Mephala

**Mephala**, known also as **Dynami** and **Lady Luxios**, was a Force-Sensitive Human female born around 6800 BBY on Humbarine. She later resided on Ziost, under the tutelage of Valikus. Her spirit, preserved in a corpse within a Sith sarcophagus by Valikus, was later revived by anti-Venomis.

## Biography

Mephala was once a beautiful woman, residing on Humbarine until her late teens. She was discovered when a dark sider (presumably, a Sith) sent out sweeps of towns and planets to find Force Sensitives. She was apprenticed under a Sith pureblood named Valikus. Throughout their apprenticeship, Mephala was subjected to the experimentation of her master - who wished to test methods of immortality upon her in order to ensure they would be safe for his own use.

They grew attached to each other, though, as she grew more powerful, likely as a result of Stockholm syndrome. He refused to graduate her well past the time it was due, claiming that he required one final task of her in multiple, months long parts. She did not protest, instead believing that he would grant her immortality as he had promised. The pair went to the planet Melissanides I as part of this final trial, the final step before her graduation.

The desert planet was the source of a mysterious nexus of unknown origins, the dark side enveloping the planet. While the surface was barren, an oasis near the equator seemed to hold an unnatural amount of energy in the Force. Valikus believed that they could harness whatever was producing the energy to complete the final step in his immortality ritual.

Below the lake of the vast oasis, they discovered roots, and beyond that, glowing fungus that indicated life. They excavated into a cavern where the dark side had infiltrated - the fungi and plant life they found was twisted, glowing and pulsing with unnatural light. The darkness was oppressive, but it seemed it was exactly what Valikus had anticipated.

But Valikus had not anticipated what precisely had caused the nexus to form.

The elu'thai, a sapient energy-based race, had been entombed there some time ago by those who had once populated the planet. They were malevolent, initially appearing as if they would offer the two Sith assistance in their desires for immortality. They spoke of their souls being bound to crystals, and that if the Sith performed the same ritual, they would be preserved.

Valikus accepted their advice and once again promised his apprentice her graduation if she was willing to oblige.

They took the elu'thai with them, harvesting samples of the living creatures they fed on as well as taking them in crystals back to Korriban and into the False Tomb of Andeddu, where they enacted the ritual. Valikus had prepared an oubliette nearby, for the eventuality that their plan failed.

Fail it did. The elu'thai had whispered of their power, but had obscured the truth behind it, that they were entities of pure evil who had slain and fed upon the former residents of their planet. They had committed a genocide of the entire Melissanideans, and intended to do the same for the Sith. The ritual drove Mephala insane, the elu'thai leaving their voluntary home of the energy crystals to latch onto her mind.

She attempted to attack Valikus, who was forced to stave her off by nearly killing her. He placed her in the oubliette in desperation to both stop her and the malevolence he had unleashed.

She awoke only milennia later in 154 ABY, but the elu'thai had escaped their prison - only the tortured souls of their prior victims remained in her fractured mind. She remembered a brief time of her prior life, but had forgotten her identity entirely. The voices told her that she was Dynami, and they spoke of the Lord Andeddu that she once knew, a Lord the chorus of voices implored her to find. A powerful lord of the Sith who required her to come to him. But that is all she knew.

She escaped the Tomb of Andeddu, wandering Korriban until she encountered Darth Nihl and Darth Blight, who were headed into the Valley. A battle ensued, her prowess in sorcery ensuring they both wre forced to retreat into the Tomb of Sakkra-Kla. After they evaded her, she ventured towards the Temple of the Sith, encountering Darth Vua and attempting to find her way offworld, to Prakith. They would not oblige - and she continued her venturing, eventually finding herself at the Tomb of Cognus, where she encountered Darth Volacius, Darth Malos, and a few others.

She eventually did find her way offworld, after 154 ABY, but it is unclear if she managed to find her way to Prakith.

## Personality and Traits

Initially, Mephala was a woman of luxury and fine taste, cultured and born of nobility on Humbarine.

As time progressed, she grew more and more obsessive and unstable. Perhaps it was a result of the rituals she was forced to undergo, perhaps it was a result of Valikus and his psychological torment, but she continued to decline, eventually reaching a level most would consider insanity.

By the time of her revival, she was even more utterly insane - to the point she did not recognize herself or elements of her past beyond glimpses. She was obsessed with one thing, and one thing only, finding Darth Andeddu.

## Force Powers and Abilities

Mephala was trained in the ancient arts of the Sith, spells and other sorcery. However, her fractured mind did not recall precisely how to utilize the powers she knew, and so she often used parallel abilities or, unintentionally used abilities she did not wish to.