Ch'vyalthan

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

- Ch'vyalthan Ch'vyalthan was a renowned Jedi Master and the third Barsen'thor of the Jedi Order. He was well known for his wisdom, powerful Force abilities, and his lengthy conflict with the vile Dark Lord Sithis, being the first - and for thousands of years the only - person to have defeated him.

Born on the jungle planet Thyferra, Ch'vyalthan was born into a tribe of Mirialan refugees that fled their homeworld of Mirial after a violent plague wiped out nearly a quarter of the planet's population. When he was two years old, he developed a deep and innate connection to the Force, being able to float entire sets of furniture. His parents sent him to the Jedi Order in an effort for him to hone and control his abilities

The future Barsen'thor 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 Fount of Rajivari, an ancient repository of knowledge, and he stopped the Twi'lek Force-sensitive Nalen Raloch—who had been empowered by the knowledge gained from the Fount—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"—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 Terrak Morrhage. The Consular 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. The Consular 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."

Defeating Vivicar was the accomplishment 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, the Barsen'thor 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, the Barsen'thor 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, the Barsen'thor participated in the fight against the 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 Vitiate himself. The Children had infiltrated deep within the ranks of the Republic, their presence masked by the power of the mysterious First Son. In the meantime, a second Galactic War began between the Republic and the Empire. During the Battle of Corellia, 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. The Jedi eventually confronted the First Son himself in the caves below Corellia's Coronet City, defeating him and successfully bringing back Bakarn's personality. Doing so 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, the Barsen'thor and his many allies were celebrated as heroes on the galactic capital of Coruscant.

The Jedi Master was rewarded with Bakarn's vacant seat on the Jedi High Council. He also accepted the young Force prodigy Nadia Grell as his Padawan, following the last will of her late father, Senator Tobas Grell of Sarkhai. Having attained reputation for being a wise and respected member of the Council, the Barsen'thor joined the fight against the mad Jedi Revan in 3638 BBY. It was during this time that Ch'vyalthan met the Dark Councilor Darth Nox. The Barsen'thor later led the Jedi Council's search for the means to stop the Sith Emperor once and for all, but he disappeared in 3637 BBY, around the time when Vitiate—in the guise of Emperor Valkorion—entered his secret Eternal Empire as a third faction in the Galactic War. The Jedi Master was still missing five years later when an alliance of various factions was formed against the Eternal Empire. It was later discovered that Ch'vyalthan had been imprisoned on Zakuul by the Eternal Empire, and an attack squadron would later secure his release.

After the Eternal Empire had been defeated, Ch'vyalthan returned to his duties, during he which he became an instructor for the many Jedi Initiates that would join the Order. At around this time, Darth Nox - now going by the name Sithis - defected from the Dark Council and began a rampage to ensure his immortality. Ch'vyalthan would be one of the many who opposed him, and during a fateful duel at the Dark Temple on Dromund Kaas defeated him.

Ch'vyalthan did eventually become one with the Force somewhere between 3565 and 3560 BBY, presumably because of old age. After his death, the Barsen'thor was laid to rest in an elaborate tomb located in the Crystal Canyons on the planet Chandrila. Nearly two thousand years later, Ch'vyalthan's Force ghost would aid the Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in defeating his ancient rival for good.