User:Dark Lord Trayus/long term project 1

"I am fear. I am the queen of a blood-soaked planet and an architect of genocide. I have helped to crack the galaxy in half with this war and conquered every enemy I have ever faced&mdash;including death."

- Asajj Ventress

Asajj Ventress was a female Rattataki Dark Jedi and Sith acolyte who gained notoriety for her exploits during the Clone Wars. Born on the violent Outer Rim world of Rattatak, Ventress was the daughter to Rattataki warlords who sought to dominate the planet by amassing an army. Her parents were opposed by Osika Kirske, a rival warlord who would orchestrate the murder of Asajj's mother and father. Ventress was left orphaned on the dangerous planet until the arrival of Jedi Knight Ky Narec, who had been stranded on the primitive world following the crash of his starship. Narec took Ventress as his apprentice, and together the two ended wars and united armies, becoming Rattatak's first "heroes." Ventress's growing powers in the Force worried Kirske and other warlords, pushing them to target her and Narec for assassination. Although Ventress survived the attempt, Narec was killed, leaving the young Jedi Apprentice orphaned once more.

With incomplete training and growing anger, Ventress fell to the dark side of the Force, using her powers for revenge and personal gain. She developed a hatred of the Republic and Jedi Order whom she believed had abandoned Narec to his fate. The Rattataki amassed an army to conquer all of Rattatak, enslaving or killing any who stood in her way. By the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Ventress held authority over much of the planet. In 22 BBY, the Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Count Dooku&mdash;also known as the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus&mdash;journeyed to Rattatak hoping to add another world to the Confederate cause. He instead encountered Ventress, who impressed the Sith with a display of power in one of Rattatak's gladiatorial arenas. Dooku took Ventress as a Dark Acolyte and prospective Sith apprentice and installed her as a commander in the Confederate army. Over the course of the war, Ventress developed a partnership with the Gen'Dai bounty hunter Durge and a strong rivalry with General Grievous, the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy's droid forces.

Ventress proved to be a capable military leader and an even more capable Jedi hunter, placing her as one of the Republic's fiercest enemies during the war. Her genocide on Ohma-D'un, kidnapping of Rotta the Hutt, and rescue of Nute Gunray all served to increase her infamy, and by the final year of the war many believed her to be one of Dooku's most dangerous lieutenants. The Rattataki would also repeatedly come into conflict with Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker over the three years of the conflict, only to be repeatedly defeated. She bitterly pursued the two, engaging them on battlefronts on Ohma-D'un, Christophsis, and Teth. In the aftermath of the Battle of Rendili, Ventress followed Kenobi to Coruscant, where she was mortally wounded by Skywalker. Although near death, she was able to return to the Confederacy and Count Dooku, who took her to be rehabilitated on Boz Pity. During her time there, the Republic believed her to be dead; however, Kenobi refused to accept that she had met her fate, and tracked her across the galaxy. He eventually arrived at Boz Pity with Skywalker, several other members of the Jedi Order, and a Republic army that engaged the Confederate forces there. During the fighting, a rehabilitated Ventress dueled Kenobi and Skywalker, and was once again seemingly killed after being betrayed by Count Dooku and heavily wounded by Skywalker. She indeed survived the battle and disappeared into the unknown shortly after, wishing to be free of the Jedi, the war, and Count Dooku.

Orphaned on Rattatak
"So I convinced the other warlords and generals to join forces, at least long enough to kill Ventress and her mentor. We completed only half of our plan."

- Osika Kirske

The woman who would become the notorious Asajj Venress began her life on the war-torn and primitive world of Rattatak in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories during the Galactic Republic's Classic era. Born to her Rattataki mother and father, Ventress spent her childhood on her violent homeworld, where her parents ruled as powerful warlords. Rattatak, which had no communication with the greater galaxy, had been embroiled in warfare between its various species for ages and and was dominated by militant leaders like Ventress's parents; the most powerful warlord at the time was Osika Kirske, a member of Rattatak's Vollick minority species and ruler of half the planet.

While she was still a child, Ventress's parents became more ambitious in their station as warlords, and began amassing power that Kirske feared would threaten his domination. Upon learning that the couple had assembled a massive army on the planet's southern hemisphere, Kirske moved to kill the entire family before they could pose a greater threat. The assassination of Ventress's mother and father was a success, but Asajj escaped by hiding from her parent's enemies. Orphaned, she was left with nothing but a blaster rifle in her fight for survival on the lawless world. According to Kirske, she likely would have died on her own, but Ventress's life was preserved when she was taken under the tutelage of a man named Ky Narec.

Narec was a Human Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic who had crash-landed on Rattatak following the assassination of Ventress's mother and father. Osika Kirske's forces discovered the Jedi and, believing him to be a warlock fallen from the sky, attempted to kill him. Narec escaped the belligerent natives and eventually joined up with Ventress, who was likewise alone on the barbaric world. Realizing that the young one was sensitive to the Force, Narec took her as an unofficial Jedi Apprentice, teaching her how to use the powers of the Force and providing her with one of his two lightsabers. During her training, Narec and Ventress committed themselves to the betterment of Rattatak, and began a campaign to unify the world. The two Jedi defeated warlords who perpetuated the planet's barbarism, ended wars, and united rival armies. They became the planet's first "heroes" and legends among the people of Rattatak, but as their fame grew, Warlord Kirske heard more rumors regarding the powers that Ventress possessed.

With no knowledge of the Force, the native species of Rattatak&mdash;particularly the warlords&mdash;feared the abilities wielded by the young girl. In response, Kirske convinced his fellow militant leaders that it was necessary to eliminate Narec and Ventress in order to maintain Rattatak's status quo. Along with his confidants, Kirske orchestrated an assassination attempt on the two that was only partially successful; Ky Narec was killed, but Ventress survived. The Jedi Knight died in his pupil's arms, leaving her orphaned once more.

Taking revenge
"After taking over the planet, Ventress built all of this atop the rubble of war. Now my people worship her for it..."

- Osika Kirske

With incomplete training, unfocused power, and a growing resentment for the world in which she lived, Ventress began to fall towards the dark side of the Force. Once again abandoned to fend for herself on Rattatak, she developed an intense hatred for both the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order, whom she believed had condemned her Master to death by leaving him on the planet. Furthermore, she blamed the galactic government and its guardians for ignoring the atrocities that had gripped Rattatak for eons, and decided upon rectifying them with her own methods.

Wielding both her lightsaber and that of the fallen Ky Narec, Ventress dismantled the established society on Rattatak. She assembled a colossal army of Rattataki and swore to kill the planet's leading war barons and eradicate or enslave their forces. For each warlord she killed, Ventress added a dagger-shaped tattoo to the side of her bald skull, ultimately numbering twelve in all. The young Ventress continued her violent conquest until much of the planet was under the authority of her government, dubbed the Stunger state. Although his co-conspirators in the murder of Narec were gradually hunted down and killed, Osika Kirske was spared from execution; Ventress instead took the Vollick leader as a prisoner of war, torturing him regularly and placing him as a slave in her sizable labor force. With her dominance over Rattatak established, the dark Jedi directed her slaves to construct a massive fortress from which she would rule the planet. Upon completion, Castle Ventress boasted extensive dungeons, torture chambers, and combat simulation rooms, as well as a trophy room where Ventress erected a statue of her former Master. The facility was guarded by her army of Rattataki, led by her lieutenant Aidus, and served as a prison for both criminals and political enemies of the Stunger state, like Kirske. The castle stood as a testament to the power wielded by Rattatak's young dictator, and the planet's surviving Vollick population came to idolize her for it. During this time, Ventress identified herself as a Sith, although she possessed no formal training or knowledge from the ancient enemies of the Jedi.

While the violence continued across the contested regions of Rattatak, Ventress spent a measure of her time in the Cauldron, a gladiatorial arena that pitted local champions and offworld challengers in battles to the death. The Cauldron attracted the attention of crime bosses and kingpins from across the galaxy who hoped to enter their best fighters into the gladiator tournaments and wager on their success, and knowledge of the hyperroute that led to Rattatak became a hot commodity in the criminal world. Information on the hyperroute eventually came into the hands of the former Jedi Count Dooku, leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems that was waging war with the Republic elsewhere in the galaxy and a Sith Lord under the moniker Darth Tyranus.

Discovered by the Dooku
"When I first found her, Ventress was already consumed by hatred. Not just for the Jedi Order, but for all life itself, I think."

- Count Dooku

Around 22 BBY, Ventress received word that Dooku would be traveling to Rattatak in order to add the world to the roster of planets devoted to the Confederacy's separatist cause. While visiting the world, Dooku would attend a gladiatorial match in the Cauldron to witness the spectacle and perhaps take one of the combatants as a confidant. In an attempt to impress the foreign visitor, Ventress infiltrated the Cauldron and stalked Dooku and his guide to their viewing box. While the two were distracted by the melee in the arena below, the young Rattataki slipped in and killed the guide, silently taking his place by Dooku's side. Despite her nearly-flawless execution of the infiltration, the Sith Lord noticed Ventress and reminded her that he was on Rattatak to do more than simply recruit a spy. In response, the young Rattataki leaped from Dooku's viewing box into the arena, revealing herself to the other gladiators.

Ventress was first challenged by combatants Grunda Dolma and Blorga, but she quickly dispatched the two with a powerful push through the Force. Immediately after, she was ambushed by the combat droid L8-L9, which assailed her with a flamethrower and plasma cannon. Ventress was able to outrun the projectiles and force L8-L9 to fire on other gladiators, a tactic which ultimately killed twelve other participants in the brawl before Ventress turned back on droid. Jumping behind it, she used the Force to launch it into the air and slam it into the ceiling of the fight pit. The resulting explosion caught the attention of the surviving gladiators, all of whom ended their individual fights with one another and focused on Ventress alone. While her challengers ran at her, Ventress stood her ground and employed yet another tactic to quickly eliminate them; using the Force, the Rattataki warrior loosed stalactites from the roof of the Cauldron and brought the massive stones down upon the gladiators. The falling rocks killed all but one of her attackers&mdash;a Wampa who nearly attacked Ventress. The attack was prevented by Giant Flog, a massive flail-wielding beast entered into the contest by his master.

Ventress was able to avoid Giant Flog's flail, disarming him in the process by cutting through the chains of his weapon with her lightsabers. Enraged by the loss, Giant Flog rushed at Ventress, however, she was able to deal him a mortal wound with her dual lightsabers, marking the end of the competition and the death of the Dark Jedi's final challenger. Dooku applauded her victory and her skills from his box, but Ventress openly laid claim to the title of Sith before the Sith Lord himself. To show her the error of her claim, Dooku lowered himself to the arena floor through use of the Force and explained to Ventress that while she may appear to have the qualities of a Sith, she lacked one vital factor: fearlessness. The insinuation angered Rattatak's young dictator, who accused Dooku of being a foolish old man with little knowledge of the dark side of the Force before attempting to attack him. Her assault was cut short when Dooku unleashed a barrage of Force lightning which stunned Ventress and ultimately rendered her unconscious.

When she came to, Ventress was in a large, open air room on Rattatak, seemingly alone. She discovered that her lightsabers were left by her bedside, but beyond that there was no trace of Dooku or her earlier encounter. As she began to explore her surroundings, she was ambushed by the Count, who had emerged from hiding and challenged the young Rattataki to a duel. Leaping high over his head, she called her lightsabers to her with the Force and engaged the Sith Lord in a pitched battle. The two fought throughout the chamber, with Dooku goading the young girl by explaining that if she were indeed a Sith, their duel would have already been decided. Angered, Ventress used the Force to topple a large sculpture in the center of the room, distracting Dooku long enough for her to break away and attempt an ambush. The Count sensed her treachery and blocked her attack by throwing a chunk of the felled sculpture in her direction, catching her two lightsabers in the curves of the structure. At that point the duel had come to an end, and Dooku used the Force to tear the lightsabers from Ventress's hands and slice through them. Ventress was thrown across the room and away from the Count with a powerful Force Push, and then held at saber blade-point by the elder man.

Defeated, Ventress accepted that she was indeed not a Sith and demanded that Dooku simply kill her. The Count refused explaining that there were other plans in the works regading Ventress's future. At that moment, a mechno-chair descended from a staircase above the chamber, carrying a holographic image of a man draped in a cloak with a face hidden by a shadowing hood. Dooku introduced him as the true Dark Lord of the Sith, his Master, Darth Sidious. Ventress, understanding that she had found new masters, adopted a deferential tone and yielded to their demands; Sidious's first was that she hunt down and defeat the Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker. This agreed with Ventress's hatred for the Jedi Order, and she consented to work towards Dooku and Sidious's ultimate goal: a Jedi purge. As a reward for her new position within the Sith's master plan, Dooku awarded her with six Ginivex-class fanblade starfighters and two new lightsabers to replace those that he had destroyed. Her new sabers were curved at the hilt and capable of joining at the ends to create a double-bladed lightsaber, and they quickly became formidable weapons in her hands.

Despite her new lightsabers, Ventress would eventually repair those that had once belonged to Narec and keep them within the trophy room of her castle, as a tribute to the Jedi Master she was now working to avenge. As she began her work for the Sith Lords and Confederacy of Independent Systems, rumors of Ventress's initiation in the Cauldron and the duel with Dooku spread to the Count's other disciples, generating a fierce reputation for the Rattataki warrior. She joined the Confederacy's fight against the Republic and the Jedi in the Clone Wars, becoming a commander of Dooku's droid army and the personal assassin of the Count. Although Dooku had many other Dark Acolytes to do his bidding, Ventress's abilities placed her as one of his primary agents, alongside the Gen'Dai bounty hunter Durge and the Kaleesh cyborg, General Grievous. All three held a deep-seated hatred for the Jedi and delighted in killing them and their clone troopers, but while Ventress and Durge became close confidants and worked together often throughout the Clone Wars, the two were not introduced to Grievous until six months into the conflict.

Before Ventress was let loose on the Jedi, Dooku trained her extensively in lightsaber combat and Force skills, but remained careful not to delve deeply into Sith teachings and techniques with the young girl. Dooku intended to abide by the Rule of Two, which dictated that there be only one Sith Master and one Sith Apprentice at a time&mdash;positions that were at the time held by Darth Sidious and the Count, respectively. However, Ventress was unaware of this fact, and fully believed that she was being groomed as Dooku's apprentice and eventual successor.

Genocide on Ohma-D'un
"I emerged from misery and suffering only to find the Jedi I had once worshiped are nothing but weak, misguided fools. Count Dooku speaks true... the galaxy needs a Jedi purge!"

- Asajj Ventress

Two and a half months after the Clone War's eruption on Geonosis, Ventress was given command of a bioweapon project being developed by the Confederate researcher Dr. Jenna Zan Arbor on the volcanic world of Queyta. Zan Arbor had been tasked with creating a potent weapon after the Separatist's loss of the Dark Reaper superweapon in the early days of the conflict, and ultimately her work yielded an aerosol poison nicknamed "swamp gas". Ventress's primary plan was to unleash the toxin into the atmosphere of the Republic world of Naboo, but first needed to test its effectiveness. To that end, she outfitted Confederate super battle droids with special aerosol sprayers and took them to Naboo's moon of Ohma-D'un to test the swamp gas on the Gungan colonists there. Accompanied by Durge and a contingent of battle droids, Ventress landed on the moon and invaded the Gungan colony. The swamp gas was highly effective; it burned the skin of its victims, causing massive blisters before killing them outright. Every Gungan on the moon died, and Ventress began to plan for the gas's eventual release on Naboo.

Her plan entailed the capture of a group of spice miners who would be the scapegoats for the Separatist genocide of Naboo. Venress forced the hostage miners to load containers of the swamp gas into their own transports before detaining them in a camp not far from the colony. While the Confederates prepared to launch the vessels, they received word that a Republic reconnaissance party was investigating the dead Gungans. They had been brought to the moon by a request from Gungan leader Boss Rugor Nass, who was concerned by the termination of contact between himself and the Ohma-D'un colony. The recon party consisted of Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Glaive, and their respective Padawans Anakin Skywalker and Zule Xiss. The four Jedi were accompanied by a contingent of clone troopers and Advanced Recon Commando Alpha-17, and immediately opened fire on the swamp gas droids who remained in the Gungan colony. While Durge left to engage the intruders, Ventress remained with the transports to oversee their takeoff. Although the Gen'Dai was able to kill all the troopers save for the commando, he was unable to make any progress with the Jedi and so requested the assistance of more battle droids and a renewed spraying of swamp gas. After Skywalker and Alpha-17 left to release the captured miners, Ventress arrived at the colony to aid her compatriot. She slipped into the battlefield undetected and quickly decapitated Glaive while he was distracted by Durge.

With his fellow Jedi Knight dead, Ventress revealed herself to Kenobi, explaining her intent to enact a Jedi purge. The two engaged in a fierce duel, but the young Dark Jedi swiftly gained the upper hand and raised Kenobi in a Force grip. She attempted to hold him stationary long enough for Durge to shoot him, but the bounty hunter was distracted by an attack from Padawan Xiss. Ventress quickly dismissed Durge to oversee the attack on Naboo while she remained to deal with the Jedi. To keep Xiss and Kenobi off-balance during the battle, she used the dark side of the Force to reanimate the corpses of the Gungan colonists and manipulated them into attacking the Jedi. The two Jedi attempted to keep up the pressure on Ventress, with Kenobi verbally attacking her while defending himself from the Gungans, but they yielded little success. Poisoned by the swamp gas, they were quickly losing strength and the ability to hold off Ventress's constant attacks. She demanded that they both surrender, and claimed that she would reward them for doing so by granting them swift deaths. Kenobi refused, pushing Ventress to cleave off Xiss's left arm.

Although she was nearly on the verge of victory over the two Jedi, Ventress was routed by the sudden return of Skywalker and Alpha-17, who had succeeded in destroying the swamp gas-filled transports. Surrounded by three Jedi and an ARC trooper, the Dark Jedi was forced to fall back and join Durge in escaping the moon. Although the bounty hunter claimed that Count Dooku would see the mission as a failure, Ventress disagreed&mdash;she had confronted her enemy, and believed she now knew his heart.

Deception on Ruul
"A meeting has been arranged between the Council and those who represent these awakened Jedi. The Council sends their leader, a Master known as Mace Windu, to confuse, entrap, and if necessary, kill these Jedi. I want you there first&mdash;in secret&mdash;to prevent this. I will sent word on how best to do it. You should know, Ventress, that Windu was chief among those responsible for abandoning your master, Ky Narec."

- Count Dooku

Although her plans for Naboo met with failure, Dooku still believed Ventress to be a capable servant, and entrusted her with missions vital to the Confederate cause. Half a month after the events on Ohma-D'un, Dooku summoned Venress to his estate to give her a new objective. Before meeting with her Master, Ventress was forced to confront and defeat a scrange as a test of her abilities. The Dark Acolyte quickly succeeded in killing the beast, and was then met with by the Count. Dooku explained to her that a situation had developed within the Jedi Order, involving a number of Knights and Masters who refused to take part in the Clone Wars. Instead of joining the Grand Army of the Republic as generals and commanders, they fled the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and openly ignored the mandates of the Jedi High Council. These dissident Jedi organized a meeting on the moon of Ruul in order to discuss their concerns with one another and present them to Council member Mace Windu. Windu's objective was to bring these Jedi back under the Council's command, so as to prevent a schism within the Order&mdash;however, Dooku explained the situation differently to Ventress, claiming that Windu had been sent to kill the Jedi who had been enlightened to the Council's misdirection. The Count also told his pupil that Windu had been foremost among the Jedi responsible for abandoning Ky Narec to his death on Rattatak, and that he wanted her on Ruul so as to prevent his murder of yet more Jedi.

Dooku allowed her to use his solar sailer for the mission, and explained to her that she would be aided in her objective by another of his operatives&mdash;the dissident Jedi Master Sora Bulq. The Weequay Bulq had once been close with Master Windu, and was now posing as an organizer of the faction of anti-war Jedi. In truth, he was part of Dooku's plan to bring the dissidents over to the Confederacy, and hoped to paint Master Windu as a violent enforcer of Council policy. Upon arriving on Ruul, Ventress stalked Windu and Bulq through the grounds of Bulq's family estate, being sure not to reveal her presence. She waited in the shadows until after Windu's inital meeting with the representatives of the dissident Jedi&mdash;K'Kruhk, Sian Jeisel, Mira, and Rhad Tarn. When the four dissidents, Windu, and Bulq retired for the night, Ventress struck in a swift attack on Master Bulq.

The two had planned for a sham duel to convince the others that Bulq was a target of the assassin, and not her accomplice. Ventress was the apparent victor of the duel, slashing the Jedi Master across the chest with her lightsaber before engaging Mira, who had come to Bulq's aid. As she was not essential to their plans, Ventress quickly slew Mira and continued on to do battle with Jeisel, K'Kruhk, and Tarn. She goaded the three Jedi, easily holding off their attacks until the intervention of Mace Windu, who had come to investigate the commotion. In response to Windu's demand for Ventress's identity, the Dark Acolyte simply responded that she was Windu's servant, and that she hoped he was pleased with her work. She fled into the night, leaving the Jedi with the dead Mira and a wounded Bulq, as well as suspicions regarding Windu's true intentions. The Jedi Master left to hunt down Ventress, but his apparent dedication to her capture did little to stem Jeisel and Tarn's claims that she was in league with Windu.

Windu eventually intuited that Bulq was in league with the assassin, and so broke off the chase to go find his former friend. Meanwhile, Tarn had attempted to follow Windu, but was instead set upon by Ventress. He was little competition for her, but Ventress indulged the Jedi, toying with him in a short duel during which she convinced him that the Order was using him as a pawn for the Republic. Tarn fell to the dark side, and by the time Jeisel and K'Kruhk arrived to aid him, he was fighting alongside Ventress to bring down his fellow Jedi. Sian Jeisel was forced to kill Tarn while the Dark Acolyte engaged and overpowered K'Kruhk. Before Ventress could kill the Whipid, Jeisel jumped to his defense but was soundly defeated and kicked away. K'Kruhk was only saved by the timely intervention of Master Windu, who had abandoned his fight with Bulq to save his comrades from Ventress. The duel between the two was fierce, but Ventress was unable to stand against a fully-trained Jedi Master, and so fled the battle. She was carried back to her ship by one of the maintenance droids from Bulq's estate, and from there she left the moon to return to Dooku.

War with the Jedi
"You are no Jedi, girl. You are simply hatred and bile given form."

- Jedi Master Fay

While Ventress continued to serve her master in varying capacities, the Republic and Jedi Order were still focused on her actions during her first mission; specifically, her usage of the swamp gas on Ohma-D'un. The Jedi made it their highest priority to find the source of the bioweapon, and sent out orders for Knights and Masters to initiate independent searches for its origin. Ventress was informed of this development by Confederate spies and so journeyed with Durge back to Queyta, the volcanic world where Jenna Zan Arbor had first developed the gas. The lab that created the weapon was also the only source of its antidote, and so its location was kept secret and its facilities were only minimally staffed. Indeed, the complex itself sat upon a stone formation that drifted precariously down one of the planet's many lava flows, thereby maintaining continual mobility to prevent infiltration.

Ventress and Durge landed at the facility and proceeded to its synthesis lab to secure the antidote samples and prevent them from falling into Republic hands. As they prepared to leave the lab and scuttle the entire complex, the two agents were confronted by a cadre of four Jedi Masters and a single Knight who had come to Quetya to steal the antidote and negate the swamp gas threat. The Jedi team included Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had battled Ventress on Ohma-D'un. The Dark Jedi immediately engaged the Jedi Knight, and while the two dueled, Durge took it upon himself to create a distraction. The facility's staff was entirely comprised of Skakoans, who were only capable of breathing methane and so lived within methane-righ pressure suits. The bounty hunter fired upon a group of three Skakoans, who violently exploded due to the sudden rupture in their suits. The resulting inferno incinerated the lab and killed Jedi Master Knol Ven'nari, thereby allowing Ventress and Durge to attempt an escape while the Jedi team regrouped to assess their loss. The blast also caused severe damage to the complex as a whole, allowing for lava to break through the stone formation upon which it sat.

As the Confederate base gradually sank into the lava flow, Ventress and Durge fled the laboratory with the Jedi giving chase close behind. Although Kenobi attempted to capture Ventress while she crossed a narrow catwalk, she stalled him by slicing through the bridge and cutting off his path. She was instead engaged by Master Jon Antilles, but he was swiftly taken out of the fight by Durge, who had come to assist his comrade. While the Gen'Dai killed Antilles, Ventress continued her escape, slicing open the lava-carrying pipes above the catwalk in the process. The break in the piping allowed for molten lava to fall from the ceiling, some of which landed directly on the leader of the Jedi team, Master Nico Diath. Burned, Diath fell from the catwalk to his death in the lava stream below, leaving only Kenobi and Master Fay to continue the pursuit of Ventress. To halt the Dark Jedi's progress, Fay used the Force to lift the rubble strewn throughout the area and launch it in Ventress's direction. Ventress was severely wounded by the attack, and fell to the ground after being impaled with shards of glass and chunks of metal.

Master Fay confronted the broken Ventress and used the Force to dig into her mind and extract her name and memories. In retaliation, the Dark Jedi attempted to crush Fay's heart with fear, but was thwarted when the Jedi Master was able to render her unconscious. Kenobi plucked the swamp gas antidote from her inert body, but the two Jedi were unable to escape, as they were confronted by Durge and then thrown apart by a explosion from the compromised facility. Ventress returned to consciousness to find Fay on the ground a short distance away from her, attempting to reach out to Kenobi. Before the Jedi Master could join her confidant once more, Ventress ignited her lightsabers and impaled her through the chest, leaving her mortally wounded. Before fleeing the sinking complex with Durge, Ventress found Kenobi dangling over the edge of the rock formation, about to fall to his death. Instead of killing the Jedi, Ventress explained that Dooku had plans for him and offered him her hand, so as to save him from death. Kenobi refused, prompting Ventress to declare that in their next meeting, she would kill him regardless of Dooku's orders.

Ventress and Durge fled Quetya in an evac ship, leaving Kenobi and Fay to die on the volcanic world. Although Fay did perish as a result of her wounds, she first imparted to Kenobi her remaining power, allowing him to escape the planet and provide the Republic with the swamp gas antidote. With that information, the Republic scientists of the Lurrian Genetic Enclave were able to crack the Confederacy's bioweapon signature and largely prevent further attempts at chemical warfare. Despite Ventress and Durge's overall failure on Quetya, the events on the world only served to increase her infamy, as they had been responsible for the deaths of four Jedi Masters, all of which were considered legends within the Order.

At some point during the war, Dooku entrusted Ventress with a mission handed down to him by Darth Sidious. The young acolyte was to hunt down and engage Jedi Knight Darrus Jeht, but stop short of killing the man&mdash;Sidious intended to use Ventress to give Jeht a taste of the dark side's power in hopes of later corrupting him. In accordance with her Masters' demands, Ventress located Jeht in his starfighter over a desolate world and shot him down, forcing him to crash-land in a jungle on the planet below. Immediately upon his escape from the wreckage of his ship, Ventress engaged the Jedi Knight and quickly gained the upper hand in a brief but vicious duel. She cut him across the chest with her lightsabers, leaving him with a considerable gash. While he fled into the mists of the surrounding jungle, she continued to give chase, occasionally engaging him before breaking off the attack once more. The repeated duels slowly wore down Jeht's resolve, and while he had to deactivate his lightsaber to remain hidden in the mist, Ventress kept both of hers on, stalking her prey with intimidation in place of stealth.

She eventually noted that Jeht was doubling back, retracing his steps to the wreckage of his fighter in hopes of shaking pursuit. She ran ahead of him, reaching his downed starship first and hiding within its hull in wait for his return. Jeht did indeed return and believed himself alone, but was nearly killed when Ventress activated her lightsabers from within his vessel in an attempt to skewer him through the hull. Jeht jumped away from his fighter just in time, and once Ventress emerged from the ship, he used the Force to push hundreds of pounds of swamp and mud from the jungle floor on top of her. She was momentarily buried, allowing her quarry time to flee in hopes of reaching the transponder buoy he had dropped as his doomed fighter fell to the planet. The buoy would signal Jeht's clone troops to come retrieve their general, but he first had to reach the clearing where it rested in order to be saved.

Ventress was able to escape her muddy grave and catch up with Jeht as he raced to the clearing, ambushing him by felling a massive tree in front of his path. The tactic forced him to halt his escape, giving Ventress an opportunity to taunt him for his low-browed mud-slinging attack and the deaths of many of his fellow Jedi throughout the war. The jeers pushed Jeht to tap into the dark side and slam the felled tree trunk into his assailant, sending her flying through the jungle and out of sight. Although heavily wounded, Ventress refused to break pursuit and so followed Jeht into the clearing. While he awaited his transport off the world, the Jedi Knight meditated so as to heal and gather his thoughts after the battle. Ventress stealthily entered the clearing and avoided his notice, getting as close behind him as she could before igniting her lightsaber in yet another attack.

While Jeht dodged the blade aimed at his head, he was unable to avoid the one headed for his chest. Ventress ignited her lightsaber directly into his torso, burning a hole straight through his ribs and one of his lungs. The act was enough to achieve her goals, and Jeht finally embraced the power of the dark side in a fierce counter attack. The Jedi Knight smashed her away in a powerful Force Push, throwing her across the clearing and slamming her into a tree. While she was pinned to the trunk, he extended his hatred of her into fully-formed arcs of Force lightning, sending them coursing into her weakened body. Jeht continued his relentless attack for a time and enjoyed watching Ventress writhe in pain, but was interrupted by the arrival of his forces who had come to ferry him off-world. Although he regretted his actions, Ventress's mission was still accomplished&mdash;she had forced him to taste the dark side and the power it held. Although she was severely injured and felt as though all of her bones had been broken, Ventress proceeded to complete her task by reporting to Dooku on Jeht's actions. The Count was pleased with Ventress's success and allowed her to take one day in recovery before moving on to engage the individual he identified as her "primary target."

Hunting Skywalker
"I'm going to make you pay for what you've done.''" "''Come, Padawan. Your fall will be my ascension to the Sith."

- Anakin Skywalker and Asajj Ventress

Despite being an active Confederate agent for several months, Ventress had yet to pursue the cardinal mission she had been given by Darth Sidious when she was recruited by the Sith: the elimination of Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Although she had briefly encountered the young man on Ohma-D'un, she had not yet crossed blades with him in battle, but believed that when she did, Sidious and Dooku would grant her the vaulted Sith title. To that end, she tracked Skywalker's movements and eventually discovered that he was placed in command of the Republic naval forces that would be participating in an assault on the Confederate stronghold world of Muunilist. In one of her earliest uses of the Ginivex-class fanblade starfighters gifted to her by Dooku, Ventress rushed to the Muunilinst system and into the thick of a battlefield dominated by Republic vessels. Skywalker had led his forces to victory over the gun platforms and Nantex-class fighters that were stationed over Muunilist, and was now piloting his starfighter in formation with his Blue Squadron.

Ventress entered the fray, swiftly eliminating all of Blue Squadron before training her sights on Skywalker's ship, the Azure Angel. The two entered into a vicious dogfight, flying dangerously close to one another while taking potshots, before turning at breakneck angles to re-engage. The orbital bout continued until Ventress was able to land several shots along the Padawan's hull and accelerate her thruster output to break for Muunilist's surface. Although Skywalker did not yet know the identity of his attacker, he could tell that their skill level was far beyond that of a droid pilot, and so committed himself to the pursuit of the mysterious fighter. Upon entering Muunilist's atmosphere, Ventress raced into the city of Harnaidan&mdash;the planet's capital and a battlefront in the Republic's assault on the world&mdash;and proceeded to fly her vessel mere meters above the surface. While she skirted the ground and buildings alike, Skywalker continued to try to shoot her down, inadvertently causing serious damage to the cityscape. The chase through Harnaidan was cut short when Ventress once again fled towards the atmosphere and entered hyperspace coordinates for a jump to the Yavin system. Skywalker prepped his ship for pursuit, but was discouraged from doing so by his Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi sensed that the pilot of the mysterious fighter was leading his Padawan into a trap, but Skywalker disregarded the warning and followed Ventress into hyperspace anyway.

Ventress was the first to arrive, and set her starfighter down on the the fourth moon of the gas giant Yavin. The moon was an ancient Sith stronghold covered in a dense jungle that was broken only by massive temples erected by the long-dead Massassi warrior race. The assassin hid her ship deep within the jungle, then took to the wilderness to avoid Skywalker's detection. The young Jedi arrived shortly after, but before he could begin his search for Ventress, he was joined by a contingent of clone troopers sent by Kenobi to aid him. While the troopers combed the jungle in small squads in search of the enemy combatant, Skywalker conducted an individual trek through the jungle. While he was distracted, Ventress used the Force to brutally kill the troopers. One by one, she silently eliminated them, utilizing her telekinetic powers to slam them into trees, smother them beneath swamps, beat them with their own blasters, and throw them across the canopy. When there was but one trooper left, she used the Force to drag him across the forest floor back to the clearing where the troopers and Skywalker had landed. When he came to rest, he was met by Skywalker, but was shortly killed by a blast from the CR-20 troop carrier he and his comrades arrived in. Ventress had placed explosives on both the transport and Skywalker's starfighter, leaving the young Jedi stranded on the moon. The Dark Acolyte emerged from the flames that had engulfed the vessels' wreckage and revealed herself to Skywalker, claiming that his downfall would be her ascension to the Sith.

With that, the two entered into a pitched duel on the forest floor, with Ventress taking an early advantage, as she was the more aggressive and devious of the two. They both utilized the Force in various ways, with Ventress quickly resorting to throwing downed tree trunks at her opponent. Although Skywalker was able to destroy most of the projectiles, one of the trunks slammed into him at full force. Despite this, Skywalker quickly recovered and was able to disarm Ventress of both her lightsabers, forcing the assassin to flee into the jungle canopy. She called her weapons back to her through the Force and once again took to hiding while the Padawan followed her into the trees. He perched himself upon an unstable branch that Ventress was able to collapse with the Force, causing him to fall from the upper tiers of the jungle. Both Ventress and Skywalker landed on lower branches of the massive trees and began a chase through the foliage, jumping from tree to vine to branch all while dueling one another.
 * Muunilist
 * Yavin 4

Escalation

 * Mission to Trenchant Space Station
 * Ord Cestus
 * The Cestus Deception
 * The Cestus Deception

Breaking Kenobi

 * Battle of Jabiim
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Battle of Jabiim
 * Star Wars: Republic 60: Hate and Fear
 * Kenobi escapes Rattatak
 * Star Wars: Republic 60: Hate and Fear

Overseeing an admiral
"Count Dooku will require regular updates as your campaign progresses. You will make them to me, so get used to it now."

- Ventress to Pors Tonith


 * Praesitlyn
 * Jedi Trial

Dooku's right hand

 * Vjun
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

Corrupting a clone

 * Bribing Slick
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Battle of Christophsis
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed

Manipulating the Hutts

 * Capturing Rotta
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)
 * Teth
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)

Slave dealings

 * ''Star Wars The Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic
 * The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen

Assassinations and confrontations

 * The Way of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course

The Gravitic Core

 * Alzoc III
 * Behpour
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes

Separatist allies

 * Star Wars The Clone Wars: In Service of the Republic
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 11: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 2
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 12: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 3
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance

Stalking the Jedi

 * Titavian IV
 * Duel on Coruscant
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Kenobi's hunt
 * Star Wars: Obsession

Escaping the conflict

 * Boz Pity
 * Medical ship escape
 * Star Wars: Obsession
 * Unconfirmed Xagobah sighting
 * ''Boba Fett: Pursuit

Legacy

 * The New Essential Guide to Droids
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (novel)
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force

Motivations and demeanor
"But despite all her fury and murderous inclinations, I always sensed something within her that distinguished her from the Sith Lords: an underlying fear. Mostly, it was a fear of being alone."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi's recollections of Ventress

Count Dooku
"I'm not in it for the Trade Federation or the Republic. I don't care about flags or soldiers, sides or treaties, droids or clones. I'm not even in it for the killing, except for the Jedi, and that's not business, it's personal. When I work on my own, I do what I like. When I do your bidding, I don't need to be right or reasoned or even sane: I do it because you ask it of me."

- Asajj Ventress to Count Dooku

Lightsaber prowess
"The child's skills with a lightsaber are most impressive. You have found a promising disciple, my apprentice. She shall serve us well."

- Darth Sidious to Dooku


 * Niman/Jar'Kai
 * Double-bladed lightsaber
 * Force-assisted acrobatics
 * Sai Cha, Cho mok - New face of war
 * Stand against 3 Jedi and Windu for a time - Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Stand against chosen one
 * Dun Möch
 * Capable of turning at least two jedi to the dark side - Darrus Jeht and Rhad Tarn

Force abilities
"The true Sith Lord must find a pupil in whom the Force runs strong.''" "''Sixteen dead Jedi is some testament to that. Should have been seventeen."

- Dooku and Ventress


 * Force stealth -
 * Force Jump -
 * Force speed -
 * Force push -
 * General telekinesis -
 * Mind trick - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Animal friendship - Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Reanimation, Force Grip - new face of war
 * Force Crush - blast radius
 * Marginalize the effects of Force push - jungle duel

Martial talents
"We would make a good team. I could use your help. Little one, if I were to come out there it wouldn't be to help you, it would be to replace you as commander. But the Count has more important buisiness for me just now. Stop wasting my time and make that report."

- Pors Tonith and Asajj Ventress


 * Dictator
 * Campaign with Narec
 * Ventress's revenge wars
 * Commander
 * Praesitlyn
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * TCW film - Teth
 * Bioweapons - New face of war
 * General failure, especially in light of Grievous. Used primarily as an assassin for much of the war.
 * Bioweapons - New face of war
 * General failure, especially in light of Grievous. Used primarily as an assassin for much of the war.
 * General failure, especially in light of Grievous. Used primarily as an assassin for much of the war.

Assassination techniques
"She is a gifted assassin. You have my word, she will complete her mission to the letter."

- Darth Tyranus, speaking of Ventress to his master Darth Sidious

"Impressive. You mask your presence well. Flawless timing, perfect control, you have great skill in infiltration. My host would applaud your abilities, posthumously. However, I'm not looking for a spy."

- Dooku


 * Pre-Dooku talents
 * With Dooku
 * Dark Heart
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 11: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 2
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 11: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 2
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom

Lightsabers

 * Ky Narec's
 * Komari Vosa's

Starships

 * Piloting ability

Origins

 * Ep. II concepts
 * Databank
 * The Art of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Same animation used in New Face of War
 * Name
 * See "NOTES"
 * Major appearances hence

Continuity discrepancies

 * Ruul/Ohma-D'un chronology
 * Databank
 * Release date
 * NEC
 * Boba Fett books

Appearance

 * Eyes
 * TCW=Blue and grey
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Dark Side - grey
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed - White
 * Cloak of Darkness & most of TCW - blue
 * CW=White
 * Original comics=indeterminate
 * Jedi Trial=YELLOW. WTF
 * Tattoos
 * Shape:
 * CW=No tattoos
 * Original comics and books=12 daggers for dead warlords
 * TCW=Curvy shit on temples, line down the back of the head with continued curves, as seen here, and mouth crap and forehead and eyes
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed - ONLY eye and mouth tattoos; no forehead or temple
 * Color:
 * Original comics: Blue and black
 * TCW: Faded blue
 * TCW comics: Vary between blue and black. See this and this.
 * TCW online comics: The Clone Wars: Prelude=RED mouth tattoos. The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen=all normal, according to the rest of TCW; faded blue. The Clone Wars: Shadowed=PURPLE mouth tattoos, blue on the rest.

The Clone Wars

 * The Clone Wars discrepancies
 * Timeline
 * Placement in overall timeline

Appearances

 * The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Star Wars Republic: The New Face of War
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius
 * Dark Heart
 * Dark Hands
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars PhotoComic
 * Jedi: Count Dooku
 * The Cestus Deception
 * Star Wars Republic 58: The Battle of Jabiim, Part 4
 * Star Wars Republic 60: Hate and Fear
 * Star Wars Republic 62: No Man's Land
 * Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines
 * Star Wars: Republic 66: Show of Force, Part 2
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:01:15 Edition
 * Jedi Trial
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * The Clone Wars: Shadowed
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film / novel
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 5: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 5: A Slave now, a Slave forever
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 6: Slaves of the Republic - Chapter 6: Escape from Kadavo
 * The Way of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course
 * The Clone Wars: Prelude
 * The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
 * The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 11: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 2
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 12: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 3
 * The Clone Wars: Season Three
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Star Wars: Obsession 1
 * Star Wars: Obsession 2
 * Star Wars: Obsession 3
 * Star Wars: Obsession 4
 * Star Wars: Obsession 5
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars: Republic 76: The Siege of Saleucami, Part 3
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * The Clone Wars: Season Three
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Star Wars: Obsession 1
 * Star Wars: Obsession 2
 * Star Wars: Obsession 3
 * Star Wars: Obsession 4
 * Star Wars: Obsession 5
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars: Republic 76: The Siege of Saleucami, Part 3
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Orders are orders
 * Sith make the best pancakes
 * Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 short film

Quote shack
"The dark side is strong in me, for I am Sith.''" "''A bold claim, but you are not Sith. You wear the trappings of the Sith, you fight like the Sith, but this can be imitated, however. You lack a vital quality found in all Sith. Sith have no fear, and I sense much fear in you."

- Asajj Ventress and Count Dooku

"Consider this a gift."

- Dooku presenting Komari Vosa's lightsabers to Ventress.

"She will be more than a match for young Skywalker." -"It matters not. She is merely an instrument to bring forth the eradication of the Jedi."

- Dooku and Sidious

"All she has ever known is violence! We'll never reach her through a lightsaber! I still think there's a part of her Dooku hasn't corrupted!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Ventress! And here I thought this mission would be unpleasant.''" "''The pleasures all mine, my dear Obi-Wan. I've missed you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress

"Where is Skywalker?"

- Asajj demands Anakin's whereabouts from Captain Rex

"Now you fall... as all Jedi must."

- Asajj Ventress to Luminara Unduli.

"Just far away. Far from the Jedi, from this war, from Count Dooku. Just fly as far away as you can."

- Asajj Ventress

"I have collected a small number of seeds from my desert walks. I think I will plant them and see what they will grow, in memory of Asajj Ventress."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

"You wear the trappings of the Sith, you fight like the Sith, but this can be imitated, however."

- Dooku

"The child's skills with a lightsaber are most impressive. You have found a promising disciple, my apprentice. She shall serve us well."

- Darth Sidious to Dooku

"Master, all due respect, but Ventress is too powerful for any one Jedi to fight alone."

- Ahsoka Tano to Luminara Unduli