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Ventor, Halagad

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a native of Alderaan, Halagad was trained to be a Jedi Knight during the last years of the Old Republic. Halagad was trained by Everen Ettene, and it was known that he started his schooling in the Jedi arts at a late age. Ventor and Ettene were part of the team of Jedi who were believed lost when they were dispatched to resolve the growing conflict between the Virgillian Free Alignment and the Virgillian Aristocracy. Their transport was destroyed upon arrival, and it was feared that the four Jedi were killed. Halagad managed to survive the mission, however. He later served under Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars, and was a distinguished warrior. Shortly after the start of Emperor Palpatine's rule of the galaxy, Ventor was captured by Darth Vader and brutally interrogated. All the information Halagad knew of the Jedi was stripped from him mind, and the Jedi Purge was virtually a complete success. Halagad, traumatized by the interrogation and the death of the Jedi, fled to Trinta. There, he succombed to the Dark Side nexus that was located on the planet, and gave himself over to the energies of the Dark Side of the Force. He was discovered nearly two decades later by a group of Alliance field agents who crashed on the planet, and their bravery and trust in the Light Side of the Force eventually brought Halagad out of his despair. Upon learning of the survival of Kenobi and the appearance of Luke Skywalker, Halagad fought against the Dark Side and defeated it, but died shortly afterward. His body disintgrated, and he became one with the Force.