Darth Abyss (Delta)

> Have you finally come to understand the uselessness of resistance? I’m no mere Inquisitor, I am the Emperor’s Wrath, and there will be no escape this time, Jedi.
>
> ━Darth Abyss

**Darth Abyss**, formerly known as “**Delta**”, and known simply as the **Emperor’s Wrath** was an artificial half-human Sithspawn male Dark Lord of the Sith created by Darth Deceptious who served the Sith Empire. He was the Emperor’s personal enforcer and executioner.

Initially, one of a thousand artificial entities created in complete secrecy by the Emperor and the infamous “Project: Abyss”, Delta alongside his pseudo-brothers and sisters, were created with the intention of being made as a living weapon to serve as the recently ascended Emperor’s enforcer. Ultimately, with the exception of Delta and another subject identified as **Alpha**, all the other subjects of the project perished and were disposed of. Alpha, however, possessed significantly higher results from the experiment, and was deemed by the Imperial cult’s researchers a potential candidate for the position. They had decided to terminate Delta. Regardless of their decision, the Emperor had determined the experiment not yet complete and ordered a kaggath between both Alpha and Delta, knowing that the test subjects were all no less than ten years of age.

The aftermath of the kaggath was apparent, as Delta had murdered Alpha not long after. The Emperor then decided that Delta would become his eventual enforcer. For almost a full decade, Darth Deceptious trained Delta as his Sith apprentice, and by the end of his years of training, had named him **Darth Abyss**, and introduced him to the Empire as the Wrath of the Emperor.

As the Emperor’s Wrath, Darth Abyss’ life span was prolonged as a result of his Sithspawn blood and the alchemic secrets of the Emperor as he was intended to serve for “the everlasting eternity”. He had been vested with absolute military authority, second only to the Emperor himself.

## **Personality**

From the beginning, Darth Abyss was a ruthless and unrelenting servant in the Sith Emperor’s arsenal. Abyss always despised weakness and cowardliness. Initially trained as a Sith warrior, Abyss respected strength, whether it was physical strength or strength in the Force mattered not, and became a strong believer in the idea that the strong could do as they will, and the weak would always suffer what they must. As a warrior, Abyss’ opponents sometimes labeled him as a brute, leading to him taking advantage of their underestimation of him. He had no qualms about manipulating friend or foe in order to achieve his own agenda, though this manipulation did not extend toward Darth Revulsion or the Emperor.

Abyss, unlike other Sith, viewed neither Jedi nor his fellow Sith as potential threats to his own supremacy and power, yet displayed some level of healthy respect, occasionally acknowledging their worthiness. However, those who believed they could challenge the Emperor, he viewed with great disdain, as they weren’t driven by strength, nor courage but by pure arrogance and foolishness. Whenever he defeated his enemies, Abyss normally punished them how he deemed necessary, occasionally showing his own brand of mercy by making the beaten foes servants of the Empire through blackmail, or merely killing them outright. Abyss sometimes encourages his opponents to embrace their power and challenge him at their best, as killing the weak and helpless, in his eyes, was nothing in comparison to combating an opponent worthy of his skills and capabilities.

Abyss took pleasure in pulling at the moral strings of the Jedi, and even if his taunting wasn’t working, he would simply kill them instead, as in the end, what mattered was that the Jedi suffered greatly, through psychological torment or otherwise. As taught by his former mentor, unless explicitly ordered to eliminate those who stand in his way, Abyss sometimes kept powerful opponents alive, usually with the long-term desire to gain something from it.

While not necessarily their first choice at solving problems, Abyss was not entirely incapable of showing mercy, but when he did it was not out of sheer altruism, but instead because he believed that the victim could offer something, or possibly be manipulated and used as a tool in the future.

Ultimately, as the Emperor’s Wrath, Abyss was viewed with both respect and fear throughout the galaxy, even within the ranks of the Empire. Though he did possess a calm and collected demeanor, he was somewhat short-tempered to those outside of the upper echelons of the hierarchy and though he was normally blunt, he appeared more casual in the presence of the Emperor, but kept a strict uniform around those of lesser standing to provide an example toward subordinates. Even if he is tasked with protecting the Empire and the Emperor, his loyalty was exclusive to the Emperor, and the Empire second. This extended to the point he was willing to betray and kill both Imperial and Sith who sought to defy or otherwise rebel against the Emperor’s rule. Abyss’ loyalty to the Emperor was unquestioned, and he, alongside Darth Revulsion, were the most trusted among the Sith as a whole.

## Powers and abilities

> Who is the Emperor's Wrath? A Sith Lord?*"
> "*A ghost━wrath incarnate. Even the Dark Council fears him.*"*
>
> *━Quinn Maru to his Jedi padawan*

Created by Project: Abyss for the sole purpose of combat and serving as one of the Emperor’s most feared agents, Darth Abyss is a master of the lightsaber, whose skills outclass the oldest Jedi masters and senior Dark Council members━most prominently, his skills were believed to have been on equal terms with the Jedi Grand Master, and even an unenhanced Darth Deceptious.

The sole survivor of the project, he was forged by Darth Deceptious into his role as the Emperor’s Wrath, becoming a proficient lightsaber duelist and taught to utilize standard lightsabers, twin lightsabers, double-bladed lightsabers, Sithswords, and a myriad of other melee weapons in combat. As a result of the ruthless and unforgiving years of upbringing, Abyss was experienced in all the lightsaber forms━even using the forms at his disposal to create his style of fighting to offset his opponents and make himself even more unpredictable. He was capable of one-on-one combat or engaging multiple opponents at once, and combined with his above-average physical strength led to becoming a force to be reckoned with.

Abyss also specialized in telekinesis, utilizing the Force choke frequently, and could also guide a thrown lightsaber. It was also noted that the Wrath had a certain mastery of Force sense, which, in his case, allowed him to vaguely sense the thoughts of individuals unfamiliar to him. He could use the common mind trick on those of weak minds and with greater effort, could utilize fear-based Force powers such as probing the mind to attempt to infiltrate the thoughts and memories of his opponents to extract information, provided they were unable to resist his influence. He was capable of utilizing other Force abilities commonly utilized by the Sith.

He also displayed great willpower, strong enough to resist fear-based powers and the influence of foreign entities. This resistance, however, was left with a critical flaw by design. As a half-Sithspawn, he was susceptible to the control of those attuned to the dark side of the Force however after several alterations and what Darth Deceptious deemed as “necessary modifications” to the project’s experiments, he was completely immune to the influence of all except the Emperor himself. This flaw was, in reality, a killswitch intended to ensure that in the event the Wrath betrayed the Empire or its ruler, he could be easily disposed of, therein assuring absolute loyalty to the Sith Emperor.