Nalrik J'tarr

"This world is mine, and tomorrow, this system, then this sector. Then soon, the entire Galaxy will be held in my fist...but what's to stop me from conquering the Universe? Nothing, absolutely nothing..."

- Darth Echo

Darth Echo, born Nalrik Cresh Valin J'tarr in 4,020 BBY and renamed in 4,000 BBY, was a Dark Master of the Sith from 4,000 BBY up until his dissappearance in 1,000 ABY. Vicious, brutal, horrifying, and disturbing were just a few words to describe his actions. His former tendencies to kill in brutal ways came through to his new life and, with his new powers, were enhanced in more ways than one.

Early Life
Nalrik J'tarr was a Trandoshan Jedi Knight in the year 4,000 BBY. He grew up on Dantooine in the Jedi Enclave and was trained under the tutelage of Jedi Master Veshin Drenak, an Alirar from the edge of the Galaxy who had twelve arms and three eyes. When Nalrik was 20 years of age, Veshin was expelled from the Jedi Order for marrying and fathering a child. Nalrik was furious at this, declaring that his master was innocent, but evidence proved otherwise. He never saw his master alive again, as while Veshin left Dantooine a Sith Vessel destroyed his transport, killing him and four other jedi knights. Nalrik realized that these were just the first of many deaths in the Jedi Civil War.

Jedi Civil War
Nalrik fought in the JCW to proclaim justice for his Master's death. However, he realized that as he fought, his combat skills thrived faster than his Jedi Training. In a duel on Rataak, Nalrik faced off against a Human Sith Apprentice named Darth Kabal. The fight lasted an hour, at the end of which Nalrik gave into his dark side tendancies and slain Kabal in a cold blooded way--using the Force to crush his lungs, then stabbing him through the head and heart with his two lightsabers. In the Battle of Dantooine, Nalrik swiftly moved through burning fields and anihilated groups of Sith Troops without reason. Near the end of the JCW, Nalrik played a crucial part in a battle on Trandosha, where thousands of Sith troopers invaded his homeworld-- He killed wave after wave of Sith troops without even being hit.

Capture
During the Battle of the Star Forge at the end of the Jedi Civil War, J'tarr was attacked by Sith Troops who boarded his Corellian Freighter Ship, the Stone Talon. After a short battle J'tarr was incapacitated and captured. Days later he awoke in a small cage in a Kelorian Asteroid medical facility with Sith science officers overlooking him. The officers removed him from the cage and latched him into a table, where they tortured him for months on end. They twisted his mind, brianwashed him, making him blame the Jedi for Veshin Drenak's death. With his mind filled with hatred and vengeance, Nalrik crushed the latches, killed the two officers by twisting them in half with the force. J'tarr then left the facility, using his Force training to cause the asteroid itself to collapse.

Rebirth
Nalrik crash-landed near a Sith Academy hidden in the foilage of Kashyyyk's moon Alpha Prime. When the three Grandmasters of the Academy approached him, Nalrik killed them using his powers instantly. He then made his way to the temple and walked inside...

"He was like an echo of twisted sound, moving through the halls killing everything and everyone in the Academy. He made his way past trained Sith Lords and Sith masters, crushing them with the Force and slaughtering younger students with ease..."

- Survivor of the Temple

Nalrik fiercely made his way to the central tower of Exar Kun, absorbing the energy off of it, which caused a unstable shift in the Force. The Academy shook violently and exploded, sending a massive fireball straight into the sky and killing hundreds of innocent Wookiees in a echoing shockwave. When he came out, Nalrik J'tarr was no more.

Darth Echo was born...

Reappearance
He first reappeared in 3,750 BBY, 250 years after his renaming, when he killed hundreds of Republic troops on the then-unknown world of Geonosis. He killed them so fast and so swift that no one had a chance to report him. Therefore, no one in the galaxy knew he was there. Four days later a Republic transport vessel was sent to Geonosis to investigate... it was never seen again. By that time the Republic had definitely suspected something was up, so they sent an elite group of Jedi Knights equipped with stealth field generators to investigate the deaths. They arrived on Geonosis and set up camp at their landing site, surrounded by motion sensing devices and heavy turrets. One dark night, however, Darth Echo made his way past the sensors and turrets. With his Trandoshan infrared vision, he slowly picked off the cloaked Jedi one-by-one. Only one Jedi managed to escape and reported the attack to the Council. Due to maintaning secrecy to prevent panic and further deaths from derranged bounty hunters searching the galaxy, Darth Echo remained in the shadows.

Force Powers
Darth Echo's powers were considered to be the morally darkest abilities ever recorded in Galactic history. One such power was known as Force Phoenix, which gave him almost God-like immortality. His favorite powers to use against enemies, however, were Force Crush, Force Storm, Force Destruction, Death Field, and Force Insanity.