Casus Sandral Casus Sandral was a Human male living on Dantooine during the time of the Jedi Civil War . He was a member of the Sandral family , being the son of Nurik and the brother of Rahasia . He befriended Shen Matale after his sister fell in love with the Matale despite paternal friction between the two families . Casus was an archaeologist interested in the ancient ruins of Dantooine , but he was killed by kath hounds while on an expedition to one site . His father believed that his nemesis , Ahlan Matale , was responsible for Casus ' s death until Revan , a Jedi , was able to settle the dispute between the families peacefully . Biography . A male Human , Casus Sandral was the son of Nurik Sandral and brother to Rahasia Sandral . At some point the children ' s mother died , leaving Nurik to raise his children by himself . Nurik moved his family to the planet Dantooine in search of peace and safety , arriving shortly after Ahlan Matale had done the same with his family . The two men fell into a series of disputes with each other and developed a hostile relationship which they attempted to enforce on their children . However , their efforts were not entirely successful as Casus ' sister Rahasia met with Ahlan ' s son Shen when they were alone and fell in love . Casus later met with Shen and the two began to form a friendship . Casus was an amateur archaeologist and worked on digs while on Dantooine around the time of the Jedi Civil War . He was investigating strange ruins across the planet and , in 3956 BBY , he made an expedition to ruins of an origin he noted in his personal datapad as " The Rak " . Before Casus reached the ruins , however , he was attacked by a pack of kath hounds — vicious predatory animals — and mauled to death . Unaware of Casus ' fate , his father believed that his disappearance was the fault of the Matale family , and kidnapped Shen Matale in retaliation . The Jedi Padawan Revan soon came across the archaeologist ' s body while investigating the disappearance of Shen Matale . Revan collected Casus ' diary from his remains and returned it to his grieving father , declining Nurik ' s financial reward . The Padawan then peacefully resolved the dispute between the two families , allowing Casus ' sister and her lover to live their lives together with their fathers ' blessings . Personality and traits . Casus had a loving relationship with his father but did not share the elder ' s hostility towards the Matale family , even becoming friends with Shen Matale shortly before his death . He also kept a diary in which he logged his private thoughts . His hair and eyes were grey in color , and his skin fair . Equipment . Casus used a datapad for keeping his diary . When he set out on his fateful expedition , he carried an energy shield and light armor of Echani make as well as a Verpine headband and a cardio package implant . Behind the scenes . Casus was a background character in the 2003 video game " " . In his dead appearance Casus ' s skin color was light instead of dark like his family , as the graphical model used for his corpse was a generic one used throughout the game . In " Knights of the Old Republic " , it is possible for the player to miss or otherwise ignore Casus ' s corpse and thus the diary is not returned . The Sandral - Matale feud quest can still progress to completion , and the player can take a dark side path at the conclusion by lying to Nurik and blaming Ahlan Matale for Casus ' s death , resulting in both families killing each other .