Raen Benax knelt in the center of the Jedi Council chambers on Dantooine. His arms and legs were locked together with binder cuffs for the protection of the Jedi in the room. Before him, at the farther end of the chambers, sat the four Jedi Masters of the Dantooinian Council. They had assembled together to determine his fate after murdering the Jedi Master Tor’chal. Gaiel and several Jedi guardsmen were situated behind Raen, intent on restraining him should he try to resist. The Alderaanian had no intention of causing trouble; the Jedi had taken him in–though not in a way he had planned–and he could finally share his story with Force-sensitives who could help him.