Darth Pryte

"If one wants to know the great mystery of the Force, one must study it from all sides."

- Darth Pryte. Arcadius Pryte was a male human taken as a Sith Apprentice by Darth Vader - his father's murderer, a Jedi Knight named Raff'Li Pryte -. For years, the Lord Sith taught him, under the name of the Darth Pryte code, the dark arts and eliminating his enemies, including the Jedi who survived the 66th order of Vader, Darth Sidious, Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

First Years
"I perceive someone more powerful very close. Where is your teacher?"

―Darth Vader Arcadius Pryte he was the human son of Raff'Li Pryte and Minerva Pryte, both Jedi and survivors of Order 66 They traveled throughout the galaxy in search of a safe haven until they met Dantooine. Her mother died while defending Dantooine from Trandoshan slavers hired by Separatists, leaving her husband alone in charge of Arcadius. As a result of his death, the Empire learned of Raff'Li's existence.

Not long after the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge, during an Imperial attack on Dantooine, Darth Vader landed on the planet on a shuttle with the personal mission of hunting the renegade Jedi. Raff'Li faced him with fierce resistance, although Vader proved himself stronger, causing Raff'Li to be knocked down against the door of his cabin with a push of Force. Approaching the Jedi, Vader detected the presence of a stronger Force user nearby, which he confirmed when Arcadius intervened, snatching the Dark Lord's own lightsaber. Vader killed Raff'Li, strangling him with the Force, and turned to face the son.

After the Dark Lord killed the young man's father, the commander of assault soldiers who led the attack arrived. Wrongly thinking that the boy would attack Vader with his own weapon, he ordered his men to kill him. Vader quickly took the lightsaber from the child's hands and defended him from shooting, killing them to eliminate witnesses of the child's existence. Vader took Arcadius Pryte and trained him as his apprentice; Arcadius was an ideal candidate for his incredible affinity to the Force, and his desire for revenge that made him approach the Dark Side of the Force.

Eliminating Jedi Survivors
Training under Vader

"When I found you, you were weak, but now your hate has become your strength. Finally, the Dark Side is your ally. Lift up, my apprentice."

―Darth Vader.

Under Vader's custody, Arcadius was educated in the ways of The Force by the Dark Lord. At first he let himself be guided by fear, without being led step by step by his new Master. Instead, they made him find his own way, with Vader offering him little advice or instructions only when Arcadius was lost. During his many training sessions on the use of the lightsabers and the powers of the Force, Vader offered no encouragement. On the other hand, the teacher of Arcadius never argued or went into deep discussion with the young man. During the brutal training regime, Arcadius was pushed to his limits; the physical tests to which he was subjected touched the torture, and many times he felt that he was about to die.

He grew up in the Executor Star Destroyer during its construction, which was secret, like the apprentice himself. Vader gave Arcadius access to the files of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order. He devoted himself to the study of these files, convinced that knowing an enemy can mean the difference between life and death. Sometimes he disappeared to increase his mastery in the Force. His only inspiration was the thought of helping his teacher in the overthrow of his master and teacher, Darth Sidious, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, as Vader had promised. While the boy was growing up, Vader was teaching him to embrace his hatred. Singed several times by his master's lightsaber, he bore the scars of various practice duels. During his training, Arcadius did not know his real name, he was called only by the code name Vader had given him: "Darth Pryte". Eventually, Vader sent Darth Pryte on murder missions against opponents of the Empire and his. Among the young man's whites were spies, thieves, and several high-ranking imperial commanders. To help him with his homework, Vader had provided Darth Pryte with two tools: a holodroid called PROXY, and a ship, the Sith Shadow. The Dark Lord enlisted pilots to pilot the Sith Shadow, although he generally cast each of them after a handful of missions. PROXY was a holodroid prototype that served as Darth Pryte's long-term companion and friend and traveled with him in the Sith Shadow. Despite his friendship, PROXY was programmed by Vader with the order to kill his master, another challenge in his training. PROXY was equipped with advanced hologram technology that, when it was with its built-in servos, allowed it to change appearance and adopt a wide range of costumes and capabilities. It could also present messages: it showed a holographic image of the sender, and the sender transmitted the message. In addition, when Darth Pryte wanted information about an individual, PROXY showed that person's hologram and Darth Pryte had access to databases to confirm his identity.

At night, Darth Pryte meditated and tried to stare at the future, but he never succeeded. Therefore, any break in his daily routine surprised him, and it happened one day after a dueling session with his teacher, that Darth Pryte was forced to kneel before the Dark Lord. While on his knees they lit a lightsaber over his head; Darth Pryte was waiting for death. However, for the first time, Vader recognized him as his apprentice.

Fighting with a Jedi Master
Darth Pryte: "¿Have your spies located a Jedi?"

Darth Vader: "Yes, to teacher Caleb Luhn. It is attacking an important imperial shipyard. Destroy it and bring me your lightsaber."

— Darth Pryte and Darth Vader.

After being ordered to get up, Vader gave his secret apprentice his new target: Jedi General Caleb Luhn, who was attacking the main imperial shipyards, the TIE Fighter Building Complex on Nar Shaddaa in particular. Apart from being his first Jedi target, another element of Darth Pryte's new mission would be different from those of the previous ones: he should not leave any witness, that is, that everyone he found on board should be killed. Having spent his life in loyal service to his teacher, eliminating enemies of the Empire, the prospect of destroying imperial troops fueled the apprentice with uncertainty at first, but accepted this aspect of the new mission as another test in search of his Sith destiny

.When he entered the hangar towards the Sith Shadow, PROXY attacked him. He had acquired the style of appearance and lightsaber of General Jedi and former member of the Jedi Council Mace Windu. The pair fought a duel for a while, creating substantial chaos in the next team, until Darth Pryte stabbed PROXY through the chest plate. Darth Pryte had struggled with that concrete training program long ago; he was impressed that the droid had impacted him with his ability. However, PROXY expressed disappointment at not killing his master, and Darth Pryte showed confidence in the constancy of PROXY's primary programming. Despite the hole in his chest, the droid could still walk and function, although with more difficulty than before. They approached the ship, and Darth Pryte met his new pilot: Jane Ford, former Vader Black Squad Captain and now the eighth pilot of the Sith Shadow. Jane reported that the arsenal of the Sith Shadow sensor had increased, so that she could spy on any suspicious ship within an entire system. On the additional question of her affiliation and status, Darth Pryte told her concisely that she didn't have to know anything about her missions, apart from her course.

Inside the cabin of the ship, PROXY detailed the target to Darth Pryte. Caleb Luhn had been a respected general during the Clone Wars who had relied on his own militia rather than the clone army; therefore, there was no clone to receive order 66 when it was announced. Recently, Luhn had emerged from his seclusion and started attacking the main imperial facilities with the same militia he had used years ago.

After reaching the TIE Fighter Construction Complex, Darth Pryte sent Jane to land in an open hangar. Jane was worried, as there were defenses, but Darth Pryte said she would take care of them. Activating the ship's weapon system, it took aim and destroyed the canyon locations with two shots. As the Sith Shadow landed safely in the hangar, Jane informed her that she would connect to the central computer and direct her through the infrastructure. Darth Pryte then jumped from the Sith Shadow to the deck below. Assault soldiers and insurgents immediately fired on him, but had no difficulty in eliminating them.

While Darth Pryte began to make an opening in the manufacturing plant, Luhn's men caught him inside a power shield. He deactivated him by pulling machinery from outside the wall against the barrier using the Force. He faced an AT-CT Walker in the wing assembly, which he packed into a cube using his power. Unfortunately for him, Luhn and his militia had set explosive charges across the complex, causing significant structural damage. Darth Pryte finally reached the command center, where Luhn was waiting for him. The Jedi was surprised and disappointed, since he was counting on Darth Vader to come looking for him in person. Darth Pryte made the first move, unleashing Rays of Force in Luhn, which the Jedi easily deflected. His duel roared through the center of command, while explosives constantly detonated. The general discovered that he had underestimated the apprentice, but hoped to defeat him, even if it meant making the factory fall on them. Through the Force, he tore it in two, sending the factory into Nar Shaddaa's atmosphere.

Finally, a fragment of the rubble hit the Jedi's knees, causing his fall. Darth Pryte attacked and the Jedi Master blocked with his saber. While his lightsabers were intertwined, Luhn said critically that he could see the young man's future, and that he would not always be Vader's apprentice. With surprise, Arcadius said he only saw himself. Taking advantage of that moment, the apprentice forced his own lightsaber against Luhn's reached over his eyes. While the Jedi General shouted in agony, Starkiller saw, instead of Luhn, a man with dark hair and strong characteristics, not very different from his own, and he seemed to hear the man shout at him to run. The apprentice ended Kota using the Force to push him through a glass floor, throwing him in free fall through Nar Shaddaa's atmosphere leaving him blind. Although Darth Pryte did not believe he killed him, he thought it was no longer a threat, and withdrew from the compound, pausing to retrieve the fallen lightsaber of the fallen Jedi.

Skill test
"You will need all your ability to survive."

―Kanan Jarrus.

Darth Pryte returned to the Executor and presented Luhn's lightsaber to Darth Vader as proof of his victory. Although he had defeated Luhn, Vader scolded him for being easily distracted. The Dark Lord extended Darth Pryte's training, and sent him to the Jedi Temple to pass the Skill Test, one of the most demanding tests for the Padawans to ascend to Jedi Knights, in Coruscant.

After his arrival in the Sith Shadow, the apprentice eliminated the stormtroopers and the other Imperials who protected the Temple, which was blocked. Inside, he heard a voice telling him that he would need all his ability to survive without knowing that it was the spirit of a dead Jedi, Kanan Jarrus. Immediately afterwards, the apprentice was attacked with Force Beams by a simulation of Darth Desolous, who died approximately three thousand years ago in Yaga Minor. The two "fought," and Desolous told him to prepare to join the 2000 Jedi he had killed. Darth Pryte managed to beat him and eliminate the spectrum.

After the skirmish, PROXY arrived and showed a holographic transmission of Darth Vader. The Dark Lord informed him of his next objective: the Jedi Kazdan Paratus, in Raxus Prime. Vader told him that he did not expect him to survive.

Kazdan Paratus
"I don't expect you to survive, but if you kill him you'll be one step closer to your destination."

―Darth Vader

As Raxus Prime was in the hegemony of Cion on the Outer Rim, the trip took considerable time, which gave Darth Pryte the opportunity to rest again and research his goals. However, he was distracted, and often he had to ask PROXY to repeat details of the mission that had been lost, while immersed in his thoughts, and finally they retired to the meditation hall to recover energies. There was little information about Kazdan Paratus, and PROXY was unable to reproduce its image. Paratus was accredited by the archives that has great skill in the manufacture of droids, and during the Clone Wars, he was attracted by the CSI droid armies and studied them, at the same time operating his own droids to reinforce his troops. . During a disastrous campaign, all of his soldiers had been killed, forcing Paratus to improvise his own droid army to defend himself. Without soldiers in his army, there was no one to obey Order 66 when it was published, which allowed Paratus to escape. Shortly after, Darth Pryte was called to Jane's cabin just before arrival. Once inside the atmosphere, he began looking for Paratus, finally discovering his imitation of the Jedi Temple on the planet's surface.

Establishing as close as possible to the temple, taking into account the treacherous landscape, Darth Pryte landed and advanced on foot. He focused exclusively on the mission he had, ignoring all distractions. Jane sent a message to her communicator because there was a corvette near her location, Darth Pryte assumed that Vader's orders were "leave no witnesses" he kept walking, and attacked the Rodian scrap metal dealers, although he did not know that most of the robots were controlled by planetary intelligence known as the Core. Meanwhile, Jane had checked local imperial records for information on scrap metal while he continued to perform recognition. The corvette was on its way to Darth Pryte, and it would take too long to avoid it, so it attacked. After killing a Rodian sentinel and entering the corvette, Darth Pryte turned to engineering and activated the engine that remained with a pulse of Force lightning, clearing the path to the temple. When Jane asked if she was creating a distraction or was simply attracting attention, Darth Pryte simply told her to take her pick.

Cautiously ascending to the entrance of the Temple, Darth Pryte was attacked by sentinel droids of Kazdan Paratus. He beat them easily, as they were used for duels with a sophisticated droid like PROXY, and therefore it was a child's play. He cleared the hall flying the droids from the doors of the Temple, before being attacked by a gigantic scrap droid. His battle with the droid went through the garbage temple, reaching the room of the Jedi Council, which Darth Pryte disabled. Kazdan Paratus then revealed himself, leaving the droid chassis, where he had been controlling him. Paratus was an Aleena, a small being, compensated with a four-limb mechanical harness on the back. With limbs, which offered greater height and mobility, Paratus was able to exert his light pica with mortal ability. The dummies of the dead masters of the Jedi Council were placed, revealing to be droid pieces, and Darth Pryte was momentarily distracted by them.

Paratus lashed out at Darth Pryte, making a shallow cut along his forearm before the apprentice countered. With the mobility offered by his mechanical limbs, and his own ability with the Force, Paratus only surpassed Darth Pryte, blocking all apprentice attacks with the pica. However, Paratus was more vulnerable to Force lightning without the protection of his armor, and Darth Pryte worried that the battle would end before it had really begun, only to be attacked by surprise by one of the Jedi masters of the Council, and the Jedi mannequins fought against him, equipped with vibro blades and the use of approximations of lightsaber pieces of styles practiced by the original individuals. Disarmed by "Plo Koon," Darth Pryte destroyed the droid with a Force push and claimed his lightsaber just in time to deflect another of Paratus' attacks. Dividing his attention between Paratus and the dummies, he defended himself and destroyed them. The replicas of Mace Windu and Coleman Kcaj dismembered, Kit Fisto melted, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi fell together through the window, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Saesee Tiin, Agen Kolar and Shaak Ti were destroyed with lightning Strength, and Stass Allie was beheaded. He threw Yoda's dummy at Paratus, who was now distraught and mourned the death of the masters.

Darth Pryte then gained advantage over the crazy Jedi. Evading and fighting Paratus's telekinetic assault, Darth Pryte chased him to the upper supports of the Council chamber's windows, stopping a beam with his lightsaber and deflecting a burst of Force energy back into the Jedi. Paratus retired to the floor of the chamber, grabbing a huge machinery at Darth Pryte, who in turn picked it up and threw it back, crushing the Jedi below it. As Paratus agonized, he lamented his failure before expiring in a bright flash of Force energy. Darth Pryte had a feeling of compassion for him, his death, although quickly repressed and left. On the way back to the Executor, Darth Pryte devoted some efforts to the repair of Paratus's broken saber, in order to present it as a trophy for Vader, but he was unsuccessful and abandoned the effort, instead of telekinetically disassembling and reassembling Your own meditation with the lightsaber. However, his rest was interrupted by Vader's communication through PROXY, which again sent Darth Pryte to the Jedi Temple for continuous training, despite his apprentice's performance against Paratus.

Intelligence test
On this occasion, Darth Pryte faced a vision of the Sith Darth Phobos, called "the Hidden Fear", but, before Darth Pryte killed her, the Sith made an illusion of the Force that made her look like Jane, by which, Arcadius felt love, but before he cheated on Darth Pryte, the real Jane appeared, and Darth Pryte killed Phobos, then, Darth Vader, through PROXY, informed him of a new mission. On the hunt for Shaak Ti

"Vader's killer. Welcome to the Old Abyss. A place of sacrifice since ancient times. Are you ready to face your destiny?"

―Shaak Ti to Starkiller

Upon arriving in Felucia, Darth Pryte noticed an unease in Captain Jane. When asked, he learned that the planet reminded him of Callos. Like Felucia, Callos had been a world full of life, until it was razed by the imperial bombers, which Jane commanded. Darth Pryte assured him that he had done the right thing, following the orders until the end.

Meanwhile the Sith Shadow had been discovered by Shaak Ti, who mobilized his army of Felucians and sent his apprentice, Maris Brood, to hide in the cemetery, claiming that she was not ready to face a Sith. Rancor, like Felucians, were Force-sensitive, and their bones used as swords were resistant to laser swords. They proved to be better opponents for Darth Pryte than the stormtroopers and the droids, which he had previously faced, although his ability still did not exceed him. In addition, they seemed to be more organized and strong than the records of the Empire indicated. The entire planet lived through the Force, a balance between light and darkness. Shaak Ti had stifled the darkness; she herself was a bright beacon easily traceable in the Force by Darth Pryte. Killing Shaak Ti would undo his work in Felucia.

After the fight against the Felucians and rancor, Darth Pryte finally found the Jedi Master in the ancient abyss, a place of sacrifice for the Felucians, and, in reality, one of the only known places of the Mega Sarlacc. When approached, Shaak Ti seemed to be in deep meditation. Then, Darth Pryte plucked a fungus from the skin of the sarlacc and pulled it towards his head. The togruta deflected telekinetically, barely moving. Next, Arcadius tried to influence the sarlacc's mind to attack the Jedi, but his attempts proved futile as she increased the resistance of the sarlacc. Activating his lightsaber, he jumped at him, pointing down. The apprentice dodged and blocked the blow. With that, the duel had begun.

The duel took place across the width of the pit, with both fighters on the edge of their boundaries. During the fight, Shaak Ti told him that light and darkness were only directions. He attacked three times and the third blow was stopped by Darth Pryte telekinetically just before the tip of the saber pierced his eye, and at the same time stabbed the Jedi's torso.

Full of pain, Shaak Ti launched his laser sword and uttered a fateful prophecy, assuring Darth Pryte that he would learn that the Sith always betray each other sooner or later, before falling into the jaws of the Sarlacc, with sorrow in his eyes. As Darth Pryte fell, he tried to help her, but failed and was struck by an explosion of Force energy. The rest of the Felucians seemed to lose their interest in Darth Pryte and returned to the jungle. The actions of the Sith apprentice would have long-term consequences, since with the death of Shaak Ti, Felucia descended into darkness. PROXY later observed that Darth Pryte was not sure of himself, for having tried to catch the Jedi who fell into the abyss; either because he wanted to end Shaak Ti by himself, or because he felt the truth in his words.

Betrayal and Resurrection
The emperor's demands

"It seems that you are about to complete your main programming, master. Yes finally."

―PROXY and Darth Pryte.

After informing his teacher of the death of Shaak Ti, Vader told him to return to the Executor immediately, for the time had come to face the emperor. As Darth Pryte went aboard the Executor, the Emperor Fleet arrived. Darth Pryte believed that Vader had attracted Sidious to them, but Vader revealed that he did not summon him. When the confused Sith apprentice saw PROXY again enter the room in the form of Darth Sidious, he was brutally stabbed through the back by the man himself who raised him, as Vader angrily declared that the emperor's spies had followed him there. . Darth Sidious ordered Vader to end Darth Pryte and prove his loyalty. Despite Darth Pryte's allegations, Vader grabbed him telekinetically by dragging through the air before throwing him through the ship's windows. While his dying body shifted through space, a lonely Viper probe droid picked it up and took it to a hidden place.

Escaping the Empire

"Your destiny belongs to you. Cut all your links with the past. No one should know that you still exist. Go away, and remember that the Dark Side will always be with you."

―Darth Vader About six months later, Darth Pryte woke up once more. As it turned out, Vader rescued him, sending an android to retrieve his body and led him to be "rebuilt" in Vader's personal scientific ship, the Empirical. Vader, through PROXY, told Darth Pryte his new goal: Distract the emperor spies who watched Vader, giving them something else to focus on, like a rebellion. Darth Pryte received a new role, no longer as Vader's killer, but rather as a rebel hero. In addition to his many healing scars, Vader also gave him Luhn's green crystal lightsaber, to replace his previous saber, which he had lost when he was thrown out of the Executor. PROXY then warned Darth Pryte that they needed to escape quickly on Vader's orders, crashing the ship into a sun to destroy all evidence of Darth Pryte's existence. Just before reaching the elevation of the Sith Shadow, Darth Pryte found the captive Jane and released her, carrying her in the arms of the Sith Shadow. There, she told Darth Pryte that Vader had marked her as a traitor to the Empire. Taking the first step in his mission of Vader, Darth Pryte, who cared about Juno, told him to leave the Empire for good and to look for Luhn.