Cay Qel-Droma

Cay and his elder brother Ulic grew up on Alderaan under the shadow of their Jedi mother, a strict parent and teacher who instructed her children well in all matters of the universe -- except the Force. She believed that she could not maintain the proper distance required between student and master when it came to her sons. though she sensed great potential in the two of them, she refused to begin their training too erly. Only when they had reached the proper age did she agree to send them to Master Arca Jeth, a skilled Jedi teacher who maintained a training compound on Arkania.

Cay always had a "mechanical mind" as his mother called it. He would busy himself for hours constructing droids, repairing speeders, and watching transports arrive to and disembark from Alderaan's heavily trafficked spaceports. Unlike his brother, he maintained a positive attitude at all times, always seeking the best in any situation, and doing everything in his power to reset anything that had gone wrong.

When their mother sent the two boys to Arkania, she worried that one son might outshine the other and creat a deep rivalry between brothers who had always held great love for one another. She voiced her fear to Cay, who dismissed such a preposterous proposition with a laugh. He knew nothing could ever seve the close relationship him and his brother had.

Cay's fascination with mechanics did not subside once his Jedi training began. He constantly assisted Master Arca around the compount, repairing glow lamps, personal speeders, and most often, training droids. He never had lack of a project to tackle, especially with Ulic's skill against droids in lightsaber combat.

As the Jedi training continued, Cay sense a slight change in his brother's attitude -- an overconfidence, a frustration with the slow pace of Master Arca's instruction. At first Cay dismissed the turn Ulic's mood had taken, attributing it to his brothers natural ability in the Force and his strong hunger to learn more. but as time passed, he took the problem more seriously and began commenting on his brother's obsession, masking his true feelings in humor.

After several years under Master Arca's tutelage, Cay, Ulic, and Tott Doneeta, journeyed to Onderon to quell the civil war that had been raging for 35 decades. There they encountered the dark side for the first time -- a confrontation that would leave none of the Jedi apprentices unchanged.