Emperor's Voice (Sith Empire)

The Emperor's Voice, formally addressed as the Voice of the Emperor by other Sith and also known as the Voice of Darkness, was a position within the reconstituted Sith Empire that was held by the Sith Emperor's host body. First created after a failed assassination attempt in 3950 BBY, the Voice allowed the Emperor to protect his true form as a Force entity while still delivering commands to his servants and carrying out his will. The Emperor utilized many Voices of different species, genders, and ages throughout his lifetime, transferring his consciousness and powers from body to body as his hosts succumbed to the ravaging effects of the dark side.

As the Galactic War ignited between the Empire and the Galactic Republic in 3642 BBY, the Dark Councilor Darth Baras began a coup years in the making as he attempted to take the place of the Voice and thereby become the supreme authority within the Empire. Trapping the true Voice on the planet Voss with the aid of the dark entity Sel-Makor, Baras secured his power base and proclaimed himself to be the Voice of the Emperor before the Dark Council. However, Baras' former apprentice and the newly-appointed Emperor's Wrath killed the true Voice in order to free the Emperor's essence and struck down Baras for his transgression.

The Emperor's next Voice would fall in battle with the prodigal Jedi Knight known as the Hero of Tython, forcing the Emperor's essence into hiding and abolishing the post of Emperor's Voice while his essence healed. While not a true Voice in terms of its place in the Sith Empire, the body of the Human Valkorion had served as the Emperor's second host body for centuries, ruling over the Eternal Empire of the planet Zakuul even as he controlled the Sith Empire through his Voice. Even so, the Emperor was later destroyed by the Commander of the Eternal Alliance.

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