A Sith Story: A War for the Stars

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 The galaxy's history is vast… spamming years beyond years… and in that time… the balance cycle has replayed itself numerous times… the battles… the wars… the Sith and the Jedi under different names… but still being the same…. Blood is spilled and rebuilt… 

Worlds come and go as do the stars…and the machines that we make with our hands… live to see it! So much so, that they have begun to pity us… to pity our struggle! Made heartless and cold… yet balance is still maintained… by the 'force' granting them emotions… for the force dwells in everything… from the air we breathe to the rocks that paved our streets… 

And now… The cycle continues… as the last evil fell… the force was ironically 'forced' to choose… to either let evil come from outside our galaxy... Outside our home… or to allow a trap evil free… some force sensitives understood this cycle and wanted to stop it… to force the cycle hand… in our favor… 

But as they left our home…our stars… they never knew... That from the start… the force was granting them the right to choose between the evils! They chose in the end… to let the evil free when they failed to break the cycle! While lost in that unknown region… while two former Jedis… failed! 

For the sister did not claim her chair… while the son of perdition was set free! And an old man… watched as his dream of a free galaxy… shattered at the tip of the sister blade! And in that fight, the force made its choice… 

To join hands with both the brother and outsiders! War… War was returning to our stars… and their light this time… will not shine in our victory… 

→Excerpt by an unknown seer… log date old republic era…year…unknown…estimated time table… 4000 BBY← 

As Leon watched the cruelty of his lord's work, he felt puzzlement and horror… to the point that he had to ask, as they began their walk… 

[Lord Lucifron…] 

{make it quick, Leon! Time is short!} replied Lucifron with annoyance as he watched a vision come through the force. 

[my lord! I was just wondering how your lord's servants can do what they do… what I mean to say, sir… is that the legends about force users such as the Jedi, etc.… don't describe your servant's abilities… they're too…] 

{different?} interrupted Lucifron with a nod 

[yesss…] replied Leon with a wince 

{that… is to be expected… After all, Jedi of old and even those force wielders of today still limit themselves…} replied Lucifron as he looked at his hand and gripped it closed 

[limit themselves? I'm Sorry… I don't seem to understand…] replied Leon sheepishly 

{sigh, the Jedi of old only taught their 'disciples or padawans' how to use the basics of the force, because they didn't just fear the cost of diving further, unlike the Sith…. But that's beside the point…. You see, the Jedi's heads were filled with 'we must maintain the balance' or depending on the era… 

didn't bother to learn more than what was needed, to keep their so-called 'peace', as just showing a few non-force wielders some parlor tricks… would be enough to keep their 'power position' in society. Pst… arrogant fools! 

Anyway, back on topic, the force wielders of today have a different issue than arrogance or fear of diving further…} replied Lucifron as he let go of his grip as if memoring. 

[and… what is it that limits them?] replied Leon 

{knowledge… knowledge is their biggest crutch! One I'm sure to abuse…} replied Lucifron with a head turn that showed his glowing eyes and an evil smile. 

[okay... So, they lack knowledge… I don't see how…] replied Leon who suddenly stopped way, as he stared at the disturbing smile of Lucifron 

{huh… I swear… humans are always lacking in their deeper thoughts… now, tell me… Leon, in your youth you had worked with a man named Vader, right?} said Lucifron with a grin. 

[yes, but I only ever saw him once…] replied Leon with confused eyes. 

{I see… tell me then... What do you remember of him?} replied Lucifron as if knowing 

[I remember a man who was said to be more machine than human…a dark lord… rumors I didn't believe until I saw him myself… the cold feeling… I'll never forget it… the way he killed his own men by force choking… still sends shivers down my spine…] replied Leon with a look of dismay. 

{good… good… now, do you know why he was more machine than man… why a man as powerful as him, struggled to even take a breath?} replied Lucifron in a teacher tone 

[I'm sorry, still not following…] replied Leon with a shrug 

{everything that made him Vader was a reflection of his own heart… from his missing limbs to his burned flesh… you see, what was the thing Vader hated the most out of everything in the galaxy? Can you take a guess?} replied Lucifron, still carrying his teacher tone. 

[huh…. The rebels??? Eh.] replied Leon with frightened eyes, as he hoped his consent lack of understanding wouldn't anger Lucifron. 

{himself! It was himself that he hated the most! He hated himself for cutting out his connections, which are symbolized in his missing limbs… he cut ties with the Jedi, he cut ties with his master, he cut ties with his padawan… and most damming of all… he cut ties with his lover! 

I see you still don't understand… let me rephrase my previous literation… 'if' and that's a hard 'if'… you could go back and watch those scenes of him losing everything, could you still not see it…} replied Lucifron while ignoring Leon's weak spirit. 

[see what?] replied Leon 

{the truth hidden by the force… you see, when 'lord Vader' lost in his duel with his master back in Mustafar, it was a duel he shouldn't have lost… he was more powerful and skilled than his master yet… he still lost to something so mundane like 'not having the high ground' pst… ha-ha…please... As if a dark lord could lose from something so idiotic! No! He lost because the force read his subconscious heart!} replied Lucifron as his expression showed his enjoyment of the conversation so far. 

[his subconscious heart?] replied Leon 

{yesss… it's a dangerous plague that affects all force wielders! You see, at the time his forward conscious mind was breaking…. He just betrayed the Jedis and just 'killed' his wife and now he was attempting to murder his very own master, who raised him like a brother…and in those moments his subconscious heart hated himself to the point of death!} replied Lucifron 

[okay, but what does that have to do with his heart?] replied Leon 

{everything! For the force reads our hearts and makes it true! This is one of the reasons why the Jedis loved their meditation so much… without one's control over their subconscious heart, the heart will plead or force the 'force' into action! 

For example, let's go back to his duel with his master on Mustafar, by the lava river in particular. That one jump that decided everything, a jump that he oddly failed to complete… now why is that?} replied Lucifron as he snapped a finger to manifest a force vision of the past for Leon to watch. 

[I see… his heart stopped him!] replied Leon with excitement. 

{well... To be more precise… the force stopped him! In the middle… eh… close enough…} 

[okay, that explains the missing limbs but why the burn marks and the trouble breathing? How does that come in?] 

{simple, the burn comes from the fact that Vader never wanted to feel the warmth of a hug on his skin again, or it could be interpreted, that in his inner heart, the hatred for what he was becoming was just that hot! Haha… there is no way to know for sure, either way 

For his breath… that one… is ironic… for not only was it his preferred method in killing his own subordinates, but also for his internal struggle to fight for every breath… the light side wanted him dead and the dark side wanted him to live… a living contradiction of the heart… 

One that plays out even further when you look at what he did with the remainder of his time… hunting down the rebels…. Please… surpassing his master… not even… the man couldn't care less…no… what the man craved more than anything was only the power to bring life back! 

To bring back a dead woman, that by his action sentences her to death! That is why he was more machine than man! All the power in the galaxy and instead of using it to fix his body, he used it under the excuse of farming hatred through pain, while playing with the taboos! And what did it cost him? What did he have to show for it? 

Everything and Nothing! A failure… a so-called destined hero who couldn't even save his wife… or himself… a pity really… if only he had known that the secret to bringing back his wife… Laid with the padawan that abandoned him. 

Oh! How I wonder what sort of look would be on Vader's face if he ever knew… well Anakin does now... I suppose…meh…} replied Lucifron with much contempt. 

[wait... wait … so how does this story relate to your… servants…] replied Leon still confused 

{umm… it has everything to do with my predecessors… weren't you listening? Just map what I said onto them and you should get a picture. Now, what does that picture look like?} replied Lucifron annoyed. 

[umm…huh…no…. I don't…. yeah, sorry I can't see it… something about their inner heart, I guess…] replied Leon 

{sigh… look at my father… a warrior! A man who was taught the way of the blade to perfection! So, knowing that… what do you think was in his heart the moment he died on the battlefield?} replied Lucifron with pride. 

[hatred… I guess?] replied Leon with another shrug-like expression 

{close… and half right…. But it was love! Love is what drove him to his end… that is why he looks the way that he does… didn't you notice… he doesn't look like the others…} replied Lucifron with an eye rase. 

[umm... Now that I've taken a second look... You're right he doesn't have any of the weird deformation on his body like the other three… but why is that?] replied Leon 

{the darkness gave him what his heart wanted…perfect harmony between mind and heart… and this is the result… now, let's take my predecessor Sish… a man whose feathers now lie dripping in ink black water and is cursed by the mock-up of dead vultures that swim around him.} replied Lucifron with a short pause as the vision world around the pair changed to his past. 

[this... This is not what I was expecting…] replied Leon as he stared at a man who read literature by a big pool, a kind man who played with the newly born chicks! 

{umm… yes…. I don't blame you for thinking that… this is a far departure from the appearance you're used to seeing… after all, this was just moments before the republic invaded…} replied Lucifron with mixed emotions. 

[republic invasion??? what is this place?] replied Leon 

{the birthing pools…} replied Lucifron with great sadness as he stared off into the cave that held the newly born and vulnerable alike. A cave that was well-lavished and decorated to celebrate new life. 

{the world of Korriban was a harsh wasteland… where the only water sources were more precious than gold… even more so for our species…} continued Lucifron as he placed his hands into the cool waters 

{it was in this place, that Sish met his end…} continued Lucifron as the vision changed from peace-loving, to war! 

With those words, that sounded like an echo in Leon's ears, the ground shook beneath his feet, as did the cave ceiling begin to crumble! When people screamed and children cried, the man known as Sish wielded the force around him like a master! 

[what is going on!] screamed Leon and he turned to find Lucifron missing!