Welk

Welk was a former member of the Shadow Academy. He became the apprentice of Tamith Kai after the death of Vilas, then became the apprentice of Lomi Plo after Kai's death. Both Welk and Lomi Plo were captured by the Yuuzhan Vong during the raid on Dathomir and confined to the worldship Baanu Raas. They were rescued by the Myrkr strike team during their quest to kill the voxyn queen, and repaid them by stealing their ship with a barely conscious Raynar Thul still aboard. Welk was horribly mutilated when the ship crashed on a planet in the Unknown Regions. After being saved by Raynar, the Gorog nest of Killiks took Welk and Lomi in, and they absorbed the two into their colony. Welk had the arm he lost in the crash replaced with the arm of a Killik and severe burn scars over his body. Somewhere between 27 ABY and 35 ABY he constructed a new lightsaber, which was bright red. In 35 ABY, Welk battled and nearly killed Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne in a fierce lightsaber duel. Sebatyne was able to escape, severing most of Welk's arm in the process; when he was next sighted he had received another Killik arm.

Welk, along with an invisible Lomi Plo, confronted Luke Skywalker during the raid on Kr's Gorog hive. Strong as he was, Welk was no match for the Jedi Master, only gaining an advantage when Lomi drained the power from Luke's lightsaber. Skywalker, however, was able to seize Welk's own saber and stab him in the stomach, tearing it out through the Dark Jedi's side. Welk died almost instantly. His dead body was presented to UnuThul in an attempt to reveal the existence of the Dark Nest to the Colony. Alema Rar would later claim that Welk was BedaGorog, the Gorog Night Herald, and a woman.

Appearances

 * Star by Star
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen