Darth Kullic was a Pau'an Sith Lord during the Rise of the Empire era. He was the apprentice of Darth Bane after Zannah's betrayal and killed Bane when he felt that his master was no longer fit to rule the Sith. Thus, he took control of the Sith in 986 BBY. He set out to find an apprentice of his own, finding it in the personage of Slimbad Fortuna on Ryloth. Over the course of the next few years, he trained Fortuna, giving him the name of Darth Ruzak. In 953 BBY, Ruzak challenged Kullic for control of the Sith. After a fierce duel however, Ruzak lay dead. Kullic searched for a second apprentice and almost a decade later found his new apprentice with Salahs Shaela. Kullic trained Shaela, or Darth Ijki, with the same fervor as he had trained Ruzak; teaching Ijki all forms of lightsaber comba