Monday, September 22, 2014

Darth Plagueis versus script


PHYSICALITIES AND EQUIPMENT
At the time of his death Darth Plagueis was a male Muun of around one hundred years in age. Despite his advanced seniority, Plagueis was still in great condition, manipulating the midichlorians in his body to restore his health. As a Muun, Darth Plagueis was taller than most humanoids and as such had greater reach and leverage than the norm. Plagueis was also encumbered by a breath mask, a souvenir from a assassin attack. This breath mask was an obvious point of weakness, giving Plagueis a disadvantage in physical combat. Although he was skilled with a wide variety of weapons, Darth Plagueis was armed with a standard red bladed Sith lightsaber, the only difference being the elongated hilt to accommodate his Muun physiology. 

FORCE POWERS
Like his apprentice Sidious, Darth Plagueis primarily focused on his force abilities. He could perform unusually brutal telekinesis, ripping people to shreds, although he could still use it in a finer, more resigned way. as befitting a Sith lord he was also a master of force lighting. Plagueis's main focus, however, was on the study of midichlorians. Using this ability  he could not only heal himself, but also trigger a mass die out of midichloreans in his enemy's, effectively willing them to die. Although the combative effectiveness of this labor intensive power is in doubt, it does speak to an INCREDIBLY high affinity with the force. Plagueis's level of self augmentation was also truly incredible, allowing him to traverse many kilometers is minutes.

LIGHTSABER DUELING
Unlike his master, Darth Tenebrous, Plagueis never invested much time into lightsaber dueling, something he passed on to his own apprentice. Although he was designated as a "great lightsaber duelist", this is a VERY vague definition considering the beings who inhabited this era. To our knowledge, Plagueis has only been involved in ONE serious lightsaber duel, against Sith rival Darth Venamis. Although the two originally fought evenly, Venamis eventually gained the upper martial hand, forcing Plagueis to resort to the force. Despite this general lack of showing martial competence, Plagueis did manage to accurately gauge Mauls fighting style, train the powerhouse duelist that was Sidious and was all in all a very effective warrior. Just not in the arena of lightsaber dueling.  

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