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Shelvay, Corwin

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this young human was full of good intentions, but he was quick to anger. He was taken as an apprentice to the Jedi Knight Darrin Arkanian, who tried to teach Corwin of the Force. Corwin was a quick student, but felt that his powers should be used directly against the Empire. Arkanian tried to get Corwin to control his emotions at every turn. Together, they traversed the galaxy, staying one step ahead of the authorities while searching for surviving Jedi Knights. During one mission, Corwin was captured and brought to Coruscant. There, High Inquisitor Tremayne tortured him in an attempt to reveal Arkanian's whereabouts. Corwin resisted until Arkanian attempted to rescue him. In a battle with Tremayne, Arkanian was cut down, and Corwin became enraged. He leapt after Tremayne and lashed out, severing Tremayne's arm and damaging his face with a lightsaber. Corwin and Arkanian fled, but Arkanian died a few days later. Corwin realized that, in the battle with Tremayne, he had touched the Dark Side of the Force. In a vision some time later, Corwin saw himself as Tremayne's twin, and this shocked him back to the Light Side. Corwin then tried to return to his home, only to find that the Empire had killed his family ten years earlier. What he didn't know is that they had spared the life of his sister, Elena. Corwin, cut loose from all the ties that mattered to him, roamed the Outer Rim until he met Devon Fuller. Fuller's hatred for the Empire touched Corwin's anti-Imperial feelings, and drove Corwin to join the Alliance. Thus, he became an invaluable operative and recruiter in the Outer Rim. Corwin later led a mission - commanding Kyle Katarn, Shira Brie, and Erling Tredway - that was dispatched to disable the superlaser of the second Death Star, while it was en route at D'rinba IV.