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The family of the Sith Lord Darth Maul was made up of Dathomirians from the Outer Rim Territories planet Dathomir. Born to the Nightsister Mother Talzin and a nightbrother, Maul was raised in the culture of the Nightbrothers, along with his brothers Savage Opress and Feral Opress. Talzin also had a daughter, who's birth nearly caused Talzin her life. Taken in by a Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine, as a child, Maul would not be reunited with his family until the Clone Wars, in which he and Opress cut a path of destruction across the galaxy.

History

Talzin and her daughter

Talzin was a female Dathomirian and member of the Nightsisters,^[17] a group of covens^[18] of the Witches of Dathomir culture found on the Outer Rim Territories planet Dathomir.^[19] In 31 BBY, leader of the coven Mother Zalem was killed^[18] by her daughter Ros Lai, during an incident involving the Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos.^[20] In the period following the numerous Nightsister clans became volatile, however Talzin united them all into one singular Nightsister coven.^[18] Previously, the Nightsister clans had been led by both a Mother and a Shaman. In Talzin's unified Nightsisters however, Talzin instituted herself as both Mother and Shaman.^[16] During this time, she became affiliated with the Bardottan Frangawl Cult, which worshipped her and referred to her as the "Great Mother."

Talzin was also the mother to multiple daughters. In her religious manifesto Wild Power,^[16] published sometime between 22 BBY and 20 BBY,^[21] she stated that while she was giving birth to her firstborn daughter, she was struck with an ailment that would have left her dead. She was saved by the Spirits, embodiments of the Force in Nightsister mythology, while experiencing a vision. A survivor, Talzin credited this event as her first experience with the Spirits, and part of her elevation into the role of a Shaman. Assembled by Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious sometime between 19 BBY and 18 BBY, Wild Power was one of many writings collected in the Sith historical and cultural book, Book of Sith.^[16]

Beginning of a legacy

Sometime before 54 BBY,^[22] Talzin gave birth to her eldest son Savage Opress.^[23] In 54 BBY, Talzin gave birth to a second son, Maul.^[22] Since birth, Maul and Savage became members of the Nightbrothers, a group of Dathomirian malelings^[3] used as breeding partners^[19] and warriors for the Nightsisters.^[7] Maul's father was killed shortly after his birth, due to Nightsister tradition which established that a Nightbrother would be killed following his son's birth.^[3] Dathomirian males also rarely met their biological mothers, given that they were largely seperated until Nightbrothers were necessary.^[24] That same year,^[3] the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious came to Dathomir in search of Dark side knowledge that his master Darth Plagueis had not taught him.^[3] During this time, Sidious and Talzin met, working together to mingle Dathomir Magic with Dark side abilities as used by the Sith. Sidious promised to make Talzin his own apprentice, but realized the potential in Maul, stealing him from Talzin and taking him off-world to train him. Having realized this, Talzin vowed revenge on Sidious for taking her son.^[2] At some point afterwards,^[22] she gave birth to her third son Feral.^[23]

From the age of one^[3] Maul trained under Sidious, first as a Sith assassin,^[3] and later as a Dark Lord of the Sith and member of the Order of the Sith Lords.^[25] As part of his training, Maul became a student at the Orsis Academy on the planet Orsis and was overseen by Sidious and headmaster Trezza. Forced to solely utilize his physical prowess rather than his Force abilities in combat sparring, Maul often found himself utilizing them anyways on occassions, which angered his fellow student Meltch Krakko.^[26] In 39 BBY,^[27] Krakko traveled to Dathomir and informed Mother Talzin of Maul's presence on Orsis, driven by exceeding anger of Maul's force abilities. Intending to bring Maul back to his homeworld, Talzin and three Nightsisters arrived at the Academy and took an abducted Maul to the Orsis Orbital Station. With no knowledge of the fact that Talzin was his mother, Maul insisted that he would not be returning to Dathomir. Unknown to Talzin, Krakko had also hired the warlord Osika Kirske to take the Dathomirian women as part of his army. In the ensuing chaos, Maul and the Nightsisters worked together and defeated the mercenaries. Afterwards, Sidious insisted to Talzin that Maul was his, and the Nightsisters returned to Dathomir empty handed.^[26]

The fall of a Sith Lord

In his many years working as a tool of Sidious and Plagueis,^[3] Maul considered the possibility that his parents had spent time searching for him,^[25] not knowing that his father was dead.^[3] Meanwhile, Savage and Feral grew up within the Nightbrother village on Dathomir, completely unaware of the existence of their brother.^[7] Maul was equally unaware of the existence of his brothers and was disconnected from much of his early life on Dathomir.^[26] In 32 BBY,^[28] Sidious orchestrated the invasion of the planet Naboo whcich allowed him to rise to the position of Supreme Chancellor in the Galactic Senate. During the involvement of the Jedi Order in the crisis, Sidious deployed Maul to the world Tatooine, where his duel with Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn made him the first Sith known to the Jedi since the^[9] Seventh Battle of Ruusan^[29] in 1000 BBY.^[30] In a second duel with Jinn and his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, Maul killed Jinn at the Plasma Refinery Complex in the Naboo^[9] capital city^[31] of Theed. Maul then dueled Kenobi, who used Qui-Gon's lightsaber to cut Maul into two halves at the waist.^[9]

As he fell down a reactor shaft, Maul's intense hatred for Kenobi manifested in the Force, allowing him to stay alive as he grabbed onto an air vent^[32] and eventually arriving at the bottom in a pool of water. From here, his upper body was transported to the trash world of Lotho Minor. When he arrived on Lotho Minor, he met the Anacondan Morley who brought the Sith to his lair. Maul fashioned himself a six-legged cybernetic apparatus using the Force, which allowed him mobility. His mind became engulfed by rage for Kenobi, and his mind was driven into utter insanity, surviving off of sustenance provided to him by Morley.^[33] For the following years, Maul was perceived dead to the galaxy at large, notably the Jedi^[9][34] and his former master Sidious.^[25] His mother, Talzin was the only person aware of Maul's survival.^[10]

Family reunion

In 20 BBY^[35] the former Sith assassin Asajj Ventress returned home to Dathomir after she was betrayed by her master Count Dooku, at the orders of his master Sidious. A Nightsister by birth, Ventress requested Mother Talzin's help in getting revenge on Dooku, and Dooku himself spoke with Talzin seeking out a new apprentice. This morphed into a plot by the two Nightsisters to provide Dooku with a Nightbrother as an apprentice, whom they could later activate to help Asajj kill Dooku.^[6] Ventress was sent to the Nightbrother village to begin the Selection, a series of three tests used to determine the most capable of the participating Nightbrothers. Two of the many Nightbrothers participating, Savage and Feral survived until the very end, mostly due to Savage's bravery and guidance of his younger brother. Ventress selected Savage and brought him back to the Nightsister fortress. Brought before his mother and a group of other Nightsisters, Savage was transformed by magick into a taller, stronger, and more obedient version of himself. Forced to complete a test of allegiance, Feral was brought before Savage, who was made to strangle his brother to death.^[7]

Family tree

Talzin[2] ♀

Maul's father[3] ♂

Maul[3] ♂

Talzin's firstborn daughter[16] ♀

Feral Opress[36] ♂

Savage Opress[36] ♂

Behind the scenes

In the novel Darth Plagueis and short story "Restraint,"^[26] Kycina is stated to be the mother of Darth Maul.^[3] However, the third issue of Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir states that the mother of Maul is Mother Talzin.^[2] As Son of Dathomir is the most recent source, this article assumes the comic holds precedence.

A possible descendant or clone of Maul was considered for the cancelled Star Wars video game Battle of the Sith Lords by Red Fly Studio. The idea of the original Maul cloning himself or continuing his bloodline came as a solution for George Lucas' request to include Darth Talon in the plot despite her belonging to the Star Wars: Legacy era set more than one hundred years after Maul's life, with Lucas suggesting that through this way, Maul could still get to interact with Talon.^[37]

As part of the GameStop exclusive preorder of the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, an exclusive avatar of a non-canon character named Maulkiller was given to players of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. Maulkiller was created by Darth Vader using the genetic material of the Jedi Galen Marek and Darth Maul.^[38]

Appearances

Non-canon appearances

• "Perfect Evil" (Vision to Darth Vader)

Sources

Non-canon sources

• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars: Prima Official Game Guide
• LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Dark Side

Notes and references

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