Yuthura Ban

Yuthura Ban was a Twi'lek and apprentice to Sith Master Uthar Wynn, the head of the Sith academy on Korriban during the Jedi Civil War.

She respected initative and cunning in her students and was not short of either herself. Like most of the Force sensitives at the academy, she wore the uniform of a Sith officer as opposed to robes.

Biography
Originally from Sleheyron, Yuthura was a slave to Omeesh the Hutt, a cruel Master who tortured his slaves regularly. Craving vengeance and determined not to simply be "nothing", Yuthura manouvered herself into a position to strike out at her master, slitting "the drunken worm"'s throat whilst in his bedchamber. As she fled Sleheyron by stealing aboard a cargo ship, it was somewhat inevitable that she would be uncovered by the crew—who, showing no compassion, abandoned her on a desolate planetoid.

Though by all rights she should have died, by the will of the Force she was relatively quickly discovered by a passing Jedi, who, seeing her Force potential, decided that she should be trained as a Jedi. So it was that she was taken to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine to train despite her somewhat advanced age.

Though in possession of exceptional skills, she was unable to let go of her anger towards her former oppressors and all others who would practice slavery. Seeing the apparent Jedi inaction over the matter as intolerable, as she would later go on to say:

"Sometimes anger is so deserved and right. Sometimes things change because of it".

Unable to resolve her differences with the Jedi, she abandoned them and their teachings, swearing to find a new means to achieve the power necessary to combat the wickedness of slavery throughout the galaxy. She was to find this means in the Sith Academy on Korriban.

Once initiated, her natural talent and ability, coupled with her anger towards the Jedi and hatred of slavery, saw her quickly rise through the ranks, finding herself the apprentice of Uthar Wynn, the Master of the academy. Though in possession of more power than she had ever been before, in the act of pursuing it by any means, she had forgotten why she had wanted it in the first place, allowing the dark side to taint her soul.

Eventually this thirst for power led her to devising a devious plot by which to overthrow her master, a plot involving a promising new recruit to the Sith with whom the Force bristled with startling intensity. Though sensing something odd about the young human, Yuthura never for a moment suspected that she had in truth enlisted the services of Revan, the deposed Dark Lord of the Sith.

With Revan's help she was able to best her master and then, in a calculated—if not entirely desired—act of betrayal, she turned on the former Dark Lord.

For all her considerable power, she was no match for one such as Revan and yielded to his superior might, begging for mercy. Having previously learnt of her sad history, Revan was able to show her the error of her ways through his compassion and set her back on the path of the light. She then left to rejoin the Jedi on Dantooine.

Behind the scenes
There are many choices for the player to make in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic regarding Yuthura's fate. The most extreme Light Side is outline above, with the other options detailed below.

Options
- Revan can tell Uthar about Yuthura's plans to betray him. After doing so, Uthar instructs Revan to perform a small task that will ensure Yuthura is weakened via poison by the time of the final trial - making her considerably easier to defeat. It is up to the player whether or not they choose to do as Uthar asks.

- After informing Uthar of Yuthura's plot, Revan can then go on to tell Yuthura about Uthar's plotting against her. It is up to the player whether or not they inform Yuthura about the poison, if they do then she takes precautions against it. In response to this news Yuthura tells Revan to poison Uthar's bed and provides the poison and access to his room. Revan can again, choose whether or not to do this.

After Revan passes the prestige trials to enter the tomb with Yuthura's help and completes the assignment therein Uthar tells Revan to fight Yuthura to pass the final trial and show no mercy. Depending on your previous choices, you will obtain different reactions from Yuthura and Uthar throughout this section of the game.

(Yuthura won't be surprised by Uthar's attempt to turn Revan on her if you've informed her of his plot, Uthar won't be poisioned if you didn't undertake Yuthura's task etc)

Sample Light Side choices

 * Revan sides with Yuthura and they kill Uthar. Once done, Yuthura battles Revan and is defeated. She pleads for mercy and Revan spares her life but does not return her to the path of the light. She leaves unharmed and she takes up mastery of the academy.


 * As a (rather vengeful) Jedi, Revan sides with neither Sith and kills both. (May have also poisoned both)

Sample Dark Side choices

 * Revan sides with Yuthura and they kill Uthar. Once done, Yuthura battles Revan and is defeated. She pleads for mercy and Revan strikes her down.


 * Revan sides with Uthar and kills Yuthura. Depending on the actions undertaken whilst on Korriban, Uthar may attack.  If not, Revan may choose whether or not he kills Uthar.


 * As the only "true Sith", Revan sides with neither Yuthura or Uthar and kills both. (May have also poisoned both)

Trivia
Yuthura's homeplanet Sleheyron was originally planned to have appeared in KotOR - after it was scrapped however, it was written into Yuthura's background as a tribute to the effort that had been put into planning it.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic