Editing Kephess

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{{Quote|That Trandoshan might as well have been made of durasteel.|[[Major/Legends|Major]] [[Cobus]]|<ref name="TfB">{{TORcite|type=operation|Terror from Beyond}}</ref>}}
'''Kephess''' was a [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]] leader and
[[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] at the time of the [[Cold War (Galactic Republic–Sith Empire)|Cold War]]. He was the commander of the infamous mercenary unit, the [[Warstalkers/Legends|Warstalkers]]. The [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] military hired them due to manpower shortages with the intention of securing the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Denova]] for its strategic supply of [[Baradium/Legends|Baradium]] and to hold the invasion force of the similarly interested [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Sith Empire]] at bay. During a battle with the Imperial forces, however, he was fatally injured but was miraculously saved by the [[Dread Masters]], at this time rogues on the run from the Empire, who imbued Kephess with some of their considerable power. This led to Kephess' full recovery and he became capable of performing feats beyond that of typical Trandoshans. <!--Should list some of his abilities in the TFB op--> The Dread Masters' selected Kephess to be their "chosen one," their instrument to spread terror and violence across the Galaxy.

==Biography==
===Denova===
{{Quote|Mercenary. Republic hired him to protect our interests on Denova. Seemed to be working out, until he betrayed us.|Major Cobus|<ref name="TfB" />}}
The [[Warstalkers/Legends|Warstalkers]] followed Kephess, went rogue and turned against the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]. In addition, they allied themselves with the [[Sith Empire (Post–Great Hyperspace War)|Imperial]] forces already on [[Denova]], who were also corrupted by the Dread Masters. Then Kephess, the self-proclaimed ruler of Denova, went on to declare war both on the Republic and the Sith Empire. Denova became a [[Battle of Denova|battleground]] for a three-way conflict between Republic, Imperial loyalists and the [[Dread Masters]]' corrupted forces. Both [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] superpowers sent strike teams to bring the renegade warlord down, who after defeating many of Kephess' subordinates and minions (like [[Zorn]], [[Toth (Drouk)|Toth]] and [[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]] [[Vorgath]]), finally succeeded in ending the [[Trandoshan/Legends|Trandoshan's]] reign of terror. Kephess commandeered a prototype Imperial battlewalker but was nevertheless slain in his own compound. The renegade Trandoshan, however, was once again saved by the Dread Masters, and having rejoined them in exile, vowed to take revenge on the those who ended his rule on Denova.

===Asation===
{{Quote|This one's got some new implants and some powerful friends. Kephess is working for the Dread Masters now--a group of rogue Sith trying to start their own Empire. Not sure how opening a hypergate helps.|Major Cobus|<ref name="TfB" />}}
Despite his defeat on Denova, Kephess returned later on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] of [[Asation]]. The Dread Masters, with intent to summon the ancient [[Gree (species)/Legends|Gree]] threat, the [[Lotek'k|Terror From Beyond]], revitalized Kephess, deeming him the Undying. His size and strength was increased, high-tech armor grafted onto him, and more knowledge of the Dread Masters' [[Force power/Legends|Force powers]] was revealed to him. Kephess then led the Dread Masters' forces to Asation, where he operated on the [[hypergate]] meant to summon the Terror From Beyond. Heroes from the Sith Empire and Galactic Republic, however, sent strike teams of eight or sixteen to quell the threat. Three [[Raid on Asation|battles]] in, these heroes faced Kephess the Undying. He is once again defeated, presumably by the same team that saved Denova. However, Kephess was mysteriously sucked into the hypergate by a [[Limb/Legends|tentacle]] of the Terror From Beyond.<ref name="TfB" />

KEPHESS IS THE EMPEROR. IT IS CONFIRMED.

==Behind the scenes==
Kephess is one of the primary antagonists, last and main enemy that the players must defeat in the Operation mission ''Explosive Conflict'' and ''Terror From Beyond'' in the [[2011]] [[video game]] ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''.

==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Strongholds]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
*<!-- 2012-04-12 -->{{TORweb|url=patchnotes/1.2.0/legacy|text=Game Update 1.2 - Legacy}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Dread Host members]]
[[Category:Males]]
[[Category:Mercenaries]]
[[Category:Trandoshans]]
[[Category:Warlords]]
[[Category:Warstalkers]]
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