ARAPHAS
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Information
Name: Araphas Serah-Zaszu (ar-uh-fuss sear-ah-zah-soo)
Profession: Jedi Knight
Species: Sith (humanoid species)
Subspecies: Kissai (Priest Caste)
Age: 32 (as of 19 B.B.Y)
Gender: Male
Height: 5’12”
Weight: 110 lbs
Possessions
Equipment:
Jedi robes - consists of a black coloured under-tunic, dark-brown coloured over-tunics, a sepia coloured hooded robe, Jedi utility belt, black trousers and brown synthleather boots.
Fringer’s clothes – consists of a black fabric bodysuit, brown synthleather jumpsuit, bracers and boots, and an indigo, hooded Armorweave cloak.
Jedi utility belt – contains a three-day supply of food capsules, medpack, toolkit, spare power pack, spare energy cell, glowrod, Aquata breather, Jedi comlink, personal datapad and 600 republican credits.
Jedi comlink – capable of secure (pre Imperial), high transmission Holonet signal.
Personal datapad w/journal - incorporates voice-synthesiser and standard Republican translator.
Weapons:
Araphas’ Lightsaber – Constructed by Araphas as part of his training. Hilt fashioned from Agrinium, and is atypically lengthy. Fitted with Mephite generator crystal, and Nextor and Jenruax focusing crystals. Contains internal, force triggered activation switch. Produces an intense, volatile yellow energy blade. Shorts out underwater. Later modified to be dual-phase.
Delphi Kyssan’s Lightsaber – Taken by Araphas as a keepsake after Delphi’s death. Hilt fashioned from durasteel. Fitted with Mephite generator crystal, and Opila and Velmorite focusing crystals. Produces a thin, focused blue energy blade. Shorts out underwater. Araphas does not wield this blade, either singularly or in conjunction with his own. He keeps it for sentimental reasons.
Vehicles:
Aratech BARC (Biker Advanced Recon Commando) Speeder – Facilitated during the Clone Wars, fell out of use thereafter.
Abilities
Inherent Traits: Force Sensitive, heightened vision, long-lived, natural claws.
Acquired Traits: Force Adept, lightsaber combat, melee combat, unarmed combat, acrobatics, survival skills, diplomatic skills, rudimentary mechanical and technical skills.
Lightsaber Forms: Advanced knowledge of Form I (Shii-Cho), basic knowledge of Form II (Makashi), basic knowledge of Form III (Soresu), advanced knowledge of Form IV (Ataru), basic knowledge of Sokan (Pre-Ruusan Ataru Variant).
Force Powers: Accelerate Healing, Concentration, Contort/Escape, Control Pain, Enhance Abilities, Force of Will, Hibernation Trance, Reduce Injury, Remove Fatigue, Combat Sense, Danger Sense, Life Detection, Life Sense, Magnify Senses, Receptive Telepathy, Sense Force, Injure/Kill, Telekinesis, Lightsaber Combat, Projective Telepathy, Control Other’s Pain, Inflict Pain, Dim Other’s Senses, Affect Mind, Drain Life Energy.
Description
Appearance: Araphas is a slim humanoid of average stature and athletic build. He has leathery red skin, clawed extremities, and a mane of spindly, quill-like hair. His eyes are glossy black and shielded by transparent scales which give him excellent vision. His voice is soft and clear, and his expression is usually open and friendly, if a little tentative.
Araphas was raised from infancy by the Jedi Order, and as such has very little in common with his species other then physical characteristics. Being unable to cut his sensitive hair quills without pain and blood-loss, he tends to plait and tie his hair back as opposed to trimming it. He tends to dress in the traditional robes of the Jedi Order, although he has an inclination for sombre colours. Outside of the Order, he dons practical travelling clothes and an armorweave cloak.
Personality: Araphas is diligent, outgoing, ever-vigilant and a loyal friend. He is always willing to put the needs of others before his own, and strives to better himself, both as an individual, and as a Jedi. He possesses a keen intellect and sharp perception, a combination which gives him significant intuitive skills. This allows him a great deal of insight into the thoughts and actions of others - an invaluable asset for a Jedi. He is also impressively acrobatic, with a body naturally suited to the athletic demands of the Jedi lifestyle. He spends a great deal of his time either meditating, studying or exercising. Above all, he works to overcome his impulsive nature - with varying degrees of success.
Araphas could be described as a Jedi of interminable calmness, who can remain sensible and rational even when there is no time to think his decisions through. He never overreacts, responding with certainty as the situation requires. When he decides to do something, you can be sure he’s already assessed the situation and calculated the risks, wasting no time in doing this. To his fault, he can come off as more then a little pragmatic and self-conscious. While his martial prowess and investigative talents can only be considered an edge in his duties, Araphas’ communication skills leave more to be desired. He has always had difficulty in dealing with people, having felt like an outsider for all his life. This is a rather awkward character flaw for Araphas when one considers the diplomatic approach of the Jedi Order.
His peculiar level of self-discipline is the result of the intense mental and spiritual conditioning he has received since infancy. To ensure that he would not succumb to the darkness inherent in his species, Araphas has undergone extensive training in focus, temperance and restraint to a far greater degree then any Jedi would typically have to. Loss of control has always been his greatest fear, leading him to be overly critical of how his feelings might bear on his decisions. This might make him seem rather humourless and pessimistic, but he makes up for it with reliability and selflessness.
Under threat, Araphas will always try to find an alternative resolution to combat, but should no such solution present itself he will not hesitate to strike fast and hard. Because of his usually even-handed nature, his fellow Jedi are often surprised to see him dispatch an underestimating opponent with disturbing efficiency.
Background
Quote: “There is no emotion, there is peace. No emotion, only peace. The Dark Side is always surmountable.”
Homeworld: Unknown (raised on Teya IV, native to Ziost).
Affiliations: Galactic Republic, Jedi Order.
Relations: Bas Graethu (master, deceased), Yoda (mentor), An’ya Kuro (mentor), Phreya Rheise (associate), Zeldo Onaar (associate), Delphi Kyssan (associate, deceased), Ori Creye (associate), Sezam Davee (associate).
Languages: Basic, Huttese, Rodese, Ryl, Jawa Trade.
History: Araphas was discovered in the year 949 ABR (51 BBY), likely born in the same year to unknown parents. The particulars of his genealogy, and the circumstances of his discovery by the Order remains surrounded by mystery to the present day.
DISCOVERY
Jedi Master Bas Graethu would often walk the courtyards and closed gardens of the Teyan Jedi Praxeum by night. It was during one of these meanderings that the Twi’lek noticed an unusual ripple in the Force. Master Graethu tracked this disturbance into the wilderness outside the Praxeum, where he caught sight of a shadowy figure standing against the twilit horizon. As Graethu approached, the figure darted elusively out of sight. Without hesitation, he gave chase. He managed to pursue the figure for quite some distance until he was distracted by a most curious noise; the quiet sobbing of an infant. He abandoned the trail to follow these cries, and happened upon an ancient ruined temple, a remnant of the Old Sith Empire which had dominated the planet in the distant past. Within the entrance of the temple, wrapped in black cloth and seemingly abandoned on an altar was a baby boy. Graethu quickly ascertained that the ripple in the Force was being caused by this infant, and spirited it away to the Praxeum. Later searches of the area did not provide any clues to the identity or whereabouts of the mysterious figure.
A number of complications presented themselves when the child was presented before the Teya Jedi Council. He wrapped not in a cloth, but a tattered black robe, of the sort a dark Force adept might wear. Around the infant’s neck was a peculiar amulet, wrought from an unidentifiable dark metal. The name Araphas Serah-Zaszu was imprinted on the amulet in an archaic Jedi dialect, dating back to before the Great Hyperspace War. Also discovered within the folds of the black robe was an ancient, intricately designed war blade. The cryptic markings on the hilt bore similarly vague inscriptions as were on the necklace, though they were of an older, untranslatable dialect.
Though these mysteries were disquieting, they were nothing compared to the shock engendered by the child itself. While humanoid, the Masters were quick to notice his rather unusual physical traits, which included leathery red skin, fleshy spines instead of hair, clawed extremities and glassy black eyes. Moreover, they could feel the force pulsing and eddying within the child in a way they’d never encountered before, confirming the source of the strange disturbance which led to Master Graethu’s discovery. That the child was discovered on a world that was once part of the Sith Empire seemed an unlikely coincidence. He could only be a descendant of the True Sith.
The masters were unsettled by these implications, and a great debate arose concerning how this could be. Though some remnants of their culture had survived in the teachings of the dark religion which they had conceived, the True Sith were long believed to be extinct, purged in an act of righteous genocide by the Jedi of Old. Yet the discovery of this child seemed to indicate that some Sith might have survived the scouring of their Throneworld Ziost and their Graveworld Korriban, escaping in secret to other systems. While many concluded that the child should be destroyed in concordance with the actions of the ancient Jedi, Master Graethu remained unconvinced. He agreed that his discovery of the boy was no coincidence, but he also asserted that child’s Force Sensitivity must be taken into consideration. The child should be allowed to live to fulfil whatever destiny the Force intended for him. Other Masters voiced their disapproval, pointing to the history of the Sith, warning that the taint of the Dark Side would come too easily to this boy. Allowing him to survive might be dangerous, and arming him with the Force might be disastrous. Master Graethu however, reminded his peers of the Jedi Code, created in lieu of the mistakes of the past. Jedi must never kill unless absolutely necessary and may not take life from the defenceless, regardless of their potential threat. By killing a Sith that might one day become a Jedi; they would effectively be cheating the Force. The possibility that he might succumb to darkness was concerning, but possibilities were irrelevant where the Force was concerned.
The council was humbled by the Twi’lek master’s bold ideologies and his blind faith in the Force. They could not argue that the boy’s Force affinity seemed strong, for good or for evil. Ultimately headmaster Tannis, who shared Master Graethu’s respect for all life, proclaimed that the boy would be taken in and nurtured by the Praxeum. There he would be trained as a Jedi, so long as Master Graethu kept a constant vigil. With these precautions, they could make sure that the boy was raised under the influence of the Light. Graethu agreed to watch over him. The young Sith, who came to be known as Araphas, grew up within the cloistered walls of the Praxeum.
CHILDHOOD
During these early years he underwent fundamental training as a Jedi Initiate in the clan of the wolf. He spent his childhood studying the ways of the Force under the watchful eye of Master Bas Graethu, who became like a father figure to the young Jedi. He was an eager student, devoting himself to the long nights of study and bouts of rigorous physical conditioning. Although his dedication was commendable, Araphas was a shy, reserved pupil who mostly kept to himself.
Despite his solitary nature, Graethu’s faith in young Araphas proved to be well founded. The young apprentice excelled in his early training, especially in his progression with basic lightsaber skills. By the age of seven he was the most skilled fencer in his youngling clan and, satisfied with his ability in Shii-Cho, began rudimentary training in the more advanced Ataru form, which he believed was the perfect form to complement his natural dexterity. In addition to his normal lessons with the other younglings, Araphas was personally and extensively tutored by Master Graethu in the art of meditation. A great deal of focus was placed on nurturing Araphas’ control over the flow of his emotions and his ability to identify and resist the subtle currents of the Dark Side within the Force. Araphas spent at least two hours each day in quiet meditation. At the age of nine - an early age for many Initiates - he was apprenticed to Master Graethu as a Padawan (Graethu’s third apprentice, as he had already trained humans Ori Creye and then Delphi Kyssan, both of whom had since attained knighthood).
For a number of years Araphas accompanied his master on various assignments across the Galaxy, learning more about the nature of the Force. Abandoning his training saber, he constructed his very own lightsaber, adopting a comfortable, organic design for the hilt. To acquire a generator crystal for the lightsaber, Araphas travelled with his master to the planet Ilum, in the Adegan system. There he underwent a journey to the frozen crystal caverns. While he scoured the caverns for a properly attuned crystal, Araphas succumbed to the cold and lost consciousness.
He received a vision of the past. He saw a harsh world teething with a savage, red-skinned species. He saw their grim processions in honour of their fallen lords. He saw their hierophants invoke the power of the Dark Side through their sorcerous rites. He saw their immense funerary structures hewn from the valley rock of a desolate tomb world. He saw their unceasing worship of the enigmatic warrior-priests who descended from the stars to enslave their people. He saw the Great War that decimated the entire species. Finally, he saw a single man, swathed in robes, leading a group of his fellows to an ancient starship.
Araphas woke with a start, and related his dream to Master Graethu. The Twi’lek seemed hesitant, but explained the Force-amplifying effects of the caverns to his Padawan. Still haunted by the vision, Araphas gathered the crystals needed to complete his lightsaber.
ADOLESCENCE
In later years, Master Graethu recognised his apprentice’s lack of confidence and began to coerce him into more active roles during their assignments. Araphas’ exploits soon rivalled those of his master, who praised the Padawan’s ability to think on his feet.
During a mission to dismantle a Coruscanti slave market, Araphas freed a Jawa slave called Sezam Davee. The Jawa was grateful beyond words, and vowed to repay the Jedi someday for his rescue. Araphas remained in contact with Davee, and learned the Jawa Trade language from him, among other things. Before long, Sezam had earned a reputation as a skilled (albeit unconventional) technician on Coruscant. Araphas often consulted with the Jawa for difficult technical matters, an area in which he himself was not especially skilled. This acquaintance would pay off for the Jedi in the dark times to come.
Araphas narrowly avoided death on a Mid-Rim world embroiled in turmoil between two political factions. He was assigned an ambassadorial role to one of the opposing factions, but soon after arriving, a group of dissidents assembled a bomb beneath the building he was staying in. Fortunately, he managed to uncover the ploy before it was too late and evacuated the building of its occupants before escaping himself. Working alongside Graethu’s former protйgй Ori Creye, he secured a peaceful settlement between the two warring factions, establishing a time of peace on the planet that would last until the Yuuzhan Vong wars. Master Graethu applauded his apprentice’s cool handling of an increasingly hostile situation. Ori and Araphas became fast friends.
After learning everything he could from Graethu, Araphas had honed his skill in Ataru to near mastery. Thanks to his innate nimbleness, he could take the lightsaber form to its physical limits. During the Trade Federation Crisis of 968 ABR (32 BBY), Araphas was undergoing advanced lightsaber training at the Almas Academy in the Cularin system. In his time on Almas he learned of an ancient lightsaber form called Sokan, an ancestor of Ataru which was practiced by the Jedi of Old in the times of the Great Sith War. It was six years later that Araphas finally discovered a venerable practitioner of Sokan, a mysterious Jedi Master named An’ya Kuro, who having returned from a decade of self-imposed exile, referred to herself simply as ‘the Dark Woman’. Having already suffered the betrayal of a former Padawan, An’ya was reluctant to teach again. Araphas convinced her to reconsider by engaging her in a friendly lightsaber duel. Though the Padawan could not overcome An’ya even with his formidable Ataru, she was impressed by his degree of skill, and agreed to teach him what she knew of Sokan.
The Dark Woman’s unorthodox training methods were very harrowing for Araphas. Her uncompromising lessons forced him to adapt to new ways of drawing on the Force, unlocking secret veins of power within his spirit. The key to true mastery, An’ya taught him, was not to simply bottle up one’s emotions or to unleash them without restraint. Rather, the key was to strike the proper balance between discipline and passion, so as to take full advantage of one’s anger without giving in to it and the Dark Side. Though he knew Master Graethu would disapprove of this philosophy, he found his fencing skills were vastly improved when he used emotion to his benefit in combat. This was unprecedented for the young Sith, who had been conditioned from birth to reject his feelings. Araphas left An’ya’s teachings with a newfound perspective on the Force.
Araphas was teamed up with Jedi Padawan Olee Starstone to supervise a Jedi ExplorCorps excavation on the desert world of Ch’hodos. The excavation uncovered ruins from the Ancient Sith Empire, as well as several Sith artefacts. Araphas inspected these items, and detected the Dark Side auras which saturated them. He alerted Olee to the dangerous taint of the artefacts. The excavation was discontinued, and the artefacts were taken back to the Jedi Temple for confiscation and safe storage. Olee later questioned Araphas about his apprehensions. He told her of the Force vision he had received in the crystal caves on Ilum. Olee was surprisingly unperturbed by this, and recommended that Araphas should enquire about it with her master, the Head Librarian of the Archives on Coruscant.
Master Jocasta Nu informed Araphas that there were many Sith Holocrons stored within the archives, but forbade his access to them, citing that such dangerous information was restricted to Jedi Masters. A frustrated Araphas made a return journey to Teya IV, to the Jedi Praxeum of his youth. Consulting the archives there, he found a series of holorecordings concerning his discovery by Master Graethu, and his presentation before the Teyan council. He watched the debate unfold between the masters, ending with the decision to spare his life. Araphas was deeply troubled by these revelations, confronting his master with his vexing discoveries. Graethu conceded at last to explain Araphas’ origins. After listening to his master’s tentative confessions and viewing a number of ancient Holocrons, Araphas was utterly devastated. He was no Jedi, and never was. Finally, the visions on Ilum, the need for constant meditation, the power his emotion gave him, all the pieces fit together. A Sith.
To come to terms with Graethu’s revelations, Araphas travelled alone to Dantooine, a planet of sprawling hills and open, beautiful grasslands, a place he once visited and fell in love with. He spent his time there in quiet, cathartic solitude, away from the Galaxy, and the Jedi, and the ghosts of the past. Day and Night he meditated on the will of the Unifying Force and let the rejuvenating energies of the Living Force wash over him. Roughly six months later he returned to Coruscant, with replenished conviction. Master Graethu welcomed his prodigal student’s return, and Araphas vowed to live up to the promise his master made to the Teyan Council, all those years ago.
At the age of 28, Araphas returned to Teya IV. He made a pilgrimage to an ancient Sith ruin, the place where he was first discovered. There in the shadowy depths, he was confronted by a shadowy phantasm, a cloaked warrior with burning yellow eyes, brandishing a crimson lightsaber and a Sith war sword that looked exactly like the one Araphas was discovered with. As it stepped out from the gloom, Araphas was shocked to discover his own face staring menacingly back at him. The spectre identified itself as the original Araphas Serah-Zaszu. A Kissai priest of the True Sith who escaped the genocide of his species. This warrior became the progenitor of a hidden bloodline, a legacy from which Araphas was descended. Refusing this, Araphas engaged the cloaked spectre in a duel.
Blow for blow, the two were a match. Thrust, Parry, Riposte, Araphas fought the spectre until his strength began to give out. It was then he discovered that his dark adversary seemed to weaken as he did. Drawing upon all of the Dark Woman’s teachings, the Padawan was able to break through his enemy’s guard and strike him down. The spectre’s saber clattered to the floor as he lurched forward in defeat...and evaporated. The Jedi Araphas had vanquished the Sith Araphas, only to discover that the entire clash was just an illusion of the Force. What he had truly faced and conquered was his own inner darkness. Though he was victorious, Araphas was unsettled by his second experience with the Dark Side, and even more distressed by how naturally it seemed to come to him.
Araphas returned triumphantly to the Jedi Temple. Master Graethu led his apprentice to a darkened chamber in the Temple Spire. There, the Padawan was greeted by the High Council, lightsabers ignited in ceremonial reverence. Master Graethu informed Araphas that by confronting his past and emerging a Jedi, he had effectively passed the Trials of Knighthood. His master watched on in pride as Araphas was commended by Grand Master Yoda, and bestowed upon the rank of Jedi, Knight of the Republic.
CLONE WARS
Araphas’ knighting came shortly before the intergalactic struggle now known as the Clone Wars. A year into the Wars, after the Republic wages a series of successful battles in the core regions, the Confederacy of Independent Systems retreated into the Mid and Outer Rims, and began laying siege on several distant but key systems, including Teya IV. Araphas was sent once again to the place he was raised, to support a battalion of Jedi Knights which included Delphi Kyssan, Master Graethu’s former apprentice. Araphas, together with Delphi and the other Knights, defended the planet for nearly a year, slowly driving off the Droid Armies of the Separatists. During this time Araphas and Delphi became very close friends. Their intimacy strengthened when Delphi was captured by Separatists and rescued single-handedly by Araphas, forging an emotional bond between the two which might have evolved into something else, if such attachments weren’t forbidden by the Jedi Code.
Araphas struggled with his feelings for Delphi, which were only exacerbated by their constant proximity. He found himself unable to centre himself during meditation, and started to lose his carefully cultivated grip over his emotions. He grew more restless and frustrated, and often wondered if Delphi reciprocated his feelings for her, though if she did then she hid them well. He would never be given the chance to make peace with her, however. In the waning months of the Clone Wars, Delphi and two other Jedi were ambushed by CIS Droideka Destroyers, and could not hold out against their superior firepower. Araphas received their distress signal, but arrived too late to save them. Horrified and filled with guilt, Araphas cremated Delphi’s body, taking her lightsaber to remember her by.
As the Outer Rim Sieges died down, Araphas was called back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and parted ways with the past. He informed Graethu of Delphi’s death, and - disheartened by his loss - retired from battle. He remained in the temple for several months, spending the time in meditation, attempting to regain his spiritual balance and clear his mind of distractions. He volunteered supervise some of the orphaned Padawans whose masters had been claimed by the conflict. He empathised with these young Jedi, knowing their loss all too well.
JEDI PURGE
In the last moments of the Clone Wars, Araphas was demonstrating some of the finer points of the Sokan lightsaber form to the small group of Padawans under his charge. As he observed them adapting some of the techniques he had learnt from the Dark Woman, he mused about the possibility of finally taking on an apprentice of his own.
Suddenly, a painful tremor in the Force brought him to his knees, as he received horrible mental imagery from the deaths of Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin and Kit Fisto. Springing into action immediately, he ordered the Padawans to follow him and hastened through the Temple in search of his master. He nearly collapsed after he felt the death of Mace Windu through the Force. He arrived in the central hall just as the Temple was overrun by Clone Troopers.
For a moment Araphas could only stand and let his senses take in the carnage before him. But then he caught sight of his master, defending a group of wounded Padawans from a battalion of troopers. He charged desperately into the fray, cutting a path through the sea of blaster fire and charred corpses to reach his master. But he was too late. He could do nothing but cry out in horror as Master Graethu was disarmed, and he and his charges were gunned down by the armoured troopers. Araphas’ self-control broke at sight of his mentor’s death. Drawing from all the repressed anger and fear he had ever felt, the Sith let the Dark Side flood into his limbs, filling the hollow parts of his spirit like they had always belonged there. He launched into his master’s murderers, swinging his saber in wild arcs and thrusts. The troopers could do little to stop him as he darted like lightning beneath their defences and carved into their flesh without restraint. Even as they lay dead at his feet, Araphas bayed for more bloodshed. Employing his Ataru skills and enhancing them with Sokan, Araphas fought his way into an alcove, with the Padawans defending his rear and following in his wake.
As he reached the shelter of the alcove he saw his reflection in the wall, staring back at him with sulphurous yellow eyes, just like the eyes of the spectre he faced on Teya IV. The sight snapped Araphas beck to his senses. He was horrified at his own hate and ferocity. There was no time for self-recrimination however. The temple was lost. He resolved to save as many survivors as he could.
Araphas and the Padawans navigated their way through the labyrinthine bowels beneath the Temple. They encountered several detachments of Clone Troopers in those darkened tunnels. Though they fought valiantly, in the end Araphas emerged with only other two survivors, a female Cathar named Phreya Rheise, and a male Rodian named Zeldo Onaar.
Exiting the tunnels, the two survivors escaped into Coruscant’s gloomy undercity. They found a temporary refuge, an abandoned hideaway amidst the derelict industrial infrastructure. With his companion safe for the moment, Araphas was free at last to mourn, letting all the grief for his fallen brethren wash over him. He sank to the floor, and exhaustion claimed his mind. What was left for him now?
After nearly a day of waiting anxiously, Araphas received a distress signal on his comlink, a warning for all Jedi to stay away from the Jedi Temple. He moved quickly, comforted the broken-spirited Phreya and Zeldo, and ventured into the seedy entertainment district of the undercity. With a few questionably ethical uses of the Force, he managed to acquire some nondescript clothing and newly standardised Imperial credits.
A scan of the Holonet revealed just how much everything had changed. Under the mandate of the Supreme Chancellor, the ‘Old Republic’ had given way to the Galactic Empire. Declaring himself Emperor, Palpatine has branded all Jedi as traitors. Across the galaxy, the few survivors of Order 66 were being hunted down and exterminated by the Imperial Inquisitorius, under the command of the Dark Lord Vader.
The following day, at the dilapidated Jedi Temple district, the Emperor had prepared a huge funeral pyre for the public disposal of the Jedi dissidents’ bodies. Araphas was present amongst the cheering masses of Coruscanti citizens. He watched in tears as the mutilated corpses of fallen Jedi were thrown into the flames by Clone Troopers. Bowing his head, he made a silent vow to his lost brothers and sisters, never to call upon the Dark Side again. Deep down however, he knew that the darkness had stained him forever.
He walked to the forefront and cast his own Jedi robes onto the pyre, abandoning his role as a keeper of the peace. And then he left, a broken soul, fading into the crowds, and disappearing like a ghost...
EXILE
Araphas now wanders the Galaxy, keeping a low-profile, hiding from the tyrannical claws of the Empire. Crushed by the destruction of all he held dear, Araphas seeks only to live out the rest of his life (however long that is) in peace, though in his heart of hearts, he lives for the day that the Jedi are restored to their former glory.