Dathka Graush

"It is done. I am free."

- Dathka Graush

Dathka Graush was a Sith King who lived over seven millennia before the Battle of Yavin.

Biography
Dathka Graush was a pureblooded Sith, a conqueror whose forces won one of Korriban's cyclical civil wars before 7000 BBY. Graush was assassinated and entombed on Korriban in the Valley of Golg roughly fifty years after, ending his dynasty of bloodshed. Graush's reign was one of terror and cruelty even by Sith standards. While he was alive he had his heart removed and using Sith Magic and the most advanced technology he could find, he replaced it with a Force-sensitive crystal capable of keeping him alive. He also was in the possession of a helm which strengthened his command of the Force. Through Sith alchemy and sorcery, he created an army of servants out of dead bodies, Korriban zombies, that helped him establish his rule over two-thirds of the planet, which ended with his death.

Like most Sith of the period, his spirit was imprisoned in his tomb on Korriban along with his Sith sword, a holocron, and a Sith amulet. Exactly six months before the destruction of the first Death Star, pirate captain Naz Felyood crashed his ship, Jynni's Virtue, on Korriban. His ship logs indicated that Dathka's spirit was still around.

At some point, the former Emperor's Hand known as Lord Cronal found Graush's spirit, using knowledge from the Temple of Korman Lao to call upon it. From Graush, Cronal acquired knowledge that he used to construct the Shadow Crown.

Behind the scenes
There is some degree of ambiguity present in the Wizards of the Coast article. It states that Graush was a "pure blooded Dark Lord" and that he ruled over two-thirds of Korriban before 7,000 BBY. Because his reign ended with his death after fifty years of rule it seems impossible that he is a "Dark Lord," because he died before the Dark Jedi arrived on Korriban after the Hundred-Year Darkness. However, it is already established that Ajunta Pall was possibly the first Dark Lord of the Sith. And also, this information about him being a Dark Lord may be retconned as it is stated in Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor that Dathka Graush was a Sith King.

His name was misspelled "Grausch" in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29: Exalted, Part 1
 * Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

Notes and references
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