Darth Dire

Darth Dire was born Ayden Wynn and was trained to become a Jedi Knight before being trained as a Lord of the Sith by Darth Viscerus. After the outbreak of the Great Sovereign Crusades, he killed his master and proclaimed himself to be the Dark Lord of the Sith. He brought about the true reformation of the Sith Empire, conquering numerous Republic worlds including those that held the Republic shipyards. During the First Battle of Coruscant, he was killed by his apprentice Darth Ruinus. He would always be remembered as the catalyst for the eventual Sith take over towards the end of the war.