Darth Arkous Darth Arkous was a Sith male Dark Lord of the Sith and a member of the Sith Empire ' s ruling Dark Council during the Galactic War against the Galactic Republic . As a veteran in the Great Galactic War , and a strong Imperial loyalist that planned the Assault on Tython . It was later revealed that Arkous had an ulterior motive for the attack on Tython : the retrieval of a Rakata artifact . Since the Korriban Incursion , Arkous was reported to have an interest in a shipment of Isotope - 5 from Makeb . Biography . In 3638 BBY , Darth Arkous summoned an Imperial strike team to assist in the Empire ' s assault on Tython . Officially , he claimed it would be a crippling blow against the Republic and the Jedi . Unofficially , he dispatched Lord Goh to recover Rakata technology hidden within the Jedi Temple . The attack on Tython was to coincide with Colonel Rian Darok ' s attack on Korriban , which also hid Rakata technology . When the Empire received word of the attack , Arkous sent the strike team to retake Korriban to keep up appearances , while at the same time , the Republic retook Tython . Arkous attempted to reestablish contact with Goh only to learn that a Republic strike team had killed him . Following the reclamation of Korriban , Arkous gave praise to the Imperial heroes . Arkous later rendezvoused with Darok on Manaan . Together , they journeyed to an underwater base to meet with a Selkath geneticist named Gorima , to find a way to graft the Rakata technology onto test subjects to create invincible supersoldiers for the Order of Revan . However , Arkous ' former assistant Lana Beniko , having collaborated with SIS agent Theron Shan , sent a strike team after them . When they confronted Gorima , Arkous and Darok were watching from an observation room . With Gorima ' s experiments having successfully made the grafting procedure non - lethal , the two conspirators made their escape , leaving a depth charge to destroy the facility and send their enemies to their deaths , unaware that Shan was present to rescue them before the facility could reach crush depth . Arkous later sent a coded message to Lana , explaining that he was planning on recruiting her to the Revanites , but his plans changed when she met her new allies . He warned her not to interfere with his plan , cryptically stating that the Revanites are everywhere . Lana and Shan tracked Arkous and Darok to Lehon ( or " Rakata Prime " , as it was then known ) , the former capital of the Rakatan Infinite Empire , where the Revanites had salvaged fragments of the destroyed Star Forge for Gorima to advance his experients in the building of an " Infinite Army " . The Republic and Imperial pursuers , joined by the vengeful Wookiee smuggler Jakarro and his protocol droid " partner " C2 - D4 , confronted Arkous and Darok on the roof of the Temple of the Ancients , and killed them , despite Shan ' s hopes that they be taken alive for questioning . However , it soon became clear that neither Arkous nor Darok were the leader of the Revanites , but followers of the true master of the Order of Revan . The master was soon revealed to be Revan himself . Lana Beniko was declared a traitor to the Empire and charged with murdering Arkous , a fact she could not contest due to the influence of the Revanites , and was forced to go underground with Shan and Jakarro . Powers and abilities . Darth Arkous was an extremely powerful Dark Lord of the Sith . He was of noteworthy skill in lightsaber combat and he was also capable of using Force choke . Darth Arkous was also capable of using telekinesis and has demonstrated prowess in the use of Force lightning . Behind the scenes . Arkous first appeared in game update 2 . 7 of the MMORPG " " , released by BioWare in 2014 . Arkous later made a reappearance in the " Depths Of Manaan " Flashpoint , as part of game update 2 . 9 . Arkous makes his final appearance in game update 2 . 10 . He , along with Darok , makes up the final boss fight for the " Legacy of the Rakata " Flashpoint . He is only accessible through the Forged Alliances Flashpoint series for all players in the game .