Alliance Commander

The Alliance Commander, also known as the Outlander, was a legendary Force-sensitive champion of the Galactic Republic responsible for leading the Eternal Alliance against the tyrannical Eternal Empire and destroying the ancient dark-side entity Tenebrae.

The champion rose to renown as one of the Galactic Republic's greatest heroes across the Galactic War and, during the Revanite Crisis, led an incursion of the Sith homeworld of Korriban and reclaimed the fallen Jedi homeworld of Tython in turn. The champion soon established a grand coalition between the Republic and Sith Empire to oppose the Order of Revan's conspiracy to infiltrate the galactic governments and resurrect the former Sith Emperor Vitiate. Although the legendary Force user Revan and his armies were defeated, Vitiate's spirit fed off the battle and reawakened. The champion intercepted Vitiate on Ziost but failed to stop him from destroying the planet. The champion was eventually captured and brought before the hidden Eternal Empire led by Vitiate himself under the moniker and visage of the Eternal Emperor Valkorion. Valkorion's son Arcann used the opportunity to assassinate his father, whose spirit then co-inhabited "the Outlander," and seize control of the Eternal Throne for himself.

Arcann encased the Outlander in carbonite and conquered Imperial and Republic space with his unmatched Eternal Fleet. A strike team lead by the Sith Lord Lana Beniko and accompanied by a T7-O1 and Koth Vortena eventually rescued the Outlander and helped the champion discover the Gravestone—an unparalleled ancient superweapon. Although the Outlander and allies were nearly destroyed in an ambush by Arcann at the Asylum, they escaped and established the Alliance against Zakuul on the planet Odessen. Rallying Imperial and Republic remnants and amassing wealth and weapons, the Alliance soon grew to oppose the Eternal Empire. During the pivotal battle of Odessen, the recently dubbed "Commander," empowered by Valkorion's spirit and the teachings of Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan and Dark Councillor Darth Marr, defeated Arcann in combat. Arcann was spared, but the advanced artificial intelligence SCORPIO betrayed the Commander and seized the Eternal Fleet for Valkorion's daughter Vaylin—now the Eternal Empress.

Vaylin directed a vengeful campaign to locate and destroy the wayland Arcann and their mother Senya, eventually laying siege to the planet Voss, but the Commander's forces soon drove her away. A redeemed Arcann, seeking to atone for his past deeds, joined the Commander on the Eternal Empire throneworld of Zakuul and helped turn the public against Vaylin. Desperate, Vaylin attacked Odessen but was ultimately killed by the Commander. Without any to control the Eternal Throne, the Eternal Fleet went rogue and moved to exterminate all life. The Commander led the Alliance to triumph over the Eternal Empire's remnants on Zakuul and secure the Throne, pacifying the Fleet. However, Valkorion's spirit revealed he had guided the Commander to defeat his children so that he could take over the champion's body and rule the galaxy as an heroic liberator. In a final clash of wills, the Commander, aided by Valkorion's own family and a mystical holocron retrieved from Nathema, banished the ancient entity into the void.

The Commander proclaimed a new era of galactic peace under the Eternal Alliance. However, the rebuilding Galactic Republic and Sith Empire soon jockeyed for control over the Six Gods of Iokath—ancient super weapons related to the Eternal Fleet and Gravestone. The Commander allied with the Republic and led a strike force to destroy the Six Gods. The fanatical Order of Zildrog, seeking to avenge the fallen Eternal Empire, later awakened another ancient superweapon—Zildrog. Although the Commander defeated the Order before it could wreak galactic havoc, the Eternal Fleet and Gravestone were ultimately destroyed. The Empire, emboldened with the return of the Sith champion Darth Malgus, invaded Ossus and Corellia but were decisively rebuked by the Commander and joint Republic-Alliance forces. The weakened Alliance soon dissolved and reorganized under the Republic. After discovering a final vestige of Valkorion's spirit remained, the Commander joined Satele Shan and many of history's greatest champions to destroy him once and for all.

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