Vodo Bonias

Vodo Bonias
Biographical Information
Race	Unknown
Homeworld	Unknown
Mother	Unknown
Father	Unknown
Spouse	Unknown
Siblings	Unknown
Children	Unknown
Born	Unknown
Imperial Service
Branch	COMPNOR
Positions	Sith Lord
Prior Service	Emperor
Awards	Unknown

Vodo Bonias was the third and tenth Emperor of the Galaxy. He also ruled as Emperor of the separatist Dark Empire and was a well known Sith Lord.

History

Bad Youth

Vodo Bonias was an orphan who never knew his birth parents and was adopted by a Corellian family of smugglers. When he was only ten years old, the Galactic Republic raided their home on Corellia and executed his adoptive parents, who had been aiding enemies of the Republic and even caused the death of a Republican officer. His little sister of five years old was taken away to protect her from the dangerous influence of her family, leaving the young Vodo alone with his grandmother, who took care of him until he reached the age of sixteen and considered himself old enough to take care of himself.

He had always known he was force sensitive, but his family discouraged him from developing his skills out of fear that the Galactic Republic would send troops to kill him, or that perhaps he would grow too powerful and fall to the Dark Side. After leaving his grandmother, he met a young Jedi named Barak Golan who offered to teach him the ways of the Force. Together, they travelled to Tatooine to train. His training progressed well until a few years later, a Republic commando unit raided the Meleenium shop owned by Golan and killed him for crimes committed against the government, including several acts of terrorism. Not considering the young Vodo a threat, they left him unharmed. But inside, the anger burned at the loss of both his parents and master.

Fall to the Dark Side

He recognized how powerful his hatred and anger had made him and in order to protect himself from the Republic, he left Tatooine for the Obsidian Temple, where he studied under Gita Nareek. He joined the Order of the Dark Hand and continued to train for several years until Gita Nareek expelled him from the Order for unknown reasons, although his disobedient behaviour was probably a key factor in his expulsion. Only a few days later, he was contacted by a man named Natah Matrus, who had been expelled from the Order as well. Natah encouraged Vodo to enlist in the newly formed Galactic Empire, while secretly training under him. Matrus was a disturbing figure. He murdered people only so he could drink their blood and he was always accompanied by a Dathomir witch. But his personality would clearly affect Bonias, who would later start to resemble his former master. During his time in the Empire, he would frequent cantinas, where he met a girl named Kammy, who was married to a General in the Empire. The two worked together to kill her husband, so that they could marry each other instead. However, Vodo would slowly realise that she weakened him, by showing that he could still love somebody. It wasn't long before she gave birth to a son, but the child would not survive for long, because his father killed the child as soon as possible, fearing that Kammy Bonias would use the child to manipulate him and weaken him even more. She never forgave him for this act and they parted ways.

One dark night at the cantina, Matrus ordered Vodo to his side, as usual. Nobody knows what they discussed that day, but a few hours later, Vodo betrayed his master and murdered him. Around this time, he was a Captain in the Imperial Navy. His commanding officer, Admiral Drayson, took control of the Empire and became the new Emperor. Emperor Drayson appointed Vodo as commanding officer of one of his fleets.

First Reign

Vodo considered himself to be superior to the Emperor in every way however, and plotted against him. Drayson's fleet had begun a routine deployment to fend off another unidentified attack on Imperial territory. Commanding one of the sections of the fleet was Captain Vodo Bonias. Having won the battle, Drayson's ship was fired upon by forces loyal to Bonias. Suffering critical damage, Drayson's forces were driven off for parts unknown, while Bonias' forces acclaimed him Admiral and he returned to Coruscant triumphant. Bonias would not return to the position he might have expected. With the flight of Drayson, the throne nominally fell to his Naval Chief of Staff, Admiral Suntzu. Attempting to mollify Bonias and consolidate his rule, Suntzu approved Bonias' rank of Admiral and additionally appointed him Moff of the Boeus Sector. At the same time, he initiated projects favouring the Imperial Navy, drawing the ire of General Balseraph, Commander of the Imperial Army. This soon spread into almost direct conflict between Balseraph's Army and the Navy under Suntzu and Bonias. Heavily beset with troubles, and his popularity with the public rapidly decreasing, Suntzu gave up the throne after a mere month and retired into obscurity. After all this time, Vodo Bonias finally had the throne he had so heavily desired.

See also

• Emperors of the Galaxy

Succession

Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Preceded By: Suntzu	Vodo Bonias	Succeeded By: Spytek

Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Preceded By: Greyson Uebles	Vodo Bonias Year 5 Day 159 - Year 11 Day 292	Succeeded By: Thomas Cherokee