Darth Vertogan

"When I come does not matter. What will you do when I come does."

 was a human male Sith Lord who was known for waging the infamous War of the Two Siths and the first Sith since Darth Sidious to bring the entire known Galaxy under his rule.

Initially named as Pillican Vedi, Darth Vertogan was the most powerful Sith Lord in terms of raw power, in the history of the Galaxy. He was also responsible for reinstituting a refined version of Darth Bane's Rule of Two and discovering Force Fire. Vertogan went on to live for 780 years, thanks to the Force, during which, he began to research the Gray Side of the Force. Before he passed away on an uninhabited moon, Vertogan recorded his teachings in a holocron. The holocron was kept in a mysterious palace full of dangers, which was built on the summit of a high, steep mountain on the moon.

Early life
Childhood

The individual, later known as Vertogan, was born as a nameless orphan, who survived on the harsh streets of Theed, Naboo. He was believed to be born on approximately 497 ABY.

When the orphan was ten years old, he came across an ageing Krevaaki Jedi Master. The Krevaaki had a strong intuition, which frightened him. He then conducted a midi-chlorian test on the orphan, though it revealed that the boy had a below average count, about 1000 per cell. This meant that the boy shouldn't be a Force Sensitive, yet the Krevaaki couldn't shake his intuition. Concerned for the future, the Jedi Master recruited the orphan to the Jedi Headquarters on Naboo, despite facing opposition and ridicule from the Jedi Council, which claimed that the boy wasn't a Force Sensitive, let alone a powerful one.

The Jedi Master then christened the boy as Pillican Vedi and explained to him about the Force and the Jedi. That would soon be the first and the last time, Pillican would receive such kindness. Few weeks later, the Jedi Master was on his deathbed. Before passing away, the Krevaaki called Pillican to his side, and told him to always do the "right thing".

Life as a Jedi

This was only the beginning of Pillican's worst time. The only reason he wasn't dismissed by the Jedi was because he possessed a strong will, which enhanced the strength of his mid-chlorians, allowing him to use the Force, although his abilities were very weak, limited and required a lot of effort to perform even the simplest abiliies.

Pillican had an underweight, loose-limbed and bony figure, which severely hindered his progress in lightsaber combat. He couldn't even master the basic principles of swordfighting properly.

The worst part was that, everyone treated Pillican with something worse than hate- Apathy. Nobody cared about him, nobody talked to him and nobody even acknowledged his existence. Pillican was never promoted to the rank of a Padawan, and despite approaching many Jedi Masters, he remained as a Jedi Initiate.

Pillican developed a crush on a girl named Sheila Deeprunner, who was one of the most beautiful and accomplished Padawans of the Jedi Order. He always wanted to convey his feelings for her, but was afraid of her response.

Fall to the Dark Side

When he was fifteen, Pillican saw Sheila going with a group of Padawans going on a picnic to some cliffs, overlooking a fast flowing river. Seizing his chance, Pillican followed the group silently. Once there, Pillican approached Sheila, who was alone, and told her about his feelings. This outraged many Padawans, who surrounded Pillican and brutally pummelled him. The boy cried out to Sheila for help, but the girl haughtily cold shouldered him.

Pillican was badly bruised and many of his bones were shattered. The Padawans then left him hanging on a cliff, below which was the turbulent river. Overcome with exhaustion, Pillican lost consciousness and fell into the deep gorge. Thinking him to be dead, the group left the scene.

For many days, the barely conscious Pillican was carried by the cold torrent of the river, only his will to survive kept him alive. Finally, he was washed up to the shore, bordering a dangerous forest, so dense, not even light could penetrate it so easily.

Now conscious, Pillican recalled the events which led to this. All his fears were dispelled and all Pillican could feel was insatiable rage and swore to avenge himself. This awakened the Force inside him, and with the Dark energy of his emotions, it initiated the strengthening of his midi-chlorians. Thus began the journey of Pillican Vedi to the Dark Side of the Force.

Meeting Darth Therloa

The enraged Pillican now felt no fear and went deep into the forest. He was able to survive the dangers on his own, even occasionally slew a predator which came in his way. Few days later, Pillican discovered a cave which was the lair of the Sith Lord Darth Therloa and his arrogant Dathomirian apprentice, La'ash. The Sith Order was scattered away by the Jedi and now existed as mere fragments. Pillican offered his services to Therloa, and since Therloa failed to sense any Force-Sensitivity, hired him as his servant.

Therloa and La'ash were always away throughout the day to pursue their training. Meanwhile, Pillican began to read the manuscripts Therloa possessed and learned about the Sith and the Dark Side. The more he read, the more he became convinced that being a Sith Lord would be the ultimate way to gain his revenge. Thus Pillican for many years, taught himself many Dark Side powers, eventually including Force Lightning, but he had to be careful not to reveal Therloa or La'ash about this, as he did not fully trust them.

Pillican also convinced Therloa to teach him Lightsaber Combat and after much persuasion, the Sith Lord reluctantly agreed. Thus, under some years of Therloa's tutelage, Pillican mastered much about Lightsaber combat. He even learned the double bladed lightsaber and how to construct a lightsaber. Based on this, Pillican secretly crafted a Force- Enhanced Shield, which when activated, could stick a lightsaber blade to its surface.

Transformation to Darth Vertogan

After 10 years since he arrived in the forest, Pillican believed that he must hasten to start his revenge. He came to a conclusion that first, he must slay Darth Therloa and La'ash.

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Powers and abilities
Lightsaber and Combat Skills

Darth Vertogan first learned the Strong Style, the Intermediate Style and the Fast Style under Darth Therloa. He later honed his skills at the Jedi Monastery on Naboo, when he posed as a wealthy gentleman, Abraham Pillican Melchor, thus becoming one of the greatest lightsaber combatants of the age. Later, under the spirit of Mace Windu, Darth Vertogan became the master of all the seven original forms of lightsaber combat, even the rare Vaapad variant. Mace Windu himself remarked that Vertogan's mastery was such that he could be the equal of the powerful Master Yoda of the old.

This made Vertogan near invincible in combat and the only way to defeat him was through the use of underhand techniques. Because of this, Vertogan was never beaten in a fair fight, and few could match him in combat. Vertogan was known to dislike Jar'kai, although he was skilled in it, and mastered Vaapad to the highest degree as very few were familiar with that form.

Vertogan was also highly skilled in the Saberstaff, and at unarmed martial arts. He always kept four well concealed blasters with him. Darth Vertogan invented and improved the first Magnetic Shield, which he used to surprise extremely strong opponents. If any lightsaber struck against the activated shield, it would remain stuck to the shell, and would be impossible to remove unless deactivated.

Force Power

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