Darth Zhen

Darth Zhen was a human Dark Lord of the Sith who served the Sith Empire as the vice leader of the Neophyte Council.

Born in 3076 BBY to an abusive mother, Zhen was apprenticed by the pureblood blacksmith Toras who mentored the boy. In 3063 BBY, Toras was killed by the rogue Sith Farveil. The young Zhen was then taken under the wing of Darth Kysus who oversaw his training at the Sith Academy, after which, Zhen became Kysus' apprentice.

During a battle in the Valley of the Dark Lords, Zhen, then a Lord, murdered Kysus after the Darth refused to rescue a batch of endangered civilians. Zhen was subsequently promoted to the rank of Darth and discovered a pureblood child named Vycerant. Sensing a great power sleeping in the boy, Zhen took the boy to the Sith Academy where Vycerant became his apprentice.

Zhen and Vycerant formed an unusually friendly master-apprentice friendship which grew as they fought alongside each other during the Great Annexing. Despite their tendency to agree that the Empire was corrupt and in need of reformation, Vycerant felt that Zhen had become hypocritical in his ideology when his master displayed especial brutality during the Invasion of Coruscant. After Vycerant became disillusioned with the Empire, Zhen felt the doubt in his apprentice and confronted him about it. The ensuing argument became a duel, during which Vycerant killed Zhen in front of his entire battalion.

Appearances
Bright Shadow
 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 2
 * Chapter 3
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 8
 * Chapter 9
 * Chapter 10
 * Chapter 11
 * Chapter 12
 * Chapter 13
 * Chapter 14
 * Chapter 15
 * Chapter 16
 * Chapter 17
 * Chapter 18