Darth Manqus Lorebrook

{{quote|(Many Sith think brutality is the key to victory. Listen to me, my daughter. The true path to victory is through knowledge. Know the dark secrets, and you control every aspect of existence.)|} to his daughter, Castella.}}

 was a Dark Lord of the Sith and a member of the Dark Council in the Old Republic. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Biography
Manqus Lorebrook was born in 3552 BBY to Alissa and Gregory Lorebrook. Unfortunately, his birth also marked death. His mother died during childbirth, and his brother was killed in the First Galactic War. His father, a miner, was left to raise him. The startling thing was that he soon discovered his young son was Force-sensitive, unusual, judging by how the only ancestor of Sith blood they had was the illustrious Aloysius Kallig, and nobody in their family had been Sensitive since then. His father tried as best he could to nurture his abilities and make him feel special, but tragedy struck. His father made a horrible investment and lost all of his savings. Riddled by gambling debts, he sold his son into slavery. This event is what many historians attribute to Manqus's insecurities and his introverted personality. At 9 years old, Manqus was shipped off to Korriban to work for the rest of his life, however short it might be. However, by the time he was 19, a certain miracle happened. They discovered, as Manqus already knew, that he was Sensitive. Darth Zash took the young acolyte as her apprentice and introduced him to the world of dark knowledge and the Sith. He remained a loyal apprentice for over two years, until Zash betrayed him in the Dark Temple. Thanks to the ghost of his ancestor, Aloysius Kallig, he defeated Zash and took the title of Lord for himself. He continued his search for dark knowledge until he began a feud with Darth Thanaton, an aspiring member of the Dark Council. He traversed the galaxy looking for anything to defeat Thanaton with, garnering a close inner circle of companions as he went. Thankfully, he found a technique that bound Force ghosts to the user, harnessing their power. However, he contracted an illness and almost died, saved by his inner circle and tightening their bond with each other. He eventually killed Thanaton in a duel in the Dark Council chambers, taking his role on the Council and becoming feared throughout the galaxy. He married his close friend and apprentice Ashara Zavros, and they had a child together, Castella, a human and a Sensitive. They raised her in the teachings of the dark side and she became one of Manqus's closest allies and someone he would die to protect. His current status is unknown, as no records of his death nor any of his allies and family has ever been recovered. Historians suggest that the information was destroyed during the occupation of Korriban, but that's just speculation.

Career
Manqus was the member of the Dark Council responsible for the keeping of dark knowledge, a job that he delighted in carrying out. There are no other careers attributed to him, aside from being a cult leader.

Personality and traits
Manqus was incredibly introverted and insecure, rarely speaking to those he did not know. You'd be lucky to find him not reading some piece of dark knowledge or attempting to find said piece of knowledge, and that's on a good day. He dedicated his life to gathering every piece of dark knowledge he could find to further his collection. When archaeologists got past all the booby traps he had set in place, they found one of the greatest collections of dark knowledge in the known galaxy. However, it is known that while he shied away from strangers and those who he didn't like the look of, he was fiercely loyal and loving towards his inner circle, including his companions, his wife, and his daughter, and he would sacrifice his own life to save any one of them. He is easily angered, and his tolerance for stupidity is minimal, but if you can manage to befriend him, you have a companion who will protect you at all costs.

Powers and abilities
Manqus's abilities with dark magic were those of legend, but his abilities with a light-saber were sorely lacking. Due to his time with the Force ghosts, he gained massive strength and intelligence, furthering his lifetime goal. His endless pursuit and eventual acquisition of dark knowledge gave him access to ancient Sith powers that were thought to be lost to time. His power over the minds of the weak was also an asset of the Darth's arsenal, but his main weapon was the sheer amount of knowledge he possessed.