Revan

Revan is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Drew Karpyshyn, author of the Darth Bane series and senior writer on Knights of the Old Republic and Star Warsthe Old Republic, to which it serves as a Distant Prologue. It wraps up the story of Revan, player character of Knights of the Old Republic, and the Exile, player character of Knights of the Old Republic II. The story takes place 2-5 years after the end of Knights and three hundred years before Star Warsthe Old Republic.

This novel contains examples of:
""Instead of charging forward, he opened himself to the Force, letting both the light and dark side flow through him like twin rushing rivers.""
 * And I Must Scream: Both Revan and the Exile
 * Armed With Canon: Drew Karpyshyn did several things that were considered blasphemous by fans, including
 * On the plus side, he allowed for
 * Awesome Moment of Crowning: "Mandalore has returned! I am Mandalore the Preserver, and I will restore the honor and glory of my people!" -
 * Bastard Bastard: Tenebrae/Vitiate. His mother was a farmer's wife, but his biological father was actually the local Sith Lord.
 * Because Destiny Says So:
 * Bigger Bad: The Emperor.
 * Black Eyes of Evil: The Emperor's eyes are completely black, and apparently were from birth.
 * Bodyguard Betrayal: Scourge's plan for the Emperor when the Jedi from his vision shows up.
 * Catch and Return: Revan uses this against Darth Nyriss' Force Lightning.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Bastila Shan becomes suspicious of Revan and the Exile's relationship, though she accepts that the Exile must search for him alone, while she looks after their son. The Exile later admits that she's slightly jealous of Revan and Bastila's relationship, but clarifies that she loves Revan like a father.
 * Cool Mask: Mandalore's Mask and Revan's Mask.
 * The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: Ironically, the light side made Revan forget, and his mask, the symbol most closely associated with his Sith self, made him remember.
 * Deader Than Dead:
 * Delaying Action: Both Revan's initial attack on the Emperor, delay the Sith Empire's attack on the Republic by almost 300 years.
 * Distant Prologue: To The Old Republic
 * The Dragon: Scourge is this first to Nyriss, then to
 * Empty Piles of Clothing:
 * Enemy Civil War: The Dark Council.
 * Enemy Mine: Scourge, Revan, and the Exile team up to face the Emperor.
 * Enfant Terrible: Vitiate was evil enough to personally kill his parents at age 6, and had conquered his planet by the age of 10.
 * Genre Savvy:
 * Guns Akimbo: Revan briefly wields dual blasters while hiding his identity as a Jedi.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Immortality Hurts: The price the Emperor must pay for their immortality is a constant pain at first, then total numbness to all feeling.
 * In the Back: Scourge kills with a lightsaber to the back.
 * Meaningful Name: Both of the Emperor's names: Tenebrae is very similar to tenebrous, meaning shadowy or obscure, and Vitiate means to spoil or mar. Similarly, his home planet of Nathema is one letter away from Anathema, which means to set apart, as in
 * Revan's son is named Vaner, an anagram of Revan.
 * Canderous calls Revan "Anver" when among Clan Ordo; Revan is not impressed, and a few angry Mandalorians figure it out.
 * Midquel: Of sorts. The first half of the novel happens between the two Knights of the Old Republic games.
 * Mythology Gag: Revan's features are described as non-descript and average, in keeping with players being able to choose his appearance.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Lord Scourge
 * No Name Given: Played straight with Revan, whose true name is never revealed (and possibly lost forever thanks to the Jedi), but averted for formerly nameless characters the Exile and the Sith Emperor (Meetra Surik and Tenebrae/Lord Vitiate). In the case of the Emperor, it is specifically stated that the Emperor stopped being Tenebrae/Lord Vitiate the moment he completed the ritual that killed Nathema, and is now only the Emperor.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: The Emperor.
 * Power of the Void: The Emperor, to an even greater extent than Darth Nihilus. When Nihilus feeds, he creates a Wound in the Force. When the Emperor feeds, he creates a complete Void in the Force, and takes away color and nearly all sound in the area.
 * Power Nullifier: No one can use The Force while on Nathema, or any other Void in the Force.
 * Physical God: The Emperor is among the most powerful Force users in history.
 * Pragmatic Villainy: The Dark Council opposes the Emperor because being an Omnicidal Maniac is not conducive to their dreams of galactic conquest.
 * Sacrificial Lion:
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Connections/Smug Snake: Sechel thinks he can boss around and insult Scourge just because he is a high ranking servant of Darth Nyriss.
 * Self-Made Orphan: Tenebrae/Vitiate killed his father with the Force when the poor farmer reacted angrily to the fact that his wife had a child with a Sith Lord. Then he tortured his mother to death for dishonoring the family with her adultery.
 * Sense Loss Sadness: A few characters experience this while cut off from the Force on Nathema, and have to struggle not to throw up or go mad.
 * Sequel: Part one follows Revan after the events of the first game, Part two follows the Jedi Exile after the events of the second game.
 * Shoot the Shaggy Dog / Senseless Sacrifice : Revan and Exile are betrayed by their alleged ally, suffer an And I Must Scream fate, and the Sith still invade and curb-stomp the Republic anyway.
 * However, their sacrifices does delay the Empire's advance and  Viewed in the long term, it becomes much more of a Bittersweet Ending.
 * Token Evil Teammate:
 * Undying Loyalty: T3-M4 and the Exile for Revan.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Revan.
 * Undying Loyalty: T3-M4 and the Exile for Revan.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Revan.