Marka Ragnos

"The chains of the grave cannot hold a Dark Lord of the Sith&hellip;"

- Marka Ragnos

Marka Ragnos was a half-breed Dark Lord of the Sith who was immensely powerful, both physically and in the Force.

Biography
"I shall not be denied!"

- Marka Ragnos

Feared, obeyed, and admired among the Sith, he was considered to have been the greatest Dark Lord of the Sith of his age. He defeated Simus in combat, proving himself worthy of the mantle of Dark Lord.

He likely composed the epistle of Marka Ragnos.

His death marked the end of the golden age of the Sith Empire, despite his reluctance to continue expansion.

After death
His death resulted in the rise of another Sith Lord, Naga Sadow. Immediately following his funeral, a schism erupted between Sadow and Ludo Kressh. Ragnos' spirit appeared before them and proclaimed that only the most worthy should succeed him.

Further events led to a major war with the Galactic Republic. Ultimately, because the schism was never healed it spelled the end of their interstellar empire.

Ragnos lived on as a Force Ghost after his death, trapped within the confines of his tomb in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban. About one millennium after his death, Ragnos's spirit was summoned from the grave using a pair of Sith talismans and crowned Exar Kun as the new Dark Lord, and Ulic Qel-Droma as Kun's apprentice, all in an attempt to restore the lost empire of a thousand years prior. The Great Sith War devastated the galaxy once again, but the Sith Empire was not restored.

Ragnos's spirit lingered about until once again returning from beyond the grave in 14 ABY, this time summoned by a Sith cult known as the Disciples of Ragnos whose leader was Tavion Axmis, Desann's student.

Axmis used an ancient scepter made by Ragnos to drain residual Force energy and use it to empower her followers. She then planned to use the collected energy to resurrect Ragnos. When Jaden Korr entered the tomb during the Battle of Korriban, intending to stop Axmis, she managed to resurrect Ragnos by allowing his spirit to possess her body, but was nevertheless defeated by Korr. Ragnos's ghost was forced back into his sarcophagus, screaming out a dark promise that he would return.

Equipment
Marka Ragnos didn't always wield a lightsaber, the common weapon of the Sith Lords and the Jedi Knights. He wielded a Sith sword, consisting of a metal blade enhanced by Sith sorcery, a weapon of the primitive Sith race. He could hide the sword inside his scepter, but his lightsaber was red. It is possible only he knew of its hiding place, as Tavion Axmis did not draw it until she was possessed, despite its power. He also owned a pair of dark gauntlets which increased skill with a melee weapon or lightsaber.

Behind the scenes
While a figure of importance in Sith history, Marka Ragnos has actually never appeared in a story in which he was alive, much like another influential Sith Lord, Freedon Nadd.

His name was misspelled as Marko Ragnos in the Xbox version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice
 * Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 25: Vector, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Crosscurrent
 * Abyss