Durja Lanew

"He is the most powerful Jedi I've ever seen. I am truely grateful to be his apprentice."

—Kau-Ja Manew

Durja Lanew was a Human Jediin the waning days of the Old Republic and a master of the sixth form of lightsaber combat, Niman. He was born on the city planet Coruscantin the year 54 BBY. Found by master Yoda, he was sent to the Jedi temple as a youngling at age 4. There, he became a padawan at age eleven, and a knight at seventeen. Immediatly, Durja Lanew took an apprentice by the name of Kau-Ja Manew, a native of a newly discovered forest planet called Nonderan, and he led his young padawan on numerous missions. These two were even partners in the Clone Wars, in which due to their teamwork, won most of their battles. This gave him fame that lasted him to order: 66, where he was believed to be dead.

Durja was thought to have been dead until he resurfaced in the Rebellion erawhen he and a group of other Jedi joined the Rebellionand caused the Galactic Empireto sustain heavy damages in the Galactic Civil War. After the Galaxywas clensed of Vader and Sidious he continued to serve in the New Republic. He fought off many threats in wars that came later such as the Yuuzhan Vong War, Dark Nest Crisis, Swarm War and the Second Galactic Civil War. Sadly, in 143 ABYhe was killed in battle. His former apprentice as well as the rest of the order mourned this event.

Early Life
As a child growing up on Coruscant Durja was an abnormal kid. Even at his small age he and his brother, Termon, had immense understanding of anything they encounter. Their advanced understanding hadn't stopped them from their mischievous behavior. Only the Jedi Orderwould do that. Saying his first word at 3 months of age and first sentence at 7 months, Durja's parents called him a genius. When he was 4, Jedi master Yoda came across young Durja. Sensing his immense strength in the force, Yoda, after consulting wih his parents, took the child to the temple where he was trained in the ways of the force.

Trial of Courage and Trial of Skill
To achieve the trial of courage Durja Lanew had to either defeat an enemy stronger than himself or take a mission with little chance of survival. To achieve the trial of skill he needed to show absolute skill with the force and a lightsaber. Durja ended up completing them by fighting Darth Maul on the planet Bastion. He met with the Sith apprentice in an abandoned military base where they both fought violently. Maul, with his double-bladed lightsaber easily drove back the Jedi padawan. Durja retreated and ran through the base with the Zabrak following closely. Soon however, he was able to steer free of Darth Maul and jumped onto a building. He held onto the building's edge and waited for the Zabrak. After only a moment, the Sith apprentice came and Durja leaped from his hiding place to take Maul by surprise. The Sith fought back overwhelmingly and almost stabbed Durja Lanew on a few occasions. After a bit of fighting Durja leaped over the Zabrak and upon landing, clashed with him. It seemed like they were getting nowhere. He had to think of a way to end the fight quickly, or otherwise he would be killed. In the end Durja ended up force pulling a building onto Maul and escaping from the battle just before the Sith ripped himself out of the rubble. Maul followed him though, steadily catching up to the padawan. When he was within a yard he activated his lightsaber and swung it at the Jedi, who blocked with his own lightsaber. They fought again and Durja was quickly overwhelmed again and had nothing to throw into his enemy this time. Durja smashed his lightsaber into maul's full-force, knocking it into a diagonal angle. As Darth Maul tried to regain his grip on his double-bladed lightsaber, Durja took that opening and swung at the Zabrak's head. Maul ducked and hit Durja's lightsaber again. Durja, having nothing left to do, force pushed his foe into the wall of the base. As Darth Maul tried to recover, Durja fled the scene, ending the battle.

Trial of Flesh
For the trial of flesh a Jedi must have suffered a great loss or suffered a servere injury in battle. This was completed by Durja Lanew on the forest moon of Endor. He was tracking a crime lord named Razial Cahtei to the Forest moon where a space battle took place. Durja Lanew won the battle and sent the crime lord running, but soon cornered his ship. The vicious crime lord opened fire so Durjs returned the favor, destroying the engines on his opponent's star fighter. Razial started to fall to the surface of the forest moon and Durja followed, determined to capture him. As he landed, he used the force to guide him to the crime lord. When he caught up with the criminal, a chase broke out. As the crime lord ran, he shot at Durja. A stray blast struck a tree, causing it to fall on the Jedi. Razial Cahtei got away, leaving Durja to die. Luckily, his master sensed his pain, and sent help. It took him a few days to recover as trees on Endor, even young ones, are massive.

Trial of Spirit
The trial of spirit involved going deep inside ones self to find whom they truely were. Durja did just that on Felucia, where he walked into a cave much like the one Luke Skywalker went through. There he saw his true self: someone whom wouldn't let anyone stop him from achieving his goals. The dark side was within him, holding a strong influence on him. This horribly disturbed Durja.

Meeting Kau-Ja
"That child... He's amazing!"

-Durja Lanew to Kau-Ja's parents

On a mission to capture a crime lord and bring him to trial, their chase led them to the unknown territories. In their chase Durja noticed a small object gleaming in the open space. After cornering and bording the crime lord's ship he decided to investigate. It turned out to be a planet with lush forests and a bounty of life. Even sentient life was abundant. A species with cotton-like skin without hair and otherwise humanoid populated the small world.

Being the discoverer, Durja led the landing missions to the planet and speaking to its inhabitants, the Nonderanians. Within hours, he started communing with the locals. He found out that the Nonderanians called the planet, Nonderan. As he approached a nearby town he sensed a strong presence lurking there. He seeked out a child going by the name of Kau-Ja Manew. At least, that was what the protocal droids could translate it as. He took the child as a padawan, but as soon as he left, he noticed that the presence was still there. It turned out that the Nonderanians were naturally force-sensitive.

Kau-Ja quickly learned the customs of his new life. He learned the Galactic Basic Standard, about the government and much more in the first few years. Although, he never excelled in lightsaber combat, as most Nonderanians had struggled with also. To improve his skills with a lightsaber, Durja assigned Kau-Ja numerous missions dealing with dangerous foes.

Colonizing Nonderan
To give his padawan, Kau-Ja Manew experience, Durja brought him to the planet Nonderan. Their stay on the planet would be at least a year, because they were helping to colonize it. Their jobs at the planet were to protect all of the colonizers. Kau-Ja felt that it would be a relatively safe expedition, where they'd only fight natives and animals. Immediately after landing however, the young Jedi Knight, Durja Lanew, sensed a strong disturbance in the force. He figured that the council knew of it, otherwise they wouldn't send Jedi.

Throughout their time protecting the colonizers, the Jedi got to see what was causing the disturbance. Apparently, the planets natives, the Nonderanians, were naturally force-sensitive, and most had fallen into the dark side. It took 3 years to colonize Nonderan with its natives attacking every chance they got. This was a time that Durja deeply regreted putting both himself and his padawan into.

Encountering the Sith
"Darth Octillious! I have an order to kill you!"

-Durja Lanew

"So be it!"

-Darth Octillious

A rising amount of attacks on the colonizers forced the Jedi into making a decision. They created an encampment in the wilderness to meet invaders before they get to the cities. There, the Jedi learned of rumors; ideas that the Dark Jedi and corrupt Nonderanians. This was proven when a corrupt Nonderanian found his way into the campsite when no one was there. Upon his return, Durja was assulted by the invader. Even though taken by siprise, Durja Lanew managed to fight off his attacker. The Jedi forced the enemy into retreat, but he still kept attacking. The corrupt Nonderanian ran, but Durja chased him, and finished him off on a hilltop. Before his opponents death, Durja forced the Nonderanian to speak the name of the one who hired him. All the creature said was, "Oc... till... ious." He spoke of Darth Octillious, Sith Lord.

Days later, Darth Octillious lost his patience with sending Dark Jedi to do his job. He decided to attack them himself. His first assult was on Kau-Ja Manew. He attacked the padawan while he was on patrol. Noticing his apprentice's dissapearance, Durja took Jedi Master Ardma Suqui to look for him. Then they were also ambushed. Durja and his comrade fled and eventually found Kau-Ja. Bringing him back, they were assulted again. Octillious destroyed Durja's Lightsaber, but soon afterwards he was force-pushed, by Durja. With that, the Jedi ran to the camp.

Now at the camp, Durja got a new saber and decided to have someone kill the Sith Lord. The Jedi agreed to send Durja only, because they couldn't risk losing multiple Jedi. After a while of walking through the woods, Durja met with Darth Octillious and a battle began. The Jedi managed to knock over Octillious, but Octillious quickly knocked the Jedi's lightsaber out of his hand and cut Durja's left shoulder. Durja quickly recovered and retrieved his lightsaber. After he got his lightsaber back he started attacking again. Soon Durja sliced the Sith's chest and put him on the defense. It was then that Durja Lanew grabbed Darth Octillious's lightsaber hilt and they both started to struggle over them. The struggle continued for a while and it looked like either side could win, but at the last moment Durja used the rest of his strength to gain control over the sabers and cut Darth Octillious's hand off in 1 stroke. With his opponent stunned, Durja Lanew thrusted both sabers into Octillious's hip, knocking him over. As the Sith crawled backwards to a fallen tree Durja threatened him. Darth Octillious then force-pushed Durja Lanew aside and ran into the woods. Victorious, Durja headed back to the camp to inform the other Jedi about the great news. The Sith would soon appear again though; the struggle for control over Nonderan was not over yet.

Just a few weeks later his padawan, Kau-Ja Manew, was on patrol. Durja was at the camp when he sensed a struggle. He followed the ripple in the force that the struggle caused and soon he heard lightsabers. He took off in a run to find the source. He saw Kau-Ja fighting a Dark Jedi. Durja aided his padawan and drove their opponent away. Days later, when he had come back from a patrol he encountered 2 Dark Jedi in the camp and fought them both. After a fierce battle he defeated his foes. He sensed that something big was about to happen. A day later while he was on patrol, the Dark Jedi who had assaulted his padawan days before knocked Durja out cold. When he awoke, he was in a Dark Jedi encampment. He looked up to see the Dark Jedi and Darth Octillious. Durja Lanew overheard the Sith talk about invading the colonizing city, Falmar. Darth Octillious then dismissed his follower and turned to Durja, murder in his eyes. The Sith said that it was time to pay the Jedi back for cutting his hand off. Just before he killed Durja however, Kau-Ja Manew came and blocked what would have been a fatal slash. Darth Octillious fled and Durja told his padawan to follow the Dark Jedi that was sent moments before. Durja then got up and found his way back to his own camp. Upon arriving, Jedi master and friend Ardma Suqui helped him bandage himself. Later the same day, Kau-Ja came back with the Dark Jedi. Durja and Ardma devised a plan to intercept Darth Octillious before he got to the city, Falmar. As they set out, Durja caught a glimpse of his padawan and the Dark Jedi speaking to eachother. The 2 Jedi got to a trail that Darth Octillious would have to use to get to the city and waited for the Sith Lord to come. Eventually, he came and a battle broke out. Durja and Darth Octillious clashed and Ardma used the force to hold the Sith in place. Durja came out of the clash and tried to stab the helpless Sith, but as he did, Octillious regained control over Ardma and fought back. Eventually, The Dark Jedi came, but to his surprise the Dark Jedi fought Darth Octillious, apparently converted. Octillious struck down the Dark Jedi and fled. Durja later found out that the name of the Dark Jedi was named Athriel Sernen.

Clone Wars (22 BBY-19 BBY)
In 21 BBY Durja and around 200 other Jedi went to Coruscant. The point was to stop a rebellion against the Galactic Republic. This resulted in a battle between the Jedi and hundreds of drois. Although fighting viciously, the Jedi were no match and were surrounded. At the last minute however, Yoda and an army of clones arrived and destroyed the droid forces. Durja along with the other surviving Jedi climbed aboard the Drop Ships and continued to fight the battle elsewhere. Defeated, the Seperatists fled the system. By the end of all of this, only a few members of the Jedi strike force survived. This was the start of the clone wars. During these wars the planet Nonderan would usually stay clear of the enemy, but once in a while would find itself under assult.

Invasion of Nonderan
The Invasion of Nonderan occured around 21 BBY. Seperatists led by General Grievous fleeing from Republican forces found their way into the system. Seeing no real Republican forces down below, Grievous sent his troops down to the Nonderanian surface. Durja and his clones took notice and immediately attacked. The anti-aircraft machinery didn't stop the droids from landing and the clones were soon overrun. Durja ordered a retreat into the woods but droids quickly followed. To but the clones time to escape, Durja turned his lightsaber onto his attackers. Durja escaped with a minor wound and most of his clone forces. Victorious, Grievous sent his soldiers into a nearby city, but didn't join them. The general wanted to kill the Jedi himself. He took a small group of droidsand followed the Republicans. Seeing that he was being tracked, Durja Lanew commanded his forces to hide in the trees until it was time to strike. Grievous fell right into his trap. Through the chaos Grievous and Durja sought out eachother. Finally finding eachother, they dueled. After a fierce struggle Grievous retreated. This time it was Durja who followed Grievous. When they got to the landing sight there were already Republican forces overtaking the area. Grievous escaped with the emnants of his forces

leaving the Republic as the winners of this conflict.

Moving to the Front Lines
"With this decision you made, many battles you will fight."

-Yoda

Seeing how well Durja handled the Invasion of Nonderan, the Jedi High Council brought him to the front lines. He and Kau-Ja Manew were quickly dispatched into the Outer Rim Territories. They were to fight in the Battle of Jabiim, ending in their loss. They then retreated to Aaragonar where they met up with Anakin Skywalker, A'Sharad Hett, Ki Adi Mundi and other notable Jedi. This too resulted in a CISvictory. It was then that they council realized that Durja wasn't fit for the front lines. Later however, Durja Lanew would prove himself worthy when he won at the Battle of Praesitlynwhen he aided Anakin in their final attack. That battle earned him respect from all Jedi and clones alike. Now showing that he was fit for the war Durja set out to win many battles such as Christopsis, where he drastically reduced droid forces for Obi-Wan and Anakin to finish off. He also helped the Republic find Anakin, Ahsoka and Aalya on Maridun and fought in Boz Pity and the Battle of Coruscant.

Order: 66
At the time of it, Durja was on Coruscant. He was in the library of the Jedi Temple when he saw the 501st legion enter the building. He first thought that they were simply on patrol until they started shooting Jedi. Immediately, Durja sprang into action! After fighting his way through countless clones, the Jedi met with Vader. Durja confronted them, refusing to let the Sith Apprentice enter the Library and destroy the Jedi archives. Vader decided to kill him to get to the archives. Vader charged at Durja, but the Jedi wouldn't let thim pass. Durja was able to beat back the Sith and corner him at a wall. Then becoming desperate, Darth Vader kicked his opponent in the chest, sending Durja falling. He got back to his feet just as Vader restarted his brutal assult. This time Durja was defending. The Jedi was forced into a balcony where the Sith knocked him off balance and let Durja Lanew plunge into the city below. Durja Lanew survived this great plunge by grabbing a balcony about 30 stories below. Afterwards, he climbed into the building, found the docking bay, and left in a speeder. With his opponent presumed dead, Darth Vader moved on to finish off any surviving Jedi there. Defeated, Durja went to Mos Eisley, Tatooine, in exile.

New Life on Tatooine
"No matter what happpens to the Jedi Order I must survive. As long as there is 1 member left we can still rise again."

-Durja Lanew

Throughout his exile on Tatooine, Durja made sure his presence was kept secret. For a while the only other sentient life knowing about him was Obi-wan (Ben) Kenobi himself. Whenever he sighted an imperial he would quietly slip away from the area. Eventually he realized that if the order would survive, he would have to help keep it alive. One by one he found force-sensitives. Slowly but surely, he rebuilt the order. He tracked down many force-sensitives of all ages. After around 7 months of searching Durja Lanew had found 4 force-sensitives to add to his new order. He knew that they had a long way to go, but they also had a lot of time on their hands. Tatooine was not one of the Empire's first priorities.

Rebuilding a Lost Order
"The Jedi are dying out. The only way to secure a continued survival of it is to rebuild."

-Durja Lanew

By 2 BBY Durja had 15 total Jedi in his group. 2 were knights and the rest padawans. Durja noticed that some had acceptional skills for the scarce amount of experience they had, especially Aaron Doreau, a human knight at age 17. At least he didn't have to construct the padawans alone. Aaron and a knight from the old republic named Edward Dorin helped out as much as they could. Missions with this mass of jedi were difficult, for 16 (including Durja) Jedi to remain hidden. Without an actual cause they couldn't do the normal missions either. They mostly found missing children or caught criminals.

Eventually on a mission, Aaron heard rumors of a Rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Curious, he consulted the person who spoke of it. Now with the proclaimation proven Aaron quickly sought out his master and told him all about it. Durja was all for the idea of joining it, but there were some issues. First of all there was a long gap of space between Tatooine and their destination, the Yavin system. They could easily be captured by Imperials along the way. Also, they didn't know if it was even true. They devised a solution. They would get a small ship with the little money they had and seek out this so-called rebel base.

The Journey to Yavin
With their feeble amount of money the Jedi couldn't afford much. They settled with a small, custom-made craft. The tiny machine could hold 20 humans, but not much else after that. When plotting their course they decided to go around all of the Imperial territories as much as possible. Only a small area they had to go through was imperial. It would only take a few moments to cross it. Now with everything planned, they were on their way.

Upon crossing the Imperial section of their course however, it just so happened that a lone Imperial Tie Fighter caught sight of them. Too far away from its squadron, the pilot decided not to tell the others, for the ship would have left sight by then. The Tie Fighter started its persuit! Sensing that the group was in danger, Durja told their pilot, Edward Dorin to be on high alert. Not long after that, blaster shots hit the craft.

Durja took control of the ship, flying in a random course and always changing directions in an attemp to lose their attacker. His efforts were futile as more shots quickly hit the ship. A Kel Dor padawan recommended that he attack from outside the ship. Desperate, Durja agreed and let the Kel Dor fight. The padawan was able to damage the Tie Fighter but was blasted and killed shortly afterwards. This did however give the rest enough time to go on the offensive. The ship made a loop to now come to rest behind the Tie Fighter and gun it down. The Tie Fighter's engines were demolished and the Tie Fighter itself was left drifting through space. A few hours after the conflict the Jedi came to the Yavin system and after some extensive searching, found the rebel base. After docking in the base, the tired Jedi joined the Rebel Alliance.

At the base Durja Lanew met up with a few old friends. He found Kau-Ja Manew and Ardma Suqui from Nonderan. Shortly after joining he also met with Eltva Matek, a friend of his in the order. Together they formed an elite strike force, led major attacks on the Empire and helped train Luke Skywalker when he was away from Yoda. Eventually Ardma left the strike force to help train Luke even more.

The Death of Octillious (4 ABY)
"I have waited a long time for this."

-Durja Lanew

"I know. It will be nice to kill you and your apprentice after all this time."

-Darth Octillious

"That's not what I was talking about. You are finally going to get what you deserve."

-Durja Lanew

"This planet is no place for Jedi."

-Darth Octillious

In the waning days of the Death Star II there were rumors of a Sith living on Korriban. Spies confirmed this idea. At the same time that the Death Star II was under attack the Jedi strike force traveled to Korriban to kill the Sith. What they found was not expected at all. The Sith was Darth Octillious from the colonization of Nonderan. Durja and Octillious exchanged words for a brief moment endin with Octillious saying, "This planet is no place for Jedi." He drew his lightsaber, followed by the 3 Jedi. The Jedi swarmed in from all sides. Darth Octillious proved to be more than a match for them, as he repelled them with suprising ease. Durja and Kau-Ja charged back in but were thrown aside with a combination of force push and force lightning. Now it was Eltva Matek alone against Darth Octillious. They were evenly matched, showing equal skill until Octillious grabbed Eltva's left arm, twited it around his back and stabbed him in the chest. Durja, seeing his ally and friend fall quickly rushed at the Sith, slashing and stabbing away at him. Octillious was able to counter it for a while, but was overwhelmed after a few moments.

Darth Octillious was knocked to his feet as Durja tried to swing a final blow. Octillious blocked with his saber and the sleeve of his cloak revealed the prosthetic hand to replace the one cut off by Durja in 35 BBY. This stopped Durja in his tracks, reminiscing about the whole Nonderan adventure. Octillious realized and yelled at him, saying that this was what Durja did to him. Then Octillious kicked Durja away and got back to his feet. The battle continued, but only for a brief moment before Durja hit Darth Octillious's lightsaber aside and stabbed him in the chest. With his opponent defeated he returned to the others. Eltva had died but Kau-Ja still survived. When they arrived back at the rebel base they found out both fronts were victorious. Darth Octillious was killed and the Death Star II was destroyed along with Darth Vader and Darth Sidious.

Betrayal of a Comrade (6 ABY)
"What a pitiful order this is turning out to be. These new Jedi are too weak for it. If they used the dark side at least a little they'd be a lot stronger."

"No they're not, and you're sounding like a Sith."

"Perhaps I am."

-Durja being betrayed by Kau-Ja Manew

The presence of Darth Octillious survived past his death. His ghost appeared to Kau-Ja Manew multiple times, trying to corrupt him. On Kamino he succeeded. Kau-Ja and Durja Lanew were discussing the New Republic when Kau-ja mentioned how the Jedi in it were so weak. Durja exclaimed that he was speaking like a Sith, and Kau-Ja returned that comment stating, "Maybe I am." Sensing the dark side within his former apprentice, Durja activated his 2 lightsabers.

Kau-Ja alerted himself to this and attacked. Durja almost instantly overwhelmed Kau-Ja Manew with his Jar'Kai, so he started backing up so he wouldn't be cut by the blades. The sliding doors opened as the duel took them outside into the cold, rainy night. Durja had gained an advantage until they reached a pole where Kau-Ja side-kicked him into it, causing him to drop his lightsabers. In defense he grabbed the hand holding Kau-Ja's lightsaber and twisted it out of the hand. As he tried to grip it Kau-Ja punched it aside, starting a short hand-to-hand brawl. Eventually Durja Lanew was able to trip his opponent to the ground and called his lightsabers to himself. As he struck down Kau-Ja grabbed his lightsaber and blocked at the last second. He force pushed Durja Lanew away and got to his feet.

Durja attacked again, driving Kau-Ja up a ramp to another level of the platform. As they did so a stray slash cut the pole in half. At the top of the platform Kau-Ja again tried to gain the offensive, but was driven further back. He did manage however to bash Durja's green lightsaber, Defender, out of his hand. Durja still held strong but lost most of his adavantage. Now the winner would be the most experienced of the 2. Durja slowly pushed forward driving the Nonderanian back until they got to a ledge. There, with Kau-Ja's feet at the very edge of the platform they clashed. The clash continued for almost a minute before Durja used the last of his strength to rip Kau-Ja's lightsaber aside (and cut off Kau-Ja Manew's hand at the same time) and force push him 30 meters back, where he fell into the raging waters below.

Victorious, Durja Lanew deactivated his lightsaber and dropped to his knees, exhausted. After a moment he got up and ran to the main complex to get someone to fish Kau-Ja out of the water. When they got Kau-Ja out they chained him to a pole and waited for him to regain conciousness. When he did Durja reasoned to him, saying that it was the fact that he used the light side of the force that he won. He said that the dark side led to nothing but disaster. After an hour of that he finally redeemed Kau-Ja Manew. He hoped nothing of the sort would ever occur again.

The Battle of Dantooine
In 25 ABY, the Yuuzhan Vong Warbroke out. Durja was sent to the Outer Rim Territories to aid the New Republicin defending the galaxy. He was first assigned to Dantooine where he fought the extragalactic invaders with much trouble. When Mara Jade Skywalker discovered that the Yuuzhan Vonghad infiltrated the refugee camp that he was defending, a slaughter began. Durja tried to guide a group of defenseless refugees out of the battlefield, but the group, including himself, was hit by crossfire. The Jedi suffered several blaster wounds to the chest, arms and legs. He fell to the ground in pain and saw as countless sentients on both sides killed each other. He tried to get up but missile fire around him knocked him back off his feet. Finally, he could take no more and exploded in a furious blast of force after another. He jumped to his feet and then charged through crowds of Yuuzhan Vong and Chazrach soldiers, lightsaber in hand. His eyes glowed a fiery red with the dark side and what started as force push turned into force lightning on a scale that he himself didn’t imagine possible. In the section of the refugee camp that he was in, the invaders retreated. It took the shockwave from a missile from meters away to stop him and knock him nearly out cold. He regained movement several minutes later to see that the Yuuzhan Vong were winning. He started to fight again ferociously but eventually had to retreat with the rest of the survivors. Once in space on a refugee ship, he witnessed the arrival of Admiral Traest Kre’fey’s fleet, which allowed the evacuators to safely escape.

That battle traumatized Durja Lanew. In the conflict, he descended so closely to the dark side that he could taste in his mouth and feel it run through his veins. He couldn’t bear to hear the name Yuuzhan Vong after that let alone see or fight one. He went to Coruscant to wait out the war, but even the capital of the New Republic wouldn’t be safe for long.

Fall of a Legend (143 ABY)
As Durja went about his life after the Third Jedi Purge, he started to hear about a Sith named Darth Octil. Stories said that Octil was distantly related to Darth Octillious (hence the name) and was looking for the Jedi whom murdered him. Durja knew that he would eventually be found and killed and decided to reveal himself to his hunter. He sent a message in 143 ABY to Darth Octil, telling him to meet at Nonderan where the old Jedi encampment was. The aged Jedi arrived at the old site days later and took his time reminiscing about the good old days in the Galactic Republic. He looked up and saw that it was about to rain. A few hours later, Darth Octil arrived too and immediately challenged Durja Lanew. The Jedi knew that these were his last moments and drew his lightsaber.

Darth Octil charged at the human, trying to overpower him. Durja however, was strong enough to fend off his attacker. He ducked down and swept at Octil’s feet, only to have Octil jump over it and the lightsabers clash. The zabrak Sith drove him back into a boulder. Once his back met the behemoth, Durja jumped onto the rock. He made remarks about Darth Octillious, Octil’s ancestor, and got the Sith to charge at him. Darth Octil jumped onto the rock, and after a minute of further confrontation, tackled Durja off of it. As they landed on smaller, sharper rocks next to the boulder, the zabrak Sith slammed his lightsaber at Durja repeatedly until Durja could take no more. As a last resort, the human slashed at the boulder, causing a section of it to collapse on his opponent. They both got to their feet and waited for the other to make the next move. Darth Octil, in his fury, attacked first, driving Durja down a small trail in the forest. The Jedi continued along the path until reaching a familiar spot. Octil backed off to regain breath, allowing Durja Lanew enough time to explain why they’re here. He told Octil that his ancestor had his hand cut off in the exact same spot. Darth Octil had regained strength by then and ran at Durja. The weary Jedi turned and ran into the woods, finally stopping in a small opening. He remembered that Athriel had died there so many years ago. Through the underbrush, Darth Octil was running after him. They dueled again but Durja was doing so half-hearted this time. Durja knew that this was how he wanted to go and let it be so.

Meanwhile, Kau-Ja Manew sensed that his partner was in danger and immediately set course to his home planet, Nonderan. As he arrived at the scene of the fight it was too late. Durja sensed his old apprentice, turned to look at him, turned back and fought Octil. Darth Octil slammed Durja’s lightsaber twice, and then the Jedi let him stab him in the chest. Darth Octil smirked as the legendary Jedi fell to his knees. He started shouting to the skies that he killed Durja Lanew. He let Kau-Ja run to his former master and talk to him. Durja told him that his time was up in the galaxy and that Kau-Ja had to make sure that the Jedi survived. His life began to flash before his eyes, first starting with childhood, then moving on to discovering Nonderan and getting Kau-Ja as an apprentice, then the Clone Wars to Order 66, from starting the order back up on Tatooine to Yavin 4, then from the Galactic Civil war to this point. Then, as rain started to tatter the bodies of these 3 force-sensitive beings, he died on the spot that Athriel had died in 36 BBY. Kau-Ja Manew did as he was told by his deceased partner and led a group of Jedi through the Third Jedi Purge.

Legacy
In 151 ABY, Durja came to Kau-Ja Manew as a force ghost. He came to tell his old partner that Darth Octil was dead and that it was the time to strike on the Sith of Octil. All Kau-Ja wanted to know was why he had to let himself be killed so easily. In response, Durja told him that he was elderly and wouldn't have survived much longer anyway. Durja then told him that it was the way he wanted to die, in a blaze of glory. Kau-Ja argued that he shouldn't have left them like that but Durja said that he was of no more use in the order in his old age and that he would be able to do more for the Jedi as a force ghost. The ghost of Durja Lanew appeared several more times until Kau-Ja Manew died in 197 ABY. In a couple cases his force ghost even argued with Darth Octillious's ghost.

As time passed, Durja's spirit started to stay near the site of his death. He would watch tourists go by and, once in a while, a living being would see him. Rumors started around the site that a creature in a dark robe and glowing with a blue tint lurked, immortally, through the area. This was true, of course, but not in the way most people thought. This myth was still in effect in 353 ABY, when the young Eldin Lanew, the great great great grandson of Durja's brother, came and they spoke to each other. Durja's ghost followed the youthful fugitive and spoke to him again on Ossus. There, he talked Eldin into leading an attack on the Octil Empire. He spoke with his descendant one final time aonboard the Ravager over Dagobah, where Eldin was on his own deathbed.

Personality Traits
Durja was an absolutely driven individual. At a young age, he had a deep understanding of the world around him. With self-determination, intellect and a strong connection to the force he survived the Second Jedi Purge. He possessed an unatural amount of will power for a human. That could have either been part of his connection to the force or determination.

In his early years Durja was a bit mischieviouius as many small children were. This evolved into a daring attitude following him through his 30's. After his youth-filled years, Durja became a survivor of the Great Jedi Purge which hardend him into a strong, more driven person, determined to reforge the order. In the Yuuzhan Vong War, he became traumatized by the destruction that took place around him. He never grew to like or even get to know a Yuuzhan Vong afterward, driven by a furious grudge that he would carry for the rest of his mortal life and afterlife. As he entered his final years, he gained back some of his daring youthful attitude from the old days. In his last months of life he knew how elderly he was and was searching for the best way for his journey to end, eventually choosing it to be a battle between himself and Darth Octil. Right up until his death he was a disciplined driven Jedi Master able to survive against all odds.

Powers and Abilities
Durja Mastered many forms of lightsaber combat, including:

Niman:The sixth form of lightsaber combat, Durja used Niman normally because of its ability to let the user fight however he wants. To achieve succeess using Niman, Durja had to use parts of all forms. He used certain parts of one form to aid the parts of another form he used in it. With this strategy, it was often difficult to find a weakness in his attacks. That lead to numerous victories and earning the respect of talented Jedi across the galaxy.

Jar'Kai:Throughout his time on Tatooine during 19-0 BBY, Durja learned as much as he could about uncommon forms of lightsaber combat to strengthen himself, and thus be able to further aid his growing order. It was there that he stumbled upon the form called Jar'Kai. Thinking that it was a well thought out form, he took up learning it. He would later use it to defeat many threats, but he eventually switched back to Niman.

Shii-Cho:Most Jedi learn this style first, including Durja. He didn't particularly like it but used it when necessary. Eventually, he abandoned Shii-Cho for the use of Niman and Jar'Kai.

Lightsaber forms were not all that he learned. As most Jedi did, Durja Lanew united himself immensely with the force. These are the ways he used his connection to this mystical energy:

Force Push:This allowed Durja to blast away foes in a single push. It was especially brutal in close quarters combat.

Force Hold:Force hold is when you use the force to immobilize an opponent. Durja often used it to give comrades time to escape combat.

Force Choke:Durja used this to choke his enemies until they pass out. Once passed out, he would probably flee. Although sometimes working, he usually fails, allowing the enemy to break free and catch Durja off guard.

Force Jump:As many Jedi did, Durja used force jump to reach high places to to catch a fleeing opponent.

Force Lightning:Durja often used this force ability when under the influence of the dark side of the force, as seen on Dantooine during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.

Force Eternity:This was a force technique that Durja Lanew used to achieve such a long life, finally dying at age 197. If Darth Octil hadn't killed him, he could have survived for as many as 53 more years. This technique would also slow down the affects of time, makeing him seem a century younger than he really was. He first started practicing it when he was 14 and continued for the rest of his days.

Lightsabers
Lightweight:Lightweight was Durja's first lightsaber. It was designed for the form, Shii-Cho; a form Durja didn't like very much but was forced to use it. He called it Lightweight because when struck, it often flew out of his hand. The purple-bladed lightsaber was destroyed on Nonderan in 35 BBY while Durja was battling Darth Octillious. Soon afterwards, Taurus was built.

Assaulter:Assaulter was a blue-bladed lightsaber given to Durja by his comrade, Ardma Suqui to replace Lightweight for the time being. It was with Assaulter that Durja cut off the hand of Darth Octillious. Shortly afterwards, the saber was given back to Ardma and Durja Lanew made his own lightsaber, Taurus. Assaulter ended up being wielded by a few other Jedi in the camp after they had lost their sabers.

Taurus:Durja's third lightsaber, Taurus was designed with Niman in mind, and had a blue blade. It was especially designed for all forms of lightsaber combat. Taurus was mostly grey, and had a section in the center for the hand to defaultly grip. The center was black and rigid with 2 grey lines through it. Durja switched between wielding it with 1 and 2 hands. Taurus would be later partnered with Defender, and both would be used in Jar'Kai from time to time. After years of that, Durja went back to using the only lightsaber Taurus for the rest of his days.

Defender:The lightsaber known as defender was a green-bladed lightsaber that Durja built on Tatooine. It's reason for existance was origionally to help Durja experiment with Jar'Kai in 17 BBY. Later Durja Lanew started using Defender more and more frequently. Eventually however in 27 ABY, it was retired from combat as Durja went back to using only Niman. The blade, Defender, would become a relic from the times of the Old Jedi Order and was only activated during Jedi ceremonies. In 130 ABY it was destroyed in the Third Jedi Purge.

Name & Origin
The word Durja is actually Indian for "invincible," usually associated with their mythology. The idea of a person that is invincible gives Durja Lanew his first name. The last name is purely from the imagination. The original purpose for Durja Lanew was to be the mentor and discoverer of Jedi Padawan, Kau-Ja Manew, in the Youtube series, Jedi Training. He later had a story of his own developed. For example, the idea that he was the discoverer of the Nonder system didn't come until much later. An idea for what he went through in Order 66 was also created to show that he had done more than discover and train. After these extra ideas were created for the character, other ideas soon followed and eventually led up to the current biography.

Appearances

 * Jedi Training Season 1
 * Jedi Training Season 2