Bavik Vannor existed as a Jedi Knight, a male Human, before succumbing to the influence of the dark side of the Force and subsequently aligning himself with the Sith Empire. He was eventually transformed into one of the three gatekeepers imprisoned inside the Tascollan holocron. The gatekeeper residing within his holocron possessed a firm belief in the power of the dark side and held extensive knowledge regarding the history of Valik Kodank.