Drew Karpyshyn has announced on his website that the two characters on the back cover of his upcoming novel; The Old Republic: Annihilation are indeed Darth Karrid, the Falleen and Jedi Master Gnost-Dural, the Kel Dor and narrator of the Timeline videos for The Old Republic. He also confirmed that Darth Karrid will be the main antagonist in the novel, and the character on the front cover, Theron Shan, star of The Old Republic: Lost Suns comic arc, will be the main protagonist. The details of Gnost-Dural’s involvement of the story is not yet known.
Annihilation is set to be released on November 12th of this year.
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