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*[[Krynda Draay]]<ref name="KOTOR33" />
*[[Haazen]]<ref name="KOTOR33" />
*[[Ulic Qel-Droma/Legends|Ulic Qel-Droma]]<ref name="TOTJC" />
*[[Cay Qel-Droma]]<ref name="TOTJC" />
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{{Quote|Age is indeed a curious thing. As I grow older I see less clearly in the dark, but I see the dark more ''clearly''.|Arca Jeth|audio=ArcaonAging-DLOTS.ogg|<ref name="DLOTSA" />}}
'''Arca Jeth''' was an [[Arkanian/Legends|Arkanian]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] with [[Sephi/Legends|Sephi]] [[Blood/Legends|blood]] who served the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] as [[Jedi Watchman/Legends|Watchman]] of the [[Japrael system/Legends|Onderon]] [[Star system/Legends|worlds]] on behalf of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]. From his skill with the [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] to his mastery of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]], Jeth was revered as one of the wisest and most powerful [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] of his day, and was hailed by his kinsmen as a champion of the Arkanian [[Species/Legends|race]]. Jeth primarily resided on his [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of [[Arkania/Legends|Arkania]], where he [[Jedi training/Legends|instructed]] many of the era's most prominent Jedi in the ways of the Force.

In [[4030 BBY]], Jeth was part of the Jedi and Republic task force that was sent to the [[Hapes Cluster/Legends|Hapes Cluster]] to eliminate the threat of the [[Lorell Raiders]], [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] who had preyed on Republic shipping lanes for decades. Jeth was then chosen to [[Hyabb-Twith Campaign|lead]] two dozen [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knights]] to combat the [[Nelori Marauders]], whose quest of terror and piracy spanned throughout the [[Hyabb-Twith Corridor]]. The Marauders were defeated through Jeth's use of Jedi [[battle meditation]], a rarely seen [[Force power/Legends|Force ability]] that simultaneously invigorated his allies and demoralized his enemies. The Arkanian Master proved himself again when he ended the [[Great Droid Revolution]] on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] through a demonstration of "[[Ionize|''mechu macture'']]": the incapacitation of [[Droid/Legends|droids]] via the Force. Jeth harassed the [[Slavery/Legends|slavery]] operations of the [[Realspace/Legends|space]]-[[City/Legends|city]] [[Ereesus]] shortly afterward, and liberated the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] [[Clan Doneeta|Doneeta family]], whose young son [[Tott Doneeta|Tott]] was identified as strong in the Force and taken as Jeth's [[Padawan/Legends|apprentice]]. The Jedi Master returned to [[Arca Jeth's praxeum|his praxeum]] on Arkania, where he trained Doneeta alongside many others, including brothers [[Cay Qel-Droma|Cay]] and [[Ulic Qel-Droma/Legends|Ulic Qel-Droma]], the latter of whom Jeth regarded as his most gifted student.

The Arkanian Jedi sent Doneeta and the brothers Qel-Droma in [[4000 BBY/Legends|4000 BBY]] to settle a civil dispute on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]] between the citizens of the [[Capital/Legends|capital]] city of [[Iziz/Legends|Iziz]], and the [[Exile (punishment)/Legends|exiled]] [[Beast Riders]] of the planet's wilderness. His charges failed utterly in their mission and, as the [[Battle of Iziz|final battle]] of the [[Beast Wars]] erupted, Jeth arrived on Onderon to defeat the [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] [[Naddist army|armies]] of [[Queen/Legends|Queen]] [[Amanoa]], and with whom was also banished the power of the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] from Iziz. He and his students remained on the [[Inner Rim]] world for the next [[3998 BBY|two years]], during which [[Time/Legends|time]] Amanoa's [[Marriage/Legends|widower]], the [[Sith sorcerer|sorcerer]]-[[King/Legends|King]] [[Ommin/Legends|Ommin]], staged an [[Freedon Nadd Uprising|uprising]] in the name of his Sith [[Onderon Royal Family|forefather]], [[Freedon Nadd]]. Jeth was captured and [[Torture/Legends|tortured]] by the king and the [[Force ghost|spirit]] of Nadd, but was ultimately [[Second Battle of Onderon|rescued]] by a team of Jedi Knights, led by Ulic Qel-Droma, and the prodigious young [[Nomi Sunrider]].

Although the dark side was permanently driven from Onderon through the efforts of the Jedi, the oppression of the Sith survived in the form of the [[Krath/Legends|Krath]] [[Sith cult/Legends|cult]] of the [[Empress Teta system/Legends|Empress Teta system]]. Master Jeth assumed responsibility of the [[Krath Holy Crusade|besieged]] Tetan worlds, and sent Qel-Droma and Sunrider to join the [[Republic Navy]] in [[Battle of Koros Major|battle]] against the Sith. Their forces were soundly defeated by the [[Sith magic|sorcery]] of the Krath, however, and the [[Jedi Council/Legends|Jedi Assembly]] organized a [[Jedi Convocation|mass-gathering]] on the planet [[Deneba/Legends|Deneba]] in response, to discuss the growing dark side threat. Jeth was present for the [[Conclave at Deneba|Jedi conclave]] and advocated for swift and decisive action against the new Sith, but spoke sternly against the [[Mission to Empress Teta|infiltration mission]] proposed by Ulic Qel-Droma. It was during the convocation's recess that an army of [[Krath war droid/Legends|Krath war droids]] [[Battle of Deneba|beset]] the Jedi, and Master Jeth joined his fellows in battle against them. However, he suffered a [[Death/Legends|fatal]] [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] wound, and became one with the Force in the arms of his greatest student, giving the latter a desire for revenge that would lead him to the dark side.

==Biography==
===Knight of the Republic===
{{Quote|I assure you, I can sense it. And actually, I'm surprised that you cannot.|Arca Jeth, while fighting the Nelori Marauders|<ref name="TOTJC" />}}
[[File:Younger_Arca_Jeth.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Jedi Knight Arca Jeth]]
Arca Jeth was an [[Arkanian/Legends|Arkanian]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] with [[Sephi/Legends|Sephi]] [[Blood/Legends|blood]]<ref name="KOTOR48" /> from the [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of the former, [[Arkania/Legends|Arkania]], who served with distinction as a member of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]. His aptitude with [[The Force/Legends|the Force]] and dedication to the service of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] saw him rise quickly within the ranks of the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]]. Jeth was one of many [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Knights of the Republic]] sent to the defense of the [[Hapes Cluster/Legends|Hapes Cluster]] from the [[Lorell Raiders]],<ref name="EGPM">''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''</ref> [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] who had discovered a number of safe routes through the [[Transitory Mists]] from which they could attack Republic [[Hyperlane|shipping lanes]]. In [[4030 BBY]], a Republic task force commanded by Jeth and stationed just outside the Mists [[Battle of Lorell|destroyed]] a large force of Raiders, a loss from which they could not recover. In their new-found freedom, the women of the Hapes Cluster, who had been forced into servitude by the male Raiders, instituted a new matriarchal society that no man would ever govern, ruled instead by an all-powerful [[Queen Mother]].<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref>

Jeth next participated in a [[Hyabb-Twith Campaign|series]] of fierce battles between the Jedi Knights and the [[Nelori Marauders]] of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Dachat]]. A series of defeats drove the enemy from their home to the safety of the [[Hyabb-Twith Corridor]], in recognition of the local government's reluctance to provoke each other with mutual efforts to patrol such heavily disputed shipping lanes. The Marauders executed numerous attacks from the safety of the Corridor itself, and with each they grew bolder as they penetrated deeper into the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core]]. The increase in number of dead Republic citizens disturbed the Jedi and prompted a [[Jedi Convocation|meeting]] on the [[Great Jedi Library/Legends|library]] [[Planet/Legends|world]] of [[Ossus/Legends|Ossus]], where the decision was made to stand against the Marauders. Jeth was one of two-dozen Knights immediately sent from Ossus in pursuit of the pirates, several of whose [[Starship/Legends|starships]] were encountered and pursued through the Hyabb-Twith Corridor to their headquarters on the planet [[Voon]]. Severe damage was dealt to the Nelori stronghold, and most of those stationed therein were killed. However, the besieged Nelori were able to call for reinforcements from other Marauder bases in the vicinity. The Jedi suffered vicious reprisals upon their arrival, and of the original twenty-four dispatched to the Hyabb-Twith Corridor, only Jeth and four others survived. Forced to call for aid themselves, the beleaguered Jedi endured another forty-eight hours before thirty Knights arrived in their support.<ref name="TOTJC" />

Since the initial attack, the sum of the Marauders had gathered from throughout the Corridor and established a last bastion on Voon. Together, the Jedi converged upon the Nelori stronghold, only to find it seemingly deserted. Troubled by the suspicious absence of the enemy, the Jedi wondered how the Marauders could have escaped the planet beneath their notice. Jeth stretched out with the Force and [[Force sense/Legends|sensed]] that below the Nelori stronghold was a mass of indistinguishably tangled and entwined life, the likes of which he had never felt before. Jeth cautioned his fellow Jedi, and together they descended deep into the subterranean caverns that pocketed Voon's crust. Warily they came upon a crudely cut, sloped corridor which led to a cavernous antechamber that passed into an adjacent chamber, where Jeth once again sensed a dark coldness permeating their surroundings. Suddenly, the antechamber erupted with [[Blaster/Legends|blaster]] fire as more than two hundred Nelori Marauders attacked the enclosed Jedi, killing four immediately. With the other Knights on his heels, Jeth attempted to halt the Marauder's advance, and together they formed a defensive perimeter around their fallen comrades. The Jedi bulwark was little match for the Marauder's ferocity, and their numbers slowly dwindled. Meanwhile, Jeth began to realize that his own attacks had become fiercer, empowered by emotions without control of the Force, used to counter the enemy's attack. With an adjustment of focus, Jeth instead began to concentrate on an image of victory as he gave himself to the will of the Force. What followed was an unexpected change of events, with the tide of the battle soon turned in favor of the invigorated Jedi, while the demoralized Marauders were suddenly in a state of upheaval. Jeth's sudden implementation of [[battle meditation]] resulted in a swift Nelori rout and defeat, thus erasing their threat from the Hyabb-Twith Corridor and ultimately the Core.<ref name="TOTJC" />

===Jedi Master===
====New responsibilities====
{{Quote|There are no shortcuts to mastery of the Force, Haazen&mdash;''and there can be no excuses''.|Jedi Master Arca Jeth|<ref name="KOTOR33" />}}
In [[4015 BBY]], the prototype [[HK-series assassin droid]], [[HK-01]], led a violent insurrection on the Republic [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] itself, in which thousands of [[HK-01's droid army|automatons]] revolted against their [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] owners. In the [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]] that followed, countless citizens fell to the murderous rampage of all manner of rogue [[Droid/Legends|droid]] models, from [[Sanitation droid|sanitation]], to those specialized for [[Security droid/Legends|security]], and even [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol]].<ref name="NEC" /> However, it was the reckless abandon of the [[Assassin droid/Legends|assassin]] and especially lethal [[Juggernaut war droid]]s that warranted the intervention of the Jedi Order's greatest [[Jedi Master/Legends|Masters]], of whom Jeth was now counted among. He [[Ionize|disabled]] HK-01's entire droid army via the Force in the subsequent defense of the capital, and with the destruction of the lead hunter-killer, the [[Great Droid Revolution]] was brought to an end.<ref name="NEGD">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref>

[[File:Jeth_Arkania.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Arca Jeth defends his decision not to knight Haazen.]]
Jeth continued to serve the Jedi Order and the Republic in the [[Standard year/Legends|years]] that followed the Coruscant droid revolt. When the Masters of the Order began to forebode return of the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lords]] of the fabled [[Sith Empire/Legends|Sith Empire]], Jedi were sent to various sites throughout [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] that were once [[Force nexus|concentrated]] places of [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] power. Jeth returned to his homeworld of Arkania, a planet that in yesteryear had been a longstanding repository of ancient [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] knowledge.<ref name="TOTJC" /> He established a [[Arca Jeth's praxeum|Jedi praxeum]] in the wilderness, far removed from the most remote [[Diamond/Legends|diamond]] [[Mining/Legends|mines]] that pocketed the planet,<ref name="EGPM" /> and trained as many as twenty students at any given time.<ref name="swe">''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''</ref> Jeth's students learned [[Meditation/Legends|meditation]], powers of the Force, and [[Lightsaber combat/Legends|lightsaber combat]] drills that imitated the lightning-fast strikes of the [[Arkanian dragon/Legends|Arkanian dragon]].<ref name="EGPM" /> While his students trained, Jeth continued to survey the planet and searched for any influence, no matter how small, of the dark side.<ref name="TOTJC" />

In that era, the public's perception of the Jedi Order was that of an elitist fraternity, an opinion that was frowned upon by an acquaintance of Jeth's, [[Miraluka/Legends|Miraluka]] Jedi Master [[Noab Hulis]]. In an experiment, Hulis brokered a deal with Jeth to train an illustrious financier named [[Barrison Draay]], as well as his lowly retainer, [[Haazen]]. Jeth also agreed to train Hulis' daughter [[Krynda Draay|Krynda]], the third of Hulis' daughters to become Jedi. While after a time, the [[Jedi Council/Legends|Jedi Council]] deemed complete the training of Draay and Krynda Hulis, Haazen was looked upon as deficient. A [[Knighting ceremony/Legends|Knighting ceremony]] was held at the Arkanian praxeum, where Jeth, Noab Hulis, and several additional Jedi bestowed rank upon the successful apprentices. They openly rejected the promotion of Haazen, who Jeth rebuked for his failure to embrace the Jedi way and denied the opportunity for reconsideration. While Draay and Hulis were wed<ref name="KOTORHB">''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Handbook]]''</ref> and became great Jedi, Haazen's dejection eventually led to his fall to the dark side of the Force.<ref name="KOTOR33" />

On a particular offworld mission, Jeth intercepted a vessel en route to the [[Slavery/Legends|slave]] markets on the [[Realspace/Legends|space]] [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Ereesus]]. He defeated the slave drivers and freed the captives, among them the [[Twi'lek/Legends|Twi'lek]] [[Clan Doneeta|Doneeta family]]. Awed by the Master's power, their Force-sensitive son [[Tott Doneeta|Tott]] wished to be trained as a Jedi, and Jeth obliged. He returned to Arkania with the boy and trained him alongside many students, including two sent from [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] by their [[Parent/Legends|mother]], [[Lien-Tsai Qel-Droma]], a friend of Jeth's and a renowned Master in her own right. The Twi'lek became close friends with her sons, the brave yet headstrong [[Ulic Qel-Droma/Legends|Ulic]], and the mechanical-minded [[Cay Qel-Droma|Cay]].<ref name="TOTJC" /> Not long afterward, Master Jeth was caught in a fire and severely burned. Many of his injuries were healed and deformities repaired by Arkanian [[Doctor/Legends|doctors]], but Jeth's pointed ears&mdash;a trait prominent among those of Sephi heritage&mdash;were not restored. Because he was regarded as a Jedi champion among the Arkanian people, surgeons did not reconstruct his ears, and instead mended them to conform with those of pure blood, baseline Arkanians. The prominent [[House of Adasca|Adasca family]] of Arkania also altered all known [[Hologram/Legends|holos]] of Jeth so that past records reflected his current appearance.<ref name="KOTOR48" /> Around that time, he loaned [[Arca Jeth's holocron|his holocron]] to friend and fellow Jedi Master [[Thon]] of [[Ambria/Legends|Ambria]], to assist in the training of his latest apprentice, a young [[Human/Legends|Human]] woman named [[Nomi Sunrider]].<ref name="SONS3">[[Tales of the Jedi 5|''Tales of the Jedi'' 5]]</ref>

====Galactic turmoil====
=====Jedi Watchman=====
{{Quote|In keeping with our pledge to the Republic, the Jedi Masters assign one of their number to become the Watchman of each new system&hellip;today I've accepted charge of the Onderon worlds.|Arca Jeth|<ref name="BWOO1" />}}
[[File:Arca_Jeth_in_the_Beast_Wars2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Arca Jeth at the time of the Beast Wars]]
In [[4000 BBY/Legends|4000 BBY]], Republic [[Scout/Legends|explorers]] chanced upon [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]], an underdeveloped [[Inner Rim]] world previously unknown to galactic [[Astrography|astrographers]]. In accordance with the Jedi Order's mandate to liaise with new civilizations on behalf of the Republic, Jeth was assigned as [[Jedi Watchman/Legends|Watchman]] of the [[Japrael system/Legends|Onderon worlds]], and agreed to help the namesake planet's [[Queen/Legends|Queen]] [[Amanoa]] bring an end to centuries of [[Beast Wars|civil war]]. At the end of a drill in which Ulic Qel-Droma displayed his skill in [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]] combat against a [[Training droid/Legends|training droid]], Jeth called him, his brother, and Tott Doneeta together, to explain&mdash;through benefit of an extremely lifelike [[Mind trick/Legends|Force illusion]]&mdash;the history of Onderon. According to him, the planet was inhabited by two separate and very distinct societies: the established society of the walled city of [[Iziz/Legends|Iziz]] ruled by Amanoa, and the [[Beast Riders]], descendants of exiles who refused to abide her [[Onderon Royal Family|sovereignty]], and rode the ferocious creatures of the planet's wilderness. Although Watchman duties had been given to Jeth, he instead sent his three apprentices in what would be a test of their Knighthood to bring the conflict on Onderon to a peaceful resolution.<ref name="TOTJA">[[Tales of the Jedi (audio)|''Tales of the Jedi audio drama'']]</ref>

Doneeta and the Qel-Droma brothers arrived at the walled city of Iziz, and discovered that its citizens were under the influence of the dark side [[Force ghost|spirit]] of the ancient [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Freedon Nadd]]. The Jedi found themselves suddenly in the midst of a conflict when Amanoa [[Battle of Iziz|declared war]] on the Beast Riders. The Queen [[Waves of darkness|wrought havoc]] upon her enemies with [[Sith magic]] learned from Nadd's ghost, and victory for her was nigh at hand. However, Jeth, who had sensed the failure of his charges from afar, arrived on Onderon in his personal ship, the ''[[SunGem]]'', and demoralized Amanoa's forces through his mastery of Jedi battle meditation, which strengthened the resolve of the Beast Riders into victory.<ref name="TOTJA" /> In the battle's wake, stern rebukes were given to Ulic Qel-Droma for decisions made in haste that ultimately resulted in unnecessary bloodshed, and also to Cay, for the careless loss of his arm to a [[Royal Protector]] of the queen.<ref name="BWOO2">[[Tales of the Jedi 2|''Tales of the Jedi'' 2]]</ref> Jeth was determined to also break the pall of Freedon Nadd's spirit over Iziz, an oppression suffered by the Onderonian monarchy for centuries. With the help of Amanoa's daughter, [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Galia]], Jeth located the queen in the [[tomb of Freedon Nadd]], and [[Force Light|cast]] the Dark Lord's power from the city, which also resulted in Amanoa's [[Death/Legends|death]].<ref name="TOTJA" /> He later oversaw the consecration by Republic laws the [[Binding Ceremony|union]] of Queen Galia and [[Oron Kira]], the leader of the Beast Riders, and their official assumption of planetary sovereignty.<ref name="BWOO2" />

=====The Naddist Revolt=====
{{Quote|Ommin&hellip;listen&hellip;do you hear them?''"<br />"''What ''is'' it, Arca, my friend&mdash;? Are you ready so ''soon'' to join the dark side?''"<br />"''Listen&hellip;do you hear it? My ''Jedi Knights'' are with us.|An imprisoned Arca Jeth and King Ommin|<ref name="FNU2">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Freedon Nadd Uprising 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Freedon Nadd Uprising'' 2]]</ref>}}
Galia was given official dominion of Onderon with her [[Binding Ceremony of Oron Kira and Galia|husband]], King and [[Beast-Lord]] Oron Kira, and enjoyed two years of relative peace as their two societies attempted to integrate and thus rebuild themselves. Jeth remained on Onderon with his apprentices during that time, but occasional and seemingly-random acts of [[Terrorist/Legends|terrorism]] led him to believe that a darkness caused by the residual potency of Freedon Nadd's remains still overshadowed Iziz,<ref name="TOTJA" /> and that wielders of Sith magic continued to practice their arts in secret.<ref name="FNU1">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Freedon Nadd Uprising'' 1]]</ref> In an effort to lift the pall of the dark side, Jeth ordered the relocation of both the [[Sith sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] of Amanoa and Nadd to the farthest side of [[Dxun/Legends|Dxun]], the primary [[Moon/Legends|moon]] of Onderon, in a tomb-fortress constructed of nearly-indestructible [[Mandalorian iron]].<ref name="TEC">[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]</ref> Several Beast Rider patrols were also charged with surveillance of the catacombs beneath Iziz. Jeth then sent Doneeta to the nearby planet Ambria, whereupon resided the Jedi Master Thon, from whom the Twi'lek was to request reinforcements. His mission accomplished, Doneeta returned soon afterward with the [[Vultan]] Jedi [[Oss Wilum]], just as the [[Funeral/Legends|funeral]] [[Funeral of Amanoa|procession]] of the late Amanoa and her Sith forefather began with Jeth at the head.<ref name="FNU1" /> The solemnities were interrupted by Beast Rider [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Gobee]], who rushed to alert Jeth of the fast-approaching legion of [[darksider]]s discovered during his subterranean reconnaissance.<ref name="TOTJA" /> An enormous tunneling [[Groundborer|war machine]] burst forth to assail the procession just then, from which emerged a massive [[Sith trooper armor/Legends|ironclad]] [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] at the forefront of a host of [[Naddist]] soldiers.<ref name="FNU1" />

[[File:JethSmitten2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Arca Jeth recovers from an unexpected Force attack.]]
Jeth was immediately smitten by a powerful Force attack from an unknown and unseen foe, and Doneeta and Ulic Qel-Droma were compelled to his protection while the remaining Jedi joined Oron Kira and the present Beast Riders in [[First Battle of Onderon (Naddist Uprising)|battle]] against the [[Naddist army]]. As he began to recover, Jeth realized that the tactics of the Dark Jedi, one called [[Warb Null]], were diversionary; while he held Cay and Wilum at bay, and with Ulic and Doneeta attending to Jeth's defense, the dark side soldiers confiscated both sarcophagi and loaded them onto their groundboring machine. With their mission successfully executed, Null disengaged his opponents to rejoin the Naddists in their underground retreat. The assault against Jeth confirmed his suspicions that Sith magic still maintained a negative influence over the city, one that had to be eliminated immediately.<ref name="TOTJA" />

Queen Galia then suggested that the Jedi seek out her supposedly dead father,<ref name="TOTJA" /> [[King/Legends|King]] [[Ommin/Legends|Ommin]], whom Galia revealed to be an even more powerful Sith sorcerer than her late mother. Wilum, Doneeta, and Cay Qel-Droma remained topside with Oron Kira to secure the palace,<ref name="FNU1" /> while Jeth and Ulic followed Galia into the tunnel created by the Naddist war machine. They soon entered the underground [[Ommin's subterranean fortress|lair]] of Ommin, where he was confined to a necessary mechanical [[Life support/Legends|life support]] [[Ommin's mechanical exoskeleton|contraption]]. Jeth immediately recognized the heaviness of dark-side influence about the king, and demanded that he relinquish control of the stolen sarcophagi. At first Ommin feigned ignorance, but he soon revealed that the very spirit of Freedon Nadd had been called from the depths of [[Chaos/Legends|Chaos]] for his benefit. The specter of the Dark Lord appeared at that moment, and Jeth deduced that it was Nadd that fueled the sorcery that still plagued the planet. The Jedi Master's suspicion was confirmed by Ommin, who was no longer the invalid he had once pretended to be, and had risen up to smother Jeth with dark side energies afforded him by the power of Nadd's ghost. Present also was Warb Null and the Naddist army, who were left to deal with Qel-Droma and Galia while the unconscious Arkanian was taken by Ommin and Nadd deeper into the king's lair, where they planned to subject him to such severe [[Torture/Legends|torment]] as to force him into their service. Qel-Droma dueled and killed Null in an attempt to save his Master, but was ultimately forced to flee with the queen rather than face the throng of Naddist warriors between him and the departed king.<ref name="FNU1" />

Jeth was hung on a wall and endured weeks of torture at the hands of King Ommin and the spirit of Freedon Nadd, wracked by the crushing power of the [[Odojinya|dark side]].<ref name="FNU2" /> Ulic Qel-Droma and Galia meanwhile discovered that Iziz had been recaptured by the Naddists, and the Jedi sent a call to the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] for reinforcements.<ref name="FNU1" /> Along with the full strength of the [[Republic Navy]] that arrived were five Jedi Knights: [[Qrrrl Toq]], [[Shoaneb Culu]], [[Kith Kark]], and Humans [[Dace Diath]] and Nomi Sunrider, the latter of whom employed her inherent facility with battle meditation to swiftly turn the tide of [[Second Battle of Onderon|battle]] in their favor. Two unexpected visitors named [[Aleema Keto|Aleema]] and [[Satal Keto/Legends|Satal Keto]] had also come to Onderon, indirectly from the [[Empress Teta system/Legends|Empress Teta system]] and in search of King Ommin's Sith wisdom. Their initiation included a visit with the humbled Jeth, whom Ommin explained was delusional and in the process of being remade into an agent of the Sith. Jeth, however, maintained his resolve, and alerted King Ommin to prepare himself for the arrival of Jedi rescuers; a team of Knights soon stormed Ommin's stronghold, wherein all the king's present Dark Jedi and [[Sith Elite Warbot|war droids]] were slain, and Jeth was freed. Nadd's spirit then appeared and condemned his failed servant Ommin to the mercy of the Jedi, whose newly-restored leader, Jeth, confronted and banished the Dark Lord's ghost from Onderon forever. The planet was placed under martial law in the aftermath of the battle, and Jeth, along with his Jedi Knights and the king and queen, ventured to Dxun for the entombment ceremony of the last vestiges of a long-lived Sith dynasty finally commenced on the grounds of the new mausoleum.<ref name="NEC" /> Jeth also recorded the events of and surrounding the [[Freedon Nadd Uprising]] within the recesses of the [[Great Holocron/Legends|Great]] Jedi [[Holocron/Legends|holocron]].<ref name="EGTTF">[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']]</ref>

=====The new Sith=====
{{Quote|I've got some bad ''news'', my friends. I thought the ''Sith teachings'' that were active here had been contained. Apparently, I was ''wrong''.|Arca Jeth, to the Jedi on Onderon|<ref name="DLOTS1">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 1]]</ref>}}
[[File:ArcaTamesADrexl.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Arca Jeth and his tame drexl]]
The Jedi and Republic forces returned to Onderon and continued to assist the natives in the reestablishment of a viable civilization under new and just leadership. Jeth and his apprentices enjoyed a brief respite on Onderon, during which time they learned to fly the [[drexl]] mounts of the Beast Riders, collected and cataloged all [[Sith artifact/Legends|Sith artifacts]] seized from Naddist possession, and established a permanent Jedi base to combat resurgent dark side threats on the planet.<ref name="DLOTS1" /> Initially unknown to the Jedi, the spirit of Freedon Nadd made contact with Aleema and Satal Keto during their visit to the planet,<ref name="FNU1" /> and offered to [[Sith training|train]] them both in the ways of Sith magic. With power bestowed upon them in subsequent months of Sith tutelage, the Ketos formed the [[Krath/Legends|Krath]] cult of [[Sith sorcerer|sorcerers]] and [[Political uprising of the Empress Teta system|installed]] themselves as rulers of the Empress Teta system, from which they planned to [[Krath Holy Crusade|terrorize]] the galaxy once their own system was brought to heel.<ref name="DLOTSA" />

Tidings of the Krath's malice reached Jeth who, as the [[Jedi Council/Legends|Jedi Assembly's]] chosen warrior for his experience with dark side threats,<ref name="POTJ" /> assumed Watchman responsibilities of the besieged Tetan worlds. He called all the Knights to him with new assignments; Dace Diath, Qrrrl Toq, Oss Wilum, and Shoaneb Culu were to make haste to Ossus with report of the events on Onderon;<ref name="DLOTS1" /> Tott Doneeta and Cay Qel-Droma were to remain on the Inner Rim world and continue to maintain peace while they oversaw the completion of the Jedi outpost; after a lesson in Jedi battle meditation, Nomi Sunrider was to immediately accompany Ulic Qel-Droma as Jedi representatives of the mustering Republic war effort against the Krath.<ref name="DLOTS1" />

A month passed following the departure of Sunrider and Qel-Droma, during which time Arca Jeth and the remaining Knights continued their work on Onderon. The Jedi Master learned through the Force that a visitor named [[Exar Kun/Legends|Exar Kun]] would soon arrive, one with a dangerous desire for forbidden knowledge and no reservations about lying to obtain it. Prior to his departure on an errand, Jeth gave explicit instructions to Tott Doneeta and Cay Qel-Droma to neither assist Kun nor give him any information, whatsoever. He returned sometime later on an enormous drexl [[Animal bond|tamed]] through the Force, and was greeted by Kun, whom Jeth denied access to any of Nadd's Sith artifacts despite his claim as a representative of the [[Academy of Jedi Archaeology]]. Even though he refused to assist Kun, Jeth did nothing further to hinder his quest, which ultimately led the Jedi Knight to Iziz. Jeth's concern was elsewhere; the Republic was scheduled to arrive in the Tetan system soon, and Jeth worried for those he had sent to join them. The Jedi were in fact defeated in [[Battle of Koros Major|battle]] for the capital world of Empress Teta, confounded by the Sith magic used against them by the Krath.<ref name="DLOTS2">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 2]]</ref> The Jedi Assembly was alarmed by the speed with which the dark side had spread across the galaxy, and the defeat of their own prompted a summons of all Jedi to a war [[Conclave at Deneba|conference]] on the planet [[Deneba/Legends|Deneba]].<ref name="DLOTS1" />

=====Conclave on Deneba=====
{{Quote|Vodo's in great torment these days&hellip;one of his students left him to seek forbidden knowledge. No good will come of it, I'm sure.|Arca Jeth, speaking to Master Thon in regard to Exar Kun|audio=ArcaJethConclave-DLOTS.ogg|<ref name="DLOTSA" />}}
[[File:Swdl3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Arca Jeth becomes one with the Force.]]
The Jedi from Onderon reconnected with their battle-wearied comrades on Deneba. As they made their way to the amphitheater nestled within a [[Mount Meru (Deneba)|mountain called Meru]], Jeth and Thon expressed concern for their close friend and fellow Jedi Master [[Vodo-Siosk Baas]], caused by his rebellious apprentice Exar Kun. Baas had yet to arrive, however, and places were taken without him, as [[Odan-Urr/Legends|Odan-Urr]], the president of the Jedi Assembly, began the proceedings. Jeth was among those who advocated for swift military action against the Krath; rather than confine the darkness in the galaxy as Thon had done on Ambria, Jeth believed that a [[Wall of light|unified front]] of [[Light side of the Force/Legends|light-side power]] would defeat the Krath.<ref name="DLOTS3" />

Ulic Qel-Droma, who led the failed assault on Empress Teta, instead suggested a plan to infiltrate the Krath, and learn the dark side so that it might be used against them. Jeth and nearly all those present rejected Qel-Droma's idea, and the Arkanian Jedi Master prepared himself to address the masses, but experienced at that moment through the Force the despair of Exar Kun, resultant of his initial embrace of the dark side of the Force. The designs of the Krath were also realized in the form of [[Escape pod/Legends|life pods]] that suddenly bombarded Deneba, from which emerged an army of [[Krath war droid/Legends|war droids]] that [[Battle of Deneba|attacked]] the gathered Jedi. The [[Service droid/Legends|servant droids]], which were already planetside, were [[Program trap|reprogrammed]] by the Krath and joined in the Jedi assault. Surrounded by the enemy, Jeth destroyed many of the automatons through the power of the Force alone, and saved the life of Ulic Qel-Droma from one in the process. However, in a moment of distraction, Jeth was fatally blasted from behind by one of the droids, which was then destroyed by his former apprentice. In Qel-Droma's arms, Arca Jeth became one with the Force, leaving behind only his [[Arca Jeth's robe|Jedi robes]] and lightsaber.<ref name="DLOTS3" />

===Legacy===
{{Quote|Cold&hellip;cold&hellip;my heart is like the ice around me. Why won't it just stop beating?''"<br />"''Because you must live Ulic Qel-Droma&hellip;''"<br />"''Master Arca! Are you real, or are you just another ghost&hellip;like all the others?''"<br />"''There are no simple answers, my son. Life is not simple. But still, you must live&hellip;or are you too much a coward for life?|The ghost of Arca Jeth confronts the dejected Ulic Qel-Droma|<ref name="R2">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 2]]</ref>}}
Unyielding grief and guilt plagued Ulic Qel-Droma after his Master's death,<ref name="DLOTS4">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 4|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 4]]</ref> and he collected Jeth's [[Jedi apparel|Jedi garments]] to keep forever with him as a treasured heirloom.<ref name="KOTOR48" /> The death of so great a Jedi Master rocked many of his contemporaries,<ref name="DLOTSA" /> a tragedy that spurred Qel-Droma, regardless of the counsel given by his late mentor, to carry out the infiltration mission for which he had so vocally campaigned.<ref name="DLOTS3" /> Indeed did his action result in folly; Qel-Droma fell to the dark side as [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] of the Krath, and soon afterward became the [[Sith apprentice/Legends|apprentice]] of Exar Kun, whose own journey into darkness had been rewarded with his acquisition of tremendous power<ref name="DLOTS4" /> as Dark Lord of the Sith.<ref name="DLOTS6">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 6]]</ref> Together they waged the [[Great Sith War/Legends|Great Sith War]] against the Jedi and Republic,<ref name="TSW1">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 1]]</ref> which saw the [[Battle of Ossus (Great Sith War)|death]] of another of Jeth's apprentices, Cay Qel-Droma, at the hands of his own brother.<ref name="TSW5">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 5|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 5]]</ref> However, the elder Qel-Droma ultimately renounced his Sith allegiance and assisted his former allies in the [[Battle of Yavin 4 (Great Sith War)|final defeat]] of Exar Kun, who was forever bound to [[Temple of Exar Kun|his temple]] with the [[wall of light]] technique<ref name="TSW6">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 6]]</ref> suggested for use by Jeth during the Conclave on Deneba.<ref name="DLOTS3" /> Qel-Droma eventually began his own journey to redemption [[3986 BBY|ten years later]],<ref name="R2" /> and honored his fallen Master with an [[Water/Legends|ice]] sculpture on the frozen world of [[Rhen Var/Legends|Rhen Var]], crafted with the blade of his lightsaber.<ref name="R4">[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 4|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 4]]</ref> He then vowed to reclaim his life, after he was visited and encouraged to do so by the spirit of Jeth.<ref name="R2" />

[[File:Arca_Jeth_vision.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Arca Jeth in spirit form]]
Shortly after the Great Sith War, [[Demagol|Antos Wyrick]], a [[Zeltron/Legends|Zeltron]] [[Scientist/Legends|scientist]] who had obtained a sample of Arca Jeth's [[DNA/Legends|DNA]], began experiments on fetuses in whom he desired to genetically engineer Force sensitivity through the combination of their cells and those of the late Jedi Master. Wyrick was unsuccessful, as none of his test subjects manifested a facility with the Force, thus dashing his dream to create an army of [[Mandalorian Knights]] with which his kinsfolk planned to avenge their [[Duel on Kuar|defeat]] against the Jedi Order during the Great Sith War. Among the "descendants" of Arca Jeth was the [[Arkanian Offshoot/Legends|Arkanian Offshoot]] [[Jarael]], and Wyrick's white-haired daughter, [[Chantique]].<ref name="KOTOR48" />

Another of Jeth's pupils, the [[Jedi Consular|seer]] Krynda Draay, who grieved in perpetuity after the [[Ambush in the Ansharii Caverns|loss]] of Barrison in the Exar Kun War, dedicated herself to vigilance against the dark side through a [[Jedi Covenant|secret covenant of Jedi]], tasked to watch for any sign of Sith resurgence.<ref name="KOTORHB" /> The Covenant's mission was inherently flawed by Jeth's failed Padawan Haazen who, as one of its founders, had also been Sith in disguise, and had orchestrated the near-annihilation of the Jedi Order from within.<ref name="KOTOR33" />

Following the sterilization of Ossus after the [[Cron Supernova/Legends|detonation]] of the [[Cron Cluster/Legends|Cron Cluster]], the [[Jedi Temple]] on Coruscant began to take shape as the headquarters of the Order. Along its [[Processional Way/Legends|Processional Way]] as of [[3956 BBY]], a giant [[Bronzium/Legends|bronzium]] statue of Arca Jeth was erected alongside the likenesses of fellow Masters [[Ooroo/Legends|Ooroo]] and Odan-Urr.<ref name="Deceived">''[[The Old Republic: Deceived]]''</ref> Tales of Arca Jeth's valiance and the circumstances of his death had become the stuff of legend among the Jedi, but heeded not so much by those of other beliefs.<ref name="KOTOR48" /> A [[Arca Jeth University|university]] on Arkania was also renamed in honor of the deceased, whom the Arkanian people heralded as a hero of their race,<ref name="KOTOR48" /> which was known to be active at least through the [[Cold War (Galactic Republic&ndash;Sith Empire)|Cold War]] between the Republic and the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|resurgent Sith Empire]].<ref name="ThisIsGNN">{{TORcite|Galactic News Network: News Flash: ''DIPLOMATIC VESSEL COLLIDES WITH OUTER RIM MOON''}}</ref> Jeth's holocron eventually became buried on Arkania, lost until its rediscovery and subsequent possession thousands of years later by Jedi Master, historian, and archaeologist [[Tionne Solusar|Tionne]] on behalf of the [[New Jedi Order]].<ref name="EGAS">[[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']]</ref>

Although designed by fellow Jedi Master [[Tharis Orne]], Arca Jeth created the [[Noetikon of Science]], one of three [[Noetikon|such devices]] that nearly cataloged the entirety of the [[Jedi Archives/Legends|Jedi Archives]]. A measure of Jeth's personality was incorporated in holographic form alongside Masters [[Vandar Tokare]] and Orne, the three of them representing the "Jedi spirit of scientific inquiry." During the Cold War, the wisdom of the Masters of all three Noetikons, including Jeth, was called upon to save the life of Jedi Master [[Yuon Par]].<ref name="Secret Signals">{{TORcite|type=class|Jedi Consular|Secret Signals|Coruscant}}</ref>

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|A Jedi needs more than mere ''bravery''&hellip;overconfidence has been the ''undoing'' of many a seasoned warrior. Let the ''Force'' be your strength!|Jedi Master Arca Jeth|<ref name="BWOO1" />}}
[[File:Arca_pointed_ears.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Jeth with "Sephi" ears]]
Arca Jeth was an elderly male of common Arkanian appearance, with white hair; pupil-less white eyes; clawed, four-digit hands; and pale skin<ref name="EGAS" /> that was gnarled by age.<ref name="DLOTS1" /> Prior to his disfigurement by [[Fire/Legends|fire]], Jeth had the telltale pointed ears of the Sephi, only to have them later reconstructed to resemble those of pure Arkanian descent.<ref name="KOTOR48" /> His raiment was a unique variation of traditional Jedi apparel; a long, voluminous mustard-colored robe with brown pauldrons and a chain that connected them. A full-length tunic in a darker hue was worn beneath, and bound with a large-buckled belt under which was a hooded and thick-necked blouse that nearly matched the color of Jeth's over-robe.<ref name="BWOO2" />

Jeth strove to exemplify peace and believed that all things were so in the Force.<ref name="DLOTSA" /> A man of unusual wisdom and insight<ref name="TOTJC" /> who conveyed an air of serenity, even in the midst of serious conflict, Jeth was regarded as a quintessential Jedi of the Old Republic.<ref name="EGPM" /> His diplomacy skills were paramount in the resolution of many a conflict, though he was not hesitant to raise arms when necessary. Even still, he preferred non-aggression to violence and frequently stressed its importance with his apprentices.<ref name="DLOTSA" /> Jeth believed that all those with ample aptitude were worthy of Jedi membership, although he was somewhat hesitant to instruct Barrison Draay, whom he felt was too old and soft to survive the rigorous training. However, when Draay successfully completed his apprenticeship, Jeth openly confessed to gladness at having been proven wrong.<ref name="KOTOR33" />

Haazen, whom he had taken as a show of good faith, proved himself to be less than worthy of advancement in Jeth's eyes, not because of his social status, as believed by the apprentice, but rather his own lacking merit and character.<ref name="KOTOR33" /> Jeth often reprimanded Ulic Qel-Droma for his brash overconfidence, a trait that sometimes proved perilous for even experienced warriors, and reminded all of his apprentices that their strength was in the Force.<ref name="BWOO2" /> He enjoyed friendships with many of his contemporaries, including Masters Noab Hulis,<ref name="KOTOR33" /> Ood Bnar,<ref name="BWOO2" /> Thon,<ref name="SONS2">[[Tales of the Jedi 4|''Tales of the Jedi'' 4]]</ref> Lien-Tsai Qel-Droma,<ref name="TOTJC" /> and Vodo-Siosk Baas, among others.<ref name="DLOTS3" /> His essence within the Noetikon of Science, however, frequently bickered with that of fellow Master Vandar Tokare, something that annoyed their partner, Tharis Orne.<ref name="Secret Signals" /> Jeth's service to the galaxy and the Jedi Order was honored in myriad ways, from monuments,<ref name="Deceived" /> to renamed universities,<ref name="KOTOR48" /> and through holocrons his teachings were passed down through generations.<ref name="EGTTF" /><ref name="EGAS" />

==Powers and abilities==
{{Quote|Ah, Jedi battle meditation. Thon is good at that. Arca was even better. Arca could raise the will of a defeated army and make them victorious.|Odan Urr|<ref name="TSW1" />}}
[[File:ArcaDispellsTheDark.jpg|thumb|left|295px|Arca Jeth dispels the darkness of Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus.]]
As a [[Jedi Guardian/Legends|Jedi Guardian]],<ref name="POTJ" /> Jeth was an expert swordsman who first earned legendary status with<ref name="TOTJC" /> his green-bladed lightsaber<ref name="KOTOR48" /> during the Hyabb-Twith Campaign. Although he always carried his weapon, Jeth seldom used it in his later years.<ref name="Saber">Arca Jeth is never shown wielding his lightsaber throughout the entirety of the ''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi]]'' story line.</ref> It was during the Hyabb-Twith affair when Jeth first demonstrated his facility with battle meditation.<ref name="TOTJC" /> While not the first to display the ability,<ref name="BM">[[Ooroo/Legends|Ooroo]], [[Odan-Urr/Legends|Odan-Urr]], and [[Memit Nadill]] all used battle meditation throughout ''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi &mdash; The Golden Age of the Sith]]'' and [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Fall of the Sith Empire|''Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire'']], the events of which took place in [[5000 BBY/Legends|5000 BBY]].</ref> Jeth was but one of a handful of Jedi to ever truly master it. Jeth was able to inspire entire armies into victory, even as their defeat was only moments before imminent.<ref name="BWOO2" /><ref name="TSW1" /> He was also well known for his mastery of mechu macture, the ability to disable droids through the Force.<ref name="TOTJC" /> His strong position in the light side also afforded him a wide range of abilities: [[Battlemind|focused resolve augmentation]];<ref name="POTJ" /> realistic Force illusions;<ref name="BWOO1" /> [[Telekinesis/Legends|telekinetic]] finesse; the [[Transfer Force|transference]] of Force power;<ref name="JATM">''[[Jedi Academy Training Manual]]''</ref> [[Force sight]], [[Force stealth|stealth]] and [[Force healing/Legends|healing]]; [[Farsight/Legends|farsight]], [[Telepathy/Legends|telepathy]], and the mental coercion of beasts;<ref name="POTJ" /> the ability to either purge<ref name="BWOO2" /> or contain dark side power,<ref name="DLOTS3" /> and to even [[Sever Force/Legends|sever]] another being's connection to the Force.<ref name="POTJ" />

Jeth was an authority on galactic lore, [[Alien/Legends|alien]] species, and languages.<ref name="TOTJC" /> He spoke the [[Arkanian (language)/Legends|Arkanian tongue]], [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]], and the antiquated [[High Galactic/Legends|High Galactic]] dialect.<ref name="JATM" /> His vast knowledge also extended into the history and ways of the Sith,<ref name="TOTJA" /> and he prided himself on his ability to recognize the dark side more clearly with age.<ref name="DLOTSA" /> Once it became apparent to him that Freedon Nadd's spirit was the source of malevolent influence in Iziz, he attempted to remove the [[Freedon Nadd's sarcophagus|Dark Lord's remains]] and cleanse the city thereby. Only from Amanoa was the darkness initially driven, however, and Jeth, even with assistance from other Jedi, was unable to himself reverse the planet's dark-side infusion. He was admittedly no match for King Ommin, whose revitalization by the spirit of Nadd granted him incredible power, of the kind Jeth had never before encountered.<ref name="TOTJA" /> Nor was he able to drive the darkness from his homeworld, despite many attempts at eradication.<ref name="EGAS" />

==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|I decided to focus in on a few characters and let the stories spin out from there. I think Master Arca was my first character.|Tom Veitch|<ref name="ITV">[[Wookieepedia:Interview/Tom Veitch|Wookieepedia interview with Tom Veitch]]</ref>}}
[[File:Ulic_Qel-Droma_Arca_Jeth_EC.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Arca Jeth with his apprentice, Ulic Qel-Droma]]
"Master Arca," as the character was most often referred, was created by [[Tom Veitch]] for the [[1993]] release of ''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon]]'', the first story arc of the [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi|''Tales of the Jedi'']] [[Star Wars comic books|comic book]] series. The [[1994|following year]], Jeth was an influential character in Veitch's [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Freedon Nadd Uprising|''Freedon Nadd Uprising'']], wherein Jeth is drawn by [[Tony Akins]], as opposed to [[Chris Gossett]], who first penciled the character in ''Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon''. He next appeared in the [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 1|first]] [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 2|three]] [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 3|issues]] of the [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith|''Dark Lords of the Sith'']], written by Veitch and another veteran ''[[Star Wars]]'' writer, [[Kevin J. Anderson]], and again drawn by Chris Gossett. Jeth is prominently featured in both ''Tales of the Jedi'' full-cast audio dramas, voiced by [[Larry Keith]] in the [[Tales of the Jedi (audio)|first]], and [[Jim Ward]] in the [[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)|second]]. Up until that point, a surname for the character had yet to be identified, and was revealed as "Jeth" with the [[1996]] release of the ''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' a sourcebook for the [[Star Wars Roleplaying Game]] published by [[West End Games]]. He was the first ''Tales of the Jedi'' character created by Tom Veitch, who worked closely with Chris Gossett to illustrate a satisfying death scene for the character in ''Descent to the Dark Side''.<ref name="ITV" />

[[File:Arca_Jeth.png|thumb|right|150px|Jeth as depicted in ''Star Wars: The Old Republic'']]
Jeth was mentioned throughout Kevin J. Anderson's subsequent [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Sith War|''The Sith War'']] comic story, in the final issue of which, [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 6|''Dark Lord'']], the character Thon is mistaken by the author for Jeth as the Master of Ulic Qel-Droma. In the final ''Tales of the Jedi'' story arc, [[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption|''Redemption'']], Jeth appeared as a Force ghost in the [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 2|second issue]], and as an ice sculpture in the [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 4|fourth]] and [[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 5|fifth]]. He is recognized in several comic issues of the [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (comic series)|''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'']] meta-series,<ref name="KOTOR">Arca Jeth is mentioned in [[Knights of the Old Republic 17|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 17]], in the ''[[Adascorp Fiscal Period Financial Report and Outlook: Field Report: Project Black Harvest]]'' of [[Knights of the Old Republic 19|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 19]], [[Knights of the Old Republic 50|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 50]], ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]''. He appears in flashbacks in [[Knights of the Old Republic 33|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 33]] and [[Knights of the Old Republic 48|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 48]].</ref> one of which, [[Knights of the Old Republic 33|''Vindication, Part 2'']], incorrectly misspelled his first name as "Arka" in a particular caption. The misspelling is also present in the [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 6: Vindication|''Vindication'' trade paper back]]. [[Paul S. Kemp]]'s [[The Old Republic: Deceived|''Deceived novel'']], ''[[Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight]]'' by [[Michael Reaves]], and ''[[Star Wars: Empire's End]]'', both comic and [[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]], include insignificant mentions of Jeth as well.

On page nineteen of the ''Tales of the Jedi Companion'' it is stated that "''two dozen Jedi warriors''" were initially dispatched to deal with the Nelori threat. However, at the end of the same paragraph it incorrectly states "''Only five of the twelve Jedi survived the encounter''". Also, the ''Jedi Academy Training Manual'' erroneously identifies Arca Jeth as the first Jedi to implement battle meditation on a large scale.<ref name="BM" /> In ''Redemption 2: The Search for Peace'', Jeth is shown with a five-fingered hand, which is contrary to all of his other comic appearances, as well as the characteristics of baseline Arkanians as defined in [[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']], which correctly depicts the Jedi Master with two four-fingered hands. In addition to inclusions in an array of source and reference book material, Jeth received fleeting acknowledgements in several issues of ''[[The Official Star Wars Fact File]]'', as well as mentions in the [[StarWars.com]] [[Databank (original)|Databank]] entries for both the Jedi Order and Ulic Qel-Droma. He was also given entries within the ''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' and its [[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia|updated version]]. For [[2011]]'s ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' [[video game]], Arca Jeth is given a human appearance, with five-fingered hands and pupils. His hair is short, his eyes are blue, and his accent is considerably different from his original voiced appearance in the ''Tales of the Jedi'' audio dramas.<ref name="Secret Signals" />

==Appearances==
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*[[Tales of the Jedi 1|''Tales of the Jedi'' 1]] {{1st}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi 2|''Tales of the Jedi'' 2]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi 5|''Tales of the Jedi'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Freedon Nadd Uprising]]''
*[[Tales of the Jedi (audio)|''Tales of the Jedi'' audio drama]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 1]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)|''Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith'' audio drama]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 2]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 3|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 3]]
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 4|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 4]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 5|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Dark Lords of the Sith'' 6]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 1|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 1]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 3|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 3]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 5|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 5]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 6]] {{Mo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 2|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 2]] {{Ghost}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 3|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 3]] {{Imo}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 4|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 4]] {{C|Mentioned, and appears as an ice-sculpture}}
*[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption 5|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; Redemption'' 5]] {{C|Appears as an ice-sculpture}}
*[[Knights of the Old Republic 17|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 17]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Adascorp Fiscal Period Financial Report and Outlook: Field Report: Project Black Harvest]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Knights of the Old Republic 33|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 33]] {{Flash}}
*[[Knights of the Old Republic 48|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 48]] {{Flash}}
*[[Knights of the Old Republic 50|''Knights of the Old Republic'' 50]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Old Republic: Deceived]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[The Old Republic: Deceived (audiobook)|''The Old Republic: Deceived'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{Holocron}}
*[[Kenobi (novel)|''Kenobi'']] {{Mo}}
*[[Kenobi (audiobook)|''Kenobi'' audiobook]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|''Star Wars: Rebellion'']] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Empire's End]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Empire's End (audio)|''Empire's End'' audio drama]] {{Mo}}
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==Sources==
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*{{InsiderCite|26|The Horse's Mouth|Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 1}}
*{{InsiderCite|27|The Horse's Mouth|Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 2}}
*{{InsiderCite|28|The Horse's Mouth|Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 3}}
*{{GalaxyCite|8|The Dark Side}}
*{{GalaxyCite|13|So You Want To Be A Jedi...}}
*{{GalaxyCite|13|ComicScan|ComicScan: Telling Tales}} {{Imo}}
*''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' {{1stID}}
*''[[Power of the Jedi Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[The Dark Side Sourcebook]]''
*[[The Essential Guide to Alien Species (real-world book)|''The Essential Guide to Alien Species'']]
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']]
*''[[The New Jedi Order Sourcebook]]''
*''[[Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''
*''[[Power of the Jedi Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''
*[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']]
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Galaxy at War]]''
*[[The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force (real-life book)|''The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force'']]
*''[[Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 43]]''
*{{DB|organization|thejediorder|Jedi Order, The|archivedate=20110209094448}}
*{{DB|character|ulicqeldroma|Qel-Droma, Ulic|archivedate=20110629023225}}
*{{InsiderCite|150|Legendary Authors|Authors of the Expanded Universe: Twenty Years of Tales of the Jedi}}}}

==Notes and references==
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