CanonSourcedThe High Republic, 500–100 BBY

Death of Padawan Kevmo Zink in the Path of the Open Hand camp

382 BBYExact dateLast checked: 23 October 2026

Padawan Kevmo Zink was killed in the settlement of the Path of the Open Hand cult on Dalna by a creature the cultists called the Leveler.

Description

Kevmo Zink was a Pantoran and the Padawan of Master Zallah Macri, under whom he had begun his training roughly two years before the events described. His companions knew him as sociable, energetic, and unable to stay in one place for long. While investigating the theft of a Force-related artifact from the planet Hynestia, master and apprentice traced the thieves to Dalna, home to a settlement of the Path of the Open Hand cult. There Zink met Marda Ro, an Evereni and a member of the community; a mutual attraction developed between them despite the irreconcilable differences between the views of the Jedi and those of the cult, which regarded using the Force as a crime. The young man died after coming into contact with a creature the cultists called the Leveler and kept hidden from outsiders: his body slowly turned to stone in Marda Ro's arms. The Padawan's death was the first evidence that the Path possessed a weapon lethal to the Force-sensitive, although the Order was not yet able to understand this at the time.

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Participants

  • Jedi OrderFaction
  • Marda RoCharacter

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Locations

  • Dalna

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Works

  • The High Republic: Path of DeceitBookСобытие показано в этом произведении.

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Causes

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Consequences

  • Night of Sorrow on Dalna382 BBYThis event contributed to itExplanation hidden: it reveals the plot of the related event.

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit

Meanwhile

No parallel events confirmed yet.

Editorial note: no information is given for this section.

Other connections

No other confirmed connections yet.

Editorial note: no information is given for this section.

Causes on the left, the current event in the centre, consequences on the right.
  • Rise of the Path of the Open Hand cult → Death of Padawan Kevmo Zink in the Path of the Open Hand campRise of the Path of the Open Hand cultA cause of this event. The Padawan was killed in the cult's settlement by a creature kept by followers of the Path.
  • Death of Padawan Kevmo Zink in the Path of the Open Hand camp → Night of Sorrow on DalnaNight of Sorrow on DalnaThis event contributed to it. Explanation hidden: it reveals the plot of the related event.

Sources

  • The novel Path of Deceit shows that Padawan Kevmo Zink, who had been investigating the activities of the Path of the Open Hand together with Master Zallah Macri, died in the cult's camp, and his lightsaber remained with Marda Ro.

    Primary work · The High Republic: Path of Deceit · Checked: 23 October 2026

Source: The High Republic: Path of Deceit