The Dark Jedi Order

Dark Jedi Holocron Entry E582-XRK95

Exar Kun

A Jedi student of Vodo-Siosk Baas on Dantooine,Exar Kun used Vodo's holocron to learn about the ancient Sith. ExarKun didn't like the fact that Vodo, not to mention his fellow studentsCrado and Sylvar, were not human, and he continually goaded them. He nearly killed Sylvar during a lightsaber training exercise, and sheclawed him on the right cheek. Vodo stopped the duel before someonewas killed, and challenged Kun to a duel between Kun's skill with a lightsaberand Vodo's skill with a walking stick. Vodo nearly defeated Kun,but Kun snatched another lightsaber and attacked his Master. Vodo'sstick was broken, and Kun's rage passed as he felt he was victorious.

Exar Kun then left Dantooine to try and obtain the Sith artifacts that had been found on Onderon. He entered the tombof Freedon Nadd and was controlled by Nadd's evil spirit. Nadd ledKun to Korriban, where Kun discovered a pair of Sith scrolls that tantalizinglyled him further down the path to the Dark Side. Kun triedtoresist, but Nadd nearly killed him before offering assistance. However,the assistance required Kun to give himself to the Dark Side. Kunchose to live, and was drawn into the Dark Side's power. Then, Nadddirected Kun to go to Yavin 4, where he should complete the work of NagaSadow. On Yavin 4, Kun again tried to renounce Nadd's teachings,and was captured by the Massassi. They tried to sacrifice Kun ina blood ceremony, during which Nadd's spirit goaded him down the Dark path. Exar Kun called out to the Dark Side in anger, and a Sith amulet was drawnto his power. It fused to his arm, and he was suddenly endowed withthe power of the Sith. He took control of the Massassi, and exterminatedNadd's spirit.

As the months went by, Exar Kun found Naga Sadow'sworks and began to gain more and more Sith power. Once he felt thathe was powerful enough, he went to the Empress Teta System to defeat Aleemaand Satal Keto and claim his position as Sith lord. When he arrived,Keto had already been killed by Ulic Qel-Droma, so Kun tried to defeathim in battle. The ancient Sith masters were drawn to the pair'sincredible Dark Side power, and halted the battle. They named Kunthe Dark Lord of the Sith, and Qel-Droma his Apprentice. They wentinto hiding, and continued to gain power. Kun was able to lure severalyoung Jedi Knights to his cause, including Oss Willum and Crado. On Yavin 4, Kun showed them the Sith holocron, which he destroyed in adisplay of power. The shards exploded outward, piercing the youngJedi and possessing them with Sith demons. When the time was right,they exploded into the galaxy as Sith warriors. Kun ordered his youngdisciples to exterminate their Jedi Masters in a fiendish pogrom. Thus, the Great Sith War was started. Kun and Qel-Droma's forceskilled millions in their rampages.

When Qel-Droma was captured and put to trial onCoruscant, Kun and Mandalore arrived to retrieve him. In a show ofpower, Kun put the entire court into suspended animation, killing the OldRepublic's highest official and eventually murdering Master Vodo. Kun later raided Ossus, in an attempt to steal the ancient Jedi and Sithlore stored there. This effort was cut short when Aleema destroyedthe Cron System, and Kun was forced to flee back to Yavin 4 to regain hisstrength. The war would have continued, but the end of the war wasquickened when Qel-Droma was captured on Ossus by Master Thon. Hewas cut off from the Force by Nomi Sunrider, and betrayed Kun by providingthe location of Kun's power - the temples on Yavin 4 - to the Jedi. The Jedi then met Exar Kun on the jungle moon, where Kun drew on the Massassispirits in an effort to gain strength and make a last stand against theJedi. Exar Kun was defeated by the Jedi, but only his body was destroyed. Kun consumed the Massassi in an effort to lock his spirit away in the templeson Yavin 4, where it remained until Luke Skywalker started training hisnew Jedi Knights there more than 4000 years later. Kun tried to controlthe emerging Jedi Knights, but his hold was tenuous. His first attemptat controlling one of them led to the death of Gantoris. Kyp Durronwas his second attempt, but Kyp used Kun's power in an attempt to destroythe Empire. In a final battle with Luke's Jedi students, Kun wasdefeated by the combined strength of all the students. At his finaldeath, Kun's former teacher Vodo Siosk-Baas appeared to claim him.