Darth Thaneo



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Thaneo Zess is a Sith Saber who later became a Sith Lord during the Great Galactic War between the Jedi and Sith. He was born right when the war began, his home world being Balmorra, it was unknown what species he was, seeing as how Balmorra was mostly human he was labeled as Balmorrian despite the fact he was of unknown species. He displayed Raccoon or Skunk-like features and fur pattern, and it was unknown why he was born without a tail. His father, Tharan who was a Sith Officer at the time, was on a mission to Balmorra and while there, met with a Balmorrian girl who looked very much like a humanoid Skunk named Olivia, the two ended up falling in love, giving birth to Thaneo sometime later while on the run from the Sith Empire, who had officially ordered the death of the two, not yet knowing that Tharan had impregnated Olivia. Soon afterword’s the two were killed when they were tracked down by Sith Assassins, the Assassins found three-year old Thaneo hiding in a pantry and instead of killing him, they took him back with them to Korriban where the Council agreed to keep the boy alive, sensing his not-yet found power of the force, he would be taken under the wing of Darth Darrack Vammon, who taught the boy in the ways of the dark side. He would then die at the age 38, killed by an unnamed Rouge Jedi who launched a RPG at Thaneo when he was busy dueling a Jedi, killing all three of them.

Biography
Thaneo Zess was born on Balmorra in 3,681 BBY, during the first year of the Great Galactic War between the Sith Empire and the Old Republic, His father being a Sith officer named Tharan Zess and a Skunk-like Humanoid named Olivia. The Sith Empire, through the use of Sith spies, had found Tharan having sexual relations with the Native and ordered the assassination of both of them, Deeming their love to be both sick and horribly wrong. Knowing they would be killed easily, Tharan and Oliva along with the newborn Thaneo fled the system, heading for the Planet Eldesun, living in their small but still somewhat large Space transport craft in the forests. The couple lived out their lives happily, Thaneo being raised without knowledge of the horrible war going on and instead becoming entranced with nature as most young-boys are. However the Sith saw through the ruse, eventually tracking down Tharan and Oliva, still not knowing of their son's existence and killing Tharan and Olivia when a small squad of Imperial Soldiers entered their small "home", blasting both Tharan and Oliva to death before they could react. This caused Thaneo, who was at the time eating a fruit snack, to wander into the room from hearing the noise. Instead of killing the child, the troops instead brought him back with them to Korriban where the Sith council agreed the boy was to be kept alive and trained when they sensed the hidden power within him. His master, a human Sith Lord named Darrack Vammon agreed to train Thaneo, wanting to be able to claim credit for whatever the boy would achieve. Darrack's training of Thaneo was hard and brutal, not feeding the boy for days when he would fail tests or assignments, Darrack would also not allow Thaneo any personal belongings, and would often destroy anything that Thaneo acquired. Thaneo grew to hate his Master, something that Darrack prided himself in and as Thaneo grew older, would continue to have severe and hateful arguments, putting the boy down numerous times. By age 9, Thaneo had been drained of all emotion except hatred and anger, Darrack then used this to teach Thaneo to use the dark side on a more severe level, along with Lightsaber combat. Thaneo soon become a fast learner, his most valued and powerful skill becoming Mind Trick, being able to easily manipulate others,

and even his unprepared Master on one occasion. Darrack, impressed with the boy, finally began to lighten up, not

Being so harsh with the rest of his training. Come age 14, Thaneo had become a Sith Saber Sith Saber in rank, finally donning his first suit of Sith Armor and being allowed to create his first personal lightsaber. Darrack had become very proud of Thaneo, and started to show feelings of respect for his apprentice, something Sith Masters were not allowed to do. This gave Thaneo the opening he needed to kill Darrack, and on a sparring session between the two in the Sith Temple, Thaneo brutally killed Darrack by bringing a stone pillar down onto Darrack, trapping him under it before being impaled through the head by his apprentice.

With Darrack dead, Thaneo was free to do as he wished, and the Sith Council would then give him his own small fleet. Thaneo used this fleet to help him in his plan of destroying the Republic by first killing key Senate members to cause disruption in the Senate. Killing three in a row when they would be coming out of meetings, using the force to snap their necks from far away. However, Thaneo's first failure came when he tried to kill Ofise Monzo, a senator who had a strong knowledge of the Sith Empire, the Senate, being aware of the assassinations by Thaneo, had troops all over the Senate building exit, the soldiers, using infrared sensors quickly found Thaneo's hiding spot and immediately opened fire. Thaneo, being caught off guard, quickly slashed through the troops before attempting to slash at Ofise, however one of the remaining troops then sacrificed his life by ramming a Speeder bike into Thaneo before he could strike down Ofise, the troop and Thaneo both were then rammed off the landing pad into the busy street below. Thaneo managed to regain his composer in mid-air despite his now-shattered ribcage, landing onto a transport vehicle in the sky traffic of Corusuant and getting away. When Thaneo returned to Korriban he refused medical treatment, giving himself punishment by allowing his ribs to painfully heal themselves over the course of months, only using the force to keep rib shards from piercing his heart or other organs. The Sith council, realizing how talented and how tolerant of pain Thaneo was, promoted him to Sith Lord without a second thought. Thaneo very rarely participated in Council activities however, keeping much to himself and using most of his days to do nothing but mediate. Thaneo became very spiritual with the force, and became able to see events before they would happen. Thaneo very rarely ever entered battles, though the few times he did, he would often take down Jedi Knights in lightsaber combat, and on a mission to Jem 7, he killed Jedi Master Ordeo Focus by manipulating him to walking over a hidden Demolition charge, using the force to activate once Ordeo was over it. The Council noted how Thaneo rarely used a lightsaber in combat, and noticed how he rested more on the Force, deeming him to be worthy of being the head of the council. However, before this would happen Thaneo would have one final task, to kill a Jedi master residing with her troops on Cul-Huq. Thaneo accepted the offer and traveled to the planet alone, bringing only his Lightsaber and Sith robes with him. Thaneo then confronted Jedi Master Sa'wish Jodah in her small base, killing all of the troops she had with her before targeting the master herself.

What Thaneo did not know was that Jodah had been tracking a Dark Jedi believed to be hiding on the planet, and when Thaneo and Jodah engaged in heavy fast-paced Saber combat, the unnamed Dark Jedi crept up beside them, using the force to mask his presence and firing a RPG directly between the three, the missile exploded and instantly blew both Thaneo and Jodah to pieces, and because of how foolishly close the Dark Jedi had fired the missile, he too was killed in the resulting explosion.

Legacy
After Thaneo's death, the Sith Empire began to teach students and apprentices not to only rely on their Lightsaber in combat, but to use the force instead. The Sith Empire also continued Thaneo's original plan of killing important Senators, causing much disruption in the Republic senate and causing numerous worlds to fall to the Empire. Thaneo's Lightsaber was also recovered and put on display for other students, using it as a motivation tactic. The Sith however, also taught students to, unlike Thaneo, always be aware of their surroundings and never get full on pride. Along with these values also came the importance of meditation which the Sith enforced with all students, making it clear that all students must meditate for two hours a day.

Personality
Thaneo had a cold and heartless personality, not once falling in love or becoming attached to anything, something his master enforced at an early age by not allowing him personal belongings until he was granted rank of Sith Saber. Thaneo never seemed to show emotion towards anything, and often kept his disagreements to himself. Thaneo also showed no discretion in which who he killed, including his master and three senators along with numerous Jedi Knights and at least one Jedi master. Fear was something he never showed, and was not afraid to die. He kept to himself most of the time, using the days in which he was not training or on missions to meditate, often isloating himself from others for long periods of time.