Vycerant

Darth Vycerant was a Sith male who served the Archaic Sith Empire during the Sith Dominion Era and later became the Neo-Emperor of his own empire during the Sith Civil War.

Born on Korriban in 5591 BBY, Vycerant lived on the streets of his homeworld after he was separated by his parents during a republic bombing of Korriban during the Force War. He later joined the Sith Order and quickly rose through the ranks of the Sith hierarchy. He became the apprentice of Darth Zhen and participated in the Great Annexing where the Empire began its conquest to seize the galaxy from the hands of the Old Republic and the Jedi. During the Battle for Coruscant, Vycerant discovered two young girls, Josilynn and Jhayra, whose parents had been killed by the Empire's assault on the planet. Becoming disillusioned with the Empire, he adopted the two girls as his daughters. Angered by his apprentices sentimental views, Darth Zhen attacked Vycerant after the Empire's victory on Coruscant. Vycerant killed his master in front of his own troops, who all pledged their allegiance to the victorious Sith.

Taking Josilynn, Jhayra and his new power base to Arkroyd, he sought to build a new Empire to challenge the Archaic Sith Empire. Vycerant trained Josilynn and Jhayra to become symbols of the force and for his people, training them in both the Dark and Light sides of the force.

He and his new Empire fought against the Sith Empire for many years, with the assistance of the Republic remnant and surviving Jedi. In 6048 Vycerant led a strike team against the Imperial occupation on Coruscant, where Jhayra was killed. Vycerant entered a phase of mourning during which he was absent from the battlefield. This caused troop moral to drop and his forces lost many battles. However, he returned to the fold a year later and led his forces to victory against the Sith Empire. Vycerant retired in 6067 BBY and gave the title of emperor to Josilynn. Vycerant died in 6070 BBY. He was cremated by Josilynn and she built a memorial of him in the centre of Jorrent Prime on Arkroyd.

Early Life
Vycerant was born in 5991 BBY on Korriban during a time of great weakness for the Sith Empire. He was orphaned at very young age after a Republic bombing run killed his parents. He was forced to live among the ruins and tombs of Korriban for the majority of his childhood, where he often went days without eating. It was here where he discovered he was force-sensitive and began to use those abilities to steal food and credits from shopkeepers, soldiers and even Sith Lords. Eventually he was caught stealing by Darth Zhen who initially considered executing the child for attempting to steal from him but sensed great power in the boy and so drafted him into the Sith training regimen.

Sith Training
Despite struggling at first, Vycerant managed to overcome the trials set upon him by his overseers. He was able to rise above his fellow acolytes, even accidentally killing one during combat training. After a year of brutal training, he stood before the Neophyte Council and was deemed fit to become an apprentice to a Sith Lord. Darth Zhen, having remembered the boy's cunning and bravery, chose him to be his apprentice.

The Great Annexing
In 6012 BBY the Sith Empire, now grown in size and power, began its conquest into the galaxy, looking to sieze control of the Core Worlds from the Republic and the Jedi.

In 6019 BBY, after seven years of war, Vycerant and Darth Zhen were part of the strike team selected to lay siege to Coruscant and conquer the planet. After the successful initial assault, Vycerant was leading his personal squadron of soldiers through the destroyed ruins of Galactic City, looking to eliminate any resistance fighters. Vycerant came across two young girls trapped beneath building debris, one of whom had lost an eye. Vycerant deemed them not to be a threat and moved on with his troops.

Over the next few nights Vycerant had force-nightmares of the two girls and return to where they were trapped under the rubble. He used the force to uplift the debris that trapped them and also decided to bring them food and water to help them survive. As the war effort for the planet continued, Vycerant continued to have nightmares about the girls and this caused him to grow disillusioned with the Empire and their actions on Coruscant. After noticing the two girls were following his battalion wherever they went, he continued to give them food whenever he could. Vycerant continued to grow doubtful of his place in the Empire after witnessing the atrocities of the Empire firsthand.

Darth Zhen quickly discovered the doubt in his apprentice's mind and confronted him about it. After a heated argument in the middle of their encampment, Zhen drew his lightsaber on his apprentice. A duel then ensued between the two Sith with the entire battalion watching. Vycerant emerged victorious against his master and clamied leadership over the battalion and urged the soldiers to abandon the Empire and follow him. Several arguments and fights broke out amongst the soldiers however, Vycerant was able to rally them to his side, but allowed for some soldier to return to the Empire and let another group defect completely and abandon both the Empire and Vycerant.

A New Start
Leading his new followers, as well as taking on the two girls, Jhayra and Josilynn to protect them, Vycerant commandeered several dropships to get his new followers off of Coruscant and flee into the unknown regions. After drifting in space for several weeks, Vycerant and his followers discovered a new planet for them to colonise, which would later be named by Vycerant as Arkroyd.

Some time later, Vycerant discovered Jhayra and Josilynn were force sensitive. He decided to train them in the ways of the force and create a New Sith Order.

For ten years, Vycerant and his followers built a new Empire on Arkroyd where they could hide from the Sith Empire. In 6029 BBY the remnant of the Republic arrived on Arkroyd to assist Vycerant in beginning his fight against the Sith Empire. Although the Imperials were initially hesitant about accepting help from the Republic but Vycerant implored his people to allow the Republic to aid them.

The Sith Civil War
In 6030 BBY Vycerant officially declared war on the Sith Empire after amassing strength and resources to challenge the Empire for control of the galaxy. The war waged for many years, leading to heavy losses on both sides.

In 6048 BBY Vycerant launched an attack against the Imperial occupation of Coruscant. Although the assault was a victory and resulted in one of the primary core worlds being freed from the Sith Empire's grip, Jhayra was killed during the battle. This sent Vycerant into a deep state of mouring which derailed the war effort and demoralised his troops for a short time. Battles were lost on all fronts and Coruscant was close to being lost to an Imperial counterattack, which was only prevented due to the efforts of Josilynn and her soldiers.

After one year of Vycerant being absent from the battlefield, Josilynn finally managed to convince him to return to the battle and rekindled hope across the galaxy. The war continued for the next 7 years until the final battle at Korriban where Vicerant personally slew the entirety of the Dark Council, causing the Sith Emperor to go into hiding. The war ended in 6056 BBY and saw the Core Worlds return to the hands of the Republic and Korriban being claimed by Vycerant's Empire

Later Leadership
After the victory against the Sith Empire, Vycerant continued to lead his people as their Emperor until he stepped down from his position in 6067 BBY and handed the title of Emperor to Josilynn. He later died of natural causes in 6070 BBY. He was cremated by Josilynn and was given a memorial service in Jorrent Prime that was attended by thousands of Imperial and Republic citizens and soldiers.

Legacy
During the celebration of the victory against the Sith Empire, Vycerant was approached by several Republic politicians and was told that he must keep his Empire within certain territorial boundaries. Vycerant agreed, despite the very constraining limits the Republic placed on his Empire. Because of this an unidentified acolyte of Vycerant's New Sith Order became disillusioned with Vycerant's leadership and defected to what remained of the Sith Empire and assisted in resurrecting the Sith Emperor many years after Vycerant's death.

Josilynn built a monument of Vycerant after his passing in the center of Jorrent Prime depicting him, Jhayra and Josilynn leading the charge against the Sith Empire.