Aleema Keto Aleema Keto was a Human female , the daughter of Lady Magda Keto and niece of the elder Lord Keto , as well as the cousin of Satal Keto . As she progressed down the path of the dark side of the Force , Aleema became a Sith sorceress , gaining proficiency in the arts of Sith magic . She and Satal also co - founded the Krath , a secret dark side society , and together they succeeded in overthrowing the Tetan Monarchy just prior to the Great Sith War . As co - rulers of the Empress Teta system , Aleema and her cousin instigated the Krath Holy Crusade , the opening battle of which revealed the measure of their Sith powers at work in Tetan space . The Krath then launched a bold ambush against the Jedi during a convocation on the planet Deneba , which resulted in the death of Jedi Master Arca Jeth . In response , his apprentice , the Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma , infiltrated the Krath in an attempt to destroy them from within . Aleema immediately realized his intentions and seduced him while offering him a position within the Krath organization . She then masterminded the death of her cousin Satal at Qel - Droma ' s hands , at which time the fallen Jedi assumed Satal ' s position as leader of the Krath . Together with Qel - Droma , Aleema joined forces with Dark Lord Exar Kun and held position as his senior ally in Kun ' s Sith Brotherhood . War was waged against the Jedi and the Republic , though during an assault on Coruscant , Keto betrayed Qel - Droma to the enemy . She was later killed by her own actions when she used her Sith powers to cause a massive supernova in the Cron Cluster during the Battle of Kemplex IX , having been tricked into the affair by both Kun and Qel - Droma . Biography . Coruscant endeavor . The daughter and son — though not siblings — of the then - rulers of Empress Teta , Aleema and her cousin Satal were next in line for the throne of the Empress Teta system . Bored and spoiled , she , Satal , and some of their aristocrat friends formed a secret society called the Krath , so named after a fairy - tale magician - god . The cousins learned much from their tutors about the ancient Sith Empire , which instigated the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY — so much so that they were compelled to explore the history further on their own . The Keto children took a trip to the Galactic Museum on Coruscant in search of more knowledge on the Sith . In the museum , they perused a hall dedicated to Sith history and managed to steal a book of Sith lore , only to find that they could not understand the ancient text . Dejected , they went back to their hotel , and while scanning the news reports , heard about dark side adepts on Onderon who were terrorizing the populace with their dark powers . Intrigued by this new knowledge , the pair traveled to the war - torn planet aboard the Tetan Royal Space Yacht known as the " Krath Enchanter " , with hopes of locating any Sith affiliate who might aid them in unlocking the secrets of the book . They arrived on Onderon to find a massive battle taking place between Galactic Republic forces and the Naddist s , a cult following of the ancient Sith Lord Freedon Nadd . Their yacht was shot down in the midst of a Republic rocket - jumper deployment , and crashed in the Onderonian capital of Iziz , where they just barely escaped their exploding vessel into the streets . After spending some time showing their acquisition around and inquiring about the Sith , they were finally brought before Onderon ' s monarch , King Ommin . Ommin was curious about these two potential Sith initiates and their ancient Sith text , and so agreed to help them . Satal openly expressed his apprehension , fearing that the old King did not possess the knowledge they sought . All that changed however , when King Ommin worked his dark magic on Satal , rendering him ill and opening Aleema further to the dark side . Ommin then showed them his prized collection of Sith amulet s , one in particular that allowed them to read Sith writings . The decrepit King agreed to give Satal the amulet , but under one condition : Ommin must be allowed to take a copy of the spell book for himself . Satal acquiesced , and while a scribe transcribed the text , Ommin showed them the captive Jedi Master Arca Jeth , hung on a wall and suffering heavily under Sith magic . As Ommin leaned in close to taunt Jeth , a team of Jedi Knights crashed the royal palace to free him . Ommin was caught off - guard as his forces were soundly defeated by Jeth ' s rescuers . The Jedi quickly triumphed , and just as Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma smashed Ommin ' s durasteel exoskeleton to incapacitate him , the ancient spirit of the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd appeared . With Republic forces and the Jedi Knights now in complete control of the city , Nadd realized Ommin had failed in his task of restoring the glory of the Sith ; instead , the Sith Lord convinced Aleema and Satal that they held the key to building a new Sith Empire and that he would guide them . Eventually , the Jedi freed Arca Jeth , and Qel - Droma slew Ommin . Trouble for the Republic . Aleema and Satal then fled Onderon with a collection of ancient Sith artifacts and texts and used them to become proficient in Sith sorcery . Now the way was clear for the Krath to immediately begin plotting their rise to power . Armed with her new Sith knowledge , Aleema was instrumental in bringing down their parents , the legitimate rulers of the Empress Teta system . During a visit to her uncle ' s carbonite processing facility , Aleema , along with Satal , caused an uproar when their escort , Korus , revealed that Aleema replaced his tongue with an Adegan eel . Reeling with confusion and anger , Lord Keto demanded that she and Satal be arrested . Aleema , however , stopped Lord Keto ' s guards by using her Sith talents to transform the guardsmen ' s weapons into illusory snakes . With the guards out of the way , she even went so far as to have Lord Keto lowered into a vat of molten carbonite , leaving her and Satal as the unchallenged rulers of Empress Teta . Korus did not survive the upstaging either ; Aleema used the Force and burned him alive simply for spilling a drink on her . After the Krath had successfully staged their political coup , Aleema and Satal took up residence in the Iron Citadel , the building where Lord Keto formally held court , making it their base of operations . They immediately began a plan to unify the worlds of the Tetan system under their heel . However , the system ' s citizens , specifically the Krath ' s home planet of Empress Teta , rebelled against their new Krath rulers . In an effort to restore order in the Tetan system , a joint Jedi and Republic battalion was sent to deal with the usurpers . Aleema and Satal were more than prepared for the Republic , and took up command from a space station orbiting Empress Teta . As the Republic forces emerged from hyperspace , the Krath met them head - on . Aleema used her sorcery to create illusions of space grazer s , legendary creatures that roamed the galaxy preying upon interstellar spacecraft . The space grazer illusions were lifelike enough to fool Captain Vanicus and the Republic fleet during the Battle for Empress Teta , almost forcing the panicking commanders into retreat . However , the Jedi Nomi Sunrider saw through the deception , and used her battle meditation to confound Aleema , thus allowing the Republic forces to ignore the apparitions . Drawing upon the sum of her powers , Aleema created a mass illusion to conceal a screen of CX - 133 Chaos fighter suicide bombers launched by Satal . The Chaos fighters harassed the Republic fleet , and Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma was injured when one of the Krath vessels plunged into the command ship he was on . Although Sunrider was able to distract and defeat Aleema , the Republic detachment was forced to withdraw in the face of such a blatant attack , leaving the Krath in complete control of the system . Seducing a Jedi . Some time later , Aleema and Satal used Krath war droid s disguised as service droids to attack the Conclave on Deneba , where the Jedi had gathered to discuss the growing Krath threat . During the assault , Master Arca Jeth was slain , and his student , Ulic Qel - Droma , swore revenge on the Krath . Consumed by grief over the death of Jeth , Qel - Droma soon after attempted to infiltrate the Krath in hopes of destroying them from within . He arrived on Empress Teta and made his way to Cinnagar , the capital city . Aleema sensed Qel - Droma ' s great strength in the Force and was wary of him , but she devised a plan for turning him to the dark side . During a skirmish in Cinnagar , she let Qel - Droma " save " her from a fake assassination attempt , and managed to take him as her lover to win his trust . However , Satal grew jealous and suspicious , and he had Qel - Droma interrogated and tortured in the dungeons of the Iron Citadel . Despite Qel - Droma denying that he was a Jedi spy , Satal injected him with a Sith poison , which played off and amplified an individual ' s rage . By doing this , Satal was confident that Qel - Droma ' s anger would activate his poison , and ensure the Jedi ' s fall to the dark side . After a failed attempt by Nomi Sunrider and her Jedi cohorts to rescue Qel - Droma , Satal again questioned Qel - Droma ' s loyalty and attempted to have him assassinated . The vengeful Jedi repelled the attack and then confronted Satal , striking him down in anger . Qel - Droma also rebuked Sunrider and the Jedi , and despite their pleas , refused to leave Cinnagar with them . Aleema knew her seduction was successful , and that Qel - Droma was falling further and further to the dark side . She revealed to Qel - Droma that she was aware of his infiltration scheme all along , and saw it as a challenge for the both of them . Now convinced that he could not turn away from the dark path even if he wanted to , she took him as her official partner , and they became the new co - rulers of the Krath . Unbeknownst to them , the Dark Jedi Exar Kun was also in Cinnagar in search of them . Before Freedon Nadd died his second death , he warned Aleema of Kun ' s treachery . Kun was aware of this and saw Nadd ' s other students as potential threats to his work in restoring the Sith Empire . Arriving in the Iron Citadel , Kun caught Aleema and Qel - Droma by surprise as he confronted them . Aleema attempted to halt Kun ' s advance , but he quickly incapacitated her with a blast of dark side energy . He then dueled Qel - Droma , and during their contest the matching Sith amulets that each man wore began to interact , stirring the ancient spirit of the long - dead Sith Lord Marka Ragnos . Ragnos halted the duel and issued a proclamation , initiating both men as Dark Lords of the Sith . Aleema awoke to see a changed Qel - Droma , one with a new tattoo stamped on his forehead and in allegiance with the Dark Jedi Kun . Kun planned to restore the Sith , and together with Aleema ' s Krath , a new Sith Brotherhood was born . Six months later , Qel - Droma confronted Mandalore the Indomitable in a duel to the death on the planet Kuar . Qel - Droma was triumphant , and instead of cutting Mandalore down , Qel - Droma made the warlord and his forces swear fealty to him . The Krath , along with the Dark Lord Exar Kun and their Mandalorian allies , then laid out plans for toppling the Republic . After successfully capturing a fleet of battleships during an attack on the planet Foerost , Qel - Droma planned to use them in an attempt to wrest power from the government on Coruscant . Kun was against this idea , as he sought to first train twenty Dark Jedi to also join the Brotherhood . Qel - Droma , however , had no intentions of waiting for Kun . He and Aleema proceeded with their assault on Coruscant without their partner , who continued with his new students . Aleema used this opportunity to further her own plans for power , and as Qel - Droma prepared to take the Republic command center , Aleema ordered Mandalore to withdraw their troops . Qel - Droma was unaware of Aleema ' s treachery as his former Jedi companions stormed the command center . The Jedi imprisoned him in a wall of light side energy and whisked him away to be put on trial for his crimes against the Republic . Qel - Droma was brought before the Galactic Senate to be judged for his actions . Fatal betrayal . Back in the Iron Citadel , Aleema sided up next to Mandalore in an attempt break his loyalty to Qel - Droma . She ordered him to ready their forces for the next assault , which would be on the valuable Kemplex IX relay station in the Auril sector . Mandalore was not content with taking orders solely from the sorceress Aleema , and so he left in search of Exar Kun on Yavin 4 to request his assistance in rescuing Qel - Droma . Together Mandalore and Kun successfully rescued Qel - Droma and returned with him to Yavin 4 . Aleema and Qel - Droma were reunited , and although Aleema feigned affection for him once he returned , she was unaware that Mandalore told Qel - Droma of her treachery . Qel - Droma was outwardly unaffected , but secretly he began plotting his revenge . Qel - Droma proceeded with the plan to attack the relay station at Kemplex IX , sending Aleema and the Jedi traitor Crado to personally oversee the mission . The idea was to lure the combined Republic and Jedi fleet out into the Cron Cluster , where it would walk into a trap and be destroyed . Kun then introduced Aleema to the " Corsair " , an antiquated Sith warship once commanded by the ancient Dark Lord Naga Sadow . He showed her how to operate the vessel and gave her specific instructions in using the Sith crystals that powered the ship . These same crystals were used generations ago by Sadow when he eluded the Republic fleet by passing between the binary star known as the Denarii Nova , and used his Sith magic to agitate solar flares as Republic ships followed . The Republic pursuers were destroyed in the conflagration . After Kun taught her how to harness the " Corsair " power , Aleema intended to use Sadow ' s crystals to rip the core from a nearby star and hurl it at the fleet . Aleema and Crado left for Kemplex IX , and the Republic fleet followed just as she had hoped . When the moment was right , Aleema activated the Sith crystal - weapon aboard the " Corsair " and tore free the heart of one of the ten stars of the Cron Cluster . The Jedi and Republic ships in pursuit were all destroyed as the solar core was hurtled towards them . Although she succeeded in destroying most of the starships , she failed to fully control the power she wielded , as Qel - Droma had deliberately calculated ; Aleema , the betrayer , was now the one betrayed . The liberated solar core ignited the hearts of the surrounding suns and created an intense , multi - star supernova , which engulfed three Auril sector star systems and later the planet Ossus . Caught in the blaze , Aleema and Crado were killed along with their Jedi pursuers Dace Diath , Shoaneb Culu , and Qrrrl Toq , just as Qel - Droma and Kun had planned . Light year s away on Yavin 4 , both Kun and Qel - Droma felt the disturbance in the Force that was the death of Aleema Keto . Aleema and Satal ' s legacy would be realized many thousands of years later in the form of Satal ' s descendant , Sebban Keto . Sebban was a Tetan businessman who , like his ancestors , practiced dark side magic and used it to reestablish the Krath traditions on Empress Teta . Personality and traits . Aleema Keto was a rather privileged youth , having grown up as royalty amidst the aristocracy of Empress Teta . To this end she was bored with the normal goings - on of high society and sought to amuse herself by dabbling in the lore of Sith magic . She showed quite a thirst for forbidden knowledge and so traveled with her cousin to Onderon solely for the purpose of discovering the mysteries of the Sith . She was naïve to the fact that the dark side had a corrosive nature , and would surely twist and corrupt her . As a Sith sorceress , Aleema had a penchant for treating individuals as worthless inferiors , often devising cruel punishments for subordinates who tried her patience . She had a short temper , striking out at subordinates with little provocation , using her powers to horrify and terrorize those of her choosing . Aleema was sneaky , cunning , and conniving , often using deception and manipulation to further her goals . She used her womanly wiles to seduce Ulic Qel - Droma , who was already on a path to the dark side , and then further manipulated him into ultimately murdering her cousin . Aleema then governed the Krath exclusively , and with Qel - Droma by her side she became even more brash and arrogant , fully believing in the strength of her powers . Her dishonesty was further realized when she betrayed Qel - Droma to the Jedi , but when he returned , she resumed her romantic deceptions . Her naïvete was again evident as she was unaware that Mandalore had warned Qel - Droma of her treachery . It would prove her undoing , since Qel - Droma ' s own deception ultimately ended in Aleema ' s demise . Powers and abilities . Even before becoming a Sith witch , Aleema showed a considerable connection to the Force . She endured the strong dark side energies emanating from Onderon , while her cousin Satal was stricken with malaise upon feeling the same power . Aleema also had a propensity for precognition , demonstrated on numerous occasions in which she displayed a vague awareness of how immediate events would unfold . She was able to calm Satal ' s fear of impending doom while aboard the " Krath Enchanter " by assuring him that they were going to survive what seemed like an inevitable crash . When they finally touched down , Aleema instinctively knew that they were in the right place . Her Force sense was also strong , more so than Satal ' s , since she was able to sense the strong dark side aura emanating from Onderon and the strong dark side presences of both Qel - Droma and Exar Kun . After receiving instruction from both Freedon Nadd and King Ommin , Aleema developed her unique connection with the dark side into a considerable mastery of Sith magic . When performing her magical incantations , an aqua glow of dark side energy shone over her right eye . Her greatest ability was in creating illusions , something she mastered to a high degree . Aleema used Sith magic to conjure apparitions of creatures that seemed alive , but in reality were not . During the First Battle of Empress Teta , she created mass illusions of space grazers and giant starships , and also used her illusory talents to conceal her cousin ' s Chaos fighters ' assault on the Galactic Republic fleet . The Jedi Knight Nomi Sunrider was on more than one occasion able to pinpoint Aleema as the source of the deception and assaulted her mind directly , an attack Aleema was unprepared for and could not withstand . To amuse herself , Aleema often tortured her lackeys with her magic , turning technology into vile organic perversions or serving guests with platters of severed heads . When swords were raised against her , she brushed off the attack and then turned her adversaries ' weapons against them , transforming their blades into snakes . She was also able to project concentrated blasts of pure dark side energy , even without the use of a Sith amulet . From Kun she learned to harness the dark side through Naga Sadow ' s technology on the " Corsair " with her sorcery , and used it to destroy the ten stars of the Cron Cluster . Her overconfidence in this new - found ability was her undoing , just as Qel - Droma foresaw ; the ensuing supernovae consumed her as well since she was not able to fully control the dark power of Sadow ' s vessel . Behind the scenes . The character of Aleema Keto was first conceived and written by Tom Veitch and drawn by Tony Akins for the " " comic series , first appearing in the issue " " , published in 1994 . However , she was first mentioned in the " Dark Empire " endnotes , a series of short essays that provided back stories for several " Star Wars " topics , including Ulic Qel - Droma and the Krath . The endnotes ' mention of the Krath laid the foundation for Keto ' s involvement in the upcoming " Tales of the Jedi " story arcs . For the " Tales of the Jedi " audio drama , Keto was voiced by Garet Scott , and again by Jocelyn Blue for the . Even though her involvement was minimal , Veitch ' s creation of Aleema Keto for the " Freedon Nadd Uprising " allowed for the character to be further explored in the " " and " " stories , respectively . The " " , a game guide for the video game " " in which Keto ' s robe is a wearable item , incorrectly states that Keto began training as a Jedi before she became enthralled with the Sith during research .