Darth Ānhrā Māhnîu

## Ākādo Vraith

Ānhrā Māhnîu in his alchemical armors on Lwhekk

Khattazz al'Yun'o

Hoss (completed)

Yuuzhan Vong

Ssi-ruuvi Imperium

Cloned from a Force-sensitive Near-Human, Ākādo Vraith himself knows practically nothing of how he came to be. He does however know that his creators were a collection of Dark Jedi in hiding on the planet Lehon. Directionless and incapable of challenging the Jedi Order or Sith Empire by themselves, the renegades resorted to a haphazard collection of cloning technology in order to create Force-sensitive killing machines. Using rudimentary Arkanian flash pumping to implant memories and knowledge into their various experiments, the band impatiently rushed their work with various genetic implants to increase the strength, intelligence and astral ability of their creations. This resulted in various imperfections in their work, eventually leading to the inception of individual consciousness within at least one of their units. As an ambush was launched by the Jedi, the clone saw a chance to escape. Killing its creators indiscriminately and fleeing into the wilderness of the Unknown World, he was able to evade detection by the Jedi. Implanted with the artificial memories and knowledge of his creators, but no actual life experience, it would eventually stow away on a passing smuggler’s ship and roam the galaxy aimlessly.

That changed upon a chance encounter with the Dark Lord Darth Kain, who introduced him to the Empire after testing his abilities. Under the name Volcryn he enrolled in the Sith Academy on Korriban. His skill quickly noted, he earned the attention of the Dark Council, eventually being sent on a mission alongside the former One Sith Master Darth Havok and fellow student Theron to Yavin IV. Stealing a scroll from the Jedi Praxeum Library, capturing a Jedi trying to stop them and making their way to the moon’s South Pole, they uncovered an underground pyramid constructed by the mysterious Black Son. After narrowly escaping death by quicksand and Sithspawn, Volcryn and Havok uncovered a Murakami orchid and its Jedi keeper on the lowest floor of the underground building. Retrieving the Force-sensitive plant and its guardian, they made their way back to their encampment, their Sith companion drowning in the quicksand. Killing a Jedi Padawan that had arrived to intercept them, their victory was cut short by the arrival of an unknown ship. Unable to identify it they fled with their Jedi prisoners and the necessary equipment. Upon fleeing into hyperspace Havok set about concocting the elixir of immortality. However as soon as the concoction was completed Volcryn made a choice that would alter his place in history. As the arrogant Iktotchi regarded the mixture with reverence, Volcryn stabbed him through the back and stole the elixir for himself. Still fearful of the risks he would undertake consuming it, he hid it away along with the three prisoners.

Upon his return to Korriban he would keep the elixir to himself, and despite attaining positions as an Imperial Inquisitor and a direct ally of Emperor Dreadwar, his reclusive nature and a newfound interest in the arcane higher mysteries of the Force led to continuous periods of isolation in the Kathol Sector and similar areas near the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. As a result he was almost entirely absent from the Empire’s invasion into Federation territory. Instead he would dedicate himself to learning alchemy and genetically experimenting with sentient living prisoners and clones. This combined with his extended solitude and experimentation on his own body would gradually warp his appearance and intellect.

Around this time he was approached by the Dark Lord and Night Herald Darth Insipid and made his Sith Apprentice. Their relationship had neither depth nor breadth however, as Insipid would betray the Empire shortly after, leaving for the Unknown Regions. Finally returning from his isolation to assist the Emperor’s Hand Lady Apollyon against other factions within the fracturing Empire. His own apprenticeship already finished, he took on his own apprentices with varying degrees of success, eventually attaining the status of Master and Lord of the Sith, taking on the name Ānhrā Māhnîu.

Shortly after his ascension to Mastery he finally took it upon himself to become immortal. Having taken every precaution he could think of, he finally ingested the Murakami elixir, ate the heart of its Jedi keeper and attained a body practically immortal. Yet he was ultimately not satisfied: the more power he obtained and the closer he came to immutable eternality, the looming threat of death and ultimate insignificance seemed to similarly draw nearer every instant. Even as the Empire remained unstable his focus turned inwards; where once he had desired no more than to make a tangible contribution to the Empire’s success, now he found himself unable to escape a newfound self-awareness and all-consuming dread. The Void into which every life would fall and be forgotten grew into a tumor within his mind. With his mind never truly maturing he was unable to reconcile the seemingly irrational fear for his own life.

Upon his ascension to the position of Lord he claimed ownership of the planet Lwhekk within the Unknown Regions: the capital of the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. Hoping to exploit the resources of the native Ssi-ruuk and the immigrated Yuuzhan Vong, he conceived a grand deception to make them his own loyal followers. Using the various clones he had developed during his time in isolation he infiltrated the planet and enlisted the aid of two treacherous Shamed Ones. With their inside knowledge he was able to gain access to Shaper codexes and steal a massive yammosk. Using his own telepathic capabilities alongside those of enslaved Dread Duinuogwuin and the yammosk he acquired, he weaved an illusion presenting himself as a messianic figure, one who had appeared to return them to the True Way. The Ssi-ruuk and Vong alike were at least temporarily convinced, which gave him the opportunity he needed. Using their own beliefs, resources and methods against them, he let them implant him with various biots and similar implants before putting his true plan into motion. Fully aware that skepticism regarding his true nature would surface, he would gradually employ his knowledge of biology and genetics to alter their brains through use of the Force, instilling within them infrangible loyalty and belief in his word. Now capable of sensing and affecting the Vong, he set about turning the entire Ssi-ruuvi Imperium into his unquestioning devotees, spreading his influence across the regime’s 135 planets. This would be his buffer against an apocalyptic threat he could only vaguely perceive, looming in the Unknown Regions. Gathering new allies and weapons, experimenting with the entechment technology of the Ssi-ruuk and feeding upon the pain and worship of his subjects, his power steadily grew.

After winning the Eye of Typhojem and the allegiance of Darth Kain for his allies, he set out to prepare for the unknown threat any way he could. Yet in the back of his mind a lust for power, a continuously growing ambition, and the crippling fear of death still follow his every step…