Exar Kun: infamous Dark Lord of the Sith

Exar Kun, lived as one of the earliest Dark Lords of the Sith, four thousand years before Anakin Skywalker turned to the Dark side of the Force. On Dantooine, Exar Kun learned the way of the force from his master Vodo-Siosk Baas. He pushed himself hard, but felt that he was excellent jedi material. Kun prided himself on the jedi techniques he had mastered such as Lightsaber combat. Kun used his masters Holborn to learn about the forbidden teachings of the Sith. Baas was disturbed to find his promising student studying the way of the Sith.

Kun had two fellow students Crado and Sylvar, he did not like either of them because Kun believed that even sentient animals did not make good Jedi. One day during a Lightsaber duel Kun provoked Sylvar until she lost her temper and slashed Kun's right cheek with her claws. Kun lost his temper and tried to kill the Cathar after she accused him of not being a true Jedi. Master Vodo-Siosk stepped in to prevent Kun killing Syvar, challenging him to a duel armed only with a walking stick. At first Kun could not defeat the Jedi Master, however Kun picked up a second Lightsaber and broke Vodo's walking stick.

Master Vodo could see how close his student was to the dark side. A month passed and Kin left Dantooine travelling to Onderon posing as a Jedi archaeologist. Kun gained access to the Dark Sith Lord Freedon Nadd's Tomb. There he confronted Nadd's spirit and was led to two scrolls which detailed the secret of the Sith resting place.

Kun translated the Dark scrolls and was soon on the desolate planet of Korribun. With the aid of Freedon Nadd's spirit Kun gained access to the planets Sith tombs. Kun began to have second thoughts as the light side of his spirit fought for control. Nadd trapped the young Jedi in the tomb and attacked Kun leaving him broken and dying. Kun reached across the galaxy with a force call to his Master Vodo-Siosk, when Baas arrived to help his student to the light side he was turned away. The immense dark shaddow that surrounded Kun's body and spirit was too much for the Jedi Master.

Nadd offered Kun a chance to live, if the young Jedi embraced the Dark side fully Nadd would heal Kun's body. Kun betrayed the Light side to live as a servant of the Dark side the internal battle of light against dark sending force ripples across the whole galaxy......

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