Sotek

Sotek was a male Vulcan introduced in the Star Trek novel The Lost Years.
Sotek was born with the name Khoteth during the Time of Awakening on Vulcan about 2000 years before the 23rd century. As Khoteth his telepathic abilities were apparent early in life and he became a student of Mind Lord Zakal, who took him under his wing and groomed him as his successor. Zakal entrusted Khoteth with many of his secrets as it would be necessary to be one of the greatest Mind Lords Vulcan had ever seen. Khoteth had the potential to rule all of Vulcan with his powers. 
What Zakal had not counted on was Khoteth would embrace Surak's philosophy of logic and peace, and take his old master prisoner. It was then that Koteth changed his name to Sotek. Becoming one of the first Kolinahr Masters Sotek had his former master held in a retreat in the Moutains of Gol and guarded by Kolinahr initiates, who used their combined mental strength to keep Zakal from using his own formidable mental abilities to escape.
When it became clear that Zakal was dying of lunglock, Sotek travelled across a Vulcan desert to reach his old master while Zakal hoped Sotek would be swallowed up by the sandstorm raging outside. When Sotek arrived he informed Zakal of his new name. Zakal scoffed his new name and all the other names now starting with the letter S. Zakal told Sotek in the long run that Surak's closest disciple S'task would be proven right, that Surak's philosophies would not work. Zakal was infuriated to learn from Sotek that S'task and his followers were leaving Vulcan - later to becomne known as Romulans. 
As Zakal inched closer to death, Sotek produced a katric ark and offered to transfer Zakal's katra into the ark. While he said he would not harm others Sotek said that he would use the knowledge in service to the Vulcan people. Sotek also said he would not force Zakal to have his katra transferred and if Zakal intended for his katra to die with him that was his decision. Zakal decided to allow Sotek to transfer his katra in the hopes that some day he could take revenge against Surak and his followers. 
After Zakal's body died, Sotek took the katric ark with Zakal's katra to the Hall of Ancient Thought and enshrined it there over the objections of other Kolinahru. Sotek himself eventually died, with his katra also being placed in a katric ark and placed in the Hall. 
About 2,000 years later a young Kolinahr initiate named Sekar broke into the Hall and took Zekal's katra into his own mind, hoping to restore Vulcan to its former glory by giving Zakal's knowledge to the Romulans. This resulted in Zekal being able to interact with the physical universe again. The Kolinahr Master T'Sai took Sotek's katra into her mind, then she, Spock, and the human Dr. Keridwen Llewellyn took off in pursuit of Zakal. 
Injured in a telepathic attack by Zakal, T'Sai transferred Sotek's katra into Dr. Llewellyn's mind. Llewellyn boarded the hijacked Romulan bird-of-prey so that Sotek could face his master one last time. Activating the Romulan ship's self-destruct mechanism Sotek and Llewellyn kept Zakal from stopping the self-destruct. Dr. Llewellyn died, and both Sotek's and Zakal's katras were destroyed when the ship exploded. Sotek's sacrifice kept the Romulans from obtaining knowledge from Zakal of the mind rules, which they could have used against their Vulcan cousins.
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