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Who and what is Valkorion?
The debate has raged about what Valkorion really is, a tug of war over the validity of certain accolades and their effects on the Emperor. This thread shall serve multiple purposes, mainly regarding what Valkorion himself really is.
Let's begin with his numerous personalities, Valkorion was born Tenebrae, a Sith Pureblood but does not consider himself a Sith Lord:
He is an Ancient Sith Pureblood Entity inhabiting the body of Zakuul's great Champion Valkorion, through whom he shed the mask of Sith Emperor, unburdened by the Sith Empire and its archaic ways:
'Valkorion' much like 'Vitiate' is yet another mask or form of the Entity:
He was simultaneously manipulating the Empire towards his original goal of galaxy-wide destruction:
This is all cleared up by Hall Hood:
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Both Valkorion and Vitiate are merely masks of the Entity born Tenebrae, who desired a new galaxy.
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With that cleared up, we must move on to what Tenebrae actually is. Tenebrae was transformed by the Ritual of Nathema, absorbing the largest dark side nexus the galaxy would ever see:
He was infact transformed into a being unique in the galaxy:
He had become a manifestation of his ritual, utter annihilation:
He is thus stated to have become an avatar, incarnation and embodiment of the Dark Side of the Force:
His mere presence would reduce an entire Dark Council to trembling sycophants:
The ancient Sith Entity born Tenebrae as the Sith Emperor Vitiate was far more powerful than Revan, who was a persistent cyst, which continued to grow stronger throughout the Force:
Revan himself was far more powerful than his former Sith apprentice Darth Malak, whom was the primary reason for causing the Dark Side of the Force to cloud the vision of the Jedi Order to a degree they couldn't sense the massacre of the Dantooine Enclave:
Many others have questioned how powerful the ancient Sith could be if his effects on the Force aren't so obvious. As seen above, he's far more powerful than other dark siders who have achieved such strength, but the true reason his presence hasn't had such an effect is due to his state of being. Vitiate as explained above became a manifestation of the Void of the Force which permeates Nathema. Nathema's Void has far worse effects than a Dark Side Nexus such as Malachor V:
Infact Vitiate's power makes the incalculable powers of the Dread Masters-enhanced by the Phobis Devices-insignificant, despite the fact they transformed Oricon into a hellscape immeasurably strong with the Dark Side of the Force:
So the ancient Sith Entity born as Tenebrae, is far beyond even the most corrupting Nexus of the Dark Side of the Force, be it Malachor V or Oricon.
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Indeed, his power is the very extreme of the corrosive powers of the Dark Side of the Force, beyond ritual or superweapon:
The Cataclysmic event was not only limited to Ziost but had a direct effect on Ziost's star and Ziost's surrounding moons:
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It has been claimed that the effect on Ziost's sun was merely an optical illusion due to Ziost's discoloration, but a comparison of these images refutes that:
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Ziost's sun under the effects of the planet's discoloration: (please log in to view the image)
This was achieved by the Dark Side Entity after escaping his prison on Yavin IV and replenishing his depleted power with the deaths of Ziost's citizens:
The destruction of Ziost transformed the Entity's power, once more increasing his immense strength:
My conclusion:
Valkorion's powers of the Dark Side of the Force have clearly reached such heights so as to be insurmountable. Only a Dark Side Entity such as the Son or Abeloth could be definitively more masterful and powerful.
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"Valkorion's a Sith! The developer was wrong! Valkorion lied! The codex states it (although let's ignore the codex alleges Vitiate > Abeloth and the Son too)!"
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Tenebrae became a Sith Lord at the age of 13 (i.e. Lord Vitiate) but this chapter lasts until Ritual of Nathema.
Therefore, this statement:
Plagueis was the most powerful Sith Lord who ever lived.
- applies to Lord Vitiate only.
Post-Nathema Vitiate is not a Sith Lord but a Dark Side Entity and he adopted different identities for different civilizations. As Darth Nyriss aptly put:
"Their deaths also made him stronger than any Sith who had come before, and he ceased to be known as Lord Vitiate. On that day, the Emperor was truly born."
Last edited by S_W_LeGenD on Feb 27th, 2017 at 06:09 AM
@Legend - You frankly soured the material in the thread with that little contribution of yours. Vitiate was known as the Sith Emperor for a reason — and he is referred to as a Sith Lord/Dark Lord after Nathema.
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Technically yes and technically no, it's written from an in-universe perspective but it uses actual game lore and a mix of OOU when making statements. It's a strange one.
EDIT: For example, the excerpt you provided makes it clear that the Encyclopedia is accurate regardless of being in-universe.
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Last edited by AncientPower on Feb 27th, 2017 at 06:28 AM