Darsin Darsin was a male Human who served as the apprentice of the Sith Lord Darth Rivan during the New Sith Wars . He resided in Rivan ' s Sith fortress on the planet Almas , where his master subjected him to experiments and dark side rituals . Darsin eventually came close to attaining the rank of Dark Lord of the Sith and planned to assume the name Darth Malus , but before he could become a Sith Lord , he died as a result of Rivan ' s alchemical manipulations . Darsin ' s consciousness survived as an incorporeal Sith spirit , and Rivan bound him to act as a guardian of the Sith fortress . Centuries later , in about 20 BBY , the Chevin slaver Phylus Mon , the Human Dark Jedi Karae Nalvas and several of their minions ventured into the Sith fortress in search of the secrets of the creation of Sith battlelord s , a class of warrior developed by Rivan , and their incursion caused Darsin to re - awaken . The Sith spirit attacked the interlopers , but was warded off by the power of the Darkstaff , a Sith artifact that was carried by Mon . Shortly thereafter , Darsin ambushed a band of freelance agents who had ventured into the fortress in the wake of Phlyus Mon ' s intrusion , and he was defeated by them . Biography . Darsin was a Force - sensitive male Human who lived during the era of the New Sith Wars . At some point between about 1417 BBY and 1167 BBY , Darsin became the apprentice of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Rivan and studied the ways of the dark side of the Force . He lived with Rivan inside the Sith Lord ' s fortress on the planet Almas in the Cularin system , and there , the Dark Lord subjected Darsin to dark side rituals and performed alchemical experiments on him , treating Darsin as little more than a slave . To reflect Darsin ' s lowly position , a small , uncomfortable lump of rough granite was installed inside the fortress next to Rivan ' s throne , for Darsin to sit on and meditate . Darsin eventually betrayed Darth Rivan and came close to becoming a Dark Lord of the Sith . He planned to assume the honorific " Darth " and rename himself " Darth Malus " on usurping Rivan ' s position , but before he could ascend to the rank of Sith Lord , Darsin died as a result of the damage that had been done to his body by Rivan ' s experiments . His corpse was interred inside a black marble sarcophagus in a specially constructed crypt that had been built for Darsin and Rivan in the depths of the Almas fortress , but Darsin ' s consciousness lived on as an incorporeal Sith spirit . Through the Force , Rivan bound his former apprentice to the dark side presence that permeated the fortress , and Darsin was compelled to act as a guardian of the stronghold and attack intruders . Rivan was later driven away from Almas by the Jedi Order , and the Sith fortress was abandoned . Darsin lay undisturbed for centuries . Circa 20 BBY , during the Clone Wars , the Chevin slaver Phylus Mon and the Human Dark Jedi Karae Nalvas traveled to Almas along with several of their minions and explored the Sith fortress . They came in search of the secrets of the creation of Sith battlelord s , a class of warrior leader developed by Darth Rivan that were bonded to their troops via the Force . When the party accessed a secret chamber inside the fortress in which the rites involved in the making of Sith battlelords had been recorded , Darsin ' s spirit was re - awakened and he attacked them . However , Mon used the Darkstaff — a powerful Sith artifact that the Chevin had been lent by the criminal Len Markus — to ward off the ghost , and Darsin watched helplessly as Mon and Nalvas made a failed attempt to perform the Sith battlelord rituals . Due to the artifact ' s presence , Darsin was unable to prevent Mon from leaving the fortress with one of Rivan ' s Sith tomes , much to the spirit ' s dismay . Meanwhile , the Jedi Order hired the Heroes of Cularin , a renowned team of freelance agents , to investigate the disappearance of some Jedi Knights who had been captured by Mon ' s entourage , and two hours after Mon ' s incursion , the operatives made their way to the lower levels of the Sith fortress . Darsin observed the agents as they moved through the fortress , and he planned to ambush them . When the agents entered the fortress ' crypt , Darsin pounced on them , attempting to strike them down with six lightsabers that he wielded simultaneously through the Force . However , the agents overcame the spirit and threatened to use the power Force Light to destroy him . Darsin begged for mercy and told them about Mon ' s doings in the fortress , and the agents agreed to spare the spirit . Personality and traits . A weak - willed individual , Darsin was happy to take unfair advantage of others , and he had no qualms against lying to people or being manipulative to achieve his aims . Following his death , Darsin became corrupted by the dark side of the Force to a greater extent than he had been when he was alive , and he became vengeful , attacking intruders who entered the Sith fortress . He disliked being tied to the fortress ' dark side aura and he sought to be freed so that he could go where he pleased . When Darsin was re - awakened by Phylus Mon ' s violation of the Sith fortress , the spirit was enraged by the Chevin ' s actions , as he believed that Mon had no right to steal Darth Rivan ' s secrets and because Mon was carrying the Darkstaff , which had been feared by Rivan more than anything else . The spirit felt humiliated when Mon countered his attack , and he became angry at himself , because he could not pursue Mon ' s party beyond the bounds of the Sith fortress and kill them . Darsin feared the Heroes of Cularin when he encountered them shortly after Mon ' s intrusion , because he realized that they could potentially destroy him . As a spirit , Darsin manifested himself clad in flowing , black - colored robes . Powers and abilities . Darsin was trained in the use of Sith sorcery , and he was able to use the Force to sense the world around him , to move objects , to affect the minds of others , to heal himself , to enhance his strength and to drain Force energy . In addition , he was proficient in the use of the powers battlemind , Force rage , Force stealth and Hatred . In his incorporeal , spirit form , Darsin could not be harmed by physical attacks , and he could teleport himself at will to different locations within the Sith fortress . Before his death , Darsin imbued the crystals of six lightsabers with his essence ; after he became a ghost , he was able to temporarily extend his presence into the weapons and wield them in combat . Due to a combination of the experiments that were performed on him by Darth Rivan and the dark side presence that pervaded the Sith fortress , Darsin had a greater power and control over his environment than did normal Sith spirits , a strength further enhanced after he was exposed to the Darkstaff . Behind the scenes . Darsin was created by Morrie Mullins for " A Mon Alone " , a 2004 role - playing adventure that formed part of the Living Force campaign . The character was later referenced in the article " Sith Battlelords " , a tie - in to " A Mon Alone " that was written by Mullins and published on Wizards . com . In 2007 , he received a further mention in the roleplaying module " Echoes of the Jedi " . In " A Mon Alone " , the player characters role - play as the Heroes of Cularin , and the decisions they take impact Darsin ' s actions and ultimate fate . If the player characters spend a long time in the fortress ' library , Darsin attacks them there , rather than in the stronghold ' s crypt , while if they respond to a call made to them by a voice in the fortress ' ritual chamber for the agents to promise themselves to the dark side , they can be possessed by Darsin . If the player characters use the power Force Light to dissipate the fortress ' dark side taint , Darsin ceases to be bound to the fortress and flees . Alternately , it is possible for the players either to destroy Darsin or to let him remain in the fortress in peace . " Echoes of the Jedi " later established that in the canon outcome of the encounter , the player characters defeated Darsin , but the adventure did not provide any further clarification of the canon events of the altercation . The body of this article depicts the outcome where the player characters agree to spare Darsin .