The Jedi Exile is the protagonist of the Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, and a character that did much to change the face of the Star Wars galaxy. When she was still a youngling, training at the Jedi Academy on Dantooine, she had a very unique ability for making strong connections in the Force, causing her to be a natural leader, and also creating conflict with other students regularly. Her abilities were often noticed, commended, and even scorned by her masters, but she was nonetheless taken as an informal padawan by Master Kavar, prior to the Mandalorian Wars. The Jedi Exile was also mentioned in the upcoming Star Wars The Old Republic MMO where her name is revealed as Meetra Surik.

Mandalorian Wars – Rebellion and Exile

Like other young Jedi, the Exile defied the Council’s stance of complacency and reflection, leaving the Order to serve the Republic in the Mandalorian Wars as a Revanchist, fighting in many major battles as one of Revan’s most trusted Generals, including the Battle for Dxun and the Battle of Dagary Minor. She commanded a fleet of warships at the battle above Malachor V, the final battle of the Mandalorian Wars. When all seemed lost, and the last Mandalorian fleet began driving back Republic forces, the Jedi Exile commanded the use of the Mass Shadow Generator, tearing the moon apart and destroying both fleets in the process. Unable to face the pain and death she had created, the Exile cut herself off from the Force, more completely and utterly than any other character known to Star Wars canon, creating a wound, an echo in the Force itself, around her. After Malachor V, she returned to the Council to face judgment, and was exiled beyond the Outer Rim, where she travelled for nearly ten years before returning to known space, as orchestrated secretly by Jedi Master Atris.

Peragus II – The New Sith Threat

Finding the galaxy in turmoil and the Republic on the brink of collapse following the Jedi Civil War, the Exile allied herself with the mysterious and powerful Kreia on the abandoned mining facility orbiting Peragus, becoming her apprentice after re-establishing her connection to the Force; and with the help of the imprisoned scoundrel Atton Rand, she managed to discover the doom of the mining crew at the hands of an assassin droid, as well as the fate of the Harbinger, the Republic vessel that had been on a course for Telos IV with the Jedi Exile before it was boarded by cloaked Sith Assassins and their master, Darth Sion. Kreia later revealed that these Sith wished to extinguish the life of the last of the Jedi, which they believed the Exile to be. Fighting through the combined forces of reprogrammed mining droids and Sith Assassins, the trio, along with astromech droid T3-M4, boarded the Ebon Hawk and escaped the destruction of the entire planet when the Harbinger fired on fuel-rich asteroids around the facility. Following the devastation, the Exile and Kreia discussed their newly-discovered bond through the Force, the possibilities of both dying should one of them die, and decided to seek out the Jedi Masters for their assistance in defeating the new Sith threat that now plagued the Galaxy, and possibly find a way to end the link between them.

Telos IV – Confronting the Past

Following her arrival on Telos IV, the Jedi Exile endured a short house arrest by order of the Telos Security Force (TSF) while they investigated the destruction of Peragus and awaited the Republic Vessel Sojourn. It was not long, however, before she discovered Chodo Habat, leader of the Ithorian restoration effort on Telos, offering her services in thwarting Czerka. With his help, the group escaped the station in search of the now-missing Ebon Hawk to make haste off-planet. After crash-landing in a restoration zone, reuniting and teaming up with the creator of the Mass Shadow Generator, Bao Dur, and fighting through throngs of mercenaries to a second shuttle, the group again crash landed on a plateau in the polar region. There they faced more assassin droids and were then accosted by the guards of a Jedi Academy within the plateau, the base of operations for Jedi Master Atris, the last of the Jedi in the traditional sense. Subsequent to a heated discussion about their shared past, Atris and the Jedi Exile agreed to work together to bring the Jedi Masters together for a conclave on Dantooine, where they could begin to address the Sith threat that had now revealed itself. Upon reclaiming the Ebon Hawk and droid that had been taken from her by Atris, the Exile and her crew left Telos with a list of Jedi Masters and their last known whereabouts, sending them on a journey throughout the Outer Rim, searching for answers and assistance in combating the new danger to the Galaxy.

Nar Shadaa – Exchange Business

Though her past was marked with atrocities, the Jedi Exile did much good as she waged war against the hidden darkness and found Jedi Masters all across the Galaxy. On Nar Shadaa, she freed helpless refugees from the iron grip of the Exchange, became noticed by powerful people on the Smuggler’s moon, and was invited to a private meeting with Visquis, an Exchange Boss in charge of the Refugee Sector of Nar Shadaa. The Exile chose to attend in order to find and stop the large bounty on her head, despite the clear and present danger, but was intercepted by a Bounty Hunter named Mira on her way to the Jekk’Jekk Tar. After speaking with her for a short time, Mira drugged the Exile and absconded with her environmental suit into the deadly bar, and met with Visquis herself, and was consequently captured. The Exile soon awoke from her torpor after being told by one of the Masters she pursued, Zez-Kai Ell, to follow him, while she was still paralyzed. Following the advice of the strange Jedi, the Exile entered the Jekk’Jekk Tar without a suit, sustaining herself with the Force, and fought through the occupants of the bar to find Visquis, who had narrowly escaped through the maze of tunnels into his hidden fortress.

After again fighting her way through Ubese Bounty Hunters, the Exile confronted Visquis, who attempted to capture her to get close enough to Goto, in order to kill him. Goto turned the tables on the scheme, however, by revealing his control over the fortress and Ubese guards, and killing Visquis shortly before he electrocuted the Exile unconscious, transporting her to his Yacht orbiting the moon. When the Exile was revived from yet another forced indolence, G0-T0 revealed himself as the individual who had put out the bounty for Jedi, then proceeded to request the Exile’s cooperation in helping to “fix” the galaxy. She agreed to the proposal, but was not to be allowed to leave, until two members of her crew boarded the vessel and helped to destroy it, after which the Exile gained G0-T0’s droid as a companion, along with Mira, and met with Zez-Kai Ell, who agreed to meet the other Jedi on Dantooine.

Dantooine – Old Wounds

When the Exile arrived on Dantooine, she was immediately avoided, and often openly scorned, for her former status as a Jedi. Though the people of Khoonda seemed rather averse to her arrival, Administrator Adare treated the Exile as an honoured guest, and asked for her assistance in finding the whereabouts of the Jedi Master Vrook by investigating the sublevels of the Jedi Enclave’s ruins. Upon entering the ruins, the Exile uncovered evidence suggesting foul play from the Mercenaries involving Vrook, and teamed up with Mical, a former prospective padawan that had now become historian for the Republic. Following an instructional datapad on a mercenary’s body, the Exile entered a local cave, and found the Mercenaries holding the illusive Master in a force cage. Once she had freed the cantankerous old Jedi, the Exile was scolded for impulsive behavior in thwarting what might have been the only chance of averting a full-scale conflict between the Khoonda administration, and Azkul, the leader of the Mercenaries. Returning to Khoonda, the Exile bolstered defenses around the compound in preparation for an attack, and managed to push back and defeat the mercenary invaders, preserving the life of Adare, and earning herself an audience with Vrook, who, after a long discussion, conceited to meet with the other Jedi when they arrived.

Onderon and Dxun – Old Enemies, New Allies, and Political Turmoil

Dropping out of hyperspace into an orbital blockade around Onderon, the Exile found herself in the center of a hornet’s nest of political conflict. Military fighters commanded under General Valku of the Onderon Royal guard attacked the Ebon Hawk, forcing its crew to land on Dxun, a moon of Onderon, and the staging area of the Mandalorian Crusade against the Republic. Soon after meeting a new Mandalore, and his effort to revive the Mandalorian army, and securing herself a place among their ranks as a honourary Mandalorian, the Exile was given passage with Mandalore around the blockade to Iziz, where they planned to meet a Dagon Ghent, a doctor with connections inside the palace that could get a message to Jedi Master Kavar. Much to their dismay, however, Ghent was caught in an investigation into the murder of an officer of the Onderon military: as the prime suspect. Following the clearing of Dagon’s good name, and securing his encrypted holodiscs, the Exile managed to get a message to Kavar, and met with him in the local Cantina. The meeting was violently interrupted, however, by Vaklu’s right hand, Colonel Tobin, before anything relevant could be said. Fleeing from the imminent commencement of War in Iziz, the group battled their way through Vaklu soldiers to the star port, where they quickly returned to Dxun. Mandalore chose to accompany the Exile on her journeys through the Outer Rim, and instructed his second in command, Kelborn, to send word when it was safe to again attempt to rendezvous with Kavar.