Jaric Kaedan

"Don't tell me you're afraid to stop them? We'll hold them off at the pass!"

- Master Kaedan to Jedi Bela Kiwiiks

Jaric Kaedan was a Human male Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Great Galactic War against the resurgent Sith Empire. Also known as the Order's Watchman, Kaedan was born in the Outer Rim Territories in the decades before the war and taken in for training by the Jedi at the age of twelve, becoming a Jedi Knight under the tutelage of Ngani Zho. Serving valiantly on battlefields across the galaxy during the war, Kaedan was instrumental in the capture the Sith Lords known as the Dread Masters in 3,668 BBY, and as a Jedi Master he fought in the Battle of Rhen Var in the last months of the war.

When the Treaty of Coruscant brought the war to a close in 3,653 BBY, Kaedan was appointed to the Jedi High Council in the subsequent Cold War and accompanied the rest of Order to their recently rediscovered homeworld of Tython. Training a Sullustan Padawan by the name of Nae Nuuv to Knighthood, Kaedan remained ever-vigilant against the threat of the Sith, and he joined the Republic Military in combating the Empire on Ilum in 3,641 BBY after war broke out. Leading a contingent to reclaim the Jedi Temple on the Order's sacred world, Kaedan was killed by a Sith strike team during the Battle of Ilum.

Biography
A Force-sensitive Human male, Jaric Kaedan born in the Outer Rim Territories sometime before the year 3,691 BBY. He was discovered by the Jedi Order at the age of twelve and underwent training in the ways of the Force by Jedi Master Ngani Zho, attaining the rank of Jedi Knight sometime during the Great Galactic War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. In 3,668 BBY, Kaedan led a team of troopers from the Republic Special Forces Division on a mission to capture the six Sith Lords known as the Dread Masters. Kaedan and the Special Forces team infiltrated the dreadnought and successfully defeated them in combat, withstanding the Sith's ability to influence their opponents' fear through battle meditation. Kaedan also downloaded the dreadnought's entire Imperial database before scuttling the vessel, gaining a valuable source of intelligence for the Republic and convincing the Empire that the Dread Masters had been killed in the assault.

In the wake of the Treaty of Coruscant and the destruction of the Coruscant Jedi Temple, Master Kaedan returned to the ancestral Jedi homeworld Tython with the rest of the Order and helped rebuild during the Cold War, residing at the Temple there. Taking a seat on the Jedi High Council, Master Kaedan was one of a number of Jedi who found fellow Master Yuon Par's actions too unorthodox. When Kira Carsen was revealed to have been a Child of the Emperor, Kaeden demanded she be imprisoned, although the rest of the Council overruled him. When Carsen overcame the Emperor's will in the heat of battle, he was able to graciously admit that that he had been wrong and from then on never showed hostility to her.

Some time later, as Tol Braga's strike team, which included himself, Leeha Narezz, Warren Sedoru and the Hero of Tython, was preparing to depart for the Emperor's cloaked space station in hopes of capturing him so he could be redeemed, the Jedi Council and Jedi Knight Jomar Chul chose to intervene. Kaedan expressed uncertainty that Braga's plan would succeed, but Chul had a more disturbing revelation. Chul explained that he had a vision of the Hero falling to the dark side and becoming Sith and insisted he take the Hero's place on the mission. However, Satele and Kiwiiks expressed confidence in the Hero's loyalty and sanctioned the mission, to Chul's frustration as he stormed out of the Council chamber. Kaedan pleaded one last time with Braga to abandon his plan, but the latter insisted it would work.



Soon, the Council heard nothing from Braga's strike team until the Hero returned some time later, revealing that the mission had failed. As the Hero explained, the Emperor overpowered the strike team and had them under thrall. However, Lord Scourge, the former Emperor's Wrath, helped the Hero and company escape. Kaedan didn't trust him, stating that Sith were selfish by nature. Scourge explained that his change of allegiance was to stop the Emperor from destroying the galaxy. Three centuries ago, he had a vision of the Emperor performing a dark side ritual that would consume all life in the galaxy, but the Hero would be the one to stop him. But the ritual required a sacrifice of billions of simultaneous deaths, which would occur on Belsavis and urged haste in saving the planet. Kaedan remained suspicious of the Sith's intentions, even putting a lightsaber to Scourge's throat. Scourge insisted that he was the foremost expert on the Emperor and he was more use to them free with the Jedi; he believed could defeat the Emperor. Satele Shan sensed the truth in his words and consented to an alliance.

During the Battle for Ilum, Jedi Master Jaric Kaeden was placed in command of a Republic ground assault team, whose goal was to halt the Empire's Adegan crystal mining operation. Sith forces on the planet were tasked, by Grand Moff Ilyan Regus, with dispatching Jaric Kaeden (operation "First Strike"). The mission was ultimately a success, leading to the death of the famed Jedi at the hands of the Sith.

Personality and traits
"I'll show the Empire what it can do with it's demands."

- Master Kaedan to the Emperor's Wrath

To his students, Master Jaric Kaedan was a harsh taskmaster, driven by the knowledge that his lessons may one day save their lives. He believed that the greatest threats to a Jedi came from within, and encouraged his students to master themselves before seeking mastery over a lightsaber. To the Sith, he was known for being a formidable enemy. He was firm in his convictions that peace in the galaxy could not be achieved whilst the resurgent Sith Empire existed. However, he showed paranoia and fear as well. When the Barsen'thor was recruiting an army on Voss, he tried to stop the Barsen'thor with fearful talk about their Force use and tried to reject a proposal by a Mystic to have more Jedi learn on Voss. He also would criticize and hastily judge others, including fellow council members; those he was to judge included Yuon Par and Kira Carsen. However, he was able to gracefully admit when he was wrong, as seen by the fact that he accepted Carson after she overcame the Emperor's will in the heat of battle. However, he also viewed Lord Scourge with intense distaste, even threatening him with a lightsaber.

Powers and abilities
Powerful in both the use of the Force and lightsaber combat, Kaedan was considered to be a master of Juyo-Kos, the seventh combat form. In battle, Kaedan became a living weapon of the Force, and even as a Jedi Knight he was able to withstand the powerful influence of the fear-wielding Dread Masters in order to capture the six Sith Lords.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic 7: The Lost Suns, Part 1
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic