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Dooku | |
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*Count Dooku
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Serenno, Skyriver Galaxy |
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Filo Confederate |
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Serennoan |
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Date of birth: |
80 BBG (1331 N.E.) |
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Male |
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1.93 m (6'3 ft) |
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Black (later white) |
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Brown |
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Light |
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Father: |
Gora (deceased) |
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Mother: |
Anya (deceased) |
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Dooku was a Jedi Master from the Filo Universe who fell to the dark side of the Force and became a Dark Lord of the Sith, known as Darth Tyranus. Born into a noble family on the planet Serenno, he was the heir to vast wealth and the noble title of Count. Dooku was taken by the Jedi Order as a child and apprenticed to Yoda. As a Jedi Knight, he took Qui-Gon Jinn as his first Padawan, and later trained Komari Vosa. Dooku was a respected instructor in the Jedi Temple and one of the most renowned swordsmen in the Filo Skyriver Galaxy, on par only with Masters Yoda and Mace Windu. Reclaiming his birthright as Count of Serenno and his vast fortune, Dooku conspired with Sidious (both of whom were manipulated by the Cruel Lord) to force the Galactic Republic into a full-scaled war that would bring the Sith to power.
He forged ties between corporations and planets discontented with the Republic, and became the leader of the Separatist movement that coalesced into the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Thousands of star systems flocked to Dooku's banner and seceded from the Republic. He recruited and trained four of his greatest warriors to lead the Separatist Droid Army: Durge, the brutish Gen'Dai bounty hunter; Asajj Ventress, Dooku's protégé and Dark Jedi apprentice; General Sev'rance Tann, Chiss commander and Dark Acolyte; and General Grievous, the infamous Jedi-slaying cyborg and droid leader.
By the third year of the Clone Wars, during an operations conducted as a final step for his and his master's final plans, that being his Chancellor persona's "capture", Dooku was captured by the Jedi Order and held on Coruscant waiting trail, but not before revealing who his master was as payback at his master's betrayal and attempt on his life by gloating Anakin into killing him when he was defeated leading to Sidious's place in the Republic removed and ultimately death. But when the newly created Axis of Empires invaded Coruscant, Dooku used the chaos to escape and leaving for Serenno where he remained for thirty years, wishing to be left out of the conflict entirely, but would eventually rejoin the Confederacy as a important figure but no longer its' leader as that was now firmly in the hands of the Confederate Council and Nute Gunray.
He later on become one of the many warlords of the Separatist holdouts following the end of the First Multiverse War.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Dooku was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, where he learned the ways of the Force alongside other younglings.
Jedi induction and initiation[]
Dooku was born in 102 BBY during the High Republic Era, on the planet Serenno to the planet's ruler, Count Gora, and his wife, Countess Anya. The child's Force-sensitivity manifested itself rapidly, scaring his father, who hated and feared those he dismissed as "freaks." Gora contacted the Jedi Order and told them to take his son. However, instead of waiting for the Jedi seekers to arrive, Gora abandoned the infant outside his palace on the edges of the forest without clothes or any form of identification. A seeker rescued Dooku before he froze to death or was eaten by spine-wolves, and brought the child to the Jedi Grand Temple on Coruscant.
Dooku was integrated into Hawk-Bat Clan alongside fellow younglings Zang Arraira, Arath Tarrex, and Sifo-Dyas, under the direction of the Jedi Master Tera Sinube. During his time as a Jedi youngling, he continuously strove to excel, working himself hard to achieve better results than his peers and always striving to remain within the boundaries of the rules set by his teachers. Dooku therefore distanced himself from the other younglings rather than try to befriend them. His talents made him clash with fellow youngling Tarrex, largely due to the latter's jealousy over Dooku's superior abilities. Tarrex frequently insulted Dooku, calling him 'His Excellency' due to his imperious and somewhat aristocratic manner. Dooku and Sifo-Dyas were close friends during their time as younglings, and on one occasion in 90 BBY accompanied Grand Master Yoda and Masters Sinube and Yula Braylon to Serenno for the galactic festival being held there with other Jedi in tow.
As the Masters were demonstrating the proper lightsaber stances, a pair of children set off some thunderburst caps and ran off, Dooku thought he recognized one of them and followed them out to the fairgrounds. There he found the two being harassed by a trio of thugs that were threatening to kidnap them, Dooku used his Force powers and an electroblade to force the criminals to back off. Afterwards, the pair introduced themselves as Jenza and Ramil, though the latter was less than thankful for the Jedi's assistance. When she learned Dooku was from Serenno, Jenza offered to give Dooku a tour of the homeworld he never knew.
They explored the celebration together playing games and tasting the food, becoming fast friends as they got to know each other. Eventually, Jenza took Dooku to the Great Assembly, where she showed him the seals of the seven houses and told him the legend of how her ancestors liberated the planet from the Sith Empire. Though before they could leave Dooku felt drawn to an ancient carving of a beast, that was identified by Jenza as a Tirra'Taka. Ignoring her warning that it was bad luck, he moved to touch it, and as his finger brushed the stone, a groundquake caused the building around them to collapse.
Though Dooku attempted to lift the debris off of them himself, it took the intervention of Master Yoda to free the the two from the rubble. Once the other Masters helped the Grand Master remove the collapsed structure from the area, Count Gora of Serenno furiously confronted Yoda when he heard Dooku's name being voiced, yelling at the Jedi that he never wished to see his son again. It was here that the young Jedi learned that Gora was his Father and Jenza his sister.
Shocked and confused by his father's behavior, Dooku later questioned Yoda about how he was brought into the Jedi Order. The elder Jedi revealed that Gora had contacted the Jedi upon discovering his son's Force-sensitivity, and that he had left Dooku outside his castle walls without clothes or identification. Dooku would learn shortly after that being left on the edge of the forest put him at risk of being eaten alive by Spine-wolves had he not been found. Upon arriving back at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, his injuries were quickly healed and the young Jedi quickly threw himself back into his training. Dooku using this practice to vent his frustrations at Count Gora for abandoning him, and furthermore to think deeply about what he might have been if he had never become a Jedi. At this time an attendant arrived with a communications device that would allow him to speak to his sister, and they stayed in contact for many years.
Two years later, after a lesson in the Jedi Archives Sifo-Dyas revealed to Dooku he had come into possession of the journal of the expelled Jedi; Klias Teradine, which revealed to him the existence of the Bogan Collection inside the Jedi Archives. Sifo convinced Dooku that they should break in to see the dark side artifacts. Dooku later used sand levitation to get past the magnetic lock. There they witnessed many dark objects, weapons, and scrolls the Jedi had collected over their history. Dooku in particular was drawn to a piece of metal that seemed to connect him to the same Tirra'Taka he had first encountered on Serenno. This frightened the boy, who lashed out through the Force and accidentally threw Sifo-Dyas through a cabinet, alerting the Chief Librarian, Restelly Quist, to their actions.
The two initiates were brought to the infirmary where Sifo's injuries were treated, and they were confronted by Masters Yoda and Braylon, who each expressed a deep disappointment in how they had broken the rules and betrayed their trust. As the Masters were lecturing them, their discussion was interrupted by the arrival of Lene Kostana, who expressed great concern over the security of the Bogan Collection since two younglings had been able to break in. Dooku and Sifo-Dyas watched the Masters debate their conflicting views on how best to train the next generation to confront the Dark Side. Afterwards, they were assigned to decipher the Lothal Papyri, a collection of agricultural treatises, under the watchful eyes of Librarian Quist. As they served their penance, they had another encounter with Lene Kostana who was surprised that Yoda was still using the same treatises as punishment for misbehaved younglings, and playfully referred to the Grand Master as a goblin which offended Dooku. As she left, Sifo-Dyas discovered she slipped him a book: The Bestiary of Darth Caldoth. Dooku encouraged his friend to tell someone about the text, but Sifo refused.
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Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn attempt to locate Senator Dagonet's son.
This event greatly disturbed Dooku, who began to think Master Kostana might secretly be a Sith, one day he confronted her on the contemplation balcony demanding to know why she gave his friend the Sith script. She said the book was a test, though Dooku sensed a great deal of frustration and anger in her which he believed legitimized his theory. The two engaged in a short duel, during which Master Kostana played an act of goading him on, using the tale of Darth Sakia as a lesson by comparing Dooku's curved-hilt lightsaber to the fictional Sith's weapon, and revealing she was aware of Dooku's curious connection to the Tirra'Taka. Unfortunately Kostana quickly lost control of the situation as Dooku began a frenzy of attacks that began wearing down her defenses. Their fight was broken up by the timely intervention of Master Yoda who calmed the initiate down and convinced him that he had jumped to conclusions. The Grand Master then chided the Altiri on her constant need to test the initiates by exposing them to dark side artifacts. Following this event Dooku began to spend more time with Master Kostana, as he started to look to her as a mentor figure, since he took a great deal of interest in her work studying the dark side, her theories concerning the Sith, and even her pet convor Ferana. He visited her nearly every time she returned to the Temple following her missions.
After Life[]
Dooku's past was somewhat similar to his Viau counterpart, only at the point during the First Battle of Coruscant nearing the end of the Clone Wars, Dooku survived the duel with Anakin when he was betrayed by Palpatine, his master and in truth Darth Sidious and realising that Anakin Skywalker was to be his successor as the apprentice. Rather than accept his death at the moment of Anakin', Dooku used the force despite his severed hands and escaped, but not before giving Skywalker a warning: "Do not trust him, he is not who you think he is." Taken an escape shuttle to make his retreat and ordered the fleet to retreat, being betrayed by his now former master, Dooku cannot remain in the open for long if Darth Sidious remains alive and Darth Maul would not be a likely ally. He would seek out potential dark Jedi to work alongside him and prepare for the coming changes.
Receiving word from Puggle the Lesser during their retreat to Mustafar, he was astonished to learn of the death of the chancellor who was revealed to the galaxy as the Dark Lord of the Sith and orchestrated the war. Speaking with the members of the Separatists Alliance to recover and while he has played his role under him, but showed great compassionate of the Confederacy and not allow this to lose the war as the Republic is in disarray of the news and squabble among themselves.
First Multiverse War[]
Having to escaped his death, he decided to give Nut Gunray temporally control of the Confederacy and supported the decision to join forces with the Empire of the Combine Race, but advised him to be most cautious with the Galactic Empire, especially the Emperor Palpatine when told him of his counterpart's unfortunate demise by their version of Skywalker (although not aware at the time that Anakin was Darth Vader). He took refuge to a secluded world to gather information about the potential allies and enemies alike while recover his wounds after the battle. With General Grievous killed by Kenobi in the Battle of Utapau he had gave the order to find a new general in his place and a new apprentice to train with a new age.
Gathering information of Galactic Empire, not only was it an ultimate regime but also the opposite of both the Republic and the Confederacy due to their human supremism, no doubt a plan set up by Palpatine to control the other alien races, intrigued by this Darth Vader but chose not to confront him upon hearing the reports of his battles against the Rebels in their universe and the Allies.
Profession[]
Personality[]
Master Dooku was an accomplished philosopher, orator, politician, and warrior, regarded as one of the greatest Jedi ever for his strength of character and his strength in the Force. Yoda considered him to be the Temple's greatest student, and he considered Dooku's fall to be one of the Order's greatest failures. Toward the end of the Clone Wars, Dooku had been a practitioner of the Force for nearly eight decades, and a Sith Lord for more than ten years.
By learning of alternate realities when he joined the Axis, he was most cautious with the alternate variant of his late master who betrayed him and learnt of his counterpart's fate in the end of the Viau Clone Wars.
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Notes[]
- Everything that has happened to him from the start of the Clone Wars to the third year are the same as canon, serving as the defacto leader of the Confederacy until the assault on Coruscant.
- Rather then being killed by Anakin, he was captured, much to Sidious's rage, but as a result he lost both of his hands and has replaced them with cybernetic hands after he escaped, said cybernetics are usually hidden but they are made from top of the line materials showcasing his wealth.
- Due to being betrayed by his master and the realization that he was nothing but a pawn in his schemes, Dooku effectively hid himself from everyone on his homeworld for 30 years before rejoining the conflict as important figure of the Confederacy, just not pulling the strings anymore.