"Passion does indeed generate power, but if it is not properly channeled, it becomes self-destructive."
— Valermit's private observation while reading the Sith Code in the Archives of the Dark Lords of the Sith on Byss.
Biography
Birth and trials
Valermit Mindseer was born on Kendalar V to Kissai-Hunter Kraqmol Mindseer and Kissai-Prophetess Iplaekuoth "the Dream-weaver" Mindseer in the Rhid-Kendalaran Nebula (somewhere in the general vicinity of the Nilash system). He is a descendant of a small splinter faction of Purebloods who were not on Tund when Rokur Gepta wiped out the Sorceres of Tund with his electromagnetic torpedo. He grew up in the Enclave of the Pureblooded Sith Sorcerers on Kendalar V, passing his coming-of-age trials, defeating his childhood rival Hojnûl (of the Massassi caste, not the Massassi subspecies) for the first time in single combat, and crafting his warblade and fully attuning its crystals at the age of 18 before being initiated into the Enclave. High Sorcerer Tsoirrim Highmind-Forseer evidently considered this impressive, as he took Valermit's warblade to be tempered using Sith Alchemy, giving it the ability to deflect blaster bolts and vibro-blades (and lightsabers, though those are little more than old legend in the Enclave) - a rare honor for a new initiate.
Training
Valermit was reportedly approved for accelerated training shortly after his initiation into the Enclave, as the Ruling Council of Sorcerers had planned a near-suicidal mission which only a talented new initiate could perform, though a vision reported by his mother probably affected their decision. As per Enclave requirements, Kissai-Admiral Tigathisse, a Ruling Councilmember (and the first-ever non-Sith Pureblood member of the Ruling Council) oversaw Valermit's accelerated training, introducing him to Form II warblade combat (also called "the Duelist's form" in the Enclave) to complement his previous basic training in Form VI warblade combat (also called "the Sorcerer's form" in the Enclave) and taking the time to work with him on developing his talent for navigation to the point where he could make a trial run through hyperspace with an experienced sorcerer along to make sure he didn't kill himself by accident.
First mission
Unfortunately, the accelerated training had to come to an abrupt halt due to a long-awaited narrow window of opportunity having just opened, resulting in Valermit's trial run being a live one into pirate territory. Along the way, the GX-series light freighter piloted by then-Initiate Valermit under the supervision of a senior Sorcerer narrowly missed a red giant's mass shadow when the sheer enormity of the star overwhelmed Valermit's ability to guide the light freighter through the Force, nearly knocking the young initiate unconscious. The mission's official destination was a moon in the next system, with the objective being to retrieve valuable ore from a droid-operated mining post, though he later claimed that his mission was something else entirely. Considering the accelerated training and his mother's vision, that claim appears to be true. Regardless, the hyperdrive conveniently "malfunctioned" in such a way that Initiate Valermit found himself under the guns of three pirate frigates (according to Imperials in the Nilash system) or one pirate corvette (according to then-Initiate Valermit). It is worth noting that Valermit was the *only* Pureblood captured, and that an entire squad of battle droids onboard the light freighter was destroyed: the supervising Sorcerer made it to safety in the hyperspace-capable escape pod before the pirates even realized he was there.
Captured?!?
Valermit's captors did not immediately return to their base as had been expected; instead, they journeyed to the edge of the Rhid-Kendalaran Nebula through the twists and turns of the anomaly commonly known as "Kendalaran Hyperspace", then used little-known normal hyperlanes to make the trip to the Nilash system. Once there, they began preying on civilian shipping until they ran afoul of an Imperial Star Destroyer out on patrol, resulting in the pirates being handed every bit as crushing a defeat as they had given to their prisoner. Valermit was picked up by the Imperials who initially treated him as a common prisoner - something which the lieutenant who arrested him quickly rethought after seeing two of his men hurled against two different walls simultaneously by the sheer force of the Pureblood initiate's rage when they attempted to cuff him. Very shortly thereafter, his existence was brought to the attention of the local governor, who arranged to send the initiate to Byss, the capital of the Sith Empire, deeming it wisest for a Pureblooded Sith to be turned over to the order bearing his species' name. Keeping Valermit's warnings concerning the dangers of making a hyperspace jump into the Rhid-Kendalaran Nebula in mind, Imperial agents investigating the origin of the pirate vessels promised to send word if they found the nebula, within which both the Enclave's homeworld of Kendalar V and the pirate base lay hidden. Thus, Valermit became the first member of the Enclave of the Pureblooded Sith Sorcerers to enter either Imperial or Republic space in roughly 250 standard years.
Recent
Valermit Mindseer was accepted into the well-established Sith Order known as 'Dark Lords of the Sith' as an initiate. When asked whether he could handle their grueling curriculum, his reply was simply "We shall see."
The young Pureblood initiate views training in the Dark Side as a birthright, but one that must be fought for, on pain of losing said birthright.
Valermit has been repeatedly questioned by senior members of the order as to where he came from, likely because he is the first Pureblooded Sith (other than previous Emperor Validus' alchemically-crafted reincarnation) to be seen in Imperial space since the devastation of Tund. The initiate cannot remember the path back to the Rhid-Kendalaran Nebula, however, as the image of the red giant he nearly crashed into has overwhelmed that memory. He has begun transcribing portions of the Enclave's history from memory for the archives of the Dark Lords of the Sith in an effort to recover that memory, among other things.
Current
After completing his initiate tasks, Valermit was chosen by Darth Invidia to become her new junior apprentice; this is especially interesting when considered in the light of Darth Invidia's comment to Darth Inanna concerning Valermit the day he arrived on Byss: "Nope... all yours... kill it... eat it... drain its life... I do not care..."
(WIP)