The Ronin

The Ronin was the alias used by a male human former Sith who wandered the far edge of the Outer Rim Territories in the aftermath of the Sith rebellion. He would later be nicknamed as Grim. The Ronin had begun the rebellion as the Dark Lord of the Sith and led the Sith armies in battle after they broke away from the Jedi clans, seeking to control their own destinies and end the cycle of never-ending wars between rival feudal lords and their Jedi knights.

The lords formed alliances as they sent their Jedi to battle the Dark Lord, his witch, their forces, and the Sith demons that the witch resurrected after their deaths. However, the Dark Lord grew disenchanted with what the Sith became during their rebellion and turned on his followers, ending the rebellion. The Dark Lord renounced the Sith, shed his former identity, and became the Ronin. After the rebellion failed, the former rival lords led a revitalized Empire.

Accompanied by the faithful astromech droid R5-D56, the Ronin wandered through the Outer Rim in a self-imposed exile and did not speak about his past. Pledging allegiance to no clan, he made it his life's mission to hunt and eliminate other Sith, collecting their kyber crystals to prevent them from causing any more evil. He was both guided and taunted by the disembodied voice of his daughter Mirahi in his head, whose identity was unknown to him and to whom he sometimes responded aloud.

Twenty years after his rebellion, he came upon a village on the planet Genbara that was being attacked by Bandit Troopers led by Kouru, who claimed the title of Dark Lord of the Sith. Their lightsaber duel ended when the Ronin killed her; however, she awoke from her death as a Sith demon. His path brought him into contact with the Traveler and the crew of the Poor Crow, who sought his help in confronting the witch and uncovering the secrets of the planet Rei'izu, the former capital of the Empire who had seemingly vanished from the galaxy.

His travels led him to the planet Dekien in search of a shard of the kyber mirror of Shinsui Temple, to the Imperial Dreadnought Reverent where he escaped capture by Lord Hanrai, and ultimately to Rei'izu, where he confronted Mirahi. Choosing reconciliation over conflict, he joined forces with her against the Jedi, banding with the crew of the Poor Crow.

Sometime later, the Ronin and R5-D56 found themselves on the planet Olcatz. There, they were pursued by a Jedi known as the Grand Master, who desired revenge on the Ronin due to a prior incident in which the Jedi was maimed and disfigured by Grim. The two dueled, but the former Sith managed to escape. The Grand Master and his followers, the Crusaders, placed the planet under lockdown while the Ronin joined forces with the Anzellan Que-Dama and his crew to strike back against the Jedi. In the ensuing battle, the Ronin aided in fighting off the Crusaders, eventually killing the Grand Master in a duel.

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