Setron Droek

"I'm sorry, Master Hauk, for failing the trials. I didn't pay attention like you said... I won't fail you again. I'm going to make a group to help people, using your teachings. It'll be localized, but hopefully it can grow... Thank you, Master. I know I'm headstrong at times, and I'll try to put that to good use."

-, to Hauk's spirit

 was a Human Jedi who served as a pupil in Master Hauk's unarmed combat school. After a mission to Onderon resulted in the death of Hauk, Setron (or Set as he was called) was told to stay on guard at the Temple as the Knights went to crush the fledgling Sith cult. Six years later, he took and failed the Trials. Although he was offered a chance to try them again, he refused, conversing with Master Hauk's spirit one final time before leaving the Order. Training to master unarmed combat and the Control abilities, he eventually formed a ragtag group of peacekeeping Force-sensitives known as the Manu Defenders. His death of old age was greatly mourned on the planet he chose to call home. Although he did not see his work at its finest, the Manu Defenders eventually became a Force tradition that was respected by the Jedi Order, and in both of the Black Knight Conflicts the Veraun Defenders were a welcome sight on the battlefield, as every battle the full host of Defenders fought in was won.

Early life
Setron Droek was discovered to be Force-Sensitive at a fairly young age, and his parents readily gave up the stubborn baby. Training at the Temple was Set's life, and he idolized Master Hauk. When he was accepted into Hauk's unarmed combat class, he threw himself fullheartedly into the training. By age thirteen he was advanced ahead of the other members of his age, but lacked in lightsaber ability as a result.

Mission to Onderon
Hauk decided to go out into the galaxy for the first time in decades, accepting a mission to Onderon to investigate rumors of dark-side users. Taking several of his best students--including Set--with him, the group uncovered a Sith cult. Set fought well, defeating two of the guards and absorbing a blaster shot without injury. However, when the true Sith showed themselves, Hauk ordered the group to leave. Stating he was sure that Hauk's exit would be good, Set grabbed a holocamera and filmed as Hauk destroyed the Sith Temple.

Aftermath
Although young Set wished nothing more than to crush the Sith, he continued on to warn the Order. However, Grand Master Fren'aa ordered Set to stay behind, as she sensed that if he went he would fall to the Dark Side. Set obeyed, although while he waited he destroyed several training remotes while practicing with his lightsaber. The Jedi returned to Coruscant victorious, and Set attended Hauk's funeral and worked vigorously to help make the monument that the Triumvirate agreed was deserving of the late Master.

Failing the Trials
After eight years of training, Set remained much the same person he had been. Master Hauk was able to transcend death, and of all of the Jedi Setron went to the spirit for advice and help the most. Hauk warned the young Padawan that he must not neglect the lightsaber in the Trials; unfortunately, this advice went in one ear and out the other as Set consistently made little improvement in this area. When Set was deemed ready, he took the Trials. Although he passed the Trials of Insight, Flesh, and Spirit perfectly, due to his neglect of the lightsaber he was humiliated in the Trial of Skill and was offered a six-month training period to retry. However, after meditation in the Force, Set realized that the Jedi was not the path for him, and respectfully declined.

Deciding to Create the Veraun Defenders
Immediately after declining the Order, he went into a deep state of meditation for a full week. Coming out of it, he declared he had seen his future and that he would leave immediately. Conversing with Hauk's spirit one last time, Set revealed part of his plan to the Master, and got his approval. As the failed Jedi began to pack, however, the youngling Areya Shiin approached him. The girl had had a vision of herself as Set's apprentice, and wanted to know what it meant since he was leaving the Order. Set recognized Areya from his vision, and warned her to meditate on her decision. Giving her his destination if she should wish to meet with him, he left for the spaceport. Even as he boarded his shuttle, the girl ran to meet him, and he left a note explaining these events. The pair passed themselves off as siblings for most of their time in the stars, and when they eventually reached a mining colony decided to get off there.

Areya's Training and Forming a Reputation
Although Areya was only ten years younger than him, the girl had had little to no combat experience due to her not reaching the rank of Padawan yet. Set established a training regimen for both of them even as he got a job working as a miner (his Force-sensitivity and the fact that he narrowly escaped death several times lead to the phrase common among miners 'Lucky Droek'). After two years, the master and apprentice were visited by Grand Master Fren'aa personally. The Grand Master informed them that the Force had lead her there in order to teach Set a force technique she had been perfecting that allowed one to slow aging and extend lifespans by several decades. After six months of Fren'aa's teaching, Set had mastered the technique and began to apply it to himself. Fren'aa then returned to Coruscant, but not before remarking that their futures would be great.

The Beginning of the Defenders
After approximately two more years, the two had become remarkably strong in the ways of unarmed combat and Control. Areya's true training began as Set began to teach her how to use telekinesis in ways the Jedi rarely did: Fine control was the key, and soon Areya could knock someone out by pinching off a blood vessel briefly. Areya made friends with a son of a miner, two years older than her, who Set quickly realized to have Force potential. He instructed Areya to teach the boy basic control, but at a pace so that he didn't get tired of the training. However, such fears were unfounded, as the two quickly discovered the boy (G'arn T'rovan) had both great patience and a fine sense of justice. During a training session, G'arn asked why they didn't use their abilities to help those around them now, instead of waiting until they were fully trained; Set explained that a Force user can do more harm than good at times, but the conversation convinced him to become a security officer and redefine the harsh conditions of the mining.

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Set's work as a security guard earned him the trust of the miners, and the owner of the mine decided to give the unorthodox but profitable young man a promotion to head of Security, which allowed Set even more capability to help. After three years, however, the mine went dry. The majority of the miners packed up and left, leaving a small settlement consisting of one town, one spaceport, and no way to get a profit. Set stepped down from his position as the small colony became a minor trading moon. G'arn decided to become a merchant, and a council system was devised by the citizens of what was known as Veraun XII. After another year of Set working as a manager for merchant's affairs, G'arn returned along with three teenage Force-sensitives who he had encountered and who had asked for help controlling themselves. Those three became the first apprentices of the Veraun Defenders.

Becoming Official
Set had always been a person of note on Veraun, and when a year later G'arn and two of the apprentices stopped a shootout between two spacers the Council was at an impasse of what to do. All three of them were given medals, but a remark from one of the apprentices caused a stir, since several members of the Council believed any Force-user not a Jedi to be a darksider. However, Set's timely intervention stopped any mob action, and a petition was formed to make the Defenders the official peacekeepers of Veraun. Both G'arn and the Council objected, and instead the Defenders took on a role similar to that of the Jedi.

First Battle of Veraun
Whether the First Battle of Veraun was a true battle of a skirmish historians disagree upon, but they all agree on one thing: Former Jedi Setron Droek's heroism in 355 ABY. The battle began when rumors came in of pirates in the sector. The Defenders, now numbering in the dozens, rallied along with the sparse peacekeeping forces to be ready to defend the moon against raids. Just before the battle, G'arn and Areya declared their love for one another and were warned by Set to be careful of attachments. The pirates dropped out of hyperspace suddenly, and shot down three of the satellites orbiting the moon before the Defenders were ready. The peacekeeping forces' airspeeders were all shot down, though only one pilot died. The main pirate ship came into the atmosphere and Set immediately took action, attaching a cable to a civilian airspeeder and launching himself onto the ship's bow. Slicing a hole in the transparisteel window, he got into the bridge and quickly forced the pirate captain to surrender. The pirates were all turned over to the Triumvirate, and rumors spread of the Defenders quickly.

Later Life and Death
G'arn and Areya eventually got married and had children, but Set remained true to his Jedi vows and did not take a lover. The Veraun Defenders did not grow beyond a hundred members in his long lifetime, but when he lay dying he glimpsed the future of Black Knight Marauders overrunning the galaxy and being repelled from Veraun by a descendant of G'arn and Areya. This gave him peace, and he died, becoming one with the Force shortly afterward.

Personality and traits
"Yeah, my Master's great. Real nice guy, super determined though. He doesn't let you slack off, even for a moment. He's stubborn as a Ronto. And don't think for a second he left the Order because he thought it was flawed. He left because he knew that it wasn't the path for him... Yeah, yeah. Hauk was his idol. Set once told me that when he was a Padawan he'd wanted nothing more than to be just like Hauk, and according to a Jedi I've met, he got that wish. I've never met a man more dedicated to the Force."

- G'arn T'rovan

Powers and Abilites
"...Tore through us like a storm. I saw his lightsaber as he cut a hole in my hull, but he didn't use it on us, just his hands. We shot him a hundred times, and he didn't flinch or falter as he made his way to me. I shot him right in the forehead, and what did he do? Grabbed me by the collar and told me that he was the Master of the Veraun Defenders, and I'd picked the wrong moon to raid. I surrendered instantly. Wouldn't you?"

- Pirate Captain Qwen, after his release from prison

As an adherent to Hauk's focus on Control, Set specialized in tutaminis, or energy absorbtion, but he also had great telekinetic skill, as he demonstrated to Areya when, in a moment of homesickness, she accused him of having no real power. His response was to uproot a massive boulder she was sitting on. His farsight rivaled that of Jedi Consulars, and he proved more than capable of sensing emotions at a deep level when he consoled a widow of a peacekeeping officer, telling her to focus on the time the man had gotten her flowers before they had married.

Behind the scenes
Setron Droek is based off of two of the author's close friends, Seth and Ron.