TRUE ART: THE TALE OF LORD MOMIN
It is often said that true art is never recognized. If you were to say this to the ancient sculptor Lord Momin, he would certainly agree with you.
Momin was born during the early years of the Draggulch Period. An artistic young Sephi, Momin murdered his pet rada-cat and used its carcass as part of a sculpture. This was just one of many of his disturbing techniques as he utilized the dark side of the Force in creating his art. When he attempted to show off his work to others, he was banded a madman and locked away, separated from his tools.
Nonetheless, Momin's art left an impression and his name was spread across the galaxy. Eventually, word of his artistry reached the Sith Lady Shaa, who freed Momin from his prison and took the young Sephi under her wing, training him in the ways of the Sith. While his apprenticeship to Lady Shaa helped Momin understand his place in the galaxy, he found his role as a mere student to be distasteful and struck down his master, embarking on his own path independent to the schemes of other Sith active at the time.
Desiring to create a piece of art worthy of the dark side itself, Momin plundered tombs and examined holocrons in search of knowledge. By 1820 BBY, he had accumulated enough resources and labor to create a superweapon with enough power to destroy an entire city. The Jedi received word of Momin's creation and tracked him down to the planet he had chosen to test his creation on.
However, it was not simply destruction that Momin desired to bring about but rather to slow down time itself and freeze his victims in their last moments. When the Jedi boarded his vessel, their presence disturbed his concentration and caused him to lose control over the engine, destroying himself in the process. All that was left behind was his mask which the Jedi confiscated.
After Momin's demise, his mask was placed deep within the archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Any records of the Sith sculptor were suppressed by Jedi and Sith alike, the latter whom came to see him as a heretic for valuing creation over destruction. Unbeknownst to either group however, the mask itself was still engraved with Momin's consciousness, a side effect caused by the loss of his superweapon.
When the Galactic Empire destroyed the Jedi Order and took over the temple, Momin's mask was retrieved from the archives and fell into the possession of Darth Sidious, Emperor and ruling Dark Lord of the Sith. Sometime after the Empire's ascension, Sidious gifted the mask to his apprentice Darth Vader. Awakening the consciousness of Momin contained within the mask, Darth Vader convinced the ancient Sith Lord to help him construct a fortress on Mustafar. While Momin acquiesced to Vader's demands, he secretly had plans to use the fortress to create a dark side portal and recreate his vaporized body. However, Vader quickly grew wind of Momin's plans and vanquished the ancient Sith before he could succeed in his designs.
FIRST VERSION
The original fanon ("fan-made canon") backstory I made for Momin to include him in a Legends-based setting was to tie him with the backstory of Mustafar, since I originally thought the comic series featuring his Disney Canon backstory (Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith) was implying that he was responsible for Mustafar's volcanic state. However, the VR game Vader Immortal has since revealed that it was in fact a separate character known as Lady Corvax who was responsible for Mustafar's state. As such, I have decided to rewrite my version of Momin to fit him in a less-explored era. Below is the original "Mustafar" story I had written.
True Art: The Tale of Lord Momin
It is often said that true art is never recognized. If you were to tell this to the ancient sculptor Lord Momin, he would certainly agree with you.
Momin was born during the latter years of the Post-Manderon Period. An artistic young Sephi, Momin murdered his pet rada-cat in his creation of a sculpture, which was only one of his many disturbing techniques as he utilized the dark side of the Force in creating his art. When he attempted to show off his work to others, he was branded a madman and locked away, separated from his tools.
Nonetheless, Momin's art left an impression, and his name was spread beyond the Thustra system and across the galaxy. Eventually, word of his artistry reached a Sith Lady by the name of Shaa, who served as a Marauder in Exar Kun's Brotherhood of Sith. Freeing Momin from his prison, Shaa took the young Sephi under her wing and trained him in the ways of the Sith.
While his apprenticeship to Lady Shaa helped Momin understand his place in the galaxy, he found his role as a mere student to be distasteful and struck down his master, embarking on his own path independent to the schemes of Exar Kun and his brethren. Desiring to create a piece of art worthy of the dark side itself, Momin plundered tombs and examined holocrons in search of knowledge.
By 3996 BBY, Lord Momin had accumulated enough resources and labor to create a superweapon with enough power to destroy an entire city. The Jedi received word of Momin's creation and tracked him down to the lush, green world of Mustafar, where Momin was already in the process of destroying a city.
However, it was not simply destruction that Momin desired to bring about, but rather to slow down time itself and freeze his victims in their last moments. When the Jedi boarded his vessel however, their presence disturbed his concentration and caused him to lose control over the engine, destroying himself in the process. All that was left behind was his mask.
Shortly after Lord Momin's demise, the Jedi attempted to destroy his creation in order to prevent it from falling into Exar Kun's hands. Momin's surviving acolytes stood in their way and the ensuing battle caused the engine to react unexpectedly, releasing Momin's lingering energies and pulling the gas giants Jestefad and Lefrani into Mustafar's proximity. The resulting gravitational tug-of-war turned Mustafar into the volcanic planet it is today and the Jedi were forced to withdraw from the dangerous world, taking Momin's mask with them.
After the Great Sith War, the mask of Lord Momin was placed deep within the archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Any records of the Sith sculptor were suppressed by Jedi and Sith alike, the latter whom came to see him as a heretic for valuing creation over destruction. Unbeknownst to either group however, the mask itself was still engraved with Momin's consciousness, a side effect caused by the loss of his superweapon.
When the Galactic Empire destroyed the Jedi Order and took over the temple, Momin's mask was retrieved from the archives and fell into the possession of Darth Sidious, Emperor and ruling Dark Lord of the Sith. Sometime after the Empire's ascension, Sidious gifted the mask to his apprentice Darth Vader, along with the very planet Momin had met his demise: Mustafar.
Awakening the consciousness of Momin contained within the mask, Darth Vader convinced the ancient Sith Lord to help him construct a fortress on Mustafar.
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