Darth Malinus

Darth Malinus, born Phylus T'obinn was a Dark Lord of the Sith.

Biography
Before his long reign as a Sith Lord, Darth Malinus was a Jedi named Phylus T'obinn. He was recruited into the Jedi at age thirteen and immediately showed a natural gift with the force. What made Phylus stand out against most other Jedi was he was a Gray Jedi, a force-user able to use both the light side and dark side of the force without beng bound to either side. Despite his talent with the force, the Jedi would only accept him if he swore never to use the dark side of the force, fearing that it could eventually corrupt him. His life as a Jedi lasted only five years. On his final mission, he was captured by the Sith and tortured. To prevent him from resisting, a Sith torture mask was placed on him to restrict his access to the force. Phylus knewhe was going to die, so he used the only dark side technique that he knew,Transfer essence, to transfer his consciousness into the Sith torture mask to save his life. The transfer was a success, but as a result, his physical body dissintegrated. His consciousness remained dorant for ten years until the Sith who captured him captured another victim, a Sith traitor. The same mask that was used on Phylus was placed on the traitor and as soon as the mask was placed on him, Phylus took control of the traitor's body and tried to incapacitate his captors with Force stun, but discovered that he could no longer use Force stun or any other light side technique, a side effect of Transfer essence. Seeing no other option, he surrendered. Moments later, he was dragged to Darth Sidious to be executed. Darth Sidious was impressed that Phylus could use Transfer essence despite never being trained in the use of dark side techniques, so he offered Phylus a choice, either join the Sith or die. Knowing that Transfer esence wouldn't work more than once, he swore his loyalty to the Sith. After only a few years of training, Phylus was promoted to the rank of Sith Lord and was given the title Darth Malinus. Wanting to continue training and getting stronger, he traveled to Dxun, which had a high level of dark side energy. Not wanting to attract unnecessary attention, he did his training in a cave. Unfortunately, this attracted a swarm of Orbalisks, which attached to him and began draining the force from his body. Because of Transfer essence, he didn't die from the multiple Orbalisks feeding on him, but he was completely immobilized after his host body died from them. He knew that Dxun was full of dark side energy, so he used the dark side energy to create multiple Force phantoms, using the multiple orbalisks devouring him to sustain them. He sent his Force phantoms to several different planets, looking for possible new host bodies. After months of searching, he found several possible hosts. hechose the strongest one he could find as his new body and made the rest his apprentices, training them until they were strong enough to become new host bodies and then freezing them in carbonite, ready for future use.

Powers and abilities
Darth Malinus was originally a Gray Jedi, meaning he could use both sides of the force without being controlled by either side. he mostly used light side techniques, but knew how to use Transfer essence, which he used to transfer his consciousness into a Sith torture mask, enabling him to possess anyone who wore it. Unfortunately, using Transfer essence eliminated his ability to use light side techniques. His connection to the dark side was strong enough to attract a swarm of Orbalisks, which eat dark side energy. He could also create multiple Force phantoms, which is impressive considering it takes extreme practice and talent to make even one Force phantom, to look for new host bodies.

Equipment
Darth Malinus refused to use a ligtsaber, believing that the force was the only tool he needed. Instead of using a lightsaber, he used two Forcesabers, a predecessor oflightsabers which were fuel by pure dark side energy channeled into crystals.

The mask he wore was a Sith torture mask, which held his consciousness, allowing him to possess anyone who wore his mask. he also kept several host bodies frozen in carbonite for future use.