Around the year 3642 BBY, Darth Baras dispatched his apprentice on a hunt to locate Jedi Knight Xerender. Xerender was a key target in Baras' plan to eradicate the most powerful figures within the Galactic Republic by instigating a new conflict alongside the Sith Empire. Teaming up with the Talz exile Broonmark, the Sith Lord successfully killed the Jedi and his contingent of Talz Commandos.