Valek Kotonn was a Gen'Dai Jedi Master during the time of the Old Republic. Valek was Padawan to the redeemed Iron Knight, Amara, who taught her vast amounts of knowledge about the history of the Force and the Galaxy. Valek would later become one of the leading scholars on Amara's significant history, and a valuable source for many Jedi with regards to more ancient styles, rituals and techniques of the Force. She was primarily a Jedi scholar and recorded a number of holocrons that would reside in the Jedi Library, but also relatively skilled at lightsaber combat, having mastered her Master's own form, Sapendo. Valek was eventually turned to the dark side during the Fourth Great Schism whilst attempting to master Juyo and went on to participate in the New Sith Wars as a member of the Brothe