Darth Stryfe

"Let nothing escape alive."

- Darth Krayt to Captain Meeshal

Darth Stryfe was one of Darth Krayt's followers in his One Sith faction. Known for being brutal, his strength lay in his raw power. His brutality earned him the title of Darth Krayt's Fist, the New Sith Empire's military leader. In 137 ABY, he was named Krayt's new Hand after Darth Nihl and Darth Talon let Cade Skywalker escape the Sith Temple on Coruscant.

Biography
"I sense a whisper in the Force..."

- Darth Stryfe

Following Darth Nihl's ascension to the position of Darth Krayt's Hand, Lord Stryfe served as Fist, the New Sith Order's military leader, the position held by Nihl before he became a Hand.

In 137 ABY, Stryfe, aboard an Imperial Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer, personally oversaw and led the Imperial search for Jedi on the planet Ossus. Rumors had spread that surviving Jedi were hiding on Ossus in the Jedi Academy there, and the Sith were determined to kill them. Stryfe sent Joker Squad of the 407th Stormtrooper Division to conduct a search of the surface, and the stormtroopers of the unit were terrified of failure, fearing punishment from Stryfe. The Jokers looked around Ossus keenly, but found nothing. The Yuuzhan Vong&mdash;there to protect Jedi artifacts&mdash;and Jedi present at the Academy had gone into hiding. As the Imperials were about to call off the search, Darth Stryfe commanded them to continue, as he could sense a whisper in the Force that suggested the presence of Jedi.

Ordered by Stryfe to keep looking for the Jedi, Sergeant Harkas, Anson Trask, and Private Orland, as well as one more stormtrooper, continued the search amongst the remains of the Jedi Academy. Trask and a fellow stormtrooper reported that the Temple was empty after the Jedi Knight Shado Vao performed a mind trick on them. However, Lord Stryfe ordered his aide, Captain Meeshal, to destroy the Temple, as he still felt the presence of the Jedi hiding on the planet. The Imperials proceeded to fire on the Academy, and succeeded in injuring Jedi Master K'Kruhk. However, the Jedi were able to survive the attack, and eventually escape to the Hidden Temple, unbeknownst to Stryfe.

In that same year, Darth Krayt has succeeded in capturing Cade Skywalker, a descendant of Luke Skywalker, but his Hands, Darth Nihl and Darth Talon, let him escape while becoming grievously injured in the process. Krayt, enraged, stripped Nihl and Talon of their titles and promoted Stryfe to the position of Hand, hoping he would become more reliable than Nihl and Talon.

Personality and Traits
Darth Stryfe was known as a brutal and efficient military leader known for his harsh methods on soldiers of the Empire, who feared him for this reason. Stryfe was also known to be quite reliable in the eyes of Darth Krayt, who promoted him to Hand because he though Stryfe was more reliable than Darth Nihl or Darth Talon.

Behind the scenes
Darth Stryfe was created by Jan Duursema for the Star Wars Legacy comics and has been featured as a minor role thus far, appearing in two issues of the story arc Claws of the Dragon and his promotion to Hand was mentioned in a flashback in Star Wars Legacy 27: Into the Core.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3
 * Star Wars Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 27: Into the Core

Notes and references
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