Meetra Surik (UK3S)

Meetra Surik was a female 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 living during the time of the 🇪🇺. Once a 🇪🇺, she defied the will of the 🇪🇺 to join the, serving with Revan and the. As a general, she commanded Republic forces in many battles against the 🇪🇺, ending at the decisive, which mysteriously left her deprived of her connection to 🇪🇺. Unable to continue serving under Revan, she was 🇪🇺 from the 🇪🇺 by the High Council, and afterward was known as the Exile.

For nearly a decade, Surik wandered the 🇪🇺 and beyond, isolated from major galactic events until the height of the Jedi Purge. After being lured back to known space, she was caught up in the plans of the Republic, the, and the remnants of the Jedi Order. Assembling a ragtag party of companions, she regained her connection to the Force and traveled 🇪🇺, hoping to unite the surviving members of the Jedi Council against the threat of the Sith.

After gathering the Jedi on 🇪🇺, however, she succumbed to the 🇪🇺 and murdered them. Later she played a pivotal role in repelling a on, before invading the Triumvirate's  on. By the end of her journey, Surik had killed all three leaders of the Triumvirate and assumed the title of 🇪🇺.

From her mentor,, Surik had learned that Revan had journeyed into the in search of the Second Sith Empire. Along with those of her companions that remained, she departed known space to follow in Revan's footsteps, leaving her own Sith faction in the care of Thoriel Silbus, the Headmaster of Trayus Academy.

Early life
In 21,081 AR, the Shosmi Kinayktuxar discovered an eleven-year-old Meetra living on the streets near a spaceport on. The young girl alternatingly claimed that she had been abandoned by her family or separated from them by mistake. Despite a diligent investigation, Kinayktuxar failed to locate either the girl's parents or any other clues concerning her home or family. In time the Jedi discovered Meetra's 🇪🇺, and when no one came forward to claim custody of her, she was sent to be trained at the on 🇪🇺.

Looking back on her origins many years later, Meetra came to believe that "Surik" was not her actual surname, and had instead been given her by the Jedi Order.

On Dantooine, Meetra showed herself to be strong in the Force and an exceptionally fast learner. While still an, she caught the attention of several 🇪🇺s, who gave her additional, informal training. The most prominent of these was the, whom Meetra would eventually come to see as a friend.

After passing the, Surik became the 🇪🇺 of a 🇪🇺 named Juroden Tovering and began down the path of the. With her magnetic personality and especially her unusually strong ability to form s with others, Meetra's progress was watched and discussed by the, not a few of whom were wary of her ambitious and headstrong attitude. Meanwhile, she received lenient treatment from Master Tovering, who was reluctant to criticize her and believed that she would naturally grow out of her personality flaws on her own.

By the time that debates over the growing 🇪🇺 threat began to polarize the Order, Meetra had already been 🇪🇺. She was swayed by the arguments of interventionist Jedi, most of all those of Revan, a powerful and charismatic 🇪🇺 who had also been trained on Dantooine. Along with many of her fellows, Meetra grew progressively more frustrated with the isolationist stance of the 🇪🇺, and passionately stood up for Revan whenever she heard her criticized.

Tensions within the Order boiled over in the year 21,090, when an investigation by Revan and her followers exposed the Mandalorian of the  species to the galaxy. Soon after this, her confidant appeared on Dantooine, calling for the Jedi to join Revan in a  against the Mandalorians, with or without the Council's approval. When Malak had finished giving an impassioned public address, Surik was one of several prominent Jedi Knights to join him on the spot.

Before leaving with the Crusaders, Meetra privately spoke with Master Tovering and tried to convince him to join Revan's cause. Up to this point, Tovering had deliberately kept himself away from all debate and controversy. However, he now confessed that he sided with the Council, and told his former Padawan that she would regret joining the war. The two argued, and Surik bitterly denounced him and those like him as cowards and false Jedi. The next day she left with Malak and the other Crusaders, and she and Juroden never spoke again.

Personality and traits
As a young Jedi, Meetra was naturally drawn to the company of others, where her argumentative and headstrong personality quickly won her either devotees or rivals. As debates concerning the Mandalorian threat took over the Enclave, she unabashedly spoke out in favor of Jedi intervention and never missed a chance to defend Revan and Malak from criticism.

After the war's end, Surik tended to be extremely reserved and unexpressive, even in tense situations. According to Atton Rand, whenever Meetra was angry enough that a normal person in her position would be shouting, she merely raised her voice slightly. She rarely laughed or joked, but displayed a caustic wit whenever frustrated.

Though Meetra grew disillusioned with most of her principles, one enduring aspect of her personality was a deep sense of loyalty. As a general during the wars, she was steadfastly obedient to Revan, and genuinely trusted and cared for the people under her command, Jedi and common soldiers alike. Many years later, she regarded the rest of the Ebon Hawk 's crew in a similar way. Though she kept aloof from some of them and actively disliked Kreia, she remained fiercely protective of them all, believing they had earned her trust by traveling with and fighting alongside her. In fact, she ultimately didn't consider herself duty-bound to anyone except her companions.

Duelist
In 🇪🇺, Meetra favored 🇪🇺, prizing its versatility and liberal integration of 🇪🇺s into battle. After regaining her connection to the Force, she learned many fighting techniques from the last Jedi Masters as well as many Sith by sparring, fighting, or training with them. Over the years, she developed an advanced, personalized style which was based upon Niman, but augmented by her knowledge of more advanced techniques, including ones from 🇪🇺 and 🇪🇺. Thus, while her style had neither the impenetrable defense of 🇪🇺 or the irresistible offense of 🇪🇺, it was flexible, well-rounded, and seemed to lack the fundamental weaknesses of the standard Niman form.

Bonds
As a consequence of her advanced ability to create s, Surik was able to quickly grasp and imitate combat styles and powers used by other Force-users; often she only needed to observe them in battle or training for relatively short periods. This had the additional effect of augmenting her 🇪🇺 abilities when in battle, to the point that she sometimes referred to it as "battle sight." While dueling an opponent, she was able to analyze and adapt to their offense or defense with relative ease.

Meetra instinctively and unconsciously fed off of Force energy through her connections to other beings, and it was by this means that she regained the use of the Force which she had lost at Malachor - beginning with her contact with Kreia at Peragus. She grew progressively more powerful as she formed symbiotic bonds with more Force-sensitive companions. Additionally, as she involved herself in skirmishes and battles on numerous worlds, she unwittingly increased her strength by absorbing the Force energy from those she killed, essentially feeding off of the deaths that she caused.

After Surik had discovered her own true nature and embraced the dark side of the Force, her presence tended to parasitically sap the will and life of her companions, as well as anyone else she came in contact with. If desired, she could either slow these corrupting effects, or else direct and magnify them in order to 🇪🇺 and kill her victims in short order. In combat, her dark side aura enabled her to automatically feed off of her opponents, gradually overshadowing and debilitating their connections to the Force.

Conventional powers
During her informal apprenticeship to Kreia, Meetra learned several unusual Force powers, including and.

As she regained her connection to the Force, Meetra rapidly demonstrated advanced proficiency with 🇪🇺, being able to or  her opponents, as well as to throw them with abandon during the heat of battle. After embracing the dark side, she eventually learned to cast 🇪🇺.

Equipment
As a Jedi Sentinel, Meetra carried a single-hilt lightsaber with a yellow blade. At some point during the Mandalorian Wars, she replaced the crystal with a red one in a small act of defiance against the Jedi Council, which frowned upon use of the color. Master Atris kept this weapon for many years after Surik was expelled from the Order, but its original owner reclaimed it after their duel on Telos IV.

During her adventures after the wars, Meetra constructed a second lightsaber, the blade of which was described as "bloody orange." However, its crystal was also replaced with a red one at some point after Meetra's turn to the dark side.

Appearances

 * Critical Points
 * Torchbearer