Athriel Sernen

Athriel Sernen was a Nonderanian from the planet Nonderan. He was born in 51 BBY into a poor family in the city Dinskk. His family was killed when he was seven, forcing him to live on the streets. When he was ten, he was banished from civilization, and therefore was forced to live in the vast wilderness of Nonderan. In 36 BBY, when the Galactic Republic discovered Nonderan, he became a dark Jedi and led a cult called the Resistance. He led them through large conquests, destroying colonizer cities and killing over a hundred Republicans. This lasted until 35 BBY when a Jedi padawan named Kau-Ja Manew, who was also a Nonderanian, fought and killed the cultists. Athriel barely survived, having to fake his own death to do so. He joined a Sith named Darth Octillious to get revenge on the Jedi, but as soon converted to the Jedi’s side. He attacked Octillious, who stabbed him in the chest and left him to die.

Early Life
Athriel Sernen was born in 51 BBY on Nonderan. His family was in constant debt, owing money to dozens of businesses and banks. When he was seven, his father, Lethier, accepted a loan from a loan shark named Komess Urmen. When he couldn’t pay Komess back a few weeks later, the loan shark sent a gang of a dozen Nonderanians to kill the Sernen family. They broke into their house in the middle of the night and beat Lethier to death with boards of metal. Next, they went to the children’s room, not realizing that they had awoken from the noise. As they entered, they beat Athriel’s two brothers and sister to death. They also assaulted Athriel, but the Nonderanian was left alive because the police arrived. Athriel left the bloody house with a broken arm and as an orphan. He spent the next few years on the street, begging for and stealing food. When he was ten, he was caught fighting an adult homeless Nonderanian. They were both exiled for doing so. When they were cast out of the city and into the forest, they assaulted each other again, but this time out of anger. It ended when Athriel force choked the adult to death. The young Nonderanian spent the next few years in solitude, before starting to come across other exiles about his age. They formed a cult in 38 BBY called the Resistance. They used the force to raid small sections of Dinskk.

Destruction of the Resistance
In 36 BBY, their home planet, Nonderan, was discovered by the Galactic Rupublic. The Resistance was infuriated by the outsiders and targeted them in their new raids. The Republic sent a Jedi in 35 BBY to kill off the Resistance. The Jedi sent was a Nonderanian padawan named Kau-Ja Manew. The Resistance sent one of their members, Jalun Virnn, to kill the padawan, but Kau-Ja quickly and easily killed him. They decided to keep their distance, but Kau-Ja found another member, Neeilo Ameril. After a short duel, he too fell at the padawan’s hands. Now it was obvious that either they killed Kau-Ja Manew, or he killed them. He tracked down a third cultist, this one named Fercil Domor. After a violent conflict, Fercil fled and let his partner, Naccim Jomav fight. Jomav was also killed though, bringing the death toll to three. Athriel kept sending members in until only he and Fercil were left.

The two cultists ran into an opening, planning on fighting on familiar terrain. Kau-Ja soon spotted Athriel, and they dueled. After the long and violent conflict, Athriel realized that he couldn't defeat Kau-Ja Manew. He decided to fake his death and see what Fercil could do. He did just that and Fercil was actually stood a chance. He knocked Kau-Ja ovewr and jumped onto th Jedi, saber pointing downward and stabbing him. He was wrong though, to think that Kau-Ja was dead, because the Jedi then stabbed and slashed Fercil repeatedly, killing the cultist. After the Jedi left, Athriel took a few days to rejuvinate and then sought out the Sith, Darth Octillious, to ally himself with.