Vodo Bonias

Vodo Bonias
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Imperial Service
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Prior Service	Emperor of the Galactic Empire Dark Lord of the Sith
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Vodo Bonias was the third and tenth Emperor of the Galaxy. He also ruled as Emperor of the separatist Dark Empire and was a well raided their home on Corellia and executed his adoptive parents, who had been aiding enemies of the Republic and even caused the death of a Republican officer. His little sister of five years old was taken away to protect her from the dangerous influence of her family, leaving the young Vodo alone with his grandmother, who took care of him until he reached the age of sixteen and considered himself old enough to take care of himself.

He had always known he was force sensitive, but his family discouraged him from developing his skills out of fear that the Galactic Republic would send troops to kill him, or that perhaps he would grow too powerful and fall to the Dark Side. After leaving his grandmother, he met a young Jedi named Barak Golan who offered to teach him the ways of the Force. Together, they travelled to Tatooine to train. His training progressed well untilHe recognized how powerful his hatred and anger had made him and in order to protect himself from the Republic, he left Tatooine for the Obsidian Temple, where he studied under Gita Nareek. He joined the Order of the Dark Hand and continued to train for several years until Gita Nareek expelled him from the Order for unknown reasons, although his disobedient behaviour was probably a key factor in his expulsion. Only a few days later, he was contacted by a man named Natah Matrus, who had been expelled from the Order as well. Natah encouraged Vodo to enlist in the newly formed Galactic Empire, while secretly training under him. Matrus was a disturbing figure. He murdered people only so he could drink their blood and he was always accompanied by a Dathomir witch. But his personality each other instead. However, Vodo would slowly realise that she weakened him, by showing that he could still love somebody. It wasn't long before she gave birth to a son, but the child would not survive for long, because his father killed the child as soon as possible, him. Around this time, he was a Captain in the Imperial Navy. His commanding officer, Admiral Drayson, took control of the Empire and became the new Emperor. Emperor Drayson appointed Vodo as commanding officer of one of his fleets.

===First Reign===position he might have expected. With the flight of Drayson, the throne nominally fell to his Naval Commanding Officer, Admiral Suntzu. Attempting to mollify Bonias and consolidate his rule, Suntzu approved Bonias' rank of Admiral and additionally appointed him Moff of the Boeus of the [rder of Darkness]], while revealing a great secret: he was a disciple of one of the many Sith Orders that had been established since the Battle of Ruusan nearly a thousand years ago. General Balseraph, together with his followers, decided to support Drayson, giving the Order Dyvel Price consorted with Evax, one of her officers, to defect to the Order of Darkness. This was successful, and the Imperial Navy was deprived of a significant portion of its force. Near simultaneously, many senior military officers were purged. The Order would only achieve a few minor victories before disappearing following Drayson's death however.and Imperial Army posing a constant threat and with onlyVodo continued his Imperial service under Emperor Spytek and during this time, he created his own organisation: the Majestic 12, also known as MJ12. This organisation consisted of several secret agents who were loyal to only Vodo and who had to ensure that he always maintained power. It was around this time that Vodo claimed the title of "Warlord" for himself.

When Admiral Piett, a Sith Lord and former apprentice of Vodo, led his followers in the Navy to overthrow the young Emperor, the Empire saw a new age of strength and stability. However, his reign was a conservative one, and many officers wished for drastic reforms to be made. It was the traitorous Warlord who once more sought to overthrow the Emperor, not because he wanted advancements to be made, but because he had lost control over his old apprentice, and he encouraged many high-ranking Imperials to start a revolt against Piett. The coup was unsuccesful and its ring leaders, Grand Admiral Gorn Veynom, Admiral Gunther von Esling, and Surface Marshall Trey Connel were arrested and accused of ===Rise of the Sith=== Warlord Vodo would reappear later, when his Sith Order merged with the Imperial Core, forming the Dark Empire. He claimed the title of Emperor once more and together with his Dark Lord, Simms, who had taken on the name of Darth Knyte, he prepared the reunification of the Galactic Empire, lead by Emperor Charon. Charon, ever distrustful of the deceitful Vodo and his followers, stayed on the Throne after the merger, but appointed Count Greyson Uebles, a member of the Dark Empire, as his Executor, as part of the compromise. Vodo in turn created a secretive fleet, the Dark H Fleet, outside the chain of command that incorporated many loyal and high ranking officers as well as several Dark Jedi and Sith, this fleein the Dark Empire's success.

There was a lot of conflict and competition between the supporters of Charon and Vodo. When Emperor Charon ordered ISB-General Matrel Byden to arrest the Commanding Officer of the Dark Hand Fleet, Vice Admiral Jennifer Dreighton, and to dissolve the fleet, the "Vodoists" rose up against the Emperor. Count Uebles revealed himself to be a Sith Lord and claimed the Throne for himself, offering Charon a position on his High Command. The overthrown Emperor turned down the offer and incited his followers to defect. The Charonists would eventually form the New Imperial Order. Uebles remained as the new Emperor, but many considered him to be yet another puppet of Vodo, and in many cases, this was true. Vod===Second Reign=== The second reign of Vodo initially proved to be more succesful than his first, but eventually the Empire's growth would come to a halt once more. The newest Emperor introduced minor reforms in several branches and under his rule, the Empire was victorious in two major campaigns, Allied Tion and the Bacta Wars. Problems first started arising in the Navy, where there was growing discontent amongst the officers. They petitioned for Admiral Zerk, Vodo's Commanding Officer of the Navy, to be removed, a request which the Emperor reluctantly approved. Vodo's reign was characterised by favouritism however, and instead of punishing Zerk for alienating the Imperial Navy, he granted Zerk the rank of Grand Moff and appointed him as head of the Regional Government. Several Imperials -Charonists in particular- would use the hate for Zerk to create a revolt against Emperor Bonias. They held a secret meeting to discuss the future of the Empire and came to the conclusion that the Empire could not prosper under the current Emperor. A broadcast was made to encourage all Imperiels to rise up against Vodo. With the help of Admiral Slicer and Captain Michael Pangborn, Vodo managed to stay in control and hd Although several reforms were made during this reign, many were either minor changes or simply made the state of the Empire even worse. The Empire was marred by corruption, favouritism, defections, conservatism, and so on. The Sith were free to do as they pleased, since their mastwas the Emperor, resulting in a true reign of terror. However, in his bid for more power, Vodo was responsible for the creation of the Imperial Union, an alliance between the Empire and the Hapes Consortium. With his City-State Accords, he also managed to bring several governments and factions under the control of the Empire, however many of those would eventually betray the Emperor, such as the New Anzat Order. His reign also saw the takeover of the Kathol Republic.

The Sith Master managed to recruit more governments to the Imperial Union, such as Mandalore, the Trade Federation and the Tion Hegemony, although this was mainly accomplished by his Vizier of Diplomacy, Jarek Sankin, rather than by the Emperor himself, who was growing more and more delusional over time, alienating many of the Empire's allies and members. The enemies of the Empire made fun of him while his own Imperials were the only ones who feared him, knowing that one wrong action or word could mean their banishment or even death.

=The Beginning of the End

In the meae,ifluence grew once more. Emperor Vodo Bonias, in order to silence voices of protest, promised several times to abdicate in favour of CherokeeHe didn't seem willing to hold his promises however and many Imperials, even those who had never been part of the New Imperial Order, believed it was time for him to leave. Moff Azrakh Raleep, a Sith Lord, and Grand Vizier Seele made plans to have pardoned and given permission to return later.

The rule of the Sith would continue until Year 11 Day 291, when Grand Moff Orphaea Imperium and other members of the Imperium family transferred most of the Empire's assets to their own accounts and convinced many Imperial planets to join their cause. The Grand Moff sent a message to every member of the Empire in which he explained his actions, stating that he had only one demand: the removal of Vodo Bonias as Emperor and Thomas Cherokee replacing him. Vodo held a crisis meeting with his High Command and claimed that he would agree to the demands. However, he secretly made an agreement with Executor Cherokee so that Cherokee would only temporarily take over the title of Emperor, until everything had been returned to the Empire. Cherokee had gathered so much support by now however, that he chose not to return the Throne to Bonias and was granted the title and mantle of Emperor, the first new Emperor in more than six years, finally bringing an end to the oppressive rule of the Sith Vodo was offered the chance to stay as Dark Lord of the Sith, but his pride was too damaged and the fallen Emperor and Dark Lord fled into the Unknown Region | position = Emperor of the Galactic Empire | predecessor = Suntzu | successor = Spytek | name = Vodo Bonas | time = Year -2 Day 350 - Year -1 Day 200 }}

Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Preceded By: Greyson Uebles	Vodo Bonas Year 5 Day159 - Year 11 Day 292	Succeeded By: Thomas Cherokee

{{SuccessionBoxG | = Unknow | successor= Dorian Tecto | name = Vodo Bonias | time = Unknown }