Yohn Lahk (Jedi Renaissance)

Yohn Lahk was a male Human Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order following his discovery at the end of the Clone Wars. Beginning his service throughout the Jedi Renaissance despite his advanced age, Lahk was a close friend with Grand Master Tomac Moorcé and, along with their Padawans, embarked on many missions together. Somewhat of a maverick among his peers, Lahk believed strongly in a sense of personal destiny set before him by the Force and preferred the wilderness to the creations of sentients.

Early life
A Force-sensitive from Taris, Yohn Lahk was abandoned by his father at birth and removed from the custody of his mother at the age of two standard years after she was deemed psychologically unfit by the state. Entering into the foster care system on Taris, Lahk was swiftly placed in the home of a single mother who raised him for two years until a representative of the Jedi Order approached her in regards to testing her son. Meeting with the Jedi, Lahk failed to impress him and was left feeling discouraged by the rejection and entered primary school the following semester. Once in school, Lahk impressed all of his instructors with his abilities to predict the answers to their questions and quickly digest the readings that the dean contacted Coruscant and requested that he be reevaluated for training. The High Council denied the request after a brief correspondence with the angry young man leaving Lahk to pass the rest of his studies as a rather unremarkable student despite his talents.

Upon graduating from university, Lahk's latent abilities in the Force were a closely guarded secret and he entered the work force on Taris organizing the regional distribution of food throughout the multilevel cityscape. In 27 BBY he was approached by his birth father who bonded with him over the course of several months and convince the young man to donate a kidney to him during a vital operation. Once he agreed and completed the surgery, his father abandoned him once more and severed all contact with his son. Depressed and angry at life, Lahk hunted down his father to ask him why he had to choose him for his organ only to find him and be pushed out a window, falling 80 levels down to the ground. Surviving miraculously, Lahk was paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a hoverchair for the next four years. Unable to walk, Lahk's life was at a complete standstill and despite his affliction he signed on to travel to the planet of Ossus as part of an adventurers' group who would work to survive in the wilderness of the planet. While initially refused passage, Lahk stowed away aboard the ship and was eager to participate in the intense trials of surviving in the desolate forests of the planet.

Upon entering the planet's atmosphere, their ship experienced a crippling malfunction and was torn apart over the southern continent near to the ruins of Knossa, the former capital city. Crashing just south of the city along the coast, Lahk awoke on the beach to find that he had movement in his legs once more. Along with the other survivors, Lahk trekked through the jungle until arriving at the ruined city of Knossa on the other side of the Eocho Mountains. As they searched the ruins, one by one the survivors disappeared or turned up dead. Believing that the city was haunted, the survivors attempted to retreat but instead came face-to-face with members of the masked Ysanna tribes. Despite his lack of skill, fear allowed Lahk to unleash some of his Force potential and he was quickly accepted by the Ysanna as a hero and potential leader.