Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic : Knights of Suffering Knights of Suffering is the seventh story - arc of the " " series of comics . Opening Crawl . " Much has changed since Zayne Carrick fled from the border world of Taris . Falsely accused of killing his fellow Jedi students , the hunted Padawan has traveled far to escape his murderous former Masters . " " But Zayne ' s thoughts have never strayed from the world he left behind - or from Shel Jelavan , the young woman who befriended him there . His concerns only grow when the crusading Mandalorians lay siege to the planet . " " It is a message from another friend , one thought dead , that finally draws him back to the war - torn world . Hearing that Gryph is alive and well - and also working with the Taris resistance - Zayne makes a return . But forces are in motion to assure his homecoming will not be a welcome one . . . " Synopsis . After hearing Gryph is alive and well on Taris , the group , along with Alek and Dob Moomo , return to the planet , now under Cassus Fett ' s control . Using the Mandalorian armor that was given to him by Rohlan , Zayne dives into the Lower city from above . Once there , he manages to find the Hidden Beks in one of the alleys , and reunites with Gryph . After returning to the Beks ' base , Zayne learns of the peculiar situation on the lower city : the Constable refuses to cooperate with the Beks , believing they ' ve kidnapped her children . Moreover , Gryph is involved with Jervo Thalien , the head of Lhosan Industries , who hired Gryph to find the Tarisian senator Haydel Goravvus in the Lower City . In return , the bounties on Gryph and Zayne ' s heads will be removed . During their stay in the Beks ' base , Constable Noana Sowrs ' s children are found , and it ' s decided that they should return them to the Constable and become a part of the official resistance . In the Constable ' s base , Zayne meets Shel Jelavan , sister of the murdered Padawan Shad Jelavan and a onetime friend of him . Unfortunately for Zayne , Shel believes that Zayne was responsible for Shad ' s death ; Raana Tey , Shel ' s mentor and influencer , encourages her to kill Zayne . A fight ensues between Raana and Del Moomo , who distracts her with blaster shots as Gryph disarms Shel . At this point , Senator Goravvus steps in , stopping the fight and ordering Raana to suspend her pursuit of Zayne — while at the same time relieving the tension between the Beks and the Taris Civil Authority officers by pointing the Constable to her children . After the encounter , Gryph tells the Senator about Jervo searching for him . Using Gryph ' s briefcase communicator , they contact Jervo on Coruscant — but at the same moment , Del Moomo captures Goravvus . It is revealed that , after the Senator threatened to expose Lhosan Industries ' illegal practices following the company ' s decision to abandon Taris , Jervo decided to dispose of him by placing a bounty on him for the Moomo Brothers to pursue . Raana appears and orders Del to release his hostage , which he does ; Jervo , presuming that she was sent by the Chancellor to find Goravvus , and proceeds with a backup plan by activating a bomb in Gryph ' s briefcase . However , the bomb does not detonate due to the briefcase having previously taken a blaster shot . Using the situation to his advantage , Goravvus blackmails Jervo — and Lhosan Industries — into offering military aid for the Tarisian Resistance . Meanwhile , Zayne has a heated argument with Shel , during which he unsuccessfully tries to convince her that he did not murder her brother , while Raana tries to convince her that Zayne has fallen to the dark side . Goravvus interrupts the debate , informing them that Cassus Fett has come to Taris and is residing in the former Jedi Tower . When the Resistance members — including the Beks and Constable Sowrs ' s officers — gather in their headquarters , devise a plan to destroy the Tower , using parts recovered from Jervo ' s bomb in conjunction with the Resistance ' s own stockpiles of explosives . Zayne , Raana and Shel volunteer for this mission , the latter treating it as little more than an opportunity to fulfill her revenge against Zayne . Raana discreetly provides her with her brother ' s lightsaber crystal , which she wants her to install in the lightsaber itself — which is locked in the Jedi Tower — and then use it against Zayne . Still meanwhile , on the orbit aboard the " Moomo Williwaw " , Jarael , Rohlan and Alek wait for a signal from below . Noticing that Jarael is distraught over Camper ' s loss , Rohlan offers to " occupy her mind " by putting her in a sparring duel against Alek , which Jarael wins . However , afterwards , Alek ' s pursuit for a more romantic relationship , which Rohlan secretly observes , makes Jarael even more troubled , prompting her to leave . Back on Taris , Zayne and Shel infiltrate the Jedi Tower . After seeing him shed a tear over her brother ' s death , Shel can ' t bring herself to kill Zayne . After Zayne leaves to see if Cassus Fett is in the building , Raana enters . Enraged that Shel didn ' t kill Zayne , she runs after him , determined to end the " threat " he posed . Meanwhile in the tower ' s council chamber , Zayne finds out Fett moved out to attack the Taris Resistance , but his way out is blocked by Raana , who intends to kill him where no one can see them . Despite Zayne ' s improved lightsaber skills , he was no match for the Jedi Master ' s wild swordplay and Raana ultimately disarmed him . As Raana is about to deliver the killing blow , Shel uses her brother ' s lightsaber to stab her in the back . Shel then tells Zayne she no longer believes he killed her brother . As the resistance arrives to rescue Zayne and Shel , Zayne offers Raana help to get back to a medic . Raana , amazed that Zayne would try to help her , tries to cut herself free . But Gryph , seeing Raana ' s raised weapon as an attack on Zayne , blows the bombs set at the Tower ' s base . Raana is able to ask Zayne to tell her master , Krynda Draay , that she is sorry before plummeting to her death . Somewhere else , both Lucien and Q ' Anilia sense Raana ' s death , but Q ' Anilia was more concerned that Zayne now knows who leads the Covenant .