Diard Vads (Jedi Renaissance)

Diard Vads was a male Umbaran Jedi Master serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the Jedi Renaissance as a member of the Jedi High Council.

Early service
Born on the planet Umbara in 50 BBY, Diard Vads was born into a wealthy family which unhappily relinquished custody of their child to the Jedi Order. Growing up in the Coruscant Jedi Temple, Vads studied the culture of his homeworld and found their mistreatment of the wraiths to be unacceptable hoped to one day see this practice ended. Selected by Master Indot Sheni to train as a Padawan, Vads frequently talked with Sheni's former student, Jedi Tomac Moorcé on policy within the Republic and the Order regarding mistreatment of sentients. Constructing a rare, white-bladed lightsaber on Ilum, Vads convinced his master and Jedi Moorcé to embark on a mission to Umbara to investigate the treatment of the native wraiths. Meeting with Senator Hrelli in the capital, Vads was shocked by the lies and propaganda the Senator fed the Jedi. Seeking their own answers, the Jedi trekked into the wilds of Umbara and found the wraiths to live an impoverished and malnourished existence, clothed only in rags and horribly malnourished.

Enraged by the clear ethics violations, Vads and his mentor returned to the city and were shocked to witness an attack by the starving wraiths. Not interfering in the attack as Umbaran military forces attempted to repel the attacking wraiths, the executive building was compromised as the flying wraiths swarmed in a relentless attack on those oppressing them. Feeding on the Umbaran politicians by draining their life energies, the Jedi protected nearby civilians as a wraith swooped down and drained the soul of Senator Hrelli. Helpless to intervene against the numerous attackers, the Jedi were led to safety by the young Mee Deechi who advised them to leave as soon as possible. Deechi assured the Jedi that he would do his best to see that the wraiths were not harmed and received the proper assistance from the government if the hostilities could be brought to an end. On their way to their ship, a weak wraith female approached the Jedi and handed Jedi Moorcé a bundled infant, before withdrawing into the shadows. Detecting the child to be Force-sensitive and healthy, the Jedi rushed back to Coruscant to debrief the High Council and turn the infant over to the Acquisitions Division.

Jedi Knight and the Clone Wars
In 28 BBY Vads passed his Trials of Knighthood and was made a Jedi Knight.