Sithis

"I am the heir of Aloysius Kallig and Tulak Hord, and Master of the Dead. I am power unlike any you have known: absolute, infinite, and unrelenting. You have no choice but to prepare for a long dark future as my subjects—and my slaves. Eventually, all the living shall fear the dead."

- Lord Sithis

Lord Sithis, also known as Akel to the New Sith, SITHISIT to the Brotherhood of Darkness, Psijii to the Voss, the Great Dragon to the Cult of the Screaming Blade, known for the vast majority of his life as Darth Nox and formerly as the Sith Lord Menelag Kallig was an immensely powerful Dark Lord of the Sith who served the Sith Empire during the Cold War, Galactic War, the New Sith in the New Sith Wars, and the Order of the Sith Lords during the Clone Wars.

Born in 3685 BBY simply as Menelag, the future Dark Lord started at the bottom of the ladder as a slave on Ziost. Menelag was extremely well-adapted in the Force at a young age. During his childhood, the young Sith pureblood was subjected to intense cruelties at the hand of his sadistic Imperial overseers, which included the death of his little sister and his forced separation from his parents. In an act of revenge, he blasted his tormentors with Force lightning but instead of being executed for attacking his masters, Menelag was taken as a Sith acolyte to Korriban to train in the ways of the Sith.

As the future Darth Nox succeeded in overcoming all of the trials imposed by the academy's masters and instructors, Menelag rose in the hierarchy, embracing the way of the Sith Inquisitor. Menelag was apprenticed by Darth Zash, a female Sith Lord and member of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge.

During his rise to power, Menelag developed a bitter rivalry with Darth Thanaton, a powerful Dark Lord of the Sith and a member of the Empire's Dark Council. The antagonism between the two Sith was brought to an end when the Inquisitor defeated Thanaton on the very floor of the Council chamber, occupying his seat on the Dark Council, as the Dark Councilor heading the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge.

Lord Sithis was the true architect behind the Rule of Two along with his apprentice, Darth Bane. Years before that, Lord Sithis tried to reconstitute the Sith Empire for the third time four thousand years after his first death by turning the Jedi Masters Phanius and Skere Kaan to the Dark Side and allowing Phanius to found the New Sith Order by simultaneously renaming Phanius "Darth Ruin", and allowing Skere Kaan to form the Brotherhood of Darkness, and taking them as his secret apprentices. After his first death at the hands of the Mirialan Jedi Master Ch'vyalthan sometime before 3500 BBY, Sithis, who back then was known as the Dark Councilor Darth Nox, performed a series of Darkside rituals to transfer his essence outside of his body to cheat death.

After this event, the bodiless Dark Lord was hellbent on restoring the Sith Empire to greatness. In his quest to doing so, Nox renamed himself Lord Sithis, in honor of the Sith. He discarded his slave heritage and donned himself the true successor to Emperor Vitiate and Naga Sadow.

Speaking Lord Sithis' name was a great taboo. Therefore, when people were referring to him, they would use the terms He-who-must-not-be-named or You-know-who. In writing terms, Sithis' name would be spelled as PSJJJJ, a name that was meant to be unpronounceable.

Childhood on Ziost
"Where does Darth Nox come from?''" "''Ziost, apparently. Some say he was born a slave. The most powerful Sith Lord in centuries, born a slave. Ironic, isn't it?"

- Master Ch'vyalthan and Jedi Knight Volarik

The Sith slave named Menelag was born in 3685 BBY on Ziost, the adopted Red Sith homeworld that was subservient to the resurgent Sith Empire. Born a slave, Menelag was in truth, albeit unknowingly, a descendant of the legendary, but long forgotten, Sith Lord Aloysius Kallig. As a child, Menelag worked in the summer palace of the sector's Moff, who displayed utter cruelty to the planet's inhabitants, including the young Menelag.

Menelag recently discovered that he was Force-sensitive, but kept that secret to himself. Menelag himself was fairly suspicious about his Force-sensitivity, since both of his parents, who were slaves as well, were not Force-sensitive. During his childhood, Menelag was forced to separate from his parents; while he and his sister worked at the Moff's own personal summer palace. However, as Menelag reached adolescence, his sister was killed on the orders of the Moff after supposedly "shirking her duties". This act fueled Menelag's anger and immersion in the dark side. In revenge, he attacked the sadistic Moff and very nearly killed him by blasting him with Force lightning. The severely injured Moff demanded that Menelag should be executed for his crimes but instead, the Sith Order were pleased with the young Sith's display of raw power, and instead took him to the Sith Academy on Korriban to train him in the ways of the Sith Inquisitor.

Training on Korriban
"The young Sith acolyte performed exemplary service on Korriban. Besting every other acolyte on the academy in terms of strength, wits and power."

- An unknown Sith historian.

After being taken by the Sith to the Sith Academy on Korriban, the young Menelag was assigned to the xenophobic and pure-blood supremacist  who was instructing other non-Imperial Sith, whom he held in contempt, especially former slaves. The Overseer made no attempt to hide his disdain as he openly discriminated against Menelag in favor of another acolyte in the group, a named. After a brief introduction upon the Acolytes' arrival, Harkun assigned Menelag his first quest: to travel into 's tomb and be tested by.

After killing some and tomb looters along the way, Menelag finally reached Spindrall, who tested the young Acolyte by sending his own six acolytes to attack. Menelag easily defeated them all, passing the test and leaving the tomb thereafter. Successful, the Acolyte returned to Harkun, who was awaiting the former slave in the Sith Academy, but not without first meeting an assistant Overseer called, who introduced Menelag to some core Sith tenets.

Back in, Harkun executed an acolyte, , for her weakness and not living up to her potential before assigning Menelag to a quest in the Academy's jail, which herself had requested for him. In the jail,  told Menelag to interrogate a weak acolyte named ; Menelag succeeded, getting the answer from Alif in the process. Harkun then proceeded to assign both Menelag and Ffon to different trials of intellect. While Ffon's task was less dangerous, as he merely had to translate some ancient texts, Menelag's task was to travel to 's and recover an ancient. Menelag fought through hordes of and  to reach the objective but succeeded nonetheless, retrieving the Holocron through the use of.

At the same time the Acolyte was gaining renown for the feats performed in the tombs. Upon returning to Harkun, the Overseer was both surprised and displeased that the Acolyte had survived and was quick to send the Acolyte on another difficult task.

The Dashade and final trials
"Your final trial will be to retrieve an ancient map from the innermost chamber of Naga Sadow's tomb&mdash;which has never been breached in thousands of years."

- Overseer Harkun

Menelag was sent by Harkun, at Lord Zash's request, to recover a text on 's as part of Zash's research on the ancient  artifacts. As before, Menelag succeeded in this task, retrieving the archived text. Upon returning to the Academy, Menelag was met by Lord Zash herself, who complimented the Acolyte's success. She told him she had great hopes and that Menelag was likely to become the apprentice she was looking for.

Menelag then met and delivered the artifact to Harkun in his office. The Overseer refused to believe Menelag had met Zash and sent him to the. Upon arriving in the training facility, Menelag was met by two of Harkun's other students who had been assigned to slay the Acolyte in exchange for their freedom. Menelag, however, proved too strong and easily defeated the other two.

Realizing the assignment had been a trap, Menelag returned to Harkun, who then assigned him on his final task. He wanted Menelag to an ancient map from 's, which first required releasing a sentient beast called the. Zash interrupted the conversation and gave Menelag the translated text that was previously retrieved from Tulak Hord's tomb. This information, which was needed to reach the ancient map, gave the young Acolyte a great advantage over Harkun's final and favorite remaining student, Ffon.

Menelag breached the tomb, destroyed the droid guardians protecting it, and released the Dashade, whom he then learned was Tulak Hord's renowned, ancient assassin named. Upon release, the powerful creature immediately attacked the Acolyte but was ultimately defeated. In accordance with Dashade tradition, he pledged loyalty to the one who had bested him, giving Menelag a powerful servant and companion. He continued the task, defeating many in his path and even an ancient beast called a  before recovering the map.

Menelag delivered the ancient map to Harkun, who had been arguing with Ffon about getting the map was impossible. The Overseer was quick to snatch the map out of Menelag's hands and give it to Ffon just as Lord Zash appeared. Zash, seeing the map now in Ffon's hands but knowing it wasn't he who recovered it, asked him to tell the truth. Ffon, fearing the consequences of lying to a, told Zash the truth and she killed him with Force lightning, and instructing Menelag, Harkun's last surviving charge, to meet her at her office. Menelag complied and Lord Zash accepted the young Acolyte as her, telling him to meet her next in the capital of , where her new apprentice could develop his skills. First, however, she gave Menelag her old as a gift.

Apprenticeship to Zash
While preparing to leave the Academy and travel to the capital, Menelag was met by another Sith apprentice,, who brought an ultimatum from his master, , Zash's superior. Menelag reluctantly refused and a ensued, in which Menelag killed Ortosin and the two thugs that accompanied him. Menelag then departed to the Headquarters, a massive space station called. There the Apprentice met Overseer who helped the new apprentice decide which path to take: the  or the. Menelag chose to walk the path of the Sith sorcerer, wanting to uncover the hidden mysteries of the Sith.

Defeating Darth Skotia
"Mindless... you don't know what Zash can do. Think&mdash;think of how many years she must have spent plotting my death. She will kill you. Just like... she's killed... me."

- Darth Skotia

On arrival to Dromund Kaas, Menelag was received by Darth Skotia himself and his two bodyguards, who threatened the young Apprentice yet again, also telling him to warn Zash that he holds the key. After leaving the spaceport Menelag completed several tasks assigned by who were having numerous troubles with slave rebels, deserters and the planet's own creatures.

Menelag then reached, the capital, and traveled to the where Zash awaited him at her office. Menelag immediately told her about Skotia's warnings and she revealed her plan to have her apprentice assassinate the cyborg Dark Lord by first exploring his cybernetics weaknesses. She then told Menelag that the first step was to discover what Skotia was hiding and sent him on a mission to investigate and extract information from Skotia's former slaves who had now rebelled.

Menelag succeeded and then. There, Menelag slew Skotia's guard including many Sith and even one Sith Lord,, before retrieving a that controlled Skotia's Trandoshan bodyguards.

Menelag then returned to the Citadel and gave the relic to Lord Zash. Zash, knowing controlling the Trandoshans wouldn't be enough to defeat Skotia, sent Menelag on one more to retrieve a  that could destroy cybernetics noting that Skotia was mostly a cyborg and it would be effective against him. The weapon had been created by a scientist named who was being held captive by the rogue.

Menelag infiltrated and after killing everyone that stood in his path, the young Sith discovered Dorotsech who gave Menelag the weapon's location. Menelag then retrieved the weapon but not without killing Dorotsech first, leaving no witnesses for what had happened in Grathan's estate. When Menelag returned to Zash she decided her apprentice was ready and finally assigned the young Sith to kill Darth Skotia.

Menelag Darth Skotia yet again in his, knowing that they needed to get close enough to use the anti- weapon, Menelag used the Trandoshan relic to turn Skotia's bodyguards on him but Skotia easily killed them, stating that they were only for show. Darth Skotia then proceeded to attack Menelag but the latter used the Cybernetics weapon on him. The weapon didn't kill Skotia but weakened him enough for the Apprentice to engage. The duel ensued and Menelag was victorious after slaying Darth Skotia; with his dying breath, Skotia warned the Apprentice that Zash would turn on him too. As the cyborg collapses on the floor, Menelag promised to face Zash when the time comes.

Menelag then went to the cantina, where Lord Zash was contacted by who accused her of slaying Skotia. Zash, having a concrete alibi, refused such accusations and was promoted to the title in front of her apprentice. Menelag then returned to Skotia's -- now Zash's -- office, where Lords and  were investigating the scene of the murder. Menelag was asked of how Darth Zash had slain Skotia and Menelag simply replied that he killed Skotia instead, knowing that the two Sith Lords wouldn't believe him.

The search for Tulak Hord's artifacts
Eventually sent to the Dark Temple on Dromund Kaas by Zash, Menelag discovered ancient roots to a, a one-time friend and greatest enemy of the ancient Dark Lord ,. The ghost of Kallig recognized Menelag to be of his bloodline and the means to restore his family name to greatness. He warned the Inquisitor that the Sith play an endless game of treachery, a game his heir must win. He advises to beware the master and apprentice and never to be taken by surprise.

Also while at the temple, Menelag found a relic of Tulak Hord captured millennia earlier by Kallig before his death. After learning of his ancestry and recovering the artifact, he ventured back to Darth Zash and learned that many other such artifacts were hidden around the galaxy. Menelag was then given the task of finding these artifacts on, , , and.



Balmorra
Darth Zash instructed Menelag to recover an artifact sealed in on Balmorra. The contact on Balmorra was. He and his assistant revealed that the vault was converted to a toxic waste storage facility and was overrun by. Menelag had to synthesize a colicoid serum which provided immunity to the toxic waste inside Vault 305. The first step was searching the records of Balmorran scientists who engineered the colicoids to be resistant to the toxic waste and that allowed them to even feed on it. After learning the data that described how to create the serum, Menelag had to find, who was the only person with expertise to produce it. After Tyrek was brought back to base, Bessiker refused to produce the serum unless Menelag first helped him free his son who was recently captured by the Republic. Menelag didn't take the extortion lightly but eventually agreed to "help" him. When storming the prison on, Hiran was found in one of the cells. He was a Sith himself and revealed that he obtained some sort of weapon. Menelag wanted the weapon and killed the fellow Sith as a result. Upon returning to the base, Major Bessiker was furious and attacked Menelag. The Apprentice was forced to kill the Major and promote his assistant to his position. The assistant ordered Tyrek to produce the serum which was used to give immunity to toxins inside the vault. As a result Menelag successfully recovered the artifact.

Nar Shaddaa
The third artifact was held by a Sith Lord named on. Paladius manipulated and exploited the poverty of the Nar Shaddaa population to form a. Menelag first met with and, former followers of the cult who were promised to be given control of the cult in exchange for their assistance. Menelag decided that best way to weaken Paladius was to draw his followers away from him. The first step was to build up his reputation by eliminating the notorious leaders. The next step was to demonstrate Menelag's "immense powers" to Paladius' followers which would sway them away from him. The plan was to produce quakes beneath the ground by an explosion. The detonator was obtained from. After that, Menelag showed up at Meridian Hall where Paladius rallied his followers and was giving them a speech by hologram. During the speech, Menelag mocked Paladius and told the gathered followers to witness his own miraculous abilities, using the detonator to produce an enormous groundquake. The followers started to worship the Apprentice, despite Paladius' attempts to convince them that it was a fraud. Shortly afterwards, Paladius contacted Menelag and offered the artifact in exchange of leaving him in control of the cult. They met in his headquarters where he tried a double-cross Menelag by stripping him of the ability to use the Force. Nevertheless he was defeated in lightsaber combat. Menelag then recovered the artifact and took over the control of his cult.

Kallig's Countenance
During the search for the artifacts, Kallig interrupted his descendant. He was suspicious of Zash's intentions and wanted Menelag to be prepared. Recently, he discovered that his old Sith mask was in the possession of Lord. He tasked Menelag to recover it. Menelag found Lord Khreusis on Korriban and slew him to take the mask as his own.

Tatooine
The next artifact was in hands of pirates who found a refuge on. Menelag was tasked to find who was a leader of the pirate crew before his first mate  betrayed him and took his favorite blasters. Seeking revenge, Andronikos helped the apprentice find his old first mate through his former girlfriend, who was also part of the crew. They found out that Wilkes too was betrayed by the crew, who then took the artifact, as well as Andronikos' blasters, and went into the. Menelag followed them and found logs which indicated that the pirate crew was driven insane by the artifact's power. The artifact was recovered from the body of one of the pirates. At that point, Andronikos joined Menelag's crew.

Alderaan
The last artifact was in possession of on. Menelag met with who was helping him during the mission on Alderaan. By gathering some information, it was revealed that the artifact was secured in one of the vaults and the key to the vault was in the hands of Jedi Master. By breaking into 's library and searching through old records, Menelag discovered that he and Rehanna of were once in love but Nomar cancelled the marriage to become a Jedi. Through manipulation, Menelag managed to lure Normar into coming to Alderaan where he was killed. The key was taken from his body and the artifact was stolen from the Organas in the Elysium vaults.

Kallig's lightsaber
Kallig contacted his descendant once again. This time he wanted him to claim his old which was given to  for keeping. The last descendant of Escalus at that time was who was working on. Menelag tracked her down in one of the casinos. She revealed that her father gambled the lightsaber to a criminal named. Menelag went to meet with Gyl but he refused to give away the lightsaber. He was then killed and the lightsaber was reclaimed by Kallig's descendant.

Zash's ritual
"Listen, apprentice. Various Force rituals have helped me maintain my appearance and some of my vitality. But inevitably, life fades. I'm dying, apprentice. My will, my intellect, my spirit are as lively as ever, but this body is dying."

- Darth Zash

After acquiring all of Tulak Hord's artifacts, Darth Zash asked her apprentice Menelag to return to the Dark Temple on Dromund Kaas to begin the ritual.

Accompanied by Khem, Menelag returned to the Dark Temple. He discovered that Zash had aged rapidly from increased exposure to the dark side, barely kept at bay by her rituals. Now, she sought to use Hord's artifacts to forcibly take her apprentice's body. But before she could complete the ritual, Khem interrupted. Though her body died, Zash's spirit wound up in Khem's body. Furious at Menelag's betrayal, Zash threatened to use Khem to exact her revenge. However, Zash discovered that because of the Dashade's bond to his master, she too was bound to serve her own apprentice. Worse, she had to fight Khem for dominance of his body.

Shortly afterward, Darth Zash's other apprentices, and, arrived and noticed the body of their master. Kaal accused Menelag of murdering Zash and attacked. Corrin quickly broke the fight and explained that Zash had a dream that consisted of Menelag killing the master and would lead the Sith to glory. Zash's apprentices then dedicated their loyalty to the new Sith Lord and bowed.

Lord of the Sith
"You are Lord Kallig now. It was once a glorious name, use it well."

- Aloysius Kallig

"Behold, the heir of Kallig, slayer of Zash, successor of Tulak Hord, Lord of the Sith. Now, bow!"

- Khem Val announcing the rise of Lord Kallig to Zash's followers

Force walking
Despite inheriting Zash's power base and the title of Sith Lord, the victory was not to last. , an emissary to the Dark Council and a staunch traditionalist, sent Lord Kallig into the tomb of, expecting his foe to become the deceased Sith Lord's latest victim. Only Aloysius's timely intervention prevented that. To gain more power to defeat Thanaton, Aloysius instructed Kallig to go to the tomb of the Sith Lord to learn the, a ritual that can bind  and draw on their power. After binding both Ergast and Andru's spirits, Kallig returned to face Thanaton, but the Dark Lord still proved more powerful and seemingly killed him. Luckily, the two ghosts kept Kallig from dying and Zash's other former apprentices saved their new Master before Kallig's body was disposed of.

Taris
Requiring more power before facing Thanaton, Kallig headed to to find another ghost,. After acquiring the ghost, as well as a new apprentice named, Kallig picked up a distress call from , as Zash's apprentices had stolen the key to Thanaton's private meditation chamber. Kallig managed to gain the key but failed to save the apprentices. On Zash's suggestion, Kallig returned to Korriban to select a new apprentice, to maintain their standing in Sith society. Kallig chose to observe the latest slave group being handled by Harkun. Kallig had high hopes for the, whom Harkun called.

Hoth
Kallig headed to Hoth after Andronikos Revel told him that there were rumors of a ghost on the frozen planet. After arriving on, Kallig met with officer. When the Sith Lord met him, Drellik was searching for a rumored hidden temple in. After encountering a force ghost of, who was using the body of an , Kallig was ordered to desecrate the temple Talos Drellik had been looking for, a temple of. Despite Drellik's pleas not to destroy everything in the temple, Kallig destroyed every last artifact. Approvingly, Horak-Mul told Kallig to find him in the, which had crashed in the. Refusing to sign a pact of blood with Horak-Mul, Kallig was attacked by Kaleesh assassins. However, Kallig proved too strong, and once he had overpowered the Kaleesh, Kallig bound Horak-Mul.

Confronting Darth Thanaton
Kallig then returned to Dromund Kaas to face Thanaton in his private meditation chamber. He killed Thanaton's apprentice, but as the Lord turned to face Thanaton, the power of four ghosts suddenly went out of Kallig's control. His body started failing and the ghosts threatened to drive the young Sith insane.



Invading Thanaton's private library
After returning to the ship, Zash went on a search to find a cure for her master. She shortly realized that Thanaton made a switch to the journals of and  as they had suffered similar problems. Kallig then invaded Thanaton's Private Library, used Force persuasion on the guard captain, and recovered the real journals. The Sith learned that Iratus went to and Vilus to  to find a cure, but had failed in their search. As Zash and Ashara began researching the planets, Kallig went to Korriban to check up on Harkun. The overseer put his credits on a acolyte, though Kallig still favored Xalek.

Belsavis
On, Kallig retraced Iratus' steps in the attempt to heal the decaying body. There Kallig managed to find an ancient and, in exchange for Kallig's DNA, the  Warden, helped recreate Kallig's body so that he can withstand the physical strain of using the ghosts.

A new ally
Upon returning to the ship, Kallig received a call from, who offered to ally with the young Sith against Thanaton. He explained that to win other Moffs to Kallig's cause, they need to prove that Kallig is more worthy of leading the Empire than Thanaton. His solution was a fleet-killing superweapon, codename, a project which Thanaton scrapped, claiming that the Force was superior to any new technology. What was left to complete the weapon was a chip, which was constructed on Nar Shaddaa. He suggested that Kallig reach out to the, whose allegiance Kallig won during his time as Zash's apprentice, in hopes of obtaining the CN-12.

Returning to Nar Shaddaa, Kallig learned from the cultists that the CN-12 was being held by a trio of cyborgs called the Veil and they only wished to speak with the Sith. And so Kallig did meet with the Veil, who attempted to bargain the chip for control of the cult. Instead, Kallig used a to compel them to join the cult.

Kallig returned to his ship to report the success to Pyron, who then informed the Sith that Thanaton has ascended to the Dark Council, his predecessor dying under mysterious circumstances. This pleased Kallig, who knows that finally killing Thanaton will also earn his seat. Pyron added that the Dark Council shouldn't know and warned that the other Moffs may not be so eager to oppose a Dark Councilor. Kallig then asked Pyron as to his motives for opposing Thanaton. The Moff stated Sith tradition has held the Empire from crushing the Republic and he believes that Kallig would be far more suited to accomplish this than Thanaton. As Pyron signed off, promising to complete the Silencer, Ashara approached Kallig, reminding her Master that they cannot face Thanaton with the ghosts out of control and suggested they go to.

Mysteries of Voss
Though Kallig's body was fixed, the young Sith's mind was not. Upon docking at the Voss space station, the ghosts began mocking Kallig for thinking that an imaginary ritual could subdue them. Ignoring them, Kallig listened to Zash describing the planet Voss. It was apparently a utopia, ruled by the, who perceive the Force as a conduit of healing and visions. Healing rituals were rare and often forbidden. But before Zash could explain more, Khem regained control. Kallig then decided to meet with an Imperial emissary, in.

Upon boarding the station to get transport to the surface, Kallig was approached by a Voss emissary named, who said that the Mystic had foreseen that Kallig would destroy the Voss way of life and demanded that the Sith Lord turn back. Kallig refused to turn back after so much hardship, so Sor-Nak left, saying that Alor-Wan has seen that he will not use force and promises that he will find another means of persuasion.

Kallig met with Kallis and her partner,, at the Imperial embassy. After being advised to avoid upsetting the Voss, Kallig elaborated on his mission to Kallis, who suggested that the Sith Lord seek out the outcast dream-walker cult.

Kallig later arrived at the cult's enclave and, with the permission of their leader,, undertook his initiation ritual in order to learn their mind-healing ritual. The ritual caused Kallig to go into the dream world, where the ghosts masqueraded as familiar people in Kallig's life, whom the Sith Lord had to fight. Upon returning to the waking world, Asa-Ku told Kallig to go to the, providing an insignia that would grant the Sith Lord entry into the cult's chambers where the mind-healing ritual could be learned.

Upon entering the Shrine, Kallig was addressed by a disembodied voice, another Force ghost, this time a Voss called, who was the first and last dream-walker, who stated that the mind-healing ritual was forbidden. As punishment for the ghost's defiance, Kallig bound Mar-Da and forced him to reveal that a in the  could defeat the ghosts bound to Kallig by turning them to flesh and blood, but only a Gormak could use it.

Subsequently, Kallig received a holocall from Kallis, announcing that pair of were tearing apart her office. After returning to Voss-Ka and disposing of the interlopers, Kallig then had Kallis consult her research, confirming that the closest the Gormak had to Force-users were dream-walking shamans.

Journeying into, Kallig used dream-walking to communicate with a sympathetic named , who was tired of the fighting between Voss and Gormak. As the shaman was imprisoned by the Gormak king,, for speaking out against him, Kallig rescued him in reality. Hadrik agreed to perform the ritual in exchange for passage offworld. They then traveled into the Nightmare Lands and dream-walk, where they found the dream-rock, containing the spirit of a Voss named. Dal-Rin instructed Hadrik to use the rock on the "ghosts", whom he referred to nightmares, defeat the ghosts before Kallig uses the rock to heal his own mind. The pair proceeded to use the rock to strip away the ghosts' disguises and besting them in combat one-by-one. Once all the ghosts are defeated, Kallig used the rock and was healed.

Upon returning to the space station, Kallig and Hadrik found Sor-Nak waiting for them, who declares that by taking a Gormak off Voss, his people will reject the Empire. To preserve Imperial interests, Kallig used a mind trick to make Sor-Nak forget Hadrik.

The Second Apprentice
Harkun then contacted Kallig that the slave acolytes were in their final trial. Returning to Korriban to await the acolytes during their final trial, Kallig maintained high hopes for. At first, the Twi'lek,, arrived with a tablet in hand. But then Xalek turned up and killed Seferiss. This blatant disregard for Sith tradition upset Harkun, who decides to pass up Xalek for the next group. However, Kallig decided to make an exception for Xalek and took him as his apprentice. Harkun reluctantly complied to his superior's decision but warned him that Thanaton would learn of this defiance.

Testing the Silencer
Kallig then rendezvoused with Pyron's flagship, the , on which the Silencer was mounted. Arriving on the bridge, Pyron proclaimed to Moffs and  that Kallig is the future of the Empire. Dolus expressed hesitancy to ally with Kallig, fearing that Thanaton will have their heads. Graham, on the other hand, was willing to whittle away the ancient Sith traditions which had yet to win them the war. Kallig promised that Thanaton will be dead soon, but Dolus said he would not be moved until that happens.

Pyron ordered Dolus to be silent, as the Doombringer jumped into and Pyron explained their plan to use the Silencer. They then emerged out of hyperspace as a lone was fighting off a small Republic fleet, which they would target with their superweapon as a test. He then turned to Kallig, who gave a speech to the Moffs about how the Empire must change if they are to win the war. But as they ready the Silencer to fire, they received a distress call from of the Carnage, requesting immediate aid. Graham identified Achelon as a minion of Thanaton and advised firing the Silencer at him. Dolus warned that purposely firing on an Imperial vessel was as good as. Pyron argued that the Republic would destroy the Carnage and not using the Silencer will result in their destruction too but deferred command to Kallig.

Therefore, Kallig chose not to aid Achelon and fired the Silencer, destroying Achelon's ship and the Republic fleet. Impressed, Dolus and Graham agreed to an alliance with Kallig. In turn, Kallig instructed Pyron to see that their new allies receive a Silencer for their capital ships.

Final confrontation
"By order of the Dark Council and in light of your reputation as a master of the dark side, you are now Darth Nox."

Thanaton soon called for a on, an opportunity for one another to silence their foe once and for all. Thanaton put many resources to shutting down Kallig's base of operations and fought the lower-level Sith Lord as much as the Republic defenders. Kallig still managed to get ahead using knowledge and power to avert disaster.

Thanaton finally challenged Kallig to a duel on Corellia, but when it became apparent that he would lose, Thanaton fled to Korriban to plead to the Dark Council for the former slave's execution. Unfortunately for Thanaton, the Sith Lord interrupted his speech before he could convince anyone. Curious to see why Thanaton was unable to destroy Kallig himself, the Dark Council allowed the two to duel again in front of them.

After one last struggle, Kallig proved the stronger Sith and unleashed the power of the Force ghosts to overcome Thanaton's Lightning Storm and bring Thanaton to his knees with the power of the Force. Beaten, Thanaton crawled to his fellow Dark Councilors, seeking their aid, but reached out with the Force and snapped Thanaton's neck, killing him instantly. With Thanaton's seat on the Council now open, Mortis offered his position to the young Sith. protested, stating that Kallig, as merely a Lord, could not sit on the Dark Council, but silenced his protests, stating that Kallig had earned the right. In light of the reputation earned as a dark side master, Marr bestowed Lord Kallig with the title of Darth Nox, head of the, one of the twelve power-bases of the.

Afterwards, the newly christened Darth Nox returned to Dromund Kaas to enforce dominion upon those formerly of the Sphere under Darth Thanaton and gain their allegiance. As soon as they were all dismissed, the ghosts pleaded to be freed, but Nox chose to keep them under bondage.

Quest for immortality
Darth Nox, now a feared and respected, continued to head the during and after 's return and the 's. One of his most famous victories was with winning the alongside fellow,. Nox also aided the Empire in the defeat of above the.

Eventually, as the war went on and new threats arose, Nox traveled to Rishi. The threat of the Revanites had drawn both Nox's attention to the planet and ire upon the Revanites. However, in the midst of ruining the Revanites' efforts, Nox was contacted by Moff Pyron. Pyron had been with searching for Revanite infiltrators within Nox's power base and was giving the Dark Lord an update on the search. Along with this, Pyron reported several situations that Nox needed to choose, including the status of the Silencer weapon and the recruitment of the Alzarians.

Lastly, Pyron realized Nox was on Rishi, and told the Dark Lord of their servant, Lord Veijel, who had been seeking an audiance. Nox and his companion, Talos Drellik, met with Veijel, who had been sent to Rishi thirty years ago by Darth Arctis and tasked with finding the secret of immortality. Veijel told Nox that he had built arrays that were supposed to communicate with others in the Rishi dwarf galaxy and that the arrays had received messages from other beings, supposedly Sith, Rakata, and Gree ancients. Veijel inquired that the arrays and beings were waiting for Nox due to their messages relating to the Dark Lord's past. Per Veijel's request, Nox set out and examined each of the arrays.

At each machine, the phrase, "The Dark Lord's lifespan increases by one solar cycle" was repeated. When Nox reported this to Veijel he became enthusiastic. Veijel told how Thanaton and Arctis believed the Rishi Maze held the secret to immortality but he himself doubted. The Sith Lord asked for fleets and scientists and forces so that he could explore the dwarf Galaxy and find the secret to immortality. Drellik reminded Nox that the search for immortality was never successful, emphasizing Zash's failed plan. Drellik also told Nox that the Dark Lord's resources should be used to help the Empire rather than this quest. However, despite Talos' warning, Nox granted Veijel's request in pursuit of everlasting glory and immortality. After the battle with Revan, Darth Marr stated that Nox was the only Dark Council member that he could trust, putting Nox among the elite of the Dark Council.

In his later years, Nox once again turned his attention to achieving immortal life. Having witnessed Emperor 's immense power as a result from a powerful Force ritual on first hand, Nox returned to  and sought to seek an audience with the  once again. Nox spoke to one of the mystics and asked them to tell him his future. The mystic revealed that Nox's was bound to die and that he would soon fall to a. The exact time and location of Nox's death, the mystic did not reveal. After hearing the prophecy, Nox immediately assembled all of his resources and went on a quest to achieve immortal life.

Nox first investigated the events that lead to the Ritual of Nathema, the infamous ritual that made the Sith Emperor immortal approximately two thousand years ago. Nox traveled to the barren wastelands of Nathema in hopes of finding clues to how Vitiate achieved immortality.

Eventually, Nox discovered that Vitiate performed an ancient and long-forgotten ritual known as ", or "Suppress Thought". A form of  that involved corrupting or influencing the minds of others. Nox turned to his apprentice, the newly christened Sith Lord  and commanded him to collect slaves, prisoners, and captive Jedi all over  and to bring them to the remote moon of.

As a result of deep immersion in the, Nox's body began to deteriorate rapidly. He appeared as a gangrenous old man with deep wrinkles and glowing red eyes. Nox contacted, the Dark Councilor heading the , and requested him to engineer a complicated exoskeleton that prolonged Nox's life slightly and kept his rapidly aged-body from deteriorating any further.

Eventually, Nox summoned all of his servants and the captured Jedi his apprentice Xalek hunted to Mustafar. In one swift act, Nox initiated the Qâzoi Kyantuska and began of the entire world, stripping the Force from the very fabric of reality on Mustafar and gaining both unimaginable power and  as a result. At that moment, the man shed his identity as Darth Nox and became Lord Sithis, a figure of immense power and terror in the eyes of the galaxy.

News of Mustafar's destruction spread quickly. The were one of the first to respond to the tragedy. The followed, suggesting that Nox had gone rogue and that he single-handedly wiped out all members of the Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge. Emperor Vowrawn declared Nox as an outlaw, and an enemy to the Empire. The Voss nicknamed Sithis "Psijii", in Voss tongue roughly translating to "Great Devourer".

However, Sithis was not truly sated. Although he had managed to keep his body alive, he was still fearful that death would catch up with him, as it ultimately did to the Sith Emperor. Therefore, Sithis gathered all allies that were still loyal to him and began an exodus into the Rishi Maze, to investigate the anomalies discovered years prior by his servant, Lord Veijel.

Sithis was not seen nor heard of for at least a year. Sometime later, Sithis had returned. His expeditionary fleet gone, he alone survived whatever the Rishi Maze had held. No one except Sithis knew what happened at the dwarf galaxy, but somehow, Sithis claimed that after returning from the Maze, both the Netherworld of the Force and Chaos had "rejected him", meaning that while his body had remained immortal, his soul could no longer truly "perish". The Jedi Council later remarked that Sithis became an unnatural, undefined "tumor" in the Force.

After achieving true immortality, Sithis had vanished, becoming the single-most greatest threat to the Republic.

First fall from domination
After a long search, the Republic discovered that Lord Sithis was hiding inside the on  and was corrupting the living and the dead who made their sanctuaries there. A small Jedi strike team, led by the esteemed and wise Ch'vyalthan, invaded the Temple in hopes of destroying the rogue Dark Lord. Ch'vyalthan and his Jedi approached a meditating Sithis, sitting in front of his ancestor, 's, sarcophagus. Sithis, who had already sensed the Jedi's presence, admitted that he was ready to die. After a long duel, Sithis eliminated the other Jedi accompanying Ch'vyalthan, and nearing the end of the duel, the Jedi Master killed the Dark Lord by spearing him with his lightsaber

While Sithis was dying, he laughed and mocked the Jedi Master, revealing that he had been consuming so much life and power that he succeeded in "loosening" his spirit from his body. Following his death, Sithis' specter broke free from his body and began to attack the Jedi Master. The other Force entities Sithis consumed years ago,, , , and , also broke free from their bounds and accompanied Sithis' spirit in attacking the Jedi. Ch'vyalthan managed to fight them off but was badly injured in the process. With Sithis' body dead, and his spirit dormant, the Jedi were convinced that the Dark Lord was destroyed for good.

Missing years
"I was ripped from my body, less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost, but still, I was alive."

- Lord Sithis regarding his fall from power

After Lord Sithis' first fall from domination, his power base, the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge, collapsed, most exiling themselves to obscure corners of the galaxy. Some of the more devoted servants of Lord Sithis reorganized themselves as the Darksiders, and they went on a never-ending quest to find Sithis' spirit, continuing his work.

What Lord Sithis didn't anticipate - however - was that after allowing the Jedi to defeat him, his power in the Force had been drained significantly. He lost his physical form but remained alive in ghostly form. The discoveries he made while in the Rishi Maze kept his spirit from entering Chaos, the afterlife for any dark side-aligned Force users.

His weakened spirit retreated to the forests of Yavin 4, where due to his combat with Revan years prior amplified his strength in the dark side somewhat. He eventually discovered the existence of the Darksiders and with Force telepathy was able to reveal to them his location. While waiting for his faithful servants to find him, Sithis gained physical form by inhabiting Tuk'atas, though he disliked doing so because the bodies of such animals were ill-equipped to perform Force abilities, and because his possession significantly reduced their lifespans; none of his hosts survived for too long.

Eventually, Sithis was found by the Darksiders on Yavin 4. Some volunteered to nurture and strengthen the Dark Lord's weakened spirit, while laying the early groundwork for what would become the Grand Plan. Meanwhile, through the Darksiders, Lord Sithis laid the seeds for the Sith Empire's downfall, believing the Empire to have become incompetent and imperfect, partly due to Vitiate's negligence and the Dark Council's constant infighting.

At around 3360 BBY, Sithis old strengths had returned. Although he was still incorporeal, he once again had enough power to interact with the physical world. At this time, he ordered his Darksiders to preserve all of his knowledge and store it into a dark holocron. In it lay the Dark Lord's secret formula for true immortality, a chronological timeline of his life, and his Grand Plan; the destruction of the Galactic Republic by Sith infiltration.

Afterwards, Sithis remained silent and went into an assisted hibernation for the next millennium, while waiting for his plans to come into fruition. Meanwhile, the Darksiders had successfully infiltrated and destroyed the failing Sith Empire, caused the fracture of the Dark Council, but also the inevitable victory of the Republic. A necessary casualty, according to Sithis.

Some Darksiders built a base of operations of Yavin 4 to protect Sithis' dormant mind. They used a variety of dark side techniques to shield Sithis' existence and location from the Jedi, who still believed the Dark Lord to have been destroyed.

New Sith Wars
At around 2000 BBY, Sithis reawakened. Alerted by his servants of the Republic's complete control of the galaxy, the Dark Lord saw to begin his new reign with a fresh start; free from the former Dark Council's narrow-minded views and constant bickering. With the aid of his Darksiders, Sithis began to construct a plan to reestablish Sith domination. However, before he could truly set his plans into motion, he had to test his fledgling theories.

Lord Sithis instructed his followers to infiltrate the now-unopposed Jedi Order and to find a weak link, someone-preferably an already established Jedi Master-to turn to the dark side. The Darksiders went to work, while Sithis idly waited on Yavin 4.

The Dark Lord's followers succeeded. They found a relatively young Umbaran Jedi Master going by the name Phanius, who was already at odds with Jedi tenets. The Darksiders managed to lure the Umbaran to Yavin 4, where he was approached by Lord Sithis in his ghostly form. Sithis, fueling Phanius' dissatisfaction with the Jedi Order, presented the Jedi Master with his holocron, telling him that the secret of immortality and the knowledge needed to destroy the Jedi all lay within it. Sithis promised Phanius the holocron, if he would only serve him as his Sith apprentice and combat the Republic. Phanius agreed, falling to the dark side and taking on the name "Darth Ruin".

Ruin went on to found the New Sith, a puppet empire loyal to the Darksiders. He managed to unite a number of Sith clans under him, gaining a significant number to battle the Jedi and the Republic. Concurrently, Ruin managed to convince fifty additional Jedi to leave the Order and rally behind his cause, resulting in the Fourth Great Schism.

So began the New Sith Wars. During the war, Sithis studied the effects brought on by the war, but most importantly, how the Sith waged war and how their hierarchy was constructed. The Dark Lord was surprised to learn that Ruin flippantly sacrificed his disciples, rather than uniting them to become a stronger adversary to the Republic. Sithis continued to carefully observe the New Sith. But eventually, he grew displeased with them. As they were merely "test subjects" to Sithis - not his final vision on how the galaxy would be dominated - he ordered his followers to assassinate Darth Ruin and to bring an end to the failed New Sith.

After Darth Ruin's death, Sithis once again went into a state of hibernation to preserve and build his strength. Meanwhile, the Darksiders continued to work behind the scenes to ensure the Dark Lord's plans would run smoothly.

A Fourth Apprentice
When the New Sith Wars ended, Sithis awoke once more. Frustrated, but not surprised by the New Sith's failure, the Dark Lord sent his minions across the galaxy to find a new apprentice for him. Meanwhile, he revealed his existence to a number of New Sith that managed to survive the war, bolstering the Darksiders' numbers.

However, fortune found the Dark Lord when, instead of searching for an apprentice himself, he was approached by Jedi Master Skere Kaan. Kaan, who went against the High Council's wishes, ventured to Yavin 4 to investigate the reason behind the New Sith's formation, where he found Lord Sithis. As he did before with Phanius, Lord Sithis succeeded in swaying the radical Jedi to the dark side, using the same technique as before; seducing him with his dark holocron.

Kaan, convinced by Sithis that the Jedi and Republic were imperfect, led a group of loyal Jedi Knights away from Coruscant and formed the Brotherhood of Darkness in 1010 BBY. Sithis indirectly formed the group as the antithesis to the New Sith Empire; filling the Brotherhood with ideals contrasting those held by Ruin's Sith.

At the time of Kaan's ascent, the New Sith had fractured, with dozens of Sith Lords claiming the title of Dark Lord and waging endless campaigns against each other, rather than uniting to bring down the ailing Republic. Sensing that their endless quest for supremacy and power would destroy the Sith, Kaan set about reuniting the various splinter states under his banner, destroying all those who refused to bend the knee.

Sithis was pleasantly surprised and intrigued to learn that the Brotherhood encouraged cooperation and equality between Sith Lords, whereas the New Sith had failed in this regard. Rather than challenge each of the self-proclaimed "Dark Lords" and threaten the war effort, Kaan acquiesced to their vanity, and named them all "Dark Lord of the Sith", and declared "All are equal in the Brotherhood of Darkness." But he forbade any Sith to take the historic title of Darth, since he held that title as being solely responsible for the jealousy and infighting that had destroyed the Sith in the past.

With his charisma and power, the Sith struck back at the Republic and the Jedi Order. However, the Republic and the Order were not without their defenders. Having seen Kaan for what he truly was, Lord Hoth of the Jedi Order rallied the banners of the Jedi Grand Council and formed the Army of Light through the support of all standing Jedi Lords. Once amassed, Hoth led his armies on a hunt for Sith, a decade-long war that would see great casualties on both sides. Although the conflict was widely regarded as an all-out war, the Republic claimed that it was simply fighting a series of engagements against an illegal organization.

Ultimately, the Brotherhood of Darkness did not last. At Ruusan, Kaan was defeated and his Brotherhood fractured. Sithis chose to abandon Kaan after the latter grew mad with the power of the dark side. Instead of dismantling the organization himself, as he did with the New Sith, he allowed fate to decide the failed Sith's fate.

After observing the New Sith and the Brotherhood of Darkness' strengths and weaknesses, Sithis came to the conclusion that the sole reason why the Sith Empires had all failed, was because of the Sith themselves. Years prior, the Dark Lord would've blamed Vitiate for the Sith Empire's destruction. He concluded that an Empire consisting of multiple Sith would ultimately end with the Sith battling themselves, rather than the Jedi, thanks to the Sith Code's encouragement of ambition and self-serving ideals. Satisfied with the results brought by his "experiments", Sithis began to write a series of codes and guidelines that would eventually evolve into the Rule of Two.

A Final Apprentice
With the New Sith Wars ended, Sithis finally started to set his plans into motion. With the knowledge and strength needed to crush the Republic and its Jedi defenders once and for all, Sithis searched far and wide for a final apprentice, whom he could pass all his knowledge on. The Dark Lord's servants looked for any remaining Sith that had survived the onslaught of the Brotherhood of Darkness.

Ultimately, Lord Sithis sensed a strong dark side presence emanating from the planet Lehon in the Unknown Regions. Instead of sending his Darksiders to investigate this anomaly in the Force, Sithis decided to travel to Lehon himself to see what presence had disturbed him.

On Lehon, the ghostly Sithis encountered a young Sith apprentice going by the name "Bane". Bane, who in turn sensed the incorporeal Dark Lord attempted to shield himself from the dark spirit, believing it to be malevolent towards him. Instead, Sithis subjugated and incapacitated the young Sith, observing him thoroughly. The Dark Lord sensed that Bane was strong in the Force, to which he became convinced that this young Sith may be the prophesied Sith'ari.

Lord Sithis spoke to the young Bane, acquiescing to his disillusionment from Kaan's Brotherhood. The Dark Lord revealed to Bane that he had sensed the young apprentice's strength in the dark side from systems away, to which he believed that he could be the prophesied savior of the doomed Sith Order. Bane, cynically dismissing the ghost's fanatical preaches, claimed that he only wished for the destruction of the Brotherhood, whom he believed to have become inferior to the teachings of the ancient Sith Lords. Sithis agreed, after which he revealed to Bane the location of Darth Revan's lost holocron, convincing the young Sith that the former Dark Lord's profane teachings were hidden inside.

To Sithis' suggestion, Bane found and unlocked Darth Revan's holocron, studying its contents thoroughly. Afterwards, he found that it was his duty to restore the Sith Empire of old. Later, the ghostly presence revealed his identity to Bane as the two-thousand-year old Sith Lord Sithis. The Dark Lord offered Bane to become his apprentice, to achieve together what other Sith Lords could not; the defeat of the Jedi.

Personality and traits
"Principles! What principles are those? Flagrant murder of a master, destruction of Imperial property, mockery of tradition? Your very existence is an affront to principle, and your refusal to submit to Sith tradition only makes things worse."

- Darth Thanaton to Darth Nox

Manipulative, cunning and ambitious, Sithis used treachery to break both allies and enemies. An example of Nox's manipulation mastery was when he successfully manipulated Ashara Zavros into opening a Sith holocron that began her transition into a Dark Jedi, her abandonment of the Jedi Order and her choice to become Sthis's follower. Sithis delved deep into experimenting with long and didn't hesitate to develop dangerous yet scientifically advanced  in order to increase influence and seize authority. This shows that Sithis wasn't afraid to defy tradition, believing that the Sith Empire had to change methods and tactics to achieve victory, which made him a dangerous and hated enemy not only to traditionalists like Darth Thanaton but also to the Jedi and the Republic.

Sithis took great pleasure in the feeling of subterfuge during his political maneuverings, the very suffering of others and would often torture weak minions, prisoners and opponents for simple amusement. The Dark Lord electrocuted those who were defiant, and took joy in the feeling of being powerful, dominant, and feared. However, the Sith Lord also knew to control and restrain himself in doing so if the situation called for it. Sithis also did not take kindly when being talked down to because of their history as a former slave or their quick rise to power, yet this same history and power did impress some like Darth Decimus and the feared Dread Masters.

Even though Sithis was corrupted, the Dark Lord also showed respect to some individuals and cultures such as his apprentice. When Xivhkalrainik told Sithis of the Kaleesh, he showed interest in it and asked questions about their culture. As such, Sithis cared little about one's standing in terms of one's species, valuing and respecting those who were useful and loyal to the young Sith Lord and to the Empire, a trait that was rare in the Sith Empire and was shared by Darth Nox's ally,.

Despite Sithis' amoral nature and ambition to achieve power, Darth Marr and others note that while the Dark Lord's methods were unorthodox, they serve the Empire's interests, not just his. As stated by Darth Marr, he "serves the Empire in his own way" and has done far more than any other member of the Dark Council would have done in the Dark Lord's time on the Council.

As a Sith pureblood, Sithis' original body was red-skinned with red eyes. His face also had cranial extensions, as was common with most Red Sith. Despite the fact that Sith Purebloods had an innate and natural ability to hide the effects of deep dark side immersion, Sithis instead chose not to hide his facial deformities, as he believed them to strike fear into the hearts of his enemies.

Powers and abilities
"From slavery rises the most powerful Sith in generations. Darth Thanaton is right to fear you."

- to Darth Nox

An immensely powerful Sith assassin, Sithis was able to channel and adapt it in ways that suited a variety of needs, including subduing, stunning or killing of foes. Sithis was also an astonishingly proficient user of. The Dark Lord was a proficient lightsaber duelist, utilizing a in combat.

Proof of Sithis's power was demonstrated when Khem Val, the former servant of Tulak Hord, became one of his companions despite many powerful Dark Lords avoiding Khem Val while imprisoned in stasis due to the 's Force immunity and record for killing and devouring even some of the most powerful Force-sensitives.

The immediate aspiration for the young, powerful Sith apprentice and eventually Sith Lord was his ascension to the Dark Council. Sithis's strength in the dark side was enough to completely overpower a Dark Council member of Darth Thanaton's caliber. During their duel with Thanaton, Sithis demonstrated the ability to use to fend off Force lightning, such as when he effortlessly swatted aside Thanaton's lightning attacks. was among the Dark Lord's talents, such as when Nox threw Thanaton clear across the Dark Council chamber. Nox's telekinesis was also able to halt Darth Thanaton's lightsaber strike and force the experienced Sith Lord to his knees.

Lord Sithis was immensely proficient in the "innate gift" of Sith Sorcery, particularly the long forgotten ritual to draw strength from multiple Sith spirits in order to explosively augment their power in the dark side. Their tremendously increased powers through the use of Force Walk was enough to overpower a Sith Lord as strong as Darth Thanaton. As explained by Aloysius Kallig, Sithis had a rare "pull among ghosts", enabling them to sense Sithis's presence from a distance and invoke long hidden emotions. Sithis was also a proficient user of the, using it in combat against a variety of enemies and attackers. The Dark Lord was also capable of using and used it to drain opponents while invigorating himself and his allies.

Much like Darth Niyvius, Sithis, in his youth, was extraordinarily strong willed, as the young Sith was able to resist the spirits' attempts to drive the him mad, the fear-inducing powers of the Dread Masters, and even the dominating abilities of the Sith Emperor himself.

Behind the scenes
This article represents SharkyBytesz's version of the character story of the player class in , a  from  and. As a result of being player determined, no canonical description of this individual is currently available; therefore, this article presents the subject's gender as male, as it was the gender chosen by SharkyBytesz during his playthrough of the game. When being given the choice of advancing to or, it is up to the player to decide. The default species options for Kallig are Human, Cyborg, Zabrak, Sith Pureblood, Twi'lek (the only Imperial class this species is available for), and Rattataki. Kallig will face anti-alien prejudice if not a Human, Cyborg, or Sith Pureblood, but this has minimal impact on the storyline.

The male Kallig is voiced by while the female Kallig is voiced by Xanthe Elbrick.

Darth title
At the end of the main storyline for the Sith Inquisitor class, which culminates in the player defeating, the player is granted the title of by. The name accompanying the title is based on the player's alignment: If the player has a reputation as a master of the dark side, they are called Darth Nox; an "inscrutable reputation" (neutral) results in Darth Occlus; a reputation for serving the Empire (light side) marks the player as Darth Imperius. Regardless of which title is granted for the storyline, the Darth title precedes the character's chosen name should the player choose to display it as their in-game title. The Inquisitor will generally be referred to as "", and occasionally by the name granted by Darth Marr, in dialogue. If the player starts the Sith Inquisitor class at level 60 and skips the preceding story quests, they will automatically be referred to as Darth Imperius.