Azrakel

Azrakel, known as The Dark Warrior was a Dark Jedi who served Kadann in the Secret Order of the Empire.

Dark Jedi
Little is known about the origin of Azrakel, but it is believed that at some point Emperor Palpatine conceived of a cruel experiment to determine how long it would take an unprepared mind to shatter once exposed to the full power of the dark side of the Force. The Emperor was assisted in some of these experiments by Supreme Prophet Kadann.

Time passed, and the young man proved more resilient than the Emperor expected. Growing bored, Palpatine turned his attention to other matters, leaving his experiment to wither away and die in one of his many hidden retreats.

Kadann, however, had different plans for the young man, and secretly nursed him back to health. The dark side power that the youth had been exposed to had wiped his mind clean, creating a blank slate upon which Kadann would create an apprentice of his own, and a tool to use when and if he made a move for control of the Galactic Empire. Using the raw power of the dark side, he created Azrakel.

Kadann trained Azrakel even as he himself had been taught, but using techniques the Jedi would never have. A hard taskmaster, Kadann taught Azrakel to harness the power of the Force and use it to strengthen his own abilities. In time, he grew strong in body and in the Force, becoming Supreme Prophet Kadann's covert weapon&mdash;a tool for increasing his own power.

After the ordeal he went through at the hands of the Emperor, Azrakel's humanity was consumed by the dark side, leaving him nothing more than an embodiment of raw hatred and anger, a personification of the dark side. Kadann used this to his advantage, teaching him to hate both the Emperor and the Emperor's greatest servant, Darth Vader, the Sith Lord who could potentially be Kadann's greatest rival. Kadann fed his apprentice's anger whenever possible, teaching him to how to use his hatred to fuel his own powers. However, this eventually, backfired on Kadann, and eventually Azrakel grew to hate even his teacher, and cut all ties with both the Prophets of the Dark Side and the Empire.

When Kadann went into hiding after the death of the Emperor, Azrakel had been long out of his service. Kadann knew that his apprentice was still alive, for the hatred that Azrakel exuded was like a beacon in the Force. The dark warrior would reappear, Kadann knew, but only when and where he chose. With all other objects of his hatred dead, Kadann also knew that Azrakel would direct his anger toward him. Though disappointed, Kadann was prepared to confront his former apprentice.

Mercenary
Meanwhile, Azrakel hid his Force powers from the Galaxy, finding work as a mercenary. He offered his skills to anyone with the credits to pay him and a cause that would allow him to unleash the full force of his anger. He had no mercy and gave no quarter, and soon even his most ruthless employers were genuinely disturbed at the passion with which he cut down his targets. If anyone asked him where he learned to use a lightsaber, he shrugged and replied that he had found it on a dead man. Usually, no one pressed for details.

Azrakel confined his operations far from the Core Worlds, hiding in the Outer Rim, Corporate Sector, and even Wild Space. When the two most powerful objects of his hatred, the Emperor and Vader, died at Endor, he lost his direction and focus for a time. His hatred of Kadann could sustain him for a while, but soon he found a new target for his malevolence: Luke Skywalker, son of Darth Vader. Azrakel planned to one day emerge from hiding and hunt down the Jedi Knight.

Azrakel eventually played a role in the downfall of Kadann's imposter by aiding Grand Admiral Afsheen Makati in locating Space Station Scardia. Then, he set out after the true Kadann - and, finding him on Bosthirda, Azrakel went on a rampage, killing many Prophets, including Kadann.