“ | Early in the last war, the Dark Underlord raised an army of Black Knights. | „ |
~ Restelly Quist, writing of the war the Dark Underlord started. |
“ | Young master, have you heard the tale of the Jedi Master Murrtaggh and the Dark Underlord? | „ |
~ a Bimm bard, to a young man. |
The Dark Underlord is a character in the Star Wars roleplaying game Heroes & Rogues, a supplement released in 1995 for the first edition of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
He was an ancient, demonic Dark Lord of the Sith who ruled during the time of the Old Republic.
Biography[]
Origins[]
The Dark Underlord was rumored to be a reincarnated spirit of Dark Jedi Xendor who emerged from Chaos. Galactic events have no idea what the Dark Underlord truly is. But what is known is he eventually emerged from the shadows and was known as a bloody marauder. As leader of the Sith, he renamed himself the alias of the Dark Underlord and was able to consolidate a large group of elite Sith warriors known as the Black Knights.
In 1,750 BBY, the Dark Underlord and his Black Knights set up base on the planet Malrev IV. The planet contained a powerful Sith Temple which magnified the use of the Dark Side. The temple itself may have been constructed by the Dark Underlord to help counteract the Jedi army; however, it's possible the temple was built before the Dark Underlord's time.
In any case, the Jedi General named Murrtaggh, a perennial enemy of the Dark Underlord, prepared to eliminate the dangerous Dark Lord while his forces were stationed there. Unknown to the Dark Underlord, Murrtaggh paid a large group of Mandalorian mercenaries to stage a diversionary attack on the Black Knights while Murrtaggh prepared to sneak behind the enemy lines to assassinate the Sith leader.
As the battle commenced, the Dark Lord sent his foremost general to lead his forces against the Mandalorians. During the chaos of the battle, Murrtaggh executed his plan and infiltrated the Dark Underlord's fortress. As the two engaged in battle Murrtaggh fell to the dark side, striking down the Dark Lord of the Sith, ultimately killing him and ending his reign of terror once and for all.
Personality[]
The Dark Underlord is completely emotionless, and seems to have enjoyed the destruction of the Jedi when he led the Black Knights of Malrev IV. He has no remorse for all the things he has done making him a pure Dark Side Force entity.