Malachor V

**Malachor V**, or simply known as **Malachor**, is a planet in the Malachor system. The planet was once a planet teeming with life, but, during the Mandalorian Wars, the Mass Shadow Generator, a superweapon, ravaged and partially destroyed the planet, infesting it with Dark Side energy. It became a well of Dark Side energies and was eventually used by the Sith Triumvirate to serve as their base, but the planet was ultimately destroyed by Jedi Exile Meetra Surik when the Mass Shadow Generator was activated one last time.

## Biography

### Early years

Malachor V, as its name implies, is the fifth planet to be named "Malachor" in the Malachor system. Malachor always had Dark Side energies and a touch of "Dark Power" deep within the surface, and the original Sith Empire built a focal point for the Dark Power, the Sith Academy. They would train a bunch of Sith there until their empire crumbled and disappeared. The Sith Academy was destroyed and lied in ruins.

At some point, a man named Vitiate was a student at the Academy, he learned and drawed upon the power of the Dark Power within the planet, making him consume his homeworld of Nathema into a void within the Force, and Vitiate became immortal and exceedingly powerful within the Dark Side of the Force. He forged a new Sith Empire under his rule following the original Sith Empire's defeat in the Great Hyperspace War, and Malachor V was where they trained their Sith students. Vitiate's Sith Empire rebuilt the ruins of the Sith Academy here, and it was here that they trained their students, However, Malachor V was seemingly forgotten.

### Mandalorian Wars and Mass Shadow Generator

Eventually, the Sith Emperor Vitiate pulled the strings on a group of warriors known as the Mandalorians. They fought the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, and started the Mandalorian Wars. Bao-Dur, one of the technicians of the Jedi known as Revan, made the Mass Shadow Generator, a superweapon. It was implanted at the heart of Malachor V. During the final battle of the Mandalorian Wars, Revan ordered Bao-Dur and his friend Meetra Surik to activate the Mass Shadow Generator, which was activated like Revan ordered. In an instant, Malachor's gravity crushed every combatant in and around its atmosphere—Mandalorian, Republic, and Jedi alike. Malachor's surface was transformed into a barren, shattered and lifeless wasteland—all of Revan's enemies were eliminated in a single stroke. The planet was left scarred from the battle as the surface had been obliterated. Long afterward, there was still evidence of crashed Republic cruisers buried deep within the surface. The Dark Power of the planet was unleashed onto the surface of Malachor, infesting the whole planet with Dark Side energies, creating rocky mountains and wastelands. However, the heart of the planet, the Trayus Academy, was unscathed and protected by the Dark Power of the planet. From then on, the Trayus Academy is the well for Dark Side energies.

Meetra Surik, cut off her connection to the Force, and exiled by the Jedi Order. A Jedi Knight was consumed by the power of Malachor V, becoming a Wound in the Force and having a hunger for it. Bao-Dur, became a Wound in the Force, and was devastated by what happened on Malachor V.