Zayne Carrick - The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia

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Carrick, Zayne

Category: Characters
Type: Human
Affiliation: Jedi Knights
Planet of Origin: Dantooine

This Jedi Padawan was studying the ways of the Force on Taris, during the years following the Great Sith War. Zayne was the third child, and only son, of Arvan and Reiva Carrick, and was raised on the planet Phaeda before he was discovered by Jedi Master Vandar Tokare at the age of five. A student of Master Lucien Draay, Zayne was originally trained on Dantooine, and showed enough of a connection to the Force to be trained further by Master Draay. However, Zayne's dedication to the Jedi Order was matched only by his ineptitude. Master Lucien often made side comments to the effect that Zayne was "proof that the Force had a sense of humor."

Like the other Padawans being trained on Taris at the time, Zayne was assigned certain police duties, in an effort to help the local constabulary deal with the crime that was running rampant on the planet. Again, Master Lucien had humorous anecdotes about Zayne, claiming that he was easy to find by simply "following the trail of debris" created as Zayne tried to catch Marn Hierogryph.

During the height of the Mandalorian Wars, Zayne and his fellow Padawans on Taris were invited to a ceremony by Master Lucien and the other Jedi Masters. Zayne would have been on time, but he finally managed to capture Hierogryph. The delay in capturing the Snivvian saved Zayne's life, as he arrived at the ceremony to find that the other Padawans had been slain by their Masters. Zayne fled the scene with Hierogryph, forcing Lucien and the others to accuse him of the murders. A bounty approaching 61,000 credits was offered for his capture.

With the news media proclaiming him a dangerous criminal and demanding his captred, Zayne fled Coruscant, and tried to seek out a way to survive among the very criminals he had sworn to bring to justice. While arguing with Marn, he realized that his Masters actually hated the Sith, despite the Jedi Code's prohibitions on strong emotions. This tipped him off to the trouble, but left him no closer to an answer. The pair were able to escape Taris with the help of Jarael and The Camper, and recovered the badly damaged body of the labor droid T1-LB on the Rogue Moon.

T1-LB's memory banks contained a record of the events surrounding the murders of the Padawans, and cleared Zayne of any part in their deaths. However, T1-LB destroyed its memory banks after seeing its own "death," leaving Zayne without any proof of his innocence. Thus, when Valius Ying and his bounty hunters captured them, Zayne felt that he had no other recourse than to turn himself in.

Upon his return to Taris, Zayne was given a full explanation of the murders by Master Draay, who explained that Zayne should have died as well. The Masters had been forced to strike before he arrived when Shad Jelavan saw through their plans and tipped their hands. He was rescued from harm by Jarael, who smashed her way into the Taris compound wearing one of the environment suits that the Jedi Masters feared were the armor of the Sith Lords they had seen in their visions.

Zayne and his companions fled into the galaxy, but he vowed to hunt down Master Draay and his companions until one of them confessed to their crimes and cleared his name. On Vanquo, their path crossed that of the renegade Mandalorian, Rohlan Dyre, when Jarael was captured when she posed as a Jedi Knight. Dyre explained that she had been taken to Flashpoint Station, and agreed to help the band infiltrate the station as part of his own fact-finding mission. On Flashpoint, Zayne posed as Rohlan's prisoner, allowing them access to Demagol's research labs. Once inside, they rendered Demagol unconscious, and Zayne donned his armor to pose as the doctor. Together with Marn and the Camper, they were able to rescue Jarael and the Jedi captives on Flashpoint, before fleeing the installation.

Several months later, the group traveled to Telerath in an attempt to unfreeze one of Marn's bank accounts, and give the group some badly-needed credits. He was surprised when their banker turned out to be his own father, Arvan. In another daring rescue, they freed Arvan from the Moomo Brothers. Arvan then explained that he had been recently promoted to his position on Telerath, shortly after Zayne was accused of murder. They discovered that the promotion had been orchestrated by someone within the Draay Trust, adding another mystery to Zayne's quest. After seeing his father and family safely transferred to Dantooine, Zayne set off once again in search of answers. Before leaving Telerath, however, Zayne wired a portion of the credits Marn had given him to Shel Jelavan on Taris, hoping that she could use the credits to escape before the Mandalorians arrived.

Jarael and The Camper agreed to transport Zayne and Marn to Ralltiir, but then left the pair in order to find a quieter place to live. Marn, for his own part, decided that Ralltiir was a great place to be, since he found that he could make a wealth of credits selling to both sides of the growing war against the Mandalorians. Marn found a niche when he hired Slyssk to steal the Little Bivoli, when he learned that the Trandoshan was an excellent cook. They established a small commissary on Serroco, catering to the Republic forces that were stationed there. Zayne was uncomfortable with the situation, fearing that the soldiers would recognize them. He adopted the alias of Shad Camper, but was shaken not by being discovered, but by a powerful vision through the Force.

Having been told he was not a seer, Zayne discovered that visions which came unbidden were not to be ignored. In this case, he foresaw the Mandalore devastating the planet Serroco, heedless of the innocent Stereb who lived on the planet. He warned Hierogryph before stowing away on Carth Onasi's transport ship in an attempt to contact Admiral Saul Karath. Karath refused to listen to Zayne, claiming that he was a Mandalorian spy. When his true identity was revealed, Zayne was sent to the brig on the Courageous and held until the Mandalorians could be engaged.

When the Courageous was attacked and boarded by the Mandalorians, Zayne used the Force to open an access panel from the brig to the hangar bay, allowing himself, Carth Onasi, Admiral Karath, and Commander Dallan Morvis a chance to escape. They fled to the Perave System, hoping to find refuge on the planet Arkania. Instead, Karath was confronted by Lord Arkoh Adasca, who had chosen Karath to negotiate on the Republic's behalf for the exogorths that Adascorp was breeding. Aboard the Arkanian Legacy, Zayne was reunited with Jarael, who was being held prisoner in order to force The Camper to continue his work on the exogorths. However, he was taken prisoner when Lucien Draay arrived, and they were both held captive during the negotiations Lord Adasca held for control of his exogorths. The two men were forced to work together to escape from their droid guards, then Draay turned and tried to kill Zayne with his lightsaber. Zayne managed to save himself by deflecting Draay's blow with his vambraces, forcing Draay to realize that Zayne was not supposed to die just yet.

After Carth Onasi returned his lightsaber to him, Zayne managed to gather Onasi and Rohlan Dyre into his plans to disrupt the negotiations. Zayne donned Rohlan's new armor and entered the observatory of the Arkanian Legacy just prior to Onasi. Onasi then pretended to pick a fight with him, and knocked Zayne toward Jarael's position. Zayne then drew his lightsaber and freed Jarael, and used her bracelet to let The Camper know that she was free. The Camper then took control of the exogorths and fled into hyperspace, leaving Zayne and the others trying to find a way off the Arkanian vessel. Their escape was briefly blocked by Lucien Draay, until the Moomo Brothers blasted their way aboard to rescue them. Slyssk, who had been traveling with the Ithorians, explained that Marn Hierogryph needed Zayne's help on Taris, and the group fled into hyperspace.

Upon returning to Taris and locating Marn among the Hidden Beks, Zayne was attacked by both Raana Tey and Shel Jelavan, who both wanted to see him pay for the murders of the Padawans. Raana Tey was stopped by Senator Goravvus, after he learned that Zayne had located the missing children of Noana Sowrs. Confused by this turn of events, Zayne tracked down Shel and tried to figure out why she wanted him dead. Raana Tey had been filling her head with stories of Zayne's supposed role in the death of Shad Jelavan, and Shel had believed her. Raana Tey refused to acknowledge the truth, but Shel found herself unable to believe that Zayne had been the killer. In the days that followed, Zayne joined Shel and Raana Tey on a mission to infiltrate the Jedi Tower and determine the location of Cassus Fett, as part of a mission to eliminate the Mandalorian leader.

Zayne discovered that Cassus Fett had already left the building, and tried to tell Raana Tey that they needed to stop the mission, but she attacked him with her lightsaber. She might have killed him, if Shel Jelavan hadn't stepped in and stabbed her brother's lightsaber through Raana Tey's chest, thereby preventing Zayne from being a murderer. During their escape, Zayne tried to help get Raana Tey to safety, but she was trapped on the roof of the Jedi Tower. When she drew her lightsaber to free herself, Marn Hierogryph believed that she was trying to kill Zayne, and set off the explosives that were meant for the Mandalorians. Raana Tey died knowing that Zayne was not a murderer, and asked Zayne to tell Krynda that she was worry. Zayne had no idea who Krynda was, but he hoped that finding Krynda would help him finally understand what was going on around him.

Zayne and Marn returned to help the resistance, but were kicked out when Marn left a secure door open, allowing a group of rakghouls to attack the survivors. They fled into the sewers, where they met up with Celeste Morne.

Source Abbreviations Listing - SWI85, KOR1, KOR2, KOR3, KOR4, KOR5, KOR6, KORH, KOR7, KORV

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