Darth Imperias

True Power is best exercised by the subtle use of Influence and the Force.

# **Tothramas Imperias**

Dark Councilor Tothramas Imperias (Darth Imperias) is the Resurgent Prince of Diplomacy. A master of the intricate arts of negotiation and espionage.  Born in 4130 BBY to a noble family on the planet of Dormund Kaas.  Tothramases’ family died in a mysterious estate fire leaving him as the sole heir to the family’s land, estates, companies and titles.

Being a Sith Pureblood with some talent in the Force Tothramas was sent to Korriban to train under the overseers at the Sith Academy.   There he showed talent with the dark arts of manipulation and coercion.  Lacking somewhat in martial talent he was bullied by the other Acolytes. He did, however, show great aptitude with mental tasks using wits to get out of sticky situations.   The overseers saw this as a weakness at first and started to wager on his death at the hands of the more brutish Acolytes. One day the more vicious overseers and Acolytes cornered him in a training room.  Tothramas tried to reason his way out of the fight knowing his lightsaber skills were not the most honed.  This led to the obliteration of the acolytes  by a surprise uncontrolled Force Scream.  This led to Darth Selika and Darth Vyrassu of the Dark Lords of Kaas taking notice of Tothramas.  Darth Selika feeling something dark and powerful within him and seeing the potential of a great Sith.  After more tests and trials Selika offered to train him.

The offer included training as a diplomat and in espionage provided he used his skills to glorify the DLK.  Feeling that he could go no further at the Sith Academy he swears allegiance to Darth Vyrassu. What flowed was years of training and hardship.  Selika Insisted on toughing up the soft and aristocratic Tothramas including the use of sadistic exercises and rituals.  She also instilled in him a yearning for the power that only knowledge and study give.  For years  he followed a grueling regimen of meditation on the Sith Code and quests to deepen his knowledge of the Dark Side.  Studying ancient Sith Holocrons.

Darth Selika sent him on many missions to acquire rare and powerful artifacts from the collections of the rich and politically connected. One of the more notable of these artifacts was the Scepter of Marka Ragnos.  Located deep in the trap and plague ridden tomb. Outside of the tomb are sandstorms powerful enough to blast the skin off of one's bones.  Thanks to Darth Selika, Tothramas learned the Force Barrier to protect him.  Traveling from the Sith Academy to the Tomb of Marka Ragnos took weeks to cross the desert.  Things were no easier once in the tomb.  Traps of the most insidious nature were there to test the would-be robbers.  Before the prize can only be reached by a test of ones mastery of the Dark Side.  Tothramas entered a deep trance, meditating on the Dark Side. The essence of Marka Ragnos entered the mind of Tothramas.  The Dark Lord saw that Tothramas was powerful in the Force and had the potential for even greater things.  Ragnos also saw that Tothramas was the apprentice of Darth Selika, one of Marka Ragnos’ chosen.  The last chamber was opened to Tothramas.  Taking the Scepter as the final part of his trial he left the Valley of Death. The Scepter gives Selika some of the powers she so wants. This and other missions caught the attention of Darth Vyrassu, who had Tothramas brought before him.  With all due pomp and ceremony Tothramas was made a Lord of the Sith given the name Lord Imperias. The new Lord wasted no time building new and strengthening old power bases across the galaxy. .

But all was not well among the stars.  The Sith Empire readied to make war on the Galactic Republic.

Upon his ascension to Lordship Darth Vyrassu instructed Imperias in many arcane Sith secrets. These included an emphasis on Force Lightning and Force Storm.  Vyrassu scenes potential in his young acquaintance, seeing that Imperias might one day represent Vyrassu and the Dark Lords of Kaas on the stage of intergalactic politics.  During all this time Imperias kept up the ruse that he was nothing more than a harmless aristocrat.  His missions were designed as the idle wonderings of one too rich too soon. As far as the rest of the galaxy and the majority of the Sith Empire could tell Imperias was a different kind of Sith.  Seemingly honest and trustworthy, he in fact radiated a sense of trustworthiness that compelled others to let their guard down.

Darth Selika sent Imperias to the jungle planet of Yavin 4 so that he could learn obscure secrets of the Force from her master Marka Ragnos.  Deep inside a dark cave on Yavin Imperias learned the foul art of Soul Consumption.  Inside the dank cave chambers Marka Ragnos’ spirit instructed Imperias in Sith Sorcery. His time with the Dark Lord of the Sith complete Imperias returned to Korriban.

Once back into Imperial space Imperias was summoned to Dormund Kaas and to the Citadel in Kaas City.  Here he was given a spot in the Imperial Diplomatic Corps.  Working on several planets within and outside of the empire, he also made sure to funnel information to his master and Darth Vyrassu.  While doing these actions Imperias setup spy networks among Imperial, Republic and Independent Planets.  For Imperias had learned that knowledge is power, and it was looking more and more like war was coming.

Before and during the Great Galactic War Imperias was sent to Alderaan as an Ambassador to house Thul.  With his unnatural charm and trustworthy demeanor Imperias was quick to win the already Imperial leaning house to the side of the Empire. He was so charming that a young lord of house Thul fell in love with him.  Imperias used this young man's love and devotion to make him a spy and asset for the Empire and the Dark Lords of Kaas.  He made sure that the noble house supported the empire with political clout and with other means such as money, supplies, and troops, but the most helpful of these were information.  The war was still dragging on.  Imperias was getting anxious for action.  He even crept onto the battlefield to attack some Republic troops just out of boredom.  All the while his spies were sabotaging the Republic and Jedi forces.

Then the assault on Coruscaunt.  Imperias accompanied Vyrassu on his and Malgus’s assault on the Jedi Temple.  Imperias used the many arcane Force powers to kill and wound many, many Jedi.  Once the majority of the Jedi were dead, but before the complete destruction of the Temple, Imperias went to the heart of the temple which used to be a Dark Side shrine.  He meditated on the Dark Side in this sacred ground.  Imperias did not leave the temple empty handed either.  He took with him many of the Dark artifacts that the Jedi had hidden in secret vaults.  After the destruction of the temple Imperias was part of the Ambassadorial Committee sent in to secure favorable terms of peace from the Republic.

The Cold War began.  Imperias returned to his estates on Dormund Kaas.  Thinking that he might now be able to study and use his estate for diplomatic purposes. That he may return to his love of all things related to interstellar relations and the exercise of power and force, without the messy interruption of war.  Imperias had no idea that his life was about to change forever.  Vyrassu reached out to inform Imperias about the fatally destructive plans of the Sith Emperor.  The Emperor would wipe out all life in the galaxy to ensure that he would live forever.  He wanted to be a god and would kill everyone to do it.  Vyrassu had a plan to stop the Sith Emperor.  He would create an Empire in secret.  The Resurgent Sith Empire.  Vyrassu recruited Imperias to help him build this new empire.  Imperias laid the groundwork for a new Imperial Intelligence Agency.  Having spies in many parts of the Galaxy already this task was easy.  Getting the right bases of support while still staying under the radar was somewhat harder.