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Vondar, Jos

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this Corellian man was a surgeon who served the Grand Army of the Republic during the height of the Clone Wars. He had hoped to make a name for himself by working on a planet at the forefront of the fighting, but found himself stationed at the Rimsoo Seven military hospital on Drongar instead. Raised in a small farming town, Jos was the son of a family doctor who earned a decent living keeping the community healthy. His family was strictly Ensterite, formed from the Vondar and Kerso clans. The healing arts were in his blood, as many of his aunts and uncles were also doctors or surgeons. Jos left home at twenty to train on the planet Coruscant, but never forgot his roots, and remained loyal to the beliefs of his family and neighbors. By the time he was stationed on Drongar, Vondar had attained the rank of Captain, and was named Chief Surgeon in charge of the rest of the medical corps at Rimsoo Seven, reporting to Colonel D'Arc Vaetes. He was considered pragmatic by his peers, believing in only those things he could see and touch. For this reason, Jos didn't have any belief in the existence of the Force until he met Barriss Offee, who was stationed at Rimsoo Seven some two years after the Battle of Geonosis. He managed to remain relatively sane on Drongar by using sarcasm and wisecracks to hide his true feelings, although he often found refuge in the music of his roommate, Zan Yant. Many of his innate beliefs were challenged during his tenure at Rimsoo Seven, including the theory that droids and clone troopers were essentially the same thing: drones that were identical, and created to serve the needs of higher species. His contacts with trooper CT-914 and the droid I-5YQ shook him up, as both individuals were just as "human" as he was. Additionally, he found himself physically and emotionally attracted to Tolk le Trene, even though he knew any relationship they could have would go against his Ensterite background. With his emotions and beliefs in turmoil, Jos was unprepared for a Separatist attack on Rimsoo Seven itself. CT-914 died in a preliminary skirmish, and Zan Yant was killed during their evacuation. He refused to grieve, feeling that holding onto the pain allowed him to remember how alive his friends were. Once Rimsoo Seven was relocated, however, he allowed himself to admit that Tolk's proposal of a non-committal relationship was a worthy compromise. Before he knew it, however, he had fallen in love with her. He also found a new friendship with his new bunkmate, the youthful Kornell Divini. As fate would have it, Jos' exiled uncle, Erel Kersos, was appointed to replace Tarnese Bleyd, and Kersos tried to explain his loneliness to Jos. Although Uncle Erel had married an ekster woman, she had died shortly afterward, and he was left without any kind of family. Jos, however, understood what his love for Tolk would meet, and decided to marry her. It was at this time that Uncle Erel had a series of meetings with Tolk, and nearly talked her out of any formal relationship with Jos. Tolk put some distance between them, and Jos fell into a deep depression. He even considered suicide, but eventually worked up the nerve to tell Tolk exactly how he felt. She had been waiting to have him demonstrate his love, and gladly accepted it when he offered. As this was going on, Jos also learned from Barris Offee that the traitor in their midst was actually Klo Merit. Jos immediately blamed Merit for the death of Zan Yant, and confronted the Equani. Merit admitted his role, and tried to flee. Jos fired his blaster at the Equani, killing him instantly. Although he regretted the taking of a life, Jos realized that he had eliminated a threat to the Republic.