Rohlan Dyre

"We have just the glorious dead&mdash;and the soon-to-be glorious dead. I'm one of the latter."

- Rohlan Dyre

Rohlan Dyre, nicknamed "Rohlan the Questioner", was a former Mandalorian Crusader commander who fought in many battles of the early Mandalorian Wars but deserted them to find answers pertaining to the war itself with the help of Arkanian Offshoot Jarael.

The Questioner
"The Fight is everything and I am good at everything."

- Rohlan Dyre

An aged veteran, Rohlan began to question the tactics of the Mandalorians and the motives behind the war. When Rohlan confronted his superiors with his concerns, he did not receive a satisfactory answer, so the next time he was called up, he did not answer. Dyre was found, and as the Mandalorians do with all deserters, they placed him at the front lines. After this, he refused to fight five times, and was caught and placed at the front lines five times. His last mission was as Commander of the Shocktrooper forces during the Battle of Vanquo. After his troops captured Jarael thinking she was a Jedi, he personally hijacked the Last Resort in an attempt at escape.

However, an enraged Camper stunned Rohlan, making it easy for Zayne Carrick to incapacitate him, sealing him in a cargo container. When Rohlan overheard his captors mention that they were headed into Mandalorian space, he offered his help as a guide and so explained his situation and where they were going: Flashpoint Station where Jarael was being held, along with a number of Jedi.

Rohlan brought Zayne into Flashpoint Station as a prisoner. When inside Demagol, a mad Mandalorian scientist bent on discovering what made the Jedi able to use The Force, Rohlan attacked Demagol and locked him inside a storage closet. Zayne took Demagol's armor and the two left the facility where Zayne, with the aid Force, secretly placed charges on key structural points. With Marn Hierogryph disguised as a Republic Admiral of the "Glomkettle", he set off the charges, forcing the Mandalorians to evacuate. Rohlan ordered the Mandalorians to tell Mandalore that he perished with the facility in an attempt to "rescue" Demagol.

After the Mandalorians had left, Rohlan took his leave with the freed captured Jedi, convinced by Zayne he could stop running though he sneaked off the vessel a the last second and stowed aboard the Last Resort as it left the station, having eyed Jarael.

Last Resort and Moomo Williwaw
"There are two kinds of Mandalorian Warriors, Jarael. The ones who figure out how to use their medkits-and the ones we bury."

- Rohlan Dyre to Jarael

He emerged later to save Jarael and Camper from HK-24. Though the attack had worsened Camper's fragile condition. Rohlan treated what he could for the elderly mechanic but they needed more. Jarael took the Last Resort to Arkania and attempted to get help there. However, she was captured by Lord Arkoh Adasca of Adascorp, the corporation from which Camper had been running from. Adasca promised to cure Camper and so brought Rohlan, Camper and the Last Resort on board his flagship, the Arkanian Legacy. As Camper was rushed into the ships medical centers, Rohlan was attacked by the ships security, not believing a Mandalorian being in their presence. Adasca had Rohlan put into a cell.

When the security forces attempted to take his armor, Rohlan prevented them from coming near him by putting them in the sick bays. Adasca confronted the Mandalorian himself and informed him of his status as "Rohlan the Questioner". Rohlan saw through Adasca's tricks and knew that he was up to something more then he was putting on. Adasca tempted Rohlan's pallet by allowing him to stay in the finer staterooms on his ship with full access to the biology facilities as well as visits to Jarael. Rohlan accepted his offer.

"I began to wonder about the symbols and the map. We fight because we're Mandalorians. But this fight-this fight there's something off about."

- Rohlan Dyre

Rohlan's presence in the labs on the Arkanian Legacy proved upsetting to Arkanian scientist, Doctor Suprin; although all Rohlan did was research multiple medical topics and ask for tutorial files. Adasca confronted Rohlan in the labs to ask him to do him a favor. Adasca asked Rohlan to contact Mandalore the Ultimate and inform him of a meeting with Adasca concerning the biological creatures known as exogorths. Rohlan was hesitant to do this since it would reveal his location to those looking for him. However, Adasca promised him safe passage off the Arkanian Legacy should he do this. Adasca knew immediately that this wouldn't be enough. Rohlan told him that he would only do it if Jarael would accompany him off. Arkoh knew he wouldn't be able to give Jarael up and Rohlan knew why: Adasca needed Jarael to keep Camper under his control. But when Adasca showed Rohlan what exactly it was that Camper knew, Rohlan agreed to inform his contacts. Adasca promised him that when Camper no longer proved necessary, he may have Jarael.

When Mandalore arrived on board the Legacy at Omonoth, he offered Rohlan a new set of armor as a reward for bringing him to a chance of victory and to keep the legend of his "death" a mystery. As the process started to begin, Rohlan slipped out to "change" into his new suit, only to help Zayne rescue Jarael. He gave Zayne his new armor as a disguise in his plan. As a battle breaks out, Rohlan helped fire on Adasca's droids and his own comrades. Luckily for him, Mandalore had no time to deal with him as he and the rest of the Mandalorians headed back to his shuttle. After Adasca's death, Camper sacrificed himself to bring the exogorths back into wild space. Rohlan promised to look after Jarael for him as long as he was alive. Within a few moments, the Moomo Williwaw boarded the collapsing Legacy. Rohlan, along with the others, got on board and flew to Taris where Cassus Fett, Mandalore's second-in-command, was taking control.

As the Williwaw arrived on Taris, no one was yet notified of Rohlan's betrayal at Omonoth. Rohlan was piloting the shuttle and kept his "friends" busy while Zayne headed to the Lower City. But because other Mandalorians told him to go to the northern pole in orbit, Rohlan had no choice but to wait for Zayne. In the meantime, he teaches Jarael how to fight, having her spar with Alek. When he noticed that Alek was intending to pursue a relationship with Jarael, Rohlan only watched.

Helping Zayne
Rohlan, Jarael, the Moomo Brothers, Alek, and Slyssk helped Shel Jelavan deliver Constable Noana Sowrs' children to their father on Alderaan. They then came to Jebble to save Zayne and Gryph from rakghouls. After escaping, Rohlan pledged his help to Zayne to expose the Jedi Covenant.

When the Williwaw headed to Coruscant to present Sith artifacts to the Jedi High Council, the Republic had set up a blockade around the entire planet. Rohlan tried to persuade Zayne and, after failing, Jarael to turn around, because he knew he was not welcome. Jarael snapped at him to hide in a Camper special if he wasn't going to help. It is presumed that this was where he was when Jarael was captured by Admiral Karath when the Williwaw landed in a Republic ship's hangar.

Later, after the events of Vindication, Zayne and Gryph's names were cleared, the Republic and Jedi covered the events as a Mandalorian terror attack and the Moomo were paid very well for "bringing in" Zayne and Gryph. Rohlan was hiding in a room in a spaceport, not even willing to take off his armor. Jarael decides to join him in finding the reason behind the war.

In the company of criminals
To gain some credits, Gryph, Jarael and Rohlan decided to scam off the auction being held on Metellos 3. However, Rohlan refused to take off his helmet and instead wore another helmet over his. When he and Jarael were captured by Mongorrt, he convinced Jarael to use her latent Force-powers to set them free. Later, aboard Chancellor Fillorean he used his field medicine skills to save Slyssk's life and declared that if Zayne Carrick is not able to protect Jarael, then he will. When the crew prepared to ran the next con on Jervo's world above Pantolomin, he made a mistake of leaving Hot Prospect and was detained by local security forces. Marn Hierogryph convinced them to let him free by introducing him as a duelist, and so Rohlan was forced to participate in swoop-bike duels.

Behind the scenes
According to John Jackson Miller, the name Rohlan "is partially inspired by the similarly sounding name of another warrior, the paladin of Charlemagne."

It has been suspected by many fans that the stowaway Rohlan is actually Demagol in disguise. While this remains unconfirmed, many fans have pointed out several inconsistencies in Rohlan's behavior in issue 14 that seem to imply this, as well as Rohlan saying to Zayne, "The gambit has failed, Human!" in Turnabout, to which Zayne replied that Rohlan was not acting like he had at Flashpoint, and seemed to be backing out of a fight. Further, Zayne told Elbee that Rohlan seemed to now be cold, instead of just gruff, and "even fights differently".

Rohlan was featured in a Penny Arcade strip along with a GE3-series protocol droid and Darth Nihilus.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 6: Commencement, Part 6
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 7: Flashpoint, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 14: Days of Fear, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Nights of Anger
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Daze of Hate
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 22: Knights of Suffering, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 23: Knights of Suffering, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 28: Vector, Part 4
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1
 * 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 35: Vindication, Part 4
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Prophet Motive
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 38: Faithful Execution
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 39: Dueling Ambitions, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 40: Dueling Ambitions, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 42: Masks
 * Star Wars Miniatures: Knights of the Old Republic ad

Notes and references
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