Darth Maul®

Darth Maul was a Zabrak born on Iridonia. Indoctrinated in the ways of the dark side of the Force from youth, Maul grew to have no emotions aside from bloodlust and rage. During his training, any show of fear was severely punished by Sidious, and any hint of mercy rewarded with cruelty. By the time Maul was an adolescent, his master had already forged him into a weapon of pure hatred. Marked by Sith tattoos that covered his entire muscular body, the young Zabrak was now the ultimate tool of the dark side. Despite this rather traumatic childhood (if it could be called that), Maul had fatherly feelings toward his master, and never once contemplated killing himuntil his final test.
The ultimate test came when Maul was abandoned by his master on an isolated Outer Rim world, forced to survive alone while being hunted by hordes of assassin droids. After a month's time, Sidious returned and challenged his apprentice to a duel, one which Maul lost. Sidious then told Maul that he had been secretly training another apprentice to replace him. Rage and hatred overwhelmed Maul and, in one final act of defiance he nearly killed his master. When Maul's emotions were finally spent, he prepared himself for death, yet Sidious laughed instead. By wanting to kill his own master, Maul had in fact passed the final test. Sidious proclaimed him Darth Maul and took him to a new home on Coruscant.
While fanatically devoted, Maul did maintain a bit of vanity: in the upper curvature of his left ear, a small, silver stud was positioned. It is unknown whether this was part of his master's indoctrination, but as few other successive Sith lords possesed piercings, it can be assumed that this was merely personal preference.
Darth Sidious applies Sith tattoos all over Maul's body.Maul was skilled with the lightsaber and trained by Sidious to be a master of Form VII which draws on emotions and the dark side. Unlike the traditional dueling techniques of most Jedi, Maul combined his swordsmanship with martial arts and hand-to-hand combat skills -- a combination which made him a nearly unstoppable dervish of destruction. However, Maul only devoted to the Form's physical focus, thus he remained silent when applying the Form in battles. Maul desired pure physical victory, rather than the "higher" Sith tradition of Dun Mch, which could dominate the opponent's spirit through taunts that expose inner doubts and weaknesses. Maul was a master of the fighting style ters ksi, and was also skilled in the Jar'Kai style of wielding a lightsaber in each hand simultaneously. When fighting multiple opponents, Maul extended the second blade of his double-bladed lightsaber to form a saberstaff, doubling his lethality. Maul often used this to catch opponents by surprise, as few were prepared for the extra blade. Maul had constructed this weapon himself, using ancient plans stored within one of the holocrons the Sith still possessed; he had based his lightsaber design upon Exar Kun's.
Darth Maul was also skilled in combining Force talents with mechanics. Sidious gave Maul the funds and schematics he needed, and provided his apprentice with a secret facility on Coruscant in which to work. There Maul constructed his signature speeder bike Bloodfin and the Dark Eye seeker droids. Sidious also gave Maul a powerful Sith Infiltrator called Scimitar which contained a cloaking shield generator. This vehicle was developed by Raith Sienar, the man whose company would later develop the TIE fighter for the Empire. Using the Force mechanical skill mechu-deru, Maul modified the protocol droid C-3PX into an assassin droid to guard his ship.
Maul originally went on countless missions of terror for his master, killing politicians, crime bosses, merchants, and warlords. Maul's very appearance had been carefully conceived to inject fear into the heart of the Sith's enemies and even their unwitting allies. Despite his untold successes, Maul longed for victory over Jedi. Victims of his included the Neimoidian Hath Monchar, the Black Sun leader Alexi Garyn and his nightsister guard Mighella and all of the Black Sun vigos of 33 BBY, including Darnada and Morn.