Darth Abeonis

"I once knew a Jedi Knight who was a friend of my father. He was known to be brash, easily to anger and extremely dangerous to all around him, what many called the perfect embodiment of the Sith. But, as my father always said&mdash;he was loyal. He only had the future of the Republic, or rather the Galactic Alliance at heart and although his methods were extremely un-orthodox he did achieve what he set out for. He united the galaxy under one banner&hellip;his."

- Jedi Master Ben Skywalker

"The Jedi have been guardians for peace and justice for almost 10,000 years! I think it's time for a change!"

- Darth Abeonis, Dark Lord of the Sith

Darth Abeonis was a Dark Lord of the Decreton Empire, Dark Lord of the Sith, Sith Knight and Sith Lord during the Legacy era.

Born Jasca Ducato in the year 6 ABY; on Taris, Jasca was alive several years after the Purge of the Jedi. Part of a moderately wealthy family and so received a fairly good education but with his world being heavily taxed and ravaged by the Empire he was born into a family sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance.

Following the defeat of the Imperial Remnant he joined the Jedi Order and became an influential figure, serving through-out many conflicts including the Yuuzhan Vong War. But in the years following the Alliance victory over the Yuuzhan Vong Ducato fell to the dark side of the Force and took up the mantle of Darth Abeonis. He was later redeemed, but fell once again years later.

Coming to the realization that the galaxy was facing a threat far greater than anything previously encountered, Abeonis decided to wage war against the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi in order to strengthen the galaxy, whether it be a Jedi, or Sith controlled galaxy.

Due to his exploits through the galaxy, he was even given the prestigious title of Tiorsiabeo, meaning The Honored Sith Warrior, Abeonis, by the people of Vania.

Early Years
Jasca grew up on Taris with tales of a Jedi Knight who came to Taris 4,000 years beforehand as his bedtime stories, and often wondered what it would be like to become a Jedi Knight. However, by the age of 13 he had forsaken his dreams of becoming a Jedi and had taken a more realistic view of life on Taris, rebelling against the Empire. However in that same year the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant had achieved peace, but that did little to bring the Empire into a new light in Jasca's eyes. In 24 ABY Jasca joined the Black Sun operation on Taris and took part in several raids against the New Republic and Imperial Remnant emissaries and their escorts. However, he was soon captured by the Republic. After a preliminary Court Hearing (and 6 months in a New Republic rehabilitation centre), Jasca was discovered to be Force-Sensitive by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and was offered to be trained as a Jedi. Jasca, sensing no deceit in the Jedi Knights words, rather reluctantly accepted the offer, and received his first lightsaber.

Life as a Jedi, before the coming darkness
Only two months after beginning his training as a Jedi Knight Jasca was fortunate enough to have been in the Jedi Academy the day a Jedi Master by the name of Suri-lux Theomoni Vi'squis (Vi), one of the few survivors of the Jedi Purge.

"The story goes that Master Vi had just arrived at the academy and within minutes news of his arrival had spread like wild fire. However, at the time Ducato was quite a loner and had few friends at the academy. While all of his classmates spent their time displaying their skills and abilities for the Jedi master, Ducato remained in his room, meditating. Master Vi, not wanting a padawan that was what many would call a "show off", chose Ducato purely for the reason that he had remained in his room meditating, not attempting to impress Master Vi."

- Unknown Jedi

Wiwibringlo
Only a month after becoming his apprentice Master Vi was called to the temperate world of Wiwibringlo to preside over a meeting of the planet's two Superpower nations which would, if successful see the unification of the planet and it applying for New Republic membership.

Whilst on the planet the two Jedi were ambushed by right-wing extremist party &mdash; the Hessiean Alliance, who were attempting to incite a world war on the planet. The two Jedi battled their ambushers and Ducato was injured by a stray blaster bolt, yet, despite his injury Jasca proved his tenacity by cutting down over twelve Hessiean gun-men.

After much investigation Jasca and Vi discovered the location of Hessiean Alliance headquarters. After a short but bloody engagement the leader of the Hessiean Alliance, a Twi'lek named Hess, was captured by the Jedi. He was later charged with treason by the newly formed joint Wiwibringlo judicial system.

The planet later applied, successfully, for membership into the New Republic.

The Quelli Campaign
Two weeks after the mission to Wiwibringlo Master Vi and his apprentice were ordered to assist Jedi Master Suntas in the capture of the crime lord Gunto, a Rodian who had been causing the New Republic a severe amount of trouble with its trading operations in the Quelli Sector. Unbeknownst to the NRI or the New Jedi Order was that Gunto had managed to secure blueprints for a rudimentary Cortosis woven armour. Having equipped his best melee warrior with the armour and cortosis weaven swords Gunto engaged the three Jedi. Forced to call upon assistances from the Jedi Order. After a week of sporadic fighting Gunto was taken prisoner by the Jedi Knight Heelay on his flagship, the Quaser's Star. He later committed suicide while in custody.

To Corellia and beyond
Three months later, with his master away. Jasca was sent on his first mission alone, to Corellia. Charged with finding a suspected Force-sensitive female human by the name of Katae-muri. However, when he arrived he found that, by pure coincidence she has been kidnapped, along with many others, by a Corellian terrorist group called Freyas'ias. With little effort he dispatched several of the more influential members of the terrorist group and rescued Katae-muri, and what remaining hostages he could.

But the mission still wasn't over. Having escaped from the Freyas'ias, a corrupted faction of the Corellian Defence Force moved to intercept them, ultimately they failed and Jasca escaped the planet.

For his heroic actions Jasca was awarded his own aircraft. A modified and updated Jedi Intercepter. Not long after the mission Katae-muri, who had become infatuated with Jasca Ducato, began seeing him often.

The Yuuzhan Vong War
In the year 25 ABY &mdash; after much infection of galactic affairs &mdash; the Yuuzhan Vong finally invaded the galaxy, at Helska 4. Word quickly spread of the invasion, but many believed it to be nothing more than pirates, or at best a rogue Imperial Warlord.

Although dubious, Master Luke Skywalker ordered Jedi Padawan Ducato to the Crispin system (on the edge of the galaxy) in order to assist in the elimination of an extensive Mynock population that had been disrupting Ice-extraction operations in the system.

Within days of the initial engagements word had reached Ducato of the true power of the invaders. and so, after making sure that the Ice-extractors were safe Jasca left for the planet Gyndine, and the newly built Refugee centre.

Battle of Gyndine
"Watch out, its the Yuuzhan Vong!"

- Jasca Ducato to Wurth Skidder

Having arrived safely on Gyndine, Ducato soon found himself trapped on the planet courtesy of the encroaching Yuuzhan Vong fleet. Being one of two Jedi on the planet Ducato realised immediately that Gyndine was a lost cause and ordered the planets evacuation. The two Jedi remained on the planet in order to repel the invading Yuuzhan Vong forces, but to no avail. It was not long before Gyndine's forests were burning and its lakes boiling, the Yuuzhan Vong had unveiled a new weapon in the war.

The two Jedi fought valiantly against the Yuuzhan Vong and Wurth Skidder was grievously injured by the enemy. Reluctantly, Ducato realized that they could not hold the planet any longer, and ordered the retreat.

Battle of Fondor
Having secured the assistance of the Hapes Consortium in the war the Jedi Council ordered both Jedi Master Vi and his apprentice Ducato to the ship building world of Fondor, which had recently been attacked by a Yuuzhan Vong Warlord.

By the time they arrived much of the shipyard had already been destroyed, along with most of the thirty capital ships that had been docked at the space ports.

A long battle ensued in which Ducato proved itself an able pilot, though far from the greatest. And soon, after much dog-fighting and a blast from the Centerpoint Station thanks to the Corellian Thracken Sal-Solo (which almost destroyed Ducato's fighter and his Master's flagship) the Yuuzhan Vong withdrew.

Fighting Back
Following the pyrrhic victory at Fondor both the Jedi and the Senate came to the decision to start fighting back. Having been taken as an apprentice by Jedi Master Vi prior to the Yuuzhan Vong war he had proven himself a capable warrior and skilled tactician.

Ducato would lead the historic "Defence of Fire Hill" on Kalarba and would just survive too tell the tale.

Defence of Fire Hill
Leading a force of 10 Jedi and 1000 New Republic troops, Ducato was ordered to help cover the civilian evacuation of the planet. Despite heavy resistance he survived the battle with only 2 other Jedi and 58 New Republic troopers. For his heroic actions he was given the Rank of Jedi Knight and given command of the 39th Heavy Cavalry on Duro.



Battle of Duro
Jasca, newly promoted was believed dead on his first mission as a Jedi Knight when his flagship, the Hunter's Dagger was destroyed by a Yuuzhan Vong worldship over Duro. It was later discovered that he had in fact survived the destruction of his flagship because he was disobeying a direct order from Skywalker by engaging the Yuuzhan Vong in his personal fighter. For the next year Ducato led many brave rear-guard actions against the Yuuzhan Vong and their supporters until the Battle of Ylesia. Here he and his division, the 39th engaged a Yuuzhan Vong assault force and thoroughly defeated it. Ultimately however, when the Yuuzhan Vong brought in reinforcements he was forced to retreat, but for his actions he was given the rank of Jedi Master and thus, promoted of General. He was given a new warship, The Soiyo and ordered to patrol Sullust system. But word soon reached the Jedi Council that the Yuuzhan Vong had a special focus on Master Ducato, and he was far from safe, even from his own crew.

The Final Campaign
After another year of fighting he was ordered to Ebaq 9 where the he fought with the New Republic task force (being under the command of Ducato’s friend, General GarmBel Iblis) destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong fleet.

After numbers of defeats and the loss of Coruscant, the New Republic was on the verge of defeat. After the government regrouped on Mon Calamari, it became apparent that one more major defeat could destroy the remnants of the New Republic. Several factors contributed to giving the New Republic a chance to turn the tide. The election of Cal Omas as the new Chief of State helped stabilize the government, as well as Luke Skywalker’s pledge to have the Jedi work alongside the government. Yet the military, still shaken following so many defeats and retreats, needed a boost of morale. It would take the return of an old hero to help formulate a plan that would give the Defense Force a chance of beating back the Yuuzhan Vong. That hero would be the retired and ailing Admiral Ackbar.

Battle of Ebaq 9
Using top secret Imperial hyperspace routes provided by Gilad Pellaeon, the New Republic set a trap for the Yuuzhan Vong at the Coreworld Ebaq 9. The New Republic had re-built it forces and strengthened them, creating a sizeable and effective military force.

With events set in monition the Yuuzhan Vong, predictably, fell for the trap. With the arrival of new Republic reinforcements, the Yuuzhan Vong general; Tsavong Lah had realized that he had been drawn into a trap, and that the battle was lost. But not before he completed his own, personal mission; to kill Jasca Ducato.

Assassination attempt
Tsavong Lah, determined to wipe out one of the few Jedi to ever escape the Yuuzhan Vong, repeatedly ordered his worldship –  Blood Sacrifice  to destroy The Soiyo.

Blood Sacrifice opened up all weapons upon The Soiyo, devastating Ducato’s flagship and draining its shields, and it was only with the timely arrival of the Millennium Falcon  who destroyed the Blood Sacrifice as it left Ebaq 9’s atmosphere that Ducato survived.

Battle of Dac
Having survived the assassination attempt, Ducato and the 39th then spent the next two years raiding the Yuuzhan Vong forces, inflicting heavy casualties upon them until the day he was ordered to Dac. Once he had arrived he was thrust into the Battle of Dac. The 39th received heavy losses and was almost destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong forces, however, the Yuuzhan Vong withdrawal won the battle for the Galactic Alliance.

Battle of Corulag
Following the battle at Dac the 39th was seriously weakened, and the only ship that really had a full crew was The Soiyo (after it had drafted crew from other vessels within the 39th). As such, when the 39th war ordered by General Garm Bel Iblis to participate in the battle at Corulag only The Soiyo could partake. Corulag had been under Yuuzhan Vong control for several years by this point, and should Corulag fall to the newly formed Galactic Alliance, they control a key hyperspace route towards Coruscant.

Placed by Bel Iblis in the now famous Shocker Squadron and tasked with escorting several Scimitar Assault Bombers in their mission to destroy a Yuuzhan Vong base of Corulag's primary moon, Ducato exemplified the tenacity and focus of the Jedi Order, destroying many Yuuzhan Vong fighters by himself. With the arrival of the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Harbringer Ducato fell back and docked with the warship, ending his action in the battle.

Battle of Coruscant
Despite having suffered devastating casualties at Dac, Ducato meet up with, and took what remained of the 39th too Coruscant to engage the Yuuzhan Vong fleet.

The 39th arrived just in time to join the full scale assault on the World Brains. Ducato left in his fighter for Coruscant itself, taking part in the land assault. Once on the planet he &mdash; along with several other Jedi Knights, including his love Katae-muri &mdash; engaged the Yuuzhan Vong in hand-to-hand combat. He survived the battle and killed many hundred of Yuuzhan Vong, but not without his fair share of battle scars.

A Post-Yuuzhan Vong galaxy
Even after the war with the Yuuzhan Vong the galaxy needed the Jedi Order to defend its ways of life. Border disputes, Crime Lords, Terrorist or Separatists, the Jedi Order would work to its best to return the galaxy to the light.

Ducato was on the forefront of this new conflict. Having to survive on his own without any assistance, even from his own fleet at times, Ducato built up a resilience and attitude that made his enemies quake with fear.

However, even one fateful word can change the fate of a galaxy&hellip;A Galaxy far far away&hellip;

Exile of a Jedi Master
Following Ducato’s final mop-up mission, he returned to his devastated homeworld to help rebuild his civilization. Taris had been devastated by the Yuuzhan Vong fleet, they had gone out of their way to destroy the planet because of its past history, and a fear that it could become a rallying point for the Jedi Order. Over 500 million Tarisians had been killed by the Yuuzhan Vong and the remaining had been forced underground. When Ducato returned he discovered a war weary and vicious world, a world that blamed the Jedi and the Galactic Alliance for the destruction of their planet. It was clear to him that he was no longer welcome.

Posting on Ossus
And so, driving from his homeworld he finally accepted Kyle Katarn’s offer of becoming the Weapon Master of the Jedi Praxeum on Ossus. Training many Jedi in the ways of lightsaber combat, he later took part in the Swarm War, directing his forces to several crippling victories; but never joining in the action personally.

Marriage
"I do"

- Jasca Ducato

At the behest of Grand Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, Jasca Ducato proposed to his long time love Katae-muri. The day after her Knighting ceremony, Jedi Knight Katae-muri and Jedi Master Jasca Ducato were wedded in a ceremony presided over by many Hero's of the Republic such as Luke Skywalker, Kyle Katarn, Leia Organa Solo, and many others.

Katae-muri was made the apprentice of Kyle Katarn whilst Ducato took a new apprentice, Pantene.

Fall to the Dark-Side
"You cannot understand the power of the dark side Katae..."

- Darth Abeonis

Later that year, on a mission to investigate reports of disturbances in the Quelli Sector, Jasca was forced to call upon the dark side of the force to defeat a Dark Jedi warrior who claimed to be the heir of Palpatine. The Dark Jedi's true identity was never revealed. However the lure of the dark side of the Force proved to strong, even for Ducato to resist. Travelling to Korriban with the 39th, he adopted the title Darth Abeonis and declared himself Dark Lord of the Sith and somehow corrupted the entire crew of The Soiyo, and the rest of the 39th, renaming them Death Squadron. In the months that followed Abeonis struck fear into the hearts of many Outer Rim, using his fleet of warships and his army of Neo-Sith followers to devastate Galactic Alliance’s interests in the Outer Rim. Eventually Abeonis was tracked down on his flagship The Soiyo by a Jedi taskforce led by Luke Skywalker, Katarn and Katae-muri and, after a lengthy duel, Abeonis, along with his apprentice Darth Adsec, was returned to the light side of the Force by the three Jedi when he was swamped with visions of all the suffering he had, and could have caused in the past few months. Turning his back on the dark side Jasca swore that he wouldn't rest until the galaxy had been brought to peace! However, from that day forth, everyone who had known him before his fall noticed the change. He became distant&hellip;isolated even.

Following his return to the light many of the ships of the 39th who refused to follow their master's path were destroyed by the GFFA or secured by the Jedi. The remaining vessels were transferred into the 4th Fleet and placed under the command of a new Officer, where they would remain for many years.

Second age of a Jedi
"If the Federation only knew of the threat Jedi pose to them, of the threat I pose! Do you think they would treat us so lightly?" "No."

- Jasca Ducato and Luke Skywalker

In the year following his redemption Jasca Ducato was once again thrust into the public eyes, this time as a villain. His actions were scrutinised at every turn. If he did something wrong he was pounced upon by the press and vilified on the press, if he did something right it was only giving fleeting mention, sometimes completely ignored. Before long many in the Jedi Order, including his own wife could see that it was seriously affecting him and decided it was best for him to be taken away from the public eye. As a result, three years after the end of the Swarm War, the decision was taken for Jasca to lead a Jedi Expedition into the Unknown Regions to investigate the origins of the Dark Jedi that had engaged Ducato and caused his fall to the dark side, however its mission took The Soiyo far beyond the mapped areas of the galaxy and was classed "MIA" by the Galactic Alliance. Unbeknownst to the GFFA, The Soiyo had discovered a planet on the far edge of the Unknown Regions, they dubbed it Nerezza.

Campaign on Nerezza
Having scanned the planet and making some interesting discoveries Jasca led a taskforce of ten Jedi down to the surface of Nerezza to investigate the mysterious ruins in the planet’s largest rainforest. Arriving at the ruins the Jedi unveiled hundreds-upon-thousands of stone tablets written upon by the planets past inhabitants. Although no–one on the expedition force could translate them it was clear some of the tablets described what could only been thought to be the beginnings of the galaxy. Ducato sent for a large archaeological force to come down to the planet and excavate the ruins.

With the Jedi continuing the explorations they made another discovery, this time it was the charred remains of a recent fire. It was clear somebody had been there recently and as such, was possibly watching them.

First Strike
It was then the Ducato began to feel something he had not felt in over a year&mdash; the dark side of the Force, and he was not alone, the rest of the Jedi had felt it too. Ducato ordered the Jedi to form a circle and ignite their weapons. Before long the Jedi were swamped by wave after wave of Dark Jedi bearing crimson-red lightsabers. After a long and intense battle all the Dark Jedi had been defeated and forced to withdraw, but two Jedi had also been killed.

The Sith Temple
"Wipe them out. All of them!"

- Jasca Ducato

After tracking the Dark Jedi back to their base of operations the Jedi were astonished to find the fully intact remains of an ancient Sith Temple, seething with the dark side of the Force. Astonished at this discovery, and by the fact that they had not detected whilst in orbit, Jedi Master Pantene send an immediate transmission to The Soiyo requesting a Jedi assault force to be formed, before long a taskforce of 200 Jedi had been formed and sent to the entrance of the Sith Temple. After briefly giving out orders, Jasca led the Jedi to into battle.

Meeting the Dark Lord
"I am the Dark Lord of the Sith!"

- Lord Guerreiro

After a long and bloody battle the Jedi found themselves surrounded and out-matched by the Dark Jedi. It had become apparent by now that the Dark Jedi in the temple were, in actuality; Sith. But they did not suffer from the restrictive Rule of two imposed by Darth Bane. Realising he could not win Jasca surrendered on the condition he be brought before the master of the temple.

It was a meeting he would not forget, before him stood the self-styled Dark Lord of Sith, Lord Guerreiro. When Guerreiro inquired as to the presence of the Jedi Jasca refused to reveal the mission of the Jedi Knights.

Having refused to tell the Dark Lord the mission of the Jedi the entire assault force was imprisoned. Sensing this, the Jedi on The Soiyo prepared for a rescue mission.

Escape
Despite the presence of Ducato’s flagship in orbit, the Sith managed to escape before the Jedi launched a full scale invasion of their temple. Guerreiro and many of his followers had escaped with Ducato and his fellow Jedi, but were being pursued by the Jedi Warship.

Eventually Guerreiro vessel jumped to hyperspace, and The Soiyo lost the trail. And so, over the next two years The Soiyo' pursued the Dark Lord, all the meanwhile Guerreiro slowly corrupted the already corrupted Jedi towards the dark side. Jasca, determined not to once again fall to the dark side put up a valiant defense, calling upon all his strength to counter the Dark Lord, but, ultimately, his actions were in vain.

A new dark knight
"Surrender to the power of the dark side! Become my apprentice."

- Lord Guerreiro

Then, in 43 ABY, Ducato was given a final choice by Guerreiro; surrender to the dark side of the Force, or see his precious Galactic Alliance fall within one hundred years! Determined not to fall once again Jasca decided upon a third choice &mdash; kill Guerreiro.

And so, Jasca pulled himself up and attacked Guerreiro with nothing but his knowledge of the Force, overwhelming the Sith Lord. Eventually Ducato managed to retrieve is lightsaber from the Sith Lord and they began to duel. After many hours Guerreiro lay upon the floor; dead. He had succeeded forcing Ducato to call upon the dark side once more, but at a cost of his own life.

Soon after Ducato, now reclaiming the Sith moniker of Darth Abeonis returned to The Soiyo with the few Jedi that followed him down the dark path, and once again seduced the entire crew to the dark-side.

A Sith Crusade
"A Sith Crusade has begun. Nothing shall stand in their way; we shall unite, or we shall fall."

- Luke Skywalker at Ossus

Over the next thirteen years, Darth Abeonis and his new Sith followers slowly conquered the old Sith Empire of Guerreiro and even spread its influence further than ever before. By the year 56 ABY the entire Sith Order of Decreto had pledged its allegiance to Darth Abeonis and its power had surpassed that of any galactic powers, save the Galactic Alliance. But, as Abeonis had predicted, the Jedi had sensed the growing threat.

Unlike previous Dark Lords of the Decreton Order, Darth Abeonis had not troubled himself with concealing their presence from thee Jedi, the Empire and the New Jedi Order. As such, sensing the growing threat from the Unknown Regions, the Jedi Order petitioned the Galactic Senate for the creation of a defense fleet to be stationed near the Unknown Regions, but to no avail. The Galactic Alliance, severely weakened from the Civil War of 40 ABY and had no intention of entering another war; and did not wish to be seen as preparing for one by creating another battle-fleet.

Two years later, the Sith Crusade finally began with an invasion of the Chiss Ascendancy. Within six months over two-thirds of the Chiss domain, including the capital world of Csilla had fallen and the government had been fractured, the Sith had expanded their sphere of control into the heart of the Unknown Regions and to the edges of the known galaxy. Next came an invasion of the Imperial Remnant, the first public show of force by the Sith against the galaxy. Yaga Minor and Bastion were conquered within a short time, and the Imperial Remnant collapsed almost entirely, being absorbed into the Sith Empire.

Fortunately for the Imperials, a few stray warships had survived the invasion, and they fled to join the increasing worried Galactic Alliance.

The Galactic Senate soon began to see that the Jedi had been right, and that the Sith were planning for an invasion. But they still held hope for a peaceful conclusion. A peace treaty, or rather a policy of appeasement was drawn up and several hundred worlds, including; Er'kit, Agamar, Morishim, Ord Biniir, Bimmiel, Dantooine, Dubrillion, Adumar, Telos, Dorin, Reecee and Anobis were shifted to the Sith domain. For a couple of years this policy of appeasement worked and the Galactic Alliance began to believe that they had avoided all-out war, despite the continued warnings of the Jedi Council not to trust these mysterious Sith invaders.

But three years later the invasion came nonetheless when, in 61 ABY, the Sith attacked eight Alliance sectors simultaneously, conquering each one within a day. Within a week the Sith Empire had expanded and increased in size three-fold. The outer rim was almost completely under Sith control and even parts of the Colonies had been conquered. Reports of several hundred Sith in each wave of attack did little to improve the morale of the Galactic populous &mdash; who already regarded the Galactic Alliance as weak for attempting to appease the Sith invader &mdash; or that of the Jedi.

Two weeks later, in the following year, a second invasion began. This “Second Campaign” saw the decimation of the Ssi-ruuk, the war on the Trade Spine and the fall of Belderone. Ossus, home of the New Jedi Order; was now on the very fringes of Sith space, and prepared itself for invasion.

The third year
Following his revelation to the Jedi at Ossus and the capture of the 4th Fleet at Dac, Darth Abeonis found himself in a strong position from which to attack the Alliance. With his old fleet, the Death Squadron, at his command he decided that he could afford to conquer another of the smaller, independent space-states. His target; the Ottiumigos Centrality and their allies’ homeworld, Novus Kamino Prime. At the battle of Novus Kamino Prime Darth Micail, the man responsible for the death of Jaina Solo two years previous lead the assault against the forces of Nathaniel Kenobi Solo, Jaina’s former husband. This was one of the wars most "passion-fuelled" battles and although it saw the eventual conquest of Novus Kamino Prime it revealed to the Sith, that not even their own Sith Lord's were unreachable, and that the Galactic Alliance still posed a serious threat to them.

A new ally
A few days after the battle of Novus Kamino Prime Darth Abeonis realized that the Sith Order's fleets were beginning to stretch thin, despite the re-acquisition of the Death Squadron. And so he realized that the Sith needed an ally who could assist the Sith by protecting its Empire against GFFA raids, whilst the Sith Fleets continued their war. After many hours hard thinking Abeonis decided that there was only one race of beings who had the capabilities to achieve this task &mdash; the Mando'ade Alliance.

But in order to convince the Mando'ade Alliance that becoming a dependant state was the best choice he would have to force their hand. So he personally led the attack on their world, slaughtering thousands of Mandalorian warriors in the initial bombardment alone. And, after many more days combat and the near-death of their leader the Mandalorian's surrendered on the condition that the Sith rarely interrupted in the affairs of the Mando’ade Alliance. The Sith agreed, and the Mandalorians allied themselves with the Sith; freeing up almost a quarter of the Sith fleet.

Assassinating Cal Omas
After the refusal of the Jedi at Ossus to remove Cal Omas from the position of Chief-of-State Darth Abeonis decided that the time had come to do it himself. Although he knew that a full scale attack on Coruscant was still far too risky for his forces to attempt and that the best way to remove Cal Omas would be to assassinate him; but this would be no easy task for the assassin. The Chief-of-State's protection had been increased in the wake of the battle at Ossus and as such, a proven assassin was needed; and assassin, and a Hand like Darth Wyyrlok. Wyyrlok had proven his worth long before the eruption of the Sith Crusade and was considered the ideal candidate by all members of the Sith Council. Wyyrlok accepted the mission and succeeded in assassinating Cal Omas, throwing the Galactic Alliance into disarray. Following his success and return to Korriban Darth Abeonis offered Darth Wyyrlok the title of Sith Lord; but he refused saying that he did not feel the time was yet right. In replacement of this offer, Abeonis insisted that Wyyrlok accept a place on the Sith Council, as head of Sith Intelligence’s assassins.

Duel of the Gods
For the next few months the Sith continued to campaign of destruction against the Jedi, achieving a great victory at Toong'l where Darth Adsec captured the Jedi Master Jacen Solo, the nephew of Luke Skywalker and his greatest military General.

Solo had, much like Ducato years before him, been seduced by the dark side just before his capture, but it would still take hard work on his own part to bring Solo over to Abeonis’ way of thinking.

Within days of his Solo's capture, Abeonis' attention was drawn to the gas giant Gand, where a single human life sign was detected – Luke Skywalker's. Darth Abeonis knew that he was not the only Sith to have detected the Jedi Master's presence on Gand, and that the Sth Council would be fully aware as well. Abeonis also knew that if he failed to confront the Jedi Master, or engage him without informing the Council, that he could risk losing their support; something that he seriously needed. So, having informed the Council of his mission to kill, or possibly even corrupt Skywalker, Abeonis travelled to Gand and confronted the ageing Jedi Master.

Skywalker being twenty-five years older than Abeonis had a hard time duelling the Sith Lord, but still managed to hold himself against his rival, inflicting numerous wounds upon the Dark Lord before finally being forced to retreat, leaving Abeonis on the planet, having to use SpecOps that had arrived from the battle at Tund to search for Skywalker.

Abeonis had failed in his mission to kill Skywalker, and his escape meant that many Sith Lords who saw Darth Abeonis as a weak Emperor would soon challenge him. Fearing for his own position, and the success of the war he set about forming a closely knit defence – the Sith Trinite. This alliance of Sith Lords would be the final line of defence against those who where his allies. Civil War was coming&hellip;

Collapse of the government
With the Sith victory at Thyferra over the rebels under Darth Iiniuria, and the conquest of Kashyyyk just days later, the Sith Council ordered StarFleet Command to temporarily hold its advance whilst the regrouped and re-supplied.

Darth Abeonis, not wanting the advance to stop for fear that the GFFA would counter-attack attempted to veto the order, but was overruled by his fellow Council members, who took this chance to exert what little power they had over the Dark Lord.

Instead, they decided that Darth Abeonis was to lead the Sith assault on the rebel world of Drall.

Mission to Drall


The planet Drall, located near to Corellia had only recently been conquered when the local government had been deposed, and a pro-Sith faction had been installed in power. A minor Sith Knight had taken the chance and invaded the planet, claiming it as his own; but whilst the planet was totally surrounded by Galactic Alliance territory, the Sith Knight managed to keep firm control on the world. The Sith Council believed that conquering Drall would be a major victory for the Sith and set about drawing up plans for invasion.

With the plans drawn, Darth Abeonis made his way, alone on the Hidden Side to Drall in an attempt to confront the rebel Sith Knight, and to secure valuable information regarding GFFA actions within the sector. But once he had arrived on Drall, narrowly avoiding capture by the 3rd Alliance fleet, the Dark Lord was ambushed by the Sith Knight's forces. Abeonis was forced to flee, but was constantly pursued by the rebels, being engaged in combat many-a-time.

Forced to draw more and more upon the power of the dark side just to survive, within days the Dark Lord had been consumed by the dark side almost entirely. Arriving at a small village on Drall, the Dark Lord, gripped by rage slaughtered every inhabitant in the settlement and disappeared into the nearby hills.

Just hours later, a Drall military patrol found the remains of the village. Infuriated, the Drall searched the surrounding area for the perpetrators of the crime, but found no-one. Abeonis, seeing his chance confronted the Drall patrols and told them who he was, and that he had seen some rebel Sith slaughtering the village inhabitants.

Abeonis' power of persuasion was undeniable and the Drall were easily convinced that removing the Sith rebels from power was the best option. Granting Abeonis a Great Ibbot as a stead, the Dark lord and his Drall companions made their way to Meccha, the planet's capital, to confront the rebel Sith Knight.

Flying over the Boiling Sea, Abeonis was once again pursued by rebel Sith forces; themselves flying Great Ibbots, but they were easily defeated by the skilful flying of the Drall patrol. The Dark Lord quickly arrived at Meccha and, with the assistance of the Drall patrol, evoked a riot in the city. Now, with the city in turmoil, Abeonis made his way to the Headquarters of the rebel Sith Knight.

Cutting his way through many Sith apprentices and lesser Dark Jedi, Abeonis eventually made his way to the leader of the rebels on Drall. A duel ensued and Abeonis made quick work of the rebel Knight, decapitating him with his own weapon. Searching the remains of the Sith Knight Abeonis found various documents and datadisc's that made reference to numerous Galactic Alliance fleet movements throughout the sector.

His mission complete, Abeonis told the Drall government that he would soon return with a larger, more secure garrison of loyal Sith troops, and that for now the Drall must hold the planet in their name, and not that of the Sith; so as to prevent the GFFA attempting to reclaim the planet.

Operation Wayward
Returning to Sith space, Abeonis made sure to heal the affects that his continued usage of dark side energy had thrust upon him whilst on Drall. Once he had effectively returned himself to his former appearance he returned to Korriban to inform the Council of his success on Drall. The Council rejoiced in the news that Drall, a key strategically placed planet, had been conquered by the Sith. Preparations began for a push towards Drall that would bring the planet into the greater Sith Empire. In the meanwhile, Abeonis made his way to the planet Sleheyron to investigate rumours of an increasing Galactic Alliance presence in the sector.

Death
Following the Sith Crusade and many years of uneasy peace in the galaxy Darth Abeonis suddenly found himself fighting an already lost battle.

Ever since his corruption in 43 ABY Abeonis had been using the Force to support him, to keep him young; even going so far as to heal all the injuries he sustained during the Sith Crusade. But now, the very thing that had kept him alive for so long was now killing him in the form of the dark side.

Ever since the death of his apprentice during the latter parts of the Sith crusade Abeonis had remained without an apprentice, he had realised that if he stayed without an apprentice, those seeking the position would be loyal to him. So by remaining without one for so long he had secured his dominance over the Sith Order of Decreto. But by 120 ABY he realised that his end was near, and that if he didn't take an apprentice soon civil war would follow his death.

And so; one day, in 121 ABY, Darth Abeonis publicly announced that he would announce his successor by the end of the year. This brought shouts of jubilation among the populous of the Empire, but fear and worry among his Sith followers. Who, they thought, would become Abeonis' heir?

The never found out, for two days later he was found dead. The report on his death was "inconclusive". No-one knew if he had died from natural causes (that is the dark side of the Force), or if he had been assassinated. There was overwhelming evidence to support both theories, but in the end it mattered not. For, as is the way of the Sith, those who believed they should be the next Dark Lord simply fought it out amongst each other.

It would not be until 129 ABY that the Decreton Empire once again had an Emperor capable of maintaining the Sith domain.

Post-mortem
Following Abeonis' death many within the Sith Order of Decreto feared that those that had been subjugated by the Sith would rise up in arms against their suppressors. The outbreak of the Successors War prevented any chance of such revolts happening within the first decade of Abeonis' death, but it would not last for long. Darth Abeonis' name would however continue to hold sway, and create fear amongst the enemies, allies and Sith themselves. Numerous warships were created bearing the honorific name of Abeonis-class throughout the remainder of the Sith Order of Decreto's history. One such vessel, created at least one thousand years after his Abeonis' death was the Abeonis-class Star Decimator, which was created by the combined efforts of the Infinite Sith Empire and Arnish Weapons Company.

The name Darth Abeonis would also be used for years to come amongst not only the civilian populous of the Galaxy, but the governmental populous as well. Numerous times the Sith Council was reported to have issued orders under the basis that it was what "Abeonis would've done" and this only served to further the Galaxy's fear in the anti-hero.

The name would also be used to serve as a kind of legend, with many reported cases of sightings of the former Dark Lord throughout the Galaxy.

Personality and traits
"For Ducato, there is nothing more important than loyalty and courage. He is the most loyal man I've ever met, and certainly one of the most courageous. He expects loyalty and courage equal to his own in return, sometimes this is too much however. He will stop at nothing to achieve his aims, and will use anything, and anyone he needs to succeed."

- Luke Ducato

As a young boy, Jasca was intelligent, friendly and nonchalant in his views of life on Taris. He was friendly, but had difficulty in getting along with others, due in part to the high position of his family. Following the cessation of hostilities in 19 ABY between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire, Jasca felt as if he had personally been betrayed by the New Republic, and saw it as his mission to make sure they knew this, and early sign of his confidence in his skills, and himself. Joining the Black Sun, Jasca developed his skills and became even more confident, some would say over-confident, in himself, and put his eventual capture down to the incompetence of his associates, rather than his own failings. At the coming of the Jedi, he appeared both helpful and generous; doing all that he could to assist them, although this guise was quickly seen through by his discoverer, Luke Skywalker. Skywalker quickly learned that Ducato was also one to carry grudges and was vengeful, and had great difficulty in keeping these two emotions in line. His hatred of being falsely accused, as well as seeing those he deemed innocent being accuses manifested itself in many forms, ranging from the occasional bout of displeasure, to almost destructive displays of his abilities in the Force. But he was fiercely loyal, doing anything to keep those he chose from harm, at any cost. His only price for this dedication was loyalty in return, a price which many in the Jedi Order saw as worth paying. After only three months in the academy, Jasca had, with help from his fellow students, managed to keep a hold of his darker side.

Jasca’s fear of being betrayed was arguably, his greatest weakness, leading him to take painstaking detours in many of his life’s decisions to assure his friends loyalties. In many cases, these detours were unnecessary. Because of his fear of losing his friends, he often kept to himself, focusing more and more on his training. During this, however, he grew especially close to Luke Skywalker, considering him a man worthy of his utmost respect. But his childhood trait of nonchalantly walking through life often dictated his actions, to devastating affect, often leading him to needless risk his life; but his continued survival only served to increase his confidence in his own being. He was naturally honest and despised lying and deception on a personal level, but came to realize that it was often needed in order to maintain the greater good, a dictate that would later rule his life. His yearning to be respected, as well as cared for, came out in his devotion infatuation to his close friend (and future wife) Katae-muri.

During the Yuuzhan Vong War, as his fame grew, he became more and more arrogant, and he knew that he was one of the best Jedi of the Order, believing that he could easily best any Jedi or Yuuzhan Vong in battle. This coupled with his frustration at being pursued by the Yuuzhan Vong made him bitter and distrustful of many around him, often suspecting betrayal amongst his own ranks. The attempted assassination by the Yuuzhan Vong only served to increase Ducato’s paranoia of the enemy, and greatly contributed to the pro-Human attitude of the Sith Order of Decreto.

"Extinction is a way of nature. Weaker species are replaced by Humans"

- Jasca Ducato expressing his views

Early in his life, Abeonis was a rattled man, shaken by his initial introduction to the dark side, his outcast from Tarisian society and his perceived betrayal by many in the Jedi Order following his capture. His only lifeline in these desperate times was his wife, who often saw Ducato as the victim in the grand scheme.

Ducato was greatly displeased when he was informed that he was being sent to the Unknown Regions, fearing that he had lost the loyalty and respect of his greatest friend, Luke Skywalker, and nothing, not even Skywalker’s own denials, changed his mind. Feeling betrayed and, even more so, disrespected, Ducato took up he title of Darth Aebonis once again, and reasserted his lost nonchalant view on life.

In his later life, Ducato remained supremely confident in his own skills, often seen as over-confident by his associates. Many realized however that Ducato was not over-confident, and was rightly assured of his skills.

was perhaps one of the most infamous sufferers of Power syndrome.

Abilities
Although his formal training was cut short with the death of his master during the Yuuzhan Vong War Jasca Ducato/Darth Abeonis proved himself an extremely capable lightsaber duellist and a master of the Force.

Lightsaber
A master of both Djem So and Vaapad; he could blend both of these difficult lightsaber forms into a single, highly effective form of combat. These, on top of his mastery of Sokan made Ducato (and later Abeonis) one of the most feared lightsaber duellists in the Jedi Order's history. A fault of the Dark Lord however was his tendency to go on the offensive to much. His complete mastery of the lightsaber led to the creation of Atra-Manua.

As noted by Luke Skywalker not long after his disappearance in 36 ABY that "Jasca is an extraordinary warrior. His mastery of the lightsaber is like none I’ve seen before. Some of the pupils even say that it matches my own at times. Hmm, is it possible that we've found an heir to Mace Windu?"

the Force
Along side his incredible skill with the lightsaber, Jasca Ducato had a mastery of the Force unseen since the Clone Wars. He often turned the tide of a battle with the wave of a hand and the blink of an eye.

It was known that Jasca Ducato/Darth Abeonis could use the following powers, and probably more; Core Light side Dark side
 * Force Push
 * Force Pull
 * Force Jump
 * Force Speed
 * Comprehend Speech
 * Precognition
 * Force Vision
 * Battle Meditation
 * Force Deflection (without a Lightsaber)
 * Force Dream
 * Ghosting (to a limited extent)
 * Force Persuasion
 * Force Stun
 * Force Heal
 * Force Grip
 * Force Crush&mdash;variation of Force Grip
 * Force Crush&mdash;advanced version of Force Grip
 * Force Lightning (Living hands required)
 * Chain Lightning&mdash;variation of Force Lightning
 * Vader's Wrath&mdash;rare variation of Force Lightning
 * Force Storm
 * Force Throw
 * Force Rage
 * Force Drain
 * Force Destruction
 * Mind Control
 * Force Scream

Styles of address

 * Jedi Master Jasca Ducato
 * Darth Abeonis, Dark Lord of the Sith, or Lord Abeonis
 * Darth Abeonis, Dark Lord of the Sith, Sith Knight, Sith Lord, his imperial majesty, the Dark Lord of the Decreton Empire

Appearances

 * ''Star Wars: Sith Crusade: Tales of a Sith War
 * ''Star Wars: Sith Crusade: Last Chance
 * ''Star Wars: Sith Crusade: Desperate Times I
 * ''Star Wars: Sith Crusade: Desperate Times II