Elxa'dal

"There's a title reserved for the most prestigious among us, whose wisdom and skill safeguard the galaxy. It hasn't been bestowed in thousands of years.''" "''But you have proven worthy. Now the Council names you Barsen'thor, Warden of the Order."

- Masters Jaric Kaedan and Syo Bakarn, granting the Jedi the distinguished title

Elxa'dal was a male Near-Human Jedi Master of legendary status during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. He proved himself worthy to be granted the title of "Barsen'thor," a Cerean word meaning "Warden of the Order.". He was only the third person to attain the prestigious rank in the entire history of the Jedi Order, and the first one to receive it in thousands of years. Found as a child to be gifted with an incredibly deep innate connection with the Force, the future Elxa'dal followed the path of a Jedi Consular, training under Jedi Master Yuon Par on the ancestral Jedi world of Tython. During that training in 3643 BBY, the Padawan was instrumental in finding the fabled, an ancient repository of knowledge, and he stopped the Twi'lek Force-sensitive &mdash;who had been empowered by the knowledge gained from the Fount&mdash;from destroying the Forge, a machine used by the ancient Jedi to create lightsabers. The victory over Raloch earned him a promotion from the rank of Padawan, as well as the loyalty of the Trandoshan hunter Qyzen Fess, who came to regard the Jedi as the "Scorekeeper's Herald"&mdash;the champion of his religion's deity, the Scorekeeper. Around that time, a sickness known as the Dark Plague struck the Jedi Order once again, driving Jedi Masters across the galaxy insane. Learning an ancient Force ability called the shielding technique from the Noetikon devices, the Jedi traveled from planet to planet, using the technique to sever the sick Jedi Masters from the influence of Lord Vivicar, the Sith mastermind behind the plague. Eventually, the Jedi confronted the plaguemaster himself, who was possessed by the spirit of the plague's long-dead creator. Elxa'dal successfully redeemed Vivicar, driving out Morrhage's spirit and restoring Vivicar's former persona of Parkanas Tark, a Jedi Padawan who had been corrupted years ago by the dark side influence of the planet Malachor III. Elxa'dal was also recruited into the Republic Navy's elite Coruscant Aegis squadron, in which he piloted a Defender-class light corvette under the call sign "Guardian."

The victory over Vivicar was the event that earned the Jedi the title of Barsen'thor. With that victory also came another assignment, from the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Dorian Janarus himself. Granted the title of Jedi Master, Elxa'dal was assigned as an envoy to the Rift Alliance, an organization of worlds who sought to secede from the Republic due to disillusionment with the galactic government's ignorance of their planets' problems. After rescuing the representatives of the Rift Alliance from a Sith attack, Elxa'dal tried to convince the politicians to come back into the Republic's fold. In order to do so, however, he had to prove the Republic's worth to the Rift Alliance. To this end, he performed a number of tasks on behalf of the Rift Alliance on the planets Balmorra, Quesh and Hoth. After he succeeded in securing the Rift Alliance's trust and gaining a number of allies during those travels, a new threat emerged in Children of the Emperor. The Children were unwitting deep-cover agents of the Empire who shared a Force connection with the leader of the Empire, the allegedly immortal Sith Emperor himself. Elxa'dal thwarted an attempt by Augin Blaesus, a traitorous member of the Rift Alliance and a Child of the Emperor, to kill the King and Queen of Sarkhai, a member world of the Rift Alliance, killing Blaesus instead. However, according to Blaesus's final words, many more Children remained, having infiltrated deep within the ranks of the Republic, their presence masked by the power of the mysterious First Son. Although the Children were still a threat, more pressing matters emerged, as a second Galactic War began between the Republic and the Empire. Tasked by the Supreme Chancellor to find allies who could help the Republic win the war, the Barsen'thor followed the rumors of an ancient army of the savage Esh-kha species imprisoned and kept in containment below the surface of the Republic high security planet-prison Belsavis, successfully negotiating an alliance with a faction of the ancient species, led by the Esh-kha individual called Hallow Voice.

However, he was unable to prevent the murder of the Rift Alliance Sarkhai Senator Tobas Grell at the hands of an agent of the First Son. Following the last will of the late Senator, Elxa'dal accepted the man's daughter, the young Force prodigy Nadia Grell, as his Padawan. Shortly afterward, Elxa'dal was called to assist the war effort on the Republic Core World of Corellia, which had been attacked by the Empire. Reinforcements brought by the Barsen'thor helped turn the tide of the battle in favor of the Republic. During the battle, the Consular discovered that the First Son was in fact a sleeper persona implanted inside Jedi Master Syo Bakarn, who had been guiding the Barsen'thor since the latter's departure from Tython. Elxa'dal eventually confronted the First Son himself in the caves below Corellia's Coronet City, defeating him and successfully bringing back Bakarn's personality, which removed the First Son's shroud over the other Children, revealing them to the rest of the galaxy. With the Empire having been dealt a major blow with the loss of the First Son and the exposure of the Children, Elxa'dal and his many allies were celebrated as heroes on the galactic capital of Coruscant, with the Elxa'dal being rewarded with Bakarn's vacant seat on the Jedi High Council. Having attained reputation for being a wise and respected member of the Council, Elxa'dal joined the fight against the mad Jedi Revan, and he later led the Jedi Council's search for the means to stop the Sith Emperor once and for all.