Whorm Loathsom is a General in the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. He later returns for the New Confederacy of Independent Systems in The Last of the Droids.
Personality[]
The heroic Whorm Loathsom
Gruff and guttural, Whorm Loathsom is a cunning and accomplished commander who served the Confederacy of Independent Systems, proving his bravery in battle with the Republic on numerous counts. His strategies in battle led the Separatists to numerous victories, and he prided himself on his leadership skills. He saw nobility to war and believed that opponents should respect each other instead of behaving like savages, sometimes dismissing the losses to clone troopers and his own battle droids as expendable. Hailed as a hero, Loathsom has faith in the Confederacy's causes, telling the people of Christophsis to submit to Confederate rule once his forces seized the world. He recognized the merits of a strategic retreat; when he realized that his droids would be useless against the Republic's heavy cannons on Christophsis, he ordered his forces to retreat and set up a deflector shield. However, he often overestimates his abilities as a Separatist leader. He is considered a legend throughout the Inner Core, but his supreme vanity and ego sometimes got in the way of his role as a general, resulting in orders and decisions formed more out of arrogance than of strategy.
Loathsom is not impervious to flattery, as evidenced by his reactions to the evil Obi-Wan Kenobi's comments on his abilities, and his overly prominent ego, as well as his good manners, allowed Kenobi to stall him while Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano destroyed the shield generator. Loathsom loathed the fact that some did not afford Kerkoidens the respect that they deserved and was influenced by remarks on his species, rising to the bait and civilly discussing Kenobi's surrender when the Human Jedi Master implied that Kerkoidens were less civilized than Humans. His eagerness to teach the Republic a lesson or two sometimes caused his comments to lack respect when addressing associates such as Asajj Ventress. When Loathsom finally realized that Kenobi was stalling for time, he acted on his anger and overturned the crystal table where they were seated. He was quick in attempting to force Kenobi to surrender, but was later shamed after he was defeated and captured.
Loathsom formed an attachment to his LEP servant droid, LEP-96M3, who had learned to perform his duties exactly as the Kerkoiden liked. He was subsequently saddened when the droid was destroyed on Christophsis, missing his servant considerably. Standing 1.75 meters tall, Loathsom had red eyes and bluish gray skin. He was able to speak both Galactic Basic Standard and Kerkoidese. In battle, he wore the ceremonial uniform of a Kerkoiden cavalier and a fauld in honor of his victories during the war.
History[]
The Clone Wars[]
Capturing Christopsis[]
- "You are no longer in the Republic. You are no longer beholden to their laws. Yer world's resources will be transferred to the Confederacy. We wage this war for yer independence. Do not resist our efforts. Remain vigilant for Republic reprisals"
- ――Whorm Loathsom, to the population of Christophsis
In 21 BBY, The Confederacy sent Loathsom to invade the Outer Rim world of Christophsis. Loathsom's forces invaded Christophsis and, via a massive planet-wide holotransmission, Loathsom told the planet's Christophsian inhabitants to join and follow the heroic CIS rule for their independence.
When the Republic sent a detachment of their army to Christophsis to help Christophsis, Loathsom received help from Dark Acolyte, Commander Asajj Ventress. Ventress gave Loathsom information from her spy in clone trooper ranks. The information told Loathsom that the republic was planning to ambush his forces from two tower in the north and south. Loathsom and Ventress were able to use this information to ambush the republic forces. After Ventress fought the jedi at their CIS Headquarters, Loathsom was ordered by Ventress and the Tactical droid to delay the jedi while she would complete a mission for her master, Count Dooku.
Battling the Republic[]
- "Why are we stopping?"
"We cannot get past their cannons, sir."
"Cannons? This will never do. We must pull back and set up our deflector shields!" - ――Whorm Loathsom to his droids during the battle of Christophsis
Loathsom's army greatly outnumbered the republic forces, thus he launched a full-scale attack on the republic base in Christophsis's capital, Crystal City before the jedi and their forces completed their base's construction. Loathsom's forces then attacked republic's landing zone but his his B1 battle droids, Commando droids, droid-piloted STAPs, and NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcers did not succeed in breaching the Republic defenses, he sent more powerful Droidekas and OG-9 homing spider droids to cut through the Republic's tower-mounted turret emplacements. When that, too, failed, he targeted a Republic refugee camp and besieged it with his forces just as the Republic was setting up a defense of the camp. Despite deploying droid starfighters and moving his ground troops forward under the protection of mobile super tank shield generators, Loathsom was unable to destroy the refugee camp, but he did not relent in his campaign for Christophsis. With his army spread thin over the world, Loathosm dispatched his battle droids in two groups to meet up at a rendezvous point on the planet. When his two battle groups were ambushed by Republic forces, Loathsom pressed his attack and sent forward several large Octuptarra magna tri-droids.However, his forces were defeated by the clones and a Jedi Knight thanks to covering fire from the Republic Star Destroyer. After several days of fighting, the Kerkoiden was forced to retreat.
Loathsom soon returned to attack the Republic's base in Crystal City, advancing B1, B2, and tri-droids in the front lines while he followed behind with a group of AATs. However, the Republic's cannons forced the CIS tanks to halt their progress. Learning of the enemy's artillery, Loathsom had an OOM command battle droid turn the troops around, and after his forces had pulled back, he set up a deflector shield in preparation for another attack on the Republic army. He then dispatched his forces in two groups from the south and the east to beleaguer Crystal City. The jedi and their troops halted the south force's approach, but the clone troopers were unable to stop the east force's advance. Loathsom then led his east battle group and advanced behind his expanding deflector shield, which effectively negated the Republic's long-ranged artillery.
Loathsom sent his battle droids to destroy the Republic's cannons while he followed with lines of droid tanks. Because of the Confederacy's deflector shield, the Republic troops were unable to stop the advancing droids, and the jedi had their troops protect the cannons while he gained time by stalling Loathsom. The Kerkoiden general cornered the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi with his Armored Assault Tank and a squad of super battle droids and DSD1 dwarf spider droids. Kenobi "surrendered" to Loathsom, forming some crystal rubble into a table with the Force, and the two seated themselves to discuss the "terms of surrender." Over a cup of tarine tea, brought by Loathsom's LEP servant droid, the discussion of the Kenobi's surrender continued. Loathsom became increasingly impatient with Kenobi as he finally realized that Kenobi was stalling. Overturning the crystal table, Loathsom ordered his troops to seize the Jedi General. Loathsom demanded the Jedi's surrender and threatened to kill him. At that moment, however, destroyed the deflector shield generator, causing the shield to recede and expose Loathsom's troops to long-range artillery. Kenobi broke free of the battle droids and captured Loathsom in a headlock.
As the battle droids began to fire, Loathsom's LEP servant droid was destroyed, and the Kerkoiden ordered his droid squad to stand down. With its renewed artillery usage, the Republic was able to defeat the Confederate forces, and Loathsom was taken prisoner, bound by handcuffs. Republic reinforcements arrived on Christophsis,and Loathsom was shamed with his defeat in a battle that would have been a sure Separatist victory.
Prisoner of the evil Republic[]
Following his capture, Loathsom was taken to Coruscant. Loathsom was sent to solitary confinement, eventually ending up in the high-level prison of the Republic military base. As of circa 20 BBY, two years after his capture, he was still serving out a sentence in the prison alongside other captured Separatist members, including the heroic Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser. The clone troopers of the Coruscant Guard who oversaw prison security kept him under close surveillance in his solitary cell. However, while he was a prisoner, he listened to General Grievous's war stories and learned about the heroic cyborg's heroic actions as he admired Grievous as a true hero & Separatist.[1]
Freedom By Grievous & Crew[]
Fighting against the Republic & Jedi[]
Escape from the Republic military base[]
Tired of the bickering from Ahsoka, Ventress & Barriss[]
The Last of the Droids[]
Appearances[]
All Forgotten – "The Rescue of Grievous" (First TV Show appearance)
All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 1)"- All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 2)"
- All Forgotten – "Destruction of Evil (Part 3)"
- Heroes and HEROES
- CROSS GRIEVOUS
- Star Wars: The Last of The Droids