Zale Ven (Destiny)

Zale Ven was a Human male Imperial Inquisitor and former Jedi Knight who lived during the last days of the Galactic Republic.

Jedi
Born to two Republic officers, Zale Ven was taken into the Jedi Order at a young age and trained at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. A frequent rule-breaker, Ven often infuriated his masters for his disobedience and nearly got transferred to the by the, who did not think any Jedi Master in their right mind would take up Ven as their Padawan.

They were unexpectedly proven wrong by the Jedi Master Vel Ramdro, who selected Ven as his apprentice. To the surprise of many, Master Ramdro was able to rein in the insubordinate boy and taught him proper discipline and adherence to the Jedi Code. This greatly impressed the Council, who started to reassess the future they foresaw for Ven.

Although less delinquent than he had been as a youngling, Ven was still not a strict adherent to the Code. Under his master's nose, Ven was secretly in a relationship with fellow Jedi for a time, which ended in 24 BBY when the both of them became Jedi Knights and agreed to cease seeing each other, lest the Council find out. Despite this, Ven still held strong feelings for Jeng and was greatly upset by her death on Geonosis two years later.

During the Clone Wars, Ven was made a Jedi General and led his own battalion of clone troopers, whom he grew to have a strong connection with. When he lost his entire battalion on in 20 BBY, Ven refused to take up command of another, blaming himself for the deaths of his men.

The following year, Ven was stationed at the Jedi Temple when the Sith Lord and the 501st Legion attacked. Ven defended the Temple against the traitorous Jedi and clone troopers but ended up getting buried beneath a pillar and was left for dead.

Days after the attack, Ven was found by Imperial stormtroopers and taken into custody. Upon being brought before Darth Vader himself, Ven immediately pledged loyalty to the Sith Lord, not wishing to face death. Vader contemplated over what to do with the Jedi before finally offering to make him one of the Empire's Inquisitors. Ven eagerly agreed and turned away from the Jedi for good.