Verakan Rimia was a female Human Nightsister and leader of the Dark Side Coven during the Clone Wars.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Verakan was born into the Moon Shadow Clan, a Nighsister clan that had splintered from the Great Canyon Clan.
Adult life[]
Deal with Dooku[]
Following the fall of the Coven's compound on Funeral Peak, Verakan and a small group of survivors fled into the wilds of Dathomir.
Nights Falls on Kashyyyk[]
In 22 BBY the Coven were dispatched to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk were they sabotaged a critical portion of the planet's power gird. Count Dooku offered the services of the Techno Union for no charge and power was quickly restored. This act gained Separatist supporters on Kashyyyk critical ground though they were unable to fully push the world into the Confederacy.
Powers and abilities[]
In addition to her Force abilities Verakan was a skilled swordsman and duelist. She disliked lightsabers and preferred to fight with metal swords as she saw metal as "a true element." In spite of this, she was given training in Makashi, Djem So and Niman at Count Dooku's order. Eventually Verakan used that training to create her own unique dueling style that proved effective even against lightsaber users.
She was proficient in the use of Force Sight.
In combat Verakan wielded a Sith sword looted from a cache of Sith artifacts her mother discovered on Dathomir's Funeral Peak. Thanks to the rare ores and Sith Alchemy used to create it, the sword, which she called "Nightbringer", resisted lightsabers and with its polished surface could reflect laser beams. But most importantly, the weapon served as a focus for Verakan's dark side energy. The weapon amplified her power and refined her control to the point her she was a living nexus of dark side power.