Apprentice
But Hal’Sted couldn’t protect Ventress for long. Killed during a raid on his holdings by rival pirates, Ventress was rescued by a similarly stranded soul on Rattatak: the Jedi Knight Ky Narec, who had traveled to the Outer Rim in the hopes of combatting the growing piracy and criminal elements on the Republic’s fringes.
Narec sensed Ventress’ connection to the Force, and began training the child in the ways of the Jedi. Although Ventress served as Narec’s student for two decades, her training was far from traditional by Jedi standards—less master and apprentice, more sheriffs and partners, protecting the innocents of Rattatak from piracy and warlordism.
