Eldon Ax Eldon Ax , born Cinzia Xandret , was the Human female Sith apprentice of Darth Chratis , and later of Darth Howl during the Cold War . Biography . Long - forgotten past . Cinzia Xandret was stolen from her mother , a droid maker named Lema Xandret , by Darth Chratis while she was still a child . Because Lema Xandrent refused to willingly give up her child to the Sith , she was sentenced to death . Lema Xandret escaped the imposed death sentence by fleeing with some of her fellow droid makers . Darth Chratis imposed a Force powered mental block in Cinzia ' s mind to prevent her from recalling memories of her past , and renamed her Eldon Ax . In the Sith Empire . The search for her mother . After losing a battle against a Mandalorian named Dao Stryver , Ax was interrogated by her , who looking for information on Lema Xandret and a ship named " Cinzia " . It was later found that the remnants of the ship named " Cinzia " were found and were being auctioned off by a Hutt named Tassaa Bareesh . Prior to giving this information to the Sith Dark Council , Darth Chratis removed the memory block he imposed on Eldon Ax and told her the true story of her existence . Chratis and Ax were dispatched by the Dark Council to steal the remains of the Cinzia and execute Lema Xandret if she was found . During the attempt to steal the remnants of the " Cinzia " , mysterious and deadly hex droids appeared and thwarted the theft . Although the attempt to steal the artifacts was unsuccessful , Ax was able to use the remains of a hex to trace their origin back to a planet called Sebaddon . The Jedi were also able to do the same . Ax then traveled with her Chratis to claim the planet for the Empire . Upon arriving at Sebaddon , the hexes launched a deadly defense of the planet which severely damaged both the Republic and Imperial Fleets . The two fleets brokered a truce and a temporary alliance to defeat the hex threat . To seal the deal , Chratis insisted that Ax accompany Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan , while he himself would take Shan ' s Padawan Shigar Konshi . During the battle , Ax found a clone of herself that was being kept alive in a tank filled with amnioid fluid . Ax also found that her mother had been killed by her own Hex Droid creations , but continued to exist and speak to her clone through the amnioid fluid . Ax learned from her clone that the Hex Droids were created to protect her . Upon release from the amnioid tank , the clone immediately died , but not before instructing Ax to feed her DNA into the hex computer . The hexes recognized Ax as Cinzia and followed her commands . Eldon Ax eventually killed her master Darth Chratis when she ordered hex droids to attack him during the battle on Sebaddon . She then ordered them to destroy themselves . Later , she became the apprentice of Darth Howl , a member of the Dark Council . Personality and traits . A cunning young woman , Ax managed to kill her own master and cover it up . Recognized by the Dark Council , she eventually became a full apprentice to Darth Howl , no small feat in the merciless ranks of the Sith Empire . When she had learned of her origins , Ax , with her loyalties to the Sith , wanted to see her mother dead for her betrayal and wasn ' t afraid to admit that to anyone , even the Jedi . Powers and abilities . Ax possessed a small ability for Force lightning and was a capable lightsaber duelist . Despite her age , when concentrating her rage , Ax was also quite adept at using Force barrier to prevent herself from getting seriously damaged , though she could still be outnumbered and overwhelmed when numbers were against her or when she was distracted , like in her battles with the Mandalorian Dao Stryver .