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Asajj Ventress
A former Sith assassin who was apprenticed under Count Dooku and served as a Confederate commander during the early years of the Clone Wars until she deserted after Dooku betrayed her under Sidious's orders. She spent some time as a bounty hunter before meeting her end while helping Quinlan Vos on an unsuccessful mission by the Jedi to assassinate Dooku.
- Dark Action Girl: Ventress is the bar often used by the Jedi and clone troopers to compare the deadliness of the Imperial warriors they face. The first time Anakin fought a Space Marine, he described the Marine's Attack! Attack! Attack! fighting style as being similar to that of Ventress. When Commander Bly and the 327th are getting their asses handed to them by Kallie Delta, the clones describe fighting her as being like fighting Ventress. During Obi-Wan's fight with Hecate, he finds that she strongly reminds him of Asajj, both in terms of tragic backstories and being absolute monsters in close combat.
- The Ghost: She is frequently mentioned throughout the series despite being deceased.
- Posthumous Character: The author has confirmed that the events of Dark Disciple are canon to his story and that Ventress is already dead.
Hondo Ohnaka
A Weequay Space Pirate loosely allied with the Jedi.
- Do Wrong, Right: Downplayed. He is genuinely horrified by the Imperium's genocidal actions, but he also bemoans how the Imperials don't even bother to seize the possessions of those they kill, calling it wasteful to burn or bury a victim without taking their valuables first.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He's a pirate and kidnapper, but even he finds the Imperium's death camps on Axum to be inexcusable.
- Indispensable Scoundrel: He's an unapologetic criminal, but the Jedi tolerate working with him due to the invaluable intel his crew were able to acquire on the Imperials occupying Axum.
- Noodle Incident: Aayla offhandedly mentions to Shaak Ti that Hondo attempted to sell Ahsoka on the black market at some point prior to the story.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He and his crew were somehow able to sneak past the Imperial blockade over Axum, gain intel on the Imperial occupation force, infiltrate and record thorough footage of one of the Imperium's death camps, and then escape the planet, albeit not without taking losses.
- Offscreen Villainy: It's mentioned that he and his crew attempted to abduct an Echani princess and nearly sold Ahsoka on the black market.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Appears in only one scene via hologram, but he provides the Jedi with intel on the Axum occupation and provides footage of the Imperium's death camps that ultimately convinces the Senate to break their deadlock and appoint Anakin as the Supreme Commander of the Republic military.
Boba Fett
The clone/son of the legendary Bounty Hunter and clone template Jango Fett. Boba after failing to avenge his father has like his father become a bounty hunter and has been hired by the Imperium to assist them in preparing their new settlement on Tatooine.
- Hidden Weapons: He has a combat knife with a vibro-blade hidden in his boot for emergencies where he's been disarmed of his blasters.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Faced with a squad of Salamander Space Marines, Boba wisely puts down his blasters like the others in the cantina he was in.
- Not in This for Your Revolution: Has no real interest in the Imperial cause, he was just hired by them.
- Only in It for the Money: When Bib Fortuna orders the bounty hunters in Jabba's palace to protect Jabba from the attacking Space Marines, Boba doesn't help them since there was never any promise made about getting paid for protecting Jabba.
- Only Sane Man: Due to being assigned as a guide for a pack of Space Wolves, Boba serves as this. Especially for the Swift Claw, Yannik, he is partnered with. The most notable example being when Yannik pitches Boba from the bike they're using onto a speeding train without warning and laughs like a maniac the whole time.
- Token Good Teammate: While Boba is not the most moral person, compared to most of the Imperial characters we have met so far who have no objections to things like genocide and wiping out all life on a planet, he is a saint.
Unnamed Codru-Ji spice runner
An unnamed male Codru-Ji gunslinger who works as a spice runner for Jabba the Hutt.
- Almost Dead Guy: By the time, Boba and the Space Wolves find him in Episode 32, he's been mortally wounded by the Tusken Raiders and only lives long enough to tell the basic details of what happened to their outpost.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being an enforcer for Jabba's criminal empire, he has a daughter who he still loves. During his dying moments, he spends some of it worrying over his daughter since she was on the spice train when it got hijacked by the Tuskens.
- His Name Is...: He dies right before he can tell Boba that the Tuskens who attacked his outpost were led by a Jedi.
- No Name Given: His name is never revealed.
- Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: He's a two-legged biped with four arms.
The Tusken Leader (Unmarked Spoilers!)
A'Sharad Hett
A former Jedi turned Tusken Raider. He and his band rob a spice train belonging to Jabba, bringing them into conflict with the newly-arrived Imperials.- Adaptational Villainy: In Legends, he was a Jedi loyal to the Republic up until Order 66, then returned to Tatooine and became a Tusken warlord in order to raise an army so he could take revenge on the Galactic Empire, only to fall victim to The Dark Side Will Make You Forget and wind up terrorizing Tatooine's settlers instead until he was stopped by Obi-Wan. Here, he is shown to be leading the Tusken Raiders while the Clone Wars were still ongoing and Order 66 hadn't been issued yet, indicating that this version instead abandoned the Jedi Order and became a Tusken Raider for more personal and selfish reasons.
- Badass Bandolier: When he first appears in Episode 32, he is wearing a bandolier and is a formidable fallen Jedi capable of nearly killing a Space Marine in close quarters.
- Barrier Warrior: He is skilled at creating Force barriers around himself. During his duel with Yannik aboard a hijacked spice train, the Space Wolf charges forward and tackles Hett in the chest with his huge shoulder plate, smashing his body through a metal door into a different train car. This would have normally pulverized Hett's organs, but he quickly surrounds himself with a Force barrier that absorbs the impact, leaving him merely winded.
- Dual Wielding: Uses a pair of green-bladed lightsabers during his battle with Yannik on Jabba's hijacked spice train.
- Evil vs. Evil: He is the leader of a clan of Desert Bandits. Opposing him are the thuggish enforcers of Jabba's criminal empire, and a squad of Space Wolves who serve a brutal dystopian theocracy.
- Fallen Hero: He was once an exceptionally skilled Jedi. Now, he's the murderous leader of a clan of Desert Bandits.
- Hover Bike: The Tuskens under Hett's command use speeder bikes to get around, something which is noted to be extremely unusual by Boba and a sign that these aren't your average Tusken Raiders.
- Magic Enhancement: While fighting Yannick, Hett is able to hold his own in a Blade Lock by using the Force to enhance his own physical strength and match Yannick's Super-Strength.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Once Yannick steals back the components for the survey outpost's machinery and Boba takes control of the hijacked spice train, a defeated Hett is forced to flee and jumps off the train, disappearing into the desert.
- Villain of Another Story: So far, Hett's role in this series is as a villain-of-the-week. However, he could easily be the main villain in a different series that has a lower-deck focus. He is a fallen Jedi Master who has become a ruthless warlord leading his own technologically-advanced army of Tusken Raiders for an unknown goal.
- Villain of the Week: Serves as this for the Tatooine subplot following Boba Fett and the Space Wolves in Episodes 32–33.
- Villain Respect: He salutes Yannik's dedication and willingness to fight even when at a significant disadvantage.
- Weather Manipulation: Creates a powerful, localized sandstorm to mask the Tusken raid on the spice train.
- You Fool!: He calls Yannik a "fool" twice throughout their duel.
Prisoners of the Luminous Reign (Season 3 Spoilers)
In General
A group of highly dangerous prisoners being held aboard the Inquisitorial warship Luminous Reign under the authority of Inquisitor Tahr Whyler.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Pretty much the only reason Tahr Whyler keeps any of these psychos alive is because he's convinced that they know something which would be incredibly valuable for the Imperium to learn about.
- Red Baron: The three inmates we know of so far are all referred to by their nicknames like the Herald, the Heresiarch, and the Shadow Pirate.
- Villain of Another Story: Each of these inmates are villains of other stories, having carved a path of pain and destruction upon the Imperium's worlds.
The Herald (Major Unmarked Spoilers!)
Iskandar Khayon, Kingbreaker, Herald of the Crimson Path.
The Lord Vigilator of the Black Legion, Warleader of the Kha'Sheron, and Third of the Ezekarion, Iskander Khayon is one of the most powerful Chaos Sorcerers in existence, formerly of the Thousand Sons Legion, now one of the senior advisors to Abbadon the Despoiler, the Warmaster of Chaos Undivided. Having surrendered himself to the Imperial Inquisition in the wake of the 13th Black Crusade to herald the End Times of the Imperium, Khayon finds himself in the Star Wars galaxy in the prison of Tahr Whyler, where he is joined by a very special inmate—Anakin Skywalker.- The Archmage: As the only Chaos Sorcerer to ever best his gene-father, Magnus the Red, in a psychic duel, Iskander Khayon is easily one of the most powerful psykers/Force-sensitives in either galaxy.
- Cards of Power: He has a set of magic stone tarot cards, each binding a different powerful daemon which he can summon and control by speaking their true name. They were confiscated from him by the Inquisition when he was captured and stored aboard Tahr Whyler's warship until Anakin frees Khayon and helps him recover them in Episode 38.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Khayon does feel somewhat guilty at the idea of betraying Anakin and stealing his body after the Jedi got him out of the cell and had been a faithful ally.
- Evil Mentor: With his newfound freedom, Khayon is now looking to act as an evil mentor to Anakin Skywalker, his liberator, after sensing his sheer power and potential in the Force/Warp.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Whenever he speaks, he does so in this deep, menacing voice that practically screams "I'm a bad guy!"
- Eye Scream: When Anakin first meets Khayon inside the secret prison, he sees that both of Khayon's eyes were sealed shut with stitches by his Inquisitorial captors.
- Faux Affably Evil: Iskander speaks as softly and genteelly as a ten-thousand-year-old Chaos Sorcerer can, being nothing but polite to Anakin when he meets him and even apologizing when he attacks a Blank and fails to kill her quickly, stating that he would have rather spared her from a painful and ignominious demise as he crushes her skull beneath his heel.
- Grand Theft Me: Narrowly averted. After being freed from his prison, Khayon initially planned to betray Anakin by transferring his soul into Anakin's body and claiming it for himself. He decides against this at the last minute after sensing Anakin's true power and realizing that Anakin is too powerful to be possessed.
- Handicapped Badass: Iskander is armless and blinded when Anakin finds him, but he's still a Chaos Sorcerer with a fully working mind and millennia of experience in both martial and metaphysical combat. Once Anakin manages to reverse the polarity of his Blackstone restraints so that they amplify his psychic powers instead of nullifying them, allowing him to make use of them within the Null Field of the prison, he easily dispatches the guard servitors and Arbites securing the lift to the armory where his arsenal is being held.
- I Gave My Word: Promises Anakin that, in exchange for helping him escape from the Inquisitor's prison and granting him asylum from the Imperium, he will lend his skill and knowledge to help the Jedi and the Republic defeat their Imperial enemies. Even when he (briefly) plans to take possession of Anakin's body, Khayon decides to himself that he will at least partially honor their agreement before going his own way.
- Know When to Fold Them: Khayon initially plans to take possession of Anakin's body—-in place of his own ruined form—once the strain of creating a space free of the Null Effect's influence burns him out, but once he realizes just how badly he underestimated the young Jedi's true power, he panics and abandons the attempt, subtly leaving his Mark upon Anakin instead, just in case. Khayon himself admits it's nothing Anakin couldn't wipe away in an instant once he realizes its existence.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Throughout Seasons 2 and 3, he is completely oblivious to the fact that he is no longer in the Milky Way Galaxy as the prison cell he was being held in kept him cut off from the Warp and his Inquisitorial jailers never bothered to keep him updated on current events outside his prison. When he meets Anakin and is told about the Galactic Republic, he assumes the Republic is some backwater minor power in the 40K universe that is doomed to fall to the Imperium's might.
- Mr. Exposition:
- In Episode 25, he explains to Anakin (and the audience) details about Tahr's Inquisitional prison as well as what Blanks are.
- Partially serves as this in Episode 38 where he gives Anakin a crash course on Warp daemons.
- Underestimating Badassery: Played With. While Khayon fully recognized that Anakin possessed prodigious levels of psychic skill and power (enough that he feels that he could've accepted the Gene-Seed of Magnus without succumbing to the Rubric) via being able to sense the Force/Warp draining nature of Khayon's own Blackstone restraints and then to ''reverse the polarity'' of said restraints, he is dumbstruck at Anakin manages to tap into what Khayon can only describe as an Alpha-Plus level of power, and completely dispel the Pariah field encompassing the Prison, destroying the field generator and killing all but the most powerful Blanks within during the process, not to mention driving the ship's Navigator and Astropaths crazy as a result.
- Undying Loyalty: To his master Abaddon the Despoiler. He willingly turned himself in and allowed himself to become a prisoner of the Inquisition simply because Abaddon ordered him to. Khayon also preaches how great Abaddon and the Black Legion are while properly introducing himself to Anakin in Episode 25. After getting over his initial shock at discovering that Anakin was the Chosen One of the Force (which Khayon interprets as meaning the Everchosen of Chaos), Khayon is actually privately resentful and offended by the idea of someone other than Abaddon being the Everchosen.
The Heresiarch
The Heresiarch of Sicarius
- A Day in the Limelight: The entire "Our Chains Are Broken" special episode serves as a Villain Episode centered around him.
- Even Evil Has Standards: On the receiving end of this. Even among other Chaos worshippers, he's viewed as a heretic due to worshipping the hated God-Emperor alongside the Chaos Gods. One of his titles is the Forlorn of Lorgar, implying that the Heresiarch used to be a Chaos cultist allied with the Word Bearers until he was kicked out by Lorgar himself, who considered the Heresiarch mad and dangerous.
- Evil Sorcerer: A dangerously Ax-Crazy Chaos sorcerer who specializes in biomancy.
- The Heretic: Exaggerated. He is described as a heretic among heretics, believing in the divinity of both the God-Emperor and all four Chaos Gods, which completely contradicts both the Imperial Cult and every other Chaos cult.
- Known Only by Their Nickname: So far, his real name has not been revealed yet and he is only referred to as "the Heresiarch".
- Loves the Sound of Screaming: When he leaves his cell and enters the wider prison area after escaping from confinement, he hears the sounds of gunfire, screaming, and inhuman noises, which the narrator describes as being like "sweet holiday music" to the Heresiarch's ears.
- Master of Your Domain: As a biomancer who specializes in flesh and evokes Transformation Horror, this was practically a given. In his first appearance, he is shown making himself grow a little taller and lankier so that he can fit into the clothes he stripped off a dead prison guard.
- No-Sell: Much to Gorbin's horror, a continual stream of fusion energy fired from a meltagun does nothing to him.
- People Puppet: He's able to take control of Gorbin's entire body and his movements easily after Anakin accidentally destroys the Anti-Magic field surrounding his prison.
- Try to Fit That on a Business Card: His titles and aliases include "Heresiarch of Sicarius", "Forlorn of Lorgar", "Heretic among Heretics", and the "Arch Heretic".
- Wild Card: He claims to worship every god, including the God-Emperor and the Chaos Gods, making him completely unpredictable.
Shadow Pirate
The Shadow Pirate
A prisoner being held aboard the Luminous Reign under maximum security.
- Compelling Voice: He's able to get into another person's head and inflict More than Mind Control just by talking to them for long enough. He's even able to do this to Blanks.
- The Dreaded: Is this among the guards assigned to watch over the prisoners due to his Compelling Voice.
- The Ghost: Is mentioned in the "Our Chains Are Broken" special episode but doesn't make an appearance.
- Punishment Detail: He's so feared that being assigned to guard his cell considered a punishment for those who Tahr catches slacking off on the job.
Jevona's Family (Unmarked Spoilers!)
Jevona
A female Genestealer Magus from the Xek-Tek Sector whose cult got swept up in the Imperium's sector-wide evacuation and were brought with them to the Star Wars galaxy. Not long after, she was separated from her family and imprisoned in a death camp on Axum until she is rescued by a young rebel named Kombirr.
- Alas, Poor Villain: She's a Genestealer who seeks to summon the Tyranids to the Star Wars galaxy, but one cannot help but feel sorry for her. Over the course of the story, she is imprisoned in an Imperial death camp, watches her brother get killed right in front of her, and sees the man she fell in love with get shot in the head while trying to protect her.
- Bald Mystic: Being a Genestealer Magus, Jevona's bald head helps visually emphasize her innate psionic abilities.
- Barrier Warrior: In Episode 37, Jevona creates a psychic forcefield to shield herself and Kombirr from a Sister of Battle's flamer.
- Battle Couple: Downplayed. There is a heavy amount of Ship Tease between Jenova and Kombirr, and Jenova is clearly smitten with him, but no actual romance has sprouted up yet. During the siege on the Basilica of Salvation by the Axum rebel army, she and Kombirr fight side-by-side against the Imperials defending the Basilica.
- Big "NO!": When she sees Kombirr get shot in the head by Samael while Taking the Bullet for her.
- Glowing Eyes: Whenever she taps into her psychic abilities, her eyes begin to glow.
- Mutilation Interrogation: Was subjected to one by the Imperials, who wanted to know where the rest of her brood was. Even after having three of her fingers removed, she refused to talk and was subsequently tossed into a death camp on Axum.
- Psychic Powers: As a Genestealer Magus, she is able to tap into the Broodmind for various feats of telepathy and telekinesis, though when introduced, she is only just learning how to do so. This marks her as one of the most special subtypes of Genestealer Hybrid, second only to a Genestealer Patriarch within the cult's hierarchy.
- Rescue Romance: She quickly develops feelings for Kombirr after he rescues her from an Imperial death camp.
- Ship Tease: With Kombirr; their story would be a classic Rescue Romance if she weren't a Genestealer Hybrid.
- Sole Survivor: At the end of episode 42 part 2, the narrator explicitly states that Jenova would be the only Genestealer to escape the Battle of Axum alive.
- Tragic Villain: Jevona as a person is a sweet girl who is loyal to her family and smitten with her savior, Kombirr. It's not her fault she's a ticking genetic time bomb who is subconsciously programmed to create a psychic beacon for the Tyranid Hive Fleet; she didn't ask to be born a 4th-generation Genestealer Hybrid.
- Uneven Hybrid: She's a 4th Generation Genestealer Hybrid with human base-stock. As a result, she appears as a functionally human girl, save for her baldness and a few minor quirks in her facial features that, ironically, don't even warrant attention in the casually xenophilic Galactic Republic.
Bathrazan
A Genestealer Primus and Jevona's brother.
- Character Death: Is killed by a Death Ray fired from Samael's digi-weapon in Episode 41 Part 2.
- Dodge the Bullet: In Episode 41 Part 2, he corners an injured Miria and another Sister Hospitaller in a medical tent after slaughtering everyone else inside. Miria desperately tries to shoot him in the head with a Bolt Pistol, only for Bathrazan to jerk his head to the side at the last second, easily avoiding the shot.
- Dual Wielding: Wields two lightsabers during the siege on the Basilica of Salvation.
- Dragon Their Feet: After Jolsop is killed by Samael in Episode 37, Bathrazan takes leadership over the Axum rebel army and leads the siege on the Basilica of Salvation until he himself is also killed by Samael in Episode 41 Part 2.
- Even Evil Can Be Loved: His sister Jevona genuinely cares for him and was emotionally devastated by his death.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a Genestealer who seeks to summon the Tyranids to consume the galaxy, Bathrazan genuinely seems to care about Jevona and the other members of his "family", who all love him in return.
- Give My Regards in the Next World: To Miria and an unnamed Sister Hospitaller in Episode 41 Part 2 as he raises his lightsabers above his head, preparing to strike them down.Bathrazan: Do not fight. Instead...pray. Pray to your dead god. For you will be joining him soon.
- Laser Blade: During the rebels' siege on the Basilica of Salvation, he uses the lightsabers of Jedi who were killed earlier in the battle. One is a long green lightsaber, the other is a blue lightsaber shoto.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: As he's about to kill Reigna Ordane in Episode 41 Part 2.Bathrazan: Die like your dead God!
- Used Future: When he appears in Episode 37 to save Kombirr from a Sister of Battle, Bathrazan is wearing a motley of armor that looks like it was put together using pieces scavenged from the Imperium, the Republic, and Axum.
Jolsop
A 3rd Generation Genestealer Hybrid whose cult sets up shop on Axum. During the Jedi's counterattack to retake Axum from the Imperium, he and his broodkin form one of the rebel mobs assaulting the Basilica of Salvation. He is one of the rebel leaders that meets with Mace Windu in Episode 37.
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: His talons can cut apart a lasgun, and slice through a Tempestus Scion's body armor and rip out their heart.
- Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: He pronounces Jedi as "JEE-Dai".
- Affectionate Nickname: Is nicknamed "Jol" by his fellow Genestealer Bathrazan.
- Bald of Evil: Genestealer Hybrids are invariably hairless, regardless of their gender, which represents one of the most signature traits of their genetic corruption.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Of Season 3. He basically thinks he's the Big Bad in a typical 40K novel that has "Imperials vs. Genestealers" as the story's main conflict while the Jedi and Republic are little more than side characters for him to use as Unwitting Pawns. In reality, he's a Red Shirt who gets hunted down and Killed Offscreen in his first appearance by Samael Whyler, the true Arc Villain for the second part of Season 3.
- General Failure: As far as Genestealer Cult leaders go, he's kind of a dumbass. When the Xek-Tek refugee fleet that he and his cult had stowed away aboard was transported to the Star Wars universe, Jolsop apparently thought it was a great idea to bring his entire cult and all their converts to an Imperial-occupied Axum so they could have some ludicrous big epic battle against the Imperials, when the smart thing to have done was to take advantage of the Republic's hyperdrive technology and disperse their cult throughout the Star Wars galaxy, allowing them to infect and subvert a wide range of populations. Jolsop also appears to have taken a page straight out of Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War; all of his tactics can be summed up as "throw wave after wave of my followers at the Imperials until we drown them in dead bodies" even though his cult lacks the actual numbers needed to make that kind of attrition-based warfare work. If his conversation with Mace Windu in Episode 37 is anything to go by, Jolsop even seems fine with the thought of getting all his followers killed so long as it means striking a blow against the Imperium.
- Killed Offscreen: Is killed by Samael using his power sword during the Tempestus Scions' assault on the Republic command center. This happens offscreen and we're only shown the aftermath from Mace's perspective where Jolsop is laying dead and Samael is nowhere to be seen.
- Leeroy Jenkins: He scoffs at Mace's insistence on waiting for Jedi reinforcements to arrive before sieging the Basilica of Salvation and refuses to order his broodkin to pull back after ordering them to Zerg Rush the Basilica without any back-up.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Like all 3rd Generation Hybrids, he has three arms; two have human-like hands allowing him to wield two weapons on that side of his body, whilst the third has the exaggerated rending claws of a genestealer, which can rip and tear through even the toughest of materials.
- Rebel Leader: During the Battle of Axum, he led the largest rebel mob against the Imperials and appointed himself as the leader of the Axum Resistance.
- Uneven Hybrid: As a 3rd Generation Hybrid of human base-stock, Jolsop appears fundamentally human, except he has three arms; two human-like arms on one side of his body, and a Genestealer's chitin-armored bestial paw on the other.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He is introduced and killed in the same scene.
- We Have Reserves: Has this attitude towards the rebels and Genestealer cultists under his command.Jolsop: Yes, we shall all bleed, but our blood will drown them!
Xenos of the Milky Way Galaxy
Tyranids
An insectoid race of Xenos from the extragalactic void who menaced the Imperium of Man back in their home galaxy.
- The Dreaded: They are an absolutely horrific force in the universe responsible for the murder of billions. Even the Dark Eldar seemed to fear them.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Like the Dark Eldar, the Tyranids do not actually physically feature in the story. However, their endless list of atrocities and wars against the Imperium played a major role in shaping their psychology and xenophobia. In greater relation to the story, it was in fact a two-sided strike from both the Tyranids and the Dark Eldar against the Xek-Tek Sector that led to the Imperials being transported to the Star Wars galaxy in the first place.
- Insectoid Aliens: They are a composite of various insect-like alien creatures that operate under a hive mind intelligence.
- What Other Galaxies?: They are an extragalactic force in the Imperium's home galaxy, having appeared from the dark emptiness between celestial galaxies. Meaning the Star Wars galaxy is potentially in danger of an attack by them...
- Xenomorph Xerox: The Genestealers, the most notorious Tyranid sub-species. Genestealers act as "vanguard organisms", deploying ahead of the Hive Fleets to locate valuable worlds to prey upon. When a Genestealer catches a vulnerable humanoid, it implants a genetic parasite into them, which simultaneously taints the victim's genetic code so that their offspring will be Genestealer hybrids and also places them under the telepathic thrall of the Genestealer that infected them. These infectees form Genestealer Cults, luring more victims to be infected and breeding generations of hybrids, which after the fourth generation start producing pure Genestealer offspring to spread the cult ever further. Once the Cult grows sufficiently large, their Hive Mind acts as a telepathic beacon to the Hive Fleet, luring the Tyranids in to feast. And, having deified the Tyranids due to their psychic corruption, the Cult acts to pave the way for them by sabotage, assassination and outright rebellion... and then, once the Tyranids arrive, they get eaten along with everyone else.
Drukhari/Dark Eldar
A Xeno race of slavers and pirates and one of the Imperium's greatest and most ancient of enemies back in their home galaxy.
- And I Must Scream: Some of their human slaves get turned into furniture. Have we mentioned that said slaves are fully aware of what's going on and can't speak or do anything? The Dark Eldar also artificially increase the lifespan of their living furniture so that they will live through this experience for centuries.
- Dark Is Evil: Their slaver ships are mentioned to have black-colored hulls.
- Divide and Conquer: Prior to the evacuation of the Xek-Tek Sector, the Drukhari had planned to wait for the Imperials and the Tyranids to devastate each other, then pounce on and finish off the weakened victor. With both the Imperials and the Tyranids destroyed, they would have been free to ravage and harvest the Xek-Tek Sector's civilian populace with impunity. However, Guilliman foiled their plans by seeing the signs of their involvement and instead ordering a mass evacuation of the entire sector.
- The Dreaded: The Imperium's entire culture is built around its utter contempt and fear of these beings, whose role in their religious and philosophical records paint them as being analogues to Satan.
- The Ghost: They don't make an appearance in the story itself but feature prominently as part of the backstory of the Xek-Tek Imperials.
- Greater-Scope Villain: They don't appear in the story themselves, but their actions are indirectly responsible for everything that happens in the story. Their attempt to raid the Xek-Tek Sector while it was under attack by Tyranids is what led Roboute Guilliman to order a mass evacuation of the whole sector, eventually resulting in the Imperials from the Xek-Tek Sector all being transported through the Warp to the Star Wars galaxy. They are also partly responsible for making the Imperium into the Absolute Xenophobes they are, having terrorized and enslaved countless Imperial planets while subjecting many humans to a Fate Worse than Death.
- To Serve Man: During his rant against xenos to Ahsoka in Episode 41, Farnus mentions that one of the things he saw Dark Eldar do to their human slaves was eat them while they were still alive.
Terriphont Entente
A now-extinct conglomeration of Xeno races from the Milky Way Galaxy. In the past, they had plagued the Xek-Tek Sector and fought against both the Skywatch and the Crimson Razors.
- The Alliance: The Terriphont consisted of different alien races that were all united into one big alliance led by the Oldest.
- Anti-Human Alliance: They were an alien conglomeration that fought the Imperium of Man, regularly launched raids into Imperial space, and destroyed at least several human worlds.
- Arch-Enemy: They are, or rather were, this for the Skywatch Chapter, being the ones who destroyed the Skywatch's Chapter Homeworld in the distant past after purging several previous Imperial worlds. They were also one of the biggest and most persistent enemies of the Xek-Tek Sector, which the Skywatch considered their home and pledged to protect.
- Descriptively-Named Species: The elder race that led the Terriphont Entente is called the Oldest.
- Expy: They share more than a few similarities with the T'au Empire. Like the T'au, the Terriphont are a multi-species faction with advanced technology, are a Hegemonic Empire masquerading as a benevolent alliance, use combat AI in their military, are a relatively localized threat to the 40K setting, and have the abbreviations "TE". However, the Terriphont lacked the T'au's Plot Armor and were eventually wiped from existence after they presumably provoked the Imperium one too many times.
- The Ghost: They are only mentioned in the backstories of the Space Marine characters.
- Gravity Master: They possessed gravitational technology so advanced that they could move entire planets.
- Original Character: They are an OC Xeno faction created by the author as part of his backstory for the Skywatch and the Xek-Tek Sector.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: An Anti-Human Alliance with legions of hyper-intelligent Mechanical Monsters and technology capable of throwing planets as projectiles would make for a terrifying antagonist in a grounded Military Science Fiction story or a typical Space Opera. Unfortunately for the Terriphont Entente, they were in the Warhammer 40K universe against the Imperium of Man, a warmongering Galactic Superpower whose size, industry, and military outstripped the Terriphont's by orders of magnitude. While they did have a good run and lasted a lot longer than most minor Xenos, the Terriphont were ultimately exterminated by the Imperium without much fanfare.
- People's Republic of Tyranny: Implied. Entente is French for "friendship, understanding, agreement" and typically refers to an informal treaty between sovereign states to consult with each other in times of crisis. However, the author explicitly mentions the Terriphont being led by the Oldest race, who are described as tyrants. Additionally, Brother Araknus refers to the Terriphont's member species as "constituents" in Episode 7. This implies that the Terriphont Entente was anything but an entente in reality, likely closer resembling a Hegemonic Empire in practice.
- Planetary Relocation: Long ago, the Terriphont destroyed Heimdal Primaris, the Skywatch's Chapter Homeworld, by moving one of its neighboring planets out of orbit, causing the two planets to violently collide and destroy each other.
- Posthumous Character: The Imperium already wiped them out centuries ago. By M42, the Terriphont are only remembered by the Xek-Tek Sector as just another minor Xeno faction no different from the countless others the Imperium eradicated throughout their long history.
- Predecessor Villain: For thousands of years, they were the Big Bad for the Xek-Tek Sector, having been one of the sector's most unique and persistent enemies. They've been extinct for centuries at the start of the story, but their influence can still be seen in the Crimson Razors Chapter, whose Veteran Marines still have Bolters originally designed and built for the purpose of combating the Terriphont's Mecha-Mooks.
- Robot Soldier: Brother Araknus's POV narration mentions the Terriphont Entente using Mechanical Monsters as their soldiers, much like the Confederacy of Independent Systems. However, the AI war machines used by the Terriphont were apparently a great deal tougher and smarter than the battle droids produced by the Confederacy.
Other Characters and Groups
The Pius Dea
A human supremacy cult that took over the Galactic Republic in ancient times and installed a thousand-year reign of terror. They worshipped a deity they called the Goddess and sought to purge the galaxy of nonhuman life, which they deemed impure.
- The Dreaded: Even more than ten thousand years after their defeat, the Pius Dea are still widely feared by the denizens of the galaxy, especially among nonhumans. In Episode 5, Dr. Shina's science team are all horrified at the mere possibility that the Imperium is the resurgent Pius Dea.
- Fantastic Racism: The Pius Dea despised aliens and scapegoated them as the cause of immorality and corruption in the Republic. They launched a series of religious crusades to purge the galaxy of aliens and their influence on the Republic to varying degrees of success.
- Mistaken Identity: The Jedi and Republic of the Clone Wars era mistake the Imperium of Man for the Pius Dea, believing that they've finally returned after spending ten thousand years exiled in deep space to exact revenge. This is due to the many similarities the Imperium has with the Pius Dea.
- Posthumous Character: The real Pius Dea went extinct a long, long time ago, having either perished from starvation after being banished into deep space onboard starships with sabotaged hyperdrives or naturally died out after the Jedi forcibly removed all the Dea's members from power and prevented them from ever being in a position where they could influence the Republic's politics again.
- Predecessor Villain: These guys predate the Sith as the enemies of the Jedi and the Republic.
- Religion of Evil: Arguably play this straighter than even the Imperial Cult, which at least has the excuse that most of the alien races in 40K genuinely are out to enslave/destroy humanity and it's the only thing really holding the Imperium together. The Pius Dea, on the other hand, exists in a universe where most nonhumans are Innocent Aliens and the alien races who are Always Chaotic Evil are the exception instead of the norm. Despite this, they still preached human supremacy and tried to enslave nonhuman races while eradicating those they arbitrarily deemed "irredeemable".
- Skeleton Motif: They also seemingly favored a human skull motif like the Imperium as the Pius Dea immediately comes to the minds of Dr. Shina's science team when they see the images of human skull iconography on the Imperial warships during the Republic's first contact with the Imperium in Season 1.
The Entity (Unmarked Spoilers)
An ancient, primordial deity manifested from the cosmic imbalance in the Force. Its existence is first hinted at in Episode 22 and later confirmed in Episode 26.
- Always a Bigger Fish: Tahr Whyler—an Alpha-Plus Psyker and Xanthite Inquisitor Lord who has enslaved Daemons, kept Iskandar Khayon as his prisoner, and defeated hundreds of Jedi Masters and Knights singlehandedly—is left terrified and shook upon learning of this entity's existence, and only narrowly avoids getting his mind corrupted by it.
- Ambition Is Evil: While learning of this deity's existence, Tahr describes "boundless, thirsting ambition" as being one of the primary emotions it feeds off of.
- Ancient Evil: Tahr Whyler describes it as a Daemon whose name "held within it thousands of years of intense conflict, malice, and boundless, thirsting ambition."
- As Long as There Is Evil: Like the Chaos Gods of the Milky Way, this being is created from the thoughts and desires of living creatures in the physical world and feeds off their negative emotions.
- The Corruption: It physically and mentally corrupts anything that comes into contact with it.
- Eldritch Abomination: It's a malevolent entity that resides in the Force and causes insanity, bloodlust, and homicidal tendencies in anyone who is exposed to it.
- God of Evil: This thing is basically the proto-Chaos God of The Dark Side.
- Greater-Scope Villain: As a proto-Chaos God connected to the Force, it has the potential to be the greatest threat to the setting of Star Wars. Currently, it is unable to directly affect the physical world, though events on Axum have given it a brief window into the Materium which it uses to corrupt a clone legion.
- Leaking Can of Evil: It's currently trapped in the Force and unable to normally interact with the physical world. However, when a vortex grenade was deployed during the Battle of Axum in Episode 22, it created a breach in reality that roused this entity from its dormancy and corrupted the minds of 65 and the other clone troopers who saw the vortex grenade go off.
- Red Herring: You'd be forgiven for thinking that this entity is a younger Khorne given its blood motif and the fact that those it corrupts are thrown into a violent berserker frenzy. However, in the After-Talk for Episode 42 Part 3, the author makes it very clear that this being is not Khorne but a distinctly different proto-Chaos entity.
- Super-Empowering: It is able to grant 65 a minor Healing Factor after corrupting him.
- The Unreveal: Tahr Whyler discovers the name of this entity from reading the thoughts of a Chaos-corrupted clone commander, though it has yet to be revealed to the audience.
- Villain of Another Story: It is a terrifyingly powerful Eldritch Abomination and a far greater threat than any of the other villains in the series, but it isn't directly involved or invested in the story's main conflict. It's only involvement in the series has been in one scene where it corrupted the minds of 65 and the clones under his command after Major Lazarus activated a vortex grenade that created a breach in reality for the entity to briefly reach through and touch the minds of all those who gazed upon it.
- Walking Spoiler: It's mere existence spoils the fact that there are Dark Side entities in the Star Wars universe who pose a comparable threat level to that of 40K's Chaos Gods, revealing that there are indeed scarier things out there than the Imperium or Sith.
