Shaela Nuur was a female Human Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during and after the Great Sith War. Following the war, Shaela - along with fellow Jedi Knights Guun Han Saresh and Duron Qel-Droma - joined forces as a team hunting Force-sensitive Terentateks during the Great Hunt. Once the Great Hunt was declared over, their team was dispatched to the world of Korriban to hunt down a rumoured Terentatek that was still on the ancient Sith world. However, before that mission could be completed Saresh would part ways from Nuur and Qel-Droma, largely over the two's both budding and forbidden romance. As a result, the two would go to Korriban alone where Qel-Droma would be killed and Shaela - who pursued the terentatek that killed Qel-Droma - would also be killed by the same beast after the