Taarn Soral (Destiny)

Taarn Soral was a human male Jedi Knight and the father of Kalon Soral, who would become the Sith Lord Darth Vorath.

Biography
Taarn Soral was born into a lineage of Jedi that stretched back several generations. Although his father Voss had failed the trials, Taarn's parents nonetheless had high hopes for their son and were eager to send their son to be trained on Ossus. Taarn fell under the tutelage of several Jedi Masters — and  among them — and made fast friends with his peer Hazar Bailum. He also became close with Eve Sendor and, upon completing their training, the two of them eloped and had their first child, Kalon.

Despite the demise of, remnants of the still remained and Taarn was among the Jedi Knights tasked with cleansing the galaxy of these remnants. Around this time, Taarn took on the young Tesar'ran as his apprentice. The idolized Soral but was often tempted by the teachings of the dark side. In 3988 BBY, Taarn and his apprentice recovered the that had brought about Exar Kun's fall. Lured by its pull, Tesar'ran attempted to access the Dark Holocron but was denied by his master. In a fit of anger, the Cathar attacked Taarn and struck him down, taking the holocron for himself. It was not long before Tesar'ran was tracked down by Hazar Bailum, who was forced to dispatch the fallen Jedi.

Taarn's demise shook the Jedi Order, who realized that the Sith would one day rise again. A widowed Eve Soral was harrowed with grief and was almost reluctant to hand her son over to the Jedi Order for training. Kalon himself would come aspire to become as great a Jedi Knight as his father had been and avenge his death. Of course, it was this path that would lead Kalon to the dark side and become the feared Sith Lord Darth Vorath, becoming the very thing that had destroyed his father.