The Old Republic : Deceived The Old Republic : Deceived is a book written by Paul S . Kemp . It is a tie - in to the " " online game . It was released on March 22 , 2011 . The paperback version , published on May 29 , 2012 , includes an introduction to " " , including character portraits and the first chapter of " " . Publisher ' s summary . Back cover . " Our time has come . For three hundred years we prepared ; we grew stronger while you rested in your cradle of power believing your people were safe and protected . " " You were trusted to lead the Republic , but you were deceived , as our powers of the dark side have blinded you … . " " You were deceived and now your Republic shall fall . " — from " The Old Republic : Deceived " Inside flap . " The second novel set in the Old Republic era and based on the massively multiplayer online game " Star Wars : The Old Republic " ramps up the action and brings readers face - to - face for the first time with a Sith warrior rival to the most sinister of the Order ' s Dark Lords — Darth Malgus , the mysterious , masked Sith of the wildly popular " Deceived " , " Hope " and also " Return " game trailers . " " Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy . But if war crowned him the darkest of the Sith heroes , peace would transform him into something far more heinous — something Malgus would never want to be , but cannot stop , any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching . " " Her name is Aryn Leneer — and the lone Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master . And now she ' s going to find out what happened to him , even if it means breaking every rule in the book . " Plot summary . The novel begins with Darth Malgus leading the attack on the Jedi Temple as it precedes the Sacking of Coruscant . During the Jedi - Sith battle in the Temple , Malgus ends up in a fight against Jedi Master Ven Zallow , and it ends with Malgus killing Zallow by impaling him on his lightsaber . Soon , all of the Jedi are killed and the Sith Empire begins its attack on Coruscant . The Jedi Temple is then destroyed , burying all of the dead in it . Malgus expects a full - scale bombardment on Coruscant , but what he learns from Darth Angral brings much contempt and disgust : the Empire was making a peace treaty with the Galactic Republic . Throughout the day , he secretly begins to suspect that his superiors , including the Sith Emperor , have brought doom upon the Empire by bringing about peace . Only through conflict can one ' s understanding of the Force be achieved and Malgus firmly believes this . On Alderaan , where the Jedi and Sith are trying to work out the peace treaty , the Jedi delegation sense through the Force the horrors committed by the Sith on Coruscant . Despite this , or rather because of it , as the Sith are using the capture of Coruscant as leverage in the peace talks , the negotiations continue , much to the chagrin of Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer who had sensed her Master Zallow ' s death in the Force . Aryn then secretly turns her back on the Jedi Order to go to Coruscant , find out who killed Zallow , and kill the murderer . To get to the recently - captured Coruscant , however , she enlists the help of former Republic soldier , now spice runner , Zeerid Korr . Zeerid , meanwhile , also needs to get to Coruscant in order to deliver a shipment of engspice on time for a criminal organization called The Exchange . Unfortunately for Zeerid , he is spied upon by the likes of former Imperial sniper Vrath Xizor , who is working for the Hutts , who are rivals of The Exchange . Knowing that Zeerid is supposed to deliver the engspice to Coruscant , Vrath arrives to Coruscant ahead of time from Aryn and Zeerid to tell Darth Malgus , now overseer of the Imperial blockade , of Aryn and Zeerid ' s arrival on Coruscant . Malgus heeds Vrath ' s provided information , and by the time Aryn and Zeerid arrive , Zeerid ' s ship , the " Fatman " , is attacked by the Sith fleet . It manages to get to Coruscant , but it is soon blown out of the sky . Aryn and Zeerid survive thanks to Aryn ' s use of the Force , and they land relatively safely to Coruscant ' s surface . Though Zeerid failed to deliver his shipment of engspice , he still agrees to help Aryn in her investigation as to who killed Zallow . They travel underground through the Works and follow the late Zallow ' s astromech droid companion T7 - O1 to get to the underground recordings of the Temple by the time of the attack . Aryn learns that it was Malgus who killed Zallow , and vows to avenge her Master . Zeerid , meanwhile , wishes to find a spacecraft that can get him back to his home planet of Vulta so he can get to his daughter , Arra Yooms , before The Exchange reach her . Since The Exchange can very well kill Arra and her aunt , Natala , because of Zeerid ' s debts to them , and because Vrath Xizor learned of Zeerid ' s family by spying on him , Arra and Natala could very well be in danger . Soon , as Aryn returns to the destroyed Jedi Temple , she confronts Darth Malgus , who had been waiting for her since he learned that she was looking for him in vengeance for Master Zallow ' s death . Their fight is cut short before a clear winner can be determined when Zeerid arrives to pick Aryn up , as killing Malgus in vengeance will lead Aryn down a dark path . Aryn only agrees so that she can get a greater vengeance on Malgus by targeting his Twi ' lek lover , Eleena Daru , so that he will know the pain that Aryn suffered when Master Zallow died . Both Aryn and Zeerid find their respective goals at a spaceport , where Aryn prepares to kill Eleena , but finds that killing her would disgrace everything that Master Zallow taught her . She again confronts Malgus just as Zeerid leaves with a ship of his own , which just so happens to be the ship owned by Vrath Xizor . Zeerid and Vrath get into a fight in the ship ' s cargo hold , and Zeerid wins the fight by beating Vrath to a bloody pulp . After Zeerid takes over the ship , the Imperial blockade allows him to leave under Malgus ' s permission after Aryn threatened to kill Eleena if he didn ' t let Zeerid go . Afterward , Zeerid kills Vrath by shoving him out of the ship ' s air lock so that he wouldn ' t be able to tell The Exchange or anyone else about Arra and Natala ' s relation to Zeerid . Malgus defeats Aryn in their second fight , but instead of killing her , he allows her to leave Coruscant after she spared Eleena ' s life . Malgus then kills Eleena after confessing his love to her , seeing her as a weakness to himself that he can no longer afford to worry himself over . In the aftermath , a peace treaty is signed between the Republic and the Empire , and the latter disbands its occupation of Coruscant . In his disappointment over how peace will reign through the galaxy as a result , Malgus intends to take over the Empire himself , starting by killing his political rival Lord Adraas . Zeerid , meanwhile , is able to buy a farm and prosthetic legs for his daughter Arra , who lives with her now while Natala has a place of her own . Aryn eventually finds Zeerid , telling him that she quit the Jedi Order so that she can be with him . Behind the scenes . In the paperback version ( at least ) , the word ' kriffing ' is misspelled ' kniffing ' on page 280 . James Luceno was originally the author before his back - story for Malgus was rejected by BioWare and Lucasarts and Paul S . Kemp was asked to write it . Part of Luceno ' s original outline for Malgus included him being a former slave and hardened in Gladiator combat . Luceno later re - worked that back - story into Darth Maul ' s history in his new novel Darth Plagueis . Some of Kemp ' s darker details of Malgus and the Sith were removed from the final version . Part of the content cut from the final story includes a scene where the triumphant Sith play a game of ball with the severed heads of the slain Jedi .