For six thousand years he has been steeped in hate and sorrow, awakening him could be the worst idea you have made to date.
—Ben to Vestara Khai.
Seth Callidus was a Jen'ari - literally a Dark Lord of the Sith - of the Old Sith Empire and one of the original Jedi Exiles fleeing the Battle of Corbos, he became an unnamed but legendary Sith Sorcerer that had mastery in the Necromantic field of Sith magic and became close to gaining the secret of Immortality however shortly before a breakthrough into his search for Immortality he abandoned his research and the Empire he had helped architect after his loved one was murdered by his jealous close friend who had been in love with him.
Seth was also known as the Skyborn, as he came to Kesh at approx 6,900 BBY in Ship on command of Sorzus Syn, to defeat Remulus Dreypa thus saving the planet from the then incarnation of the "Destructors" before leaving the planet with his new followers.
After Syn's betrayal, Seth fled to Dathomir but was soon hunted down by Syn where he was daggered by a magical weapon and left in a Dessicated state as her punishment for not loving her, however the Lost Tribe of Sith had come to learn of his continued existence from the actions of a reborn Palpatine, who arrived on Dathomir to help retrieve Vestara Khai and took the opportunity to awaken the Ancient Sith.
Biography[]
Old Republic era[]
Hundred-Year Darkness[]
He was raised from childhood in the Dark side, he never had to be directed along a path, he excelled as a Darksider more so than your father as a Jedi.
—Vestara Khai, taunting Ben.
Seth Callidus was born to a rare relationship between a Miraluka Female and a Male member of the Anzat species, his homeworld of Taris was attacked by the Dark Jedi dissidents led by Admiral Remulus Dreypa who having found the homeworld of the original Jedi Order set about killing the Jedi followers on the planet, despite only being five years old Seth connected to the Force and fed off the generated negative emotions to strengthen his connection to the Dark side of the Force. This drew the attention of Dreypa, who took the boy with him off-world and eventually as his apprentice in 6,940 BBY, Seth excelled even from a young age.
In the year 6,920 BBY, Seth faked defection to Karness Muur's rivaling faction to learn from his knowledge and to act as a spy for his Master, this lasted a further twenty years until the Dark Jedi were captured and exiled where he defected to become the apprentice of then Dark Lord of the Sith Ajunta Pall following the end of the war.
Skyborn and Sith Lord[]
The Skyborn descended on my homeworld, devastated by something we called the "Destructors", but he stood strong and bled to defeat them. Before we could thank him, he gathered up a handful of followers, and left again for space.
—Vestara Khai, explaining to the Dathomiri Witches about her culture's legends.
Shortly after arriving on Korriban and becoming Lords of the Sith did Remulus Dreypa leave to continue his conquest not knowing that Seth had placed a Blood trail on him during the ending days of their journey, having expected his actions and thus took the initiative in preparation for when Ajunta Pall would send him after Dreypa when the time came, working with XoXaan Seth created Ship in preparation for his hunt for Dreypa and then when the time came he used a secondary Blood trail on XoXaan so that he could find his way back to Korriban later.
Tracking Dreypa to Kesh he learned of a massive conflict between the Jedi and Dreypa's Dark Jedi and Sith followers on the planet below, he also learned that these Jedi had been sent to track the Exiles to make sure that they would not return to antagonize the Galactic Republic again and so made steps to make sure that Ship was the only functioning vessel on the planet, he surprised the Jedi and many Dark Jedi - who had become disillusioned with Dreypa and the destruction he caused to Kesh - when he formed an alliance with them and launched an attack on Dreypa before sealing him in his own Oubliette.
Seth was named the "Skyborn" by the early Keshiri peoples and then deemed that he and his followers would return to the stars, Seth boarded Ship with five followers and one having been Dreypa's apprentice Benian Wrain before commanding the original Sith Meditation Sphere to leave Kesh, to follow the second Blood trail back to XoXaan and Korriban. His return to Korriban was annotated with respect from Sith and Sith Lord alike and Ajunta Pall called a meeting of the Sith Council - made of his fellow former Exiles - and announced the official death of Sith Lord Karness Muur from an assassination attempt and the removal of Remulus Dreypa from their ranks, instead he put it to a vote for who should replace their former members and it was voted that Seth would be given the rank of Sith Lord and equal status on the Sith Council to all the fellow Sith Lords including fellow Exiles and two of his best friends: Sorzus Syn and XoXaan.
Conqueror and Imprisonment[]
The Skyborn was betrayed by someone he considered a friend and lost the one he loved to her hand, his rage has permeated these lands, that was the reason I picked this clearing to land our Shuttles. Just as it was he whom allowed me to escape from Chaos, so that I could use my extensive knowledge of his past, to locate him and release him from his immoral prison.
—Palpatine, on Dathomir in 44 ABY, speaking about Seth's imprisonment.
In the next four years following Remulus Dreypa's defeat, Seth quickly came to replace him as the chief in military offense and set about conquering worlds within the Stygian Caldera and even brought Ziost to heel in their new Empire which soon became their capital, he also conquered Athiss and Rhelg as well as discovered Bosthirda, all the while his relationship with his apprentice - Benian Wrain - developed and so too did his research into the Dark side of the Force and while working with XoXaan he mastered the Necromantic field of Sith Magic.
However rumors of his love for an unnamed Sith caught the ears of many within the early Empire and seeing a threat, Seth began seeking the secret of Immortality and to that end he began working with Sorzus Syn - despite XoXaan's claims of caution, unknowingly to Seth Syn had fallen in love with the uprising Sith and wanted to take control of the Empire as the two only Immortal Sith Lords. However just as Seth was about make a breakthrough in his research, Syn learned about Benian and in jealousy killed him, she was not discreet about her murder and was further embarrassed by Seth who bested her in rage and denounced her before fleeing Korriban in Ship.
Sorzus Syn eventually gave chase and became unaware that XoXaan had revealed her betrayal to Ajunta Pall who had proclaimed Syn a traitor, Seth arrived on Dathomir and prepared to battle Sorzus Syn before sending Ship away to hide the knowledge of Seth's Underground Storehouse Bunker from the other Sith until he was recalled or until Seth said otherwise, ensured that Ship had no changes to his primary directive he dismissed Ship. Seth combated Sorzus Syn and cast a spell on her Sith amulet that would cause her to be bound to it in infinite pain and powerless till the end of time, Syn managed to dagger Seth with the Dagger of Immortal Death before entombing him in what seemed like a large Holocron-like structure summoned by her Sith magic and buried it before then leaving Dathomir, however her return to Korriban fulfilled Seth's revenge as she was then executed and the spell Seth cast on her amulet imprisoned her powerless spirit for all eternity to be used as a living battery for whomever claimed it for their own.
Training Tulak Hord[]
Although imprisoned in an immortalized dried-out Dessicated state a time came when Seth's Force Ghost managed to gain enough energy to manifest itself for his semi-living body on a temporary basis, at that time the Sith Lord Tulak Hord came to Dathomir seeking the knowledge on Sith magic necessary to jump-start his career and there he was come upon by Seth's Force Ghost, during his time of awareness Seth taught Tulak Hord much knowledge of Necromancy which Hord adapted for his own usage before leaving the planet and the buried Sith Lord to begin his career trek towards the rank of Dark Lord of the Sith.
Legacy era[]
Return to the Galaxy[]
I care not for this body, only for what is promised to me. For you see, when I raise Seth, Seth will raise the dead. He will return to life, at their prime, everyone who died on his behalf.
—Palpatine, about the first reason for his early loyalty to Seth.
In 41 ABY the chaotic energies generated due to the deaths in the Second Galactic Civil War allowed Seth to gain enough power as a Force Ghost to directly influence the Netherworld of the Force, he consumed the energies of countless Spirits without killing them and then used his Dessicated to anchor himself to the living world as he journeyed deep into Chaos, there he managed to get the allegiance of Palpatine and convince him to aid him before using the energy he had gathered up to break open the Six Gates of Chaos and to send Palpatine's spirit into the body of a Human Nightbrother youth he had specifically picked powerful enough to do the job he required.
Seth's spirit would then return to a dormant state when he was sure that Palpatine was on his way to gaining the allegiance of the Lost Tribe of Sith that worshiped his legend and were now making their appearance in the Galaxy, Palpatine joined a small fleet of eleven ChaseMaster frigate led by High Lord Sarasu Taalon that had set out to retrieve Vestara Khai and captured the Nightsisters to add their knowledge to the Sith ranks.
Personality and traits[]
Seth was historically recorded as being cruel and sadistic Sith Lord that during the time of the Old Sith Empire occupied many worlds in Sith space, alternately during his time on Kesh during the rampage of Remulus Dreypa he fought against the destructive Sith Lord and was willing to conspire with the Jedi to seal away his old Master which the Jedi claimed that he was the most agreeable Darksider that they had ever met - willing to work with and compromise with Jedi without killing them in the end, despite this Seth was cunning and willingly jumped from Master to Master during his early years so that he could gain a vast range of knowledge and teachings with the purpose of expanding his own power.
He was also discreetly ambitious and inspired many who served under him causing a group of five early individuals within The Doomed to accompany him about his sentient Sith Meditation Sphere that he had programed personally, he found opinions of others acceptable and was open to them such as allowing Ship to teach his new Acolytes the basics of Seth's Sith philosophies and knowledge as the Meditation Sphere had been designed to do on the return trip to Korriban, he treated everyone he met with a cynical attitude and rarely ever snapped out at anyone but only the worthy few deserved his respect and honor.
It was revealed that a lot of people Seth cared about were killed by the Jedi and despite sometimes allying with them he often referred to Jedi and other similar Light side users as "Trash", stating that no matter how immense their individual power, they lack the purity of will to direct that power which only comes through the teachings of the Dark side and the Sith. Despite his immense passion and vision, Seth had complete control of his emotions however and often appeared Phlegmatic, a state of having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
Physical Appearance[]
Seth had Black messy hair with platinum blond streaks running towards the fringe of his hair, he had dark blue eyes and had a young but strongly angled face, Seth's body is just has young and strong with a light red-brown tan along his body possibly due to living for many years on the arid world of Korriban at the latest.
After becoming a Force wielder, Seth morphs to have Platinum Hair and gets a permanent hieroglyph over his left eye, additionally he seemed to have faded - at first believed to be Sith - hieroglyph tattoos all over his body placed there by Sith Sorcery and only appear when he uses immense levels of Dark side energy. Apparently each hieroglyph means something (e.g. Courage, Strength, Speed, etc) and all swirl together, it was unknown if these hieroglyph tattoos enhance what they are translated to mean or if this was another Sith trick, to encourage allies and make enemies think that Seth had these bonus attributes or that they had been added externally through Sorcery and Alchemy.
It was later revealed that although the hieroglyph tattoos had the mentioned meanings, they were not of the Sith language and predated even the Sith, upon finding texts written by Sorzus Syn Luke Skywalker learned that no only had the Hieroglyphs not placed upon Seth by his or any hand but had also that there are claims that he had had them since before Remulus Dreypa found him and two claims attest to this: High LordSarasu Taalon claims that the Skyborn had been emblazoned with the languages of the Destructors and meanwhile a Xenoarchaeologist claimed that the hieroglyphs were Celestial in nature.
Later, Abeloth attested to the fact that she had a son with the Father who both him and the son were Force wielders, an immortal species that the Thuruht Killik hive claim that "the Ones were what the Celestials become" and that Seth was in fact the reincarnation of that Force wielder once killed by the Father.
Seth seemed more comfortable wearing Armour with Sword and or Lightsaber in close proximity of his presence, he awoke wearing a leather-like strap-covered Armour with silver boot/greave hybrids, after becoming a Force wielder this Armour later evolved to have a stone-like Pixane and it was revealed that his own Armour seems to evolve and get stronger with Seth, whenever he was forced to wear fashionable robes for meetings - including the strategy meeting for dealing with Abeloth - Ben noticed that Seth seemed more on edge having been removed from his safe environment and was likely to lash out at anyone who entered his personal space uninvited.
Equipment[]
Seth Callidus's Sith lightsaber[]
Seth Callidus's Sith sword[]
Powers & Abilities[]
Even before Drinking of the Font of Power and Bathing in the Pool of Knowledge to become a Force wielder to battle Abeloth on an even playing field, Seth was an extremely powerful Force-sensitive and this was denoted to the fact that he was born of a relationship between the heavily Force-sensitive Miraluka and the likewise heavily telepathic Anzat thus combining two powerful bloodline abilities and species benefits, additionally his long lifespan aspect from his Anzat heritage allowed him to learn a great amount of knowledge during the entirety of his livelihood despite only still being a teenager in Anzat standards.
Basic Abilities[]
Seth was an extremely powerful Telepath due to his father's nature as a member of the Anzat species and was very capable of slipping into the minds of even the strongest of minds and eventually learning everything he needs to know about his enemies, he was also heavily attuned to Force sight in which he could see the very nature of the Force around him while still retaining eyes from his Anzat ancestry, Seth was also a powerful user of Telekinesis and could use many of its varying abilities: e.g. Force Jump, Force Pull, Rend, Force Push, Force Whirlwind, Force Repulse, Force Throw, Force Blast, Force Choke, etc.
Seth could also use Force speed, Force cloak, Force stealth, Farsight, being born similar to Ben with his own Force empathy, continuous usage of Force Body, Force suppression & Force breach, Tapas, was a skilled practitioner of Force deflection and Battle Precognition, he could do exceptionally difficult acts of Sever Force and his Force sight allowed his eyes to develop into seeing Shatterpoints easily.
Darksider Abilities[]
Seth was an extremely powerful Darksider and this became apparent from his usage of a black Force lightning and its variants: Force shock, Force storm, Chain lightning, Sith barrage, Lightning Shield, Lightning Grenade and Lightning Burst. Seth even created his own variant of the ability, combining Force lightning and Force Deflection, known as Lightning Deflection.
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