Star Wars: The Brotherhood of Darkness

[Cain]

5/5/09

"Protect and defend, that's what the Chancellor is doing," is what Admiral Marka has told his Captain about why they were stationed on Coruscant and enforcing Martial Law on the city. The troops of the First Army were spread out around Coruscant, most concentrated around the Jedi Temple. Marka was on his way to the Temple, where he and Welsch joked about why there were here. As they landed near the Temple, Marka pointed out some defenses that needed to be improved or looked pretty good. Then, Welsch was informed that there was a possible attack taking place. A man with wings had taken off with another man and hasn't been seen since. Marka had ordered the troops into defense plan Delta. As the troops scurried off into position, Marka grabbed a rifle and began walking up the steps of the Jedi Temple...

Meanwhile, Reaper Squadron began mobilizing for their mission to Duro to rescue a Senator in distress. Oron noticed Ash was a little upset so he decided to talk to him. Ash said to let him go in first and to not get in his way. Oron told the man to get a hold of himself, he will decide who goes in first and whatnot. Their mission was to rescue the Senator and his daughter, not go in there just to kill the terrorists. That was their secondary objective; either kill the terrorists or capture them. The Squadron left First Fleet and met with a lone Venator, which was going to be their "taxi", so to speak, on their way to Duro.

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On Alderaan, Hatori and his new apprentice Vherox Black made it to the top of the mountain and the Luminos Shrine, a large long abandoned tower hidden in the snow and clouds. There he began to teach Vherox about the dark side when two new hopefuls arrived, Kevin and Nero. Hatori began by teaching his three students the Shadow Arts. The ancient force martial art conceived by Atsuke Makura and made famous by the Kumori on Chinine. They began with Shadow Clone, a technique designed to deceive and misdirect an opponent, as most shadow arts were. Hatori's students were all too eager to accept his teachings, bringing darkness to one of the galaxy's last havens for the light.

[Cain]

6/8/09

On Coruscant, Admiral Don Marka stood alone in the Jedi Temple. There had been a security breach and all Republic Forces were on full alert. Several blocks near the Jedi Temple have been evacuated. Admiral Don Marka and his forces have received reports of a Mitsukai and someone else flying towards the Jedi Temple. Admiral Marka had taken no chances but decided to be gutsy and go into the Jedi Temple alone. He didn't want no bloodshed, just a simple talk as to why they were here and what they desired.

Springing the trap, Republic troops burst into the room where the intruders were. Two of them managed to escape, but the other two were cornered off. Don Marka showed himself to the intruders. One of them, a crazed man who asked about the Jedi, escaped without Republic intervention. Don was more interested in Karite, the man with wings. Karite had been looking for the Jedi and trying to find out what happened here, why there were all dead bodies around the Temple. Marka told him that the Sith attacked the Temple, casualties high for both sides, and that the situation was under control. It was then that he asked Don if he knew anyone by the name of Ryuu Drake, Alex Drake, and Zilfer...

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If only the same thing could be said about Lieutenant Oron and Reaper Squadron. They landed on Duro without being noticed, well besides the fact that Ash took out some sentries along the roof. Oron had brought with him a crate of sand, which would act as a decoy and drive the guards away from the Senator and his daughter. Creating six Earth Clones, Oron contacted Chief Fernandez of the Duro police, who had formed a perimeter around the estate. Oron noticed an uneasiness in the Chief's voice, but thought nothing of it. Back at the perimeter, Chief Fernandez was contacted by a mysterious person, most likely the person in charge of the attacks. He mentioned to the Chief that the Duro government would be overthrown in due time and the planet would be under their control. Who knows what'll happen to the Senator, his daughter, Reaper Squadron, and the citizens of Duro.

The situation then took a turn for the worst. Although the Senator's estate was almost cleared of terrorists and the Senator and his daughter were safe, there was a much bigger threat at hand. There was a Cou de Tat taking place, with the PTI occupying the government building on Duro. Reaper Squadron had suffered their first casualty; Jasirm. He was peppered with blaster fire as Ash and Nuke made their escape. Although the leader of Reaper Squadron does not know this, it may be best Oron doesn't know it...yet. That could possibly endanger the mission.

With Nuke setting off a distraction, Ash and Oron stormed the government building, trying to find out the source of these attacks and what is truly taking place...

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Eslewhere, on the planet Thisspias, Cain and his apprentice Lord Nanashi continued their hunt for force sensitives outside the Republic. This brought them to the home of the ex-Sith and former comrade of Cain's, Vaasek Noir.

The Thisspian was none too happy to see his old cohort again and fight quickly broke out. Dispite Noir's powers in Sith Alchemy, Cain and Nanashi were able to subdue and kill him with little trouble. After that the two felt a ripple in the force coming from the planet Ruusan. There was a large gathering of force users there, some very powerful. Following this feeling, Cain and Nanashi headed for the Mid Rim.

Arriving on Ruusan, Cain and Nanashi came upon a group of force users, mostly from the LONAS Union, who had just finished fending off an army of droids and hunters. The two dark Jedi dropped into the canyon and introduced themselves, asking the others to drop their weapons and come with them.

The Union members for the most part did not respond to this very well. After a bit of arguing a good deal of them were rounded up into Nanashi's ship, but Jor Halcyon had decided that he would not become a tool of the Republic. Cain and Jor soon found themselves in a battle of their own. Jor's expertise in the telekinetic use of the force caught Cain by surprise at first, but he was still able to match him.

Finally deducing that Jor's weakness was his mind, Cain attacked him there, ripping Jor's knowledge from his subconscious with the dark side. Jor was forced to flee, not realizing the extent of the damage that had been inflicted upon him. After the fight Cain and Nanashi decided to return at last to Coruscant and begin training their new hopefuls.

[Cain]

6/15/09

After the battle on Ruusan, the Dark Lord Cain and his apprentice Lord Nanashi rounded up the remaining force users and took them on their ship to Coruscant. Once back at the Jedi Temple the group encountered even more curious force sensitives ranging from former Sith to Kumori to even a Mitsukai.

With such a large group Cain had an opportunity to turn a good deal of his potential adversaries to his cause. Probing each of their minds one by one, Cain presented each of their students with their weaknesses and strengths. After breaking his students down it was time to test them.

One at a time the students attacked Cain and Nanashi so the two Dark Lords could get a feel for how strong they already were. Most were arrogant and too sure of themselves. Some were hesitant and unfamiliar with their new master's strange powers... but all had an underlying fear. A fear that Cain would hope to exploit.

[Cain]

8/29/09

Rejoining the Dark Lords, Nanashi and Cain, we find that they have left the Imperial capital of Coruscant, seeking out the ancient Sith Sorcerer Naga Sadow at his tomb in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban. There Cain and Nanashi came across a Sith holocron imbued with an Illusion spell. The illusions had been conjured by Sadow and placed into the old holocron as a means to protect his tomb from outsiders.

Realizing that the true spirit of Naga Sadow was elsewhere, Cain took the holocron from the tomb and with Nanashi headed for Yavin IV. To get there the Dark Lords would travel in the newly completed Super Star Destroyer that would now serve as the head of the Imperial fleet.

On Yavin IV Cain and Nanashi ran into the ghost of Naga Sadow who refused to teach them anything at first due to their youthful outward appearance. If they were going to get the ancient Sith to cooperate, Cain and Nanashi would have to prove themselves worthy...

Meanwhile, on Alderaan, Hatori's training of young hopefuls in the dark side continued with a Mitsukai named Nik Rakurai. There was tension between the two at first, Nik did not truly seek to use the dark side, just to learn about the force. But the more he allowed himself to be taught the more disturbing Hatori's teachings seemed to become to him.

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During his training, Tycen Malone sensed he needed to be somewhere besides the world of seemingly endless history that is Chinine. This feeling led him to the asteroid turned moon, Sivvi. There Tycen would encounter an unknown mercenary who went by the name Blüd. Also he would train with the new power he had gained only just before. The merc and Tycen fought until Tycen was able to get him at gun point. From there Tycen learned a number of things from the man, and after stealing the lightsaber he had with him Tycen allowed him to live.

Paige had finished her mission to the Action VI transport ship known as The Nastroma. She was sent there to acquire a special item for the leader of the Omega group, Kitana. Set with an additional condition to not damage the ship or kill any of the guards or crew, Paige accomplished her task and brought the item to the omega group as instructed. After handing the package to her boss, Paige was told that her talents weren't needed anymore and given time off.

[Zilfer Of Shadows...]

10/16/09

While the Dark Lords Cain and Nanashi were off learning from the Ancient Sith Magician Naga Sadow, the Empire's networks were assaulted with a message from the presiding Mandalore. Mandalore with the help of the A.I. Celestial, HK-47 and his grandson Bermfad, stormed a Holonet station upon the planet Nar Shaddaa. Mandalore after securing a path to the station gave Celestial a message to display on every monitor in every known sector of the galaxy connected to the Holonet at the same time. It was a message to the galaxy that the Mando'ade may be beat down but they were far from out. Mandalore offered a hand to all fellow Mandalorians and Non-Mandalorians to join him upon their home planet of Mandalore to once more relive the glory of their forefathers. The message was set to repeat until someone cracked the message and took it off the air, allowing for normal use of the Holonet once more. Currently Mandalore, HK-47, and Bermfad are headed to meet their Mandalorian Brothers and Sisters upon Mandalore. They offered Celestial a chance to join them. "No one should ever be left completely alone." ~ Mandalore to Cele.

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109K(Jik), or Bones as he goes by now escaped from a lab that had reawakened him from a deadly onslaught by Lord Nanashi leaving hardly any genetic tissue to work from. Escaping Mon Calamari on an Imperial ship he found himself on the planet of Socianis. When discovered and confronted by Fleet Admiral Raiku Ven she tried to dispatch him with a deadly poison. After not getting over five steps away and Bones lifting himself off the ground she decided he could serve another purpose. They were in need of someone to deliver a package to Corellia.

Bones was outfitted with a unique set of armor custom made for someone like Raiku, and given a ship to deliver the package which turned out to be a huge human like beast to Corellia for some scientists, or so he was told. The planet Corellia had been recovering from an assault on her surface for many years and was just now getting into the flow of it's former self when along came Bones' ship.

During the landing process the package somehow 'got free' from it's Phrik chains and killed the two guards assigned to watch it. Impaling Bones from behind straight through one of his two hearts forced the ship to crash into the city. When Bones would wake up sometime later he would see the city up in flames....

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The Empire received a distress signal and reigned in the combined might of the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet to set up a blockade around the planet. Nothing coming or going. Fleet Admiral Elifain Drakain set up an elite task-force he had dubbed 'Bridgeburners' which was rumored to be a play of the Army of Light's statement that they were guarding the bridges.

The Bridgeburners accompanied by Elifain, Karite, and Zuko shot down to the planet in a straight drop to the surface to find most of the citizens crazed and wild. After the first few engagements they found the victims of the virus could heal from serious injuries in almost seconds flat. The chances of finding anyone alive were growing grim as the Bridgeburners fought their way across the surface of the planet building through building and eventually to the highest building they could find. They split into two groups one headed by Karite while Elifain sought out his stranded member Zuko who had flown the drop point by a mile or so. On their way Elifain met up with Bones who held no love the Empire. They encountered the original package on the roof which Elifain tried to engage but was only sent flying straight into Bones off the top of a one hundred story building. Bones' unique ability to force bones out of his body with razor sharp Phrik kicked in stopping their descent. This is when Elifain ordered for the Bridgeburners to get off the planet.

After reaching the safety of the fleet once more an orbital bombardment started pulverizing the planet once more into a state worse then before. The combined might of the fleet left most of the surface looking like that of magma. Karite risked a venture down to the surface not long after the bombardment had completed and the feelings of agony, pain, and the Darkside forced him into the void. It was here he would see a sight beyond even his reckoning. Kuragari lined the landscape as if drawn to this singular point in the galaxy, and from the Kuragari emerged a woman with an unbelievable wing span. He knew at once it was the Intangible that stood before him, it sought to escape. Karite took tale and ran. Exiting the void only to see the sheer power of the Intangible in combination with the mass killing done upon the surface of the planet had caused a temporary 'bleed' through the thin fabric that held the void and our world apart. Kuragari chased and attacked Karite all the way back to his ship until he was at least able to pilot away from the planet to warn Elifain not to enter the void near Corellia.

Elifain however had other problems on his hands, for unbeknownst to him for a time was that he had been scratched by the package leaving him infected. Elifain had been infected with the Anemos virus created by a mad Sith Alchemist named Dred Akunin, and he was already suffering some of the side effects. Elifain ordered the Third Fleet to head back to Naboo, after recruiting two new members. Wesker and the former ally of Jor and Drake Hellion, Ashley White....

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Bones snuck off in a ship and headed for Coruscant where he would try to recollect his memories. He searched the empty Jedi Temple from top to bottom and found a mad scientist which someone he had seen in a brief flash of his memory. A broken girl that the scientist said that her name was Rin. Taking her from the scientist's questionable hands he headed for a place to try and help Rin recollect her broken mind.

After weeks of trying, Rin started to gather her wits about her and become the person she once was. Unfortunately, she didn't know too much about Bones other then the fact that he had once been a Sith, and another time a Jedi apprenticed to a man named Drake Hellion. Rin helped Bones reestablish a basic connection to the force, and in return Bones assured her that he would never let anything happen to her again.

Following some rumors, Bones decided to leave Onderon where he had been hiding from the Empire in case they came after Rin. Thus far their luck had held up, and no one had been sent. Nar Shaddaa was rumored to have bounties on Jedi and a particular one with the name of Hellion.... Feeling that it was his best bet in finding more about himself, Bones decided it was finally time to move.

Upon arriving on Nar Shaddaa with Rin, he hit up a cantina to find some information and at a Pazaak table after loosing a bunch of credits to a card shark he got the man to mention the Hutt's where the one's after Drake Hellion. Bones was ready to go however the man offered once last game, all or nothing. He knew the man was only trying to reel him in and was going to decline until Rin bet 50,000 credits on him winning the next game. When the final came came down to it, the man busted with a perfect 20. He acted as if he had lost when he had a winning score. It wasn't until they left did Rin explain that it was a simple trick of fooling a distracted mind. After that they discussed where to go next, and that's when Bones had an idea... He could pretend to be this Drake Hellion. It could prove disastrous, and it was a shot in the dark, but it had to be done....

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Nanashi, the clone of Lord Nanashi, or Revan as he had now taken up a new name assigned by an old Kumori named Anjuu. He trained with a few students in the way of the Force and Kumori Arts. After most of the students had decided to return to the galaxy Revan remained behind to train further and a Mitsukai woman named Yuki came looking for Zilfer. Revan was the one to break it painfully to her that Zilfer was no longer the man she had once known. He was now a man of Pain, Darkness, and a constant Lust for power which Revan knew resided within himself as well. He was beginning to form the hypothesis that being cloned somewhat from the Intangible had forced them to live a darker life then most and blocked out the path of light almost completely from them.

After seeing some of Yuki's rather unique talents Revan asked if she could train him in some of the techniques she knew. She agreed and in the morning they set out to train. Something told Revan however he would have to face his opposite. It was said 'For Every Yin there is a Yang.' and he knew that they would clash. The only question was.... would he be ready?

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Jor, Drake and Elisa traveled to Ilum so that Jor could begin training the next generation of Jedi Knights. Lured there by the Force, Ash Lightning, Jaylen Icarus and Matthew Walker came to Ilum and joined Jor during his teaching.

Jor taught them the intricacies of control. Control of both their bodies and minds and therefore the Force though an aged Jedi training technique. While training Jor's daughter Genie was abducted by a Gorgodon. Everyone came to her assistance and Jor opened up a battle meld, allowing Elisa to channel the power of all of them into her natural empathic abilities to calm the situation down and convince the the creature to let Genie go.

After that emergency Jor called for a rest and the returned to their camp where they slept some or continued training silently. When dawn broke the group traveled into orbit where they conducted some combat training before jumping to hyperspace, bound for Raxis Prime.

[Cain]

11/7/09

(Sorry for the prolonged time without updates. I will be updating weekly every Saturday once again, so please do send me you plot updates.)

On the fourth moon of Yavin, Lord Cain and Nanashi had spent the last few weeks training under the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord Naga Sadow in the ways of Sith Magic. Among the spells the two dark lords were taught were to summon darkness, concealment, force blast, and invoke spirits.

With their training at last completed Cain and Nanashi finally returned to the galaxies core to find Coruscant in a state of chaos. Though this did little to deter the dark lord. Wasting no time in testing his new skills, Cain began to summon darkness that steadily enveloped the Imperial capital.

Meanwhile, on Alderaan, one of Cain's young apprentices Hatori Akunin was also taking time to train and sharpen his focus. Feeling the disturbance on Coruscant, Hatori returned to the capital for a meeting with Cain. Cain gave Hatori his new assignment, to find the source of the Army of Light's Jedi. Hatori accept his new mission and along with Karite headed to Mandalore to find some clues.

On Mandalore the Mandalorians had gathered from across the galaxy for a meeting with Canderous Ordo. Hatori and Karite decided to interrupt this meeting in an attempt to get some information. Though none of the Mandalorians admitted having any knowledge of the Army of Light's whereabouts initially, Ash of the Lightning clan spoke with Hatori and Karite in private, informing them that the Jedi were being trained at Raxus Prime.

Taking this information Hatori and Karite went to Raxus Prime, but shortly after arriving their Mandalorian informant arrived as well, doing something rather rash. Ash attacked the fleet stationed over Raxus Prime and all hell quickly broke lose.

[Cain]

11/14/09

The battle over Raxus Prime had begun and the Army of Light had the upper hand following the inexplicable efforts of the Mandalorian Ash Lightning. The Sith, Hatori, Karite and Elifain fought their way on board one of the Army's Star Destroyers and there Hatori and Karite came face to face with Jor Halcyon and Elisa. Their battle still ongoing, neither side seeming to be gaining the upper hand over the other.

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Back on Coruscant Cain received a visit from an old friend, Lady Nachta. She wished to learn from Cain how to use the dark side power called "Drain Life". Cain gladly demonstrated the use of the power for Nachta, explaining that the power was not something one could simply be taught... it was something you had to feel.

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After going to Chinine to improve his skills with the force, Tycen, With two others, Revan, And Yuki, Find a strong force entity by the name, Iki. It took the form of a tree with many different faces all around it instead of bark. After a brief conversation with it, Iki told him to ask one Question, for they might not meet again. Tycen requested power, his motives not the purest, he was granted an answer; "Go to the planet Tishi and find a large creator there. You will find what it is you seek...." Tycen was ready to head to the cursed planet Tishi, that was until he saw a new person approaching them.

At this point he waited, quietly watching the events unfold in front of him. This newcomer Ragnvaldr seeks some kind of miracle cure to the dark star which he calms is stuck in his head. Once back at the old Kumori village of Kankage, Tycen watched as more visitors came.

These newcomers were Moonfire and Kyo. Moonfire had been injured on Hoth and the two were looking for someplace to stay. Once everyone had gathered together Kyo suggested that they contact the Army of Light to battle against the Empire. Overhearing this Tycen snuck away from the group, rushing back to Coruscant to inform Cain.

Upon hearing the news Cain instructed Tycen to return to Chinine with Lord Nanashi and to crush the traitors before they could join the Army of Light. Tycen eagerly accepted the task and together with Nanashi he returned to Chinine.

[Cain]

11/21/09

On Coruscant Cain completed his training of Lady Nachta in the use of "Force Drain". After sending Nanashi and Tycen to Chinine Cain returned to his meditations in the Jedi Temple, feeling the battle that was to ensue across the galaxy through the force...

Meanwhile back on Chinine, Lord Nanashi, with Tycen in tow began his usual Evil Lord monologue. Growing impatient and frustrated Moonfire struck out attacking Tycen, informing him that he was on the wrong side and ought to give up then and there. Lord Nanashi, displeased with Tycen needing to be saved so readily took the group of Moonfire, Kyo, Yuki, Revan and Ragnvaldr into an illusion of Coruscant, the Dark Lords crushing them with the force. Investing more of her power into Kyo and the meld, Moonfire convinced the others it was all just an illusion and to ignore it while together they broke the illusion. Committing fully to the meld the group then slipped together into the recesses of Lord Nanashi's mind, and liberated him from his hate and pain that chained him to faithfully to Cain.

Back on Coruscant Cain sensed Nanashi's failure, which prompted the spirit of Ryuu still within him to react. Cain had been steadily breaking his son's will and turning him to the dark side while he was imprisoned within Cain's consciousness. Now with Nanashi having failed it was time for Cain to play his secret ace. Cain had prepared a final clone, a clone from his original body, Alex Drake. Using the Spirit Transference ritual Cain moved his consciousness into the body of Alex Drake while leaving Ryuu back with his body. It was time now for a new dark lord to introduce himself to the galaxy.

Over Raxus Prime the battle between the Sith and the Jedi had intensified. Relying more and more heavily on the dark side, Hatori's behavior became increasingly aggressive and ruthless. With the dark side aiding him Hatori ran his katana through Elisa, taking her out of the fight, though at the cost of his left arm and his voice. The battle is now down to Jor Halcyon and the two Sith Hatori and Karite.

Elsewhere, it was a quiet day on the usually dull Socianis for Ensign Kailani Tomoko at the Imperial Base protecting the Amenos Virus, when her monitors began beeping and the alarms all sounding. Waking the Imperial lacky, she was pleased to discover a small group of Mandalorians had decided it was a beautiful day for some action. After securing the virus, Kailani joined the action to encounter the Mandalorian Roland, an old face from her past. The two playfully sparring, Kailani unsure of whether to kill Roland and be done with it, or leave the dull Empire for a new life amongst the Mandalorians. To stay with the monster she already knew and expected, or to move onto a life of more honor and glory, than just money and booze?

[Cain]

11/29/09

Ash Lightning was barely saved from certain death by Drake Hellion and Roland Drakain and is taken to Mandalore, where he the joins the Mandalorians to regain his lost honor. Mission One: Go with Roland to Socianis and destroy the Empire's stronghold and Anemos virus there. Upon landing on the surface, the two split up, with Ash heading deeper into the complex while Roland took care of the virus.

Meanwhile, Akira Rumo finished her mission to the Kuat Shipyards with a copy of nearly its entire memory core. She headed back to Zeltros to present the information to Empress Kitana, only to find out that she was still away on "business". The Bothan Lieutenant Fen Faypham of the espionage team took the datapad and gave Akira her next mission: Go to Nal-Hutta and steal the one of the pieces of the Codex of Tython from Kabal the Hutt.

Upon arriving at Nal-Hutta, Akira found a space battle being waged. Her Spyglass-class Corvette Intrepid wass fired upon and took heavy damage, but managed to jump away. The corvette limped all the way to Mandalore, where she got permission to land for repairs. After some deep thought, she came to the conclusion that the battle must have been a trap set by Kitana. She went to the Mandalorian leader, and Asked to join the Mandalorians.

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Over Raxus Prime the battle with the Jedi took a turn for the worse. Hatori had suffered great injuries and Karite was all but beaten. Jor Halcyon was far beyond Hatori's level, but still the Sith Lord brought the fight to his Jedi opponent. Hatori's struggle was for naught however when the Jedi that had been gathered on Chinine arrived to aid Jor on board the Zyla Bram. Hatori could not fight off all of the Jedi and was struck down by Kyo's lightsaber.

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On Coruscant the once lifeless Jedi Temple has begun to draw the attention of power starved and the crazy brave. The presence of the Dark Lord of the Sith has attracted many who seek to learn the ways of the dark side. First, Ashley Sparks and Kayen Storm. Then Tai Kindo and Janus Kine.

Cain used his training he had received long ago in the shadow arts from the son of the man who originally had created them, Jack Makura, in order to lure his new students into the temple and break them. Each of the four was shown a seperate illusion, Ashley's arm was crushed and her body battered in her battle with Cain's clone. Janus was shown a vision of Cain's fall on Korriban and forced to suffer through Cain's "Dark Side Rage" ability through a force meld. Tai was shown an illusion of his brother and slain cousin in an attempt to break his composure. And Kayen was taunted by Cain's clone to work him into a rage and force him to reveal the weakness in his impatient and uncontrolled attacks.

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Meanwhile, Cain's newest apprentice, Ryuu Drake, was sent by Cain to Dromund Kaas on a special mission to assist the Empire construct its new weapon against the Army of Light. Not too long after landing Ryuu ran into a Twi'lek Sith called Ama. Ama had been living in the Dark Force Temple on Dromund Kaas and after a small skirmish, she brought Ryuu back to the Temple. There Ryuu learn from the ancient Sith reliefs about lightsaber form VII: Juyo. He taught himself how to use this form and instructed Ama as well.

[Cain]

12/6/09

Zilfer's travel from Raxis prime reflected many different aspects of his coming to terms with what had happened in the last few months. He discovered he was the cause of the death of many Jedi which Lord Nanashi had hunted across the galaxy. He had wiped out life on Myrkr and then soon after ordered that Corellia be glassed to contain the contamination. He had witnessed the death of Hatori and the badly wounded Karite in a battle with Jor Halcyon. He had once worked with both of these men in one way or another. Yuki was desperately trying to hold onto a distant friendship he had made with her a long time ago however it was friendship that had lead him down the path of darkness, could he really tempt fate again? And the Jedi all around him wanted him to stay and share his wisdom with them.

Soon Zilfer arrived on Ilum and it was here he reviewed the feed of Revan's death, which had occurred when they had fought a Sith on Nom Chorios. Zilfer silently stood by as the others gave Hatori a Jedi's funeral. It seemed that Yuki couldn't understand why Zilfer pushed her away, and he wasn't sure she'd ever understand...

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On Mandalore, Bermfad was ordered by Mandalore to train a new recruit that had just come in by the name of Lana. He took the opportunity to get her weapons checked and decided to skip the formal lesson on what the values of a Mandalorians were. After they dropped Lana's weapons off the two headed towards the dueling ring where Bermfad instructed her in how they would spar to get to know her fighting style as well as provide pointers. More importantly he wanted to know if she had the guts to keep coming regardless if she was stronger or weaker then her opponent. Bermfad would make a Mandalorian out of her yet.

Mandalore had then decided to let Akira join the Mandalorians, despite her not having any experience. She was put under the clan Lightning, headed by none other than Ash Lightning. Mandalore then instructed Elifain Drakain to teach Akira more about the force, which was cut blindly short by a summon from Mandalore: they were to head to Coruscant to meet with Emperor Cain himself.

The Mandalorians came to the Imperial Capital where Cain awaited them. Though both sides showed signs of distrust towards the other, after some banter the Empire and the Mandalorians agreed to ally against the Army of Light. Pleased with this revelation Cain returned to the lower levels of the Jedi Temple to continue training his new students... Ashley Sparks, Kayen Storm, Tai Kindo, and Janus Kine.

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Out in the outer rim, Ryuu had continued his search for a Ysalamiri, which was part of his order from Cain. After finishing an impromptu lesson on force lightning with the Twi'lek Ama, Ryuu decided it was time to move on with his mission. Ama however was not ready to let Ryuu get away. Ryuu agreed to let Ama come along as his apprentice... for at least until his assignment was completed.

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Elsewhere, Ash Lightning defeated the latest wave of enemy troopers with the help of some of Roland Drakain's men. With them out of the way, the group made their way to the armory, where they supplied themselves with heavy weaponry.

[Cain]

12/14/09

Arrik Fyr had finally decided to move on from simply doing one man jobs and assassinations. As he searched through the organizations his gaze fell upon MotG, or Mercs of the Galaxy. After contacting them, he received instructions on how to join. He went to a local Cantina on Tatooine where he saw and followed his contact. After getting in the speeder with him, he was drugged and blacked out. He awoke in the MotG HQ, where he met Don Marka, who introduced him to the group.

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Elsewhere, on Coruscant, Garok Raan, having desires to become trained in the force, approached the Jedi Temple in search of a master. As he was about to enter when he met a curious man, or more accurately a Mitsukai, who called himself Jack. He warned Garok about the Dark Side but Garok persisted still. Jack told him he would be worthy if he retrieved something from the planet Tishi. Garok was informed of a large crater in the northern hemisphere of the planet in which this thing would be located. He set off at once in search of it.

In fact though Jack was just another illusion conjured up by Cain who had now begun the training of his three new students in the catacombs of the Jedi Temple. The training had gotten off to an inauspicious start indeed, particularly with young Tai Kindo. Even though some of his students seemed less than qualified, Cain choose to continue with their training anyway, beginning by explain to them the ways of the Sith.

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Zilfer had spent his time on Ilum forging a crystalline blade for himself. He had gotten the idea from the legend of Akari or Lucias as he was known among the Luminos people. He was said to have wielded a crystalline blade, and Zilfer thought to recreate this Kumori legend. The legend of a man wielding a blade seemingly made of light that had vanquished the beast Moujuu. It took many attempts as he continually tried to forge the weapon out of the material from the new Jedi temple which gave him new holes in the walls of his room. After many hours of focusing and slowly through many attempts perfecting his technique, he was at least able to harden, and create a flawless blade. This blade would hopefully be an ally to him in the coming battles. Zilfer knew he would need a reminder of the past. A reminder that once he took up this blade his past wouldn't matter anymore. A concept he was still struggling with.

Meanwhile the training on Mandalore continued with Bermfad testing Lana in her swordplay. The test turned into an unarmed match as Bermfad continued to switch tactics and test the adaptability of the newcomer. Mandalore arrived back on Mandalore during this time as well, using a device to make sure his conversation with Celestial was kept private. He revealed that he wanted to find Zilfer and question him about the whereabouts of Revan who had left him with regathering not only the rest of the clan Ordo, but all Mandalorians in the galaxy. He had done his job well, but now he needed to know why Revan had asked what he did...

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Back on Dromund Kaas, Ryuu and Ama had found the Ysalamiri Cain had needed for his next weapon. With his mission there completed, it was on to Ryuu's next objective; the holocron of the legendary Sith Alchemist Vaasek Noir, which Cain believed to be in the Sith Academy on Korriban. Ryuu and Ama headed to Korriban where they discovered they were not alone. Vaasek Noir, after suffering what should have been a fatal defeat at the hands of Cain and Nanashi on Thisspias, had managed to return to Korriban and used Sith Alchemy to infuse himself with parts from old Sith assassin droids in order to keep himself alive. More machine now then living being, Noir attacked Ryuu and Ama in a rage as they entered his quarters trying to steal his holocron.

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With the new creation of the Mercenaries of the Galaxy, Don Marka strives to help those in need, well, when it comes to money of course. Others have joined his faction as well. The first mission of MOTG was on Nar Shadda, with Don and his team rescuing Mr. Blue's daughter, along with destroying the Gardula the Hutt's Palace. With the successful run of the mission, Don welcomes the newest member, Arrik Fyr, and two other new members, Kaeso and Jas, who have yet to arrive at the HQ, but have dedicated their services to the faction. Don awaits for further members as the faction is just at its infancy.

[Cain]

12/19/09

Revan, Zilfer's clone, had finished helping Bones rescue Rin from one of the Hutt's on the City moon of Nar Shaddaa. They offered for him to travel with them however Revan declined and continued to travel alone by himself. His path now turned to the outer regions of the galaxy so he could hide away from all those that knew him. His StealthX began to run low on fuel and he reverted his course to the nearby planet of Mandalore. He was surprised to see such a large military force outside of the Republic, he got permission to walk around so long as he not cause any trouble, otherwise there would be repercussions. He happened across two people training on a nearby hill. Elifain, an Admiral of the Republic was there teaching someone, which didn't make sense to Revan. He was impelled to see what the young admiral who had only been a few months ago at the age of 19 commanding a fleet.

Bermfad continued training the young hopeful Lana as he was getting to know her fighting style. He had noted she didn't back off against an armored opponent, she pressed her attack even if she didn't have an advantage, and more importantly she hadn't panicked under pressure... yet.

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Zilfer back on Ilum in the Jedi's Crystal temple began to teach the new hopefuls and Yuki Uramachi in the ways of the light side of the force, most of which he had learned long ago. Teaching them Telekinesis, Mind Trick, and Force speed. After teaching them these techniques he proceeded to test their resistance to the dark side by forcing them to face the most difficult moments in their lives and images that no doubt the Dark Lord would force upon them should they ever face him or any of his students. Most of them passed the test, however a few needed some work on the philosophy's of the force, or at least the way they went about battling their opponents.

Zilfer's training however was not done there, he began to delve deeper into techniques commonly used by Jedi Masters and Jedi Knights to defend themselves, as he moved on to teach Force Protection.

Xuku, one of Zilfer's students, had finally completed his search for the Jedi, whom he'd been looking for ever since the Empire was established. He was on Dantooine when he felt the force call to him, leading him to Ilum. Once here he was guided by a strong light side aura to the location of the new Jedi Temple where he found the Jedi and quite a few more then he expected. He met a man named Zilfer who was training a group of younger Jedi, even though he himself was not a Jedi. Xuku requested training and Zilfer taught the group several force powers, as well as some Jedi philosophy.

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Kaeso Varik had ceased flying solo and was now a part of a freelance mercenary organization, the Mercenaries of the Galaxy. Kaeso took on his first mission, which was to extract a person of interest from a high-security facility on Tatooine, just outside Mos Eisley. He infiltrated with his hired guns and the group proceeded with stealth, but the hostiles were alerted and Kaeso had to speed things up. The mission ended in a successful extraction of the VIP and the entire facility went up in flames thanks to a stash of explosives Kaeso had discovered combined with some large fuel tanks.

Also with the Mercs of the Galaxy was Arrik Fyr who didn't waste any time after joining. His mission dealt with an attempted overthrow of the government on Taris by a large organization of criminals. Arrik and his men were able to successfully disarm these thugs of their nuclear weapons and either arrest or wipe them out completely. After resting for a few days, Arrik took on another mission. This assignment is dealing with a hostage situation within a theater on Coruscant. Arrik Fyr is currently on the planet now, seeing to this mission.

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Upon his arrival on Tishi, Garok sought this crater that Jack had informed him of. After a search of the planet's surface he located the impact site. At the bottom of the deep crater stood the ruins of an ancient-looking Mitsukai village. The village was completely abandoned except for one man. He was a force ghost who had died long before, named Atsuke. After briefly speaking with Garok about why he was there they both realized that Garok had been sent for this man. A short battle ensued, where Atsuke summoned Mitsukai spirits in an attempt to drain the life from Garok. Garok was able to thwart them once, but, with much strain, Atsuke re-opened the Dark Star located above the village. The ground began to split and crack. Garok used the force to propel the spirits into the newly opened Dark Star before they could kill him. Atsuke vanished, and in his place was an old burnt up book. Garok retrieved this and successfully made it back to his ship as half of Tishi was torn to shreds underneath him. He returned then to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant to join the other students in training to become a Sith.

Inside the Jedi Temple the training of Cain's new Sith apprentices continued. Janus had taken his first steps towards learning the power of the Dark Side. Utilizing skills learned from Cain in his earlier encounter with him in the realm of illusion, Janus has manged to confront his darker half and make minimal strides towards controlling it. However, there is still much conflict within him as to whether or not he is making the right decision.

As for the other students, Cain began to teach them how to use the Shadow Arts, which he had now dubbed "the Dark Arts" to emphasize the implication of the dark side philosophy in the use of the power. Cain began by showing his students how to connect with an others mind and to project images upon them. Then he began to instruct them on how to mold the force using telekinesis. But crucial skills if one is to master the use of a Shadow Clone.

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On Korriban Ryuu and Ama managed to defeat the half serpent, half droid Vaasek Noir with a little help from Ryuu's remote droid. After killing Noir, Ryuu recovered his holocron which contained much of his knowledge on Sith Alchemy. After having obtained this item it was time for Ryuu to return to his master. However, he was held up by an unexpected visitor in the Valley of the Dark Lords.

Kyo had felt Ryuu's presence through the force and followed it to Korriban where he now came face to face with his "brother". Kyo had not realized that Ryuu had turned to the dark side and tried to bring him back to Ilum with him. A battle ensued and the truth was revealed to Kyo about his brother's true feelings. After being defeated by Ryuu, Kyo was left unconscious in the Valley of the Dark Lords as Ryuu returned to Coruscant.

[Cain]

1/4/10

Akira Rumo learned the last she could from Elifain Drakain, afterwards she decided that she would help others without fighting. It was just after this that the clone of Zilfer, self named Revan, and Elifain had a conversation and she learned of the destruction of Corellia. She was visibly shaken by the news.

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Ash Lightning could feel his frustration and anger rise as more infected swarmed him and his men. After a time, previous orders to not use the force were ignored and he used it to bury the attacking infected. Immersed in his anger Ash decided to bring down the complex using the new technique he discovered he could use, but his commanding officer said otherwise so he left the complex, leaving him to finish the mission. Ash also left a few words to Akira Rumo and Mandalore saying sorry, and that he would be getting some training. That done he left for Coruscant, the best place for him to learn more of the force.

On Coruscant the training of Cain's Sith apprentices continued. The strong began to distinguish themselves from the weak and Cain had felt it was time to see how much his students had truly learned. He led them to the roof of the Jedi Temple where the blademaster, Ryuu, awaited. It was here that Cain gave his students their next challege; they would have to defeat Ryuu in combat.

Meanwhile three new students approached the entrance of the Temple, Ash among them. Sensing them, Cain began the first test of these new students... hopefully at least one among them would prove themselves worthy.

[Cain]

1/9/10

Bermfad had determined that the new recruit Lana was developing well to the Mandalorian way, but when she said her combat experience extended to only beating up a couple of thugs on Taris he knew he was going to have to change that. Deciding the best way to go about it was to go on a road trip, he planned on getting them into all sorts of trouble that would prepare them for when the real battle came. Telling her to get her weapons, he waited by a Taung class ship and pondered where he would start out first, it wasn't long before he decided to go pirate hunting....

Meanwhile elsewhere on Mandalore, Revan had repelled Ash from the void thinking he was still working with the Empire. Lady Nachta had already been by and shown some suspicious activity towards the formal admiral Drakain. After this incident he continued to teach Elifain within the void to keep away prying eyes where he also learned that the Mandalorians would be searching for Zilfer. He left that subject alone for now, for he was still just a traveling rogue, stopping here and there.

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Zilfer having completed most of the basic force techniques with Ravenous, Xuku, and Kyllian decided to take a break as Moonfire was sent to take the Padawans on a mission. He didn't stick around long enough to see which of them went. Out in the cold snow of Ilum, four bounty hunters approached Zilfer seeking mutual profit. They offered him the chance to find out why a bounty was on his head and they would profit from taking him in for the bounty. Yuki who had followed at his heel didn't seem to trust them, but he couldn't blame her, they where bounty hunters after all. It wasn't long before he found himself on Nar Shaddaa in the lowest sector of the city moon where the slums were and hardly anyone seemed to live. There he found one of his trainee's had followed him. Kyllian, when his training with Zilfer was interrupted by Moonfire, decided to follow his master. While staying a ways back from the two in order to keep his location a secret, Kyllian noticed white robed bounty hunters converse with Zilfer and then head off. Upon revealing himself to Zilfer and Yuki on Nar Shaddaa he was attacked from behind by a black floating orb which Zilfer rushed to meet...

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Meanwhile, back on Ilum. Xuku had learned from Zilfer how to use the force to absorb energy, and also how to channel it into their own force power. He was taught this technique by sending weak telekinetic bursts, and all the students were able to grasp the concept of absorbing energy. Then he inflicted a small wound on each student with the force, so that they could be taught how to heal using the force. Xuku accomplished this by using the force in a similar way to speeding up his movements, increasing the rate his cells naturally healed his arm. The training came to an end when Moonfire interrupted and told them of an evacuation mission to Mon Calamari and that they were welcome to go with her. Xuku accepted this offer, and boarded Moonfire's ship with a couple others who also decided to tag along.

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Elsewhere, Angel arrived on the Yuuzhan Vong colony. She quickly found them brutes and difficult to deal with but she needed their assistance in repairing the Corellian environment. She did not want to agree to their terms and instead offered terms of her own. She figured if they did not accept she would wipe them out and just take the organic technology she wanted...

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Lady Nachta arrived on Mandalore after disbanding the Omega Group. She disbanded the Omega Group because they had outlived their usefulness and she was feeling political pressure to get rid of them. She headed to Mandalore however to first off to check on what happen to Akari and her mission to get a piece of Codex of Tython and as a secondary goal of punishing Elifian for his betrayal of the Empire.

Once she arrived she found Akari in emotional turmoil because as she had seen it he was not paying enough attention to his students. She was going to use the Force to accelerate the Anemos Virus running through his body, but he avoided it. She went on to warn him not to be so reckless with his students or she would be back and he would not be able to avoid her.

She returned to the Jedi Temple to figuring that she would check in with the Emperor as she waited for new ship to arrive. Once she arrived she soon found four new students which Lord Cain sent to her to be trained in the Force. She was quickly unimpressed with the students but would follow orders.

Cain himself had continued his training of his new group of Sith. Three new hopefuls had approached the Temple and while two were allowed to enter, one proved himself unworthy of becoming a Sith. Ash Lightning, who was now notoriously known by the Empire for his thick headed maneuvers that triggered the Battle of Raxus Prime and ultimately Hatori Akunin's death, arrived only to further demonstrate that his power had grown beyond his ability to think. After goading Cain while still held by the neck by the Dark Lord's force grip, Cain simply snapped his neck and crushed the former Mandalorian, leaving his corpse on the Jedi Temple steps.

On the Temple's roof Ryuu dueled with Cain's two top students, Kayen Storm and Garok Raan. Calling on the power of the dark side the two students were able to over come the blademaster and earn the right to take their final test.

[Cain]

1/16/10

Bermfad left the planet Mandalore with Lana in tow, she had no idea what type of training he had planed, but she followed him anyway. Bermfad had heard that Iridonians had grown to hate him during the Mandalorian Wars. This being the case, he headed there. His plan of action was to give Lana real combat experience where someone would not hesitate to shoot to kill. Upon arriving he took her onto the surface without his customary Mandalorian armor. Once he found a somewhat busy street, he told her to go shout that she was a Mandalorian. She wouldn't know that they hated Mandalorians here, however he'd be watching out for her if things turned too ugly.

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Zilfer was in Nar Shaddaa's slums down at the bottom of the moon city where he continued his search along with Yuki and Kyllian. In the process a sweeper droid came up behind Kyllian and tried to fire a stun bolt at his back. Zilfer rushed to his aid however Kyllian had already dispatched it. This set the lower city into a frenzy as more sweeper droids were dispatched to deal with Kyllian. Eventually the group would encounter two Magna guards and twenty or so sweeper droids. The bounty hunters held off the sweeper droids while Yuki, Kyllian, and Zilfer battled the Magna guards. Zilfer protected them from the numerous flying bolts after a bounty hunter was downed by one. He used the force making orbs around them as he battled the Magna guard that had tried to attack Yuki and catch her unaware. With all the droids being distracted Yuki began her work showing the gradual return of her lost Force Powers. She cracked a small opening in the ground from which a surge of plants entangled the droids in snares, only to be swiftly dealt with by a pair of diamond saws.

After this display Kyllian showed interest in learning Yuki's powers however Zilfer frowned upon this readily, telling Kyllian he wasn't ready for that level of the force yet, and telling him that if he didn't have patience that he could go to the Sith if he wished to learn those techniques now. The after math of the battle left only one droid standing that hadn't been fighting and it requested them to come and see its master who had been waiting for Zilfer. He told the droid to lead the way, and with that Zilfer followed closely behind.

Unbeknown to them, Mandalore had found a tip on the bounty of Zilfer, and presuming that he would show up in the very place where his bounty had been set, whether it was because he had been captured or he was going to get it off his head. He sent a man to inform Elifain Drakain of his new mission, and that he could pick anyone to come with him and have access to anything within the armory. Elifain gathering weapons and equipment soon after reported to Mandalore for any further instructions he might have had. Mandalore then sent him away, telling him it was not shameful to ask for the help of others. A message Elifain would seem to take to heart, as he grabbed Roland's group including, Roland himself, Rusade, Kailani, and Devon.

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Back on Coruscant, Cain's top two students, Kayen and Garok Raan, both succeeded in defeating blademaster Ryuu Drake in combat. As such they both granted the rank of Dark Jedi by Cain. Their first assignment would be to oversee the Imperial Military training facility on Korriban.

While Cain himself returned to his meditation chambers after giving his former apprentices their assignments, Ryuu decided to take Ama and head out on his own. With his Twi'lek apprentice Ryuu headed for Dxun and the tomb of Freedon Nadd. There he hoped to gain power that would help elevate him closer to the level of Cain.

Ryuu's progress in the tomb was halted however by an unexpected guest. Revan stood in the way, threatening to destroy the holocron within the tomb. Not willing to allow this, or to let any witnesses of his plan escape, Ryuu would be forced to fight Revan in order to protect his new found power.