- "Don't make people into heroes. Heroes don't exist, and if they did, I wouldn't be one of them."
- ―Kenath Zoron
Kenath Zoron is a Sith Dark Jedi Knight in the Dark Brotherhood. He is a member of Clan Taldryan's House Ektrosis. He was called back to the Brotherhood by his master, Darth Pravus, after having remained behind during the Exodus. Zoron is an accomplished fighter pilot, serving with distinction in the Emperor's Hammer for long stretches of time, both before and after the Exodus.
Biography
Early life
Zoron was born on Aurora, in what would eventually become Emperor's Hammer territory. Raised in the city of Coyian, he is the eldest son of a retired Imperial pilot-turned diplomat, Lord Tyr Zoron, and his late mother, Miranda. He has one surviving sibling, his sister Jusay, as his brother Arrak died alongside his mother.
As a child, he spent many hours with his father on the local Imperial base, learning the ins and outs of piloting from his father's squadmates. At his father's urging (and sponsorship), he joined the Academy to become an Imperial officer and fighter pilot.
While in his final term at the Academy, his mother and brother were on a passenger liner that was raided by pirates. Both were lost in the initial attack as the pirates "accidentally" vented the airlock during the boarding operation, killing most of the passengers inside.
Emperor's Hammer
Zoron graduated from the Academy and began to serve in various fighter squadrons in the Emperor's Hammer. Here he met many of the members of the Dark Brotherhood and eventually discovered his Force-sensitivity. He served with distinction under the former Darth Sarin in Avenger Elite Squadron, earning the "Black Shirt" distinction.
He was recruited into the Brotherhood around that time, and worked his way up the rank and position ladders, spending time as an Aedile and holding the rank of Jedi Hunter.
Exodus
- "Shiny. Let's be bad guys."
- ―Kenath Zoron to Darth Sarin
As the Exodus occurred, he was approached by Sarin and asked to remain behind to act as a deep-cover agent in case the need arose for further actions to be taken. Disillusioned by the behaviour of Ronin and Astatine, he agreed to hide his loyalty to Darth Sarin and the many other comrades who were excommunicated from the Emperor's Hammer. He publicly denounced Sarin and played the part of a loyal Imperial pilot.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zoron completed his tour of duty and returned to Aurora. To keep well-informed, he applied for the local security forces. With his decorated combat history and chest full of medals, he was readily accepted and worked as a patrol officer on Aurora, returning to the fleet when re-called on multiple occasions.
During the confusion of the Exodus, he was able to wipe away traces of his membership in the Brotherhood from the Emperor's Hammer intelligence agents. He thus allowed his Force-talents to subside until called again to the Brotherhood.
Reactivation
- "Come. Now. Darth Pravus."
- ―Message from Darth Pravus to Zoron
In 37 ABY, Zoron began to fear he was losing grip on reality. He began to see spectral images of his old friend and mentor Sarin. Knowing that Sarin had died years before, Zoron worried that the stress of maintaining his cover was causing him to go insane.
Then, one night's rest turned into a vision. Zoron finally saw Sarin clearly and was told to seek out a master to complete his training. Sarin showed him an image of another Sith Lord, Darth Pravus, and then faded away.
Upon waking, Zoron saw a message on his datapad from the secret address that Sarin had kept for communicating with him. It simply said, "Come. Now. Darth Pravus." With that, Zoron feigned a leave of absence from the fleet and left with his family to seek out his new master.
Taldryan
- "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaave you met Zoron?"
- ―Howlader to assembled Taldryans
Zoron was welcomed back into the Brotherhood with open arms and was assigned to Taldryan. Darth Pravus, he learned, was the Voice of the Brotherhood and had already arranged for him to recover his old honours and had already prepared a training plan for him.
In Taldryan, he quickly re-familiarized himself with the workings of the Brotherhood and found himself spending large amounts of time training himself back up to his old skill levels. After heavy study and many duels, he surpassed his previous abilities, and found himself earning the title of Dark Jedi Knight.
Trivia
- The first member of Taldryan to be Knighted after it Reclanned in 37 ABY.