Darth Krayt (Jasca Ducato)

"I find it interesting that we have fought the Sith for over 7,000 years to keep the galaxy safe and secure. And now, after all that time; it is a Sith that the people of the galaxy see as their greatest hero. Krayt brought peace, security and most important of all; unity to a galaxy ripped by turmoil and fear. What more could we have asked for?"

- Tai painj

Darth Krayt was a Learner, Sith Knight, Sith Lord and a Dark Lord of the Decreton Empire. A learner of unknown origins, he quickly rose through through the ranks to became a Sith Apprentice (then known as a Sith Padawan) and a trainee Sith Knight.

He would later go-on to remove the usurper, become Emperor and head of the Sith Council.

The Sith Crusade
He was among the first of the learners, being taken on as a Sith Padawan at the age of nine. A year later the Sith invasion of the galaxy began with the conquests of Csilla and Ansion. Krayt marvelled at the military genius, as he saw it, of Darth Abeonis. He made it his dream that he would become Abeonis' apprentice, and then his successor.

In 63 ABY he got his chance to prove his worth, for in that very year he "came of age" and was permitted to join the Sith ranks formally. He became a member of Sith Intelligence, using his strong ability to conceal his presence to great use.

In 66 ABY, the last year of the war, Krayt left Sith Intelligence to become a "Hand" and automatically begin training to become a Sith Knight. Drawing the attention of Darth Micail in the process. Micail would later attempt to seduce the Sith Padawan into becoming his apprentice but failed.

In 74 ABY Krayt finally got his chance to prove his worth when Abeonis ordered an invasion of Coruscant. His action during the battle would catapault him into the eyes of Abeonis himself.

Between the wars
Little is known of Krayt's actions between the wars.

It is known that it was Krayt that lead the re-invasion of Rakata Prime in 97 ABY after Darth Cannae's failure ten years earlier, becoming a public icon in the process. Darth Wyyrlok himself noted that Krayt was "&hellip;ambitious, a man to be watched, nurtured, a man of worth&hellip;", and granted him the title of Sith Knight.

For the next thirty years Krayt would train himself so that he could surpass his Sith Master and become a Sith Lord, until word spread of Darth Abeonis' death. He would use the death of Darth Abeonis to his advantage.

The Successors War
"Darth Krayt? Oh, him. He's, shall we say, a growing threat to my domain. Eliminate him Berrek."

- Darth Proditor to Berrek Verk

When, in 121 ABY his high lord, Darth Abeonis died, the circumstances surrounding his death unknown. A Decreton civil war broke out and Krayt was quickly drawn into the fighting. By 126 ABY Krayt had become so influential among his own soldiers that he eliminated his Sith Master and took command of his former Master's forces.

He lead his forces to their first victory during the pivitol Battle of Manaan. But he quickly made himself a target for the other factions involved in the conflict, so much so that Darth Proditior considered him a "growing threat". Proditor would later request the services of the famed Sith Knight turned mercenary/bounty hunter; Berrek Verk in an attempt to eliminate Krayt.

And so, in 127 ABY, Berrek Vek tracked down Krayt and attacked him. It became all to apparent all to quickly to Verk however that Krayt could not be bested in lightsaber combat and so he fled.

By 128 ABY he had conquered all the Sith Knights fighting Darth Proditor, the usurper of the throne and by 129 ABY; he had taken the throne himself.

Darth Krayt quickly realised that, although his rule was secure, that of his successor was not. So he returned the Sith to the age-old feudal system of control. One Dark Lord, many Sith Lords vying for power; but for once difference.

If a Sith Lord usurped the throne without the full support of the Sith Council, he would become an enemy of the Sith and declared and outlaw. This ruling secured the reigns of many successors to Krayt and secured peace and unity through out the galaxy. He called this, the rule of one.

"I find it interesting that before his death Abeonis spoke of a new era of peace and unity. And that; following his death, this era began with a civil war."

- Darth Krayt commenting on Darth Abeonis' Unity era

Darth Krayt succedded where Abeonis had failed, he had acheived peace, security and unity throughout the galaxy. By the time of his own death he was regarded, even by his enemies as a hero of the galaxy, and one of the greatest Dark lord's ever, alongside Darth Abeonis.

In the year 143 ABY Darth Krayt returned his thoughts to an old enemy; Berrek Verk. Word had reached Darth Wyyrlok that Verk had left his self-imposed exile and returned to Dantooine. Krayt, seizing upon this oppertunity ordered his two hands &mdash; Darth Nihl, and Darth Talon &mdash; to Dantooine with the mission of executing Berrek Verk. They later returned to Krayt bearing Verk's double-bladed lightsaber.

Even after a century some Jedi admitted that Darth Krayt was one of the greatest things to happen to the galaxy in terms of bringing it peace and unity.

Krayt's reign
Following the Successors War Krayt lead many reforms throughout the galaxy. He continued Abeonis' policy of Mass terraforming on many worlds that had been ravaged by both the Sith Crusade and the Successors War.

In 143 ABY he ordered the execution of Berrek Verk on unknown pretenses. Following Verk's death Krayt began a systimatic purge of all Sith Knights that would disobey Krayt's rule of one, and in doing so secured the hatred and emnity of many of his followers. But many more still followed him loyally.

Then, 17 years later Krayt's Decreton Empire was confronted with a new, serious threat. The Octom Coalition was the first serious threat to the Decreton Empire since the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances but it did not take long for Krayt's closest followers, Darth Nihl and Darth Talon to destroy the forces of Octa Nuun and dissolve the Coalition.

At some point after the Octom War Darth Krayt succedded in discovering the holocrons of Sam Sinays and Ater Phasas'a, placing them in the Temple of the Sith'ari on Sith'ika.