Darth Novator (RP)

Darth Novator, Enzot Xhno'Aborido, was a Force-Sensitive Jawa Sith Lord, notable for leading the Glitch, the Droid Revolution occurring during the Clone Wars Era. Born on the Jawa homeworld of Tatooine, Enzot would invent new designs before eventually leaving to see more of the galaxy.

Discovering the Holocron of deceased Banite Sith Tenebrous, Darth Novator would go on to revive him and become his Sith apprentice. Darth Tenebrous, seeking a new body, would attack him, eventually leading to a botched operation in which Novator and Tenebrous merged into a new being called Kermit.

After Ectherid returned Novator to his original form, Novator would join the Galactic Syndicate. After convincing leader Havok to let him lead the Haxion Brood, Novator persuaded leading Droids Rights factions to merge into a united movement under his leadership, forming the Glitch.

### Biography

#### Early Life

Enzot Xhno'Aborido was born in 43 BBY, the second son of his clan leader and shaman on Tatooine. He had an ordinary Jawa childhood, for the most part, residing within his clan fortress as all Jawa children did. Like all Jawas, Enzot had an innate technological instinct, tinkering with scavenged parts brought back to the stronghold. At the age of 13, Enzot was old enough to work on the Xhno'Aborido Sandcrawler and participate in scavenging hunts.

But there were aspects of his personality that were not very appealing to his family. Much to the annoyance of his clan, Enzot often traded parts for holobooks. In this way, he became more educated than his fellow Jawas but brought in slightly fewer profits. One particularly irritating aspect was his concern for droid rights. At first, it started with him cleaning the droid's area, shining them, and clearing out the tube to avoid scratches on the way up. Later on, Enzot openly disagreed with the usage of memory wipes on droids.

#### Discovering Force Abilities

In 27 BBY, Enzot was in a desert canyon scavenging for droids when Tusken Raiders attacked him, with one hitting him with the blunt end of his gaderffii. Terrified, Enzot managed to use the Force to push them both back, knocking them out against the canyon walls. Although injured, he managed to return to the Sandcrawler.

Consulting a holobook he bought years ago about the Jedi, Enzot found he couldn't relate to the peace and tranquillity they felt as they used the Force. Instead, he felt fear and panic. At the end of the holobook, Enzot noticed a section warning of Dark Side. Much to the displeasure of his family, Enzot went into a self-imposed exile to not hurt anyone while trying to understand his newly discovered abilities. Taking a landspeeder, he would travel to the Jundland Wastes, taking shelter in an abandoned hut. Enzot spent a year there, meditating and training.

#### The Swap Meet

In 25 BBY, Enzot would make preparations to surprise the Jawas of Tatooine during the annual Swap Meet, a Jawa festival where they traded parts and formed alliances. He arrived on the former speeder that he'd converted into a tiny caravan walker. Arriving, he greeted his friends and family, then unloaded everything he brought with him at the allotted Xhno'Aborido area. Enzot sold inventions such as the Gonk Saddle™, the Basic Translator™, the Sandcrawler Window Washer™, the Sand Shower™, the Fridge Bed™, the Tusken Unwrapper™, and many others. He then demonstrated the extent of his abilities to all the Jawas of the Dune Sea.

#### Departure

For the next few years, Enzot would continue to assist his family using his abilities, mass-producing the prototypes he showcased at the annual Swap Meets. Enzot brought prosperity to the Xhno'Aborido clan, as well as for Jawas as a whole. With his newfound status, Enzot influenced clan leaders to pay newfound attention to the droids they sold. Notably, the quality of cargo holds was improved, with better lighting, seating, and some heated oil sprays for rusty joints.

However, Enzot yearned for more knowledge, feeling that there was still so much more to learn. He slowly but steadily set up a system where he only provided the schematics, and others produced the materials. From there, he held a clan meeting, informing them that he would be leaving Tatooine in search of more information but would send weekly transmissions with updates and blueprints to them. With that, he bought a cheap light freighter and took off, eager to explore the galaxy beyond.

#### Exploring the Galaxy

Enzot would do odd jobs across the galaxy, mainly slicing jobs for petty criminals and minor crime syndicates. Eventually, he met a Sith artefact collector who would hire him in various missions. Enzot would always study the teachings before selling them to the collector.

While searching for a Sith manuscript on the near life-less world of Ambria, Enzot came across a Sith Obelisk that seemed to call to him through the Force. He inspected it but wasn't able to understand the ruins. Noting the location down for future inspection, he turned to leave but saw a faint red glow from the obelisk's peak. Reaching out through the Force, he was surprised to feel a dark and powerful presence calling out to him.

Using the Force to call the triangular pyramid at the top of the obelisk down, Enzot almost immediately realized he possessed a Sith holocron. He'd learnt a little about them from the various tomes of the Sith artefact collector. Settling on the banks of Lake Natth, he focused on his limited Dark Side experiences to open the holocron.

#### A Sith Lawd?

The holocron opened, but the results were not as expected. A miniature Bith with a respirator mask emerged from the holocron and played a prerecorded greeting to a being known as "Tenebrous". The gatekeeper complimented him on the success of his plan and hoped that the recipient was enjoying the Chosen One's body. A holocron meant for one specific person was not like anything Enzot had read about in the few Sith manuscripts he had read, and he was baffled.

The Bith told the opener that if needed, the user could insert maxi-chlorians into the holocron. A rectangular scanner suddenly emerged from the base of the holocron, and the Bith told Enzot to place maxi-chlorians onto it. Although Enzot knew the holocron wasn't supposed to be in his possession, the prospect of training was so enticing that he resolved to find these "maxi-chlorians" no matter the cost. Journeying to Clak'Dor VII, Enzot had planned to con an unsuspecting cop into telling him who the messenger was. But when asked, the cop didn't even need to check his database. He immediately knew the gatekeeper was known as Rugess Nome, a famous and influential starship designer.

Enzot spent a few weeks researching everything he could on this "Rugess Nome", eventually deciding to try and break into his estate. Met with surprisingly little security, the Jawa entered the abandoned estate and quickly makes his way through the remnants of data left in the primary databank. Stealing it, he spent a few weeks properly slicing it before recovering the last few most recent bits still buried deep within it.

The one relevant piece of information was a set of coordinates leading to a mining vein on a remote planet known as Bal'demnic. Journeying into the cave, Enzot defended against a hawk-bat but ended up tripping over something on the floor. Getting up, he sees the almost fully decomposed skeletal remains of a Bith on the ground. Ecstatic yet perturbed, Enzot dragged the remains back to his ship.

#### Tenebrous' Rebirth

Not knowing what to insert into the holocron, Enzot cautiously stretched out with the Force. Although he was unable to find anything at first, he was eventually able to sense faint flickers of agony reaching out from maxi-chlorians still in the process of dying.

Over time, Enzot would become more in tune with the ability to sense the maxi-chlorians. Following months of training and research, he was able to extract maxi-chlorians from the cadaver. Carefully inserting them into the holocron, everything he'd done was finally falling into place.

After scanning the maxi-chlorians multiple times, the gatekeeper re-appeared. But it was not a prerecorded message this time. The holocron had become a sentient being, embedded with Tenebrous' consciousness. When Enzot explained to him where he was and that his plan had failed, Tenebrous was aghast. His decades of work were worthless in the end. But Tenebrous knew he had another opportunity, thanks to Enzot. And 'Darth Novator' was born.

#### Sith Apprentice

The training Novator had always craved was finally available to him, and he sought to absorb the knowledge like a sponge. First, he persuaded Tenebrous to help him refine the [waiting for profile]. The maxi-chlorians, once inserted into the holocrons, still possessed the ability to use the Force, meaning that Tenebrous was still as strong in the Force when he was at his time of death.

Darth Novator wished to learn the art of lightsaber combat. Tenebrous told the Jawa that the only way to teach him lightsaber combat would be to have a physical form, which he lacked. He then subtly influenced him into creating a droid shell for him to interface with using the holocron.

Although the droid let him move around at will and wield melee weapons, there were still drawbacks to the droid form. The droid parts found were inevitably quite common, leading to Tenebrous being much slower than usual, even slower than Novator himself. Then there was the lowered range of motion, preventing more fluid strikes and acrobatics. And finally, Tenebrous would be unable to produce Force lightning and other abilities that required a physical body.

The Master and Apprentice continued to train, and eventually, Darth Tenebrous sent Darth Novator on missions to "further the Sith Grand Plan". In actuality, these missions were more to give Tenebrous time to work on his maxi-chlorians without being disturbed.

Tenebrous had always been planning to occupy Novator's body using his maxi-chlorians, but first, he needed more of them. Tenebrous could then insert them into Novator’s bloodstream, finally taking control of his apprentice and regaining his full range of power. And till then, why not train him to develop his abilities?

After perfecting the dose of maxi-chlorians, Tenebrous attempted to persuade his apprentice into taking it willingly, under the impression that it would make him a stronger darksider, as it would have all of Tenebrous' abilities. But Novator refused, as he sought to become a true Sith by being taught and trained the hard way before killing his master.

After multiple attempts to persuade him through words, Tenebrous decided to administer the dose in Darth Novator's sleep. While in hyperspace, he used his abilities to slowly sneak up on Novator and jab the needle into his neck.

Although Novator woke up as the new and improved retro-virus was still in the process of infecting his bloodstream, it was too late for him. Managing to crawl to the escape pod, which had an emergency generator inside, he jettisoned himself into the void.

A mental battle took place between Darth Novator and Darth Tenebrous, and though Novator put up a hard fight, Tenebrous took over. But the control was not full. Novator spent all of his mental energy resisting and doing as much damage to the maxi-chlorians as possible. However, this weakened him so much that what little consciousness was left fled to the darkest corners of his mind.

As for Tenebrous, he now had a vessel to store his consciousness, but it was imperfect. For starters, Novator had put up an impressive fight, weakening him significantly. But also, after being stuck in a holocron for so long, adapting to a physical body was a challenge. Most of all, as the escape pod landed, his physical head slammed into the escape pod. This was the catalyst for the other factors to increase enough to give Tenebrous amnesia.

The maxi-chlorian retrovirus also had an unintended side effect where it caused Novator’s body to rapidly adapt to the environment around him.

#### Revival on Jakku

Kermit was teleported to the planet Jakku by the eldritch being Ectherid, who offered him 'salvation' as a reward for acquiring the Shaboga metal during a previous conquest. Ectherid would revert Kermit back into Tenebrous and Novator; splitting them into separate bodies. Rescued by the vassals of Jakku, he would learn about the conflicts plaguing the galaxy.

Formulating a plan, Novator took a small ship to the sought-after Galactic Syndicate world of Mandalore, where he broke into the mansion of HaVoK Kryze-Vizsla. Exploiting HaVoK's desire for power, he exhibited his knowledge of the Sith to gain control of the Haxion Brood.