A former jedi who left the order to serve as Revan’s third in command during the Mandalorian
Wars, it was Meetra Surik, acting on on revan’s order, who activated the Mass Shadow Generator
which destroyed Malachor V. Utterly overwhelmed by the echoes of pain and suffering felt through
the force, Meetra, like Nihilus, became a wound in the force.
Yet whereas Nihilus grew more dependent on this energy to survive, Meetra instinctively
cut herself off from the force, with the echoes of pain within her creating a distortion field
that deafened her to this primordial energy.
When it was over, her mind started to block out the truth of what just happened and her
overwhelming sense of guilt made her the only one of Revan’s followers to surrender themselves
to the Jedi Council.
Although many resented her for playing such an important role in this disaster, the greater
concern surrounded the echoes emanating from her force wound.
Though some wanted to forgive and study her, others like Jedi Master Atris believed her
past dark side leanings could not be forgiven.
Yet what most concerned them was that her condition, inflicted from a dark side event,
may represent a threat to the very Order itself, as Jedi were taught to give in to the will
of the force, while Meetra was entirely devoid of its influence, blocking it out with echoes
of pain and suffering.
Therefore Meetra Surik was exiled from the order, causing her to leave republic space
for the outer rim.
Exiled for years, she eventually heard about jedi being killed and returned to republic
space only to be attacked by Darth Sion.
However she survived the encounter thanks to Kreia who rescued Meetra, established a
force bond and became her new master, seeking to retrain her in the ways of the force.
This would be significant, as Meetra was already cut off from the will of the force, meaning
she would be able to channel this energy without being bound to it’s influence.
Kreia was eager to train this new student, as she was yet another wound int he force,
who unlike Nihilus or Sion, seemed to possess the exact qualities needed to accomplish her
greater plans.
This force bond also allowed Kreia to regain her own force powers, gaining strength from
the accomplishments of her apprentice.
In addition to training under Kreia, Meetra sought out other surviving jedi and in the
process gathered a group of loyal companions, many of who were force sensitives and/or formerly
served under Revan, including the pilot Atton Rand, the engineer Bao-Dur, the Echani handmaiden
Brianna, the jedi disciple Mical, the madalorian bounty hunter Mira, the apprentice of Nihilus
Visas Marr, the Mandalorian leader Canderous Ordo aka Mandalore the Preserver, the utility
droid T3-M4, the crimes boss droid G0T0 and assassin droid HK-47.
Possessing a natural ability to create force bonds, it was through Meetra’s connection
to those around her that she could once again learn to channel the force while remaining
cut off from its call.
Surviving an encounter with Darth Sion at the Peragus Mining Facility, Meetra had another
near miss with Sion on Korriban where she sought to liberate a captured jedi only to
find her already dead.
She then faced the agents of Darth Nihilus on Onderon and it’s moon Dxun, where sith
allied rebels fought a civil war to overthrow the republic allied Queen.
While helping the loyalists defend their government, Kreia took advantage of the situation to start
the final steps of her grand plan by saving the enemy General’s second in command, Colonel
Tobin, in order to inform him that the last of the Jedi were gathered on the planet Telos
IV, when in reality only Atris and her Jedi Academy were present.
She spoke this lie, knowing full well he would relay the information to Darth Nihilus who
then targeted the planet.
Meanwhile, Meetra finished helping her allies on Onderon and Dxun before meeting with several
of the last surviving jedi masters on Dantooine.
At this meeting, the Jedi were appalled by her ability to wield the force without being
bound to its will, as it meant she was affected by Malachor in the same way as Nihilus, though
to a lesser degree, meaning she was slowly draining the life force of her followers and
those around her to fuel her powers.
As a wound in the force, Meetra fed off those she killed and recruited to her cause, made
worse by her talent for force bonds, ensuring a steady supply of companions to feed upon.
Therefore the Jedi sentenced her once again to exile, but this time they would sever her
connection to the force entirely, prompting Kreia to emerge and save her by draining the
masters of their powers.
Ever eager to prove her philosophy correct by demonstrating that Meetra Surik was thriving
even without a direct connection to the force, it was possible Kreia had some hope these
last Jedi would listen to the Exile and try to learn from her experiences, but this hope
was shattered when they proved entirely unwilling to move beyond their old beliefs.
Seeing them strike out against her apprentice, Kreia used the opportunity to give the Masters
a final lesson and choice, wielding force drain to extract their life energy, thereby
putting them in a similar position to Meetra Surik at the battle of Malachor.
Yet while the Exile survived her crisis by cutting herself off from the force, the Jedi
were so dependent on it they could not do the same and died from the attack.
Leaving Meetra unconscious on the ground, Kreia, now Darth Traya once more, left to
meet with Atris on Telos, causing the Exile to follow when she recovered.
Though Traya was no longer there, Surik confronted Atris who by this point had fully embraced
the dark side, but convinced her to return to the light.
Atris then revealed Traya was waiting on Malachor, yet before the Exile could depart, her former
master arranged for a final confrontation with Darth Nihilus in the Battle of Telos
IV.
Boarding his ship the Ravager, Meetra Surik and her companions defeated the Dark Lord,
thanks to a distraction caused by his apprentice Visas Marr, who exploited her force bond and
mental connection to her master.
After his death, Visas Marr took his mask and looked upon his face before the body disappeared
in a burst of dark side energy.
Travelling to Malachor, Meetra learned Traya was once again Dark Lord of the Sith, with
Darth Sion under her command.
Though Meetra defeated Sion several times, his abilities meant he kept coming back from
the dead, determined to prove himself worthy of Traya’s approval, until the Exile finally
convinced him he could not win, and to at last let go of his torturous existence, becoming
one with the force.
Arriving at the heart of the Trayus Academy, Meetra Surik at last found Darth Traya, who
was at last ready to enact the final part of her plan.
Having studied the Exile during her training, Traya came to the realization that after using
Meetra Surik to wipe out the remaining Jedi and Sith, she could killed her to Malachor,
where her force wound originated, thus unleashing the force echoes within her, so they might
clash with the echoes already present on the planet, thereby creating a reverberating effect
that could be felt across the galaxy, deafening all living beings from the will of the force,
thereby achieving her greatest dream.
Yet much to Traya’s surprise, she actually grew to admire and respect the Exile, considering
her the greatest student she ever taught, as she was the living embodiment of all her
ideals.
Therefore, now that the time had finally come to complete her mission, Traya felt prepared
to face both victory and defeat.
In the end Meetra Surik won the duel and proved more powerful, thereby ending Traya’s plan
to deafen the galaxy to the Force.
Yet even in defeat Traya was satisfied, as it meant she was ultimately proven correct
in all her beliefs, since the most powerful person to emerge from both the Jedi and Sith
orders, was someone who could channel the force but was free from its influence.
In the end she truly loved Meetra Surik and was willing to sacrifice the future of the
entire galaxy to see her succeed.
Before she died, Traya revealed to the Exile that her followers would rebuild the jedi
order, but she must leave it all behind and follow the path of Revan to face the True
Sith waiting in the Outer Regions.
Informing the exile that she knew about Revan and his fight against the True Sith, it meant
that perhaps there was yet another layer to all Traya had accomplished, as her motivations
for enacting this grand plan may not only have been to liberate the galaxy from the
will of the force, but also to cut off the True Sith from their source of power, thereby
preventing their inevitable invasion.
Thus ended the Dark Wars and reign of the Sith Triumvirate.
Yet their legacy lived on in many ways throughout the years that followed, with Darth Traya’s
teachings continuing to have a great influence on Meetra Surik, who went on to find Revan
and ultimately helped him defeat the True Sith Emperor.
As for Darth Nihilius, his story became legendary throughout the galaxy, with his mask and holocron
considered precious relics of great value, with his holocron eventually ending up in
the possession of Darth Krayt by 137 ABY.
Though Darth Sion did not attain the same level of fame and status as Traya and Nihilius,
he was nonetheless a remarkably powerful Sith Lord worshipped as a god by a Kel Dor dark
side cult on the planet Dorin.