Darth Tormenus

Darth Tormenus, born Varian, was a Force-sensitive human male and self-declared Sith Lord during the New Republic era. Born six years prior to the Clone Wars, Varian's parents were veterans of a war from their homeworld, and refugees to Coruscant. Varian's father would eventually suffer from PTSD, becoming abusive towards his family. The violence reached a point of setting Varian over the edge, and in a fit of rage he triggered his inner Force abilities and murdered his parents in cold blood. Escaping to the Coruscant underworld before the authorities could discover him, and there tried to live for several months before being discovered by a hooded man by the name of Saronith. Varian became Saronith's apprentice, the latter promising to teach him to control this dark power so that he may never be weak again.

As the Galactic Empire took over the galaxy, Varian learned under Saronith in the ways of the dark side, in the process becoming a member of the latter's criminal syndicate, the Ebon Blade. As a teenager, Varian became a key member of the Ebon Blade, acting as Saronith's right hand man. He possessed a natural ability to inflict fear upon those around him by means of the dark side, a power that Saronith would use to have his way in business ventures. Over time, Varian's affinity to the dark side strengthened, as well as his dissatisfaction with his master. As time passed, he slowly came to believe that Saronith viewed him as little more than a tool, not so much the apprentice he was meant to be. Saronith slowly became less focused on the dark side, and more so on business and expanding the syndicate. Varian realized his master was just as weak as he was, and thus began seeking out sources of Sith knowledge on his own.