is a fictional character in the ''''. Jerec is the leader of the seven
Dark Jedi that the player must face in the game.
Physically
Blind , he perceives the world around him thanks to the
Force , similar to
Darth Traya (he is able to do this because he is a
Miraluka , the same species as
Visas Marr ). He serves the
Galactic Empire and murders
Morgan Katarn .
In ''Dark Forces II'', he tries to absorb the power of the
Valley Of The Jedi and begin his own empire. However,
Kyle Katarn defeats him in an epic
Lightsaber duel inside the Valley's inner sanctums on the planet of
Ruusan .
version of Jerec in '''']]
He reappears in '''' (the Jedi Knight
Expansion Pack ), this time as a variety of
Sith statue scattered throughout the last few
Levels .
Jerec originally came to the attention of
Jocasta Nu , a Jedi who worked for the Jedi Exploral Corps. She immediately took him on as a
Padawan . Nu's training gave Jerec several traits, not least among which was an insatiable hunger for knowledge, and supercilious manners. He advanced to Knighthood, and took on
Ameesa Darys as his own Padawan. Soon she became a Knight herself, and Jerec a respected
Jedi Master . His thirst for knowledge unabated, and unsatisfied by the resources available a Jedi Master, he sought outlets for his curiosity. He sat out the
Clone Wars and instead travelled with a group of Jedi 'artifact finders' to the
Unknown Regions , supposedly in search of wisdom unknown. His studies ended with the birth of the
Galactic Empire , however, as the Jedi were slaughtered in the thousands. The Imperial Inquisitor
Tremayne eventually caught up with Jerec and brutally slaughtered his fellow Jedi. He prepared to do the same to Jerec — until the Jedi Master promised to join the Empire as an
Inquisitor himself.
Jerec continued his studies, but this time with the dark side. Jerec was trained by
Emperor Palpatine under
Darth Vader . Jerec often studied from one of the Emperor's many dark side texts, the enormous ''Dark Side Compendium''. Jerec loathed Vader, coveting the Dark Lord's status for himself. Palpatine sensed the antipathy between Jerec and Vader, and ruthlessly blocked Jerec from further access to his dark side corpus, or indeed, any advanced training at all, and used Vader to threaten him if he became unruly. After Palpatine's death, Jerec completed his experiments and bound the minor characters
Boc ,
Gorc ,
Pic ,
Maw ,
Sariss ,
Yun .
Eventually, he would learn from the
Prophet Of The Dark Side Lord Cronal . By this time, Jerec had become a billionaire through savvy investments, and many wealthy backers such as
Grand Moff Ardus Kaine . After the
Battle Of Endor , when Kaine formed the
Pentastar Alignment , Jerec and his followers went to work for the Alignment as the ''Great InQuestors of Judgment''. A year later, Lord Cronal came to the Pentastar Alignment, and informed Jerec that the Emperor was alive and well on
Byss , his plans for transferring his consciousness into clone bodies a success. Further, the Emperor, through Cronal, commanded his allegiance, and charged him to search for the Valley of the Jedi. Jerec had already arranged for the Alignment to dispatch him on that mission. The Prophets of the Dark Side wanted him to find the Valley as well.
Jerec had captured and executed the Jedi Master
Qu Rahn 20 years before. Jerec had forced his way into Rahn's mind, and learned that
Morgan Katarn was the only other person who knew where the Valley was. He served a short term as
Governor of
Sulon . After killing Morgan in anger, Jerec waited for years before an information broker provided him with the location. En route, he lost all his followers to
Kyle Katarn , but backed by three major factions (the Empire Reborn, the Pentastar Alignment, and the forces of
Ysanne Isard ), he gained entrance to the Valley. Drawing upon the stored Force energies, Jerec realized all the wildest promises of the Valley:
and for one lucid moment, absolute omniscience was his. The will of the Force, Chaos, the ancient civilizations of the Rakata and Xim, what lay beyond the galactic barrier, and the origins of the universe - - Jerec understood them all, and endowed with Force powers beyond imagination, he would have ruled accordingly.
His
Megalomanical plans were defeated, however, when Katarn, cut Jerec off from the Valley and indeed, the Force at large. At last Jerec lay defeated, torn from the source of his power, but he refused to surrender. Katarn threw Jerec's lightsaber back to him, and Jarec attacked. Katarn shifted slightly to the side, but left his lightsaber in Jerec's path. In the end, Jerec charged through Kyle's lightsaber, severing his right shoulder and arm, finally dying.
Although realized by a fully digital character in the game itself, Jerec is portrayed by actor
Christopher Neame in the
Cut Scene s after completion of certain levels.
Jerec is briefly referred to in
Dark Horse Comics ' ''Clone Wars'' series.
