Darth Exitium

"For me it has never been about controlling the galaxy or ruling over an Empire. It never has been. Everything I've done and ever did was for one goal: To kill the Emperor."

- Darth Exitium

Darth Exitium was a Dark Lord of the Sith who lived during the time of the Great Hyperspace War. His entire family was killed when the performed a ritual on, his home world. Two decides later, after the Sith discovered Dromund Kaas, he returned to Nathema and saw the devastation. He later uncovered evidence that Vitiate was responsible for it's demise. He told of his close friend, The Dark Hero, about this and the two went to confront the Emperor at the Dark Temple. During the fight, The Dark Hero betrays him and he is stroked down by the Emperor. But his soul and spirit still reminded, however trapped inside a Sith holocron. It isn't until thousands of years later he was set free when a member of the Dark Council, who was running and hiding from the Emperor's forces after the, unknowingly released him. Exitium took over his body and claimed it as his own. It is never revealed what Exitium truly looks like and thus his appearance is up to debate.

Unlike other Dark Lords, Exitium did not care for the Jedi or the Republic or even power. His mind was bent only on destroying the Emperor and his Empire. For all intents and purposes Exitium is a representation of the Sith Order's self-destructive nature and also of the restless spirits of the dead.

Early years
Born on Nathema on 5,025 BBY, Exitium grow up and had a pretty good relationship with his family. At a young age, he was send to the for his Sith Training, and it is here he would his childhood friend, The Dark Hero. On, the Emperor performed a ritual that killed all life on the plant, with his family being one of the many causalities. It wasn't until that he returned to Nathema and saw the devastation. Feeling the emptiness of the now dead world, he could tell the Republic nor the Jedi were responsible for this, and started to became suspicious of the Emperor, for he was the world's ruler and solo survivor.

Exitium went to confront the Emperor in the with his friend, The Dark Hero. However, during the encounter, The Dark Hero betrayed his friend, believing the Emperor is the path to power. Exitium was struck down by his traitorous friend and believed to be dead. Unknown to either of them, Exitium transferred his soul to a nearby Sith holocron.

Final Moments
In, his former friend and now enemy The Dark Hero, had been resurrected by the Emperor in a attempt to stop him. When The Dark Hero turned seventeen on 3,933 BBY, he was old enough to directly fight in the war. Doing his lifetime Exitium had followed him using the that even still remained between them and used  as his personal living home and hideout. After going on a journey to locate Exitium's holocrons, The Dark Hero gain back some memories of his past life and finally realized of their force bond. The Dark Hero used this to find Exitium living in the abandoned Palace on Nathema. After thousands of years, the two reunited once more and had a duel to the death. It is here that Exitium was finally slain by his former friend and despite Exitium's hatred for him apart of him still cared for The Dark Hero. Exitium congratulated his friend for completing the journey and warned him of the Emperor's true plains for the galaxy. With that, Exitium's soul moved on to the afterlife at last.

Personality and traits
Darth Exitium unlike other Sith mostly focused on killing and destroying his own kind rather then the Jedi or the Republic. When he became the leader of the Rogue Sith he did not take pride or care in being so. In fact, he tricked his own followers into practically destroying themselves. Exitium also did not care for the thousands of innocents who died or were hurt in the civil war. However a small part of him did still care for The Dark Hero, even if he did personally hated him.

If players choose to play as a female character it is heavily implied that Exitium had romantic feelings for the PC.

Powers and abilities
Exitium is without a doubt one of the most powerful Sith Sorcerer's and alchemists of the ancient Sith. He mastered the power of, could create powerful army's of Sithspawn, create Sith holocron's and even transfer his soul into them to preserve himself, and he was immune to the side-affects of Nathema's Ritual due to his ability to feed energy off from himself. Exitium received his Sith training from the  however besides from that nothing else is known. His personal artifacts such as his lightsaber would later become important treasures for future generations of the Sith.

Behind the Scenes
Throughout the entire story the man possessed by Exitium's soul wears all red robes and a mask to cover his ghostly pale skin and entirely white eyes. His visual appearance is based on the Red Death from Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Fall of the Empire
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Fall of the Empire - The Lost Knights
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Fall of the Empire - Returning Home