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| - Raian Keldabe was a Force-sensitive Human male from Mandalore who was briefly trained as a Jedi, but upon his master's demise on the planet of Corellia, he left the Order and became a Senator's aide for his homeworld. At the start of the Clone Wars, he resigned from the Senate and fought alongside the Galactic Republic and the Jedi, whom he had left, to fight the increasing threat of the Separatists. During the war he became a well-known general, on par with some of the Jedi Masters he fought alongside. When Palpatine seized control and executed Order 66, Raian was hunted down by Darth Vader and the Clone troopers due to his mastery of the Force. He managed to elude Vader and the Empire and go into hiding on the planet of Manaan. It was there that he first encountered operatives of the Syn
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| - Raian Keldabe was a Force-sensitive Human male from Mandalore who was briefly trained as a Jedi, but upon his master's demise on the planet of Corellia, he left the Order and became a Senator's aide for his homeworld. At the start of the Clone Wars, he resigned from the Senate and fought alongside the Galactic Republic and the Jedi, whom he had left, to fight the increasing threat of the Separatists. During the war he became a well-known general, on par with some of the Jedi Masters he fought alongside. When Palpatine seized control and executed Order 66, Raian was hunted down by Darth Vader and the Clone troopers due to his mastery of the Force. He managed to elude Vader and the Empire and go into hiding on the planet of Manaan. It was there that he first encountered operatives of the Syndicate, a crime organization that was seeking Force-sensitives and knowledge about the Force in order to gain control of the new Empire. He was recruited by the Syndicate and, as the organization's first Force-sensitive operative, tasked with recruiting other Force-sensitives (both former Jedi and Dark Jedi alike) as well as hunt down and kill Darth Vader. During his time in the Syndicate, he became known galaxy-wide as "the Black Reaper" for his skills in assassination, bounty hunting, and use of the Force. On top of his missions for the organization, he gained an interest in learning early Jedi and Sith history; such as the Jedi Civil War. He began to gather information on powerful Sith such as Darth Revan and great Jedi Knights, such as the Jedi Exile. He also began to delve into knowledge of Force powers with the ultimate goal of trying to become a Force-user who could use both light side powers and dark side powers without becoming tainted by the dark side's evil qualities. 19 years after the end of the Clone Wars, the Empire encountered the Rebel Alliance. The Syndicate immediately became interested in this emerging rebellion faction and gave Raian a new task. On top of killing Darth Vader, Raian would met with Leia Organa of the Rebellion to express the Syndicate's interest in supplying the Rebellion with weapons and ships to combat the Empire. Organa, however, declined to meet with him, claiming that the Rebellion would not accept help from criminals. The Syndicate then decided that it would show the Rebellion it's worth while flexing its muscles to the Empire. To do this, Raian was tasked with hijacking the Empire's new Star Destroyer, the Exodus, and using it and its ships to sabotage a well known Imperial Military Academy on Taris. Raian succeeded in hijacking the ship, however, his plans were put on hold when Vader's fleet stopped them from leaving the system. Vader boarded the Exodus and Raian dueled with him for a second time. In a duel that came down to the two's mastery of the Force, Raian held his own against Vader, but was scarred when Vader managed to re-activate his lightsaber and slash Raian across the cheek. In a demonstration of Force lightning that highlighted his strength in the force, Raian forced Vader back and managed to get to an escape pod; using it to get back to the Syndicate's small fleet hiding on the opposite end of the system. Though Raian was not present at the Battle of Endor, he silently applauded the Rebel victory against the Empire when word reaches the Syndicate. Sometime after the Galactic Civil War comes to an end, he leaves the Syndicate behind and, for awhile, drifted from planet to planet, doing whatever thrilled him. Finally, in 22 ABY, Raian comes to terms with his Jedi past and returned to the Order; Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order that is. Raian's mastery of the Force and knowledge of lightsaber skills earned him an almost instant advancement to the title of Master. He served on the New Jedi Council and in 25 ABY, he joined the rest of the new Order along with the New Republic in fighting in the Yuuzhan Vong War. During the war, he was exposed to a rare Yuuzhan Vong disease that slowly began to kill him. He died in 30 ABY, shortly after the new Jedi Temple was completed on Coruscant, as one of the greatest Force-users and Jedi to have lived.
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