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[Darth Aegis]

Eriadu, Jungle | Sharkhburz Village



Darth Aegis frequently made trips to Sharkhburz village to pickup durasteel and other materials that the village typically produces. At times, he'd even embrace the village's culture and engage in their usual festivals and customs. This trip, though... it was not to embrace their culture. In fact, Aegis was most likely going to erase it from history. As he worked on his necromancy abilities, his mind would fill with ideas on ways to use them. Today, was the day he began training a new ability. The ability to raise his victims, into his own army.

As his freighter would land outside of the village gate, he would watch as the inhabitants rushed to the gate. He'd jump out and march to the gate, holding his lightsaber in his right hand. The steel gate would slide open, and he'd walk into the village. Immediately, he'd be greeted by villagers kneeling to him.

Darth Aegis would ignite his red lightsaber, and the blade would whir outwards. The sound of this harsh ignite would make the villagers head look up at him while they remained kneeling. The shining, blazing blade would reflect in their eyes as they were struck down where they kneel. Some villagers would begin running, others hiding in their homes.

This bothered Aegis none. What he wanted was already completed. Surrounding him would be a pile of many villagers, most with heavy wounds. He'd stand in front of the pile, raising his hands. Making prayers, and harnessing the blood spilled by the sacrificed villagers to honor "Tant-te-bast", the goddess of Life, Clairvoyance, and death. The force and will of Aegis and the power of the goddess would fill the corpses of the villagers. Slowly, they would rise, with their wounds remaining.

Aegis would grin under his mask, realizing the power he now had harnessed.

 

[Ravenfire]

Feeling a great darkness in the force, Rex lands on the planet of Eriadu and immediately contacts two people who may be able to help him [member="Kurenai Yumi"] and [member="Stardust Raxis"] , "The power of the dark-side here is immense I require aid at these coordinates, If you can contact anyone else who may be able to help please do." I hope that gets to them before I run into trouble He thinks as he begins to head towards the area afflicted by the dark side, the further he goes the more the landscape changes.
[member="Darth Aegis"]

 

[Kurenai Yumi]

It was a rather calm day for Kuernai currently being on leave to do as she wished having recently visited her master, the small trip reminding the dark Jedi of her own student. It had been a while since she had see [member="Rex Taff"] since there last training session, and with the Chiss going along and joining the Commoner System Alliance their time together was becoming less and less with each having their own assignments. On this day though she receaved a rather interesting message from the apprentice, usually their interactions over the holo net being simple greetings, how are you doing how has the training been and discussing their next meeting, this though was something serious.

"The power of the dark-side here is immense I require aid at these coordinates, If you can contact anyone else who may be able to help please do."

"What in the force has that child gotten himself into, and why of all places Eriadu? I best check it out", turning back to the ships controls she punched in the hyper drive coordinates for the system, the white light of the many stars turning into elongated lines as her craft rocketed into hyper space. It may take a while but soon [member="Rex Taff"] would feel her presence over the world, she just hopped the youngster did not do anything reckless in the meantime.

[member="Darth Aegis"]

 

[Darth Aegis]

Darth Aegis was powerful in the ability to sense others, but not to the point of a whole planet. He was oblivious to the fact newcomers would be arriving. He'd raise his hand and the undead would begin slaughtering the villagers who escaped.

"Burn this village, my undead followers. Prove to me you are useful!" He'd yell to the undead.

 

[Ravenfire]

Rex continues onward through the brush, as he begins to hear screams, getting closer, he finds some villagers being tackled by some other villagers What is going on here he thinks inwardly as he gets closer he see that the other villages have lightsabre burn marks on them and appear to be undead, as he continues to watch knowing there is nothing he can do as the fallen villagers themselves rise up, Damn it is all he can think as he feels his old sensi presence in orbit, He sends another communication again to both [member="Kurenai Yumi"] and [member="Stardust Raxis"] "The dead are rising here, I don't know what to do, I will pull back and wait for you to land on planet". Still unsure of the source of this he heads back to await for someone to help him with this problem.
[member="Darth Aegis"]

 

[Darth Ronan]

He was in orbit when he felt it- the undead- he sensed them rising- it was almost like a bad smell wafting through the air. Nonetheless Ronan didn't like it, whatever was being killed and was being resurrected to be used as a solider was just- wrong to him, even as a Sith Lord, there were boundaries you didn't cross and if you did- you were bound to get some backlash from others.

Ronan waltzed over to the controls grabbing ahold of the piloting wheel, he flicked off the orbit hover mode, he slowly descended down to the planet breaking through the atmosphere. The sith lord landed on some dirt terrain, the ship just stayed their for around ten minutes before a sudden walking inside could be heard.

A white vapor exited from the ship as the ramp came down securing itself within the ground, Ronan slowly walked down the ramp looking around, the darkness on the planet was decent- though it was no bigger then his own, Due to him naturally being gifted- though when it came to it- Ronan crushed the other darkness on the planet his own force laced with malice and insanity.

The Sith lord slowly made his way to the village where the source of the undead was coming from. Ronan saw the source of it, a Undead Villager ran at him but Ronan flicked his hand at him sending him flailing into a fire, "What have we got here?" Ronan would ask amplifying his voice with the force, "Innocent people dying.." Ronan muttered to himself, "Come out- Who ever is causing this undead mystery, I'd love to see your face" Ronan said with malice dripping from the sentence.


[member="Rex Taff"]
[member="Darth Aegis"]
[member="Kurenai Yumi"]

 

[Darth Aegis]

The voice of Darth Ronan would boom from behind Aegis. He’d step out from behind a villager home, and present himself to Ronan. He’d ignite his saber and hold it downwards at his waist.

“I hope you’re not here to start trouble, Ronan.” He’d yell to the Sith Lord.

 

[Kurenai Yumi]

The dark void of real space suddenly cam into few for Kurenai as her ship excited hyper space, floating above the planet of Eriadu, a sickening darkness coming from it's surface, that akin to Sith meddling, but that was not all. Mix in with the shrouded aura was a more vile feel, on that felt somewhat familiar though she was unable to put her finger on it's cause just yet. "I have a real bad feeling about this"

Pulling on the fighters joy stick Kurenai made a bee line for [member="Rex Taff"] last known location, intent to keep the young Chiss out of danger, knowing full well that such a powerful dark aura was most likely from a Sith Lord, not something ever she was fully prepared to face, let alone her apprentice. In but a few minutes Kurenai's right came into the atmosphere, the small nimble craft setting down net to the Chiss's own tranport, the Dark Jedi knigh quickly leaping from the open cockpit, lightsaber in hand.

'This feeling, now I remember, it feels just like that Sith lord me and the other dark acolytes faced in that ancient Sith cult ruin, the one who had control over the undead. If that is the situation here is the same much blood has been split today... dammit Rex why in the force would you come to this place'. Her internal speech came to an abrupt end as her communicator once again beeped a new message from the Chiss coming through.

"Rex I have just landed, what is your position"? he asked in a slightly worried voice, though the undead would not be to hard to dispose off, the increasing amount of corruption coming from the nearby village was an ever present worry. To top it all off it seemed another servant of the Dark Side had revealed themselves, weather they were here to help or partake in the massacre was unknown.

[member="Darth Aegis"] [member="Darth Ronan"]

 

[Ravenfire]

As he walks out of the trees "just here sensi" he replies to [member="Kurenai Yumi"] , "thanks for coming, I've have sent a message to the CSA and the Jedi there though there is no guarantee that they will come", then pausing "so what do we do about the undead and the corruption of this land?" Pulling the two side of his sabre staff he leaves them as separate lightsabres for now.
[member="Darth Aegis"] [member="Darth Ronan"]

 

[Darth Ronan]

“I hope you’re not here to start trouble, Ronan.” The Young Sith Lord said.


The words ringed around in his temple, Ronan looked around at the pathetic work of the Young Sith Lord, it was honestly embarrassing, At times Ronan sometimes believed he was on the wrong side.

"Start trouble? Oh no- I am here to stop your pathetic renegade beginning here. Don't act like you know me Coward. " Ronan said cackling at the thought of the Young Sith lord trying to take him in combat, it was unbelievable- this was his challenge?

Even after three hundred years of living- was this suppose to be his awakening? Pathetic- the word repeated in his mind, was this what the Sith stood for? No the young sith lord was defying the ways of being a sith- he was no better then a simple criminal at this point.

The Neti inside him spoke to reach out to the sith lord with the force but his Sith ways decided as of not too, Ronan had his sabers in his holsters if he needed to use them but he saw no use if he could just strangle the man.

"You are but a fraction of what we Sith are- you tarnish the Sith name by doing actions like this- you are no better then a criminal at most- It wouldn't be a fight if I fought you- You are no match for me- I'll let the Jedi deal with you while I toy with you and your mind you're the bootleg copy of us sith" Ronan would say with a mechanical laughter following after.

Ronan began to use Alter Environment reaching out with the force his pupils going into a obsidian like color, Fog began to engulf the Village, creating freezing sub-zero temperatures in second around the village, though it did not affect Ronan it did affect anyone in the village or around it.

Once done- Ronan would begin to use Mind Probe on the young sith lord- The alter environment was used to get the Sith Lords attention so he could get into his mind- needles- large needles would feel like they would be poking through the Young Sith Lords head- even if he did try to stop it Ronan would hopefully gain control by then.

[member="Rex Taff"]
[member="Kurenai Yumi"]
[member="Darth Aegis"]

 

[Chance Bonaventure]

The Crossfire roared overhead, circling widely around the small village of Sharkhburz. The powerful engines growled, the pilot expertly sliding the craft through the sky, repulsors flaring to maintain an even bearing, circling left. The port side hatch was opened, a heavily armored individual standing comfortably behind a large heavy Verpine shatter gun, the mighty weapon mag-locked to the ship floor panel on a tripod. Scanning the destruction and chaos below, Sidon Eshe gave a shake of his helmet, his HUD zeroing in on the foggy landscape and the frozen individuals of the village itself; he noted two sinister looking humanoids whom were confronting one another, by the look of it, one with a lightsaber but both were certainly not Jedi.

"Looks like reports were accurate, Fett," Sidon said through his comm, addressing the other individual who had arrived on planet with him. "Locals said there was a Sith that kept raiding them... now it looks like two are here. One for each of us, eh?"

Judging from the scene below, those affected by the freezing fog - that fact given away by the frozen bodies and crystallized environment - there weren't going to be many surviving this battle between the Forcers. And while that was unfortunate, Sidon had to admit that made things easier; a lot easier. Slamming the belt magazine of the heavy shatter gun home, loaded with highly effective armor piercing rounds, the Bounty Hunter called out as he started firing on the two Sith below - the shatter gun roaring to life with a steadily increasing speed, as the gatling barrel spat deadly rounds at incredibly high speed.

"Keep moving the ship, Vena," Sidon shouted, despite the comm picking up his words easily enough. "We don't want to close in just yet."

Throughout the ship, several Ysalamiri had been placed, each small creature housed on a nutrient tree so as to be comfortable; and the benefit was plainly obvious, as the ship itself was projecting a Force-neutral bubble in a large radius, larger than its own size, stopping direct attacks from the Sith below. Which was a good thing, as Sidon didn't feel like being ripped out of the ship with the Force, or choked from range.

"Cover fire up, Fett!"

Sidon was excited. Not only was he working alongside a fellow Hunter he respected, he also had the opportunity to prove the Guild were worthwhile working with, as well as collecting some Sith lightsabers for bounty; not to mention he had some new toys that he really wanted to try out, designed solely to deal with Forcers...

[member="Koda Fett"]​

 

[Cadmon Geller]

The galaxy was an interesting place for a mercenary like Geller, one day he could be storming a beach for the Sith, another he'd be looking to collect bounties on them. Did that put the man in competition with the likes of [member="Sidon Eshe"] and [member="Koda Fett"]? Sure, but Cadmon knew the stakes when he'd decided to pursue the contracts without joining up with the guild. Fething bounty hunter unions, who'd have thought?

He'd paid a pilot for transport on and off world, threw in a hefty tip for a quick extraction too. It paid to be careful. And to not be dead. Charge packs and magazines of ammunition hung in across his personalized armor kit, secured by the combat webbing he'd thrown over the top of the suit. The suit itself was built from the Mark-III Blackblade Armor he'd used for years, One Sith insignia's painted over and broken components replaced with bits from OLYMPIAN and various other combat gear. It was patchy, but it did its job well.

The small armory strapped across his body featured a slugthrower assault rifle, the JackKnife Sonic Pistol, and a spare blaster pistol alongside his knife. Killing Sith and killing Jedi were much the same in his experience, you either prepared properly or you died, and even if prepared sometimes you still died, such was the risk with hunting beings that wielded the living energy of the universe or some poodoo with their minds.

"Coming up on the drop point, looks like stuff's getting a bit crazy down there." The pilot called back to the ex-Commando. Crazy was the right word, reports of the undead ravaging a village at the whims of one of the dark siders he'd grown to despise. Not enough to refuse a paycheck granted, but the hatred still burned deep into the core of his being. They always had a flair for macabre theatrics, raising the dead and the like while proclaiming their all powerful might. He'd gotten used to it, but it still irked him.

"Just get me in as close as you can and be prepped for pickup." He replied coarsely, to which the pilot shot him a simple thumbs up. He needed the paycheck yes, but this job had the potential to be a little fun.

[member="Darth Ronan"] [member="Rex Taff"] [member="Kurenai Yumi"] [member="Darth Aegis"]​

 

[Kurenai Yumi]

Kurenai was not sure why she even asked for her student location, herself able to pick up on [member="Rex Taff"] force signature with ease, the blanket of darkness then enveloped the planet making his aura seem to be a blazing sun when one was close enough to sense it. "It is good to see you alive apprentice, though I am not sure if the Jedi will have anyone to spare at the moment with all the wars going on, and the CSA is still divided politically due to their kings fall to the dark side, we will have to proceed with caution, stick close and don't do anything I would".

She needed to get an understanding of the situation before acting, though there was a possibility of taking on one Sith Lord, two was way over her head, though they could be working together the possibility of that was fairly low. Sith Lord's where not exactly known for their cooperation, more so rouge like ones that went out on their own accord and selfish journeys to attain even more power, "We will get in close and see what is happing, maybe save some of the villages, but if things go south we retreat, there is no honor in unnecessary death Rex".

Hand clasped on her Lightsabre Yari Kurenai lead the way, slowly getting closer to the village, people running away in terror, but most of all the two Sith looking at one another, and not in the friendly way, for better or for worse. Reaching out with the force she could feel the darkly dressed one ([member="Darth Ronan"]) have a sense of disappointment and shame for the other, enough evidence to assume the two would fight, though that did not make him an ally, more so by the Sith next action.

Using what she assumed to her alter enviroment the entire village, along with herself and Rex was engulfed in a thick ice cold mist, its stinging touch against the skin making her feel like she was back on Hoth, not an environment one would want to stay around on. "Rex behind me now", reaching out with her own force powers Kurenai would alter the immediate area around her, counteracting the chilling atmosphere allowing herself and her student to be unaffected by the temperature.

"This is not what I had expected, but it may work to our advan-", the silent and eerie scene soon went down hill even more as the loud rumble of a ship could be hear from overhead, Kuernai unable to sense those on broad for some reason, just adding to the confusion along with almost being blind in the misty surrounding. "What the kark, raiders of all thing"? she could not be certain, but one thing was for sure who ever had just showed up came packing, the decaffeinating sound of gun fire echoing around as slugs whizzed blinding through the blanketing fog, one round skimming past her cheek, drawing a slight amount of blood.

"This is getting rather annoying", placing her hands together Kruenai began to concentrate deeply a small but dense flame emanating from her hand, slowly getting hotter and hotter, beginning to evaporate the mist that surrounded her and Rex. Then, suddenly her pushed her hands out to the side, a massive wave of fire spreading out over the head of those present, dispelling the mist over the area but not hurting anyone, clearing the surroundings of any fog, but only temporally if the Sith Lord decided to keep up his altering ability.

Regardless it only took a brief moment for her gaze shoot up at the new ship that had just arrived, her now yellow eye scanning the two armored men standing in the landing ramp, raining down fire upon the village, not much care for collateral damage. The first ([member="Sidon Eshe"]) she did not recognize but had a strange feeling that she should have, the other.... "Is that [member="Koda Fett"]... why in the froce is he here of all places"? As such what had simply been her and Rex investigating a dark presence had turned into a possible 4 way fight, herself knowing full well the Sith Lords would be out to kill everyone, herself having a rather large grudge against Koda, and the bounty hunter probably more then willing to kill everyone here to get paid, regardless of what side they were on.


[member="Thane Danson"]

 

[Ravenfire]

Following his [member="Kurenai Yumi"] through the thickets, he could feel the dark side increasing immensely, as they got closer to the village he heard his sensi say

"Rex behind me now"
As he feel the cold iciness of the air, he was quick to follow those instructions feeling the chill till he was behind his master than it went back to normal again Good I'm not prepared for the cold again yet, hearing about raiders he see some very tech Armour of a man ([member="Sidon Eshe"]) and someone named [member="Koda Fett"] , feeling the separate 2 dark siders of [member="Darth Ronan"] and [member="Darth Aegis"] then out of the corner of his eye sees a new combatant in [member="Thane Danson"] approaching "One more on the right sensi", is all Rex said.

 

[Lemon]

The Bounty Hunter's Guild had been built, destroyed and rebuilt all too many times over the years. Bounty Hunters, for whatever reason it may be, just didn't seem to get along. The profession attracted too many strong personalities, and Fett certainly was no exception. It wasn't entirely his fault that he wound up in such an industry, you may very well blame it upon the damned Kaminoans, or the Jedi, perhaps the Politicians - the Mandalorian didn't know who to blame, and he didn't bother thinking about it. He just knew that he was the best. Once more the name Fett carried all too much weight.

The Crossfire screamed into orbit, closing in on the position the ShadowNet had spoken of. A useful tool, that. Sidon broke out the playful chit chat, to which Fett didn't reply. He just wasn't a very 'playful' man; most Mandalorians weren't. His metallic boots clinged and clanged against the interior of the vessel as he approached the ramp that began to lower itself. Holding a firm grip upon the ship itself whilst surveying the ground below.

Fett leaped from the ship as his jetpack spat flames, slowing his descent. His two brown and callous eyes shifted upon the two Sith. Two darts departed his gauntlet in the direction of them both, intending to strike. They wouldn't kill, but they would remove the use of the force for a period of ten minutes. Perfect for those gifted with the ability to use the force.

[member="Sidon Eshe"] | [member="Darth Aegis"] | [member="Darth Ronan"] | [member="Thane Danson"]

 

[Darth Aegis]

Rage coursed through Aegis’ body as he’d be told he was no Sith. For a pathetic man to tell a pure blood Sith that he wasn’t himself, was more than just insulting to him but to his ancestors. The steel cold pain combined with the freezing numbness of the environment was enough to push Aegis over the edge. Pain fought off his anger, while his anger surged against the pain. Memories and torment of his pure blooded Sith ancestors would float through his mind.

His red glowing saber would beam, as his hand tightened its grip on the handle.

“You dare to call a real sith, a pure blood sith, a fraction of a sith. You are nothing but a poser who fails my ancestor’s legacies.” He’d yell at Ronan with enough intensity to shake surrounding houses. Through the pain Ronan gave him, he’d empower himself. Suddenly, a whirring could be heard from the left. Aegis would turn and see a dart flying through the air at him. The force would stop the dart but it would push through Aegis’ attempts as his pain and anger distracted him. The force-nullifying dart would fly into his shoulder, and he’d fall to his knees.

 

[Darth Ronan]

The armor piercing bolts were racing towards Ronan- a blue bulb surrounded Ronan- a force bubble- the blaster bolts flung off of the bubble- one slightly cracking the bubble, Ronan turned his attention back to the Sith- calculations ran through Ronans head, Bounty Hunters- Why was he getting attacked- He had done nothing wrong-but he assumed this was the cons of he knew being a sith.

The rage radiating off of the Sith Lord was wonderful- one thing Ronan was very good at was causing hatred- rage- all of the such, Ronan just let out a chuckle, "A real sith wouldn't be so prone to being provoked" Ronan said, Ronans force senses were always active- always giving him a advantage if any danger were to happen- though even after three hundred years- he still messed up.

A sudden prickle was felt in the back of his mind as he looked to his right a dart coming into view- The dart came close to the bubble soon bouncing off the bubble- Ronan amplified his voice, "Bounty hunters- I am not your target- I am simply lessening your target for you- I will not interfere anymore, This was simply for dishonoring the traditions of the sith- He is all yours" Ronan said with a look around- if he had to fight he would- but he despised fighting at sometimes.

Ronan slowly started backing up his Force Bubble still around him as he began walking off anymore projectiles would be blocked by the force bubble and any physical attacks aswell.

[member="Darth Aegis"]
[member="Koda Fett"]
[member="Rex Taff"]
[member="Kurenai Yumi"]

 

[Lord Combattere]

Entering the planet's atmosphere he did not like planets like this one cold and full of dark side energy it was a feeling he did not like to be around long it brought up bad memories of when the Sith now Dark Jedi SiRiDio killed his family these emotions he hid deep down below his soul as it was not the Jedi way to use anger and hate it would only lead down the path of the Dark Side he was not going to become the monster that caused so much pain.


As his ship lowered extending the landing platform exiting the ship the Chiss typed a few numbers into the datapad on the door of the ship the ship then locked it's door and used all its energy to add to the Shield Generator so no one could enter and it would take a lot of firepower to destroy it now on foot he made his way towards his allies he used a hybrid form of both Force Cloak and Force Stealth to hide from any force sensitives on world.


Now closing on his allies position he saw the people he was sent to meet appearing behind the two out of what seemed to be nowhere as if he teleported they were distracted and not expecting the Chiss to show up with no way of detecting him he tapped on the other Chiss's shoulder it was not often he saw one of his kind in this line of work but it made him happen to see another of his kind " Hello I'm Jimmy Carvan Jedi knight you called for assistance I came but I do wonder what you guys got yourselves into this world is a dangerous place " being quiet so that noone in the distance could hear him but loud enough for the two infront of him to hear.

[member="Rex Taff"] | [member="Kurenai Yumi"] | [member="Darth Aegis"] | [member="Koda Fett"] | [member="Darth Ronan"] |

 

[Darth Aegis]

Aegis would mutter to himself, with his force nullified, with his disappointment within himself. To become so distracted to the point of defeat, but this was a moment of strengthening not weakness. While Aegis would feel troubled, he'd think upon his mistake and how to avoid it.

He'd remain on one knee looking at the ground, awaiting what comes next.

 

[Kurenai Yumi]

Kurenai did not move from her position, eyeing the two Sith with an intense gaze as the two berated each other, typical of Sith each thinking they where stronger then the other. One of the main reasons preventing them from ever ruling the galaxy, the dark side corrupting their very being, making them instruments of hate that would lash out at anything that got in their path to power. It was a dangerous and powerful aura emanating from the two as they stood in the streets, but soon such deadly feeling suddenly ceasing, well for one of them anyways, the force making a tingle on her neck as Kurenai's eye glanced to the side, noting the small dart suddenly fly into one of the Sith Lords, numbing his force powers.

"Of course rely on Koda to suddenly have a solution for any opponent", the Mando always seeming to have a trick up his slave for all situations, and a seemingly bottomless utility belt to go along with it. As the mando landed nearby Kurenai raised her pistol to face the man, keeping her sabre pointed in the direction of the two Sith, not trusting either party in the slightest, "This got way to complicated way to quickly", two Sith Lords all but one running away, two bounty hunters. It was not an ideal position, more so if either bounty hunter decided to make a pretty penny off her head but more so if those undead villagers from before decided to come back, and with the Sith Lords power numbed said beasts may become hostile against everyone.

Her concentration though became interrupted as the feeling of another presence joining the very, a man, a Chiss in fact tapping [member="Rex Taff"] on the shoulder in a rather casual manner considering the circumstance, earning a raised eye brow from herself. "You seem very relaxed boy", he whispered, "how did you hear about this place, and get here so fast"? It seemed a little odd, herself taking a few minutes to arrive at the planet, was this Chiss Jedi a rouge of some sorts? It was somthing she would ahve to inquire about later, fro now the threat of the Sith and bounty hunter still remained at large.

[member="Darth Ronan"] [member="Lord Combattere"] [member="Thane Danson"] [member="Sidon Eshe"]