Venaxa

"'My power, for the Order. My words, for victory. My life, for the True Empress.'""- Venaxa"Venaxa, also known by her Sith name Lord Vesper, was a Sith Lord in service to the Order of Teras Kasi during the Eternal Empire Invasion.

Initially a slave of the Sith Empire, Venaxa was tested positive for force sensitivity and went to train on the Sith Academy of Ryloth. During the Revanite Incident on Yavin IV, Venaxa departed from her traitorous master Darth Sare'vokk and sought for herself a place among the stars of her very own.

Upon joining the Kasi, Venaxa proved herself to be rambunctious, tenacious, and aloof of her superiors. Her devil-may-care attitude and general aptitude for chaos earned her much disdain throughout the order during her first stay.

After initially finding and then being whisked away from the Kasi, Venaxa broke free of captivity within the Eternal Empire and returned to continue her tenure with the Order, this time with a new mindset of cooperation and obedience in the name of improving her control over the Dark Side of the Force. After an apprenticeship under Darth Terminus, the Dark Lord of the Sith and Empress of the Order, Venaxa was named a Lord of the Sith and assumed command in the Order's military, aboard the Starship Vindicator.

Early Life
Venaxa was born two years before the signing of the treaty of Coruscant to a pair of Zabrak slaves, possibly on the Capital World of Dromund Kaas. Having only scant memories of her father, Venaxa assumes her mother to have died giving birth to her.

Venaxa spent only the earliest years of her childhood as a slave, though she still bears the marks of servitude; most prominently a circular brand on her forehead identifying her as the property of a person or organization long gone.

As a young girl, Venaxa was tested positive for force sensitivity, and was whisked away to the Sith Academy on Ryloth to be trained as an Assassin.

Apprentice of a Traitor
Venaxa performed just well enough to avoid death at the hands of her mentors and peers, and was eventually singled out as an apprentice by the visiting Darth Sare'vokk.

Sare'vokk, a pureblooded Sith, held a grand estate on the Capital World, and took Venaxa there to begin her education. Also housed at his estate were a number of lesser acolytes, as well as his young daughter Naheia. Venaxa, during the course of her training was denied almost all contact with the occupants of the estate other than her master himself.

The years spent in Darth Sare'vokk's estate were difficult for the young apprentice. Sare'vokk's training regiment was trying, both physically and mentally. With little social contact and punishments being delivered for the smallest deviations, Venaxa grew to resent her master a great deal and would take pleasure in small acts of disobedience, regardless of the punishments received.

The Crisis on Yavin IV
When the Order of Revan united under the banner of the resurrected Revan, Darth Sare'vokk saw an opportunity to be on the 'winning side' of the coming conflict, and fled Dromund Kaas to betray the Sith Empire in favor of the Revanites.

Taking his young apprentice with him, Sare'vokk commandeered a personal transport and plotted a course for Yavin IV. During the voyage, Venaxa managed to shroud herself with the force long enough to elude her overbearing master, and successfully launched herself from the ship in an escape pod. Venaxa crash landed on the planet of Onderon. After a number of weeks, she found her way back to the Ryloth Academy, where her escape from a traitorous master earned her much respect; respect that would benefit her in the coming years. She would find herself apprenticed under a far more amicable, yet less capable master; a human male known as Lord Oskan.

The Eternal Empire Invasion
When the Eternal Empire brought its wrath upon both the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire, the galaxy at large put up a resistance to stave off the approaching conquerors. As the number of Sith Lords staffed at the Ryloth Academy was dwindling, a number of apprentices were prematurely promoted to the station of Sith Lord to fill out the ranks. Venaxa slew her master as he objected, and was bestowed the name Lord Vesper and assigned to a reconnaissance role in the coming conflict.

The invasion became a slaughter as the Sith Empire and the Republic alike were beaten into submission. Venaxa was enraged at the signing of a treaty, but her opinion was largely dismissed on account to her 'unearned title'. She left the Empire in search of a resistance a few years later.

During her search, she came across a runaway Togruta woman named Nemess who was being hounded by Eternal Empire skytroopers. After saving the young woman, Venaxa sensed the force potential in her and took the mute along with her on the long search, intending to take Nemess as an apprentice once the time was found.

First Stay with Teras Kasi
After a few weeks of perusing unofficial channels and sifting through Imperial records via the holonet, Venaxa was alerted to the existence of the Order of Teras Kasi. Inspired by their open defiance of both the Eternal and Sith Empires, Venaxa sought the Order out and found the Dreadnought Malevolent. Aboard the ship she was greeted by Darth Onaeya, and was stripped of her title of Sith Lord. Though disappointed, Venaxa figured her skills and natural power with the force to be sufficient to rise quickly through the ranks.

Nemess was, upon the stripping of Venaxa's title, freed from obligation to Venaxa. Having discovered a fascination with lightsabers and the art of bladework, she began to study the art of combat before being apprenticed under Lord Priscus.

Venaxa's self-serving, devil-may-care attitude earned her much enmity in the Order. Her list of rivals and enemies filled up quickly; the most prominent of them being fellow Sith in training Nar'sheth. The two women shared a rivalry both maliciously and sexually charged, and between their brief affairs they clashed sabers many times.

Many frustrations clouded Venaxa's mind during her training as an acolyte, sparking anger that drew the attention of Lord Tristitia. After examining the acolyte, Lord Tristitia saw fit to take Venaxa as an apprentice despite her manic tendencies.

The chaotic, spur-of-the-moment decisions that Venaxa made earned her punishment even from Darth Terminus herself. Some time into Venaxa's stay aboard the Malevolent, a runaway Twi'lek acolyte named Lyn'ani smuggled herself aboard the ship only to be summarily captured and detained. Venaxa sensed strength in the woman and saw her imprisonment as a waste of potential, and saw fit to take it upon herself to release Lyn'ani from her cell.

This action drew the attention of Darth Terminus, who commanded Venaxa to kneel before her. The Dark Lady's punishment was swift and simple; a single lightsaber burn to the neck, forced to go unhealed until scarred. Venaxa would carry the scar for the remainder of her life.

The incident would eventually drive Venaxa over the edge. Having lost faith in two Empires, she departed the Malevolent in search of bastions of Eternal Empire power, intending on starting her own phantom strikes on the forces of Zakuul.

During her quest to be a thorn in the Eternal Empire's side, Venaxa also took a detour to confront and slay her former master, Darth Sare'vokk, who had again turned traitor to join Zakuul in order to be on the winning side. With the assistance of both Nemess and the Chiss mercenary Ossonic, Venaxa managed to slay her former master and abuser once and for all.

Prisoner of Zakuul
"'I cannot be caged. I cannot be controlled. Know this as you die; ever pathetic, ever fools.'""- Venaxa"Though initially successful, Venaxa's grand vision of a covert reign of terror was cut short when she was defeated and detained by her Zakuulan enemies. She came to be held aboard an Eternal Empire-owned Prison, orbiting the planet Utapau.

Venaxa immediately began attempting to break free of her bonds, but was unable to with her current level of mastery over the force. Her initial failures broke her spirit, causing her to realize the extent of her hubris throughout her life as a Sith.

After a number of months languishing in her fate, Venaxa's despair slowly gave way to anger; both at herself and her captors. Venaxa turned her anger inwards and resolved to attain the greatness she knew was inside her; even if it meant casting off the shell that was her former life as a firebrand and disobedient transient.

After focusing her anger and meditating on the Dark Side, Venaxa successfully built up a store of force energy and used it to free herself from captivity. After cutting a swath through her former captors, Venaxa commandeered a shuttle and returned immediately into the fold of Teras Kasi.

Return to the Order
Upon returning to the Order, Venaxa was welcomed back. Memory of her prior tumultuous personality remained, but evidence that she had changed during captivity was enough to earn her stay after her return.

Unsatisfied with all of her decisions previously made, Venaxa approached Darth Terminus herself and personally requested guidance on finding her course. The Dark Lady, impressed by Venaxa's forthrightness and will to improve, annulled Lord Tristitia's mastery over Venaxa and took her as an apprentice of her own.

Apprentice to the Darth Terminus
Venaxa militantly distanced herself from her former mindset and vices, dedicating herself to rediscovering her connection to the Dark Side in order to become a model apprentice.

Upon applying herself, Venaxa saw great success. She participated in several significant battles, including the clash against Kodra forces on Dromund Kaas, the cleansing of the old Teras Kasi headquarters, and the capture of the planet Bastion.

Venaxa also constructed a new lightsaber out of materials requested by her master. Armed with her new weapon, she took her old saber and remodeled it into a single-blade sidearm lightsaber.

After showing a propensity towards leading from the front as opposed to stalking her prey from the shadows, Darth Terminus saw fit that Venaxa would finish the final weeks of her apprenticeship under the direction of the Warmaster, Darth Sanguinor. Under Nemeroth's direction, Venaxa studied the art of military command, favoring the role of a commander aboard a starship.

The Fall of Kodra
Venaxa's final test was to preside over the final strike against House Kodra on Yavin IV. Venaxa chose to lead from aboard the dreadnought Terminus, and headed up the hit-and-run distraction tactics against the Kodra fleet as the ground forces fought the Kodra head-on.

The victory of the Kasi was sealed as Nathir Kodra's apprentice fell as the Kodra flagship was obliterated in the moon's orbit. Venaxa returned to her master in triumph, and reported to her in the spirit of humility and servitude.

Darth Terminus concluded Venaxa's apprenticeship to be over, and ritualistically named her apprentice a Lord of the Sith. Venaxa decided to retain her old name, Lord Vesper, as a means of giving the once-empty name a new meaning.

As the newly inducted Lord Vesper, Venaxa was given reign of the Victory II class frigate, the Vindicator, as her personal vessel of command.