Darth Darthious (RP)

### Cybernetics

Implanted flamethrower in left arm, chromium-beskar blade and energy shield in right arm; retractable dual blaster system in both arms

## Chronological and Political Information

### Affiliation(s)

Confederacy of Independent Systems (formerly)Eternal Empire

### Apprentices

Kkkt (formerly)

Once a Clawdite bounty hunter, Darth Darthious enlisted in the Separatist Army and, after showing an unusual proficiency in tactics, was promoted to General. During a battle, however, Darthious discovered his force sensitivity and was trained in the ways of the Sith by many great Dark Side users. Having a strong hatred towards the Jedi for unknown reasons, Darthious prefers to have others do his dirty work while he patiently waits for the day when he can take his revenge…

## Biography

### Early Life

Darthious, then known as Cull Savin, was a Clawdite born on Nal Hutta. He lived alone with his father Den, a local bounty hunter, and was, aside from his father, one of the last remaining members of the Savin bloodline, whose ancestors were members of the Eternal Empire, a detail that will become important later on. Cull developed a close relationship with Den as he grew older, and Den, deciding his son had the potential to be a great bounty hunter alongside himself, decided to train Cull to become a member of the Savin family business. Throughout Cull's childhood, Den trained him in the "art" of bounty hunting, teaching Cull how to shoot a blaster, use a flamethrower, and even fly a jetpack. When Cull turned 19, his father invited him to become a bounty hunter alongside him. Cull accepted, and the pair became one of the most feared bounty hunter duos on the planet.

### Tragedy

One day several years later, while Cull wrapped up a bounty hunting job, his now-retired father was approached by two Jedi who were looking for a mercenary. This mercenary, it seems, had taken and completed a job on behalf of the Hutts to kidnap a member of the Senate. Realizing the Jedi thought he was the mercenary responsible for this kidnapping, Den used his weapons to defend himself from the approaching Jedi, leading to an unintentional explosion which destroyed the Savin home and everyone in it. Cull finally learned about the event days later, though he had no chance of approaching the scene due to the Republic's involvement in the investigation. Going into hiding, Cull took several identities over the following months while the Republic conducted its investigation of the accident. When the Republic troops finally left the planet, an enraged Cull made two promises to himself: to make sure the Jedi would pay for killing his father, and to become as great a bounty hunter, if not greater still, as his father was. This led to him making it his mission to become the best bounty hunter on Nal Hutta, earning him the nickname "the Bane of Nal Hutta". During this time, he also purchased a Firespray-31 which he used to travel throughout the planet.

### Joining the Separatists

Shortly before the Battle of Geonosis, the Separatists made an undercover recruitment campaign throughout the Outer Rim, looking for anyone with combat experience who was willing to join their ranks. Cull, seeing his path to fulfilling his purpose of killing the Jedi, applied to join the Separatist Army, and was quickly accepted. Throughout the first couple of months of the Clone Wars, Cull quickly rose through the ranks of the Separatist Army thanks to his unusual proficiency in tactics, which the Sith working within the CIS took note of. Eventually, Cull was promoted to general and was awarded with a small army to do his bidding. During one battle however, Cull's forces were being overrun by the Republic. Surrounded on all sides, Cull had no choice but to order a retreat. Holing himself up in a bunker, along with what remained of his forces, it wasn't long before Cull took notice of the Republic's troops entering the base. Defeated, Cull was faced with surrender, an option he would not take.

Cull's panic and frustration began to build inside of him, coursing through his body with raw, uncontrolled force. As he resisted his capture, Cull unexpectedly let out a powerful Force push which incapacitated the troops surrounding him. Cull, afraid of what he'd let out, escaped the bunker, boarded his Firespray-31, and retreated into space with no clear idea of where he was going.

### A Dark Initiation

As he flew his ship through space, Cull allowed his ship to drift through space until he arrived at a forgotten planet. Cull landed on the planet and found a temple where many Dark Side spirits lurked. These spirits, sensing the currently unawakened Force abilities within the general, decided to train him in the ways of the Force, staying on the planet for 2 months.

After he was sufficiantly prepared, the spirits and the presence sent Cull back to his ship, where he was led back to the Separatist capital of Raxus. Dooku, who was residing there, told Cull to approach him and tell him where he had been all that time. As Cull told him of his training after the humiliating defeat he had experienced, Dooku grew more and more interested in this strange general. To confirm that this story was true, Dooku challenged Cull to a practice duel and was quickly impressed by the general's skills. Dooku took Cull as his unofficial apprentice and gave him the title of Darth Darthious, which provided symbolism as Darthious was a double threat, both as an experienced bounty hunter and as a Sith in training.

Dooku helped train Darthious in the ways of the force, as well as the forms of lightsaber combat, and Darthious found himself growing in power far beyond what he'd ever dreamed. Dooku allowed Darthious to keep his rank of general, and with his newfound power, Darthious became a force to be reckoned with as the Clone Wars progressed. During this time, Darthious also gained an apprentice named Kkkt and got to know Bob Ross, Darth GNK, and Darth Maul.

### The Mysterious Prophesy

Nearing the end of the first year of the Clone Wars, Darthious began to experience prophetic visions, though he could not understand their meaning at the time. No matter how much he tried, he could not understand what this meant; however, he felt a strange presence within his mind which he suspected was influencing his visions. One such example of these visions being received was at the end of a battle, where Darthious collapsed as he was making his retreat, overwhelmed by the visions.

Driven to the brink of madness by these visions, Darthious retreated to the planet Mustafar alongside his apprentice Kkkt, who had been at Mustafar to attempt to liberate his clan. As luck would have it, unfortunately, a Republic battalion arrived with the goal of taking the planet from the CIS, and a battle between the two factions ensued. With his mind weakened, the presence took the opportunity to take partial control of Darthious' mind, making him betray the CIS and slaughter members of both sides of the battle. The possessed Darthious boarded his ship and retreated into the Unknown Regions, where he found himself stranded in a strangely familiar place...

### Zakuul

Darthious' ship crashed into the surface of Zakuul, near the command center of what would be rebuilt into the Eternal Empire. There, he unexpectedly encountered a now-human Darth GNK, who was now going by his original name, Arye Prays. Prays took Darthious to the Eternal Throne, where he was introduced to Valkorian, the Emperor of the Eternal Empire. Realizing that this was the presence who had been residing in his mind and remembering the stories his father had told him of the Eternal Emperor, Darthious pledged himself to the Empire upon Valkorian's offer to join him. Darthious, along with the other Sith residing on the planet, was made a member of the Dark Council, the group of Sith who acted as the collective second-in-command of Valkorian.

From there, the Council executed the will of Valkorian, which was to take back the galaxy which was once his. To do that though, he needed to build the Empire's former power first...

### The Puppet Empire

The Council, under the orders of Valkorian, formed a puppet empire to terrorize the galaxy once more, which bought the Eternal Empire time to rebuild their old power slowly but surely. This puppet empire took the name of the Sith Empire and impersonated their namesake, launching vicious attacks on the Republic and Separatists alike. During this time, Darthious also maintained contact with his apprentice Kkkt, who he could not visit due to his responsibilities within the Empire. Some months later, Darthious came to learn that Kkkt had left the Banist Sith Order of the Separatists and had returned to his home planet.

After months of preparation within the puppet empire, Valkorian announced that it was time to reveal themselves. The identity of the Sith Empire was shed quickly like the skin of a snake, and the Eternal Empire was rebuilt around the Sith Empire's structure. As for Darthious, he still acts as a moderator within the Empire, though this does not mean that he has forgotten his end goal...

### The Battle of Dromund Kaas

Darthious and the Dark Council were later sent by Valkorion to Dromund Kaas, where they would retrieve some items of interest to Valkorion as well as attempt to activate an old temple which would grant Valkorion great power. Darthious, along with a small attack force of Skytroopers and EE-aligned Force Users, guarded the Fortress the Empire was using as a makeshift base. He then summoned a large Ionized Force Storm to surround the fortress, with the building itself acting as the eye of the storm. The storm caused great trouble to the CIS/8th Assault Corps strike force within Kaas City, who had to deal with deactivated electronics and Siege Skytroopers, buildings, and concrete being blown around the city. While this occurred, Darthious suddenly sensed the life force of Mace Windu draining away from the lumber mill on the other side of the island. Surprised that a Jedi with a powerful connection to the Force had died (and slightly disappointed he had not been there), Darthious smiled under the modified ARF helmet he wore. Later however, he felt Windu come back from the dead in his ultimate Vaapad form and felt intense fear, only being able to calm down by reminding himself that he was far away from the undead Jedi Master.

Eventually, the combined forces of the CIS and the 9th Assault Corps broke through the storm and reached the fortress. Darthious, anticipating this, ascended the staircase spiraling through the center of the fortress, attempting to reach the highest point so he wouldn't be bothered. His Siege Skytroopers began to attack the enemies, but their efforts began to fail as the Jedi found their lightsabers working again and the clones and droids began using their blasters. Darthious' war droids then advanced and targeted the clones ascending the floors of the fortress. Noting Xesh's attempted attacks at him, Darthious ordered some Skytroopers to engage the Jedi in combat, hopefully long enough to keep him distracted. The battle continued as Siege Skytroopers fired missiles (and one of them failed to stomp Quinlan) and Anakin Skywalker's strike team arrived, engaging the Siege Skytroopers.

As Xesh suddenly advanced towards Darthious, the Sith Lord activated his lightsaber and, in his distraction, allowed the Ionized Force Storm to dissipate. A duel ensued as Xesh lept at Darthious, coating himself in Lightning as he activated a Forcesaber and Force Energy. Using his Energy Shield, Darthious blocked the incoming strike, but Xesh anticipated this and attempted to throw the shield aside. Darthious, revealing the shield was embedded, attempted to punch Xesh in the throat. Xesh responded by grabbing Darthious' arm, breaking it, and firing a blast of Force Energy at Darthious' face, though Darthious was protected by his helmet. The Sith then unleashed a Force Lightning blast at Xesh and attempted to strike him with his embedded vibroblade. Managing to escape from Xesh, Darthious ordered the remaining skytroopers to fire missiles at the stairs to stop anyone from following him. Xesh used Force Speed to catch up with Darthious, sending a blast of Force energy at him and slaming Darthious against the wall. Darthious, distracted by the bolts he had to deflect from some blasters and the Force Hound chasing him, got attacked by Xesh's Lightning and Energy once again, and the storm outside began to dissipate. Luckily, Darthious made it far enough up the stairs that Xesh got caught in the missiles targeted at the staircase, comically plummeting down to the fortress floor below. The Force Hound then fired a Force blast at Darthious while preoccupied by the enemies below. In response, Darthious leapt upwards toward the roof while deflecting more blaster bolts; however, he was sent flying by a Force push from Plo Koon and landed on the roof on his back. Deciding now was a good time to retreat, he used the teleporter given to him by Valkorion and warped away to a nearby bunker, where the rest of the Dark Council lay injured.

As he lay broken in the bunker, Darthious pondered his decision to stay at the fortress while the rest of the Dark Council had engaged Windu. He debated with himself over whether it was cowardice or completing a duty to his Emperor, and came to the conclusion that he had done the best he could. The Dark Council later retreated and had their wounds tended to. Now, Darthious stays aboard his ship, contemplating his life and studying the Force. For now, at least...

## Personality and Traits

Darthious, despite what most people think, is calm and collected; he is never one to rush into attack without thinking about his strategy first. In battle while commanding troops, Darthious is cold and calculating, always considering what the enemy might do. Some think that Darthious' almost regal personality is a result of him spending so much time with Dooku.

Outside of battle, Darthious is rather polite with his allies, even if it isn't appreciated. Don't let this behavior lower your guard however; Darthious is ruthless and will not hesitate to kill on sight.

## Powers and Abilities

Darthious is one of the last practitioners of Deadly Sight, which made it his go-to Force ability for a while. Over time however, Darthious let go of this weakness and expanded his arsenal, gaining cybernetics meant for Force-less combat. Darthious is also the master of the Force ability Ionize, capable of creating Ionized Force Storms (the weather ability) which deactivate electronics within a wide radius. Being a Dark Councilor, Darthious has several more Force powers available to him, though he is not particularly proficient in any of them. In terms of lightsaber combat, Darthious is a master of Soresu and Makashi, as a result of his training with Dooku and the rest of the Separatist Sith.