Darth Cognus, formerly known as the Huntress, was a female Iktotchi Sith Lord who ruled as Dark Lord of the Sith under the Rule of Two.
Biography[]
The Huntress[]
The Iktotchi assassin known simply as "the Huntress" earned her reputation by using her species' precognitive and telepathic abilities to locate and kills her targets. In 980 BBY, she was hired by Princess Serra of Doan to assassinate the leaders of a mining organization that had been responsible for the death of Serra's husband. While the Huntress succeeded in killing the miners, her mission resulted in the death of Jedi Knight Medd Tandar, which initially earned Serra's ire. However, she ended up hiring the assassin again to track down and kill the Sith Lord Darth Bane, who had killed Serra's father Caleb on Ambria ten years prior.[1]
Tracking down Bane to Ciutric IV, the Huntress succeeded in dispatching the Sith Lord and delivered him to Princess Serra on Doan. When Bane managed to escape however, the Huntress offered him amnesty by presenting him with his lightsaber and holocron, which Serra had taken from him. Having seen Bane in her visions, the Huntress knew that her fate was intertwined with the Dark Lord's and she asked him to teach her the ways of the Sith. Having lost faith in his apprentice Darth Zannah and seeing the Iktotchi's prophetic skills to be useful, Bane agreed and dubbed her "Darth Cognus."[1]
Darth Cognus accompanied Bane to Ambria, where he had a final confrontation with his former apprentice Zannah. After Zannah succeeded in killing Bane and seizing the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith, she took on Cognus as her apprentice in order to continue the Rule of Two.[1]
Sith apprentice[]
In 960 BBY, Darth Cognus and her master traveled to the planet Tralon IV to investigate rumors of it having once been a Sith stronghold as well as to influence local politics. With Tralon being a prominent member of the Rim Faction, it was Zannah's hope to get Representative Larith Valsas elected as Supreme Chancellor and use her as a puppet of the Sith. As Tralon's capital did not allow non-humans in its borders, Cognus was left to seek out Sith artifacts while Zannah manipulated the planet's politics.[2]
While visiting Roth's Town, Cognus met a man named Argos, a human born with three eyes. The two fell in love, although on Cognus's part it was more than just mere infatuation. Peering into Argos's future, she realized that the three-eyed man was destined for greatness, which was proven when he demonstrated his own precognitive abilities. Not only this, but Cognus also realized that Zannah's scheme with Larith Valsas was destined to bring a premature end to the Sith's Grand Plan and that the only way to ensure the Sith Order's survival was to kill her master. After five dates, Cognus revealed her true nature to Argos and her purpose on Tralon before departing for the city of Alon, where she fought and killed Zannah.[2]
Now the ruling Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Cognus took on Argos as her apprentice, naming him Darth Millennial, and departed from Tralon with her newfound lover.[2]
Appearances[]
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil