Vitiate

> My ascendance is inevitable...a day...a year..a millennium...it matters not. I hold the patience of stone and the will of stars. Your striving is insignificant let your death be the same
>
> Vitiate to Kaizen Drackmoor.

> But there is a far greater power out there than what you hear. It is the Sith you cannot see...the one whom we serve.
>
> Darth Secuulas, on Vitiate

**Vitiate** is a Sith Emperor who is thousands of years old. He is an evil Dark Lord of the Sith who rules an ancient Sith Empire and seeks to destroy the galaxy to make himself immortal.

## Biography

### Rise to power

Vitiate was human male born and raised on the planet Nathema. The future Emperor was a student at Malachor V and learned it's power, drawing upon its power to have a hunger for the Force. Not much is known on how he rose to power, but what is known is that eventually he used the Dark Side of the Force to consume his homeworld, draining it of the Force and sacrificing the souls of millions to fuel Vitiate, making him immortal. It is possible that he learned this on Malachor V. Eventually, Vitiate gathered many human Sith Lords to create his own Sith Empire, becoming Sith Emperor. Vitiate was unaware, however, that the surviving Sith Purebloods of the original Sith Empire survived, forming their own secret cult within Vitiate's Empire in the Unknown Regions. Vitiate formed the Dark Council, a group of twelve Sith Lords who govern the empire under Vitiate`s authority. For millennia, Vitiate and his empire remained in the shadows, while the republic and Jedi were focused on fighting other Sith Empires, such as Freedon Nadd's Sith cult and movement and Exar Kun`s Sith empire.

Eventually, Vitiate corrupted and manipulated the leader of the Mandalorians, Mandalore the Ultimate, into waging war against the Republic and Jedi. Under Vitiate`s command, Mandalore the Ultimate led his Mandalorians into fighting the Republic and the Jedi, all the while destroying their worlds, such as massacring the Zabraks. Mandalore and his followers were eventually defeated, but Jedi war hero Revan, and his friend Malak, investigated into what caused the Mandalorians into fighting the republic and Empire. They eventually settled on the planet Dromund Kaas, the homeworld of Vitiate`s empire. At some point, Revan and Malak turned to the Dark Side and served the Emperor. Vitiate tasked the two into finding the Star Forge, but the two betrayed him and formed their own Sith Empire, fighting the Republic and Jedi. Vitiate thought they had simply failed, however, and continued with his original plan of slowly building his empire so that he could strike the Republic. Vitiate was unaware however, of all the events happening, as he was busy taking down traitorous council member Darth Xedrix, who sought to overthrow him.. A Sith Lord named Lord Scourge, however, defeated Xedrix. Vitiate did not know that Revan was eventually betrayed by Malak, and that Malak took over the empire. Revan was stripped of his memories, eventually recovered them, but chose to remain in the light. Revan killed Malak and destroyed the Star Forge.

Revan`s former Sith Empire crumbled, however, three Sith Lords, Darth Traya, Darth Sion and Darth Nihilus, rose to power. They formed the Sith Triumvirate. Nihilus and Sion overthrew Traya, and exiled her, and they separated their Sith empires from one another. Nihilus`s empire somehow was puppeteered and controlled by Vitiate, unknown to Nihilus, though Nihilus's right hand man, Secuulas, was aware. However, Nihilus was destroyed and his empire fell. Sion and his empire fell as well, along with Traya, who returned to claim her title as a Sith Lord. The Sith triumvirate was destroyed by a Jedi Exile named Meetra Surik. Revan, meanwhile, went to Dromund Kaas to finish off Vitiate, but was captured by Dark Council member Darth Nyriss, who held him hostage, unknown to the Emperor.

### Arrival of Meetra Surik

In 3,950 BBY, a Sith Lord named Lord Scourge demands a meeting with the Emperor, as he claims to bring urgent news. Vitiate`s captain of the guard Yarri permits Scourge to speak with the Emperor. Once arriving at the throne room, Scourge kneels before Vitiate, in which he tells him to rise. Scourge revealed to Vitiate that Darth Nyriss and a few other members of the Dark Council sacrificed Darth Xedrix to cover up their plan to overthrow him.

Vitiate took this information, and ordered captain Yarri and the Imperial Guard to destroy Nyriss and the rest of the Dark Council, even ones that didn`t participate in the overthrow of the Emperor, since he wanted to show his empire that people will suffer the consequences if they dare try to overthrow him. The Emperor did not know, however, that Revan escaped, and that Lord Scourge and the Jedi Exile Meetra Surik plot to overthrow him. Before they went to destroy the Emperor however, Meetra Surik had a vision of the future through the Force. In the vision, Revan, Scourge and Meetra defeated Yarri and the rest of the Imperial guard, and Revan charged towards Emperor Vitiate. But Vitiate made a Force shield that blasted Revan back, and the fight continued. Vitiate eventually had Revan caught in his Force powers, but faithful droid of Revan, T3, came and spread fire on Vitiate.

The emperor protected himself through the dark Side form getting incinerated, and blasted t3 to smithereens. Revan broke free of the force powers that bound him, and continued to fight him. Vitiate Force choked Revan though, and held him up in the air, grabbing Revan`s lightsaber, Vitiate attempted to strike him down, but Meetra Surik came and defended Revan. Vitiate realized that Scourge betrayed him and is on their side, and decide to kill them all. Scourge betrayed his allies, by stabbing Meetra in the back, killing her. Revan was wounded by Vitiate, and the emperor asked Scourge what he was up to. Scourge explained that he lured them to the citadel so that Vitiate could finish them off, proving Scourge`s loyalty to Vitiate. Vitiate tested Scourge, asking him to strike down Revan. Scourge was about to strike Revan, but Vitiate told him to stop, saying that Revan might be of more use to him, and promised Scourge by promising to grant him immortality. Before Scourge exited, Vitiate asked Scourge why he killed Captain Yarri if he was loyal to the empire. Scourge signaled to Sith lords to appear behind Vitiate, Vitiate easily force choked them, and used all of his power to concentrate on killing the two. This left vitiate vulnerable to something behind him, and when Scourge had his chance, he struck Vitiate.

Mortally wounded, all the power was draining from the Emperor. Scourge said to vitiate he knows who he is, and knows who he is not. Angered, the Emperor, attempted to strike against Scourge, but, since he was wounded and weakened, Scourge was able to Force choke the Emperor. Scourge revealed to Vitiate that he was the descendant of Naga Sadow and the leader of the True Sith. Scourge struck Vitiate down, and killed Revan, and walked away. The vision ended, and Meetra realized it was but a vision of the future. To prevent this from happening, Meetra stabbed Scourge in the back, killing him, and escaped Dromund Kaas with Revan to the Republic. Thus, the future was changed, and the True Sith, now under the lead of Scourge`s apprentice, Bao-Dur, had to find a way to take down Vitiate, they did, and were prepared.

### Fall

Bacari, a Zabrak who was a slave to Darth Nyriss, tried to escape Dromund Kaas following Nyriss`s destruction, but he got captured. Bacari was taken to the Emperor, who tortured the Zabraks with Force lightning, asking him were the Jedi that Nyriss had hidden from Vitiate were, as Yarri informed him of this. Bacari said that Revan escaped with the help of a slave women and Lord Scourge. Vitiate expressed surprised that Scourge betrayed him, before letting Bacari go. Yarri arrived and kneeled before Vitiate. She informed him that Revan escaped with a female Jedi, Meetra Surik, and also revealed to the Emperor that Scourge was dead, stabbed in the back by a lightsaber. The Emperor announced that his time for the invasion of the Republic had come. However, a mysterious Sith pureblood entered the throne room. He revealed that he is the descendant of Naga Sadow and a member of the True Sith, a empire of Sith purebloods that survived the massacre of the jedi, Republic, and Vitiate. He revealed his name to be Kaizen Drackmoor. The Emperor stated that Kaizen is a blind insect, and that he has know idea of his power. Vitiate blasted Force lightning and started a ritual, monologuing that he has lived for a thousand years and that nothing can stop him. Vitiate focused all of his intention and power on kaizen and his followers, leaving him vulnerable. Vitiate got stabbed in the back, by Bao-Dur.

The Emperor collapsed to the floor, dead after a thousand years. Bao-Dur took the throne, becoming new Sith Emperor, and the True Sith took over Vitiate`s empire, destroying anyone who refused to submit to them. It is unknown what became of the corpse of Vitiate, but it is possible that they cremated it because they have no respect to bury him in a tomb.

## Appearance

Vitiate is a deathly pale Sith Lord, as pale as a corpse itself, due to his mastery over the Dark Side, which also affected his eyes, making them a blood red. He wears a traditional dark robes of a Sith Lord, and has an armor plate on his left shoulder, though sometimes he can have a armor plate on both shoulders.

## Personality

Vitiate is an arrogant, cruel and merciless Sith Lord. He shows no regret for destroying his homeworld. He also has no care for other people`s lives, as Revan stated "A thousand lives mean nothing to him." He is very cruel, as shown having sadistic delight in torturing the Zabrak Bacari. Vitiate wants eternal life, seeks to consume the Force from the galaxy, and become essentially a god. He orchestrated the Mandalorian Wars and, as Revan said, was responsible for every bad thing that has happened in the past ten years

He is also a little arrogant, as he is too sure about himself and his power, which led to his downfall, as he was stabbed by Bao-Dur.

## Behind the Scenes

Vitiate was created from the official, 2012 Star Wars Legends novel, *Star Wars: The Old Republic Revan*. He was a Sith Pureblood with eyes as "black as the void of space." He was the main antagonist of the novel and is later revealed to be the overarching antagonist throughout much of the Old Sith Wars period. Vitiate's original, birth name was Tenebrae in the novel. He would later serve as the main antagonist of the MMO Star Wars Legends game *Star Wars: The Old Republic*. In the Loganverse, Vitiate, like the rest of his empire, are portrayed as mostly humans. He was designed after his human host body from the MMO Old Republic game. Though he was initially thought of and portrayed as the Big Bad, it turns out there are other threats out there, the True Sith. His death in *Shadow of the Sith* upset and/or puzzled some fans and viewers. Also, Vitiate's childhood backstory from the *Revan* novel was never confirmed in the Loganverse. His head model was an edited model of the KOTOR character Jorak's head.

## Appearances

* *Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Hunger for the Force* (Mentioned only)
* *Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords: Knights and Darkness Part II* (First appearance)
* *Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic III: Shadow of the Sith*