Character of the Month | Darth Matrus

Alrighty folks! The CoTM election that we all thought was dead and forgotten actually isn’t!!! And he ain’t pleased about that, either!!

Essa: *pokes Matrus* *stupid grin*
Matrus: *glares at her through his red eye slit*

Lylyss: Matrus, do you have any advice to young Sith who might want to pursue a career with the Dark Hunters?
Matrus: The Dark Hunters were six…there are no longer and will never be again.

Dmitri: Who are the people who have most mattered to you? Did you ever have a sweetheart? Siblings? Other family? A brother or sister related to you by choice rather than by blood? … Why do you hate the Jedi so much?
Matrus: *turns to Dmitri, the malice of the Dark Side boring into him from Matrus’s eye slit* *thinks back to long, so long ago…to a woman, to the time when they stood together, to the day when she stood against him, and the day he struck her down* No one matters to me. Vengeance is purpose. The Jedi will pay. *his mind lingers bitterly on that day when the Jedi deceived his lover into turning against him*

Dmitri: How old are you, exactly? What do you look like under the mask? What's your species?  … Apparently you killed Yatelle. Can you give me more information on that? Why'd you do it?
Matrus: *pauses for a moment* Dark Hunter for one hundred and six years. Sith for one hundred and five. *ignores the next two questions and presently answers the third* Everyone I kill is an enemy. Jedi. Sith. Obstacles. Whoever you mentioned was no different.

Pyre: Okay, so give me the story. I'm a bounty hunter who prefers to wield lightsabers due to proficiency in that field. Why'd you attack me?
Jaraal: Lord Matrus, I have heard of your skill in lightsaber combat, and I request that you would train me.
Dmitri: Oh, and how'd you get the mask?
Matrus: *slowly turns his faceless, malevolent gaze on Pyre* Hollow words, Sith. So marked and forever my enemy. You and all your kind. *glances at Jaraal meaningfully* *then to Dmitri, replies in his dark, purring, metallic growl* I forged the mask. After the duel that took my face…and the life of my opponent.

Leilani: Why did you kill Jorus, you dragon-kissed Sith? WHY? *punches him in the mask* *runs away to calm down*
Matrus: *stares at her silently through the red slit* *jerks his hand and catches her fist in his large gloved hand*

Ver: *eyes narrow* You're the one who nearly killed Dae, aren't you? You'll regret that. Or will you? Do you regret anything at all in your life?
Matrus: *turns to Ver before letting go* I regret nothing.

Leilani: *calm again* Sorry about what happened in my last question. I just wanted to get that out. Serious question, though: can you tell us anything about the Dark Hunters? Preferably something we don't already know?
Matrus: *to Sunblade again* We are not Sith…we were the first Sith. Through the First Hunter…we are immortal. We will always return.

Darth Matrus
Dark Hunter