Battle of the Maw

The Battle of the Maw was a battle that took place during the Clone Wars which resulted in the end of Darth Verona and her ally Arlan Darlak.

The Prelude
Darth Verona and Arlan Darlak had formed an alliance through Verona's apprentice Sha'ala Doneeta, who had orchestrated an attack on Dooku's training ship, the Might of the Sith. When this failed, Darlak still proceeded with his plans, signing the Treaty of Abelone with Verona's apprentice Arula Dru and his powerful backers. He then attacked Sluis Van, capturing the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser, the Annihilator, but when his factory on Abelone was destroyed, he panicked and fled to the Maw with his fleet. He refused to engage the Separatists head on, instead he fought a gurrelia war against both sides.

It was only when Verona herself appeared on the scene that he decided to act and he ordered his fleet forward. Unknown to him, Verona had taken control of the Jedi Arthas Mentallis and had ordered him to destroy the Might of the Sith, even as Darlak's fleet advanced.

The Battle
Just before the two fleets clashed, Arthas wrecked the Might of the Sith with a massive blast, giving Darlak the advantage. His fleet attacked, driving the Seperatist fleet under Grevious back, aided by Verona's force powers. However, Dark Acolytes Gangru Morpir and Sabyrne Fen boarded the Annihilator and Fen killed Arula while Morpir distracted Verona long enough for Grevious to press the attack. Verona created a force storm to destroy both the enemy's fleet and her own but Morpir cut off her arm, causing her to loss control of the storm.

Verona was killed by Morpir, who was struck down by her death blast, while Darlak was killed fleeing the ship by Fen, whi escaped. The Annihilator and the rest of Darlak's fleet was consumed by the storm while the majority of Grevious's fleet remained unscathed.

Aftermathe
With Verona and Darlak dead, Dooku was the unchallenged head of the Confederacy and Sidious could claim his title of Dark Lord of the Sith unopposed.