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Therj'en'nuruodo is a Chiss male of the Nuruodo family, born on Dromund Kaas in 3665 BBY and raised within the structured traditions of both the Ascendancy and the Sith Empire. Though Force sensitivity among the Chiss was rare and often condemned, his abilities manifested early but remained concealed from Imperial attention through strict self-control and disciplined restraint. At the age of eight, he was conscripted into the Imperial Navy and trained within its officer academies as part of the Sith Empire’s conscription protocols on Dromund Kaas. His aptitude for command and tactical jurisprudence quickly distinguished him among his peers.
By the time his latent Force abilities were formally discovered at the age of nine, he had already earned the respect of several naval instructors. Rather than execution or exile, he was reassigned by Imperial decree to the Sith Academy, where the Sphere of Laws and Justice claimed oversight of his development. His studies combined the legalistic doctrine of Imperial administration with the philosophical tenets of Sith order and control. He rose through the Academy ranks, completing his training with distinction and receiving his title as a Sith Lord by early adulthood.
Appointed under the Sphere of Laws and Justice, Therj’en’nuruodo was entrusted with direct oversight of the Imperial Navy’s judicial and operational discipline. He served as both magistrate and fleet commander, ensuring adherence to Imperial Code and Sith hierarchy across multiple sectors. His dual authority as Sith Lord and naval officer gave him influence over fleet conduct, officer tribunals, and the legal interpretation of wartime directives. During the later stages of the Great Galactic War, he commanded the Harrower-class dreadnought Judicator, supported by a Fury-class imperial interceptor of the same name for reconnaissance and diplomatic operations.
His tenure within the Navy reflected the ideals of structured dominion rather than unrestrained conquest. He believed the Sith Code was not a license for chaos but a system of order sustained by strength and accountability. Many within the fleet referred to him as the “Silent Adjudicator,” a commander whose discipline matched his power. Reports from the period describe him as detached yet exact, judging officers and apprentices alike by merit rather than ambition.
Following the collapse of the Sith Empire, Therj’en’nuruodo withdrew from known space aboard the Judicator. He entered a state of deep Force meditation within the ship’s sealed sanctum, a chamber that would become both his refuge and prison. For centuries, the vessel drifted through uncharted regions until rediscovery in 43 ABY. Salvage crews from the Dark Jedi Brotherhood found the ship largely intact, its systems in minimal standby, and its commander still alive in sustained trance.
Upon revival, Therj'en'nuruodo displayed no signs of physical decay, his biological age held in suspension by his command of the Force. Records recovered from the Judicator confirmed his last entries as dated to the waning years of the old Empire. The Brotherhood granted him provisional status, later confirming his allegiance under House Tyranus of Clan Plagueis. Though he no longer claimed the mantle of Sith Lord in name, his mastery remained unquestioned. He resumed study and counsel within the Brotherhood, serving as legal scholar, archivist, and advisor on Imperial jurisprudence and Chiss philosophy.
His worldview remains shaped by the fusion of two legacies: Chiss discipline and Sith law. He views power as the means to sustain order rather than disrupt it, and the Force as a reflection of law itself—capable of destruction but created for structure. Within the Brotherhood, he acts as a strategist and arbiter, often mediating between conflicting interpretations of doctrine. His restored Fury-class Judicator serves as both residence and mobile archive, while the derelict Harrower-class vessel remains preserved in orbit above Aliso as a monument to Imperial order and endurance.
To his peers, Therj'en'nuruodo is less a relic than a reminder—that law and discipline, not chaos or domination, built the empires of the past. His presence commands quiet deference. Those who serve beside him often remark that when he speaks, he does so as if the centuries themselves were listening.
Character History
Early Life and Heritage
Therj’en’nuruodo was born in 3665 BBY on Dromund Kaas to a distinguished Chiss family of the Nuruodo line. Though his family’s ancestral home remained on Csilla, both his parents were stationed within the Sith Empire. His father, an officer in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force, had been seconded to the Imperial Navy to coordinate navigational strategy between the Ascendancy and Imperial command. His mother, herself a Chiss officer within the Imperial Navy, served aboard a Harrower-class dreadnought in the Kaas system. His father was killed in action during a frontier campaign in 3660 BBY, and his mother succumbed to the Rakghoul plague three years later. Both sets of grandparents were from Csaplar, the capital of Csilla, and maintained distant ties to the Nuruodo ruling house.
Among his siblings, Therj’en’nuruodo was the firstborn and the only child born on Dromund Kaas. The remaining children were born in Csaplar, where the Nuruodo name carried considerable weight. Several of his siblings entered the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force or Ascendancy bureaucracy, while others pursued mercantile and diplomatic roles within the outer sectors. A few lived long, distinguished lives, while others died young under mysterious circumstances linked to offworld assignments. Of them all, only one sister shared his sensitivity to the Force, a navigator within the Ascendancy known as a Sky-Walker. She remained alive as of his final entry aboard the Judicator, though her fate after his long meditation remains uncertain.
Early Force Sensitivity
Force sensitivity among the Chiss was rare and stigmatized. Discovery often resulted in exile or execution, and the Nuruodo Aristocra took extreme care to conceal his abilities. As a child, Therj’en’nuruodo learned restraint to the point of invisibility. He used the Force only in subtle ways, never enough to draw attention. At eight years old, he was conscripted into the Imperial Navy through a merit-based youth program common on Dromund Kaas. His heritage and discipline advanced him quickly through the ranks of cadet command. His aptitude for both tactics and regulation earned him early notice within the Ministry of War, though no one yet suspected the Force that guided his precision.
Early Naval Conscription
At eight years old, equivalent to a Human of sixteen, Therj’en’nuruodo entered the Imperial Navy youth corps and served one standard year aboard the Terminus-class destroyer Vigilant as a junior tactical aide. His grasp of formation logic, navigation, and command discipline made him a model cadet among both Chiss and Imperial officers. During a training exercise, he prevented a collision between two cruisers through reflexes faster than the ship’s own sensors could register. The report cited “intuitive action under duress,” but senior officers in the Ministry of War recognized it for what it was—evidence of Force sensitivity.
Within months, he was recalled from service for review by the Sphere of Laws and Justice. For a Chiss, this revelation could have meant execution. For the Empire, it was an opportunity to shape a mind that combined discipline with potential. At the end of his first year in the Navy, Therj’en’nuruodo was ordered to Dromund Kaas for reassignment.
The Sith Academy
At nine years old, equivalent to a Human nearing adulthood, he entered the Sith Academy under the jurisdiction of the Sphere of Laws and Justice. His arrival drew quiet curiosity from instructors and resentment from peers. Chiss Force-sensitives were virtually unheard of, and his presence was viewed as an experiment in discipline rather than destiny. Yet he adapted immediately to the Academy’s brutal regimen, excelling in study and restraint.
Therj’en’nuruodo treated the Force as law rather than power, structure rather than chaos. His training combined mastery of jurisprudence, philosophy, and martial discipline. He viewed passion as instability, believing that control was the highest form of strength. Where other initiates sought domination, he sought order. Instructors recorded his progress as methodical and exact. Upon completion of his trials, he was granted the title of Sith Lord by early adulthood, with the Sphere claiming him as one of their own.
Upon graduation, the Ministry of War awarded him a Fury-class interceptor—also named Judicator—as personal transport and reconnaissance vessel. The gift symbolized his dual nature as jurist and warrior. The ship’s compact design allowed him to travel independently across sectors, inspecting fleets and enforcing Imperial law as an emissary of the Sphere of Laws and Justice. The Judicator would remain with him throughout his life, even after the Empire’s collapse.
Return to the Imperial Navy
Following his formal induction as a Sith Lord under the Sphere of Laws and Justice, Therj’en’nuruodo was reassigned to active naval command within the Imperial military hierarchy. His transition from acolyte to officer was swift, as the Dark Council saw in him a rare synthesis of legal intellect, military discipline, and Force mastery. The Ministry of War commissioned him to resume service aboard the Harrower-class dreadnought Judicator, now elevated to flagship status under his direct command. His prior Fury-class interceptor of the same name accompanied the fleet as his personal transport and reconnaissance vessel, symbolizing his dual identity as jurist and warrior.
Within the Navy, Therj’en’nuruodo’s authority extended beyond combat operations. As representative of the Sphere of Laws and Justice, he held jurisdiction over military tribunals, officer conduct, and the enforcement of wartime edicts. The Judicator became not merely a vessel of war but a mobile courtroom of Imperial law. Offenders within the fleet were brought before him to stand trial, their fates decided with the same calm precision that marked his every command. He viewed these proceedings not as punishments, but as acts of restoration—each sentence an attempt to preserve order within a system already bending toward chaos.
His leadership was defined by quiet rigor. Subordinates described him as unyielding yet never cruel. Silence on his bridge carried more authority than any shouted order. He demanded from his crew not fear, but exact obedience grounded in comprehension of the Imperial Code. Under his command, naval formations achieved mechanical unity, their movements reflecting both strategic logic and moral discipline. To his peers among the Sith, he represented the ideal fusion of Force and law—a weapon governed by conscience rather than ambition.
During the Great Galactic War, Therj’en’nuruodo’s fleet operated primarily along the Mid Rim and Tingel Arm sectors. His campaigns favored surgical strikes over mass destruction, aimed at securing infrastructure and governance rather than mere conquest. Reports from the war’s archives describe his fleets as “silent storms,” eradicating resistance with minimal collateral loss. Even the Republic acknowledged his efficiency, labeling him “the Lawgiver of Kaas.” Within the Empire, his approach divided opinion. Some called him the model of Sith discipline; others whispered that his restraint bordered on heresy.
As decades passed, his influence grew within the Ministry of War and the Sphere of Laws and Justice alike. He drafted revisions to the Imperial Fleet Charter and the Articles of Engagement, codifying standards of command that emphasized lawful authority over personal dominance. His treatises—later archived as The Discipline of Power—argued that the Empire’s survival depended not on fear, but on institutional integrity. These writings were quietly distributed through naval academies and became unofficial doctrine among officers who valued order over violence.
When the Empire began to fracture under its own corruption, Therj’en’nuruodo stood among the few voices calling for structural reform. He warned that the Sith’s obsession with domination would dissolve the very empire they sought to preserve. His petitions to the Dark Council went unanswered. Disillusioned yet unwavering, he withdrew from the collapsing order and entered seclusion aboard the Judicator, vowing that the law must sleep until worthy hands could awaken it again.
Withdrawal and Meditation
As the Great Galactic War drew toward its end, Therj’en’nuruodo found himself among the few who foresaw the Empire’s internal decay. He petitioned the Dark Council to reform the legal apparatus of the Navy, warning that power without structure would dissolve into rebellion. His requests were ignored. When the Empire fractured, he withdrew from active command, sealing himself within the Judicator and entering deep Force meditation. The ship vanished into the Unknown Regions soon after, presumed lost with all hands. Only centuries later, when the Dark Jedi Brotherhood uncovered the derelict vessel, did the truth of his survival emerge.
Rediscovery and Renewal
In 43 ABY, long after the fall of the old Sith Empire, a Brotherhood salvage detachment operating along a forgotten trade corridor near the Minos Cluster located a derelict Fury-class interceptor drifting amid debris. The ship’s nameplate, Judicator, was identical to the lost dreadnought once commanded by Therj’en’nuruodo. Initial scans detected faint energy readings from within a sealed meditation chamber. When boarding crews breached the inner hull, they found the vessel preserved by overlapping stasis fields of unknown origin. At its center sat Therj’en’nuruodo, unaged, seated in meditation before a still-functioning holocron keyed to the Sphere of Laws and Justice.
Records suggest that the Force stasis had lasted nearly four millennia. The ship’s chronometers registered no external activity since its disappearance. When the stasis field collapsed, Therj’en’nuruodo awoke in silence, requesting only a report of the Empire’s fate. Upon learning of its destruction and the rise of new orders, he accepted the truth without visible reaction. His first words to the recovery team were recorded by the boarding officer’s helmet feed: “Then the law sleeps, but it is not dead.”
The Dark Jedi Brotherhood brought him to Arx for study and eventual induction. His knowledge of pre-Republic Imperial law, naval doctrine, and Force jurisprudence proved invaluable to scholars of the Shadow Academy. Though no longer a Sith Lord in title, he was granted position within Clan Plagueis, where his temperament and command sense aligned with the pragmatic discipline of House Tyranus. In time, he accepted the Brotherhood’s authority, viewing it not as a rival empire but as a continuation of the same eternal pattern—order rising from decay.
His reawakening marked the beginning of what he called his “second service.” He resumed study of the Force not for conquest, but for preservation of structure amid the flux of galactic power. The restored Judicator now serves as both laboratory and tribunal, its central chamber repurposed for meditation and instruction. Those who enter its halls find the interior untouched by time, as if the old Empire itself lingers in its metallic silence.
To the members of the Brotherhood, Therj’en’nuruodo remains a paradox. Some regard him as a relic sustained by obsession, others as a prophet of discipline in an age addicted to change. He shows allegiance neither to nostalgia nor to revolution. His loyalty is to continuity—the belief that civilizations survive only when their laws are stronger than their wars. Though displaced in time, he carries himself as though nothing has changed, moving through the corridors of Arx with the same measured calm that once ruled a fleet.
In his private writings, he refers to his reawakening as a judicial summons rather than a resurrection. “I did not return to rule,” one entry reads, “but to remember what rule was meant to be.” To this day, the Brotherhood’s archivists maintain that his memory of the ancient Empire remains intact, yet he speaks of it rarely, believing that the living must build their own order. To those who seek him out, he offers a single warning: “The Force is not chaos. It is structure waiting for will.” For him, the future is not rebellion against the past, but its lawful correction.
Physical Description
Therj’en’nuruodo displays the characteristic angular features of his Chiss heritage. His skin is a deep cobalt blue, and his crimson eyes maintain a steady, unbroken focus that rarely betrays emotion. His posture is upright and controlled, shaped by formal naval education and conditioning within the Nuruodo Ruling Family’s military traditions. His speech is low and precise, carrying a quiet authority rather than forceful command.
He stands approximately 1.97 meters tall and maintains a lean, well-conditioned build developed through structured martial training and disciplined routine rather than ostentation. His black hair is kept short and neatly combed back in typical Chiss military fashion. His movements are deliberate, efficient, and economical, giving the impression of someone who considers purpose before action.
Faint scarring is visible across the jawline, brow, and along the outer forearms, the result of controlled blade training and live-combat discipline drills. A geometric lineage tattoo marking his affiliation within the Nuruodo family is placed on his right shoulder and upper arm, executed in the precise angular style traditional to Chiss heraldic markings. A pair of small, well-healed burn scars are present at the left shoulder and the back of the right hand. These marks are worn without comment and are neither concealed nor emphasized.
In attire, Therj’en’nuruodo favors formal, regulation-inspired uniforms in dark tones reflective of Nuruodo discipline and his Sith order affiliation, typically accented only by rank insignia and the minimal symbols required by protocol. His lightsaber — a curved-hilt design optimized for precision control — is worn at his belt alongside an officer’s datapad configured to his personal clearance codes. Even in informal settings, his bearing remains composed and understated, with an emphasis on order, restraint, and clarity of presentation.
Personality and Philosophy
Therj’en’nuruodo embodies the precision and restraint of the Chiss Ascendancy, tempered by the philosophical austerity of the old Sith Empire. His manner is calm to the point of disquiet. He rarely raises his voice, preferring stillness and silence to dominate a room. To those who serve beside him, his presence feels less like command and more like judgment waiting to be rendered. He listens more than he speaks, and when he does speak, every word is measured with exact intent.
Unlike many Sith of his age, Therj’en’nuruodo does not derive strength from passion or emotion. His discipline was formed in the structure of law, where emotion is treated as instability. He believes that power must submit to order, and that law is the truest expression of the Force’s balance. To him, the Sith Code is not a license for chaos but a charter for controlled ascent. He once wrote that freedom without law is merely indulgence, and that the Dark Side, left without structure, consumes its own foundation. This belief often places him at odds with more volatile Sith, yet even his opponents acknowledge the unshakable authority behind his reasoning.
His view of justice is neither moral nor sentimental. He believes that fairness exists only through clarity, and that mercy without merit is corruption in disguise. Within the Imperial Navy, he was known for delivering sentences that were harsh yet exact, free from cruelty but absolute in consequence. Within the Brotherhood, he continues this practice as a mentor to those who seek balance between emotion and control. He favors discipline over ambition, and knowledge over dominance, seeing the Brotherhood not as a hierarchy of power but as a proving ground for those capable of mastering themselves.
Despite his stoic exterior, Therj’en’nuruodo is not devoid of conscience. He carries deep loyalty to the Chiss ideal of service through merit, and to the Sith conviction that will must be exercised toward structure rather than destruction. His detachment masks a quiet reverence for endurance, precision, and legacy. When speaking of the past, he does so without nostalgia, acknowledging the Empire’s fall as the natural consequence of unrestrained pride. Yet he remains unyielding in his belief that law, when wielded by the strong, can outlast even the collapse of civilizations.
In the modern Brotherhood era, he acts as a stabilizing figure within House Tyranus of Clan Plagueis. Many view him as an anachronism, a relic of extinct empires who nevertheless understands the machinery of power better than most living beings. He often serves as arbiter in disputes and as a strategist during joint operations, favoring plans that minimize waste and maximize control. His philosophy of order has begun to influence a small circle of apprentices and officers who refer to his teachings as the “Doctrine of Continuance.” To them, he represents the bridge between the ancient Sith and the disciplined modern force-user, a being who believes that true mastery begins where chaos ends.
Though centuries removed from his own time, Therj’en’nuruodo remains a servant of law. His purpose is no longer conquest but preservation—the belief that even in the ashes of empire, structure can be rebuilt. He moves through the galaxy as a living testament to endurance, a figure who speaks not of what the Sith were, but of what they could have been if discipline had survived ambition.