Darth Karnos was a Human male Sith from Kuat and the head of Operation Imperial Sword. He was originally an Imperial officer who was sent on an excavation mission to Korriban in 11 ABY. Due to his Sith heritage, the ancient Sith spirits entombed in the Valley of the Sith Lords transferred some of their remaining Dark Force energy into him and proclaimed him a Sith Lord. He eventually came into the service of the reborn Palpatine and was sent to Utapau on a reconnaissance mission. His strike team was ambushed by two Jedi, one of them, he sensed, was strong in the Dark Side. After killing one and wounding the other, he offered the Jedi a place at his side, to which she agreed and was named Darth Obsodian. After a short while hunting down those responsible for sending Obsodian's family into s