Belia Darzu

Belia Darzu was a   who lived during the last quarter of the. Hailing from the of, Darzu unearthed her latent  as a freelance. Succumbing to the of, she later became a follower of the , partaking in a  to overthrow the  and the. Rising to the rank of, Darzu attempted to recreate an ancient —the —to bolster the Empire's crusade. This scheme prompted the enemies of the to enact an attempt on her life. Narrowly evading, she used an obscure called  to repair her body with.

Inspired by her self-transformation, Darzu sought to bring about the return of the mythical s, subservient s created through mechu-deru and. Entering a period of, Darzu travelled to the abandoned of , unearthing remnants of the microscopic. Using this technology, Darzu conducted experiments on living subjects, creating a capable of transforming organic beings into technobeasts. Binding the creatures to her will, she formed an of mutated cyborgs called the. Commanding her alchemical creations, Darzu—having assumed the mantle—rallied the Sith and spearheaded a destructive campaign called the Sictis Wars.

Path of the Sith


A , Belia Darzu lived  before the end of the. Born on the  in , Darzu—like all members of her —was a natural-born. After leaving her, she operated as a freelance , using her inborn talent to blend among different civilizations across the frontier. Despite possessing only a rudimentary understanding of, Darzu derived empowerment from the thrill of in combat. This empowerment was actually the call of the, fueling her violent instincts as she succumbed to its addictive influence.

Journeying through the in search of work, Darzu completed several jobs on behalf of the, an interstellar domain ruled by the dark side-worshipping. Impressed by her brutal efficiency and—more importantly—her Force-potential, the Sith eventually offered Darzu a place among their Order as a fellow, which she eagerly accepted. To this end, Darzu went on to the  of the Sith, tempering the Shi'ido's  and molding her into a servant of —the  and supreme leader of the. Becoming a, she partook in the Empire's crusade against the and the.

Some after Darzu's induction into the Sith, the  conducted a  against the  of Darth Rivan, leading to the demise of the Dark Lord along with his. The resulting power-vacuum plunged the Sith Empire into chaos, during which Darzu took the opportunity to gather some of the abandoned once owned by Rivan himself. Preserving these, she studied their contents and began the  discipline of. Declaring herself a, the Shi'ido continued to operate among the Empire's now-leaderless forces, plotting an eventual counteroffensive against their enemies.

Dark Reaper


Studying the dark side arts, Darzu sought new means for the Sith to overwhelm their opponents. Blending technology with the Force, she conducted research on , an obscure granting her an intuitive understanding of mechanical structures. Regarding this forgotten art as the key to Sith dominance, she experimented with ways of retrofitting technology for the purpose of. In her investigations, Darzu located fragments of an ancient Sith doomsday device called the. By resurrecting and harnessing the power of this weapon, she hoped reinvigorate the Empire's crusade as the next Dark Lord.

In order to realize the potential of the Dark Reaper, Darzu set out to recreate its primary energy source, the. The Harvester functioned by siphoning the of Force-sensitive beings, prompting her to exploit captured Jedi for this power. Despite her ambitions, the Republic—upon discovering Darzu's plans—swiftly mounted a concentrated effort to destroy the project along with its architect. Refusing to accept failure, she persisted in the face of this opposition, hoping to use the Harvester to wipe out the invaders. These efforts brought no salvation and caused the unfinished device to grow unstable, trapping Darzu in a cataclysmic inferno.

While both Republic and Sith personnel were incinerated, Darzu drew upon the surrounding pain and despair through the Force, unintentionally achieving a period of. Pulling herself from the brink of, she used the power of mechu-deru to recover from her grievous wounds, repairing her body with contorted. Making a swift escape, Darzu developed an obsession with her near-death experience, as well as a new perspective on the potential of mechu-deru. Determined to unlock its true power, she endeavored to combine the living and the inanimate, reviving the —s—once created by her ancient Sith predecessors.

Hidden research


Hiding her activities, Darzu continued her research in self-imposed. In this time, she learned that the Sith were not the only practitioners of mechu-deru; the Jedi had also harnessed the technique, using it to create s capable of repairing living tissue on a cellular level. Remnants of this work were rumored to have been kept on the planet, an abandoned Jedi stronghold. Using her shape-shifting ability, Darzu infiltrated the Jedi on,  several  from the Order's. Inside these holocrons, she unearthed long-forgotten coordinates leading to Tython's location in the.

Upon her arrival on Tython, Darzu proceeded into the dilapidated ruins of the planet's, searching for the remnants of mechu-deru. Deep inside the temple's storehouses, she eventually uncovered the abandoned seeds—microscopic  capable of altering the  of a lifeform. Fascinated by this technology, Darzu believed it was the key to recreating the Sith technobeasts. Having previously dismissed these creatures as a myth, the Shi'ido's preceding self-transformation convinced her that their creation was well within her grasp. To realize this vision, she utilized the temple as a laboratory, drawing upon Tython's to amplify her rituals.

Inside her new facility of research, Darzu tested the nanogene technology on living subjects, all of whom she had abducted amongst Tython's scattered inhabitants. Using her combined knowledge of mechu-deru and Sith alchemy, she reverse-engineered the microscopic droids into a technovirus called the. According to Darzu's design, the transmuted living tissue into metallic tumors, ultimately transforming its subjects into  s—technobeasts. As a part of this process, the Shi'ido devised her own variant of mechu-deru—dubbed —to imbue the victims with the power of the dark side, binding them to her will.

With the nanogene spore at her disposal, Darzu intended to use the virus to bring a new age of terror upon the Republic and the Jedi, ensuring the dominance of the Sith. For her first source of living templates to create of cyborg warriors, she infected the scattered inhabitants of Tython with the nanogene spore. Corralling them towards the abandoned Jedi temple, Darzu organized the mutants into an army known as the. Over time, her machinations corrupted the Force nexus of Tython, turning the planet into a bastion of dark side energy. Using her, Darzu renovated the Jedi temple into a fortress, making Tython her secret seat of power.

Personality and traits


A Shi'ido changeling, Darzu avoided showing her true physical form in the presence of others, preferring to blend with the galaxy's inhabitants as a female. This inborn talent instilled her with a sense of superiority over other species, as well as the belief that she could control any individual she desired—ally or adversary—through deception. Having sustained life-threatening wounds in her attempt to engineer the Dark Reaper, Darzu replaced a large portion of her body with cybernetics. Due to the abrupt and unstable nature of her transformation, the implants were left greatly malformed and disproportionate with the remnants of her organic self.

Powers and abilities
Like all members of the Shi'ido race, Darzu was capable of altering her physical form at will, allowing her to assume a variety of humanoid and shapes. Even after her cybernetic transformation, this talent allowed Darzu to conceal her mechanical form, albeit at the cost of acute physical pain. In addition, she possessed a form of allowing her to project false impressions onto the minds of others, tricking them into believing she was someone—or something—else entirely.

As a combatant in the New Sith Wars, Darzu was trained to fight in the thick of combat, specializing in the role of the Sith Marauder. Wielding a single-bladed with an, she relied on the power of the dark side to amplify her combat prowess. For extra protection against multiple opponents in battle, Darzu wore a self-crafted suit that not only further supplemented her physical strength, but also harbored a personal  to catch her foes by surprise.

After becoming a Sith Lord, Darzu researched Sith alchemy alongside mechu-deru, an obscure power allowing the manipulation mechanical constructs. Using this technique to upgrade existing technology, she came close to resurrecting the Dark Reaper superweapon. Despite this thwarted endeavor, the Shi'ido later survived the brink of death by transforming herself into a cyborg. Seeking to replicate this union of metal and flesh a larger scale, Darzu created a virus capable of mutating organic victims into technobeasts. By means of an offshoot ritual called mechu-deru vitae, she compelled the creatures into absolute obedience.