Serenno

[Alora]

As they walked through the hidden passage way, Alora reveled in the cool darkness. As Draken opened the door the Mistress drew in a breath, letting it out slowly. "Breath-taking my dear. Lovely."

 

Her violet eyes drank in the sight, letting the beauty of the scene relax her. "You must show me through Dooku's Villa some time dear. You have a beautiful planet."

 

She let her mind clear of all tensions, just letting the sounds of nature wash over her. Finally she turned back to him, raising her hand up to caress his face, leaning over to give him a soft kiss.

 

"Thank you."

[darth shadowlord]

Draken smiled proudly as he watched Alora relax as she looked over part of the planet from behind the majesty of the waterfall. He moved behind her and rubbed her shoulders gently, further helping her to relax. He sat down beside her and pointed to where the sun was about an hour from the time when the sun would set.

 

"You have seen nothing until you have seen the sunset through the waterfall. Here sit with me and I will show you something more that I have learned in my travels."

 

He grasped her hand and gently pulled her down so that she was sitting in his lap. Kissing her gently, his hands set to work as they sought out and began to massage every tense muscle in her back and neck slowly. He started at the nape of her neck and worked his way over her shoulders. From her shoulders, he moved to her back and then down from there.

 

Pausing for a moment, he leaned forward and kissed her passionately, letting his ever present desire for her carry through the kiss to her.

[Alora]

Alora tilted her head back, enjoying the feel of his hands kneading out the tenseness in her shoulders. She returned his kiss, letting her hand rise up to caress his head.

 

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Several moments later

 

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The Mistress pulled her robes back around her shoulders, looking back over the waterfall to watch the sunset.

[darth shadowlord]

Draken leaned back, his back resting easily against a sunwarmed rock and Alora resting comfortably against his side. He smiled slightly as he inhaled the faint rose like scent in her hair.

 

"By the way my darling, have you heard the news? One of my men recently heard that the Jedi temple in Courscant is now the Sith Temple. Perhaps we should visit the temple to see if the rumor is true? We could take my ship, go there to check things out then stop at your apartment as well on the way back."

[Alora]

Trailing a finger along his jawline, the Mistress smiled up at her lover. "That sounds interesting. We should go and see. It's been a while since we've been around other sith."

 

The urge to take on another apprentice had passed, as if it wasn't meant to be after all. Alora wished to get out and about, to see what else was happening since they had been in relative seclusion. "I'll send mine off until I require it." She murmured softly, then sent the message for her droid to take the Sundered Heart to an undisclosed location once they left the planet.

[darth shadowlord]

Draken grinned as he pulled out his commlink and sent a coded pulse to his ship. He looked out through the waterfall then stood for a moment and stuck his hand under the waterfall. He smiled a bit wider and pulled his hand out from under the waterfall. Looking toward Alora, Draken grinned impishly, the sparkle entering his eyes again.

 

"Ever jump through a waterfall?"

 

Draken's tone was playful and the look in his eye was enticing again. As he asked that, his ship slowly descended on repulsorlifts till it was even with them through the falls.

[Alora]

Alora grinned back at him, her violet eyes sparkling with mischief. She looked out of the waterfall, catching sight of his ship coming to hover across from them. His playful mood was contagious and it was with much humor that she answered.

 

"Don't believe I have my dear. Shall we?"

 

She held out her hand for him to take, letting the dark energies swirl around them as she prepared to take the short leap across to his waiting ship.

[darth shadowlord]

Draken nodded as he took her hand and kissed her deeply for a moment. Then he took control over the dark currents swirling around them and let it seep into his already powerful leg muscles.

 

"We're always trying something new, my dear. Soon we'll have to search out new knowledge for us to learn. Perhaps we find some at the new Sith Temple. Shall we?"

 

Draken pulled her tight against him as they both jumped through the waterfall. Their bodies spun in the the shimmering water before they landed in the main hold of Draken's ship. Draken landed beneath Alora so that he would break her fall, he coughed for a moment then smiled at her.

 

"This seems to be a trend darling. Im beginning to think you like being on top of me."

 

He winked at her then slowly got up and sealed the hatch, then headed for the cockpit. He sat down at the controls and began to imput the coordinates of the former Jedi temple. Moments later his ship moved through the atmosphere and into space. A few minutes later it cleared the gravity shadow of the planet and leapt into hyperspace.

[Black Sun Operative[s]]

A number of strangely modified spaceships busted out of hyperspace, directly in orbit over Serreno. They were lead by a Lambda-Class shuttle, deceitfully covered with the flamboyant emblems of the Golden Link Casino. This position was not a secret to the pilots within, as their orders included a delivery to this predetermined locale.

 

The white bearded captain within the command shuttle, a recovering alcoholic, sent a communication to a very specific officer upon the planet's surface, whom he was instructed to contact, on a prescribed channel, which was undoubtedly secure, due to the secretive nature of this particular operation.

 

”œGeneral Saighttaan, this is Marshal Dragonomicon of the Golden Link Casino,”

[darth shadowlord]

The Lord Chamberlain frowned as a certain comm came in he had been warned to be on the watch for. He dismissed everyone in the room and went to the comm unit. He drummed his fingers for a moment as he remembered the correct answer to the comm. A moment later he opened up the comm and sent a reply.

 

"Marshal Dragonomicon, this is General Saighttaan. Your missive was received and acknowledged. Arrivals may be docked at XX- 25/YY-93."

 

A second comm was sent out seconds after the first, this time concerning the second part of the delivery.

[Wybert]

Wybert woke up as they reached the planet. He sat up and rubbed his head as he looked around. the first thing he noticed was that there was a man around 20 standing in front of him. Wybert jumped up and addressed him.

 

"Who are you?" He asked in 'his' raspy voice. "And where is the refresher?"

[darth shadowlord]

"Who am I? I am the Count Draken Shadowlord, ruler of Serenno and also a Sith. Your second question will not be answered until such time as you learn proper manners. At the current time you will be held until I decide otherwise. Now are you aware, you are a force user or have the ability to become one." As Draken talked to Wybert, the ship's autopilot brought the ship down lightly onto the royal landing pad.

 

When the ship landed, several servants ran up into the ship and bowed to Draken. Count, what is your bidding?"

 

Draken turned briefly to one of the servants. "I will require two vial's of the black, one of the red and also bring me a gold vial, it is time I tested it out."

 

The servants bowed quickly and ran to the castle, twenty minutes later they returned with the vials he had requested. They handed him the vials and took their leave of him. He nodded as they left before turning back to Wybert.

[Wybert]

Wybert sat there in front of the sith, he knew he was in hot water and he knew it would be hard to get out of it. When the sith was in possession of three vials, he knew it probably couldn't be could for him. He tried to conjure up the Force as he could apparently "use" it. He tried to shoot electricity at the man but all he did was make static electricity run through him. He stood up and looked at the man.

 

"So, what are those vials for, sir?"He asked in a casual manner.

[darth shadowlord]

"The vial's are none of your concern. This will be the only time I will tell you, if you want to learn the force and become a sith then you will obey my every order. Also you will speak only when spoken to or if I give you leave to speak, is that understood?"

 

He turned and walked away, heading back to the cockpit of the ship, he entered new coordinates into the navi-computer. With the coordinates added into the computer, the autopilot lifted the ship back off and headed for Raxus Prime. Draken walked back to where Wybert was. "When we arrive at out destination, there will be many sith masters there. As such, you will keep your head bowed out of respect to your betters and only in such time as they speak to you at you permitted to speak unless you are given leave by me."

 

A moment later the ship jumped into hyperspace.

[Wybert]

Wybert listened to the sith as he spoke of there destination. He nodded to him in agreement before he was trapped in his thoughts. He didn't understand why a sith would want to train him in the ways of the Force, there would be a lot of pain and destruction in his future for him and the people around him. He put that out of his mind and got ready for what was ahead of him; Raxus Prime. All he had to do was keep his head down and keep a low profile and he would be on his way to learning the Force.

 

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[Alora]

The Sundered Heart emerged from hyperspace above the skies of Serreno. Receiving permission to land at the Palace, Alora brought her ship down, landing within the assigned hanger where usually the Grand Duke also resided.

 

The Sith Mistress left her ship to the capable KD2 and received an escort into the Palace Chambers. She informed the Palace Guard that she would be expecting a couple doctors and engineers before she retired to Draken's main quarters....

 

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The Doctors and Engineers arrived and performed the procedure. Everything went according to plan. She had her new dart launcher installed into her arm along with the cybernetic implants for ship retrieval and cybernetic targeting, linked also to her ship's cameras. With all of this completed, Alora spent some time getting used to using the cybernetic's, allowing her to use muscle control for activation and using the cameras to "see" more.

 

Confident in the new enhancements, Alora returned to her ship, soon leaving the planet of Serreno for another destination, decided to return to Coruscant.

[darth shadowlord]

Arriving home once more, Draken headed to the cave of the waterfall. Once there he removed two triangles from his cloak on the ground in front of him as he knelt on the ground. He beagn to weave the power of the darkside, pouring it into the darker of the two triangles. All of his knowledge of the darkside was poured into the crystal pyramid so that the secret to each techniques were contained both with in the crystal and also his mind. The process took him several days to impart all of his knowledge into the pyramid.

 

Taking a day or two to regain his strength, He began to work on the second Holocron. This time however, the crystal was pulsing with a brilliant blue and dark purple light as he poured his knowledge and power of the true force into it. More then that, he poured himself into the Holocron as he knew who this holocron would belong to so that it contained part of his essence.

 

When he finished, he passed out onto the floor. There to remain for sometime to regain his strength.

[Alora]

The Force is an entity of it's own. It sends and receives even the slightest of messages and passes them to and from other beings. A tingling in the back of her mind was what brought the Sundered Heart back to Serreno. The Sith Mistress had been keeping to herself though a feeling through the Force drew her back here, drew her from her hidden fortress.

 

The ship landed within the hanger of the Palace, beside that of another. Alora left her droid to handle the refuelling and restocking while she headed out through another exit. She soon left the Palace, headed towards the waterfall. A mysterious smile broached her features as she recalled her last visit here though something was different about this occasion.

 

She entered the cave behind the waterfall slowly, taking her time, aware that a great surge of power had been used here. As her violet eyes adjusted to the dim light she stepped over towards her unconscious lover. Her eyes passed over the holocrons before resting back on his form. She knelt beside him, letting the Force flow from herself into him, giving him energy, then waited patiently for him to recover...

[darth shadowlord]

A full day later, Draken regained consciousness to see Alora's worried face looking down at him. "I am fine now darling, I expended too much power and too much of myself into the creation of these two holocrons. These holocrons are my legacy since I do not have any apprentices to carry on my knowledge. Other then these holocrons and you my darling, I have nothing to carry on my knowledge."

 

He smiled bitterly for a moment and then pulled her down to him and kissed her deeply.

[Alora]

While she had waited, the Sith Mistress had meditated, seeing possible visions through the Force. When Draken awoke, her attention focused on him, her hand caressing his face as they kissed.

 

Somehow aware that time was short, she embraced him, responding to him in an urgent manner.

[darth shadowlord]

He pulled her down to him and kissed her deeply for several moments before sliding part of her robe from her body. As he slid the robe from her shoulders, night fell over the planet. --

[Alora]

As the moon rose shone through the waterfall and illuminated the cave, Draken kissed Alora deeply, his left hand around her waist pulling her body against him and his right hand sliding through her hair slowly as he broke their embrace. He smiled sadly at her as he stepped back, his eyes telling her all she needed to know. ”œWhere I go my love, you can not follow. My heart remains here with you even though I do not.”

[Dagon]

The Starweaver briefly stops at Serreno to allow Darth Arcanus to rally additional forces.

[darth shadowlord]

Draken jumped from the ship and headed into his palace and summoned one of his servants. "Get me a vac suit and some mag boots." The servant bowed and turned to go then stopped.

 

"Milord, the Lady Alora is within your chambers. She arrived three days ago and she hasn't been seen since she entered your chambers." Draken nodded and waved the servant away. He strode down the hall, his servants and petitioners bowed as he walked past them quickly. Entering his chambers, he went to the head of his bed and pressed a small brick into the wall. A second later a hidden door opened and he walked down a dark hallway which soon turned into a tunnel that began to shine with light from the waterfall as he came upon Alora. He knelt quickly and pulled her into his arms, kissing her deeply for a moment before telling her of the attack of Krayiss II.

 

"Join me once more, my love. We are needed by our order." Returning to his room, he headed to the lab and grabbed multiple vials of poison and several more of antidotes before the servant found him again.

 

"Milord, here is the vac suit and mag boots you requested. Oh and welcome back Milord." Draken nodded and headed back to Dagon's ship and boarded it along with Alora.

[Dagon]

With a flicker of pseudomotion, Invictus element, on loan from the one of the imperial battlegroups, appeared over Serreno.

 

"Our chariots await. Let us show the enemy the price of their barbarism."

 

After docking, Invictus element heads for the conflict.

[Alora]

As the soft footfalls closed the gap between them, the Sith Mistress hid a smile. Her eyes remained closed though she knew every move made behind her. Phantom arms reached for him even as he approached, enclosing him in embrace before he reached her. As he knelt, her arms rose from her sides to snake around him as the phantom arms had done before. Her head tilted to receive his kiss, her eyes fluttering open only after their kiss ended. "Welcome home" she murmured softly.

 

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In a fluid movement she rose, in synchronization with Draken, following him back through the hidden passageway to his chambers within the palace. As Draken headed to the lab, Alora headed to her ship. Inside she gathered her armour. her weaponry and her supply of darts and poisons. With everything she might need either packed or drapped around her, Darth Alraune left the Sundered Heart to rejoin with Draken, the two in sync as they left.

[darth shadowlord]

Having radioed ahead to the planet, Draken landed his ship long enough to pick up ten heavily armed elite guards from his palace before leaving the planet again bound this time for Courscant.

[darth shadowlord]

Almost immediately after the Count's speech in the Senate, law enforcement and planetary defense forces swung into action and began arresting and detaining anyone with the slightest tie to the Galactic Alliance who hadnt been a loyal member of the Empire. Within less then three days the deportations began.

 

Those deportees who had gone peaceably were allowed to keep whatever credits and possessions that they owned but all property and businesses that were located on Serenno were retained by the Government and given to loyal citizens of Serenno. Those deportees who had fought the deportation were taken by force and had their possessions repossessed by the Goverment.

[darth shadowlord]

The night was dark and a chill filled the air as an dark presence could be felt, those who were force sensitive looked ill at ease almost sick as they could feel distortions in the waves of the force almost as if something was trying to free itself from the infinite weave of the force. As the night grew closer to the bewitching hour, wild animals the world over began to howl in fear and a piercing scream came from the dungeons of the palace from a Nightsister who was chained within the depths of that horrid abyss. "He comes! The Shadowed One wounded returns for his Vengeance!! Woe to the Galaxy and to those who oppose him!!" She choked out the words through ever increasing blood filled lungs as her body began to hemorrhage internally as her body became unable to handle the way the currents of the force was being ripped asunder. Around her, the sisters of her clan drew closer to her trying all of their rituals to save her so that they could save her, but the more they tried, the more agitated the waves of the force seemed to grow. Suddenly, her body went into convulsions on the floor, growing ever more violent till suddenly she snapped her head backwards, her entire back arching so that her spine cracked audibly and she screamed once more louder then before, the scream rang out for several minutes after her body died and blood gushed from her mouth, nose and ears. As her scream died a second scream rang out across the city this time from a child who had days before been accepted by a jedi to be trained in the ways of the force. Her scream was one of pain as the darkside began to overpower her body and visibly rip it apart. Over top of the screams a voice could be heard.

 

"From the darkness was the light born and the darkness saw that it was flawed. But the darkness in its heart could not bear to end the fledging creation that had come from it and the light grew in power and ability.When it had grown it turned on the darkness and sought to destroy that which had created it." Over and over this was repeated after one by one those who communed with the lightside of the force began to scream and they suffered horribly excruciating deaths. As the screams grew more frenzied and more agonized, there came a wave of darkness over the temple that was so oppressing that not even the planetary sensors could locate or communicate with those inside other then to hear screaming. "But those who served the darkness would not see it destroyed so they rose up and took up arms to defend it from the light. When the battle commenced, the warriors of darkness fought valiantly and certain warriors were giving the gift of rising from the darkness to fight the light again and again. Of such warriors was the Shadowed one." Suddenly all screaming stopped and a wave of darkness and silence covered the entire planet for an unknown period of time before a voice was heard across the planets surface.

 

"And so I have, let the light tremble and the darkness rejoice. " With those words the darkness lifted and the Count of Serenno stood upon an altar dedicated to the cult of darkness. "Let the battle begin."

[darth shadowlord]

After spending several days aprising himself of the current situation in the galaxy and making sure the planet's government had everything in order before he left the planet. Once everything was in order, Drake began prepping for his departure, he had all nine remaining Nightsisters loaded into a force shielded cage and loaded into the cargo bay of his ship. Once that was done he boarded the ship and shortly thereafter lifted off from the planet and headed to Korriban to check a few things out.