Darth Azazel

"Rage, passion, aggression. These emotions make one powerful, but only a weakling dose not control them."

- Darth Azazel

Darth Azazel, also known as Kuro Zorn, Kyle Reen, Markus Lito, Willom Dran, and Gron Brego, was a extrodinarly powerful Sith Lord. He was born in 24 BBY, during the Separatist Crisis, and grew up during the Clone Wars. A brilliant military strategist and tactician considered by many to be the equal ofMitth'raw'nuruodo, he also shared Thrawn's view of the New Order and constructed a elabroate plan to destroy Palpatine-both his body and his spirit-take his thrown, and remake the Empire in his image. To begin this plan Zorn first underwent a expermintal Entechment procedure in 0 BBY to transfer his life-force into the body of a Human replica droid-allowing him to both live forever and possess incredible physical power alongside his mastery of the Force and lightsaber combat, which were two things the Sith Lord craved above all else-and although the procedure almost failed and Zorn nearly died during the process, he emerged form the operation in his new body, which had been tailor made by a elite team of Imperial scientists to Zorn's exact specifications. Zorn later killed the scientists, both to keep the operation secret and to test his new powers.

The second part of his plan involved the Blackbriar Program and the X-5 supersoldiers which, combined with a massive fleet of Star Destroyers and Corruptor-class Battlecruisers he had been secretly assembeling in the Deep Core since the Clone Wars, Zorn planned to engage Palpatine on bord the Death Star II, kill him, and then use his fleet and supersoldiers in combination with the Death Star's power and the Imperial fleet to crush the Rebels and remake the Empire as he saw fit. However he never had the chance to complete his plan, as at the very moment he arrived in the Endor system for his "meeting" with Palpatine the Rebel Alliance had began their attack. Zorn attempted to infiltrate the Death Star during the battle to engage Palpatine, but failed to reach him before his own apprentice threw him down the reactor shaft. Denied his chance to kill the Emperor and assume control of the Empire, Zorn escaped the Death Star just as it detonated, vowing to one day complete his ultimate goal.

After escaping the second Death Stars destruction Zorn fled to the deep core world of Ma'meen, where he begin construction on the Galaxy Crusher, a massive Eclipse-class Star Dreadnaught. Zorn also kept a close eye on the Imperial world of Byss, knowing that if the Emperor's spirit would show up anywere that it would be Byss, were he kept his labs and clone bodies. By the time Palpatine emeraged once again in his first clone body the Galaxy Crusher had reached near full construction, although rather then risk his entire fleet and amy engaging Palpatine, Zorn chose to allow the New Republic to do the dirty work, while he helped from the shadows and used small fleets of his Corruptors to weaken Imperial lines, allowing the New Republic forces to break though. During the Battle of Pinnacle Base Zorn used the Grevon, a Imperial-II-class Star Destroyer equipped with a cloaking device, to observe the battle. He used the Force to observe Luke SkyWalker during his final battle with Palpatine, ready to step in if the Emperor acturally killed SkyWalker. However this was proven unnecessary, as Luke and Leia managed to defeat the reborn Emperor by combining their power.

Sastified that Palpatine had been destroyed and believeing the Sith Lord to finally be dead, completely dead, Zorn finally put the last part of his plan into motion and attacked the New Republic. Useing the military's weakend state after the short war with the reborn Palpatine to his advantage, Zorn combined his massive fleet and the power of the Galaxy Crusher, the superiority of his supersoldiers and his mastery of militay tactics and the Force to crush the New Republic defenders. By 12 BBY Zorn had occupied over three hundred worlds and converted them to Imperial rule. However he did not win each world though mere military might but rather though his style of enforceing the New Order. He ruled his Empire with a iron fist just as Palpatine had done and enforced martial law on all his planets, although insted of utilizing genocide, the Tarkin Doctrine, and xenophobia Zorn ruled his minions fairly and justly, reguardless of their species, although his Empire still resembled a fascist government, with military leadership, heavy-handed propaganda, the centralized organization of society for Total War, and the requirement for a person to serve in the military in order to earn the right to have a say in the government.

Biography
"Palpatine was a fool. A very powerful and intelligent fool, but a fool nevertheless. You cannot control the masses though rule by fear and genocide, for if you attempt this then you will be dealing with constant rebellion and will never be able to form a stable empire. That is why my empire works."

- Darth Azazel to the New Republic Provisional Council