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Archive... Krath Priest J`Rai |
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Jedi The New Weapon I sat alone in the solitude of my sanctuary. It was the only place in the entire dark cathedral that sustained life, and the Dark Side, with some help from Krath Magic, created it. I sat cross-legged on my favorite rock, and laid out in front of me on a cloth made from the pelt of an ancient animal now extinct were pieces to construct a new lightsaber. I had just finished completing the construction of the lower half of the handle, now I needed to work on the calibration of the crystals and the alignment of the focusing system. This would take up the bulk of my time so before I had begun I left my Aedile, Krath Priest Bob, in charge of the house. But knowing him, he was already drunk under a table in the cantina. In order to allow the work to go smoothly, I left my personal bodyguard Khevron to watch over the door to the Sanctuary. Once a Jedi for the Light, Khevron now has full control over his force abilities and uses them for the glory of the Dark Side. I had seen to that when I resurrected him all those months ago. I don’t know how long I stayed in that position but when I was finished with my new lightsaber and stood up to test if it worked, my joints cracked from stiffness and I decided to move around a bit before testing my new weapon. After several minutes of running around the Sanctuary, I stood atop my favorite rock and held the weapon in my right hand. I allowed the Dark Side to flow through me as I pressed the activation switch and ignited the blade. I stood immersed in the radiance of the blue blade. I decided to test out the weapon, so I swung it around and shadow fought with myself. This went on for at least an hour and when I was finally satisfied with the agility of the weapon I called in my loyal servant and handed him my old saber instructing him to fight me. He gave me a questioning look, but I only emphasized my order and he bowed fearing my actions for his hesitation. He ignited the saber, and I re-ignited mine. We dueled for hours until I finally got the upper hand and slashed his forearm, severing it from his elbow. I must give him credit, he did not scream out in pain, he only picked up his fallen limb and reattached it to his elbow, allowing his nerves and bone to reconnect and fuse back as one. I smiled as I watched him. This was only one advantage to having a dead bodyguard. He is invincible, and with the Dark Side flowing through him, he was unstoppable. Yet he was nothing without me, and he knew that. After completing the duel with Khevron, I left the Sanctuary with both lightsabers hanging from my belt. I headed straight to the cantina to meet with my Aedile and to inform him I was back. As I had suspected, I found him sloshed under his barstool surrounded in roughly twenty or thirty empty mugs and three or four dozen empty and broken shot glasses. It appears that Bob had a party and he was the only one invited. I finally woke him up and sat him in one of the booths in the cantina. He informed me of the events of the day. "First off, we got a couple of visitors. A bunch of Obelisk Jedi are visiting for some odd reason. I explained to them that this was a Krath house but they still said they wouldn’t leave until they saw you." "What clan are they from?" I asked, hoping that this wasn’t going to end up into another fight within the cathedral’s walls like the last time we had visiting Jedi. "They didn’t say, so I assumed they were Rogues. But like I said, I tried to tell them that we aren’t Obelisk." Bob followed up his statement with a rather large belch. "Alright, I’ll have a chat with them and see if I can get rid of them soon. You stay here and wait for me." I said standing up, motioning for Khevron to remain and watch over things. "No problem. I don’t think I’d be able to get up anyway." I stopped and turned around. "Bob, what was the second thing?" "I think I’m drunk." He said passing out again in the booth. I smiled and continued on my way to my office. I headed towards my office knowing that that was where I’d find the waiting Obelisk. I sensed that they were each at least the rank of Dark Jedi Knight and would all have lightsabers, so I made sure both of mine were in plain sight and our visitors would see that if they were looking for trouble, they had found it. |