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Know your Lore: Vandar Tokare

Vandar Tokare was a male Miraluka colony and many of the survivors of the First Jedi Purge were lost. 1d4g6s

Biography
Tokare took Derrica Praji and another person as Galactic Republic troops during the Kaikieli Reconquista, a campaign to retake Kaikielius from criminals. For three months, Tokare led attacks on most criminal-infested cities and was eventually victorious.

Prior to the Dantooine. She met this droid in a battered state, its memory banks corrupted, but after indulging in some maintenance, she found a partially degraded holorecord of Vrook and Vandar speaking about her.

Master Vandar taught many pupils, and by 3,964 BBY he was the leading Master of the Jedi Enclave.

Mandalorian Wars
In the years leading up to the Mandalorian invasion of the Galactic Republic during the Mandalorian Wars, Taris, for which he had been framed. The fugitive Padawan ed him from The Last Resort and disclosed the details of what occurred in the Jedi Tower when his fellow students Shad Jelavan, Kamlin, Oojoh, and Gharn were all killed during their Knighting ceremony.

Distraught, Vandar asked him how could he have murdered those he grew up with. Zayne tried to explain that he barely escaped the same fate, as he was chased by those he found standing among their corpses with their lightsabers drawn, their own teachers, Jedi Order, could be responsible for such a thing. Instead, he pondered aloud if Zayne himself may have committed the crime, and subconsciously erased it from his mind.

When Zayne called the Enclave, Vandar was in a meeting with fellow Council Zhar Lestin, Vrook, and Bala Nisi. He asked Zhar about any Consulars, which was unusual. Nevertheless, he told Zayne that if he turned himself in, one of those Jedi could probe his mind and help him find the truth. Just as Zayne pointed out that those were the ones trying to kill him, the transmission got cut by Jarael, who struck Zayne from behind and knocked him unconscious.

The Council of Dantooine follows Carrick's arrival on Taris
 The Council of Dantooine follows Carrick’s arrival on Taris

A dependable Master
Within weeks since the murders, Zayne decided to turn himself in so as to relieve his new companions of the trouble he had brought upon them. In the Coruscant to explain themselves.As they stood judgment before the High Council, a stern Vrook Lamar would reprimand the five for allowing the deaths of their students, and he would remind them of a recurrent counsel of Vandar’s about being protectors as much as teachers. Master Vandar insted regretted he did not listen to Vrook’s counsel when he expressed disapproval of asg students to them uneager teachers, feeling now that perhaps that reluctance was, in fact, wisdom.

When Raana Tey hired the Moomo brothers to stalk Zayne’s father, banker Arvan Carrick, Master Vandar welcomed his family to Dantooine for as long as they liked, and let Arvan work for the Jedi Enclave. Dantooine not offering much in the way of financial opportunities, Master Vandar was surprised to hear of his request, which was really to let Zayne’s mind be at peace with the well-being of his loved ones, while he did what he could to clear his name. Arvan justified it with the fact that Zayne always spoke of Vandar as of someone he could trust, and that trust meant a lot in banking.

Tokare found his rise to power rather suspicious

Chasing Shadows
At some point, Lucien Draay was offered a seat on the Sith artifact known as the Yoke of Seeming to prevent Jedi from perceiving his intentions.

After the deaths of Feln and Raana Tey, Vandar received a transmission from Shel Jelavan, the sister of one of the victims. He was informed by her of what took place on Jebble when Covenant Shadow Celeste Morne, a rogue Jedi under Lucien’s orders, unleashed a powerful dark side artifact which caused the Rakghoul Plague; and he agreed to meet Shel in a cantina on Jedi for thirty years after the war, without the supervision of the Council, and retained their allegiance. When Zayne landed and gave the signal, they set off to meet him. Just as Master Vandar came to the conclusion that one of the Masters of the Covenant needed to speak up, Xamar stepped forward, ready to confess.

After the events of Vindication, the Council offered to reinstate Zayne into the Order as a Jedi Knight. But Zayne decided he’d rather look out for people who fell beneath the Order’s notice and declined the offer.

Jedi Civil War
During the Jedi Civil War that followed the Mandalorian Wars, Vandar oversaw the training of Bastila to hunt down the Star Maps that would lead to the Star Forge.

Having survived Jedi Knight and also proclaiming him as the “Prodigal Knight.”

 Master Vandar celebrates the destruction of the Star Forge.

Death
In 3,952 BBY Jedi Master Jedi Exile on Dantooine by his long-time friend Vrook, who had not gone to Katarr, and was still unaware of why or how he had died. The Exile would learn later on how Atris had even felt what could happen, and still not warned the Jedi, choosing instead to stay safely away and watch.

Powers and abilities
Vandar Tokare was a master of the Ataru form of lightsaber combat, and owned two shotos. Like most wielders of the Force, he could perform Mind tricks, but he also possessed many strong Force powers such as Sever Force and Force Suppression. He was also capable of advanced applications of Telekinesis, like levitation, and could wield weapons effectively without his hands.

Aside from Basic, he could also speak Kreva and Draethos language.