Dar'Nala

"You betrayed every principle the Jedi Order pretends to stand for."

- Baras

Dar'Nala was a Togruta female that served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Master during the Great Galactic War against the resurgent Sith Empire. During the war, the Human Satele Shan served Dar'Nala as her Padawan until she reached Knighthood during the latter stages of the conflict. Dar'Nala and Shan continued to serve side-by-side, and were selected to represent the Jedi Order in a peace conference on Alderaan in 3,653 BBY. The conference, which was orchestrated by the Sith, was in truth a method of distraction to pull Republic forces away from the Empire's true goal&mdash;the Republic's capital of Coruscant.

Following the Empire's crippling attack on Coruscant, the Republic and Jedi delegates on Alderaan were forced to accept the Imperial-authored peace treaty, the Treaty of Coruscant. Dar'Nala and Shan were both heavily opposed to signing the document, but acquiesced on the suggestion of Jedi Grand Master Zym. Dar'Nala, however, secretly began to conspire with other individuals within the Republic to dismantle the tentative peace and reignite the war with the Sith Empire. To that end, the Togruta Jedi manipulated Republic and Sith forces to openly combat one another, and faked her own death in order to be able to operate in anonymity for a period of time.

Dar'Nala's ultimate plan was to assassinate the Sith Lord who had drafted the treaty, Lord Baras. Alongside co-conspirators, Harron Tavus, Fortris Gall, and Dalborra, Dar'Nala attacked Baras and his allies in the legendary Crystal Cave on Dantooine, but was interrupted by Satele Shan, who had followed Tavus to the planet. In order to punish her for remaining loyal to the treaty mandates, Dar'Nala attempted to kill Tavus, but was instead attacked and killed by the Gall and the Wookiee Dalborra, who finally saw the crazed obsession with which she pursued her goals.

The Great Galactic War
"I can feel your tension, Satele. You must learn patience if you are to become a Jedi Master."

- Dar'Nala

Dar'Nala was a female Togruta alive during the Inter-Sith Wars Period. At some point in her life, she was identified as Force-sensitive and taken into the Jedi Order. She eventually attained the rank of Jedi Master and took the Human female Satele Shan as her apprentice. Shan was the direct descendant of the legendary Jedi Knight Bastila Shan, and Dar'Nala believed she had gifts similar to that of her ancestor. Shan achieved the Knighthood during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the revitalized Sith Empire, but the two continued to work closely throughout the remainder of the conflict.

Peace negotiations on Alderaan
"By holding Coruscant hostage, we ensure you Jedi don't paralyze the process with deliberations. You will agree to our terms.''" "''You're insane Sith! We will agree to nothing!"

- Lord Baras and Dar'Nala

The Great War dragged on for almost thirty years and devastated the Republic. With a crippled economy and a gradually shrinking territory, the Galactic Senate was desperate for a reprieve, which the Sith offered in the form of peace deliberations on the Core World of Alderaan. The Senate accepted the offer and Dar'Nala and Shan were selected to represent the Jedi Order during the talks. The two were to accompany the Republic's delegation, led by Cerean Senator Paran Am-Ris, to the planet in order to convey the Order's concerns over a possible truce with the Empire. Unknown to Shan and Am-Ris, Dar'Nala had begun plans to derail any sort of peace resolution that the meeting may yield, as she had developed a deep-seeded hatred of the Sith over the course of the war.

After the Republic delegation arrived on Alderaan, Dar'Nala and Shan met in the conference room where the deliberations were to take place. The Jedi Master could sense the unrest within her former Padawan and reminded Shan that in order to become a Master, she would need to relax her mind and learn patience. Shan agreed, but confided in her Master that she simply couldn't ignore her sense that the Jedi Council was unaware of some ulterior motive that had pushed the Sith to propose peace. As they talked, the Sith Lord Baras and his Imperial delegation arrived and the two parties began their deliberations. The talks were interrupted shortly after by an urgent holotransmission for Senator Am-Ris from the Republic's capital of Coruscant. The transmission was from the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, who frantically told Am-Ris to break off the talks, as the Sith had invaded Coruscant and were laying waste to the planet. Dar'Nala and the rest of the Republic delegation watched in horror as the Supreme Chancellor was killed by the Sith Lord leading the assault.

Shan immediately attacked Lord Baras in demand of answers for the attack on Coruscant. The Sith explained that by holding the Republic's capital hostage, the negotiations on Alderaan could proceed as the Empire wished without the Jedi stalling the process with deliberations. Dar'Nala claimed that the Republic delegation would never accept the Empire's demands, but was calmed by Senator Am-Ris. Dar'Nala called off Shan and the Republic delegation retreated to discuss the turn of events. As they were unable to establish contact any authority on Coruscant, Dar'Nala and Am-Ris instead met with Jedi Grand Master Zym later that night via hologram. Zym, who was off the capital at the time, agreed with Senator Am-Ris that without any word from Coruscant, they could not be certain of the damage the Sith had inflicted nor the extent of control they had exerted over the world. It was decided that the Republic delegation would agree to the demands of the Sith Empire and that Master Dar'Nala would request that Satele Shan apologize to Lord Baras for her violent outburst earlier that day.

The two parties later returned to negotiations, where Lord Baras presented Senator Am-Ris with the Treaty of Coruscant&mdash;an edict for peace between the Republic and Empire that was heavily biased towards the Sith. With no other choice, the Republic delegation signed the treaty, ending the war and effectively naming the Sith as the clear victors.

Putting the pieces in place
"There's no reasonable explanation for this Satele, Master Zym is sending us to the Outer Rim just to keep us out of the way.''" "And you say I need to learn patience?" "''That was before anyone agreed to this preposterous peace treaty."

- Dar'Nala and Satele Shan

As control of Coruscant was handed back to the Republic, the Senate and Jedi Order went about the business of ensuring that their government was in full compliance with the terms of the treaty. Meanwhile, Dar'Nala put into motion a plan to dismantle the fragile peace established by the treaty, establishing a network of individuals within the Republic Military and Jedi Order who still wished to see the Republic combat the domination of the Sith. As she made these preparations, she and Shan were assigned by Master Zym to tour the Outer Rim Territories aboard the Republic transport ship Envoy and monitor the withdrawal of Republic troops from the front lines of conflict. The two Jedi were accompanied on their mission by the protocol droid SP-99, who had been designed and programmed by the Sith Empire to monitor the activities of Republic agents and ensure their adherence to the bylaws of the Treaty of Coruscant.

Before making its hyperspace jump to the Outer Rim, they Envoy toured the Kuat sector in the Core Worlds. During the tour, Dar'Nala and Shan conferred about recent events in Shan's quarters aboard the vessel. Dar'Nala was infuriated by their mission and believed it was Master Zym's attempt at keeping the two of them away from the business of managing the response to the treaty. Shan, who was much more at ease with the situation, attempted to calm her Master, but was interrupted when Dar'Nala sensed a presence outside the quarters. The Jedi Master ignited her lightsaber and lunged out the door, only to find SP-99, who had been listening in on their conversation. Both the droid and Shan reminded her that it was simply his programming to monitor them, but Dar'Nala was angered nonetheless. She elected not to destroy the droid, as it would be a blatant violation of the terms of the treaty, but instead left Shan until the two of them could find a more private moment to talk.

Dar'Nala spent the rest of the journey on the transport's bridge. While still traveling through the Kuat sector, the Envoy encountered an Imperial Oppressor Battle Cruiser under the command of Captain Sivill of the Sith Navy. Hoping to frame it as an act of Imperial aggression against the Republic, Dar'Nala ordered the Envoy to fire on the cruiser. Sivill responded by exchanging fire and leading a boarding team onto the Republic transport. Dar'Nala met the team on the Envoy bridge and feigned resistance to capture by Captain Sivill. In reality, the Jedi Master planned to be taken hostage so that she could gain access to the Sith cruiser and so that Shan might escape to tell the Republic about the Empire's "attack." After Dar'Nala was trapped within an electrified net, Shan entered the bridge, but quickly fled on her Master's command to inform the Jedi Council of the Sith's violation of the Treaty.

Captive of the Sith




Taken captive, she was imprisoned in the detention center of an Imperial transport. During her interrogation by Captain Sivill, she was subject to electric shock treatment in an attempt to force her to admit that the Envoy fired on the Sith warship first. Dar'Nala refused to comply, and Sivill left, saying he would give her one last chance when he came back.

Another prisoner named Braden asked why she didn't just give Sivill what he wanted, which she replied by saying it wasn't the truth. She also said that if the Sith simply killed her for failure to cooperate, he would be the only one who knew the truth. Braden said he couldn't escape, but Dar'Nala, who was too weak to escape herself, promised to help him if he told Zym and Satele what had happened. Braden agreed, and successfully escaped after assuring her he would deliver her message once he made a quick stop.

Sivill was furious that Dar'Nala had helped Braden escape. He told her the punishment was death, and that he would have killed her anyway since she refused to cooperate with him. Sivill assigned Wookiee soldier Dalborra to carry out the execution, which he supposedly did by electrocuting her. However, as it turned out, Dalborra was really under Dar'Nala's influence, so he faked her death.



Return on Dantooine
Later, she reappeared on Dantooine, having survived to the tortures of the Sith, but bearing terrible scars. She worked with Fortris Gall in order to neutralize the effect of the treaty, while blaming it on Baras. Later, she and her allies attacked Baras, Angral and several Sith troopers in the Crystal Cave. Satele showed up and found her former master alive. As Dar'Nala dueled Baras, the Sith Lord revealed that it had been her who orchestrated the attacks to end the treaty.

Baras used the situation to try to persuade Satele over to the dark side. While Satele refused to submit to the Sith, she also advised Tavus, who was about to kill a wounded Angral, not to do so since they would be playing right into the Sith's hands. Dar'Nala was furious with both Satele and Tavus, and, completely giving into the dark side, decided to kill Tavus (whom she knew Satele had feelings for) to punish her former apprentice. When Gall, who couldn't believe what Dar'Nala was doing, stopped her, she knocked him to the ground and ordered Dalborra to finish the Jedi. However, the Wookiee mercenary responded by punching the Jedi Master, killing her.

Personality and traits
Dar'Nala was very close to her old apprentice, Satele Shan. When the Council told her to tell Shan to apologise to the Sith she could not bring herself to do so. She was a violent Jedi and, despite having calmed Satele, raised her saber against the Sith in anger. Over the course of the war, Dar'Nala developed a deep-seeded hatred for the Sith and mistrusted their intentions.

Powers and abilities
Being a Togruta, a spiecies that could sense the space around them with the use of their Montrals, Dar'Nala sensed the Sith droid SP-99 listening to her and Satele Shan. She was unable to avoid the net the Sith used to capture her, despite her Togrutan trait.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 2: New Galactic Order
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 3: Uncertain Surrender

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