Following his rescue from Maelstrom prison, Revan travelled to Tython where he met with
Jedi Council, informing them of all he knew concerning the Emperor and the Imperial threat.
Yet his many years of solitude and experiences with both the Light and Dark Sides, meant
he no longer felt the same camaraderie with the Jedi Order, and so took off to wage a
private war, dedicating himself entirely to the defeat of the Emperor and fall of the
Sith Empire.
After reuniting with the ever faithful Assassination Droid HK-47, the former Jedi recovered his
famous mask from the Order of Revan on Drumond Kaas, but did not seek any further association,
as their reverence made him uncomfortable.
Determined to end the Sith threat at any cost, Revan took possession of the Foundry, an Ancient
Rakatan manufacturing facility, whose location he successfully hid from the Emperor during
his captivity.
A powerful automated factory which broke down asteroids for raw materials, Revan and HK
set about mass producing Extermination Droids, with the intention of ordering them to purge
the galaxy of anyone with Sith ancestry, thereby eliminating the vast majority of the Imperial
population.
However the Empire soon learned of what was occurring and sent an elite strike team to
the facility where they destroyed HK 47 and slayed Revan before he could enact his plans.
His mission failed and body fading, Revan’s thoughts turned to the final words of his
old apprentice Malak, saying, “And in the end, as the darkness takes me, I am nothing.
Now I know how you felt, my friend."
Yet he found no peace in death, as the repercussions of becoming a master in both the light and
dark sides, complicated his passing.
In order to survive and cope with three centuries of torture, Revan’s mind fractured in two,
with his darker half enduring and embracing the pain, thereby allowing his lighter half
to detach itself and focus on the force.
This division remained with him even after his rescue, and so when he was slain aboard
the foundry, his light side attempted to become one with the force, while his dark side refused
to depart and clung to life, taking full control over his battered body.
Freed from the restriction imposed by his light side, Darkside Revan emerged as a being
of rage and hatred, consumed entirely with a desire for vengeance against the Emperor.
To this end, the Dark Lord made his way to Dromund Kaas, where he took direct control
over the Order of Revan, turning them from a secret society with philosophical ambitions,
to an extremist faction and fanatical cult.
Under his leadership, the Revanites grew their power and influence over the galaxy by infiltrating
both the Empire and Republic, with the aim of eliminating both superpowers so no one
could stop him from confronting the Emperor.
Using their highly placed agents to redirect resources towards the planet Lehon, the Revanites
began the Infinite Army project, in which they implanted Rakatan technology into organic
bodies, thereby creating powerful cyborg warriors capable of wreaking havoc across the galaxy.
Yet once again his plans were undone, as elements of both the Republic and Empire learned of
this threat, and so embarked upon a joint mission to invade Lehon and destroy their
production facilities.
Undaunted, Revan next attempted to destroy large portion of the Republic and Imperial
fleets, by allying himself with the Nova Blade Pirates of Rishi, as well as the Mandalorians
of Shae Vizla, using them to set a trap which would force the superpowers into a military
confrontation.
It was also during this time that Revan captured and attempted to convince his descendant Theron
Shan to leave the republic and join his galactic campaign.
Yet Theron refused and eventually escaped just as his comrades arrived for his rescue.
Revealing what he learned, they decrypted Revan’s files, deactivated the local signal
jammer and contacted the Republic and Empire to expose the undercover Revanite Agents among
them, thereby preventing the annihilation of both fleets.
Enraged by yet another defeat and having learned the Emperor’s spirit was hiding on Yavin
4 after his body was killed by the Jedi Hero of Tython, Darkside Revan would wait no longer
and set off to face his hated enemy.
Invading Yavin 4, the Revanites defeated the Imperial guards, and set about performing
a dark side ritual with the aim of consuming all life on the moon in order to restore the
Emperor to physical body, allowing Revan to face him in personal combat.
Aiding him in this venture, was the reconstituted assassination droid HK-47, whose memory core
was preserved by a man known as the Shroud, allowing him to be placed in a new body and
reunite with his beloved master.
Yet the combined forces of the Republic and Empire feared Revan was not strong enough
to defeat the Emperor and so the forces of Satele Shan and Darth Marr made a temporary
truce, so they could journey to Yavin 4, where they engaged the Revanites and halted the
ritual.
Darkside Revan then fought valiantly against a great host of enemy heroes, including his
descendants Satele and Theron Shan, until at last defeated.
Making matters worse, they soon heard the voice of the Emperor, whose strength was partially
restored by feeding off the massive loss of life from the battle, allowing his consciousness
to depart and continue his campaign to rule over the galaxy.
His mission a failure, Darkside Revan was then confronted by the force ghost of his
lightside Revan, who convinced him to accept death and so the 2 halves merged together,
causing Revan’s body to disappear, leaving only his mask and lightsaber.
Eventually, the Emperor, in the form of Valkorion, was slain by the Commader of the Eternal Alliance,
a new faction born from a coalition of species, hailing from the Republic, Sith Empire and
Eternal Empire.
Yet even so, the threat lived on, as the Emperor had contingencies available in the event of
his defeat, allowing his spirit, though significantly weakened, to survive.
Having vanished for a time, Revan was unwilling to become one with the force while any shred
of his enemy’s life force remained.
Therefore, he re-emerged to help the jedi Kira Carson and Sith Lord Scourge as they
underwent a mission to destroy the Emperor’s original body, knowing that as long as it
survived, he could not be fully destroyed.
Yet even the destruction of Tenebrae was not enough to eliminate this ancient being, as
it was covered in marking which released a plague, infecting and linking the minds of
its victims, which then allowed the last remnant of the Emperor to live on within their collective
consciousness.
Revan then returned one last time in 3626 BBY, as his enemy’s withering spirit took
refuge within the consciousness of his descendant Satele Shan.
Entering into the mind of the former Jedi Grand Master, the Alliance Commander found
the Emperor in his final form, appearing as Tenebrae, Vitiate and Valkorion, the three
most prominent bodies he held throughout his thousand year life.
Prepared to make his final stand, the Emperor soon learned the Commander was not alone,
as was joined by Kira Carsen, Scourge, Satele Shan, Darth Marr, Meetra Surik, and the spirit
of many other force users who’d fallen victim to his evil, including the former jedi and
sith Lord Revan who helped destroy the last vestige of his being.
With the Emperor at last defeated forever, Revan found peace and became one with the
force, yet his legacy lived on for thousands of years, influencing acolytes of both the
light and dark sides.
Aside from his physical descendants who were powerful figures in the republic and jedi
order, the Ongree of Nar Shaddaa and Rakatans of Lehon worshipped Revan as a deity.
His most lasting and impactful contribution however, was felt within the Sith Order, inspiring
men like Darth Rivan of the New Sith, who named discovering a corrupted manuscript authored
by the ancient Dark Lord.
Yet this paled in comparison to the influence he had on Darth Bane, who used the teachings
from his holocron to reform the Sith Order.
Enacting the rule of 2 philosophy, the Order worked in the shadows for the next thousand
years until eventually destroying the jedi and republic under Darth Sidious, heir to
the Banite Sith, who emerged as ruler of the First Galactic Empire.