Private Secrets Buried In Ash

[Elise Ahana-Gwyneira]

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Equipment
Armor	None.
Melee Weapons	Copad'kal, "Ambition", personal Mandalorian Kal.
	Tar'Nau, Bes'manda Beskad.
	The Royal Dragon, lightsaber.
Pistols	ENCL-21 Ra'ntisr Heavy Blaster Pistol.
	KSTR-20 Borealis Heavy Blaster Pistol.

Cyan colored text indicates an illusion.

Darth Malum of House Marr

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Ios was an unassuming planet, in a lonely spiral wisp of the galaxy. The fuming, molten planet reminded Elise Vizsla of Mustafar, from what she had read from the databooks. It was ironically likely that a family of Sith nobles had holed up here, several generations back. Ios was in the same general direction as that family's home world, but also isolated from the rest of the galaxy enough to isolate it. The temperature extremes worked well to fend off viruses as well... which had been what the Marr family sought, back when the Gulog Plague was in full swing.

The dark ages of the galaxy were shrouded in endless mystery and gaping loss of knowledge. The galaxy had forgotten its history prior and during that apocalyptic event, and the galaxy was still reeling from the chaos that plague unleashed. Seeking refuge from that chaos, House Marr holed up in an impenetrable fortress here. But when and how was the question, and even more... what caused the family to leave?

These were the questions Darth Malum of House Marr wanted to answer today, as he piloted his ship over the world. Elise was finishing getting ready in the quarters, zipping up her one-piece leather travel outfit. She hooked her weapons on her utility belt and finally left the quarters as se tied her hair back. She approached the bridge, but stopped at the entrance as the sight of Ios caused her to stop in her tracks.

"Wow..."

As Ios' volcanic landscape sprawled before her, Elise gaped in awe at the spiraling orbital complex surrounding the entire sphere. The labyrinth was insane to look at, nothing else she had ever seen in the entire galaxy. She nearly fell over, gasping with wide, red eyes as she exclaimed and pointed, "Look at that! If they had windows in their fortress, your ancestors had the most amazing view!"

She chuckled in excitement, finally walking into the room as she continued to make awed noises about the orbital complex, "This planet is ten times better than Mustafar, okay! There! I said it!"

She was now standing behind Malum's chair. She reached with her gloved hand and placed it on the corner of his seat. Still gazing out at Ios, she had forgotten why they were here for a moment. But she cleared her throat after a moment, speaking, "You said the fortress was well hidden in the mountains, right? The largest continent between the lava oceans you said?"

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