Darth Malak/Synopsis

The complete story of the Sith Lord Darth Malak from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

Early Life and Training
The human male known to become Darth Malak, was initially Alek Squinquargesimus born sometime 3964 BBY on the planet Quelii. The young boy managed to escape his homeworld before it was devastated by the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders lead by Mandalore the Ultimate during the Mandalorian Wars. Atfer his family escaped death at the hands of the Mandalorians, they fled to the Galactic Republic and the name of his home village was assigned as Alek's surname. Eventually, Alek was found to be force-sensitive and was taken into the Jedi Order to become a knight at a young age. The young Alek was taken to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine and quickly became a padawan of the ancient monastic order. During his training days, he earned the nickname of 'Squint' by his peers who had trouble pronouncing his surname and befriended another padawan by the name of "Revan". The two quickly rose through the ranks and while Revan was the strongest of the two, both had desires to broaden their knowledge and traveled to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to train under the Twi'lek Jedi Master Zhar Lestin. Sometime before the Mandalorian Wars, both Revan and Alek completed their training and reached the ranks of Jedi Knight.

Recruiting the Revanchists
In 3964 BBY, the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders lead by Mandalore the Ultimate launched a full-scale invasion of the Galactic Republic sparking the infamous Mandalorian Wars. Both Revan and Alek saw the Mandalorian invasion as a major threat and were eager to combat the Mandalorians, but were told to refrain from doing so by the Jedi High Council who believed that the true threat to the Republic had not yet emerged. Revan was not dissuaded and decided to form a secret splinter group of Jedi called the Revanchists who were to fight the Mandalorians for the Republic against the wishes of the Republic. Alek was the first to join his new movement and Alek would help recruit more Jedi to join the movement and fight the Mandalorians. Alek soon refered to Revan as his "honorary master" and would soon spy on the Mandalorians with other Revanchists against the wishes of the council.

During their operations against the Mandalorians, Alek and the Revanchists stopped to rest on Taris where Alek visited the planet's Jedi Temple in the hopes of recruiting more of them to the Revanchist cause. While he was visiting the Outer Rim world, Alek was met by Lucien Draay who asked him to look for Zayne Carrick, Draay's Jedi Padawan. Carrick was chasing Snivvian black marketeer Marn Hierogryph and fell into the cityscape after falling off his speederbike and was rescued by Alek saving his life in the process. Carrick and Alek conversed after the former was saved where Alek attempted to convince him to join the Jedi Crusaders against the Mandalorians, but the human padawan refused believing that the Sith was the real threat to the galaxy and not the Mandalorians. While Carrick was a less-than steller student, Alek believed that he still had a major role to play and could contribute greatly to the war effort against the Mandalorians. Before the Revanchists left Taris, Alek told Carrick that sometimes in order to preserve the light side of the force, one must dive into the dark side. After he left however, Alek was informed by Lucien that a group of extremist Jedi Masters acted upon a vision and murdered their padawans to stop the rise of a potential Sith Lord. The group was called the Jedi Covenant and Zarrick was framed for murdering their padawans and Alek had to help clear his name.