder the billions of people on Taris, including the Sith troops still on the surface. However, Malak reminded Karath what happened to his predecessor, and Karath begin the bombardment immediately.



Shortly after Taris' destruction, the bounty hunter Calo Nord&mdash;who was on Taris for business with the Exchange crime syndicate boss Davik Kang&mdash;was introduced by Karath to Darth Malak aboard the Leviathan, after Nord escaped the Sith bombardment. Nord told Malak of Bastila Shan's escape from Taris with the assistance of Republic commander Carth Onasi. Nord also informed Malak that his former Sith Master Revan, who Malak thought dead, was alive, and told Malak of Revan's role in Shan's escape aboard Kang's flagship Ebon Hawk. Malak then hired Nord to track down Shan and capture her alive. However, Nord did not survive his next encounter with Revan, who was now a retrained Jedi searching for the ancient Rakatan space station called the Star Forge. When Karath received news of Nord's failure, he informed Malak, asking the Dark Lord to forgive him. Malak told him that while the penalty for failure was death, the failure was Nord's, not Karath's. When the Admiral asked Malak about hiring another bounty hunter, the Dark Lord replied that no bounty hunter could stand against a Jedi, and, as not to repeat his error, he sent his Shadow Hand Darth Bandon to capture Shan and kill Revan. However, Revan slew Malak's Sith apprentice. Sometime before Revan located the fourth of the Star Maps that lead to the Star Forge's location, Malak attacked the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine, killing many Jedi, and destroying the Enclave. However, the local Jedi Council was able to escape.

Downfall
"Remember my dying words. Remember them whenever&hellip; whenever you look at those you thought were your friends!"

- Karath to Carth Onasi

As Revan and the Ebon Hawk's crew were en route to the world which had the fifth and final Star Map, they were captured by the Leviathan. While the Ebon Hawk was being brought in via tractor beam, Revan and his companions were discussing a means of escape, and Revan chose a member of his party to escape the Sith and save them from capture. Revan, Shan, and Onasi were put into force cages and interrogated by Admiral Karath. After Onasi argued with and insulted him for the deaths on Telos, Karath said that he was an insignificant part of the events, and that Darth Malak was far more interested in Shan and Revan, who both said that they would never turn to the dark side. From Revan's words, Karath found that he did not know of his former identity. Karath said that he would not be the one to deprive Malak of the pleasure of telling Revan himself. Karath suspected that he would not succeed in the interrogation, and said that the Dark Lord would no doubt torture them for information and for his own twisted pleasure. He knew, however, that at the time Malak was in another sector and that it may be some time before he would arrive, and so he began torturing them himself.



Knowing that Revan cared for Shan, Karath made her suffer each time Revan refused to answer his questions. He used this to test Revan's loyalty when he asked him where the Jedi base was, but Revan still gave no answer to the Admiral. Karath revealed that the question was only a test, for Malak, having been a former Jedi, knew the location of the Jedi Enclave and had already destroyed it. Karath then left the three alone until Malak would arrive. Both Shan and Revan felt a disturbance in the Force, and they knew that Karath had sent a message to the Dark Lord regarding their current location. Meanwhile, the party member Revan had chosen to free them managed to deactivate their force cages. Feeling Malak's presence approaching, the Jedi devised a plan to escape; go to the bridge and disable the tractor beam. Revan sent the Mandalorian Canderous Ordo and the rest of the Ebon Hawk's crew to the docking bay so that they could deal with the guards.

Revan, Shan, and Onasi fought their way to the bridge and confronted Karath, who was guarded by two Dark Jedi and a group of Sith troopers. Karath said that if they laid down their weapons, he would ask Darth Malak, who was on his way ot the bridge, to be merciful when he arrived. But Onasi said that he had seen enough of Sith mercy, and Karath went on the attack after stating that Onasi always liked doing things the hard way. Revan, Shan, and Onasi slew the Sith troopers and Dark Jedi bodyguards, and struck Karath down, leaving him mortally wounded. Before he died, Karath asked Onasi to come closer so that he could tell him something. In a whisper, Karath told Onasi about Revan's former identity as the Dark Lord of the Sith. Karath then taunted Onasi, telling him to remember the Admiral's words whenever his former protégé looked at those he thought were his friends. After saying this, Karath succumbed to his fatal wounds.

Personality and traits
"Saul wanted them to make us suffer. He's become some sort of sadistic monster." "The dark side has perverted him, Carth. Once you start down the tainted path it leads you ever further into the depths of evil."

- Carth Onasi and Bastila Shan on Karath

When the human male known as Saul Karath started his military career, he tried every duty on a flagship at least once. Karath eventually grew to be a skilled pilot and capable tactician. Karath was known for acting on quick judgments. However, his bureaucratic abilities were not as developed, which lead to a number of setbacks in his career. He was known for his ability to survive and thrive, Karath considered the Navy his family. Karath never told anybody what exactly caused him to join the Republic Navy. He did not trust either Mandalorians or Jedi since the war with Exar Kun; when the fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick attempted to warn him of the coming destruction of Serroco, Karath wrongly assumed he was a Mandalorian spy. During the Mandalorian Wars, other Jedi were prone to similar receptions from Karath. Karath was a man who respected firepower.

A year after Revan and Malak came back from the Unknown Regions as Sith and attacked the Republic, the Navy was devastated, and Karath was faced with the loss of his troops and command. In an attempt to save both, Karath declared the Republic unworthy of his allegiance, and brought his flagship Leviathan and a large amount of troops to Revan's service. Because he was the first officer of an important rank to join the Sith, other followed his example and betrayed the Republic, not wanting to fight against a foe who knew all their tactics and strategies. When Malak betrayed Revan and assumed his mantle of Dark Lord, Karath thought that Revan's death would make his command easier. However, Karath discovered that serving Malak was not as easy as he had hoped, but Karath would not abandon his position as the highest-ranking officer in Malak' army. To Karath, keeping his forces intact overruled all other concerns. When Malak ordered Taris' destruction in an attempt to kill Bastila Shan, Karath tried to intervene for the billions of innocent people and the Sith troops on the surface. However, Malak threatened him, and Karath obeyed the Dark Lord's orders. When Karath tortured Revan, Bastila Shan, and Carth Onasi after capturing Revan's ship Ebon Hawk, he attempted to justify the bombing of Telos IV to his old friend, stating that in war even the innocent had to die.

Aside from Basic, Karath could speak and comprehend a variety of languages, including Durese, Khilese, Sullustese, Mando'a, Bothese, Zabraki and Kuat. Karath owned a prototype energy shield of Verpine design, using it for extra protection during battle. During his time serving the Sith, he used a Sith Assassin blaster pistol. He also owned a code cylinder and an encrypted comlink. Karath wore a Republic officer's uniform during his service to them.

Behind the scenes
Saul Karath was created as a villain in the 2003 PC and Xbox video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. There are inconsistencies in Knights of the Old Republic concerning the events of the Bombing of Telos IV. When asked by Revan, Carth Onasi states that Karath destroyed Telos IV "four years ago". The game takes place in the year 3,956 BBY. However, both the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide and the New Essential Chronology state that Karath destroyed the planet in 3,958 BBY.

In the entry on Karath in the Knights of the Old Republic Handbook, he is mistakenly referred to as "Correllian".

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 0: Crossroads
 * The Taris Holofeed: Prime Edition
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
 * The Admiral's List: Jimas Veltraa Memorial Edition
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 14: Days of Fear, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
 * The Admiral's List: Remember Serroco! Edition
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 17: Nights of Anger, Part 2
 * 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 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
 * The Admiral's List: Karath Home Safely
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 30: Exalted, Part 2
 * 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 34: Vindication, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 35: Vindication, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords