Unreviewed Garmyr of the Dark-Between

[Darth Carnifex]

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• Intent: Create an evil wolf companion
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  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
• Role: Dark Loth-wolf Companion
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• Age: Unknown (Adult)
• Force Sensitivity: Force User
• Species: Loth-wolf
• Appearance: Once a noble white Loth-wolf that roamed the grasslands and mountains of Lothal, Garmyr has been irrevocably transformed through years of Sith alchemy and prolonged immersion in the Dark Side under the guidance of Darth Carnifex. He stands nearly 3.6 meters at the shoulder and measures over 8 meters from muzzle to tail, making him significantly larger than even the greatest naturally occurring Loth-wolves. Despite his immense size, he moves with impossible silence, each step unnaturally weightless, as though the shadows themselves bear his burden. His elongated proportions, sweeping mane, and fluid, predatory gait create the unsettling impression that reality subtly bends to accommodate his presence.
  
  The overwhelming majority of Garmyr's coat has blackened into layered shades of charcoal, ash, and obsidian, as though centuries of smoke had permanently seeped into every strand of fur. Rising from the back of his neck is an immense mantle of coarse, spear-like hair that cascades along his spine before tapering into a thick, sweeping tail. The only remnant of the beast he once was survives upon his face. There, brilliant white fur forms a stark, natural pattern resembling the bleached skull of a great canine. The white markings frame his muzzle and eye sockets with eerie precision, giving the illusion that a death's-head has fused with living flesh. Against this spectral mask, his molten amber eyes burn all the brighter within pools of black sclera, making his gaze appear like twin embers smoldering inside an ancient skull. When he channels the Force, crimson light bleeds faintly from the corners of his eyes, lending the illusion that the skull itself has awakened.
  
  Beneath his hide lies the true mark of his corruption. Interwoven through muscle and bone is an intricate latticework of Sith alchemical inscriptions composed of concentric circles, angular geometries, and interconnected runic sigils that span nearly his entire body. These markings are not etched into the surface, but exist beneath the skin itself, hidden beneath his dense coat. Only where the fur parts naturally - or when the Dark Side surges through him - do the inscriptions reveal themselves as faint crimson geometries glowing beneath the flesh like veins of molten glass. During rituals or battle, the entire network pulses in unison, transforming Garmyr into a living conduit of Sith sorcery while never overwhelming the natural appearance of his pelt.
  
  His anatomy remains unmistakably that of a true Loth-wolf rather than any humanoid aberration. Massive digitigrade limbs end in oversized paws armed with obsidian-black claws capable of rending durasteel, while heavily muscled shoulders and hindquarters grant explosive acceleration despite his tremendous mass. His elongated muzzle houses rows of predatory teeth dominated by saber-like canines that protrude even when his jaws are closed, often trailing thin strands of saliva as he silently studies potential prey. Every movement is deliberate and economical, his head carried low, ears constantly shifting to unseen sounds, and tail flowing behind him in slow, measured arcs. Yet it is neither his immense size nor his monstrous strength that unnerves observers most. It is the deathly white skull-mask staring back at them - a haunting remnant of the noble guardian he once was, now transformed into something that appears less like a living beast and more like Death itself wearing the skin of a Loth-wolf.

• Name: Garmyr of the Dark-Between
• Loyalties: Darth Carnifex
• Notable Possessions: Garmyr wears no conventional equipment. Instead, his body itself has become a Sith relic through extensive alchemical modification. Etched beneath his fur are permanently bound Sith runes that reinforce his connection to the Dark Side and anchor powerful rituals performed by Darth Carnifex. Around his neck rests a heavy sarrassian iron ritual collar engraved with Sith scripture, serving as both a ceremonial mark of his station and a conduit through which his master may strengthen their Force bond.
• Personality: Though twisted beyond recognition by Sith alchemy, Garmyr has never lost the extraordinary intelligence that defines the Loth-wolves of Lothal. Rather than behaving like a conventional predator, he possesses a quiet, contemplative awareness that often makes others forget they are standing before a beast. He watches with unwavering focus, rarely blinking, studying individuals with an unnerving patience that gives the impression he is weighing the entirety of their character rather than simply observing their movements. He seldom vocalizes, communicating primarily through body language, measured glances, subtle movements of his ears and tail, or brief telepathic impressions directed toward those with whom he shares a sufficient bond.
  
  Toward Darth Carnifex, Garmyr displays a devotion that borders upon religious reverence. He does not regard the Dark Lord as merely a master, owner, or pack leader, but as the singular apex of existence, the being whose will defines his own purpose. Years of companionship have forged a profound Force bond between them, allowing the two to understand one another with little more than a glance. Garmyr requires neither spoken commands nor overt direction, anticipating Carnifex's intentions almost instinctively and acting upon them before they are ever voiced. When not accompanying his master, he can often be found resting nearby in complete stillness, his eyes half-closed yet perpetually aware of everything occurring around him. To the faithful of the Kainate, his quiet presence beside the Eternal Father has become a symbol in itself, interpreted as evidence that even the ancient guardians of Lothal ultimately recognized Carnifex's supremacy.
  
  Unlike many creatures steeped in the Dark Side, Garmyr is not consumed by constant rage or bloodlust. Violence is simply another expression of purpose. He hunts with deliberate precision rather than savage frenzy, preferring to stalk prey until escape has become impossible before striking with overwhelming force. He derives no pleasure from suffering and rarely prolongs a kill unnecessarily. Those who survive an encounter often remark that Garmyr never appeared angry; instead, he behaved with detached certainty, as though carrying out an immutable law of nature rather than making a conscious decision. This calm demeanor often proves more unsettling than outright aggression, as it leaves victims feeling less like opponents and more like prey selected long before they ever realized they were being hunted.
  
  His corruption has not completely erased the instincts that once defined him as one of Lothal's sacred guardians. In rare moments, particularly when traversing ancient vergences of the Living Force or standing beneath wide open skies, traces of his former nature momentarily resurface. During these fleeting instances, his posture softens, his breathing steadies, and the predatory intensity within his amber eyes briefly gives way to something ancient and mournful. Yet those moments are always temporary. The lattice of Sith alchemy woven throughout his body inexorably reasserts itself, smothering the last remnants of the guardian he once was beneath the overwhelming influence of the Dark Side. What remains is not a beast driven by hatred, but a creature that has come to accept its corruption as its natural state.
  
  Despite his immense power, Garmyr possesses remarkable discipline and restraint. He will not attack without purpose, nor will he lash out simply because an enemy stands before him. He is capable of remaining motionless for hours, patiently observing intruders, awaiting either Carnifex's command or the precise moment when action becomes unavoidable. Even in battle he conserves his movements, every leap, bite, and swipe executed with practiced efficiency rather than reckless ferocity. This calculated demeanor, coupled with his almost supernatural intelligence, often causes those unfamiliar with him to question whether they are confronting an animal at all. Many within the Kainate instead believe that Garmyr has become something altogether different - a primordial spirit of predation given flesh through Sith sorcery, wearing the body of a Loth-wolf while embodying the inexorable certainty of death itself.
• Training: Personally trained and conditioned by Darth Carnifex over many years. Garmyr is capable of tracking Force signatures across planetary distances, guarding sacred Sith locations, accompanying his master into battle, hunting Jedi and other Force-users, silently eliminating isolated targets, recognizing complex spoken and telepathic commands, and serving as both ceremonial guardian and battlefield companion.

• Combat Function: Garmyr serves as Darth Carnifex's personal hunting companion and guardian. Rather than engaging large military formations, he specializes in pursuing high-value targets, disrupting enemy Force-users, protecting Carnifex from ambush, and exploiting openings created by his master's overwhelming command of the Force. His immense physical strength, supernatural speed, and predatory instincts make him exceptionally lethal in close quarters, while his intelligence allows him to coordinate seamlessly with Carnifex without spoken communication.
• Force Abilities:
  • Force Sense
  • Force Bond (Darth Carnifex)
  • Enhanced Speed
  • Force Leap
  • Force Camouflage
  • Force Insanity
  • Telepathy
  • Telekinesis
  • Dark Aura
  • Force-enhanced Tracking
  • Hyperspace Tunneling

• Immense Physical Power: Garmyr possesses tremendous strength, allowing him to overpower most sentient beings and large predators alike. His jaws and claws can tear through armor, stone, and even light vehicle plating.
• Exceptional Speed and Agility: Despite his colossal size, he moves with supernatural grace and silence, capable of explosive bursts of speed and tremendous leaps enhanced by the Force.
• Master Tracker: Garmyr can follow physical trails as well as lingering echoes in the Force, making escape from him exceedingly difficult once he has chosen a quarry.
• Highly Intelligent: Far more than a trained animal, Garmyr can understand complex situations, anticipate enemy behavior, and coordinate seamlessly with Darth Carnifex without spoken communication.
• Dark Side Empowerment: Sith alchemy and prolonged corruption have enhanced every aspect of his body, increasing his resilience, stamina, and affinity with the Dark Side.
• Natural Force Adept: As a Loth-wolf, Garmyr possesses an innate connection to the Force, granting him heightened awareness, telepathic communication, and the ability to traverse Force vergences in ways few other creatures can.
• Fearsome Presence: His immense stature, skull-like visage, and oppressive Dark Side aura often unsettle enemies before combat even begins, causing hesitation and eroding morale.
• Unwavering Loyalty: Completely devoted to Darth Carnifex, Garmyr cannot be bribed, intimidated, or manipulated into betraying his master.

• Bound to Darth Carnifex: Garmyr's devotion is absolute. He will always prioritize Carnifex's safety over tactical advantage, allowing perceptive enemies to exploit his protective instincts.
• Dependent on Sith Alchemy: The corruption sustaining his enhanced abilities requires periodic Sith rituals to remain stable. Prolonged separation from powerful Dark Side nexuses gradually weakens the alchemical lattice within his body.
• Limited Ranged Capability: Garmyr excels in close combat but possesses few offensive options beyond the reach of his body and Force abilities, making distant or aerial opponents more difficult to engage.
• Large Target: His tremendous size makes concealment difficult in confined or densely populated environments despite his silent movement.
• Instinctively Territorial: He is strongly protective of places and individuals under his charge, making it possible for enemies to manipulate his movements by threatening locations or people he has been commanded to guard.
• Residual Connection to Lothal: Ancient vergences of the Living Force, particularly those tied to Lothal's natural harmony, can briefly stir memories of his former self. While this does not redeem him, those fleeting moments can momentarily distract or temper his otherwise relentless focus.
• Less Versatile than a Sith Lord: Although immensely dangerous, Garmyr remains a beast rather than a trained Sith. He relies primarily on physical prowess, instinct, and a limited repertoire of Force abilities rather than the broad mastery of lightsaber combat, sorcery, and advanced Force techniques possessed by Darth Carnifex.

Long before the banners of the Tenth Sith Empire cast their shadows over Lothal, the wolf that would become Garmyr wandered the world's endless plains as one of its ancient guardians. Like all Loth-wolves, he existed in quiet harmony with the Living Force, serving as both protector and guide to the hidden vergences that permeated the planet. He traversed pathways unseen by ordinary eyes, slipping effortlessly between worlds through the mysterious hyperspace tunnels woven into the Force itself. More than a mere beast, he was a custodian of sacred places where the boundary between the material galaxy and deeper currents of the Force grew impossibly thin. Among these were sites touched by the enigmatic realm of Mortis, whose lingering influence upon Lothal had endured for untold millennia.

Everything changed when the Tenth Sith Empire descended upon Lothal under the command of Emperor Darth Carnifex. Unlike previous conquerors who sought only military dominion, Carnifex desired something far older than the planet's cities or resources. Together with his trusted confidante and ally, Taeli Raaf , he uncovered evidence that Lothal possessed one of the galaxy's strongest surviving connections to Mortis and its transcendent mysteries. Their excavations and rituals gradually revealed a vast network of vergences, conduits, and hidden pathways embedded beneath the planet's surface, each carrying echoes of the Ones and the primordial balance that had once governed them. To Carnifex, these discoveries represented not relics to be preserved, but powers to be understood, mastered, and ultimately subjugated.

The guardian wolf resisted from the very beginning. Time and again he appeared wherever Sith expeditions encroached too deeply into Lothal's sacred places, disrupting rituals, leading researchers astray, collapsing unstable passages, and striking at isolated patrols before vanishing once more into the wilderness. Carnifex soon recognized that these attacks were not the instincts of a territorial predator but the deliberate actions of an ancient intelligence defending something far greater than itself. Fascinated rather than angered, the Dark Lord abandoned attempts to simply eliminate the beast. Instead, he resolved to capture it alive, believing that a creature so intrinsically bound to Lothal's deepest mysteries might serve as the perfect vessel through which to unravel them.

The hunt lasted many months. Every conventional trap failed, every pursuit ended with the wolf disappearing into pathways inaccessible to ordinary beings. Only by combining Sith sorcery with Taeli Raaf's profound understanding of the Force vergences beneath Lothal were they finally able to anticipate the guardian's movements. Deep within an ancient temple saturated by Mortis' lingering presence, Carnifex confronted the wolf directly. Their struggle was less a contest of tooth against blade than of opposing philosophies embodied in living form. The guardian fought with the fierce resolve of one protecting the natural order, while Carnifex asserted that no power in existence lay beyond the dominion of sufficient will. Ultimately, the Dark Lord prevailed, subduing the exhausted guardian beneath overwhelming mastery of the Force before binding him within alchemically forged restraints.

Rather than executing his captive, Carnifex transported him to one of the Empire's hidden research sanctums on Lothal. There, alongside Taeli Raaf, he began years of painstaking experimentation unlike anything previously attempted upon a Loth-wolf. Sith alchemy, ancient rituals recovered from Moraband, and the planet's own Mortis-infused vergences were woven together in an effort to fundamentally rewrite the creature's relationship with the Force. The process was neither quick nor entirely understood, even by its architects. Flesh, spirit, and destiny were all subjected to repeated transformation. The guardian's once-pristine white coat gradually darkened into ash and obsidian, while beneath his hide an intricate latticework of Sith geometric sigils and concentric runes was permanently fused into living tissue. Though the corruption sought to erase the guardian he had once been, fragments of that ancient nobility stubbornly endured, resisting complete annihilation.

The final stage of Carnifex's work proved the most remarkable. Rather than simply enslaving the wolf through pain or domination, he forged a profound Force bond between himself and the transformed beast. The process reshaped instinct itself, redirecting the guardian's unwavering devotion to Lothal toward the Dark Lord who had conquered it. In recognition that the creature standing before him was no longer the guardian he had defeated, Carnifex bestowed upon him a new name: Garmyr. The old wolf, whose true name had been spoken only through the currents of the Living Force, ceased to exist. In his place stood the first and only Loth-wolf to become a willing conduit of the Dark Side.

Since that time, Garmyr has remained at Darth Carnifex's side as constant companion, guardian, and hunting beast. He has accompanied the Dark Lord across countless worlds, prowled the halls of Malsheem, stood watch over forbidden sanctums, and hunted Jedi who believed no predator could follow them across the currents of the Force. To the faithful of the Kainate, he is revered as the Eternal Father's Hound, living proof that even the oldest guardians of the Living Force can be remade through the supremacy of the Dark Side. Yet on the rare occasions, there are fleeting moments when he pauses in total stillness, his skull-like visage turned silently toward an unseen horizon. Whether these moments are lingering memories of the guardian he once was or merely echoes left within a soul long since consumed, neither Carnifex nor any other living being can say.