Offul Grant

Baron (later Lord) Offul Grant was a and a member of the. He was a direct descendant of.

A man of the Mecrosa
Like many Mecrosa, Grant lived a double life in the Tapani sector. Outwardly, he spent his career as a member of House Mecetti's, earning numerous decorations and faster-than-average promotional advancement. At the same time, he was a scholar of Sith history and a proficient killer and combatant. He became a close ally of Lady Menal Bathiriat, herself a distinguished and powerful noblewoman and an influential Mecrosa commander.

In 132 ABY, Grant was made aware of Evangelia Maxico, a Force-sensitive girl from, by some of his Mecrosa subordinates. He arranged to have her parents killed with an “accidental” gas leak, then expressed public outrage at the facility's negligence and adopted the girl, which earned him adulation from the Tapani press and a Force-strong disciple under his personal direction. Grant raised Evangelia as his daughter, teaching her about the Mecrosa and the Sith and hiring the best tutors for her combat education, including Thosso. When she was still a young woman and took to carrying a she had obtained illegally, he punished her severely, but later arranged for her to be knighted so she had the right to carry the weapon as a minor noble.

Loyal to his House and its interests, Grant supported Menal Bathiriat as she took over the Mecrosa, and was rewarded with her support and greater influence. He enjoyed the rivalry between his adopted daughter and Marcus Antessio, Menal's apprentice. While Menal saw Evangelia as a way to sharpen her student's dedication by presenting him with a challenge, in the spirit of Sith “survival of the fittest”, Grant privately hoped that Evangelia would one day dispose of Marcus and provide him even more influence in the Mecrosa.

Assuming command
In 154 ABY, Evangelia accompanied a team of Mecrosa, led by Marcus, to, where they were to obtain the holocrons of and Darth Chosis, up for sale on the. The mission was a failure; Marcus and Aimon Bathiriat died, and Evangelia obtained the holocrons only to yield them after losing a duel against a woman claiming to be a new embodiment of the. Grant's reaction was mixed; he agreed that Evangelia should not have yielded the holocrons, but was glad to see Lady Bathiriat's position weakened.

When Evangelia came to him with the news that Lady Bathiriat had ordered her assassination, Grant briefly considered sacrificing her to appease his commander, but realized that Menal would never fully trust him again, and that losing Evangelia would be yielding his most powerful piece in the game. Instead, he not only helped Evangelia ambush and kill the assassins, but also furnished her with the schematics and security plans for Lady Bathiriat's estate on.

As he had hoped, Evangelia infiltrated the estate and poisoned Lady Bathiriat. After her death, Grant assumed leadership of the Mecrosa and dispensed with the assassination order against his daughter, who was now the Order's foremost agent. In recognition of his new position, Grant was raised to the rank of Lord by the.