Darth Transel

"I find it very hard to believe how my master didn't get killed by Revan."

- Darth Transel

Darth Transel, previously known as Kahn Dantus, was a Human male born on Taris who became one of Darth Bandon's apprentices. He eventually fought his master to become the Dark Lord of the Sith.

Early years
Kahn Dantus was born in the urban cityscape of Taris in the year of 3,990 BBY. When he was thirteen, his parents were killed in a swoop bike accident and he was forced to fend for himself. Having no money to pay for the taxes, he eventually joined the Exchange to get some good money. By the time he was eighteen, he was one of the most feared and respected mercenaries on Taris. His house was later ransacked by five swoop gang members. Angered, he took the elevator into the Lower City, and confronted the gang members. Having no patience to reason with them, he unknowingly force pushed two of the swoop gang members off the street, into the swoop bike freeway. Scared that the same thing would happen to them, the three other swoop gang members gave him his stuff back, and fled. There was a Jedi who observed the whole "fight" and told Kahn that he was Force-sensitive and told him to come to the Jedi Temple with him.

Training as a Jedi
On Coruscant the Jedi told him that he was Ies Darrum, a Jedi Knight and that they were given an audience with the Council. In the Council Chambers, Arkon Ves thought that Kahn was too old to be trained, but other masters, such as Zesh Ba'rid said that they needed all the numbers they could get. Arkon agreed, and Kahn was trained by Ies Darrum, the first Jedi he met. During his training, he was very good with telekinesis, and tryed to master the Juyo form. Eventually, he did, and passed the Jedi Trials, and became a Padawan.

Mission to Aquen
In 3,969 BBY he was sent on a Mission to Aquen with his master to investigate the dissappearance of five Jedi Royal Guard members. Upon landing in the Deav Spaceport they saw signs of battle along the floor and walls. As they continued walking, five figures behind them followed them. They ignited their lightsabers and attacked them unexpectedly, knocking Ies out. Kahn barely dodged them, and revitalized Ies. He then realized those five were the Royal Guards, turned to the dark side. He ignited both of his purple lightsabers, and attacked two of them, while his master fought the other three. The Royal Guards used their hate to knock Kahn off guard. Knowing that he would lose, Kahn used his hate to strike a death blow to one of them, and incapacitated the other. He then Force shoved the other three into a wall. To strike the killing blow, he threw his lightsaber at the three, killing them.

Fall to the dark side
"Why did you kill them? A Jedi doesn't use hate!"

- Ies Darrum to Kahn Dantus

After killing the Royal Guards, he betrayed his master, as seeing he doesn't like the pacifistic ways of the Jedi. He force gripped Ies, and seeing him not as a challenge, hurled him through the spaceport window, letting him plummet to his death. He then went on his shuttle, and plotted a course to Coruscant. He lied to the Council, telling them that Ies fell to the dark side, killing the Royal Guards, and he had no choice but to kill him. The Council was saddened by this and Kahn requested to leave the Jedi to grieve over the loss. They accepted and Kahn left. Happy that his lies worked, he decided to go to Korriban and train in the ways of the dark side.

Creating the Academy
When Kahn reached Korriban, he adopted the Sith name, Darth Transel. Seeing that there wasn't an academy there, he decided to construct one, creating it out of the very rock of Korriban using the Force. He imagined everything and before his eyes, he created the Sith academy, constructed in his image. He became the headmaster and beckoned force-users to join the dark side. Many flocked to join him, but he had to deem them worthy. Half of them were killed from their insolence and the other half knew most of the tenents on becoming a Sith. He eventually took the purple crystals out of his two lightsabers, and replaced them with crimson red. Three years after the academy was made, he left the academy, and appointed his greatest student; Aeun Lashen as the new headmaster.

Mandalorian Wars
A year after leaving his academy, Transel heard news about the Mandalorian Wars. He decided to join the Jedi and their cause because the Council had no idea on what Transel did and thought he was still with the Jedi. He was the third to join the cause, second being Malak. He used his title name of 'Transel', and in the battles he was in, such as the Second Battle of Dxun, he showed no mercy to the Mandalorians as he cut them down one by one. During the Battle of Malachor V, he paved the way for Revan to fight Mandalore the Ultimate by slaughtering dozens of Mandalorians. When Revan retreated into dark space, Transel asked Revan to leave one Republic Capital ships behind for him so he could have a vessel to leave with when he finishes his objective. Revan accepted, leaving one ship behind. Transel wanted to collect some of the artifacts in the Trayus Academy to bring to his academy. When he finished, he put the artifacts in the storage hold, and plotted a course to dark space.

Joining the Empire
When Revan and Malak became Sith, Transel told them about the academy he made, and told them to bring some Sith there. Revan sent a few Dark Jedi there and a trooper and they came back commenting on how the academy was. Revan then selected the best Dark Jedi there to be in his empire every year. Transel became a respected and feared Sith Master abord the Leviathan.

Killing Lord Revan
Darth Malak was thinking that Revan was growing weak, so he had a meeting with Darth Transel. Transel agreed with the whole thing and assured Malak that everything will go as planned. When the strike time boarded Revan's vessel, Transel informed Malak that it's time, and Malak ordered his ship to fire at Revan's bridge. When the ship exploded minutes afterward Transel and Malak thought Revan dead as Malak became Dark Lord. Transel requested to be his apprentice, but Malak already chose his apprentice, Darth Bandon.

Destruction of the Star Forge
A year after, Transel was third-in-command of the whole Sith Empire. Transel then remembered about the artifacts and requested to go back to his academy for a month. Malak agreed, considering all that he did for him. When he reached the academy, he heard of a student that killed Uthar and let Yuthura go to Dantooine. That student, instead of killing all of the Sith at the academy, appointed a Sith named Mekel as the headmaster. Transel delived the artifacts and stayed for a month, catching up on what has happened. When he returned to Sith space, he learned about the deaths of Calo Nord and Darth Bandon, and the attack on the Leviathan. He then went to the Star Forge and prepared its defenses for the upcoming battle. Malak told Transel that incase he and the Star Forge get destroyed, that he should go to the academy and wait until the Sith are strong again. Transel did what Malak said and went to the academy. When the Star Forge was destroyed, he knew what to do with his academy.

Rise of Nihilus and Sion
Despite Darth Transel returning to the academy, the Sith decided to wage war against themselves. The Sith divided the empire into a number of small, hotly-contested kingdoms. The three warlords that stood above the rest were Darth Transel, Darth Nihilus, and Darth Sion. Transel protested that the Sith should be like Malak's Empire but Nihilus and Sion disagreed, saying to leave the past in the past. Angered Darth Transel decided to duel them. Most of the battle was in their favor, as they ultimately defeated him. Defeated, Darth Transel decided to leave the Sith entirely, unti the Sith Triumvirate fell.

Darth Bandon's Sith Empire
When the Sith Triumvirate fell, in 3,951 BBY, Transel encountered Darth Bandon, whom he thuoght dead. Bandon reunited what remained of the empires and rallied others to his cause. Transel was chosen as his apprentice and Darth Dessicus was chosen as the head of all the Dark Jedi. Bandon ruled the empire for two years, only being betrayed by Transel to become the Dark Lord.

Duel of the Masters


Darth Transel decided to betray his master, Darth Bandon, to become the Dark Lord of the Sith. Bandon ignited his double-bladed lightsaber and lunged at Transel. Transel barely dodged it as he ignited his lightsabers and threw a series of jabs and slashes at him. Bandon dodged them, and he force gripped Transel, and threw him across the room. Transel broke out of it, and used Force lightning against him. Bandon deflected it, and Transel deflected it with his hands, threw it back at Bandon. Bandon got hit by it and force pushed Transel through the bridge window. Transel smashed through it, and used breath control to keep him alive. As a last attempt to kill Bandon, he force pulled him through another window, and force choked him to death. Transel then broke though another window, and used the Force to put the glass together, as well as retrieved Bandon's body.

Transel's own empire
After he killed Bandon, Transel became the new Dark Lord and chose Darth Dessicus as his apprentice. He taught Dessicus everything he knew about combat, force techniques, and lightsaber forms. He lead the empire for three years before he attempted to take over Coruscant.

Death
Leading an assault on Coruscant, he entered the Council Chambers and dueled Arkon Ves. A heated battle goes between the two before it ends when Arkon killed Transel. Darth Dessicus, saw Transel die, he ordered the fleet to pull back and retreat into the Unknown Regions, where he would lead the empire in secret and have his own apprentice, Darth Abeon.

Legacy
When Darth Transel died, his apprentice ruled the empire in the Unknown Regions and telling the Sith Emperor, when the time would be right to attack the Republic again. It would appear that what Darth Dessicus said would be the Great Galactic War.

Personality and traits
"I don't have the patience nor the time to deal with weak, self-centered fools and cowards."

- Darth Transel

Darth Transel was impatient and quick tempered. He even showed no sign of sadness when his parents died when he was thirteen. He just simply looked for a job that pays good money. He is apparently very brutish in his methods of torture. He usually just kills them or incapacitates them. When he deals with a traitor, he literally just throws them out the airlock, or chokes them to death. He shows no mercy to his enemies, even if they are a family member.

Powers and abilities
Darth Transel was very skilled in the use of telekenisis and lightsaber combat. He usually uses the Juyo form, as he used two purple lightsabers as a Jedi and two red lightsabers as a Sith. He was also proficient in the use of Death Field, Force Flame, Force Lightning, and Force Choke.

Behind the Scenes
His name comes from the Republic world of Transel.