Ardas Talvron (Destiny)

Darth Eradicus, born Ardas Talvron, was a Dark Lord of the Sith who reigned during the early years of the.

Biography
Born on Tralon IV to the distinguished House Talvron, Ardas was taken at an early age and trained in the ways of the Force by Jedi Master. When Ardas was still a Padawan learner, Phanius left the Jedi Order to pursue his unorthodox views. Without a teacher to complete his training, Ardas was put through the by the High Council. While he passed the first four tests with ease, the fifth and final test — to locate a single grain of sand in a field of rocks — took him two days to complete, and he never found the grain. Denied the rank of Jedi Knight, an infuriated Ardas accused the Council of rigging the test and left the Jedi Order, heading off in search of his former master.

A year later, Ardas found Phanius, who had since fallen to the dark side and united the scattered Sith clans into a New Sith Empire. Ardas was shocked by this revelation at first but quickly overcame his fear, pledging loyalty to his master. In return, Phanius — now known as Darth Ruin — bestowed onto him a set of armor infused with the dark side as well as the name Lord Eradicus.

As Eradicus, Ardas served as Darth Ruin's Shadow Hand, though many Sith regarded him as little more than a squire. Desperate to achieve some form of recognition, Eradicus returned to his homeworld of Tralon IV and overthrew the Count of Tralon, naming himself ruler of the planet. However, this had not been the first time that the throne had been claimed by a Sith; not wishing to live under such tyranny again, the Great Houses banded together and led a massive coup against Eradicus, driving him off the planet. He had been ruler of Tralon for no more than a week.

Disappointed with his apprentice's failure, Darth Ruin planned on ridding himself of Eradicus and finding a more suitable squire. By this time however, Ruin's self-centered rhetoric had provoked the ire of his followers. Eradicus recognized this and decided to take advantage of it, leading the Sith in assassinating Ruin and bringing the Dark Lord's reign to a premature end. With the position vacant, Eradicus naturally claimed the title of Dark Lord, naming himself Darth Eradicus. The other Sith accepted his rule, figuring that he would be easier to manipulate than Ruin, and followed him as he led an attack on the Galactic Republic, conquering a number of worlds in the Outer Rim. His most successful campaign was that on the, and he planned on taking control of the entire in order to make up for his failure on Tralon.

However, Eradicus ended up doing more damage to himself than the Republic. Extensive use of the dark side had caused his body to fracture and decay, making him look twice as old as he actually was. At only thirty years of age, Eradicus isolated himself in a citadel on, shutting himself off from his followers and communicating only via hologram.

By 1977 BBY, Darth Eradicus was only forty-two years old but looked and acted like a hundred. In his decrepit state, the Dark Lord of the Sith was vanquished by a slab of stone that had fallen out of the wall, which he tripped over and fell onto the floor, breaking his back. Unable to call for his servants, Eradicus simply laid there as his body slowly perished, decaying and disintegrating into grains of sand.

Behind the scenes
Ardas' birth and death dates — 2019 to 1977 BBY — reflect the real-life release dates of the nine Star Wars Saga films.