History Characters / StarWarsHighRepublicEraJediMasters232229BBY

!All spoilers regarding the Skywalker Saga and ''The Clone Wars'' are unmarked. Examples relating to Disney's EU and the new movies can be spoiler-tagged if deemed necessary. Spoilers from Phase I of the ''High Republic'' publishing initiative are also unmarked.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He decides to stall General Viess on the ''Foregone Catastrophe'' to keep her from destroying the ''Cacophony'' while Avar Kriss is onboard trying to get the Path Drive to work. While he's not in a hurry to die, he knows he very well could considering that the ''Catastrophe'' is falling apart due to him ramming it with an old E'roni drill ship. While it's unknown if Porter perished or not, his efforts ultimately paid off, as Avar was able to get past the Stormwall.]]

* TheApprentice: She is apprenticed to Kaktorf, but they are not a very good fit together, with him being an ultra-strict Jedi who dislikes thinking outside the box, while Sav is a curious Padawan with a disregard for rules. [[spoiler:Kaktorf admits to her that their styles do not match and that his attempts to mold her into a Jedi like him were driving her away from the Order, and thus he resigns as her master so that Tera Sinube can replace him.]]
* BadLiar: In her youth, she's shown to not be very good at deceiving others. When Kaktorf tries to contact her while she's with Maz's pirate gang, Kaktorf sees right through her attempt at FakeStatic. When she tries to ward off the Dank Graks from killing Frander by claiming to be working for the Graf family, Frander knows she's not who she claims. It seems only that the Graks fall for Sav's disguise and outrageous claims (despite Arkik Von showing signs of skepticism), [[spoiler:only for it to be revealed that neither of them actually fell for it, and only let her join them as a way to get information of her and [[FeedTheMole mislead Maz's pirates]].]]

* PaperThinDisguise: When trying to stop the Dank Graks from killing Frander, she goes by the alias of "Bazrip Ratht", claiming to be a representative of the Graf family. This disguise amounts to simply switching her traditional Kyuzo war helmet for a piece of scrap metal that looks like a funny hat. [[spoiler:No one actually falls for this disguise.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Come on, ''Greatstorm''? Marchion Ro thinks so as well, and is delighted when he learns it after capturing Loden due to the Nihil's storm motif.

!!Master Nyla Quinn

!![=OrbaLin=]

* AdventurerArchaeologist: His reason for heading to frontier originally was to function as one, seeking out artifacts in dangerous locations and sometimes in hostile hands. Cohmac and Reath only manage to go on a few of his recovery mission in between fighting the Nihil and Drengir.

* ItsAllMyFault: Hours before the Starlight Beacon's ceremony, he uses the time to test Keeve instead of resting (especially after losing his arm earlier) or helping prepare for the ceremony -- Estala Maru believes it's because [[HeroicBSOD he blames himself for Jora's death at Kur]], though the end of ''The High Republic'' Issue #1 suggests that there's literally something wrong with him...

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* InformedAbility: He is said to be a legendary tactician and master scholar, but he never demonstrates either trait. This is [[JustifiedTrope Justifed}} by the fact that he is suffering from Magrak Syndrome, causing him to lose control in battle and not plan things tactically and too impatient to do research.

* LegallyDead: After being missing for one year following the destruction of Starlight, the Republic declares him and the other missing crew and Jedi as officially dead.

The master of Lily Tora-Asi and former apprentice of Master Ravna, Arkoff is an old Wookiee Jedi renowned for his swordsmanship.

* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: Torban is last seen buying time for Emerick to help Qort and the other younglings escape from Starlight Beacon by stalling the Nameless. It's currently unknown if he found a way to escape, or if he was killed either in the station's destruction or by the Nameless.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When faced with the threat of the [[EldritchAbomination Nameless]] on the falling Starlight Beacon, much of his goofier demeanor drops, which highlights just how serious this new enemy is. [[SubvertedTrope However]], that doesn't stop him from undressing in front of Emerick, giving him his blood-stained robes to study, and then [[BolivianArmyEnding going off to stall the Nameless]] [[FullFrontalAssault in nothing but his underwear]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Before going off to stall the Nameless and [[BolivianArmyEnding likely meet his death doing so]], his last helpful act is to undress in front of Emerick and hand over his Jedi robes (stained in the Nameless's blood) for him to study (he isn't going to need them anymore, he says), just before charging into the darkness with nothing but his lightsaber and his underwear. Emerick isn't too phased by this considering this is [[CloudCuckoolander Torban]], and he's more concerned that he's about to be killed by an EldritchAbomination.

* BlobMonster: As an Ugor, [=OrbaLin=] isn't actually humanoid, but rather an amorphous, unicellular blob-like alien similar to an amoeba capable of forming pseudopodia inside of a humanoid space suit as a mold. When Lourna Dee breaches his suit during the Nihil's attack on the Republic Fair, this ends up hurting them more than it hurts him, as he is now able to weaponize his shapeshifting against them, including blindsiding Lourna after surviving what would have been a fatal blow if he had an actual head and trapping one of Lourna's subordinates in his own body. [[spoiler:Lourna didn't learn from this incident, as despite seemingly killing him with a sneak attack to the head during the destruction of Starlight Beacon, he's shown to still be alive one year later, and [=OrbaLin=] utterly ''roasts'' Lourna for never bothering to grasp that he doesn't really have a head after being [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by him.]]

* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:He reveals in Phase III that he has duplicated himself multiple times, which retroactively explains the previous plot hole of being present for both the Republic Fair attack and the Battle of Mulita at the same time. Unfortunately, doing it so many times has affected his mind.]]

* BlobMonster: As an Ugor, [=OrbaLin=] isn't actually humanoid, but rather an amorphous, unicellular blob-like alien similar to an amoeba capable of forming pseudopodia inside of a humanoid space suit as a mold. When Lourna Dee breaches his suit during the Nihil's attack on the Republic Fair, this ends up hurting them more than it hurts him, as he is now able to weaponize his shapeshifting against them, including blindsiding Lourna after surviving what would have been a fatal blow if he had an actual head and trapping one of Lourna's subordinates in his own body. [[spoiler:Lourna didn't learn from this incident, as despite seemingly killing him with a sneak attack to the head during the destruction of Starlight Beacon, he's shown to still be alive one year later, and [=OrbaLin=] painfully lectures Lourna on her ignorance of Ugor biology.]]
* BoomHeadshot: He is shot in the back of his "head" by Lourna Dee while busy communicating from the ''Ataraxia's'' bridge. [[spoiler:However, while this would be fatal to most solid-bodied organisms, this didn't kill him, as Ugors don't actually have heads. Lourna didn't learn her lesson from the Republic Fair, as [=OrbaLin=] survived a blow to the "head" back then too.]]

* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:He reveals in Phase III that he has duplicated himself multiple times, which retroactively explains the previous plot hole of being present for both the Republic Fair attack and the Battle of Mulita at the same time.]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsStarlightGoTogether Starlight: Go Together]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublic The High Republic]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsStarlightFirstDuty Starlight: First Duty]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheRisingStorm The Rising Storm]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsOutOfTheShadows Out of the Shadows]]'' | ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsTempestRunner Tempest Runner]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsMissionToDisaster Mission to Disaster]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsStarlightShadowsRemain Starlight: Shadows Remain]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTalesOfLightAndLife After the Fall]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShadowsOfStarlight Shadows of Starlight]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheEyeOfDarkness The Eye of Darkness]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTemptationOfTheForce Temptation of the Force]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheRiseOfKyloRen The Rise of Kylo Ren]]'' [[note]](recording only)[[/note]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsATestOfCourage A Test of Courage]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublic The High Republic]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsStarlightPastMistakes Starlight: Past Mistakes]]'' | ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsTempestRunner Tempest Runner]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTrailOfShadows Trail of Shadows]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTalesOfLightAndLife Light in the Darkness]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublic2023 The High Republic (2023)]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsYoda Yoda]]''[[note]]Vision[[/note]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He decides to stall General Viess on the ''Foregone Catastrophe'' to keep her from destroying the ''Cacophony'' while Avar Kriss is onboard trying to get the Path Drive to work. While he's not in a hurry to die, he knows he very well could considering that the ''Catastrophe'' is falling apart due to him ramming it with an old E'roni drill ship. While it's unknown if Porter perished or not, his efforts ultimately paid off, as Avar was able to get past the Stormwall and Viess has gone missing-in-action too.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He decides to stall General Viess on the ''Foregone Catastophe'' to keep her from destroying the ''Cacophany'' while Avar Kriss is onboard trying to get the Path Drive to work. While he's not in a hurry to die, he knows he very well could considering that the ''Catastrophe'' is falling apart due to him ramming it with an old E'roni drill ship. While it's unknown if Porter perished or not, his efforts ultimately paid off, as Avar was able to get past the Stormwall and Viess has gone missing-in-action too.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Nasim Pedrad

A Jedi Master stationed at the Jedi Temple on the planet of Tenoo, who serves as both mentor and parental figure to the Initiates who live there, and liason between the Jedi and the local population.

* JuniorCounterpart: According to her, Kai Brightstar was a lot like herself when she was his age, especially his zeal to fight the various villains around Tenoo. She had a rivalry with the thief Ace Kallisto not unlike Kai's enmnity with the pirate Taborr, which ended when Ace became her friend despite the life of crime - something she suspects may happen with Taborr as well.
* TheMentor: While her mentorship is not as direct as a Master would be to a Padawan, she serves to instruct a whole class of Younglings and teach them the life lessons they need to be exemplary Jedi.

* ParentalSubstitute: In part due to being the childrens' guardian in a show directed at younger children, she often comes off as more of a mother figure than Jedi Masters are usually depicted.

* BlobMonster: As an Ugor, [=OrbaLin=] isn't actually humanoid, but rather an amorphous, unicellular blob-like alien similar to an amoeba capable of forming pseudopodia inside of a humanoid space suit as a mold. When Lourna Dee breaches his suit during the Nihil's attack on the Republic Fair, this ends up hurting them more than it hurts him, as he is now able to weaponize his shapeshifting against them, including blindsiding Lourna after surviving what would have been a fatal blow if he had an actual head and trapping one of Lourna's subordinates in his own body.
* BoomHeadshot: He is shot in the back of his "head" by Lourna Dee while busy communicating from the ''Ataraxia's'' bridge. [[spoiler:However, this wasn't fatal, as Ugors don't actually have heads. Lourna didn't learn her lesson from Valo, as [=OrbaLin=] survived a blow to the "head" back then too.]]

* LaserBlade: Wields a short green-bladed lightsaber.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi Light of the Jedi]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheRisingStorm The Rising Storm]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheFallenStar The Fallen Star]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShadowsOfStarlight Shadows of Starlight]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheEyeOfDarkness The Eye of Darkness]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublic2023 The High Republic (2023)]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsTemptationOfTheForce Temptation of the Force]]''

* DeathByIrony: Tragically. A flashback with about Farzala in High Republic Adventures shows that one of the most important things Obratuk taught him was about fear: that fear is not actually an enemy to Jedi - they don’t suppress it, but master it until it no longer controls them - and to especially not fear death, because as long as they can feel the Force they know for certain that those who pass on exist within it. These teachings help Farzala survive, but Obratuk himself does when Marcion Ro sics a Leveler on him: a personification of fear that leaves him overcome with terror, begging and pleading not to die, as he is cut off from the Force entirely, leaving Obratuk without the comfort of his own teachings in his last moments.

* AnArmAndALeg: At the Battle at Kur, he loses his left arm to starship debris from the same explosion that costs Jora her life in ''Light of the Jedi''. He hasn't gotten a prosthetic because as LizardFolk, it'll grow back.

** [[spoiler:The Phase III comic reveals that he survived the fall of Starlight Beacon. However, Lycos's testimony implies that he eventually succumbed to Magrak Syndrome while alone in the Occlusion Zone.]]