Ambush on Grievous

"*Improvements! I submit to no one! I chose them!*"

The **Ambush on Grievous** was a Separatist plot to create a tactical killing machine that would lead the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the coming Clone War. The kaleesh male Qymaen jai Sheelal had been spotted by Count Dooku, secretly the sith lord Darth Tyranus. Dooku chose to orchestrate an accident that destroyed much of Sheelal's organic body. The Count told the kaleesh that the Jedi and Republic were responsible for the accident, feeding the kaleesh's anger. Sheelal accepted cybernetic enhancements that turned him into a machine capable of defeating a Jedi Master, known as Grievous.

## Prelude

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##### Earning the name "Grievous"

For years the kaleesh warrior known as Qymaen jai Sheelal had been leading the war between his homeworld of Kalee against the Yam'rii on the planet Huk. Qymaen had fought against the slavery that his people had experienced at the hands of the Yam'rii with great success on the battlefield. His war efforts became a thing of legend. During his wartime against the Yam'rii, Qymaen learned to lead a people into war and his brutal tactics earned him the name "Grievous". He also developed the habit of taking the weaponry of the enemies he defeated as trophies. Qymaen had a distaste for the Jedi Order as a result of their unbeatable nature thanks to their natural attunement to the Force. This hatred only grew as the Republic aided the Yam'rii in their way against the kaleesh. Eventually the kaleesh lost the war against the Yam'rii and the planet Kalee was crushed underneath fines and embargoes. Thousands were killed by starvation. Grievous swore vengeance against the Republic.

Eventually, Grievous caught the attention of the sith lord Darth Tyranus, who was secretly working in league with his master Darth Sidious. The sith plotted to unleash a sham war upon the galaxy and had scoured the galaxy for an individual capable of leading their droid army against the Republic. They believed that Grievous was capable of such a feat. Grievous entered the employ of Count Dooku on the promise of being able to get his revenge on the Republic and the Jedi. In the meantime before the war broke out, Grievous became the enforcer for the InterGalactic Banking Clan, which had already began tying itself to the sith plot that would one day turn into the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Grievous grew frustrated with the poorly learning B1-series battle droids, requesting a more advanced droid series to act as his own guard. Dooku accepted the request and as a result the IG-100 series MagnaGuard combat droids were created. Grievous trained the MagnaGuards himself.

##### Cybernetics

Grievous made it clear that he was willing to sacrifice his organics to enhance his physicality in ways that enabled him to become a greater warrior. The sith slowly introduced technological tests to Grievous, hoping to construct a killing machine and create a series of technologically advanced beings, of which Grievous would be the first. Grievous accepted all tests, allowing his body to change dramatically that brought him up to a fighting level that could rival even a Jedi Master. The technological advancements affected Grievous' mind as much as his body, his hatred for the Jedi becoming an obsession.

## Recount

#### The Ambush

Grievous had grown into a volatile ally. Dooku, alongside San Hill of the InterGalactic Banking Clan and Archduke Poggle the Lesser plotted to turn the kaleesh into a nearly fully cybernetic weapon. They sabotaged Grievous' ship, causing it to crash in a deadly inferno that almost killed Grievous and mutilated much of his body beyond repair. Grievous did survive, and was told by Count Dooku that his accident was a result of a Jedi attack, feeding the kaleesh' hatred for the Jedi Order. Grievous accepted life altering surgery that turned him into a nearly completely cybernetic being. Without his knowledge, Grievous' brain was also altered in a way that made him a more effective wartime fighter and suppress memories that caused him to lose focus on his rage. His brain, eyes, marrow bone, spinal column, cord, heart, damaged lungs, liver, and several vital internal organs were his only remaining organics. Grievous' new body was designed to invoke the aesthetic of his body before his cybernetics. His mask was designed after the skull mask Grievous wore during wartime against the Yam'rii. Grievous' lungs did begin a process of weakening that gave him a permanent cough. Dooku gave Grievous his first weapon, a lightsaber of a deceased Jedi to begin Grievous' collection. Grievous began training in the Jedi arts under the leadership of Count Dooku, also spending hours inspecting holo-vids of Jedi combat techniques.

## Aftermath

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Years later during the Separatist Crisis, Grievous accepted the role of Supreme Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies. He was given control of a fortress on Vassek 3. He became a deadly foe throughout the clone wars and was feared by many Republic generals and Jedi alike. It was Grievous' death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the third year of the war that began the end of the war.

## Event Chronology

* Dooku sabotages Grievous' ship. Grievous crashes and his body is mutilated.
* Grievous' body is replaced with cybernetics.
* Grievous begins training in the Jedi arts.