Darth Keljak

"The Empire, the First Order, everything. They all fell. I will make sure that I do whatever it takes to make sure I don't become just like them"- Darth Keljak.

Darth Keljak, known formerly as Adan Suranov and Darth Petrovich, was a Human male from the planet of Coruscant who ruled over the Keljak empire over the years 78-219 ABY. He was trained by the previous ruler of that empire, Emperor Josin Kostelli, who considered him to be the most powerful apprentice he had ever trained. Keljak eventually took over most of the galaxy. Unlike many Sith, Keljak was actually never a Jedi Knight and never even considered moving to the light side a possibility. In the year 78 ABY, in the night when he was sleeping, Kostelli decided that he was going to walk over to Keljak's bed and murder him in his sleep to prevent him from ever becoming emperor of the Keljak Empire. This backfired, however, when Keljak defended himself and accidentally killed the emperor, becoming the new ruler of the empire and naming himself Darth Keljak after the empire.

For years after this, Keljak conquered planet after planet, and even killed many famed Jedi in his quest to conquer all of the universe. He eventually made his way to conquering the entire galaxy, until the year 105, when a group of rebels called the Star Crusade overthrew his reign on the planet of Coruscant, his home planet. Keljak was angered by this and vowed to kill every last member of the Star Crusade. This led to his bitter rivalry with Star Crusade leader Sojan Berik, who blamed Keljak for the deaths of his parents and vowed to take revenge.

Keljak eventually died of old age in the year 219, being remembered for being one of the most powerful Sith Lords ever, while holding the largest empire in the history of the empire. Despite how big his empire was at the time, it took his death to finally break the empire apart, as Berik and the Star Crusade took it down only 2 years after Keljak's death.

Early Years
"You may take our home, you may take our light, but please sir, I beg you, please don't take our son!"

- Yylvi Syranov, to a Skulltrooper general

Adan Suranov was born 47 years after the Battle of Yavin, on the planet of Coruscant, to parents Jaren Suranov and Yylvi Syranov. When he was 4 years old, his parents noticed that he had become a strong force-user and decided they were going to send him to the Jedi Temple in the future, but he was rejected for unknown reasons. Due to this, Suranov gained a hatred for the Jedi for casting him out and not allowing him to be one of them. At age 6, he met a boy at his school named Sojan Berik, and they were close friends until Berik moved the next year to another planet.

8 years after his birth, the Keljak Empire was founded by Darth Daryf, who sent an army to invade Coruscant. When Daryf did this, he tasked his army, the Skulltroopers, to take any possible apprentices they could find. Suranov was one of the apprentices taken by the Skulltroopers, and was chosen as one of 5 apprentices to be trained by Darth Daryf. Daryl eventually chose Suranov to be his successor, but was killed by an uprising general named Josin Kostelli, who took his position as emperor of the Keljak Empire from him. Kostelli chose Suranov to be his right-hand man, and allowed him to have a new name, Darth Petrovich. When he became Kostelli's right-hand man, he was 14 years old and hadn't even been sent into battle yet. Kostelli gifted Suranov a lightsaber made of pure gold, and allowed him to use it as his own. Suranov then decided to make some changes to the Keljak Empire's government, with the permission of Emperor Kostelli, of course, and decided that the Skulltroopers needed to be expanded. He expanded the troop from 100,000 people to over 1,000,000, making the Keljak Empire one of the strongest empires military-wise to ever exist.

Murder of Thyroxa (Turning Point of Keljak's life)
"Does anybody else refuse to answer to the Keljak Empire?"- Adan Suranov, after killing Alyn Irozyik When he was 15 years old, Adan Suranov (known as Darth Petrovich at the time) was sent into battle with an army of Skulltroopers to try and "negotiate" with the Thyroxins, who refused to move their satellites from the Keljak Empire's home planet of Korja. The Thyroxin leader Alyn Irozyik claimed that the satellite was sold to another planet, but Suranov confronted Irozyik and confused him of lying. Irozyik pulled out a lightsaber and tried to kill Suranov, but Suranov's reflexes allowed him to kill Irozyik first. Suranov then asked the rest of the Thyroxin government to either surrender or be killed. Most of them did, except for Irozyik's son, Koya, who refused to surrender. Due to this refusal to surrender, Suranov killed the entirety of the Thyroxin government and claimed the entire planet for the Keljak Empire. Kostelli congratulated Suranov on his success in Thyroxa and granted him permission to, again, expand the military.

Evyrin Krone (Second Encounter with Sojan Berik)
"You may be an experienced, well-rounded fighter, but you'll never defeat me"- Adan Suranov, to Sojan Berik

At age 17, Suranov was sent to the rainy planet of Evyrin Krone with his army of Skulltroopers to fight against a rebellion called the Star Cruasde, who was just starting to rebel against the Keljak Empire. While the Skulltroopers fought against the Star Crusade soldiers, Suranov went after the leader, a young, eccentric man named Sojan Berik, who Suranov had befriended years ago in Coruscant. Berik did not recognize Suranov at first, as Suranov was both wearing a mask and was a lot different-looking when they had first met. Berik and Suranov finally realized who they were when Berik screamed out that he was "Sojan Berik, leader of the Star Crusade". Despite them having been friends in the past, Suranov now despised Berik due to his new position, and attempted to kill him. Suranov and Berik had an epic battle, and Suranov won the battle in the end. Despite this, Berik did escape with the help of his girlfriend, fellow Star Crusade member Alo Kora.

The Next 14 Years
Over the next 14 years, Suranov was sent on many more missions and wars, including one where he again fought against Berik and almost killed him, but Berik survived again with the help of Kora. Suranov became feared throughout the galaxy as someone to be killed by, as Suranov had killed many famous Jedi such as Yaryn Korzi, Teva Koshu, and Caithra Dominic in battles across the galaxy. By the time he was 31, Suranov was becoming an even better strategist, even plotting to overthrow Emperor Kostelli soon in the future. Kostelli heard about this, and decided that he was going to kill Suranov. During the night, Kostelli walked up to Suranov's bed and grabbed his lightsaber. Suranov, sensing that something was wrong in his sleep, used the force to grab a knife and killed Kostelli. In Kostelli's will, it stated that his successor would be Suranov, as he wasn't planning on being killed by Suranov. Suranov became the new leader of the Keljak Empire, and changed his name to Darth Keljak to fit that.

(There will be more coming soon, I had to quit for a while)