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Dir'Nul, Vydel

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this woman was a Jedi Knight who was dispatched to locate the serial killer known only as Kardem during the height of the Clone Wars. Dir'Nul had refused the promotion to General in the Army of the Republic when the Clone Wars broke out, stating that she wasn't interested in becoming a "walking weapon at the beck and call of self-serving politicians." Besides, she explained, she was getting closer to catching Kardem. She had taken the assignment after Kardem had killed her first love, a pilot named Ash B'risko. Kardem then killed three Twi'lek females, and all four victims bore the marks of having been killed by a lightsaber and destroyed by Force lightning. Dir'Nul was unable to stop the death of a fourth Twi'lek on Perilious, but it was on the Outer Rim world that the truth of Kardem's identity was exposed. Kardem was actually Vydel Dir'Nul, who had slipped over to the Dark Side of the Force when she discovered that Ash B'risko had taken a Twi'lek female as a lover. In her jealousy, Dir'Nul killed B'risko, then set out to avenge her loss by killing Twi'lek females. Another Jedi was dispatched to bring her in, but she killed him as well, adding a Jedi to Kardem's growing list of victims. As she snapped out of her strange possession, Dir'Nul discovered the body of the Jedi and vowed to continue her search for Kardem.