Ulic, powerless, dropped from sight. He fled from his pasts and went into hiding. For a decade, he wandered, lost in his thoughts, his grief, and his guilt. A decade later, keeping his identity secret, Ulic hired transport from a down-on-his luck spacer named Hoggon. Hoggon delivered Ulic to the scorched jungles of Yavin 4, the site of Exar Kun's final defeat. There were too many spirits there to haunt Ulic, too many painful memories. He sought somewhere even more isolated.

Hoggon brought Qel-Droma to the frigid planet of Rhen Var, a world slowly emerging from the grips of an ice age. Ulic chose to live in an abandoned fortress atop an icy mountain. On a walk around the castle, Ulic fell into an ice cave-in. He lay still for hours, ready for his life to leave him. But it didn't. He imagined the spirits of those slain -- either by his hands or the hands of his accomplices. He saw visions of Cay, and Master Arca, but if they were the product of the Force or a dying mind, he knew not. Although cut off from the Force, Ulic still possessed his great inner strength. He willed himself to live, though he knew not why.

Elsewhere, the rebellious teenage daughter of Nomi Sunrider, Vima Sunrider, wished to find Ulic Qel-Droma. She wanted to learn the ways of the Jedi, and her mother was far too busy as leader of the Jedi assembly to deal with her. Vima hired Hoggon, the same pilot who took Ulic to Rhen Var, to help her track down her master. Hoggon was surprised to see an image of Ulic, and was shocked that he had been carrying a wanted criminal in his ship. He took Vima to Rhen Var.

In the eerie, empty corridors of the Rhen Var palace, Vima confronted Ulic. All Ulic could see in Vima's big blue eyes were images of Nomi. She was a reminder of all his pain, and he wanted nothing to do with her. Vima pleaded to Ulic to train her in the ways of a Jedi. A sudden, terrible ice storm stranded the two of them together in a makeshift shelter.

The two spoke in the warm glow and silence of a glowcube. Vima voiced her desire to be a Jedi, and Ulic warned of the high and often-terrible price required. Despite everything that befell Ulic, Vima still saw him as the man Nomi fell in love with -- as the great Jedi warrior. Ulic began training Vima in the construction and operation of a lightsaber. Although blind to the Force, he still could handle the elegant weapon. While Ulic was teaching Vima, she taught Ulic how to appreciate life again. Together, with their lightsaber blades, the two of them carved an immense statue to honor the memory of Arca Jeth and Andur Sunrider.

Nomi Sunrider finally came to Rhen Var for her daughter. She and Ulic stared at each other, a thousand things that could have been said but weren't floated between them. Nomi saw the giant ice sculpture that her daughter and her former lover carved together. Finally, Ulic was beginning to find peace.

At that moment, the Cathar Jedi Sylvar sought out Ulic Qel-Droma to kill him, in vengeance for the death of her mate. Sylvar confronted Ulic, and a heated lightsaber duel ensued. Ulic refused to fight. He reasoned with Sylvar that vengeance was not the path of a Jedi. At the final moment, Sylvar too put down her blade.

It was at then that Ulic was murdered. Hoggon, an admirer of the Jedi, fired his blaster weapon and pierced the heart of Ulic Qel-Droma, a mere mortal. In Hoggon's eyes, it was the act of a hero: the death of a villain. For Ulic, it was a final rest and a final chance to die in the light. Nomi cradled Ulic's dying body. Qel-Droma asked for a final forgiveness, one that Nomi already gave. To Vima, the light that let Ulic see through the darkness, he gave a ring-necklace that he carried. His life force gone, Ulic's body vanished in a shimmer of energy. Perhaps, even though he no longer heard the call of the Force, he still had the heart of a Jedi.

-all non-original information has been compiled from Starwars.com

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