Mara Jade (TNM)

"I am Darkness. I am Death. I am your Executioner. Your nightmares given form. I am Sith."

- Mara Jade, later in her life.

Mara Jade, later known as the Sith Dark Lady Darth Vexin, was the Sith Apprentice of the dark clone of Anakin Skywalker. Powerful in the force, Mara was the daughter of two Jedi who had survived Order 66. However when her parents were killed by the Emperor, under his orders, Mara was taken to Coruscant. Trained from an early age as the personal assassin to Darth Sidious, who was commonly known as simply Emperor Palpatine, Mara was one of his greatest Hands. Sent out into various missions, one assignment in 2 ABY would have the young Emperor's Hand encounter her future Sith Master, the dark clone of Anakin Skywalker. While defeated by the dark clone, he would spare her life, sensing her potential and that one day she would be of use to him.

She continued serving the Emperor until his death in 4 ABY by the hands of the dark clone, but not before the Emperor sent her one last command to kill the dark clone. For two years Mara would search for the clone's whereabouts, and just as she almost gave up hope, she discovered that the clone, having adopted Darth Vader's identity as his own, had become Emperor. Knowing just where to find him, Mara traveled to Coruscant and sneaked into the using the secret routes she knew all too well and meet the new Emperor.

At first, blinded by the command that had been given by her dead master to kill him, Mara began to attack the dark clone, hoping to end his life. During their duel, the dark clone would taunt the former Emperor's Hand with the knowledge that Palpatine had ordered her parents death and that the Palpatine had only considered Mara a tool to be used. Not believing the Sith's words, Mara fought against him but was easily beaten. On the floor defenseless, the dark clone then played her a hologram showing that his earlier words had indeed been true. Blinded by rage at the truth, Mara attacked the dark clone, fully embracing the power of the dark side, and putting up a good fight, however was again defeated. However the dark clone knew he had indeed won, and that Mara was now his apprentice.

As quick as Mara had become the dark clone's apprentice, did her training as a Sith begin. Studying everything she could about Sith and their teaching, Mara would soon complete her training and together they would travel to where she would get her knighted as a Sith, and given the name Darth Vexin.