Darth Null

### Quote

"You must not have heard me: As the rightful ruler and suzerain overlord of this desolate ball of ice, I not only demand, but command you to fall on your knees and submit to me!"

## Current Status

### Affiliation(s)

\* Sith Empire (formerly)* Lord on the Imperial Dark Council (formerly)
* Dark Council of Bael-Moor

## Special Abilities

### Force Sensitive

Yes

**Darth Null** was born circa 3,000-3,500 BBY on the Imperial World of Bael-Moor, and, while already a gifted student and academic, once his force sensitivity was discovered he was sent to Korriban to train in the order of the Sith. Most of the records of that era are long-lost to antiquity, so much of Null's background is told 'from a certain point of view.'

He steadily rose through the ranks of acolyte and was apprenticed to a what he'd later call a 'sniveling boot-licker of the Emperor' and after the battles of Dromund Kaas and Zarul, he 'proved his worth' and was named a Lord of the Dark Council under the Emperor and given the title Null.

At this time, he was still mainly organic, but he led an attack (or 'rightful challenge') on the 'oppressive dictator' assigned control of Bael-Moor (one of the 14 throne worlds of the Empire) and this insurrection led to a costly battle against the then-current Voice of the Emperor - whom he defeated. After that, he defended his seat as the ruler of the planet against the Emperor - a defeat that ended up costing that Emperor his reign - and a second assault by the succeeding Emperor. After that, Null was re-invited to the Emperor's Dark Council and his place secured.

Over the years, he founded both his own Dark Council of Bael-Moor which consisted of a set of masters who answered to him only (while Null would then report up to the Emperor's Dark Council) and an Order of Bael-Moor. The Order was a separate organization, in which Null organized and sponsored gifted cyberneticists.

Like most Sith, Null looked for ways to prolong his life. As a scientist, he worked to figure out the secrets of shedding his mortal body and living forever - slowly giving up his organic body in the process.

Eventually the Republic led a superweapon to Bael-Moor in an effort to conquer it. At this point in the war, of the 14 throneworlds, only the aquatic fortress of Bael-Moor and Korriban still resisted the Republic and its Jedi. Using Stormbringer Station, a previously unknown superweapon with the ability to manipulate the weather and ecology of planets, they led a desperate attack.

As Darth Null planned a last stand, his order overpowered him, forced him into one of their shuttles, shackled him to his seat, and set the trajectory away from the planet. By the time Null awoke, he used the force to change his route back home - ready to die with his people - but was flash-frozen alongside the entire world.

Millions of lives were lost, including the Jedi who led the assault.

Three thousand or so years later, as the ice began to thaw, Null awoke; confused and disoriented. His cybernetic body was made out of the durable Ibeq metal, but he had little power to re-energize the lower cybernetic brain that helps mediate his organic brain with his cybernetic body. It is unknown for how long he sat out in the ice, shackled to a ruined ship; its cargo the precious Ibeq metal scattered all around him.

He was eventually discovered and freed. He initially went by the name Cold Steele and followed around a group sent to the planet - now called Illsauvin - but once he was able to restart and power up his lower cybernetic brain, he returned to a path that would restore him to the rightful ruler of the planet.

Delving into Stormbringer Station, he confronted the apparition of long-dead Jedi Master Riz-Misu Ka'tar and hoped to use him his force energy as a replacement 'battery' for the station. During this process, he was betrayed by his new allies and defeated.