Betrayer's Heart

The Betrayer's Heart was a. It was created during the reign of the and catalogued by the  ; it was unclear whether Syn discovered the ancient amulet or created it herself.

When wielded by a dark sider, the Betrayer's Heart could compel Force users to unleash their powers in random ways. The uses were largely unpredictable; a target might idly levitate a pebble or inflict on every mind within range. However, the more powerful a Force user, the more pronounced the effects tended to be. Though unknown to the Heart's creators, the amulet functioned by agitating and confusing a target's, forcing them to access and employ the Force without their owner's consent. The Heart also had some effect on the target's motor control, making movements slow and awkward without totally depriving the target of volitional movement.

The Heart's powers were strong enough to bypass the mental resistance of any known target, but it was a short-range weapon requiring concentration and line of sight. As a result, the Old Sith created the Architect of Betrayal, an enormous superweapon designed to amplify the Heart's effects a thousandfold. With the Heart inside the Architect and a sufficiently powerful dark sider at the helm, the Heart's effects could spread over an entire battlefield.

Whether the Old Sith ever employed the Heart or the Architect against the Jedi is unknown. Eventually came into possession of both and sent them to. The superweapon failed to turn the tide of the, and Kun's forces were forced to abandon it there. Millennia later, General Eviar Seldec discovered and began excavating the superweapon. He tested the Heart on s Gennic Forgey and Tirien Kal-Di, neither of whom were able to resist its effects. However, when the Jedi triggered a battle for the amulet, Forgey eventually secured it and impaled it with his lightsaber. The blow destroyed the Heart, killing Forgey and one of the Dark Vanguard, severely damaging the now-useless Architect of Betrayal, and bringing down the caves in which the Architect was entombed.

Behind the Scenes
SavageOpress1138 came up with the idea of the effects of the Betrayer's Heart.

Appearances

 * Who You Are in the Dark