Savage Opress

From the cave emerged a raving horror -- an emaciated half-humanoid unnaturally grafted to a mechanical arachnid, animated by insanity and the dark side of the Force. This is what had become of Darth Maul -- a feral monstrosity robbed of all reason, but who could somehow focus on the concept of revenge against Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Savage brought the broken Maul back home to Dathomir, where Mother Talzin used her Nightsister magicks to restore his sanity and body. Now whole, Maul embarked on his grandiose plan that befit a Sith Lord -- a plan of conquest that would see the destruction of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Savage accompanied Maul to Raydonia, where the resurrected Sith Lord slaughtered innocent colonists in an attempt to lure Obi-Wan. Kenobi arrived to confront Maul, but was surprised to find Savage there. Opress overpowered Kenobi, and the two brothers brought the unconscious Jedi aboard their starship. Maul wanted his revenge to last -- he wanted Kenobi to suffer as Maul had suffered for over a decade.

Obi-Wan was rescued by a surprise ally: Asajj Ventress. The former assassin had become a bounty hunter, and was attempting to bag the bounty on Savage's head. Asajj and Obi-Wan fought side-by-side against the Sith brothers. They escaped, leaving Savage and Maul empty-handed. But Maul had larger plans that had only just begin.

Maul and Savage embarked on a scourge across the Outer Rim, killing Jedi Knights and innocents in their path.

Maul made sure Savage understood his place in the Sith hierarchy. Though Savage wanted to rule equally with his brother, Maul reminded Savage of the rule of the Sith: that one must be Master, and the other an apprentice. Maul was growing in power, and Savage had no choice but to bow to his brother.

For his plans of conquest, Maul would need an army. He and Savage coerced a group of Weequay pirates to overthrow the leadership of Hondo Ohnaka on Florrum.

Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia tracked the Sith brothers to Florrum. In the duel that followed, Savage overpowered Adi, impaling her with his crown of horns and then skewering her with his lightsaber.

Obi-Wan picked up Adi Gallia's fallen lightsaber and fended off the Sith brothers. Savage's inexperience proved costly as Obi-Wan was able to sever the Sith apprentice's arm.

The pirates, also, had turned on the Sith, forcing them to retreat. Savage and Maul hurriedly escaped Florrum. Their plan for domination would need to wait as they recovered.

The near frozen bodies of Maul and Savage were discovered by Death Watch. A curious Pre Vizsla brought the incapacitated Sith brothers back to his camp on Zanbar.

There, medical droids rebuilt Maul's ruined legs, replacing them with a pair of humanoid limbs, and gave Savage a mechanical arm. Maul allied with Pre Vizsla, part of his plan to build a base of power in the criminal underworld by exploiting Death Watch's crusade to retake Mandalore.

Maul began forging his Shadow Collective crime empire by usurping the leadership of Black Sun. Savage killed the leadership council of Black Sun in one blow -- he threw his double-ended lightsaber across a Black Sun conference table, decapitating the five gangsters gathered.

Maul's plot soon attracted other criminal elements, like the Pykes. He next targeted the Hutt clans, launching an assault of the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta. There, he and Savage met stiff resistance from a team of elite bounty hunters.

With the Shadow Collective fully formed, Maul and Vizsla arranged a staged attack on Mandalore. The Pyke Syndicate and Black Sun were ordered to attack the people of Sundari, and Savage led a robbery of the Mandalore Banking Center. It was all theater, but positioned Death Watch as saviors when they stopped all threats.

Vizsla, however, betrayed the Nightbrothers shortly after taking control of the planet, imprisoning the Sith. Yet Maul and Savage escaped. Maul challenged Vizsla to a duel and killed the Death Watch leader.

Now in control of the planet, Maul also captured his nemesis, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Seeking to cause the Jedi pain, he murdered Duchess Satine in cold blood. The act, however, attracted the attention of the Sith’s former Master.

Darth Sidious soon arrived on Mandalore, declaring the Sith brothers to be rivals. He dueled them both at once, and stabbed Savage through. As he died, Mother Talzin’s dark magicks faded from Savage’s being, and he returned to his previous form. With his last words, Opress told Maul, “Brother, I am an unworthy apprentice. I'm not like you. I never was.”