Kira Carsen Kira Carsen was a Human female Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during the Cold War and the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . During the Great Galactic War , she was born as a Child of the Sith Emperor , she fled Korriban as a child and sought refuge on Nar Shaddaa . There , she met Master Bela Kiwiiks of the Jedi High Council on Tython and was taken up as her Padawan , all the while keeping her dark past in the Sith Empire to herself . Later , Kira became the apprentice of the Hero of Tython , to help prevent the use of the Planet Prison weapon on Coruscant . However , the Sith Lord Darth Angral had stolen the weapon and both Jedi were sent to put a stop to his murderous campaign across the galaxy . When her secret was revealed in a confrontation with one of her former " siblings " , Valis , she was brought to Tython to confess before the Council . Fortunately , her Master spoke on her behalf and convinced the Council to let her go . Kira was given a chance to prove her loyalty to the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic . When Master Bela Kiwiiks was kidnapped by the Sith on Tatooine , Kira rescued her former Master , and confessed to the past she had hidden for so long . Once the Jedi finally caught up with Darth Angral on the " Oppressor " above Tython , the Emperor took control of Kira and ordered Angral to attack the Hero of Tython . Angral was killed in the duel and the Emperor fought in his stead through Kira ' s body . But Kira was strong enough to push the Dark Lord ' s influence out of her before the " Oppressor " was destroyed . She was given the rank of Jedi Knight , a slave to the Empire no longer . Biography . Child of the Emperor . Kira Carsen was born to Human parents on Dromund Kaas , in the territory of the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War . Early in her life , the Empire learned that Kira was Force - sensitive , and her parents were forced to give her up to the Sith academy on Korriban . At age six , she killed her first tuk ' ata . However , during her time at the Academy , Carsen noticed that other children would disappear for unknown amounts of time . When they returned , they were different , unable to remember where they had been or sometimes who they or others were . At some point , a ten - year - old Carsen discovered she could not recall days or weeks of time and realized that she too had been taken . She became a Child of the Sith Emperor , meaning that the Emperor could possess her mind and body at will . Fearful of what the Emperor could do to her , she stowed away on a cargo ship headed out of Imperial space . She got off the ship when it stopped at Nar Shaddaa , where she spent years living in alleys and stealing to survive . She joined a group of alien refugees in the High Security Lockdown , where she met the Evocii Enaq and the Anomid Darshyn . Carsen spent the next eight years on Nar Shaddaa , using her nascent Force powers to defend herself and her friends . She would often bundle up in extra clothes to make herself look bigger , and was fiercely protective of her friends . When a street gang called the Ur ' kossags began terrorizing the refugees , Kira paid the gang a visit . However , her attempt to negotiate with them ended poorly , and Carsen ended up killing several gang members . Carsen ' s actions backfired , however , causing everyone in the area to fear the refugee group ' s reputation . Carsen did not understand what she had done , because she left the planet not long after . Life as a Jedi . Meeting Master Kiwiiks . Carsen ' s life changed when she attempted to steal a hyperdrive engine from an expensive ship in the spaceport , of which she planned to disassemble and sell off the pieces . She did not realize , however , that the ship belonged to the Jedi Master Bela Kiwiiks , who was very surprised to catch Carsen in the middle of her planned theft . Master Kiwiiks quickly recognized Carsen ' s affinity for the Force and offered Carsen the opportunity to join the Jedi Order . Carsen decided her best hopes of ending the evils that the Sith Empire had committed , against herself and others , was with the Jedi Order and accepted an apprenticeship with Master Kiwiiks . The Hero of Tython . A couple of years later , Carsen met the Padawan of Orgus Din , and they worked together to stop Tarnis from unleashing the Planet Prison . She chose to travel with her new partner , now a Jedi Knight , and Satele Shan made her the Padawan of the Hero of Tython after Bela Kiwiiks left on a lone assignment to Tatooine . Carsen was later captured by agents of Darth Angral on the Ord Mantell space station . Angral , who had sworn a vendetta against Carsen ' s new Master , demanded to know where the Knight was . Carsen misled him into believing that her Master was on Corellia . As Angral ' s retainers kept an eye on her , her new partner / master returned from the planet surface and freed her . Unfortunately , this allowed the Sith Emperor to find her at long last . He arranged for another Child , Valis to retrieve her . Carsen and her teacher were able to best Valis but Carsen was forced to come clean about her past , and decided to reveal the truth to the Jedi Council . Despite Jaric Kaedan ' s attempt to have her imprisoned , the rest of the Council decided to show leniency . Later , Carsen and her Master rescued Bela Kiwiiks on Tatooine , and redeemed Lord Praven . She told her former Master everything about her past . Kiwiiks , an understanding Jedi , explained that she always had great faith in Carsen and her potential to become a Jedi . Free of the Emperor . Eventually things came to a head on Tython . Darth Angral , driven insane by the death of his son , had attacked and planned to use the Desolator to destroy the entire planet , and the majority of the Jedi . Kira and her Master disabled the superweapon and confronted Angral . The Emperor possessed Carsen , and ordered Angral to kill the Knight . Soon after , Carsen regained her senses and felt the Emperor ' s hold over her . Angral encouraged her to join him , claiming it was her destiny to be Sith . Carsen stated that she ' d " rather jump out of an airlock naked . " When Angral failed , the Emperor stepped in , reasserting control over Carsen , and engaged the Knight . He had seen visions in which the Knight would rise and defeat him and he was determined to keep that from happening . When the Knight proved stronger , the Emperor called Carsen weak , unfinished from being away from him for so long . He then began to channel red Force energy through her in a renewed attempted to kill her Master , even if Carsen was to die in the process . Carsen refused to be his pawn and opened herself to the light , banishing the Emperor and severing the link . Returning to Tython ' s surface , Carsen was formally granted the rank of Jedi Knight by the Jedi Council . Carsen eventually became part of a Jedi strike team , led by Master Tol Braga , tasked with capturing the Emperor and redeeming him to the light side . Unfortunately , they underestimated the Emperor ' s power , which he used to subdue the Jedi and corrupt them to the dark side . Carsen was placed in an interrogation device called the Tormentor , about to be subjected to torture by her own Master . Luckily , her Master had been released from the Emperor ' s control with the assistance of the ghost of Orgus Din . After disposing of the Sith Overseer , Carsen and her Master made to free their companions , only to find the Emperor ' s Wrath , Lord Scourge , had already done so . Scourge stated that he had waited three hundred years for the appearance of Carsen ' s Master , whom he believed to be the one who would destroy the Emperor . Returning to Tython , Scourge revealed to the Council the Emperor ' s plan to consume all life in the galaxy but he had foreseen that the Hero of Tython would rise to stop him . Carsen continued to travel with her Master as they went to Belsavis , Voss and Corellia , well as redeem the fallen member of the Jedi strike team . Their efforts had weakened the Emperor enough that the Republic could make a strike on Dromund Kaas so the Hero of Tython could confront and defeat him . Carsen , along with the rest of the Hero ' s crew , excluding T7 - 01 , kept their distance from the Emperor to avoid falling under his control while the Hero engaged him . Following the Emperor ' s apparent death , the Hero ' s crew rendezvoused with the flagship " Valiant " , where they are awarded with the Cross of Glory for their actions . At a later stage in the Galactic War , Carsen was in the middle of a sparring session with Scourge , despite Doc ' s worry over using lightsabers . When their match came to an end , Carsen ' s Master suddenly had a vision of the planet Rishi . Coincidentally , T7 mentioned that Rishi had turned up on the " Defender " ' s navigation computer , so the Hero set a course for the planet . During the Eternal Empire ' s Conquest , Kira ' s master went missing . After the war was lost , the Defender ' s crew disbanded , much to Kira ' s sadness . Eventually , Kira joined the fight against Emperor Arcann alongside rebels against the Eternal Empire . According to Master Ranos , her group was eventually tracked down by Arcann and suffered heavy losses . Later , Kira and her team attempted infiltrate Arcann ' s carbonite prison , but were discovered and thwarted by High Justice Vaylin . Despite Vaylin ' s great strength in the Force , Kira survived the encounter and , according to Darth Hexid , was last seen disappearing into Wild Space . Personality and traits . Kira Carsen was a headstrong and confident Jedi , with a strong sense of loyalty towards her friends and allies . Behind this confident front , she hid fear of her past and a near - desperate desire to prove herself . She believed that her past in the Sith Empire would cause those she knew to turn on her if they ever found out , so Kira was determined to prove her loyalty and worth to the Jedi Order . She was also mildly claustrophobic , and she masked fear behind a quick tongue and sharp wit . Powers and abilities . Kira Carsen was adept with a double - bladed lightsaber . Her combat skills allowed her to deal a large amount of damage over a short period of time . Kira was considerably strong in the Force , being able to break free of the Emperor ' s control over her during the Desolator Crisis . Behind the scenes . Kira Carsen appears in the BioWare MMORPG " " , as a companion character for the Jedi Knight character . The player gains her as a companion during the class storyline on Coruscant . Kira is voiced by Laura Bailey . Romance . If the Jedi Knight player character is male , the player can choose to have a romance with Kira and can eventually marry her . Initiating a romance will affect dialogue in certain story missions . If the player is romancing Kira , then she will speak to the player about the future , children as one of the last topics .