Darth Plagueis

**Darth Plagueis**, known publicly as **Hego Damask II**, was a male Muun Force-sensitive who trained as a Sith of the Banite line under Darth Tenebrous. Plagueis, upon killing his master, became Dark Lord of the Sith and took on an apprentice of his own, Darth Sidious. As Hego Damask, he led the Damask Holdings, a lobbying agency affiliated with the InterGalactic Banking Clan, and worked to undermine the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order.

Upon his apprentice's rise to Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, Plagueis wished to enter higher echelons of Republic society, but Sidious believed he had outlived his usefulness and killed him in his sleep. However, Sidious would go on to fulfill the Grand Plan and create a Sith Empire to rule the galaxy.

## Biography

### Apprenticeship

Hego Damask II was a Force-sensitive male Muun born in 123 BEF on Muunilinst, and found and selected at an early age to be the apprentice of Darth Tenebrous, the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith. Damask, in public life, appeared as a banker at the head of Damask Holdings, a lobbying agency affiliated with the InterGalactic Banking Clan. He would move along the Banite line's Grand Plan to eventually take control of the galaxy through these means.

Taking the name Darth Plagueis, he would come into conflict with Darth Venamis, who was trained as a Sith apprentice outside of the Rule of Two by his father Tenebrous. After killing Tenebrous in 48 BEF and becoming the sole Dark Lord of the Sith, he would keep Venamis alive as a subject of experimentation. Plagueis was obsessed with immortality and the midi-chlorians, believing he could eventually create life.

### Dark Lord of the Sith

As part of the Rule of Two, Plagueis took Sheev Palpatine as his apprentice, taking the name Darth Sidious, who was immensely powerful with the Force and learned much from Plagueis. Much like his own Master took an apprentice, Sidious took the Dathomirian Nightbrother Maul as his illegitimate apprentice, though Plagueis believed Maul perished during the Invasion of Naboo in 13 BEF. Sidious, as Palpatine, would soon become the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, making Plagueis worry about his place in Sidious' plans, believing that he might be killed soon. He began to muse on how to become more powerful than his apprentice and avoid death, with his studying of immortality incomplete. Shortly after learning of those events, he was killed in his sleep by Sidious' Force lightning, unable to realize any of his musings.

Plagueis' impact on the Grand Plan was great, and his teachings continued to influence Sidious, who maintained respect for him after his death.

## Appearances

* "Tribute" (Mentioned only)
* "Conception" (Mentioned only)
* "The Torch Passes"
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions* (Indirect mention only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls* (Mentioned only)
* "The Sith Wheel" (Mentioned only)

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "The Torch Passes"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter III — *Darkness Falls*
4. ↑ *Secrets Revealed* Chapter II — *Decisions*
5. ↑ "The Sith Wheel"
6. ↑ "Conception"
7. ↑ "Tribute"