Sander Delvardus

Delvardus was an officer of the Imperial Starfleet who struck out as a rogue warlord following the Battle of Endor.

Biography
In 4 ABY, Admiral Delvardus became one of the first Imperial officers to go rogue as a warlord. Assuming the title "Superior General", Delvardus succeeded in claiming much of the near-lane worlds along the Rimma Trade Route, but was forced into the Deep Core by rival warlords. There, Delvardus built a massive canyon-fortress as his base of operations on an unknown, arid planet.

With his second-in-command, Colonel Cronus, he came into conflict with other breakaway warlords such as the self-styled "Supreme Warlord" Harrsk and "High Admiral" Teradoc, among others, in endless and wasteful battles to gain control of what remained of the Galactic Empire.

When Palpatine reappeared at Byss in 10 ABY, Delvardus swore fealty to the Emperor, again, and fought alongside his rivals against the New Republic. Delvardus was reinstated with the rank of Admiral and commanded a fleet element in Operation Shadow Hand. Tasked with reclaiming the strategic energy-producing world of Metellos, Delvardus defeated its New Republic defenders and chose to use orbital bombardment in a display of power. Whether this was indicative of a bloodthirsty temperament or following the Emperor's orders, the Imperial shelling killing in excess of five billion beings.

The reborn Emperor's campaign proved only a minor interruption to the escalation of warlordism. Delvardus returned to his fortress and began hoarding resources to finance a project he hoped would counter the fleet-building efforts of his rivals. At an estimated cost of roughly 77.6 billion credits, Delvardus constructed Night Hammer, a Super Star Destroyer with stealth armor.

By 12 ABY, Delvardus has secured himself as one of the thirteen most powerful Imperial warlords. As such, he was invited to Admiral Daala's council at Tsoss Beacon to discussion a cooperative effort to reunite the Empire. Delvardus refused to cooperate and termed Daala's effort "a poorly disguised power grab". Recognizing the impossibility of cooperation, Daala and Vice Admiral Gilad Pellaeon executed the warlords with nerve gas. Vicious to the last breath, Delvardus assembled a makeshift knife from his various medals but died out of reach of his assassins.

Daala brought the fallen warlord's body to his fortress, where Cronus, now head of Delvardus's forces, agreed to join her Empire. Daala, now effectively Supreme Commander, transferred her flag to Delvardus's Super Star Destroyer and recommissioned it Knight Hammer.

Appearances

 * Darksaber