Appa Nakil (Destiny)

Appa Nakil was a male who served as a Jedi Master in the New Jedi Order before becoming the Sith Lord Darth Serpriss.

Early life
Appa Nakil was born on the rocky world of during the penultimate century of the Galactic Republic. Like most, Nakil was raised to be a proud warrior of his people. His parents went to great lengths to hide his Force-sensitivity from the Jedi Order, resenting them for keeping from inheriting the mantle of. During this time, Nakil protected the reigning Blood Monarch from numerous assassination attempts.

When the Galactic Empire came into power and drove the Jedi to extinction, Nakil undertook a personal mission to recover Jedi artifacts before the Empire could destroy them, accumulating a sizable library of holocrons and scriptures over the span of two decades, which he hid in a secret alcove on Thisspias. After the Empire collapsed in 4 ABY, Nakil got in touch with, the young Jedi Knight who had helped defeat the Empire and was now in the process of rebuilding the Jedi Order. In exchange for the artifacts Nakil had in his possession, Skywalker agreed to train the Thisspiasian in the ways of the Force.

Jedi
When the New Jedi Order was officially established in 10 ABY, Nakil was chosen by Skywalker to serve on the new Jedi Council. When this decision was questioned — namely by the more experienced Jedi Plun Kil — Skywalker justified his choice by citing Nakil's wisdom and history as a warrior. Satisfied with this answer, the other Jedi Masters accepted Nakil as their peer as well as granted him the rank of, tasking him with overseeing the.

Over the next several years, Nakil took on many students to pass on his knowledge to, including the hardened Odan Murk and his future successor. After the end of the Imperial-Sith War, Nakil stepped from the Jedi Council, relinquishing his role as Chief Librarian to Tionne, and returned to Thisspias where he intended to spend his remaining years.

Sith
In 36 ABY, Nakil was visited by a woman named Lysira Naris, who was in the process of building a new Sith order. Lysira had sought out Nakil in search of his wisdom and offered him a place in her Sith Order. Nakil refused at first and was ready to alert the Jedi Order only to learn from Lysira that another former pupil of his — Myna Tasseva — had joined as well. At Tasseva's imploring, Nakil eventually accepted Lysira's offer and became Darth Serpriss, one of twelve Sith Masters.

When it came to selecting a Sith apprentice, rather than find a young hopeful, Darth Serpriss instead turned to his former student Odan Murk, knowing that the had struggled with the dark side of the Force in the past. Murk agreed to return to Serpriss' tutelage and, with his spot on the Jedi Council, was able to relay the Jedi Order's activities to the Sith, serving as their mole.

Four years later, Murk and the other Sith apprentices turned on their masters and started an insurgency to take over the galaxy. When the other Sith Masters began falling to their students' hands, Serpriss and fellow ex-Jedi Darth Kallus were sent to Ossus to warn the Jedi of the growing threat. Upon arrival however, they were immediately confronted by Masters and Odan Murk, the latter who was still using the facade of a Jedi. While Katarn quickly relented upon learning the two Sith's intentions, Murk did not and continued to fight Serpriss. Despite Serpriss' attempts to tame his rogue apprentice, the Weequay was too immersed in the dark side and cut down his former master in cold blood, bringing Appa Nakil's life to an end.

Appearances

 * The Last of the Old
 * Endgame VI: The Lifted Veil
 * Endgame Finale: The Final Destiny