Sorzus Syn
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Sorzus Syn
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- "Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me."
- ―TheCode of the Sith, authored by Sorzus Syn[1]
Sorzus Syn was afemaleJedi who wasexiled from theJedi Order following theHundred-Year Darkness. Sorzus Syn and her fellow Dark Jedienslaved the nativeSith ofKorriban, christened themselves the first of theSith Lords, and instituted anew order that centered around worship and practice of thedark side of the Force.
During her reign, Syn wrote a journal that was later included in theBook of Sith, which was a chronicle of her encounters withSith Purebloods, explorations inalchemy, and the foundations of theSith Order. She was apparently the original author of theSith Code.
Biography[]
Revenge against the Jedi[]
- "Life itself was in our services."
- ―Sorzus Syn[1]
Once a former Jedi, she and her comrades fled from theJedi Order because the Jedi Council did not permit their delving into thedark side of the Force. Because of this, theDark Jedi attempted to overthrow the Order, in a war known as theHundred-Year Darkness. Learning the power of dark side alchemy, Syn became one of the top commanders in the Dark Jedi. During the war, she was amaster summoner and developed a number of creatures,Shamblers,Howlers,Pit Horrors, andLeviathans, the latter which was used to break the barricades of the Jedi during a battle onBalmorra. However, Syn and the other Dark Jedi were defeated at theBattle of Corbos. Afterwards, Syn and the eleven other surviving dark siders were forcefully put on a ship andexiled.[1]
Exile on Korriban[]
- "Ajunta Pall beheaded their ruler, Hakagram Graush, and claimed the throne as the blood heir to the ancestral King Adas—and we became his Shadow Hands."
- ―Sorzus Syn[1]
During the war, Syn collected rumors and information from refugees about Sith space and the Sith people, who possessed a special knowledge of the dark side. Therefore, she and the survivors steered the ship to the unknown, making sure the Jedi or Republic could not follow them.[1]
Afterarriving onKorriban, homeworld of thepureblood Sith, they landed in theValley of the Sleeping Kings. Initially the Sith, under theirkingHakagram Graush, greeted the Exiles with hostility; however, the Dark Jedi were able to use their superior technology, lightsabers, and Force knowledge to foil their attempts. The Dark Jedi then suborned Graush'sShadow Hand to their side, with the result that Graush was betrayed to the Dark Jedi and was executed by their leaderAjunta Pall, who used Graush's own war sword to do the deed. After which, Pall took Graush's place as leader of the Sith. The Dark Jedi, referred to as "Jen'jidai," became the first Sith Lords, with Pall becoming the firstDark Lord of the Sith. The former Jedi then took the knowledge of the Sith and made it their own, and created the firstSith Empire.[1]
Not long after, Sorzus decided to create her first diary, titled "exile and arrival", in which she detailed the events during the war and after their defeat against the Jedi. In her own view about the arrival of the Dark Jedi and the triumph of the Sith, Syn expressed hope that she would become the new Dark Lord.[1]
Exploring the dark side[]
- "Sith alchemists have had ages to perfect their craft, and their knowledge is now mine."
- ―Sorzus Syn[1]
Sorzus Syn next to her fellow Sith Lords XoXaan, Ajunta Pall and Dreypa
Shortly afterwards, the Sith worlds and hyperspace routes were mapped by the Dark Jedi. On the throne of theplanetZiost, the Dark Jedi built their own palaces and formed a Sith Council under the leadership of Ajunta Pall; however, Syn expressed hope that his reign would not last long. In the following years, she created powerful artifacts, the threeGreat Amulets, for her fellow Sith Lords, such as atalisman forKarness Muur. However, she planned to actually create several such talismans, with the second going to Muur's bitter rivalRemulus Dreypa, and the third, which was the most powerful amulet would remain in her possession. She also discovered that the Sith's blood was similar enough to their own to allow crossbreeding through alchemy.[1]
After the Dark Jedi had settled on Ziost, Syn returned to Korriban with a group ofpriests andslaves to open the sealed tombs. After entering theCloister of Bilious Torment, Syn lost about two score of her slaves to ancient, but still lethal, booby traps before she could penetrate the temple any further and access thesarcophagus inside. After seven days of attempting to infiltrate the ancient complex, Syn entered the sanctuary ofSakkra-Kla, which had been sealed for over 10,000 years; while she lost six additional slaves to a pack oftuk'ata, she also discovered a number of scrolls with information about Sith Alchemy. She also found theHolocron of King Nakgru, from whom she learned more about the Sith and the rule of their ancestral KingAdas.[1]
Afterwards, she sought out some of the conquered Sith worlds to obtain more information. At the sight of a chainedDraethos, she realized that she had more to learn within the star maps, to better trace the raids of the Sith. She discovered that, at some point, the Sith did indeed attack the worlds ofDraethos,Felucia, andQuermia, among others. Later, Syn studied thebreeding pens on Ziost and the creatures kept there, as well as studying Sith alchemy and sorcery, discovering scrolls hidden in the blood slurry of theMongrel Altar, which was next to the body ofWyrmuk the Undying, whose grave was concealed behind a mural of King Adas. She was able to fight and resist the curses that were imposed on the scrolls to protect them, and study their contents. Syn may have been the author of theSith Code.[1]
Book of the Sith, Syn's Chronicles[]
In her diary, Sorzus told the story of the Jedi Order founding onTython. After a summary of theSecond Great Schism, she expressed her regret that the Order had learned nothing from the Renunciates and started to follow the old ways of the Jedi instead of following the dark side. She explained her view about the Hundred Year Darkness, the arrival on Korriban, the start of culture, and the tradition of the Sith. She also wrote down the findings on the weapons and artifacts of the Sith, bringing them into the new rule of the Sith. Then, she discussed her findings from the ancient holocrons and her insights about the rise of the ancestral King Adas, which led to her own research on the conquest of the Sith.[1]
After a chapter on the war beasts, she made mention of Sith alchemy, and explained her findings to the incantations of Sith magic. Along with her group, they compared the codes of the Jedi and the Sith, explaining the prophecy ofSith'ari.[1]
Later down the line Syn's journals would be used, along with other chronicals from those such asDarth Malgus andDarth Bane, to form the Book of Sith byDarth Sidious.[1]
Legacy[]
At the end of her life, Sorzus Syn created her ownholocron. Jedi such asJedi MasterMace Windu believed that the Jedi Order had successfully recovered her holocron, but in actuality what they had recovered was a secret spying device that had been concealed with a shrouding spell, the real holocron having been in the possession of the Sith since the time ofDarth Bane.[1]
A part of her diary, started from the third month of their exile, remained intact after her death and was included in the archive of the Jedi Temple where Mace Windu andGrand MasterYoda examined the pages written in which she pointed primarily to the dangers of the dark side. In the wake of theGreat Jedi Purge, the book came into the possession of the new EmperorDarth Sidious. According to his statement, these statements were the oldest text that lasted for thousands of years. He noted that all the authors collected were Sorzus Syn,Darth Malgus, Darth Bane,Darth Plagueis, andMotherTalzin. They were believed to be strong in their own dogma and were removed from the path that the Sith had. When the book fell into the hands of Grand MasterLuke Skywalker, he tried to associate the contributions to their time. He believed that the scriptures were written in the years after7000 BBY. The entries of the Jedi that he dated to a time before theBattle of Naboo in32 BBY, and Sidious' remarks, after he seized power in19 BBY.[1]
Personality and traits[]
When Sorzus Syn was a member of the Jedi Order, she served thelight side of the Force; however, when she fell to the dark side, she became cold, selfish and power hungry, not caring at all about the plight of other beings. For example, she didn't feel anything for the slaves that died during her excavations of Sith tombs, even feeding one of them to a tuk'ata to save her own life. As an expert for creating living biological weapons and plagues, Sorzus Syn talked about various forms and benefits. In her view, using alchemy to alter dead creatures was easier because dead cells, unlike living ones, could not resist.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Sorzus Syn is new to this book. I was glad that her depiction, with the ragged tufts of short hair and unusual features, was very different than a "sexy sorceress" stereotype."
- ―Daniel Wallace, on Syn's image inBook of Sith[2]
Sorzus Syn was created byDaniel Wallace and featured in the2012 publicationBook of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side, as the in-universe writer of a section of the book that described the Sith Purebloods. Wallace's original name for the character was "Sanguinus Syn."[2]
Appearances[]
- Lost Tribe of the Sith — Spiral 3(Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side(First mentioned)
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