Oden Malksch was a Jedi Knight of the Old Republic who spent much of his time at the Jedi Academy on Almas. A historian, Oden wrote a number of papers concerning the happenings in the Cularin System. Of particular interest to Oden, were the radical changes concerning the Metatharen Cartel, the government on Almas, and the growing darkness from an ancient Sith fortress which seemed to be slowly gathering power. Oden hoped that his writings would provide future historians an idea of the times he lived in and could use them to understand the course that history took.