Drowl

"When the Empire encounters resistance on its conquered worlds, they call me."

- Lord Drowl

Drowl was a Human male Sith Lord who served the Sith Empire during the Cold War between the Empire and the Galactic Republic. He was frequently used by the Empire to eliminate rebellions on Imperial planets. Around 3,643 BBY, Lord Drowl was assigned to end a slave rebellion on the Imperial capitalworld Dromund Kaas where a group of slaves working on a statue of Darth Vowrawn took over a section of jungle outside of Kaas City. To end the rebellion, the Sith Lord planned to contaminate the slaves water supply with an experimental poison known as Quell that Lord Drowl hoped would cause the rebels to die slow agonizing deaths. However, one of Lord Drowl's subordinates, Sergeant Slarin, wanted to put the rebellion down quickly using a higher dose of the poison, instead of merely satisfying the Sith Lord's desire for suffering.

Shortly after Lord Drowl analyzed the territory under the slaves control, he was able to gain the assistance of an individual who served with the Sith Empire. Drowl assigned the individual to obtain Quell toxin from Sergeant Slarin, inject the poison into the slaves' water filters, and destroy the slaves reserve water supply. Despite the arguments of the Sergeant, the individual chose to use the less potent dose, which caused the slaves to suffer slow, agonizing deaths. The outcome pleased Lord Drowl, who believed that Quell would prove very useful for the Empire as a tool that could be used to erode rebels' will to resist.

Biography
"I need someone to introduce a controlled amount of Quell into the slaves' water supply so that I can determine the proper dosage."

- Lord Drowl recruiting an Imperial individual to help poison the rebelling slaves

A Human male, Drowl was a Sith Lord who served the Sith Empire by the time of the Cold War, a period of unrest between the Empire and the Galactic Republic. Lord Drowl was frequently utilized by the Dark Council&mdash;the ruling body of Sith who led the Empire&mdash;to destroy slave revolts on planets that the Empire had already conquered. When quelling these rebellions, Drowl preferred to cause as much rebels to suffer as much as possible, despite the fact that previous trials showed that increased suffering did not cause rebellions to surrender any faster. During his work, Lord Drowl had an assistant, Sergeant Slarin, who believed that the Sith Lord placed his desire to cause prolonged suffering over ending the rebellions&mdash;a tactic which the Sergeant believed had prevented him from becoming a captain. Around the year 3,643 BBY, the Sith Lord was assigned to bring down a slave rebellion on Dromund Kaas, the capital world of the Sith Empire. The slave revolt started in the jungle outside of the capital, Kaas City, at the construction site of a giant, unfinished statue of Darth Vowrawn that was commissioned by his apprentice, Lord Qet.

While examining the site of the rebellion, the Sith Lord classified the situation as a degree-six revolt and compared the size of the slave population to that of an uprising by the Duros species on the planet Zilior. Lord Drowl planned to end the rebellion by contaminating the slaves water supply with an experimental poison known as Quell, which could cause a lengthy state of intense pain in victims before they died if the dosage was properly controlled. Despite the evidence to the contrary, Drowl intended to use the situation to prove that increased suffering could lead to the slave losing their will to resist the Empire. In addition, Lord Drowl wanted to determine the correct dosage of Quell to cause the most pain in the slave without having them die too quickly. In order to spread the poison in the slave forces, Drowl planned to have the slaves' reserve water tanks destroyed and have Quell placed in four water filters located in the area. While the Sith Lord devised his plan for the Quell toxin in his laboratory tent near the slave pens that were a fair distance from the statue, he assigned Sergeant Slarin to keep track of the supply of Quell at a nearby research tent and to determine the correct dosage to cause the slaves to die slowly. However, in addition to creating a dosage to Lord Drowl's specifications, Slarin created a much more potent dosage that would kill the slaves outright. By the time of the events at the uncompleted statue, Drowl had interacted with Imperial Intelligence, the Empire's spy network, and recognized some of the organization's agents, including one who had recently arrived on Dromund Kaas.

Shortly after Lord Drowl finished his plans, an individual affiliated with the Empire came to his tent and the Sith Lord explained the situation and his plan for defeating the slaves. Drowl was able to convince the individual to agree to obtain the Quell from Sergeant Slarin and then carry out his plan. While the Sergeant attempted to convince the individual to use his higher dosage to kill the slaves outright, the individual insisted on using the weaker dose wanted by Lord Drowl. After fighting through the slave forces, injecting the toxin into the four filters, and destroying six reserve water tanks, the individual returned the Lord Drowl, who was pleased with the suffering of the slaves who had ingested the poison, as well as the effect the suffering had on those who were unaffected. The Sith Lord rewarded the individual for helping him test the Quell toxin on the slaves. After the individual left, Lord Drowl remained to record the further results of the venom, which he believed would be a great asset for the Empire.

Personality and traits
"Dominating lesser beings and squashing their will to resist? Of course I enjoy it."

- Lord Drowl speaking of his work for the Empire

At the time of the slave revolt, Lord Drowl was balding with black hair on the sides of his head. His skin was pale with purple discolorations around his nose and amber-colored eyes along with crooked, purple-colored lines across his face and neck. Lord Drowl believed that lower ranking members of the Empire should be obedient and respectful to him. In addition, he enjoyed controlling and utterly defeating what he termed to be lesser beings, including the slaves on Dromund Kaas, which he viewed merely as subjects to test the Quell toxin on. However, Drowl's main focus with his experiments was not to merely kill the slaves, but to cause them an amount of pain and suffering that would cause them to cease resisting the Empire. The Sith Lord viewed being called a sadist a type of flattery, believing that his work was a complex art. Sergeant Slarin viewed Lord Drowl as a perverse individual who placed his love of needless suffering over the timely success of their missions. Despite evidence showing that suffering did not speed up surrender, the Sith Lord wished to experiment with the Quell toxin rather than kill the slave rebels outright.

Upon seeing the suffering inflicted on both the dying and surviving members of the slave rebellion on Dromund Kaas, Lord Drowl was exhilarated and wished to continue to observe and record the effects of the poison.

Equipment
"I'm testing a toxic weapon&mdash;a poison called Quell. Its victims experience a prolonged state of agonizing pain before finally dying."

- Lord Drowl speaking about the Quell toxin

During his time spent putting down the slave rebellion on Dromund Kaas, Lord Drowl wore red and dark gray robes with red gloves, a silver-colored belt, and red boots. He also carried a lightsaber. He had a laboratory tent with a workbench, a computer display, and other research equipment, although he had Sergeant Slarin keep up with the Quell toxin in a nearby research tent.

Behind the scenes
"Those slaves must be more fragile than I thought. The Quell you put in their water supply is killing them outright."

- Lord Drowl if the player follows the light side path

Lord Drowl first appears in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a 2011 MMORPG produced by BioWare and LucasArts. He is featured in the Sith Empire quest "Testing Grounds," which occurs near the Unfinished Colossus on the planet Dromund Kaas, the second planet for players of the four Imperial classes. In the quest, the players have the option to either use the smaller dosage wanted by Lord Drowl to slowly kill of the rebelling slaves, which gives the player dark side points, or they can go along with Sergeant Slarin and use the larger dose to kill the slaves quickly, which gives the player light side points. If the player goes along with Sergeant Slarin, Lord Drowl will be disappointed at the quick death of the slaves&mdash;but does not suspect the player&mdash;he merely believes that he needs to rethink his research. If the player follows the light side path and speaks to Slarin again, the Sergeant will mention that Lord Drowl is already working on a new version of the Quell toxin.

Regardless of the player's decision on the quest, the player will be rewarded with one hundred and thirty in-game credits and the player's choice of either a weapon appropriate for their class or a planetary commendation, which can be used to buy higher-quality gear in the game. While the quest with Lord Drowl is not required to continue with any of the Imperial storylines, and the player can refuse the quest once starting a conversation with Lord Drowl, this article is written with the assumption of 100% game completion. However, due to the fact that any of the four Imperial classes can complete the quest, it is impossible to determine whether the Bounty Hunter, Imperial Agent, Sith Inquisitor, or Sith Warrior class took on the quest. This article is also written with the assumption that the player only selects dark side options. Lord Drowl was also mentioned in the 2011 The Old Republic Explorer's Guide by Prima Games, which included a map that included Lord Drowl's location outside of the Unfinished Colossus in the slave pens area.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic