Jayden Sedri-Rakd

Whilst based on Hoth, Raynar and Faye Sedri-Rakd had a son who they named Jayden, or Jay for short. After evacuating from Hoth, Jay was sent with family friends Arrey and Tahl to be away from the war zone. Raynar and Faye were assigned to the Mon Calamari cruiser Liberty, and the following year, the ship was the unfortunate first target for the fully armed and operational, if not yet complete, Death Star II.

Jay’s early years with Arrey and Tahl were spent travelling around the Outer Rim. Then, one day when Jay was about three standard years old, a man by the name of Kotor Ami encountered them on Naboo and brought down their ship. Jay voluntarily went with Kotor, who claimed that Arrey and Tahl had been killed in the crash (although in actual fact he had killed them himself on boarding the ship) and offered to look after Jay. Kotor, a follower of teachings left behind by Exar Kun, intended to someday rule the galaxy for himself, and saw great potential in Jay, who became his first apprentice at the age of five. It was around this time that Jay started calling himself ‘Darksider’, which happens to be an anagram of his true surname. Jay was trained to focus his energy through the power of the dark side of the Force, and was taught with a focus on lightsaber combat from then on.

Two years after his apprenticeship he was joined by Ben Aatar, who would become his best friend during his time at the academy. They shared several adventures together, including one time where they were chased by four-metre-high flesh eating spiders. Ben was also apprenticed to Kotor Ami, but Jay remained focused on lightsaber duelling and was taught advanced techniques by Instructor Trepe. In 14 AY, a third and final apprentice was chosen, a devaronian named Treag. He and Jay took an instant dislike to one another and were frequently seen engaging in less-than-friendly lightsaber duels, the first of which landed them both in trouble, and caused Jay to lose his original weapon. As a punishment, Kotor gave them into a mission in which they would eventually be forced to work together. On the mostly abandoned mining world of Mersen, Jay and Treag discovered an ancient starship of a design several thousand years old and venturing further into the complex they discovered the dark-side wielder named Tomas Arkane, who had been imprisoned in a stasis field centuries before, and released him. With help from Kotor Ami, Arkane was able to restore his starship to working order, and left Telcor to try to rebuild his family’s broken legacy.

When Jay was 15 he was awarded his first ship, a Sienar Design Systems Advanced Star Courier – the same as the vessel used by the Sith Lord Darth Maul, decades earlier – which he called the Endoraan, after Alderaan where his parents where born, and Endor, where they died.

In 19 AY the time was near for Kotor’s plan to be revealed to the New Republic. Jay was sent to the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4, pretending to be a hopeful student. Using techniques he had honed back at his Master’s fortress he managed to hide his dark presence even to Luke Skywalker, who saw him as ‘misunderstood’, while some of the other students were wary of him. It was while he was at the Academy that Luke gathered a group of Jedi, including Jay, to search for intelligence on a new threat to the Republic. This was Kotor Ami himself, who was preparing to launch an attack on Coruscant. The group of Jedi was tasked with getting aboard and disabling Kotor’s flagship, The Golden Age, and Jay was determined to stop them. He headed down towards the engine rooms with Cariista Dentar, who was surprised how well Jay was finding his way around the massive ship. He had feelings for her, but tried to suppress them, for he knew he would probably have to kill her if he was to do his Master’s bidding. Eventually he revealed himself as a Disciple of Kun, and he and Cariista duelled in a small control centre overlooking a hangar bay. The ceiling was damaged in the fight, and when it started to collapse, Jay pushed Cariista out of the way, saving her life and almost losing his own. With the Jedi infiltration succeeding, the ship was destroyed and Kotor Ami along with it. After that day, Jay turned from the path of darkness, and also left the Jedi.

Two years after that incident, he returned to the Jedi, to help them against an insane Imperial Warlord called Reeku, who had constructed a superweapon – the Genesis Gun. The weapon had been damaged in a previous attempt at destroying it, but needed only minor repairs. Joining a group operating from the Republic-class Star Destroyer, Archangel, he helped put an end to the threat against the galaxy, leaving it safe once more. He was also redeemed in the eyes of the Jedi who had known him before.

Jay became a wanderer, never settling down in one place for long, and he became friends with a girl of his age, called Aeron Eowyn, and they were soon engaged to be married. It was only a few days later that the galaxy was at war again: an alien race known as the Yuuzhan Vong had invaded from the edge of the galaxy, and began cutting a path as worlds began to fall and countless citizens perished. Jay and Aeron began helping Jedi and civilians find their way to safe worlds, until the Peace Brigade betrayed them on Wayland, and they were separated. Jay never saw his fiancée again and became so consumed with bitterness and anger that he almost fell back to his former dark ways.

There was little time for sorrow, and as he vowed revenge he was forced to stow aboard a transport to escape from the Vong himself. The transport was shot down and crashed on Ossus, where a small Vong encampment was being set up, and Jay was captured. He managed to escape by stealing a Peace Brigade uniform and outwitting the base commander in order to get outside. It was then that he literally bumped into the JPLers, an eclectic band of people of various backgrounds, who had allied themselves together against the Yuuzhan Vong. They did not immediately believe his escape story, but eventually he was allowed to join them.

Not long after meeting the JPLers, Jay returned to Eriadu, where the Endoraan had become stranded, and ran into the Peace Brigade again and had to make a hasty departure only to be rescued by the JPLers once more. He stayed with the group for a while, helping to defend the base against their enemies, and when Will turned to the dark side, Jay was part of the group who stood up against him. At some point in time, the Endoraan was lost, and Jay picked up a heavily modified YT-2000 light freighter, Night Storm III. During a mission in the New Sith Empire, against a renegade called Voth, Jay’s friend, Corsec, was thought to have been killed, and Jay blamed himself for being unable to save him. Also, the spirit of Voth attached itself to Jay, and begun the process of converting Jay into his own instrument of destruction. Dark Lord Drake also coaxed Jay back to the dark side of the Force, and Jay stopped trying to fight it and fell back to his childhood training.

For the first time since he had left, Jay returned to his former Master’s fortress in the Deep Core on a world once known as Telcor, according to Drake, who had accompanied him along with fellow JPLers Celenril and Will. Jay was surprised to find other survivors from the Disciples of Kun, and while retrieving his Master’s Holocron, he was faced by his archrival, Treag, and slew him. He also met his childhood friend, Ben Aatar, who pledged his allegiance to Jay, whose return had ended the power struggle between him and Treag. Kotor’s Holocron turned out to have been created by a Sith Lord by the name of Sedri, the same one who was Jay’s ancestor that fought on Ruusan. Jay discovered two Imperator-class Star Destroyers in orbit around the world, and ordered the destruction of one of them, which was severely damaged and was only used to house the elderly and disabled. Some of Jay’s followers were scared by just how dark he had become. Voth’s spirit stayed in him, and through Jay managed to persuade the remnants of the NSE rebels to join him and build a new civilization on Telcor, which was an ancient Sith stronghold similar to Korriban in historical features, and Jay took on his apprentice, the 14-year-old Devas Tel.

The Lounge was attacked again by a wave of Yuuzhan Vong, intent on destroying it once and for all, and hoping to capture some Jedi for Shimrra. The base was lost, however, and the same commander that had been at Ossus captured several of them, including Jay, Will, Keris, JM, GI, Senate. A pair of Shamed One’s, who Jay didn’t trust, helped them and they eventually made their way back to the other JPLers. Drake planted explosive charges underground that when detonated destroyed all trace of the Lounge base and the Vong base that was being established there. The search was now on for a new home for JPL, and they eventually decided upon the planet of Talasea. Jay helped move in most of the equipment that had been salvaged from the old Lounge, but Ani, the resident potted plant, could sense Voth growing stronger within Jay.

Drake suddenly realised that Voth had survived using Jay’s body, shortly before the end of the war. He managed to capture Voth in a Soulstone, and gave it to Jay as an ornament. Meanwhile the Galactic Alliance issued a warrant for Jay’s arrest, in response to raids on GFFA bases. Then was Coruscant, a battle which Jay had been looking forward to, because it gave him the chance to extract many valuable resources that were trapped in the vaults far below the former capital world. He succeded in liberating billions of credits for his cause, but lost his YT-2000 when a decoy ISD crash, used to fake his death went wrong. He was almost captured by the Galactic Alliance, but managed to escape after being rescued by a ship of his fleet. Then, after heading into battle in his XJ3 fighter despite being injured, he was forced to escape through hyperspace with fellow JPLer, gO. Jay’s astromech, Bucket, was damaged and was unable to retrieve the co-ordinates for Telcor, forcing Ben and Dev to track him down on their own. Unfortunately, gO, mourning the death of Will, had stolen a starship belonging to Tsl, and were forced to flee the wrath of Drake and Tsl; only escaping after a very close call on Eriadu, where Jay and gO had been swindling credits and cargo from the local authorities while posing as Galactic Alliance representatives. Even after shaking the Sithly duo from their tail, they managed to get into more trouble, which ended with the death of gO in the Imperial Remnant.

Then he decided to return to Talasea alone, to see if anyone had managed to survive the war. Upon returning to the JPL, Jay was confronted by Keithan, who turned out to be Lyd’s brother, and it soon became apparent that Lyd had more history and a family than Jay had known about. And the revelation the Will was actually still alive after all. Defeating Lyd’s nemesis, Harradine, became a priority for the JPLers.

Meanwhile, with the Galactic Alliance on the lookout for Jay, Luke Skywalker caught up with him and Jay ran to Merson, where he had established an old safe-house during his Jedi-helping days with Aeron. Luke followed him and a battle ensued, although with the help of Bucket Jay managed to escape once more. Jay returned to Telcor to discover that the former leader of the NSE rebels, Nelan Ralen, had taken over the planet in his absence. After rescuing Ben, Jay was able to escape the system with Fist of Hatred thanks to the help of Admiral Danara, and make a treaty with the Galactic Alliance. With GA help, Telcor was liberated, and Jay defeated Ralen.

When Jay went back to Talasea, Lyd had gone missing, and a rescue operation was soon launched to retrieve her from Harradine’s base. The mission was successful, and Harradine was killed, although the threat was not completely eliminated.

When everything had settled down, Jay started on a journey of self discovery, and with the help of Luke Skywalker, soon learned he had a long-lost brother and—even more startlingly—that Aeron had survived Wayland to give birth to his son. Jay felt deep regret at having not found Aeron alive, and for the moment chose not to take on the challenge of raising his son, Rian, instead leaving him his brother, Arran.

After receiving a tip-off that a leader of a group that had been stirring up trouble in the Telcor system was on nearby Khomm, Jay headed straight there, and was surprised to find several of the JPLers there. There was a fire-fight in the bar and Nalion, who turned out to be Harradine’s son, escaped to the nearby spaceport. Although Jay wanted to take Nalion down himself, he let Keithan have the honour, but Nalion had more tricks up his sleeve than the group had bargained for and in a terrible explosion Keithan was severely wounded and Nalion escaped again. This time Jay felt it best to return to the JPL…

Skill-O-Metre
Alignment	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Neutral
Force Strength	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Adept
Lightsaber Skill	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Masterly
Weapons Skill	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Varied
Piloting Skill	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Ace
Computer Skill	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	Average

Lightsabers Carried
8-14 ABY	Red Blade I Jay was presented with this weapon when he became Kotor Ami’s apprentice. During his years of using it, he tinkered with it in order to enhance its performance to suit his style. This weapon was lost during a duel with Treag.
10-19 ABY	Yellow Blade I The first weapon Jay built on his own. He used a crystal he salvaged from an old Jedi lightsaber he discovered whilst exploring a long forgotten Jedi training center.
14-19 ABY	Red Blade II The outer casing is fabricated from parts of ancient lightsabers of Sith warriors laid to rest on Telcor, while the main crystal was a prize awarded to him by his master when he was accepted as an apprentice.
19 ABY	Blue Blade I When Jay infiltrated the Jedi Academy, it was necessary to construct a new lightsaber, as his red blade would give him away, and his yellow blade needed a lot of refinement. He lost the weapon during the battle with Cariista Dentar on board Kotor Ami’s vessel, the Golden Age, and the weapon was destroyed with the ship.
19-27 ABY	Amber Blade I After losing his blue blade, Jay locked away his red blade upgraded his old yellow blade; ironing out the flaws that his first attempt had created.
27-30 ABY	Red Blade II After returning to darkness, Jay resumed use of his former Sith weapon; keeping the amber bladed weapon as a spare.
30+ ABY	Blood-orange Blade I After the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, Jay rebuilt his spare blade, and added an extra red focusing crystal, giving the blade a distinct red-orange colour.

Personal Starships
3-6 ABY	Phoenix Down - modified YT-1300 light freighter Owned by Arrey and Tahl, Phoenix Down was Jay’s home for the early years of his life, until the vessel crashed in 6 AY.
18-27 ABY	Endoraan - modified Armed Star Courier (Sith Infiltrator) Presented by Kotor Ami when he was 15, Jay would use this ship to infiltrate the Jedi Academy, and use it to send coded intelligence back to Telcor. He would also later use this ship to help Jedi flee the Yuuzhan Vong. It was once abandoned on Eradiu when Jay was captured by the Peace Brigade. After Jay’s escape, recapture, and rescue by the JPLers, he retrieved the vessel and continued to use it up until its loss in 27 AY.
27-30 ABY	Night Storm III - modified YT-2000 light freighter Jay stole this ship from a spaceport after he lost Endoraan. It was destroyed in a crash-landing during the Second Battle of Coruscant at the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War.
27+ ABY	Fist of Hatred - modified Imperial Star Destroyer II Originally one of the ships of Kotor Ami’s fleet, it was one of the few that escaped destruction and headed back to Telcor. When Jay returned to Telcor he claimed Hatred as his own.
30 ABY	Dark Seraph - Marauder-class corvette After the ship rescued Jay from Coruscant, Jay took it as his own for a brief period.
30+ ABY	Renascence - modified CR90 (Corellian corvette) Heavily modified at Telcor, Jay commissioned this vessel to be his new personal transport. It features upgraded weaponry, and holds Jay’s XJ3 X-wing in its hangar.
30 ABY	Nighthawk - modified YT-1300 light freighter Jay used this battered-looking ship once, when he wished to avoid attracting attention on a trip to Naboo to visit the crash site of Phoenix Down. He passed the ship onto his apprentice, Devas Tel.

Place of Residence
3 ABY	Echo Base, Hoth, Outer Rim Territories Jay’s birthplace. When Echo Base was evacuated, Jay went with family friends Arrey and Tahl.
3-6 ABY	Starship: Phoenix Down Jay lived with Arrey and Tahl on board their YT-1300 freighter.
6-19 ABY	Disciples of Kun Academy, Teltan Core, Deep Core After being found by Kotor Ami, Jay was taken to the Disciples of Kun stronghold on Telcor, where he lived and was trained in the dark side.
19 ABY	Jedi Academy, Yavin 4, Outer Rim Territories On Kotor Ami’s instruction, Jay left Telcor with Endoraan and joined Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Academy. Whilst here he spied for Kotor Ami and used Yavin 4 as a base to gather intelligence for Kotor’s attack on the New Republic.
19-27 ABY	Starship: Endoraan After the defeat of Kotor Ami, and leaving the Jedi, Jay wandered the galaxy. Eventually he met Aeron Eowyn, and during the Yuuzhan Vong War they used Endoraan to help Jedi escape the Vong.
27 ABY	Jacen's Philosophers' Lounge After joining the JPL, Jay used his quarters at the base as his first fixed home in 8 years.
27-29 ABY	Starship: Fist of Hatred After falling back to the dark side, Jay returned to his former master’s stronghold in the Deep Core, and claimed it as his own. He lived on the last remaining Star Destroyer while construction work continued on the surface.
27+ ABY	JPL, Talasea, Colonies After the destruction of the old JPL by the Yuuzhan Vong, Jay helped establish a new JPL on Talasea, where he also keeps quarters of his own.
29+ ABY	Telcor Citadel, Teltan Core, Deep Core Once Telcor City was completed, Jay moved into his new apartment in the Citadel (government complex) in Telcor City.