A powerful force-sensitive Iktotachi female, born with a talent for telepathy and precognition,
The Huntress, as she was known, enhanced her skills and tracking abilities through the
dark side, becoming an expert assassin with an unblemished 5 year record, successfully
completing every contract no matter the difficulty.
A wealthy, successful, independent professional, the Huntress nonetheless felt unfulfilled,
as she felt so full of potential yet reached the limits of whats could be self-taught.
Yet the opportunity to acquire a dark side master soon presented itself when she was
hired for a pair of jobs by the Royal House of Doan.
Originally tasked to eliminate a specific rebel miner by the royal bodyguard Lucia for
the sake of her friend the Princess of Doan, the Huntress ended up killing both the target
and the Jedi Medd Tandar who was there attempting diplomacy.
Though this complicated matters for the Royal Family, her obvious skill impressed the Princess
when she learned what occurred, leading to a second, more challenging contract, this
time tasked to track down and capture the man responsible for her father’s death.
Having this discussion on the dark side planet of Ambria where the murder occurred, the force
visions and natural precognitive abilities of the Huntress allowed her to easily identify
the culprit as Darth Bane.
Sensing his great power, she was hesitant to take the job, but the Princess offered
ten times her normal rate and a special neurotoxin to ensure he was rendered unconscious.
The Huntress agreed on the condition she also provided 20 experienced soldiers for the mission.
Setting a trap for Bane in his mansion on Ciutric IV, the Dark Lord put up a fierce
resistance that left 6 soldiers dead, until the Senflax Neurotoxin at last took effect
and knocked him unconscious.
Holding him prisoner on Doan, Bane eventually escaped thanks to the help of the bodyguard
Lucia, who recognized Bane as her beloved, heroic former Sergeant in the Sith Army to
whom she owed her life.
Aware of what was happening and formulating a plan of her own, the Huntress made her way
to the ship hanger where she found the Dark Jedi Set Harth trying to steal her ship.
Set Harth came with Bane’s apprentice Darth Zannah but was now trying to flee on his own.
Fighting to a stalemate, she allowed him to leave on another ship before Darth Bane arrived
to complete his escape.
Kneeling in submission, the Huntress returned his lightsaber and Holocron while offering
her loyalty and devotion, if he would take her on as a student and teach her the ways
of the sith.
Explaining the her life had no purpose and she was plagued with visions of Bane, meaning
their destinies must be intertwined.
Accepting her as a Sith Master, she was first tasked with executing her former employer
the Princess of Doan, afterwhich he explained the ways of their order and the tradition
of taking a new name, causing her to become Darth Cognus of the Sith.
Learning of the rule of two, Cognus promised she would not interfere when Bane’s former
apprentice Darth Zannah arrived to fight him in a single combat for the leadership of their
order.
When she arrived, Bane explained that Cognus was devoted to the dark side and would serve
as the new Sith Apprentice to whoever was victorious.
Agreeing, she faced off against Bane in a brutal dual that ended with Zannah victorious,
who then took on Cognus as her apprentice.
Serving loyaly under Zannah for many years, Cognus eventually surpassed he master and
became the new leader of their order.
Having trained directly under Bane and Zannah, and witnessed their great power, Cognus was
fiercly devoted to the Rule of Two and Banite Lineage, choosing Darth Millennial as her
apprentice and heir.
Yet he was of a different mind, beliving the rule of two limited their potential, constantly
questioning these traditions.
Outraged by his heresy, Cognus banished Millennial from the Order and took on a new apprentice
who successfully continued the Banite line.
Millennial meanwhile fled to the world Dromund Kaas, where he founded the Dark Force, a cult
he ruled as Supreme Prophet of the dark side.
A shrewd, cunning, intelligent human male overseeing Jonex Mine Eight Eleven B in the
asteroid belt near the planet Bimmiel, the Administrator was a wise and successful business
man whose life was primarily focused on financial gain while also recognizing that a balanced,
moderate lifestyle was also necessary to keep him fulfilled, well adjusted and at his most
productive.
Yet the Administrator’s life took an unforeseen turn when the mining crew and office staff
started acting and feeling strange, in response to working in a new region.
Launching an investigation, the Administrator not only learned that the asteroid was steeped
in the dark side but that he was highly force sensitive, able to gain new skills and enhance
himself through this energy.
Shutting down operations in the area, the Administrator kept it a secret, returning
as often as possible to study the energy and grow his abilities.
When the region region was no longer deemed lucrative for large mining operations, the
Administrator arranged for the asteroid to be closed off from any future operation, in
the hopes no one else would discover his secret.
Reaching the limits of what could be self-taught, the Administrator eventually left his is old
life behind to seek out the Sith Order.
Succeeding in his mission, he found the Banite Master and was deemed worthy as an apprentice,
becoming Darth Vectivus of the Sith Order.
Learning the rule of two and ways of their people, Vectivus eventually surpassed his
master, became the new Dark Lord, and returned to the asteroid where his dark side journey
began.
Building a great mansion where he spent the rest of his life, Vectivus devoted himself
to scholarly work, studying the dark side energy of the asteroid and making profound
discoveries.
A powerful dark lord continuing the legacy of Darth Bane, Vectivus was a unique individual
who differed greatly from other Sith of the past, as he did not leave his old life behind
entirely, instead melding his business acumen and general life philosophies with his dark
side training.
As a result, Vectivus cared nothing for violence, war, conquest or the eternal feud with the
jedi, instead focusing his attention on what truly mattered to him as an individual, which
in the past was financial gain, now replaced by research and personal growth as a dark
side disciple.
Therefore, as was the case in his previous life, this primary goal was accompanied by
a balanced social and family life, which ensured he remained grounded, well adjusted and at
his most productive.
Perhaps the greatest of his accomplishment, Vectivus learned to cast force phantom projections
over vast distances, by tying them to the life energy of a living being.
This meant that if the Phantom was killed so to was the living being to which it was
connected.
This ability as well as other teachings, philosophies and tips for financial success were recorded
in his personal holocron which eventually came into the possession of the New Sith Order
centuries later.
Though it cannot be said Vectivus was particularly kind as he was still a Dark Sider willing
to kill or take ruthless action when necessary, Vectivus was remarkably disciplined and wise,
able to live a long happy life as Dark Lord until he died of old age, surrounded by friends
and family.
Preserving his legacy through the Baneite Line that ended when Darth Sidious destroyed
the jedi and republic, Vectivus was used as a shining example for future generations,
that a Sith could be ruthless, self-interested and powerful without being cruel or overtly
violent.
Remembered as the Sith who did no evil, his home was eventually discovered by the Dark
Lady Lumiya, a powerful force-user trained by both Darth Sidious and Darth Vader.
Studying the dark energy of the Asteroid, Lumiya soon made a startling discovery, when
she found the spirit of Darth Vectivus in the lower levels of his home.
A true master of the dark side, Vectivus found a way to preserve his consciousness in spirit
form while also preserving some his power by using the same force projection technique
he mastered during his life, tying his phantom spirit to a living being out in the galaxy.
Yet despite this accomplishment, Vectivus claimed this form of existence was not ideal,
as he had no awareness of himself and after so many years was no longer sure if he was
truly himself, something else, or nothing at all.
Yet Lumiya greatly admired the Dark Lord and used him as an example to lure Jacen Solo
to the Dark Side, training him to become Darth Caedus, Dark Lord of the Sith order, who then
modelled his rule after the enlightened self-interest of Vectivus.
When the Dark Lord’s asteroid home, was found and explored by the Jedi Nelani Dinn,
she too was approached by the spirit of Vectivus who informed her Phantom force projections
were tied to living beings, meaning that for every one she killed, an innocent also died.
Vectivus then tested her by suggesting she kill his phantom, that way his teachings,
like force projection, would not spread and take innocent lives.
But the Jedi could not do it, as his spirit was also tied to an innocent that she could
not bring herself to harm.
Vectivus warned that her weakness would lead to her death if she continued to meddle in
the affairs of others.
Yet she did not listen, and died at the hands of Jacen Solo while trying to arrest Lady
Lumiya.
Years later the home of Vectivus was finally destroyed by agents of the One Sith empire
under Darth Krayt, to prevent the jedi from discovering the ancient Dark Lord’s secrets.