Darth Judicar (AscendedAlteran)

Darth Judicar was a human male Dark Lord of the Sith of the lineage of Darth Bane.

Powers and abilities
Trained to perfection from a young age by Darth Plagueis, Darth Judicar was considered to be one of the most powerful Sith Lords in the history of the Sith. A voracious learner, Judicar quickly and easily grasped every skill and discipline his Master taught him, supplementing his learning with a vast collection of Sith holocrons and manuscripts such as scrolls, tomes, and texts which he discovered during his travels and kept hidden from Plagueis. He would ultimately proving his mastery of the dark side by overpowering and slaying Plagueis in single combat during a titanic battle that permanently altered the wildlife, weather patterns, and landscape of the planet they dueled on.

Lightsaber training
At the hands of his Master, Darth Judicar would inherit the rich tradition of lightsaber pedigree cultivated by the Sith Order since the days of Darth Bane. Judicar was a prodigious and deadly lightsaber duelist, wielding a curved-hilt lightsaber for the entirety of his life. Under Darth Plagueis' tutelage, he quickly became a master of Form II, spending decades honing his skills and perfecting every move and sequence. He fought with a fluid, one-handed style which relied on precision, speed, and economy of movement, freeing up his other hand to unleash strong Force attacks. At a moment’s notice, he could change hands with his lightsaber to strike at unexpected angles and throw his opponents off balance. Though he was ambidextrous and equally skilled with either hand, he favored wielding his lightsaber with his left hand, interfering with the usual right-handedness most lightsaber duelists were used to facing.

He fought just below his opponent’s level to draw them in, using his extremely polished defense to redirect and deflect his opponent's blade rather than directly meeting it head on, fending off enemies with a minimal expenditure of energy. The hypnotic and intricate patterns parries would move just fast enough to subtly interfere with his opponent’s strikes, which Judicar was easily able to anticipate and predict, while slight dodges and shifts of stance allowed him to simply evade the rest. His masterful blade work allowed him to comfortably counter dozens of strikes per second, his parries flowing into each other with liquid precision. When Judicar’s blade slipped through their defenses, he would simply alter the angle of his parries to unleashing a rapid and devastating flurry of vicious thrusts, never utilizing anything less than a killing blow.

Eschewing open flourishes in favor of more simple, direct, and efficient maneuvers, Judicar did not tire easily and his swordplay demonstrated extraordinary precision and speed, being able to rapidly fend off and dispatch multiple duelists at a time with a minimal expenditure of energy. Avoided at all costs what he viewed as needless and wasteful acrobatics, he relied on superior footwork, reach, leverage, and tactical know-how to outmaneuver his opponents, basing himself on balance, back-and-forth charges, and sudden retreats. His footwork was so refined he could quickly outmaneuver multiple opponents into unfavorable positions, allowing him to focus on engaging and overwhelming them one at a time rather than all at once.

Force powers
As Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Judicar was considered the strongest dark side user of his time, and he was one of the most powerful in the entire history of the Sith Order. He perfected his natural talents for the Sith arts and commanded a variety of esoteric and unnatural powers, becoming one of the most powerful known practitioners of Sith sorcery and alchemy in galactic history. Mastering all the powers his predecessors wielded and rediscovering some even his Master considered lost, Judicar's abilities were so potent and extensive that overpowering him in direct combat at full power required a large amount of Force-sensitives who each possessed an incredibly strong potential in the Force, with only Darth Plagueis having demonstrated the ability to match him singlehandedly for a protracted period.

As a fully trained Sith, Darth Judicar could conjure Force lightning, however he had a personal fondness and proficiency for instead projecting focused blasts of dark side energy from his hands, the strength of which could obliterate anything in their path and was oftentimes fatal. During his battle against Darth Plagueis, these blasts were capable of killing the Sithspawn Plagueis created in a single hit, to his Master's astonishment and despite Plagueis being arguably the greatest Sith alchemist to have ever lived. The Sith Lord was also highly proficient in the use of Force-enhanced movements, increasing the speed of his lightsaber strikes and fighting with dramatically enhanced reflexes, seeming to wield dozens of blades attacking from every angle and moving with lightning-fast speed. He was also able to absorb energy from a variety of sources, from Force lightning to lightsabers, and then channeling it into Force blasts. Using this ability, Judicar was able to block lightsaber blades and blaster bolts with his bare hands, then capitalizing on the opening his opponent's shock provided to attack them while they were distracted.

His Force presence was incredibly elusive, which enabled him to slip out of the memories of those he encountered moments after departing. This could affect strong-minded individuals as well as entire groups of sentient beings; however, Jedi were able to resist this power. Judicar was also able to determine who retained their memory of him and who did not, as it was not an automatic occurrence, and could manipulate the memories of his targets to effectively erase his existence. He was also able to conceal himself entirely in the Force using a person's doubt, making him invisible to sense, though an observant Force sensitive would be able to locate him during these periods through the emptiness in the Force the technique generated. Judicar was capable of hiding his dark nature from the Jedi High Council, even when in the same room as its members. This eventually reached the point where it became second nature, him instead having to consciously allow others to sense the Force within him. He could project false emotions to cover his presence as well, and only partially reveal his feelings to others, controlling what they sensed.

Being an avid user of Force techniques that manipulated the mind, Judicar could exert his Force presence upon the weak-minded and sway subjects to do his bidding, ignore his presence, or simply lose consciousness. He was able to prey on his target's doubts and create or distort truths with great effect, skewing logic and temporarily convincing himself he was speaking the truth. Coupled with powerful use of the Force to back these lies, Judicar could convince others that he spoke reason, his duplicity undetected. On a more extreme level he could directly implant thoughts into another's mind, making it seem as if they had come up with an idea themselves, alter or erase the memories of an entire group, drive otherwise calm individuals into a bloodlust of frenzied madness and deranged mania while controlling their every action, and drive people insane by showing them visions of their greatest fears over and over. In addition, he was able to tame animals and similarly bend a large number of them to his will at the same time.

He could even take complete control of his target's mind and literally reshape them in his own image, dominating their wills and convincing them to attack their allies or even commit suicide if he had the whim, compelling even powerful Force-users to obey him. In battle, he would use this skill to confuse his enemies and spread disorganization and chaos. He was just as talented at reading minds, being able to delve into the minds of others to decipher their thoughts with great precision, and could pry information even from actively resisting consciousnesses. By combining various Force techniques, Judicar was also able to imbue portions of his consciousness into infants, transforming them into extensions of his will. He could suppress their personas and even their Force-sensitivity, making them the ultimate covert operatives and sleeper agents.

While being skilled at altering both living and dead cells to create a plethora of nightmarish bioweapons for various purposes, Judicar was also able to use Sith alchemy to construct potent poisons, elixirs, and maladies of varying effects which could target select genetic templates, allowing him to afflict single families or even entire species with devastating pathogens. These substances could be made highly resistant to antidotes and cures, and if a defense were found Judicar could mutate their makeup to render the new defense much less effective, if not useless.

Apart from Plagueis, Darth Judicar was the only other Force user known to be capable of directly manipulating midi-chlorians. Judicar was capable of using this power to heal virtually any wound; regrow lost limbs and organs; halt, reverse, or accelerate the aging process; and even revive the recently deceased. The Darth could almost instantly treat what would normally be severe mortal wounds and heal himself from even death itself by commanding the midi-chlorians to heal him. By inciting aggression in the midi-chlorians he was able to re-open or worsen wounds, regardless of how long ago or how well they had healed, injuring his target oftentimes to fatal effect. His control over this ability was so refined he could use this power as a potent form of torture, aging his victim’s body into a frail state then slowly inflicting wounds until the trauma became fatal, continuously reviving and healing them only to start the process over again until he was satisfied. Judicar was also able to halt his aging process completely, keeping his body in a state of perpetual youth and peak physical condition. He could also use this power to reduce or permanently strip a being's ability to touch the Force and likewise restore it if he felt so inclined. Also capable of enhancing the Force sensitivity of others, Judicar would frequently make use of this in combination with various dark elixirs and potions on his biological children to permanently increase their Force potential in the hopes of finding a suitable apprentice from amongst them.

After slaying his master and taking the mantle "Dark Lord of the Sith" Judicar gained powerful precognitive powers, which at first appeared in the form of dreams or during his meditations, and eventually evolved into a vague awareness of how immediate events would unfold and allowed him to intuit all the possibilities stemming from a given situation and prepare for unexpected changes. He refined this gift until he was capable of seeing through his enemies' maneuvers, instinctively knowing how an enemy would act, how to counter those actions, and how those counters would be responded to. Aiding him was the ability to see shatterpoints, which allowed Judicar to see weak points in opponents, organizations, events, and even everyday life. This power allowed him to shatter otherwise unbreakable objects with a minimal amount of physical exertion by channeling the Force into the places of the object that bound it together. In relation to events, a single action could cause events to transpire completely differently than they might otherwise have, allowing Judicar to easily bring to pass results and futures that suited his designs. Using these potent abilities in conjunction, Judicar was able to control the direction and outcome of a galaxy-wide war.

Apparel
Given his early role as both Senator and Dark Lord of the Sith, Judicar's clothing was carefully chosen in such a way as to be suitable to both without the need to switch back and forth or arouse suspicion as to a certain article of clothing in his possession. He chose to forgo the elaborate robes common in the Senate and his Order in favor of a much more practical and comfortable — some would say militaristic — style, though his clothes were still made out of the finest materials. He was usually seen in extremely expensive, custom-tailored clothing from Vjun, the tunics and trousers always being in matching shades of black or gray. He also wore polished black boots made of rare rancor leather which came to just below mid-shin. Over the tunic was typically worn a cloak said to be more expensive to purchase than the rest of his wardrobe combined, the shape of which served to enlarge his silhouette, the only concession to his true identity as a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Lightsaber
Judicar wielded a curved lightsaber composed primarily of chromium, which gave it an attractive mirror-like shine, and its physical properties were further enhanced and refined via Sith alchemy, allowing it to survive even a direct strike from a lightsaber. The lightsaber's synth-crystal produced the traditional red blade of all Sith lightsabers, while a special focusing lens concentrated the blade, making it easier to control.

Starship
As an apprentice, Darth Judicar's personal transport was a heavily modified star courier, a gift from his master. Though it was unarmed, the ship featured several experimental technologies, most notably the cloaking device, and was stealthy enough for him to slip through Coruscant's defenses unnoticed on numerous occasions. He would eventually gift this ship to his consort. After becoming Galactic Emperor, Judicar ordered the construction of a star yacht to act as a mobile Sith temple to harness and focus his dark energies in addition to serving as a throne from which to run his empire.