Duel on the Ebon Hawk During the First Jedi Purge , the Jedi Knight Meetra Surik was forced to duel the Miraluka Sith apprentice Visas Marr when she attacked her on the Ebon Hawk . Prelude . During the First Jedi Purge the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Nihilus had sent his Shadow Hand , the Miraluka Visas Marr , to assassinate Meetra Surik . Marr ' s search for the origin of the echoes lead her to Surik , a former Jedi General in the Mandalorian Wars who had lost her connection to the Force during the war ' s culminating battle at Malachor V . The general alone returned to Coruscant to answer to the Jedi High Council and defend her actions in disobeying them by joining Revan in his crusade against the Mandalorian threat . As a result , she was exiled from the Jedi Order . After roaming the Outer Rim for nearly a decade , Surik had returned to Republic space and was being hunted by Sith assassin s who believed her to be the last Jedi Knight . In an effort to save the Jedi Order , Surik set out on a mission to find the Jedi Masters that had not been present at the conclave on Katarr . During her journey , Surik experienced a burgeoning reconnection to the Force and any subsequent decisions she made sent tremors throughout the Force , thus allowing Marr to find her . Marr infiltrated Surik ' s starship , the " Ebon Hawk " , and incapacitated the crew . The Duel . During a brief intense lightsaber duel Surik destroyed Marr ' s lightsaber defeated , and wounded her . Convinced of Surik ' s superior strength , Marr yielded and begged Surik to end her life , for the alternative was death by her master ' s hand for her failure . When Surik refused , Marr pledged her life to her , abandoning Nihilus before losing consciousness . Aftermath . Surik then took the unconscious woman to the ship ' s medical bay . This act of mercy was met by surprise from Surik ' s companion , the pilot of the " Ebon Hawk " , Atton Rand , who was uneasy in the presence of powerful Force users , as the Miraluka were known to be . He also expressed his amazement at seeing a Miraluka Sith , saying that he had heard of Miraluka Jedi , but never Sith , further speculating that he was unsure as to how to go about killing one . The idea of killing Marr was met by incredulity on the part of Surik , who voiced her regret for having hurt the Miraluka during their duel . Rand reassured her that Marr ' s injuries would heal , noticing that even though some of her wounds were severe , she looked like she had suffered from many more in the past . While Rand grudgingly accepted Marr , Kreia , Surik ' s informal master , met her arrival with barely concealed contempt . She was of the opinion that the Miraluka ' s ability to see through the Force was wasted on her people and that she should be considered a servant . Furthermore , Kreia felt it necessary to remind Surik that the Sith were often betrayed by their own apprentices and that even though Marr had pledged herself to Surik , she was bound to other masters , thus insinuating that Marr ' s loyalty would always be suspect . Wary of Kreia ' s attitude towards Marr , Surik nonetheless sought her advice regarding the change Marr had brought about in her eyesight during their clash . While Kreia explained this alteration of Surik ' s perception was nothing that hadn ' t already been present , the elder woman had nothing but utter disdain for the forceful and " crude methods " that were the mark of the Sith . Surik accepted her into the ship ' s crew and retrained her in the ways of a Jedi Sentinel . With Marr gained as an ally , Surik knew she could not hide her presence for long , however she also knew that she had an inroad into finding at least one of the Sith Lords who hunted her . Marr ' s first genuine encounter with Surik left her disquieted . Unused to the mercy shown by Surik not only toward her , but others as well , Marr believed that this type of action would weaken Surik for the enemies she had to face in the near future . Nevertheless , impressed by Surik ' s skills , Marr rediscovered hope and came to consider that the universe was perhaps not as her master had shown her , and that , with her help , Surik would be able to stop him . The fact that her master neither understood nor " saw " Surik as she did was of some comfort to her . However , Marr cautioned Surik that she would need to understand why this was so if Surik was to have a chance of defeating Nihilus . She refused to guide Surik to him untested and without her potential realized , as Marr felt the Jedi was not yet ready to face such a threat . She foresaw that Surik and Nihilus would meet in the near future , however .