Syndor Syndor was a male Sith who served as the captain of the frigate " Winged Dagger " in the Lost Tribe of Sith ' s armada . In 44 ABY he was under the command of High Lord Sarasu Taalon , who had allied with Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker for a mission to defeat the dark side being Abeloth — although the Sith actually intended to betray Skywalker and force Abeloth to serve them . During the mission , Syndor ' s command of the ship was transferred by Taalon to the Sith Leeha Faal , whom he gave orders to raid a sacred fountain on Klatooine — orders which Faal relayed to the frigate " Starstalker " to carry out . The raid was successful , but both vessels were captured by the Hutts , who were bound to protect the fountain . Because the " Winged Dagger " had not actually assisted in the assault , however , Syndor , Faal , and the rest of the ship ' s crew were allowed to go free . The fleet eventually proceeded to Abeloth ' s planet in the Maw , where Skywalker , Faal , Taalon , and Saber Gavar Khai separated their minds from their bodies to travel beyond shadows in hopes of locating Abeloth . Faal died there , however , and aboard the " Winged Dagger " , her brain activity ceased . Sumar reported the turn of events to Syndor , who was then reinstated by default as commander of the vessel . He ordered the crew to remove Faal from life support and await further orders from Taalon . The Sith and Jedi eventually found Abeloth , but the Sith ' s betrayal failed and Skywalker defeated the dark side entity . The Sith fleet was then ordered to leave the planet . Biography . Syndor was a male Force - sensitive born on the Wild Space world of Kesh . A member of the Lost Tribe of Sith , descendants of a group of Sith that had been isolated on Kesh for 5 , 000 years , Syndor joined the Tribe ' s Sith armada sometime after its formation in 41 ABY , becoming captain of the ChaseMaster frigate " Winged Dagger " by 44 ABY . In that year , he was chosen to accompany a task force of eleven ChaseMasters under the command of Keshiri High Lord Sarasu Taalon for a mission to form a feigned alliance with exiled Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker to find the dark side entity Abeloth , who had been causing a psychosis among the Knights of the Jedi Order . In actuality , the Sith intended to betray the Jedi and force Abeloth to serve the Tribe . Syndor and the armada intercepted Skywalker over Dathomir and convinced him to ally with them for the mission , which they claimed was to defeat Abeloth so as to prevent her from continuing to spread the psychosis . The fleet stopped first at the planet Klatooine in the Si ' Klaata Cluster to await Skywalker ' s friend , Lando Calrissian , who was to join them with a Colossus I Beta Series asteroid tug , the " Rockhound " , for assistance in navigating the Maw , where Abeloth lived . Eventually , the allies decided to leave Klatooine and await Calrissian just outside the Maw ; however , Taalon convinced Skywalker to allow him to leave two frigates behind in case something went wrong . The " Winged Dagger " was one of the two frigates , but the High Lord gave command of the ship over to his close friend , the Keshiri Sith Leeha Faal , and made Syndor her second in command . Syndor pretended to take his demotion lightly when Faal took her station aboard the " Winged Dagger " , but she still suspected that he planned to betray her . Following the rest of the allied fleet ' s departure from Klatooine , Faal relayed Taalon ' s orders to raid the planet ' s sacred Fountain of the Ancients to the " Starstalker " , the second ChaseMaster that had been chosen to remain behind . The raid proved successful , as samples of wintrium — the glass - like substance that made up the Fountain — were taken , but both the " Winged Dagger " and the " Starstalker " were apprehended by a task force of Hutts , who were bound by the Treaty of Vontor to protect the Fountain . Syndor , Faal , and the crews of both Sith ships were then brought to trial before Calrissian and Jedi Knight Jaina Solo , both of whom had just arrived in - system . According to the Treaty of Vontor , two or more offworlders had to serve as judges during a trial regarding a possible violation of the Treaty , because both the Klatooinians and the Hutts had vested interests in the conclusion of such a case . During the trial , Faal claimed that the crew of the " Starstalker " had acted completely of their own accord when they attacked the Fountain . Even though Solo and Calrissian realized that she was lying , they had no proof and were thus only able to convict the " Starstalker " crew of the crime of damaging the sacred Fountain . Calrissian , Solo , and the crew of the " Winged Dagger " then left Klatooine and met up with the rest of the allied fleet just outside of the Maw . After stopping briefly at Sinkhole Station — the space station where Skywalker had first encountered Abeloth — only to find it destroyed , they traveled to Abeloth ' s planet . There , Skywalker , Taalon , Faal , and the Sith Saber Gavar Khai separated their minds from their bodies in order to walk beyond shadows — a realm of the Force that consisted of locations corresponding to real places on Abeloth ' s world — in the hopes of locating Abeloth . Syndor , meanwhile , remained aboard the " Winged Dagger " , where Faal ' s body was being monitored . While beyond shadows , Faal was dragged down into the Depths of Eternity , from which no one could be retrieved or saved . Back on the ship , her brain activity ceased . Syndor was informed by the female Sith Sumar , who had been attending Faal , of the development and affirmed his resumed command of the vessel . Syndor then ordered that Faal be taken off life support and commanded the ship ' s crew to await further orders from Taalon . Although they failed to locate Abeloth while beyond shadows , the Sith and Jedi eventually found the dark side entity and battled with her . In spite of the Sith ' s attempted betrayal of the Jedi , Skywalker defeated Abeloth . Afterward , Taalon and Skywalker agreed to send Calrissian , Solo , and the entirety of the Sith fleet — including Syndor and the " Winged Dagger " — offworld while they continued investigating Abeloth . Personality and traits . Following his placement as second in command beneath Leeha Faal , Syndor acted as though he was unbothered by his demotion , and dutifully carried out his orders . Faal , however , assumed that he was plotting to remove her from power . On Abeloth ' s planet , after Faal ' s sudden cessation of brain activity , Syndor ordered his crew to terminate her life support and return to their stations to wait for further orders from Taalon . Syndor was pleased by Faal ' s death , and did not hide his delight from his crew . Powers and abilities . As a member of the Lost Tribe from Kesh , Syndor was Force - sensitive and trained in the ways of the Sith . He was entrusted with the command of the ChaseMaster frigate " Winged Dagger " . Syndor was also considered to be exceptionally powerful , as only the strongest Sith in the Tribe had been chosen to accompany High Lord Sarasu Taalon on his mission . Despite this , Syndor was demoted by Taalon and replaced by the High Lord ' s close friend Leeha Faal , so that she could personally oversee the carrying out of his orders to raid the Fountain . Behind the scenes . Syndor first appeared in the fifth novel of the " " series , " " , written by Christie Golden and released on May 25 , 2010 .