Hego Damask - Darth Plagueis the Wise
Hego Damask, also known as Darth Plagueis the Wise, was a Dark Lord of the Sith and heir to Darth Bane’s lineage. Obsessed with eternal life, he experimented with midi-chlorians to cheat death and create life. He taught everything to his apprentice Darth Sidious, who killed him in his sleep. Plagueis could influence midi-chlorians to create life and prevent death, but could not save himself.
The Force - Striking
- Atomizes the bodies of several Maladian assassins. (source)
- Sends a wave of Force through the floor to knock several assassins off their feet. (source)
- Breaks through a transparisteel canopy. (source)
- Severs a tree branch. (source)
- Pushes a glass pane out of its frame without breaking it. (source)
The Force - Force Lightning
- Shoots lightning down into a borehole. (source)
- Knocks a man to the ceiling, shattering his bones. (source)
- Boils a woman’s blood, nearly setting her on fire. (source)
The Force - Telekinesis - Power
- Brings down a collapsing cave roof onto Tenebrous’s head, killing him. (source)
- Piles up stone slabs. (source)
- Throws two Maladian assassins back with a Force push. (source) (The Essential Reader’s Companion)
The Force - Telekinesis - Finesse
- Force-chokes a man, disguising it as a poisoning. (source)
- Throws his lightsaber in a spinning arc towards an assailant, severing his arm. (source)
- Pulls Venamis’s lightsaber into his own hand in midair. (source)
- Turns every loose object in the vicinity into a deadly projectile. (source)
- Guides nanosyringes with microscopic nudges in the Force during midi-chlorian experiments. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
The Force - Midi-Chlorian Manipulation
- Forces midi-chlorians in small creatures to override natural life cycles, halting tissue decay and aging by drawing on sustaining Force energy. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
- Manipulates midi-chlorians in hundreds of subjects to replicate through asexual fission, often uncontrollably killing them. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
- Severs a Jedi’s Force ability by triggering mass die-off of their midi-chlorians, without killing them. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
- Kills Veruna by draining midi-chlorians from his body. (source)
- Resurrects and kills Venamis over and over again. (source)
- Works twenty straight hours on Venamis’s corpse, giving it life and taking it away. (source) (Maul: Lockdown)
- Briefly returns a man with a crushed chest cavity to consciousness before he dies. (source)
- Heals 20-year-old scars. (source)
- Tends to his injuries until the pain doesn’t bother him. (source)
- Uses the Force to keep fighting after losing a chunk of his neck, severing his trachea. (source)
- Performs chemical cardioversions on two of his hearts. (source)
The Force - Force Shields
- Ignores bites and claws from opponents, as if turned to stone. (source)
- Maladian assassins cannot penetrate his Force shields, though they eventually break through. (source)
The Force - Technopathy
- Dazzles a security camera to show a static image instead of live feed. (source)
- Disables a panel of security alarms. (source)
- Renders surveillance equipment in an air-taxi inoperative. (source) (Maul: Lockdown)
The Force - Enhanced Senses
- Looks into the future. (source)
- Sees that Anakin will become Darth Vader. (source)
- Recognizes an alien cheating at gambling using the Force. (source)
- Searches for Force-sensitives. (source)
- Senses and hears an intruder in the forest. (source)
- Sees through a skinshifter’s disguise. (source)
- Observes the midi-chlorians in Tenebrous’s blood. (source)
The Force - Force Suggestion
- Convinces a child to jump out the window. (source)
- Convinces a woman she didn’t see him commit murder. (source)
- Totally subjugates a normally Force-immune alien after prolonged effort. (source)
The Force - Body Control
- Lowers body temperature and slows breathing, altering exhaled gases. (source)
- Withstands intense cold that requires a young Darth Sidious to use an exo-suit, with snowflakes melting before touching him. (source)
The Force - Force Presence Alteration
- Minimizes his Force presence. (source)
- Withdraws from his material body, then suddenly pours back into himself to pressure Venamis. (source)
The Force - Improving Physicals
- Uses the Force to increase his speed. (source)
- Uses the Force to augment his durability. (source)
- Force-leaps. (source)
- Jumps over a 10-meter-high wall easily. (source)
The Force - Other Abilities
- Attacks with a sound loud enough to shatter eardrums within ten meters. (source)
- Catches and absorbs a blaster bolt. (source)
- Makes a young Darth Sidious see an illusion of him. (source)
- Climbs up a wall, sticking to it like an insect. (source)
- Teaches Darth Sidious to enter animal minds, implying he can do so. (source)
- In Star Wars Miniatures game, uses Essence of Life to save allies from death and Force Corruption to damage non-droid enemies over time. (source)
The Force - Knowledge / Statements
- One of the most powerful Sith Masters. (source) (The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia)
- Darth Sidious claims his knowledge of the dark side will never equal Plagueis. (source)
- Confirmation that Sidious was not flattering, as Plagueis was beyond Palpatine’s understanding at the time. (source)
- A master of arcane and unnatural knowledge. (source) (Databank, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia)
- An adept of some of the most arcane and unnatural applications of the Force. (source) (Databank)
- Unparalleled aptitude for midi-chlorian manipulation. (source) (Star Wars Insider 130, The Tenebrous Way)
- Perfected the technique of creating life with the Force by influencing midi-chlorians to form a zygote in a fertile female. (source) (Barely Tolerable: Alien Henchmen of the Empire, Part 3)
- Believed to possess knowledge to sustain the dying and use midi-chlorians to draw new life from the Force. (source) (Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology)
- Implied to cheat death through the Force, which Palpatine could not fully match. (source) (Star Wars: The New Essential Chronology)
- Discovered it possible to become one with the Force but never did so. (source) (Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide)
- Self-written section in Book of Sith discusses myths of Jedi becoming one with the Force, Netherworld, Chaos, and Sith spirits. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
- Revolutionized Sith understanding of biology and the Force relationship. (source) (Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side)
Physicals - General
- More agile than Tenebrous, better night vision, keener sense of direction. (source)
- Has three hearts, two under voluntary control. (source)
- No longer needs sleep. (source)
Physicals - Equipment
- Has two lightsabers. (source)
- Wields a force pike that can stun enemies. (source)
- Star Wars Miniatures figure depicts him with a staff used to parry attacks. (source)
- Black Series figure has a staff that combines with lightsaber to form a lightsaber pike. (source)
- Has a suit to survive high temperatures and noxious atmospheres. (source)
- Uses a comlink to hack into computers. (source)
Physicals - Strength
- Lifts a Maladian assassin by the head with one hand. (source) (The Essential Reader’s Companion)
- Breaks Tenebrous’s neck with a chop, paralyzing him. (source)
- Shatters a spine with one hit. (source)
- Puts fists through armored torsos. (source)
Physicals - Speed
- Dodges arrows. (source)
- Easily deflects blaster fire from multiple sources, moving rapidly almost beyond a droid’s processing power. (source)
- Deflects and dodges blaster fire from many droids. (source)
- Moves so rapidly that observers see only a blur. (source)
- Blitzes a woman drawing her blaster, so quickly a droid increases visual input rate to see him, then stops dead. (source)
- Runs fast enough to nearly outrace the rain. (source)
- Fight with Venamis appears like lightning flashing to an observer. (source)
Physicals - Skill
- Tenebrous considered Plagueis a master of lightsaber combat. (source)
- Oversaw Palpatine’s lightsaber training. (source) (Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force)
- Defeats one of Tenebrous’s trainees expert in Plagueis’s fighting style. (source)
- With Darth Sidious, kills hundreds of warriors. (source)
- Easily parries a man’s martial blows. (source)
Physicals - Durability
- Gets clipped by Venamis’s lightsaber, searing his neck. (source)
- Neck wound heals into a scar by the next chapter. (source)
- Caught by edge of blast causing cave-in, uses Force to lessen injuries. (source)
- Fights off several assassins after losing a chunk of neck severing trachea, withstanding more damage. (source)
- Withstands Sidious’s Force lightning and Force storms until succumbing. (source)
Physicals - Weaknesses
- Needs a transpirator mask to breathe. (source)
- Tenebrous infects Plagueis’s midi-chlorians with maxi-chlorians to control him, robbing his future sight; unclear if permanent. (source) (Star Wars Insider 130, The Tenebrous Way)