Yelzrin

Born long before the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire, Yelzrin, a male Human, had listened to stories about the Jedi from his parents and Yelzrin's as he was growing up, but he was always somewhat skeptical about their truthfulness. In 3643 BBY, he was among the refugees and settlers chosen by the Republic to repopulate the planet of Taris, an initiative known as the reclamation effort. Yelzrin was selected to lead a group of these settlers. This group went on to establish a colony along the banks of Lake Brell, within an old bunker constructed into the surrounding hills. However, this colony became a target for the Sith Empire, who sought to sabotage the Republic's efforts to resettle Taris. To this end, the Sith assassin Rora Seake was dispatched with the intention of wiping out the entire colony.

Fortunately for the colonists, an Imperial operative divulged Seake's mission to a young Jedi Knight. The Jedi, accompanied by a companion, arrived at the settlement before Seake. Yelzrin extended a greeting to the Jedi Knight, offering them anything they needed from their supplies. However, he was perplexed when the Knight warned him about Seake's imminent arrival. Shocked by this revelation, Yelzrin began to gather the other colonists to evacuate, but it was too late. Seake arrived accompanied by two large creatures referred to as jurgorans, which she kept as pets. As Yelzrin fell to his knees in fear, the Jedi intercepted Seake and engaged the assassin. The Jedi was successful in defeating Seake's pets and then Seake herself. Overwhelmed with relief, Yelzrin offered his saviors any reward he could provide, but the Knight declined to accept anything. After the Jedi departed, Yelzrin and his colonists began to strengthen their settlement's defenses against any future attacks.

Yelzrin had dark skin, short black hair, and green eyes. He held the Jedi in high regard, as he had heard stories about them during his childhood. However, he never truly believed in their existence until he encountered a Jedi in person on Taris. Despite the relative newness of his settlement, Yelzrin was a generous person. Even before the Jedi saved the colony, he was willing to share his settlement's limited resources with the visiting Jedi.

While living on Taris, Yelzrin wore armored clothing of blue and brown colors.

Yelzrin makes an appearance in the Jedi Knight-class mission entitled "A More Immediate Concern" within the 2011 video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. This mission is only available to players with a positive light side alignment at the end of the preceding mission. Players with a dark side alignment are instead tasked with acquiring stolen Jedi relics from pirates. Players also have the option to refuse the mission to assist the colonists, which results in the player receiving dark side alignment points. Since the Jedi Knight is a Republic class and is therefore expected to make choices that maximize light side points, this article is written with the assumption that the player chose to save Yelzrin and the colonists.