Nin (LAASWS)

Nin was an ancient Jedi Master of unknown origin who served in the Jedi Order during the last centuries of the Republic and served on the Jedi Council and the master of Thame Cerulian. He was a vocal opponent of the Jedi Order's alliance with tyrannical Supreme Chancellor Signet Mezzileen but he did he best to try and end the numerous protests peacefully. When Mezzileen ordered the arrest of all the Jedi and beseiged the Jedi Temple, Nin joined the battle against the Republic and was a leading member of the Jedi Coalition that was formed to combat Mezzileen.

Biography
Nin had come to the Jedi Order late in life and would normally have been refused admittance but as he was the first member of his species known to be force-sensitive, the Jedi allowed him to train. He soon overcame the mistrust that he recieved at first and progressed through the ranks of the Jedi to serve on the Jedi Council. When Signet Mezzileen began to seize complete control of the Republic, Nin tried to urge the Jedi to move against him but by the time the Jedi decided to act, Mezzileen was too strong. Under protest, Nin agreed with Yoda's proposal to help Mezzileen keep order, and help resolve issues peacefully rather then allow Mezzileen's police to continue to massacre anu dissidents.

However, this relationship became strained when a series of riots organised by the Democratic Republican Party erupted on Coruscant and Nin and his apprentice Thame Cerulian did their best to stop it erupting into violence but Mezzileen's police moved in and shot down many rioters. This was followed by hundreds of arrest across Coruscant and Yoda finally decided to act and he led a group of Jedi, including Nin, to meet with Mezzileen. However, Mezzileen refused to listen to the Jedi's protests and ordered their arrest and they had to fight their way back to the Jedi Temple which soon fell under seige.

While Yoda organised the evacuation of the Jedi, Nin led the defense of the Temple and along with his apprentice and other Jedi, repelled three assaults by Republic troops before withdrawing to their fighters and providing cover for the Jedi transports as they fled Coruscant and headed for their main academy on Ossus. However, Ossus soon came under seige from Republic troops and Nin argued for the Jedi to try and break out before they were all killed. By the time Yoda agreed to this, the blockade was broken by an alliance assembled by Arf Fey'lya, which then joined with the Jedi in a coalition against Mezzileen.