Jedi Dictionary

Valley of the Jedi
An ancient, hidden, Jedi burial ground whose existence was considered a mere legend until Morgan Katarn discovered its exact location. The Jedi Knight Qu Rahn tried to keep the Valley's location a secret until he could secure it, but the Dark Jedi Jerec murdered Rahn and Morgan Katarn in order to have it for himself. Kyle Katarn, Morgan's son, successfully defeated Jerec and his Dark Jedi and prevented them from abusing the Valley's power.

Vergence
This is a term used by the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic to describe an intense concentration of the Force. Most often, vergences are associated with relics and places, but sometimes they are centered on a living being. This being often has a high concentration of midi-chlorians in their body, and can touch and use the Force with little or no training.

Vialco
This Dark Jedi Knight trained under High Inquisitor Tremayne, and believed himself to be the logical choice to replaced Tremayne upon his death. Vialco stalked his victims from afar, planting horrible dreams in their minds until they were at his mercy. However, Vialco was also arrogant, and believed that anyone who could not touch the Dark Side of the Force was below him. This caused considerable trouble when he was ordered to work for non-Jedi commanders, and led to his being assigned to guard the new Imperial communications bunker near Iscera, on the planet Nysza III. When the Alliance learned of its construction, Commander Beatonn sent Harrier Team to destroy it. Vialco killed Arecelis Acosta and handily defeated Fable Astin during the mission, but the Harriers were able to take out the station. Vialco retreated, knowing that Fable would be an easy target, and was later contacted by Adalric Brandl. Brandl told Vialco that he was holding Fable on Trulalis, and the Dark Jedi could not pass up the tempting offer to remove her. Vialco quickly traveled to Trulalis and confronted Fable, who had become a much more formidable opponent that he believed possible. Fable was able to disarm him and defeat him, but she could not kill him. She did not want to become part of the Dark Side. However, Brandl had other ideas. He sent an image into her mind of Vialco recovering his lightsaber and attacking, and Fable moved to counter the blow. Instead of striking another lightsaber, Fable’s blade severed Vialco’s head from his shoulders.

Vici
This ancient Jedi was a native to Alderaan. She was well-known to many children because of the Vici of Alderaan stories. At the age of 16, she rescued her younger brother, Veni, from a 20-legged dragon.

Vima-Da-Boda
A descendant of Nomi and Vima Sunrider (six generations removed from Nomi Sunrider), Vima was a great warrior for over a century before she began teaching her daughter, Neema, about the Force. Neema, however, grew tired of her mother's slow style, and attempted to teach herself. She became seduced by the Dark Side of the Force, and was utterly consumed by it. Neema became the mistress, and later the wife, of an Ottethan warlord, who eventually grew tired of her and cast her out into the rancor-filled forests of his homeworld. Vima heard Neema's telepathic plea for help, and set out at once to find her. Vima arrived too late to save her daughter, and sliced the warlord in half with her lightsaber. She succumbed to the Dark Side of the Force, and was stripped of her ability to sense and use the Force. Thus, she escaped the Jedi Purge which Emperor Palpatine initiated. Vima got into trouble, and was sent to the spice mines of Kessel, where she discovered Kyp Durron. She taught him what she could of the Force before she was taken away. Vima was discovered a number of years later by Han Solo and Princess Leia on Nar Shaddaa or Nal Hutta. There, she gave Princess Leia a 10,000 year old lightsaber that was found around 800 PE on Ossus. Han and Leia returned to remove her from spaceport and move her to Coruscant, following the death of the reborn Emperor Palpatine on Byss. She helped Leia learn about the ways of the Jedi, just in time to help Leia shield her newborn son, Anakin, from the reborn Emperor. Following the death of the Emperor and Empatojayos Brand, Vima accompanied Leia back to Onderon, but during the victory celebration she mysteriously disappeared. It is not known if she had since died, or simply returned to Nar Shaddaa.

Vo'ren Faalo
This Jedi Master wrote the book The Book of Practical Lightsaber Technique, in which he described a series of practice cadences. Each cadence required the Jedi to be as one with the Force, and manipulate smal steel bearings at the top of candle with their lightsaber.

Vodo-Siosk Baas
A part-insect, part-crustacean Jedi Master from Dantooine. Master Vodo was the teacher of the Jedi Knights Dace and Shoaneb Culu, and later assumed the training of Nomi Sunrider. He was an expert at the creation of the lightsaber, and was known to be able to create a weapon in mere days. Baas was also the teacher of the Jedi Knight Exar Kun, before Kun turned to the Sith teachings and the Dark Side of The Force. Despite his proficiency with lightsabers, Baas prefered to use a simple staff which he wielded adeptly against any lightsaber. He augmented the staff's strength through the Force. He was greatly troubloed by the rise of Sith power, especially because it was his former student that was at the heart of the disturbance. He felt that he had failed, and returned to Coruscant after the capture of Ulic Qel-Droma. He hoped to sway the former Jedi back from the Dark Side, but was foiled by the appearance of Exar Kun. Kun challenged him to a duel, and Baas was brutally slain by his former student on the floor of the ancient Senate Chamber.

Voice Manipulation
A technique used by Jedi Knights that allows them to verbally implant suggestions into the minds of others. This use of the Force was emplyed to enable peaceful solutions to potentially dangerous problems.

Vulatan
Ancient Jedi Master who worked with Yoda and Gra'aton to recover the Chu'unthor on Dathomir.

Vuras
This Jedi's struggle with the Dark Side of the Force became a primary teaching lesson for many Jedi Masters. Vuras was confronted with an enemy that used underhanded tactics to continually outsmart and defeat him. Rather than seeking a new way of dealing with the enemy, Vuras simply resorted to using his own underhanded tactics. However, the inherent evil in these tactics, and the anger with which he embraced them, led Vuras to the Dark Side and, eventually, his own destruction.

...Jedi Mitth'raw'nurida

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