Darth Veda

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"*I am the Emperor's Wrath, unleashed by his Hand, and the Emperor has marked you and your brother as enemies.*"

―The Emperor's Wrath to Darth Ekkage
The **Empire's Wrath**, originally known as the **Emperor's Wrath** prior to the Sith Emperor's split with the Sith Empire, was a powerful Sith Lord who studied under Darth Baras. Securing a place as Baras's Sith apprentice on the planet Korriban, the Sith served as Baras's enforcer, hunting down the Jedi Padawan, Jaesa Willsaam and turning her to the Dark side of the Force before taking her as the Sith's own student to spite her teacher Nomen Karr. Ascending to the rank of Sith Lord, the Sith Warrior helped Baras set in motion the renewed Galactic War with the Galactic Republic and destroy Baras's own Sith Master Darth Vengean, allowing Baras to take Vengean's place on the Dark Council. However, Baras turned on his student and tried to kill the Sith on the planet Quesh. The warrior survived and was recruited by the Emperor's Hand, who annointed the Sith as the new Emperor's Wrath—the personal enforcer of the Sith Emperor—and tasked the Wrath with stopping Baras's plans to declare himself the Emperor's Voice and thus the de-facto leader of the Empire. The Wrath systematically destroyed Baras's servants and machinations before slaying the man before the Dark Council, and continued to serve as the Wrath during the ongoing conflict.

## Continued travels

The Wrath would continue to travel around the galaxy, publicly known as the newly christened Emperor's Wrath. The Wrath would also be part of the Sith Strike Team that attacked Darth Malgus after he betrayed the Empire, slaying his ally Darth Serevin and defeating his forces before defeating Malgus himself in a brutal duel, with the help of Darth Nox, the Grand Champion of the Great Hunt and Cipher Nine; the same strike team developed to defeat Revan at the Foundry quite some time prior to Malgus' betrayal.

Also, during the Battle of Ilum, the Wrath slew the Jedi Master and Council member Jaric Kaedan.

After the incident with Malgus, the Wrath was contacted by Darth Marr with grim news that the Empire has discovered the location of the Sith Dread Masters and even though with Styrak dead they were still a formidable force and they had taken refuge on Oricon. Lord Wrath declared that he would destroy them which pleased Marr and was then told to contact the Sith Lord Hargarev and so the Wrath left for Oricon. Once reaching the area where the Empire have occupied he immediately declared as the supreme authority of the hunt and set off to eliminate the Masters; first by freeing the imprisoned the Republic soldiers and bringing forth a temporary but uneasy alliance

Later on, the Wrath's travels bought the Sith Lord to Rishi, where the Wrath was reunited with Darth Vowrawn, who told the Wrath that Opticron droids were spying on the Warrior. Vowrawn provided a Gree device to reveal these spies and advised drawing them out in the jungle.

Upon returning to Vowrawn's safehouse, the Wrath discovered that the Dark Lord had long since fled and found Servant One standing in his place. Servant One was displeased that the Wrath had destroyed the Opticrons, revealing that their purpose was to keep tabs on their Emperor's Wrath. He voices his concern that the Wrath had lost perspective on what it meant to serve the Emperor, being so preoccupied fighting Hutts and cults, threats the Hand didn't see as a threat to the Emperor himself. He then claimed that Vowrawn had betrayed the Emperor, having tried to learn the Hand's secrets, going as far as interrogating a Servant, at which the Wrath deliberated whether to aid the Hand or not. Servant One then hinted that the Emperor would return and his servants would fuel his flame. Before the conversation ended, the Wrath decided to sever ties with the Emperor and choked him before releasing him. Servant One said that the warrior had made a grievous error, though the Wrath said the error was Servant One's.

After the defeat of Revan on Yavin 4, the conflict between the Order of Revan and the Coalition forces fueled the slumbering Vitiate, who departed Yavin 4 without taking physical form or possess a body, vowing to retake the galaxy. Additionally, he personally addressed his Wrath, promising to kill his former enforcer last. In the aftermath, Darth Marr acknowledged that in light of the Emperor's betrayal and of the Wrath's importance to the Empire, he rechristened the Sith Warrior as the Empire's Wrath.

After the Revan incident, the Wrath was contacted by Sith Intelligence Minister Lana Beniko that their former Emperor, Vitiate, is on Ziost and controlling the populace there. The Wrath arrived on Ziost and went to the area where Vitiate had struck, and it was there Vitiate, possessing the bodies of imperials, arrived and exclaimed how good it was to see his Wrath once again and that it was time for the Wrath to die. The Wrath fought the possessed until Lana arrived and explained the situation including the fact that the Republic Sixth Line had invaded Ziost.

Darth Veda would later become known as the **Outlander**, also known as the **Commander**, a hero of the Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, and was previously involved in the hunt for the former Sith Emperor after his revival at Yavin 4. After the Eternal Empire of Zakuul conquered much of the known galaxy in 3640 BBY, the Outlander famously built up a faction known as the Alliance to oppose it and its oppression.

### To Hunt an Emperor

In the days following the Sith Emperor's return, things began escalating quickly throughout the galaxy. As the war continued to ravage various star systems, it was rumored that a pair of twin conquerors had emerged from the depths of Wild Space to cripple both Republic and Empire. They successfully managed to attack as far into Sith space as Korriban, which they nearly annihilated. Little did the galaxy know, but this force was actually in the service of the Sith Emperor.

In an attempt to bring an end to the former Sith Emperor once and for all, the new Imperial leader Darth Marr organized a small fleet of both Republic and Imperial warships to participate in an excursion deep into Wild Space. Already aware of the Outlander's abilities, he recruited them to help him on the expedition. As they began closing in on the emperor's reported location, the fleet was attacked by a seemingly infinite armada of ships, belonging to the Eternal Empire. Unable to fight back, Marr's fleet was decimated entirely, the Sith Lord and the Outlander both taken captive by Prince Arcann, son of the leader of the Empire of Zakuul, Valkorion.

Captured by the Eternal Empire just prior to its invasion of the galaxy, the hero was brought before Emperor Valkorion, the Immortal Emperor of the Eternal Empire, who revealed that he was in fact the Sith Emperor's current form, having built up Zakuul in secret, just as he had the Sith Empire, which he now viewed as nearly as weak as the Republic. He first released Marr, offering him a chance to kneel, but the Dark Lord defiantly refused and briefly fought against Valkorion's Knights, before the Emperor instantly killed him with a blast of Force lightning.

Valkorion then had the throne room cleared of everyone save himself, Arcann and the Outlander. He stated that the Outlander's deeds has earned his attention and offered to share his empire in exchange for their allegiance. However, Arcann attempted to assassinate him, but during the struggle Valkorion was able to transfer his energy to the Outlander, knocking the latter out. After Valkorion's demise, the new emperor ordered that the Outlander be imprisoned on the grounds of assassination, and so they were taken away.

### Dream of an Empire

The Outlander was subsequently frozen in carbonite on Arcann's orders, having sensed his father inhabiting the hero, but the carbon freezing process was imperfect, poisoning the Outlander, though Valkorion's presence preserved their life. Valkorion then appeared before the Outlander and attempted to sway them to his ideals, claiming the Outlander had the potential to be as powerful as him and that the current galactic institutions were unworthy of them. In doing so, he revealed his intention to retake his Eternal Throne from his children, whom he was unable to stop alone. He then revealed to the Outlander that years had passed while they slept and the Eternal Empire had subjugated the galaxy. They then both noticed Valkorion's daughter, Vaylin, looking directly at the Outlander, whom she struck in the chest with her lightsaber.

### Awakened

The Outlander was later freed from carbonite after five years of imprisonment by Lana Beniko, who quickly administered an antidote to the poison. They then escaped the facility, evading skytroopers, Knights and Vaylin to reach former Zakuulan captain Koth Vortena and bodyguard droid HK-55.

Unfortunately, the damage to their shuttle caused them to crash into the Endless Swamp, where they uncovered the wreckage of the *Gravestone*, an ancient alien warship that once opposed the Eternal Fleet. After repairing it, the friends, along with the former Knight of Zakuul Senya Tirall, escaped the planet, fleeing to the haven of Asylum.

### Asylum

Upon disembarking, the Outlander was introduced to Koth's crew, including Sergeant Ralo, who remembered the Outlander from Marr's ship. However, Koth's engineer, Tora, was absent, so the Outlander volunteered to go along with HK to find her. Senya then went her own way, asking the Outlander to join her later. After fighting through the local gangs, the Outlander found Tora in a heap of trouble with Tanno Vik for attempting to steal thermal detonators from him and insulted his mother. After resolving the situation, the Outlander sent Tora back to the *Gravestone*.

The Outlander then moved to rendezvous with Senya, who claimed to have allies who want to meet. But upon entering their hideout, HK suddenly shut down, as Senya claimed that her friends wanted only the two of them. She identified her friends as Scions, who used to serve the Eternal Empire alongside the Knights until Arcann attempted to eradicate them. The Scions, led by Heskal, foresaw the Outlander opposing Arcann but for some reason, the hero is a blindspot in their visions. They tested the Outlander in combat and questioned the Outlander's intentions. Eventually, a frustrated Heskal attacks the Outlander, determined to know the true fate surrounding the latter, but ultimately lost. They were soon joined by Lana, Koth, HK and the crew, who demanded that the Scions stand down. Heskal then identified Valkorion as the anomaly that blinded them to the future. This revelation excited Koth, believing there was hope for Zakuul. But what was more shocking was Senya confessing that she was Arcann and Vaylin's mother.

### Lady of Sorrows

Returning to the *Gravestone*, Koth had it out for Senya withholding information. The argument then changed to Valkorion, Koth and Senya remembering him as benevolent, whereas Lana insisted that he was a world devourer due to memories of Ziost.

The argument was interrupted by a transmission from T7-O1, who informed them that the secretive Zakuulan information broker known as "the Lady of Sorrows" wanted to help fix the *Gravestone*. Senya accompanied the Outlander back to Zakuul, where she elaborated on her history with Valkorion.

After strongarming a few non-cooperative Zakuulans, the Outlander learned that the only way to get a meeting with the Lady of Sorrows was with the heretical Heralds of Zildrog. Unfortunately, their leader, "the Exalted", refused to cooperate, claiming that Arcann's fall was not the Outlander's responsibility. Suddenly, a hologram of a Nautolan named Thea appeared, declaring that the Lady wanted the Outlander unharmed and revealing that she had the Exalted's son hostage. Even after agreeing so, the Exalted ordered his followers to attack the Outlander while he went to meet the Lady. The Outlander survived the betrayal before following the Exalted.

As it turned out, the information broker was, in fact, an Imperial AI named SCORPIO, who had strangled the Exalted for his defiance. SCORPIO then agreed to join the Outlander in opposing the Eternal Throne, as Arcann had taken something form her.

### Battle of Asylum

After SCORPIO's integration into the crew, the Outlander was summoned by Heskal to the Scions' sanctuary, where the hero found the bodies of his fellow Scions lying at Heskal's feet, before he was stabbed from behind by Arcann. Arcann claimed that Heskal invited him in an attempt to fulfill his prophecy. He then offered a deal, requesting the Outlander return to carbonite until he could exorcise his father and surrender the *Gravestone*, promising that the crew and companions could leave. However, Valkorion warns the Outlander that Arcann will betray them. The Outlander's decision ultimately resulted in a fight against Arcann as his forces invaded Asylum. Their battle was soon interrupted by a crashing shuttle, allowing the Outlander to flee.

Accompanied by Teeseven, the Outlander attempted to return to the *Gravestone*. Midway, they rescued a mortally wounded Heskal from a trio of Zakuul Knights. Heskal confirmed that Arcann told the truth. With his dying breath, he stated that he had seen the future and that it was wonderful to his eyes, before expiring.

Upon reaching the *Gravestone*, Lana informed the Outlander that Arcann's forces had taken control of the Control Spar that impounded the *Gravestone*. Subsequently, Vaylin confronted them, but Senya engaged her. The Outlander and Lana then fight their way to Koth and HK-55. Leaving Lana to guard the way back, the Outlander took the others to the Control Spar.

Upon releasing the *Gravestone*, Arcann ambushes the Outlander, resulting a second duel between them. HK-55 sacrificed itself to save the Outlander and the latter managed to get away, making an escape from the planet aboard the Gravestone during the Battle of Asylum.

### Alliance

After escaping to an obscure planet on the edge of Wild Space, the Outlander supervised the construction of a base of operations for the newly established Alliance based on Odessen dedicated to toppling Emperor Arcann's control of the galaxy, taking on the official title of Alliance Commander. They managed to recruit the likes of individuals such as the long thought to be dead smuggler Hylo Visz, the rogue Nico Okarr, the leader of the Warstalkers Qyzen Fess and the ex-SIS agent Theron Shan (an old ally of Lana and the Outlander during the Revanite conspiracy and Vitiate's invasion and genocide of Ziost). Along the way, as they built the Alliance, the Outlander also managed to destroy massive Star Stations that orbited worlds such as Hoth, Belsavis, and Nar Shaddaa, among others.

### Firebrand

Theron later recommended recruiting an anti-Zakuul anarchist known as Firebrand. As the Outlander and Theron traveled to Zakuul, SCORPIO lured her out, as the Lady of Sorrows, with the false promise of explosives. The pair rescued Firebrand, whose true name was Kaliyo Djannis, from a squad of skytroopers. When offered a place in the Alliance, Kaliyo demanded recompense for the false promise of explosives and recruited the Outlander to help her attack the Overwatch command center to accomplish separate objectives for themselves; Kaliyo would destroy the command center controlling all the Spire's droids servicing the population and the Outlander would acquire a schematic of the Spire for an eventual attack.

After disabling Overwatch's defenses, the Outlander and Kaliyo stormed the place and killed the administrator before blowing the control console. Afterwards, they returned to Odessen, where Kaliyo promised to be around for the major operations. The Outlander then entered the command center to learn that Arcann had destroyed five planets for allegedly protecting the Alliance.

### Assisting Havoc Squad

Theron later approached the Outlander with a new mission on Zakuul, having passed the Spire data to Havoc Squad, who took leave of their official duties for a covert operation. After making contact with Havoc in the Endless Swamp, they were attacked by skytroopers. After fending off the attack, the Outlander accompanied Havoc's leader, Major Aric Jorgan, in covering their retreat, during which they learn of the Republic's descent into tyranny under former Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh. Along the way, they picked up a group of Zakuulan exiles, led by Pashna Veyaad, from whom the Outlander learned that following Valkorion's "death", his own people were exiled by Arcann for asking simple questions.

The Alliance later plotted an attack on Zakuul's planetary transmitter with Havoc Squad to plant a wiretap. The Alliance provided a diversion for the Outlander and Jorgan to reach the transmitter. Unfortunately, squads of skytrooper reinforcements arrived and cornered them. Thankfully, the exiles, led by Veyaad, rescued them, having been inspired to fight for themselves.

Upon returning to Odessen, SCORPIO discovered the existence of the "GEMINI frequency", which linked the Eternal Throne to every ship in the Eternal Fleet. Recognizing a major weakness in Arcann's armor, the Outlander ordered the Alliance to plan an attack.

### Visions in the Dark

The Alliance later discovered the existence of a hyperwave relay station ten kilometers beneath the Spire, linking the throne to the Fleet, but were divided on what to do when they reach it; Lana desired to slice the GEMINI frequency to learn Arcann's plans; Kaliyo wanted to take control of it; and Jorgan wanted to destroy it to sever Arcann's control of the Fleet. After the Outlander selected either Kaliyo or Jorgan to infiltrate the complex and cause a distraction respectively, Lana suggested consulting Valkorion on how best to attack the Spire given that he was the one who built it.

Deciding to converse with Valkorion in the Odessen wilderness, the Outlander packed up survival gear and headed out. Upon finding a secluded spot to talk to Valkorion, to the Outlander's annoyance, Valkorion refused to part with any of his secrets. Then without warning, Valkorion rendered the Outlander unconscious. Upon waking up, the Outlander attempted to contact Lana only to learn that all communication was cut. Valkorion revealed that he lured the Outlander into the wilderness so they could experience what it meant to face death alone. After fighting past hostile shade stalkers, the Outlander came face-to-face with Valkorion, who said that he was disappointed by the Outlander's lack of progress in becoming "something greater". He told the Outlander that they had two destinies: in one, the Outlander defeated Arcann and claims the Eternal Throne to remake the galaxy; in the other, the Outlander died alone and forgotten. They fought for a time before Valkorion overpowered his host. Valkorion then left the Outlander's mind to attend to his other plans, infusing his host with a portion of his power, which knocked the Outlander out cold again.

The Outlander later woke up in an unknown starship, which they soon discovered belonged to Grand Master Satele Shan, who had been on Odessen for some time. Satele was revealed to be working with the Force ghost of Darth Marr, who offer insight on Arcann and his Knights, who possessed a different view of the Force than Jedi and Sith. At their instruction, the Outlander collected items around the valley before venturing into a dark cave, where they encountered Vaylin. After defeating her in battle, "Vaylin" was revealed to be nothing more than an illusion. Marr and Satele explain that the illusion was a warning that Arcann and Vaylin had an army at their command. Marr then stated that the Outlander's current weapon was insufficient, a relic of a different war. The Outlander then realized that all the collected items were to construct a new weapon and proceeded to create it at a nearby altar, infused with pure Force energy. Marr stated that the new weapon would overpower Arcann and unite the galaxy, but cautioned that leading the Alliance was far different than their previous role. At Satele's instruction, the Outlander left the cave to find an oasis for their final trial. Before entering the tunnel, the Outlander killed two young jurgorans, which angered their mother when they arrived in the oasis. After resolving the confrontation, Marr and Satele left Odessen, feeling a calling from the Force.

The Outlander then returned to base by scaling the cliffs and found the Alliance already in the middle of the intended operation. But it quickly went south as the infiltration team went dark and the diversion team went ahead with their intended plan.

### Raiding the *Gilded Star*

While awaiting status on the away team, Hylo Visz introduced the Outlander to an associate of hers, Gault Rennow, who had a plan to aid the underfunded Alliance. The Devaronian explained that Zakuul had stored most of its galactic plunder on a stealth carrier called the *Gilded Star* on Vandin and Gault had a plan to steal it out from under Arcann's nose to fund the deeply indebted Alliance. Taking the Alliance's inner circle to Vandin, the Outlander accompanied Gault to recruit the final person necessary for his plan, an Anomid identity forger named Dretcher. But Dretcher held a grudge against Gault and activated a squad of droids to kill him, though the Outlander and Gault managed to destroy the droids and convinced Dretcher to assist in the heist.

Lastly, they met with a crew of Niktos, whom Gault intended to purchase a missile from, but the Devaronian attempted to stiff his dealers when he said he was only willing to buy a part of the weapon, forcing him to arm the missile. As the Niktos scattered, Gault tried to disarm the missile, but its feminine computer refused to comply. When it seemed like the missile would explode, out popped a Twi'lek, Gault's partner-in-crime, Vette, who was pulling a prank on him before producing the warhead necessary for the heist.

Once they arrived at Gault and Vette's safehouse, they learn that Senya was once stationed at the *Gilded Star*. With the carrier due to dock with the skyhook next day, Gault then explained his plan to have Dretcher disguise Senya as Vaylin, given their close genetic match, so she could get SCORPIO to the bridge to take control of the ship's functions. They would then place the warhead inside the carrier's vault, which was designed to withstand the ship's destruction, and detonate it, vaporizing its valuable contents, at which Lana and Theron would pulled up with a tanker ship and siphon the vaporized loots into their cargo hold.

The next day, after the infiltration team put the ship in lockdown and isolated the crew,, the Outlander, along with Gault and Vette, brought up the rear. Vette then split off to make it to the vault door mechanism in the vents. After planting the warhead in the vault, Gault gave the Outlander the pleasure of detonating it. Unfortunately, as Senya and SCORPIO were forced to vacate the bridge, their escape route to the tanker was cut off and the real Vaylin was coming up the skyhook. With no other recourse, the trio were forced to run along the outside of the ship, where they were rescued by Hylo.

Upon to their return to Odessen and deciding on how to use their loot, Jorgan and Kaliyo were revealed to be alive, who were forced to flee the Spire and abandon the mission, having only stolen a database on the GEMINI droids.

### Stealing GEMINI Prime

SCORPIO's analysis of the drive revealed that all GEMINI captains are based on SCORPIO, hence why she joined the Alliance in an attempt to uncover who created these imitations, and the existence of a template for all GEMINI droids, GEMINI Prime, on Darvannis. The Eternal Empire had conquered and established a factory on Darvannis, too fortified for a single strike team, so Theron had called in Mandalorian allies to besiege the place.

Traveling to Darvannis, the Outlander was surprised to discover that the new Mandalore was none other than Shae Vizla. Subsequently, they were paired up with Torian Cadera to seize control of the factory turrets and later take out a comm tower to send skytrooper snipers into disarray. Afterwards, Beniko transmitted schematics of the factory to the Outlander provided by Theron, before cautioning against a long-term alliance with the Mandalorians, whom she compared to predators craving endless violence.

With Torian, the Outlander fought to heart of the factory to GEMINI Prime. Before splitting off to deal with skytroopers reinforcements, Torian revealed that he overheard the Outlander's conversation with Beniko, and stated that his people are warriors, not animals. He hadn't said anything to Mandalore or to the Outlander because he didn't feel like it was his place and words aren't deeds.

Upon finding the Prime, the Outlander established a link with SCORPIO, which piqued the Prime's curiosity, insinuating that GEMINI Prime is not a mere copy of SCORPIO. After removing the droid from her alcove, the Outlander transported her back to Odessen, where SCORPIO determined that the Prime could track the GEMINI units and plugging her into the captain's chair of one of the Eternal Fleet ships would enable them to take over the entire Fleet. She had managed to find one such warship in a nearby sector recharging its hyperdrive and stated they must seize on this opportunity before it becomes lost.

### The GEMINI Deception

While the Prime remained onboard the *Gravestone*, the Outlander took a boarding party composed of Beniko, Theron, Senya and SCORPIO to commandeer the Eternal Fleet ship. SCORPIO generator false blips so the warship's turrets would fire on non-existent targets. Upon landing in the shuttle bay, Senya noted the absence of skytroopers, having previously briefed that squads of droids would rush the breach point. Upon disembarking, the group was addressed by the GEMINI captain, who mentioned she had cargo to transport, before being distracted by SCORPIO, noting physical similarities. GEMINI then activated a set of blast doors, separating the Outlander and SCORPIO from the others. After fighting past several death traps, SCORPIO found a console through which she attempted to deactivate the GEMINI captain, but the enemy droid managed to counter her cyber attack, causing SCORPIO to self-destruct. The Outlander then received a transmission from the *Gravestone*, which had mysteriously shut down, including its communications jammer. GEMINI then informed the Outlander that she managed to send out a distress call to the Arcann and suggested the intruder leave, but was refused. Subsequently, Beniko managed contact via hologram, revealing that she and her group found the ship's "cargo" and was sending Senya to assist. In turn, the Outlander revealed SCORPIO's apparent demise, which relieved the Sith, who felt that the droid would be a problem in the future.

After joining up with Senya, the pair fought their way back to Beniko and Theron, who revealed that the ship's "cargo" were actually prisoners; Imperial Admiral Zasha Ranken, Senator Tai Cordan of Balmorra, and exiled Zakuulan holo-performer Malita Tal. The trio were inspired by the Outlander and had found each other in their search for the Alliance and formed an alliance of their own. Arcann had captured them and was going to "interview" them on the Outlander's whereabouts. After freeing the prisoners, the Outlander and Senya fought their way to the bridge and defeated the GEMINI captain. Acknowledging her defeat, GEMINI revealed that her clash with SCORPIO granted her free will, before initiating the self-destruct. This prevented the prisoners from launching their escape pods. With Theron only able to remotely launch one at a time, the Outlander chose to save two, but the third was killed by an explosion before they could be launched. With the whole plan in shambled, the Outlander retreated back to the shuttle and fled before the Eternal Fleet ship was destroyed. They quickly got back aboard the *Gravestone* before Arcann's flagship and the Eternal Fleet appeared. In no condition to fight, the *Gravestone* fled into hyperspace.

Subsequently, the crew learned that GEMINI Prime was nonfunctional after the *Gravestone* detected a transmission from the Eternal Fleet ship. They then received a transmission from Zakuul, the caller revealed to be SCORPIO, who had faked her death and gave the GEMINI captain free will to keep the Outlander distracted while she took over the Empire of Zakuul and the Eternal Fleet, which was her objective all along.

### The Battle of Odessen

Upon returning to Odessen base, SCORPIO's betrayal barely sunk in before the droid called in, revealing that she revealed Odessen's location to Arcann, to test whether he would retake his throne or deal with the Outlander and Valkorion immediately. Theron confirmed her words as he detected the *Eternal Flagship* and its Eternal Fleet support ships arrive in system. The Alliance responded by quickly mobilizing the *Gravestone*. The Outlander led a boarding team, including Beniko and Senya, to finish Arcann and destroy his ship. After clearing the hanger and separating from the sabotage team, Vaylin addressed the Outlander, Beniko, and Senya over the intercom, revealing Arcann's location on the bridge and declaring her intent to deal with her mother once and for all. Senya volunteered to keep her daughter distracted while the Outlander faced Arcann.

The Outlander and Beniko fight their way through the ship. They subsequently received a transmission from Theron, warning that with the flagship's shields and weapons offline, SCORPIO had taken control of Arcann's Eternal Fleet ships to fire on the flagship; Beniko realized SCORPIO's real plan was to get both the Outlander and Arcann in one place so she could eliminate them both. Eventually reaching the bridge, Beniko was forced to split off to deal with a group of Knights.

Face-to-face with the Emperor of Zakuul once more, Arcann declared that he only cared about destroying his father and demanded Valkorion speak to him, unaware that the ghostly Emperor was absent. A frustrated Arcann telekinetically forced the Outlander to their knees and tried to strike them down, but the Outlander unconsciously used Tutaminis to block his attacks; Arcann remarked that Valkorion's bond with the Outlander was stronger than he imagined. Armed with the new weapon constructed with the help of Marr and Satele, the Outlander battled Arcann. During the battle, Arcann conjured Force manifestations to assist him, so the Outlander picked up a discarded Knight's shield to absorb their attacks and bash Arcann. Ultimately managing to overpower Arcann, the Outlander could deliver the finishing blow but falling debris as a result of the Fleet's barrage separated them and seemingly crushed Arcann once again.

With the ship falling apart, the Outlander escaped in a Zakuul starfighter while Beniko's group took a Zakuul shuttle. Senya escaped on Arcann's personal shuttle, revealing that she pulled her barely alive son from the wreckage and because he saved her life, believed he could be redeemed, and escaped into hyperspace.

With the Eternal Fleet linking up to charge a powerful energy attack, the *Gravestone* fired on the *Eternal Flagship*, causing a massive explosion that wiped out all of Arcann's fleet.

Despite the fact that Arcann and Senya remain at large, and that Vaylin and SCORPIO had formed an alliance, the Battle of Odessen became a rallying cry for all the forces opposing the Eternal Empire. As Republic and Imperials begin to swell the Alliance ranks, the Outlander uncomfortably received the return of Valkorion.

### Invasion of Voss

The Outlander later led the Alliance fleet in defense of Voss, which was under attack by the Eternal Fleet, now under the command of Vaylin, who had seized the Eternal Throne for herself. As the Alliance fleet engaged the Eternal Fleet, the Outlander, Beniko, Torian and a squad of Mandalorians bypassed the blockade in a stolen Zakuul shuttle and landed in Voss-Ka. Fighting through hordes of skytroopers, the Outlander rendezvoused with Theron and Sana-Rae in the Tower of Prophecy, where they are contacted by Senya, who revealed she had brought Arcann to Voss in the hopes of healing him, and now in desperation, asks for the Alliance's aid.

The Outlander fought towards the Shrine of Healing in a walker called *Storm Rider* provided by Torian. Eventually, after fighting to the heart of the shrine, Arcann escaped and fled the planet. Moments after, the Eternal Fleet was prepared to burn half the planet, only for a fleet of Imperial ships to arrive and drive them off. The Outlander was then contacted by Empress Acina, who asked they come to Dromund Kaas to discuss an alliance against the Eternal Empire.The Outlander later led the Alliance fleet in defense of Voss, which was under attack by the Eternal Fleet, now under the command of Vaylin, who had seized the Eternal Throne for herself. As the Alliance fleet engaged the Eternal Fleet, the Outlander, Beniko, Torian and a squad of Mandalorians bypassed the blockade in a stolen Zakuul shuttle and landed in Voss-Ka. Fighting through hordes of skytroopers, the Outlander rendezvoused with Theron and Sana-Rae in the Tower of Prophecy, where they are contacted by Senya, who revealed she had brought Arcann to Voss in the hopes of healing him, and now in desperation, asks for the Alliance's aid.

### Dromund Kaas

The Outlander traveled to Dromund Kaas with Beniko and Theron. Upon landing in Kaas City, they were greeted by Minister of Logistics, Gelmid Lorman, who escorted them to meet with Empress Acina, who desired to speak privately with the Alliance Commander aboard her personal shuttle. Once outside Kaas City, Acina stated that traditionalist Sith would not approve of the alliance she was offering, but she recognized Vaylin as the true threat. She offered to help the Outlander seize the Eternal Throne, stating that she only cared for the survival of her people.

Suddenly, the shuttle's engine exploded, forcing the two leaders to abandon ship. Left stranded in the jungle with their comms mysteriously jammed, Acina suspected someone sabotaged her shuttle. They traverse the terrain to the crashed shuttle in hopes of recovering the emergency beacon, only to find another group there. The strangers identify themselves as the GenoHaradan, who were sent after the both of them. Forced to dispatch the assassins, the Outlander and Acina decide to go after the GenoHaradan encampment. After clearing the camp, they find a holorecording of former Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh, who was revealed as the one who ordered the hit. Subsequently, a gunship appeared, and opened fire, forcing the pair to take shelter in a nearby Sith tomb.

With the entrance collapsed by the barrage, the Outlander and Acina forage through the tomb to find another exit. Upon nearing the exit, they find Lorman standing beside the GenoHaradan; the Minister was working with Saresh. After dispatching the remaining GenoHaradan, Lorman claimed to have Beniko and Theron hostage, and attempted to call his men, only to discover that his so-called hostages had dispatched them. Theron then revealed Saresh's intent to take control of the Alliance and was on Odessen at that very moment. After dealing with Lorman, the Outlander returned to Odessen and killed Saresh put an end to her coup.

### Assault on the Gravestone

Towards the end of the Revolt against the Eternal Empire, Empress Vaylin and SCORPIO led an **assault** on the Gravestone, while the Alliance was disorientated by the supposed death of its commander.

After Vaylin and SCORPIO took control of the bridge and captured the crew, Koth Vortena called the Alliance for help. While their fleet engaged the Eternal Fleet, the **commander** boarded the Gravestone with Lana Beniko, where they disabled a quantum bomb Vortena had rigged to the ship and confronted Vaylin. During the fight with Vaylin in the depths of the ship, Valkorion intervened and activated the mental conditioning he had programmed into her years earlier.

After the Gravestone was saved Darth Veda Killed Koth Vortena, the battle ended when SCORPIO took control of the combat frigate, along with the entire Eternal Fleet, and took them to the mysterious planet Iokath.

### Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin

Following the recent battles on Voss and Iokath, as well as successfully destroying several Alliance affiliated ships, Empress Vaylin decided to throw a **party** on Zakuul to celebrate her glory. At the same time, the Alliance learned that Vaylin had regained control of the GEMINI Droids, so they determined that it was imperative Vaylin was removed from power. Learning of the party from Indo Zal - attendant to Vaylin and Alliance sympathiser - the Alliance infiltrated the festival and disrupted the festivities. The arrival of Arcann, the fallen Emperor, coupled with the activities of **the Outlander** threw the festival into chaos, **Darth Veda** battled and killed Arcann. This forced Vaylin to flee the planet disgraced.

### Assault on Odessen

After breaking free of her father's conditioning on Nathema, Vaylin travelled to Odessen, the planet housing the majority of the Alliance forces, and launched a **devastating assault** on the Alliance base. Close behind, **the Outlander** arrived on the planet soon after and aided their forces in fighting back the Eternal Empire on the ground, before engaging Vaylin and killing her.

As a result of Empress Vaylin's death, however, the Eternal Throne was left without an occupant, and as such, the Eternal Fleet went on a rampage, bombarding Zakuul, Coruscant, and Dromund Kaas, putting thousands at risk. As a result, the Alliance was forced to travel to Zakuul to get the Outlander on the Throne to stop the Fleet.

### Battle of Zakuul

   In the aftermath of Empress Vaylin's death during the Assault on Odessen, the Eternal Fleet was left without a commander, reverting it to its original function of extermination, bombarding Dromund Kaas, several Core Worlds including Coruscant, and blockaded Zakuul. Realising that the Eternal Throne needed an occupant to keep the Fleet docile, the Alliance coordinated themselves to break the blockade on Zakuul and reach the Throne.

The Alliance succeeded in taking the Eternal Throne and pacifying the Fleet, but after **the Outlander** took the Throne, Vitiate revealed his intentions of taking over the Outlander's body to make them his new vessel. However, the Outlander was able to defeat Vitiate and, along with the rest of the Emperor's family, finally killed him.

With no successor to the throne present, Darth Veda took control and become Emperor. The Eternal Empire was then dissolved, its holdings acquired by the Alliance, which would reform into a full fledged government known as the Eternal Alliance.

## The Eternal Alliance

### Return to Iokath

When the radiation levels on Iokath had subsided, Lana led an Alliance team to claim it for the Alliance. She contacted the Commander and Theron with a status report, which was interrupted by arrival of Imperial and Republic forces on Iokath, who were fighting for control over the superweapon. The Commander summoned the Eternal Fleet to Iokath, where contact with it was mysteriously blocked and Theron suggested to look for the source of the transmission on Iokath. After landing, Theron and the Commander went to the Fleet Spire to meet with Lana, who held two emissaries send by the Republic and the Empire - Captain Elara Dorne and Major Malavai Quinn - captive. Quinn represented Empress Acina , while Dorne was working Supreme Commander Jace Malcom. Both sides arrived on Iokath looking to claim the superweapon and both pleaded to the Commader to join forces against the other. The Commader picked to ally with Empress Acina and helped defend their base against the assault, after which the Commander and Theron went into a weapons cache to retrieve Iokath weapons and knowledge on how to use them. Theron downloaded the files from an ancient console, learning that the superweapon was powerful enough to wipe all organic life on Iokath in distant past, in addition to ten trillion lives on other planets. When they reunited with Lana, she revealed to the Commander that the conflict was orchestrated by an unknown outside force, which leaked identical data regarding the superweapon to all three parties, luring them all in the same place and at the same time. Since the Eternal Throne's control over the Eternal Fleet could only be sabotaged by an Alliance member, Lana suspected a traitor in their ranks. The Commander and Theron moved to prevent the superweapon's activation, but they were unsuccessful and the legendary Six Gods were awakened. With the control over the Eternal Fleet was restored, Theron stayed behind to delay the superweapon activation, while the Commander went inside superweapon command point, assuming an Iokathi throne and witnessing Tyth, the first of Six Gods. While the Commander was plugged in, the Throne was sabotaged, and the Commander ordered the Eternal Fleet to fire on the droid, knocking it out of commission. The Commander was brought back to the Fleet Spire to recuperate, where with no way to narrow down the list of suspects, Lana asked them to approve full-time surveillance by an independent party, to which Theron strongly opposed.

### Crisis on Umbara

Eventually Lana found a trail of the traitor that led to the shadow-world of Umbara, where a transmission with the same encryption as the one from Iokath was detected from a hovertrain with a large stockpile of Adegan crystals. Lana Beniko, Theron Shan and the Commander travelled there and boarded the speeding train to intercept and stop the traitor, who was supposedly in the control cabin of the locomotive. After defeating an Umbaran Shadow Assassin, the three reached the empty cockpit of the train, where Theron revealed himself as the traitor. He locked the Commander and Lana inside the cabin and sabotaged the train's tracks, which would cause the train to crash into the side of a mountain, vaporizing the Commander, Lana, and the crystals. Managing to bail before the impact and survive the crash, the Commander and Lana went after Theron on foot, while also fending off local wildlife. They caught up with Theron, but were unable to stop him before his shuttle left Umbara and were forced to contend with an Umbaran Spider Tank which covered Theron's escape. Returning to Odessen empty-handed, the Commander sent a galaxy-wide message on the HoloNet, speaking directly to Theron in regards to his treason, and ordered Beniko to use every resource at the Alliance's disposal to locate Theron's whereabouts.

### A Traitor Among the Chiss

The Commander's message reached the right ears and Aristocra Saganu of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force arrived to Odessen personally, revealing that Theron was being sheltered on Copero by the rogue Syndic Zenta of the Inrokini Family. To avoid a political conflict, Saganu asked the Commander to deal with the traitor personally, sending a Human Ensign Raina Temple with them to watch for Chiss Ascendancy interests. Arriving on Copero, the Commander and Temple fought their way through the Copero city, eventually engaged Zenta in combat Zenta inside her starship factory. Defeated and subdued, the Syndic explained that Theron had betrayed her as well, using her Force-sensitive relative Valss to steal the location of a holomap by slicing into her personal datapad. The map had long been kept in secret on Copero and led to a superweapon of the Sith Emperor Vitiate. Having learned Theron's location, the Commander was about to continue their pursuit, but Saganu demanded that they take Zenta's life, claiming there would be no deal between the Alliance and the Ascendancy otherwise; the Commander then killed Zenta. Shan destroyed the holomap after learning the superweapon's location, but as he and Valss prepared to leave, the Commander and Temple arrived to stop them. Valss stayed behind to buy Shan enough time to escape, and the Commander struck the Chiss down, again returning to Odessen without Theron, although impressed by what she had witnessed, Raina Temple volunteered to stay with the Alliance.

### Chasing Zildrog

Smugglers working for Hylo Visz eventually intercepted a message to the Alliance from an Abandoned Listening Post and the Commander went there with Lana to personally investigate it. They discovered that the abandoned station served as the Order of Zildrog's base of operation for months, and that the Order was able to watch the Alliance that whole time despite the regular security sweeps on Odessen. Holorecordings revealed that the Order was led by former Horizon Guard Vinn Atrius, who planned to awaken another superweapon from Iokath called Zildrog and use it against Odessen. However, a message entered just before their arrival also revealed a set of coordinates on Nathema, which Lana recognized as coming from Theron due to the unique encryption they developed together on Rishi. Forced to flee as the self-destruct mechanism was activated and completely obliterated the station, Lana and the Commander returned to Odessen just when the work of restoring the holomap from Copero was finished, revealing a location on Nathema that matched the coordinates left by Theron.

To stop the Order's plan and deal with Theron one way or another, the Commander and Lana traveled to Nathema, where they were shocked to see once lifeless world overgrown with plant life. After dealing with several Nathema Zealots and escaped beasts from the Sanitarium, they reached the coordinates, where Theron approached them and revealed himself to be secretly working for the Alliance's interests the whole time. Everyone agreed that the Order should be stopped, and Theron led Lana and the Commander towards the Emperor's Vault under an ancient Sith Temple, where Zildrog was located. When they reached the Vault, Vinn Atrius and GEMINI 16 were already in the process of awakening Zildrog. Theron shot Atrius, but GEMINI 16 trapped the three of them in a force field and finished summoning Zildrog, allowing it to remotely take over the Gravestone that remained parked on Odessen.

Controlling it through the Dark Sanctuary, Zildrog took the Gravestone into Odessen's orbit and proceeded to repeatedly fire the omnicannon at the Eternal Fleet, which sat defenseless in the abscence of orders from the Throne. Hylo Visz contacted the Commander and informed them of the crisis, but they, Lana and Theron were unable to do anything to stop Zildrog from completely annihilating the Eternal Fleet. Zildrog then targeted Odessen itself, but needed to recharge before the next attack, forcing GEMINI 16 to engage the Alliance directly. Lana, Theron and the Commander destroyed the last remaining GEMINI droid, and Theron attempted to shut Zildrog down, but was stabbed in the back by Vinn Atrius with a lightsaber pike. Atrius then ordered Zildrog to augment him with its power and attacked Lana and the Commander with his new increased strength. The two defeated Atrius and destroyed Zildrog, which also caused the self-destruct of the Gravestone and disabled the Eternal Throne. The Commander decided Atrius' fate while Lana tended to Theron's wounds, determining that he needed to be immediately brought to Odessen for treatment. Back on Odessen, Lana reported to the Commander that although Odessen suffered minimal damage with no casualties to Alliance personnel, the Gravestone and the Eternal Fleet, two of Eternal Alliance's greatest weapons were gone. Without them, the Alliance no longer possessed the military force to rival that of the Republic and the Sith Empire, who redoubled on their preparations for the inevitable renewal of open hostilities. Additionally, many Alliance members choose to leave and rejoin their original factions, their goal of toppling the Eternal Empire accomplished.

## New Galactic War

The incident on Iokath and the subsequent decimation of the Eternal Fleet and the Gravestone by the Order of Zildrog, which crippled the Eternal Alliance, set the galaxy's stage for the Third Galactic War, with reports arriving at Odessen about both factions redoubling their efforts to gather supplies, munitions, and fuel in anticipation. The Sith Empire was effectively at war with the Republic and they started by invading the ancient planet of Ossus which housed remnants of the Jedi Order, led by renowned Jedi Master Gnost-Dural, that fled into hiding during the Eternal Empire's conquest. Darth Malora of the Dark Council was sent to oversee the invasion but Malora focused more on her experiments rather than the war effort which prompted Empress Acina to dispatch Darth Veda and a rebuilt, and subjugated, Darth Malgus to take control of the operation and indirectly dismiss Malora as a member of the Dark Council.

Following the Invasion of Ossus, Darth Xarion of the Dark Council and head of Sith Intelligence with the help of Darth Veda orchestrated the Nova Blades pirates to plan an attack on Dantooine and distract the Republic from the Imperial activities on the planet.

After the Dantooine Incursion, Darth Malgus amassed a massive invasion fleet to destroy the Meridian Complex, a state of the art shipyard on Corellia. To accomplish this, he directed Darth Veda to assist King Regalun Petryph on Onderon and sabotage the Republic Fleet at Mek-Sha before assaulting the Meridian Complex itself.

Empress Acina restored Darth Veda rank of Empire's Wrath and named him the official leader of the Hand.

## Personality and traits

**Broonmark**: "*Your cruelty is art, your massacres, perfection.*"
**Warrior**: "*Murder is simple. To truly devastate your enemies, you must learn to crush their hope.*"
―Broonmark and the Warrior discuss the art of killing.
From the beginning as an apprentice, the Wrath demonstrated extreme cunning, whereas others would dismiss the Sith Warrior as a simple brute. As such, the Wrath would take advantage of their underestimation. The Wrath would also openly mock both ally and enemy in public.

One dominant trait of the Wrath was the almost perverse pleasure they took in attempting to turn Jedi to the dark side, such as Nomen Karr, Xylex, and Jaesa Willsaam. The Wrath, along with that, loved to pull at the moral strings of Jedi, such as congratulating Master Yonlach for wiping his padawan's mind and slaying Xerender in front of his former master. Though if it was clear this taunting wasn't working, the Wrath would stop.

The Wrath often appraised situations with a pragmatic eye, such as killing several people connected to Jaesa Willsaam not merely out of pleasure or spite, but to render her emotions raw and prepare her for service to the dark side. Rather than simply killing some powerful opponents, the Wrath kept them alive, usually with the long-term desire to gain something from it, such as recruiting the Talz Broonmark and gaining Lord Rathari's loyalty.

On the side, the Wrath also had a sense of humor. In one instance, before the confrontation with Baras, the Wrath commented that Vowrawn should bring a holocamera to capture the look on his face.

## Power and abilities

The Wrath is a master of the lightsaber, whose skills outclass even the oldest of Jedi Masters and senior Dark Council members. Lightsaber forms vary between Shii-Cho, Soresu, Ataru, Shien and Juyo.

The Wrath also specializes in telekinesis, utilizing the Force choke frequently the wrath could also guide a thrown lightsaber.

The Wrath has displayed great willpower, strong enough to resist the fear-based powers of the Dread Masters.

## Legacy

Darth Veda was married Lord Jaesa and they have 3 children: Agent Cima'Garhan (Sith Intel.), Major Hazer (Imperial Army Black Ops) and Lord Is'is (1001st Assault Group CO). Darth Veda's sister Darth Nox was a member of the Dark Council.

## Romance

  Darth Veda flirted with Lana Beniko on several different occasions, leading to a romance and culminating in a passionate kiss and "Hot Sex" after they defeated Revan.

Following the Ziost missions, Darth Veda shared another kiss with Lana on Vaiken Spacedock.

Doing Darth Veda's rescue from the Eternal Empire, he flirted with Lana several times and reinitiate a full romance (More "Hot Sex") with her when they where at thier Alliance base.

With Lord Jaesa missing Lana has become Darth Veda's de facto wife.

After the Mission to Nathema he proposed to marry her.