Sea Leviathan

"It hungers. It rises. It comes! Lord Azard, I give you the Sea Leviathan!"

- Vul Isen to Darth Azard

The Sea Leviathan was a semi-sentient form of Sithspawn, alchemically engineered by the Givin Vul Isen, scientist of Galactic Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Krayt’s One Sith Order. Inspired by the original creation of the exiled Dark Jedi who would go on to become the first Lords of the Sith, the Sea Leviathan was born in the depths of the aquatic Outer Rim planet of Dac, with the expressed purpose of eradicating the native Mon Calamari species in accordance with Emperor Krayt’s ordered extermination of their entire race. With assistance from the Quarren Sith Lord Darth Azard, Isen summoned the Sea Leviathan from the depths of Dac's Soheras Trench, and unleashed it upon the seemingly helpless Mon Calamari who were being detained in Imperial Extermination Camp 28.

In 137 ABY, the same year of its birth, the Sea Leviathan met its demise when it was attacked by the Mon Calamari Rangers, led by Imperial Master Treis Sinde. Despite its successful massacre of many Mon Cals, Sinde was able to coax a school of devilsquid with the Force into attacking the Leviathan. Unable to defend itself against the assault, the monstrosity was subdued and dragged into the abyss of Soheras Trench, to be ravaged by the devilsquid.

Appearance
"The creature is huge!"

- Shonmai



The Sea Leviathan was an aquatic beast specially bred by Givin Vul Isen, scientist of Darth Krayt's One Sith Order, for life in the deep seas of the Outer Rim planet of Dac. It was a limbless creature of considerable length and mass, being of far greater length and proportion than either the Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport or the Acklay-class mobile fortress used by the Imperial forces of Galactic Emperor Krayt's Sith Empire. The Sea Leviathan had pectoral fins were on either side near its chin, as well as a taloned caudal fin for propelling itself through the waters of Dac.

The Sea Leviathan had long tendrils surrounded a gaping maw filled with rows of long teeth. Like its terrestrial cousin, it had two sets of yellow eyes, one atop the other, and four nostrils in a similar arrangement. The Sea Leviathan had a green hide, in contrast to the purplish skin of its land-based kin. Cranial horns were situated on either side of its face and head, which gave way to the rows of blister pods that began at the creature's neck, and continued down the length of its entire body. The pods were siphons of life-energy, and were also the Sea Leviathan's primary means of attack. Because of special engineering on behalf of the beast's creator, the Sea Leviathan was only able to draw upon the energies of Mon Calamari species; its blister pods had no effect on any other. Though bred on the planet Dac, the Sea Leviathan was not part of the native fauna. When encountered by the resident Mon Cals, they recognized it as foreign and regarded the beast with terror before fleeing.

Abilities
"If I'm right, this is a Leviathan&mdash;a Sith-created creature! Those blister pods suck the life energy from you."

- Treis Sinde

Despite its considerable girth, the Sea Leviathan had incredible speed; it was often able to outswim its prey, and was even able to keep pace with under water attack crafts. Like its land based relatives, the blister pods with which a Sea Leviathan was equipped were used to siphon life energy from its victims. The beast actively hunted its prey, and when in close proximity, the blister pods began to drain the life of the intended target. However, because of Vul Isen's special engineering, the Sea Leviathan's blister pods were only effective against Mon Cals, and were useless when combatting other sentient or non-sentient species. Should the beast be attacked by other creatures or beings, it had only its size, speed, and teeth to rely on as a means of defense.



Behavior and intelligence
"As you may have noticed when you touched its mind, the Leviathan is semi-sentient but&mdash;and I find this intriguing&mdash;as it sucks in its victims' life force it also absorbs their sentience."

- Vul Isen

Sea Leviathans were not a natural occurrence, but instead a variation of the terrestrial Leviathan that was created through alchemical practices millennia before by the exiled Dark Jedi of the Hundred Year Darkness. In accordance with Darth Krayt's ordered extermination of the Mon Calamari species, Sith scientist Vul Isen engineered a semi-sentient beast that was not only indulgent upon the life energy of its victims, but was also able to assimilate their sentience as well. Each absorbed life allowed the Sea Leviathan to think more like a Mon Cal, instinctively locating their dwellings and massacring them in kind. The power of the Force was required to bring the beast to life. Through their mastery of the the dark side, Vul Isen and his colleague, the Quarren Sith Lord Darth Azard, imprinted parts of their own consciousness onto the Sea Leviathan's mind to awaken it from its vegetative slumber. Once alive, Lord Azard was concerned that as the beast harnessed the sentience of more Mon Cals, it would turn on the Sith; however, Isen assured him that because their mental imprints were part of the Sea Leviathan's mind, it would ignore them and only hunt its intended prey.

History
"Send the beast to wehere the refugees were last sighted. An attack on them draws out the rangers. " "So they can be killed at once! I like it, Lord Azard Extermination with a secondary purpose. Very efficient!"

- Darth Azard and Vul Isen

In the year The 137 ABY, Dread Lord Darth Krayt ordered that ten percent of the entire Mon Calamari species was to be exterminated. He commissioned one of his many Sith Lords, the Quarren Darth Azard, as the overseer of his will. Azard traveled to the Mon Cal's homeworld of Dac, where scientist Vul Isen was also sent, and ordered to expedite the success of the Quarren Sith's mission. Lord Azard was content to round up the Mon Cals in detention camps, and simply let them all die of starvation or disease. Isen, however, had more creative methods of committing genocide, and was eager to implement one of his schemes to satisfy Lord Krayt. After consulting the Chagrian Sith sorcerer Darth Wyyrlok, Isen created an aquatic version of the land-based Leviathan to unleash upon the helpless Mon Cals. Once his oceanic Sithspawn was ready, both he and Darth Azard used the Force to bring the Sea Leviathan out of hibernation from the Soheras Trench, and then set it upon a group of Mon Cals that had been detained in Imperial Extermination Camp 28. Impressed with the efficiency that the Leviathan consumed its prey, the two Sith then unleashed their handiwork into the waters of Dac as bait for the Mon Calamari Rangers, who had undertaken the task of protecting their kinsfolk.

Isen and Azard followed the Sea Leviathan to Devil's Crevasse on Dac's ocean floor, where the beast interrupted a reconnoissance mission undertaken by two of the Mon Cal Rangers in Krakana underwater fighters. Completely caught at unawares, the pair attempted to record as much information by the unrecognized monster before one of the Rangers, Adriphar, created a diversion, in order to allow his partner, Shonmai, to escape and report their findings to the remaining Rangers. Though Shonmai successfully got away, Adriphar's did not&mdash;his Krakana was disabled, and he then died when his life energy was absorbed by the Sea Leviathan.



The Sea Leviathan's presence was exposed when Shonmai arrived back at the Ranger Grotto and alerted her fellow Rangers, who were under the leadership of the Imperial Knight Treis Sinde. While Isen, Azard, and their Sithspawn prowled around Devil's Crevasse, the Rangers devised a plan of attack that involved sacrificing the refugees to the Leviathan while they attempted to disable the Sith's AT-At swimmer. They met the Sea Leviathan just as approached the outskirts of the Crevasse, and battle quickly ensued. The beast devoured several of Mon Cal refugees while the Rangers under Sinde's guidance disabled the Sith At-At. The Sea Leviathan was then mobbed by the Rangers in an attempt to save the remaining refugees, but their flight was halted when the Devilsquid&mdash;who resided within the Crevasse&mdash;appeared. Before the Devilsquid could join in the fray, Master Sinde used the Force to command them into action against the Sea Leviathan, which was utterly helpless as they swarmed it. Meanwhile, several of its blister pods were attacked and destroyed by Sinde, hindering its effectiveness against its desired prey, the Mon Calamari. Unable to withstand the combined assault of the Devilsquid and the Imperial Knight, the Sea Leviathan was dragged into the abyss of Devil's Crevasse, never to be seen again.

Behind the scenes
the Sea Leviathan first appeared in the ninth Star Wars: Legacy storyarc, Fight Another Day, written by John Ostrander and drawn by Omar Francia. The Sea Leviathan was used by the author as a plot device to reintroduce the Genocide of Mon Calamari, an event that first appeared in Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon, also by Ostrander. To date, the Sea Leviathan's only appearances remain within Fight Another Day.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy: Fight Another Day