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| “ | Hello, searcher. I will guide you on your way. | „ |
| ~ A pre-recorded message by Avar Kriss in a holocron |
Avar Kriss, also known as the Hero of Hetzal, is one of the main protagonists of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project. She is a cameo character in the novel Into the Dark, the main protagonist of the novel Light of the Jedi, the tritagonist of the comic series The High Republic, a minor character in the novel The Rising Storm, and a posthumous cameo character in the comic miniseries The Rise of Kylo Ren.
Kriss was a member of the Jedi Order considered a paragon by her peers and the citizens of the Galactic Republic alike. She grew up and was close with fellow Jedi Elzar Mann and Stellan Gios, the former of which she had a secretive romantic interest in. Like Gios, Kriss was a shining example of what a Jedi should aspire to be and was famous across the galaxy for her heroic deeds.
After saving the Hetzal system from imminent destruction at the hands of the Great Hyperspace Disaster, Kriss was proclaimed the "Hero of Hetzal" and named Marshal of Starlight Beacon, an enormous and advanced space station on the Galactic Frontier. She wielded a green single-bladed lightsaber and wore white-and-cream robes with a golden cape. Unlike the Jedi of the future, Kriss was compassionate rather than dogmatic. She was also willing to sacrifice herself in the stead of others, and found the challenges she faced on the galaxy's frontier invigorating rather then tedious.
Nearly two and a half centuries later, during the era of the New Republic which followed the destruction of Darth Sidious' Galactic Empire, Luke Skywalker discovered a Jedi holocron that contained an interactive hologram of Kriss. In the recording, Kriss greeted the future viewers of the message and offered to guide them. At one point, this holocron recording was viewed by Jedi Padawan Hennix, who trained at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Temple before its destruction.
