Ratharax

Emperor Ratharax is the Sith Lord born in the True Sith Empire, from an alternate universe where Emperor Vitiate did not attack the Republic, but instead chose to hide his Empire's existence from the galaxy, sending his subjects under the guise of merchants, mercenaries, and adventurers to gather intelligence and necessary resources.

Early life
Little is known of Rathrax's life prior to his arrival into Imperial Space. He came from a powerful Sith family, having a strong connection to the Force. At the appropriate age, he applied for the Sith Academy, and quickly rose through the ranks, attaining the rank of Sith Lord. At first, his quick advancement caused concern among other Sith Lords, however, after he declared his desire to leave Sith Space and become a gatherer, he was granted leave.

Coming to Imperial Space
Exiting Sith Space, Ratharax hid his presence in the Force, and flew towards Coruscant. Once there, he applied for a variety of mercenary jobs, using his hidden Force talents to make a lot of money. At some point, while relaxing in a cantina, a young girl - Kyra Moryne - attracted his attention. He felt the Force within her, and immediately established contact. Soon afterwards, she joined his crew, and he used his Dark Side powers to manipulate her into unquestioning obedience, making her his apprentice.

Rise of an Emperor
By the time the Galactic Civil War was over, he had already made himself enough money to afford a personal army. With Palpatine's Empire defeated, and the New Republic still weak, he grasped the opportunity, and started conquering remote planets on the Outer Rim, declaring himself Emperor. He then used his new resources, and began spreading his Empire into all directions, conquering all of known space, assimilating the Imperial Remnant. No force could challenge him, not an opponent was spared.

Personality and traits
Ratharax is a natural leader and strategist. What he could not win by cunning, he would win through either brute force, or his superior position on the chain of command.

Equipment
During his time as a mercenary, Ratharax used a variety of blasters and explosives. He favoured a Mandalorian carbine and a Sith Vibrosword he bought off the Black Market. After becoming Emperor, he gave his armour a black finish, and donned black robes with a hooded cape atop it. After a failed attempt on his life, he also added a full-face helmet. He discarded his weapons in favour of his lightsaber.

Powers and abilities
Ratharax is naturally gifted in the Force. He used his talents and training to mask his presence from Palpatine's Inquisitors, from Darth Vader, and from Emperor Palpatine himself. He is also talented in Force mental manipulation, Force Jump, and Force Deflect.

Fellow True Sith
Little is known of Rathrax's relationship with his fellow Sith, but it is presumed he only tolerated them until he could leave Sith Space.

Mercenary crew(s)
He saw the mercenaries he worked with as expendable means to an end. He cared little for their lives, only for getting paid. This would have caused him trouble, had he not used the Force to manipulate clients and bosses into hiring him regardless of reputation.

Kyra Moryne
Upon first encountering Kyra, he immediately became interested in her Force abilities, deciding to turn her to the Dark Side, and train her. He would often times send her on missions of reconnaissance, assassination, and sabotage. For her successes, he would reward her; for her failures - punish.

Other subordinates
He did not tolerate disobedience and weakness, often times punishing his subordinates. Yet he understood that fear and cunning were not the only ways to ensure loyalty, thus he would greatly reward the exceptional deeds of his subordinates.

Behind the scenes
Ratharax is a player character created as a generic conqueror in Star Wars Conquest mod for Mount & Blade.