Darth Victus

> Remember, my young apprentice, we are Sith because we have chosen to defy the natural course of life. To break our chains, we must be persistent, and above all free to do what is necessary to achieve power.
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> ━Darth Victus, to his apprentice, the future Darth Deceptious

**Darth Victus** was a human male Dark Lord of the Sith who served as a member of the Old Empire's Dark Council. He was the Sith master of then-apprentice **Astral Trinity**━the future **Dark Lord of the Sith** **Darth Deceptious**. Although his past history is largely unknown, it is recalled that he trained, or rather, monitored, Astral Trinity as the young prodigy self-trained himself in the secrets of the dark side. With little intervention as his master, Victus was among the few Sith who respected and did not fear his apprentice, viewing his power as both an abnormality and a gift.

Victus used his seat on the Council to provide his apprentice with the resources necessary to conduct his own experiments and even favored Astral more than his other apprentices, who he ironically looked down upon for their inferiority. Much so he elevated him quickly to the title of Sith Lord. During his apprentice's extended stay on Arkanis, Victus was the only Sith he had informed of his growing relationship with a particular girl. He had grown so attached to her, that Victus could sense the emotion within his apprentice, who was usually empty of such feelings or expressions. As other Sith began to secretly become aware of Victus' apprentice's relationship, fueled by their fear of his growing power, other high-ranking Sith, supported by select members of the Dark Council in secret, called many Sith to the capital for a supposed meeting, of which included Astral himself. Victus was unaware of their true intentions, but it was already too late to warn his apprentice. In the middle of the meeting, his apprentice was clearly feeling uneasy and left, eventually discovering her death at the hands of the Sith. Angered by the arrogance of the Dark Council, following a report of almost a dozen fully-trained Sith Lords having been murdered by his own apprentice on Arkanis, Victus moved and forced the Dark Council into agreeing to give the entirety of Arkanis to his apprentice to act as its governor and ruler in an attempt to delay another frenzy of murders. All at the same time, his apprentice had declared himself **Darth Deceptious**, a move which was also supported, or rather, unable to be refused out of fear as the death of his love had clearly left the newly-risen Sith Lord with nothing left to restrain his newfound desire for control and seizing all the power he could. Upon the rise of Darth Deceptious, Victus no longer considered him his apprentice, but an independent Sith Lord.

Ultimately, despite his clear support for his former apprentice, Darth Deceptious later challenged Victus for his title as one of the twelve Dark Lords and his seat on the Dark Council, stating that his title and seat were necessary for his pursuit of revenge. Regardless, Victus was defeated by the Sith Lord who took his title for himself. Before his death, Darth Deceptious referred to Victus as neither his mentor nor enemy, but a friend who didn’t deserve to be stabbed in the back, but rather challenged in formal combat. Neither enraged nor upset at the outcome, Victus was proud of his former apprentice, who he acknowledged as having far surpassed him. In his final moments, Victus told Darth Deceptious that the future of the Sith was now in his hands as the new Dark Lord of the Sith, succumbing to his wounds and peacefully dying.