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| 16 | [[header:Dathomir]] |
| 17 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dathomir_4.png]] |
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| 19 | ->'''Location:''' Dathomir System, Quelii Sector, Outer Rim Territories |
| 20 | ->'''Native Species:''' Dathomirians (subspecies of Zabrak) |
| 21 | ->'''Native Animals:''' Rancor |
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| 23 | A remote planet bathed in blood-red light from its star, Dathomir's population is naturally strong in the Force. The men of the planet (the Nightbrothers) are dominated by the females (the Nightsisters), who use the dark side of the Force in numerous rituals. |
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| 25 | * AdaptationDeviation: In ''Legends'', Dathomir was a gloomy, terrestrial planet colored in greens, blues, grays and sometimes red. Here, the entire planet is constantly covered in red or orange sunlight. |
| 26 | * EldritchLocation: While there have been numerous places strong in the Force and especially the dark side of the Force that can mess with people, particularly Force-sensitives, Dathomir is one of the few instances of a planet being like this. Not only is Dathomir a planet with a tremendous concentration of Force energy, due to the history of its people using dark side powers and rituals, it’s a world that acts as a dark side locus. Seriously, go to any part of Dathomir and it's like Halloween. It's implied in ''Fallen Order'' that [[GoMadFromTheRevelation prolonged stays turns outsiders insane]] as seen with Taron Malicos and a number of Zeffo settlers found in a tomb where their members murdered each other in ritualistic sacrifice. |
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| 29 | [[folder:Dathomirian]] |
| 30 | !!Dathomirians |
| 31 | * AdaptationalWimp: In ''Legends'', even after being decimated by the Empire, the Nightsisters were capable to mobilize impressive forces with minimal coalitions. A single high-rank witch like Silri lent the Zann Consortium many Nightsisters who mastered Force drain and rode rancors, forming a shock troop contingent so powerful that it could go toe to toe with Imperial land forces, and other posterior clans were still powerful enough to be threats to Jedi and Sith alike, including Luke Skywalker of all people. Indeed, the Nightsisters were [[TheDreaded scary enough]] that the local Imperial Warlord was ordered by Palpatine to blow up every working ship on the planet to keep them from escaping into the larger galaxy and wreaking havoc. In contrast, the canon established that the few guerrilleras we saw under Mother Talzin's command in ''The Clone Wars'' were actually about all the (wo)manpower the Nightsisters had before being nigh-exterminated. |
| 32 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: The women look like extremely pale-skinned humans, while the males look more like their Zabrak ancestors[[note]]though Zabraks are classified as a "near-human" species[[/note]] with horns on their bald heads and darker/more colorful skin pigmentation. Both sexes augment their natural skin coloration with ritual tattoos, but Nightbrothers get ''much'' more extensive ink. |
| 33 | * BlackSpeech: The Nightsisters use a rather creepy sounding language for their enchantments. |
| 34 | * CanonImmigrant: The first Nightsister originated in the direct-to-TV movie ''Ewoks: Battle for Endor'' (but wasn't identified as one until later), and the culture (and the planet Dathomir) originated in the ExpandedUniverse novel, ''The Courtship of Princess Leia''. After the 2014 reboot, none of those appearances are part of the new canon. It was also established the Nightsisters were merely a RenegadeSplinterFaction opposed by the other Witches of Dathomir. Although the fact other Dathomiri witch clans exist would be re-canonized by the short story "Bug", with several from ''Legends'' being mentioned, they have yet to be prominently featured in the current canon. |
| 35 | * CavalryOfTheDead: The Nightsisters have a "[[AnimateDead Chant of Resurrection]]", which allows the user the raise their dead in the graveyard. |
| 36 | * CrystalDragonJesus: Keeping with the "Space Witch" theme, the Nightsister religion has some parallels to Wicca, especially their worship of two dualistic deities, one female and one male (here presented as representing the light side and dark side of the Force, respectively). |
| 37 | * DeathByAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, the Nightsisters survived past the Galactic Civil War (and ironically, were introduced into ''Star Wars'' lore in that era). In the canon, it would seem the Nightsister culture was killed off before the Clone Wars ended, with there being few survivors by the time of the Rebellion. [[spoiler:However, ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' reveals that there are a few exiles thriving on the extragalactic world of Peridea.]] |
| 38 | * DomesticAbuse: Asajj Ventress can gather a dozen or so male Dathomirians, torture them, beat them senseless, and kill most of them without any pushback from anyone in the social order. |
| 39 | * DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Thankfully subverted, as the way the Nightsisters treat the Nightbrothers is indeed ''horrifying'', but it is treated as such by the narrative rather than being downplayed by the story. |
| 40 | * DyingRace: Subverted. After General Grievous' attack on the Nightsisters and a later attack on the Nightbrother village, both clans were left with very few survivors. However, the short story "Bug" reveals that there are other separate witch clans on the planet like in ''Legends'', such as the Singing Mountain Clan, which means the species itself is not on the verge of extinction. [[spoiler:''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' would also reveal that there are Dathomiri thriving ''outside'' the known galaxy, with a few exiles on Peridea.]] |
| 41 | * FanDisservice: You know those really revealing outfits the Nightsisters usually wear? Well, the Nightsister zombies in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]" wear them too, showing off even more of their rotting flesh. |
| 42 | * FantasticSlurs: Calling a Nightsister a "witch" comes across as this at times, even if they don’t take offense up front. |
| 43 | * GenderEqualsBreed: Zigzagged. Played straight for the most part, as ''normally'' Nightbrothers resemble Zabrak and Nightsisters resemble humans[[note]]specifically they look like the HumanSubspecies ''Legends'' called Rattataki[[/note]], but it's mentioned that there are, at least, Nightsisters who look Zabrak as well. |
| 44 | * HalfHumanHybrid: [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dathomirian According to the other wiki]], they're the result of generations of cross-breeding between the original human Nightsisters and [[RubberForeheadAliens Zabrak]]. Since Zabraks are a HumanSubspecies, this is easily justified. |
| 45 | * KickTheSonOfABitch: The above mentioned slaughter of the Nightsisters, for the reasons stated under the SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality entry. |
| 46 | * KukrisAreKool: Some of the Nightsisters from ''The Clone Wars'' are shown wielding falcatas, probably for extra exotic value. |
| 47 | * LadyLand: The Nightbrothers are actually forbidden from sharing the home of the Nightsisters at all, at least as a group/for prolonged periods, and live in a different region of the planet altogether. |
| 48 | * LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: The Nightsisters once held the world Arcana. In the New Republic era, the only remnant of this is some ancient ruins and some very ominous statues. And after Morgan Elsbeth's [=HK-87s=] are done, [[SaltTheEarth not even that.]] |
| 49 | * MageSpecies: |
| 50 | ** The Nightsisters are this, using Dark Side-based Force manipulations of a style that resembles, and which they identify as, "magic". It seems every female Dathomirian is a Force-sensitive. |
| 51 | ** It's implied that the Nightbrothers are all Force-sensitive too, as Asajj was confident that any Nightbrother she selected would have the Force affinity needed to develop as a Sith, but culturally they are forbidden from learning how to use their "magic". |
| 52 | ** In ''The Clone Wars'', Mother Talzin claims that, unlike the Baldottans, she is ''not'' naturally Force-sensitive and had to use a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to gain her power. By implication, this could include all Nightsisters and their magicks. |
| 53 | * MagicIsFeminine: The Nightsisters and the Nightbrothers are two single-gender clans from the planet Dathomir. The Nightsisters are a MageSpecies who practice a form of magic using TheDarkSide of the Force while the Nightbrothers focus primarily on melee combat. Darth Maul and his brother Savage Oppress are the only Nightbrothers shown using Force powers. It is implied that the Nightbrothers are all Force-sensitive too, as Asajj was confident that any Nightbrother she selected would have the Force affinity needed to develop as a Sith, but culturally they are forbidden from learning how to use their "magic". |
| 54 | * {{Matriarchy}}: The Nightsisters in general have authority over the Nightbrothers, and both genders, despite living apart, answer to the same female clan-leader, or "Mother". |
| 55 | * PlanetOfHats: The Nightsisters' hat can be summed up as "witchcraft-using Space Amazon". |
| 56 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The general aesthetic of the Nightsisters. A few Nightbrothers (Maul, for instance) have this as well, but their style tends to be more varied. |
| 57 | * TheRemnant: ''Fallen Order'' reveals that there is at least one surviving Nightsister who escaped the purge as a child, alongside a number of Nightbrother warriors. |
| 58 | * SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Level 8. the males are completely subservient to the females to the point of which that if a female wants to select a mate/servant, she can beat them up to test their worthiness and then put them through a series of deadly challenges. |
| 59 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: Nightsisters attire tend to be rather revealing, while the Nightbrothers wear very little on their upper body, [[ShirtlessScene if anything at all]]. |
| 60 | * TrueBreedingHybrid: The Dathomirians are the descendants of generations of crossbreeding between human women and Zabrak men, eventually resulting in a self-perpetuating hybrid species combining the features of its ancestors. |
| 61 | * VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy millennia ago, but also spanned ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history, and their origins could be traced to a rogue Jedi who was sent to Dathomir about 600 years ago. |
| 62 | * WrongContextMagic: Played with. Nightsisters call their art "magic(k)", but it is technically meant to be just an exotic school of Force powers resembling Sith alchemy. That said, some of their magical abilities are pretty unique within the established ''Star Wars'' universe, like Talzin's way to teleport objects and herself (though they had already appeared in ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'', and later ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' finished making them mainstream) and her usage of voodoo dolls. Windu lampshades this trope by telling Talzin that magic is just an illusion, though this could be easily just him taunting her, given that at that moment he was seeing first hand how real it was. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | !Nightbrothers |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Maul]] |
| 68 | !!(Darth) Maul |
| 69 | ->See his [[Characters/StarWarsDarthMaul separate page]] |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Savage Opress]] |
| 73 | !!Savage Opress |
| 74 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/savage_opress_sw.png]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClancyBrown |
| 77 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]''[[note]]vocal cameo[[/note]] | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 78 | |
| 79 | -->''"You... beg? Weakling!"'' |
| 80 | |
| 81 | Savage Opress was once a common Nightbrother whose fighting prowess impressed Asajj Ventress. Transformed into a monstrous warrior by Mother Talzin, Opress became Count Dooku's new assassin and secret Sith apprentice. His loyalty, however, remained to Talzin. The Nightsisters' leader gave Savage a new quest: to find his brother, Darth Maul, who had somehow survived his apparent death and was living in exile in the Outer Rim. Reunited, the two brothers would violate the RuleOfTwo and declare themselves Sith Lords while building their own power base, the Shadow Collective. However, Darth Sidious would end up personally putting a stop to that. |
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| 83 | * AchillesHeel: Force Lightning. He doesn't know how to parry it, as Dooku elected not to teach him during his apprenticeship. As a result, when he and Ventress try to assassinate Dooku, Savage is [[CurbStompBattle completely and utterly unable to even reach a walking distance of him.]] |
| 84 | * AttackAttackAttack: When fighting Dooku with Ventress, he repeatedly tries to bumrush him with no deviation in strategy and gets blown back by Force Lightning each time. Eventually, he relents demoralized [[EpicFail and almost]] starts ''sobbing'' he can't do anything to [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking Dooku]]. |
| 85 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Savage pleads for forgiveness after failing to deliver King Katuunko to Dooku alive. Unfortunately for Savage... |
| 86 | -->'''Dooku:''' That is not the way of the Dark Side. [''[[ElectricTorture blasts Savage with Force lightning]]''] |
| 87 | * AlasPoorVillain: He and his brother were ruthless criminals and Sith, but it's hard to not feel sorry for them when Sidious waltzes in and {{Curb Stomp| Battle}}s all their hard work and their lives into oblivion. |
| 88 | * AlienBlood: Whenever he's injured, he "bleeds" the Force magick that the Nightsisters used to enhance him. After he gets killed by Sidious, it bleeds out and reverts him to his natural form. |
| 89 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Because of the Nightsisters' magick mutating his body and mind, which included placing a mind-control trigger on him, it's unclear as to whether any of the evil acts Savage committed were done of his own volition or if they were all a side effect of this brainwashing. The ambiguity increases with the fact that the trigger not only leads him to murder his beloved brother (he previously tried to save him by submitting), but also gives him a new personality that seemingly reverts back as he dies. |
| 90 | * AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I/Type II]]. Savage didn't choose to be evil and most of his evil acts were undertaken while he was brainwashed, leaving the degree of control he had over his actions ambiguous. Even the moral of his debut episode lampshades this particular quality: |
| 91 | -->"Evil is not born. It is taught." |
| 92 | * TheApprentice: He was initially apprenticed under Count Dooku before becoming this to Darth Maul. |
| 93 | * ArcVillain: While the Nightsisters arc is centered round an EvilVersusEvil conflict between Ventress and Dooku, it's Savage's rampage that the Jedi are focused on stopping. His later appearances in the season four finale and the Shadow Collective arc have him as TheDragon to Maul. |
| 94 | * AnArmAndALeg: He gets his left arm chopped off by Obi-Wan in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E1Revival Revival]]". |
| 95 | * ArmorIsUseless: Downplayed. His ancient-looking armor is no match for a lightsaber, but it works well enough against blaster fire for Savage to survive multiple nearby shooters without serious wounds. |
| 96 | * ArtificialLimbs: Death Watch's medical droids build him a mechanical replacement for his severed left arm in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]". |
| 97 | * AuthorAppeal: It's possible that his skin color scheme is a ShoutOut to Dave Filoni's favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
| 98 | * AxCrazy: Not most of the time, but he has a couple of notable moments where his temper completely clouds his judgment. He very consciously kills King Katuunko despite Dooku had ordered him to take him alive, only because Obi-Wan and Anakin were frustrating his attempts to kidnap him, and later turns on Ventress after becoming frustrated by Dooku's Force lightning, including her in his Force choke when he tries this against Dooku. |
| 99 | * BaritoneOfStrength: Courtesy of Creator/ClancyBrown, Savage has a deep voice to go along with his imposing stature. |
| 100 | * BastardUnderstudy: Initially apprenticed to Dooku, following his betrayal he finds a new master in his brother, Maul, whom he serves with UndyingLoyalty until his own death. |
| 101 | * TheBerserker: His lightsaber technique mainly consists of brutish hacking and slashing, which Obi-Wan claims to be more befitting of a reckless and impulsive animal than either a Sith or a Jedi. Under Maul's tutelage, he starts to learn more finesse, but never really abandons his monstrous fighting style. |
| 102 | * BlackKnight: His black armor only makes the already monstrous Savage even ''more'' intimidating. |
| 103 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Feral and later Maul. When he found Maul crippled and insane and being exploited by one of the natives on Lotho Minor, he was ''very'' upset by his condition. |
| 104 | * BodyHorror: During Savage's transformation, you can hear his bones cracking as they expand and his horns visibly extend from his skull. |
| 105 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Dooku trains Savage in lightsaber combat and the usage of the Dark Side of the Force. His brother has been continuing his training. |
| 106 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Nightsisters' ritual not only made Savage much larger and more powerful, it enslaved him to Ventress' will to the degree that he murdered his own brother at her command. He broke from the conditioning in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]" since his sheer rage and hatred for Ventress allowed him to overpower her control. |
| 107 | * BrainsAndBrawn: He is the brawn to Darth Maul's brains. |
| 108 | * TheBrute: After his transformation, he becomes enormously strong and fights with little to no finesse. Violence is also his go-to solution for any situation. |
| 109 | * CainAndAbel: After he was made BrainwashedAndCrazy, he became the Cain to Feral's Abel when he snapped his neck. |
| 110 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: When Savage fights alone he is able to duel Obi-Wan and Anakin at the same time. When he receives help from Maul he is completely stomped by Obi-Wan. |
| 111 | * CoolSword: He has a red double-bladed lightsaber very similar to the one his brother previously used in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. |
| 112 | * CurbStompBattle: Initially his opponents often find themselves on the receiving end of Savage's attacks. Eventually, he finds himself on the receiving of them with Maul, Obi-Wan and Sidious. |
| 113 | * CurbStompCushion: When Ventress orders him to help her kill Count Dooku, he's visibly outmatched thanks to Dooku's superior skills and his inability to counter Dooku's Force Lightning. Despite this, he still manages to push Dooku back a few times thanks to his far superior strength and incredible Force powers. |
| 114 | * {{Cyborg}}: He gets a cybernetic left arm to replace the arm Obi-Wan chopped off with Adi Gallia's lightsaber during the fight he and Maul had with the Jedi at Florrum. |
| 115 | * TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: |
| 116 | ** He used to have a BigBrotherInstinct towards Feral, but after being corrupted by the Nightsisters' magick, he killed his brother without a second thought. |
| 117 | ** Another example is presented in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]" through the fact that he dismisses the concept of honor as a "weakness" despite the fact that he himself was once a very honorable person. |
| 118 | * {{Dehumanization}}: He's typically referred to by terms such as "monster", "animal", or "creature". Obi-Wan calls him a "thing" at one point. |
| 119 | * {{Determinator}}: He's half-dead before he finally runs from a losing fight in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]". |
| 120 | * DiesWideOpen: Savage's eyes remain wide open as he passes away. |
| 121 | * DifficultButAwesome: He primarily uses a double-bladed lightsaber like his brother Maul, even before he knew Maul was still alive. Unfortunately for the heroes and just like his brother, Savage was a badass with it and avoided slicing off his own limbs even before then, though even he admitted he was still weaker than Maul. |
| 122 | * TheDogBitesBack: He pays back Dooku and Ventress for their abuse and torture by throttling them both. Had they not escaped, he would have done a lot more. |
| 123 | * DoubleWeapon: He wields a double-bladed lightsaber. |
| 124 | * TheDragon: He briefly served the role as to Dooku and more briefly to Ventress before settling with Darth Maul after finding him. He isn't too happy about it at first, wanting them to be a BigBadDuumvirate, but accepts this role when he proves to be the weaker of the duo. |
| 125 | * TheDreaded: Not overly so, but the Jedi and Dooku both recognize Savage as an extremely dangerous menace. |
| 126 | * DrivenToVillainy: He was never given a choice in becoming Ventress' pawn against Dooku. By the time he gets any agency, he's already been brainwashed by the Nightsisters' magick. |
| 127 | * DumbMuscle: This is his main flaw, since while he's not stupid by any means, his first solution to anything is to hack it in two with his lightsaber, which is a liability chessmasters like Count Dooku and Darth Maul have a hard time controlling. However, under Maul's tutoring, he does become more cunning and manages to deduce Viszla's upcoming betrayal. [[PetTheDog Something Maul is impressed by and congratulates him for.]] |
| 128 | * DyingAsYourself: As he dies, the Nightsister magick leaves his body and he reverts to his original form, and presumably personality. |
| 129 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted between him and Feral since Savage was actually good back when Feral was alive. His relationship with his brother Maul is this though. |
| 130 | * EvilCounterpart: It's never given any focus in-universe, but Savage has quite a few things in common with Anakin. His relationship with Maul can even be seen as a twisted mirror of Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship and his fear of losing Feral is what drove him to willingly become Ventress' servant, similar to Anakin's own actions with Padmé Amidala. Ultimately, turning to the Dark Side causes Savage and Anakin to lose the person they love most, brother and wife respectively. |
| 131 | * EvilIsBigger: The Nightsisters' ritual changes him from a normal-sized man into a hulking, seven-foot tall monster. |
| 132 | * EvilMakeover: One of the more extreme cases: the Nightsisters' ritual causes Savage to get much bigger physically, elongates his horns, and gives him inhuman strength. |
| 133 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Quite literally in Savage's case; the Nightsisters' magick turn the previously noble Savage into a nigh-unstoppable, rampaging brute who is called "monster" by nearly everyone who encounters him. |
| 134 | * EvilSoundsDeep: His voice gets deeper following his transformation. It helps that he's voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown. Even his lightsaber has a deeper hum than anyone else's. |
| 135 | * EvilVersusEvil: With his enmity towards Ventress, battle with Dooku, and involvement in Maul's conflict with Darth Sidious and the Death Watch, as well as his conflicts with Black Sun and the Hutts, Savage spends more time fighting other villains than he does fighting the heroes. |
| 136 | * EvilWearsBlack: He wears black armor and is a user of the Dark Side. |
| 137 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 138 | ** To Darth Maul, both in and out of universe. At one point, Obi-Wan even mistook him for Maul. They are, in fact, brothers. |
| 139 | ** [[WordOfGod Katie Lucas herself]] has compared Savage to [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]]. |
| 140 | * ExpyCoexistence: He is initially introduced as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Darth Maul. Then it turns out that Maul himself is still alive and that he and Savage are brothers. |
| 141 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Savage and Feral and Savage and Maul respectively. |
| 142 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Like Maul, Dooku, and Grievous, Savage can be seen as an aspect of Vader. Particularly his unnatural size and strength, tendency to Force Choke his victims, and how his [[LoveMakesYouEvil fear for his brother's fate turned him into the monster that killed his brother]], echos Vader's turn to the Dark Side. |
| 143 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Given less emphasis than Maul, but Savage's eyes emit a slight glow that is emphasized whenever he stands in shadows. |
| 144 | * HairTriggerTemper: He's not usually very emotive, but Savage is easily provoked to violence. |
| 145 | * HandicappedBadass: He's no less badass after losing an arm than he was before. |
| 146 | * HeroKiller: He killed two Jedi in his debut episode (with [[CurbStompBattle ease]], no less) and, in "Revival", Adi Gallia, a Jedi Master and member of the High Council. |
| 147 | * HiddenDepths: Savage is quite a bit smarter than he looks, which makes him all the more deadly an opponent. |
| 148 | * HornedHumanoid: He deserves special mention for weaponizing them in battle. |
| 149 | * HornsOfVillainy: He has one in his head that are even bigger than Maul's. |
| 150 | * IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: His last test of brainwashed loyalty is to kill his brother. He hesitates, but ultimately obeys. |
| 151 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Sidious skewers Savage with two lightsabers simultaneously. |
| 152 | * ImplacableMan: He has the endurance and resilience that makes his relentlessness more terrifying. Only the strongest and most skilled Force users like Obi-Wan and Count Dooku can give him a real fight because almost nothing can keep him down for good and when he does get hurt he can get back up immediately. |
| 153 | * InstantExpert: It might be a side-effect of the Nightsisters' magick that transformed him, but he's a frighteningly quick learner given that with only the first levels of his training complete, he is able to fight Obi-Wan and Anakin on equal footing and Force-choke Ventress and Dooku simultaneously. |
| 154 | * ItIsDehumanizing: While no one calls him "it", nearly every character who refers to Savage calls him a "creature" or a "monster", rather than referring to him as a person. |
| 155 | * TheJuggernaut: Initially the battles with him tend to consist of his opponents retreating almost constantly. This is avoided later when people like Maul and Obi-Wan are able to beat him with relative ease. |
| 156 | * KickTheDog: |
| 157 | ** He tried to strangle a waitress in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]" for what appeared to be no reason. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary materials]] suggest that he did it because she tried to touch the talisman Savage was using to track Maul, but that hardly makes the action any less cruel. |
| 158 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E15ShadesOfReason Shades of Reason]]", he knocks a bystander over a ledge, causing her to nearly fall to her death, just because she was in the way of Savage's getaway. |
| 159 | * KickTheSonOfABitch: Kills [[SnakesAreSinister Morley]] for betraying him and taking advantage of Maul's insanity, throwing his corpse into a nearby fire. |
| 160 | * KnightOfCerebus: Even more so than Cad Bane. Starting with "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster Monster]]" (his first appearance), ''The Clone Wars'' became a lot DarkerAndEdgier even though it was already rather serious. |
| 161 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: |
| 162 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", after being riddled with blaster bolts, Savage manages to overpower the droids attacking him and opts to quit while he's ahead, fleeing into the galaxy. |
| 163 | ** In "Revival", he and Maul wisely decide to cut their losses after Savage loses an arm and Hondo's pirates turn on them. |
| 164 | * LaserBlade: He uses a red double-bladed lightsaber similar to Maul's but also resembles Dooku's own lightsaber likely because Dooku was the one who made it. |
| 165 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Obi-Wan slices his left arm off with Adi Gallia's lightsaber after he killed Adi Gallia during their duel. |
| 166 | * LightningBruiser: Savage lives up to his name, being incredibly strong, fast, and durable. |
| 167 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: In Savage's case, his brotherly love for Feral and Darth Maul is the driving force behind his evil acts (submitting to the Nightsisters to defend Feral and being party to mass murder out of loyalty to Maul). |
| 168 | * MadeOfIron: Obi-Wan had to kick his leg at least a half-dozen times to injure it, and Obi-Wan can kick people across a room if he needs to. He can even take numerous blaster shots and survive without any serious injuries, and Dooku fried him multiple times with Force lightning when he and Ventress attacked him, only for it to just knock him down for a few seconds every time. |
| 169 | * MagicalWeapon: The spear Talzin gave him is enchanted with the Nightsisters' most potent magicks. With it, he's able to easily murder a squad of clone troopers and two Jedi. |
| 170 | * MagicEnhancement: His transformation by the Nightsisters' magic had drastically increased his already formidable strength, endurance and reflexes, and presumably made it easier for him to connect to the Force. |
| 171 | * ManchurianAgent: He was used by the Nightsisters to act as a sleeper assassin, serving as Dooku's apprentice until Ventress arrived to kill the Count. |
| 172 | * MeaningfulName: Oddly zig-zagged, for a character whose name is only marginally less subtle than "Mr. I'm-A-Bad-Guy". Savage Opress only really lives up to half of his name; he's a savage, certainly, but of the more NobleSavage variety and he doesn't really oppress anyone. |
| 173 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Ventress treated him like an animal and tool to be used and made him kill his own brother Feral. Dooku was a harsh task maker whose idea of punishment for failure and "encouragement" during training was a sustained blast of Force lightning. Was it any wonder Savage finally said "screw it" and Force-choked ''both'' of them during their battle? {{Averted}} with Maul, however, as while his brother could be cruel at times during training, he always looked out for Savage in combat and never unnecessarily belittled him and Savage served him loyally all the way to his death. |
| 174 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It seems to be a family tradition. With a surname, however, his name is even ''less'' subtle than his brother's. |
| 175 | * NeverMyFault: He tells Mother Talzin that Ventress betrayed him in the duel against Dooku, when it was actually the opposite (he started Force choking ''her'' along with Dooku after becoming frustrated by too much Force lighning). |
| 176 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He and Maul deliver a brutal one to Obi-Wan in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]". |
| 177 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 178 | ** While he's not necessarily afraid, he is incredibly disturbed nevertheless by Maul's state when he finds him, calling him a "monster" before deducing his identity. |
| 179 | ** Bizarrely for his character and allegiances, Savage seems to like money. When he comes across a massive fortune of credits after a bank raid, he is briefly overjoyed to the completely indifferent Maul. |
| 180 | * NoSell: |
| 181 | ** He doesn't even twitch at several blows from Adi Gallia, and Obi-Wan's physical attacks were only marginally more effective (Obi-Wan deliberately kicked the same point over and over for a cumulative effect). |
| 182 | ** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster Monster]]", he took a ''blaster bolt'' to the chest and [[TheJuggernaut didn't even slow down]]. |
| 183 | ** Ventress' attempts at striking him physically during their duel in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]" didn't do anything more than mildly annoy Savage. |
| 184 | * NobleDemon: Before his transformation, Savage was a noble warrior who cared about his brother, even giving himself up to Ventress to protect Feral. Even after his transformation, Savage displays a great deal of loyalty to Darth Maul, a brother he's never even met, even strangling a local creature for taking advantage of Maul's condition instead of helping him. |
| 185 | * ObviouslyEvil: A [[EvilIsBigger colossal]], [[BlackKnight black armor clad]], [[PerpetualFrowner perpetually scowling]] monster with [[SpikesOfVillainy horns]], SupernaturalGoldEyes, and a ''[[HairTriggerTemper nasty]]'' temper. The [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voice]] doesn't help matters. |
| 186 | * OlderSidekick: He's older than Maul, who is his second and final Sith Master. |
| 187 | * OffWithHisHead: How he kills a whole group of Black Sun Vigos in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]". |
| 188 | * OneManArmy: He was able to kill a squad of Clone Troopers, a Jedi Master and his Padawan without much effort in his first outing. |
| 189 | * PerpetualFrowner: Savage smiles a grand total of ''five'' times in the series (although three out of those five were smirks). Every other expression is either neutral, shock or most commonly a belligerent scowl. |
| 190 | * PosthumousCharacter: In ''Rebels''. While he's long dead, his impact on Maul is what led him to seek Ezra as an apprentice, driving their arc. |
| 191 | * PsychicStrangle: His favorite Force technique appears to be telekinetically throttling someone and then snapping their neck or throwing them into a wall. |
| 192 | * TheQuietOne: Savage is far less talkative than his brother (who ironically received next to no lines back in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''). |
| 193 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Savage wears black armor and a red lightsaber fitting his status as a Sith and a user of the Dark Side. |
| 194 | * SatelliteCharacter: Savage's character is defined by how he interacts with others. His relationship with Feral, his service to Ventress and Dooku, and his search for and connection to Darth Maul more or less sum up his character development. The only acts he does on his own are to rebel against Dooku and Ventress and the subsequent rampage. Even then, he follows up by going to Mother Talzin to find out what he should do next. |
| 195 | * ScarsAreForever: One of his horns is cut off and another damaged in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]". Both remain broken for the remainder of the installment. |
| 196 | * ShouldersOfDoom: His armor has ''huge'' pauldrons. |
| 197 | * SiblingTeam: With his brother Maul. |
| 198 | * SiblingYinYang: With Maul; where his brother is cunning, charismatic, and manipulative, Savage is, while far from stupid, not much of a thinker, and is bluntly straightforward. In addition, Savage is neither as cruel nor as ambitious as Maul. Quite the opposite, in fact; when Maul first attempted to claim the role of master to Savage's apprentice, Savage argued that they could share power, seeing no need for dominance between them. |
| 199 | * ASinisterClue: The villainous Savage appears to prefer wielding his lightsaber left-handed. |
| 200 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Which he's put to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice good use]]. |
| 201 | * TheStoic: Apart from sheer rage, Savage expresses next to no emotion. |
| 202 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Exactly how strong he is compared to heroes usually varies, one moment he can fight Obi-Wan and Anakin at the same time, and the next he can be completely humiliated by Obi-Wan despite having the help of his brother. |
| 203 | * StrongerSibling: Is this trope to Feral. Maul is this to him. Somewhat of a DownplayedTrope as it's implied by Dooku[[note]]though Dooku being [[ItsAllAboutMe a Sith]], it's highly probable this is his ego talking by some degrees of separation as much as genuine praise, as Maul killed Qui-Gon, Dooku's student and surrogate son, and he still missed him years later. If Maul could beat Qui-Gon, he must've been an excellent fighter in Dooku's eyes, hatred notwithstanding[[/note]] and the general narrative that he could come rival Maul, but never reached his full potential. |
| 204 | * StudentAndMasterTeam: With Maul. |
| 205 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: After his transformation, his previously grayish-green eyes turned to Sith-yellow, signaling that the Dark Side has corrupted him. |
| 206 | * SuperStrength: Even before his transformation, he was able to crush stones with his bare fists, but his strength was increased to extreme levels following the Nightsisters' ritual. During the Devaron massacre, he threw a clone trooper several meters into the air with a ''single upwards strike of his axe''. |
| 207 | * SuperToughness: Being enhanced by the Nightsisters' magicks made him incredibly durable to the point where only lightsaber and Force techniques can hurt him. Blaster fire does ''nothing'' to slow him down, fast punches and kicks don't even faze him, and he can withstand getting electrocuted by Count Dooku's Force Lightning ''several times''. |
| 208 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In-universe, Savage Opress was originally "created" by Asajj Ventress and Mother Talzin as an apprentice to overthrow Count Dooku -- a role that Darth Sidious feared Asajj would fill, only that she'd kill ''him'' and rule by Dooku's side. On a meta-level, this is subverted; his character originally seemed to be created in order to fill the gap that Darth Maul left, being a tattooed Zabrak with a double-bladed lightsaber, but instead allowed the character to serve as a focal point that would allow for Darth Maul's canonical return -- all of which was done by the end of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc. |
| 209 | * TattooedCrook: Savage has the traditional Nightbrother ritualistic tattoos, and he becomes an outlaw after the events of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]". |
| 210 | * ThisWasHisTrueForm: As Savage dies, he returns to the form he had before the Nightsisters transformed him. |
| 211 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: He decapitates several Black Sun members by telekinetically throwing his double-bladed lightsaber at them. |
| 212 | * TookALevelInBadass: Both his transformation and his TrainingFromHell by Dooku had this effect on him. |
| 213 | * TragicVillain: Savage only wanted to protect his younger brother Feral, and that led to the Nightsisters turning Savage into a monster who murdered Feral. Then Savage found his older brother, but what Maul really wanted was an apprentice, not a brother. Every single person - Asajj, Dooku, Mother Talzin and his own brother Maul - ultimately saw him as a tool. Though Maul, to his credit, did eventually rediscover his BigBrotherInstinct. |
| 214 | * UnskilledButStrong: Savage has little formal training and, as Dooku says, "no technique", but he's so strong that he can destroy a dozen Separatist droids with a single Force wave, send Dooku flying across a room with a single blow, and at one point momentarily overpowering both Dooku ''and'' Ventress with the Force (which Ventress had previously done to Anakin and Obi-Wan of all people). He gradually becomes more skilled with training from Maul, but he never grows out of this. According to the writers, he's actually ''stronger'' than Maul with insane Force potential, but lacked the skill and experience to actually make proper use of it. |
| 215 | * UnstoppableRage: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", once he had enough of being abused by both Ventress and Dooku, he enters into one of these, starting with simultaneously Force-choking both of them. |
| 216 | * UnwittingPawn: He's fairly gullible, which has allowed others to manipulate him to their whims. |
| 217 | * UseYourHead: A rather effective tactic when you've got six-inch spikes growing out of your head. |
| 218 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: He was the best of the Nightbrothers Asajj tested partly because of his love for and devotion to his brother. When he dies, his last, gasped words to Maul are "I was never like you." |
| 219 | * VillainousBreakdown: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", Ventress' endless put-downs and the defenseless beating he was taking from Dooku push Savage over the edge, and he spends the next several minutes as a roaring beast, brutally attacking everyone in sight. |
| 220 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Savage's suffering at Ventress' hands turned him into a brutish, uncontrollable monster. Upon joining with Darth Maul, Savage managed to get some direction, but he is no less destructive. |
| 221 | * WouldHitAGirl: Or choke one, for that matter. And impale another... twice. |
| 222 | * WouldHurtAChild: He's killed a young padawan during his rampage. |
| 223 | * YoungerMentorOlderDisciple: He's the older brother of his second Sith Master, Darth Maul. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Feral]] |
| 227 | !!Feral |
| 228 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feral_sw.png]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 231 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 232 | |
| 233 | -->''"There are only two of us left, brother. But only one will survive."'' |
| 234 | |
| 235 | Feral was the brother of Savage Opress and Maul. |
| 236 | ---- |
| 237 | * AintTooProudToBeg: He had no qualms about begging Savage for his life. [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Savage]] doesn't listen. |
| 238 | * CainAndAbel: The Abel to Savage's Cain, but only after the Nightsisters get through with Savage. |
| 239 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: After Feral's death, Savage only mentions briefly that all of his kin are dead, then never says a single word about Feral again. Justified, as Savage's personality is so twisted that none of his past personality and fondness remain, so it's unlikely he thought of Feral at all. |
| 240 | * HornedHumanoid: He is a Zabrak. |
| 241 | * TheLoad: He is clearly no match for Ventress and Savage looking after him is a hindrance at least once. |
| 242 | * NeckSnap: This is how he dies. |
| 243 | * NiceGuy: He seems perfectly nice despite being ineffectual in combat. |
| 244 | * ShootYourMate: As a test of Savage's brainwashed loyalty, Ventress forces Savage to kill him. |
| 245 | * TheUnfavorite: Out of Mother Talzin's known biological sons, she didn't seem bothered when Asajj Ventress ordered Savage Opress to kill Feral after he was brainwashed to prove his loyalty, despite her support for her other two sons. |
| 246 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies in the same episode he is first introduced. |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[folder:Viscus]] |
| 250 | !!Brother Viscus |
| 251 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viscus_sw.png]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Stephan Stanton |
| 254 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Jedi: Fallen Order]]''[[note]]mentioned only[[/note]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | A Nightbrother warrior loyal to Mother Talzin. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * TheDragon: He becomes this to Darth Maul in ''Son of Dathomir''. |
| 259 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: A "force echo" in ''Jedi: Fallen Order'' reveals that [[spoiler:Taron Malicos killed him [[KlingonPromotion to assume leadership of the Nightbrothers]]]]. |
| 260 | * FacialMarkings: Just like all Nightbrothers, he has facial tattoos. |
| 261 | * HornedHumanoid: He is a Zabrak. |
| 262 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ''The Clone Wars'' left it unclear whether he was killed in the massacre of the Nightsisters or not. ''Jedi: Fallen Order'' confirmed that he survived, [[spoiler:for a while at least]]. |
| 263 | * WorthyOpponent: He considers Count Dooku to be one, although he himself can't put up much of a fight against the Count. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | !Nightsisters |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Talzin]] |
| 269 | !!Mother Talzin |
| 270 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/talzin_sw.png]] |
| 271 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Where one sees failure, others see opportunity."'']] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BarbaraGoodson |
| 274 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Jedi: Fallen Order]]''[[note]]mentioned only[[/note]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | -->''"Our loyalty is reserved only for each other."'' |
| 277 | |
| 278 | The leader of the Nightsisters, whose true motives remain obscure. |
| 279 | ---- |
| 280 | * AbusiveParents: It goes unmentioned at the time, but the reveal that she is Maul's actual mother means that Savage and Feral are her sons as well (unless they're Maul's paternal half-brothers instead of full-brothers). The former she brainwashes into a living weapon and the latter she watches get murdered right in front of her without raising a finger to stop it. |
| 281 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Legends'', she stayed as a character who only actually opposed other villains like Dooku and who only acted out to recover her own power after losing it. In the canon, ''Son of Dathomir'' reveals she had a deal with Darth Sidious where he would make her his right hand to rule the galaxy. |
| 282 | * AdaptationalWimp: Her last fighting scene in ''Legends'' has her briefly crossing blades with Windu and making him retreat, implying she could have given him a fight. However, in the canon, ''Son of Dathomir'' reveals she's actually not very good in swordfighting, which now implies she would have been soundly defeated by Windu had the duel dragged out. When she attacks Sidious while possessing Dooku's body, the former says she has nothing of the latter's fencing ability, and then proceeds to show it by defeating her in just a couple moves; this rules out she could be anywhere near the level of Windu, who held his own against Sidious and might have disarmed him legitimately in their own duel. |
| 283 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Her appearances in ''The Clone Wars'' show that she has a history together with Dooku. Further appearances in Canon, however, revealed she actually had even more history together with ''Sidious'', who promised her to make her his right hand, only for him to kidnap Maul and turn his back on her. Canon also has her as Maul's biological mother instead of being his mother's clan leader (see RelatedInTheAdaptation below). |
| 284 | * AffablyEvil: She seems to be genuinely polite to others and caring towards her people, although her inscrutable motives make it impossible to tell whether she's this or FauxAffablyEvil. |
| 285 | * AmbiguousSituation: She collaborated with the ages-old Frangawl Cult from Bardotta and said cult refers to her as "Great Mother" as if she were another deity of theirs or a messianic figure. Aside from her collaboration with them to harvest the Living Force from the Dagoyan Masters for her use, it's unclear if the cult actually reveres her or they're separate parties collaborating with each other for their own separate agendas. |
| 286 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: She's certainly sinister and ruthless, but the only time she has actually opposed the heroes was in the events of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 Disappeared]]", where she collaborated with a non-Dathomirian Force cult to harvest the Living Force from people for use. By the end of ''Son of Dathomir'', she seems to have settled as an evil manipulator, but one who is largely focused on her own goals, with little interest in the galaxy-spanning events of the Clone Wars. Subverted when she reveals Sidious was supposed to make her his right hand. |
| 287 | * ArcVillain: Takes center stage as the main antagonist of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 Disappeared]]" two-parter. |
| 288 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She is by far the most powerful of the Nightsisters, as expected from the Clan Mother and shaman. Her sword skills were enough for her to hold off ''[[WorldsBestWarrior Mace Windu]]'' in magic sword-to-lightsaber combat, pushing him back with her first slash, matching him in a short BladeLock and only being forced to flee when Jar Jar sabotaged the ritual she was going to use to maintain her physical form. She's even powerful enough to hold her own against [[InvincibleVillain Sidious]] in a Force lightning duel, in a way that only Windu and Yoda have ever demonstrated in Canon. |
| 289 | * BeamOWar: In ''Son of Dathomir'', she engages in a Force-lighting contest with Darth Sidious, with Dooku backing Sidious and Maul begging her to let him help. She refuses and thus loses, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes sacrificing herself to save her son]]. |
| 290 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: Her iridescent irides (which are typical of the Nightsisters) are surrounded by black sclerae. |
| 291 | * BlatantLies: She claims to have no control over the Nightbrothers. Obi-Wan points out that the galaxy knows the Nightsisters call the shots on Dathomir. |
| 292 | * BondVillainStupidity: During the invasion of Dathomir, she unveils a voodoo ritual that enables her to harm Dooku from her own planet, but despite effectively threatening to kill him through the spell, she takes her time to slowly torture him by parts instead of going for the kill quickly. In fact, considering that getting revenge against Dooku was her first goal all the time, one wonders why didn't she use the ritual from the very beginning instead of messing things up with Ventress and Savage. |
| 293 | * CastFromHitPoints: ''Son of Dathomir'' reveals that she wastes away some of her physical body every time she uses her magic, and restoring Darth Maul's body and sanity took a heavy toll on her body. When her plan to have the Frangawl cult harvest Queen Julia's life force was foiled by Jar Jar Binks and Mace Windu, she was left without a body and aided Maul as a spirit. It took possessing and feeding on Count Dooku's body to restore hers, only to be KilledOffForReal shortly after. |
| 294 | * TheChessmaster: She effortlessly sets various individuals and groups against each other throughout the Nightsisters trilogy. In ''Son of Dathomir'', she's practically playing chess with Darth Sidious to see who can OutGambit the other. [[DoomedByCanon Darth]] [[ForegoneConclusion Sidious]] ultimately wins. |
| 295 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She provides "help" to Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku, Savage Opress, the Jedi Order, and Darth Maul. However, she is serving her own agenda and frequently she's pitting them against each other behind the others back all the time; indeed, half the time they are asking for her help is to counter something that was the result of her machinations in the first place. |
| 296 | * ColdBloodedTorture: She inflicted this on Count Dooku through the use of a VoodooDoll. She continues when she possesses him and absorbs his life force in ''Son of Dathomir''. |
| 297 | * ColdHam: She has her moments and her VoiceOfTheLegion only serves to aid her hamminess. After all, she is voiced by the [[Creator/BarbaraGoodson same woman]] who played [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]] and [[{{Franchise/Disgaea}} Laharl]], although Talzin is rather subdued compared to those two. |
| 298 | * CompositeCharacter: In ''Legends'', Darth Maul's mother was a Nightsister named Kycina, who was trying to keep her son away from Talzin and whom Talzin was actively pursuing in turn. In canon, Kycina doesn't exist, and Talzin is Maul's mother herself. The circumstances of Maul being taken by Sidious are also different. |
| 299 | * CoolSword: She wields one forged from the ether during her duel with Mace Windu. |
| 300 | * CrypticBackgroundReference: Apparently, she and Dooku have a history with each other, but the only things revealed are that Dooku had helped Talzin once and apparently gave a lock of his hair to her as part of some sort of deal. |
| 301 | * CrystalBall: She has one, which she used to track down Savage at Obi-Wan's request and to find Maul. She also tried to use another one for taking harvested Living Force. |
| 302 | * DeflectorShields: She used a magical version during the Battle of Dathomir. |
| 303 | * DemonicPossession: She does this to Count Dooku in ''Son of Dathomir'' so she can absorb the Living Force from him to restore her own body. She gets out with her body restored (and without killing Dooku) during her duel with Sidious. |
| 304 | * TheDreaded: Dooku, Sidious, and Obi-Wan are all at least somewhat wary of her. Averted with Anakin. |
| 305 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite her AbusiveParents tendencies, Talzin did seem to genuinely love Maul. She used part of her own spirit to reconstruct his legs, and shortly after regaining her own body, she sacrificed herself to allow Maul to escape from Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, and General Grievous. There's also the fact that her ultimate goal turned out to be revenge against Sidious for taking Maul away from her. |
| 306 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Her normal voice is accompanied by an [[VoiceOfTheLegion almost demonic reverberation]]. |
| 307 | * EvilVersusEvil: |
| 308 | ** She aids Ventress in her battles with Dooku. |
| 309 | ** She similarly aids Maul and the Shadow Collective against Sidious, Dooku, and Grievous. |
| 310 | * FacialMarkings: Her face features some rather creepy black markings. |
| 311 | * FemmeFatalons: Her nails are quite a bit longer than those of the other Nightsisters. |
| 312 | * FlamingSword: In an event where she decides to fight physically, as shown in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 Disappeared]]", she can conjure a sword of green fire capable of matching blows with a lightsaber. |
| 313 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Her having parts of her phasing in and out of reality and her goal to harvest the living Force from Queen Julia in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 Disappeared]]" was a sign that she was losing her physical form. |
| 314 | * GreaterScopeVillain: She acts as Ventress and Maul's primary backer throughout ''The Clone Wars'', aiding the pair in their various schemes against Dooku and Sidious, but generally doesn't get involved herself save for a two-parter in the sixth season. |
| 315 | * HeroicSacrifice: Talzin's last act is to hold off Sidious and Dooku so that Maul can escape with his life. |
| 316 | * HiddenAgendaVillain: She seems to have ''some'' kind of agenda, but exactly what it might be remains unknown until ''Son of Dathomir'' - she wants to get back at Darth Sidious for stealing her son Maul. |
| 317 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Son of Dathomir'', General Grievous kills Talzin with two lightsabers through her chest. |
| 318 | * [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]: She escaped Grievous and his Separatist droids by turning into green mist. |
| 319 | * KilledOffForReal: She escaped death at General Grievous's hands at the end of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]" by disappearing into thin air. Then she lost her physical body after using her magick one too many times, leaving her as a spirit. After she restored her body, she's impaled by Grievous in ''Son of Dathomir'' while trying to hold off Darth Sidious and her body crumbles like ashes. |
| 320 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: When her plan to take Queen Julia's lifeforce was thwarted, she fled the scene rather than continue her duel with Mace Windu. |
| 321 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: She wears a rather elaborate dress, her motivations and goals remained a secret, and while she's also [[ShockAndAwe able to conjure green Force lightning]], use magical {{Deflector Shield}}s, and form {{Flaming Sword}}s, she mainly uses more "subtle" techniques, such as transforming Savage Opress into a hulking, nigh-unstoppable avatar of primal anger, torturing Count Dooku from millions of lightyears away with a VoodooDoll, [[LifeDrain harvesting Living Force]], and later possessing Dooku. She also possesses a VoiceOfTheLegion. |
| 322 | * LargeAndInCharge: She towers over all the other Nightsisters by a head at least, not counting her headgear. That includes Ventress, who's 5 feet 10 inches tall. In fact, she's barely shorter than Savage after his transformation. |
| 323 | * LukeIAmYourFather: ''Son Of Dathomir'' reveals that she is Darth Maul's biological mother. This is downplayed in that the revelation is made to Count Dooku and the audience; Maul has known that for quite some time before the revelation. |
| 324 | * MagicKnight: In addition to her magic and witchcraft, she's also really skilled with a blade to the point she could match [[MasterSwordsman Mace Windu]] for a short period of time. |
| 325 | * {{Magitek}}: She used her magics to create Maul's cybernetic legs. It also cost some of her physical form. |
| 326 | * MamaBear: In addition to being very protective of her clan, the third issue of ''Son of Dathomir'' reveals that she is not very happy with Darth Sidious for [[spoiler:taking away her son, Darth Maul, and then leaving him to die]]. Further, she sacrifices her life to give him a chance to escape. |
| 327 | * ManipulativeBitch: Throughout the Nightsisters and Brothers arc, with Count Dooku being the primary target, though she arguably manipulates Ventress, Savage, and the Jedi as well. |
| 328 | * AMotherToHerMen: She cares for the Nightsisters that she leads like children and is upset when they are killed by Separatist forces. To a lesser extent, this applies to the Nightbrothers as well, at least in the case of Savage and Maul (both of whom are her biological sons, although there is some suggested ParentalFavoritism since she didn't seem as concerned about Feral's execution). |
| 329 | * NoBodyLeftBehind[=/=]NoImmortalInertia: She's killed minutes after she regains her body, which then crumbles into dust as her magic bleeds out of it after she dies. |
| 330 | * OneBadMother: She's the Clan Mother of the Nightsisters and biological mother of Maul in addition to being an extremely dangerous witch. |
| 331 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Her sadistic ColdBloodedTorture of Count Dooku was in retaliation for his genocide against the Nightsisters. |
| 332 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, Darth Maul's biological mother was a Nightsister from Talzin's clan called Kycina, who was explicitly revolting against Talzin by giving Maul away. In Canon, as revealed in ''Son of Dathomir'', Talzin herself is Maul's mother instead. While ''Son of Dathomir'' was based on the scripts for unmade ''The Clone Wars'' episodes, this relation seems to have been an addition by the latter, as a short ''Legends'' story by James Luceno further established Talzin and Kycina as different people. |
| 333 | * TheReveal: ''Son of Dathomir'' reveals that she is Darth Maul's mother. |
| 334 | * {{Revenge}}: As revealed in ''Son of Dathomir'', her goal all along was to pay back Sidious for betraying her and taking her son from her, whom he later left to die. |
| 335 | * ShockAndAwe: She can conjure green Force lightning. |
| 336 | * SicklyGreenGlow: Her spells tend to have this effect. |
| 337 | * SquishyWizard: As mentioned above, she is really powerful, but prefers to focus on supporting her sisters through her magic rather than getting physical unless absolutely necessary. Most notably, she tortures Dooku with a voodoo doll, threatening to destroy him if he does not withdraw his Separatist forces. But when Grievous interrupts, she turns intangible and escapes. When she's preoccupied with protecting Darth Maul while he escapes, Grievous finishes her off for good. That said, this seems to be simply a preference, as shown in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 Disappeared]]" when she doesn't hesitate to challenge [[MasterSwordsman Mace Windu]] to a sword fight and actually holds her own for the brief period seen. This hints [[CastFromHitPoints that the only thing holding her back was the degradation of her body from the overuse of her magics]] and being so close to her goal of draining Queen Julia made her decide it was worth the risk. |
| 338 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Mother Zalem from ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'', with their character designs, names and roles in the story being almost identical (although quite expanded in Talzin's case). Official materials later established Talzin was actually Zalem's successor. |
| 339 | * TheSvengali: Until the reveal of Maul being her son, it was not quite clear why she helped Ventress, but the fact she aided Savage as well made it clear that she wasn't acting out of the goodness of her heart. |
| 340 | * TokenWholesome: Her wardrobe is rather conservative, especially compared to the other Nightsisters. |
| 341 | * UnskilledButStrong: What Sidous suggests about her swordfighting. Her magic makes her naturally very powerful but she's not really skilled. After a mere few blows exchanged with Palpatine, he disarms her with ease. |
| 342 | * VillainTeleportation: She uses this to escape Grievous in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]" and flee the scene after her plan with the Frangawl cult was foiled. |
| 343 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: She speaks with a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]], creepy, demonic echo, complete with a Transylvanian-esque accent. |
| 344 | * VoodooDoll: She used one to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture Dooku]] during the Battle of Dathomir. |
| 345 | * WorldsStrongestWoman: Besides [[PhysicalGod The Daughter]], Talzin is unquestionably the most powerful female alive in the prequel era, and it's really not close. |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | [[folder:Daka]] |
| 349 | !!Old Daka |
| 350 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daka_sw.png]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kathleen Gati |
| 353 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 354 | |
| 355 | -->''"Then I will begin the chant of resurrection."'' |
| 356 | |
| 357 | The oldest and wisest of the Nightsisters, according to Talzin. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | * CrystalBall: Just like Talzin, Daka has one that she uses in her spell to summon the undead. |
| 360 | * EvilSoundsDeep: She has the same reverberation to her voice as Talzin. |
| 361 | * EvilVersusEvil: She raised an undead army to help the Nightsisters fight General Grievous and his droids. |
| 362 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Grievous impales her with a lightsaber. |
| 363 | * {{Necromancer}}: She can summon an [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of Nightsister zombies]], and is apparently the only one possessing the ability. |
| 364 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Her zombies can only stay "alive" for as long as she maintains the spell. The instant she's killed by Grievous, they drop like flies. Then, the Separatist droids kill the rest of the clan. |
| 365 | * OrcusOnHerThrone: Despite seemingly being more powerful than [[TheChessmaster Mother Talzin]] herself (given Talzin having to rely on her to cast the reanimation spell), she seems content with remaining subordinate to the latter. Possibly justified by Daka being ostensibly too old to fight and serve as an active villain. |
| 366 | * SupervillainLair: She has a hidden cave near the back of the Nightsisters' fortress, which can only be opened by magic. The droids just [[DungeonBypass blow down the wall]] with a rocket launcher. |
| 367 | * SquishyWizard: Again, like Talzin, she is extremely powerful magic-wise but utterly helpless once Grievous barges into her lair. She can only flail briefly before he stabs her. |
| 368 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Much like Mother Talzin. |
| 369 | * WickedWitch: She's a very old, heavily wrinkled, long-nosed, creepily looking (and sounding) woman with a sickly skin tone who can reanimate the fallen Nightsisters. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Karis]] |
| 373 | !!Karis |
| 374 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karis_sw.png]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CatherineTaber |
| 377 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 378 | |
| 379 | One of the best Nightsister warriors of Mother Talzin's coven. |
| 380 | ---- |
| 381 | * DarkActionGirl: As is normal for a Nightsister warrior. She is considered one of the best warriors among Mother Talzin's coven, alongside Naa'leth, who she is sent with to help Asajj Ventress kill Count Dooku. |
| 382 | * FacialMarkings: Like all Nightsisters, she has tattoos in a unique pattern on her face. |
| 383 | * InTheHood: She wears a pointed red hood. |
| 384 | * LaserBlade: She uses a green lightsaber during the attempted assassination on Count Dooku. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Naa'leth]] |
| 388 | !!Naa'leth |
| 389 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naaleth_sw.png]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Cara Pifko\ |
| 392 | '''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 393 | |
| 394 | Another Nightsister warrior in Mother Talzin's coven. |
| 395 | ---- |
| 396 | * DarkActionGirl: As is normal for a Nightsister warrior. She is considered one of the best warriors among Mother Talzin's coven, alongside Karis, who she is sent with to help Asajj Ventress kill Count Dooku. |
| 397 | * EnergyBow: One of her weapons is a Nightsister energy bow, which fires arrows made of pure plasma. |
| 398 | * FacialMarkings: Like all Nightsisters, she has tattoos in a unique pattern on her face. |
| 399 | * LaserBlade: She uses a green lightsaber during the attempted assassination on Count Dooku. |
| 400 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: She believes that Count Dooku will be easier to defeat than he actually is. When she, Asajj, and Karis are defeated, Naa'leth is stunned. |
| 401 | -->'''Naa'leth:''' He is stronger than I imagined!\ |
| 402 | '''Asajj:''' I warned you. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Talia]] |
| 406 | !!Talia |
| 407 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/talia_sw.png]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Angelique Perrin |
| 410 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A Nightsister warrior who serves Mother Talzin. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * DarkActionGirl: As is normal for a Nightsister warrior. |
| 415 | * FacialMarkings: Like all Nightsisters, she has tattoos in a unique pattern on her face. |
| 416 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is not seen being killed alongside the rest of her tribe in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", but since it is stated that all of the tribe was killed, it can be assumed she was KilledOffScreen. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Asajj Ventress's mother]] |
| 420 | !!??? |
| 421 | [[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ventress_mother.png]] |
| 422 | [[caption-width-right:299:The Nightsister with her daughter Ventress]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' |
| 425 | |
| 426 | A Nightsister who was the mother of Asajj Ventress. |
| 427 | ---- |
| 428 | * NoNameGiven: Her name isn't known. |
| 429 | * ParentalAbandonment: She was forced to give her up to the Siniteen criminal Hal'Sted to protect the Nightsisters clan. |
| 430 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her eventual fate is unknown as she's nowhere to be seen even after her daughter returned to Dathomir and became a Nightsister herself. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Nightsister Ghosts]] |
| 434 | !!Nightsister ghosts |
| 435 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightsister_ghosts.png]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Anna Graves (possessor of Sabine Wren), Meredith Salenger (possessor of Kanan Jarrus) |
| 438 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' |
| 439 | |
| 440 | The spirits of fallen Nightsisters that were summoned by former Darth Maul and Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger to use their magic to see the future. |
| 441 | ---- |
| 442 | * BigNo[=/=]RapidFireNo: Sabine's Nightsister ghost, when Ezra pushes a possessed Sabine out of the altar's range. |
| 443 | * DealWithTheDevil: The participants that use their magic in a ritual for their own use must provide the same number of bodies or more for the spirits to use to return to the world of the living. Often it is the participants themselves, but non-participants that are brought in for the trade or just happen to be around work just as well (though don't expect the spirits to not attack the participants after possessing the others, since they still go after Maul and Ezra after getting Sabine and Kanan's bodies). |
| 444 | * DemonicPossession: After they complete their side of the deal, they go after whoever they can possess as your payment. |
| 445 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Per typical of Nightsister magik possessions, the possessed get green eyes with ichor flowing out of them. |
| 446 | * SealedEvilInACan: Maul unleashes them from their altar by using their magic to see the future. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Nightsisters on other pages]] |
| 450 | * Asajj Ventress on [[Characters/StarWarsAsajjVentress on her own]] page. |
| 451 | * Merrin on the [[Characters/StarWarsStingerMantisCrew Stinger Mantis Crew]] page. |
| 452 | * Shelish on the [[Characters/StarWarsAnoatSector Anoat Sector]] page under '''Jhas Krill'''. |
| 453 | * Jerserra on the [[Characters/StarWarsInquisitorius Inquisitorius]] page. |
| 454 | * Morgan Elsbeth on the [[Characters/StarWarsOtherOuterRimWorlds Other Outer Rim Worlds]] page. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 |
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