Mekel Mekel was a prospective student of the Sith Academy on Korriban during the waning years of the Jedi Civil War . Biography . In 3956 BBY , Mekel was met by Revan , a former Sith Lord now a retrained Jedi Padawan , outside the gates of the Academy tormenting a number of sentients wishing to be admitted . Mekel promised to admit whichever person was able to stand in one place the longest without food , water or sleep . Revan was disgusted by this display of cruelty and spoke his mind to the brash Mekel , who only left with a huff and a half - hearted threat . After Mekel left , Revan convinced the surviving hopefuls to abandon their quest to join the Sith ( some by convincing them of the truth and others by lying and claiming they did not make the cut ) . Revan would later meet Mekel again in the tomb of Tulak Hord in the Valley of the Dark Lords . A former headmaster of the Academy , Jorak Uln , had been driven out by his apprentice , Uthar Wynn , and became a demented hermit holed up in the tomb , kidnapping any Sith students who happened upon him . Wishing to gain prestige to further infiltrate the Academy , Revan sought out Uln and discovered he had captured Mekel . Revan refused to give in to Jorak ' s game and allowed himself to be tortured in Mekel ' s place . Mekel was shocked that someone would sacrifice himself for him and used the Force to free Revan and help him kill Jorak . Mekel was grateful to Revan for saving his life , and deduced that he was not a true Sith , but assured Revan that he would not expose him . Mekel expressed remorse over his wrong doings and decided to leave the Sith Academy . Though Mekel left the dark side , nothing is known of his ultimate fate ; however , statements he made to Revan after being saved seemed to indicate that he would probably not join the Jedi Order . Powers and abilities . Although Mekel ' s full arsenal of Force powers is not known , he demonstrated his ability with the dark side power Force drain when he and Revan fought Jorak . Behind the scenes . If the player chooses the dark side path for this scenario , he can allow Jorak to torture Mekel to death , or he can turn on Mekel after the two defeat Jorak . Two alignment - neutral possibilities exist as well : If Revan does not kill Jorak quickly enough , Mekel may simply fall in combat , resulting in no alignment shift . If the player does not persuade Mekel to abandon the dark side after defeating Jorak , he will simply stay on at the Academy . When the player returns from Naga Sadow ' s tomb , depending on which choice he made , Mekel may join in with the rest of the Academy in attacking him and end up being killed . Similarly , there are alignment - changing possibilities with Mekel ' s " hopefuls " : Dark side points can be rewarded if Revan persuades the Aqualish hopeful that his final task is to kill the guard at the gate . The Aqualish charges the guard , and is quickly killed . Depending on which party members are present , the player will get different responses . Jolee will wonder aloud if all Sith are that gullible when they join the order . Juhani will criticize such cruel , manipulative behavior . Conversely , Zaalbar and HK - 47 will be amused , with Zaalbar remarking that he feels no pity whatsoever for the dead Aqualish , and HK praising such skillful " eliminating of the opposition . " Mekel was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes and his appearance was perhaps made to resemble Downes . He is best known as the actor who played the telepath Byron and Morann on the sci - fi series , Babylon 5 . Downes also provided the voice for Mission ' s brother , Griff Vao in the game . Downes also voiced the Prince in Prince of Persia : Warrior Within , Sagacious Zu in Jade Empire the Prophet of Regret in the Halo series , and the Medic in Team Fortress 2 . He also provided voice for nazi Deathshead in Wolfenstein .