Revan (Smashb1996)

"Savior, conqueror, hero, villain... You are all these things, Revan, and yet, you are nothing; you belong to neither the light or the darkness. You will forever stand alone."

- to Revan, during their

Revan was both a and  during the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War, both of which he played a major role in.

As a young Jedi, Revan was considered to be an extraordinary student by his many teachers. He was also charismatic; this trait allowed him to gain support as he argued for Jedi intervention when the attacked the Galactic Republic in. When the refused to take part in the war, and sought to arrest Revan and his followers, he created the Revanchists, an group of organized Jedi, under his command, dedicated to defending the Republic from the Mandalorian threat.

Under his command, the Republic turned the tide, and drove the Mandalorians to the edge of Republic space, where, leader of the Mandalorians, was slain by Revan, himself, in a that saw the  of  and the deaths of many Republic soldiers, Jedi, and Mandalorians. After the battle, Revan stripped the warrior race of the, preventing them from choosing a new leader; this crippled the Mandalorians for years to come.

Although Revan was hailed as a hero for his victory, he suddenly disappeared from known space, claiming to be hunting down the last of the Mandalorian threat; this, however, was a lie. Revan had, at this point, fallen to the, and had ordered Malachor's destruction to eliminate those who would oppose his plan to unite by force against an , which he had discovered hints of, on Malachor's surface, a  prior.

On the planet of, in the , Revan discovered the True Sith Empire, which was comprised of the descendants of those who survived the Great Hyperspace War.

After pretending to give his allegiance to the, Revan uncovered 4 s, which led to the , an ancient weapon of the long-ago destroyed. With the under his control, Revan created a massive armada of ships, and returned to Republic space.

Making his intentions clear to the Republic and the Jedi, Revan initiated the Jedi Civil War, a bloody conflict that would impact the galaxy for years to come. However, in the war's, Revan was betrayed by his former best friend and apprentice, , and by the Jedi.

His mind broken, his memories buried, and soon thought killed by the galaxy–at–large, Revan's life was saved by ; this act created a Force bond between them.

Unable or unwilling to bring back their captive's true self, but needing the knowledge scattered within his mind, the Jedi Council used the Force to rebuild Revan with a new identity, one loyal to the Republic.

Almost, Revan, still unaware of his genuine past, rescued the captive Shan alongside  and an diverse band of comrades on. Upon discovering this, the Jedi Council on Dantooine opted to retrain him.

Rediscovering his former talents and tasked with uncovering the source of Malak's colossal fleet, Revan and his companions defeated all adversaries and obstacles as he and Shan were guided by shared "visions"—in truth Revan's own memories—to the Star Maps on, , , and.

In the midst of this journey, the group was captured by, commander of the Sith fleet, and incarcerated aboard the Leviathan, Karath's flagship. Although Revan and his friends were able to escape, Karath along the way, Darth Malak faced his former Master, unveiled his true identity and recaptured Shan, the woman Revan had fallen in love with.

Despite being bereaved from Shan, Revan and his colleagues successfully ascertained the location of the final Star Map, as well as the position of the Star Forge. There, the Rakata System, Revan cast aside the darkness of his past, turned Shan–whom Malak had tortured into becoming his apprentice–back to the light and the reigning Dark Lord, playing out his role in the  that brought the war he had caused to a close.

onward, having driven the remaining Sith factions, who were locked in, from Korriban, and becoming a Jedi Master, Revan–with more of his memories returning to him–left the known galaxy behind on a lone quest against the true Sith Empire. As of, he was thought to have never returned.