Brakiss

A Human male known as Brakiss began his life on the planet of Msst, a stronghold for the Galactic Empire. His mother was an Imperial citizen and a native of the planet. While he was still a baby, Brakiss was identified as someone who was Force-sensitive, and he was taken from his home for training. His mother tried to stop her child from being stolen, but she was unable to prevent the Imperials from taking Brakiss. The standing order for children who were Force-sensitive was to either get rid of them or mold them into tools that could be used by the Empire. Brakiss scored high enough on his aptitude tests that the Imperials decided to spare his life. Under the Imperials, Brakiss was given training in his Force abilities so that he could be used as an Imperial spy in the future. To make sure that Brakiss would be loyal, the Imperials threatened to kill his family if he did not cooperate. Unlike other young Force-sensitives who were discovered by the Empire, Brakiss was not singled out for further training under Emperor Palpatine. Instead, he was handed over to the Inquisitorius and their reprogramming teams, who molded him into a weapon that they could control.

As the years passed, the Imperials gave Brakiss more freedom, and they allowed him to visit his family from time to time. However, the treatment that he received under the Empire left Brakiss cold and without emotion. His mother could tell that her son had changed during his training, but Brakiss pretended to be happy during his visits. In reality, Brakiss blamed his mother for his kidnapping, and he never forgave the woman who was unable to protect him from the Empire. By the time of the Battle of Endor, Brakiss was still a teenager, and when the Empire splintered, Brakiss was moved from Msst to various warlord kingdoms, furthering the interests of his Imperial handlers. Brakiss was not involved in the Dark Empire campaign of 10 ABY, and he did not participate in the clone Emperor Palpatine's attempt to reconquer the galaxy.

In 11 ABY, Brakiss' Imperial handlers found out about the recreation of the Jedi Order. The New Republic had given Jedi Master Luke Skywalker permission to establish a Jedi Praxeum on the moon of Yavin 4. Skywalker was recruiting people to be trained by him at this academy, and he was searching for those who were strong in the Force. In an effort to steal Skywalker's training techniques and twist them to evil uses, the Imperials ordered Brakiss to infiltrate the academy and learn from Skywalker. He underwent rigorous training and conditioning so that he would be able to observe and absorb information from Skywalker. Brakiss had been preceded by several other Imperial infiltrators, but they were clumsy and untalented. Skywalker discovered their true motives and barred them from training with him. However, Brakiss was more talented, both as an actor and with his Force abilities. He created a false background, and he was able to gain access to the academy after telling Skywalker that he had been trained by Imperials but wanted to learn how to use his abilities to help others. Master Skywalker accepted this backstory, and he allowed Brakiss to come to Yavin 4 for training.

Brakiss, along with Skywalker and two other prospective Jedi students, Corran Horn and Kam Solusar, boarded a shuttle that was piloted by Ooryl Qrygg, a New Republic pilot. Qrygg took the group to Yavin 4 so that they could begin their training. Even though he accepted Brakiss as one of his first students, Skywalker realized that Brakiss was an Imperial spy the moment that he arrived on the moon, and he could sense the darkness inside the young man. However, Skywalker was intrigued by Brakiss' abilities, and he believed that he could cure the corruption that the Imperials had instilled in him. Brakiss was given personal quarters inside Yavin 4's Great Temple with eleven other students, who made up the original class of the Jedi Academy. Besides Horn and Solusar, the other students included Tionne, Gantoris, Kirana Ti, Streen, Dorsk 81, and Kyle Katarn.

In one of their earliest training sessions, Skywalker organized his class into a semicircle on the grass outside the temple, and he taught them how to control their senses. In a series of lessons, Skywalker instructed his pupils on how to suppress pain and block off the world around them so that they could protect themselves from illusions and other Force tricks. Skywalker then taught them telekinesis, and he encouraged the students to work together to lift various rocks and other objects. It was during this training session that one of the other students, Gantoris, revealed that he had constructed his own lightsaber, and he challenged Skywalker to a duel. The other students stood back and watched as Gantoris aggressively attacked his teacher, forcing him into the defensive. Skywalker was eventually able to end the fight by disarming Gantoris, and the rest of the students were shocked when their master returned Gantoris' lightsaber to him.

The next morning, Gantoris was found dead in his room. Skywalker and the rest of the students did not know that the moon of Yavin 4 was inhabited by the spirit of Exar Kun, who had been a Dark Lord of the Sith long ago. Kun had corrupted Gantoris, and when he gave into the dark side of the Force, the power was too much for his body, and it burned him from the inside out. When Gantoris' charred body was discovered, the students were concerned, but Skywalker used it as an object lesson about the dangers of the dark side, and their training continued. However, Corran Horn believed that Gantoris had been murdered, and he believed that the "Dark Man," someone that Gantoris had spoken of before his death, was responsible. He united the students in searching for this individual, who they believed to be a powerful darksider.

During one of these search missions, Brakiss went with Corran Horn and Kam Solusar deep into the jungles of the moon. Horn wanted to search a nearby structure, the Temple of the Blueleaf Cluster. This temple had been sealed and placed off limits around the time of the Battle of Yavin because of strange anomalies that were coming from the building. Even though Horn had wanted to go alone, Brakiss and Solusar insisted on traveling with him, as they were interested in exploring the sealed structure. During their trip to the temple, Horn and Solusar were forced to slow down for Brakiss, whose height caused him to get caught on orchid roots. The other two men teased Brakiss as he tried to avoid the jungle plants and from stepping in the river that separated the Blueleaf Temple from their training grounds. Once they got to the building, Brakiss led the way to the main entrance, which had been unsealed by an Imperial team after the Battle of Yavin.

After they climbed inside, they found that the temple was mostly undisturbed, with thick layers of dust on the floor and steps that led to higher levels. Even though Horn was convinced that Gantoris had not entered the structure, the group decided to explore further, fighting a sense of unease that was coming from the temple. When they got to the temple's grand audience chamber, they found a large tower that was made entirely out of blue crystal. Power was coming from the crystal, and Brakiss suggested that they touch the mysterious object. Even though the other two men refused to interact with the tower, all three of them saw personalized images coming off of it. Horn and Solusar both claimed to have seen people in agony and fallen enemies. However, Brakiss claimed that he had not seen anything in the crystal, and he concealed the truth from his comrades.

Their encounter with the blue tower made Brakiss no longer want to touch the powerful object, and the three men decided to leave immediately. After they made this decision, they realized that they had been staring into the crystal for fifteen minutes, even though it had seemed like only a moment. Concerned about the effect that the temple was having, they started their journey back to the training grounds. On their way back, Brakiss thought about how the ancient inhabitants of Yavin 4 had created the temples and the sophisticated technology inside. During his musings, he revealed to the other two men that he did not believe that Skywalker had the power to create anything as great as what they had discovered in the temple. Even though Horn and Solusar denounced the blue crystal as dangerous and unsettling, Brakiss praised it as a great symbol of power. Brakiss began to rant about the power of creating such an object, and the abilities that someone who had made such a thing would have—such as destroying weapons like the Death Star with only the Force. After he said this, both Solusar and Horn harshly rebuked Brakiss, claiming that he was espousing an "ends justify the means" philosophy that would lead him down the road towards the dark side. Even though Brakiss tried to put forth the idea that dark-side abilities could be used in the service of good, the two men argued against him, telling him that it was a slippery slope.

When they returned, they saw the arrival of a new student, Kyp Durron, who had a natural affinity for the Force. Durron began to master the lessons that Master Skywalker gave at an accelerated rate, outpacing the other students. Durron's progress attracted the attention of Exar Kun, who began to corrupt him just as he had done with Gantoris. As the training continued, Durron became more corrupted, speaking out against Master Skywalker and showing knowledge of information that had been revealed to him by Exar Kun. Durron eventually fell completely to the dark side, and with the power of Exar Kun behind him, he defeated Skywalker in combat and threw the Jedi Master into a coma. The rest of the students discovered Skywalker's comatose form, throwing the academy into turmoil.

With their master out of commission, the students talked about abandoning the academy. However, Skywalker's sister, Leia Organa Solo, arrived on Yavin 4 to tend to her sibling, and she helped reinstill a sense of commitment to the praxeum and to their Jedi training. Master Skywalker's body was placed in the Great Temple, and the students guarded it on a rotating schedule. Further investigation revealed that the "Dark Man" who had corrupted both Gantoris and Kyp Durron was actually Exar Kun, whose spirit existed on the jungle moon. Kun attempted to corrupt more students, coming to both Corran Horn and Streen. Kun was able to manipulate Streen into attacking Skywalker's defenseless body, but the academy students were able to stop the assassination attempt.

Realizing how much of a threat that Kun was, the group gathered in the Great War Room to discuss a plan of attack. Even though the group wanted to punish Streen for being manipulated by Kun, Kirana Ti argued for his inclusion. Corran Horn appeared to ignore their planning, and he did not pay attention to another student, Cilghal, when she encouraged them to unite together to defeat Kun. Brakiss was openly annoyed with Horn during the meeting, as he thought that Horn was undermining the other students. Even though Horn was actually preoccupied with stopping the spirit of Exar Kun, who was attempting to spy on their meeting, he took time to streamline the students' plan of attack, agreeing with Cilghal and telling the group that he would attack the Temple of Exar Kun in a coordinated attack.

Using Streen as bait for Kun, the students ambushed the dark spirit and trapped him in the Great Temple with a wall of light. The students were joined by the spirits of Skywalker and Exar Kun's former master, Vodo-Siosk Baas. With Kun trapped, Streen and Kirana Ti crossed lightsabers across his shadowy form, shattering his spirit. The fragments of Kun's ghost attempted to infect the students, but Streen used his affinity with manipulating the wind to force the remnants of Kun out of the temple and into the vacuum of space, destroying him forever. With Kun gone, Skywalker awoke and congratulated his students for their success. Brakiss continued to train at the academy following this incident, working to absorb as much of Skywalker's training that he could.

In the months that followed, Skywalker took a special interest in Brakiss. He attempted to correct the dark side corruption that had been instilled in him while under Imperial control. He slowly pushed Brakiss towards the light side of the Force, working to turn Brakiss completely against his Imperial handlers. Although Skywalker believed that Brakiss was slowly warming up to Skywalker's point of view, Brakiss' mission to obtain Skywalker's training techniques was always at the top of his mind. In 14 ABY, after three years of training on Yavin 4, Skywalker decided to give him a difficult test which was similar to the one that he had experienced on Dagobah during his own training with Jedi Master Yoda. Brakiss was sent on an illusionary quest that would seem very real to him, but it was designed to force Brakiss to look inside himself and face his true nature. Skywalker hoped that this test would heal Brakiss and help him overcome his dark nature, leading him to the conclusion that being a Jedi was a greater calling than a life as an Imperial spy. The test was a private moment between student and teacher, and Skywalker kept Brakiss from looking outside himself so that he had to confront the reality of his identity.

Brakiss found only his own self-deception and the fact that the Empire could force him to do great evil, even against his own nature. Faced with the evil in his own heart, Brakiss attempted to escape, to turn away from the reality and hide from it. However, Skywalker, standing next to him, forced Brakiss to delve even deeper into his own nature, facing the lies of his own existence. The ordeal nearly drove Brakiss completely insane, scarring his mind. Brakiss found that he was unprepared to confront what was inside him, failing the test that his master had given him, and he found that it had broken something within him. Brakiss emerged from the illusion terrified and angry. He immediately ran from Skywalker to his ship, leaving Skywalker to regret the loss of a talented pupil. Brakiss fled in his ship from Yavin 4 and immediately returned to the Empire. Upon his departure, Brakiss stole several Force detectors for his own personal use.

After fleeing from Yavin 4, Brakiss spent some time alone, but he eventually returned to Msst and his mother, who was still living under the rule of the Empire. Brakiss went to his Imperial handlers, the same officers that had sent him to infiltrate the Jedi Academy. He agreed to give them the information that he had gathered on Skywalker's training techniques on the condition that they let him go afterwards. After giving the Empire the information, Brakiss was struck by a great sense of guilt, and he was angry about how much influence the Empire had on him. The Imperials realized that Brakiss' mind was too damaged for further missions, and they were satisfied by the value of the information that he had given, so they let him leave peacefully. He returned to his mother and told her that he still had value to others and skills that he could sell. He departed Msst, isolating himself from everyone.

Brakiss traveled alone through the galaxy until he was discovered by Dolph, who was another former student of Skywalker's that had fallen to the dark side and restyled himself as Kueller, a powerful warlord and ruler of the planet Almania. Kueller had plans to expand his power to the rest of the galaxy, using his Force powers to rule over its inhabitants. Kueller knew that Force-sensitive warriors were in short supply, and he had sought out Brakiss to recruit him into his plans. Kueller offered Brakiss help in healing his broken psyche and building him back up if he would agree to join him. Brakiss agreed and followed him back to Almania.

Brakiss and Kueller began their plotting with long-term goals of sabotaging the military complex of the New Republic and taking out the leadership structure of the galactic government. Kueller believed that an important step in seizing power was to eliminate Luke Skywalker, leaving him as the most powerful Force-user remaining. Brakiss and Kueller talked often of repaying Skywalker for failing them in their training. The developing plan involved producing explosives that would be integrated into New Republic hardware, including a newly built fleet for the Republic capital of Coruscant and a variety of droids. To begin their manufacturing, they purchased the droid factories of the planet Telti. In 15 ABY, Brakiss began production of bomb filled droids that were purchased across the galaxy by a variety of Republic worlds thanks to their cheap pricing. Over the next two years, Brakiss ramped up production, making sure that their bombs were integrated into the fabric of the New Republic. Kueller implied that Brakiss would be rewarded monetarily once the explosives he developed were used and proven effective.

Brakiss excelled as a droid manufacturer, enjoying the chance to be creative in designing new droid models. He also appreciated the time alone on the world as the only living person on Telti. Brakiss even pondered abandoning his use of the Force, planning to work solely as a businessman with no special abilities. However, Kueller refused to let Brakiss abandon the Force, demanding that he use his Force powers to run the factory, maximizing its production and creating the necessary components for their plans against the New Republic. To aid in the running of the factory, Brakiss modified a protocol droid, C-9PO to help him handle the day-to-day operations. He outfitted the droid with language augmentations and gave it frequent memory wipes to keep it inline. In an effort to ensure his privacy, Brakiss created a force of 500 Warden 10-24 security droids that were nicknamed, the "Red Terror". They patrolled the factories on Telti, protecting his operation.

In 17 ABY, after two years of creating bombs and with everything in place, Brakiss and Kueller were ready to begin their attack. Kueller planned to exterminate the population of the planet Pydyr in an effort to signal powerful Force users such as Master Skywalker that they were a threat to be dealt with. Hoping to draw Skywalker out and defeat him, the two men left clues that would lead him to Almania. Brakiss went to his mother who had not seen him for several years. He told her that he had finally found stable work on the planet Telti. Before departing, he informed his mother that Luke Skywalker would be coming to Msst asking for him, and he directed her to let him know that he would be on Telti waiting for his former master. Although his mother sensed that her son was planning revenge on Skywalker, she agreed to his request.

From Almania, Kueller, along with Brakiss, activated the explosives they had strategically placed on Pydyr. The resulting detonations led to the deaths of 1,651,305 Pydyrians, generating a significant disturbance in the Force that was felt across the galaxy by Master Skywalker, precisely as Kueller had envisioned. The carnage deeply affected Brakiss, causing him to experience a strange mixture of terror and delight. Kueller, in contrast, reveled in the sensation, actively absorbing the fear and despair. With their mission successfully executed, Brakiss expressed his desire to return to Telti, as he had grown weary of the frigid climate and wished to escape the scene of the massacre. He also inquired about the promised compensation from Kueller, but the Dark Jedi responded vaguely, suggesting that he had only implied a reward for Brakiss's involvement. Despite Kueller's attempts to persuade Brakiss to remain, his decision was firm. Before Brakiss departed, Kueller requested the bomb remote, a detail that Brakiss had not previously disclosed. Although surprised by Kueller's awareness of the remote, especially since Brakiss's partner retained control over the other detonation mechanisms, he handed over the device. As Brakiss prepared to leave, Kueller instructed him to direct Skywalker to him should he ever come to Telti.

Subsequent bombings were initiated, with the New Republic as their direct target. An attack on the Senate Hall located on Coruscant was aimed at eliminating the Republic's leadership, but it failed to assassinate Chief of State Leia Organa Solo. Master Skywalker detected Brakiss's participation in this assault, and after questioning his mother on Msst, he successfully tracked Brakiss to Telti. Upon arriving on Telti, Skywalker discovered the facility dedicated to the production of bombs. Upon landing his X-wing starfighter, Brakiss skillfully masked his presence using the Force, preventing his former mentor from pinpointing his exact location. As Skywalker conducted his search within the droid factory, Brakiss monitored him using the factory's surveillance system, supplemented by a pair of gladiator droids. He then established contact with Kueller, informing the Dark Jedi of Skywalker's arrival. Although he suggested that he should be given the chance to kill the Jedi Master, Kueller warned Brakiss that if he stole that honor from him, Kueller would have to kill him. With Kueller's threats in his mind, Brakiss ordered C-9PO to bring Skywalker to the assembly room.

Brakiss sensed Skywalker's approach towards the assembly room, guided by his droid, and struggled to suppress his anxiety about the impending confrontation. Upon Skywalker's arrival, they engaged in a discussion about their shared past, with Skywalker making an attempt to reach out to Brakiss and steer him away from the dark side. Provoked by the influence of his former teacher, Brakiss ignited his lightsaber and launched an attack. Skywalker defended himself adeptly, and although Brakiss managed to singe his former teacher's shirt with his lightsaber, he was ultimately outmatched by Skywalker's superior skill. Realizing his inability to secure a victory, Brakiss attempted to sacrifice himself, raising his lightsaber in a gesture of salute, intending for Skywalker to bisect him. However, the Jedi Master refused to strike Brakiss down. He pleaded with Skywalker to finish it, but his teacher only requested that he return to Yavin 4 and continue his training, to overcome the failures he had experienced before. Brakiss was tempted by the offer, but he decided against it. After giving Skywalker the coordinates for Almania so that he could confront Kueller, Brakiss remained on Telti, glad to be rid of both Kueller and Skywalker.

Brakiss communicated with Kueller, informing him of his encounter with Skywalker, but Kueller deduced that Brakiss had been tempted by Skywalker's offer of redemption. He mocked Brakiss for his weakness but agreed to leave him to his own devices on Telti. Brakiss requested for the planet and its factories to be left to his devices, but Kueller only agreed to leave Telti isolated. He still expected Brakiss to work for him and would subsidize his droid production. Although unable to be completely free of Kueller, Brakiss was satisfied to know that he would be alone on Telti. However, Kueller's promise was almost immediately broken. While the other Dark Jedi was preoccupied with Skywalker, an independent investigator, Cole Fardreamer had tracked the source of the bombs used in the attack on the Senate Hall. Accompanied by Skywalker's droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Fardreamer arrived on Telti to question someone about the manufacturing of the droids that contained explosives within them.

Brakiss personally greeted Fardreamer and his droids, inquiring about the young man's reasons for visiting Telti. Fardreamer disclosed the findings of his investigation, unaware of Brakiss's involvement in the sabotage and the subsequent attacks. Concerned that Fardreamer had been dispatched by another party or that he had inadvertently revealed Telti's connection to the bombings, he interrogated Fardreamer, ultimately revealing his own role in the conspiracy. Fardreamer attempted to leave, but a contingent of assassin droids loyal to Brakiss apprehended the young man. The droids attempted to escape, but Brakiss sent C-9PO after them before they could explore more of the factory. R2-D2 and C-3PO avoided Brakiss' droid and disappeared into the heart of the facility. Brakiss guided Fardreamer deep into the droid factory at blasterpoint, flanked by his droid servants. He turned the young man over to EV-9D9.2, the head of the droid torture chamber on Telti. Although EV-9D9.2 was more interested in torturing droids, Brakiss ordered the droid to inflict pain on the human until he agreed to tell them who had sent him to Telti.

Before the torture could begin, Fardreamer tried to escape, dodging out of the grip of his droid tormentor. Brakiss blasted the man with Force lightning and returned him to the torture chamber, promising that his pain would stop immediately after he changed his story. Brakiss then left to track down the two droids that had escaped, armed with a scrambler to disable them. He discovered the two among a group of astromech droids and threatened to memory wipe the both of them if they did not surrender. However, R2 signalled the other astromech droids to rebel, and they attacked Brakiss. Several droids smashed through a nearby window, raining shards of glass onto him. Overwhelmed, Brakiss turned and ran.

The droid rebellion overwhelmed Brakiss' Red Terror battalion, and R2 hacked into Telti's computer core. R2-D2 was able to deactivate the bombs placed in the droids that had been manufactured at Telti. Unknown to Brakiss, Kueller activated all of the bombs during a showdown with the New Republic, but due to R2's sabotage, the plan was foiled. The deactivation also shutdown all the droids in the Telti facility, leaving only R2's astromech droids, which chased Brakiss to his ship. His factory compromised, Brakiss departed the world, escaping to parts unknown. The droids freed Fardreamer from his torture and took control of the factory until the New Republic could occupy it.

While Brakiss escaped, the Almanian uprising fell apart completely when Kueller was killed on Almania by Leia Organa Solo. With Kueller dead, Brakiss was alone once again. He spent sometime drifting through the galaxy before deciding to make his way back to the Empire. He sought out his old warlord contacts that he had established while working with the Inquisitorius. Brakiss found himself in the Deep Core but found that the most powerful warlords had been assassinated by Admiral Daala in an effort to reunite the Empire. However, opportunistic power brokers had moved into the abandoned space of the executed warlords, fighting over the paltry resources that remained. Brakiss operated as an intermediary between the replacement warlords, acting a neutral party. In 19 ABY, the reunited Empire created by Admiral Daala opened peace talks with the New Republic, to the disdain of Brakiss and the Imperials inhabiting the Deep Core.

Despite attempts within the Empire to halt the peace accords, Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon signed a peace treaty to end the war between them. Brakiss and the Deep Core warlords refused to recognize the legitimacy of the treaty, and although their forces were small, they decided to continue open conflict against the New Republic. Unable to call themselves the Galactic Empire, the group founded the Second Imperium, an effort to retake the galaxy. The replacement warlords combined their resources to build a space station that could act as a movable academy for the trainees of the Second Imperium. Known as the Shadow Academy, the massive structure was to be equipped with an advanced cloaking device and hyperspace capabilities.

As the Shadow Academy's construction progressed, Brakiss received communication from an emerging Imperial figure, who asserted to be the resurrected Emperor Palpatine. Astonished by this revelation and impressed by the potential of his power, Brakiss pledged his unwavering allegiance to the Emperor. Palpatine assumed leadership of the Second Imperium, with aspirations of conquering the galaxy. The Emperor tasked Brakiss with the responsibility of gathering Force-sensitive youths from Imperial territories to undergo training as Dark Jedi. Palpatine emphasized that a legion of Dark Jedi under his command would serve as a symbol for Imperial sympathizers, attracting additional adherents to their cause. Brakiss promptly commenced recruitment efforts, utilizing the stolen Force detectors from the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 to identify students with Force abilities. Employing these tools, he assembled a class composed exclusively of Humans. Those selected for training were bestowed with dark uniforms, signifying their importance to the Second Imperium. As a training facility, Brakiss established a camp within the Great Canyon situated on the planet Dathomir.

On Dathomir, Brakiss enlisted the assistance of three Force-sensitive Nightsisters: Tamith Kai, Garowyn, and Vonnda Ra to aid in instructing his students in the dark side of the Force. Among their initial students who demonstrated promise was a young man named Vilas, who originated from the same clan as the Nightsisters. Due to their connection, the three Nightsisters personally oversaw Vilas's training, proclaiming him as the most exceptional of Brakiss's students and superior to the rest. As training commenced on Dathomir, Palpatine provided Brakiss with assistance in designing the Shadow Academy. The completed space station emerged as a formidable structure, a heavily armed facility capable of concealing itself anywhere due to its cloaking capabilities. Within the station were private quarters for each student and training areas designed to evaluate and refine their individual skills. During the designated sleep period onboard the ship, students were confined to their rooms and encouraged to engage in meditation and rejuvenation in preparation for further demanding exercises. However, upon constructing the Shadow Academy, Palpatine insisted that the station be equipped with self-destruct mechanisms. The Emperor harbored concerns that the creation of a Dark Jedi army posed a potential threat, fearing that ambitious Dark Jedi might revolt and turn against the Second Imperium. To mitigate this risk, chain-reaction explosives were installed throughout the station. Brakiss was cautioned that if he failed to cultivate a viable army of Dark Jedi, Palpatine would detonate the station, resulting in the deaths of everyone onboard, including Brakiss.

Once the Shadow Academy became operational, Brakiss established his residence on the station, occupying an office tailored to his preferences. However, this arrangement also came with a condition. Brakiss was prohibited from leaving the station until he had demonstrated to Palpatine that his Dark Jedi would be a valuable asset to his cause. Although Brakiss found that being trapped aboard a station that could be destroyed at any moment hurt his concentration, he was determined to prove himself to Palpatine. Brakiss subjected his students to rigorous and perilous training sessions, instructing them on how to defend themselves in live-fire exercises. In one testing routine, the students were placed in an arena that threw stones and knives at the students, forcing them to block the objects with the Force and through the use of a lightsaber. Six students were killed as a result of this training method, but Brakiss continued to use it as tool to cull the weak from his classes. As training sessions continued at the Shadow Academy, Brakiss considered shutting down the camp on Dathomir, as it was failing to produce any strong new students. Around this time, Brakiss discovered an elderly TIE pilot named Qorl who had been trapped on Yavin 4 for over 23 years and had only just recently escaped after having his TIE fighter repaired by students at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy. Brakiss recruited Qorl as a leader of the military forces on board the Shadow Academy, and began to consider sending a taskforce to kidnap students from Skywalker's academy.

Fearing a shortage of sufficiently talented students to impress the Emperor, Brakiss dispatched Tamith Kai and Qorl on a mission to abduct several of Skywalker's pupils, with the intention of converting them to his cause. Within the Yavin system, Brakiss's forces launched a raid on GemDiver Station, a space station positioned above Yavin Prime. There, they discovered three Jedi trainees: Jacen and Jaina Solo and the Wookiee Lowbacca. All three were incapacitated by stormtroopers under Tamith Kai's command and transported aboard an Imperial shuttle. With their objective achieved, the captured students were transported back to the Shadow Academy for training.

With the Solo children and Lowbacca now among his recruits, Brakiss endeavored to convert his newest additions. However, the young Jedi proved to be more resistant than he had anticipated. They challenged Brakiss's teachings and attempted to persuade the other students of their falsity. When Jaina Solo directly confronted him, Brakiss retaliated by electrocuting her with Force lightning, prompting Lowbacca to attempt an attack on Brakiss in response. The Shadow Academy's stormtroopers intervened, stunning the Wookiee, and Brakiss ordered their confinement to their respective quarters. Although discouraged by their lack of cooperation, the potential power exhibited by the kidnapped students motivated Brakiss to persist in his efforts to convert them. He instructed Tamith Kai to work with Lowbacca, while he would personally oversee the training of the Solo twins, ensuring their isolation from one another. To entice the Solos, Brakiss offered them access to previously restricted teachings, such as training with a lightsaber. Brakiss brought Jacen into a hologram training facility, and although the young Jedi refused to fight, Brakiss warned that he might sneak real creatures into the facility. Worried by the threats, Jacen attacked and killed an Abyssin hologram, pleasing Brakiss. The same training was forced upon Jaina at a different time, but she quickly tired of the exercises, refusing to participate any further. However, Brakiss promised that she would be allowed to see her friends if she continued, and in the next hologram encounter, he forced her to combat her own brother by overlaying holograms over their bodies, disguising both twins as Darth Vader. Brakiss observed the fight alongside Qorl, who questioned the wisdom of staging a potentially deadly duel between the twins. However, Brakiss assured him of his calculated approach, and he deactivated the hologram projector, dismaying the twins, who were shocked by how they had been manipulated.

Driven to continue the training, Brakiss agreed to allow the Solos and Lowbacca to collaborate during future lessons. Brakiss devised an exercise in which a series of objects, ranging from hard balls, to rocks, and eventually knives, would be hurled at Jacen and Jaina while Lowbacca would be tasked with guiding remotes to shield them. The Solos were equipped with sticks and blindfolded, forced to rely only on the Force and their friend to dodge the projectiles. Brakiss hoped that the difficulty and danger of the exercise would force the young Jedi to tap into the dark side of the Force to succeed. However, Lowbacca succeeded in sabotaging the computer that was controlling the projectiles, rescuing his friends. Tamith Kai was enraged over Lowbacca's tactics, but Brakiss praised the Wookiee for his ingenuity, proclaiming that he would be a fine addition to the ranks of the Empire. Suitably impressed with how the three Jedi had performed during his tests, Brakiss orchestrated plans for another kidnapping attempt at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 to take further recruits for the Shadow Academy. Brakiss sent his plans for a second kidnapping attempt to the Imperial leader, who quickly approved the mission. However, that night, the Jedi orchestrated an escape from the Shadow Academy after Jacen used a corusca gem to cut himself out of his room and free his friends. While Brakiss was outside of his office, Lowbacca sliced into the ship's systems, disabled the cloaking device, locked all the doors except those needed to escape and set off the station's alarms.

Brakiss tracked the young Jedi to the academy's docking bay as Qorl notified the station of the Jedi plan to escape in the commandeered Shadow Chaser. Upon Brakiss' arrival, he discovered Master Skywalker, who had infiltrated the uncloaked academy with another student, Tenel Ka Djo. Although Brakiss was prepared to fight his former teacher, the Shadow Chaser opened fire on a nearby panel, closing blast doors which cut them off from one another. Brakiss raced back to the control room, only to find Qorl watching the Shadow Chaser escape. Afraid that they would be unable to restart the cloaking device and hide from a New Republic attack, Brakiss ordered Qorl to take the station out of the system until they could fix the sabotage. Although he was worried that the Imperium leader might destroy the academy over their failure, the head of the Second Imperium allowed Brakiss to continue his work.

With Yavin 4 now cognizant of Brakiss and his activities, the abduction of additional Skywalker pupils was no longer a viable option. Nevertheless, Brakiss remained committed to recruiting for his academy, and he intensified his endeavors to locate Force-sensitive individuals. Brakiss engaged in communication with Palpatine via the holonet, and the Second Imperium leader proposed that the Shadow Academy relocate to Coruscant and search for potential recruits within the underbelly of the former Imperial Center. While the cloaked Shadow Academy was stationed above Coruscant, Brakiss's forces conducted raids on orphan populations to identify individuals who would not be missed. During one of these raids, Tamith Kai kidnapped an orphan friend of the Solos, Zekk, after determining that he was talented in the Force with a Force detector. Zekk was brought to the Shadow Academy, and Brakiss personally convinced the young man of his potential and of how it could be best developed under his tutelage. Although Zekk attempted to argue with Brakiss, the resentment that Zekk felt towards the Solos and Skywalker for not recognizing his abilities allowed Brakiss to convince the young man to train at his academy. Alongside this recruitment process, Brakiss' forces under Qorl had captured the New Republic cruiser, Adamant and stolen its cargo of turbolasers and hyperdrive cores. When Qorl reported back to Brakiss, he ordered them to upgrade the Shadow Academy and increase its military capacity.

Brakiss had Zekk placed in comfortable quarters and attended to his training personally. He brought Zekk to his office and began to train him to manipulate fire, using the contained blue flame of a flare stick. With Zekk's training underway, Brakiss oversaw the upgrading of the Shadow Academy and repairs to the upper docking tower, which had been damaged due to a Republic shuttle accidentally colliding with the station. Under Brakiss' orders, Zekk acted as an ambassador for the Shadow Academy in recruiting other orphans on Coruscant to train as dark Jedi, or if they were not Force-sensitive, to train as stormtroopers. As their work continued, Brakiss met with the hologram of Palpatine and informed him that the extra supplies captured from the Adamant would be forwarded to his forces. The Second Imperium leader was pleased with Brakiss' progress and agreed to let Brakiss' operation continue. After Zekk returned from his mission with a gang of orphans known as the Lost Ones, the Shadow Academy prepared to depart Coruscant. During this, agents of the New Republic began to suspect that the Shadow Academy was above Coruscant. Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Satellites were used by the Republic to train light on the Shadow Academy, revealing its presence to Republic forces. However, the Academy was able to jump to hyperspace and escape.

With their recruits gathered, the Shadow Academy stationed itself on the fringes of the galaxy, between the two dying stars of the Denarii Nova. Brakiss continued his training with Zekk, fueling the resentment that his pupil felt towards the Solos into the dark side of the Force. Under his supervision, Zekk quickly showed how talented he was with the Force, and Brakiss gave him a lightsaber to train with. He began to favor Zekk over his other students and groomed him to become the Academy's Darkest Knight. Tamith Kai had favored her own student, Vilas, who had been the foremost student at the academy for the past year, and Brakiss' training with Zekk was in effort to cement his authority as leader of the academy. Over the following weeks, Zekk proved himself with the lightsaber, distinguishing himself as one of the top students. Brakiss oversaw a meeting of all the students as a hologram of Palpatine addressed them, stating his plans for the Second Imperium and open warfare against the New Republic with an army of Dark Jedi.

As the Second Imperium prepared for their first attack against the New Republic, Brakiss and Tamith Kai decided it was time to determine who would become the Darkest Knight. They agreed to pit their students against one another in a duel to the death in a zero-gravity chamber. As the entire academy looked on, Zekk and Vilas engaged in a lightsaber duel. Tamith Kai taunted Brakiss during the bout, confident that her student would easily defeat Zekk. However, Brakiss' pupil used the absence of gravity to his advantage, cutting Vilas in half and winning the approval of Palpatine, who declared to the gathered audience that Zekk would lead the Dark Jedi audience into battle against Skywalker's Jedi Academy.

As the Second Imperium proceeded with its plans to invade Yavin 4 and Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum, Brakiss masterminded a clandestine operation targeting the planet Kashyyyk. The objective was to pilfer advanced computer systems being manufactured there. These sophisticated guidance and tactical computers were intended to be implemented to cloak Second Imperium vessels by generating fraudulent transponder codes, thereby deceiving New Republic defense forces. During the preparations for the Kashyyyk infiltration, Qorl intercepted communication signals that revealed the presence of the Solo twins on the planet. Seizing the opportunity to eliminate the young Jedi, the mission's timeline was expedited, incorporating the Solos' termination as a supplementary objective. Brakiss entrusted Zekk with the command of the taskforce, using it as an assessment of his apprentice's leadership prowess. Prior to the commencement of the raid, Brakiss bestowed upon Zekk a cape, signifying his designation as the Darkest Knight and a prominent commander within the Second Imperium's military structure.

Shortly after Zekk and Tamith Kai's departure, Brakiss was notified of a top-secret transmission. Palpatine had resolved to visit the Shadow Academy. Brakiss promptly initiated preparations for his master's arrival, organizing an honor guard to receive Palpatine's shuttle. Nevertheless, upon the shuttle's docking, an announcement from a loudspeaker declared Palpatine's desire for solitude for the time being. One of the stormtroopers assigned to the honor guard, Norys, defied protocol and refused to vacate the docking bay, insisting on the privilege of personally escorting Palpatine to his designated quarters. Brakiss rebuked Norys and ordered him to leave, reminding him of the repercussions of insubordination. However, Norys' defiant stance prompted Brakiss to consider that the trooper's sentiment held merit—the leader of the Shadow Academy should indeed be permitted to greet Palpatine in person. Brakiss observed from a computer monitor as four Imperial Royal Guards escorted an isolation chamber, transported by worker droids, from Palpatine's shuttle. Disturbed by the peculiar nature of Palpatine's arrival, Brakiss attempted to engage with the Royal Guards as they exited the hangar. However, they informed Brakiss that Palpatine required privacy and denied him access to the Emperor after escorting them to Palpatine's new quarters. Appalled by this disrespect, Brakiss began to suspect that Palpatine was concealing something, potentially his declining health, which caused Brakiss great concern about the Second Imperium's future.

As time went on, Palpatine persisted in denying Brakiss an audience, leaving him both frustrated and perplexed. Eventually, the prolonged wait became unbearable, prompting him to confront the Royal Guards and demand to see and converse with Palpatine. Despite the Royal Guard's attempts to dissuade him, Brakiss threatened to arrest them as potential traitors unless he was granted access to the Emperor. Yielding to the pressure, the royal guard permitted Brakiss to communicate with Palpatine via an intercom, during which Palpatine commanded Brakiss to leave him undisturbed. Although Brakiss voiced his frustration at being ignored, Palpatine reassured his servant that he would eventually emerge from his quarters and address the Shadow Academy at his own discretion, and not before. Reluctantly, Brakiss accepted Palpatine's decision and left him to his privacy for the time being.

Upon Zekk and Tamith Kai's return to the Shadow Academy, Brakiss listened intently to their report on the successful completion of their mission, having procured the necessary computer components. Zekk also asserted that he had eliminated the Solo twins, but Tamith Kai expressed skepticism regarding Zekk's claim. Despite incurring substantial losses during the mission, including fourteen TIE fighter and TIE bombers, eleven stormtroopers, and two Nightsisters, Garowyn and Vonnda Ra, Brakiss dismissed them as insignificant in the context of their broader objective and lauded Zekk's mission as a triumph. At that precise moment, a hologram of Palpatine materialized, declaring that the success of the Kashyyyk mission had rendered the Second Imperium prepared to launch an assault on Yavin 4. The turbolasers and other equipment seized from the Adamant had been installed on a clandestine battle fleet, and with the addition of the computer equipment, they were now combat-ready. To the astonishment of Brakiss and the Shadow Academy, Palpatine issued the order to relocate the station into orbit around Yavin 4.

While positioned above Yavin 4, as Brakiss' forces geared up for a surprise offensive, the hologram of Palpatine informed Brakiss that his secret battle fleet was still undergoing modifications, but it was en route to Yavin 4. However, Brakiss requested that Palpatine hold the fleet back and allow Brakiss' Dark Jedi forces deal with the Jedi personally, saving the fleet for future attacks against more militarily protected worlds. Palpatine acquiesced to Brakiss' request, granting him the opportunity to pit his Dark Jedi army against Skywalker's Jedi. Brakiss orchestrated a two-pronged assault, with one group under the command of Tamith Kai and the other led by Zekk. Two TIE pilots, Orvak and Dareb utilized TIE stealths to penetrate Yavin 4's deflector shield and obliterate the moon's Deflector shield generator, thereby signaling the commencement of the Second Imperium's assault. All signals emanating from Yavin 4 were jammed, preventing the Jedi from summoning reinforcements, and the battle ensued.

During the attack, Brakiss broadcasted a message across all communication channels, requesting to speak with Master Skywalker. Skywalker answered the call on his comlink, and Brakiss requested a meeting at the Temple of the Blueleaf Cluster. Skywalker consented to meet him there, and Brakiss departed the Shadow Academy to confront his former mentor. During their encounter, Brakiss attempted to lure his old master with the allure of the dark side's powers, but Skywalker resisted, endeavoring to guide Brakiss back to the light. With both men refusing to compromise, they activated their lightsabers and prepared for a duel. Brakiss initiated the offensive while Skywalker attempted to persuade his former apprentice to renounce the dark side, hoping for a peaceful resolution. When Brakiss remained unyielding, Skywalker demonstrated his power and effortlessly defeated him by severing Brakiss' lightsaber. Defeated, Brakiss pleaded with Skywalker not to kill him, and the Jedi Master, who had no intention of harming an unarmed opponent, prepared to apprehend Brakiss. However, Brakiss refused to surrender, removing his robes to reveal a jumpsuit and repulsor pack, which he used to escape back to his ship.

Brakiss piloted his small one-person craft back to the Shadow Academy, where he witnessed the newly arrived secret battle fleet being soundly defeated by New Republic forces. Additionally, in his departure, he had seen the Battle Platform that had transported his Dark Jedi forces, as a fiery wreck, indicating defeat for his ground forces. Realizing that they were losing the battle, and desperate to turn the tide, Brakiss demanded to see the Emperor, heading towards his personal quarters. Two of the Royal Guards attempted to stop Brakiss from entering, claiming that Palpatine did not want to be disturbed. Tired of their meddling, and with the Emperor as his last hope, Brakiss used one of the mass-produced lightsabers of the academy to cut down the two guards and entered the Emperor's room.

Once inside, Brakiss called out to his master, demanding that he help them turn the tide of the battle and defeat their enemies. However, the isolation chamber that held Palpatine did not move, and Brakiss refused to wait any longer. He used his lightsaber to cut open the pod holding the Emperor. As the metal chamber fell apart, Brakiss discovered only a single Royal Guard, sitting at the controls of a hologram projector. "Palpatine" had been a complete hoax perpetrated by the four Royal Guards in a bid for power. They had used recordings of all of Palpatine's speeches and public appearances to create a realistic hologram that would convince potential allies of Palpatine's return. Enraged by the betrayal, Brakiss cut down the Royal Guard, realizing that the cause of the Second Imperium was lost. In his despair, Brakiss spied the fourth and final Royal Guard, who had witnessed the deaths of his companions. The Royal Guard ran from Brakiss towards the hangar, as Brakiss pursued him, determined to kill the traitor and claim his revenge.

However, the guard was able to get to the hangar before Brakiss and commandeered the Dark Jedi's one-person vessel and departed the Shadow Academy. Brakiss briefly pondered taking control of the station's weapons to shoot the Royal Guard out of the sky before he realized that since "Palpatine" was a hoax, the Royal Guard had access to the self-destruct codes for the Shadow Academy. As the remaining Royal Guard sped away from the station, he activated the code to cover his tracks and remove all evidence of the hoax he had perpetrated. The station exploded in a giant fireball, killing everyone aboard, including Brakiss. On the surface of Yavin 4, Zekk sensed his master's death, bombarded with Brakiss' despair and anguish.

With Brakiss' death, the Second Imperium crumbled completely. Their forces were quickly defeated in space and on the ground, all the members of his Dark Jedi army either captured or killed. Zekk decided to renounce the dark side, and his efforts prevented further loss of life during the battle when he stopped anyone from entering the Great Temple, which had been rigged to explode with thermal detonators. Master Skywalker regretted Brakiss' death and his inability to turn him back to the light side, but he recognized that not every person lost to the dark side could be brought back. The final Royal Guard eventually found himself captured by the Diversity Alliance, which executed him when he refused to cooperate with them.

Zekk continued to have visions of Brakiss even after he agreed to continue his training at the Jedi Praxeum. These visions admonished Zekk for his failures and taunted him about the grip of the dark side. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jaina Solo was tempted to use the dark side of the Force against the Yuuzhan Vong invaders. She remembered the training that Brakiss had given her during her time at the Shadow Academy, but ultimately refused to fully accept her one time teacher's training. One of Brakiss' students at the Shadow Academy, Welk, reemerged during the Yuuzhan Vong War, allied with one of the Nightsisters who had served the Second Imperium, Lomi Plo. Both were involved in a turning point of the war, the Mission to Myrkr. They later assumed an important role in the Dark Nest Crisis, controlling the Dark Nest in their campaign against the Chiss Ascendancy.

Brakiss possessed a striking appearance, characterized by his handsome features. His silken blonde hair and piercing blue eyes were particularly notable. His skin was smooth, his lips were thin, and his face exhibited a perfect symmetry, resembling a sculpture crafted from alabaster. Brakiss had a slender physique and was remarkably tall. While under the control of his Imperial superiors, Brakiss displayed a haunted expression in his eyes, which appeared sunken deep within his head. Both Jacen Solo and his mother, Leia Organa Solo, remarked that Brakiss was among the most aesthetically pleasing individuals they had ever encountered. Following his departure from the Jedi Praxeum, Brakiss began to cultivate a distinctive fashion sense. He adorned himself in silver-colored robes, complemented by polished silver boots and a matching silver lightsaber. Brakiss was proficient in reading and writing Basic and possessed the ability to converse in the Paecian language of Dathomir.

Brakiss harbored a deep-seated resentment towards his mother for her failure to shield him from the clutches of the Empire. He did not attribute blame to the Empire for his suffering, instead holding his mother solely responsible. In contrast to other darksiders, such as Tamith Kai, who preferred to refine their skills amidst harsh and unforgiving environments, Brakiss embraced the opposite approach. He indulged in all the comforts and luxuries that the galaxy had to offer. Both on Telti and within his quarters at the Shadow Academy, Brakiss utilized a specialized chair crafted from synthetic leather. This customized seat conformed to his body and incorporated warming elements, providing him with maximum comfort. After enduring the rigorous trials imposed upon him by Skywalker, Brakiss' confidence and self-worth were shattered. It was only through his collaboration with Kueller that Brakiss was able to rebuild his sense of self and recover from his emotional wounds. Upon his recovery, he asserted that his departure from Yavin 4 stemmed solely from a disagreement with Skywalker regarding his training methodologies, rather than from his inability to confront the corruption within his own heart.

Once separated from Kueller and Skywalker, Brakiss entertained the notion of abandoning the Force altogether. He found contentment in his work at the Telti droid factories and hoped to appease his mother by engaging in honest labor, distancing himself from the evils of the Empire. However, Kueller prevented Brakiss from abandoning his Force training, and once Brakiss was driven from Telti, he was unable to fulfill his plans of disappearing into obscurity. During his association with Kueller, Brakiss' resentment towards Skywalker intensified, and he frequently spoke of seeking revenge on his former teacher. This desire only grew stronger once he joined the Second Imperium, fueled by a determination to demonstrate to his teacher that he had surpassed him in both knowledge and power. When Brakiss confronted Skywalker on Telti, he attempted to sacrifice himself, imploring his former master to end his life by striking him down. However, years later, during their duel on Yavin 4, Brakiss begged for his life once Skywalker had disarmed him. Brakiss' fear for his life extended to his existence on the Shadow Academy, where he was constantly surrounded by loyal stormtroopers tasked with protecting him from potential rebellious students. Furthermore, every encounter with the false Palpatine left him trembling with fear, overwhelmed by the potential power that the Emperor could wield.

Within his quarters on the Shadow Academy, Brakiss adorned the walls of his office with images of natural disasters. These images included the lava fields of the planet Nkllon, the exploding stars of the Denarii Nova, the destruction of the Cauldron Nebula, and the Graveyard of the destroyed planet of Alderaan. Brakiss frequently meditated upon these images, believing that they contained a profound beauty within the violence of cataclysmic events. When Brakiss focused his attention on these images, he found that he could better maintain a composed demeanor, suppressing his own violent impulses.

Brakiss possessed a natural aptitude for the Force and was particularly adept at utilizing his abilities to enhance his inherent charisma. By channeling the Force, Brakiss could influence those around him, amplifying his voice and presence to foster feelings of trust and acceptance. He employed this ability in his role as a teacher at the Shadow Academy, guiding his students to embrace even his most extreme teachings. He also utilized this skill to persuade Zekk to join him, capitalizing on the young man's insecurities and employing his Force abilities to appear more persuasive. During the Almanian crisis, he employed this ability on Cole Fardreamer, attempting to convince the young man that he was not involved in the sabotage of the droids.

While training on Yavin 4, he was known for his employing a variety of Force tricks, some that had been taught by Skywalker, and others that he had learned from Imperial agents. After leaving Skywalker's academy, Brakiss trained himself to use Force lightning, tapping into the dark side of the Force. He used the technique on Cole Fardreamer, keeping him from escaping the Telti droid factory. While serving under the Second Imperium, he used the technique on Jaina Solo, punishing her for contradicting his teachings and undermining him in front of his other students.

Through the Force, Brakiss could manipulate fire, which he practiced through the use of a flare stick. He was very proficient at this skill, able to create complex images such as faces and various creatures. During his training of Zekk, he was even able to create a portrait of his pupil in the fire, fascinating his student. This control over fire was also extended to more powerful feats of strength. When the Shadow Academy was stationed above the Denarii Nova, Brakiss was able to reach out to the dying stars of the nova and pull its energy out, causing the starfire to dance and move under his control. When Zekk asked whether Brakiss could destroy stars with this power, Brakiss stated that it was within the realm of his power but that he would not exercise it, believing that doing so would be too dangerous.

Brakiss was proficient with a lightsaber, which he constructed himself, and he faced Luke Skywalker in personal combat twice. However, in both duels, Brakiss was outclassed, unable to overcome Skywalker's abilities. Brakiss used a red lightsaber with a silver hilt that had been customized so that long claw-looking spikes extended from the hilt and framed the energy blade. When this lightsaber was destroyed, Brakiss used one of the mass-produced lightsabers created for his Shadow Academy as a weapon. He used this lightsaber to cut down three of the four Royal Guards that had deceived him.

Brakiss was conceived by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta for incorporation into the Young Jedi Knights series of novels. Although he received mention in the inaugural book of the series, Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force, his formal introduction did not occur until the second installment, Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy. The character met his demise in the sixth book of the series, Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Under Siege, and subsequently received passing references in several subsequent books within the series. In the final book featuring Brakiss, Anderson and Moesta allude to a prior encounter with Brakiss on the planet Telti. This encounter was later elaborated upon in the 1996 novel, The New Rebellion by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. The final novel to feature Brakiss came in 1998's I, Jedi, which fleshed out the beginning of Brakiss' training at the academy on Yavin 4. Further information fleshing out Brakiss' early life and his actions in between the events of the novels was then featured in 2002's The New Essential Guide to Characters.

While the novels featuring Brakiss depict him as wearing silver robes with matching silver-colored boots, illustrations of the character featured in The New Essential Guide to Characters and the Jedi Academy Training Manual portray him with robes that are red in color. Similarly, Brakiss is described as having blonde hair in the stories featuring him. However, the first two images of the character in The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons and The Essential Chronology showed him with black hair. In Chapter 25 of The New Rebellion, Luke Skywalker states that "Before he had built his retreat in the Manari Mountains, but after Callista, he had taught a wide range of promising students, including Brakiss. Brakiss had left during that time." This references the events of Children of the Jedi where Skywalker meets Callista, which takes place in 12 ABY according to The Essential Reader's Companion. However, in Chapter 19 of The New Rebellion, Brakiss muses about Skywalker being injured on the Eye of Palpatine, something that he had not been present for. This event also takes place in Children of the Jedi, implying that Brakiss must have left before 12 ABY and meeting Callista. However, The New Essential Guide to Characters clarifies that Brakiss' departure from Yavin 4 occurred in 14 ABY after 3 years of training under Luke Skywalker.

In Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy, Brakiss encounters Luke Skywalker aboard the Shadow Academy, but student and teacher are stopped from fighting each other when the blast doors of the hangar are unexpectedly activated. However, The Essential Chronology mistakenly states that, "they dueled with lightsabers" on the station. In the updated The New Essential Chronology, this detail is left out.

In Young Jedi Knights: Lightsabers, Luke Skywalker claims that after Brakiss had fled from Yavin 4, that he had not seen or heard from him again. However, a later book, The New Rebellion, details an encounter with Brakiss that takes place in between his departure from Yavin 4 and his reemergence with the Shadow Academy. Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta referenced the encounter with Brakiss in The New Rebellion in their last novel featuring Brakiss, Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Under Siege.