Ral-tu Varn

Codex Entry
"You seven have earned this title for defeating Darth Angral and preventing him from wiping out all life on Tython."

- Unknown Jedi Master

Description
Ral-tu Varn, later known as one of the seven  Heroes of Tython, was a very powerful Jedi Knight and later Jedi Master who battled the resurgent Sith Empire during the Cold War and subsequent renewed war. Born approximately two decades into the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, Ral-tu was trained under several masters across the galaxy during the Cold War before being sent to the Jedi Order's homeworld of Tython in 3,643 BBY. There, he was taken on as a Padawan by Orgus Din along with two other padawans, during the conflict with the native Flesh Raiders. On Tython Ral-tu and his fellow padawans earned loyal companions, a Glided Flutterplume which they named Wings, an MT-4T Astromech Droid, they nicknamed him Blue, and T7-O1 another astromech droid. As newly-elevated Jedi Knights, Din's apprentice's foiled a Sith plot against the Republic capital of Coruscant. Then Ral-tu took on the young Jedi Kira Carsen as a Padawan. Ral-tu was also recruited into the elite Coruscant Aegis squadron, operating under the call sign "Shield".

Tarnis's death at the hands of Ral-tu and his fellow Jedi caused the Sith Lord's father, Darth Angral, to declare war against the Jedi Order and the Republic, which forced the Jedi and crew to travel the galaxy in order to stop the Sith's apprentices from unleashing stolen Republic superweapons. The team halted the efforts of Imperial Intelligence to capture the Republic scientist Doctor Nasan Godera on the planet Taris, and worked with the Republic Strategic Information Service, the Republic's own intelligence agency, to destroy the Power Guard Project and defeat Angral's apprentice Lord Sadic on the moon Nar Shaddaa. Ral-tu and crew also hunted down and destroyed the Shock Drum weapon on the planet Tatooine, where they also convinced Angral's apprentice Praven to become a Jedi and rescued Carsen's former Master Bela Kiwiiks. The Knight's mission to Alderaan saw the destruction of the Death Mark laser and the death of Angral's apprentice Nefarid, but Angral killed Master Din and tested his new Desolator weapon on the agriworld Uphrades with horrific results. However, the Knight foiled Angral's attempts to use the Desolator against Tython and defeated the Sith Lord in battle, and as a result, Grand Master Satele Shan granted the Knight the ceremonial title of "Hero of Tython."

He, along with the other six Heroes of Tython would later go on a mission to confront the Sith Emperor in which they killed him, and they were awarded the Cross of Glory.