User blog:Skyrocket/Darth the Menes

In creating the Sith Supremacy I really worked to come up with a unique motivation or take on Sith philosophy. The Code of the Sith is a great place to look for ideas. Just look at it:

Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall set me free.

There is so much you can do with those lines. "My chains are broken" is the crux with Darth Menes. He sees his chains as being mortality. His doesn't want to live forever using the dark side. He wants to elevate himself to godhood.

In thinking about a Sith along those lines I remembered my Greek mythology. In "The Odyssey" we see the underworld as a dark, creepy place were the souls of the dead are creepy shadows. Only those who gained great glory, whose names would live forever in history, could hope for anything better. Add in the numbers of mortals and half-gods who became full on gods mixed with ancient warrior cults and you've got Darth Menes. Then, just to make things interesting, give him a horde of Kaleesh warriors to act as his Spartans and you've got a guy the whole galaxy should be worried about.

Him joining the Supremacy is purely a practical choice. Keep your enemies closer and such. Plus, that crazy ritual that makes you bigger, meaner and stronger that Savage Oppress got? Darth Menes is totally down for that. To him that's like half a taste of ambrosia.

So his mindset is pretty well worked out but actually finding his voice is proving harder. But that's more a matter of writing until I get it right.