Darth Glovoc Darth Glovoc was a male humanoid Sith Lord who served the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War . In the final years of the conflict , Glovoc led several highly successful campaigns against the Galactic Republic . Although considered a brilliant commander , he was also believed to be somewhat insane , spending the majority of his free time in deep meditation and taking on the self - proclaimed title of " Lord of the Mind ' s Eye . " Following the end of the Jedi Civil War and Darth Malak ' s death at the hands of the redeemed Revan , Glovoc abandoned the Sith to seek out the planet Nyriaan based on a vision he had experienced during his meditation . However , upon their arrival at the distant planet , Glovoc ' s forces were attacked by a Republic strike force . In the ensuing battle , Glovoc ' s flagship , the " Dying Sun " , was badly damaged and crash - landed on Nyriaan . Glovoc and several crewmembers survived but were stranded on the planet . The Sith Lord placed himself in stasis inside an oubliette , and awakened roughly every hundred years to take stock of his people . Over the years the remaining Sith survivors eked out an existence on Nyriaan , and came to worship Glovoc ' s imprisoned form as their god . In 132 ABY , Galactic Emperor Darth Krayt heard rumors of the " Dying Sun " final resting place and dispatched an agent to investigate Nyriaan ; after the Sith descendants ' encounter with him , they decided to move Glovoc ' s sleeping form to a more secluded location . Biography . Jedi Civil War . Darth Glovoc was a Sith Lord and commander in the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War . Glovoc was a valued member of the Sith during the final years of the conflict , and he was responsible for several victorious campaigns against the Galactic Republic . Although Glovoc was respected as a brilliant commander , he was often left to himself , as many in the Sith forces considered him to be insane . Hoping to divine the answer to the Sith Empire ' s ultimate victory , Glovoc spent a considerable amount of time in deep meditation , and he declared himself the " Lord of the Mind ' s Eye . " In 3956 BBY , the day before the climactic duel on the Star Forge and the death of Darth Malak , the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith , Glovoc received a striking vision in a dream . Within his mind , Glovoc viewed a distant world covered entirely in thick , dark clouds , traced with bolts of purple lightning . After he awoke , Glovoc was consumed with the desire to visit and conquer the mysterious planet . Convinced that the dark side was calling him to discover something there , the Sith Lord decided to seek out the mysterious location . Glovoc pinpointed a world in the Luire system that matched his vision and left the war behind , though not before he executed those who challenged his interpretation of the vision . Arrival at Nyriaan . Glovoc ' s ship , the " Interdictor " - class cruiser " Dying Sun " , entered hyperspace on a course for Luire . During the trip , Glovoc continued his favored pastime , with hopes that he would be able to more accurately pinpoint the planet from his dream . The Sith Lord ' s meditation eventually led him to Nyriaan , a world that matched his vision ; however , further reflection failed to reveal what lay below the dark clouds on the surface , as Glovoc soon discovered that use of the Force was difficult within the planet ' s vicinity . Although frustrated that he was unable to decipher what had drawn him to the world , Glovoc became even more desperate to reach Nyriaan and understand his vision . After the " Dying Sun " exited hyperspace , Glovoc was informed by his captain that they had arrived in the Luire system . The Sith Lord immediately set out for the fifth planet in the system and opened scanning systems to reveal everything possible about Nyriaan . However , the sensors on the " Dying Sun " inadvertently attracted the attention of a nearby Republic strike force . Glovoc ' s concentration on his ultimate goal kept him distracted , and his forces were caught off - guard by the Republic ships . Despite the element of surprise , Glovoc ' s crew were battle - hardened warriors , and they fought desperately against their Republic enemies . As a result , the ensuing battle was costly for both sides . Although Glovoc ' s forces were able to destroy three Republic cruisers and countless starfighters , they sustained massive fire from torpedo volleys , which disabled the " Dying Sun " . The Republic forces , not wishing further casualties , left the badly damaged craft to drift toward the clouded world below , where it would be unable to control its descent . Existence on a dark world . As the " Dying Sun " plummeted to the surface of Nyriaan , several escape pods were jettisoned from the dying craft and crashed on the surface below . The damage to the " Interdictor " - class cruiser caused Glovoc ' s flagship to fragment into several pieces during the descent . Despite the breakup of the ship , some of the crew survived the crash - landing , remaining in the fragments of the " Dying Sun " that did not disintegrate completely . Although their numbers were considerably decreased , the surviving Sith united under Glovoc ' s tyrannical leadership . Unable to leave the isolated world , Glovoc took steps to prolong his life . Through the use of an oubliette , the Sith Lord placed himself into suspended animation . Initially , Glovoc limited his slumbers to around one hundred years , only awakening briefly to gauge the progress of his people , before returning to the oubliette . As the years slowly passed , Glovoc ' s Sith disciples — who named themselves the Children of the Tempest — became increasingly twisted and inbred , and their Sith Lord ' s awakenings became more infrequent . Over the years , Glovoc ' s people discovered that the planet interfered with the use of the Force . Although the weather seemed partly to blame for the phenomenon , Glovoc ' s disciples came to believe that something within the world was causing the interference . The Sith also occasionally encountered Nyriaan natives , but they were known to attack intruders to their camp , which caused other individuals on Nyriaan to leave them alone . At some point , Glovoc abandoned his visits to his people entirely . While in perpetual stasis , his depraved followers began to idolize him as a sleeping god and labeled him " the Dying Sun . " Glovoc ' s followers often sacrificed inhabitants of the planet at the feet of a stone altar , atop of which was the statue of a humanoid figure . Into the future . In 81 BBY , several interested parties , including the Corporate Sector Authority and the Tapani Noble Houses Reena and Mecetti , established several permanent settlements on the planet ' s surface in an effort to stake a claim to the valuable resources of Nyriaan . Over the years , the increasing number of people that settled the world caused Glovoc ' s eternal sleep to be disrupted . His peaceful sleep became more restless , but he was not able to awake after so many years in stasis . The Sith Lord ' s followers attempted to awaken him from the oubliette , but they too were unsuccessful . In 132 ABY , during the rule of Galactic Emperor Darth Krayt , agents of his One Sith uncovered rumors of the final destination of the " Dying Sun " . Krayt , hoping to find Sith artifacts , including Sith holocrons from the time of Malak ' s former Master , Darth Revan , decided to dispatch one of his followers to Nyriaan to investigate . Darth Vurik , using the information from his master , discovered the Sith settlement on the world , and encountered the inbred survivors of the " Dying Sun " . Vurik attempted to locate Glovoc ' s sleeping form , but the settlers desperately opposed him and sacrificed themselves to keep their sleeping god safe . Despite killing several of the Sith protecting Glovoc ' s body , Vurik was prevented from his ultimate goal due to the interference of fugitive Jedi who were hiding out on Nyriaan . In the ensuing clash , Vurik wounded several of the Jedi and killed one of them , but he was forced to retreat . During the battle , the Sith settlers acted quickly and moved Glovoc ' s oubliette to a new hideout . Vurik , ashamed by his defeat , decided not to immediately report back to his master , with hopes that the use of bounty hunters would allow him to eliminate the Jedi and finally locate Darth Glovoc . Personality and traits . Darth Glovoc was an important member of the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War , considered brilliant and valued for his efforts against the Galactic Republic . Despite this , his loyalty to the cause came second to his own desires , and he readily abandoned the cause when a vision came to him during one of his many meditation sessions . Due to his obsession with meditation , other Sith considered Glovoc to be quite mad . He had a short temper and absolute faith in his visions , to the point that he immediately executed those who contradicted his interpretation of the Nyriaan vision . If sufficiently enraged , he could subject a being to a slow death . After he had become stranded on Nyriaan , Glovoc proved to be a harsh but effective leader , helping his followers to survive over the following millennia . However , his presence caused his servants to become twisted in both body and spirit . Over his long life , Glovoc eventually became unconcerned with the physical world , and entered a perpetual state of stasis within an oubliette . His influence on the Sith was so strong that they eventually began to worship him as a god , even naming him after their destroyed ship , the " Dying Sun " . Powers and abilities . Darth Glovoc was talented in cognitive abilities , so much so that he fancied himself as the " Lord of the Mind ' s Eye . " During the Jedi Civil War , he spent much of his free time in deep meditation , trying to find the key to the Sith ' s ultimate victory against the Republic . Toward the end of the war , he received an epiphany in the form of a striking Force vision , one that filled him with an overwhelming desire to investigate the world that he saw . As vague as his vision was , he was sure that the dark side was telling him something was there , but upon reaching Nyriaan , Glovoc found that his mental probes could not breach the planet ' s cloud layer , as something was interfering with his use of the Force . Behind the scenes . Darth Glovoc was introduced in the Wizards of the Coast resource book " Galaxy of Intrigue " , as part of the background for the planet Nyriaan . There appears to be something of an internal contradiction with the text concerning Glovoc . An outline of important dates on Nyriaan mentions that the vision of the planet experienced by Glovoc occurs in 3957 BBY , and the later battle above the world takes place in 3956 BBY . Although it is possible that it took a considerable amount of time for Glovoc to reach the world from his vision , the text also mentions that the dream took place " on the eve of Darth Malak ' s death at the hands of Revan . " Since it is established that Malak ' s death took place in 3956 BBY , according to several sources , including " The New Essential Chronology " and the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , it appears that the date for Glovoc ' s vision could not have taken place in 3957 BBY unless Malak ' s death took place on the first day of the new galactic year . Since " Galaxy of Intrigue " is a supplement to the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " , the text accounts for the possibility of Glovoc awakening from his millennia - long stasis . If he does regain consciousness , it is claimed that he will bring his followers together and leave the planet on a mission of conquest . Since the book does not definitively say one way or the other whether Glovoc regains consciousness , this event is not necessarily canon . While the statue set atop the sacrificial altar is never stated to be one of Glovoc , a depiction of the statue in " Galaxy of Intrigue " somewhat resembles the Sith Lord .