| abstract | - Kerra Holt was a female Human Jedi Knight during the New Sith Wars. She was the daughter of Aron and Mercia Holt but she was separated from her parents during the Sith invasion of Aquilaris. The former Padawan of Vannar Treece, Holt determined to make herself into a "living weapon" and, having done so, returned to the areas of the galaxy still controlled by the Sith, determined to fight them wherever she found them. The rival Sith Lord brothers Odion and Daiman, sons of the Sith lady Xelian, were two enemies she encountered. Later on, Holt found out that she was facing an almost entire family of Sith and intended to use this knowledge to warn to the Galactic Republic. Born on Aquilaris in 1050 BBY, Holt was raised by her family until the Sith invaded the planet. Her family perished in a massive raid led by the Sith Lord Odion, general of the Chagras Hegemony. After the Sith took control over her homeworld, she was rescued by Jedi Master Vannar Treece and taken to the Jedi Temple for training. She eventually reached the rank of Jedi Knight in 1032 BBY, and participated in a dangerous Jedi operation into the Sith-controlled Grumani sector. When her Master and Jedi comrades were killed by Odion on Chelloa, Holt was stranded but re-established contact with a former Jedi Knight, Gorlan Palladane. Together, the two Jedi succeeded in outmaneuvering both Daiman and Odion's malevolent schemes towards Chelloa. During the Destruction of Chelloa when Daiman unleashed kinetic corruptors which devastated the planet's surface, Holt and Palladane succeeded in evacuating much of the planet's population and escaped into hyperspace on a hastily assembled cargo fleet which became the Freedom Fleet. During her time on Chelloa, Holt earned the grudging respect of the narcissistic Daiman while gaining the animosity of Odion, following a climatic duel where he sustained serious wounds. Following the safe evacuation of the Chelloan people, Holt would continue her personal crusade against the Sith warlords in the Grumani sector. Her quest would lead her to infiltrate the Daimanate capital of Darkknell where she intended to destroy Daiman's Black Fang research installation before killing the Sith Lord himself. In the process, she encountered the Bothan spy Narsk Ka'hane, an independent operator who worked for several Sith Lords. Kerra would become embroiled in a plot by Daiman to lure Odion into a trap on Gazzari by leaking information about a business deal between him and the Quermian Sith Lord Ayanos Bactra, the ruler of the Bactranate. During a showdown on Gazzari, Kerra would rescued around 1,700 students from the Daimanate who had been used as bait in the assault. She also came into contact with the mercenary leader Jarrow Rusher, the Brigadier of Rusher's Brigade, an independent mercenary operation. After successful convincing Rusher to evacuate the refugees, they escaped offworld to Byllura. On Byllura, Kerra and Rusher would help bring down the Dyarchy, a Sith realm ruled by the Krevaaki Sith Lord Saaj Calician, who ruled on behalf of the late Chagras's younger children Quillan and Dromika. The Dyarchy was subsequently annexed by the female Sith Lord Arkadia Calimondra, their older sister and the ruler of the Arkadianate. Following the defeat of the Dyarchy, Kerra and Rusher came into contact with the female Sith Lord Arkadia Calimondra, who offered them refuge at her capital city of Calimondretta on Syned. Arkadia attempted to win Kerra and Rusher over by portraying herself as an enlightened Sith ruler and promising refuge to the student refugees. Arkadia also revealed that the conflicts in Sith Space were driven by a fratricidal power struggle involving the Calimondra family, a feuding clan of power-hungry Sith lords headed by the matriarch Vilia Calimondra. Her seven children had undertaken a challenge known as a Charge Matrica to inherit her holdings, and now the grandchildren were doing the same. After her seven children declared war on each other, Chagras had emerged as the victor, but died mysteriously, leaving no single heir to claim Vilia's legacy. So, the grandchildren were now undertaking the same challenge as their parents, attempting to impress the Sith matriarch by warring against each other or eliminating Sith outsiders like Bactra or Calician. This self-centered power struggle affected the lives of billions of sentients throughout the Grumani sector. However, Kerra became caught up in a plot by Arkadia to kill her grandmother Vilia, and subsequently a counter-plot by Vilia to stop her granddaughter through the Bothan spy Narsk. After helping Narsk to foil Arkadia's schemes, Kerra and Rusher managed to escape Syned, bringing around two thousands refugees including Kerra's student refugees who had fled the Daimanate and many Arkadianate defectors. Vilia allowed Kerra to survive because she wanted the Jedi woman to provide her grandchildren with experience in dealing with Jedi. After recuperating from her travels in the safety of the Republic, Holt returned to her homeworld of Aquilaris after receiving a distress call. There, she would become embroiled in two separate conspiracies with malevolent intentions towards Aquilaris. Unsatisfied with Hutt Space, the ambitious Hutt crimelord Zodoh was intending to extend his operations to Sith Space and wanted to intimidate his Sith rivals with his improvised superweapon: Stormdrivers capable of creating global artificial floods. In the same vein, the pro-Republic Grace Command—an Alderaanian-based mercy organization—had deliberately inundated the Grumani sector with Deluge spice, as part of Operation Deluge to undermine the Sith war effort without diverting substantial Republic resources. However, it also wrecked the lives of many civilian populations. During the Aquilaris campaign, Holt succeeded in saving the lives of many Aquilarians with the assistance of Joad Kreel and Padgett. She also managed to win over Jenn Devaad, a captain within Grace Command, and turn her away from her superiors' conspiratorial agenda. Together, the two single-handedly bested the Hutt lord Zodoh and turned the tide of the Battle of Darkknell, saving the lives of billions of sentients. In the process, she saved Daiman from the jaws of defeat and managed to establish contact with him. Following the Aquilaris campaign, Holt would collaborate with Daiman in a scheme to undermine his estranged brother Odion by infiltrating the Novitiate, Odion's Force-sensitive disciples. Kerra would also embark on a quest to find her long-lost parents and her sibling. During her period in the Odionate, Kerra would learn about the existence of an ancient Sith artifact known as the Helm of Ieldis; which was capable of driving large numbers of sentient beings into a maddened homicidal frenzy. Kerra also discovered the existence of the cloisters, a system of planet-sized orphanages where thousands of children throughout the Grumani sector were imprisoned. She became part of a party of Novitiates sent by Odion to recover the Helm while moving closer to the end of the trail to find her parents. This quest brought her to Skarpos where she became caught in the midst of a fierce battle between three rival Sith Lords including Odion, Daiman, and Malakite. Kerra's quest came to an end when she herself was captured by Odion, but not after learning about her parents' sacrifice on Skarpos. The Helm brought her enemy Odion closer to his bid for galactic dominance. After a successful test demonstration on Skarpos, the Sith Lord intended to unleash the Helm's powers on the larger Grumani sector, by tapping into the negative emotions of his child captives on Vanahame. During the ensuing climatic showdown, Kerra succeeded in turning Odion's second-in-command General Beld Yulan against his master by convincing him about the sanctity of life. In the end, Kerra's efforts ended in the defeat and demise of Odion, who perished after the Helm overloaded.
- Jedi Knight Kerra Holt was the driving force of the Jedi Order during the New Sith Wars. She did battle repeatedly with Odion and his brother Daiman.
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