Star Wars character
Darth Traya
Position	Sith Lord
Homeworld	Unknown
Species	Human
Gender	Unknown
Height	Unknown (Estimated between 5'3" and 5'7")
Affiliation	Jedi Order, Sith
Portrayer	Sara Kestelman (voice actor)

"Know that there was once a Darth Traya. And that she cast aside that role, was exiled, and found a new purpose. But there must always be a Darth Traya, one that holds the knowledge of betrayal. Who has been betrayed in their heart, and will betray in turn." — Darth Traya

Darth Traya is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe and from the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and the game's foremost villain. Darth Traya is the name that the Jedi Master Kreia took after she was exiled from the Jedi Order and became a Sith Lord, one of the three the title of the game refers to. Prior to her fall from grace, she had taught Darth Revan in the Jedi ways. Kreia was consumed by guilt after the Jedi Civil War, wondering if her teachings had led to Revan's fall. She traveled to Malachor V, which she sensed as Revan's last location and, corrupted by the dark side, embraced the secrets of the Sith. The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Sith were a humanoid race who were enslaved by a group of warrior priests who follow the dark side of the Force and serve as the evil counterparts to the Jedi. ... In George Lucas fictional Star Wars universe, Humans are the most numerous and dominant species, with apparently millions of major and minor colonies galaxywide. ... The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga. ... Darth Vader and the Emperor (Darth Sidious) Within the fictional Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ... Sara Kestelman (b. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Splinter of the Minds Eye, 1978 The Expanded Universe (also known as the EU) encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. ... Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (KOTOR II) is an RPG video game for the PC and the Microsoft Xbox. ... This article or section should include material from Jedi Sentinel —The Jedi Code — Obi-Wan Kenobi The Jedi Knights are a fictional brotherhood and organization from the Star Wars series of films by George Lucas. ... EXILE is a 6-member Japanese pop music band. ... The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga. ... Darth Vader and the Emperor (Darth Sidious) Within the fictional Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ... Look up Grace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... — Jedi Master Kreia, in Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Darth Revan (pronounced /ɹɛvɪn/) was a fallen Jedi and Dark Lord of the Sith in the Star Wars universe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Malachor V Malachor V is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ...

Darth Traya discovered an academy on Malachor V known as the Trayus Academy. The academy was apparently an ancient Sith ruin, so it is unknown if Traya named the academy after herself, or herself after the academy. It is quite possible that the existence of this structure might have been why the Mandalorians treated Malachor V with religious reverence. The Trayus Core, central chamber of the Trayus Academy In the fictional universe of Star Wars, Trayus Academy is a Sith academy on Malachor V established thousands of years before it was found by the Sith Lord Darth Revan. ... Darth Vader and the Emperor (Darth Sidious) Within the fictional Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ... A Mandalorian is a member of a group of masked warrior clans in the Star Wars universe. ...

Teachings

Among her allies were Darth Nihilus and her students,Darth Sion, Darth Revan, and the Jedi Exile. Even when she was a Sith, Traya had some notion that neither the light nor dark side of the Force was truly superior to the other. Due to the fact her teachings incorporated light side concepts (she never believed in power or destruction for its own sake), Sion and Nihilus grew weary of her. They betrayed her, stripped her of power, and exiled her. She described her fall from power thus: Full body image of Darth Nihilus -- Visas Marr -- Kreia Darth Nihilus is an infamous Sith Lord from the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe and more specifically from the game Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ... -Darth Sion - Kreia Darth Sion is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. ... — Jedi Master Kreia, in Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Darth Revan (pronounced /ɹɛvɪn/) was a fallen Jedi and Dark Lord of the Sith in the Star Wars universe. ... — Zez-Kai Ell — Kreia The Jedi Exile (canonical name: unknown) (also called the General by Bao-Dur) is the main character in the PC/Xbox videogame title Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ... The Force in George Lucas Star Wars films is a (fictional) mystical power which is the object of the Jedi and Sith monastic orders. ...

"There are dark places in the galaxy, where few tread. Ancient centers of learning, of knowledge. But I did not walk alone. To be united by hatred is a fragile alliance at best. But my will was not law. There were disagreements, ambition . . . and hunger for power. There are techniques within the Force against which there is no defense. I was cast down, stripped of my power, exiled. I suffered indignities, and fell into darkness."

Darth Traya would refine her beliefs while wandering the galaxy, eventually coming to view the Force as being a sort of uncaring, insidious god that uses the lives of sentients as pawns in a pernicious game of balance. This, she thought, was evidenced by the widespread occurrences of destruction and death that had persistently transpired throughout the galaxy to that point, many of which could be traced to a conflict between force-sensitives. Yet, Traya blamed neither the Jedi nor the Sith, but rather, the very thing they had both come to draw and rely upon: the Force itself. She was, however, upset with the Jedi and the Sith for being too "caught up in the game" to realize how the Force was manipulating them all.

After being exiled from the Jedi Order when she was forced to shoulder the blame for Revan's corruption, and again after she was exiled from Malachor V by her impatient Sith students Nihilus and Sion, Darth Traya had thus experienced betrayals from, and saw the flaws of, both the light and dark sides of the Force. These unique experiences disillusioned her and forced her to refine her ways of thinking.

When she heard about the Jedi Exile, she saw proof that life could exist without the Force, which she saw as disproof of the traditional dogma of both the Sith and Jedi that the Force and life itself were inseparable by nature. This renewed Traya's confidence in her personal beliefs and fueled her desire to learn more of the Exile's personal motivations. By the end of her adventures with the Exile, during which time she went by the name of Kreia, Traya had discovered that certain tragedies can leave wounds in the Force, which sometimes made it difficult to hear and be used. These "echoes," as Traya called them, provided a possible avenue through which it was possible to attack the Force. Her discovery was due in no small part to the Exile, as his experience at Malachor V, where he willingly severed his own bond with the Force, created an echo large enough that Traya was able to connect the tragedy to the wound created in the Force. According to Traya, those who had chosen death (or the Jedi who chose the Dark Side) over a life devoid of the Force were not strong enough to deserve life. Her desire to prevent unnecessary death in the future was the overbearing motivation that cultivated her hatred for the Force. She once explained how one such as she could use the Force despite loathing it by comparing herself to one who studies poison. Just as such a person would strive to understand the lethality behind poison, so she strives to understand the particularities of the Force, thereby enabling her to destroy it, perhaps. — Zez-Kai Ell — Kreia The Jedi Exile (canonical name: unknown) (also called the General by Bao-Dur) is the main character in the PC/Xbox videogame title Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ... Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas) is belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted. ...

Darth Traya envisioned a galaxy that would choose not to acquiesce to the will of the Force. She thought she could achieve this by showing how one could willingly abnegate the Force and eventually become stronger for it, and it was the Exile who was a living testament to this. In her teachings with the Jedi Exile, she emphasized the how dependent the Jedi and Sith were on the Force, and how they had become flawed for it. By making the Exile her protégé, she hoped her message would resonate with future force-sensitives so they would choose to use the Force without necessarily bending to either extreme, and certainly not to the point where they would choose death over life without the Force. Ultimately, though, she dreamed of a galaxy lacking of the Force altogether, as it was her belief that the galaxy would be better off that way. Map of the Star Wars galaxy released by Star Wars Insider The fictional galaxy where the setting of the Star Wars saga occurs is known simply as the Star Wars galaxy while in the canon it is referred as the Galaxy or the Known Galaxy. ... Will, in philosophy, refers to the conscious mental act that produces physical results. ...

Personality

As a person, Darth Traya was , manipulative, and constantly wary of the intentions of others.

Traya often remonstrated the Exile for taking away the challenges of others. She argued that indiscriminate compassion weakens the benefactors by disallowing them the mental and physical enrichment that life's challenges inherently procure. Ultimately, such compassion thus weakens the very people it is intended to help, cheapening their experience and leaving them more ill-prepared for dealing with things on their own. In other words, Traya had adopted a "survival of the fittest" philosophy, and encouraged people to struggle in order to learn and to prosper.

After being betrayed by those closest to her, Traya expected the worst from the people around her. As the Exile's circle of companions grew, Traya came to see how these companions could be used for her own ends, and sometimes ensured their loyalty using methods like blackmail. For example, she read the mind of Atton Rand, learned of his dark history, and used that to blackmail him into the Exile's service. She also tempted the Mandalorian leader, Mandalore, with knowledge of Darth Revan's fate in order to ensure that he would not betray the Exile. Atton Rand (born between 3,983 and 3,980 BBY) is a playable character in the Xbox and PC role playing videogame Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ... Blackmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... -Canderous Ordo Canderous Ordo is a fictional character in the Star Wars video games Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ... Destiny or fate refers to the inevitable course of events. ...

A master of manipulation, Traya also used betrayal and deception to achieve her goals. She lied to the Exile at the beginning of their quest, claiming that the Jedi Council had stripped the Force from the Jedi Exile. Traya knew this would lead the Exile to seek out the surviving members of the Jedi Council which would allow Traya to kill them. On Onderon, Traya lied to Colonel Tobin about the existence of many Jedi in a Jedi Academy on Telos. Traya did this because she knew that Tobin would relay this to his true Master, Darth Nihilus, who would not be able to resist the chance to replenish himself and would recklessly assault Telos. This left Nihilus vulnerable to the assault of the Mandalorians and the Exile.

Despite these traits, Traya was not the witch that many had dismissed her as. She had a softer side to her personality that was more apparent when she was around the Jedi Exile. "You are beautiful to me," she once told the Exile, referring to his being the living proof of her philosophies. In fact, Traya once expressed that she would go so far as to let the entire galaxy die in order to ensure the life of the Exile. Such expressions left little doubt as to her zealous devotion regarding her beliefs.

Though Traya was intelligent and quite powerful in her own right, she was also wise enough to know that her philosophies would be disregarded as fanatical by both the Jedi and the Sith. Because of this, she preferred to fly beneath the radar, often using her own power to shield her identity from other force-sensitives who might have known her, and could have otherwise detected her. She was not outspoken about her convictions. Only by carefully employing her manipulative tactics was she able to successfully convert the Exile to her cause. And through him, she surmised, many more would follow.

Abilities

Darth Traya had the ability to wield three or more lightsabers in combat, holding each of them aloft with the Force, and having them fight with a will of their own. This ability is also associated with the ancient Dark Lord of the Sith Exar Kun. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader duel on Mustafar in Episode III with blue lightsabers. ... Dark Lord of the Sith is a title in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... -- Exar Kun Exar Kun, Dark Lord of the Sith, (lived circa 4,000 BBY, spirit destroyed 11 ABY) was a highly talented Jedi apprentice to the Old Republic Jedi Master Vodo-Siosk Baas. ...

A cursory glance leads many to believe that Traya's eyes were somehow damaged, but actually, as she revealed to the Exile, they had atrophied from disuse. She could have repaired her own eyesight, but she refused to do so, arguing that natural sight is nothing more than a distraction to the superior practice of perceiving the world through the Force. Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. ...

Traya possessed the ability to single-handedly strip others of the Force, utterly robbing their bodies of the mystical energy field. When the Exile was threatened by Jedi Masters Kavar, Vrook, and Zez-Kai Ell,using a truly ancient and dark tecnique, she not only stripped them of the Force, but also killed them, leaving more echoes in their wake. This article is about Ancient Jedi from the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe, which existed roughly 4000 BBY Spoiler warning: // Atris Main article: Atris Atris is a white-haired female Jedi Master from the videogame Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. ...

Traya was also uniquely able to accurately predict future happenings that were thousands of years into the future, spanning all the way to the fall of the Republic which occurred about 4,000 years after her death. Her clairvoyance was specific enough that she was able to predict the existence of Stormtroopers. Shortly before her death, one of her predictions regarding the Mandalorians went as follows: "They will die a death that will last millennia, until all that remains is their code, their history, and, in the end, the shell of their armor upon the shell of a man, too easily slain by a Jedi." This references the Mandalorian body armor, later worn by Jango Fett who was cloned and made into the Clone troopers; the precursor to the noticibly weak (for a Jedi) Stormtroopers. The Galactic Republic is the name of the interplanetary government used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. ... Clairvoyance is defined as a form of extra-sensory perception whereby a person perceives distant objects, persons, or events, including seeing through opaque objects and the detection of types of energy not normally perceptible to humans (i. ... Imperial stormtroopers are extensively trained shock troops in the fictional Star Wars universe under command of the Galactic Empire. ... Jango Fett (66 – 22 BBY) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe whose first cinematic appearance was in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, where he was played by Temuera Morrison. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Like Sidious and Vader, Darth Traya's name suggests another word: betrayal. Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire (82 BBY – 4 ABY, spirit incapacitated 11 ABY), often simply referred to as the Emperor, is one of the main characters and the foremost villain in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... Darth Vader (occasionally referred to as Lord Vader or simply Vader) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, and has a principal role in A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Revenge of the Sith. ...

According to Chris Avellone's comments on the Obsidian Entertainment Forum, she is likely to be 50 years old, but also says "like Yoda, who knows", indicating that her true age is still a mystery. Avellone also stated that Kreia is heavily inspired from Palpatine. Chris Avellone is a computer game designer, formerly of Black Isle Studios, and is one of the founding members of Obsidian Entertainment. ... Obsidian Entertainment, founded and located in Santa Ana, California since 2003 after the disestablishment of Interplay Productions Black Isle Studios, is an entertainment software developer for PC and console systems. ... Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire (82 BBY – 4 ABY, spirit incapacitated 11 ABY), often simply referred to as the Emperor, is one of the main characters and the foremost villain in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...

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