Donathan Hawthorne

Donathan after his "confrontation" with Validus

**Donathan Hawthorne** was a Force-sensitive human male during the Galactic Warfare and Cold War era. Born on Arkania as an unexpected child to two young parents, Donathan — affectionally referred to as 'Don' — only grew up with a loving mother, his father leaving his mother because he considered himself too young to have a child. Donathan's youth was rough: even though his mother tried her best to keep Donathan and herself healthy, she was cast out by her own family and received no aid form anyone in any form, leaving her in charge of keeping both herself and her child alive under uncertain circumstances. Donathan, woefully unaware of his terrible life during his childhood because of his mother's reasonably succesful attempt at granting him a normal youth, spent most of his time wandering the streets of Arkanian settlements such as Novania.

As Donathan came of age, he realised that his life was not as normal as it had previously seemed to be. Before he reached adolescence, he was already working multiple jobs in the hopes of helping his mother. Eventually, this drove Donathan off-planet, hoping that he could find a profitable job in different sectors. After a run-in with the Exchange on Nar Shaddaa, Donathan started working as their enforcer. Every credit Donathan earned was sent back to his mother, resulting in his health and situation rapidly deteriorating. When the Arkanian Genocide occured in 810 ABY, Donathan was distraught and sought vengeance for the death of his family and his entire past. Yet, when he ran into his supposed victim, Donathan was easily overpowered and frozen in carbonite and eventually rediscovered by the Exchange.

Almost a hundred years later, Donathan was thawed by a new generation of the Exchange whom only knew him as "the man whom had been on their hitlist for almost a century". Donathan, however, still in the heat of a moment long gone, overpowered his "saviours" and whiped out the Exchange. Knowing that Validus was still alive, Donathan still had hope for revenge. When he finally found it, however, Donathan realised that nothing of his old life remained. When he continued his search for vengeance, fueled by new sources, he ran into the EXALT organisation and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming commanding officer of the organisation through incredible display of deceit. Using EXALT as a front to reach the Jedi, Donathan targeted a Jedi duo and vowed to show them that he was right at all cost. When this plan failed, Donathan was imprisoned, but was quickly freed thanks to outside help. Since his escape of imprisonment, Donathan has been travelling the galaxy in the hopes of proving that his philosophies are right.

## **Biography**

### **"Youth" (787 - 803 ABY)**

Donathan was the child of two young parents, both at age seventeen. His father left his mother behind instantly, noting that he was not yet prepared for the bond that marriage — let alone a child — would create between the two. In that sense, Donathan was the result of two young lovebirds procreating because of insufficient precaution. Born on Arkania, Donathan would never meet his father. His mother would try to balance her own health and the health of her son, resulting in either the temporary malnourishment of Donathan or herself. Donathan, unaware of the consequences of his periodic starvation, seemed to carry on as usual. Despite all the negative factors influencing his health, Donathan — as if by a miracle — rarely suffered from his circumstances: he never fell ill and even seemed to gain a rather bulky stature for a child of his age.

As Donathan became older, he realised he was somewhat of an outcast among the other children of Novania. His confidence and his somewhat frightening appearance kept him out of most trouble that would normally result from negative human interaction, but Donathan was still
occasionaly bullied and under threat of violence. Donathan, however, never backed down from such frightening situations and even came out on
top during most physical confrontations. During a fight, Donathan's
normally calm mannerisms were replaced by what would best be described as a 'volatile individual', ready to explode and give in to his primal instincts whenever necessary. This, however, never truly happenned, which was probably for the best.

### **The Exchange (803 ABY - 901 ABY)**

When Donathan became of age at the reasonably young age of sixteen, he realised the severity of his own and his mother's circumstances. He considered it a miracle that he had survived thusfar and appreciated his mother for raising him to the best of her capabilities. Wishing to return the favour to her, Donathan started working multiple jobs. Spending most of his day working, Donathan was often left physically and mentally exhausted and failed to regain his strength in the few hours — if hours at all — of sleep he managed to get. His most important job was his job in the mines of Arkania. Circumstances were terrible and inhumane, which led to many workers losing their lives to the faltering structural integrity of the mine, dangerous critters and fights between the grumpy miners. Donathan considered himself lucky: he managed to stay out of most fights, avoid most critters and seemed to instinctively find the largest veins of diamond. Despite all his effort, Donathan was still underpaid and slowly became a target of the grudge of other miners less fortunate than himself.

#### **Incident in the mines**

As months passed by, Donathan himself became frustrated with his job. Oddly enough, this frustration seemed to fuel his drive to perform even better. He had less luck finding diamond veins, but more strength to succesfully recover the minerals. One day, however, he found a vein at the exact same moment as another miner. Donathan refused to give up his findings, as did the other miner. A relatively small conflict sparked
the frustration that had been contained in Donathan and he finally snapped: Donathan threw the miner against the vein, impaling his chest with an outcrop of diamonds. After his rage faded, Donathan knew that his life as he knew it would be over. He stole the credits the miner had, then gave all his belongings except some bare necessities to his mother. After a short, emotional farewell, Donathan fled off-world as a refugee stashed away in a cargo hauler.

#### **Meeting the Exchange**

The cargo hauler brought Donathan to Nar Shaddaa. His luck had seemingly ran out, because he was discovered as soon as the hauler landed. Donathan — sixteen years old at this point — was brought before the Exchange, a criminal organisation. There, he was threatened with execution after being branded as a thief. Failing to convince the Exchange of his innocence, Donathan was brought to an arena and had to fight for his survival. His first opponent would be a massive Selonian. Donathan, having given up all hope of survival after seeing his terrifying opponent, was hesitant to fight back. This changed after the Selonian hit the left side of his forehead with its claws: overcome by fear and the grief of the recent "loss" of his mother, Donathan seemingly lost his own consciousness and was taken over by his instincts. Donathan himself has no recollection of the scene, but a holorecording shows that Donathan caught the Selonian's arm during its second strike, proceeded to break its arm and then poke its eyes out. The Selonian, instantly toppling over because of the horrifying pain, was unable to give any resistance as Donathan steadily beat it to death.

This incident caught the eye of the Exhange leaders. Donathan was once again brought before them, but was offered a job as an enforcer this time instead of being threatened with execution. Knowing that this was his only way out, Donathan accepted, shedding most of his principles for the sake of survival and strength. It took Donathan several months to adjust, but after that timeperiod he became a proficient user of blasters and melee weapons. Over the years, Donathan was sent on more and more dangerous tasks by the Exchange. During these tasks, Donathan seemed to shrug off incredible amounts of damage, as well as being able to fight large groups of opponents on his own. On Nar Shaddaa, Donathan became a symbol of fear, for the Exchange would only send 'this man' after you if you were beyond rescue. In fact, some individuals have been reported to simply lay down their arms as soon as Donathan appeared on the scene, resulting in Donathan granting them a quick an merciful death. Unbeknownst to the Exchange, Donathan sent all the surplus credits he earned to his mother, keeping frequent contact with her.

#### **The Arkanian Genocide**

Receiving a steady amount of income, Donathan was able to live a luxurious life while also giving his mother most of his earnings. His mother was afraid that Donathan had been caught up in corrupt affairs, because of the amount of credits he kept sending her and begged Donathan to return to Arkania. Donathan refused to do so, however, as he was certain that the authorities were still after him. His suspicions were soon affirmed when Republic agents infiltrated his house and tried to arrest him. Realising that he was more of a target than he thought, a large enough target for the Republic to hunt him *on Nar Shaddaa*, Donathan became woefully aware of his — once again — dire situations. Angered by his circumstances, Donathan ended up making crucial mistakes during his tasks for the Exchange and ended up on their hitlist. Having survived multiple run-ins with the Republic and the Exchange, Donathan eventually set out to return to Arkania and head into the unknown. As he was on his way to Arkania, however, Lord Validus killed most of Arkania's population with a chemical weapon. Donathan, distraught and enraged at the same time, set out to confront Validus, seeking revenge for his mother.

It took Donathan some time to track Validus down, but when he finally found him in 810 ABY, he went in without a thought or doubt. Donathan
was easily overpowered by the ex-Sith Lord and was frozen in carbonite in an excellently laid trap. Validus, in a fit of irony, sent Donathan back to Arkania after realising where he was from. Here, Donathan laid trapped for almost a hundred years, frozen on the outside, rage burning on the inside.

### **Quest for Revenge (901 ABY - 904 ABY)**

There he was, "the last survivor of Arkania", trapped for eternity. When the slow repopulation of Arkania began, Donathan was quickly discovered, for he was put on display by Validus, mocking this "last survivor". When the Exchange learnt of the location of the man whom had been on their hitlist for almost a hundred years, they quickly sent a team to recover him from Arkania. When Donathan was thawed, however, he still felt the exact same anger that he felt before he was frozen. His potential finally unleashed, Donathan lashed out with a power not before seen within the Exchange and easily overpowered his would-be executioners. Finding himself returning to consciousness amidst a room full of bodies, Donathan stood up to look at the carbonite that he was once frozen in. Seeing his figure, he reached out to the carbonite and laid his hand on it. When he did, a strong vision overcame him. In ths vision, Donathan saw that Validus was in fact still alive. Once again fueled by an immense need for revenge, Donathan set out to confront Validus again, seemingly moments after having been defeaten by him.

### **Confronting Validus**

Though Donathan had planned for every potential trick Validus had up his sleeve, Validus refused to put up a fight. Thus, after a short fight Donathan managed to defeat and kill Validus. Taking Validus' lightsaber, Donathan then set out to whipe the entire Bastion clean of any family Validus might have left. Donathan found no family, yet he did find the Bastion's guards. Quickly overpowering them, Donathan eventually reached Validus' living quarters and took whatever information he could gather with him. After this confrontation, however, Donathan found no peace. Rather: he felt empty. His mother — and his entire past — was gone, as was his goal to seek revenge for the loss of his past. In a way, Validus had broken Donathan without even trying. To Donathan, this showdown felt more like a loss. Overlooking the empty streets of Novania, Donathan — now a broken man — realised that there was nothing for him left look forward to. His entire life taken from him in just a few moments, he set out to become more powerful in the hopes that a situation such as this would never occur again.

Having spent a large amount of his time studying Validus' texts and surroundings in the Bastion, Donathan learnt quite a lot regarding the Force and the religions of the Jedi and the Sith. Agreeing with none of them, Donathan found a journal that gave him much insight into the Vion family. Somehow hoping to overcome the emptiness that had been his revenge, Donathan never hesitated to go after the near and distant family of the man he now knew as Callum Vion. Donathan travelled to several planets where the Vions had been in their lives, but never found any trace of them. That is, untill Donathan set out to Ruusan and neared the small settlement known as Fort NoWhere. Upon nearing the place, Donathan found a young-looking man standing in the middle of the road he was travelling. The man urged Donathan not to proceed, simply stating that he was not allowed to continue. Striking the young man, Donathan found his blow easily deflected and he himself floored. Dazed and confused, Donathan was suddenly overcome be an incredible, irrational fear and ran for his life, vowing never to return to Fort NoWhere and its young protector.

### **The EXALT crisis (904 ABY - 909 ABY)**

He would not stop, however, as an opportunity arose when Donathan took respite in a cantina on Nar Shaddaa known as 'Orso's bar'. Here, Donathan was recruited by several black-clad figures into an organisation they called 'EXALT'. Realising that this organisation was focussed on guerilla operations and intelligence gathering, Donathan saw a clean chance to find the Vions through them. Adapting a more valiant persona, Donathan climbed through EXALT's ranks quickly and became a high-ranking officer within a few years. Eventually in charge of EXALT, Donathan came in contact with Darren Edermath and Aris Vion after having been called to Ahch-To. Donathan claimed that EXALT would want to come back in contact with the Jedi, but he really only sought them out because he knew it would bring him closer to the Jedi and to the Vion family. While there, Donathan heard of a captive Sith: Elena Sipherius. Knowing the potential threat that the Sith could pose, he strung up a plan to either make her of use or end her. Darren would ask Elena questions, leading her to reveal what had happened to her. When Elena refused to give any information on what had happened and somewhat irrationally protected her would-be killers, Donathan pulled the plug and let the Sith overdose on sedatives. Darren, stuck in medical detention with the dying Elena, could not react in time. Aris tried to stop Donathan, but Donathan intimidated her enough to simply walk away from the scene. The Jedi knew him now. EXALT had made their first move.

### **Scuffle on Nar Shaddaa**

It was time for his plan to be set in motion. Darren and Aris ran into a holoprojector he had left behind, but Donathan failed to convince them of his right. He invited them to Nar Shaddaa and waited for their arrival, hoping to confront the two Jedi on their failings and his succes. While preparing for the arrival of the two Jedi, Donathan put his crew through an intense series of drills, planning every move ahead with multiple contingencies. When the two Jedi arrived, his team slowly herded them towards Orso's bar, firing bolts at the feet of Darren and Aris and forcing them to go exactly where Donathan wanted them to go. Even though the duo took a bit longer than he expected, they eventually arrived at the bar. Here, he displayed a hologram of himself and spoke with the two. When Darren called out his badly hidden traps, Donathan acted surprised on purpose, as if the Jedi had caught him redhanded. He pulled up a switch and activated a few duds under the Jedi their chairs, forcing a reaction out of the two. Then he deactivated the hologram he used to talk with them and was teleported to the bar by the Dauntless' systems. Immediatly taking initiative, Donathan fired a couple of stunbolts at Darren and considered the Jedi Master out of the fight. Reaching for his lightsaber, he was surprised when Darren managed to punch him in the face. Donathan, upset and ever so annoyed, put another few bolts in Darren and continued firing volleys at Aris, who was forced to hide behind a bar. Having prepared for this, he fired at an explosive device which he put on the ceiling next to the bar. His first shot missed, giving Aris enough time to escape certain death when his second shot hit. Moving to finish off a wounded Aris, Donathan was surprised to find Darren standing again. Unleashing all his munition at Darren, Donathan felt his demeanor falter when the Jedi easily deflected all but one bolt; reflecting the last bolt right at him. Donathan rolled to dodge and was grazed by the bolt, inconveniencing him. Preparing to face Darren, Donathan was surprised when Aris lashed out from the bar with an improvised taser. The electricity pained Donathan at first, but also caused his Force abilities to kick in. Resiting most of the pain, yet clearly still affected by it, Donathan reached for Aris and shocked her too. This lasted for a few seconds before he was flung aside by a Force Push that Darren had thrown at him. Rising to his feet, Donathan lashed out to Darren with his vibroweapon. The strike was easily blocked, however, and Donathan failed to realise that a superconducting loop would cause the weapon the explode. When the weapon exploded in his face, he was thrown back but not hit by any shrapnel. Calling for the Dauntless to teleport him back, the last sight that Donathan caught was Darren holding up the shrapnel of his exploded weapon, standing straight and seemingly unharmed. There he lay in the Dauntless' teleportarium: defeated again. His face torn, his bones broken. He knew he was outmatched, but that only fueled his desire to put an end to the duo. Before he lost his consciousness, he swore that he would improve even more. It would take Donathan an incredible amount of time to recover, after which he further solidified his position as commanding officer of EXALT.

### **Meeting the Slicer**

While performing his duties as the CO of EXALT, Donathan was informed that a slicer had managed to gain access to a lure on Corellia. With a lot of slicing activity going on around Nar Shaddaa, the organisation wondered whether the slicers had set up shop on Corellia instead. It was tougher to trace the slicer than Donathan and the rest of EXALT had expected. Not being able to pinpoint the location of the unknown slicer by concentional means, Donathan himself led a striketeam to keep surveillance of a Corellian university and its surroundings. Knowing that most of the 'normal' students wouldn't even get close to the database lure, Donathan had trouble finding his suspect, until he ran into Laurents Vion while he was actively searching the EXALT databases. Trying to deceive him into giving away his secrets, unsure whether Laurents was the slicer, Donathan set up a persona and baited Laurents to react to certain statements regarding illegal slicing. When Laurents took the bait, Donathan set his team to keep tabs on Laurents at all times. Some days later, while Laurents was heading home, Donathan confronted Laurents and tried to recruit him to work for EXALT, promising that they would 'work for the small ones'. When Laurents hesitated, Donathan provided him with a threatening deadline.

The time he had on Corellia was spent pondering and planning, thinking of contingencies for failure. While on one of his routines, Donathan ran into a woman who sat at a table he usually sat at to finish his routine. Setting up a persona, he carried on and took little notice of her. When he ran into Laurents at their meeting spot, the woman, Inessa Starkov, interrupted the duo and gave Donathan his cup of coffee that he had left on that table plenty of times. When Inessa left, she seemed outraged over a audiocall, and Donathan felt a surge of power that he had only recognised in Validus and himself. Leaving Laurents for the time being, he persuaded Inessa to join his cause, hoping to train her while improving himself. Returning to Laurents, he saw that he had competition: some 'secret service' individual had been scanning the perimiter, which Donathan knew, but he had also seen Laurents as a target. During a small conversation, Donathan hinted that the man should leave for his own good. That night, Donathan and Laurents went to the Dauntless to start his plans to eliminate Spire and seize control of EXALT.

### **Climax of the Crisis**

Due to an apparent unforeseen clue, his plans were set into motion before he could complete them. Receiving a signal from Yavin IV, Donathan was convinced he could eliminate Spire and his forces to claim dominion over EXALT once and for all. Sending the entirety of the fleet to Yavin, Donathan quickly sent the few striketeams he had into an all-out frontal assault to a praxeum which previously acted as EXALT's main base. Upon arriving at it, he failed to see it, however, as if it was hidden by an illusion. He did meet Spire, Aris and Darren. Enraged by the sight of the Jedi duo, Donathan rushed his plans and ignited his lightsabers blade. Taking a step back to oversee the action, he was quickly met with the sight of the Jedi duo working together to cover Spire's forces. When they closed the distance, Donathan was rushed by Darren, who had no trouble keeping up with Donathan's combatant abilities. Donathan, struggling, made a vital flaw and was left defenseless. Fate was on his side, however, as Darren struck Donathan's cortosis-layered shoulderpad and caused his own blade to malfunction. Donathan took his chance and struck Darren, only to feel his blade meet resistance: Darren had used tutaminis to catch his blade. Pushing through, feeling the old master's strength failing, Donathan was pulled away by Aris. When he turned to face her, his anger slowly overtook him. Now faster, more powerful and able to resist most damage, Donathan charged at Aris with a flurry of powerful blows. When Aris jumped, Donathan struck her whilst she was in mid-air. When Aris failed to pull Donathan telekinetically, he used Force shock to strike Aris in the back. His fatal attack would have killed Aris, had Darren not tossed his blade and hit Donathan's wrist. Donathan, now completely succumbing to both rage and pain, struck the exhausted master and disabled him with a fierce slash to his middle and chest. Both Aris and Darren disabled, Donathan revered in his victory for a short moment, before he realised that the battle around him had gone silent. When a lone wolf cried out in the distance, the same young-looking man from Ruusan emerged out of nowhere, amongst the 'Wolves' brigade', an elite group of operatives on Spire's side. While preparing to make a last stand, Donathan was struck in the back by a bolt, fired by a severely wounded Darren. Before he passed out, Aris taunted Donathan. Even as his consciousness left him, the rage in his body burnt for several hours. Captured by EXALT, Donathan would already start planning his escape..

### **Fall, Ascension (909 ABY - 912 ABY)**

Imprisonment was a disaster to Donathan. Surrounded by beings weaker than him, kept against his will for their own protection. To him, it felt like the rage he had felt on Yavin IV had never left him. It kept him sharp, focussed, fixed on the sole objective of getting revenge. The Jedi, EXALT, they had done this to him. Slowly yet certainly, Donathan started to understand that the burning sensation which lingered in his body was the continuous presence of the Force. Giving up his idea of autonomy of power, Donathan gave in and accepted the Force as a powersource, feeling that it was necessary to overcome the pests that kept him contained. He used it to intimidate, dominate and fracture minds of his captors. He knew the training that EXALT operatives went through, but he also knew their limits. Yet, in order to get out of his cell, he would require help. A necessary evil to begin anew: the help of another. Contacting whoever he could, Donathan slowly set his escape in motion.

### **Escaping from EXALT**

Upon being transported to Polis Massa, Donathan finally got set to execute his escape. Having called Inessa over to cause havoc, Donathan had also developped some form of resistance against Ysalamir nutrients. Upon landing, he was bothered by a republic captain and several EXALT operatives, slowly making him realise that his Force connection had rekindled despite having been administered nutrients. Donathan taunted the captain and the operatives, allowing them to lash out against him and fuel his frustration. Donathan snapped when an operative forced his stun cuffs to shock him, causing incredible pain. This pain was transformed into hatred, which was released as a psychic energy and put several operatives out of the fight. Being able to snap his cuffs thanks to the dark side, Donathan fueled his strength by the constant shocking the still active cuffs provided. Using the body of an operative for cover, Donathan saw Inessa taking down several others and moved in to take down the Republic captain. Choking him, then snapping his neck, Donathan tossed the body of the deceased captain over to the last EXALT operative standing. Activating the lightsabers which Inessa has provided him with, Donathan slowly paced up to the operative and fed off his fear, using a technique to shatter his opponents mind. The operative, collapsing because of the pain, was caught in Donathan's blade and tossed into the air, only to be finished by the second blade cutting him in two pieces whilst mid-flight. Donathan thanked Inessa, then used the same Skyranger he arrived with to leave Polis Massa behind.
Heading for Pallaxides, Donathan hoped that he could lay low for a while and escape EXALT's radar. Upon arrival, he coerced a manager to allow him to stay on a resort, which caught the attention of a slave boy. Donathan, trying to test this boy, pressured him into freeing himself from his enslavement. Inessa and the boy failed to understand Donathan's ways, especially Inessa: she helped the boy, taking the challenge away from him. Giving the both of them another chance, he talked to them individually. The boy considered rebelling, but was struck down the next day due to bad planning. Inessa seemed to listen to Donathan a lot better, even growing to understand the Force better. The duo trained for several weeks and grew closer than Donathan had hoped, causing him to cast aside this attachment as soon as he realised it. The duo would continue travelling as master and apprentice, with a certain tension in the background.

### **An unlikely Mentor**

When Inessa decided to return to Corellia for some unfinished business, Donathan set out to Dagobah, because he felt drawn to a source of power there. Stumbling upon a cave after hours of travelling across the surface, he was let down by the fact that the cave only resonated a power of the past. Inside the cave, however, there was a meditating figure. The man, 'Riven', sparked up a conversation with Donathan and the two shortly clashed their mindsets. When Donathan shared his past, he urged Riven to do the same. Learning that Riven was exiled from the Sith, Donathan tried to challenge his ideology even more. Discovering that they were more alike than he had originally thought, Donathan explained that he had no need for the power of that past that the cave could possibly grant him: he would find his own. Riven, intrigued by this mantra, followed Donathan outside and asked him to guide him to his own strength. When Donathan elaborated on the contradiction Riven just made, Riven explained that he was painfully aware of this. Donathan knew that Riven had no way off this planet, but that he should not leave a potential follower behind. Testing the man in a spar, Donathan rose out on top and decided to take Riven under his guidance as a harsh mentor.

While travelling to Dromund Kaas to visit more relics of past strength, Riven and Donathan were confronted with Riven's brother. Donathan tried to talk the assailant out of his brutish ways, but was ignored. When he offered the duo a fair fight, he was ignored aswell. Thus, Donathan decided to intervene. He was stopped by a mysterious figure, however, but that figure vanished as soon as Donathan laid his eyes on him. Now ready to jump into the fray, Donathan was once again distracted by another combatant. Donathan and Riven escaped amidst the chaos, not wanting to commit to the chaos that had ensued. Escaping to Yavin four proved futile, as Donathan could feel that they were being pursued. Preparing themselves for the battle ahead, Donathan and Riven thought out some strategies. Allowing Riven and his brother a fair fight, Donathan was glad to see Riven prevail. Then the same mysterious figure, now identified as 'Plini', stepped up, stating that Riven had to die regardless. While Riven finished off his wounded brother, Donathan bought time for Riven to heal; stating that a true Sith would not simply fight a wounded opponent. His manipulation having succeeded, Donathan drew enough time for Riven to temporarily recover from his wounds. The duo worked together to take Plini down and all combatants were at least lightly wounded during the fight, but it ended when Donathan and Riven used the Force to disable Plini.

The hunt would not stop, however, and after the duo went to Naboo they clashed in meaningful conversation for days. Donathan realised that Riven could not sever his ties to the Sith ideology and informed him that this would lead to his demise. In an ironic twist, Riven's brother appeared out of thin air with two of his apprentices immediately after these words were uttered. Donathan knew he was outnumbered and was let down by Riven, thus he left when he was granted the option to, wishing to avoid the cycle of destruction that the Sith brought along with them. Considering Riven defeated, Donathan went back to roam the galaxy in order to live up to his values, altering his stance on ideologies considerably and hoping to discover a new stance on life.

### **Finding new Apprentices**

After having lost Riven, Donathan frequently ran into a boy named "Eix". Jaded by his experiences with the Sith, Donathan was reluctant to continue teaching such individuals, but found that Eix picked up quite a lot of tricks by simply combatting and arguing with Donathan. During several run-ins with the boy, Donathan taught him techniques such as Shock and Dun Möch, eventually convincing him that his masters were not teaching him properly. After several fights and discussions, Eix and Donathan set out to Scarif in order to begin Eix' training.

After several years of training, Eix wished to leave Scarif and search for challenges other than the theories and sparring Donathan could provide him. Donathan acted as Eix' mentor while travelling to Korriban. It was on Korriban that the duo discovered the existence of a young "Sith Empire", but also gambled that it was one that would not last long. Their prediction proved correct: it would not take long before the empire collapsed on itself. Hoping that their group could expand, Donathan urged Eix to investigate remnants of the empire in the hopes of finding potential apprentices.

It was on Dromund Kaas that Eix and Donathan found Gillis, Eve and Giorgo. Convincing the trio to join them after showing that they were clearly superior, the group set out to Yavin IV. It was there that Donathan promoted Eix to Sith Knight, whilst also giving the adepts the idea that Eix was in charge. Beginning to explain the basics of the Sith ideology, Donathan began teaching a group of darksiders the way of the Sith in 920 ABY.

## **Personality and traits**

Though appearing to be a calm, collected individual, Donathan was moved by fires bred from the many struggles he's had to deal with in his youth. His mother raised him as best she could, resulting in Donathan having average intelligence and being able to speak Basic fluently. Donathan's intimidating stature doesn't seem to correspond with his mannerisms at first glance: he seemed a rhetoric, able to sway the minds of others through words. If frustrated or threatened, however, all that restraint appeared to be tossed aside and replaced by someone — or something — that was capable of standing up to any creature twice his strength and size. Donathan himself hated falling to these primal instincts, but deemed it a necessary evil in order to survive.

As Donathan became older and more aware of current conflicts, he started to see the world as needing these necessary evils and himself one of the few capable of actually executing them. The Jedi lacked courage to do what was necessary, whereas the Sith did not act out of necessity and wasted their potential on trivial matters. Slowly yet certainly, Donathan started to become convinced that his philosophy should be an egoistical one, yet a seemingly compassionate one. His acts have shown this, like when he eliminated the threat of Elena Sipherius and helped the Jedi after he deemed her useless. Using his wit, skill and persuasion to overcome many challenges rather than relying on the Force slowly became Donathan's sole purpose: he himself had to be powerful, he should not be powerful because of means that provided him with strength. Because of this, Donathan often became enraged when he had to use the Force, which resulted in his strength only increasing more.

After the loss of his mother and his revenge on Validus, Donathan gained access to knowledge concerning different philosophies on the Force. It was during this time in his life that Donathan created his 'own' philosophy: that of individual strength. Donathan wished to become powerful enough to overcome any situation, regardless of context or people involved. Using others, aswell as materal goods such as credits, as mere means to an end, Donathan tried to become more powerful without being dependent on anything. After his fall to the dark side and acting as a Sith for a couple years, Donathan ascended the Sith teachings and returned to his older philosophy with more insight. Though some of his Sith-ish tendencies remained, Donathan slowly returned to being the collected individual he once was, yet far more powerful.

Thanks to the carbonite freezing, Donathan had an exceptionally high age. Physically, however, Donathan was way younger than he actually was.

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Lightsaber abilities**

Having only acquired a lightsaber after his confrontation with Validus, Donathan was not trained in any of the seven forms. He relied on his vibroweapon training and his anger to overcome most challenges, showing a quasi-Juyo style. After his defeat at the hands of Darren Edermath in 906 ABY, Donathan spent quite some time recovering and understood that he had to get with the times, using his Force-sensitivity to at least improve his skills as a lightsaber duelist. Donning Validus' lightsaber, Donathan became an adapt at using Juyo, Djem-So and Ataru to quickly overwhelm his opponents. Sacrificing defense completetly to quickly decimate anyone standing in his way, Donathan, even though unskilled, slowly became a force to be reckoned with.
As he "completed" his informal training, Donathan proved to be a seasoned user of the Djem-So and Juyo styles, sometimes using the Ataru moveset. His physique was good enough to maintain these forms and their movements for some time, so the traditional downsides of the forms bothered him little. The threat Donathan posed only increased when he adapted a double-bladed lightsaber after giving his own hilt to Eix: constantly in motion, Donathan appeared to have a nearly impenetrable defense that easily changed into offensive pressure.

### **Force powers**

Although he was not aware of it until recently, Donathan was indeed Force-sensitive. This manifested itself not through acts of telekinesis or any other notable ability, but through the luck he had as a child and his seemingly inexplicable fits of rage. Donathan was able to draw upon the Force to shed damage that would otherwise incapacitate or even kill him, as well as powering himself up to such a degree that he could overcome opponents whom were considered far more dangerous than he was.

As he became older, Donathan slowly became weary of usage of the Force: he felt that it was the strength of the Force, not his own strength. Yet, he also admitted that he had no chance against a Jedi in an unexpected, head-on duel without usage of the Force. Begrudingly, Donathan spent quite some time studying Validus' texts and journals, slowly gathering knowledge regarding the Force. Although Donathan absolutely hated the idea of physical manifestations of the Force through shoves, lightning and even healing, he was fascinated by ability enhancing techniques such as crucitorn and dark rage, trying to master abilities of this calibre for a considerate amount of time.

When he began teaching the darksiders on Yavin IV, Donathan claimed to be capable of some of  the most powerful feats that the dark side could offer him. Showing that he was able of drawing on the emotional states of others, aswell as an understanding of the Sith Force categories of offense, body and mind, Donathan utilized quick, offensive Force attacks in his offenses while frequently resisting the Force powers his pupils threw his way. The strangest feat Donathan uses in combat is a "quick burst" of Dark Rage: becoming incredibly powerful for mere seconds to finish a fight, yet suffering almost no side effects from the usage of the horrible power.

### **Other abilities**

Donathan, as an Exchange enforcer, was skilled in the art of intimidation. In fact, he was so proficient in this skill that some of his targets gave up and begged for a merciful death. He has also shown that he is incredibly adept at deception, lulling individuals into a false sense of security and 'seeing through the deception', failing to realise that this sense of safety is a part of the deception itself. Planning contingencies for the failures of his plans and contingencies for the failure of his contingencies, Donathan truly seemed prepared for everything. It should be noted that this was not intuitive, however, and if Donathan was truly caught off-guard his improvisational skills would often fail him.