GM Approved Character Sheet for the True Sith Trials
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Name/Title: Xen Gaal / Darth Cruor,
Nicknames/Aliases: Taral, Battlelord, and Harbinger
Age: 7,217
Sex: Male
Species: Gen’Dai
Homeworld: Gen’Dai
Occupation: Taral
Height: 2.8 meters/9’2”
Weight: 161kg/355lbs
Physical Description: Standing at just over nine feet in height he strikes a physically imposing image, when not wearing armor his body is wrapped completely in black mummy-like linens over which he wears ancient and ragged black zeyd-cloth hooded robes, when in his armor he wears a cloak of the same color and material. Regardless, his face is entirely covered by a Hendanyn death mask in the likeness of a skull. The light around him is always muted, and shadows gather upon his clothing, at times writhing as if the darkness was itself alive. An unnatural chill emanates from him, those nearby find the cold touches not only their skin but soul as well.
Weapons:
Armor of King Adas: Given by his Master, Darth Nemesis (Typhojem). This ancient Sith Battle Armor is capable of deflecting lightsaber blows and energy weapons such as blasters, the gauntlets are often times a brutal weapon of choice for Darth Cruor as the knuckles are wickedly spiked and the fingertips end in impossibly sharp talons.
(Grants a +9 Defense Bonus against Energy and Melee Attacks)
Battle-Ax of King Adas: The weapon of Adas was created using powerful Sith Alchemy granting it the strength needed to resist lightsaber strikes, and making it capable of absorbing a measure of Force energy.
Sith Warblade (Bastard sword sized, named “Asha”): Sith Warblade, a bastard sword forged using various metallurgical and arcane means by the hand of Darth Cruor himself. This weapon is made in the style of the Krath Dire Sword making the weapon able to pierce almost all other known metals, in all other ways it has all the properties of a Sith Sword.
Sith forged Flail (Hâsk'Itsu or the "The Chain of Anguish"): A flail created by the hand of Dark Cruor, forged in the same fires which birthed his sword and lanvarok, like the others it is forged of phrik and utilized the same alchemical means to make it a powerful relic worthy of a Dark Lord.
Soulsaber: Hilt is made of a deep black cylinder 17.7" long, around it is wrapped in bronze-like metal shaped like a dragon. When the weapon is activated, a 4'11' blade of energy is emitted from the jaws of the dragon. It's blade is violet hued with an obsidian colored core, has blood red flecks that run along the length of the blade.
It is a nexus of Dark Side energy, when activated anyone within 10' can sense it. Non-Force sensitive beings feel uneasy, if they touch the saber they are hit with a powerful blast of dark energy. Those who are Force sensitive feel great discomfort and can experience headaches or nausea, and find it hard to concentrate. Any being struck will feel a stab of unbearable and penetrating cold, and is flooded with dark emotions.
Wielder is benefited with the ability of “Battlemind”. The Soulsaber can siphon the Force energy from any being it strikes, and temporarily channel it to the wielder. Energy can also be drawn from the surroundings.
(Grants +2 Cold Damage. When activated provides an
Aura of Uneasiness - 3 emanating from the weapon, a
Drain Force - 1 attack to any target it strikes, a
Feed on Dark Side - 1 effect to any Force Nexus it strikes, a
Force Fear - 1 attack to any target it strikes, and finally grants free
Battlemind - 3 to wielder)
Lightclub (2): Red blade. Phrik hilt, engraved with various ancient Sith runes of protection.
Force-Imbued Blade (Dagger - 24" blade): Pure black, created by Darth Cruor.
Sith Lanvarok (The Destroyers Gauntlet): The right gauntlet of Darth Cruor's armor is in fact a Sith lanvarok which contains 8 discs - each poisoned (powerful neurotoxin causing paralysis, eventual death if not treated). The poison was crafted by Darth Cruor using Sith Alchemy.
D'vouran Amulet: The amulet emitted a force field that protects the wearer and anyone or anything directly touching the wearer.
(+2 Defense bonus against Blaster attacks.)
Sharka'k Noor: Is made up of three short cylinders attached via small arms to a larger central cylinder, decorated with several glyphs. It can manipulate the geology of a planet, allowing its user to create volcanoes, earthquakes, and other such planetary changes. This machine was created to serve as a terraforming tool as it changed a planet's core.
Sith Pyramidal Crystal (Soul Snares): Darth Cruor has a number of these artifacts which are capable of holding a sentient being's life force for all eternity. Each Pyramidal Crystal holds a single life force, and the Crystals allow the owner to commune with these beings to gain ancient knowledge and teachings.
Hendanyn Death Mask of Darth Cruor: Forged of phrik by the power of the Dark Lord's malice, this mask has established a mental link with it's creator and preserves the wearers memories, in many ways it can act much like a holocron to any who dares claim and wear the mask. The Dark Lord also bound his life-force to it in order to anchor his spirit to the material realm, and it is painfully cold to the touch.
Equipment: As a Dark Lord of the Sith has nearly unlimited access to mundane equipment and resources.
Vehicles: Nemesis-class Dreadnought / The Taral
Languages: Galactic Basic Standard, Gen’Dai, High Sith, Rakata, Columi, Sharu, Dathomari, Taung, and Mando’a
Combat Skills: In addition to mastering the use of numerous kinds of hand held weapons the Dark Lord is also a skilled hand to hand combatant and has mastered many styles of martial arts such as Echani, Teräs Käsi, and Wrruushi. He has spent his entire life becoming a well rounded warrior
Other Strengths: His Gen’Dai physiology gives him a wide array of natural advantages. These include, but are not limited to; the ability to survive extreme injuries, rapidly heal damage sustained (able to regrow lost limbs in minutes), nearly instantaneous reflexes (causing others to appear to move in slow motion by comparison), heightened senses (smell, hearing, can even feel a human heartbeat from 200 meters away), cannot be physically permanently killed unless vaporized on an atomic level. He is immensely strong (able to overpower the likes of Wookiees with ease, shattering thick slabs of stone, and catches a swoop bike in his bare hands and uses it as a club). He is exceptionally fast (Gen’Dai with no Force sensitivity have been able to keep up with Jedi Masters such as Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker). His stamina is nearly endless, the Gen’Dai species has been shown capable of fighting continuously for days at a time without any sign of fatigue. He can survive extended periods of time without oxygen, even showing the ability to survive in the void of space with no ill effects.
Flaws: Complete confidence in his nigh indestructible body, especially while wearing the armor of King Adas. As such he has no fear of engaging in combat against almost any adversary, this has led to his defeat at and near death numerous times in his long life. If his body sustains enough physical damage he can be forced into a healing coma, depending on the severity of the damage to his body this coma can last decades. Socially he is uninterested, at best, and in fact oftentimes acts hostile towards those who seek to engage in petty interactions to gain his favor.
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Personality: Everything about Darth Cruor is intimidating; his size, deep rough sounding voice, his appearance. He uses others to achieve his goals by playing on their emotions and appealing to their senses of greed and ambition, in order to do this he will use his vast wealth and influence in order to reward them for their loyalty and success. He considers non-Force sensitive beings to be worthless, completely expendable, while those who are Force sensitive will be tolerated until they are no longer beneficial to him. Viewing himself as all powerful, the Sith Lord believes that he has the right to choose when to end the lives of any living creature, he considers it acceptable for the strong to make decisions for the weak and believes that most beings were never destined to be anything other than slaves. He is a remorseless killer, having ended the careers of an untold number of Jedi and Sith alike, and has created the downfall of numerous civilizations. In his long life there are only a few individuals he has found worthy of fearing, in being powerful enough to inspire that fear they have earned his respect, and ultimately his loyalty. Darth Cruor is evil in alignment, pure and irredeemably evil to his very core. He has no remorse, no empathy, or compassion towards others. In all ways he seeks to serve the Sith and the Dark Side of the Force, everything he has done is necessary for the survival and continued greatness of the Sith Empire. At least that is the way he sees it.
Fears: Typhojem, Dreadwar, Viscretus, Vassago, and other beings who have exhibited power that dwarfs his own. Oblivion.
Likes: Power over others, to dominate them and bend them to his will is something he takes pleasure in. If the dominance becomes physical, all the better. Has a deep admiration for weapons and armor, the finer the craftsmanship the deeper his love for the item.
Dislikes: Politics. While no stranger to politics he finds it distasteful, even so his military power and power through the Force makes him extremely influential. He has no love for Jedi, seeing them as servants to their compassion and empathy, and views them as little better than the Forceless vermin who populate the galaxy.
Relationships/Love Interests: He views emotional relationships as a distraction from his true purpose, and agenda, and absolutely refuses to engage in any form of physical relationship outside of his species.
Companions: Lorekeeper, Mariel the Wistie
Pets: Woyunoks the Plague Hound, Draa'zekyl the Duinuogwuin.
Friends/Acquaintances: Darth Noxia, Darth Dreadwar, Darth Viscretus, Darth Invadator, Darth Voidwalker, Darth Vassago, Darth Draconis, Darth Solus, Woyunoks the Plague Hound, among others. Too many to list, he tends to view friendships as expendable, and most who he considers friends are based on pragmatic considerations. He also is unwilling to trust “friends” too far or unconditionally, he recognizes that each are Sith who harbor ambitions of their own and will likely not hesitate to move against him if the benefit is great enough.
Master: Typhojem, the Left-Handed God.
Apprentices: None currently. Formerly Darth Nemisis, Darth Xxys.
Reputation: Is widely known as a ruthless, and remorseless, killer who in fact enjoys snuffing out the life of those who have crossed him, the Duumvirate, or betrayed the greater goals of the Empire. He has also made himself known for using his considerable assets to benefit those in his service, to such an extent that he has helped others rise to the station of Dark Lord in their own right.
Biography:
Born Xen Gaal, he knew peace with his fellow Gen'Dai for barely three centuries before the arrival of the True Sith, the arrival of Typhojem. Under the Left-Handed God’s command the True Sith armies pillaged the world for resources, killing hundreds of thousands of his kind in the process and destroying the planet's ability to support life. Those few who survived were sold as slaves to the True Sith Masters or fled and were dispersed into the galaxy, but never again would his species thrive or call a planet “home”.
Typhojem took one personal prize from the world before he left, the child Xen Gaal, his potential was too great for the Left-Handed God to ignore. The child was taken as his own in order to benefit from the Dark God’s instructions, the apprenticeship began immediately and was to last more than a century. Xen Gaal’s new Master, Daritha Nemesis as he was known to the Rakata, spared no brutality or cruelty in his methods of instruction. Over the next hundred years Xen Gaal was transformed into a vessel of destruction, a sower of chaos, an agent of strife.
It was during his apprenticeship where the Gen’Dai had been introduced to Ku'ar Danar, a fellow apprentice of the Dark God and a sorcerer of immense power. It was also during this era which under the instruction of Darth Nemesis that Xen Gaal constructed a personal armory on Athiss, it was there that his lanvarok and warblade were forged. This signaled the end of the apprenticeship for the Gen’Dai at which time Darth Nemesis named the Gen’Dai Darth Cruor, Harbinger of the True Sith. Typhojem gave Darth Cruor one more thing, a massive suit of ebon armor, once worn by King Adas of Korriban
Together Danar and Gaal served their Master’s will through instigating the Hundred-Year Darkness, Xen Gaal on the front lines of battle as a massive and imposing warrior covered in black armor who fought alongside Marchioness XoXaan and her Black Legions, while Danar expertly manipulated events from the shadows to ensure the rift between the warring factions of Jedi remained deep and irreparable. Soon after the wars Danar, in his quest for true immortality, trapped himself on Nilrebmah.
While Danar was sequestered away in the monolith on Nilrebmah the Gen'Dai travelled the galaxy, it was a time of great exploration for Xen Gaal and he eventually came to discover the Hendanyn people and their ability to create a "death mask" which when bound to the wearer stored their memories and knowledge in order that it be passed on after death, a holocron of sorts. Xen Gaal took this knowledge and traveled back to Athiss where he forged a mask of his own and in that forging bound his soul to the powerful relic, he has worn it off and on for the next six millennia and it at times used it as an anchor to the mortal realm. The creation of the mask however took a heavy toll on the mighty Gen'Dai, and he was forced into a regenerative coma that would last hundreds of years.
The machinations of Xen Gaal was not seen again in the galaxy for a long time, and upon awakening from his coma he searched tirelessly for signs of his Master Darth Nemesis, or the Sorcerer Ku'ar Danar. Finding neither, Xen Gaal did what he was trained to do, he resumed the manipulation of galactic events in order to prepare it for the return of the True Sith. Wars were instigated, rebellions stoked, planetary governments toppled, millions died in the centuries that followed. While the results of his work was seen, the Gen’Dai was careful now reveal his presence in order to hide his motives. He also utilized this time to travel to Khar Delba where he enslaved the population and constructed a temple in honor of Typhojem, and later to travel again to Athiss where he forged a massive flail.
His activity during these many centuries was interrupted from time to time by long periods of absence, one can only speculate as to his activities but legends suggest that the Sith Lord had learned to travel Beyond Shadows so that he might commune with ancient beings and the spirits of Chaos. For almost 1,500 years did this cycle repeat itself, each time the Sith Lord returned his power was greater and his knowledge deeper.
In the year 5000 BBY the powerful Dark Lord, Marka Ragnos, passed and gave rise to Naga Sadow whose scheming began the Great Hyperspace War. The war did not go as the new Dark Lord had envisioned, and after an initial period of success the forces of the Republic and Jedi was able to turn the tide against the armies of Naga Sadow. After Sadow’s demise Shar Dahkan took the mantle of leadership and further drove the Empire towards a decisive defeat at the hands of the Republic at which point various factions of Sith fled into exile on planets such as Vjun, Ambria, and Tund. Xen Gaal led a faction to Thule where they joined with those Sith already present, eventually helping to form a powerful military dictatorship led by eight generals. It is not known at what time Xen Gaal left Thule, but the society he helped build continued on and grew in power while they awaited the opportunity to exact revenge on the Republic and the Jedi Order.
In 4,400 BBY on the ancient Sith planet of Athiss a Jedi exploration team encountered a trio of dark side entities, each faceless spirits garbed in black. These entities were feeding on the power emanating from ancient ruins upon the planet, upon confronting the Jedi the entities drained them of their ability to use the Force and one of the spirits fought a Jedi named Chamma, though Chamma seemed to defeat the entity when he struck it with his lightsaber the Jedi succumbed to the influence of the dark side and fled the planet. Though the true nature of the Athiss entities was never discovered they were in fact Sith, two of their number would later be known as Darth Dreadwar and Darth Cruor.
Xen Gaal would rise up once again some years before 4250 BBY, it was then that he began to plant the seeds for conflict yet again, the resulting period of conflict eventually became known as the Third Great Schism. After leading a group of Jedi to secrets of the Sith, the Jedi Order on Coruscant fell into conflict, those Dark Jedi he influenced were driven from Coruscant at which time the Gen’Dai led them to the Vultar System. There he assisted them in finding and utilizing the Cosmic Turbine, ultimately causing the Vultar Cataclysm.
This was the beginning of centuries of unrest and war throughout the galaxy, the Vultar Cataclysm and the events leading to it being the underlying causes for both the Great Sith War and Jedi Civil War. While his efforts to initiate war succeeded Xen Gaal could not entirely escape the Cataclysm on Vultar, his body ravaged by the power of the Turbine he fled to the armory on Athiss where he once again fell into a healing slumber.
He awoke more than two hundred years later to a time where the Jedi Revan had become a Sith Lord, Darth Revan, and commanding the Mandalorian clans the Sith Lord waged war on the Jedi. Xen Gaal joined these efforts and came to take an apprentice, under his instruction the apprentice grew to become a brilliant commander and would take the name “Darth Glovoc”. Though a great asset to the Sith armies he increasingly spent his time in meditation and began seeing visions, he became so proficient at seeing these visions that he started to refer to himself as “Lord of the Mind’s Eye”. At the end of the Jedi Civil War Darth Glovoc abandoned both the Sith remnant and his own Master, taking his ship the “Dying Sun” and the crew that served him, he sought out the planet of Nyriaan which he had glimpsed in a vision.
To his great misfortune Glovoc was ambushed by Republic forces upon arriving at Nyriaan, the ship was so badly damaged that it crashed upon the planets surface, but Glovoc and some of his crew survived. Darth Glovoc suspected it would be years, if not longer, before he could be free of Nyriaan so he placed himself in stasis and his loyal crew lived on. Once every hundred years descendants of the crew would awaken Glovok, each time his grip on sanity diminished and he never remained awake for long before returning to stasis, more than four thousand years would pass in this fashion before he would eventually leave the planet.
At some point after 2000 BBY Jedi Master Phanius who ultimately came to be known as Darth Ruin falls to the dark side and revives the long dormant Sith Order, after uniting the existing Sith clans and cults into a new Sith Empire he starts a series of wars that is now known as the Fourth Great Schism. Darth Cruor, known at the time by the alias of Eradicus and wearing a suit of black plate armor infused with the dark side of the Force, became a “squire” of Dark Lord Ruin during these New Sith Wars. Darth Ruin’s arrogance ultimately led to his demise, but the New Sith had a solid foundation and continued with their wars.
Around 1750 BBY under a new alias of "Dark Underlord” and appearing in the form of a Sith spirit rose to power by gathering various factions of the New Sith, and establishing the Black Knights of Malrev IV, this alliance of Sith was dedicated to continuing a bloody and terrifying campaign against the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order. The “Dark Underlord” was eventually beaten by a Jedi Master, Murrtaggh, forcing the Gen'Dai to enter a healing slumber in order to regain his strength.
It took Xen Gaal nearly five hundred years before he was able to regain his power, awakening again in 1250 BBY by a mysterious yet familiar calling through the Force. The Gen’Dai followed it to a planet called Almas only to discover that he had arrived too late and what drew him here had disappeared, unbeknownst to him it was a Sith known as Darth Rivan in possession of the Darkstaff which was a relic created by an old companion, Ku’ar Danar, he would not sense their presence again for hundreds of years.
The New Sith Wars which had continued in his absence and threw the Republic into a terrible Dark Age, these wars had caused both the Sith and Jedi to become greatly diminished to such an extent that neither was able to gain a decisive victory to end the long period of violence. The galaxy was ripe for a being like Darth Cruor, and he worked tirelessly to continue this era of destructive conflict in order that the Republic and Jedi would continue their long demise. The Sith, for their part, were eventually drawn into an arduous Sith Civil War which lasted more than fifty years.
Ironically it was a Jedi who would end the civil war and bring the crumbling Sith Empire together, Skere Kaan gathered the Sith who survived and reorganized them into a Brotherhood of Darkness, Xen Gaal was among those Sith who answered the call of this new leader. Kaan’s success in uniting the SIth eventually become a threat to the Jedi and caused a respected general, Lord Hoth, to gather his own forces and engage the Brotherhood, the Army of Light. It was during these waning years of the New Sith Wars that Xen Gaal once again felt the familiar call of Danar’s Darkstaff, the call led him to Ruusan where he tried desperately to obtain the staff for himself but it eluded him yet again. Xen Gaal stayed on Ruusan to engage the Jedi in the final battles of the campaign before becoming aware of the plan to use a ritual created by Ku'ar Danar, the Thought Bomb, knowing the danger it presented he deserted the battles on Ruusan and fled before the ancient ritual decimated the rival orders.
In the ensuing centuries Darth Cruor reformed the Black Knights numerous times, eventually coming into conflict with the likes of Yoda where the Black Knights were ultimately defeated. This period of time was also marked by Xen Gaal returning to Athiss in order to forge twin axes, inspired by the spirit of Adas whose spirit was bound to the armor he wore.
Many years later Xen Gaal, working under the alias of Darth Despicari, discovered the descendant of a long forgotten Sith cross breeding experiment, a being known as Bataal Bandu, and made an apprentice of him. Under his instruction Bandu plagued the Sith Lord Darth Vader and founded a New Sith Order in order to continue the legacy of earlier Sith Empires and spread the teachings of the True Sith to others. While Bataal Bandu perished early in this new Order, the Order itself began to thrive and began to grow in secret right under the nose of Darth Vader and his Master, Darth Sidious.
In the year 45 ABY, Darth Despicari was present along with Darth Dreadwar in the Chilloon Rift manipulating two Columi brothers, Craitheus and Marvid Qreph, in order to take control of the vast resources within the Rift. Through a series of blunders the brothers eventually drew the attention of Luke Skywalker when they had crossed a friend of his, Lando Calrissian, there they confronted Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo inside the Monolith.
In the subsequent years the New Sith Order flourished, but Darth Despicari’s time as it’s Dark Lord came to an end when a seemingly young and ambitious Sith Lord named Darth Vassago seized the mantle of leadership. Despicari met an unfortunate demise at the hands of a supposed ally Darth Draconis, in the throne room of Draconis’ master, Darth Vassago. That would not be the end of the Gen’Dai however, for Darth Draconis was tasked with removing his charred husk and depositing it into the wilds of Korriban. Draconis roamed the wilds for years in order to find an appropriate burial place for Darth Despicari, but he kept one powerful artifact for himself, the Hendanyn Death Mask, and eventually fell into madness as he made the uninhabitable lands of Korriban his home.
In the year 132 ABY during a period of time when the New Sith Order was led by Darth Krayt the one time apprentice of Xen Gaal, Darth Glovoc, was discovered while still in stasis and brought back to Korriban.
Less than two decades later assassin, Darth Draconis, returned to the burial place of Darth Despicari in order to reunite him with the Hendanyn death mask, after performing a ritual that brought the body of the Gen’Dai back from death the fallen Dark Lord rose and revealed his true name. Darth Cruor had returned to the world, he and Darth Draconis would venture out of the wilds of Korriban and reunite with the New Sith Order which was still under the command of Darth Vassago, and allied with the Eternal Sith Empire who was led by Empress Viscretous and an old acquaintance...Emperor Dreadwar.
It was some time after this that Darth Cruor discovered the slumbering body of his former apprentice, Darth Glovoc, and released his from stasis. Now thoroughly mad and having forgotten much of his past life he sequestered himself in the libraries of the Empire, hoping to make sense of what he had seen in his dreams and visions his vulnerable mind became prey to an unknown Sith spirit, over the years he eventually came to be known only as The Lorekeeper.
Rank/Level: 45 (250 Skill Points, 114 Attribute points, only 1 player may occupy this level, 5 Godlikes)
STR (Strength): 20 (+2 Warrior Class)
FPR (Force Power): 20
DEX (Dexterity): 13
INT (Intellect): 10
CON (Constitution): 20
MAN (Manipulation): 10
PER (Perception): 10
DES (Destiny): 13
Total Defense Bonus: +9 Defense Bonus against Energy and Melee Attacks / +11 vs Blasters (+9 from Armor of Adas/+2 additional vs Blasters from D'vouran amulet)
Base Class: Warrior
Subclass: Sith Juggernaut
Skills (game mechanics only; listing all chosen Skills and Skill Points therein):
Lightsaber Forms:
Shii-Cho - 3
Niman - 5
Jar’Kai - 5
Tràkata - 3
Focus Discipline - 5
Stance Discipline - 5
Force Abilities:
- Augmentation - 5
Force Jump - 5
Force Body - 5
Force Speed - 5
- Sense - 5
Precognition - 5
- Telekinesis - 5
Force Push - 5
Force Burst - 5
Force Wave - 5
Force Wound - 5
Force Choke - 5
Telekinetic Kill - 5
Telekinetic Crush - 5
- Telepathy - 5
Mental Shield - 5
- Cryokinesis - 5
Cold Aura - 5
- Force Resistance - 5
Adiabatic Shield -2
Force Barrier -3
Protection Bubble -5
Tutaminis - 5
- Force Bond - 5
Battle Meditation - 5
Inflict Pain - 5
Reduce Injury - 5
Force Reflex - 5
Force Ghost - 10 (GODLIKE)
Transfer Essence (Object) - 10 (GODLIKE)
Shadow Armor - 3
Darkshear -5
Deadly Sight - 5
Fold Space - 5
Force Punch - 5
Dampen Force - 5
Eternal Hatred - 10 (GODLIKE)
Fighting-sight - 5
Force Stun - 1
- Force Stasis - 5
Force Suppression - 5
Phase - 5
Sever Force - 5
Shatterpoint - 5
