Murtog, a Human male, held the position of security captain under the command of Darth Nyriss, the Dark Lord of the Sith. Nyriss was part of the Dark Council within the reconstituted Sith Empire, and approximately in 3954 BBY, she found herself involved in a scheme to overthrow the Sith Emperor. The conspiracy culminated four years afterward, when the Jedi Exile Meetra Surik arrived on Dromund Kaas, the Sith capital world. Scourge, a Sith Lord also serving Nyriss, orchestrated a meeting with Surik, an encounter that resulted in Murtog's death.