Darth Persia

Darth Persia was the title of a human male force-sensitive, living before and during the Jedi Civil War. His original name before his life as a Sith is unknown.

=Biography=

There is little known about the early life of Darth Persia. However, a basic summery of his life before the Dark Order War has been compiled.

Death
Born 30 years before the Jedi Civil War, Darth Persia was found by the Jedi to be talented in the force, and he was trained for several years at the academy on Dantooine. However, he fell to the Dark Side during his training and fled the academy.

He renounced his original name and changed it to Persia so the Jedi could not track him, and wandered the galaxy aimlessly for decades, until he joined and was trained by the Sith in the Jedi Civil War.

Over the course of the war, he rose to power and became a minor Sith Lord by the time of the Battle of Rakata Prime. After the death of Darth Malak at the hands of the redeemed Jedi Revan, Persia was at the academy on Korriban when it fell and the Sith turned on one another. Persia attempted to gain control of some of the Sith, but events conspired against him and he was killed by his fellow Sith, his spirit trapped in a tomb on Korriban.

Rebirth
About 4,000 years later, a former Jedi explorer broke into his tomb, searching for artifacts and knowledge of the force. Luckily for Persia, the explorer was highly force sensitive. It was no trouble for Persia to force his way into the explorer, transfering his essence into the body, completely erasing the man into the netherworld of the force, whoever he had been. Persia then wandered the galaxy for several years until he came into the service of the Sith Lord Emperor Palpatine, as one of his servants.

Concealing his identity, Persia was one of many Dark-Side servents of the emperor. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, he proclaimed himself Dark Lord of the Sith and fled back to Korriban to regain the power he wielded back in the days of the Jedi Civil War.

The Battle of Korriban
Darth Persia trained himself in the force for ten years, until, one day in the year 14 ABY, Imperial forces under the command of Tavion Axmis, leader of the Cult of Ragnos landed on the planet and proceeded to spread throughout the Valley of the Dark Lords, followed by her many Dark Jedi followers.

Persia's interest was caught by this activity. Why would so many users of the Dark Side be gathering here? Darth Persia could tell that they were not Sith; merely ordinary sentients embued with powers they did not deserve.

Presently, New Republic and Jedi forces landed, and the Battle of Korriban began. Persia's curiosity grew as he placed himself in a force cloak, making him invisible to both sides of the conflict.

Persia then climbed to the top of one of the Valley's tombs to observe the battle from afar. Indeed, he thought, it was a great sight to behold; the hundreds of lightsabers flashing and massive war machines crashing among the endless sands, with starfighters of varied design dogfighting high above the Valley.

After a while, Persia noticed another ship landing a short distance away. A Z-95 Headhunter, its pilot a Jedi, Persia assumed at first. But instead of an aura of light which came from the Jedi, it was a wave of darkness coming from the starfighter.

The Z-95 belonged to Jaden Korr, a former Jedi who had turned to the Dark Side and came to Korriban to steal the Scepter of Ragnos from Tavion, ruler of the Cult.

Darth Persia used Force Far Sight to follow Jaden as he fought his way through the Jedi and Dark Jedi alike, to the Tomb of Sith Lord Marka Ragnos. In his rage, Jaden didn't notice as Persia tapped into his mind, searching through his memories and learning of his fall to the darkness, and of the Cult of Ragnos' plan.

Persia smirked to himself as he watched the entertainment of the battle, pleased with how easily he had learned of Jaden's intentions and his potential. A few minutes later Jaden came into direct view. Persia admired how easiley he ripped through the force users in his way with such speed and efficiency that they didn't even slow him down.

The Sith Lord again used force sight to observe Jaden as he battled Tavion and Kyle Katarn, one after the other. Persia, then foreseeing the outcome of the battle, leapt down from his perch and proceeded to a nearby Lambda shuttle.

He was stopped and questioned by an Imperial stormtrooper. Persia said that he was one of Tavion's Dark Jedi followers, and was requested to dock with the Star Destroyer above the planet. He was given access, and presently arrived on the Dark Hand, where he waited for Jaden to arrive, knowing that after Tavio was dead, the young Dark Jedi would attempt to take over.

Jaden did as Persia had predicted; once he had escaped his former master, Kyle Katarn, Korr flew up to the Dark Hand, killed the captain, and ordered the ship to leave the system.

When Jaden found Persia on his ship, the former Sith lord falsely swore allegience to him as one of his dark Jedi masters. Jaden accepted him into his soon-to-be-founded new order as a trainer for his other Dark Side adepts.

The Discovery of an Apprentice
Jaden Korr gathered a group of force-sensitives who would be sent to Thule for survival training. Those who survived would be allowed to serve in his Order as Shadowtroopers. Among the future students was Jorus Kuun, a former Jedi Apprentice.

Darth Persia sensed the great potential in Jorus, and when the students were placed in the underground caverns for survival training. However, unknown to Jaden or any of the students, Persia had slipped into the caverns unnoticed, masking his presense with the force.

He then silently observed the students over the course of a few days, studying them to see if any others matched Jorus' potential. He found none.

Persia then reached out with the force to Jorus, to detect his location. To his worry, the Kel'Dor appeared to be starving to death, his supplies stolen. Persia hurried to his location and saved the student's life, and taught him how to survive.

Jorus agreed to become Persia's apprentice, but the Sith lord said he must pass one trial first. He led Jorus to the student who had stolen his supplies and left him to die. The other student tried to flee, but Persia grabbed him with the force and held him in place, helplessly hovering before Jorus.

Darth Persia told the Kel'Dor to take his lightsaber and strike the thief down in his hate. To the Sith's delight, Jorus did so. Applauding Jorus' actions, Persia told him to become his Sith apprentice, and that they would take control of Jaden's Dark Order, and bring the Sith back into power.

The Kel'Dor agreed, and ceased to be Jorus Kuun; he was now Darth Imperious.