Darth Graevaz

Darth Graevaz was a force sensitive Skall who served the Sith Order of the Golden Republic. Graevaz, along with his fellow Sith Lord Darth Axis, lead the invasion of Addrix in 8 BAV. At some point before the battle, a Twi'Lekk Sentinel named Aluna Tres had come into contact with the seeing stone inside the temple of Addrix and in doing so, suffered from visions of a possible future where the ancient Vil completely devoured the Galaxy. Driven insane from this information, she fled Addrix but was found and taken prisoner by Graevaz who forced the information from her.

Armed with this knowledge, Darth Graevaz and Darth Axis assembled an attack squad of his own scientifically created Sith warriors to launch an assault of the Planet. Unfortunately for Graevaz, the Great Sage had already contacted the Jedi Order on Brathanir Minor for reinforcements and they arrived before the Sith forces did which lead to the battle of Addrix. During the battle, Graevaz had slaughtered many Jedi Knights and Sentinels alike but ultimately failed in retrieving the seeing stone from inside the temple, as it had been taken by the Sentinel Chastissa Jerichor and Jedi Knight Sett Roth when they escaped Addrix as it burned.

Graevaz found Hellion Keel, a lone survivor of the opposition, injured but still alive. Recognising his potential with the force, he decided to have him taken prisoner and used for his experiment aptly dubbed: Project Exterminator. Between 8 BAV and 3 BAV, Graevaz personally oversaw the psychological and physical torture of Hellion Keel as the former Sentinel spent the next 5 years becoming a blank canvas to experiment on. He would often engage in lobotomy, replacing his limbs with cybernetic "enhancements" and technological behaviour modification programs that directly affected his brain. in 3 BAV, Graevaz had Keel installed with a modification that would install a base instinct within the Man. Its intended affect was to have him completely subservient to Graevaz and kill anyone Graevaz deemed a threat, including his own Sith brethren.

However, Hellions reconditioning to embrace the dark side had only served to magnify his rage and hatred for his captor, which afforded him the strength he needed to break free before the procedure was fully completed. His passion for revenge superseded the programming and thus become completely fixated on murdering Graevaz and completely destroyed the laboratory on the Celdaru outpost subsequently.

During this time, Graevaz was off world and hadn't learned of the destruction until roughly a day later. Initially, he feared that the incident may attract unwanted attention which could compromise his work. When he returned to the outpost, he conducted a thorough sweep of the remains and came to the conclusion that nothing survived the explosion. While relieved, he was infuriated by the loss of all of his hard work.

## **Learning about Darth Axis' ship**

In 0 BAV, Graevaz was informed that Darth Axis' ship had been located when its transponder reactivated emanating from the Ardell system. He ordered the Sith Apprentice Darth Vikas to investigate. Consequently, Vikas would return to the Sith Lord and confirm Darth Axis' death as well as the existence of Hellion Keel, though Vikas didn't know the full details as to why Keel wanted to kill Graevaz, he would quiz the Skall for answers, though he was able to dissuade his underling from pursuing the matter further.

## **Biography**

"A relatively short creature, being only five foot five inches tall, he was considered to be quite tall for a Skall. He possessed many physical qualities attributed to his species, most notably his large, bulbous head that sat atop neckless shoulders which contributed to the bulk of his weight. His mouth was mouth was larger still, housing several sharp pointed teeth that made every word he said sound like he was shredding his own tongue." - *The Battle of Addrix, Part One.*

## **Trivia**

* Darth Graevaz is a Skall and like many of his kind were born on Skalledd Prime. Skalledd Prime was a swamp Planet in the Unknown Regions.
* He was part of a hatchling brood that included 59 other Skall, none of whom he knew of or if they were still alive as he had recounted he had never saw another Skall since leaving the world in his youth.
* Graevaz shared the Sith Master title with Darth Pragma, Darth Karnan and Darth Malevelous.
* He shared a mutual respect with Darth Malevelous, who he saw as his only true rival in the Order. Despite this, he and the other Sith Masters had no choice but to acknowledge Malevelous as the stronger Sith Lord among them and thus bent to his will.
* Graevaz began to resent Malevelous and secretly plotted to undermine his rule and overthrow him before he obtained the power of the Vil and would become to strong to challenge. This birthed Project: Exterminator, which he intended to utilise through Hellion Keel.
* Graevaz was a scientific genius and spent more time in laboratories than on the battle field, despite being proficient in Lightsaber combat.
* Graevaz created the first wave of Sith warriors through combining his own DNA with Human DNA. He would continue to use this template to produce more warriors until his death.
* Graevaz had only ever trained one apprentice, that being Darth Axis. After his disappearance in 8 BAV, Graevaz spent much of his free time experimenting on Hellion Keel and had forgone the need to train another Sith Apprentice.
* He clashed a lot with Darth Vikas, who was Malevelous' personal apprentice and in Graevaz' mind, his heir to the Sith throne. Although Vikas respected the chain of command, he still sought to undermine Graevaz at any opportunity. This persisted heavily after Vikas' encounter with Hellion Keel.
* Graevaz detested having his authority undermined and reacted with hostility, such as when Graevaz was confronted by Vikas in the presence of the dark council, consisting of himself, Pragma, Karnan and Malevelous. When Vikas told him he was undeserving of the "Darth" title, Graevaz leapt at the Sith Apprentice with absolute intention of killing him, regardless of the consequences. This was ultimately prevented by Malevelous.