Lonna Vash (ASWS)

"We take responsibility, Atris, not cast blame."

- Lonna Vash

Lonna Vash was a Jedi Master and a member of the Jedi High Council during the Mandalorian Wars and the Jedi Civil War. Along with Josham Kavar, Zez-Kai Ell and Vrook Lamar, Lonna was heavily involved in the discovery of four out of six ancient relics that were said to point the way to a vast trove of knowledge somewhere in the galaxy. The search was put on hold when Revan and Malak began their conquest of the Galactic Republic, and Lonna and her three counterparts were each forced to take one of the four discovered relics and make their way into hiding after the destruction of Katarr. Lonna made her way to Korriban, assuming that the Sith would not look for a Jedi Master there. She was killed by Darth Sion one year later, and after her death Kavar made his way to Korriban and took her relic for safe keeping.

Quests
Nothing was known about Lonna Vash’s early life. During the Mandalorian Wars, Lonna was one of four Jedi Masters that discovered information about six relics hidden by the ancient Jedi which pointed to a trove of knowledge that could have surpassed even the archives in the Great Jedi Pyramid. The other three masters were Josham Kavar, Zez-Kai Ell and Vrook Lamar. Despite knowing that six of them existed, they were only able to find four. In order to keep the four relics safe, they each took one so they would remain protected. During that time, the Mandalorian Wars ended and Revan and Malak disappeared into the Unknown Regions, along with hundreds of Jedi Knights and the Republic fleet that they had used to defeat the Mandalorian crusaders. Jaxia Veers, however, was the only Jedi Knight to return to face the judgment of the Jedi High Council after the final battle on Malachor V. Lonna voted alongside the council to expel Jaxia from the Jedi Order because she had joined Revan and Malak's cause, thus defying the will of the Jedi Council.

After Jaxia's exile, Lonna and the others were preparing to begin a quest find the other two relics, but that was stalled when two different lines of thought emerged about why the relics should have been located. Vrook and Zez-Kai were adamant on finding the knowledge trove so they could either hide it or destroy it, as they felt that it was too dangerous to remain in existence. Kavar and Lonna, however, felt that they should find it to further the Jedi Order’s knowledge of the galaxy. They were never able to come to a decision, and in the end they were forced to suspend their search indefinitely as Revan and Malak returned from their years-long disappearance as the Dark Lords of a new Sith Empire and began a conquest to take over the galaxy.

Lonna remained on Coruscant during the Jedi Civil War. Towards the end of the conflict, Revan was captured and redeemed, thus allowing for the destruction of the Star Forge. He disappeared shortly thereafter, but his repentance had allowed the Republic to try and begin the rebuilding process. Unfortunately, that was short lived as a new Sith Triumvirate had risen to power and began to make short work of countless Jedi Knights, causing the order’s number to seemingly dwindle into the dozens. Jedi Master Atris called an emergency conclave of all Jedi on Katarr and most went, but Vrook and the other three masters with the relics felt that it would be unwise for the four of them to group together.

Exile
While the Jedi Order was assembled on Katarr, the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus destroyed all life on the planet, thus killing hundreds of Jedi Knights. Days after learning about the attack, Lonna met with the three other Jedi Masters with the relics in the Jedi High Council chambers in the Great Jedi Pyramid. They discussed what happened on Katarr and learned that no one had reported back, leading them to assume that everyone, including Masters Atris and Vandar, had been killed by the Sith Lord's power. To ensure the safety of themselves and the relics, Lonna and the others decided to part ways with one another. While one of their main goals was to lure the Sith into a false sense of victory by believing they had destroyed the entire Jedi Order, one of the major reasons was to protect the relics from the Sith. Lonna went to Korriban, believing that no Sith would find her there, while Vrook went to Dantooine, Zez-Kai went to Nar Shaddaa and Josham went to Onderon.

Shortly thereafter, Lonna arrived in the abandoned Sith Academy on Korriban. During her stay, she created a user account under her name to control the security systems of the academy. It made it possible for her to open the front doors and escape in the event of danger. One year after she arrived, Darth Sion arrived on the planet and found Lonna there. They dueled one another for a lengthy period of time, but he eventually brutally killed her and her body fell dead in a pool of her own blood. What Lonna did not know was that she had been used as bait for Jaxia Veers, who was hoping to reunite the four Jedi Masters on Dantooine.

Postmortem
After Lonna’s death, Jaxia Veers arrived on Korriban hoping to find her. When Jaxia entered the academy, the front door closed and trapped her inside. She found Lonna lying dead in a pool of blood in the interrogation chamber. Fortunately for Jaxia, she found out about the account that Lonna had created, so she was able to open the front door and flee from the academy. She did come face to face with Darth Sion and was forced to fight him, though she was forced to escape as she was unable to kill him. When Jaxia left, she was able to reunite the three other Jedi Masters on Dantooine.

Although the masters were reunited, the former Jedi Master turned Sith Lord Darth Traya found them there and drained them of the Force. Vrook and Zez-Kai were killed because of it, though Kavar survived due to his relatively youthful age and strength. Days later, Kavar made his way to Korriban with the three other relics and took Lonna’s for safe keeping. He then cremated her body, hoping to give her some form of peaceful farewell in such a dark and evil place like the Sith Academy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 9 - Flashpoint Interlude: Homecoming
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
 * Chronicles of the Great War: Aftermath
 * Chronicles of the Great War: Farewell