Darth Sion (RP)

Darth Sion was a Sith Marauder in Exar Kun’s sith empire during the old sith wars.One time during battle he was hit by a killing blow,however instead of dying he called on his pain and anger keeping him alive. Using the dark  side of the force,he achieved near immortality.

After the war he joined Revan’s sith empire and witnessed its fall whilst on Korriban. He was later recruited by Darth Traya to join the Sith Triumvrate. Traya taught him and Nihlus many things. After a while Sion and Nihlus overthrew Traya and severed her from the force.

After Overthrowing Traya, Sion and Nihlus went on a Jedi killing spree. This led to the order going near extinct. Sion hunted Meetra Surik on Peragus ll by hijacking her cruiser the Harbinger.They later clashed on Korriban but Surik was let go as Sion felt a strange feeling for her.He later returned to Malachor V where Traya bent him to his will. Whilst awaiting to fight Surik Sion found himself in the Universe of Prophecy

Being thrust to a different time and place, the Lord of Pain adjusted extremely quickly to the Clone Wars era,having lived over many lifetimes already. . He later, joined Count Dooku’s Confederacy of Independent Systems in the Clone Wars against the Galactic Republic . Sion participated in many battles and missions such as the mission to Rakata Prime and the Third Battle of Dromund Kass.

## Chronological and Political Information

### Affiliation(s)

Exar Kun’s sith empireDarth Revan’s sith empire Sith triumvrateConfederacy of independent systems

### Rise of a Sith Lord

 The Human who would become Darth Sion lived in the time of the Old Sith Wars, around 4000 BBY. Sion was for a long time susceptible to infirmity and pain much the same as any other person. Combined together, they were intolerable to him, and he lived a life steeped in hatred. Rather than suffer in silence, Sion chose to embody his pain as his uniqueness, becoming Darth Sion, Lord of Pain.

In the Great Sith War of 3996 BBY, Sion served as a Sith Marauder in Exar Kun's Sith Empire. Seeking death, Sion went into battle against the Jedi but continued to survive the encounters. He became convinced he was immortal as he built up a greater and greater tolerance for pain. Eventually, Sion was struck down, but he did not die. Instead, the pain within him welled up to agonizing levels, driving Sion to rise once more and strike down his would-be killer with all his anger and hate. Sion found that he could hold his own decomposing body together with the dark side of the Force. Though this process brought him excruciating pain and forced him to continuously concentrate on his rage, Sion considered it a worthy price for immortality. Kun ultimately lost the war, but Sion survived the fall of Kun's Empire e Mandalorian Wars fell across the galaxy as the clans of the Mandalorians invaded the Galactic Republic. Sion joined a new Sith Empire formed by Darth Revan, the new Dark Lord of the Sith, and his apprentice Darth Malak, Sion became a Sith Lord of the Empire. Yet this one was not to last either as Revan was redeemed by the Jedi, succumbed to what Sion saw as weakness and betrayed the Sith. Malak was killed by his old master and, with his death, the Empire came apart. Sion was at the Sith Academy on Korriban in its final days, and he watched as the Sith turned on each other. Sion survived this bout of backstabbing.

##### Sith Triumvrate and Betraying Traya

There were other Sith Lords at work in the galaxy with their own plans. One was Revan's former Jedi Master, Kreia, who had taken the name Darth Traya and allied with Sion and a fellow Sith Darth Nihlus. They each gave themselves titles:Sion as the Lord of Pain,Darth Traya as the Lord of Betrayal and Nihlus the Lord of Hunger. They became known as the Sith Triumvrate and were based out of Malachor V, their goal was the annihilation of the Jedi Order and restoration of the Sith to power. Traya became the master of both Sith Lords, and Sion learned much from her. At Trayus Academy, a hidden Sith stronghold on Malachor V, where the Mandalorian wars had ended years earlier.

There was discontent among the Triumvirate, though. Sion and Nihilus had ambition beyond that of Traya, and their fragile alliance, united solely by a hatred of the Jedi, grew strained. Sion, furthermore, grew tired of Traya's instruction, the abstractness of her teachings and the way her words seemed to echo in his skull. Eventually he and Nihilus conspired to remove her. While Traya meditated in the academy's core, Sion and Nihilus closed in on her. Sion beat her mercilessly, the two sapped her energy before Nihilus stripped her of the Force, and Traya was cast out.

Now in sole command, Sion and Nihilus continued their work. Relying heavily on the Malachor-based Sith assassins, originally founded by Revan, Sion went on a spree of Jedi assassination. He was killed a number of times over the course of it, but he continued to rise again and slaughter many Jedi in return. By the end of Sion's campaign, the Jedi were almost entirely extinct. In 3954 BBY, Sion and Nihilus united the majority of the Sith Empire remnants, becoming the most unified force of Sith in their time. In 3952 BBY Nihilus attacked a Jedi conclaveon Katarr, killing many of the surviving Jedi. The Order publicly disbanded, the remaining Jedi going underground to escape Sion's assassins. Lonna Vash, a Master of the Jedi Council, came to Korriban in search of Sion, but she fell into a trap of his and was captured. Sion imprisoned Vash in the abandoned Sith Academy.

##### The Exile

"*For one as limited as you,perhaps to have fallen so far and learned nothing-that is your failing*"
―Darth TrayaAs the Jedi fell, one remained outside known space, a Knight named Meetra Surik who had been cast out of the Order and exiled for following Revan in the Mandalorian Wars. Atris, a surviving Jedi Master, sought to draw the Sith out of hiding, and so she arranged for Surik to return to the known galaxy, while at the same time leaking information of Surik's past. Rumor that Surik was the last of the Jedi was enough to draw the Sith out of hiding; Sion studied her, where she had gone in her exile, and the battles she had fought in the war. When Surik returned from the Outer Rim, she had transportation secured for her aboard the Republic vessel *Harbinger*, and Sion and his assassins came after her in a Sith warship. But he was not the only one; Kreia, now in possession of Revan's former ship, the *Ebon Hawk*, was also heading to recover Surik. Sion's warship intercepted the *Hawk* and opened fire on it, but the *Hawk* managed to send out a distress signal. The *Harbinger* picked up the signal and arrived to engage Sion. The warship, however, played dead, and the *Harbinger* connected an umbilical to it. The crew found Sion's body, and believing him to be a corpse, took him back to their vessel. Meanwhile, Sion's cloaked assassins infiltrated their way into the *Harbinger*.

Sion was taken to the medical bay, where the medical officer studied him. Seeing the innumerable fractures and scars that covered him, she was unable to determine if he was alive or dead and placed him in a kolto tank. As this was taking place, Sion's assassins were moving throughout the ship, secretly eliminating some crew members and watching the others. Sion at last awoke and, after tormenting the mind of a passing crew member, burst from his kolto tank and announced that he had come for Surik. His assassins materialized around him, and they quickly killed the security team sent to medbay. Sion set off to find the rest of the crew. He would not get Surik, though. Kreia reached her first, took her aboard the *Hawk*, and escaped. Sion at last seized control of the ship, which due to the sabotage of one of its passengers was experiencing a system failure, and opened fire on the *Hawk* as it fled, hitting it as it leapt into hyperspace. Sion followed them to the mining world of Peragus II, controlling the *Harbinger* from a meditative pose on its bridge. He would not let those who had escaped him do so again without blood being shed. The *Harbinger* docked with the Peragus Mining Facility, and some of his assassins moved into the facility to watch their prey. Kreia, Surik, and Atton Rand, a prisoner they had found in the facility, came aboard the *Harbinger* in their search for an escape route, and Sion caught up with them in the vessel's stern. Brandishing a sword, Kreia moved to fight him as her companions fled. Sion was surprised she was still alive, and mocked her belief that a Jedi could stop the Sith from achieving dominion. Kreia, hiding, leapt out to attack, and Sion wheeled on her and cut off her hand. She escaped him and rejoined Surik and Rand aboard the *Ebon Hawk*, which proceeded to take off. Sion pursued in the *Harbinger*, and the ensuing firefight set off the volatile asteroids around Peragus, consuming the *Harbinger* in an explosion. Sion survived. Enraged that Kreia would sacrifice herself for Surik when she was so much weaker than himself, Sion grew determined to destroy all Kreia held dear, including Surik. He got his chance to catch her when she came to Korriban in search of Lonna Vash. Shortly after Surik arrived on Korriban, Sion killed the imprisoned Jedi Master. Within the hour, Surik had entered the ruins of the Sith Academy; Sion sensed her arrival and had the doors to the Academy sealed behind her, as he sent his assassins in pursuit of her and her companions. Eventually Surik's party found Vash and unlocked the Academy entrance, but Sion moved to block their escape, at last coming face to face with her.

Enraged that Kreia would sacrifice herself for Surik when she was so much weaker than himself, Sion grew determined to destroy all Kreia held dear, including Surik. He got his chance to catch her when she came to Korriban in search of Lonna Vash. Shortly after Surik arrived on Korriban, Sion killed the imprisoned Jedi Master. Within the hour, Surik had entered the ruins of the Sith Academy; Sion sensed her arrival and had the doors to the Academy sealed behind her, as he sent his assassins in pursuit of her and her companions. Eventually Surik's party found Vash and unlocked the Academy entrance, but Sion moved to block their escape, at last coming face to face with her.

Sion warned Surik that Kreia would in time destroy her, as he felt his former master had done to him. They fought, but even as Surik injured Sion, he called upon the Force to restore his health. Kreia at last called to Surik in the Force, telling her that it was not a battle she could win. Surik fled the Academy.

###### The Clone Wars

"*What are you?Pain*"
―A villager to Darth Sion
Sion was thrust into the year 21 BBY during the Clone Wars,which was a war between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent systems.He arrived near a village on a planet near Malachor V.Within an hour,Sion burned the village and massacred the villagers.