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Contents 1 Description 2 Skills 2.1 Physiological 2.2 Lightsaber Forms 2.3 Force Powers 2.4 Weapons 2.5 Other Knowledge 3 History 3.1 Birth of the Shadow 3.2 Pursuit of Power 3.2.1 Clash at Chisas 3.3 The Shadow Grows 3.3.1 Revenge 3.4 The Cult of Shadow 3.5 Whispers 3.5.1 Reave & Mithral 3.5.2 Destruction 3.6 Legions of Darkness 3.6.1 Ancient Army 3.7 New Enemies 3.8 Otherspace 4 Active Threads

[edit] Description

"Darkness is the natural state of the galaxy. A light will not shine forever; one day it will burn itself out. Darkness, however, is everlasting and never expires."

— Sivter

The Defel known only as Sivter (31 BBY) is an extremely dangerous and cunning Darksider, well-versed in many aspects of the Dark Side. As the undisputed Dark Master of the Cult of Shadow, he seeks to plunge the galaxy into chaos and then rebuild it according to his own twisted design. He won't hesitate to do whatever is necessary to achieve his goal.

Highly intelligent and naturally cautious, Sivter won't reveal himself or attack unless he feels he can win. He also is not adverse to fleeing if the situation goes badly for him. This has made him a very perilous and vexing foe to the few that have survived his attacks.

In addition to his skills in the Force, Sivter is also highly adept at many talents outside the realm of a typical Darksider, such as slicing and genetics. He is a perfectionist and constantly seeks to better himself by fixing any perceived weaknesses: mentally, spiritually, and physically.

Even greater than Sivter's desire to remake the galaxy is his desire to achieve immortality. His ultimate fear is to die and be cast into the madness of oblivion. Aside from the obvious benefit of living forever, he also knows of the necrotic effect too much power in the Dark Side can bring to an ordinary body. It is the ultimate curse of any Dark Side Master and one Sivter intends to overcome.

With the Cult of Shadow doing his will throughout the galaxy, it has given Sivter plenty of time to work on achieving this goal. Thanks to his experiments, Sivter is nearing the point where he believes he can transfer himself into a new body of his own design. Something that would be able to handle the power of the Dark Side much better than his mundane Defel body.

As Sivter’s considerable power continues to grow, so to does the threat he poses to the rest of the galaxy…

[edit] Skills

"I am never without options."

— Sivter

Sivter is a perfectionist to his core. He will do whatever he deems necessary to solve any flaws or obstacles standing in his way. This fervor has been one the largest factors behind his impressive knowledge in the Force and other subjects. It has also fueled his philosophy of remaking the galaxy.

[edit] Physiological

"Nothing escapes my notice."

— Sivter

• Perfect Memory

Sivter was born with a perfect memory. He only needs to see something once to remember it. Everything he experiences at any moment of time in his life is readily accessible to him. This natural ability has served Sivter extremely well in his travels, especially when it comes to information gathering.

• Altered Eyes

With his considerable knowledge in the field of genetics, Sivter was long ago able to alter his natural eyes so that, unlike other Defel, he wouldn't be blinded by light outside of the ultraviolet spectrum. He is able to see in all light spectrums unaided.

• Defel Abilities

Sivter is very adept at making use of his species' natural ability to absorb visible light. Aside from using it to remain out of sight, he uses it to prey on the fear that it induces in others, often combining it with the Dark Side to heighten the effect.

Aside from his ability to absorb light, the naturally stocky form and lanky arms of a Defel gives Sivter a greater natural strength and reach than would be assumed by his stature. He has been able to out-muscle several humanoid opponents without apparent difficulty.

[edit] Lightsaber Forms

"I don’t suppose you’ll practice some of that vaunted Jedi wisdom and step aside so we can pass?"

— Sivter to Faarel Blackthorne and Jonji Fawkes

Sivter prefers to avoid fighting if he can and will often give an opponent the chance to flee so long as it won’t interfere with his plans. At first this was due to his relatively poor skills with a lightsaber, but even after attaining mastery with the blade, Sivter has retained his preference. The difference is that he no longer sees most opponents as being worth his time and energy to destroy.

Making use of his natural strength, Sivter’s first practiced form and the one he’s best with is Djem So, which he uses quite effectively. The other form he uses is Soresu so as to give himself a solid defense against all manner of threats. Sivter also makes frequent use of Dun Möch, both as a way to dominate his opponents and to end a fight that much sooner.

[edit] Force Powers

"Any pretender can wield the Dark Side. It takes a true Master to use it in ways no one has ever seen before."

— Sivter

Sivter has become well-versed in many of the techniques that are common to Jedi, and Darksiders in particular. He specializes mainly in aspects of stealth or mind control and as such he frequently uses Force Concealment, Force Cloak, and Mind Twist to name a few. Like lightsaber dueling, he tends to rely on combative abilities only as a last resort. This makes him no less dangerous in a fight.

His Dark Side training includes a wide range of techniques that cover both Dark Jedi and Sith teachings. However he isn’t content to simply learn a technique, Sivter will study it thoroughly and experiment in different ways to use it so as to take his opponents off-guard. Many times this has allowed him to come up with new ways to use an established power such as actually being able to direct where his Force Lightning goes instead of firing it in a straight line.

Despite his ingenuity with using established powers, or perhaps due in part to it, Sivter has also worked to develop new abilities. Through his impressive knowledge and intelligence, he is the first known Darksider to use the following: Pain Spike, Spirit Absorption, Confined Dark Force Storm, and Darkness. More recently he has also shown an ability to create Mental Clones of himself in others and to induce memories similar to Caamasi memnii.

Sivter usually keeps his full power suppressed. Aside from allowing him to avoid detection by other Force-users, it has also become a matter of necessity for him to survive. Sivter has become so powerful that his full strength in the Dark Side causes his body to start rotting. It is a problem he is working to solve.

[edit] Weapons

"Sivter always has something hidden up his sleeve."

— Tulsar Leidias

• Lightsabers

Sivter has used a variety of different lightsabers throughout his life. He is most commonly seen with the standard singlebladed variety, with blade colors that are either red or a variation of it (such as orange or yellow). He’ll sometimes use more esoteric designs, such as a firesaber, for the purpose of giving himself an edge against opponents expecting him to use a standard lightsaber.

Sivter’s most recent lightsaber is based off of the ultraviolet blade that Jedi Master Qidak Aaia uses. It is still a singlebladed design, but Sivter has added a feature that allows him to adjust the light spectrum of his blade. With it, he can make his blade visible only to the ultraviolet spectum, tune it to visible light (where it appears red), or go all the way into infrared. Not only does this allow him to create what is, in effect, an invisible blade, but he can also deceive opponents into thinking his lightsaber is weakening by putting the tuner at a halfway point.

In addition to his normal lightsaber, Sivter has been known to keep back-up lightsabers with him, of the singlebladed variety, either for use in emergencies or to take an opponent by surprise.

• Sith Daggers

Sivter is known to carry daggers on him that are laced with Sith Poison. They are a means of silent attack, used mainly to kill someone without the flash of a lightsaber. The daggers are created through alchemy to allow them to withstand lightsabers.

The poison itself serves a few purposes. Depending on the depth of the cut and the nature of the target, Sivter can either speed his target into death or simply increase their openness to the Dark Side. He has also been known to cut himself with the daggers to gain this boost in the Dark Side.

Sivter’s most notorious use of the daggers was during the Battle of Onderon when he killed Faarel Blackthorne by stabbing the Jedi Master through the heart with one during a lightsaber duel.

• Sith Amulet

Sivter has been seen in possession of a Sith Amulet he created himself. He has only used it once so far, as a means to restore his power after a taxing fight. It is unknown what other abilities, if any, the amulet has.

[edit] Other Knowledge

"There is no greater power in the galaxy than the Force, but rely on it too much and you limit yourself."

— Sivter

• Slicing

Sivter's oldest expertise is the ability to slice into computer systems. He is extraordinarily skilled, able to bypass all but the most difficult security measures with ease. He has demonstrated his skills numerous times and has even been able to crack the Jedi Archives in relatively short order.

• Programming

A natural extension of Sivter's interest in slicing is his interest in programming, the most well-known aspect of which are his computer viruses. More often than not these viruses go hand-in-hand with Sivter's slicing. He'll often use viruses to aid him in cracking a protected system or will slice them into a system to do any number of things. His viruses have frequently been known to shut down large ships, space stations, and even entire fleets.

• Genetics / Sith Alchemy

Although not as polished as his slicing and programming abilities, Sivter's knowledge of genetics and the biological side of Sith Alchemy are formidable.

He has experimented on hundreds of different species, both sentient and non-sentient, to isolate the genes responsible for natural abilities that he considers useful. He does so in order to eventually create the perfect body for himself. A natural outgrowth of his experiments are the creatures he creates to serve the Cult of Shadow. Two of his most notorious creations are the Arc Ghouls and the Corrupters. Many of Sivter’s other experiments are simply released into the wilds of Arcanix.

Sivter is also well-versed in the other aspects of Sith Alchemy, but he doesn’t have the same expertise in them as he does with genetics.

[edit] History

"Despite my digging into Sivter's past, I can find nothing that seems to have spurred him to the Dark Side. Most Darksiders have some type of tragedy that can be linked to their fall. With Sivter, there appears to be only selfish ambition. He is the worst kind of monster."

— Tulsar Leidias

[edit] Birth of the Shadow

Sivter knew he was destined for great things early on. Fate had gifted him with a perfect memory, and even more telling, the ability to feel the Force. Force-sensitivity was a statistically rare gift for Defel, and when Sivter learned he had that power, his desire rose to learn as much about the Force as he could. However, with no master around to teach him, Sivter resorted to other methods.

Always a very dedicated individual, Sivter started information raids, using his natural abilities as a Defel to acquire whatever he could get his hands on. He became a galactic traveler early on, sneaking aboard passenger ships to travel to different worlds in search of new information. By necessity, Sivter’s interests also diverged off into slicing and the language of computers. Later on, as he learned more about the Sith and their alchemical experiments, Sivter began to explore the world of genetics.

Through sheer dedication and willpower, as well as a lot of trial and error, Sivter was able to teach himself how to wield the Force from careful study and interpretation of the information he gathered. Once he knew the basics, Sivter focused almost exclusively on stealth and mental abilities, forsaking all but the most rudimentary lightsaber training.

He continued to raid and practice for a number of years before he declared himself a Dark Jedi. During his raids, Sivter learned of an ancient Sith planet known as Chisas. It was rumored that on Chisas the ancient Sith had learned how to create droids that could use the Force, but were defeated before the droids could ever enter battle. Sivter made it his first major goal to find Chisas and use the droids to take control of the galaxy.

[edit] Pursuit of Power

For a long time, Sivter was able to escape from the galaxy’s notice as he searched for Chisas. However, that ended when Sivter reached the planet Juoi. A Jedi by the name of Tulsar Leidias managed to thwart Sivter’s attempts to gather information from Juoi time and time again.

Sivter appeared to finally give up and leave, but it was all a deception. He was only hiding and waiting for his chance to strike. When he did attack, it was not at Tulsar, but at his family. Tulsar and his daughter, Kalja, were out of town at the time, but Tulsar’s wife and son were not as fortunate and were murdered in cold blood.

From that point on, Tulsar’s single goal in life was to hunt down Sivter and bring him to justice. He left Juoi with Kalja and a Marauder Corvette, the Champion of Juoi. Tulsar made sure the Champion was filled with Juoi’s best and set about on a lifelong task of tracking down Sivter. Over the course of years, Tulsar and company had numerous run-ins with Sivter, but the Defel proved to be too slippery to capture and was usually one step ahead of them.

[edit] Clash at Chisas

The major turning point in Sivter’s rise to power was when he ran into an ancient Sith Master, known as Dragon Masque, as well as his cult. Masque had been frozen in carbonite thousands of years ago, but then revived in current times and thus was a true Sith Master.

By this time, Sivter was very close to acquiring the information he needed to find Chisas. Masque and his cult were after an ancient Jedi vault that had a good possibility of holding the location to Chisas. Despite his desire to work alone, Sivter decided to join the cult to accelerate his acquisition of the knowledge. While in the cult, Sivter was able to fill in the gaps that his self-training in the Force had neglected.

After a series of encounters with Tulsar and his new allies (Devon Vos and his family/friends), Sivter managed to prove himself and rise quickly to become Masque’s de-facto right-hand man despite never formally joining the cult. Masque, knowing his end was near, and seeing the potential in Sivter, bestowed the Defel with all of his power and knowledge and passed away. Infused with this new power, Sivter assumed control of the cult and stepped up his plans to find the Jedi vault, using the Jedi to locate it for him.

Even though the Jedi managed to catch on and drive Sivter away by setting the vault’s self-destruct, it was not before Sivter found the information he was looking for. The Jedi followed Sivter to Chisas in a desperate attempt to keep him from producing his new army. Although outnumbered by the cult members and the ancient droid army, the Jedi fought valiantly against Sivter, however his power was too great and one by one they were defeated. Just when Sivter looked to be on the cusp of total victory, Tulsar’s daughter, Kalja, unexpectedly managed to exorcise Masque’s power from the Defel which severely weakened thanks to the effects of the enormous withdrawal.

Sivter fled, destroying the factories on Chisas as he did so to cover his escape.

[edit] The Shadow Grows

After his defeat at Chisas, Sivter went into hiding and deep meditation, discovering a planet that suited him by searching through his archives. Since the planet had no real name, Sivter dubbed it Arcanix. Using a combination of his mental trickery as well as the credits and resources he still had access to from his time with Masque’s cult, Sivter had a shady contractor set up facilities for him on the planet so he could continue his research and plans.

He declared himself a Master of the Dark Side, but declined to take the title of Sith Lord that had been Masque’s. He considered himself a hybrid of Dark Jedi techniques and Sith magics, unable to fit into either religion, and in his eyes, greater than both of them. Rather than try and use an existing title, he made up a new one and began referring to himself as a Dark Master.

After Sivter disappeared from Chisas, Masque’s dark side cult fell apart as power struggles ripped it to pieces. Sivter for his part, paid little attention to the fate of the cult as he used Masque’s imparted knowledge to increase his own understanding and power in the Force. He soon set out to gather specimens for his experiments in genetic manipulation and Sith alchemy. He quietly began capturing sentient and non-sentient beings alike, looking for species who had natural abilities that intrigued him. He had a new dream now that Chisas had been taken from him, that of developing a new race of superior beings to rule the galaxy.

[edit] Revenge

While Sivter was laying low, Kalja had left Tulsar’s determined hunt to help teach at Devon’s Jedi Praxeum before eventually being elected into the newly formed Jedi Council, and then again onto a seat on the New Republic High Council. Tulsar returned to Juoi and began to teach two new students the ways of the Force.

Seeing an opportunity to get his revenge, Sivter also returned to Juoi, but not before discovering the tomb of a lesser Sith Lord, named Sorij Xor, to try out the Spirit Absorption technique he had devised. The technique worked and Sivter confronted Tulsar and his students in an attempt to destroy Tulsar, convert his students, and then set about destroying Juoi.

He very nearly succeeded as he was able to briefly turn Fen Palka to the Dark Side to do his bidding, but thanks to Tulsar’s training, and knowledge of Sivter, a group of aliens known as Sages were able to exorcise Xor’s power from Sivter, as Kalja had done back on Chisas. Again weakened by the severe withdrawal, Sivter retreated from Juoi. Without Sivter’s influence, Fen regained his senses and repented; adding another soul who cursed the Defel’s name.

[edit] The Cult of Shadow

Sivter remained in hiding until the destruction of Korriban by the Empire’s third Death Star provided him with an enormous opportunity. Although the planet and the Dark Side secrets of their tombs were gone, the accumulated Dark Side energies of tens of thousands of years of Sith magics still stained that area of space. With such a potent well of power waiting to be tapped, Sivter’s ever-scheming mind came up with a way to use that energy.

For the first time, Sivter decided that he would need extra hands to achieve his goals. Towards that end, he went about forming the Cult of Shadow. At first it was only the gathered remnants of what was left of Masques’s cult, but Sivter soon began a campaign of secretly recruiting more minions to his cause. He personally sought out exceptional individuals to become part of his soon-to-be-formed Inner Circle.

In a way, perhaps the most exceptional newcomer that Sivter brought into the fold was a young orphan he found on Roon named Raii Meriaz. Although Sivter ultimately deemed that Raii wasn’t right for his Inner Circle, she soon became his bodyguard and apprentice. It would become a rare sight to see Sivter without Raii by his side. Although Sivter kept it to himself, he sensed enormous potential in Raii – something the young woman demonstrated on a daily basis to him with how rapidly she advanced through her training.

With the cult’s members spreading throughout the galaxy to do his bidding, Sivter was able to gather the materials he needed to siphon Korriban’s Dark Side energies into special crystals. The crystals were then used for a variety of projects. In the simplest application, they could be used to boost the power of the Cult’s members, however they found their way into other projects as well, such as the creation of Sith Amulets and, perhaps more notorious, Arksis Nan’s soon-to-be-created sword, Necroban.

In a relatively short amount of time, the Cult of Shadow grew rapidly in power, numbers, and influence. It eclipsed Dragon Masque’s cult in every way and continued to grow...

[edit] Whispers

With the Cult of Shadow firmly established, Sivter began to focus his studies on Dark Side lore again. He looked for other opportunities like Chisas and sent out several Cult members to scour the galaxy looking for knowledge and artifacts thought long-lost. With much of the Cult’s resources dedicated to this task, the “Dark Harvest” as Sivter called it, was highly successful. Sivter’s already formidable archives were flooded with tons of new information and Arcanix was soon populated by more than just Sivter’s genetic experiments. More well-known monsters, such as terentateks, soon became part of the native fauna.

Thanks to the Dark Harvest, Siver was also alerted to an Imperial project after a group of Force-absorbing monsters killed a Cult team on Coruscant. Sensing through the Force that he should deal with the situation personally, he departed for the planet. In short order, Sivter dispatched the creatures and learned where they were coming from. He also unexpectedly ran into Tulsar once again, but thanks in part to Raii’s assistance, he overpowered the Jedi and collapsed a building on top of him, believing him to finally be dead.

The mastermind behind the Imperial project was an admiral named Fiella Brinna. The monsters themselves turned out to be creatures known as Mavoi, who had the ability to turn non-Mavoi into more Mavoi after feeding on them. Such a dangerous creature was intriguing to Sivter, as was Brinna’s right-hand woman, a Darksider known as Morwenna. However, as interesting as the situation was, the Defel didn’t see why the Force had urged him to deal with the situation personally until the Admiral mentioned who else was opposing the project: a young man named Reave Hevren Leidias.

[edit] Reave & Mithral

Eager to discover who this previously unknown member of the Leidias Family was, Sivter agreed to head to the Mavoi homeworld, Elysella, and destroy Reave as well as the Jedi Master he was with: Ethan Voss.

After sending Arc Ghouls to weaken the pair, and then destroying their only means of leaving the planet, Sivter confronted them himself. Even though Ethan tried to protect Reave from Sivter, the Jedi Master was quickly overpowered by the Defel and forced to fight Morwenna while the other two dueled each other.

Although Sivter initially planned to destroy Reave, he changed his goal towards trying to turn the young man to the Dark Side and mold him into a successor of his legacy. The turning point came after Sivter learned that Reave was, in fact, adopted and one of the last descendants of a powerful race known as the Val Aru.

Reave refused to submit and attempted to kill Sivter instead, calling on the power of his heritage (in the form of a spirit from a previous life known as Mithral Lyranier Kothralis) to try and defeat the Defel. With the unleashed spirit’s power, Sivter was pushed to his limits, but in the end Reave fell to a combination of the Dark Master’s lingering power and guile. If not for the unexpected reappearance of Tulsar, the Defel would have ended up killing Reave and Ethan.

Instead, drained and outnumbered, Sivter was forced to make a retreat.

[edit] Destruction

Determined to take something away from the situation, Sivter returned to Brinna’s secret base despite the fact that he had failed to kill either of the targets given to him. He was pursued by the Jedi, who were led to the base by Morwenna (who had reformed after it was learned that she was Reave’s previously unknown sister). By the time the Jedi arrived however, Sivter had taken full control of the base and exposed the entire crew to the Mavoi, turning them into more of the monsters. To top it off, the Defel had also managed to take control of the Drone Master, which guided the Mavoi’s actions, and thus gave him control over all of the Mavoi.

Determined to stop Sivter from using the Mavoi, the Jedi assaulted the base. Tulsar and Reave fought against Sivter and Raii, respectively, while Ethan and Morwenna went to simultaneously take care of the Drone Master.

A powerful being in its own right, the Drone Master’s mind had been replaced with a version of Sivter’s own. It stood a good chance of destroying Ethan if not for Morwenna’s assistance. After the Jedi eventually managed to slay the beast, it tried to transfer its mind to another host. After finding the mental defenses of Ethan and Morwenna to be too strong, the weakened Drone Master went after Admiral Brinna, but was killed for good after Ethan severed the former admiral’s head in an act of mercy.

In another part of the base, even though Sivter wasn’t up to his full strength, thanks to the battle with Reave earlier, he and Raii still managed to hold their own against Tulsar and Reave. The Defel used several tricks to try and defeat the Jedi (as well as conserve his power), including exposing Tulsar to a point-of-view memory of himself murdering the Jedi’s family, but all were eventually thwarted forcing Sivter to retreat once more – but not before setting the base on a silent self-destruct in one last-ditch effort to kill them all. It was only thanks to Tulsar’s knowledge of Sivter and his methods that the group avoided being drawn into the trap. The destruction of the base did, however, remove the last traces of the Mavoi from the galaxy.

In the end, Sivter considered his task a victory since he had accomplished what he originally set out to do: remove the Mavoi as a threat to the Cult of Shadow. His failures to kill the Jedi, turn Reave, or acquire the Mavoi, were all seen as minor grievances in his eyes since he had much bigger plans on the horizon…

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