Sev'rance Tann

Sev'rance Tann was a female Chiss Dark Jedi and commander in the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

She was favored by Count Dooku as both a strategist and powerful Force-user. Sev'rance served often on the front lines in the early days of the Clone Wars alongside her lover, Vandalor.

Biography
Both Tann and her lover had both been retrieved from Chiss space on behalf of Palpatine, and, until her death early in the war, she served as the top military officer in the Confederacy, holding more personal sway with Dooku than even General Grievous. Dooku's high opinion of her may suggest that she outranked Dooku's other Dark Acolytes prior to her death. Since the Force was unknown among the Chiss of her homeworld at that time, Dooku likely trained her personally.

Tann first publicly appeared on Geonosis as an escort for Dooku. As the Battle of Geonosis began in earnest, Tann led a unit to clear a canyon path that served as an escape route for Dooku. On this mission, she met the young and eager Padawan Stam Reath, apprenticed to Jedi Master Echuu Shen-Jon, and short battle between them followed, concluding with Tann slaying Reath. She used Echuu’s pain at the loss of Stam to escape the field.



Shortly after the battle, Dooku dispatched Tann to the Kaer Orbital Platform near Tatooine to rebuild the droid army shattered at Geonosis. Using the resources and machinery of the abandoned InterGalactic Banking Clan facility, Tann built a new droid army and defeated investigating Republic General Jor Drakas before leaving the platform for Tatooine. On Tatooine, Tann parlayed with Boorka the Hutt for information on a new Republic weapon system in exchange for disrupting the Republic spaceport that had moved in on Hutt trade. After establishing a base in the Mos Osnoe area, Tann crushed the Republic and Jedi forces protecting the spaceport, erected a Confederacy fortress in its place and subjugated the local populace that supported the Republic. Pleased with her work, Boorka informed Tann of the Republic's Decimator weapon being built on Eredenn.

Sev'rance and her droid army descended upon Eredenn, crushing Eredenn Station and the two Decimator test sites, and capturing the Decimator technology. With the vehicles in stow, Sev'rance led her forces to the moon Alaris Prime to acquire the activation codes required by a failsafe system built into the weapons. After defeating the Wookiee forces in the Battle of Alaris Prime, Dooku ordered Sev'rance to the Sarapin system in order to capture the volcanic world of Sarapin, home to an important power production center.

Sev'rance slipped through the tight security network of Sarapin and, using the newly acquired Decimator, captured the world for the Confederacy, killing General Drakas in the process. Victorious, Tann left Zian Finnis to defend Mount Corvast, and left Sarapin.

A counterattack finally came in the form of Echuu Shen-Jon and his new Padawan, Naat Reath. Together they scored victories over Sev'rance's forces, before she was able to capture Naat and take her to Krant. Echuu followed, seeking revenge for Stam and desiring to rescue Naat. Sev'rance, upon her fortress being breached, issued an ultimatum. She told Echuu that he would face her alone, or she would execute Naat. Echuu agreed to face Tann and killed her in a brief duel, rescuing Naat and ending a major threat to the Republic. Tann's actions, however, drove Echuu extremely close the dark side, and he left the Republic and Jedi Order to meditate on his actions.

Shortly after Tann's death, her lover, Vandalor, was killed by Anakin Skywalker on Metalorn.

Traits
As a Chiss, Tann had pale blue skin, glowing red eyes and blue-black hair, which she kept long. She wore a black outfit resembling Dooku’s, complete with a flowing black cape. She carried a yellow bladed lightsaber and used a combat form similar to Form II.

Tann was incredibly loyal to Dooku and, as evidenced by her many victories, was an accomplished strategist.

Audio clips
[[Media:tann.ogg|Hear Sev'rance Tann]] (Clone Campaigns) [[Media:tann2.ogg|Hear Sev'rance Tann 2]] (Clone Campaigns)

Appearances

 * ''Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns