Yarael Poof (Powerstaark)

Yarael Poof was a Quermian Jedi Master who served on the Jedi Council before the Clone Wars. He sacrificed his life to deactivate a deadly artifact that could blow up a planet.

Biography
Poof was a consummate master of Jedi mind tricks and could use the Force to mislead targets by conjuring false images in their minds. His connection with the Force was admired by all, and he was invited to be a member of the Jedi Council—a position he accepted. Yarael Poof was skilled in the rare art of battle meditation, which helped him to give courage to an army while the opposing army suddenly was mentally weakened. As a member of the Jedi Council, Yarael was also adept in a combat situation.

He was a member of the Quermian species, a race of sentient invertebrates related to the Xexto of Troiken. His long legs, body and neck caused him to stand some three feet taller than other humanoid species. Hidden beneath his traditional robes were four delicate arms which granted Yarael Poof remarkable dexterity. Poof's sensitive olfactory glands were located in his hands. He had two brains, one located inside his skull and the other in his chest cavity. He was the most senior of four Quermian Jedi in the years running up to the Invasion of Naboo.

The Jedi Master was present when Qui-Gon Jinn brought young Anakin Skywalker before the Council for training. He trained at least one Padawan himself, an Ithorian named Roron Corobb.

Poof was at the Jedi Temple with fellow Council members Depa Billaba, Oppo Rancisis, Yoda, Yaddle and Even Piell during the Yinchorri attack on the Jedi Temple. Wielding a blue lightsaber, Poof survived the brief skirmish between the Jedi and Yinchorri.

In 5 BBG, Yarael's finest hour came after a chain of events that started with a crisis meeting of the Jedi Council. Mace Windu briefed the gathered Jedi luminaries that a threat had emerged that needed immediate action. A radical Annoo-dat General named Ashaar Khorda was planning to strike at one of the Republic's key worlds—Alderaan, Corellia or Coruscant. Most terrifying of all, the Council learned that Khorda had obtained an ancient artifact from the planet Seylott that was so powerful it could destroy a planet. A member of the Council would be chosen to watch over each of the planets.

Oppo Rancisis would go to Corellia, Eeth Koth to Alderaan and Mace Windu volunteered to watch over Coruscant. But Yarael Poof suggested he be given the task of watching over Coruscant. He reasoned that General Khorda's powerful artifact would create a disturbance in the Force, and so his particularly sensitive Force connection would be invaluable. The Council agreed. He did not have to wait long. Sensing a disturbance in the Force in the lower levels of Coruscant, Yarael started homing in on the source. On his way to the bowels of Coruscant, Poof came across a young boy being pursued by a gang of thugs. Such was the Quermian's sense of compassion that he made time to help the boy and created an apparition of a fearsome rancor to scare off the gang.

Before long, Yarael found himself within Coruscant's central power generator. Before him was Khorda, clutching a carved object that Yarael sensed was the source of the Force disturbance. Realizing how close the object was to releasing the power, Yarael stepped forward and demanded that Khorda and his followers surrender. At the same time, two bounty hunters appeared and demanded the same thing. Khorda's followers opened fire on them, forcing Yarael to resort to violence.

Poof and the two bounty hunters, Zam Wesell and Jango Fett, defeated the terrorists, and Yarael obtained the artifact. He was about to use his Force powers to deactivate it when Khorda plunged a knife in his chest. Fett shot Khorda in return. Although he could have saved himself, he used his last ounce of Force to deactivate the artifact—thus saving Coruscant at the cost of his own life.

A funeral was held for him at the Jedi Temple's Pyre, attended by members of the High Council and three Quermian Jedi. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker also attended.

Yarael Poof's place on the Jedi Council was filled by Coleman Trebor.

Personality and traits
Yarael Poof was a compassionate individual, finding time to help a young boy escape a gang of thugs during his final assignment. He preferred to settle things peacefully without resorting to violence. Poof was very dedicated to the Jedi Order and the Republic and during his funeral Mace Windu said that he had saved not only Coruscant but the Republic itself.

Powers and abilities
Yarael Poof was trained as a Jedi Consular and was renowned for his powerful connection to the Force. He was a master of Jedi Mind Tricks and also had the ability to project images into the minds of others. Yarael was skilled in the rare power Battle Meditation using it alongside Oppo Rancisis during the Stark Hyperspace War. Poof also mastered the rare Combustion ability which allowed him to trigger fires by manipulating the molecules of combustible objects.

As a Quermian Master Poof didn't have a spine and therefore could contort his body in ways that few others could match.

Yarael was a practitioner of Niman and was quite proficient with the style able to survive the Yinchorri attack on the Jedi Temple.