Darth Malos

**Darth Malos**, born **Emero Locke**, was a Force-Sensitive Nagai male born on Lothal in 118 ABY.

## Biography

Darth Malos was born Emero Locke, the son of a Nagai woman on the world of Lothal. His mother was not the kind that stuck to one man, so Emero grew up without a steady father figure. His mother would tell him that his father was the captain of a Republic cruiser, whose ship was lost in the Unknown Regions. But the truth was that she did not know, and Emero found that out before long.

His mother’s various lovers were often cruel to Emero, beating him while his mother stood by and did nothing. Eventually, the abuse grew too much, and Emero’s latent Force abilities came to light. At the age of ten, Emero killed his first man, crushing the human's windpipe within a matter of seconds. His mother tried to run, but he would kill her as well. The authorities would find a man with his neck snapped, and Emero’s mother only a few meters away with sixty-two stab wounds in her back.

It did not take long for a Sith Lord to find Emero, sensing the awakening of the boy's power and his affinity for the dark side. Lord Ezras was the one who found Emero.

Ezras was an elderly human, nearing his seventies, but he was powerful in the dark side. It was something Emero craved, and soon he would take his new name of Malos, abandoning his old life on Lothal.

Malos would learn everything Ezras knew over the course of ten years before the apprentice slew the master, killing Ezras in a duel that would've only been fair if the aged Sith Lord was a dozen years younger.

Since then, Malos has risen through the ranks of the Empire, earning favor from his superiors and fear from his inferiors. But one day, his life was thrown into jeopardy as he was faced with the task of slaying a Yuuzhan-Vong that was taking refuge with a Jedi Master. Malos murdered the Jedi after a grueling duel, leaving him vulnerable to the Vong who took advantage of Malos’s fatigue. The Sith Lord's left arm was sliced away at the shoulder during the ensuing fight, but Malos walked away the victor, barely. Using a mixture of science and Sith magic, Malos replaced his missing arm with that of the Vong’s, maintaining function of the fighting claw that was placed inside it.

## Personality and Traits

Many described Malos as insane, manic, but he was far from it. He was a sociopath with psychopathic qualities that made him hard to diagnose. He abhorred order and preferred chaos, though he was not dumb enough to outwardly oppose anyone far superior to him. His personality was contagious, and with his knack for manipulating others, he was quite formidable.

## Force Powers and Abilities

Malos was exceptionally cunning, wielding his mind just as well as he does a weapon. He was quite skilled in bladework, practicing a defensive form of Makashi that incorporated plenty of ideas from Soresu. His use of one hand in his bladework allowed him to seamlessly incorporate his Fighting Claw in combat, though he only used it to catch an opponent off-guard.

And, just like other members of his species, Malos was able to soothe other beings with his voice, and with a small push of the Force, he was able to manipulate almost anyone with his voice alone.