Ranka Darkbroode

Ranka Darkbroode was a legendary Nem'Vaah Master born roughly four thousand years before the outbreak of the Great Territorial War. Himself a rarity, he became a void within the Force. The Force was unable to feel him, as he was no longer part of the Living Force. He was unable to see it o feel it for quite some time until he was able to live with the reality that he was being torn away from the natural currents of the destiny that the Force had given the rest of the universe. It was as if he had become something that was never intended to exist, thus not being part of the Force's creation and giving up the power that the Force had over him. Theoretically, it gave him power over the Force as he became something beyond its own vision.

He was the first person from the known galaxy to have discovered Kal'Shabbol and the Bendu Order. After returning to the known galaxy, he confronted Ussej Padric Bac during the final Battle for Coruscant. In a vision, he foresaw the coming of Ussej Padric Bac III, Ein Nightblade and the holy war of the Great Sovereign Crusades. Before any of that began, he fought and gravely injured Damien Nightblade on Rhen'Var, causing Damien to also become a void within the Force. During the crusades, he met and spoke with Ussej Padric Bac III and told him a great deal about the powers of redemption, something that Ussej then passed on to the Bendu. Almost four thousand years later, after Ranka had spent much time in exile, he confronted Damien once again. However, Damien had become the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis, giving him even more power than before. Because of this, Ranka was killed.

When he died, the Force, who Ranka had known for some time to be the omnipotent being known as Yahweh, asked Ranka to share whatever knowledge he had gained about such things that were beyond its creations. Ranka agreed to do so after being promised eternity with his fallen love and Yahweh decreed him to be one of his archangels and said that when the Son of The Skywalker returned, the voice of Ranka the Archangel would be heard. This was only a metaphor, though just before the redemption of Anakin Skywalker, Ussej Padric Bac LXIV shared Ranka's words about redemption with Luke Skywalker who then used the knowledge to his advantage while redeeming his father.