Morto

Morto was a Togorian Force-sensitive who became a member of the One Sith group.

Tall, muscular, and physically impressive, Morto wore a dark cloak and armour. His fur had been shaved, at least on his face, and perhaps across his whole body, to display a pattern of Sith tattoos. He was armed with a lightsaber, and was strong enough in the Force to pin down a trained Jedi Knight with Force Crush. and to resist the painful effects of a poison dart.

He must have joined the Sith by 27 ABY, as he had trained under Lomi Plo, who disappeared in that year. In 40 ABY, his feelings for his former Master were still strong, so much so that the Twi'lek Jedi Alema Rar believed that he had been in love with her.

By this date, Morto was serving as the gatekeeper of the Sith complex in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban. Although he had been a Sith for over a decade, Alema's arrival at the fastness was treated as a practice session for him, making it possible that he was still regarded as a learner.

The Togorian initially bested the Twi'lek Jedi Knight, but he was called off by a high-ranking female Sith, in order to allow White Eyes to interrogate Alema. Once the questioning was concluded, Morto was expected to fight and kill her, but Alema managed to persuade the Sith to let her live&mdash;and when the Togorian hesitated to stand down, he was flung violently against the walls of the courtyard by White Eyes.

After the initial attack, Alema had given him a vial, the contents of which he spread onto the dart wound she had inflicted, assuming it to be an antidote for the toxin. Instead, she had actually provided him with flesh-eating bacteria from Tenupe in exchange for his earlier revulsion to her deformed appearance.

It is not known at present what Morto's long-term reaction to the bacterium was.

Behind the scenes

 * It is not clear whether Morto had retained his own name, as was apparently the case with his own Master, Lomi Plo, and her sometime partner Welk, or if he was using a Darth title in the manner of the later new Sith Order.

Appearances

 * Inferno