Ilan Garuda

"He was trained by the Emperor and Darth Vader to be an assassin, and the more he knew, the greater his power grew. But it would have never been enough to kill his two masters. They made sure he never knew of their teachings, and it is a good thing he did not, either... he would have made a deadly Sith Assassin, indeed."

- Teslar Maladan

Ilan Garuda was a Dark Jedi whom submitted to the Sith at the end of the Clone Wars. He and Anakin Skywalker, who had just become Darth Vader, had a short duel at the Jedi Temple during the Purge, whereupon Ilan lost his right eye, and a scar was leftover. There, he submitted to Vader, whereupon he was taken to Sidious for judgement. Sidious saw potential in the man and, despite Anakin saving a Jedi's life, knew there was a place for Garuda. Therefore, Ilan was then trained as an assassin, learning the Sith arts, but never its teachings. He helped with the Jedi Purge, and continued to hunt down Jedi and dangerous foes for the Empire through the Civil War. He was responsible for the death of Trina Blackthorne, wife of Faarel Blackthorne and mother to Cadden and Tamerah. He almost killed Faarel, as well, but the elder Jedi got away.

Ilan spent much of his time hunting Cadden Blackthorne, until he finally met Cadden on Falleen. There, they fought, and Ilan underestimated Cadden, whereupon he was buried in a building's rubble. They later met once more to finish the duel, whereupon Cadden killed Ilan, after Ilan had successfully disposed of his Old Republic master, Teslar Maladan.