Yelzrin Yelzrin was a Human male colonist who led a settlement on the planet Taris during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire . In 3643 BBY , the Sith assassin Rora Seake was sent to wipe out the colony . Fortunately for Yelzrin and the other colonists , a young Jedi Knight learned of Seake ' s mission and intercepted the assassin before she could kill the colonists , defeating the assassin and saving the settlers ' lives . Biography . A Human male , Yelzrin was born well before the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , and Yelzrin ' s parents told him stories of the Jedi as he grew up , though he always had some doubt about their veracity . In 3643 BBY , he was among those refugees and settlers who were selected by the Republic to resettle the planet Taris as part of their reclamation effort , and Yelzrin was chosen as the leader of a group of settlers . His group established a colony on the shores of Lake Brell , in an old bunker built into the hills . However , his colony was targeted by the Sith Empire in its efforts to sabotage the Republic ' s resettlement of Taris ; the Sith assassin Rora Seake was sent to wipe out the colony . Fortunately for the colonists , an Imperial operative leaked Seake ' s mission to a young Jedi Knight , and the Jedi and a companion reached the settlement before Seake . Yelzrin greeted the Jedi Knight and offered his visitors whatever they wanted from their supplies , but he was confused when the Knight warned him of Seake ' s impending arrival . Shocked , Yelzrin started to gather the other colonists for evacuation , but it was too late — Seake arrived with two massive creatures known as jurgoran s , which she kept as pets . As Yelzrin fell to his knees in terror , the Jedi intercepted Seake and confronted the assassin , defeating Seake ' s pets and then the assassin herself . Immensely relieved , Yelzrin offered whatever reward he could provide to his saviors , but the Knight refused to accept it . With the Jedi ' s departure , Yelzrin and his colonists set about building up their settlement ' s defenses against further incursions . Personality and traits . Yelzrin was dark - skinned with short black hair and green eyes . He admired the Jedi , as he was told stories about them as a child , though he never truly believed them until he met a Jedi in person on Taris . Yelzrin was generous despite his settlement ' s relative newness ; even before the Jedi saved the colony , he was willing to share his settlement ' s limited supplies with the visiting Jedi . Behind the scenes . Yelzrin appears in the Jedi Knight - class mission " A More Immediate Concern " in " " , a video game released by BioWare in 2011 . The mission is only received if the player has a positive light side alignment at the end of the previous mission ; dark side players are instead sent to acquire stolen Jedi relics from pirates . Players can also refuse the mission to help the colonists , which rewards the player with dark side alignment points . As the Jedi Knight is a Republic class and is thus assumed to make decisions that reward in the maximum light side points , this article assumes the player saved Yelzrin and the colonists .