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this tall humanoid was a Dark Jedi who roamed the galaxy during the years leading up to the Battle of Naboo. Lycan was distinguished by his canine face, a toothy maw, and the thick barbels that hung from the corners of his mouth. Lycan's skin was an unusual shade of gray, which seemed to darken in color depending on the light. The thumb and forefinger on each of his hands was tipped with a long claw. Shortly after the Battle of Naboo, Lycan was captured by a Jedi Knight and was being transported to Coruscant for imprisonment. He managed to escape during the trip and attacked the Jedi, causing their ship to crash on a sparsely-settled world. Lycan escaped the burning ship and discovered a homestead, where he was confronted by a young boy known as Neas Nyl. The young boy defended his home bravely, as his father Darca was out investigating the crash. Neas managed to get off a single shot with his father's blaster, catching Lycan in the left temple and causing irreparable damage to his left eye and part of his brain. In his anger at being shot, Lycan killed the young boy and fled the planet. He roamed the galaxy for several weeks, but the wounds he suffered caused him many problems. In addition to a strange inability to remain sane, Lycan also found that he couldn't control the Force, and often lashed out in anger whenever he was confronted. This often resulted in death and destruction to his immediate environment, although Lycan remembered little of his role in them. Lycan found himself being pursued across the Outer Rim Territories by Darca Nyl, but knew through the Force that he was also pursing Darca Nyl, because the Force told Lycan that Nyl to a remote world called Molavar. In a cave on Molavar, Lycan realized that he had forgotten who he was, and when Darca provided his name, Lycan felt the missing pieces of his mind slip back into place. He believed that he was now free to do as he wished, and taunted Darca with claims that he was now Lycan's "father," as Lycan himself was reborn. However, in his haste to kill Darca, Lycan failed to realize that the cave in which they confronted each other had been mined by Darca earlier. As Lycan gloated, Darca set off the charges, trapping Lycan beneath tons of rubble and ending his reign of terror.