Coffeeccubus
Worldbuilder
*1*
Count Christopher Dooku was not as powerful as his ancestor, Lord Tyrannus. However, he did still had something that Lord Tyrannus did made long before the Clone Wars, and that, was his lightsaber. Dooku kept the saber with him, even when it was said it was lost. However, it was indeed recovered by the previous two dynasties of Dookus from the events after the Gulag Plague. Since, the current Count, Christopher kept the saber on close watch. That is, until now.
His daughter, Juliette was a promising young girl. Though she refused to join the Sith, it was no surprise to him that her skills developed even without the Jedi, namely from his training. She was quite good at fencing, and there was no doubt she would get her hands on her ancestor's lightsaber. At this point, he knew his daughter had promise, and thought it would be a great time to introduce her to the lightsaber and thought it was time to atlast, pass on the family heirloom to her. After dinner, he came towards his library where he usually went to read, as well as his daughter. He closed his eyes as he felt his daughters presence in the room. "You wish to see me, father?" she said to her father. Christopher nodded. "Ah, yes. Come with me, Juliette."
*2*
Holding onto a book, a secret entrance was opened. Upon this, Christopher and Juliette begun to walk down as Christopher pulled a lever to close the passage behind them. Going down stairs, they eventually ended up in a huge room which had several family possessions, most of them being artifacts and trophies. The elder Dooku went forth and begun to press a button and slowly begun to bring up something encased. "In here, is something that I wanted to show you for years since you were born. This was something that passed down for generations in our family." he said looking at Juliette.
*3*
As soon as the weapon appeared from the bottom, a curved hilt was seen, and eventually was bought out of it's case. "This, was my lightsaber, which was my father's, and of course, my father's father, going way back to the days of the Galactic Republic. Back to the days of your ancestor, Count Dooku or Darth Tyrannus, constructed this saber during his Jedi years. It was until he turned to the Dark Side by Darth Sidious, the most powerful Sith Lord of that era. He changed it, and now it looks like this." he ignited the saber to show it's red glow. "Of course, the saber was then used to kill it's own master by the hands of Anikan Skywalker, the Chosen One." Growling, Juliette balled her fist. "Skywalker..." she said looking at her fist. Christopher laughed. "Oh, the tale does not end there. Eventually, the saber fell to some pirates that sold it for lots of credits. It was not until it was recovered by Count Marius Dooku, whom not only killed the pirates, but took their treasure as well. Which was sadly, stolen from us." Christopher swung the saber up glancing at it.
*4*
"In order to become a Dooku, you must ensure that you have the power to hold the saber that was passed down by our family. It's been modified to keep up with the times, therefore, the saber is easier to use. More lighter and sable to suit your hands easier. Especially for a woman, due to the grip and feel of it." he handed his saber down to his daughter. "Therefore, you must learn how to hold it. I want you to become strong, Juliette. Show the world that the Dookus are still relevant." Juliette glanced at the saber and nodded. "Of course father." she said. Her father smiled. "Good. Then let us begin."
*5*
Her father took out his own personal saber and begun to get into position. "Remember, your weapon is like a rapier. It's a fencing tool, not a regular sword." Christopher said as he begun to defend against the attacks that came to him. Juliette struk with the weapon towards him and clashed. The way she was doing it was allot like a rapier, but she begun to use Form II, just like how she was trained as well. She clashed harder with her father, and eventually, was pushed back by his strength. "Good, but more focus." he said to her.
*6*
As soon as she had more focus, she felt strange and soon enough, her father disappeared, and a vision appeared, where she had the red saber in her hand, and the planet of Galidraan, as multiple Jedi begin to deflect against the bolts of the Mandalorian Soldiers that they were facing. It was then she was shot at and attempted to deflect, which then cut to her facing a green saber belonging to Yoda. It then cut towards her fighting Anikan and Obi-Wan with the saber, and suddenly, a figure appeared with her ancestor's saber, which then proceeded to execute Count Dooku. It then got to the point where she saw the saber being sold to someone for credits, followed by a darkness of sickness, and a saber igniting with the same saber she is holding, only, something shadowy rose up like a huge demon ahead of her. She held it in defense as it begun to attack, but disappeared. After this, she gasped and backed away with the saber falling to the floor. Christopher watched her and noticed she had an attachment to the saber, impressed.
*7*
"It appears that the saber calls to you, daughter." Christopher said as he glanced at his daughter on the floor. He was quite surprised that she would go through a trip like this. Either or, he was pleased that she was indeed the one who'd have the trait to inherent this. Either or, he knew that his daughter was ready and helped her up dusting her off. Juliette was shocked by this. "I--I never expected this..." she said panting at this surprise. She shook her head and felt a bit dizzy from that experience.
*8*
Eventually, she was allowed to keep the lightsaber. Every single day, Juliette would practice with it, and modify it to help adjust to her hand and such. She remained concentrated and didn't try to break focus. She breathed softly and swing it around like as if it was a rapier. She was not going to give it up. She knew that she had to use it eventually.
*9*
By the time she had finally begun to master Form II, she used it to prepare to murder her father. She would go up to him and prepare to confront him for the title of Countess. She ignited her saber, and begun to fight her father with the very saber she had. The fight was quite intense, with her father being a master at form II himself. But seeing Juliette grow strong, it was confirmed to him that she was stronger, and was indeed, ready to really take hte title of Countess Dooku.
*10*
At this time, she would use Dooku's Saber to atlast fulfill the dreams of having his palace once again. She approached the abandoned palace, and ignited her saber. She held it up and closed her eyes to show atleast apart of the spirit of Dooku that they are finally home. "We're home, grandfather." she said softly to the saber and glanced at the red blade. "And soon, we shall have all of Serenno under the clan of Dooku." she gripped it hard and glanced out at the palace. She begun to approach it.