Success or Death.
NAME: [Confidential],
FACTION:
RANK: Master.
SPECIES: Rattataki
AGE: 60-65 years old.
SEX: Female.
ORIENTATION: Asexual.
HEIGHT: 179 cm.
WEIGHT: 68 kg.
EYES: Naturally grey. Corruption makes eyes appear a red-orange, like embers.
HAIR: N/A, bald.
SKIN: Ash grey.
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes.
VOICE/PLAYBY: [The Clone Wars: Asajj Ventress]
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES(Required: 2 Weaknesses Minimum) :
Combat: Rattataki have a hyper-violent culture which has desensitised Saiah to violence and given her a knack for cruelty. Coupled with her past as a mercenary and later Sith has left Ophidia with a distinct aptitude for combat and inflicting pain. While excellent one-on-one, she struggles in the face of blasters and multiple opponents.
Stealth: Life as a thieving street urchin, scout, and later assassin has given her the ability to move quiet and unseen even without aid from the Force. This ability is the crux of her work as a Sith and while her skills within stealth are great, one may even say she is overly dependent on her ability to hide.
Superiority: Saiah believes Sith to be inherently superior and entitled to rule the galaxy, and among Sith she believes herself to be entitled to keep secrets and act without permission should she see fit. While this has aided her in the past, it has also lead to her underestimating foes and rebellious apprentices in the past.
APPEARANCE: 
Tall, lean, bald and chalk skinned. Saiah’s figure is rather boyish between her tall athletic frame and flat chest. Her long neck and upright posture adds to her perceived height and give her a certain air of dominance. Like most Rattataki, her skin is painted in a symmetrical pattern of black tendrils, reminiscent of traditional Sith tattoos. She also has a few other notable body modifications: As a form of punishment, the tip of her tongue was split down the middle. She also has a triangular piece of jewellery in each earlobe. Upon joining the Covenant of the Black Rose, she recieved the mark of a rose on her left thigh, which has later been cut to show her disassociation with the group. Upon her knighting the Dark Mark of the Sith grew into shape in her right palm. When creating her first Sith Familiar, her left arm turned black as ink from the elbow to the fingertips. When drawing from the dark side of the Force, her eyes change colour, becoming red like burning embers. Saiah's back and shoulders have a scar in the shape of a Lichtenberg figure after she was electrocuted on Contruum.
As clothing goes, she tends to wear fitted robes in shades of black with several hidden compartments. Most of her robes have a distinctive pattern of blue squares down the back from the back of the hood to the hem of her coat, giving associations to a viper. The Hood is large enough to hide most of her features if she should choose so. Under the robes, she will also be wearing a long skirt in lightweight fabrics. Under the skirt she wears a tight-fitted material, in case the garments should be ruined in combat. On her feet, she wears leather boots, shiny black in colour.
BIOGRAPHY:
The Acolyte:
Saiah was born Maica Pec, and conceived in a brief and unhappy union. Her mother fell into bad habits and Maica was mostly left to her own devices. She got into fights and licked her wounds; she stole, lied, extorted and spied herself to a certain independence. Her criminal lifestyle gave her a window into the gladiatorial arena, in which she had a brief, but successful career. It was in the arenas that her force abilities truly began to bloom. She begun to anticipate her opponents attacks and made certain feats of agility she had not herself believed possible. Her feats in the arena gained her a shot at mercenary work. It was in the mercenary line she took the name of Saiah and she won renown within her squad for her scouting and her ferocious fearlessness in the face of high risks for pain and death. After a disastrous mission, she received a private message with nothing but coordinates and a single phrase: Peace is a lie; there is only passion. The words reverberated with her truth. She knew then that this was the key to her destiny, to something far greater than she had every imagined to be a part of. She left everything behind and jumped the next transport, making her way to what would turn out to be a Sith Academy, where she enrolled under the name of Saiah.
At the Sith Academy, she was taught the very basics of the Force and its Dark Side, including the Sith Code, which was engraved in her mind. Saiah’s natural aptitude towards stealth and sleight of hand, and her experience as a scout made her a candidate for the infamous Sith Assassins. She was sent to Malif Cove, where she became one of the apprentices of The Red Assassin; Darth Ferus.
Under tuition by Darth Ferus, Saiah was put through many tests at the stake of her life. She became proficient in lightsabre combat and various applications of the Forece. She was also taught how to move quietly and with agility. What others could not teach her during her time at Malif Cove, she would find in tomes and Holocrons, and teach to her self. Saiah showed proficiency in manipulation when she played the hearts of the Anselmi on Glee Anselm during the Sith invasion of the oceanic planet, and proved her aptitude as an assassin during the capture of the Chiss capital planet of Csilla.
Saiah was present during the founding and the first year of The Covenant of the Black Rose when it still served The One Sith, finding it to be a good resource. However, she later found that her interests did not align with the group when they alienated themselves from their roots. In her rejection of the Black Rose, she shredded the tattoo they had given her. There was only the Sith now.
At the Sith Academy, she was taught the very basics of the Force and its Dark Side, including the Sith Code, which was engraved in her mind. Saiah’s natural aptitude towards stealth and sleight of hand, and her experience as a scout made her a candidate for the infamous Sith Assassins. She was sent to Malif Cove, where she became one of the apprentices of The Red Assassin; Darth Ferus.
Under tuition by Darth Ferus, Saiah was put through many tests at the stake of her life. She became proficient in lightsabre combat and various applications of the Forece. She was also taught how to move quietly and with agility. What others could not teach her during her time at Malif Cove, she would find in tomes and Holocrons, and teach to her self. Saiah showed proficiency in manipulation when she played the hearts of the Anselmi on Glee Anselm during the Sith invasion of the oceanic planet, and proved her aptitude as an assassin during the capture of the Chiss capital planet of Csilla.
Saiah was present during the founding and the first year of The Covenant of the Black Rose when it still served The One Sith, finding it to be a good resource. However, she later found that her interests did not align with the group when they alienated themselves from their roots. In her rejection of the Black Rose, she shredded the tattoo they had given her. There was only the Sith now.
The Pale Knight:
After the Jedi attack on Malif Cove, Saiah and two other Acolytes were put through one final test before they were Knighted. One that would either have them perish, or become stronger than ever before. Injected with a mysterious concoction, Saiah's spirit was ejected from her body and forced to wander between the planes of existence. As she relived some of the most painful moments of her life, the Rattataki apprentice met a serpentine spirit of the dark who showed a specific interest in her growth. Facing the serpent and remaining in control, she found the power she needed to return to her body. Upon awakening, she was given the name and title Darth Ophidia; Knight of the Sith.
Darth Ophidia advanced quickly as a Knight. Her prowess with a lightsabre and knowledge of the Force grew exponentially. She accepted her first students among which were the Iridonian, Xavka Duquo, later known as Darth Lykos, the White Assassin, and Animus Malgus of Naboo, later Darth Mythos. -As a Lord, she would train Darth Abyss in the Sith Arts- It was in this time, she constructed her first sithspawn, the Nagajj, which has faithfully served her ever since. Though there are no monuments or records of her involvement, Darth Ophidia played a role in many vital conquests as The One Sith rapidly expanded their territory.
Following the swift victory against the Galactic Republic at Ord Mirit, Darth Ophidia managed to infiltrate a grieving ceremony on Onderon -The Republic Capitol at the time-, critically wound senator Cecily Demici and kill the King of Onderon. Jedi gave pursuit, but she managed to slip away as the civilian suffering of hunting her proved too great. The assassination of the King of Onderon was a critical blow against the Republic's morale, and it brought her into the attention of the Dark Lord's closest. She would later return to Onderon to claim the life of the Queen, leaving only the Princess, Thalia Rist in exile. For her achievements, Darth Ophidia was given the title The Pale Assassin, a great honour and a position of influence among Sith Assassins.
Darth Ophidia advanced quickly as a Knight. Her prowess with a lightsabre and knowledge of the Force grew exponentially. She accepted her first students among which were the Iridonian, Xavka Duquo, later known as Darth Lykos, the White Assassin, and Animus Malgus of Naboo, later Darth Mythos. -As a Lord, she would train Darth Abyss in the Sith Arts- It was in this time, she constructed her first sithspawn, the Nagajj, which has faithfully served her ever since. Though there are no monuments or records of her involvement, Darth Ophidia played a role in many vital conquests as The One Sith rapidly expanded their territory.
Following the swift victory against the Galactic Republic at Ord Mirit, Darth Ophidia managed to infiltrate a grieving ceremony on Onderon -The Republic Capitol at the time-, critically wound senator Cecily Demici and kill the King of Onderon. Jedi gave pursuit, but she managed to slip away as the civilian suffering of hunting her proved too great. The assassination of the King of Onderon was a critical blow against the Republic's morale, and it brought her into the attention of the Dark Lord's closest. She would later return to Onderon to claim the life of the Queen, leaving only the Princess, Thalia Rist in exile. For her achievements, Darth Ophidia was given the title The Pale Assassin, a great honour and a position of influence among Sith Assassins.
Reach of the Dark Lord
Leaving in her wake, a path of corpses and conquered world, Darth Ophidia was finally given her place among the Lords of the Sith, and duelled her master on Mustafar. It would seem there was no end to her achievement and no quenching her thirst for power. To distinguish herself among the Sith, Darth Ophidia turned her eyes to the planet of Mindabaal and claimed it for her self by brain-washing and marrying the Crown Prince of the Andupaar dynasty. However, she was never one to sit restfully on a throne. Ophidia fought the Republic on Balmorra and Contruum, defeating Jedi Master Kira Talith, only to be sent into a coma by Kira's husband, Soliael Talith, as he trapped Ophidia with a torrent of lightning within a force-bubble.
After The One Sith pummelled their enemies and tore the Galactic Republic in half, The Dark Lord grew paranoid. He suspected his greatest commanders of conspiring against him, and in the suspicion, Darth Ophidia gained his trust as a loyalist. When the empire she had helped build stood at the brink of collapse in the fires of civil war; she remained in the service of The Dark Lord, Darth Sortis, until the tide turned in her favour. She and Darth Carnifex - posing as his last allies as he tried to take a new form - betrayed Dark Lord as he had betrayed their ambition. Together they saw him slain, an act which cemented their lasting alliance. Even so, a part of Sortis' essence remained with her.
Following the coup, a council was formed to rule the One Sith. Darth Ophidia attended the Dark Council as the Sphere of Mysteries, representing the Sith Assassins. They outlasted the Republic, but it was a highly unstable period for the faltering empire, and faced with defeat at Dulvoyinn and Coruscant, the empire finally crumbled. Sith turned on Sith, and imperials broke away to form factions of their own.
Dissatisfied with this outcome, and following the Dark Lord's final orders, she set fire that which she had worked to protect. A rumour claims that Darth Ophidia was the one to poison the Council's unity and seal the beginning of the end on final orders of the Dark Lord before his passing. Whether this is true or not, the Empire burned, and in the wake of the Goliath's fall, Darth Ophidia tore through the barrier of life and death, and vanished into the Netherworld to seek the future of the Sith Order.
After The One Sith pummelled their enemies and tore the Galactic Republic in half, The Dark Lord grew paranoid. He suspected his greatest commanders of conspiring against him, and in the suspicion, Darth Ophidia gained his trust as a loyalist. When the empire she had helped build stood at the brink of collapse in the fires of civil war; she remained in the service of The Dark Lord, Darth Sortis, until the tide turned in her favour. She and Darth Carnifex - posing as his last allies as he tried to take a new form - betrayed Dark Lord as he had betrayed their ambition. Together they saw him slain, an act which cemented their lasting alliance. Even so, a part of Sortis' essence remained with her.
Following the coup, a council was formed to rule the One Sith. Darth Ophidia attended the Dark Council as the Sphere of Mysteries, representing the Sith Assassins. They outlasted the Republic, but it was a highly unstable period for the faltering empire, and faced with defeat at Dulvoyinn and Coruscant, the empire finally crumbled. Sith turned on Sith, and imperials broke away to form factions of their own.
Dissatisfied with this outcome, and following the Dark Lord's final orders, she set fire that which she had worked to protect. A rumour claims that Darth Ophidia was the one to poison the Council's unity and seal the beginning of the end on final orders of the Dark Lord before his passing. Whether this is true or not, the Empire burned, and in the wake of the Goliath's fall, Darth Ophidia tore through the barrier of life and death, and vanished into the Netherworld to seek the future of the Sith Order.
Queen of Shadows:
The light appeared to stand triumphant, though the First Order defied their victory and fought back for the sake of order, but they are not Sith. So, the Queen of Shadows waited behind the veil. She sought secrets great and small, and allies of sorts. As Sith Orders scrambled to form - fighting each other and anyone who would stand on their necks - she waited, watched for a successor worthy of what she had in mind: One to destroy the Jedi once and for all. Ascendancy and Resurged Empire, they were both too weak. They needed unity, leadership, and so Ophidia decided that she would place one before them.
She backed the claim of Darth Carnifex, her long-standing ally, and cleared away his opponents from the shadows. Their alliance was strong, but they both knew it would only serve as long as their interests were aligned. The new Sith Empire expanded rapidly, bringing many new Sith to their fold and creating one of the greatest military forces the Galaxy had ever seen. However, this expansion also attracted opposing forces. Darth Ophidia often came at odds with Tai Fa -Darth Saarai- and his Saaraishash inquisition. It was in this time she began the training of Alisteri Haxim, later known as Darth Strosius. During the defence of Moridinae, Darth Ophidia reminded Carnifex of his role in their arrangement, but also her conditional support. Imperial and Sith interests were in constant conflict, ever growing. This culminated in a civil war that ripped the Empire in two, and in the invasion of Bastion, Darth Ophidia fell.
The war raged on for years, and as the Sith Empire she had helped build was drawing its last breaths, the Queen of Shadows gathered new powers and plotted her return. Enemies within her order had tried to seal her spirit away in an urn and interred her in a tomb on Korriban. But the tomb was discovered by Iasha Rha and Alina Tremiru. Iasha opened the lid of the urn and allowed Darth Ophidia to affect the world around her. Another year passed before the adequate resources were gathered, and Iasha Rha brought Ophidia's spirit back from the Netherworld as a spectre. It was not until the resurgence on Wayland that she would fully possess a corporeal form. During this assault, the head of her droid, Darling, was stolen by the Jedi Travot Ravenna.
With new powers drawn from the Netherworld and a growing congregation of followers from the fallen Empire, Darth Ophidia deigned to restore what was rightfully hers. She gathered, with other remnants of the Sith on Odavessa.
She backed the claim of Darth Carnifex, her long-standing ally, and cleared away his opponents from the shadows. Their alliance was strong, but they both knew it would only serve as long as their interests were aligned. The new Sith Empire expanded rapidly, bringing many new Sith to their fold and creating one of the greatest military forces the Galaxy had ever seen. However, this expansion also attracted opposing forces. Darth Ophidia often came at odds with Tai Fa -Darth Saarai- and his Saaraishash inquisition. It was in this time she began the training of Alisteri Haxim, later known as Darth Strosius. During the defence of Moridinae, Darth Ophidia reminded Carnifex of his role in their arrangement, but also her conditional support. Imperial and Sith interests were in constant conflict, ever growing. This culminated in a civil war that ripped the Empire in two, and in the invasion of Bastion, Darth Ophidia fell.
The war raged on for years, and as the Sith Empire she had helped build was drawing its last breaths, the Queen of Shadows gathered new powers and plotted her return. Enemies within her order had tried to seal her spirit away in an urn and interred her in a tomb on Korriban. But the tomb was discovered by Iasha Rha and Alina Tremiru. Iasha opened the lid of the urn and allowed Darth Ophidia to affect the world around her. Another year passed before the adequate resources were gathered, and Iasha Rha brought Ophidia's spirit back from the Netherworld as a spectre. It was not until the resurgence on Wayland that she would fully possess a corporeal form. During this assault, the head of her droid, Darling, was stolen by the Jedi Travot Ravenna.
With new powers drawn from the Netherworld and a growing congregation of followers from the fallen Empire, Darth Ophidia deigned to restore what was rightfully hers. She gathered, with other remnants of the Sith on Odavessa.
Tsis'Kaar
Darth Ophidia came to Odavessa with doubts. The fall of the Empire had left her with questions about the power and right of rule that her peers had insisted on, and new reflections about the purpose of her Order. She thought back to her death and the time she spent climbing out of the deepest hells of Chaos in the Netherworld. She remembered how they tried to taunt her, how they tried to break her spirit by showing her the fall of the empire and the many possible futures where they could and could not have succeeded. They taunted her with her own contribution to the failure. However, Darth Ophidia was always one to learn from her pain.
The plans and plots of the Sith she met on Odavessa were the same plans and plots that she had seen throughout her extensive career. She had seen their limited successes and their resounding failures and the disillusionment with her peers and supposed superiors deepened. Then, when Odavessa fell, she made a decisive decision: They must be destroyed and made again.
The serpent that encircles the sith bit its own tail, the chains of her peers grew ever stronger and the only way to cut them would be to shear off what was unnecessary. While the Maw kept the galaxy busy, she set to her work of re-organising the Sith Order. She gathered her followers with a singular purpose: To protect the Sith from decline and corruption. To achieve this, they would need to align all the forces of the remnants to one fist. A fist that would shatter the status quo and return them to the path of progress.
Darth Maliphant became Empyrean as he merged with the Worm Emperor and declared vengeance upon Darth Carnifex for apparent betrayal. She had seen this in her visions, and knew it was a decisive moment. If either party won, she would lose. So, by infiltrating the Malsheem, Darth Ophidia betrayed Darth Carnifex and Darth Empyrean. She forced the two sides to cease their fighting and come together as a triumvirate set on Jutrand. Her two opponents had larger forces than her Tsis'kaar, but rightfully feared her assassins. The triumvirs battled bitterly for dominance, until Darth Ophidia finally allied herself with Empyrean. He had grown desperate enough to afford her sufficient power to let the Triumvirate transcend into an Empire. In time, she would betray him as well.
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The plans and plots of the Sith she met on Odavessa were the same plans and plots that she had seen throughout her extensive career. She had seen their limited successes and their resounding failures and the disillusionment with her peers and supposed superiors deepened. Then, when Odavessa fell, she made a decisive decision: They must be destroyed and made again.
The serpent that encircles the sith bit its own tail, the chains of her peers grew ever stronger and the only way to cut them would be to shear off what was unnecessary. While the Maw kept the galaxy busy, she set to her work of re-organising the Sith Order. She gathered her followers with a singular purpose: To protect the Sith from decline and corruption. To achieve this, they would need to align all the forces of the remnants to one fist. A fist that would shatter the status quo and return them to the path of progress.
Darth Maliphant became Empyrean as he merged with the Worm Emperor and declared vengeance upon Darth Carnifex for apparent betrayal. She had seen this in her visions, and knew it was a decisive moment. If either party won, she would lose. So, by infiltrating the Malsheem, Darth Ophidia betrayed Darth Carnifex and Darth Empyrean. She forced the two sides to cease their fighting and come together as a triumvirate set on Jutrand. Her two opponents had larger forces than her Tsis'kaar, but rightfully feared her assassins. The triumvirs battled bitterly for dominance, until Darth Ophidia finally allied herself with Empyrean. He had grown desperate enough to afford her sufficient power to let the Triumvirate transcend into an Empire. In time, she would betray him as well.
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Weapons and Armour:
- The Fates, Eyes of the Satwas.
- Assassin Armour. (Custom armour MK. 1)
- Rudis of the Dark Lord. (Sith Lord Assassin achievement)
- Death's Claws & Death's Embrace (Pale Assassin items, by Darth Lykos)
- Edge of Atropy (Gift from Cerbera)
- Imperial Bowcaster (Skirmish reward)
- The Soulsaber
- SI-PES Personal Shield (TSE reward)
- Sith Assassin Hidden Blade
- Tsariquira Utility-Belt
- Dzumuni - The Assassin's Tea Set.
- Dishiarza - Sheath of Shrouding
- Shards of Ossus (Skirmish reward)
- The Fair Widow's Vase
- The Holocron of Heresies
- The Holocron of Darth Krayt
- Jen'Wodasir - Pins of Protection
- Nyâshnitwa (Cloth of disguise)
- Marrow Talisman (By Velok of Toola)
- The Naddists and the Krath: A retrospective (By Velok of Toola)
- Arkistniya (In the hands of [member="Thyne"] )
- Kova Blasterproof Jacket (Kova Apparel)
- Compact Slicing Droid (Kalor-Tech)
- Portable Energy Shield (Osaji)
- HUD-Lenses (Blith-Tech)
- Sith Imperial Personal Cloaking Device
- Anti-Security Blade
- Naya-Pattern Service Blade
- PAM-D Personal Assistant Mouse Droid (TSE award)
- Nagajj (Sithspawn: Familiar)
- Tsaisibola (Vong creation)
- Zhelen - The Silent Horror (Sithspawn: Fellbeast) Stealth Harness
- The Sentinel (Sithspawn: Guardian of the Library Temple of Krayiss II)
- Tollaccs (Smollaccs, but bigger, but also not a full Sarlacc)
- Nan'eth'illa (Adoptive Daughter and apprentice)
- Akito Koushou (Agent, acolyte)
- Darling (Droid, pilot and tea-maker)
- Lt. Barlan Sucz (Satwasin commander)
- Satwasin (Cover-ops. squad and guard)
- SIFIA (TSE foreign intelligence network)
- Rizuti the Palace Cat
- The Sith-Imperial Historic Conservation Society
- The Maena Institute (Secret Sith Assassin facility)
- The Library Temple of Krayiss II
- Malachor (TBA)
SHIPS:
- Assassins' stealth infiltrator: Avata-class Infiltrator (Formerly: Phasma-class Infiltrator)
- Standard OS Sith shuttle: Fury-class Support Corvette.
- Unique Sith-Imperial Marr-Class SD: The Eidolon
- SIth-Imperial TIE/K Superiority Fighter
- Noghri-Class Hyperspace Tracker Ship: The Haunt
- Project Darkshear - Xiphos-Class Super Star Dreadnought
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