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{{Quote|The Jedi fear what they do not understand. The Sith are not evil. People are evil. The Sith merely seek to understand the Force in all its forms—is perspective truly a crime?|[[Darth]] Vexatus}}
'''Xanos''' is the son of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_knight Jedi Knight] [[Maziel]] and Viscount [[Haxim]] of [[House Zorrixor]] of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Falleen_(planet) Falleen]. He was one of the first to be trained at [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Luke_Skywalker Luke Skywalker’s] [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Praxeum Jedi Praxeum] and is a former Jedi Knight himself.


During the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Empire_Reborn Empire Reborn] movement Xanos grew disillusioned with the Jedi and unknowingly fell under the thrall of the [[Sith]], eventually leaving the Jedi order to join them. He later took up the mantle of [[Sith Lord]] and became '''Darth Vexatus''' during the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yuuzhan_Vong_War Yuuzhan Vong War].
{{Quote|Thanks to their misguided quest for the Heart of the Force, Lehon will deal with two of our problems in one go.|[[Jedgar Octavius Paladin|Jedgar Paladin]] commenting on his deception in helping [[Trevarus Caerick]] and Darth Vexatus find the lost world, knowing their "prize" would destroy them both}}


==Biography==
'''Darth Vexatus the Betrayer''', also known as the '''The Heretic''', was a [[starwars:Falleen|Falleen]] [[starwars:Male|male]] born on [[starwars:Falleen (planet)|Falleen]] who took the mantle of [[Sith Lord|Lord of the Sith]] during the [[Eighth Great Jedi War|War]] against the [[Alien invaders]] who tried to bring the Brotherhood to its knees with its fanaticism. Before taking the name Vexatus, '''Xanos Zorrixor''' (sometimes called '''The Prophet''') was a [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knight]] in the [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]]. Soon after developing his [[starwars:Force|Force]] [[starwars:Force-sensitivity|talents]], he became plagued by [[starwars:Force vision|nightmares]] of a coming darkness. Unable to convince the [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Masters]], he turned his back on the Order, turning to the [[starwars:Dark side of the Force|dark side]] and apprenticing himself to a [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] named [[Vykan]] who brought him into the [[Dark Brotherhood]].
===Early life ([[24 BBY to 1 BBY|15 BBY]][[1 ABY to 10 ABY|4 ABY]])===
{{Quote|I fear his abilities may be the death of him.|Maziel of House Zorrixor, shortly after the birth of her son}}


Born on the planet Falleen in the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mid_Rim Mid Rim] in 15 BBY, Xanos showed much potential and Force aptitude from a young age. Fearing for their son's future should the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Empire Empire] learn of his heritage, Haxim and Maziel vowed to keep Xanos’s traits hidden, even from himself.
In the Brotherhood, Xanos fell under the sway of [[Trevarus Caerick]], a [[starwars:Sith sorcerer|sorcerer]] whose [[Marked of the Wanderer|heretical teachings]] led him to turn his back on Vykan and the strictures of the Brotherhood. As time passed, his visions grew worse and the sorcerer came to see them for what they were: an omen of the [[Alien invaders|Far Outsiders. Despite widespread dismissal by the [[Dark Council]] that [[Antei]] was secure, Caerick used his influence with the [[Star Chamber]] to convince [[Jac Cotelin]], then [[Dark Lord of the Sith]], to take Xanos as his [[Shadow Hand]] and grant Xanos access to the [[Dark Hall|Archives]] that might unlock the meaning of his apocalyptic visions. But it was too late: the [[Alien invaders|Alien]] invasion had already begun. As [[Seventh Great Jedi War|Civil War]] gripped the Brotherhood, Xanos sealed himself into the Archives of the Star Chamber, experiencing total paralysis from his visions. There he studied the [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]] [[Eve Sariis|Maestus]], concluding the Brotherhood was doomed and that if he was to avert the dark crusade of his nightmares he must go it alone. Despite Xanos's realisation, when the war ended he was hailed as a prophet for having predicted it. But knowing he had not seen the Civil War, he denounced the Star Chamber as blind and disappeared into exile.


While Maziel spent most of her time on Falleen, Haxim, as one of the few surviving nobles of House Zorrixor, was frequently called away. Unlike the traditionally insular and isolated upbringing of most Falleen nobles, Xanos came to regard [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Corellia Corellia], [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Coruscant Coruscant] and many of the other [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Core_worlds Core Worlds] as second homes. Though he still developed a traditionally Falleen sense of superiority, he also developed an equal appreciation for other cultures and ideals.
During his exile, Xanos Zorrixor was reborn as Darth Vexatus after being captured by the [[Alien invaders|Force-devoid Aliens]] and came to embrace the [[starwars:Rule of One|Rule of One]] as the culmination of the teachings he had learned from Maestus—that the dark side should be contained in ''one'' vessel. Searching for an answer to his visions, he came across a text mentioning an artifact named the [[Heart of the Force]]. Vexatus returned to the Brotherhood a year later, returning to his former Master, with whom he then spent the next two years manipulating events to discover the location of the lost planet [[starwars:Lehon|Lehon]], where the mythic [[starwars:Force nexus|nexus]] of [[starwars:Dark side|dark side energy]] was purported to be located. At last, having unlocked the [[starwars:Star Map|Star Map]] in the [[Temple of the Void|Temple of Orian]] on [[Sepros]] with [[Jedgar Octavius Paladin|Jedgar Paladin]]'s help, Vexatus revealed his betrayal and made off with the [[ISDII Harbinger|''Harbinger'']] to Lehon at the beginning of [[26 ABY to Present|29 ABY]]. In a final climactic battle between Master and apprentice, he slew Caerick, only for the sorcerer to be reborn as [[Shan Long]], who abandoned Vexatus to the hands of the [[Disciples of Sadow]], against whom he was finally bested by [[Muz Ashen]], [[Macron|Macron Goura]], and [[Ylith|Ylith Atema]]. In his final breaths he brought the volcanic cavern down around them, forcing [[CNS|the Clan]] to fall back at the behest of Lord Paladin, and leave the Sith Lord to his fate.


===Jedi training ([[1 ABY to 10 ABY|4 ABY]][[11 ABY to 19 ABY|11 ABY]])===
It was unclear exactly what happened following the fateful final duel on Lehon. The Clan sensed Vexatus's passing through the Force and believed him destroyed. In truth, in his final moments, Maestus held him back from the netherworld, while his physical being itself was consumed by the fires of [[Urati Kazinal|Mount Kazinal]]. However, having drank of the minds imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Vexatus absorbed more than any mortal should, becoming one not with the Force, but with [[Kazinal|the many tormented souls]] he had consumed. Trapped between life and death, his will reached out to [[Marked of the Wanderer|those]] with whom he was [[starwars:Force bond|bound]] closest, latching onto them for salvation—but, in the same process, opening them up to the same mindless [[Kazinal|threat]] facing him.
[[Image:jediordericon2.gif|100px|left|Jedi order]]Xanos was nineteen when the Empire began its downward spiral. With the death of the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Palpatine Emperor] and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker Darth Vader], Maziel and Haxim decided it was safe to inform their son of his mother’s past. Maziel then began teaching Xanos the basics of the Jedi path, though found it difficult to get him to overcome nineteen years of Falleen arrogance and superiority in exchange for Jedi humility.
{{Quote|He takes after you too much. Jedi and nobility shouldn’t mix.|Maziel to Haxim}}


Four years after Maziel began training him, Xanos was already showing signs of promise. However, despite his strength in the Force, he lacked the attitude of a Jedi. Maziel often remarked in jest how her son took after his father too much and his high cultured aristocratic upbringing. Beneath the teasing, however, Maziel and Haxim both held reservations about what their son might become if he did not shake his pride and overconfidence.
By the [[Ninth Great Jedi War|liberation]] of [[Antei]] of late [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|30 ABY]], [[Cyrus Raze]] had been all but lost to the madness, and [[Kharon Daragon]] was not far from reaching the same state. Daragon sent Raze to [[Kalekka Tower]] to seek out answers, believing the source to be [[Shan Long]] not Vexatus—who was thought to be dead. But it was upon encountering the Dragon that Raze finally succumbed to the faceless rage. In the battle against the crusaders of [[Omancor Crask]], Raze was slain when the Disciples of Sadow [[starwars:Force Meld|linked their minds]], overpowering [[Kazinal|the entity]] they mistakenly believed to be Vexatus.


In [[1 ABY to 10 ABY|8 ABY]] both Maziel and Haxim were killed in a pirate attack. Xanos survived, though not without scars, both physical and emotional, his right eye was permanently blinded and he suffered numerous cuts and burns. Xanos’s Jedi training was forced to be put on hold while he recovered from the attack and figured out what to do next with his life, now the sole heir and surviving viscount of House Zorrixor. He spent the next few years wandering the galaxy as thoughts of revenge slowly gnawed away at the back of his mind.
It remains unknown where Vexatus lurks now, if indeed he still has any physical presence at all for his body was recovered by his sister, [[Xora Zorrixor]], from the jungles of Lehon and taken to places unknown. What is clear, however, is that Jedgar Paladin had the last laugh on Lehon, having lured both Trevarus Caerick and Xanos Zorrixor to their mutual demise. Locked together in damnation with the vengeful ghosts once imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Xanos Zorrixor now struggles to find a way to claw his way back from the void—then, perhaps, the monster he helped unleash can be silenced for good.


===Errant apprentice ([[11 ABY to 19 ABY|11 ABY]]–[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|14 ABY]])===
== Character history ==
When Luke Skywalker opened his Jedi Praxeum, Xanos was quick to enrol, anxious to complete his training and find purpose in his life. Despite his popularity, many of the other students found Xanos somewhat distant and self-absorbed, even worrying in his indifference toward issues such as use of the dark side. Many accepted this as simply the Falleen way of life, but several of the senior Jedi Knights were uncomfortable about how Xanos still harboured a grudge against the pirates who had murdered his parents. In time, they feared, this would inevitably lead him down the dark side. Despite their reservations, and with Master Skywalker’s unreserved belief in the redemption of any who had drifted astray, Xanos’s training continued, though under a close eye.
As I haven't updated this in more than two years, I figure it's about time I got off my ass and finished the story about what happened after Xanos died on Lehon. With that in mind, rewrite forthcoming in the next few weeks hopefully; I'll probably be splitting a lot of the story off into a separate page, to make it clear that Kazinal will be the final villain(s) in a run-on, probably sometime 2011/12, since there seems to be confusion about how although ''in-character'' people have mistaken Xanos/Vexatus for Kazinal, out-of-character that is ''not'' the case. That twist won't be getting disclosed in-character until said future run-on.


[[Image:xanosjedi.gif|250px|left|Xanos as a Jedi Knight]]When the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chistori Chistori] [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dessan Dessan] abandoned the Jedi Praxeum and turned to the dark side, old uncertainties returned to plague Xanos’s thoughts. He had never accepted why the Jedi feared the dark side or their reluctance to use their powers fully, a question Xanos frequently took up with his instructors.
Clearly, the sections below are also massively out of date, as Vexatus hasn't been Caerick's apprentice since April 2008.


The attack on the Jedi Praxeum in [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|13 ABY]] by the Empire Reborn, led by Dessan and his [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Reborn Reborn] warriors, opened Xanos’s eyes. He reasoned that it was not the dark side that had turned Dessan evil, but the very circumstances of the Chistori’s life experiences and upbringing, for Dessan had been a bully at the Praxeum long before he had fallen to the dark side and started calling himself a Dark Jedi.
During his exile, Xanos Zorrixor was reborn as Darth Vexatus after being captured by the [[Alien invaders|Aliens]] and came to embrace the [[starwars:Rule of One|Rule of One]] as the culmination of the teachings he had learned from Maestus—that the dark side should be contained in ''one'' vessel. Searching for an answer to his visions, he came across a text mentioning an [[starwars:Sith artifact|artifact]] named the [[Heart of the Force]]. Vexatus returned to the Brotherhood a year later, returning to his former Master, with whom he then spent the next two years manipulating events to discover the location of the lost planet [[starwars:Lehon|Lehon]], where the mythic [[starwars:Force nexus|nexus]] of [[starwars:Dark side|dark side energy]] was purported to be located. At last, having unlocked the [[starwars:Star Map|Star Map]] in the [[Temple of the Void|Temple of Orian]] on [[Sepros]], Vexatus revealed his betrayal and made off with the [[ISDII Harbinger|''Harbinger'']] to Lehon at the beginning of [[26 ABY to Present|29 ABY]]. In a final climactic battle between Master and apprentice, he slew Caerick, only for the sorcerer to be reborn as [[Shan Long]], who abandoned Vexatus to the hands of the [[Disciples of Sadow]], against whom he was finally bested by [[Muz Ashen]], [[Macron|Macron Goura]], and [[Ylith|Ylith Atema]]. In his final breaths he brought the volcanic cavern down around them, forcing [[CNS|the Clan]] to fall back at the behest of [[Jedgar Octavius Paladin|Jedgar Paladin]] and leave him for dead.
{{Quote|How are the Jedi not hypocrites? They fear what they are just too afraid to embrace themselves. Is a lightsaber any less a weapon than the Force itself?|Viscount Xanos of House Zorrixor, Jedi apprentice}}


The revelation further complicated the Falleen’s training. After taking the issue up with the Masters, only to be dismissed, Xanos grew isolated. His anger took root at being dismissed as mistaken and over the following year he made every effort to prove the truth of his words. He progressed faster than many of the other students and was already more powerful than some full Jedi Knights however, despite his abilities, the Masters still chose not to knight him, believing he did not yet have the temperament to be a Jedi.
It was unclear exactly what happened following the fateful final duel on Lehon. The Clan sensed Vexatus's passing through the Force and believed him destroyed. However, in his final moments, Maestus [[starwars:Mind Walking|guided him]] to the [[starwars:Beyond shadows|realm beyond]] the veil of mortality, leaving behind his physical being to be consumed by the fires of [[Urati Kazinal|Mount Kazinal]]. Having drank of the minds imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Vexatus absorbed more than any mortal should, becoming one not with the Force but with the many tortured souls he consumed. The will behind his power had degenerated to a primal thing, an unquenchable thirst, a base hunger for the [[starwars:Force energy|raw energy]] of the Force itself. With his mortal form beyond salvation, his will reached out to those he had been closest to, all those who bore the [[Marked of the Wanderer|same Mark]] he shared. Unrecognisable, his hunger [[starwars:Force Psychosis|pressed upon]] their minds, threatening to reduce them to empty shells, mindless extensions of his will.


The resurgence of the Empire Reborn in the form of the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Disciples_of_Ragnos Disciples of Ragnos] saw those Jedi fit for battle dispatched to [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Korriban Korriban] to deal with the threat. There, in the ruins of the ancient [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_Empire Sith Empire], Xanos lost faith in the Jedi order. Having been repeatedly told the dark side was wrong, only to now bear witness to the slaughter of countless Sith cultists for no reason other than for being Sith, he decided upon the inherit hypocrisy of the Jedi doctrine.
By the [[Ninth Great Jedi War|liberation]] of [[Antei]] of late [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|30 ABY]], [[Cyrus Raze]] had been all but lost to Vexatus's hunger and [[Kharon Daragon]] was not far from reaching the same state. Daragon sent Raze to [[Kalekka Tower]] to seek out answers, believing the cause to be [[Shan Long]] not Vexatus—who still was thought to be dead. But it was upon encountering the Dragon that Raze finally succumbed to the hunger, unable to hold back Vexatus's urge to consume the [[Ekind|Ombian]] souls trapped inside the shards of the [[Amulet of Orian|Star of Ombus]]. In the battle against the crusaders of [[Omancor Crask]], Raze was slain when the Disciples of Sadow [[starwars:Force Meld|linked their minds]], overpowering Vexatus's hunger and causing Raze to be consumed by the very [[starwars:Force Storm (wormhole)|Force storm]] he had unleashed upon himself.
{{Quote|It is not the dark side the Jedi fear. It is power. They fear the truth: the dark side ''is'' more powerful. They are just too proud to admit that they have been wrong all these years.|Xanos}}


When the battle was over, Xanos did not return to the Jedi Praxeum with the others, he remained behind to search for answers. [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tavion_Axmis Tavion], Dessan and Palpatine may all have been mislead, but he was certain the Sith belief itself was not inherently evil.
It remains unknown where Darth Vexatus lurks now, if indeed he still has any physical presence at all for his body was recovered by his sister, [[Xora Zorrixor]], from the jungles of Lehon and taken to places unknown. But one thing is certain after the revelation of the hunger that devoured Cyrus Raze's mind: Vexatus was not destroyed at Lehon, but instead became something much, much worse; a [[starwars:Mind Drinker|Mind Drinker]] that feeds on the lives of others. He exists only as energy, a perversion of the Force itself as he seeks to become one with it through the only path left open to him; a base hunger for that seeks to consume all, that will feed on life itself to quench his thirst to return to the Force and become one with it once again. He is no longer a man; he is the darkness that once haunted his own nightmares. Perhaps the only way now to defeat '''The Dreamer''' is to awake him from his eternal slumber so that he may finally be put to sleep forever.
{{:Darth Vexatus/PartOne}}{{:Darth Vexatus/PartTwo}}{{:Darth Vexatus/PartThree}}


===Embracing the dark side ([[11 ABY to 19 ABY|14 ABY]][[11 ABY to 19 ABY|15 ABY]])===
== DJB Facts  ==
{{Quote|Why are the Sith evil? Do they not want order and justice the same as the rest of us? Anakin Skywalker was once a Jedi too, does that make all the Jedi evil as well?|[[Vykan]], Dark Jedi}}
* 2nd [[Sith Lord]] outside the [[Grand Master]]s
* 3rd [[EL3|Dark Prophet]] since the [[Exodus]]
* 23rd [[Deputy Grand Master]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]
* 9th [[Sith High Warrior]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]
* 13th and 16th [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
* 9th and 15th [[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
* 3rd [[Quaestor]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
* 3rd [[Aedile]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
* [[Commander]] of [[Diamond Squadron]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]


Xanos found his answer in an [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Umbaran Umbaran] named [[Vykan]]. The prodigal Jedi met Vykan several weeks later whilst scouring the abandoned tombs. Vykan claimed to be on Korriban assessing the damage caused by the Jedi attack and agreed to take Xanos back to Yavin 4. When he left, Vykan gave Xanos a datacard and told him that if he truly wanted answers he should follow its instructions.
==  Trivia  ==
* The name Xanos was a corruption of the name Xanatos.
* The name Zorrixor was derived from the name Xizor.
* The name Vexatus is derived from the word vexation meaning to annoy or a state of irritation.
* Xanos spent a collective total of 791 days as Consul.
* Xanos joined the Dark Brotherhood on 12 August 1999.
* Xanos originally used the name "Goatham", his surname from real life, but eventually changed it in favor of something more fictionally appropriate.


Upon his return, the Masters reprimanded Xanos for his actions and accused him of endangering the order. However, despite his errors, recent events had cost too many Jedi lives, and Xanos had at least returned to answer for his actions. Though they recognised how close he already was to the brink of the dark side, they agreed to knight him, hoping it would bind his loyalty more tightly to the Jedi order. The Masters plan paid off, Xanos’s knighthood stopped his imminent departure. However, Vykan’s words had a lasting effect on him and, though the Jedi order now seemed willing to recognise his talents, there were still questions he wanted answered. Central of all, what had become of the Sith?


Xanos’s worries were put on hold when he was sent to mediate a conflict near [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Eriadu Eriadu]. It was to be a simple arbitration between the planetary authorities and a local smuggling ring. However, when he got there, things turned sour. The meeting had been a setup and the smugglers intended to assassinate several of the representatives attending the meeting, some of whom were in the employ of rival gangs. Xanos successfully pacified the situation, but not before every member of the smugglers’ delegation lay dead.
{{Positions}}
{{Quote|How ''dare'' they lecture me about killing? They who devote their life to the extermination of the Sith or any other Force-based sect that disagrees with their teachings? If they think they can cage ''me'' they are fools.|Xanos, Jedi Knight}}
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|title=[[Apprentice]] of [[Vykan]]
While the Eriaduans were pleased, the smuggling ring swiftly being consumed by internal power struggles, the Jedi were far from happy. Accusing the wayward Jedi Knight of allowing his hatred for pirates and other criminals to get the better of him, they condemned his actions and questioned whether Xanos had already fallen and if they had just been too blind to realise it. Though Master Skywalker conceded that it would be wrong to simply expel Xanos like some of the others suggested, he consigned Xanos to the Praxeum, accepting that it would be against the order’s interests to send him on further missions until he let go of his anger.
|years=''12 ABY - 17 ABY''
{{Quote|Fear leads to the dark side. Isn’t that what they always say? Why is it okay for ''them'' to be afraid of the dark side then?|Xanos}}
|before= Unknown
 
|after= Unknown
Though he would never outwardly betray his emotions, Xanos was furious. As far as he was concerned, he had done what was necessary, had he not the smugglers would have maintained their monopoly on the Eriadu system and gradually tightened their grip, and innocents would have suffered. The Jedi were wrong, he was sure of it. A few days later, using the details left on the datacard Vykan had given him several months earlier, he decided it was time to go in search of answers, alone.
}}
 
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===Induction into the Shadow Academy ([[11 ABY to 19 ABY|15 ABY]])===
|title=[[Commander]] of [[Diamond Squadron]]
{{Quote|Those who think the Sith died at Endor are fools. Was Lumiya just an illusion then? Flint? Carnor Jax? The people who want to believe the Sith are gone forever are just too scared to accept the truth: we never left.|Vykan, [[Sith Warrior|Sith warrior]]}}
|years=''16 ABY''
 
|before= Unknown
[[Image:dbicon.gif|100px|right|Dark Brotherhood]]The details provided by Vykan were suitably cryptic. It took Xanos the better part of two months to follow the various leads and clues to finally track down the answers the Umbaran had promised. Ultimately, they brought Xanos to the hidden training center on [[Eos]] called the [[Shadow Academy]].
|after= Unknown
 
}}
There, in the secret corridors of one of the last remaining bastions of the dark side, Xanos discovered the truths that had so long eluded him. The Sith had survived. Like [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lumiya Lumiya] before him, [[Kane Vader|Kane]], one of Palpatine’s surviving Hands, had declared himself [[Dark Lord of the Sith]] and founded a new Sith order, this time one not governed by the Rule of Two.
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|title=[[Acolyte]]/[[Apprentice]] of [[Trevarus Caerick]]
Welcomed into the Shadow Academy, Xanos quickly demonstrated the power he already wielded. Within a few weeks the already experienced acolyte caught the eye of envoys of [[Clan]] [[Clan Naga Sadow|Naga Sadow]]. Not long after, Xanos found himself packing his bags and preparing for a new life as one of the many apprentices to [[Sith Warrior|Sith warrior]] [[Manesh]], one of the Clan’s leaders.
|years=''16 ABY''
 
|before= Unknown
===The Remnant and the dark side ([[11 ABY to 19 ABY|15 ABY]]–[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|19 ABY]])===
|after= ''Himself as Apprentice''
{{Quote|Perhaps it was fated the remnants of two empires should work together? But do not be fooled, my apprentice, ''we'' are the true power behind the throne, regardless what we might tell them.|[[Trevarus Caerick]], [[Krath Priest|Krath priest]]}}
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[[Image:sadowpalacesmall.gif|300px|right|Sadow Palace on Sif]]Already a gifted Jedi Knight when he had enrolled at the Shadow Academy, Xanos climbed the ranks of the brotherhood quicker than most. He was fortunate, perhaps, that [[Astronicus Aurelius Sadow|Astronicus Dlarit]], officially the governor of [[Sif]], and a considerably gifted [[Sith Warlord|Sith warlord]], had only formed Clan Naga Sadow a year earlier as a home for wayward souls. By all public accounts, the clan was nothing more than a branch of the [[Dlarit Corporation]], specialising in the training of their elite guard.
|title= [[Aedile]] of House Ludo Kresh
 
|years= ''16 ABY''
Less than a year after he joined, Manesh took Xanos as his [[Aedile|protégé]] and shortly after he was inducted formally into the Sith order as its newest [[Sith Warrior|warrior]]. After years of being held back, Xanos’s abilities finally seemed to be getting put to good use. He even caught the eye of the clan’s current [[Consul|consul]], its representative on the brotherhood’s ruling body, the [[Dark Council]], [[Trevarus Caerick]]. Trevarus, a gifted [[Krath]] [[Krath Priest|priest]], decided to take Xanos as his apprentice.
|before= ''Kale''
 
|after= ''Scithe''
The subsequent years saw the brotherhood’s relationship with the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Remnant Imperial Remnant] brought under strain. Torn apart by internal power struggles, what remained of the Empire was slowly unravelling, even as the Sith rebuilt in its shadow. The relationship hit breaking point when [[Archibald Zoraan]], then Dark Lord of the Sith, tried to declare war on the brotherhood’s allies. The coup failed, dismissed as madness by the clans, but the damage was already done.
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During this time, Astronicus Dlarit, [[Viceroy (Dlarit Corporation)|viceroy]] of the Dlarit Corporation and [[Clan Overlord (Clan Naga Sadow)|overlord]] of Clan Naga Sadow, received a vision from the spirit of the ancient Dark Lord, declaring the overlord his true heir and naming him Astronicus Sadow. The revelation emboldened the clan, revealed to no longer simply disciples of the ancient Sith Lord, but led by an actual living descendent, the clan began to thrive. By now, Xanos had served both the clan and the Dlarit Corporation as a powerful ally, finally being chosen in [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|18 ABY]] to serve as consul himself.
|title=[[Quaestor]] of House Ludo Kresh
 
|years=''16 ABY - 18 ABY''
After becoming the clan’s public face, or, more officially, the Dlarit Corporation’s public face, Xanos began to take notice of the rot that was developing at the heart of the Empire’s remains. Even now, the humanocentrism of the Remnant was still apparent, with many dismissing the Falleen as quickly as they might a Wookiee. Like the Jedi and the Republic before it, Xanos’s faith in the Empire began to falter.
|before=[[Manesh Sadow]]
{{Quote|An alien? When did we start promoting your kind? I guess even the Empire has to make sacrifices.|Unknown Imperial officer, addressing Xanos}}
|after= ''Scithe''
 
After realising that he was not alone in his views, Xanos joined forces with Trevarus Caerick to begin the search for a new base. As luck would have it, Trevarus already had a place in mind: the [[Orian system]], a system he had discovered some years earlier. As they worked to position the clan in order to break away from the Empire, others made similar preparations throughout the brotherhood, at the behest of the Dark Lord himself, [[Grand Master]] [[Firefox]]. Combining their resources, the former viscount and Astronicus Sadow, the Dlarit Corporation viceroy, began to secretly establish a new capital on the planet [[Sepros]], the ancient home of [[Urias Orian]], a [[Sith Lord]] of the old Sith Empire.
 
===The Great Exodus ([[11 ABY to 19 ABY|19 ABY]])===
{{Quote|The Empire has betrayed us, joined hands with the Republic and their Jedi. The time for this alliance has ended.|[[Firefox|Lord Firefox]], [[Dark Lord of the Sith]]}}
 
Not a year after Xanos’s ascension as consul, [[Lord]] [[Firefox]], the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, together with [[Star Chamber]], the secret council of Dark Lords who had come before, declared the brotherhood’s independence and broke away from the failing remnants of Palpatine’s Empire.
 
Clan Naga Sadow’s flight from the [[Phare system]] proceeded exactly as planned. Months of planning came to fruition when Dlarit Corporation transports, loaded full with supplies, personnel and the clan’s sacred relics, took to the skies, making a hasty withdrawal before the Imperial forces could mount a defense. The Sith had secured their freedom, however, at the back of his mind, Xanos could not help but feel something was missing. He had led his clan to a great victory, sparing them from whatever fate would befall them as the Empire was assimilated into the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/New_Republic New Republic], a fate he was all too familiar with from his experiences on Korriban years before. Yet, despite all this, he felt they had failed, the Sith had somehow failed, and that it should never have needed come to this.
{{Quote|Are we not to blame somehow? We had the whole Galaxy in our grasp, and yet, still, we let it slip through our fingers. Can we really blame everyone but ourselves for our failure? We must not have been strong enough.|Xanos, Sith warlord}}
 
Xanos’s doubts only served to strengthen his resolve that the Sith must become stronger. The Jedi had failed to maintain order, now the Sith themselves were equal in blame. Over the next year, as the new [[Governor General (Dlarit Corporation)|governor-general]] of Orian, Xanos oversaw the construction of the new city of [[Seng Karash]] on [[Aeotheran]]. In time the city would serve as the capital of the Dlarit Corporation, and the source of new troops to swell the ranks of the budding [[Dlarit Security Force]]. However, it was all still irrelevant to Xanos, the Empire had had more military might than any government in history and still it had failed. Armies and warships were not important, the dark side had been spread too thin, and it was time to replenish it.
 
===Heirs to an empire ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]])===
{{Quote|You of the future hear me well. You have chosen... now you ''are'' the chosen.|Naga Sadow, Dark Lord of the Sith}}
 
[[Image:cnsiconsmall.gif|100px|right|Clan Naga Sadow]]As the clan continued to rebuild after the relocation from Phare, the Dlarit Corporation began tightening its grip on the Orian system. The ruins of Sepros were excavated, revealing a network of ancient tunnels connecting the temples. The clan leadership established a new Sadow Palace, home to the overlord, his consul and the clan’s ruling household. At the same time, the city of Seng Karash expanded, new mines being opened every day, while in its shadow, on the dark world of [[Tarthos]], a new army of warriors began their instruction.
 
In the midst of all this, the clan overlord, Astronicus Sadow, received another vision. The spirit of Naga Sadow beckoned his heir to bring his strongest disciples to the Sith tomb world of Korriban. There, in the ruins of the ancient Sith Empire, the ancient Dark Lord bequeathed his legacy to three others, [[Raistlin Majerus Sadow|Raistlin Majerus]], [[Trevarus Caerick]], and Xanos himself. Casting aside his last ties to a former life, Xanos became an heir to the Sadow name, a [[Son of Sadow]], instilled with the power of the ancient Sith Lord.
 
===The conquest of the Anteian Nebula ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]]–[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|21 ABY]])===
{{Quote|Victory is ours, the war is over. The Shroud belongs to the dark side once more.|Admiral Xanos, [[Dark Side Adept|Sith adept]], fleet commander of the [[Anteian Navy]]}}
 
The Falleen’s strong devotion to the Sith way had not gone unnoticed. In [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]], Lord Firefox called on the warlord to serve as [[Sith High Warrior|high warrior]] and warmaster of the Sith order. The elevation saw Xanos join the ranks of the [[Dark Council]] on the brotherhood’s homeworld of [[Antei]] in the [[Antei system]]. As commander of the [[Anteian Navy]], the next year saw Xanos directing the ongoing campaign to bring Antei Prime’s neighbours under the brotherhood’s unified control.
 
The action culminated in the invasion of the [[Antares system]] and the attack on the Antaran shipyards. The Antaran pirates mounted an impressive resistance but it was no match for the combined might of the clans. After almost two years of fighting, the entirety of the [[Antei Nebula|Anteian Nebula]] finally belonged to the brotherhood. For his part in securing the fleet’s victory, Xanos was elevated to the status of full [[Dark Side Adept|Sith adept]].
 
===The war of the Sith kings ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|21 ABY]]–[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]])===
{{Quote|We will have revenge on the Lords of the Sith. We will have revenge on the ones who exiled us.|[[Jac Cotelin]], while under the control of [[Okemi]], [[Sith Lord|Sith King]] of Antei}}
 
The brotherhood’s brief spout of order and stability was to be short lived. Unbeknownst to the council at the time, the war throughout the Shroud had awoken [[Okemi]], an ancient Sith Lord who had been exiled from the Sith Empire millennia before. Indeed, it was Okemi who had first formed the Star Chamber and founded the Sith civilisation on Antei. Under the cover of the recent war, Okemi had secretly corrupted several members of the brotherhood leadership, including [[Jac Cotelin]], who was, at the time, filling in for the [[Grand Master]] while he was away on business with the Imperial Remnant.
 
The next six months saw Okemi’s influence spread throughout the brotherhood. Like a parasite, Okemi exerted his Force-presence over anybody his mind came into contact with, dominating them like puppets to further spread his influence. Jac Cotelin and the [[Dark Jedi Master]], [[Kem-Shu Maeda]], served as his primary hosts, corrupting whole swathes of the brotherhood.
 
Eventually, Xanos managed to get off Antei, having been stuck there since Jac Cotelin ordered the system’s closure, and managed to get word to Lord Firefox. Upon his return to brotherhood space, the Dark Lord assembled a force from the remaining loyalists, those who had not yet lost their minds to Okemi’s control, and launched an assault on Antei. Firefox squared off with Jac Cotelin, chasing him off before finally making his way to Okemi’s hidden chamber and putting an end to the ancient Sith Lord once and for all.
 
As the Grand Master battled inside the ruins of the ancient Star Chamber, Xanos took up arms against Kem-Shu Maeda. However, despite all his power, the high warrior was bested and left for dead, leaving Maeda free to escape. The war was over, Okemi, the great King of Antei had fallen, but to Xanos it had all been for nothing.
 
===Near death and exile ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]])===
{{Quote|How could I not be strong enough? Has the dark side abandoned me?|Xanos, Sith adept}}
 
The fight with Maeda had left Xanos near death. The injuries he had sustained had kept Xanos confined to a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bacta bacta tank] for several days and forced him to renounce his position to allow more time to heal. However, while bacta could heal the physical scars, nothing could erase the memories of failure.
 
The adept chose not to return to Orian, instead venturing to Korriban in hope that the spirits there would shed some light on his dilemma. However, the halls of the ancient tombs stayed silent and Xanos beheld no visions of Sith Lords or their kin. He feared the dark side had abandoned him, deserting him for his failure to defeat Maeda.
 
The following months saw Xanos touring the worlds of the old Sith Empire. [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vjun Vjun], [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dromund_Kaas Dromund Kaas], [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Khar_Shian Khar Shian]; none yielded any answers. However, upon arriving at the planet [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ziost Ziost], Xanos sensed something different. Unlike the other worlds, Ziost felt alive. The Sith may have long since died out, but still the planet pulsed with the dark side, the forest that spanned its surface alive with dark energies. The planet called to him, as if welcoming him home, one Sith to another.
{{Quote|The dark side is a fickle mistress, my student. Succeed and it shall reward you. Fail and do not expect any aid.|Trevarus Caerick, Krath Master}}
 
Despite all the trials he had faced, Xanos finally had made his way to Ziost, the Sith throneworld. There, in the ancient Sith citadel, seat of power of the Sith Empire for millennia, Xanos discovered the [[Lightsaber Combat Guide|holocron of Tulak Hord]]. At long last, the Sith adept had found what he was searching for.
 
The holocron, an ancient recording device used to store the maker’s thoughts and memories, contained a vast repository of knowledge detailing the lost lightsaber arts, techniques unused for centuries, and a wealth of other information. With the contents of the holocron of Tulak Hord his to master, Xanos was convinced he would never again suffer like he had at the hands of Kem-Shu Maeda.
{{Quote|I am Xanos, Sith adept. I will survive. At any cost.|Xanos, Sith adept, after obtaining the holocron of Tulak Hord}}
 
The discovery marked a turning point for the Sith adept. Having come but an inch front death, Xanos vowed he would never again allow an opponent to come so close. His mission was to bring order, to achieve what the Jedi and the Republic could not, to fight the injustice that persecuted the galaxy. For that he had to survive, at any cost.
 
Xanos’s fall to the dark side was complete. Mastery was within his grasp, however, he recognised he could not unlock the secrets of the holocron alone. He would need help from the vast archives on Antei and for that he required the blessing of the Dark Lord of the Sith.
 
===Favor of the Dark Lords ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]]–[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|23 ABY]])===
{{Quote|I have seen the worlds of the Sith Empire; set foot in the halls of the citadel on Ziost. Who among you have done the same? Who of you has the right to challenge me?|Xanos, Sith adept, upon his re-ascension to consul}}
 
Upon his return to the Orian system, members of the clan noticed a distinct change in Xanos. The Sith adept had returned more powerful than ever. Those who still tried to hold his failure to defeat Maeda against him quickly learned the foolishness of doing so. Within a matter of months Xanos had reclaimed the favor of the overlord, becoming his chief advocate again. His goal was simple: to use the resources at his disposal as consul to achieve mastery.
 
The following year, with the aide of his [[proconsul]], [[Muz Sadow|Muz Keibatsu]], the two of them worked on unlocking the secrets of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tulak_Hord Tulak Hord]’s holocron. With help from the documents stored in the clan’s extensive library, the academy on [[Lyspair]], [[Kalekka Tower]] and the [[Dark Hall]] itself, the pair slowly reconstructed the teachings of the lost [[Lightsaber Combat Guide|lightsaber arts]]. [[Mononoke "Macron" Keibatsu-Goura]] assisted with his knowledge of crystals and alchemy.
 
As each day passed, Xanos came closer and closer to achieving total mastery. His power grew with each new page that was written. Little by little, piece by piece, the knowledge of the ancient Dark Lord Tulak Hord became his.
 
After nearly a year of toil, Muz and Xanos had documented every passage of the holocron, providing a wealth of new information to be added to the brotherhood’s extensive [[Dark Side Compendium|compendium]]. For their efforts, they earned the attention of the Star Chamber itself, and after endless years of training and research, Xanos was named a [[Dark Jedi Master|Sith Master]].
 
===The approaching storm ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|23 ABY]]–[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]])===
{{Quote|I have witnessed the end. I have seen the Dark Hall in ruins and the skies of Antei in flames.|Xanos, Sith Master}}
 
[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|23 ABY]] was a tumultuous year for Xanos with the Sith Master plagued with visions of destruction of Antei. However, the council dismissed is visions outright, either as misinterpreted or as outright lies. Yet the visions did not go away and Xanos was left sleepless night after night.
 
Throughout the coming year, Xanos used the funds he had remaining from House Zorrixor to fund the completion of the development efforts in the Orian system. The preceding years had seen the establishment of the mining city of [[Seng Karash]] but Xanos realised if what he had seen in his visions were true they would need much more than this. The Sith Master commissioned the construction of a hidden baradium mine on Sepros, secret even from the council itself, to begin stockpiling arms and fund the fortification of Seng Karash.
{{Quote|I have shown you the path of visions.  Do you doubt the [[Final Way]], my apprentice?|Trevarus Caerick, Krath Master}}
 
Many of the brotherhood’s senior elders began doubting the Sith Master’s sanity. He had returned from Ziost changed, that much was certain, but now he was obsessing over things most could not even begin to comprehend. What had he seen? What was he afraid of? These were things few could answer. Oracle Trevarus encouraged his obsessions, which caused even further alienation of Xanos from other Elders.
 
Despite widespread public denunciation and whispered rumours of the Sith Master’s madness, the Star Chamber turned its eye on the Falleen. Something had roused the hidden council’s interest and they were not prepared to ignore Xanos’s visions of disaster. Toward the end of [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]] the he was summoned by Jac Cotelin, the reigning Grand Master, to serve as the Dark Lord’s [[Shadow Hand|apprentice]].
 
===The Brotherhood Civil War ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|25 ABY]])===
{{Quote|I am Jac Cotelin the Dark Lord of the Sith.|[[Jaac Cotelin]], clone of Jac Cotelin}}
 
After becoming [[Deputy Grand Master]], Xanos set about using the knowledge at the Star Chamber’s disposal to unlock the meaning behind his visions and find a way to prevent them from coming to pass. He had seen the Dark Hall destroyed and, though they would never admit it, the Star Chamber was worried.
 
The brotherhood soon received preliminary reports intercepted from the New Republic [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Holonet HoloNet] that [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Helska_4 Helska] had fallen to an unknown alien force. Usually the brotherhood would have dispatched agents to investigate such a report but it was too preoccupied with border conflicts breaking out between several of the clans.
 
By the middle of the year internal relations within the brotherhood broke down entirely. Many of the clans accused others of sabotage and unsanctioned infiltration. Within weeks the situation escalated with several clans openly declaring war on the others. Into the chaos stepped [[Jaac Cotelin]], a clone of the Grand Master, declaring himself to be the rightful Dark Lord of the Sith. Having been on the brink of conflict for several months, the brotherhood descended into civil war.
 
Jac Cotelin gathered his forces to Antei as the clone assembled an army and prepared to launch an all out assault. Unable to distinguish one from the other, the clans ended up taking sides. After several months of preparation, Jaac Cotelin launched his assault on Antei, his fleet descending on the ships amassed to defend the brotherhood’s homeworld. After breaking through to the surface, the impostor’s army descended on the Dark Hall, taking the battle right to the steps of the Star Chamber itself. Jac Cotelin eventually slew the usurper, restoring order to the brotherhood, but the damage was done regardless. Much of the Dark Hall stood in ruins.
 
Xanos’s visions appeared to have come to pass.
===The coming of oblivion ([[20 ABY to 25 ABY|25 ABY]]–[[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]])===
{{Quote|The Dark Hall sits in ruins and yet the nightmares do not go away.|Xanos, Deputy Grand Master}}
 
The brotherhood had survived the civil war but Xanos’s visions did not stop. Even the Star Chamber was no longer certain what to believe. The Dark Hall had been nearly destroyed and yet it still stood—they had changed history, or so they wanted to believe. The Sith Master began to think he was going crazy. He had walked the dark path for so many years; he feared insanity had taken him as it had his master. While few now doubted his visions, none knew what to make of the fact they continued.
 
In the months following the civil war the brotherhood began paying much closer attention to the events unravelling throughout the rest of the galaxy. Reports of the alien [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yuuzhan_Vong Yuuzhan Vong] had now been flooding in for months, but few had paid them much notice while Antei was under siege. Now, with time to reflect, the council recognised the potential threat, but conceded they were in no danger within the safety of the Anteian Nebula.
 
In [[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]] the Vong issued a ceasefire with the New Republic in exchange for the heads of the Jedi Knights. The council rejoiced at the announcement, the Yuuzhan Vong would withdraw to the Outer Rim and the Jedi would be dealt with. Xanos, however, found his nightmares getting worse the closer the Vong pushed to the galaxy’s heart.
{{Quote|The nightmares… they get worse. I fear it was not the clone I saw but these invaders. We must make preparations.|Xanos, Deputy Grand Master, speaking before the Star Chamber}}
 
Though they held private doubts, the Star Chamber could not dispute what Xanos said. His visions were getting worse, that much was certain, and he was descending ever closer to madness. The chamber conceded Xanos would not rest until his visions were investigated, but neither did they wish the heir apparent of the Sith throne to leave in a second exile. Upon the recommendation of Jac Cotelin, the Dark Lord of the Sith, they declared Xanos a [[Sith Lord]] in his own right, a [[Dark Prophet|prophet]] in light of his visions, and gave him their blessing to seek the answers to what he had foreseen.
 
===Preparations ([[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]])===
{{Quote|You are one with the [[Order of Sith Lords|order of the Sith Lords]]. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth… Vexatus.|Naga Sadow, Dark Lord of the Sith}}
 
[[Image:sithordericon.gif|100px|right|Sith Lord]]Upon departing Antei the new Sith Lord’s first destination was Korriban. There Xanos hoped to find answers among the spirits of the ancient Dark Lords. He had come a long way since he had last stepped foot on Korriban, lost and alone, fearful the dark side had abandoned him. He was now a Sith Lord, confident in the dark side’s power to restore order to the galaxy. The ancient spirits would answer him, he swore it.
 
Within the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dark_Lords Valley of the Dark Lords] the spirit of Naga Sadow appeared to the Falleen once more. The ancient spirit endowed Xanos with a new name, a [[Sith name]]: Darth Vexatus.
{{Quote|I am Darth Vexatus, Lord of the Sith. I have witnessed the end of civilisation... but this time I will not fail.|Darth Vexatus, Sith Lord}}
 
With the blessing of the ancient Sith Lords, Vexatus returned to Antei confident the dark side would not lead them astray. Reports of the fall of Falleen went deep, but where they once would have brought pain, now there was only renewed resolve.
 
Soon after, the ceasefire between the Vong and the Republic ended. The Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 was invaded and the Vong ever closer to the heart of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_space Sith space] and discovery of the Antei and Orian systems. Vexatus’s visions grew worse every day. He could feel the darkness coming.
 
===The end of civilisation ([[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]]–[[26 ABY to Present|27 ABY]])===
 
The future is yet to be written.
 
==Titles and Possessions==
[[Image:JewelofFalleen.gif|thumb|right|''Jewel of Falleen'']]
*CEC YZ-900 medium freighter ''[[Jewel of Falleen]]''  
*KSE Alpha-3 ''Nimbus''-class V-wing stafighter ''[[Solari]]''
*Master of the Inner Order
*Master of the Sith Order
*Son of Sadow
*Overlord of Kressh
*Former Admiral of the Anteian Navy
*Former Jedi Knight
 
==DJB Facts==
*2nd [[Sith Lord]] outside the [[Grand Master|Grand Masters]]
*3rd [[Dark Prophet]] since the [[Exodus]]
*23rd [[Deputy Grand Master]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]
*9th [[Sith High Warrior]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]
*13th and 16th [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
*9th and 15th [[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
*3rd [[Quaestor]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
*3rd [[Aedile]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
*[[Commander]] of [[Diamond Squadron]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
 
==Trivia==
*The name Xanos was a corruption of the name Xanatos.
*The name Zorrixor was derived from the name Xizor.
*The name Vexatus is derived from the word vexation meaning to annoy or a state of irritation.
*Xanos spent a collective total of 791 days as Consul.
*Xanos joined the Dark Brotherhood on 12th August 1999.
*Xanos originally used the name "Goatham", his surname from real life, but eventually changed it in favour of something more appropriate.
 
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  | title = [[Aedile]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
|title=[[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|16 ABY]]
|years= ''18 ABY''
  | before = [[Kale]]
|before= ''Daihok''
  | after = [[Scithe]]
|after= [[Trevarus Caerick]]
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  | title = [[Quaestor]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
|title= [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] + Governor General of Orian
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|16 ABY]]-[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|18 ABY]]
|years= ''18 ABY - 20 ABY''
  | before = [[Manesh Sadow]]
|before=''Keldorn''
  | after = [[Scithe]]
|after= ''[[Jonuss Sadow]]''
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  | title = [[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] (first term)
|title=[[Sith High Warrior]] of the [[Dark Council]]
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|18 ABY]]
|years= ''20 ABY - 22 ABY''
  | before = [[Daihok]]
|before= [[Desio Predator]]
  | after = [[Trevarus Caerick]]
|after= [[Sith Bloodfyre]]
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  | title = [[Apprentice]] of [[Trevarus Caerick]]
|title=[[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|18 ABY]]-[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|23 ABY]]
|years= ''22 ABY''
  | before = [[Trevarus Caerick]] with unknown apprentice
|before= [[Korras]]
  | after = Release to [[Dark Jedi Master|Mastery]]
|after= [[Muz Sadow]]
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  | title = [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] (first term)
|title=[[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|18 ABY]]-[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|19 ABY]]
|years= ''22 ABY - 24 ABY''
  | before = [[Keldorn]]
|before= [[Malik Sadow]]
  | after = Himself
|after= [[Korras]]
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  | title = [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] (first term)<br>[[Governor General (Dlarit Corporation)|Governor General]] of [[Orian system|Orian]]
|title=[[Deputy Grand Master]] of the [[Dark Council]]
  | years = [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|19 ABY]]-[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]]
|years= ''24 ABY - 25 ABY''
  | before = Himself
|before= [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]]
  | after = [[Jonuss Sadow]]
|after= [[Aristan Dantes]]
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  | title = [[Son of Sadow]] with [[Tron Sadow]], [[Trevarus Caerick]], [[Manesh Sadow|Manesh]], et al.<br>[[House Overlord (Clan Naga Sadow)|Overlord]] of [[House Ludo Kressh]]
|title= [[Apprentice]] of Darth Maestus
  | years = [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]]-?
|years= ''25 ABY - 29 ABY''
  | before = [[Tron Sadow]]
|before= ''Unknown''
  | after = ''Incumbent''
|after= ''None''
}}
}}
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  | title = [[Sith High Warrior]] of the [[Dark Council]]<br>Commander of the [[Anteian Navy]]
|title= [[Sith Lord]]
  | years = [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|20 ABY]]-[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]]
|years= ''25 ABY to 35 ABY''
  | before = [[Desio Predator]]
|before= ''numerous''
  | after = [[Sith Bloodfyre]]
|after= ''removed''
}}
}}
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  | title = [[Proconsul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] (second term)<br>[[Lieutenant Governor (Dlarit Corporation)|Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Orian system|Orian]]
|title=[[Magistrate]] to the [[Headmaster]]
  | years = [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]]
|years=35 ABY to current
  | before = [[Korras]]
|before= Bubba
  | after = [[Muz Sadow]]
|after= incumbent
}}
}}
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  | title = [[Consul]] of [[Clan Naga Sadow]] (second term)<br>[[Governor General (Dlarit Corporation)|Governor General]] of [[Orian system|Orian]]
|title= Master of [[Macron Goura Sadow]]
  | years = [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|22 ABY]]-[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]]
|years= ''27 ABY - 28 ABY''
  | before = [[Malik Sadow]]
|before= ''None''
  | after = [[Korras]]
|after= ''None''
}}
}}
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  | title = [[Deputy Grand Master]] of the [[Dark Council]]<br>[[Shadow Hand]] of [[Jac Cotelin]]
|title=Prefect of [[San Korinar]]
  | years = [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]]–[[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]]
|years= ''28 ABY - 29 ABY''
  | before = [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]]
|before= ''None''
  | after = [[Aristan Dantes]]
|after= ''None''
}}
}}
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  | title = [[Sith Lord]] with [[Kane Vader|Kane]], [[Khyron]], [[Paladin]], [[Firefox]] et al.
|title= [[Heretic]]
  | years = [[26_ABY_to_Present#26_ABY|26 ABY]]–?
|years= ''29 ABY - current''
  | before = [[Kane Vader|Kane]] with [[Khyron]], [[Paladin]], [[Firefox]] et al.
|before= ''None''
  | after = ''Incumbent''
|after= ''Incumbent''
}}
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This article details the history of a character who no longer actively takes part in current events.



Vexatus
Biographical Information
Homeworld:

Falleen

Date of Birth:

15 BBY, Falleen

Date of Death:
Physical Description
Species:

Falleen

Gender:

Male

Height:

1.9 meters

Hair:

Black

Eyes:
Cybernetics:
  • Prosthetic eye (formerly)
  • Numerous prosthetics (after Lehon)
Personal Information
Enemies:

The Force

Lightsaber Color(s):

Red

Lightsaber Form(s):
Fighting Style(s):
Chronology & Political Information
Position:

Sith Lord

Era(s):
Affiliation:
Known masters:
Known apprentices:
Dossier:

188 (expelled)

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"Thanks to their misguided quest for the Heart of the Force, Lehon will deal with two of our problems in one go."
Jedgar Paladin commenting on his deception in helping Trevarus Caerick and Darth Vexatus find the lost world, knowing their "prize" would destroy them both

Darth Vexatus the Betrayer, also known as the The Heretic, was a Falleen male born on Falleen who took the mantle of Lord of the Sith during the War against the Alien invaders who tried to bring the Brotherhood to its knees with its fanaticism. Before taking the name Vexatus, Xanos Zorrixor (sometimes called The Prophet) was a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order. Soon after developing his Force talents, he became plagued by nightmares of a coming darkness. Unable to convince the Jedi Masters, he turned his back on the Order, turning to the dark side and apprenticing himself to a Dark Jedi named Vykan who brought him into the Dark Brotherhood.

In the Brotherhood, Xanos fell under the sway of Trevarus Caerick, a sorcerer whose heretical teachings led him to turn his back on Vykan and the strictures of the Brotherhood. As time passed, his visions grew worse and the sorcerer came to see them for what they were: an omen of the [[Alien invaders|Far Outsiders. Despite widespread dismissal by the Dark Council that Antei was secure, Caerick used his influence with the Star Chamber to convince Jac Cotelin, then Dark Lord of the Sith, to take Xanos as his Shadow Hand and grant Xanos access to the Archives that might unlock the meaning of his apocalyptic visions. But it was too late: the Alien invasion had already begun. As Civil War gripped the Brotherhood, Xanos sealed himself into the Archives of the Star Chamber, experiencing total paralysis from his visions. There he studied the holocron of Darth Maestus, concluding the Brotherhood was doomed and that if he was to avert the dark crusade of his nightmares he must go it alone. Despite Xanos's realisation, when the war ended he was hailed as a prophet for having predicted it. But knowing he had not seen the Civil War, he denounced the Star Chamber as blind and disappeared into exile.

During his exile, Xanos Zorrixor was reborn as Darth Vexatus after being captured by the Force-devoid Aliens and came to embrace the Rule of One as the culmination of the teachings he had learned from Maestus—that the dark side should be contained in one vessel. Searching for an answer to his visions, he came across a text mentioning an artifact named the Heart of the Force. Vexatus returned to the Brotherhood a year later, returning to his former Master, with whom he then spent the next two years manipulating events to discover the location of the lost planet Lehon, where the mythic nexus of dark side energy was purported to be located. At last, having unlocked the Star Map in the Temple of Orian on Sepros with Jedgar Paladin's help, Vexatus revealed his betrayal and made off with the Harbinger to Lehon at the beginning of 29 ABY. In a final climactic battle between Master and apprentice, he slew Caerick, only for the sorcerer to be reborn as Shan Long, who abandoned Vexatus to the hands of the Disciples of Sadow, against whom he was finally bested by Muz Ashen, Macron Goura, and Ylith Atema. In his final breaths he brought the volcanic cavern down around them, forcing the Clan to fall back at the behest of Lord Paladin, and leave the Sith Lord to his fate.

It was unclear exactly what happened following the fateful final duel on Lehon. The Clan sensed Vexatus's passing through the Force and believed him destroyed. In truth, in his final moments, Maestus held him back from the netherworld, while his physical being itself was consumed by the fires of Mount Kazinal. However, having drank of the minds imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Vexatus absorbed more than any mortal should, becoming one not with the Force, but with the many tormented souls he had consumed. Trapped between life and death, his will reached out to those with whom he was bound closest, latching onto them for salvation—but, in the same process, opening them up to the same mindless threat facing him.

By the liberation of Antei of late 30 ABY, Cyrus Raze had been all but lost to the madness, and Kharon Daragon was not far from reaching the same state. Daragon sent Raze to Kalekka Tower to seek out answers, believing the source to be Shan Long not Vexatus—who was thought to be dead. But it was upon encountering the Dragon that Raze finally succumbed to the faceless rage. In the battle against the crusaders of Omancor Crask, Raze was slain when the Disciples of Sadow linked their minds, overpowering the entity they mistakenly believed to be Vexatus.

It remains unknown where Vexatus lurks now, if indeed he still has any physical presence at all for his body was recovered by his sister, Xora Zorrixor, from the jungles of Lehon and taken to places unknown. What is clear, however, is that Jedgar Paladin had the last laugh on Lehon, having lured both Trevarus Caerick and Xanos Zorrixor to their mutual demise. Locked together in damnation with the vengeful ghosts once imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Xanos Zorrixor now struggles to find a way to claw his way back from the void—then, perhaps, the monster he helped unleash can be silenced for good.

Character history

As I haven't updated this in more than two years, I figure it's about time I got off my ass and finished the story about what happened after Xanos died on Lehon. With that in mind, rewrite forthcoming in the next few weeks hopefully; I'll probably be splitting a lot of the story off into a separate page, to make it clear that Kazinal will be the final villain(s) in a run-on, probably sometime 2011/12, since there seems to be confusion about how although in-character people have mistaken Xanos/Vexatus for Kazinal, out-of-character that is not the case. That twist won't be getting disclosed in-character until said future run-on.

Clearly, the sections below are also massively out of date, as Vexatus hasn't been Caerick's apprentice since April 2008.

During his exile, Xanos Zorrixor was reborn as Darth Vexatus after being captured by the Aliens and came to embrace the Rule of One as the culmination of the teachings he had learned from Maestus—that the dark side should be contained in one vessel. Searching for an answer to his visions, he came across a text mentioning an artifact named the Heart of the Force. Vexatus returned to the Brotherhood a year later, returning to his former Master, with whom he then spent the next two years manipulating events to discover the location of the lost planet Lehon, where the mythic nexus of dark side energy was purported to be located. At last, having unlocked the Star Map in the Temple of Orian on Sepros, Vexatus revealed his betrayal and made off with the Harbinger to Lehon at the beginning of 29 ABY. In a final climactic battle between Master and apprentice, he slew Caerick, only for the sorcerer to be reborn as Shan Long, who abandoned Vexatus to the hands of the Disciples of Sadow, against whom he was finally bested by Muz Ashen, Macron Goura, and Ylith Atema. In his final breaths he brought the volcanic cavern down around them, forcing the Clan to fall back at the behest of Jedgar Paladin and leave him for dead.

It was unclear exactly what happened following the fateful final duel on Lehon. The Clan sensed Vexatus's passing through the Force and believed him destroyed. However, in his final moments, Maestus guided him to the realm beyond the veil of mortality, leaving behind his physical being to be consumed by the fires of Mount Kazinal. Having drank of the minds imprisoned in the Heart of the Force, Vexatus absorbed more than any mortal should, becoming one not with the Force but with the many tortured souls he consumed. The will behind his power had degenerated to a primal thing, an unquenchable thirst, a base hunger for the raw energy of the Force itself. With his mortal form beyond salvation, his will reached out to those he had been closest to, all those who bore the same Mark he shared. Unrecognisable, his hunger pressed upon their minds, threatening to reduce them to empty shells, mindless extensions of his will.

By the liberation of Antei of late 30 ABY, Cyrus Raze had been all but lost to Vexatus's hunger and Kharon Daragon was not far from reaching the same state. Daragon sent Raze to Kalekka Tower to seek out answers, believing the cause to be Shan Long not Vexatus—who still was thought to be dead. But it was upon encountering the Dragon that Raze finally succumbed to the hunger, unable to hold back Vexatus's urge to consume the Ombian souls trapped inside the shards of the Star of Ombus. In the battle against the crusaders of Omancor Crask, Raze was slain when the Disciples of Sadow linked their minds, overpowering Vexatus's hunger and causing Raze to be consumed by the very Force storm he had unleashed upon himself.

It remains unknown where Darth Vexatus lurks now, if indeed he still has any physical presence at all for his body was recovered by his sister, Xora Zorrixor, from the jungles of Lehon and taken to places unknown. But one thing is certain after the revelation of the hunger that devoured Cyrus Raze's mind: Vexatus was not destroyed at Lehon, but instead became something much, much worse; a Mind Drinker that feeds on the lives of others. He exists only as energy, a perversion of the Force itself as he seeks to become one with it through the only path left open to him; a base hunger for that seeks to consume all, that will feed on life itself to quench his thirst to return to the Force and become one with it once again. He is no longer a man; he is the darkness that once haunted his own nightmares. Perhaps the only way now to defeat The Dreamer is to awake him from his eternal slumber so that he may finally be put to sleep forever.

Biography

Early life (15 BBY1 ABY)

solation (15 BBY1 ABY)

Xanos Zorrixor was born during the height of the Galactic Empire on Falleen in 15 BBY. His father, Count Haxim Zorrixor, was a prominent noble in House Zorrixor and the lord of a sizable estate on Falleen. His mother, Maziel Izhiq, was a Jedi survivor of the Clone Wars who had lived in exile with her husband since the fall of the Old Republic. Xanos grew up alone on his father’s estate, forced to keep a low profile to shield his Force-sensitivity from the outside world.

In 8 BBY the Empire bombarded a city ruled by House Sizhran to contain a biohazard leak. The incident drove Xanos’s parents to hate the Empire more than they already did, but they stopped short of active protest to ensure their son’s safety. However, when the Death Star was destroyed, Xanos accompanied his parents when they attended the Conference of Uncommitted Worlds on Kabal. They became trapped when the Empire blockaded the planet and narrowly escaped the orbital bombardment of the capital city of Shoribus where the conference was taking place after its location was leaked to the Empire by one of the Rebellion’s own. After the incident on Kabal, Xanos’s parents became unwilling to trust the Rebellion and decided against offering any support.

The Aargau Incident (1 ABY)

In 1 ABY Xora, Xanos’s sister was born. The same year Xanos and his father were accosted by thieves while on a visit to Aargau. Acting out of pure instinct Xanos called on the power of the Force to defend himself. Panicked, the thieves ran away. Xanos had no idea what he had done but his father was shocked and urgently took his son back to Falleen. Weeks passed and nothing happened. Eventually Maziel and Haxim were satisfied the police had not believed the thieves, had they even reported the incident. Nevertheless, Xanos now knew his mother was a Jedi and so Maziel took it upon herself to train him.

Jedi training (1 ABY5 ABY)

Tragedy (1 ABY3 ABY)


"How is the Force any different to a lightsaber?"
―Xanos Zorrixor, questioning the Jedi Code
Xanos Zorrixor at the time of his family's death

Xanos was technically too old to begin the training but Maziel wanted her son to be able to protect himself even if he found it hard to embrace the Jedi Code at his age. Maziel hoped she could teach her son enough that he would not become seduced by the dark side. She gave Xanos one of her lightsabers which she had kept since the Clone Wars and trained him in Soresu.

In 3 ABY an Imperial Inquisitor named Arystul Deyal came looking for the child who had used the Force on Aargau. Maziel sacrificed herself to allow her family to escape but Xanos became separated from Haxim and Xora. Xanos was able to fight his way out and watched from a distance as the ship Haxim and Xora tried to escape on was shot down and exploded. Xanos fled Falleen never wanting to step foot on the planet again.

Revenge (5 ABY)


"If the Jedi had done something decades ago the rot would never have sunk so deep"
―Xanos Zorrixor, questioning why the Jedi had ever allowed the Republic to fall

Xanos spent the next two years moving from world to world rarely staying in one place for long. The threat of the Empire coming after him again forced him to change his name and he adopted his mother’s name, becoming Xanos Izhiq. Xanos discovered he could use the Force to influence others and became adept at using it to cheat at sabacc in order to get by. He became obsessed with revenge, blaming himself for what had happened, wishing he had only been strong enough.

Using his father’s old contacts, such as his associates in the Corellian Merchants’ Guild, he managed to track down the Inquisitor who had murdered his family. He eventually caught up with Arystul Deyal on Taanab, managing to defeat him in a duel by calling on the dark side out of survival instinct. The attack took the Inquisitor by surprise and Xanos crushed the life out of him.

However, before Deyal died he revealed that his arrival on Falleen had been no coincidence, and that Xanos father had in fact outed them to the Empire in exchange for leniency. Furthermore, Deyal claimed Haxim was still alive, and that only Xora had been on the doomed transport.

Galactic Civil War (5 ABY12 ABY)

New Republic Intelligence (5 ABY8 ABY)


"I long for the day I learn how to draw on the Force at will but until then a blaster will have to do."
―Xanos Zorrixor, shortly after joining NRI
Xanos Zorrixor during his time in NRI

Xanos had hoped killing his family’s murderer would bring peace but instead he was left wanting. He realized the only two times during his life he had felt truly alive had been during the incidents on Aargau and now Taanab. Xanos desperate wished to understand his talents but with his mother dead he resigned himself to accepting there would be no one to train him. At twenty, he ended up joining New Republic Intelligence believing he could at least put his talents to use.

One of Xanos’s first missions was to the planet Milagro. Xanos was part of a New Republic force there which battled the Imperial forces for three months. In the end, despite a New Republic victory, the Empire bombarded the planet from orbit, destroying anything of value. Xanos narrowly escaped, having had a sense of foreboding right before the attack. He joined the fleet during the second Battle of Milagro, helping to take back the planet. The following year would see the first Battle of Coruscant of the Galactic Civil War. Xanos was inserted onto Coruscant shortly after Milagro, helping one of several NRI cells prepare for the main attack. He was promoted to captain after the battle.

Xanos was involved in the attack on Thyferra during 7 ABY. His cell was inserted onto Thyferra early in the Bacta War, helping rally support from among the local population to rise up against the occupying Imperial forces. Following the planet’s capture, Xanos joined the New Republic forces in orbit to help during the ensuing space battle. The following year he was involved in the attack on Kuat to capture the shipyards. Xanos’s rapid rise, no doubt due to his Force abilities, had not gone unnoticed. However, Xanos also had a reputation for playing loose with the law, often cutting corners to get results. To his surprise, he was promoted to major and offered command of Specter Squadron, a clandestine intelligence cell which would operate under the radar.

Specter Squadron (8 ABY12 ABY)

Specter Squadron saw action the following year during the Thrawn Campaign at the third Battle of Coruscant and the Battle of Bilbringi. They were also part of the NRI force involved in the Battle of Liinade III, taking part in the space battle before joining the ground forces during the two week long struggle to secure control of the planet. Later the same year, the Specters saw action at the second Battle of Ciutric IV in the final part of the campaign against Delak Krennel.

Xanos and his squadron saw further action in 10 ABY during the campaign by the reborn emperor. They were deployed to Metellos shortly before the fourth Battle of Coruscant, urgently being recalled when the Imperial forces from the Deep Core struck out at the capital. Specter Squadron were stuck on Coruscant until the occupying Imperial forces were driven off in 11 ABY. Xanos was promoted to lieutenant colonel shortly after the battle to liberate the planet.

The Specters was caught up in the campaign against Admiral Daala when the Jedi Praxeum opened its doors to Force-sensitives. Xanos remained in NRI until 12 ABY, taking part in the Battle of the Jedi Praxeum which finally saw Daala defeated. He was there to witness the explosive display of power by the young Jedi Knights which threw Daala’s fleet out of the system. The feat caused Xanos’s deep longing to unlock his power to return and he resigned his commission shortly after to join the Jedi.

Trials of a Jedi Knight (12 ABY13 ABY)

The Jedi Praxeum (12 ABY)


"Why do the Jedi say the Sith are evil? Do the Sith not also seek to bring order? Anakin Skywalker was once a Jedi too... does that make all Jedi evil?"
―Vykan, Dark Jedi
Renko Yast

Xanos joined the Jedi Order hoping to at long last understand the brief moments of fulfilment he had experienced on Aargau and Taanab. He was taken as an apprentice by Renko Yast. Yast believed Xanos had received enough lightsaber instruction from Maziel but desperately needed to embrace the Jedi Code before becoming a Jedi. Xanos felt Yast was holding him back and fell into the arms of a wandering Dark Jedi named Vykan while on a mission to Nar Shaddaa. Xanos believed he could learn to use the dark side without becoming corrupted and agreed to become Vykan’s apprentice. Vykan trained Xanos in secret outside his lessons with Yast at the Jedi Praxeum. Xanos realized how much the Jedi did not teach their students and believed he could become stronger than all of them.

Later that year, Xanos took part in the battle when the Jedi Praxeum was attacked by Dessan and his legion of Reborn warriors. Drawing on Vykan’s training, Xanos was able to hold his own against the Reborn, helping to rescue several of the younglings with his Master. Xanos was made a Jedi Knight following the battle, as a sign he had completed the trials. However, Yast remained troubled by how quickly his apprentice had advanced and was worried about where he had come by some of his more exotic Force abilities.

The Eriadu Incident (13 ABY)


"The dark side ruined my life the same as it did yours. How can you have allowed it to seduce you?"
―Taraeis Alaviel, Jedi apprentice

Xanos was assigned a young Arkanian named Taraeis Alaviel to be his apprentice shortly after his advancement to Jedi Knight. Xanos split his time between training his apprentice, studying the transcripts of the Tedryn Holocron in the archives and his sessions away from the academy with Vykan. Tara was much like Xanos, having lost her parents at a young age too, but she had taken it as a reason to shun the dark side completely. She accompanied her Master on several missions during the year, such as to Adumar when the planet was attacked by the Imperial Remnant.

Taraeis Alaviel

Early the following year Tara accompanied Xanos on a mission to Eriadu to deal with a local trade dispute. When the meeting turned sour Xanos drew on the techniques he had learned from Vykan to protect the Eriaduan ambassador. Tara was shocked, recognizing what her Master had done as being of the dark side. Upon returning to the Jedi Praxeum Tara was forced to report what had happened and was reassigned to another Master. Xanos felt his apprentice had betrayed him after the Jedi demanded he relinquish his lightsaber until he learned to control his feelings. Rather than obey, Xanos resigned from the Jedi Order and left to join Vykan.

Dark Jedi (14 ABY17 ABY)

The Second Brotherhood of Darkness (14 ABY)


"Do not become lost to your visions, my apprentice. Visions are too easily misread."
―Vykan
Vykan

Xanos spent most of the subsequent year continuing his training with Vykan, venturing to such lost worlds as Jerlyn, to explore the forgotten Sith temples buried there. Vykan was not always forthcoming with information, believing it unwise to allow his apprentice to progress too quickly, but Xanos was satisfied to be learning new skills. As Xanos began to explore the dark side deeper he experienced his first glimpse of the future in the form of a nightmare of a world rendered dead to the Force itself. Vykan told his apprentice about the Prophecy of the Seven which had been perverted a decade earlier by followers loyal to Palpatine. He explained how he believed it spoke of the formation of the Prophets of the Dark Side by Darth Millennial centuries earlier and told Xanos how easy it was to misinterpret visions and that it was better to forget the dream than be lost to it.

When Vykan learned the existence of the Brotherhood in the Minos Cluster he was eager to head to Eos to join. However, Xanos had his reservations and still nursed deeply negative feelings towards the Empire, especially regarding his acceptance in Imperial circles due to being an alien. They arrived to find Astronicus Sadow recruiting followers. Vykan was intrigued by the man’s claims to be a descendant of the original Jedi Exiles and decided to join his cause in the Phare system which operated under the guise of the Dlarit Corporation.

Trevarus Caerick (15 ABY)


"The dark side offers power for power’s sake. You must covet it. Crave it. You must seek power above all else, with no reservation or hesitation."
―Trevarus Caerick, Krath sorcerer
Trevarus Caerick

Xanos came to know the sorcerer Trevarus Caerick recognizing him to be one of the rare few able to delve into the dark side itself and invoke ancient rituals and dark magics. Xanos became one of his acolytes and was intrigued by Caerick’s quest to break free of the Force's control. Vykan grew uncomfortable how much time his apprentice spent listening to the sorcerer and cautioned Xanos to avoid him. However, Xanos felt his Master wanted to hold him back the way the Jedi had and ignored him.

Vykan grew concerned Caerick was encouraging Xanos to progress faster than the other students and was fearful advancing too quickly would cause Xanos to become obsessed with his own power. Vykan also saw in Caerick a desire to take his apprentice as his own and resented it.

Antei and the Temple of Taimat (16 ABY)


"There can be no compromise. Mercy, compassion, loyalty: all these things will prevent you from claiming what is rightfully yours. Those who follow the dark side must cast aside these conceits. Those who do not—those who try to walk the path of moderation—will fail, dragged down by their own weakness."
―Trevarus Caerick

Xanos’s training with Trevarus Caerick involved research into the ancient Sith. Xanos helped research a Dark Jedi Master named Tio Azurd whom Caerick believed would lead him to the lost planet Antei. Caerick was also particularly interested in the knowledge Xanos had garnered from the transcripts of the Tedryn Holocron. In exchange the sorcerer allowed Xanos unrestricted access to the holocron he had recently recovered from Antar IV. From the holocron Xanos learned about wounds in the Force, however the sorcerer did not let on their importance to his research.

In 16 ABY Caerick finally discovered the location of the lost Antei system on the outskirts of Sith Space and took Xanos with him on an expedition to penetrate the Shroud. The pair plundered what tomes and holocrons they could find, the sorcerer being particularly pleased with the information he recovered from the Temple of Taimat. When they returned to the Brotherhood, Vykan was furious at Caerick for disappearing with his apprentice for weeks and forbade Xanos from training with him further.

Second Brotherhood Civil War (16 ABY)

Trevarus Caerick after returning with the Amulet of Orian

Trevarus Caerick fought off an assassination attempt during the machinations orchestrated by Archibald Zoraan. Caerick left the Brotherhood during the conflict to track down his old Master Kiln Tobasa who had sent the assassins after him. Vykan claimed it was proof the sorcerer was only interested in himself and didn’t care about the rest of the Brotherhood.

Caerick returned several weeks later bearing the Amulet of Orian on his arm. He devastated their opponents in the Coronada system with his newfound power, managing to wound Jac Cotelin in battle. In a few months Caerick had gone from being a common sorcerer to a gifted warlock and even Vykan could no longer deny his power.

The Zoraan Uprising (17 ABY)


"How can you side with him? He will ruin the Brotherhood the way Bane did. How can you not see this?"
―Vykan

The civil war was barely over when Archibald Zoraan attempted to subvert the power of the Imperial Remnant. Trevarus Caerick declared open rebellion fearing Zoraan would lead them to ruin and the rebels headed to Eos to depose the Grand Master by force. Vykan was deplored fearing the Brotherhood was going the way of the ancient Sith and going to tear itself apart through infighting. Xanos rejected his Master’s apathy and joined Caerick’s rebels in the Battle of Eos during which the Dark Hall was destroyed and the Grand Master consumed in a Force storm.

Caerick’s Apprentice (17 ABY)


"By its very nature the dark side invites rivalry and strife. This is our greatest strength: it culls the weak from our order. Yet this rivalry can also be our greatest weakness. The strong must be careful lest they be overwhelmed by the ambitions of those working beneath them in concert."
―Trevarus Caerick
Trevarus Caerick at the time of becoming Xanos Zorrixor's Master

Not long after the uprising Trevarus Caerick was forced to fight off a second assassination attempt by Kem-Shu Maeda. He spared the assassin’s life in exchange for training in the techniques used by Kiln Tobasa. After Caerick received the Mark on his forehead Xanos began to wonder whether he was the one spoken of in the Prophecy of the Seven. After witnessing the new talents at the sorcerer’s disposal, Xanos pledged himself to his service as his apprentice. Vykan was irate at Caerick’s willingness to manipulate the legacy of Darth Millennial to further his own goals. He concluded the Brotherhood was destined to go the same way as past ones and turned his back on it.

Free of Vykan’s influence Xanos ceased to concern himself with rules and began to see past the restrictions the Brotherhood placed on him. Caerick cared little for rules and sought to be free of all control. The sorcerer began to train Xanos in techniques Vykan and others in the Brotherhood would have deemed forbidden believing should he be driven insane it would be a sign of his unworthiness.

Rebellion (17 ABY19 ABY)

The Creed of Ruin (18 ABY)


"There is no passion . . . there is solely obsession.
There is no knowledge. There is solely conviction.
There is no purpose. There is solely will.
There is nothing...
Only me.
"
―The Creed of Ruin
Trevarus Caerick and Shan Long

Trevarus Caerick had been slipping into insanity since returning with the Amulet of Orian but the explosive release of his full potential in the form of the entity called Shan Long changed him. He became distant and left Xanos to continue his training alone. Xanos grew resentful and eventually challenged his Master in a spectacular lightsaber duel in the icy wastes of Loki. Despite a valiant effort the Falleen was defeated, losing his right eye and suffering a near fatal blow to his abdomen which left a scar that never healed.

Caerick had wanted to test his apprentice by pushing him to the very brink. By turning Xanos against him the sorcerer had demonstrated why the Brotherhood was inherently flawed. Caerick wanted his apprentice to be loyal to the dark side itself not some abstract organization. His plan was to one day free himself from all control and saw the Brotherhood as a roadblock the same as the Jedi Order. To achieve absolute power Caerick knew there must not be any others who could challenge him which required there to be only one Dark Lord. He taught his apprentice the Creed of Ruin in the belief it would eventually guide Xanos to true enlightenment.

Caerick left his apprentice to discover the truth of his words alone but revealed his ambitions to break away from the Imperial Remnant and forge a new empire on Antei. There Caerick believed he would find the key to discovering the answers he sought. Having no more love for the Empire than for the Jedi or the Republic, Xanos was quick to turn his back on it and support his Master’s plans.

The Aurora Crisis (18 ABY19 ABY)

Xanos took charge of the Dlarit Corporation and began to divert funds for the construction of a new base in the Orian system, overseeing the new development of the future mining colony on the planet Aeotheran from the Bastion, an ancient stronghold hidden deep in the jungle. Trevarus Caerick spent most of the next year on Eos, travelling the other worlds of the Aurora Sector as they began to position the pieces. Despite his Master's absolute faith in his visions, Xanos remained uncertain of their fate, so without his Master's knowledge secretly diverted some of the construction efforts into the Nifol Mountains, the Mountains of Mist.

The Aurora Sector descended into crisis in what became a shadow war when members of the Brotherhood were assassinated and important facilities sabotaged. The Imperial Remnant was aware the Brotherhood was planning something and hiring bounty hunters to deal with any individuals it perceived as a threat. The Remnant’s attempt to silence dissention backfired when the Clans united after Mairin Astoris was forced into exile following an assassination attempt.

The Mystery of Klindarith (19 ABY)


"I have seen the Force itself drained of life."
―Xanos Zorrixor

Xanos received disturbing visions of the nearby planet Klindarith in early 19 ABY in which he saw a faceless figure feeding on the Force itself. Trevarus Caerick was concerned by the news and returned from his work to help lead an expedition to Klindarith to investigate. While there the planet was blockaded by a pair of Star Destroyers and they were attacked by Imperial troops. Troubled by the unfolding events, Caerick abandoned the mission to return to the Minos Cluster fearing the worst. Xanos remained behind to discover the source of the echo to be a Force vampire named Kurien. Xanos slew Kurien and recovered the obtene crystal which had been the source of his powers.

The Battle of Phare (19 ABY)

Xanos Zorrixor at the time of the Battle of Phare

While the expedition had been on Klindarith the Imperial Remnant had moved to seize control of the Brotherhood following the Bastion Accords. Trevarus Caerick had evacuated most of the archives from Sadow Palace before the Remnant could blockade the Phare system. Xanos returned and led an assault on Sadow Palace to recapture it. The Remnant called in support from the Imperial Navy and Inquisitorius to prevent their escape. Caerick contacted Xanos and instructed him to commence the evacuation of the system. Xanos headed to Ullyr to recover the archives from the fortress there but was unable to arrive in time. He activated the facility’s self-destruct sequence to prevent the Remnant from recovering its secrets.

Xanos took command of the fleet in orbit and helped hold off the Imperial forces. The battle appeared lost when the Remnant called in an interdictor but Astronicus Sadow had one final ace up his sleeve when Sadow Palace tore from its foundations revealing the body of a cruiser buried beneath. The palace joined the battle and destroyed the interdictor in a suicidal run to secure their escape. Following the Battle of Phare they rendezvoused with Council forces under Caerick’s command before making their way to the Orian system and setting up temporary headquarters in Alabrek Castle until the new headquarters were completed.

Conquest of Antei (20 ABY21 ABY)

The Antei Campaign (20 ABY)

After the move to Orian, Trevarus Caerick manipulated his way onto the Council to gain access to the long lost archives on Antei. The sorcerer’s next move was to secure a position for his apprentice to allow them both to continue their plans. While Xanos oversaw the reconstruction of the Temple of Bellseph his Master worked to excavate the Krath ruins on Calabrex. Their research revealed more than just lost mysteries of the dark side and Caerick uncovered evidence Astronicus Sadow had no intention to become the next emperor. While the revelation was of little real consequence the pair saw a chance to secure their influence over the Dlarit Corporation by blackmailing Sadow.

Xanos had impressed the Star Chamber during the Battle of Phare and was put in charge of the Antei Defense Fleet. Having been forced to secede earlier than planned when the Bastion Accords were signed much of the Antei system remained hostile to the Brotherhood’s presence. Xanos was charged by Jac Cotelin with bringing the native populations under the Council’s control and began the systematic subjugation of the neighboring worlds.

The Nameless Ones (21 ABY)


"We see from beyond the stars / Through the glittering of a million eyes / In a sea of glass."
―From the Tenebric Conclusions
Xanos Zorrixor at the time of the Okemi Crisis

As commander of the Council’s fleet, Xanos oversaw the genocide of the entire Antaran civilization after an uprising on Antares Major threatened to alert the galaxy to the Brotherhood’s existence. Unknown to Xanos at the time their actions on Antares Major awoke Okemi on Antei. The Nameless Ones who now controlled the ancient Sith Lord quickly spread across the planet, infecting Jac Cotelin and using him to seal off the system. Trevarus Caerick became stuck on Antei after an assassination attempt, barely kept alive by the Amulet of Orian.

Xanos remained trapped on Antares Major as the Nameless Ones began to take control of the entire system. With all communications in and out of the Shroud cut off the Brotherhood remained in the dark and no help would come. Xanos eventually managed to sneak out of the system on a commercial transport and get word to the Grand Master. A fleet was assembled from the Clans who had not yet fallen to the Nameless Ones corruption and an all out assault launched on Antei. After reaching the planet, Xanos held off Kem-Shu Maeda while the Grand Master made his way to Okemi’s tomb and confronted Jac Cotelin before destroying Okemi and ending the corruption.

Xanos was mortally wounded during his duel with Kem-Shu Maeda and had to spend several days in a bacta tank to recover. As for his Master, the Amulet of Orian had kept Caerick alive but it had also preserved the last taint of the Nameless Ones. Caerick survived but was lost his mind to the rage he had tried to block out for years and was consumed by Shan Long. Xanos was troubled he had lost against Kem-Shu Maeda and without his Master’s guidance began to question the path he was on. Xanos departed Antei hoping to find answers elsewhere after the Star Chamber refused him access to their private archives.

Divided Loyalties (21 ABY26 ABY)

Ziost and the Holocron of Tulak Hord (21 ABY22 ABY)


"The dark side is strong here. Far stronger than it ever was on Antei."
―Xanos Zorrixor, after arriving on Ziost
Xanos Zorrixor during his exile

Little is known of what Xanos did during his year in exile other than that he eventually made his way to Ziost, the throne world of the ancient Sith Empire. Xanos felt a much stronger connection to the dark side on Ziost than he had on Antei which led him to believe the true Sith had surpassed Okemi and his splinter faction. Xanos discovered the Holocron of Tulak Hord inside the Sith Citadel. Xanos had grown powerful during his time in exile but was not quite yet a Master and was unable to unlock the holocron’s secrets alone.

Xanos returned to the Orian system to seek advice from the archives of Sadow Palace. With the aid of Muz Keibatsu and Macron Goura he began to transcribe the knowledge of the holocron. His work was interrupted when the Council requested aid in subjugating a pirate colony on Coratua. Xanos led the Dlarit Corporation’s forces against the planet’s droid armies to help capture the facilities intact. Once the situation on Coratua pacified Xanos returned to unlocking the holocron. After a year of toil the transcripts of the holocron were added to the Brotherhood’s compendium and Xanos was elevated to the status of Master.

Kiln Tobasa (23 ABY)


"I am the Herald of the Final Way! The time when all shall fade into darkness draws near!"
―Kiln Tobasa

In early 23 ABY troops marched on Sadow Palace after several senior officers were assassinated forcing Xanos into hiding. The situation did not reach armed conflict until rogue units attacked Alabrek Castle on Tarthos and placed the Orian system on the brink of civil war. With the risk to the archives too great Xanos returned to Sadow Palace to confront the source of the disturbance. In the throne room he discovered Kiln Tobasa, apparently still alive but utterly insane, muttering about how the time of darkness was near. Xanos confronted Tobasa and defeated him to discover he had merely been a shade. With Tobasa defeated the situation throughout Orian relaxed and Xanos was able to return to his research. However, he remained troubled by whether he had destroyed Tobasa’s spirit forever or if it had been nothing but an illusion.

Visions (23 ABY24 ABY)


"I have seen the Star Chamber in ruins, the Dark Hall smashed, and Antei itself shattered by orbital bombardment from immense ships of impossible design. I have seen Antei, the seat of the new order, become a jungle far more hostile and alien than any on Ziost. I have seen the end of civilization."
―Xanos Zorrixor
Xanos Zorrixor's vision of Antei being set on fire

Xanos was troubled by Kiln Tobasa’s warning. The visions he had experienced almost a decade earlier returned to plague him when he slept. Xanos was now able to tell the world rendered dead to the Force was Antei. He became concerned for were Antei to fall the answers he sought would be lost forever. The Council were confident Antei was in no danger and dismissed his concerns. They said the visions were probably being caused by whoever had conjured the shade of Kiln Tobasa or were the lingering specter of Kurien and told Xanos to ignore them.

Despite being dismissed by the Council Xanos remained troubled. He used his influence in the Dlarit Corporation to begin reinforcing the Orian system, ordering the construction of Marakith Skyhook. Xanos also had additional funds diverted to Kaldex Transport Inc to speed up construction of the new defense force they had ordered after first moving to Orian.

Return of Trevarus Caerick (24 ABY)


"I have shown you the path of visions. Do you doubt the dark side, my apprentice?"
―Trevarus Caerick

Two years after Trevarus Caerick had lost his mind to Shan Long the Council decided they would divine nothing more of worth from his insane prattle. Caerick was delivered in chains to Sadow Palace and locked up until Xanos could decide what to do with him. Xanos would have let him die but as the Star Chamber refused to help he realized he needed his Master to learn the meaning of his visions. Xanos managed to pull Caerick back from the madness and restore his broke mind.

Caerick returned a changed man and now understood what must be done. His first action was to head out and deal with Kiln Tobasa for good. Next he deciphered the meaning of Xanos’s visions, realizing them to be of the aliens he had encountered decades before. With the truth revealed, Caerick convinced the Star Chamber to train his apprentice in order to fully decipher his visions.

Caerick did not reveal his true intention to use his apprentice to learn the secrets locked away in the Star Chamber’s archives. But nor did the Star Chamber reveal their plan was not to ward off the impending disaster but work out how best they could use it to their advantage.

Betrayed (25 ABY26 ABY)

Third Brotherhood Civil War (25 ABY)


"Any master who instructs more than one apprentice in the ways of the dark side is a fool. In time, the apprentices will unite their strengths and overthrow the master. It is inevitable; axiomatic. That is why each master must have only one student. This is also the reason there can only be one Dark Lord."
―Darth Maestus
The truth of Xanos Zorrixor's visions revealed

Jac Cotelin took Xanos as his apprentice and Shadow Hand to train, having a clone grown to find more time to manage his affairs. In addition to his formal training Xanos began to study the holocrons stored in the once forbidden archives of the Star Chamber. A few months into the next year, while Jac Cotelin was out of the system his clone declared itself the true Grand Master and sealed the Shroud off. Tensions between the Clans had been rising as the Selen and Aranna incidents earlier that year had shown, but the public emergence of Jaac Cotelin sent the Brotherhood into civil war.

Xanos sealed himself away in the archives as the clone took control of Antei. While the Brotherhood was distracted with its own problems a tribe of [[Alien invaders| Aliens] began their invasion of the galaxy in the Outer Rim. Xanos began to experience visions of his own death in the arms of the Alien-invaders. He also began to be driven mad by the great tremors he felt in the Force. Within the archives, the Holocron of Darth Maestus began to poison Xanos’s mind against the Star Chamber and convinced him they were to blame should his death come to pass for their failure to heed his warnings and take action.

Maestus taught Xanos the Rule of Two and the history of the Darth title. She explained to achieve true mastery of the dark side one must be prepared to sacrifice everything. By the time Jac Cotelin broke through the blockade around Antei and slew his clone, Xanos had been utterly corrupted by Maestus’s teachings. Cotelin recognized his apprentice had become a Sith Lord in his absence, but did not realize he had been poisoned against the Star Chamber. No sooner than Jaac Cotelin had been slain, the Clans rallied together and blockaded the Shroud to call the Star Chamber to account for what had happened. The siege lasted two months before the Star Chamber relented and granted each Clan an emissary to the Council. As soon as the blockade was over, Xanos openly denounced the Star Chamber, claiming their lack of leadership had caused the civil war and turned his back on the Iron Throne.

Return to Phare (26 ABY)

Trevarus Caerick was exuberant when his apprentice denounced the Star Chamber. The sorcerer proceeded to convince Xanos the Brotherhood, like the Jedi Order, must be destroyed if they were to free themselves from all restrictions. Caerick believed the Holocron of Antar IV which had been lost during the Battle of Phare held the key and they returned to the Orian system to enlist the aid of the Dlarit Corporation in retrieving it. The mission back to the Phare system took them across the Outer Rim. They were forced to evade the Imperial forces now occupying the planet to sneak into the ruins of Sadow Palace and recover the holocron in addition to the other lost artefacts.

Captivity (26 ABY)


"Pain is itself a god: the taskmaster of life. Pain cracks the whip, and all that lives will move. To live is to be a slave to pain. To be beyond pain is to be dead."
―Phaa Shul, Alien priest
Xanos Zorrixor shortly before being captured by the Force-devoid Aliens on Falleen

Following the mission Xanos made his way to Yavin 4 after hearing the Jedi Praxeum had fallen to the Aliens. Xanos’s ship was shot down and he was forced to team up with a group of Jedi survivors to steal a Peace Brigade shuttle and escape. To Xanos’s amazement among the survivors was his sister, Xora. Xora had survived the explosion on Falleen and grown up to join the Jedi after hearing rumors Xanos had become a Jedi Knight.

Believing her brother would help them, Xora convinced the other Jedi to take them to Falleen to rescue her adoptive parents. On Falleen, Xora realized her brother had fallen to the dark side when he attacked her after she tried to prevent him from stealing their ship. A squad of Alien warriors interrupted their fight and took them both captive. Taking aboard a worldship, the pair were placed in the Embrace of Pain and tortured by the Alien priest Phaa Shul.

Xanos endured months of torture. The Alien invaders inserted a tizowyrm into his ear to converse with him. He was forced to surrender himself completely to the dark side to survive, causing his remaining organic eye to become tainted with a sulfuric yellow ring. The Force-devoid Aliens tattooed over the scar where he had lost his right eye and removed his prosthetic eye, replacing it with an mqaaq’it implant which matched his surviving eye. His hair was also plucked out during his time strung up on the Embrace. Xanos eventually encountered Vykan after his old Master was captured and the three devised a plan to escape. However, believing Xora would never keep their encounter secret; Xanos left her behind to die. Vykan led his former apprentice to Korriban to weather the storm.

Darth Vexatus is Born (26 ABY)


"The Force will change you. It will transform you. Some fear this change. The teachings of the Jedi are focused on fighting and controlling this transformation. That is why those who serve the light are limited in what they accomplish. True power can come only to those who embrace the transformation."
―Darth Maestus
Darth Vexatus at the time of killing Vykan

Vykan led Xanos to the Valley of the Dark Lords where he explained the miasma of dark energy would keep them hidden. Vykan sought to make Xanos his apprentice again, to convince him to embrace the Rule of One. The Prophet was intrigued, and on Korriban he came to know a brotherhood of a different kind in this new Sith Order. Unlike the dregs of Antei, the One comprised ennobled figures, past legends, generals from the Clone Wars, adepts of the Empire. But it did not take long for Xanos to realize they were no different than the blind fools he had left behind: still ignorant to the Alien threat. True, there were some who saw the threat for what it was, however even with the few who had heeded the same portents that stretched back to Kiln Tobasa's first warnings years earlier, still they were blind to what the Sith Code truly was about.

In time, Xanos recognized the vision of his own death had already come to pass. Darth Maestus had told him he must surrender all attachment, that he must let go of everything belonging to his past life, but it was not until he was strung up on the Embrace of Pain he had truly understood what she had meant. Realizing the last traces of Xanos Zorrixor had died on the Embrace, he abandoned the One and declared himself Darth Vexatus. Vykan saw his old apprentice had surrendered to the teachings of Darth Bane, and Darth Revan before him, and concluded Xanos was as much a threat to the One Sith as to the Brotherhood itself. Vykan took up his lightsaber against the newly proclaimed Darth Vexatus to destroy the new Sith Lord. However, despite all Vykan's years of training and experience, he was struck down by his former student.

The Betrayer (26 ABY29 ABY)

Fall of Antei (26 ABY27 ABY)


"The Brotherhood is weak, failing, you brought this upon yourselves."
―Darth Vexatus
Darth Vexatus at the time of the Fall of Antei

Darth Vexatus remained on Korriban until he felt the Star Chamber issue a summons through the Force. He returned to Antei to learn the new Grand Master was assembling his forces in response to the Alien threat. Vexatus met with the Star Chamber only to learn they still did not believe Antei was in danger.

When the Alien attack on Antei began the Brotherhood fleets took refuge inside the Shroud believing it to be safe but discovered it had already been mined with dovin basals. Vexatus refused to lend his aid, content to watch the Brotherhood fall for its refusal to heed his warnings. When Trevarus Caerick was struck down by a Alien warrior Vexatus realized should Kalekka fall all their work would be lost. Vexatus pulled Caerick back from the brink of death, the strain of the act forever scarring his face. The pair manipulated Astronicus Sadow into leading his forces to Antei instead of withdrawing directly to Orian. Upon arriving at Antei, Sadow realized their betrayal and opened fire on their ship. After recovering the holocrons of Antar IV and Darth Maestus from Kalekka, the pair used their power to guide the Covenant safely out of the system, convincing the rank and file they had been on their side the entire time.

Following the Battle of Antei Caerick learned Sadow had been party to the Star Chamber’s plan to use the attack by the Force-devoid Aliens to cull the Brotherhood. The pair used the information to blackmail Sadow, rendering him unable to move against them without his own duplicity being revealed.

Battle of Tarthos (27 ABY)

They returned to find Orian had been besieged by a rogue cult of darksiders. Darth Vexatus sensed an echo in the Force and recognized it from his encounter with Kiln Tobasa to be the mark of a flow-walker. Vexatus and Trevarus Caerick infiltrated Marakith Skyhook slaying several cultists but Anaxela, their leader escaped. Caerick headed to Tarthos to secure Alabrek Castle while Vexatus went after Anaxela in Seng Karash. Vexatus chased the witch to Tarthos where he rendezvoused with Caerick before pursuing her to the Dark Fusion. The pair dealt with the remaining cultists, saving Astronicus Sadow’s life from Jingi Moksuna, but Anaxela managed to escape to Kangaras.

Aftermath (27 ABY)


"Lehon. The Heart of the Force is located on Lehon."
―Darth Vexatus
Darth Vexatus following the Battle of Antei

After Caerick’s actions at Antei the Star Chamber had tired of their treachery. With the Alien invaders tightening their hold on the galaxy the pair was unable to seek refuge elsewhere and forced to remain in the Orian system to avoid the Star Chamber’s assassins. When Vexatus had been held captive by the Aliens, his Master had begun to corrupt Macron Goura. Together they now proceeded to seduce him with the offer of training and used him to restore their influence over the Dlarit Corporation in spite of Astronicus Sadow’s objections. Through Goura, Caerick convinced the Grand Master he could be of service against his rivals on the Star Chamber.

While Caerick continued his political machinations, Vexatus completed his study of the Holocron of Darth Maestus, learning of the lost planet Lehon in the Unknown Regions. They were able to connect Lehon with the planet spoken of in the Holocron of Antar IV which was said to contain a source of great power known as the Heart of the Force. To reach Lehon they recognized they would need to break through the Aliens' stranglehold on the Hydian Way. To that end, Caerick worked to use his influence with Goura and Sarin to take control of the Dlarit Navy.

Furthermore, Caerick had found reason to believe the secret of Lehon's resting place was hidden somewhere in the records of Urias Orian, who was known to have once visited the lost world. Caerick renewed his search for the missing fragments of the Star of Ombus, hoping to piece together the puzzle that might lead him and Vexatus to the answers they sought. While Caerick delved into the archives, Vexatus scoured the surrounding systems, voyaging to Thule in pursuit of rumors of the lost Sword of Orian.

Mission to Kangaras (28 ABY)

At the end of the year, Goura’s training started taking its toll on his mind and he began to lapse back into insanity. Caerick used the development to his advantage, intending to replace Goura should his mind become lost. In early 28 ABY the freighter Anaxela had used to escape the Battle of Tarthos was located on Kangaras. During the expedition to uncover what had happened, Goura’s mind finally broke. Their quarry escaped but after learning of Goura’s fate, Sarin relieved him of his command and granted Caerick his place on the Council.

More importantly, however, in the wilds of Kangaras, Caerick came across the hidden tomb of Hafa Chun, once a servant of Urias Orian. Inside, Caerick and Vexatus discovered the Scepter of Orian, an artifact long believed lost–and the answer they had been looking for. Among Caerick's first acts as governor was to order the reconstruction of the ruined Temple of the Void which had stood empty since its destruction during his duel with Kiln Tobasa twelve years earlier. From their research the pair had discovered the temple held the secret of an ancient Star Map which, together with the Scepter now in their possession, would at last unlock the way to Lehon.

Retaliation (28 ABY)


"How fares your search for Lehon, apprentice? The first stage of our plans nears completion. The fool disciples of Sadow will soon ensure my Master and I safe passage to the Unknown Regions."
―Darth Maestus and Darth Vexatus
The Alien invaders' armada encountered at Telos

With control of the Dlarit Navy, Trevarus Caerick moved to break free of the cage they had been confined to since the Battle of Antei. With reports of an Alien fleet amassing at Telos an operation was launched to break their hold on the Hydian Way. The Dlarit Navy was sent in to divert the fleet at Telos while the Final Way deployed a team to the worldship stationed there.

Darth Vexatus was shot down and he and Caerick were forced to join the infiltration team. They encountered a Shamed One named Eshin Shul who led them to the yammosk. On the way they were attacked by Drathul Amnan, the worldship’s commander. Caerick and Vexatus opted to hold the commander and his retinue off while the rest of the team went on to the yammosk chamber. They killed Amnan but Caerick was captured when Eshin Shul betrayed them and taken to the Embrace of Pain.

While Vexatus attempted to rescue him the others slew the yammosk and returned to their ship. On orders from Astronicus Sadow, Muz Keibatsu issued a retreat, leaving Caerick and Vexatus to die, but they were rescued following the unlikely arrival of Jedgar Paladin. It seemed the Star Chamber was split on whether or not to destroy them. Following the battle the pair took advantage of Paladin's apparent certainty they would destroy themselves should they make it to Lehon. They convinced him to help them draw the dark side back into the temple being reconstructed on Sepros, seeking to reactivate the ancient Star Map buried there.

The year ended with Clan Arcona requesting aid after the Alien invaders launched an invasion of the Dajorra system. Darth Vexatus saw little reason to assist until Darth Maestus scolded him for focusing too much on Lehon and losing sight of his true goal. Vexatus convinced his old pawn Macron Goura and the visiting envoy Vallen'dere to join him in sabotaging the planet Selen's defenses. During the battle, the party succeeded in secretly blowing up the anti-air defenses of Estle City, forcing the rest of the Clan to abandon the world to the invaders.

Betrayal (29 ABY)

"The Third Sun has risen."

"Who is the Sword and who the Shield? Which the hero, and which the villain?"
―Darth Vexatus

Finally, on the anniversary of the Exodus, Darth Vexatus and Trevarus Caerick conducted a ritual to draw the dark side back into the Temple of the Void and, using the Scepter of Orian, reactivated the ancient Star Map matrix they had kept secret. After Caerick took control of the crew’s minds, they stole the Harbinger and headed to Telos to rendezvous with the Sanguinous and forces from the Obsidian Cohort led by Kem-Shu Maeda. Resisting the Caerick’s mind control, Maeda stood against them only to be slain by Vexatus. With Maeda dead and no need to hide his true allegiance from the Brotherhood any longer, Vexatus at last accepted the Mark from his Master. Looking upon the three eyes of his apprentice for the first time, Trevarus Caerick experienced a vision of the prophecy of his ancestor and when the line of Alain Caer would end, realizing the "third sun" spoke of the third burning red eye of Darth Vexatus.

At last believing her apprentice had become worthy of succeeding her, Darth Maestus instructed Vexatus to destroy her holocron. The Falleen crushed the device, absorbing the fragments into his flesh and becoming permanently bound with the shade of the ancient Sith Lord. Upon meeting Trevarus Caerick for the first time, Maestus unlocked the shade of Urias Orian which had been hidden inside the Amulet of Orian.

Mount Kazinal

The Harbinger headed to Lehon but the Disciples of Sadow were able to follow thanks to Macron Goura’s shared connection with the deserters. At Lehon, Caerick activated a number of illusion generators that had been brought onboard the Harbinger from the Sanguinus, creating a fleet of ghost ships to hold the Clan off. The pair took the Sanguinus and landed at the ruined Temple of the Ancients before making their way through the jungle to the Temple of Lost Souls, located within the dormant volcano named Mount Kazinal on the outskirts of the jungle. Inside, Vexatus was confronted with a vision of his sister, Renko Yast, Taraeis Alaviel and a man he did not yet know. While exploring the temple Darth Vexatus was attacked by a swarm of parasites, some of which managed to latch onto his right arm. Separately, he and Caerick made their way to two ancient hypergates which transported them inside a chamber at the core of the dormant volcano.

Duel on Lehon (29 ABY)

The Heart of the Force

"I am the Sword and the Darkness. I am the Destroyer. I am Death."
―Darth Vexatus

Upon locating the Heart of the Force, Caerick and Vexatus were attacked by a massive dark side wyrm and the Iron Fist brigade who had found them. The pair united to defeat their adversaries before turning on each other and dueling for the right to wield the power of the object they had so long sought. During the fight both were horrifically burned in addition to each losing an arm. Caerick suffered a broken rib while Vexatus lost the lower half of his left leg and one of his kidneys as well as being stabbed through the gut. After losing both his lightsabers, Vexatus flew out of control and launched a ray of energy at his Master, the two becoming linked in a battle of pure will. The fight ended when Vexatus caused the Heart to explode, impaling them both with thousands of shards.

The Clan arrived in time to witness what they believed to be the death of the two traitors. However, a second battle had been going on inside the sorcerer’s head and he emerged from the dead, reborn as Shan Long. The Dragon proceeded to battle the entire Clan. During the fight what remained of Vexatus came to, bursting into flames and losing all control as, rather than heal himself as Shan Long had, he sought to use the power of the Heart still pulsing through him to destroy them all. Muz Keibatsu battled the Dark Lord in vain until Macron Goura managed to stab him with a syringe filled with a potent neurotoxin. Defying death itself, Vexatus threatened to consume them all in his rage until Ylith Atema, with the Dark Lord utterly oblivious to his presence, the Valheru being cut off from the Force, was able to get close enough to stab the Falleen through the heart.

The depths of Kazinal Core, what was to be Darth Vexatus's final resting place.

Vexatus went into meltdown, drawing the volcano itself back to life in one last ditch attempt. Realizing the battle was over, the threat of annihilation having subsided, Jedgar Paladin sounded the retreat, ordering the Clan to fall back. Shan Long made one final attempt to summon the Sith Lord back from the brink of the abyss but Vexatus was lost, his mind and spirit shattered. The Dragon fled alone, leaving the Falleen to be consumed by the fires he had unleashed, having doomed himself. Vexatus tumbled into the depths of Kazinal Core, into the fiery heart of the volcano. Shan Long sensed Darth Vexatus blink out of existence, his essence falling silent. The Clan left Lehon content, Shan Long having escaped but his influence and dark schemes thwarted and the monster Darth Vexatus presumed dead. Following the events on Lehon, Shan Long had a vision of a jawless skull mocking him.

Broken (29 ABY – Present)

The Final Chain (29 ABY)


"Let go . . . you are more than crude matter . . . embrace your destiny . . . break the final chain . . . let the Force free you!"
―Darth Maestus
Vexatus in a coma after his defeat at Lehon.

With his body unable to contain the destructive energies unleashed by the Heart's sundering, Vexatus unconsciously severed the connection between his mind and his physical being, following Maestus's voice beyond shadows into the currents of the Force itself. To those fleeing Urati Kazinal, it was as if the Betrayer had been slain and his spirit sent to the netherworld; in reality, his mind was plunged into a madness beyond death, forced to fight the long tormented spirits he had consumed for control.

Some days, perhaps even weeks, it is impossible to say how long exactly, after Vexatus's mind vanished beyond shadows, his sister, Xora, arrived on Lehon, having finally hunted him down after he left the dark side miasma that had shrouded him at Orian. But instead of the revenge she hoped for, Xora found an empty burnt out shell. Despite not even sure if her brother was still alive, Xora could not bring herself to leave him the way he had left her; she recovered his body and returned to the Galactic Alliance Star Destroyer Silent Chariot, flagship of Jedi Master Renko Yast, who was battling the remaining Aliens and Ssi-Ruuk still holding out in the Shiritoku Spur on the borders of the Outer Rim Territories and Wild Space. Xora vowed that if and when Xanos recovered, she would see to it that he stood trial for his crimes.

On the surface, Xanos's body still seemed alive, however his mind was catatonic—brain dead. Xora, Renko, Taraeis Alaviel and Tradis Caelen debated what to do since there was no longer any Jedi Temple to return Xanos to, and Renko had no wish to jeopardise the safety of Eclipse Station. The situation became more complicated when Xora's health began to fail. Renko sensed the hand of the dark side and concluded Xanos had placed a curse on her. Back beneath Mount Kazinal, Xanos had unknowingly reached out to his sister and forged a Force bond that now leached away her life to rejuvenate his own. Renko may not have been aware of the full nature of the bond, but he certainly recognized that it would also kill Xora if Xanos were to be killed. So Renko did all he felt he could: he placed Xanos's body in a bacta tank and pledged to find a way to make Xanos undo the curse. As the weeks came and went, Coruscant was liberated, and the war neared its close; but Xanos remained sleeping, while Xora's health continued to deteriorate.

The Dreamer (29 ABY30 ABY)


"Our name is Kazinal, for we are many."
―The Lost
The tormented spirits freed from the Heart of the Force, known in Rakatan as Kazinal, the Lost Souls.

Trapped beyond the veil, Vexatus's mind continued to battle the lost souls set free when the Heart of the Force exploded. During this time, his influence on the physical realm was limited to a base urge to survive, a hunger, as seen by his latching onto Xora's life energy. Beyond shadows, time and space did not seem to have any meaning, and his reach stretched to others he had been closest too, in particular those who bore the same Mark of the Wanderer he now carried. Across the galaxy in Orian, the freshly knighted Cyrus Raze, Kharon Daragon, and Jaspen Kraitus, a Jedi refugee trapped on San Korinar who for reasons unknown also carried the Mark, all came under psychic assault by the waves of darkness emanating from within the void. Throughout the system, there were miscellaneous reports of people going missing and unexplained bombings. Events peaked when Cyrus unknowingly took part in an unsuccessful assassination attempt on the senior clan elders at the Dystopia nightclub. However Vexatus was too lost among the souls he had devoured for even Daragon to discern the signs for what they truly were; instead, Daragon was certain the source of the attacks was none other than the Dragon, Shan Long. Daragon covered the attack up and offered Cyrus a reprieve if he journeyed to the still Alien-occupied Antei, to Kalekka Tower, former home of the now deceased Trevarus Caerick, where he was convinced Cyrus would find the answers they both sought.

The sword at the heart of the visions plaguing many who had once been linked to Darth Vexatus.

Back on the Chariot, Xora's health was critical and she had been placed in a tank alongside her brother. Renko had rigged Xanos's body up to a host of life support apparatus to avoid him dragging Xora into the netherworld with him were he to pass away. As the months wore on, members of the Chariot's crew began to experience unexplained black outs similar to those that had affected the residents of Orian. The madness spread while Renko and the other two Jedi continued their operation to mop up the last few Aliens who had refused to lay down arms and surrender even after the fall of their empire]and their social order's total collapse following the death of the Supreme Overlord. Crewmen spoke of warnings about the voices written on the walls in blood, or seeing ghosts in their reflections in the refresher; it was a short step before some were jettisoning themselves in escape pods to escape the horrors trapped on-board. Renko did what he could in search of answers, meditating to drive back the darkness, but with the HoloNet down and the Jedi still scattered across the galaxy until their new academy on Ossus was completed, there was no help to go to and nowhere safe to take Xanos's body. Each time something happened, Renko considered jettisoning both Xora and Xanos into the nearest sun; but each time, he felt something hold him back, be it his Jedi compassion or something else. So all Renko could do was wait, and hope the evil devoured itself before it devoured them all.

At Orian, steps were under way for the reclamation of Antei from the Force-devoid Alien invaders, and Cyrus was assembling a team who would head into the Shroud ahead of the main force as an advanced reconnaissance unit, but in truth charged with a mission of the utmost importance to him and his consul. However, both men were fast losing their grip on reality, plagued with visions of a blinding, white hot sword, silhouetted against the rise of a third sun on the horizon, shortly before all three stars fell into themselves to become black holes. The two were not alone; inmates at the Cenota Facility once linked to Vexatus such as Vallen'dere also began experiencing the same recurring nightmare, many scratching at the durasteel walls of their cells with their bare fingernails, some rubbing their digits down to bloody stubs until they were bare bone. The madness seemed contagious, echoing out from all who spent too long around those who had been struck down first. An expedition to the frozen tombs on Inos 42 saw the team led by Vexatus's former apprentice, Macron Goura, encounter a mad dark side adept named Curwen Sunei, who proclaimed the end of days was nearing and that they would all bow down before "The Sword" before it was over. But for now, Daragon still remained blind to the truth, convinced that everything happening bore the telltale signs of the hand of Trevarus Caerick. Putting two and two together, Daragon came to the most logical assessment based on the facts available to him, concluding that Shan Long had not consumed Caerick as they had first believed—and getting it completely wrong.

Apotheosis (30 ABY)


"I am voice to a thousand voices; the one of many; all and nothing; space and time; the stars and the heavens; celestial; I am Vexatus."
―Vexatus after finally becoming one with the spirits he had absorbed on Lehon nearly two years prior
Darth Vexatus after his reconstruction.

More than a year and a half after Lehon, Xora finally passed away. With her life energy, the entity that had once been her brother wrested control from the maelstrom of spirits trapped within its bodily vessel. However, as much as the entity now calling itself Vexatus had once been Xanos Zorrixor, it was the summation of the souls caged within; in place of an individual consciousness was an unholy union, of which Xanos himself was as much a prisoner as the others, for that much knowledge was too much for a mortal mind. All too late, he recognized Vexatus as the darkness he foresaw decades earlier but had mistaken for the Aliens, and in his quest to save the galaxy had now unleashed an evil that fed upon the Force itself. Instead of becoming one, Xanos was condemned to eternal purgatory—the gates to the netherworld closed forever—what remained of him trapped with the spirits from Lehon, powerless to escape the hole that hungered still in its drive to become one with the Force.

To be completed. (Xora passes away. Vexatus joins with Kazinal. Crew go crazy. Renko decides to end it. Taraeis says no. Tradis gets possessed. Stabs Taraeis. Renko flips out. They duel. In her last breaths, Tara snaps sense into Tradis. Both wounded, Renko and Tradis head to the medlab. Tradis loses it again. Renko pleads with him. Tradis blasts Renko. Ambiguous if Tradis lives or dies; he maims himself either way. Silent Chariot left drifting lifeless. "Vexatus-Kazinal" left floating forever in a tank.)

Revelations (30 ABY31 ABY)

(Silent Chariot encountered by Ylith. "Vexatus"'s survival revealed. Simultaneous with events of GJW9. Cyrus possessed. CNS vs Cyrus battle. Cyrus-Vexatus's death. Xanos seeks way to destroy Vexatus forever.)

Personality and traits

Darth Vexatus is self-reliant, manipulative and constantly wary of the intentions of others. Vexatus is the product of a life that has been dominated by loss and betrayal. He first fell to the dark side out of revenge but later became obsessed with obtaining more power to free himself from the oppression of the Force.

Unlike most Sith throughout history, Vexatus does not care about ruling an empire or conquering the galaxy. He aims to master the ritual once attempted by Exar Kun to escape his mortal body and ascend to the status of a god by becoming one with the dark side. Vexatus considers the half-existence most spirits settle with a failure and resents the idea of becoming one with the Force only to become a slave to its will.

Darth Vexatus remains loyal to Trevarus Caerick out of mutual interest. Caerick is the only person he trusts and despite his power Vexatus begrudgingly still feels compelled to kneel before his Master as apprentice. Caerick may not possess the same level of raw power but his knowledge of the Force is almost unparalleled and Vexatus remains fearful of the secrets he still keeps hidden and continues to believe there is much more to his Master than he lets on. Vexatus knows without Caerick he cannot fulfill his ambitions but that one day he will be forced to battle his Master to decide who will rule in the Force’s place.

Vexatus is a firm believer in the Rule of Two though this was not always the case. Vexatus was driven into the thrall of Trevarus Caerick because he offered him power the Star Chamber would have said forbidden for an apprentice. Caerick’s willingness to disregard the rules drove a wedge between Vexatus and the rest of the Brotherhood. However, Caerick never outright told Vexatus what to believe, having always left it up to his apprentice to discover the truth on his own. When Vexatus was betrayed by the Star Chamber over the coming of the Aliens he turned his back on the Brotherhood, at long last embracing his Master’s beliefs. When he obtained the Holocron of Darth Maestus and learned the history of the Rule of Two it sealed his views. Vexatus now believes the Brotherhood must be destroyed along with the Jedi Order for there to be any hope of bringing order. To some extent he is no more loyal to the Sith than he is to the Jedi, considering his only true allegiance to be to his vision of a galaxy without light and dark.

Having been betrayed by those closest to him, including his sister and his former apprentice, he expects the worst from people and gives no better in return. Vexatus sees all those around him as tools that can be used for his own ends. As a gifted seer, his mind is constantly on the future and he manipulates people like Dejarik pieces as part of plans that may not come to pass for years. Vexatus is quick to betray others, having no true allegiance other than himself and after deciding the Brotherhood was doomed was quick to leave Antei to rot. He believes in the survival of the fittest and will rarely intervene where lives are threatened unless to further his own ends, believing helping people only makes them weaker.

Due to his experiences Vexatus is not one for relationships of any kind. In one sense he is very much a Falleen because he considers himself above impulsive behavior and is coldly logical and methodical in his actions. However, he believes compassion is a weakness and uses his species’ pheromonal talents only as a means to influence the weak minded. Unless Vexatus is actively seeking something from someone he normally comes across as detached and aloof, almost as if his mind is only partially in the present.

Powers and abilities

Darth Vexatus has always been strong in the Force, having drawn on it instinctively several times during his youth. His lust for greater power has defined his adulthood and Vexatus has become increasingly lost to his own hunger. Vexatus has spent most of his time as Trevarus Caerick’s apprentice searching for the means to become one with the dark side and believes he has finally found the answers in the Holocron of Darth Maestus. It is Vexatus’s ultimate goal to ascend to the status of a god and dominate all life.

It was perhaps inevitable with one of the most gifted seers in the Brotherhood as his Master that Darth Vexatus would develop the ability to look into the future. Vexatus was always gifted in sensing the immediate future but first began experiencing visions after he fully embraced the dark side as a Master. Unlike Caerick, Vexatus lacks control over his visions and they generally come to him as intense and vivid dreams. Although Vexatus often sees further into the future than his Master his dreams are usually unclear and it is not uncommon for there to be more than one interpretation.

As one of the three people in the Brotherhood who worked to unlock the secrets of the Holocron of Tulak Hord, Darth Vexatus is a gifted duelist. Darth Vexatus utilizes the Force and agility more than brute strength and has not mastered as many Forms as some others but his knowledge of the Jedi Arts is almost unrivaled. There are few opponents who can surprise him in battle and Vexatus does not considered his own lack of training in the use of more exotic weapons such as double bladed lightsabers to be a weakness.

Vexatus experienced untold horrors at the hands of the Aliens while in captivity. His bionic eye was replaced with an mqaaq’it implant, allowing him to see naturally again for the first time in years. The implant sees things differently to a normal eye, though Vexatus claims he can no more explain it than he could explain color to a creature without eyes. The Aliens also inserted a tizowyrm into his ear to converse with him which remains imbedded inside his ear. Vexatus has begun to develop some form of symbiotic relationship with the creatures although he has yet to understand it.

Darth Vexatus does not consider himself the true Sith Master for no reason. He has spent his life forever in search of answers. His quest for knowledge has seen him delve into the darkest mysteries of lost Holocrons and teachings. Having strived to take the Force further than all but a handful throughout history, Vexatus has an understanding of the Force that surpasses mere shades of light and dark. Vexatus believes he will find the answers he has long sought on the planet Lehon where he believes his visions have shown him finally transcending life to become a god.

However, his visions have been known to be wrong before...

DJB Facts

Trivia

  • The name Xanos was a corruption of the name Xanatos.
  • The name Zorrixor was derived from the name Xizor.
  • The name Vexatus is derived from the word vexation meaning to annoy or a state of irritation.
  • Xanos spent a collective total of 791 days as Consul.
  • Xanos joined the Dark Brotherhood on 12 August 1999.
  • Xanos originally used the name "Goatham", his surname from real life, but eventually changed it in favor of something more fictionally appropriate.


Positions Held
Before Position After
Unknown Apprentice of Vykan
12 ABY - 17 ABY
Unknown
Unknown Commander of Diamond Squadron
16 ABY
Unknown
Unknown Acolyte/Apprentice of Trevarus Caerick
16 ABY
Himself as Apprentice
Kale Aedile of House Ludo Kresh
16 ABY
Scithe
Manesh Sadow Quaestor of House Ludo Kresh
16 ABY - 18 ABY
Scithe
Daihok Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow
18 ABY
Trevarus Caerick
Keldorn Consul of Clan Naga Sadow + Governor General of Orian
18 ABY - 20 ABY
Jonuss Sadow
Desio Predator Sith High Warrior of the Dark Council
20 ABY - 22 ABY
Sith Bloodfyre
Korras Proconsul of Clan Naga Sadow
22 ABY
Muz Sadow
Malik Sadow Consul of Clan Naga Sadow
22 ABY - 24 ABY
Korras
Kir Taldrya Katarn Deputy Grand Master of the Dark Council
24 ABY - 25 ABY
Aristan Dantes
Unknown Apprentice of Darth Maestus
25 ABY - 29 ABY
None
numerous Sith Lord
25 ABY to 35 ABY
removed
Bubba Magistrate to the Headmaster
35 ABY to current
incumbent
None Master of Macron Goura Sadow
27 ABY - 28 ABY
None
None Prefect of San Korinar
28 ABY - 29 ABY
None
None Heretic
29 ABY - current
Incumbent