Ryuka Vorhn

**Ryuka Tas Vorhn**

Vorhn was an Alderaanian Jedi who originally followed the path of Alleria Sur Pelin and the Jedi Redeemers. Ironically she would eventually gain the distinction of being both the Redeemers greatest failure, and one of the last to know the ways of the Sith before the rise of Palpatine.

Born too late to participate in the Campaign of Ruusan, Ryuka Tas Vorhn had something to prove. Descended from a Sith Pureblood of the same name, who had been attended by the sorcerer Sulek Pharos, Vorhn grew up torn between a legacy of Light and Darkness. Unfortunately for the Galaxy she chose at least in the early part of her life, the darkness.

When a Mandalorian sympathetic Senator named Jodo Kast began to corrupt the Senate and the Mandalorians rose to assault the Republic through the depredations of the warlord Cyre the Terrible (alias Raunn), Ryuka would aspire to rise to the role of Revan, both as a Jedi and later as a Sith.

Her master, a Twi'lek named Kainas Alcar was deeply concerned about Ryuka's fascination with Revan, and worried that by training her as a Redeemer a 'hunger' best left unfed, had been given a taste. Still, because Ruusan was a recent memory; there was still a need to hunt the Galaxy for dark-side relics and to quarantine them. One such relic was the holocron of a Sith Lord named Sulek Pharos.

The holocron was sought by many parties that ranged from a Zabrak Gray Jedi, called Father Silent who believed that his Cult would bring balance to the Force. There were others that longed however for the Sith to return, like the alien Jedi, Seres Undor who believed that he was divinely anointed by Sulek Pharos to bring the Sith back into being.

Yet for all of their plans, it would be Ryuka who finally found the ancient Sith World, Zhyr (who some believe may very well be the ancient name of the planet Exegol). Zhyr was a world alike to Korriban, that dwelt at the edges of the Galaxy. It was impossible to find save by one who possessed the Holocron of Pharos. Additionally the Holocron possessed a blood lock, which made it's use impossible for any save a descendant of the original Darth Vorhn, whom Sulek Pharos served fanatically.

When it became clear that the dark-side spirit of Sulek Pharos was at play, and instigating many of the troubles with the Mandalorians through proxies, Vorhn would lead a coalition of the willing in bringing Pharos to justice. In truth however it was a ruse. Pharos true goal merely was to bring Vorhn to him on Zhyr and to bring her into the fold of the Sith. Once she resurrected him, he would serve her again, and in her fall; her forebear would live anew. Unfortunately for the Galaxy, in this at least.. Sulek Pharos succeeded.

Staging an elaborate ruse that crippled the Jedi, Vorhn and Pharos Sith magic brought low the Order. The raid on Coruscant culminated with Sulek Pharos slaying Ryuka's master, Kainas Alcar when the Jedi strove to defend the Redeemer's archives.

Seeking allies in the form of Republic malcontents such as Xane Ray, and Orion Karath, Vorhn instigated a bloody conflict known as the "Twin War" called such since the Republic fought a resurrected Sith Empire from the Unknown regions, and the Mandalorians at the same time. Ancient records tell that Vorhn would have conquered the entire core if not for the valor of Rurik Marl, and a private investigator named Garik Taynor who was able to tip off the Republic to the impending attack.

Whatever the case, Vorhn's final fate remains a mystery. Some believe that she was slain by her padawan Echuu Shinzon. Others say she betrayed Orion Karath and brought peace to the Galaxy by slaying Sulek Pharos. These stories claim that eventually Echuu Shinzon and she fell in love and bore a daughter, named Celise. Of Celise's fate and the descendants of Vorhn little is known, save a single line in her journal: *"My mother is Lac'ryma."*

To understand the potential fate of Ryuka tas Vorhn one must look to her holocron, which makes a claim that her ancestor, the ancient pureblood turned away from the Sith race at the end of his life and mingled his blood with a human woman that he loved. This would explain why Ryuka tas Vorhn was an Alderaanian and not a Sith Pureblood.

Her final log stated that as with her ancestor she felt a call to return to Zhyr, and that like him, she was called to walk the path of the Lac'ryma. These tales may simply be myth as they do bear some similarities to the legends of the Ones from Mortis. Sulek, Ryuka, and Vorhn could be apt allegories for the Son, the Daughter and the Father, but this is unlikely at best.

It is possible that Ryuka Tas Vorhn found a way to enter the world between worlds, assuming one believes in such a fantastical place. If such a thing was truth, and not merely the result of embellishments by historians and were not simply myths; then it would mean that Ryuka Tas Vorhn is not dead.. and could return at some point in the future. If she did return however.. would she return as a Jedi Redeemer? Or would she return as a conquerer?

All that remains of that tale is a cryptic tablet which was discovered on Zhyr that read:

*"By shadow and storm did Vorhn depart and by storm and shadow, she shall return..*

*All hail the once and future Dark Lord of the Sith"*