WEARING: This
WEAPONS: Ferrum Solus |
Blodmåne |
Strømafbryder
SHIP: Vigfjall
TAG:
Arris Windrun
|
Irina Jesart
Lightning split the sky above Kiffu as Gerwald walked through the capital, illuminating the towers in stark flashes of white and violet. The thunder that followed rolled between the structures with enough force to make the air itself seem to tremble.
Gerwald barely acknowledged it.
There was something almost appropriate about the storm. The Second Legion had not come to Kiffu for ceremony, nor had Gerwald been sent to make assurances about what Sith occupation would mean for the people who lived beneath those violent skies. His orders were considerably more practical. The Legion would establish an outpost on Kiffu, and from that foothold the Sith would create a permanent holding capable of supporting whatever came next.
The High Republic was too close for anything less.
Irina walked with him, and Gerwald had deliberately brought her rather than surrounding himself with a procession of officers. The Legion's command staff would have their work soon enough. Survey teams were already beginning the process of identifying viable locations, considering access, defense, communications, and the infrastructure necessary to keep an Imperial presence supplied.
Gerwald wanted to see Kiffu himself before committing the Legion to one of them.
Another flash of lightning threw the street into sharp relief, and Gerwald spotted the woman waiting near the entrance of the house ahead. The faint smell of extinguished tobacco reached him before they closed the remaining distance.
She introduced herself.
Gerwald stopped before her, standing tall despite the storm raging overhead. Gold eyes settled on the cyborg for a moment before he inclined his head.
"Gerwald Lechner."
His gaze shifted briefly toward Irina.
"Irina Jesart."
There was no elaborate introduction beyond that. Titles had their uses, but Gerwald had never needed them to make his presence understood.
His attention returned to Arris.
"I have been tasked with establishing the Second Legion here and securing a permanent Sith holding on Kiffu."
Another peal of thunder rolled over the capital. Gerwald glanced toward the distant towers as lightning crawled across the clouds beyond them, then looked back to the woman waiting for them.
"I want to see what we have to work with."
A faint edge of a smile touched his mouth.
"Lead the way."