Valiri Valiri was a male Skrilling Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic during the final decades of the Republic Classic era . Biography . Early life . Like most Jedi of the era , Valiri did not remember his own initiation into the Jedi Order as he was but an infant at the time . Looking back on the circumstance under which he was given to the Order , Valiri inferred that his parents , whom he never tried to locate , were probably found looting by Jedi and thus offered their child to the Order in exchange for their own freedom . His earliest memories were that of the beautiful Coruscanti sunset as seen from the Jedi Temple , his home from early childhood . Growing up in the Temple , Valiri passed through the Temple ' s academy in a clan , eventually coming of age to be selected as a Padawan . Distancing himself from many of the typical Skrilling traits , he re - channeled the natural Skrilling skill to beg and transformed it into a diplomatic expertise . He refused to lie in this case , and he swore to never use the traditional defensive vomiting on any of his adversaries . He considered the act of vomiting on an enemy as soiling for both he and his target . Successfully passing his Trials of Knighthood , Valiri was given the rank of Jedi Knight by the Jedi High Council . Knighthood . Pursuing independent study on the path of the Jedi Sentinel , Valiri aspired to join the ranks of the Jedi investigators . During his studies , Valiri befriended fellow Knight Constanten , and they often practiced sparring together in their spare time . Recognized as a well - trained Jedi , a learned diplomat , and a skilled investigator , Valiri was contacted by Jedi Master Lanius Qel - Bertuk , the Headmaster of the experimental academy on Almas . In need of instructors , Qel - Bertuk was willing to accept Valiri as a teacher despite the Skrilling not being a Master . While Valiri did not know Qel - Bertuk , he eventually accepted the offer , becoming a well - respected member of the academy staff . Like many investigators , Valiri used his talents to become a great recruiter for the Order . Working with the Acquisition Division , the Skrilling ' s impressive diplomatic skills aided in convincing the parents of newborn Force - sensitives that the correct thing to do was to give their child to the Jedi Order . When the unrest between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems erupted into the full - scale conflict known as the Clone Wars , Valiri invoked the Right of Denial when the High Council on Coruscant ordered all Jedi to take up military ranks in the Grand Army of the Republic . Remaining on Almas where many of the Jedi had also refused the call to arms , Valiri continued to perform his regular duties within the Cularin system . Soon after the start of the war , the Almas Council assigned Valiri to protect the ancient fortress of the long - dead Sith Lord Darth Rivan . Because the Order had only recently regained control over the complex , the Council wished for a large task force to assemble around the fortress while an exploratory team researched the contents of the building without being disturbed . Fearing a possible attack by the dark side sect known as the Believers , the Council assigned Valiri and five other Knights to guard the entrance to the fortress . Stationed at the south entrance with Jedi Constanten , the two friends kept watch over the darkened doors while the research team of about fourteen Jedi conducted their studies inside . As they stood guard , the Dark Side Adept Phylus Mon created a sandstorm to cover the approach of his minions . A raiding party of ten attacked the fortress , with a group sneaking up and killing Constanten . Refusing to vomit on the attackers even after seeing his friend fall , Valiri was able to observe the attackers and study their fighting styles . He judged that the Barabel bounty hunter Yerj was probably smart and dangerous , and the Spiner , Nalz , was wise to remain out of range for a lightsaber and at the same time in range for his own spine attack . He also considered that the Wookiee and the Trandoshan , who were insulting each other during the fight , were probably more a danger to each other than to their prey . Eventually , the raiders defeated the Jedi guards , with Valiri and Constanten barely alive , and the other four Jedi dead . The other Jedi ' s ability to see , and make contact with these two hindered by the sandstorm prevented any attempt for reinforcement arrival . The raiders entered the fortress to perform a Sith ritual , during which Phylus Mon decided to use both Valiri and Constanten and transform them into Sith battlelord s along with four of his own slaves , and one of his allies . Unfortunately , something went wrong with the ritual and the Force - essences of the prospective Battlelords were ripped from their bodies . They remained alive , but their souls were stored in a crystal that Mon took with him when leaving . Soon after , Master Qel - Bertuk organized at least three search teams to investigate the fortress and find those responsible for the attack , as well as to locate the missing Jedi . The search teams found all the " empty " bodies and took them to the Almas Academy where the Jedi began to analyze their unusual state . An accidental manipulation by Jedi librarian Oden Malksch led to Malksch ' s Force - essence possessing one of the bodies , Karae Nalvas ' s , and later discovering the location where Phylus Mon was keeping the crystal with the stored essences . Master Qel - Bertuk decided to send a team there to destroy the crystal and release the Force - essences , which would then return to their respective owners . The empty bodies were available for the team if any of them wanted to emulate Malksch and " borrow " one of them during the raid to Phylus Mon ' s headquarters . The attack on Mon ' s base went successfully , and Valiri ' s Force - essence was returned to his body . Shortly thereafter , the Skrilling Knight was able to return to active duty in the Cularin system . Physical description . Valiri was a stout , 1 . 7 meter tall Skrilling with mottled gray skin . His Jedi robes and general attitude gave him an elegance beyond most of the other Skrillings . Behind the scenes . One player character in " A Mon Alone " can , at a certain point , enter this non - player character ' s body and use Valiri ' s statistics until his essence can be freed ( which means Valiri ' s essence re - enters Valiri ' s body and the PC ' s essence returns to the PC ' s unconscious body ) , or until Valiri ' 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 .