Darth Vectivus

"He was a hardheaded business man with a keenly balanced sense of profit and fairness, and when temptation whispered in his ear he could ignore it as easily as he could ignore the importunings of equally destructive softheartedness."

- Lumiya

Darth Vectivus was a Human Sith Lord from long before Darth Plagueis's time. He was a shrewd but fair man, and even as a dark-sider, his self discipline and preexisting business ethics allowed him to remain fair and balanced, without succumbing to the lure of power. He was a slightly overweight man, but with plenty of muscle. He dressed elegantly, and carried a silver-hilted lightsaber with inlain black stones.

Biography
Historically, little is known of the man who became Darth Vectivus before he became the administrator of a mine on an asteroid near Bimmiel. Millennia ago, the inherent dark side energies of that asteroid had been enhanced by a sub-species of dark-side wielding mynocks. As a Force-sensitive, Vectivus could feel the energy within the asteroid and began to study it, performing experiments and acquiring new powers. After the dark side energies slowly began to drive his mining crews insane, and the grade of the ore began to decline, Vectivus quietly shut down the mine.

After ensuring that the mine would be quietly forgotten about, and after learning all there was to learn from the place, Vectivus departed and began to seek out the Sith. Years later, he returned to the asteroid, a full-fledged Sith Lord. He built a mansion there, at the heart of the dark side energy, where he lived out the rest of his days surrounded by friends and family.

Legend of Darth Vectivus
Centuries later, the aspiring Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya moved into the remains of the mine above Vectivus's mansion. She used it as a sanctuary, where she studied Vectivus and the history of the Sith and the Force.

In 40 ABY, Lumiya took Jacen Solo to Vectivus's former home to begin his journey to the dark side. What appeared to be a Force-echo of Vectivus, describing itself as "a sliver of a ghost", also interacted with Nelani Dinn. The only information the supposed ghost offered on Vectivus's history was to say that he died "centuries ago", and that Jedi Dinn would not know his birth name. His holocron later came into the possession of the new Sith Order.

Behind the scenes

 * According to Leland Chee's blog Darth Vectivus's name comes from the word "invective" which means vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach, a railing accusation; vituperation, an insulting or abusive word or expression, vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive. "Vect" also can be the Latin word for revenue, interesing considering the Sith Lord's past as a businessman.


 * Vectivus was featured in the October 2006 official website poll, "With Darth Bane and Darth Plagueis getting novels, which of these Sith Lords would you like to see explored in books?" Also featured were Freedon Nadd, Darth Sion, Darth Nihilus, and Darth Andeddu (who won).

Appearances

 * Betrayal
 * Inferno

Notes and references
Darth Vectivus