Originally posted by ares834 Depends on where they are. But usually Durge. Sion's imortality is dependant on where he is. On places such as Malachor V he is nearly immortal due to the massive amount of dark energies allowing hims to resurect himself again and again.
Furthermore;
Sion embarks on a Jedi-assassination spree, "dying" many more times but always ending more enemy lives.
Off-course, a place filled with dark side energies would present an ideal environment for the dark lord but Sion's immortality is certainly not restricted to such places.
Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
His immortality comes from his pain tolerance and endless concentration on the rage that festers inside him.Furthermore;
Sion embarks on a Jedi-assassination spree, "dying" many more times but always ending more enemy lives.
Off-course, a place filled with dark side energies would present an ideal environment for the dark lord but Sion's immortality is certainly not restricted to such places.
Exile: I will not run from that corpse.
Kreia: There will be another time. Not now, not here, while Korriban runs through him
and later on on Malachor V.
Sion: As long as the dark places of this world flow through the cracks of my flesh, I can not be killed.
These quotes clearly show that it is on worlds strong in the dark side that he has this power. As Kreia claims he can be defeaed on Korriban suggesting that at other places he can be, and Sion himself states it is Malachor V's power that allows him to keep himslef alive. Sure he may be able to preform it on other planets, but not as often. Heck, even on Malachor V he is not completlley invincible.
After being told he is weakening.
Sion: I... I still have the power to stop you. The Force runs strong through the screaming canyons of Malachor.
Then the next time you defeat him, he is on his hands and knees rather than standing clearly he is weakening even though he is drawing upon the dark power on Malachor.
Originally posted by ares834 Prove that any of these planets Sion died on were not a dark side nexus. Here is the proof for his recarnation ability only really working on a planet full of dark side energies.Exile: I will not run from that corpse.
Kreia: There will be another time. Not now, not here, while Korriban runs through himand later on on Malachor V.
Sion: As long as the dark places of this world flow through the cracks of my flesh, I can not be killed.
These quotes clearly show that it is on worlds strong in the dark side that he has this power. As Kreia claims he can be defeaed on Korriban suggesting that at other places he can be, and Sion himself states it is Malachor V's power that allows him to keep himslef alive. Sure he may be able to preform it on other planets, but not as often. Heck, even on Malachor V he is not completlley invincible.
After being told he is weakening.
Sion: I... I still have the power to stop you. The Force runs strong through the screaming canyons of Malachor.Then the next time you defeat him, he is on his hands and knees rather than standing clearly he is weakening even though he is drawing upon the dark power on Malachor.
When he first set after her, Sion thought the Exile to be broken and incapable of stopping the onslaught of the Sith. Her death, as what he believed to be the last of the Jedi, would herald the victory of the Sith.[1] As he continued to pursue her, though, a new feeling towards her stirred in Sion, something beyond respect or admiration, and an emotion that he loathed.[2] He thought her beautiful,[1] and his hatred diminished with these emotions, threatening his grip on life.[2] (from Wookieepedia)
All concerned sources imply that a woman (i.e. Jedi Exile) caused a strange emotional reaction within Sion, which led to his downfall:
One Jedi especially gets underneath Sion's decrepit skin. The Jedi Exile proves remarkably resilient. Sion feels an alien feeling bud within him: not respect for female jedi, not admiration, but an emotion quite intolerable. It causes his intense hatred to flag, threatening his tenuous hold on life, so Sion decides to destroy the woman responsible for this weakness. However, in their final confrontation, the Jedi Exile convinces the Dark Lord to release himself from his enslaving hatred. Rage and life flee Sion simultaneously, his undead body finally yielding to absolute necrosis. (from KoTOR Campaign Guide)
Other enemies that Sion encountered could not stir this kind of emotional reaction within him, and they either retreated, wounded or perished. This is how he gained his immortality:
As a marauder for the Sith Empire during the Great Sith War, Sion flings himself at the Jedi, seeking death, but instead, he finds the opposite. Regularly surviving the frontline pandemonium, Sion acquires a pain tolerance that convinces him of his immortality. Inevitably, probablity has its day and Sion is struck down. Yet death does not comes to Darth Sion, and each centimeter of his failing body comes alive with anguish, multiplying that infinitely distant point of pain one thousandfold until his brain threatens to collapse. Improbably, Sion gets up. And as he locks eyes with his attacker, Sion lets all of his anger for being killed - all the hatred clotting his heart - explode. (from KoTOR Campaign Guide)
This capability of his got attention of Darth Traya.
After betraying her, Sion embarks on a Jedi-assassination spree, "dying" many more times, but always ending more enemy lives. (from KoTOR Campaign Guide)
It was made clear in KoTOR II that most Jedi went in to hiding when Sion and Nihilus began their Jedi purge. Now when he was on a Jedi hunting spree, he would have had to seek them out in places of their hiding rather than always waiting for them. And he would have had to travel to many places for his purpose.
This image does not depicts Korriban or Malachor V. It depicts an encounter of Sion with a Jedi in a different world.
His immortality certainly worked in all places or he would have perished easily in non-dark sided places (where he would be 'supposedly' vulnerable). His Jedi hunting spree would have ended rather easily. Remember he also survived the explosion of Harbinger, a republic cruiser.
Or do you think that he was such an exceptional duelist that he never took a hit in supposedly vulnerable places?
And if he could be easily talked to death, Traya herself would have done that long ago. She wanted him to die after his betrayal.