Constanten ( Tarasin ) Constanten was a female Tarasin Jedi Knight serving the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the final years of the Republic Classic era . Biography . Born in the Force - rich environment of Hiironi irstat on the planet Cularin , Constanten was discovered to be Force - sensitive and given to the irstat ' s spiritual leader , Mother Dariana , for training in the mysterious arts . Named after a Jedi Knight who saved her life as an infant , Constanten was a very eager student and appreciated Mother Dariana ' s teaching methods . At the age of four , Constanten interacted with a Jedi visiting the irstat and became intrigued with the mystery that surrounded him . Following the passage of three years , the Tarasin youth traveled to one of the Jedi Order ' s academies on nearby Almas and petitioned for enrollment . When the Academy ' s Council of Masters approved of her training , Constanten went straight to work and eventually passed all of the classes the Academy had to offer . Thus graduating , Headmaster Lanius Qel - Bertuk approached the girl and gave her the choice of remaining on Almas or continuing her training on Coruscant at the Jedi Temple there . Fearing that her attachments in the Cularin system would interfere with the training , Constanten chose to travel to Coruscant to become a Jedi Knight . On Coruscant , Constanten was selected by a Jedi Master for training as a Padawan and traveled the galaxy on many missions , gaining new experiences and growing in the Force . After two decades , Constanten passed the Trials of Knighthood and was given the rank of Knight within the Jedi Order . Returning to the Almas Academy where she studied to become a Jedi Guardian , the Tarasin woman befriended the Skrilling Jedi Valiri and the two worked together on many missions . A respected woman among the Jedi at the academy , Constanten was known for her intense courage in battle , like to that of fellow Jedi K ' kur . This fact contributed to the surprise many felt when she refused to respond to the Jedi High Council ' s call to arms when the Clone Wars erupted in 22 BBY between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Invoking the Right of Denial , Constanten refused a rank within the Grand Army of the Republic ; instead remaining on Almas performing her usual duties . Assigned to protect the fortress of long dead Sith Lord Darth Rivan , Constanten was joined by five other Knights in guarding the structure ' s entrances while a large research party entered its depths . Standing guard at the fortress ' south entrance with Knights K ' kur and Valiri beside her , the group prepared to defend against any attacks from the dark side sect known as the Believers . While the group waited outside the fortress , a sandstorm swept across the area , plunging the structure into a dismal gloom . During the storm , dark side adept Phylus Mon led a group of raiders , including a giant Force - sensitive Wampa in an attack on the ancient Sith edifice . While most of the Jedi guards were killed , Constanten and Valiri were merely wounded , and thus taken captive by the dark siders . Deep in the fortress , Adept Mon and his followers preformed a Sith ritual , planning on enslaving the two prisoners and several volunteers and transforming them into Sith battlelord s . The ritual went wrong however , ripping the participants ' very Force - essence from their bodies and bonding them with a crystal that Mon quickly confiscated and took with the fleeing raiders . Long after the ritual had ended , Jedi search teams happened upon the bodies of the sacrificial men and women and took them back to the academy for further analysis . There , Jedi librarian Oden Malksch accidentally possessed the body of Karae Nalvas , discovering where Mon ' s secret headquarters was during the experience . Reporting back to headmaster Lanius Qel - Bertuk , the Jedi sent a team to find and destroy the crystal in hopes that the Force - essences would then return to their respective bodies . Personality and traits . Courageous and quick , Constanten was a fierce warrior and skilled with a lightsaber . Short and slim for a Tarasin , Constanten was surprisingly strong , and could hold her own in battle . Possessing fiery , knowing eyes the color of a gargrell flower , her translucent skin maintained a light green , almost gray , color . Behind the scenes . One player character in " A Mon Alone " can , at a certain point , enter this non - player character ' s body and use Constanten ' s statistics until her essence can be freed ( which means Constanten ' s essence re - enters Constanten ' s body and the PC ' s essence returns to the PC ' s unconscious body ) , or until Constanten ' s body is killed in action . The text explains that some of the final scenes are so dangerous that they could easily kill the player characters - leading to the players getting angry . Contrarily to the other " available empty bodies " , Constanten ' s entry does not include her thoughts about the other " empty bodies " - We know that Valiri and her were friends because " Valiri ' s " entry specifies so . Although Constanten ' s role - playing game stats list her as a " Male Tarasin Jedi Guardian " , all the other text references to the character specify that Constanten is a female . ( eg . : " Constanten is your friend , such as you have friends . You saw her fall in the battle , but knew she was alive " ) .