Seeking that which has long been lost...

[Skyler CTDS]

Skyler watched Extruien use the sword once more and was beggining to think that without that sword Extruien would be lost..

Skyler then saw him once again use the sword to spray poison gasses at him.. Skyler was sure he could outlast it using the force breath control but he decided he would dodge just in case.. Skyler cartwheeled way off to the right away from the gasses while using breath control just in case he breathed in any anyways..

Skyler stopped and stared at Extruien for a moment..

"Seems like you lean heavily on your sword Extruien.. Its a pity I have to take it from you.." Skyler said swinging his lightsaber into stance lava flying as he did.. Skyler after getting into stance charged Exturien.. It seemed Extruien didn't want to go into close ranged combat because of the Lava..

Skyler was not worried about it however because while battling Skyler created a light force barrier around himself to propell any Lava coming toward him in the other direction..

Once Skyler reached Extruien he used the force to jump high into the air but came straigt down very quick swinging down verticly at Extruien..

Meanwhile Drake and Arashi were still battling fiercly.. Arashi was fighting hard against Drakes onslaught when he was able to push Drake off of him and send an onslaught of his own at Drake..

For a while Drake was skillfull at parrying the blows but Drake was starting to leave open spots.. He was growing to tired to fight on.. Arashi then swung straight down at his legs slicing deep into them.. Drake hit the floor with a loud cry of pain..

The cuts were healable but still seriouse Arashi then looked up to see how the other battle between Skyler and Exturien was going..

[fro619]

Damn, Skyler had realized why Exturien was keeping at range rather than engaging in close combat. The Sith narrowed the gap quickly with a charge, and slashed down at Exturien. However, Exturien wasn't without his own share of surprises, either. Using the Force to strengthen his legs, he jumped right at Skyler, crossing his Lightsaber with the volcanic one. The spray of lava that shot off was a threat, but Exturien used his Vibrosword to absorb the majority of it.

Landing with blades crossed, Exturien pushed Skyler backwards and lept back as well.

"I rely on my blade because a Velka Knight is nothing without his weapon. That is why I cannot allow you to take it from me. Eximere!" he once again shot a molten beam of power forth from his sword, sending it towards Skyler. At this point, he glanced and saw Arashi had triumphed over Drake.

Gesturing back deeper into the Tomb, Exturien wordlessly related his plan to Arashi, who nodded. The two moved backwards quickly, and Exturien absorbed a Frag Grenade into his sword, loosing it at the ceiling. Not waiting to see what had become of Skyler, he blasted a massive portion of stone, leaving a temporary barrier of rubble between the Velka Knights and the Sith.

Turning to Arashi, Exturien sighed with relief. "That was too close for comfort, eh? Good thing you were with me, or I might not have survived. Come on, I think the things that we seek are deeper still."

The two moved expediently through the increasingly narrow passages, avoiding or disarming any traps that they happened upon. Apparently, that cloaked man had lived here for some time, as he had turned the place into a labyrinth. Nonetheless, the two Velka Knights managed to reach the final chamber at last.

"Here is it... the resting place of Drethanar's armor and sword. Spread out and look for it." The two did not have to search very long, as soon Arashi had discovered a concealed chamber with items of great interest. There were three sets of armor, three swords, and a box of Holocrons. In front was a pedestal with archaic writing on it.

Exturien read, "He who seeks this dreadful steel must limit himself to one. If he chooses to ignore this advice, his life will soon be done. The right has power, the left has speed, the middle grants impregnable measure. Choose only one, and choose carefully, lest ye waste this treasure."

Looking at Arashi, he spoke, "It seems like these sets of armor and sword have a certain attribute that they enhance. We are allowed to choose only one set. Let's pick which one we want, and grab those Holocrons as well. You can pick first."

[Skyler CTDS]

Skyler dodged the blast of molten lava Extruien sent at him once more as Extruien and Arashi took off through the temple..

Skyler tried to follow but was stopped when found that Extruien had created a quite large barrier of stones that were completley unmovable by the size of the blast Extruien created..

Arashi followed Extruien through the tomb walking through many labrynths and hallways.. Finally they came across the room with the items they had came for and Arashi listened to Extruien read the inscription, and tell him to go first..

Arashi stared at the armor and swords.. Arashi stared for a while and finally chose the set representing speed.. Speed and stealth had always been his favorite options of battle so these would fit him greatly.. Skyler then pickup one of the three holocrons and stepped away

"Looks like its your turn Exturien" Skyler said staring at his newly aquired items..

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Meanwhile..

Skyler walked back into the room where Drake lay on the floor.. Drakes wounds were almost completley healed now but his legs still hurt pretty bad..

Skyler knew that there was no way to catch them from there seeing how there was most likely another exit somwhere else in the temple..

"Get up you pathetic fool.. We have failed.. We don't have much time before more important things happen so we can't waist our time searching for them... Archos will not be pleased.." Skyler said as he walked away and out of the temple..

Drake got up and followed behind him as they walked back out onto the surface of Korriban..

Skyler was extremly angered.. Exturien had made the wrong move and Skyler would get his revenge for it.. Now he had to report failure to Lord Archos and he would not be pleased about it Skyler was sure.. Exturien would definantly pay..

Skyler and Drake then began their hike back to the Sith academy..

(Exits Skyler and Drake)

[fro619]

"Heh. How did I know that you'd pick speed?" Exturien said with a smile. He then turned to the armor remaining. One was for strength, the other for defense. Exturien had always desired the power to bring Ereshkigal to his knees, yet would strength necessarily bring that? A Sith would choose that... a Velka Knight, on the other hand, would choose defense.

Stepping forward, he picked up the sword, a heavy blade. Pressing his own to it, he said, "Haurire Finite," the end of the absorption. No longer would his blade be able to absorb other items and create attacks. Now, it would take on the powers of this sword. Then, he reached out to the armor. Immediately upon touching it, the metal glowed brightly and shot up his arm like liquid. It engulfed him, and he felt his skin grow warm The armor had merged with his very skin... he could never again take it off.

Exturien felt a rush of energy, feeling as if he could take on two or three Skylers all at once. This armor and sword granted impressive defensive powers, and Exturien's entire fighting style would change to accommodate these new abilities.

Finally, he grabbed one of the remaining two Holocrons. The contents would have to wait until a more favorable time to be perused, as right now, they had to leave.

Turning to Arashi, Exturien spoke in a voice not quite his own, slightly more deep and baritone. "Did you come here on your own ship? If so, we need to get to it and leave the planet before the Sith catch up to us."

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OoC: Sky, if you want more details of the armor, just PM me and I can explain.

Also, Exturien's appearance has changed. I'll post the new pic in the picture thread and the character profile.

[Skyler CTDS]

"I'm that easy to read huh?" Arashi said laughing a little bit.

Arashi put the armor on and he could feel the new aggility and speed within him.. He felt better with this armor on and he wielded both swords now.. One of fire and the other with the power of wind..

Arashi sheathed them both as he hear Extruien speak.. Arashi noticed Exturiens voice was deeper now.. Arashis hadn't changed any but he felt a lot more energetic..

"I have a ship parked not to far away from here.. We need to find an exit now though" Arashi said looking around the room.

[fro619]

Exturien reached out with his Force connection, which was notably less powerful now that he was in such heavy armor. He would have to work on that later. Searching the area where he had fought Skyler, he felt no presence at all.

"No need to find a new exit. Let's go back the way that we came. Those two are gone. Lead us to your ship. Then we can figure out where to go next."

The two retraced their steps, and when they came across the massive rubble that Exturien had created, he slashed right through it with his massive sword. The weight of it would take some getting used to, but he felt comfortable with it.

"Alright Arashi, lead on."

[Skyler CTDS]

Arashi nodded and walked out to the surface of Korriban and looked around for a second trying to figure out where exactly he parked the ship..

Arashi finally spotted it off in the distance.. "There it is." Arashi said pointing at it..

Arashi and Extruien headed off to the ship across the surface of Korriban..

They finally reached it after about 15 minutes of walking..

Arashi then boarded the ship with Extruien close behind..

"So where should we go from here.." Arashi asked getting into the cockpit..

[fro619]

Exturien considered the matter for a moment. Wherever they went, they would need to be undetected by the Sith, and preferably the Jedi as well. However, being closer to the Jedi might actually ensure that the Sith would be unable to pursue them.

Then again, if they were close to the Jedi, Darth Ereshkigal would surely be harder to find. It was a trade off between safety from Lord Archos and vengeance against Thanatos... in the end, the former was likely the better option.

"We should proceed to the Deep Core. Byss is a planet near the epicenter of the galaxy, and would be a prime area to host our efforts to revive the Velka Knights. It has industrialization and raw materials, as well as a sizable population. From there, it will be easy to recruit new members to our cause."

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OoC: Now would probably be a good time to request permission to make our Faction. I'll go ahead and take care of that.

[Skyler CTDS]

"Sounds like a plan to me." Arashi said starting the ship and flying above Korriban.. Arashi set the cooridantes for Byss and made the jump to Hyperspace..

(Exits Exturien and Arashi)

OOC: Allright sounds good lol.

[fro619]

OoC: Once the Faction is approved, I'll make the topic on Byss. Until then, not really much to do...

>_>

Maybe I should make another character....

[Skyler CTDS]

OOC: Allright yah looks like we gotta wait now. And that might be a good idea lol.

[Skyler CTDS]

Darth Katayr lay far into the tomb of Tulak Horde inside of a once emptey sarcophagus deep into a powerfull hibernation trance known as Morichro.. He had been in the trance for a year awaiting the right time in which he should awaken..

Katayr left his hibernation opening his eyes to see the lid of the sarcophogus.. "Alone I have not been.." Katayr said to himself sensing much had went on within the tomb during his hibernation..

Katayr opened the Sarcophagus and got out and onto his feet.. He walked, relying much on his cane as he did, through the dark tomb and entered a room that he could sense was recently entered..

Katayr looked around and smirked when he saw that a few of the items that were once in the room had been taken.. He walked on through the temple to find much rubble laying on the ground in one of the hallways right before the first room..

"Seems like I've had some recent visitors it does.." Katayr said staring at the rubble and the burnt holes in the walls as he walked through the room..

Katayr exited the tomb and walked out onto the surface of Korriban.. Antiquus could feel the dark energies swelling on Korriban as he looked around..

"Ahh so returned to the Korriban the Sith have.. Powerfull forces I feel here.." Katayr said staring off into the direction he felt the power and darkness.. He knew that the source was at the academy as he inreased his speed with the force extremly heading in the direction of the Academy..