Desarus Ren Kai's Holocron

"I am Desarus Ren Kai, this, is my legacy."

- The opening message of the Holocron's Gatekeeper

Desarus Ren Kai's Holocron was a Holocron created by Jedi Master Desarus Ren Kai, it would be sealed in his tomb after he died only later to be removed by his daughter Lumina Ren Kai. It is unknown what happened to the Holocron after that but it ended up in the hands of a Dark Jedi before falling into obscurity. The Holocron was given to Jedi Historian Tionne Solusar on behalf of the New Jedi Order.

It contained all of the knowledge Desarus had attained in his life, including a large expansive archive of weapons, vehicles and droid schematics. It held a report of research from what Desarus had learned from the cache of Holocrons he discovered on Rhen Var. His entire biography as well as his views on the Jedi, Sith and the Force itself were all contained within the Holocron. The Holocron was a merge of both Sith and Jedi Holocron designs. The normal design was that of a Jedi Holocron while the Gatekeeper was based on Sith knowledge. Desarus' personality was imprinted on the Gatekeepers of the Holocron so that it seemed like Desarus' mind was really within the Holocron. The Gatekeepers of the Holocron were rather unique, instead of having one Gatekeeper there were two. The one that was most present was the Gatekeeper of Desarus Ren Kai which served as the main Gatekeeper and served to present the majority of the contents within the Holocron. The second Gatekeeper would only be revealed if it's final limiters were broken (Which were required to learn the final secrets of the Holocron) which appeared to be an image of Darth Igneous, which presented the last secrets of the Holocron as well as what Desarus' knew about the Dark Side within the Holocron.

=Biography of Desarus Ren Kai:=

Early Life:
"I was born on a private vessel, above the planet of Dantooine in forty-five BTC..."

- The Gatekeeper begins narration.

Desarus Ren Kai was born into the House of Kai. A family with a militaristic past and foundations in the Dunassi warrior clan. The family is considered to be nobility although they have no real power like the common noble families. Serving the Galactic Republic dutifully for years, the House of Kai has seen itself celebrated in military ceremonies and awarded ships bearing the name of the family. They also created the Kai Enforcer Corps a special forces unit of the Republic Military.

Desarus' early years were spent being raised to follow in the family's traditional footsteps. By the age of five Desarus' father, Emnor Mandium Kai had already started training his son how to fight. Vibrodaggers and blaster pistols were the primary focus. With unarmed hand-to-hand combat as a secondary. During one of Emnor's training sessions it was discovered that Desarus was Force Sensitive. The young lad had unknowingly levitated his father and several potted-plants that were in the atrium of the family estate. After that event, Emnor believed that a Jedi would soon come to them. Fate would see him right as a Jedi, Phrag Unecca, visited the Kai family on the planet of Dantooine. This prompted a large discussion between the majority of the Kai's and Unecca, as he was the first known Force Sensitive in the family and was likely to cause a dampener on tradition. When the discussions ended, it was decided that Desarus would become a Jedi. Unecca and Desarus left Dantooine, heading to Coruscant where his training would begin.

At the same time as Desarus left to become a Jedi, his family decided to relocate to the icy world of Rhen Var. Hailed as a planet of the family's origin, or at the least a holding of the Dunassi clan. They fought against the frozen terrain and the harsh climates of the world as they founded a settlement. The settlement grew into a city over time. At it's center, a large citadel complex that became a landmark. The Spire of Rhen Var as it was called.

As a Jedi Youngling, Desarus was trained with the other young initiates in the basics of the Jedi Order. They begun training under Jedi Battlemaster Fallon MalThom. Under Master MalThom the younglings learned Form I, or Shii-Cho, of lightsaber combat and learned to utilize the basic forms of the Force, such as Telekinesis. The mentality of the young Desarus was grounded in logic which made the Force hard to understand for him, while his martial skills were much better and viewed among the best of his class. At the age of eleven Desarus participated in a lightsaber combat tournament for twelve's-and-under. In the first round Desarus dueled against the eight year old Chen Urgani and won. Desarus would continue to win his matches, making it to the semi-finals, in which he fought Tetrenom. In the final round Desarus fought against Vent Tempête, a Zabrak initiate. The duel between the two was fierce and heavily drawn out. No clear victor could be seen in the duel but with a stroke of luck Desarus came out on top, winning the tournament. Assarius Kliel, a Jedi Master and Guardian, had been observing the tournament and saw potential in the young Desarus. As such he took him as his Padawan intending to train him.

A History Lesson:
Now the apprentice of a Jedi Guardian and as a melee oriented Jedi, Desarus Ren Kai's master, Assarius Kliel wished to teach his student about Jedi who shared a similar role as well as about the warrior cultures of the Galaxy. The first stop was the planet of Eshan. On this world, Assarius, with the aid of a local historian, spoke to Desarus of the Echani and there culture. As well as the Echani culture (And by extension it's martial arts), Assarius and the historian spoke of influential people of the Echani such as the general Yusanis. Assarius, in a more private lesson, taught Desarus of Raskta Fenni a Jedi Weaponmaster and one of the greatest duelists of her time and Brianna, a Jedi Guardian who followed the famed Jedi Exile in her travels as one of the Lost Jedi. The next on there journey was the Iridonians. This particular warrior culture took them back to Coruscant, to the Jedi Archives. This was because the Iridonians were rare in the civilized Galaxy. Assarius and Desarus could not learn much about this culture, beyond what was probably common knowledge. They were a savage people, often at odds with Mandalorians and the Echani. They appeared to be quite the bloodthirsty culture and the two Jedi relished the thought of ever meeting one.

The two studied other cultures with Warrior bases. Among them the Wookiees of Kashyyyk, the Gamorreans of Gamorr, the Draethos of Thosa and the Dashade of Urkupp. The final culture they planned to look into were the Taung and there culture successors, the Mandalorians. The Taung were another warrior race, originally native to Coruscant, where they fought for control of the world against the Battalions of Zhell. They were driven off world where they settled on the world of Roon and later conquered the world of Mandalore. On that world they became the Mandalorians and Mandalore the First became there leader after he wiped out the Mythosaurs, a race of animal native to the world. The Mandalorians proved to be quite a powerful race of warriors as they conquered the planets of the Mandalore sector, excluding Mandallia, in which they fought the Mandallian Giants. Who not only repelled the Mandalorians but many of there people joined there culture. They eventually exterminated the Nevoota species in there later conquests. No doubt there biggest feat, and there own downfall, was the Great Sith War and the Mandalorian Wars. Led by Mandalore the Indomitable they invaded Empress Teta. Mandalore challenged the fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma, leader of the Krath, to a duel and lost. This brought the Mandalorians under the command of Ulic's master, Exar Kun. Alongside Qel-Droma and his Krath, the Mandalorians were able to capture the Fornost shipyards and even invaded Coruscant. But events after that were mired in betrayals.

Next was the Mandalorian Wars. Under Mandalore the Ultimate and Cassus Fett, the Mandalorians were rebuilt and thanks to the Great Sith War, they were forces to expand there forces by recruiting any and all races. Most of the Taung were now dead by this point. They led a massive invasion of the Galaxy, hammering the Republic and any other independent force in there way. However this war would later turn against them, when the Jedi Knight, Revan and his friend Alek Squinquargesimus led the Revanchists to assist the Republic. The war quickly turned around and by the end of it, the Mandalorians were destroyed. They would never lead a force as big as they once had after that. Many of there people became mercenaries and bounty hunters, but the Mandalorian culture persisted for millenia. Desarus and Assarius left Mandalore, returning to Coruscant. There history lessons, were over for now.

The Padawan Trials:
"I was taken as the apprentice of Master Assarius Kliel, tough but firm, I've never met anyone like him"

- The Holocron Gatekeeper

At the age of twelve, Assarius considered his student ready to participate in the Padawan Trials. The trials consisted of memorizing the Jedi Code, construction of ones own lightsaber and facing the Dark Side. The first test, memorizing the Jedi Code would be easiest. Assarius needed to know if his Padawan had committed the code that the Jedi followed by memory. Assarius would question his student spontaneously because if the code had been memorized then he wouldn't need to puzzle over it, he would simply need to react. The event occurred while Desarus was studying an ancient scripture about the ancient force users who had congregated on Tython. Assarius came out of the blue, asking his student to recite the Jedi code. Desarus was able to speak the entire Jedi code without problem marking a completion of the test.

The next test, constructing ones own lightsaber, would be different from the usual fare. Assarius' training method was quite outside the norm and was quite likely to take longer than any other session. Assarius felt that simply constructing a lightsaber from a readied batch of lightsaber parts was not a proper way to construct a weapon that truly belonged to someone. He believed a weapon had to be constructed from it's raw materials. Each and every single part had to be made by that lone person. Assarius promised Desarus that he could give up if he believed it was too hard, but the young man was happy to accept. Assarius gave his apprentice a datapad which detailed everything he would need to create a lightsaber. From the compounds to the basic materials. However Desarus would have to find all of these resources and aquire them himself.

Desarus spent a day in the Jedi Archives, looking into various resources used in lightsaber construction. The search seemed to be a less-than successful one. A Jedi Archivist, by the name of Lumi Lovenia, showed the young Desarus an archive entry on the Mining Guild and suggested that the young man try there. With that information, Desarus headed towards the Mining Guild's base on Coruscant. As to be expected the presence of a child wasn't exactly wanted in a guild of miners. There was a bright spot though when Desarus met the Houk, Blue Ungil. The Houk and the young Jedi met and upon being inquired about specific materials, Blue wondered if this was his chance to get himself a protege. The two discussed a terms of agreement. Blue would have himself an apprentice to carry on his legacy as a miner (And an extra pair of hands to help in mining) and Desarus would be taught how to mine properly and get the resources he needed. Before the two left, they headed to the Jedi Temple, receiving Assarius' permission for such a venture.

Blue and Desarus travelled the Galaxy together for a total of six years. Over the course of those six years, they lived on board a mining ship along side a rather large crew of miners. They would develop a close-knit group of friends mentality as they spent more time together. Dek Bain was the unofficial leader of this little group and was normally the one in charge of deciding which planet's they would try to mine on. Of course he often sent Niua Raven and Alenkae Muuro out to worlds as prospectors to locate lucrative possibilities before he contacted the Mining Guild. The group worked on planets in all quadrants of the Galaxy, such as Burnin Konn and Tokmia in the Mining Worlds, Bandomeer in the Meerian Sector, Rafa V in the Centrality and Nkllon in the Expansion Region. All the while Blue continued to teach the young Jedi in the skills of mining as well as crafting, which assisted him when he attempted to construct each part of his lightsaber. A few times during those six years, Desarus would practice meditation, often having the repeated vision of the lightsaber he hoped to create, which was often shadowed by the silhouette of another lightsaber.

The last location the group went to, together was Bothawui. The majority of the group were on the world to meet a possible recruit, as well as a chance to sell there growing cargo of resources. Desarus was on the world on recommendation from the Draethos Jedi Rixx-Ceel. Rixx-Ceel had given Desarus coordinates to a cave on the Bothan homeworld that held a deposit of crystals, capable of being used in lightsabers. Desarus arrived at this cave, and his attention was sapped by the beauty of the multi-coloured gems. It took a while but he eventually returned to the task at hand, retrieving one of these crystals for use in his lightsaber. In truth the crystal he was here for was only secondary, the first lightsaber crystal he found was of an icy blue colour that Niua had found while they were working on Tokmia. The crystal he retrieved in the cave was, a curious choice, a crimson-red coloured this particular crystal. With all of the parts he needed Desarus intended to make two lightsabers, following what he had seen when meditating. Several hours passed before he successfully fabricated the two lightsabers that would become symbols of his character through the Great Galactic War. Desarus left the cave only to be attacked by Vent Tempête. While Desarus had no clue why the Zabrak was there it was clear he was no longer a member of the Jedi.

A duel broke out between the two. Untrained in dual-weapon combat, Desarus was forced to fight using only one blade, relegating to the Shii-Cho form. The fight was one sided and Vent clearly had the advantage over Desarus in combat abilities. Quickly becoming unfavourable, Desarus was unable to properly fight back, forced to rely on purely defensive measures. But even that didn't hold up in the end as Vent smashed through the defenses with a heavy chain of attacks. Booting Desarus to the ground after relinquishing him of his weapon. Vent grinned as he prepared to deal the final blow. His victory was stolen from him however when Blue intervened in the fight. His pick axe was struck into Vent's arm before he could swing his blade and in the moment of distraction, Desarus grabbed his inactive lightsaber, quickly igniting it and stabbing Vent in the chest. Blue did not question his young protege, instead he claimed the human's weapons and his pick axe before escorting him to the city of Rhan'starn. The two would regail Assarius with these events upon returning to Coruscant. Blue parted from the Jedi Temple after saying his goodbyes, and Desarus was to return to his training under his master.

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Formation of Serpent Squadron:
"Serpent Squadron, founded on Nubia, a brave squadron of fighter pilots."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

It took a while before Desarus could move past the fact that he had killed Vent, although he was able to do so, the death would continue to wear on his mind in years to come.

The following year, Assarius and Desarus were sent on a mission to the planet of Nubia. The onset of the Great Galactic War was not why they were there though. The Sith were currently making there strikes on the Outer Rim, whatever influence they had in the Galactic Core was unclear. This mission was instead a more private matter. A group of thieves had stolen a Holocron from one of the Jedi Order's enclaves. The two Jedi and the three Republic soldiers assisting them were to find those thieves and recover the holocron. They were met at the Nuba City starport by the city's local security forces who had been conducting there own search ahead of the Jedi. Two of the security officers went with Desarus to join another group of officers who had recently entered a fire fight with a group of criminals. While they went to aid the security officers, Assarius, the Republic soldiers and the security force's chief headed towards there headquarters to take control of the investigation.

Arriving at the scene of the fire fight, the security officers were at the obvious disadvantage. Two officers were trapped behind a damaged airspeeder, using it as cover from the criminals they were opposing. Another security officer was using the wall of a building for cover, peaking around every now and again while firing a few shots from his blaster pistol. The criminals sat atop staircase, using the walls of elevated ground as protection while they used there blasters to fend off the security forces. Desarus told the officers that arrived with him to provide assistance to there allies while he figured out a way to reach the criminals without having to run at them like an idiot. Looking to the walls of the alley they used, he found his way. Using a Force assisted jump to climb the wall, he launched himself off it so that he could land on the roof of a smaller building. Looking up his next jump would be directed at a balcony that jutted out from the wall of a taller building. This jump faired worse than the last, as Desarus was no expert in the field of using the Force. The jump fell short of it's intended goal, and the young man was forced to grab onto horizontal railings on the balcony or he would fall to the ground, where only injuries and at worst death awaited. His struggling with the railing worked to his success and he was able to pull his weight over the metal railings and onto the balcony.

Desarus lay on the balcony flooring, his breathing heavy and his arms aching, the man spent more than a few moments regaining his footing. He climbed to his feet, finally spurred on by the echoes of blaster fire. From that balcony it was a small climb up a set of ladders to reach the roof of the building. From this vantage, a marksman could easily kill Desarus but the criminals were rather happily occupied with trying to kill the security officers.

Quickly, Desarus darted across the roofs of the stretch of buildings that seperated himself from the criminals. Performing small jumps across the gaps of each individual roof. On the final roof, Desarus descended across an emergency stairwell to reach the ground level. The final few flights of stairs were bypassed as Desarus leaped of the railings, he landed on the ground and his legs came close to buckling under the vibrations but held steady for the most part. The ignition of his lightsaber attracted the attention of the criminals. The group, numbering around eight or so, begun firing on Desarus. The young Jedi took up his stance and began deflecting blaster bolts that came close to inflicting damage upon himself. The distance between Desarus and the criminals closed slowly as he moved in. With an upward motion, he cut through the first of the criminal's blasters disarming one of his opponents before moving onto the next. Catching wind of his strategy the criminals attempted to avoid getting close to him - as no matter how many blaster bolts he deflected, the Jedi never aimed the path of relfection back at the criminals themselves. The icy blue lightsaber blade also acted as a beacon for the Nubian security forces, whom spurred on by there Jedi ally, charged towards the combat zone to assist.

The battle would end shortly afterward when the criminals were forced into an alleyway where they couldn't escape from Desarus. The security officers praised the Jedi for his tactics, however, Desarus had no actually employed any tactics in the fight, he was hesitating to attack his opponents, the death of Vent still weighed on him. The criminals retreat was luck and nothing more.

Trial of Flesh:
"The Jedi Order removes Force Sensitives from there family at a young age, some times that can lead to deeper emotions..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After the forming of his own personal squad, Desarus began to participate in the war obviously along with his master Assarius Kliel in missions to different worlds for various reasons including aiding the Republic war effort. Indirectly this led to Desarus' Trial of the Flesh. Assarius and Desarus were assigned to command the Republic 3rd Sectorial Fleet which was currently being headed by a recommissioned Inexpugnable-Class Command Ship and veteran ships such as the Hammerhead-Class Cruiser - Kai's Fist and the Foray-Class Blockade Runner Ominous, which was also under the command of Emnor Kai - Desarus Ren Kai's father. The First Battle of Sullust where these events were taking place seemed to be progressing well at first with the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic forces fighting to a major stand still, whilst Assarius was on the command bridge of the large Inexpugnable-Class Command Ship he made use of his Battle Meditation to improve the fighting spirits of the Republic while demoralizing the Sith force. That was until Sith reinforcements arrived using the very same hyperspace corridor the Republic themselves had used prior to the battle. The Inexpugnable-Class Command Ship was put under heavy fire by the Sith Destroyer-Class Battleships - forcing Assarius to give up use of his Battle Meditation in favour of defending the ship from boarding parties that were trying to capture the old dreadnought. the Inexpugnable-Class Command Ship now out of commission while the Republic Forces did what they could to aid it - the Kai's Fist was thrust into the position of commanding the fleet in it's stead. Emnor Kai lead the fleet as best he could, at first his unorthodox tactics started to hammer away at the Sith Fleet causing them to lose there footing in the battle until the Republic Forces led a daring charge headed by the Kai's Fist, the charge going a little less than expected saw the Kai's Fist cut off from the rest of the fleet.

Surrounded on all sides by ships more advanced and more powerful than itself the Kai's Fist had a not much in the hope of survival. Eventually the shields on the Kai's Fist fell and a critical torpedo shot to the engines saw the Kai's Fist being pulled into Sullust's orbit. Emnor Kai refusing to leave in an escape pod ultimately saw his end along side the burying of his ship on the planet's surface as it collided with a rock face - where a large spike of rock pierced through the transparisteel windows and impaled Emnor. Desarus hearing the news from an admiral on-board another ship became out raged and led crazed attack runs with Serpent Squadron. During these runs Desarus eventually attacked the Sith Destroyer-Class Battleship responsible for the finishing blows to the Kai's Fist. Targeting the command bridge of the battleship and with the aid of the full fire power of the Serpent Squadron they were able to bypass the shields and Desarus came close to dealing the final blow but refrained himself in the last moments knowing that killing in anger was a step closer to the dark side. Despite this a Republic pilot continued the attack and fired on the shield less battleship causing it's destruction. The aftermath of the battle eventually resulted in victory for the Republic once the 9th Sectorial Fleet arrived to support the 3rd Sectorial Fleet and eventually take over it's position above the planet as it's defence. The Republic also set up plans for the building of an orbital shipyard for better protection and more ships to aid the Republic fleet.

Trial of Courage:
"I was quite brash in my youth, now that I think about it, I could have avoided breaking more than a few bones."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After a long line of uneventful assignments and plenty of time to recover from the events of the First Battle of Sullust, Assarius and Desarus were sent to on there next mission to the planet of Felucia to check on rumours of a criminal group using the mysterious, mystifying and indigenous plant life on the world to create a deadly toxin. The two Jedi departed for the world in there Star Sword XC-20 Starfighters and made it to the planet in what seemed to be a few days. Once they arrived they were greeted by a group of people who had been trying to start a settlement on the world with little success, they had a small settlement that was barely keeping itself together - but it held up for the time being. After a brief discussion with the settlers in a hope for information, - which there was none - Assarius and Desarus begun there search in the vast jungles until eventually they found an actual building built into a cave. Standing guard at the building's entrance was an array of sentry turrets and other traps that were easily surpassed with a little Jedi Precognition and a lightsaber. Upon entering the building the two Jedi were greeted with an assortment of terrible scents as well as more trapped filled areas which forced them to traverse on with there search. Eventually they found there first signs of life in a lab where a lone scientist being held at gunpoint by droids was forced to help the criminals with there little project. Dismantling the sentry droids and freeing the scientist they made sure he was safely on his way to an escape route and then continued on. Now that the rumours were identified as true, Assarius and Desarus knew they had a mission to complete but unbeknown-st to them was that the contingent of foul smells were actually the very toxin they had been tasked to find - and subsequently destroy it - was permeating the air - and there lungs.

The toxin slowly drained the energy of the two Jedi, making them easily susceptible to fatigue and weakening there ability to use the Force - due to the high amount of concentration one needs for such. This only became relevant to the two of them when they were unable to use basic Force abilities such as Force Grip to the natural degree that they use to be. After coming to this realization the two made use of modified Aqua-Breathers that were now able to fend off breathable toxins, now continuing on there traversal of the large building - or base rather, they stumbled upon a hangar bay where the leader of the criminal group and a Dark Jedi most possibly coming to an agreement on that toxin. Assarius met the Dark Jedi in combat while Desarus went off against the criminal leader and his guards. Assarius quickly defeated the Dark Jedi by overpowering him in a saber lock and battering him back to the edges of the hangar bay - the large hangar being built into the rock face of a large plant covered canyon. As the Dark Jedi recovered and tried to hit Assarius, the Nautolan Jedi Master quickly ducked under the blow and then sprung up with a back flip kick - with his boot smacking the Dark Jedi in the face making him lose balance and grip of his lightsaber. As Assarius flew into the air thanks to the back flip - the moment his he was able to see the Dark Jedi again he blasted him out of the hangar and into the canyon depths with a Force Push. As the last of the guards fell to Desarus' lightsaber the criminal leader tried to flee in his personal craft, knowing he couldn't catch the craft in time before it took off Desarus Saber Threw his lightsaber which sliced into the engine eventually becoming lodged in it. As the ship took off and sparks fell from the engine - until it ascended high enough and it's engine exploded, the ship losing it's power started to plummet towards the hangar - as it fell it started to break up, the various debris smashing down on the hangar crumbled it's ceiling, bringing it down around the two Jedi.

A large piece of debris fell on Assarius, crushing his leg, yelling at Desarus to leave him behind he was simply ignored as Desarus mustered every bit of strength he could to hold up the falling ceiling and the starship above it. As the gravity of debris and the ship forced against him, Desarus fell to his knee in the last moments Desarus was able to force all of the debris and the starship as well away from the hangar. Finally falling down, he lay panting on the durasteel floor, his muscle torn from the pressure and his right wrist broken. A lone smile crept up on Desarus' face and days later the two Jedi had returned to Coruscant with a completed mission, Desarus had passed his second trial.

Trial of Spirit:
"In retrospect the apparition was right, I couldn't escape him, cryptic douche..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After a nice relaxing break on Coruscant to heal up his injuries Desarus was ready and raring to get back to his Jedi training which in turn had gotten Assarius into a good mood seeing his pupil being so enthusiastic about his training especially because beside this energetic sensation he was also a very understanding, bright and obedient pupil making him easier to teach with his willingness to learn. Getting to work on there next mission they were sent off to the planet of Onderon to monitor something about a potential uprising on the planet, immediately upon arrival the two knew what the Jedi Council meant by a possible uprising there were quite a few street fights going on between Onderonian security and the citizens of the city. Unfortunately there mission was only to monitor what was going on and look for any possible reasons as to why it was happening so it wasn't in there mission to intervene but Assarius and Desarus did anyway by calming the citizens and ending the fighting through a few Force tricks. After the fighting was resolved Assarius and Desarus met with the head of the security teams in space port district of the city who led them to the palace of Iziz, while there they met with the current leader of the planet to discuss things after a long hour filled discussion Assarius and Desarus started there investigation with Assarius heading off to the moon of Dxun while Desarus was to search an abandoned smuggler settlement not far from the city. Of course with the rather dangerous wild life of the planet traversing it was quite difficult even for such a short journey. After about four hours of a short peril filled trek Desarus came to the settlement to see it was more than abandoned instead the smugglers were still there, making his way into the settlement Desarus met with many of the smugglers as he tried to gain any possible clues on what could be going on.

Eventually an old smuggler who was seemingly retired gave Desarus info in exchange for a large sum of credits he was sent off to a nearby cavern which was full of Cannoks. Unfortunately for Desarus' case he was loaded with lightsabers from various fights against Dark Jedi and Sith making him look like an even bigger meal for the Cannoks, after a long fight through the cavern Desarus came to what he was looking for a group of Sith Assassins well dead ones now. Upon checking the corpses of the Sith Assassins, Desarus found that they were murdered by a lightsaber from the marks on there bodies, upon trying to make his exit from the cave a large storm of Force Energy struck from the ceiling of the cavern, illuminating the room revealing it to be some sort of temple like structure as well as presenting a hooded man who was donning a Sith looking mask. The man that appeared activated two lightsabers revealing the hilts to be the exact same Desarus was carrying, this stunned Desarus for a moment as he looked on trying to figure it out until he came to the conclusion it was a dark sided apparition of himself, which was the truth as he found out later on as they dueled. The two entered into a saber lock that seemed to be stuck at a tie until the two drew closer as they tried to force there sabers forward eventually Desarus won as he pressed the apparition's saber back forcing it to cut into the mask it wore, after the lock broke and the two jumped back from each other the apparition's mask fell off and the two engaged in discussion with the conclusion being noted that the dark presence in the cave was stirring up the darker emotions in the citizens, after the two spoke the apparition vanished and Desarus left the cavern to return to Iziz and to report what he had found to his master. The events that had transpired were all counted as the trials Desarus needed to take for his ascension to becoming a Jedi Knight but before they would return to Coruscant Assarius had another plan in mind.

Jedi Guardian and Jedi Knight:
"To become a Jedi Guardian like my Master, was one of the happiest moments I experienced during the war..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Assarius and Desarus instead of heading back to Coruscant made there way to the planet of Dantooine where a small ceremony was taking place. When the two Jedi arrived Assarius talked with some of the other Jedi Masters and then told Desarus to meet them in the meeting hall in a short while, during this time Desarus wandered the Jedi Enclave, continuing his usual training and such but he was also thinking over the fight he had with the apparition of himself well a dark version of himself. With no help from any of the databases or holocrons available to him in the Jedi Enclave he decided he'd have to leave it until he and his master returned to Coruscant to check the Great Holocron and the Jedi Library. Finally a fellow Jedi Padawan came to Desarus telling him that the Jedi Masters had said he was to head to the meeting hall. Following the other Padawan they soon entered the meeting hall where other Jedi Padawans and Apprentices as well as some Jedi Knights and Masters awaited. It turned out it was a ceremony for Jedi who were becoming Jedi Guardians, Desarus had wanted to become a Jedi Guardian when he first joined the Jedi but Assarius training methods and strict teaching was the only thing stopping him as he preferred his students to be at the rank of Jedi Knight before allowing them to join the ranks of a Jedi Guardian. Watching as one by one small numbers of the Jedi Apprentices, Padawans and Knights were called up to be welcomed into the group of Jedi Guardians. Desarus mind raced when he was finally called, making his way up he was then welcome into the ranks of the Jedi Guardians by his master as Desarus had already passed his trials to become a Jedi Knight and all he needed to do was be knighted by the head of the High Jedi Council. After the ceremony finished, Assarius and Desarus made there way to there ships in order to make there way to Coruscant but of course the did enjoy some of the festivities that had been held to congratulate the newly appointed Jedi Guardians.

"We are all Jedi. The Force speaks through us. Through our actions, the Force proclaims itself and what is real. Today we are here to acknowledge what the Force has proclaimed." "Step forward, Padawan. Desarus Ren Kai, by the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee Jedi Knight of the Republic." "Take up your lightsaber, Desarus Ren Kai, Jedi Knight. And may the Force be with you."

- Desarus' Knighting Ceremony.

After Desarus had become a Jedi Guardian at the ceremony on Dantooine. He and his master Assarius made there return to Coruscant, where Assarius told Desarus that he would have to spend the day under the Hall of Knighthood to meditate on all that had transpired in there last few missions. Assarius then left Desarus as he headed off to speak to the Jedi High Council about the report from there last mission. Desarus made his way through the Jedi Temple, stopping to talk to fellow Jedi and friends as he went on. It was still apparent that Desarus had gained a reputation of being a serious goof ball, which made him feel all the happier as he continued on his way. Finally reaching his destination he sat down on a meditation mat and sat still in peace as he started to meditate on everything that had happened, the death of his father, the mission to Fellucia, the duel with an apparition of himself. Thinking through everything trying to see what he could learn from each, which could have been done differently and why they happened. Desarus spent the entire day and night in the meditative state coming up with whatever conclusions he could until his concentration was broken by his master Assarius. Being told to go with his master Desarus did so as he was taken to the Hall of Knighthood and he instantly came to the final conclusion from his meditation there were his trials. With a smile drawing onto his face he openly watched as his Knighting Ceremony begun. When he was told to step forward towards the Jedi Grand Master, Desarus did so and knowing the procedure bowed before the master and listened as he was dubbed a Jedi Knight with his three Padawan braids being cut off, finally he stood and was greeted by his master once more who was of course extremely proud at Desarus' quick progression through his style of training. Desarus was now a Jedi Knight...

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Mission to Kuat:
"Kuat, not one of my favourite missions, it was all to fast and didn't make much sense in the end."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

During Desarus' starting days as a Jedi Knight he and his master Assarius Kliel were sent on a mission to the planet of Kuat - home to the famous Kuat Driveyards - to investigate some strange goings on, on the planets surface that was believed to be a potential threat to the Republic Fleet stationed above the planet. Upon arrival at a space station in orbit around Kuat. Assarius and Desarus were greeted by a Republic Admiral and some other Republic Naval men and women, being briefed on the situation a bit more the two then proceeded to come up with plans and then brought them to the table in hopes of finding out what any possibilities. The two Jedi both came up with the same theory that there was a large weapon the planet's surface that was probably utilizing some heavy cloaking technology, taking an orbital shuttle with a small group of Republic Troopers the two Jedi made there way to the planet. After weeks of searching they had finally found what they were looking for, a large planetary cannon was under construction, hidden under a large cloaking field the only reason they found it was because the perimeter of the cannon's frequency jammer only covered the island is was hidden on. Commencing a covert operation to destroy the cannon, they entered the cloaking field and navigated there way through the many areas of the island until directly reaching the cannon where they infiltrated the base surrounding the cannon. The defences for the cannon and the base itself were rather light with simple Sith Soldier patrols and a few Dark Jedi every now and again but this was probably on account of the fact Sith didn't believe anyone would find the base. Eventually the group finished there trek through the Sith base and made there way into the cannon. Finding a mapping schematic in one of the supply stations of the cannon they mapped out a route to areas that would be prime targets for the cannon's destruction, in a short time they had all the necessary charges placed and made there way out of the cannon during it's final moments. They watched as the cannon was destroyed and Desarus remarked on how easy it all was before they left the planet and returned to the orbiting space station.

Mission to Taris:
"That was my first time on Taris, little did I know I'd spent quite a while there during the Cold War."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

On his first solo mission as a Jedi Knight, Desarus was sent to the Outer Rim, space platform known as the Tower of Taris. This space station served as hub for people sympathetic to the cause of aiding the Tarisian's who were working to rebuild there home which was decimated during the Jedi Civil War three hundred years ago. The re-builders had gained a substantial following, which led to the creation of the space station orbiting Taris and had even warranted some attention from the Republic at last, Desarus was sent there to aid with helping protect a group of salvage teams who had encountered some mutated creatures in the Undercity(the only surviving area from the bombardment that occurred). Once he had arrived at the Tower of Taris. He met the head of the salvage team who discussed the current events with Desarus before they descended to the planet, landing at a cleaned out staging area which was full of machinery ready to get moving and crew members of the salvage team feeling slightly unnerved with the threat of monsters. Once prepared Desarus was led by the crew to the salvaging zone, as the crews began to work Desarus shut out the sound of the machines as he focused one the noises of footsteps. With his mind calmed and prepared he sat cross legged in meditation, when he caught wind of the sound of what seemed like animals rushing towards the salvaging zone he opened his eyes and jumped to attention. Ordering the workers to get to a safe distance he ignited his lightsabers as the animals came into sight. They had the appearance of bulky overly-mutated Rakghouls, a race of mutants that Desarus had studied during his time at the Dantooine Enclave, of course he noticed the differences immediately because they were easily visible. Rushing at the Rakghouls like any Jedi Guardian would he cut through the first of them with ease, the heat of the lightsabers quickly burning through the limbs of the Rakghoul, as a few of them tried to push by Desarus to get to the workers he made use of a collaboration of Force Repulse and Force Lightning.

Although Force Lightning was a power used by servants of the dark side, Desarus had secretly been studying the dark side and was now making use of it for the first time to get rid of the Rakghouls. With the mutants dead the workers were free to return to working but first they cheered and congratulated Desarus for all the help, Desarus of course said the job wasn't over until the salvaging was done and even offered to help with the working. For the next week or so, Desarus spent his time learning the salvaging process as well as actually helping out. When all was done the contractor offered Desarus money as thanks for all the help, Desarus declined the offer as he made his exit from the Tower of Taris with news from his family on Rhen Var, he decided that returning to the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine would have to wait.

Rhen Var:
After receiving a message about his family relocating to the planet of Rhen Var - to try settling on the world - from a friend and contact he had. After finishing his latest mission from the Jedi Council Desarus made his way to the planet of Rhen Var, once landing on the planet it wasn't hard to find them as the settlement was already largely constructed with a massive glacial like tower at the center of the settlement. Being greeted by his rather large family and of course other adventurous settlers and various other people that had come to Rhen Var for other reasons, even though contact with family was forbidden by the Jedi, Desarus had been given special permission by his master to see them as he had missed his Arga'vi Ritual and his family had a very strict tradition regarding it which the Jedi accepted as it did help with training one in disciplines and various meditative styles. Once greeted by the settlers(and his family) Desarus was taken to see his uncle who was over seeing most of the construction as well as having a frontal hand in helping with it, the reunion with the two were spent on questions about how Desarus had been training and the various missions he had been on. Desarus cut out of the reminiscing to get straight to the point about helping with the construction of the Rhen Var settlement as well as getting his ritual over with, his uncle explained on what he was going to have Desarus do as they were having some problems with a group of raiders of some sort. Desarus agreed to the terms involved and quickly left the settlement in the direction the settlers believed the raiders came from, of course fighting wasn't the only part of the ritual without any help other than the clothes on his back and the weapons he carried Desarus had to survive the nature of Rhen Var for three months, hopefully Desarus would also get to learn and study life forms that lived on Rhen Var if any did.

"Y'know, I never did learn why those Mandalorians were on Rhen Var... oops."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

A day had gone by and Desarus had been forced to take refuge inside a glacial cave. Thanks to the Force he was able to keep himself heated up and safe for the night before he continued into the snowy world of Rhen Var's expanses, after a few hours of walking Desarus had started to try finding life through the Force for study and of course for food. It was a tough search but he actually found something that looked like Nuna's the only difference being they were substantially larger and had a tinted blue skin colour unlike there Tatooinian cousins. Capturing a few and ending there small lives, keeping one for study and the others for food he made his way in the direction he had come from until before long he found himself being followed, the low hum of speeder bikes were easy to recognize through the snowy blizzard winds and Desarus kept himself in readiness for an expected attack. Soon the attack came in the form of three armour clad Mandalorian Scouts on speeder bikes, as the Mandalorian's opened fire believing they had the advantage over what looked like an adventurer they were soon proved wrong as Desarus ignited his lightsabers and evaded the blaster bolts with a quick Force Jump into the air. As the Mandalorian's came close to where Desarus would land he Force Pushed the end of one of the the speeder bikes, forcing it down and causing it to smash off the ground rolling into a spiral which killed the Mandalorian and destroyed the speeder bike. Deactivating one of his lightsabers as he landed on another of the speeder bikes, stabbing the lightsaber into the Mandalorian's chest and Force Pushing the Mandalorian off of the speeder bike, hopping over into the seat and taking control he stopped it into a skid while deflecting oncoming blaster fire from the last Mandalorian. This time being careful Desarus Force Gripped the Mandalorian while at the same time Force Gripping the speeder bike separately, tossing the speeder to the side and bringing the Mandalorian down closer to his own position Desarus started questioning the Mandalorian while at the same time forcing his way into the man's mind as he knew the Mandalorian wouldn't be cooperative.

After getting barely but just enough to go on, Desarus knocked out the Mandalorian and started up the speeder bike, driving off in the direction the Mandalorians came from, finally coming into vicinity of a small base, Desarus jumped from the speeder bike and let it plunge into the durasteel doors, alerting the Mandalorians to an attack but also giving Desarus access to the base. With his lightsabers in hand, Desarus entered the base to be fired upon by Mandalorian assault rifles and Mandalorian droids, but with utilization of the Force and his lightsabers he was able to overpower them and take out every last one of the Mandalorians. Forcing his way through the obviously under manned base he headed to the command room to be greeted by only three Mandalorians, with an onslaught of questioning and the reasoning behind why the Mandalorians were so under manned here discovered. The Mandalorian's attacked Desarus in a last failed ditch effort to kill the Jedi who subsequently beat them through the use of Force Repulse. For the next three months Desarus stayed in the base of the Mandalorians meditating the entire time until he had a vision discovering a lot more about what happened, after which he returned to the settlement at last with his ritual completed, the Mandalorians gone and the truth behind why Mandalorians would be so easily beaten and undermanned found out. Explaining the situation to the settlers they congratulated Desarus for passing the ritual and prepared for whatever was out there while Desarus had to leave the planet at last.

IX-12:
"Ah... IX-12, I wonder if he is still active... did he ever get that Jawa Beer I ordered?"

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

While returning to Coruscant to finally give in his report, Desarus came out of hyperspace in the Raxus Sector where he was intercepted by a Sith Destroyer-Class Battleship. With the Blade of Flames S-Foils closed for extra speed and manoeuvrability - making it rather hard for the turbolasers of the Sith Destroyer-Class Battleship to hit the small starfighter. As the Blade of Flames begun to pick up it's pace and get out of range of the Sith Destroyer, it started to scramble a few units of it's fighter complement to catch the escaping fighter. The chase continued until three Thranta-Class Warships came into view, with a smirk on his face Desarus boosted his ship's communication frequency and opened the ship's S-Foils. Engaging the Sith Fighters as he sent a message to the Republic vessels for help, as the ship rotated round it's hull was shook as the shields were hit with blaster fire. But the shields were strong enough to maintain coverage of the ship after one shot, Desarus hadn't exactly just scraped the barrel when the Blade of Flames was originally modified. With support making it's way to Desarus' aid in the form of Aurek Tactical Strikefighters and the turbolasers of the Thranta-Class Warships, Desarus simply had to hold out a little longer by himself.

Through some skillful piloting and a little aid from the Force, Desarus had no troubles evading the Sith Fighters - even taking down two of them when the possibility showed itself. In a final bold rush as the Republic Fighters came into firing range, Desarus' engine was shot and his starfighter begun to plummet it's way towards the planet. Hurriedly - Desarus tried to shut off all power on the ship so that he would just stop moving but, it was too late he was caught in the orbit of the planet Raxus Prime which was pulling his ship towards the surface. Breaking through clouds of what was presumably corrosive gas, Desarus looked out at the planet from the air - for a moment, the worries of crashing had vanished as he saw the decayed and metal strewn landscapes, despite the painful truth of it all, the planet still held a certain beauty too it. But that faded quickly as Desarus got back to the task at hand - falling to his doom. At first it seemed like a clear run until Desarus' ship scrapped off the hull of a large cruiser which send him towards a large pool of liquid metal - which would no doubt melt through his own fighter and himself. Re-activating all the systems that he could Desarus prepared for a little trick which would hopefully save his life if not out-right get him killed. Closing his eyes and sitting with his hands lifted as if to Force Grip something, Desarus simply waited until his ship made it's first contact with the boiling pool of metallic liquid. As the ship bounced and the liquid splattered out, Desarus Force Crushed the two outer engines on his fighter which caused them to explode with a nice detonation from the liquid and his ship's fuel - shooting the ship forward with a nice boost, at the cost of the engines, fuel and wings of the fighter. The price was worth it however as the fighter scrapped across a scrap filled patch of land, safely away from the liquid metal.

With death avoided and the ship halted, Desarus climbed out of the cockpit of the wreckage of his starfighter, making a remark at what had happened he made no delay in relaying a message that he had survived to the Republic in orbit. Within hours of the transmission, the Thranta-Class Warship made it's landing on the planet - after it had destroyed the Sith Destroyer-Class in combat. Desarus asked that repairs to the Thranta-Class be made while on the planet to give him time to fix his own ship and do some exploring if he could. One debate later, Desarus saw himself finding suitable parts to get his fighter repaired when he stumbled across the remains of a Combat Droid and started to think. As day ended and night rose, Desarus found himself drawn away from his fighter's repairs and sitting in front of a workbench drawing out detailed blueprints for droids - he had long since become mechanically capable with droids, as mechanics was a hobby of his. By the time morning arrived, Desarus had already began working on this droid - unfortunately leaving his ship repairs to the Republic Troopers much to there dismay. But it wasn't long before the droid was finished. Being powered from working parts from Republic droids and devices of Desarus' own design - not to mention the technological creativity amidst the great graveyard world. When Desarus finished the droid he gave it, it's name - IX-12 and quickly began testing it out. After about a week of sporadic messing around - a short expedition into the planet and helping with the repairs of his fighter, Desarus was evaluated by IX-12 as completely insane yet comically heroic. But at last the time came for the two to leave the planet and return to Coruscant.

Assassination on Coruscant:
"That was my first real fight against a Sith. Jumpy little Kriffers."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Desarus had made his way to back to the planet of Coruscant as disappearing for three months was a rather idiotic thing to do, but it wasn't surprising that due to the war with the Sith Empire the Jedi hadn't send anyone out to search for him in-case something had happened. Once back at the Jedi Temple, Desarus met with the Jedi Council or at least with the members not off leading the war effort where he discussed his disappearance and his last assignment - the mission to Taris. The council ended the meeting by requesting a full report on what Desarus had been doing and then dismissed the young Jedi Knight, Desarus begun his work on the report while gradually resting for the next few days until he heard news of an attempt on the lives of some senators. Desarus and two other Jedi Knights were assigned to protecting these senators along with a group of soldiers from the Coruscant Guards, setting up a perimeter with Desarus guarding the senators arranged sleeping quarters while the remaining two Jedi Knights guarded other sections of the building such as the landing pad and the main lobby. As the day turned to night and the night passed to morn, it seemed as if the assassin had left the planet after his or her first attempt on the senators lives but in broad day light the assassin made his move. the mysterious assassin took control of a civilian shuttle bus as he brought it down on the senatorial building's landing pad, leaping from the shuttle bus a mere moment before it collided with the landing pad. Lunging out and igniting his lightsaber the assassin had caught the Jedi off guard almost completely and before he could stop the incoming attack the searing crimson blade pierced through his chest, the assassin pulled out a small detonator from a pouch as he pulled his lightsaber from the corpse of the Jedi Knight, letting the dead man fall to his knees and then finally keel over, as the soldiers were about to open fire the assassin pressed the detonator and rushed for the doors with a burst of Force Speed.

The detonator ignited hidden explosives that had been planted on the bearings that held the landing pad in place. With no where to secure themselves the Coruscant Guards made a run for the door but most fell with the landing pad where as those that made it inside were only fodder to be cut down by the lightsaber of the assassin. With a mechanized cackle from the assassin at a successful start to his mission, he knew it would only get harder from here as the death of the first Jedi Knight would have alerted the others and even if it didn't the shuttle bus crash and the explosives detonation would have.

As the Sith Assassin continued from the entry-hall to the lobby, the moment he opened the doors he was greeted by volleys of blaster fire forcing him to jump back and to close the doors quickly with the Force. With the Jedi Knight in the lobby directing the soldiers they awaited the Sith Assassin's next tactic while in the upper levels Desarus had destroyed a window and was helping the senators flee on-board a Republic Gunship to take them to the Jedi Temple for refuge and of course reinforcements. The Sith Assassin took a different approach this time, procuring a nearby cleaning droid he tampered with it's systems and attached a gas bomb to it's back, sending it towards the lobby while he cut his way through the ceiling and into the ventilation system, he followed just above the droid up until it entered the lobby, the soldiers almost shot at it but stopped at the last second. That was until the gas bomb detonated and filled the room with toxins that started killing off the soldiers, the Jedi Knight made use of the Force Breath power and then started clearing the room of the toxins by Force Pushing the droid out of the lobby and out a nearby window, the toxins were quickly sucked out of the window and eventually died out with no way to quickly fill such a space of air. With most of the troop strength gone thanks to the gas bomb the Assassin sprung his attack by igniting his lightsaber in the ventilation duct and breaking through the ceiling. Force Griping a few of the chopped up ventilation duct pieces as he fell he threw them at some of the troopers and continued with a Force Repulse the moment he touched the ground, blasting the troopers out of the windows, leaving only the Assassin and the Jedi Knight. The Jedi Knight questioned the Assassin to receive no answer except the disgruntling sound of the Assassin's breathing through his ventilator, with no obvious responses the Jedi Knight returned to waiting for the Assassin to strike, which he soon did.

Not with his lightsaber but with the Force, by Force Gripping and subsequently Force Crushing the floor they stood on he brought it to crumple around them as the Jedi Knight lost his balance and fell through the floor the Assassin made use of this advantage and lunged at the Jedi Knight, slicing him in half at the torso and then landing on the nearby wall, his cybernetic claw digging into the wall, sustaining his position for a few seconds before he Force Jumped from the wall and over to the door which of course opened automatically as it detected the approach of a form of some sort, landing in the next room which led to the elevators and where his target should be the Assassin made haste of his next move. Sending up the elevator with no one in it but instead on top of it. The Assassin had set the elevator to stop at the floor before the one he would need to exit on for a reason, as the elevator stopped, the Assassin, Force Jumped from the top of the elevator onto a thin ledge just above the elevator exit door for the floor he needed to get to and as Desarus heard the noise and noticed that the door hadn't opened he went to check. Cautiously he opened the doors with the Force to see nothing there and as he got closer he found that the elevator was at the floor just below but in that moment the Assassin sprung his attack, leaping to the wall in front of Desarus and then lunging at Desarus, with his lightsaber in both hands and performing a spiral like drill lunge, Desarus barely dodged the attack and quickly ignited his lightsabers. He knew it was an assassin that had tried to kill the senators but a Sith?, why were they unable to sense his presence before hand? something was obviously wrong but Desarus couldn't think about that now if the Assassin had come this far the Jedi below as well as the soldiers were obviously dead, so he would have to do his best to survive at least until reinforcements arrived.

It was obvious the Sith Assassin enjoyed fighting or at least trying to instill fear in others, as he didn't attack simply wait, with his lightsaber ignited and his stance - an unusual form that didn't follow any of the standard lightsaber forms. Desarus finally Force Pulled his lightsabers from his belt and into his hands, twirling them around for a back-handed style with both of the lightsabers. As soon as Desarus ignited his lightsaber the Sith Assassin attacked. Jumping into the air and coming down on Desarus with his lightsaber in both hands forcing himself down with the Force to increase the force of the attack, Desarus crossed his arms in front of himself, bringing his lightsabers up in an X to block the attack. As the Sith Assassin's lightsaber connected with the blending crimson and blue of Desarus' lightsabers, Desarus was pushed back but his stance was steady, grudgingly being nudged across the floor slightly by the strength of the Assassin's attack but Desarus' defense was a success as the Assassin hadn't thrown Desarus off guard or even broken his defense. Making use of a new style Desarus had been training in he let go of his lightsabers, resorting to holding them through telepathy. The Assassin felt mocked in this situation, he had already forced himself down and jumping back would give the enemy a free chance to attack him, awaiting Desarus' next move while ever struggling to simply smash through the telepathic connection between the young Jedi Knight and his lightsabers so that he could effectively disarm and murder the remaining opponent in his way. Now that Desarus was free a small smile cropped up on his face as he Force Gripped the Sith Assassin and launched him across the room towards a window, the Assassin now broken from the clash and hurdling towards a window which would of course lead to his death, the Assassin quickly utilized a weak Force Repulse able to return his balance, cancel out the Force Gripped toss and also shatter the glass of the windows.

Desarus took his lightsabers back in hand as he charged at the Sith Assassin - going against a discipline of the Jedi to never kill an opponent, he thought it best to kill the Sith and accept the consequences for his actions rather than let a powerful opponent live to continue harming innocents. As the Assassin brought his lightsaber up to block the attack he also quickly let out a Force Scream which Desarus could only avoid by jumping back, losing his advantage and of course the quick strike he had. The Sith Assassin and Desarus charged each other coming in to exchange blows at the center of the room, Desarus swung his blade which the Sith Assassin ducked under and deactivated his lightsaber, to give him a chance to strike at Desarus the moment he re-activated. But with a flick of his wrist Desarus' lightsaber was coming in for another swing, ducking now as low as he possibly could, he knew if a third lowered blow came he would be unable to avoid it through the same trick, but Desarus came in with the unorthodox - spinning himself down to the Assassin's level and swinging his other saber as he spun the Assassin finally had no choice but to activate his lightsaber again to block the incoming attack. As the heated sparks flickered from the center of the clashing blades Desarus attempted a swing with his other lightsaber, the Sith Assassin made use of Force Gripping the lightsaber, keeping it just away from him while keeping the other lightsaber from beating through his own. As the clash continued it's standstill Desarus' commlink suddenly activated as it received a message, a nearby Republic Gunship had been sent to reinforce the Jedi until more reinforcements could be sent and before they knew it the large Gunship was hovering at the windows of the room, with it's guns primed it started blasting into the room.

Desarus and the Assassin both Force Pushed each other in an attempt to escape. The result was to conflicting Force Pushed resulting in a Force Whirlwind, tossing the two out of the room, Desarus was shot into the elevator shaft, luckily he caught onto the elevator cables and soon got onto a ledge which connected to a ventilation shaft, giving him at least a small place to keep his balance. While the Assassin was thrown into the sleeping areas that the senators had formerly been using, only then was it obvious to the Assassin that the senators had already escaped, the Assassin screamed out in frustration at his mission being a failure. As the Republic Gunship passed by for a sweep at the next room where the Assassin was, the Assassin caught it in a Force Grip and effectively Force Crushed each of it's guns before they could be fired. Toying with the Gunship as he swung it from side to side, the troopers inside, grabbed onto the railings inside the gunship deck plate to keep themselves form being tossed out, those unable to grip on were soon found to be plummeting towards the city streets thousands of feet below. Desarus jumped out of the elevator shaft, running through the largely decimated room and into the sleeping quarters mustering a flurry of Force Pushes as he did so ranging from extremely powerful blasts of wind to seemingly light breezes. Desarus pummeled the Assassin with this barrage, hitting him in various places as well as pummeling him across the room, to the point he smashed the Assassin through a door into one of the actual sleeping chambers. With an extremely powerful final Force Push he shot the Assassin out of the window along with everything in the room, even breaking off parts of the walls and the floor as the blast shot forward from his body. The Assassin was helpless before the barrage of Force Powered techniques and was shot through the sky, the ferocity of the strike shot him through one side of a shuttle bus and other the other, smacking off a sky taxi which was sent hurdling out of control while the Assassin begun to fall to his death, he landed on an air-speeder that of course the pilot of had no idea what was going on and tried to keep the speeder in control.

But as the Assassin regained his posture and balance he ignited his damaged lightsaber which activated and constantly pulsated, from on to off every second, with no care for the damage his cybernetic body had sustained the Assassin pierced the lightsaber through the roof of the air-speeder and into the head of the pilot. The speeder without a pilot started to descend but the Assassin shattered the glass and jumped in, taking control of the air speeder he got rid of the corpse and slowly started to ascend back to being on the same level as Desarus. Desarus stood at the window the winds strongly pulling at his Jedi Robes, and his hair blowing in in the wind, Desarus watched as the Assassin came to be level with him, the two stared at each other for a moment.

As the roaring metropolis-like city sounds of Coruscant seemed to fall silent as prey to the tension between the two warriors, the two simply breathed in and out, not allowing themselves to blink or lose eye-contact with there opponent. As the sounds begun to rage once more the Assassin fired an arc of Force Lightning at Desarus, which Desarus stopped by deflecting it with his lightsaber. As Desarus' lightsaber blade began to bulge in an over-surgence of electrical energy Desarus shut off his other lightsaber, flicking it back onto his belt and then grabbing onto the Assassin's air speeder with his now free hand through the Force. Swinging the air speeder around the Assassin fumbled forward and gripped onto the controls of the air speeder trying to pry it for control from the Force Grip which Desarus had it in. As Desarus lifted and swung it skyward, the Assassin kept attempting to bring it under control until he knew it was impossible, Force Jumping out of the cockpit of the spinning air speeder as it shot further into the air until it finally started it's descent which would end in a large wreckage in the streets of Coruscant, landing on a earby sky scraper roof. The Assassin stood at the very edge of it, looking down on Desarus all the while proposing a silent challenge to the end of the long standing fight. The Republic Gunship had let off it's troopers onto the building where they stood at the room waiting for what Desarus would do, Desarus didn't seem to look like he would accept or decline the challenge but it became clear as he Force Jumped from the room onto a nearby roofed-bridge that linked the sky scraper with the senatorial tower building. Powering his rush with Force Speed mixed with a powerful Force Jump he leaped from the bridge, creating a large tremor in it which broke the bridge at the center and started it's crumbling split until both halves fell, hammering off of the walls of the independent buildings that connected the bridge halves until finally the connections snapped and the bridge plummeted to the ground.

As Desarus landed on the wall he kept moving so as not to fall off the building as he ran up it, pressing himself down with the Force and keeping in a constant Force Run each step he took was both hard and fast. Creating smash-makrs in the building walls as he ran. Coming to the last stretch before he reached the Assassin, the Assassin waited, keeping his eyes on Desarus with his lightsaber ignited and his stance prepared. The Assassin however was not as prepared as he seemed, being caught off guard as Desarus tossed his lightsaber afront of himself in a Force Throw, the two spinning sabers constantly connected with each other as the spun, creating large split-second clashes, with Desarus simply running through the sparks as he followed behind the lightsabers. The Assassin moved back as the lightsabers just missed his neck and as Desarus deactivated the lightsabers through the Force he let them continue to fly spinning in the air as he Force Jumped up while conjering a large blast of Force Lightning, that repulsed off the walls, smashing the windows and cracking the walls until his Force Jump shot him into the air in which as Desarus passed the Assassin the large arcs of Force Lightning shocked through the Assassin's body and when it finally stopped the Assassin fell to his knees as smoke ascended from his body. But Desarus didn't stop there, catching his lightsaber as he came to be level with them, he ignited them and set himself into a Force Repulse to gain balance and stop his climb in the air, this set up for his final attack against the Assassin, plunging into a Force charged dive with his lightsabers extended in his arms in front of himself. The Assassin could barely look up in time as he heard the noise of the wind being forced against itself but it was already too late, unable to move the Assassin watched through his mask's photo-receptors as the lightsabers pierced through his shoulders and created a large explosion of Force energy as the lightsabers connected with the ground.

The resulting explosion ripped apart various parts of the Assassin's body and shot Desarus off of the roof, but landing on a nearby sky taxi he told the pilot to pull over back at the roof where the now heavily weakened and injured Desarus took back his lightsabers(that he lost grip of) and then took up the corpse of the dead Sith. Awaiting the Republic Gunship to pick them up he looked off into the sun lit sky as his eyes flickered a dim yellow for a moment.

Experimental Teaching:
"Teaching one student between two people, two training styles and at the same time. Never again..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After saving the senators on Coruscant and spending quite a while reflecting on the battle he fought as an early reprimition. After a long debate the Jedi Council decided that Desarus would be sent to Dantooine to continue his training so that he could reflect on his actions more, Desarus believed he himself should have been dealt harder consequences but followed the directions as was decided. Leaving Coruscant and heading for Dantooine. When he arrived at the planet he immediately started training in the training centers against onslaughts of droids, believing the weaponry the droids used would be enough punishment for him but of course he did fight back, utilizing only a vibrosword he fought against the stun blaster of the droids which was painful to say the least. During this rather torturous like training a Jedi Master by the name of Fornor Hyeng was watching over the fight when she passed by the room, after watching how Desarus took each blast the droids through at him and still took them all down with minimum effort from the vibrosword she decided he would be a perfect candidate for a task she needed help with. After the droids were destroyed and Desarus was sat on the floor of the training room preparing for meditation, Fornor entered and asked to speak with him. Desarus didn't get up and just asked her to tell him while they were there and after a rather short discussion the two were leaving the training room to head for the landing area of the Jedi Enclave. Upon arrival the two began discussing the terms for this task and Desarus believed this would be better than punishing himself for murdering another but instead teaching a Padawan never to do so. The Jedi Padawan left a large transport along with other settlers and Jedi that were here for various reasons, Fornor introduced the Padawan as Alexiss Lightstar and Desarus introduced himself to the girl telling her that he would be the one to teach her to use a lightsaber, with the introductions over and with Fornor, Desarus and Alexiss made there way back to the training centre to start the training, while Desarus wasn't teaching Alexiss how to use a lightsaber he was watching over Fornor teach Alexiss the Force.

Over the course of a few weeks the odd training method became more natural and easy to take for all three in the group, Desarus and Fornor in the beginning did have some trouble getting used to each others method of training especially because Desarus did have hints of aggression behind his method of melee combat, besides that Desarus had trouble getting used to Fornor's method of teaching because of how Assarius Kliel taught him. When the group was assigned there first mission together they immediately left Dantooine to accomplish it, feeling this would be a good chance to practice working together and hopefully improve there teamwork - along with the group came Desarus' companion IX-12, which made Fornor slightly uneasy because of IX-12's personality programming. As they departed on-board a Ministry-Class Orbital Shuttle; they began to discuss how the group would operate mainly with Desarus heading the mission. Landing on the planet of Tatooine at the falling apart Anchorhead Settlement. One there they already could see the root of the problem, while the settlement itself was starting to fail a group of Krayt Dragons had attacked, Desarus immediately told Fornor to take care of Alexiss and not to leave the hangar unless one of the dragons attacked the landing bays. Taking IX-12 with him the two went out into the streets of Anchorhead to try luring the dragons away, with IX-12's weapons primed and Desarus' lightsabers ignited. The two attacked the first Krayt Dragon that they could get to, the large dragon flung it's massive claw, IX-12 had kept at a distance as he looked for a good place to snipe from with his blaster rifle, Desarus however rolled out of the way of the claw only to be blasted away by the shock wave that the claw created as it hammered the ground.

While hidden inside a sand cloud however, Desarus took advantage of it and used Force Speed as he rushed up the Krayt Dragon's leg, gripping onto one of the scales of it's leg and Force Jumping up onto it's shoulder. The Krayt Dragon slowly caught on and begun to struggle to toss Desarus off of it's body but Desarus grabbed onto the body and tried to keep himself on as best he could. While this went on IX-12 made his way up to a tower that hadn't been hammered by the Krayt Dragons yet and had climbed up it to a suitable sniping position from there the clever assassin droid took aim with his rifle and shot the Krayt Dragon in the eye bringing it down rather easily. As the Krayt Dragon fell Desarus let go and pushed himself off it's body with a Force Push, shooting him through a rubbled building. While Desarus shook off his small injuries IX-12 took a look around the area taking note that the remaining two Krayt Dragons were retreating for whatever reason, deciding it best not to pursue for now the group met up back at the hangar bay and prepared for there next action of course before hand they had spoken with the surviving settlers who agreed it best to leave the planet... even though Czerka disagreed.

When there preparations were complete the group started there trek from the Anchorhead Settlement. Being led by two Jawa who had found the Krayt Dragon's nesting place a little while before the Krayt Dragon's initial attack on Anchorhead, with Desarus able to translate the dialect of the Jawa's it was a bit easier to follow them just in case they gave warnings and such. After an uneventful trip the group finally came upon a large temple like structure which was obviously rubbled and decaying, as the group started to enter they were caught off by an earth shattering roar, which blew through the temple, causing a short storm of sand to hit the group. Shrugging it off moments after it ended they knew it was definitely the place they had to head too, the two Jawa's had run off during the sand storm so they thought it best to leave them to return to Anchorhead alone. Once inside the temple they could feel it was full of dark side energies and needed to tread carefully, following the only path that seemed to be open or at least less full of rubble they were lead into a large open area where the Krayt Dragons awaited with another Krayt Dragon which out scaled the other two in size no problem, it was a Greater Krayt Dragon. Alexiss and Desarus activated there lightsabers, while IX-12 took aim at the first Krayt Dragon he was going to shoot at, Fornor Hyeng displayed her power through the Force by lifting up hundreds of piece of rubble and striking the two small Krayt Dragons while rushing for the Greater Krayt Dragon, constantly keeping a hammer down on it with the Force as she lured the Greater Krayt Dragon into more halls of the temple she shouted to Desarus that she would keep the Greater Krayt Dragon at bay while the others escaped. Desarus disregarded her words as he rushed at the first Krayt Dragon, deactivating his lightsaber as he Force Jumped into the mouth of the roaring beast, the Krayt Dragon taking notice clamped down it's mouth with Desarus inside but this was according to his plan.

Igniting his lightsabers once again he stabbed them through the upper bridge of the dragon's mouth causing it to open it's mouth as it screamed in pain, while doing this Desarus inserted his lightsabers into the corners of the dragon's mouth and subsequently ripped through them the dragon's jaw to drop without support and with a well thrown thermal detonator down the throat of the beast Desarus quickly jumped away as the inside of the beast lit up with the explosion and the beast falling to the ground dead. The victory was short lived however as the tail of the second Krayt Dragon smacked Desarus into the air and through the ceiling of the temple. IX-12 started firing at the Krayt Dragon while berating Alexiss constantly to get her to attack the dragon as well, with minor success the young girl reluctantly Force Gripped a large pillar and smashed it into the face of the Krayt Dragon, with only minor injury the Krayt Dragon became angrier and swung it's large claw down on the two, IX-12 jumped back with Alexiss. Alexiss escaped the attack while IX-12's foot was ripped off, cursing his limbs being slow IX-12 turned around and started firing as rapidly as he could. The Krayt Dragon swung it's claw down on IX-12 to finish him off but the large dragon was stopped in the process, Desarus had Force Jumped out of the hole he was shot through - covered in dirt and injuries - he stopped mid-air in front of the Krayt Dragon as he used an extremely powerful Force Repulse which knocked the Krayt Dragon's claw away and shot it back a little. As Desarus made his short descent to the ground he fired off a large wave of purple energy known as Force Drain, quickly stopping and rushing at the Krayt Dragon, Force Pulling an extra lightsaber that sat on his belt he activated it the moment it landed in his hand.

Lunging up at the throat of the Krayt Dragon he gripped onto the dragon and plunged the lightsaber through the throat of the dragon while coarsing Force Lightning through the blade and into the body of the dragon, as the dragon fell down dead. Desarus approached Alexiss and IX-12, asking Alexiss to collect his other lightsabers which were lying nearby the dead dragons while he helped IX-12. Fixing up some cable that Desarus had brought with them - preparation was everything in his case, he tied IX-12 onto his back so that he could carry him. Getting his lightsabers from Alexiss he thanked her and as they were going to head to help Fornor they heard a large crashing noise and rushed to see what happened only to have it be revealed that Fornor had taken out the dragon by collapsing the temple down upon it... unfortunately the rest of the temple was starting to collapse. Once the group escaped they lay down outside in the sand just taking a relaxing breather for a job well done.

Zulu Koth:
"Koth... Rather enigmatic..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After the meeting of what would be his first apprentice and a mission with the Jedi Master Fornor Hyeng to Tatooine. Desarus was sent to the Dantooine Jedi Enclave to continue his own training while Assarius was on another mission on the Outer Rim, since he had become a Jedi Knight and a Jedi Guardian thanks to recommendations from his master and other Jedi Guardians. While taking a relaxing walk around the Enclave he spotted someone in the training room. Feeling the rather bored need to check it out he entered the room and challenged the man - who had called himself Zulu - to a sparring match. The match started off as a rather nice deadlock and the ending of the sparring match was a draw between the two padawans. Spending a few days together getting to know each other and becoming friends and rivals of sorts the two seemed like a good duo and they even got the chance to prove this when Zulu was to lead a Jedi strike team to hunt and capture a group of pirates being led by a Sith. After a few painstaking hours the Jedi had found the group and Zulu chased after the fleeing Sith while Desarus and the other members of the strike team attacked and dispatched the pirates who had turned out to actually be disguised Sith Troopers. Desarus and the remaining members of the strike team followed the disruptions in the force to find Zulu so that they could aid him. Once they arrived Desarus told the rest of the Jedi to stay back as he helped Zulu. The duel came to an end as Zulu cut the Sith's hand as well as his lightsaber in half. With the Sith begging for mercy and Desarus leaving the choice to Zulu, the Sith was later taken to the Enclave and seemed to become friends with Zulu. Zulu was knighted after this mission which made Desarus feel a little proud in what he helped bring to fruition.

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Advanced Knight Trials:
A few years had passed and Desarus had long been participating in the Great Galactic War by this point serving on the front lines of quite a few battles. This time Desarus was sent on a joint mission with a squad of Republic Commando's known as Tector Squad. They were sent to the location of a Republic Space-station that had fell out of contact with the Republic High Command recently. Jumping out of Hyperspace in the vicinity of the station they saw on the outside that the exterior of the stations was perfectly fine and decided to go in for a closer look and of course a landing in it's hangars. Upon landing in the large durasteel filled hangar bays, from the cockpit and bridge of the two ships housing Desarus and Tector Squad both groups could see that the area was untouched - it was in perfect condition, but the lifelessness of it all gave it an eerie and darkened feel as if the very walls housed secrets of gruesome monstrosities. With all of the preparations made, Desarus left his fighter and Tector Squad behind to defend the ships - there only way off the station. Desarus walked the quiet and deadened halls of the station with his robotic entourage in-toe. IX-12, Desarus' custom built droid who went with him where ever possible was just as obviously present as he always was - the sound of his feet making contact with the metallic floors of the space station. As the two came across the medical bay they easily found that the medical bay was different from the rest of the station, it was in a state of disarray. With various medical equipment and other items scattered across the room. A few of the kolto tanks lay smashed in with the liquid kolto puddled over the floors. A lone cloaked figure sat at the back of the room, his knees folded under him as if he was meditating, the figure's face was obscured by the heavy black robes he was wearing but from his physical make up it wasn't hard to tell that the figure was male.

Desarus entered the medical bay cautiously drawing his lightsabers with IX-12 following in suit by priming his blaster rifle. Upon hearing the igniting sound of the lightsabers the cloaked figure jumped to his feet and drew a vibrosword - with a personal touch on how the blade looked and a very dark and grim feeling coming from the sword itself. The cloaked figure didn't carry the trademark red colour crystal of the Sith but the feeling he and his weapon gave off was all Desarus needed.

"You shall know pain, Jedi."

- Naga Sadow

Desarus of course wasn't the one to strike first as he needed to be entirely sure of evil or malicious intentions but seeing the figure remove his cloak brought a wave of fear over Desarus. There stood in front of him was a long dead Sith Lord by the name of Naga Sadow. Before Desarus could make a move Naga Sadow was already bearing down on him with his vibrosword, Desarus wasn't quick enough to block the attack with his lightsabers and only barely jumped back from the attack - unable to fully avoid it however he watched as blood leaped from his chest through his now ripped robes and blade wound. IX-12 quickly locked onto Naga Sadow through his photo receptors and begun firing a spray of blaster bolts, but Naga Sadow reacted to quickly raising his palm and absorbing the bolts through Force Absorption. Naga Sadow hurriedly made his approach to strike down IX-12 but Desarus quickly interfered by jumping in the way and deflecting Sadow's vibrosword with his lightsabers. Naga Sadow however wasn't so easily blocked and easily battered down the defense of Desarus and flung him to the side with his sword plunged into Desarus' leg, sending him flying into a kolto tank that hadn't been smashed open previously. As Desarus' Force Pushed body made contacted with the kolto tank the glass easily smashed and Desarus went right through it, hitting the glass on the other side causing it all to smash. As the water poured out from all sides leaving Desarus soaked and barely conscious from the strike of pain from the sword in his leg and the beating his back had just been given - not to mention the large gaping chest wound he had sustained and the top of the kolto tank which was only being held over Desarus' head by the few tubes that usually fed into the kolto tank.

The muffled screams and long winded groans behind clenched teeth were a satisfying sound that put a smile on Sadow's face. Bending down his wrists to reveal small tube like in-sets in his arms, IX-12 proceeded to try igniting and freezing Sadow with his wrist mounted flamethrower and carbonite projectors. Naga Sadow avoided the flamethrower at the cost of his left arm being entirely frozen in carbonite, becoming rather angered at the event he unleashed a coil of Force Lightning. As the deep blue coloured lightning launched from his fingertips it started to malform in colour becoming a bronze-like orange with a red outlining tint. As the lightning made contact with the outer-lay of IX-12's armour it rapidly shot through his cybernetic systems - his photo receptors became filled with static and his various limbs moved about, being forced to move as the lightning coursed through him. As a high pitched scream escaped IX-12's vocabulator, a quick spiraling flash of red and blue pierced Naga Sadow. It was Desarus, his lightsaber piercing two separate locations in Naga Sadow's body - his lung and his heart. Desarus stood gripping his sabers as steam rose out from the burning flesh and burned over blood, his hair and clothes dripping wet with the unaccommodating scent of liquid kolto. As the Force Lightning ceased and IX-12 fell to his legs as his body tried to assess the heavy electrical damage and get himself back on his feet. Desarus stared at the back of the Sith Lord he had just pretty much killed. Soon enough as he watched his panting seemingly become louder than everything else in the room - louder than the broken cables that lay on the floor, flapping around and letting off sparks of electrical energy, louder than even all the computer terminals and various other humming machines in the medical bay. Taking a look at his surroundings through the corner of his eyes it seemed as time it self had frozen in place, IX-12 was on his knees, perfectly still - unmoving.

As Desarus pressed the switch and let his lightsaber blades retract into the hilts he looked around, everything was frozen yet himself and his weapons were fine. Within a few moments of visual inspection of the area Desarus was caught off guard by Naga Sadow, turning to face him seeming perfectly fine with those lightsaber wounds in his chest. After muttering a speech about a trial of pain, time seemed to start once more as the kolto tank top's tubes and cables finally snapped and the top of the tank landed on the bottom, causing a large bang as the shattered glass was smashed and the metals collided, the moment Desarus turned his head as a reflex to the sound he quickly lashed his head back only to find that Naga Sadow had vanished as if he was never there and Desarus had only gained a bit of pain in his neck as it cracked. IX-12 continued to getting himself functional while Desarus squandered around the medical bay looking for healing supplies.

"At one point I thought the Dark Side was being creative..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After a short while of scouring around in the medical bay Desarus eventually found some usable bandages and med-kits, Desarus spent the next short while getting back to a suitable footing as well as making sure IX-12 was able to continue. Getting in contact with Tector Squad to make sure nothing had happened on there end which thankfully it hadn't - they slowly started to proceed once more, leaving the medical bay and heading down the various hallways once more. Eventually coming to a long connecting roofed bridge - full of windows - between two sections of the station, IX-12 gave warning to Desarus about a massive amount of heat readings just ahead, cautiously curious the two crossed the bridge and entered the next section of the station. The immediate room they had entered was a large observation deck, the large room stretched out into quite an area with about 2/3's into the room it was elevated by a small set of stairs which then lead to the actual observational windows themselves. Sitting in an obscurely placed throne was the all to well known hidden appearance of the Sith Emperor. With a contingent of Sith Troopers standing armed and at attention in a single file horizontal line at both sides of the throne and to finish off this collection of Sith - lay a Sith Destroyer-Class Battleship. sitting in a diagonal position where the large grey durasteel plating's of the ship obscured most of the view of observation deck. With a flick of the Emperor's wrist, the Sith Troopers began to walk forward, coming down the stairs and eventually halting. Lifting up there blaster rifles and then aiming them in the direction of Desarus and IX-12, they took aim as the sound of there blasters priming up filled the room.

Desarus quickly ignited his lightsabers and motioned for IX-12 to get behind him. The droid knew his master wouldn't be able to constantly deflect such a constant amount of blaster fire - and so did Desarus. IX-12 quickly readied all of his grenades, as the Sith Troopers started firing, Desarus just as quickly started deflecting each every blaster bolt that came at him. while IX-12 sweeped all of his grenades over Desarus' head and at the Sith Troopers. In a major stroke of luck one of the reflected blaster bolts hit a grenade causing a chain of explosions, wiping out the Sith Troopers and causing a rather blinding flash as well. As the flash vanished and Desarus' eye sight returned he and IX-12 watched as the Emperor stood up, they shared glimpses into each other's eyes - that single moment of staring gave Desarus a new depth of fear, despite being trained against such things, despite being trained to refrain from emotion - just looking into the eyes of the Emperor, it seemed like being trapped in an eternal darkness that could never be escaped. While frozen in that instant Desarus watched as the Emperor raised his arms and unleashed a Force Whirlwind which didn't surround Desarus or IX-12 but came around in the center of the room, like an immense tornado colliding with another the winds spiraled out of control. Desarus and IX-12's attempts at securing there positions were futile, losing his halfway concentrated grip on the Force he was shot into the wall - denting into it just above the door. While IX-12's magnetized feet held out for longer the ending result was the rest of his body being ripped from his legs and pulled into the spiraling tornado of Force Energy, finally being tossed out and smashed into a wall similar to Desarus - IX-12 fell out of his inset in the wall and slowly moved his damaged head to look at the Emperor, raising his arm he slowly aimed to pull the trigger of his blaster rifle - but it was too late the Emperor, Force Crushed, IX-12's head - destroying his droid brain and ending his life. Desarus watched - with his eyes paled and seemingly lifeless as blood left his mouth in two small dropping rivers, running down his face and dripping from his chin.

When the destruction of IX-12 finally sunk into Desarus' fear ridden mind, he started to feel a burst of resolve - he couldn't let his friend die like that, he couldn't lose an ally because of a moment of fear. Life begun to return to his eyes and he slowly started to move once more. The Emperor taunted to Desarus lightly and eventually all the fear that built up in his mind vanished. Force Jumping from the wall he Force Pulled his lightsaber into his hands and was easily blasted away with a Force Push from the Emperor, but it was all in stride of his plan. Desarus had let loose all of his lightsabers through Force Gripping them and started to plunge them at the Emperor from various locations, as the Emperor got rid of each of the lightsabers that came at him, Desarus rushed to where IX-12's remains lay - at the final moment Desarus dived into a skid, catching IX-12's blaster rifle and firing a flurry of shots at the distracted Emperor. The Emperor momentarily turned to Desarus delivering mutterings on a trial of fear similar to Naga Sadow's mutterings on a trial of pain. As the Emperor disappeared the room seemed to twist and alter - as if the entire scene was a hallucinogenic vision. Desarus later found himself waking up on the cold hard durasteel floors with IX-12 looming over him, asking what happened IX-12 explained that Desarus had passed out rather randomly upon entering the bridge-way and IX-12 simply transported him to the observation deck. Feeling confused Desarus slowly climbed to his feet and prepared to continue. "Heh heh, all too easy."

- Desarus Ren Kai

After the rather odd disorienting event with the apparition of the Sith Emperor, Desarus and IX-12 continued on with the mission. Reaching the command centre of the station at last, the duo slowly approached the array of computer terminals that oversaw the rest of the command centre. With no traps, no enemies - or life of any kind for that matter - appearing, Desarus slowly accessed the terminals with some hacking assistance from IX-12. Hearing a mysterious sound which seemed like disgruntled breathing, Desarus looked up to see a figure fully clad in a black suit of armour, with an odd set of apparatus attached to the suit. The figure held an ignited red lightsaber in his hands and gave an almost deathly frightening aura of darkness. Desarus ignited his lightsabers and looked to his side when he didn't hear the familiar sounds of IX-12's blaster rifle being primed up, for some reason his iconic companion had vanished but Desarus put it down to more apparitions and readied to fight this new opponent. The black suited warrior slung back his arm and then threw his lightsaber - wielding it through the Force as it spun through the air towards Desarus. Quickly utilizing an easy back flip to escape the lightsaber, the lightsaber chopped through the computer consoles that Desarus was originally using, sparks struck into the air as the heated blade burned through the durasteel and as the lightsaber begun it's trip back to the Apparition the consoles at last exploded leaving scattered rubble and a small fire where various switches and flashing buttons used to sit.

Desarus reacted immediately as he landed, sliding to a steady halt and quickly making his move. Desarus ran at the burning consoles. Jumping onto the console with one foot and jumping off immediately after his other foot touched it - with the tip of his boot now lit on fire. Flying through the air towards the black suited opponent who had just caught his lightsaber lumbered to a defensive position. The two collided and sparks flew from the blades of the lightsabers, Desarus' lightsabers pressed against each other as well as pushed against the suited man's lightsaber - his pressing the opposite direction without the support. Being in mid-air of course Desarus was slightly disadvantaged as he had no foot hold while the black suited man seemed to carry quite a ton of physical strength. Being forced back at last, Desarus flew back slightly and rolled backwards in the air. Landing on his feet Desarus rushed his opponent once more, as Desarus got closer the black suited being lunged his lightsaber forward, to which Desarus avoided by diving into a slide kick. Kicking into the man's legs and taking him off balance as Desarus quickly climbed to his feet and swung his blade at his opponent's chest. As the black suited being vanished the fight seemed to have ended but almost right away the black suited being reappeared and blasted Desarus with a strong Force Push which sent Desarus flying into one of the large observational windows, leaving a large crack in it. Desarus slide from the window onto a large control console - accidentally flipping a few switches which deactivated the space station's outer layer of shielding.

Desarus quickly climbed off of the console, flipping his lightsabers into a backhanded position and reactivated them. The black suited figure started to approach Desarus as the room begun to flicker from a dull black to red, back in forth between the two as alarms were raised. A few monitors dotted around the room of the command centre went from blue coloured screens to orange and red screens with large warnings of an asteroid storm in Aurebesh. With the shielding conveniently down the asteroids had no problem pummelling the station. One of the asteroids hit the outer generator protecting the shielding on the hangar bay while a few other smaller asteroid hammered inside the hangar, killing off most of Tector Squad. The static on the commlink and the echo in the Force was all Desarus needed to know that Tector Squad was gone. Eventually one oft he larger asteroid's collided with the orbital stabilizers of the station, with the upper set of stabilizers gone the ship lost it's balance and started to tip as well as make it's descent toward the planet of Ord Mantell quite a long fall below. The black figure stopped moving and stood waiting for the station to tip onto it's side, while Desarus slowly stepped to a good position as the station gradually turned over. As the station finally fell on it's side and started to fall faster Desarus utilized a Force Jump and flew toward the suited figure up above, while the figure's balance now lost made his descent towards Desarus. Time seemed to slow to a halt as the two came face to face as they were passing each other by going in the opposite directions as time rushed ahead again the two tried to hit each other with various swings of there lightsabers only to clash against each other. Desarus' launch upward continued until he reached the wall which could now be considered a ceiling at this point - to stop his descent he plunged his lightsabers in the makeshift ceiling which burned into the durasteel, slowly now slipping out where Desarus would plummet to the glass floor now below.

The suited figure made his landing directly on the glass - the glass cracking deeply and heavily, the most fragile of touches could smash it and as the sparks that had been brought about during the clashes in the air finally touched the glass alongside the suited figure's black cape - the glass smashed. But the man's reflexes were acute enough so that a precisely timed Force Jump had him out of the way, large quantities of air were pulled into space and Desarus from the top of the room was being pulled from his safe point on the ceiling, his lightsaber sliding out of the melted metal as he started to fall towards the gaping hole, as luck would have it however the fail-safe for an event like this kicked in and the large durasteel shutters locked over the window turned hole which gave Desarus a secure point to land. The vibrations causing him to fall to his knees. Once back on his feet Desarus burst into a sprint towards his opponent as the black figure did the same. Jumping onto a console on the "floor" Desarus tossed his lightsabers in a Saber Throw at the suit clad figure while Force Gripping two other lightsabers from his belt into his hands. Continuing the small combination by lashing into a Force Jump so he wasn't too far above the spinning lightsabers heading for the enemy. The figure had stopped moving, as the lightsabers closed in on him he swung his lightsaber at the two that came in at the precise moment, the lightsabers being knocked back but still continuing there spin now at a faster pace, looking like they were going to cut the figure in half from behind but his quick reflexes helped his situation as he quickly swung his arms back his lightsaber blocking the two other lightsabers before they could hit him. Desarus was finally descending on the opponent, who showed his prowess once more by swinging his arms round once more and piercing his saber into Desarus' stomach. The impalement seemed to end the fight but Desarus was still alive for the moment as he muttered a taunt to the figure that had bested him - before finally drawing the match to a draw by cutting off the head of the figure with his lightsabers. As Desarus seemed to pass on he found himself waking up from the vision-like state to being slapped in the face by the prosthetic limb of his droid companion.

After those rather eventful hallucinations Desarus and IX-12 continued there work around the station. The station was indeed entirely abandoned but the reasons for this were actually visible from a terminal on the observation deck and with a little look outside of the glass panes they could easily see three Thranta-Class Warships coming out of hyperspace close by the station. With that on notice Desarus and IX made there return to the large hangar bays of the station to find Tector Squad very much alive. The two groups made there exit from the station where they would separate in different directions.

Skirmish of Ord Mantell:
""Carnage". Built like a warship and as insane as a Gen'Dai, he had a nice sense of humour though."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

It had been weeks since Desarus had been appointed as a Jedi Master and had been assigned to a Thranta-Class Warship by the name of Glasgow which was currently responding to a distress signal on the planet of Ord Mantell. Desarus was on the bridge of the ship with the ship's captain and a Republic Special Forces Commander, they stood looking over a holoprojector that was showing images of the area of the distress beacon. The initial scenes showed the corpses of Republic Troopers and the destroyed remains of speeders and Republic Troop Transports, some other corpses not belonging to those of the Republic showed signs of being a pirate group and was at least worthy of investigation. Three landing transports were dispatched to the planet below landing three kilometers off of the distress beacon's location. The majority of the troops were on board three Republic Troop Transports that had been landed along with them while some of the troopers were walking on foot - spread out along a short perimeter as a way to keep eyes open for any activity around the area. Desarus stood on top of the Republic Troop Transport that was leading the other two. While on the roof of the transport he had a view of the area and had been using binoculars to view even further. The group would eventually enter an area that had two large hills on each side - similar to a canyon, this put the group at a disadvantageous position as the wouldn't be able to see anything coming in on there flanks but the group continued on nonetheless. As the group neared the exit of this miniature canyon they were finally ambushed. A group revealed themselves above - aiming down on the Republic Troopers and Desarus while even more ambush units revealed themselves at the exit point and the way they made there entrance too. The Republic Troopers outside of the vehicles responded in kind with there weapons trained on the first enemy in sight while Desarus had relinquished the binoculars in favour of bringing out his lightsabers.

The pirates were easily given away as Mandalorians thanks to there armour being what looked like the next generation of Neo Crusader armour. Everything had gone quiet for a few moments - neither group was going to surrender but then again it didn't look like these Mandalorians would even offer such and before anyone knew it a missile hit one of the Republic Troop Transports killing all of the troops inside as parts fell off and it's legs crumpled beneath it's weight. Desarus yelled for all the troops to be disembarked as blaster fire from the Mandalorians and the Republic Troopers begun to flurry across the area. Being quick to ensure that the two remaining transports weren't hit Desarus Force Gripped the rocket launcher wielding Mandalorian before smashing him off of the rock face. While his other hand kept blaster fire from hitting him - thanks to his lightsaber. The Republic Troopers poured out of the transports with there guns blazing, quickly gaining the advantage of numbers over the Mandalorians environmental advantage. Desarus seeking to end the Mandalorian's advantage from the tops of this canyon, he bent his knees and just as quickly brought them back up to standing straight as he jumped high into the air. Spinning his lightsabers so as to deflect the blaster fire once he was level with them - his rather lengthened jump ended as he went into a roll through the air landing behind the Mandalorians who had quickly turned to try and shoot him. Desarus had beaten them in the terms of speed however and had already blasted them off the edge - sending some of them crashing down to the ground below where it was doubtful they would survive the fall where as others were tossed into there allies on the other edge of the canyon - the Force Push had barely effected this group and those that hadn't been smashed against comrades had already relinquished there guns for vibroswords.

Desarus at least accepting the challenge had made a leap over to the other side before being surrounded. The first Mandalorian to attack was young and brash as he had lashed out all to quickly only to be cut down by Desarus. The other Mandalorians had ignored this and continued to get into a formation surrounding the Jedi Master. While down below the battle that was going on between the few Mandalorians that encompassed both exits from the canyon were being beaten by the more numerous Republic Troopers. With most of the Mandalorians out of the way the Republic Troop Transports had begun to make there move towards the exit - the Troopers keeping in pace with them while firing on the Mandalorians. Back up on the ridge Desarus was stuck in a stand still with the out numbering Mandalorians, he was keeping them at bay but they had been trained well enough to keep themselves from being taken out to easily - it would seem like a battle of stamina until a chain of blaster bolts ripped through the side of one of the Mandalorians. The other Mandalorians dispersed whoever had just fired upon them was obviously a threat and it wasn't long before he revealed himself. The being was a man rather bulky in mass wearing a mix between Republic Trooper armour and some Mandalorian armour as well - all except for the helmet which was instead a silk wrap obscuring most of his face except for his eyes. The large man wielded a heavy repeater rifle - which he was using to mow down the Mandalorians before they could retrieve there guns. He had even dealt with the ones who had simply been knocked out and his gun would soon train on Desarus. Desarus urged the man not to shoot but the words of one Jedi weren't doing anything to sway the man out of firing and the repeater's barrel was soon rotating as a chain of blaster bolts were launched at Desarus. Taking a suitable stance Desarus quickly deflected as many as he could a few passed by him - a few burned through his cloak and one had scathed his shoulder. The man would continue to fire on him until Desarus took the offensive - using Telekinesis to command the multitude of lightsaber that were strewn across his belts - they all floated in a pattern deflecting each and every blaster bolt while Desarus got in close.

With the gap closed Desarus proceeded to slice apart the man's repeater rifle - but the battle wasn't over as the man dropped the remains of the repeater and pulled out a lightsaber. Desarus although rather confused, continued on bringing them both into a clash where the two would issue questions to each other until Desarus offered to recruit the man. Desarus was never a judge of character and would make allies with the oddest of people - but it had served him well so far after all having connections in the Galactic underworld was great for finding people. The man would accept after being beaten - although rather begrudgingly and not without some sort of deal. Desarus and the new recruit "Carnage" returned to the Republic force and then eventually to the distress beacon. Where "Carnage" would explain what had happened these bandit units were the underlings of the Mandalorians that had attacked them and they had a camp not far from this location to which "Carnage" offered to guide them to in exchange for a rocket launcher. Complying with the request Desarus fished a rocket launcher from one of the Republic Troop Transports and then they were on there way. The Mandalorian encampment wasn't much to look at - it's fortifications were made of scrap and it's buildings were nothing more than tents. The only worthwhile defense these Mandalorians had were there armour - which wasn't going to save them from blaster fire. The battle was ignited by "Carnage" who had fired a rocket at one of the tents - the missile blowing up on impact with the weak surface and the explosion lighting the tent on fire, so that it could spread through the camp. This startled the Mandalorians but they were easily swayed into battle and the Republic troops would engage the Mandalorians with some reinforcements ready to be called in from the Thranta-Class. The battle would eventually end in victory for the Republic Troopers and they even had themselves a new recruit for the army. With this done they awaited pick up and would set course back to Coruscant - where "Carnage" would join the army and Desarus would deliver his report to the Jedi Council before a new event begun to unfold for the new Jedi Master.

Arriwen Ienia:
A short while after having delivered his report to the High Council. Desarus was sent off to help with training the newest group of Jedi Apprentices in combat as per his skills as a Jedi Guardian. Long into the session after Desarus had made sure everyone knew the basics of using a vibroblade - he had them partner up and watched the fights progress, stopping a duel that went to far or stopping it to point out certain things. Eventually another Jedi Master would enter the training hall to take over for Desarus as well as deliver his next mission. Desarus was met with a young girl who he was take as his padawan - she had already been through quite a bit of training but her Master had been killed during a battle in the Mid Rim. The young girl seemed nice enough but Desarus was rather curious as to why all of his apprentices - although the first was a joint practice were female. Was he some sort of mysterious womanizer - musing events to his will through the Force? while it seemed a rather funny concept, Desarus removed the thought from his mind as he left with his new student. Taking the girl to another training hall, they would discuss a few things as well as introduce themselves - the girl's name being Arriwen Ienia. After the discussion ended Desarus would go on to test how much the girl knew in terms of knowledge of the Jedi and the Order's history as well as the Sith. Soon enough he was seeing how good she was with a lightsaber and her current skill in using the Force. After assessing everything Desarus would at last begin to train the girl, firstly was lightsaber combat. Desarus having at least some proficiency with every type of lightsaber found no problems adjusting to teaching the girl with using only one. Making use of holograms Desarus would show Arriwen the steps to various techniques and then she would try to do them - her success was varied sometimes she got them right away while other times it took more than a few tries.

Mission to Nal Hutta:
"Arriwen... she looked rather kinky in that dancers outfit."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

A few months after Desarus had begun training Arriwen he had decided that it would soon be time for her Knight Trials. Although he had no real way of going about it he decided to keep a closer eye on his pupil so that he could examine each situation and hopefully find events that she would surpass that could be counted as her trials - but before such he had to acquire a ship that could transport the two of them across the Galaxy since the Blade of Flames only had two seats and IX-12 would become very problematic being left behind. Desarus would eventually find a ship being sold for a very hefty price on the Smuggler's Den but it was essentially worth it at least Desarus believed so. With a ship acquired, Desarus and his new Padawan were off on there first assignment together on a mission to find some Bounty Hunter on the planet of Hutta - the home of the Hutts and a den for villainy in the Galaxy. While on course for there destination Desarus continued to teach Arriwen a few things - namely how to adapt Telepathy for various situations, such as Force Repulse, Force Grip, Force Push and Pull. This was all nicely done through the use of cargo containers on board Desarus' newly purchased freighter the Bright Inferno. Once they had arrived on Hutta, Desarus left IX-12 behind as a counter measure for any potential robbery or ship theft, knowing the planet was a den for these sort of things had at least kept Desarus cautious. Right off the bat Arriwen and Desarus were greeted by a large group of mercenaries. Not simple thugs. No these men and women were armed to the teeth on black market weaponry and high end armour. Desarus was quick to feign a surrender and seeing no other option Arriwen followed after her master doing the same. The feint lasted all of a few moments before Desarus put effort into a quick Force Push that wasn't strong enough to knock the armed mercs off there feet but enough to ruin there aim for the next few moments.

Desarus told Arriwen to run as he activated his lightsabers to cover her retreat. Making sure not to let any blaster bolts fly off in her direction he eventually surrendered knowing that being outnumbered to such a degree would get him killed and he was lucky enough to find out that the mercs had wanted him alive - if a little bruised up as indicated to by the rifle stock to the face. Desarus later found himself trapped in a prison cell, with his usual gear replaced with simple rags and a shock collar around his neck. Desarus was easily tempted to make use of the Force to simply rid himself of his current predicament but before he could get started the leader of his captors made his appearance. A man dressed in armour that seemed to be a mix of Mandalorian and Bounty Hunter armours - of course it didn't really matter outside of pointing out the man was probably of Mandalorian descent. Desarus and the armour clad man had a quick discussion with an annoying revelation. The cell that Desarus was imprisoned in was lined up with surrounding cages filled with Ysalamiri, which made using the Force exceedingly difficult. With a short laugh the armour clad man made his exit and Desarus only hope of escape was the ability to find some sort of way out or his apprentice. Luckily for Desarus, Arriwen and IX-12 were already on the way of working something out. Of course there plan didn't consist of much in the immediate sense as a retreat required a safe place to land and the planet of Hutta didn't really render many safe landing spots - with the planet being a proverbial waste dump and full of all sorts of psychotic killers and credit hounding thugs. Eventually the two found a suitable landing ground for the Bright Inferno and there individual jobs went underway.

Arriwen had entered a discussion with the High Council on Coruscant about the current proceedings of her mission and her master's capture. While she was doing this IX-12 put his own plan into motion - sneaking off from the ship IX-12 trekked his way to the nearest facility which was a nearby Hutt palace or at least a building matching in the same architecture. Once IX-12 gained entry to this "palace" he found out that it was something of a entertainment hub of course it was easy to spot the fine tunings of black market dealings like slavery and spice but those were unimportant. What was important was a war droid that had been guarding a transport vessel that was preparing to deliver goods to the palace that Desarus was captured at. Of course this knowledge had been gained through IX-12's hacking abilities and maybe the wasting of a few laser bolts. Activating his cloaking device as well as the Ifinium X'tignar virus to make sure the droid put up no resistance. IX-12 quickly captured the vulnerable guard droid and then set about making some changes - namely, making use of his modular memory core system to take full control of this little droid well in a sense actually become this other droid. Stashing his original body in the back of this cargo transport for later, IX-12 assumed the position of the guard droid and awaited the pilots of this vessel for when they were scheduled to leave. With luck they arrived before IX-12 became too bored to wait. Once on board the transport the two unassuming pilots ran a diagnostic check of the systems and then prepared to launch only to meet an untimely demise to a one-liner and a few blaster bolts from IX-12's new body. Taking the pilot position, IX-12 took control of the ship and finished the pre-flight preparations before launching out of the hangar and toward the ship's destination and IX-12's master.

When IX-12 finally arrived in the ship's predetermined destination where Desarus was being held prisoner. Quickly abandoning the cockpit and returning to the control of his own body he quickly set up the droid he was commanding with the Ifinium X'tignar virus once again and the two soon hid within the cargo of the ship. A small group of mercs or whatever help the Hutts hired on there base planet came to investigate whatever happened to the crew of the ship. The answer was quickly found when they saw the corpses still lying in the cockpit but this lead to the question of how the ship made it's journey without it's pilots and they soon found the answer and the added bonus of blaster bolts to the chest. The blaster fire and dying screams attracted the attention of the rest of the hangar's attendants and they soon met the fiery end of IX-12's wrist mounted flamethrower. IX-12 soon enough primed the ship full of explosive charges and left his little captured droid companion to guard it. Detonating the charges - IX-12 quickly retreated from the hangar while the explosion attracted a large group of various guards, mercs and other riff-raff who dealt with the only functioning suspect - the droid IX-12 left behind. Of course IX-12 couldn't simply walk around showing off his fine tuned systems and his powerful armour - but he was tempted. In any case IX-12 was able to find a group of robes and cloaks which made a suitable disguise unless someone made it there job to peak straight into the face of others - unless said privacy violation was to occur then a hood should have been sufficient faceplate coverage, and IX-12's photoreceptors could give him a nice little mystery with the whole fact they were glowing. Entering into a large cantina ripe with slave dancing girls and bounty hunters around every corner - IX-12 was quick to find himself a seat in a nice little booth with a couch where he could rest his robotic limbs and think out his next move.

Arriwen's deliberation with the High Council ended with the Jedi Master's sending out for another Jedi to aid the situation and Arriwen was simply to wait for this Jedi's arrival before proceeding. But the young Padawan had different ideas on her mind and of course the missing IX-12 only made her want to go ahead with trying to rescue Desarus more. After all if a machine that was programmed as Desarus' companion was already off trying to save the man then his apprentice should have been doing the same right? Regardless Arriwen needed a way into the Hutt palace and the only way she could think of wasn't really something she was fond of. After a few minutes spent thinking while fiddling around in the cockpit of the Bright Inferno, Arriwen soon made the decision to go ahead with her plan no matter how distasteful it could be. She quickly set off for the nearby palace-like building that had earlier been the subject of IX-12's infiltration and ship capture. Once there Arriwen went out in search of someone who was able to make facial changes as it didn't seem like the most outlandish practice to be done in a den of villainy. Soon enough the young Jedi came upon a business woman in the right expertise. Within the hour Arriwen looked like a completely different person. Her long hair had been shortened to the point where the removed hair could be made into a rug, her hair was also dyed a shade of red and her face had been put under some changes as well - after all she could always have it changed back to her former appearance and regrow her hair later, the only problem was that steep price of credits that was paid. But in any case the procedure had been done and Arriwen was off to help her master by... joining a trope of dancers. Arriwen was lucky that being trained to fight in melee weaponry made fluent body movement very easy to understand and acting like a dancer wasn't all that hard.

With this she had gained access to the large entertainment facility within the Hutt palace at the cost of being dressed in extremely revealing dancing attire and paraded around the scum of the Galaxy. After the work shift was done well at least for the time being Arriwen decided to do a little snooping around only to be caught by a cloak clad man. This moment of tension was quickly ended when the cloak hood was removed to reveal IX-12's durasteel faceplate. The two now allied together started to search for the missing Desarus. Eventually there searching led them into the more restricted areas of the Hutt palace and the two were soon greeted by armed guards that were quickly brought down in relative silence thanks to IX-12's more assassin-like weaponry. When it was finally clear they had entered the dungeons of this palace they had found what they were looking for but not how they expected it. Desarus had already escaped his captors and was in the process of beating down the guards stationed at his cell. Once the three were greeted with each other, Desarus made a few quick and snide comments at the appearance of his Padawan which were responded in the same manner thanks to his own ragged appearance. With the pleasantries done the three were faced with the job of retrieving Desarus small trove of lightsabers and capturing the criminal they were originally here to arrest. The group would find what they were looking for among the treasure horde of the resident Hutt of this palace and made sure not to disturb any of the treasures outside of what belonged to Desarus - well IX-12 may have snagged a few ornate and rare looking guns but that was beside the point. Motion detection systems had unfortunately alerted the palace to this pilfering and the entire palace was now out to kill the three thanks in no small part to an immediate reward the Hutt was now offering.

Fighting there way through hallways after hallways of various underworld thugs the three eventually found themselves face to face with there target and an escape route. Within the confines of a small hangar bay was the criminal target - quickly trying to make his escape on board a gunship. IX-12 had stolen the perfect remedy to this with a Double-Barreled Missile Launcher. The missiles were quickly aimed and fired, smashing into the left engine of the gunship before it could leave the hangar unfortunately for the group there mission would end in failure when the crash killed the target. But with no more reason to stay in a hostile palace the group quickly made there escape from the hangar by way of an aerial transport.

Mission to Alderaan:
"I still hate Alderaan."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Desarus was on board the Bright Inferno's common room, speaking to the High Jedi Council through use of the Holoprojector Communication System that lay in the center of the room. Arriwen wasn't far outside of the ship, in a grove-like place surrounded by trees which hid away a rock formation. Arriwen was at the center of this rock formation currently deep in meditation as part of a lesson from Desarus who had not long broke from his own meditation in response to his comm-link breaking his concentration. After finishing his discussion with the council, Desarus deactivated the holoprojector and headed off to the loading ramp of the ship. He called out for Arriwen until she eventually broke from her concentration, once she had, Desarus told her that they had a new mission and that they had to launch for Alderaan. Once both of them were on board and in the proper positions of pilot and co-pilot - the loading ramp was lifted and the engines activated. Lifting the ship from the ground and closing the landing gear the ship soon flew up and out of Dantooine's atmosphere, hitting sub light speeds as they prepared the hyperdrive. The two exchanged comedic banter in the cockpit while the ship flew through hyperspace up until the ship was ripped from hyperspace long before reaching it's destination. They had been pulled out of hyperspace by a group of pirates and what looked like a heavily modified Mandalorian Cruiser - it's hull still fresh with carbon scoring and battle damage from earlier fights, however the most odd part about the Mandalorian Cruiser was that it was carrying a Gravity Well Generator - which was obviously not a part of it's regular crafting as the hull around the generator's placement was malformed-looking. Immediately activating the engines Desarus flew the Bright Inferno out of the path of a group of Pirate Starfighters that were streaming in to attack.

Maneuvering the ship out of a proper dogfight by avoiding the fighters as best as possible while at the same time making a big distance between the Bright Inferno and the Modified-Mandalorian Cruiser. Of course this didn't allow them to jump into hyperspace but would give them a wide enough berth to perform a strafing run on the ship in hopes of damaging the well generator so that they could make there escape. As the Bright Inferno flipped around, Desarus shouted for IX-12 to get in the ship's rotary turret as the enemy starfighters completed there first attack run - which wasn't enough to break the Bright Inferno's shields but a few more hits like that would definitely be doing some damage. Once IX-12 was in the turret - Desarus opened up the full arsenal of the Bright Inferno's armament and prepared the lightning cannon for a full spray of shots against the Modified-Mandalorian Cruiser. With IX-12 using the turret to keep the fighters at bay and the Bright Inferno's main weapons all primed and ready to fire, Arriwen activated the ship's boosters and the ship made use of blind spots on the hull of a frigate as it tried to destroy them. When finally coming in close enough, Desarus fired the Lightning Cannon which pierced the Modified-Mandalorian Cruisers shields, and Desarus quickly followed it up by firing all of the Bright Inferno's weapons at the same spot - and with enough fire the ship's Gravity Well Generator was destroyed - causing the malformed-looking hull to start crumbling. The Bright Inferno's weapons were brought back into there concealed position and the hyperdrive was activated - the Bright Inferno finally escaped the scene and Desarus, Arriwen and IX-12 went on to relax in the cockpit now that they were home free. Soon enough the Bright Inferno would drop out of hyperspace in the Alderaan system, where the ship was navigated to the planet of Alderaan and the ship landed in the capital city of Aldera.

Once they had landed, Desarus and Arriwen left the ship, with IX-12 demanding to be left on board due to the fact he found politics extremely boring and that had been the whole reason for Desarus' and Arriwen's arrival - the overseeing of some sort of political meeting. Arriwen watched the meeting completely immersed in the principals of politics while Desarus relaxed against a wall trying to stay awake. When at last the meetings were over, Desarus and Arriwen left the royal palace, at first planning to head back to the Bright Inferno they instead went off on what some would call a date. It started off with the two of them having dinner at some exquisite restaurant and culminated by star gazing from the view of a lengthened bridge looming over a clear water lake. While the two watched the stars they discussed several things - mainly getting to know each other better. While Desarus past had certainly been longer than his Padawan's it was in no way more eventful after all she had two previous teachers before himself who had been felled in the course of the on going Great Galactic War. The discussion eventually found itself in the nature of the Dark and Light Sides of the Force and how both of them viewed it. There views had there similarities and differences but this was not important. What was important was how the discussion ended in a kiss. Immediately getting a grip on the situation, Arriwen pulled away and Desarus simply leaned his elbows on the railing of the bridge as he chuckled. The two would bicker for a few moments while Desarus would respond with jokes while Arriwen feigned seriousness. In the end the two returned to the Bright Inferno and set off to return to Coruscant.

Battle of the Gauntlet:
"The Gauntlet wasn't much of a station. It sure had some firepower, but it lacked style..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After the Mandalorians had sided with the Sith Empire, there appearance in the Great Galactic War as Republic enemies was guaranteed and it wasn't long before the Mandalorians became present in military force. A Space Station known as the Gauntlet was set up through a Republic trade route to the Outer Rim and soon enough the Republic sent a fleet to destroy it only to be attacked by the full force of the Mandalorians. Desarus and his apprentice Arriwen were soon dispatched to the fleet to aid in a strike team-like assault on the station. The mission briefing was held on board the Thranta-Class Warship Tennure - everyone allowed into the room was silent as Desarus explained a plan that he had formulated long before his arrival on board the Tennure. Whatever fallacy's that lay in the plan were easily enough ironed out and a solid plan was provided. Twenty fighter squadrons as well as the Highwind-Class Cruiser Newborn Sun would be the ones to make up the initial assault and destroy the Gauntlet. However the meeting was disrupted by the late arrival of the Jedi Master, Assarius Kliel who had arrived to assist the mission. Desarus appeared to not pay much heed to his master's arrival until after the briefing where the younger Jedi Master became overjoyed - introducing his Padawan Arriwen to his master and other things. When at last everything was settled, Desarus, Assarius and Arriwen made there way to the hangars where the Serpent Squadron going under the mission moniker of Squad 0 greeted them. The hangar was a bustle with life as engineers sprawled around the fighters to prepare them for the battle while the pilots either aided or were preparing themselves in whatever way they could. It wasn't long before the massive group of starfighters started to depart from there respective ships and jump into hyperspace.

Once they arrived on the edge of the system, Desarus relegated the orders to each squad - eight squads were deployed in the defense of the Newborn Sun with nine other squads being used as a distraction party by actually engaging the fleet defending the Gauntlet station, Desarus' Squad 0 and two following squads would be carrying out an intricate attack on the station's innards which was also the reason for the heavy escort on the Newborn Sun which was going to attack a weak point on the station to get them inside. With the orders given the squads set off on there duties and Squad 0 followed closely by Squad 10 and Squad 3 started there advance on the Gauntlet.

Within what could only be described as seconds the entire area became alight with explosions and blaster fire as the Mandalorian Cruisers fired on the Republic Fighters while Mandalorian Fighters gave pursuit. The fighter squadrons of the Republic were obviously outnumbered and had to rely on Hit-&-Run tactics to defeat there opponents while Squad 0 made it's advance into the battle, they did there best to avoid the majority of the combat for the moment while only attacking when they had to, this ended when the squadron came in close contact with one of the Mandalorian Cruisers which they proceeded strafe over and attack the vessel. They were buying themselves time while the Newborn Sun made it's advance to the target position, which was taking a lot longer than hoped due to the fact that it was taking severe beatings from the Mandalorian ships. With time it eventually made it to it's target position where it began a bombardment on the Gauntlet's weakest point. This caused certain parts of the hull to smash and crumble revealing an entrance for Desarus' squad. Giving the order to retreat, Desarus and Assarius alone flew towards the Gauntlet while the Republic forces began to pull away. In almost perfect synchronization the two flew through the hull space and ended up in what appeared to be an exhaust system which eventually fed into a huge reactor. Unloading there missiles as they strafed by, the reactor exploded and the two flew out the next exhaust tube using it to escape the station before it exploded entirely. With that the Republic Fleet was signalled and Thranta's poured into the system eventually wiping out the remaining Mandalorian forces.

Battle of Utapau:


"It was silent. No words were spoken. But on that day, we revealed our feelings."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Not long after the success against the Mandalorians and the Gauntlet, Desarus and his apprentice were assigned another mission, this time on the world of Utapau. Setting off in the Bright Inferno the two arrived on Utapau quite quickly, but the city they had arrived at had already become a hectic war zone. Seeking out the soldier in charge of the Republic forces in the city, Desarus and Arriwen soon came across Commander Arbiter a rather famous Republic Trooper if his nickname was any suggestion. After being filled in on the current situation, Desarus was lead off to a war room to help with the current formations while Arriwen and Arbiter went to join the battle. Viewing a large holo-projector with an over head view of the on-going battle, Desarus took command, advised by several Republic strategists they begun to formulate a plan that would take the Republic to victory and secure Ce'Lau City from the Sith Empire. Co-ordinating the Republic forces in the battle would have to be halted however as Imperial Intelligence agents made there presence known with an ambush on the command center. A quick burst of blaster pistol shots saw the death of one of the Republic Officer's before Desarus blasted two of the agents off of the edge of the center - sending them falling down to the depth of a giant sinkhole. Another agent came out of the shadows, throwing a thermal detonator into the room. With a large explosion, Desarus was flung off the same edge while Republic Troopers stormed the command center to get rid of the Imperial agents. Seeing no way to stop his fall, Desarus tried his best to navigate through the air so that he could at least land in a proper pool of water. Inexperience with such a thing however made it quite tough to do and his landing wasn't as great as could be. Crashing into the edge of the sinkhole floor before slipping over into the large body of water beside it. Desarus lost his consciousness the moment he hit the ground and it was a miracle that he wasn't killed immediately on impact - but he was bleeding heavily as was evidenced by the blood seeping into the water.

A few hours later, Desarus awoke in some sort of cave, a bedroll beneath his body kept him somewhat comfortable on the cave floor and his wounds had been bandaged up. Looking around, Desarus saw no one present in the room but could sense someone faintly nearby. A few moments later the presence came closer as a person became present in the cave room. It was one of the Imperial agent's that Desarus had launched from the command center before, however this agent was in a better condition than himself - obviously making a safer landing at the very least. The Imperial Agent and Desarus questioned each other for a short while, especially on the reasoning for why the Agent had not just killed Desarus while he had the chance. Apparently it had to do with his superiors and status. The Agent had joined the elite of Imperial Intelligence, the "Cyphers" but had recently failed an assignment in lieu of his promotion, the Sith Lord in command of the Sith forces in this city had been looking for a way to get rid of this Agent for reasons Desarus wasn't looking to pry into but regardless the Sith would kill him upon his return for failing to get rid of the Republic commanders and Desarus was his only way offworld. He was planning to use Desarus as a hostage to get himself offworld, but instead Desarus offered to get him offworld without the need for a hostage situation with the Republic. Of course the Agent wasn't going to trust the Jedi so easily and made sure that even if he agreed, Desarus was not getting his lightsaber back at any point. The two soon departed. Desarus walked in front of the agent, his pace however, was slow and continually grinding to a halt with the master's heavily injured state. Within a span of a few hours the two had eventually returned to Ce'Lau city, which was empty for the most part. The people had long been evacuated before the battles began and those that were in Sith captured territory were most likely to have been locked up in prisons by now.

This presented a problem for Desarus and the agent as they had emerged in a Sith controlled area of Ce'Lau. They hid in an alley as they found out just how difficult it would be to navigate around the area, luckily this level of Ce'Lau city was only patrolled by small two man cells of Sith Troopers, which signified that they weren't too deep in Sith territory. Eventually the patrol for this area passed by the alley and in an attempt to make this area clear, Desarus revealed himself. Leaving the alley just behind the two Sith troopers. Hearing the movement the two troopers turned around to find the cloaked, hunched man. Immediately they raised there weapons, ordered him to halt and demanded identification. Desarus simply shifted his cloak to reveal the Galactic Republic insignia on his chest. The Sith Troopers sprung into action a single moment to slow as Desarus raised his hands and blasted the men with a hail of Force Lightning. When the men slumped over dead, the agent ran out, quickly dragging the corpses to a safe place to hide them while Desarus tried to keep himself standing, apparent shows of Force were to rough on his body at this point it seemed.

Within a few hours Desarus and the agent had snuck through the Sith territory and entered Republic controlled areas of the city. While they would be more hospitable to Desarus, he still had to keep his word to the agent, who would most likely be shot on sight given Desarus' condition. Eventually they found themselves in a public hangar bay (Through way of door slicing). Desarus had his lightsabers returned at last and he made his goodbyes with the agent, hoping they would meet again in better circumstances. With that Desarus left the hangar making his slow return to the Republic HQ. When he arrived he was greeted by a relieved Arbiter and an awe-struck Arriwen. Desarus' apprentice rushed towards him, forcing him into an embrace, despite his protests of pain. Arbiter left to continue his duties while Arriwen and Desarus walked to a ledge, viewing the cityscape of Ce'Lau. They started to discuss several topics and before they knew it they were starting to mirror the previous events that occured on Alderaan a few months ago. However instead of a kiss, the two instead started to talk about emotions and there own feelings. In the end Desarus was the one to talk about how he really felt, only to be stopped Arriwen. The two took solice in the silence for the moment before returning to the Republic's base, where they received more news. An order had arrived for the two Jedi to return to Coruscant.

Mission to Korriban:
"Nothing makes you feel like a spy, than flying through orbit inside a ship disguised as a rock."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Around the time of 17 BTC, Republic began working with the Republic Protection Manufacturing Company, and by extension the MaKast Aerospace Designs, to produce a starship that would be able to transport Republic operatives into deep enemy territory without becoming targets. This had been done in preparation for a mission that the Galactic Republic was preparing to initiate. Operation: Orion. The target of this operation was the planet of Korriban. The homeworld of the Sith and the home of the Sith Empire's academy. In 16 BTC a ship had been designed and prepared and a special forces team was assembled. Desarus was one of two Jedi assigned to this mission. The remaining members were a squad of soldiers, Tector Squad. The full team was briefed inside the same hangar bay they would be leaving from and in curious matters Stai'yn MaKast, would be aboard the commanding ship, observing the drop ship he created for the mission.

When all was prepared the squad and it's crew boarded the Armada and left Coruscant. Using uncommon Hyperspace routes to travel from the Core Worlds, to Republic borders. On board the Armada, the assembled team went through a second briefing, there objectives and mission were explained in more detail. There main objective was to obtain whatever intelligence they could from a base in the vicinity of the Sith academy, which would hopefully give the Republic an upperhand on any future developments involving Korriban, and with luck, other parts of the war. The team was also given a secondary objective, which was the elimination of the base's current overseer, recent intelligence reports pegged the person as one Mardis Sul. The briefing was finished up with report details on how strongly the base would be guarded, of course the reliability of all of the information was judged as possibly false and the squad would have to attempt to adapt to the situation's they were presented if, in fact, different.

A few days later, the Armada fell out of Hyperspace in the Horuset system. The ship ran silent as it approached a safe area within the Korriba Scar, debris belt, from which they could observe the planet of Korriban. Final preparations were made and the team were boarded into the small orbital dropship, the Alpha 130c75, and readied for departure. The ion-drives of the Alpha flared up as the magnetic-clamps detahced from the vessel. The ship flew out of the Armada's hangar. Slowly it progressed through the debris field before emerging from it and shooting off towards Korriban's orbit. It wasn't long after that the Alpha smashed onto the world's surface. Emerging from the small drop ship, the team were covered from head-to-toe in armour marked by desert camouflage. There was not a single shred of identification on the armour's, no way to tie them to the Galactic Republic.

The Alpha, while it's entrance and very design were to prevent the Empire from discovering that it was actually a ship, still became a liability in it's current condition. As such, Tector Squad rigged the small ship with explosives. They took cover in a nearby river bed, long since dried up like the rest of the desert wasteland that was Korriban. From there position in the river bed, they detonated the explosive charges, ensuring that the Alpha was nothing more than unidentifiable scrap now. Shortly after the group formed up into there proper formation and began moving towards there target destination. The river bed's sunken position helped them keep hidden, although it was highly unlikely that the Sith patrolled the entire planet. The trek to there target was largely uneventful and only rarely were Sith forces present in small Sith starfighter patrols.

Within the next hour, Tector squad and it's two Jedi leaders reached there target destination. A large canyon wall with a small entry way leading into a system of caverns. As it appeared, Republic intelligence wasn't wholly unreliable. The Sith base sat within an expansive canyon, as did the Sith academy, many of the canyon walls were home to facilities of there own such as hangar bays. Luckily for the Republic this lone canyon wall seemed to be unused, or at the very least part of it was unused.

Following the cavern system, the team was led upwards until they came to a rather expansive room, part of it's wall was broken open and gave a view of the Sith base down below. While this gave the Republic an outlook on there target, it also could lead to them being spotted, caution would have to take center stage.

Battle on the Uncharted Planet:
"Sin'Ga Le-Vet entrusted me with passing on his legacy. Just as I hope to pass onto you."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Some time after the mission to Korriban, Desarus and Arriwen were put in command of the 3rd Sector Fleet who were preparing for an up-and-coming ground battle on the planet Dagobah (Uncharted at this point) far in the Outer Rim. There opponents however were not the Sith Empire but instead a splinter faction of Sith who had hoped to seize the Sith Empire's rise in the Galaxy as a chance to attack the Republic themselves. The Republic forces landed in a large outcropping of land masses where they set up fortifications due to the possibility of a drawn out battle. The Bright Inferno, carrying both Desarus and Arriwen, landed at the Republic base and assumed control of the Republic forces. Once again they were met by Commander Arbiter who had been reassigned from Utapau. Desarus put Arriwen in charge of the Republic forces while he took a small squad of Troopers to scout out the area ahead on speeders. The scouting trip would have been a short one if it wasn't for the fact that Dagobah's land scape was full of swamps and treacherous dangers. Desarus and the squad of Troopers eventually arrived at there destination. The outskirts of the Dark Jedi forces base. They monitored the Dark Jedi only to learn that there was a mystery going on with there forces. The entire Dark Jedi group was made up of Force Users, ranging in the hundreds. Although Jedi and Dark Jedi were common in the Galaxy during the Great Galactic War, this force had only recently gathered together and being unaffiliated with the Empire made things confusing. Regardless before Desarus could try to piece anything together, his squad were noticed and a large group of Dark Jedi surrounded them. The event quickly turned sour as Desarus' squad were slaughtered. Desarus was the last remaining man of his group only slightly more able to handle the Dark Jedi because of his own skills in lightsaber combat. He too was beaten, only to be saved moments before one of the Dark Jedi ended his life.

An elderly man, wearing robes similar to that of the Jedi appeared, repelling the Dark Jedi that attempted to kill Desarus. Despite his apparent age, the man was able to stand his own against the group of Dark Jedi and was even powerful enough to fight them back, slaying several of them before forcing the rest to retreat with a Force Repulse. The old man took Desarus from the swamp area and took him to his home. A small hut built into a cave. The old man would inquire about Desarus' reasons for being on the planet and what he believed being a Jedi meant. Several hours later and the old man told Desarus he was going to make him a Jedi Weaponmaster. Despite Desarus' protests that he needed to return to his allies the old man would not allow him to leave. Eventually resigning himself to the old man's demands the two trained for a week long and by it's conclusion the old man revealed himself to be an exiled Jedi by the name of Sin'Ga Le-Vet. Sin'Ga deemed Desarus worthy of being a Jedi Weaponmaster after Desarus had learned what Sin'Ga wanted to teach. The two would return to the Republic's encampment which was rather empty. Finding an officer in the camp they were told that the bulk of the Republic's forces had long engaged the Sith-splinter faction after they believed Desarus and the scouts to have been killed-in-action. Desarus and Sin'Ga rushed off to the Republic forces to assist them. When they arrived at the scene they witnessed the battle going well for the Republic, beating back the Dark Jedi with superior numbers and firepower. The Dark Jedi retreated into there temple, sealing it's main gate. Despite how the temple appeared, the Republic's weapons were unable to damage it and there attack had been brought to a halt. Boarding the Republic's command-platform (A large repulsorcraft transport). Desarus would be reunited with a frantic Arriwen while Sin'Ga briefed the Republic's commanders on what he knew of the Dark Jedi's temple.

His plan was for a small group (Consisting of himself and Desarus) to infiltrate the base using a different entrance and unlock the way for the Republic's forces to smash in. The Republic's generals were of course more than reluctant to allow there entire plan to hinge on two men when one was considered dead until a few hours ago and the other was questionably insane. However Sin'Ga and Desarus left off anyway while the Republic commander's debated which course of action to take. Desarus asked that Arriwen stay with them, just in case they tried to force there way in before Sin'Ga and Desarus could open up the base for easier access. With that done the two men headed off for this entrance, thinly guarded as it was, the two had no problems getting inside the base but the Dark Siders were easily made privy to there presence through the Force. The infiltration became a series of long fought duels between Sin'Ga, Desarus and the Dark Jedi that populated the temple. Sin'Ga proved to be a match for all of his opponents despite his age and Desarus was overcoming whatever difficulties he came across. The two made there way through the halls of the temple until they reached the "courtyard". A massive open space area, with pillars being the only thing to take up space. The large sealed gates of the temple stood at the end of the "courtyard" while it's control system lay in a small chamber jutting down from the ceiling. With there target found, the two Jedi set about making there way to that control room, battles against the Dark Jedi only served to halt them temporarily. On the outside the Republic were preparing to march against the temple again, there RP-X7's primed there Mass Drivers for a unified barrage against the sealed gates. As the Republic gathered to attack the sealed gates, a rapidly growing number of Dark Jedi started to gather in the main hall of the temple, several of which arrived to try and stop Sin'Ga and Desarus.

Sin'Ga defended the door way to the control room they were in while Desarus tried to open the doors. He would succeed after a short time of pressing buttons at random. The doors opened before the Republic gave the signal to fire, as such the RP-X7's pilots shifted there targets to the Dark Jedi that were now in sight and the battle begun as Mass Drivers ripped through the Dark Jedi's numbers. The Republic General gave the command to charge, Arriwen leading the Republic troops up the walkway into the temple. The Dark Jedi had the Force on there side while the Republic had the RP-X7's and larger numbers on there own, the victor was evident by the corpses laying on the ground. The Dark Jedi just had to admit it. Now that the Republic were inside the temple, Sin'Ga and Desarus decided they would go and slay the leader of the Dark Jedi's forces. They arrived at the temple's throne room where they were greeted by two Humans and a Zabrak. The trio were obviously stronger than the other Dark Jedi they had been fighting, the Zabrak even more so than the two Humans. The fight however still ended upon victory for Sin'Ga and Desarus. The Zabrak refusing to aid his companions as they were cut down. In a sudden show of force the Zabrak shot across the room delivering a flurry of melee blows across Desarus' body before blasting him into a wall with a powerful Force Push. He activated his lightsaber and begun to duel with Sin'Ga. The duel was hard fought but Sin'Ga came out victorious, slicing off one of the Zabrak's arms and leaving him defeated on the ground. The elderly man aided Desarus as they searched the room for whatever was giving the Dark Jedi there power. They found it in a secret room. Some sort of Sith artifact capable of absorbing Force energy and charging it into something else. They chose to destroy it immediately and then they made there exit from the throne room, the Zabrak had vanished however, it was unknown if he was dead or was still alive but it didn't matter at this point. The two men returned to the "courtyard" where the remaining Dark Jedi were now in retreat, the Republic had won this battle. Over the course of the next several hours the Republic set about destroying the Dark Jedi's temple and made there return to Republic space. Sin'Ga returned to his peaceful living on the planet after saying Desarus was a proper Jedi Weaponmaster.

Theft on Tatooine:
"Ah... Marcus Darvati, the only person I've ever known to molest a Sith Lord and get away with it."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

While on Rhen Var, Desarus received a transmission from the Republic, with a request to investigate an asteroid field that had been having a spur of unusual activity. Once the co-ordinates had been given the Blade of Flames was launched into hyperspace. The ship would eventually fall out of hyperspace at the given co-ordinates. The asteroid field was known as some sort of smugglers run as many police and security forces would lose chase with smuggler ships in this vicinity. With some useless banter between IX and Desarus the duo flew the ship into the asteroid field for a closer look. They had found nothing after combing the entire asteroid field in numerous sweeps - this changed however when they caught sight of a cargo freighter that was flying into a rather empty area. This changed however when a large electrical-like field appeared and revealed a huge asteroid beneath it - this asteroid had obviously been dug into as there were signs of hangar bays and various weapon systems buried along it's surface - not to mention there had be some sort of strong generator to power the stealth field that had kept it hidden.

Quickly rushing the Blade of Flames towards the large asteroid base they tried to make use of the freighter's landing as an attempt to land themselves but they did not make it unscathed. One of the four engines on the agile starfighter had been hit while evading some laser turret fire, but they luckily made it on board before they went out of control. Landing in the hangar - the moment IX and Desarus opened there cockpit they were surrounded by firearms held in the hands by many different criminals ranging from simple murderers to Bounty Hunters. On quick teamwork IX-12 had activated his magnetic foot grips while Desarus pretended to raise his hands in surrender. With a quick flick of his hands a weak Force Repulse shot out and knocked away the guns of the prospective attackers - of course they hadn't dropped they had just been pushed away from there target. With this Desarus ignited his lightsabers and IX-12 fired off a missile dart from his wrist launcher - killing a few of there enemies. While Desarus took the defensive approach by reflecting blaster fire and stopping them from hitting himself and IX, IX took the offensive approach by blasting everyone he could. There efforts only lasted a short while however as a Smuggler had snuck around from behind taking out Desarus with a Bothan Stunner and IX was downed by an Ion Grenade. Desarus would awaken in a cell to find himself stripped of his possessions and IX-12 lay powered down and strapped into a droid recharge station - although the station remained inactive. Come to meet with Desarus was a smuggler by the name of Marcus Darvati, the supposed owner of the asteroid space station. Through a lengthy discussion Desarus eventually gained his freedom from the cell along with the returning of his equipment but in return Desarus had to aid Marcus in a smuggler job - they would be stealing from a bunker hidden on Tatooine that housed the treasures of a very paranoid Hutt.

The part of the deal that kept Desarus in agreement was the fact that IX-12 wouldn't be returned to him unless he helped and of course Desarus wasn't going to lose his friend no matter if he was a droid. Once Desarus had been refitted with his robes and had his lightsabers strewn across his belts in a nice-little messy fashion the two set off from the Smugglers Den on board Marcus' ship a freighter by the name of Red Nebula. Through the use of various Smuggler routes the ship was able to avoid landing within Mos Ila - a small starport town that was re-established by the Jawas only to be taken from them by the Sith Empire. As the ship travelled through the skies above the deserts, Desarus watched as every now and again they would spot one of the native lifeforms of the planet and even in some cases Sand People raiding parties. Soon the radar began to flash from the usual bright blue to a deep orange as two hostile signature readings were coming into range. Apparently the Sith had noticed Red Nebula' entry into Tatooine's atmosphere and were going to get rid of them. Following Marcus' commands Desarus rushed to the gun turret and mounted in the gunners position. The turret rotated slowly to face the hind area of the ship while the two Sith Fighters closed in for an attack run. They quickly broke off the run however as the turret begun to fire. Marcus started to raise the ship higher into the air while the two Sith Fighters followed trying to attack from underneath as the turret would be unable to hit them as it was stuck above. Luckily a small underside rotary turret was equipped with the ship and had started firing on the Sith Fighters - damaging the wing of one of them and causing it to crash land in the desert sands. The remaining Sith Fighter and Red Nebula maneuvered against each other through out a dog fight - Red Nebula would eventually come out as the victor thanks to the freighters modifications and it's shields.

Of course the Sith weren't out of the game yet after all the first Sith Fighter pilot had survived and most likely called in to report the situation. But ignoring that the two continued on eventually landing the ship close by a small hut. Marcus would go on to explain that the small hut was the cover for the treasury and cautioned Desarus on many types of traps that could be lying in wait for the two through out the treasury. He also forced Desarus into wearing a suit of Bounty Hunter armour to keep his appearance hidden just in case. Without further delay the two entered the hut and combed it over until finding hidden doorway that was embedded in the floor under a tipped over bookcase. Marcus somehow knew the code for the door hinting that Marcus had been planning to rob this treasury for some time but it made Desarus wonder why he'd suddenly choose to have a Jedi as his partner instead of someone he knew and could trust, but when that thought came to mind Desarus could easily figure it out.

The two continued in with Desarus in the lead up until they came into a large warehouse looking facility. It had looked to be unguarded until they spotted a few laser turrets and droid patrols in the area - but of course the warehouse wasn't what they were after and through the use of Smuggler luck and maybe a little Force Cloak the two were able to get through the large room without a fuss. Standing before them was a linear path of hallways that led through a few corridors with rooms all adjoined to them, which gave them room to search each room and then just continue on. This didn't last forever though and they eventually ended up in a large room where the floors were littered with bones and laying asleep in front of the exit was a large Acklay creature a native beast from Felucia that was very powerful. Hutts did seem to favour keeping large and dangerous animals as pets and this was probably a good enough reason for keeping intruders out of places. Marcus had made his way a bit deeper into the room placing a few land mines around before telling Desarus to lure it towards them. Being a bit unenthusiastic about the order, Desarus simply Force Gripped the mines and threw them at the Acklay - the resulting explosions blew nice chunks into the Acklay's body but that wasn't the real problem. A large pile of cargo crates forming something of a barricade for one half of the room where broken through by a large Bull Rancor. The Rancor making no stop in it's rampage charged right for Desarus who tried to repel it's large fist with a Force Grip - the Rancor made no effort in breaking this grip as it's fist went un-slowed smashing into Desarus' side and sending him flying across the room. Marcus made use of his dual blaster pistols as he side strafed across the large open space firing on the Rancor - the blasters seemed quite ineffectual.

The Rancor was simply becoming irritated by the blaster bolts and had drawn his attention towards Marcus now, with a quick dive roll Marcus had been able to avoid the large rancors fist before it crushed him. Desarus slowly climbed back to his feet and fixed up his wounds with a rushed up Force Healing. Desarus combined a multiple group of his Force Powers in an attempt to beat the Rancor - it had started with Force Speed as he charged up behind the large beast. He coupled it with a Force Jump allowing him to leap right over the Rancor and deal a few saber sliced into it's back as he leaped over. The Rancor was distracted for a moment and Desarus made use of this with a Force Push aimed to strike the rancor into the air - smashing it's head off of the roof. The Force Push was succeeded by a Force Grip which Desarus used to smash the Rancor into the ground before finishing it up with a blast of Force Lightning. Desarus dropped his lightsabers to the ground before collapsing to his knees exhausted. His rushed Force Healing had kept him stable during the flurry of attacks but due to the healing being a rushed job his activities had caused the wounds to return not to mention he had tapped himself out with the combination of powers. Marcus carried Desarus over to a nearby wall letting him relax against it while he headed on to where the treasury awaited. Marcus was able to steal the fluent amount of credit chips with the small backpack he had brought. Other than the money within the treasury he had also downloaded various data items from schematics to informational items and for some reason a blaster rifle that had been adorned with various marking - similar to trophy rifles. Marcus helped Desarus back to his ship where they would flaunt Marcus' piloting ability through the Smugglers route where they would out run the Sith Fighters that were tailing them once again. Desarus would stay on board the Smugglers Den for a time while his ship was repaired - for a rather extensive price unfortunately. Over the course of his stay Desarus and Marcus became friends and parted on good terms. [Back to Top]

Fallen:
"I...Brzzt..." "Desarus, I, fell to the Dark Side, a trip not easily retaken."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper is phased out by the Igneous Gatekeeper

Leaving the overseeing of his Rhen Var temple to his wife and the many workers at the temple, Desarus left the temple with his swoop bike with the intent of checking some things out as well as avoiding others. He could feel it - the lure of the dark side, constantly trying to trick him, like an insatiable hunger. Driving off to an old location he had been at before, the now lifeless Mandalorian Base that he cleared out a few years ago, of course the time without any one capable to maintain the base was rough, with the many areas of the base becoming victim to the harsh frozen environment. Using it as a sort of meditative isolation he set about repairing areas of the base that were mandatory for it's functioning, a few days later he had successfully gotten the base up and running and set about preparations for a little trip not far from the base. Leaving the base and heading to a large cave entrance which was covered in the corpses of adventurous travellers and other unsavory people. Desarus headed inside the cave and at first glance found nothing other than glacial formations inside, as he wandered deeper and deeper into the cave he eventually came upon living life, large Rancors with a light blue tinted skin and large spike-bone like shoulders. Desarus recognized what they were almost instantly as he had secretly been studying information on Sith Alchemy. Activating his lightsabers he rushed the first Rancor, Force Jumping over it at is it tried to smack him with it's large arm as he landed on the head of the large Rancor he pierced his lightsabers through it's head and shocked it to death with Force Lightning. Quickly jumping off of it and Force Pulling his lightsabers as it fell. With his lightsabers in hand once again, he used Force Speed to run at the next one he saw however unexpectedly another Rancor smashed through the ice wall beside him and smashed him through the air through anotehr wall which oddly enough led to a large stair case, stumbling to his feet Desarus watched as the two Rancors closed in on him but stopped moving as a cloaked figure came up from behind them.

The cloaked figure ignited a red lightsaber and Desarus reignited his own, the cloaked figure started with spouting idiotic taunts about the Jedi while Desarus simply waited for an attack which didn't come from the Sith but in the form of the Rancors, back flipping out of range of the attack and coming to the top of the stairs he turned briefly to see what was at the top. Which was simply a large snow storm showing that this led to the roof of the cave, as the Rancors rushed up at him Desarus ran under the first one and jumped over the second one as it tried to attack causing it to hit the other Rancor. While standing on the second Rancor, Desarus made use of the other angered Rancor and used the Force to goad it into attacking it, jumping off the Rancor he watched as the started to fight with one of the Rancors ending up dead while the other was merely injured. In this moment Desarus struck, by hitting the surviving Rancor with a barrage of Force Lightning, Force Drain and Force Inferno until it fell to the ground severely slaughtered. The Sith soon came to the top of the stairs feeling rather annoyed that his pets had been killed, while Desarus regained his strength from the barrage the Sith attacked, bringing his saber down on Desarus which he quickly rolled out of the way of only to be Force Pushed close to the edge of the top of the cave.

Regaining his edge Desarus charged at the Sith swinging both of his sabers at the dark side Force user as he simply blocked it and used the Force Repulse power to blow Desarus away again. It was evident brute force would get him no where and Desarus quickly came up with a strategy, by Force Gripping the icy ground underneath the Sith, the Sith not taking notice as of yet started to prepare an attack of his own, while this was going on Desarus begun to crack the ice by Force Crushing it causing the Sith to fall through it. Force Jumpig right after the Sith as he came close to him, he swung his lightsabers and the disorianted Sith quickly tried to block but as one of Desarus' lightsabers hit the blade the other sliced through the hilt destroying the lightsaber and leaving the Sith without a weapon. Desarus quickly deactivated his lightsabers and used a Force Empowered kick to shoot the Sith down to the floor, activating his lightsabers again Desarus brought them down on the Sith piercing them through his chest. A short while after getting rid of the corpses of the Rancors and the Sith, Desarus spent his time meditating on the remaining parts of the cave roof.

"Perhaps knowing that my family was on Rhen Var was knowledge I shouldn't have learned."

- The Igneous Gatekeeper

As Desarus meditated his concentration was broken to the sound of what seemed like massive engines. Upon looking up he saw three Sith Destroyer-Class ships flying high in the atmosphere, watching closely as a shuttle left the hangar bay of the central Sith Destroyer-Class he took note that it seemed to be approaching him as if the Sith knew he was here. As the shuttle landed on the large roof of the ice cave, Desarus took notice and began formulating a plan as soon as a Dark Jedi, his two apprentices and a group of Sith Troopers began unloading from the shuttle. The Sith Troopers surrounded Desarus with there blasters pointed at him while the Dark Jedi and his apprentices stood just in front of the loading ramp of the shuttle, after a short while of questioning Desarus finally asked why the Sith were here and the answer was to welcome him to the dark side. With a sarcastic answer Desarus quickly Force Ran at the first Sith Trooper directly in front of himself, running up the body of the trooper and kicking him in the face as he kicked off into a back flip to dodge the first shots of blaster fire in a quick few seconds he fired off a Force Repulse shooting all of the Sith Troopers off the edges of the roof and quickly followed it up with a Force Shockwave which plunged forward striking the ground as it electrocuted the Dark Jedi's apprentices while he Force Jamp onto the top of the shuttle, as the Force Shockwave continued it's movement forward it caused the ice under the shuttle's landing gears to collapse and fall through the roof. Force Crushing one of the Dark Jedi Accolytes and killing the other through Deadly Sight he slowly took up there lightsaber staffs with the Force and waited to see if the Dark Jedi had survived or died. The Dark Jedi eventually made his appearance known as he Force Levitated up to the Desarus' level.

As Desarus threatened the Dark Jedi, the man started to laugh as the Sith Destroyer's in the sky started bombarding the Rhen Var settlement that his family had been building, as soon as he saw the first shot from the turbolasers he quickly charged the Dark Jedi in anger. Force Gripping every last one the lightsabers strapped to his belts, quickly Force Crushing the lightsaber in the Dark Jedi's hand and rapidly stabbing him with every single lightsaber he had. As he let out his anger his eyes malformed to a dim yellow and slowly changed to red, before the Dark Jedi died he forced Desarus to see visions of his wife dying - which was false. As the vision finally ceased Desarus resulted to finishing off the dying Dark Jedi by Force Crushing his neck, he fell to his knees as tears welled up in his eyes. As the tears ran down his face he looked up his face full of anger, not allowing the Sith to simply walk away from annihilating an entire clan of his family, he Force Gripped onto the first of the three Sith Destroyers with all of his effort he was able to redirect it to hit the one beside it while he forced the other one to plummet to the ground: as the destroyer smashed into the ground and started to explode from the impact, Desarus recited a statement "While you crash and burn... from your ashes I will be reborn" and turned away from the direction of the disaster as he headed back into the dead Sith Alchemist's cave. Searching it he found a Corvette which was hidden in a hangar in the cave, which became his transport as he left the cave and Rhen Var.

Betrayal:
"Ground Zero, it's name was fitting for the ruins that now take it's place."

- The Igneous Gatekeeper

With the stolen Corvette and a plot starting to come to mind, Desarus started setting up various plans that would achieve his personal goal or at least what he thought was his personal goal at the time. Contacting an old friend with a job to get information for him, Desarus then quickly punched in a set of coordinates and launched into hyperspace, during the duration of the lightspeed flight Desarus spent time getting used to his new equipment as well as reconstructing his lightsabers for a new design effect. When finally his ship came out of hyperspace he headed back to the cockpit and looked out the main viewport over looking a large - seemingly lifeless - asteroid field, but as a large cloaking field started to open up to reveal an asteroid hidden among the rest that carried large viewports, defense systems and even hangar bays it was quite evident that a smuggling hub lay here. Flying through the asteroid field and to the center where the large asteroid-base was stationed. Desarus slowly followed the given docking information he was given as he pulled the corvette into land, once landed Desarus left the ship from the cargo bay and immediately eyed a few greedy looking smugglers. Telling them that they could take any of the cargo on board but stealing or dismantling the ship would gain them a quick way to death, as he did so he flashed his lightsabers strewn across the three belts of his armour. Heading into the leisure centers of the station and soon to a large area filled with cargo facilities and offices, Desarus soon found himself in the largest of the offices awaiting his old friend. When the two saw each other they shook hands and greeted each other - at this time Desarus' friend would be identified as a man named Marcus. Marcus at first asked what was with Desarus and the odd suit of armour and robes, Desarus simply answered by stating it was something to do with future plans: Marcus was all too familiar with Desarus' "future plans" and simply chuckled.

Getting straight to business they began to discuss all sorts of information Desarus had asked Marcus to gather, when all was done Marcus sat confused as to why it had really been done and Desarus left heading for the corvette he came in. With a few plans getting ready to be put into action at last. A few days later, Desarus arrived on the planet of Tythe, not far off from a Republic base (Known as Ground Zero) which had been under Sith attack for some time now, but had held them off in every attack that occured.

The Battle of Manaan:
"A battle that would show the Galaxy that there was going to be no sliver of Hope to cling to... the Battle of Manaan."

- The Igneous Gatekeeper

Main Article: Battle of Manaan

While stationed at the Republic Embassy on the neutral planet of Manaan, Zulu Koth has been preparing himself for his return to the battlefield. He was very unsettled however when news reached him of the apparent death of Alexiss Lightstar and Desarus Ren Kai's disappearance from known space, despite the news he regarded it as just rumours given his personal experiences with the two rather very odd Jedi and he believed the rumours to be false as he felt a very familiar presence through the Force. Following the presence he reached the Republic's private hangar bay and stood in shock as he looked at the aftermath of a battle, the corpses of Jedi, Republic soldiers and Selkath lay strewn about the floor. Two large Republic transports lay in fiery ruins and it appeared that the Selkath's security systems had been disarmed as the city was in a deathly quiet. Zulu made a rush back to the Republic Embassy expecting the familiar presence to be Desarus here to investigate what had just happened or for some other reason but what he found was the embassy turned into the same bloodbath as the Republic's private hangar, however this time he was greeted by a masked man who's motions and mannerisms mirrored that of Desarus. The masked figure didn't reveal who he was and instead only gave the name Darth Igneous and revealed a few notes on the Sith plan which was already in motion, as Zulu continued to question Darth Igneous the final response that he gained was, "it's already too late" and Zulu could pretty much tell that what Igneous said was correct because the embassy shook violently from a bombardment as Sith Destroyers entered the atmosphere while deploying hundreds upon hundreds of Sith Fighters. After escaping the collapsing Republic embassy Zulu was thrown into the middle of a battle between the Selkath, Republic and the Sith. As he cut down a group of Sith troopers that were trying to gun down Selkath civilians he was caught off guard by Darth Igneous but was able to avoid being injured as the two entered a duel. As the long violent fight progressed, the Republic and Selkath security did there best to give Zulu assistance only to end up losing there lives while Zulu barely fended off each of the Force Inferno's that Igneous launched at him. When the fight finally came to a standstill Zulu could tell that his opponent was Desarus all he needed was proof which was given when Igneous removed his mask. Desarus' face wasn't like the usual Sith it wasn't deformed nor rotting instead it was the same as when he was a Jedi the only difference being that his eyes had turned a deep red, which Igneous called a symbol of darker power. The duel took a turn for the worst as Igneous overpowered Zulu and was on the verge of defeating the young Jedi when a civilian filled shuttle that was trying to escape was shot down, the shuttle crashed down in between the two the resulting explosion flung Zulu into the oceans while it forced Igneous to make a retreat as a small piece of durasteel had pierced his ribs. Zulu struggled against the ocean waters and the threat of Firaxan sharks until finally he lost his breath and begun to sink, he was able to use the powerful technique of Force Breath to keep himself from drowning but he was only saved from the ocean tides by a Republic Submersible, after returning to the surface, Zulu and the few Republic troops that had saved him made there way to the neutral hangar bay after finding that the Sith's private hangar bay had already been destroyed. Zulu was glad to see a freighter that was waiting there, just ready to take off a few Republic soldiers had commandeered the freighter with the help of RT-15 who had predicted the outcome of the fight early on. The group escaping in the freighter could only watch in horror as the Ahto City slowly ripped apart and started to sink to the bottom of oceans of Manaan. Finally the freighter jumped into hyperspace escaping the Sith pursuit forces and back to Corusant.

Second Battle of Sullust:
"The planet that claimed the life of my father, the planet where my fate would be decided."

- The Igneous Gatekeeper

After many successes at the head of the Sith Empire's naval forces. Darth Igneous decided it was time to deal a blow to some of the more veteran members of the Republic Military, he set his sights on the fiery world of Sullust, preparing the current system fleet that was under his command he ordered the admirals and commanders of each vessel to come to the Dark Fate for the planning. Darth Igneous gave a thorough plan and of course the admirals agreed with it but not without some minor criticism of chances of success but that was greeted with a burning corpse and a replacement. When the planning was done each of the admirals and commanders respectively returned to there ships and made preparations for a jump to hyperspace while the Dark Fate was already away as Darth igneous had gave his bridge crew word of the plan before actually talking it out with the officers. Eventually the Dark Fate arrived at it's target with it's cloaking fields active and it's bombardment cannons primed the ship moved into position to begin it's assault. The cloaking field dissipated as the Dark Fate began to open fire, not on the planet itself, but on a large shipyard that was being guarded by veteran ships from other wars such as the Kai's Fist a Hammerhead-Class Cruiser that was used in the Jedi Civil War. As the bombardment cannons pelted the defenses of the shipyard - easily making it crumble apart and start to explode - the Imperial fleet made it's entry into the system and begun to engage the Republic forces. The outcome after which was obvious the Sith Empire had dealt a crushing blow to the Republic and one of it's shipyards but that wasn't all, the ship yard - in the bad condition it was in - was still intact barely. Darth Igneous as well as a crew of engineers boarded the station to make use of it's communications system where they relayed a distress signal to a fleet of Republic ships that was known to have Jedi with it (Igneous could sense the Jedi through the Force thanks to his higher senses).

When word was received that the fleet was coming to aid, Darth Igneous left the ship yard and had it wiped out, while the Sith fleet made it's reformation in expectation for the Republic Fleet, Darth Igneous took a trip to the surface of Sullust on board a shuttle, even though it was known that there was no Republic base on the planet's surface (because of it's terrain it was only suitable really for Sullustans to live on), Darth Igneous had something to do there.

The shuttle that Darth Igneous was taking to the planet of Sullust made it's landing on what looked like a large temple built into a rock formation. Darth Igneous departed the shuttle followed by his apprentice Kalor Ventus, walking towards the temple they were stopped by oddly dressed Sullustans carrying large weapons. Without caring for what they had to say Darth Igneous ignited them both in flame with a Force Inferno, the two Sith activated there lightsabers as they ascended a large case of steps towards the temple dispatching any of the Sullustan guards that got in there way they proceeded through the halls of the temple it was filled with energies of the dark side which only attracted Darth Igneous to it more. Finally they entered a large antechamber which was filled with fountains that spewed out lava into small rivers leading to a pinnacle at the center of a shrine, for whatever reason the lava wasn't melting the stone of the fountains or the Sullustan-made rivers. Of course there was still an obstacle in the way a Force Sensitive Sullustan stood in the way wielding a lightsaber staff which after a quick duel between both Darth Igneous and Kalor ended in the Sullustans defeat and another lightsaber claimed for Igneous. Of course he didn't do it in the reason he would as Desarus but instead just did it out of habit. Kalor watched as Darth Igneous climbed the steps of the shrine, glaring through his mask into the lava filled centre, he pulled out a small bag filled with red lightsaber crystals which he dropped into the lava and slowly began focusing Force energy there. Within a short time Darth Igneous started to lift out one new crystal which held a mysterious property it resembled the lava flowing beneath it but before Kalor good get a good look at this powerful crystal it was covered and hidden under parts for a new lightsaber which Darth Igneous also brought.

After encasing in to it's new lightsaber Darth Igneous took the hilt in hand and activated the saber. It was the same as the crystal the beam being emitted by the crystal reflected the lava and even at the tip of the lightsaber blade lava seemed to fall from the blade every so often it was the very reason the crystal was deemed unstable, but as a Sith Lord Darth Igneous gave no care and finally made his exit from the temple to return to the Dark Fate in orbit.

When at last the Republic fleet that was responding to the fake distress signal. Darth Igneous' fleet was ready and prepared which put the Republic at a bad disadvantage but unfortunately for the Sith one of the Jedi with the Republic fleet was proficient in Battle Meditation which evened out the battlefield. Of course the battle proceeded and the standstill was ensuing until the Dark Fate started to attack. The sheer size of the ship made it a heavy threat to the Republic ships even without the back up of the rest of the Imperial fleet, of course the Jedi knew who the ship belonged to after seeing it in action over Dantooine and a short while earlier at the Battle of Manaan. Putting a plan into action they launched on-board a shuttle which was being guarded by the elite Serpent Squadron. The strike team made there way out of the hangar of a Hammerhead-Class just before it was destroyed, the team now had no real choice to turn back if they wanted and continued on. From a short observation they knew most of the fire power on the Dark Fate was on the top and bottom of the ship so they made there way across the side while the Serpent Squadron disposed of any Sith fighters or turbolasers that got in the way finally the Jedi's shuttle made it's way into one of the hangar bays of the Dark Fate and the Serpent Squadron returned to the battle, it was now up to the Jedi strike team to stop the massive behemoth that was the Dark Fate. Sith soldiers lined the hangar bay as Republic Troopers as well as Jedi flooded out of the shuttle. The Sith soldiers began opening fire as well as covering an engineer group that were preparing a mobile turret that would hopefully wipe out the Republic's boarding party. The Jedi however were a lot harder to deal with and the support the shuttle's guns as well as the Republic Troopers made it harder for the Sith.

Eventually the hangar was cleared of Sith and the Jedi as well as most of the Republic Troopers - some had to be left behind with the shuttle crew to keep the hangar secure - the boarding party made it's way through the many corridors of the ship and sabotaged the missile bays or turbolaser control centers. Of course the battles became harder the further they traversed through the ship especially as the boarding party started to encounter groups of Dark Jedi and Sith Masters. The group split up a third time with some of the troopers and Jedi making there way down to the lower levels to try and sabotage the engines while the rest made there up to the observation deck to try and stop Darth Igneous. Upon reaching the observation deck's entry point they found there bath blocked by a droid (IX-14) carrying a powerful payload of weaponry. With aid of Desarus Ren Kai's former companion IX-12 they destroyed the droid and entered the observation deck. The group of Jedi were then identified personally by Darth Igneous as former allies Alexiss Lightstar, Arriwen Ienia, Zulu Koth and his former Jedi Master Assarius Kliel, the Jedi however were greeted only with a warning and a group of Dark Jedi headed by Darth Igneous' current apprentice Kalor Ventus, the war droid IX-20 and the revolutionary melee combat droid IX-15. The boarding party and the Sith on board the observation deck begun there battle now, with Darth Igneous ignoring it all and continuing to watch the on-going space battle from the main view port.

The Jedi fought with the Dark Jedi while the Republic Troopers tried there best to deal with the war droid IX-20. The result ended up in a dead lock between the Jedi and Dark Jedi while the Republic Troopers were wiped out by IX-20 who was then forced to destroy himself by a virus that IX-12 utilized due thanks to new programming. Eventually the battle came down to a fight with IX-15, Kalor Ventus and some of the weaker Dark Jedi. Thanks to the coordination efforts of IX-12, IX-15 was defeated, Kalor Ventus however dealt some damage to the Jedi by killing a few of them but he too was eventually defeated by the overbearing group of them against him alone, although they didn't kill him they cut off his life support to his suit meaning he would die shortly if not sustained. As the group now made there way across the observation deck to approach Darth Igneous he made a show of power by telekinetic-ally wielding all of the lightsabers that were strewn across his belt. The group of Jedi were locked in a battle with lightsabers that were being handled so well it was as if someone was actually holding them in there hands. Assarius Kliel however was able to avoid the fighting with the telekinetic lightsabers and approached Darth Igneous to which he tried to persuade to return to the Jedi. The persuasion was cut short as Darth Igneous set fire to the small bridge (the Imperium-Class observation deck is similar to that of the Ravager), making sure the rest of the Jedi were still interlocked in there battle with his telekinetic sabers while also making sure they couldn't reach him without effort. Utilizing his newest lightsaber fitted with it's lava crystal, Darth Igneous proceeded to fight Assarius Kliel until eventually Darth Igneous cut off Assarius' arm and proceeded to pierce his chest with the lightsaber. The unstable lava formed blade eventually caused the upper half of Assarius to split from the lower half, causing him to fall into two parts: Darth Igneous had ended his old master and only had to deal with a few more Jedi now.

Now that Assarius had been slain all that remained were the three Jedi Alexiss, Arriwen and Zulu along with Darth Igneous' former companion IX-12 and the currently dying Kalor. In a show of courage Zulu stood up to face Darth Igneous alone with a proposed duel. Darth Igneous accepted and the two began to fight, while the two fought Alexiss tended to keeping Kalor alive through the Force despite him being a Sith it was against the Jedi Code to kill someone when they could still be saved. Kalor made no attempt at stopping the healing or trying to kill Alexiss, he didn't have the strength to anyway. Arriwen watched the duel warily and worriedly, her friend was fighting her husband but she knew what was right but it still hurt close to her heart due to the bonds she shared with Darth Igneous. The duel continued with Darth Igneous constantly pushing back Zulu with the aid of the Telekinetic lightsabers the duel was made easier but Darth Igneous was mainly winning on his own merit with brutal force that was breaking down Zulu's defense. The duel abruptly halted as Darth Igneous caught Zulu off guard with a combination of Force Lightning and a Force Push, shocking the young human and shooting him off toward a few consoles that exploded with the heavy impact from the Force Push. Taking this chance Darth Igneous caught the distracted Alexiss in a Force Grip which was slowly proceeding into a Force Crush, in those moments illusions were striking into his mind and thoughts from the thought dead Assarius crept there way in as well. Assarius had become a Force Ghost and still had some guarantee of power which he was using now, dropping the Force Grip as he tried to keep his mind clear he felt something enter his stomach only to find that he had been pierced by Arriwen's lightsaber. With the extreme pain came the loss of consciousness on Darth Igneous' part and the consoles that Zulu had been shot into were the main controls for hyperspace jumps causing the massive Dark Fate to jump into hyperspace and some time later arrive at what was going to be it's next target - Coruscant. During the hyperspace jump the small group of Jedi now accompanied by the Republic Troopers from the hangar bays tended to the dying Darth Igneous and Kalor Ventus. Desarus would periodically phase in and out of consciousness while the medical droid worked to keep his condition sustained - during this time his memory became cloudy, although this didn't clear his mind of joining the Dark Side it gave him a chance to reflect on his anger and in a sense at last calm down. During the long trip back to Coruscant, Igneous was faced with many facts about his fall, the passing words of his master among other things. By the time the Dark Fate had arrived over Coruscant, Igneous was reflecting on what he had done. Of course that did not atone for what he had commited and he stood before the Jedi Council for his crimes against the Republic. To the dismay of several he was not executed, he was not accepted back into the Jedi Order but he wasn't going to die, instead he was to be kept under surveillance at all times, but Desarus was determined to set himself on a path of redemption.

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Order of the Inferno:
"Now that I think about it, the Order of the Infero was a rather stupid idea... and it cost the lives of several great people..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

After The Battle of Mustafar and some peaceful weeks with his wife. Desarus stumbled upon a cache of Jedi Holocrons and Sith Holocrons stored within an ice cave on Rhen Var. Desarus had found it during his hunt for Force Crystal caves or caverns. Turning the cave into a small archive over three weeks he built a small building inside the snow cave and had a durasteel door placed at the cave entrance with a sequencer lock so only Desarus or someone with the codes could get entry. Studying these holocrons Desarus believed he had found "his" truth in the force. This truth was that the Light Side and Dark Side of the force were not wrong or right only two halves of the whole. He left the Jedi Order behind as he finished creating his Jedi Temple on Rhen Var. This temple would now house his own order of Grey-Jedi The Order of the Inferno, following Desarus' belief. He gained an order of 20 members which was all he needed or even wanted. Storing his knowledge of the force in a small holocron that he placed into his small archive of holocrons he then began to aid the Republic with his fellow Grey-Jedi in the war and was then considered an ally of the Jedi or as some called him the Mercenary-Jedi. Then finally came the Treaty of Corusant. When his Order was announced as a separate faction from both the Jedi Order and the Dark Council, members of the Sith Empire as well as some officers in the Republic Navy began filling out bounties for his head as the Sith believed his betrayal was a bad thing because as Darth Igneous he had gathered quite the bit of information on the Sith Empire while the Republic Officers that filled bounties on him never forgave his actions as a Sith Lord. The exact amount that was gathered up over the course of multiple bounty filings came to the amount of 600,000 Credits.

The Sacking of Corusant:
"The Sacking of Coruscant was a terrible day for everyone on the side of the Republic..."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Main Article: Sacking of Coruscant

During the peace talks that would soon be known as the Treaty of Corusant. Desarus Ren Kai and his small group of Grey Jedi that carried the name of the Order of the Inferno were in a meeting with the High Jedi Council on Corusant. The meeting was a success thank to Zulu Koth and other Jedi that knew Desarus and his band of Grey-Jedi and were more than happy to help with the discussions so that they would still be allies and friends even though they served no actual side in the conflict as the Grey-Jedi mostly held the belief that they knew the truth of the force. The discussions ended with the Order of the Inferno being recognized as allies of the Republic and the Jedi Order. Desarus made the agreement that they were not Jedi and could possibly end up as enemies of the Jedi but for now they were friendly as there goals and beliefs coincided with each other. The Order of the Inferno members left Corusant but Desarus and his wife Arriwen Ienia stayed behind as they had some other business to attend to. Heading to the lower cities of the Super-Industrialized Corusant they made there way through the many slums and gang hideouts until they came to the apartment building they were looking for. It was the apartment Serpent Squadron were using as a temporary base as they left there position in the Republic Army to join Desarus' new order as they were loyal to him ever since he formed the Serpent Squadron. While discussing what they were going to do about getting there fighters back from the Republic impound docks the true plan of the Sith Empire began. The Imperial fleet emerged from hyperspace, the peace talks on Alderaan became a treaty. As news reached Desarus about the Jedi Temple's destruction and the Imperial fleet launching it's ground forces he began thinking up a plan. Sneaking through the lower city to one of the many gang hideouts he proposed a deal. Reinforcements in turn for a large amount of credits. The gang leader agreed and the gang members along with Serpent Squadron, Arriwen Ienia and Desarus begun small guerrilla skirmishes throughout the lower city against the Sith Empire's forces that had begun to advance through the lower city. Once making it back to the upper city the group headed for the Republic impound docks which was under fire for the moment. Upon there arrival they allowed the gang to return to there hideout and begun to aid the Republic forces. But the Republic impound docks wouldn't last long as one of Imperial warships had landed close by with it's immense payload of troops and vehicles. This came to an end when Desarus showed off his Grey-Jedi skills by combining his attacks with both light and dark sided powers. The first demonstration was when he used the Force Inferno against a small group of Dark Jedi the next was creating a gaping hole beneath a group of Imperial walkers by using a constant Force Push which broke the ground and sunk it far enough to break the lower city. the final example was by Force Gripping the massive warship and then slowly force crushing it until it exploded from the the damage that was caused. This not only put the Sith Empire in trouble in this one particular part of the planet it put the Republic guards in charge of impounded vessels into a short confusion. This allowed the Serpent Squadron to get to there fighters and join the Republic in the battle on-going over the planet. Mainly Serpent Squadron were only securing an escape route for Desarus, Arriwen and themselves but first they'd have to wait till Desarus got back to his ship. Unfortunately his shuttle was gone and the only ships left in the impound dock were freighters and shuttles that were un-familiar to his piloting expertise and pretty slow from what he knew of each model. giving the order for Serpent Squadron to retreat by comm he decided he would stay for the duration of the battle as he had quite a few friends in the Jedi Order and the Republic military such as his family in the Kai Enforcer Corps. and of course Zulu Koth a Jedi he had made friends with during there time at the Dantooine Jedi Enclave. During the climax of the Sacking of Corusant, Desarus aided a group of younglings to an evacuation shuttle along with many civilians and injured soldiers. As the battle ended with the Republic forced to sign the Treaty of Corusant (this marks the beginning of ATC) and the Republic blaming the Jedi Order for this. The Jedi Order was forced to relocate to a new home or rather an old home as they returned to Tython the birth place of the Jedi and there respective religious factions. As Desarus boarded his ship that was brought to Corusant by his trusted friend IX-12 he received a message through the force to meet his friend Zulu on Tython. He returned the message saying "I will see you there... and May the Force be With You my friend". After letting the message flow through the force he boarded his ship and set it's course for Rhen Var for a short rest before he would head for Tython.

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Invasion of Rhen Var:
Main Article: Battle of Rhen Var

It had been well known for a while now that quite a few members of the Sith Empire wanted Desarus dead. Some wanted him dead for the fact that he had been a rather annoying thorn in the Empire's side or for other various reasons but no one was willing to dispatch anyone to kill him outside of Bounty Hunters. But The Dark Fate - probably one the largest and most powerful ships in the Galaxy at the time was at his disposal and was what finally gave reason for an attack. Through various sources they were able to track Desarus to the planet of Rhen Var where he had supposedly established a Jedi Temple for some splinter Order he commanded. Such a remote planet would usually keep one safe especially with a massive ship in orbit keeping it protected. The Sith would soon dispatch a fleet to destroy The Dark Fate and put an end to Desarus and his little order.

The Sith's arrival would begin with a simple scout ship. Sent in to find the co-ordinates of The Dark Fate and an optimal position for the main fleet to arrive. Once the The Dark Fate was found and a transmission sent to the fleet - it began to enter from Hyperspace, it seemed there were over thirty Sith Destroyers and an immense number of other craft. The Commander on-board of The Dark Fate quickly had one of his men send word to the temple on the planet about the fleet's arrival - after all he could see them right out of the bridge deck windows. A young Gray Jedi was the one to send the message from a holoprojector only for Desarus to respond saying he knew, this was an expected answer considering the amount of Force Sensitives most likely on-board the Sith ships. The Dark Fate prepared all of it's weapons into proper firing positions while the Sith Fleet did the same - before anyone knew it a full battle was in flow. The fighter compliments on The Dark Fate were launched just the same as the Sith's were but the main bulk of this space battle would be held flying through the massive hull of The Dark Fate as if it was some sort of giant city. While the fighters held the attention of the Order of the Inferno and the Destroyers held The Dark Fate's attention the Sith began to launch a large group of landing transports heading for Rhen Var's surface - of course before hand they had to deploy probe droids to find the exact coordinates of the Temple or risk getting lost in the middle of nowhere on a harsh icy world. However the landing transports would incur some loses while they tried to land as The Dark Fate would try to target many of the transports so that they couldn't make the landing - not to mention an extra fighter compliment had left the Rhen Var Temple in order to aid the battle - putting them right in the position to shoot at the transports while heading for space.

In final specification the temple itself was also fortified with barricades, trenches and various turrets surrounding the only entrance into the Temple while Anti-Air cannons blared from the roof of the temple. Although a fair amount of the Sith landing transports were destroyed it was easily obvious that there were to many to get rid of and as the Empire landed - a short distance away from the temple - the Gray-Jedi begin to rush to position en masse. A large group of Gray-Jedi exited the temple taking up positions all over the trenches and barricades with there lightsabers ignited. Alongside them were a large amount of Republic Troopers and mercenaries taking care of all the heavy ordinance weaponry as well as the turrets and such. The Sith deployed it's Warriors, Inquisitors, troops and war droids as they quickly marched on the temple in full force. Before anyone knew it the Gray-Jedi were locked in battle with Sith and the troops were providing support for each side as the battle raged into some sort massacre. Desarus stood at the front line alongside his fellow Gray-Jedi cutting down anyone stupid enough to stand against him he was soon enough locked in a battle with a powerful Sith Lord though. With a low sweep of his sabers easily avoided by the black armoured Sith - he retaliated with an overhead strike which Desarus would lift his sabers to block, locking the two in a clash. As Desarus was pushed back close to losing this clash a Republic Trooper ended the fight by shooting quickly into the side of the Sith - it was hard to predict an enemy's attack when they were all across the battlefield and honour held no place in a warzone like this. As the battle raged on the Sith Empire saw many of it's forces being defeated and even more weren't even making it to the ground thanks to the Anti-Air weaponry on the temple.

While the Order of the Inferno were holding themselves rather well - the sheer numbers of the Sith had begun pushing them back. Many of the Gray-Jedi and troopers lay dead while the majority of the turrets and barricades were damaged or destroyed - forcing the Order to retreat within the temple. The Order was planning it's escape route after all it was obvious they were losing on this front. Desarus would contact the Serpent Squadron currently fighting in space and asked them to secure a flight path for the escape ships that would soon be leaving the temple - the members of Serpent Squadron complied and changed there course leaving the immediate battle to destroy any Sith fighters that could harm the transports. While the Sith Empire had broken through the main entrance all they found was an empty main hall as the Order had retreated deeper into the temple to hold it's positions while more and more of it's members escaped. Within the medical bay was the first line of defense and the last group of the Order's members that would escape - Desarus being at the helm of this group. In this case the Order had the advantage - now that the Sith war droids couldn't enter due to the nature of the temple not being able to fit the giant droids inside it and the medical bay's entrance was through a small cramped corridor making entry hard for the Sith while they were gunned down or sliced up by the Order. Eventually the Sith would start to fill the room and the battle would ensue while news of the first shuttle making it's departure only served to raise the fighting spirit of the Order's members. Meanwhile a group of Sith Fighters had bypassed the Serpent Squadron and sweeped in for an attack run against the Anti-Air cannons on the temple.

As they approached the Anti-Air cannon's AI governed it's movement and it took down one of the three fighters and was destroyed as it targeted the second - this sent a rumbling vibration through the temple due to the explosion. But with the first shuttle gone it was time for the first defense to pull back to the second line were yet more men awaited there turn to retreat.

While the men of the First Defense line begun to pull back, Desarus secured there retreat along with two other Gray-Jedi Masters as they all unleashed a powerful Force Push that knocked back the entire line of troops and Sith trying to make there way in from the cramped hallway - giving them enough time to retreat while the Sith recovered. The Second Line sat in a large hallway with barricades and two gun turrets to add to the defense. The members of the first line quickly integrated with the units of the second and prepared for the Sith to march into the hallway. As the final defense line had already made it's escape and the fourth line was most likely in it's preparations to do so the Order holding the second line was becoming restless because of the likelihood that many of them could die in this place before there chance to escape arises. One of the Gray-Jedi Knights however was quite proficient in Battle Meditation and sat behind the fighting lines as he started to work on it to keep the morale high. The Imperials would enter the hallway soon after and the battle would initiate once again, this time the large space saw the deaths of a large number of the defending units while the Sith losses were minor despite the use of Battle Meditation - none the less they would eventually retreat as well thanks to a shield generator that block the path of the Sith until they found the power generators and wiped them out as well as there droid defenders. The Sith units had barely begun to enter the hangar bay when the final shuttle launched with Desarus escorting it in the Blade of Flames the shuttle would head towards the escape route like the others had while the Serpent Squadron would rejoin the space battle and Desarus would follow them in. During the course of the developments in space Desarus' engines would be blasted in a strafing run where he would be forced to land on board The Dark Fate - following in shortly behind him were boarding transports thanks to the tide being in the Sith's favour and The Dark Fate's shields succumbing to constant Turbolaser Battery fire.

Desarus had made his way to the bridge of the ship to be hastily greeted by the commander on board. Once given the full update on the current situation he stood staring out of the observational windows. Shortly after he started designating orders for the crew to follow. Many of the Troopers and Gray-Jedi on board the ship were sent to defend the hangar bays as well as various of the ships key points - while one bridge was left open wit ha clear path to the bridge. After such he had the bridge crew automate The Dark Fate's weaponry before telling them to escape the ship aboard the Sentinel which sat in one of the hangar bays that would soon become a battle field. Reluctantly the group left Desarus on the bridge alone and soon enough the Sith started to land on the ship. The first waves of Sith were the average troopers that with time started to overwhelm the defending units in the hangars and soon even Sith Warriors and War Droids were deployed which all but sealed the fate of the defending units no matter how bravely they fought. When the War Droids had landed The Dark Fate's defending forces were pushed back and into hallways extending the battle through out all areas of the ship while it's hull was taking a beating from the Sith fleet. A large detachment of Sith units had forced it's way through the hall ways of the ship until it came to the heavily fortified engines where even the Sith were going to have trouble. While this was all going on a small group that had made it's way in through the rather unsecured hangar bay had headed for the bridge to greet Desarus. The first to enter the bridge were a small group of Troopers who were very easily outmatched and eliminated by Desarus' lightsabers.

Following them were two Sith Warriors. The first of the two rushed in with Force Speed and Desarus had done the same - the two met each other in a clash which Desarus broke by letting go of his lightsabers and wielding them telekinetically. The moment he did so the other Sith had made and attempt at Force Jumping over his team mate to attack Desarus from behind but was thwarted by Desarus pulling off the same technique only stopping in mid-air when he performed a Force Repulse overhead of the saber locked Warrior. Being smashed from behind caused the Warrior to fumble to the ground while his partner had been shot into the bridge door - the door opening through motion detection and ultimately causing the second Warrior to fall out into the hallway. Desarus reclaimed his lightsabers and put an end to the knocked down Warrior just in time for the next enemy to make his appearance. A Sith Lord by the way the man was dressed who had not taken kindly to the failure his subordinates presented - easily evident by the fact he was holding the second Warrior by the throat through a Force Choke. The Sith ignited a double-bladed lightsaber and disposed of the now dead Warrior with a single flick of his wrist. Desarus and this Sith Lord then proceeded to enter combat with each other. The Sith's double-bladed lightsaber was kept at chest level as he tried to bring the blade around to swing in on Desarus' flanks but was thwarted before the blades could get even remotely close, this made it look like the Sith was basically flicking the saber forward and being recoiled by Desarus' lightsabers. With the failed flanking attack the Sith Lord pushed the saber forward, both blades clashing against Desarus' own lightsaber blades. Desarus' own weight being forced against himself was an annoying predicament at best and was easily solved by some flexibility and aid from the Force of course.

Desarus kicked against the Sith Lord's knee with one leg and quickly followed with the other and proceeded to use a Force powered jump from the man's knees to escape this clash before his feet slipped from the man's knees. Desarus was propelled a short distance out of the man's reach before performing a back flip to land on the ground. The Sith Lord's knees took a hell of a beating from the Force propelled jump and had forced him to the ground but the Sith Lord was up again in no time and just quick enough to be in range for Desarus' attack. Desarus had rushed the man while he was on his knees and the Sith Lord quickly swung his lightsaber (whilst deactivating one of it's blades in case is struck himself) around to trying and cut off his opponents legs. Desarus avoided this by gripping his hands onto the Sith Lord's shoulders and flipping over his body - just barely missing the saber that almost removed his lower limbs. Once behind the Sith Lord, Desarus quickly spun around in the proper motion for a large Force Push that blasted the Sith Lord forward - smashing him face first into a computer console. The Sith Lord (now on his feet again) stood over the broken console, coughing from whatever damaged had been done to him. Desarus pulled in his arms close together and his fists slowly closed as if he was performing some sort of Martial Arts but it was quickly broken as Desarus' arms outstretched quickly and his hands opened - blasting out a powerful Force Push to compliment the initial one. The Sith Lord had barely even turned around when the blast hit, quickly he was blasted through the already damaged console where his back collided with the ground before bouncing off it for a final collision with the main window of the observation deck. Desarus turned to leave with a comment telling the Sith to enjoy his only moments of captaincy aboard The Dark Fate and then he made his exit the large doors closing up behind him.

Desarus made his way through the halls of The Dark Fate trying to avoid any unnecessary confrontation with Sith Forces unless it was unavoidable or surviving allies were able to be saved. Desarus and the allies that he could muster together made it to the hangar bay that Desarus had initially landed in with the Blade of Flames. It also had catered to the large corvette Sentinel that Desarus had acquired and planned to use to escape with his allies. Of course the hangar was crawling with Imperial soldiers, a scarce number of Dark Jedi and a few Sith War Droids. Before doing anything reckless Desarus contacted the Serpent Squadron which was at the current time the only remaining forces - outside of some stragglers - that were defending the escape point, with exceeding difficulty and of course Desarus' window to make it to that escape point was quickly reaching a swift end. With minuscule time on there hands, Desarus and his comrades stormed the hangar bay - of course they made sure to make use of there knowledge of the ship to there advantage. By giving Troopers a vantage point while various crawl spaces and ventilation systems were used to trap or get rid of enemies. for example a large cargo shaft was opened underneath a Sith War Droid - ending any resistance it could pose. But through a short battle and minimal losses Desarus' allies were quickly placed on board the Sentinel while Desarus got into the Blade of Flames to cover the corvette-classed vessel. Leaving The Dark Fate's hangar at roughly the same pace. The Blade of Flames eventually taking center point as a trio of Sith Fighters attacked Desarus' fighter. Desarus took to flying over the hull of The Dark Fate as it's large city-like out structure could make a good space run - thanks to the fact he could use twisting turns and other various evasive maneuvers to avoid damage from the enemy.

The Sentinel followed by flying above the hull of The Dark Fate and firing on the Sith Fighters to provide support whenever possible. It was unknown why other Sith Fighters or Sith Destroyers did not attend in trying to destroy these two vessels at the time. But quickly making it over the hull in some sort of trench run. The only thing that deterred the Sith Fighters from destroying the Blade of Flames in the initial trench run was because of the Sentinel's armaments disrupting any chance to get a straight shot without being blasted to a thousand assorted pieces. The trench run quickly became a lot more harder to fly in when the trench run was taken into the hull of The Dark Fate itself when they entered The Dark Fate's large piping/tubing system. With The Dark Fate's hull covering over the piping system like a roof it was essentially a dark trap for anyone making the trip inside which meant that the Sith Fighter and the Blade of Flames had to make use of high-intensity flood lamps to get any actual vision within the darkness. But with activation of there flood lamps came the realization that they were flying into a death trap. The large pipes blocked any natural forward flight path with the only accessible point for something of the size of a Starfighter was in the upper right corner. Which Desarus was quick enough to get in position to enter by way of a barrel roll that was employed to avoid incoming blaster fire from the Sith Fighters. Desarus had made his way through the safe space and two of the Sith Fighters were able to follow with the third of the trio unfortunately smashing right off of the edge of the pipes - where it's wing was ripped off, sending the fighter out of control where it smashed off of another large pipe and exploded. Desarus odds of avoiding blaster fire at increased no that there was one less enemy but his chances of surviving the pipe filled trench was decreasing thanks to the fact he had closed the Blade of Flames' S-Foils which was making the fighter faster and time to avoid the pipes shorter.

The next gap was thankfully a rather nicely and big one at the center of the trench. Quickly motioning the Blade of Flames downward in a diagonal path as the third gap revealed itself at the bottom of these pipes. Of course when Desarus pulled his fighter upward so that he didn't crash into the hull of The Dark Fate he was a little shoddy and the hull-roof of the Blade of Flames was scrapped against the pipes forming above the gap. Sparks flew from the friction and the Blade of Flames rumbled and started to fall out of control, but Desarus was able to stop it from flying off course in any way that it could kill him and quickly swung the Blade of Flames into a vertical position as he pulled up - quickly seeing that the final gap of the piping system was in the center but was made up a vertical situation making the gap hard to fit through in the normal horizontal position. The Sight Fighters would follow suit after Desarus and continue to try to get a clear shot on him. The Blade of Flames and it's pursuers were soon back in the trench run and quickly heading for a large floating mass of hull debris that had broken off from The Dark Fate due to damage from the battle. Desarus activated the Blade of Flames boosters and rushed for the pile of debris to try and dodge any attacks the enemy could throw and as soon as they got a lock on his ship the two Sith Fighters let off a compilation of Proton Torpedoes. Desarus in a rushed move wasn't quick enough to stop the boosters (and even if he was the immediate speed would be to great to slow down in time) so to avoid crashing into the debris. Luckily the first piece of debris in his path only scrapped against the bottom of the Blade of Flames sending it upwards in a diagonal point while the Proton Torpedoes were left with destroying that single portion of debris.

One of the Sith Fighters flew into the pile of debris to follow after Desarus while the other fighter flew above the debris "field" to get an easier path. This easier path turned out to be more of a death wish as the Sentinel was able to get an easy target from this point and destroyed the Sith Fighter making the trench chase a now one-on-one battle. The Sith Fighter pilot of course had signalled for some assistance but the higher ups were more into the idea of making sure The Dark Fate was captured first. This plan wasn't going to a good point either as the initial boarding had it's many set backs and the revelation that the ship was primed with a multitude of explosive charges after defending it became impossible - and it's various generators were being overloaded to cause nice explosions through out the ship. They were at last activated.

Within the engine rooms and it's various connecting facilitation's were a mass of red lights attached to packs of explosives or otherwise volatile objects which were flammable or explosive in nature. With a simultaneous chime these red lights shut off and then begun a massive line of explosions which was followed by the igniting of various fuels and the detonation of various consoles or explosive materials. The engine rooms were alight with orange flame and the massive engines were slowly ripped apart in various explosions - thus begun The Dark Fate's descent toward Rhen Var. although in a long term effect the ship was doomed to crash into the planet the immediate effects were deadly enough at a stand point. Any exhaust port that led out onto the hull of the ship would be letting out a large deposit of fire, which would be hard pressed to avoid without having ones ship melted to slag. As various Sith Fighter squads were now having addressed as they entered the trench runs to destroy the blade of Flames before it escaped. Within that threat was another more serious one at this point - well for Desarus at least. The ship was being torn apart by the various internal explosions and the now resumed Sith Destroyer bombardment (thanks to the fact most of the on board Sith Forces were dead or expendable and the Sith Lord that Desarus had fought was basically to crippled to be believed to have survived). Large chunks of the ship began to break and crumple off from the main body and within minutes The Dark Fate's hull was split right down the middle as the ship tore itself in half. This had adverse effects on the trench run namely the fact that it was ending. Desarus was now largely in the open for any of the ships now wanting to take shots at it but with luck the Serpent Squadron had finally made a returning entrance to help the Sentinel in it's retreat like Desarus' initial distraction.

The Blade of Flames aimed to be taking up a position alongside the Serpent Squadron but it's little surviving trench run partner was rather persistent as the Sith Fighter finally got a good clear shot and with a flurry of blaster bolts ripped the left wings clean off. In a rather lop-sided manner the Blade of Flames was only barely able to make into the Sentinel's hangar and even then the landing was more of a crash in the corner that Desarus had to smash open the cockpit hatch and leap out of it before it did so. The Sentinel and it's small guard of ace pilots quickly made it's retreat while the Sith Destroyers were more occupied with eliminating the final automated-turrets that were taking pot shots at them from The Dark Fate. Of course the Sith Empire's losses were not yet finished in this battle as The Dark Fate's front half (and the more larger part from the split) had begun a vertical descent towards Rhen Var with two Sith Destroyers directly in it's path. The two destroyers had originally been there to attack the underside (The albeit more powerful side of The Dark Fate) of the now fatally damaged super vessel, but in this case they were simply obstacles that were going to be ripped to shreds by the gigantic sword-like hull of The Dark Fate. The two destroyers quickly tried to pull away and found out all too soon that it had been too late as The Dark Fate's tip passed by and the gap that had already been made was being filled by The Dark Fate's hull, the the ships edges soon collided with The Dark Fate's as it passed by and as more of it passed by it started to crush into the two Sith Destroyers. Soon the Sith Destroyers were being pulled downward as metal screeched upon itself, within the bridges of both vessels, the comms arrays were filled with screams and cries for help while various engineering and maintenance teams reported a rapidly increasing rate of problems and before anyone knew it the Sith Destroyers begun to explode and rip apart. The only mark this left on The Dark Fate measured from minor scraped to embedded hull pieces (from the Sith Destroyers) while two large scorch marks dotted on almost symmetrical points.

The Dark Fate would eventually enter Rhen Var's atmosphere and make it's final collision with the planet's surface. Scraping along the ice and snow filled ground where it smashed through the Rhen Var Jedi Temple and eventually fell into a large chasm. The end of the snapped, broken and beaten hull stuck out of the chasm clearly out matching it in size and the second half of The Dark Fate would soon land not far off in a series of large and small craters formed from various parts of the hull breaking off. One of which was made from the ships bridge.

It had only been a week after the Sith Empire made there attack on The Order of the Inferno and already Desarus was losing contact with the remnant survivors that had escaped. It was easy to figure out that the Sith were making sure every last one of them died. The Sith were employing various tactics in this hunt, namely it began through the Force - trying to find out where the Grey-Jedi were hiding was the hardest part. After figuring out where the Grey-Jedi was actually hiding the job became easier. The Sith could employ various connections even the puppet governments under there control or whatever Underworld criminals were swept under there fold. If those didn't work to end the life they could set up traps or ambushes through the use of Imperial Spies to assassinate the target. In more extreme measures they would employ Sith Inquisitors to break the Grey-Jedi through a brutal use of Force Powers and mind gamers or in a quicker term they simply destroyed the Grey-Jedi with the raw power of Sith Warriors - the relative ease the Sith were holding was in the fact that the Order of the Inferno was completely demoralized and it's members far outnumbered. Desarus was able to gather up a scarce group of the surviving members aboard the Sentinel where they discussed several things mainly the order's future. The group agreed to try and appeal a return to the Jedi Order while the Order of the Inferno would have to be disbanded. An unfortunate end to an abrupt beginning.

Duel on Raxus Prime:
"We arrived on Raxus, hoping for some time to recover, we were met only by the being that would end the remaining members of our Order."

- The Holocron's Gatekeeper

Main Article: Duel on Raxus Prime

After a random Hyperspace jump to avoid a Sith Destroyer. The Sentinel and it's crew of remnants from the Order of the inferno decided that it was best to land to repair the ship from the damage it took in it's initial retreat. After figuring out that they were above Raxus Prime - a planet Desarus was familiar with if only slightly. The group decided to make a landing there to search for salvage to fix the Sentinel's damaged engines and various other parts of the hull and outer systems. The ship landed on what seemed like the landing platform of some long abandoned facility and a small portion of the ship's crew - Desarus included - left the ship to search the facility, apparently feeling some kind of dark presence emanating from it's lower floors. The group made there way in through a door on this landing pad - of course it required the use of the Force thanks to years of erosion and disrepair. Upon enterting the facility the group were faced with a large ring like chamber, from a group of viewing windows they were able to take a look into the center of the facility which seemed to be some sort of cannon if that had made any sense. All the group cared about was the large amount of parts within the chamber which hopefully could be used as salvage to repair the Sentinel. Making sure to navigate quickly through the facility - the group finally ended up in the lower levels where they had learned that the power generators to the station were stored. Being cautious as the presence of something dark flowed about the halls of the lower levels. The Grey-Jedi soon came face to face with this presence. The room holding the generators flowed full of Dark Side energies a physical purple mist covered the floor with bolts of energy coarsing through and a cloaked entity stood in the center of this mist. The cloaked figure slowly rose to it's feet, revealing that it's cloak was hiding a suit of armour and a most familiar appearance.

Seeing the face of this entity, caused everyone of the Grey-Jedi to activate there lightsabers. Desarus even went so far as to question the entity who answered in kind - with generalizations and cryptic terms. Lightning coarsed across the upper part of the entity's arm and hand before being fired at the group. One of the Grey-Jedi stepped forward blocking the bolts of energy with his lightsaber, while another Grey-Jedi rushed towards the entity with Force Run. The entity eyeing a panel of metal on the ground and in the incoming Grey-Jedi's directed path shot it into the air with the Force just as the Grey-Jedi stepped on it - quickly breaking his run and causing him to smash into the floor. Any chance at killing the Grey-Jedi was thwarted as a large Feeorin Grey-Jedi wielding a double-bladed lightsaber - lunged from overheard thanks to a Force Jump. The entity hop-stepped back out of range of the attack, forcing him to release his Force Lightning. Desarus made the next move as he rushed forward with a Force Run followed by a Force Jump. Quickly going into a spin in the air as the blue and red beams of light that made up his lightsabers blurred together in a white effect through the spin. Coming down on the entity like a large spinning blade it finally forced the entity into revealing it's lightsaber - from a belt covered with lightsabers he picked out one with a black lightsaber blade, And with a precise swing deflected the oncoming attack. Going on the counter offensive the entity blaster the repelled with a strong Force Push which shot him away a small distance before he broke the force of it thanks to a Force Repulse. Giving the entity no more time to react the large Feeorin Grey-Jedi charged at the entity locking the two in a quick lightsaber duel as the two exchanged blows. With a swing to his left the entity was blocked and instead of being countered with the other saber blade, the Feeorin opted for a Force Push which shot the entity back a fair deal and was followed repeatedly by a mass of Force Pushes from the other Grey-Jedi as well as Desarus.

The entity was blasted into the wall, where his body made a nice dent into it thanks to the force and rapidity of the various Force Pushes. Before the entity could even react the Feeorin launched a powerful Force Push which shot the entity through the wall and into the open trash heaps of Raxus Prime. The entity's body smashed into the hull of a wrecked ship which had become overly flimsy as the entity broke right through it in it's fall. Believing the entity defeated now that it was away from this pool of Dark Side energy the group begun to check the generators for any sign to reactivate them. A Togruta Grey-Jedi opted for the idea of trying to power them through Force Lightning but the others wished to try it without the over use of there Force Powers.

The group separated a bit. Most of the Grey-Jedi had entered a room just opposite of the generators while the rest remained in the room. Rishti a Togruta Grey-Jedi was about to suggest an alternative to there current search for a means to reactivating the consoles but before that could happen a lightsaber ripped through his chest. The only two still in the generator room were Desarus and a Draethos Grey-Jedi by the name of Rixx, both of whom ignited there lightsabers immediately while the lightsaber that had pierced Rishti's chest deactivated and Rishti was thrown to the side by the Force. The killer was none other than the apparition who had not five minutes ago been shot off into a space craft's hull - which sat quite a far ways from the facility. Although the entity's return seemed to quick to be conceivable a large hole in the floor suggested his entry point. Before either Grey-Jedi made a move, the entity begun speaking and explaining that he was an apparition conjured of the Dark Side Energies on various planets Desarus had earlier visited before and after his fall to the Dark Side and his redemption from it. The entity then told his opponents to call him by the title Darth Igneous. Without an answer Desarus quickly charged at this self claimed Darth Igneous and began to attack. First with his right saber and then his left, both of which were blocked with a rather strong amount of strength which forced back a staggering recoil. Before Desarus was able to strike again, Darth Igneous struck Desarus' stomach with his knee and then punched him in the face which caused him to stagger back further. While regaining his balance, Darth Igneous caught Desarus in a Force Grip and then Rixx struck, attacking Igneous from behind in an attempt to catch him off guard - the cloaked apparition simply moved to the side and countered the attack with his saber - the clash only lasted a few seconds before Rixx's saber was pushed from his clutches and into the ground.

Igneous quickly proceeded to sever Rixx's hands and then kick him away before returning his attention to Desarus. Desarus had broken the Force Grip with a quick Force Repulse and stood with his arms at his sides as Force Lightning coarsed across his arms - leaping out of his fingers and striking the ground. As he let out an anger filled yell he also fired the Force Lightning that Igneous counted with a bout of Force Lightning of his own. For whatever reason the lightning seemed to fight itself, in a sense cancelling out the ability as the lightning crackled off of itself. Eventually they both gave up on the Force Lightning and Desarus was quick to grip his lightsabers and charge at Igneous once more. First with an over head strike which Igneous blocked but Desarus was quick in his continuance as he spun around, crouching his legs and swinging in for a strike at Igneous' legs. Igneous jumped the attack and Desarus caught Igneous with a Force Grip. Flinging the Sith Lord into a wall and quickly raising him into the air once again. Ripping one of the deactivated generators out of the wall Desarus was quick to smash it into Igneous - both the generator and his body being smashed against a wall. But it was in no way an end to the fight as Igneous somehow stopped the attack from killing him, throwing the very same generator back at Desarus who caught it in a Force Grip - the sudden pace of it all pushed him back slightly and caused him to drop the generator. Igneous lifted the generator again and tossed it aside so that he had a clear view of Desarus and he also put an end to Rixx's life as he passed by - igniting his saber in the man's head. Desarus yelled out in anger started to call on the Force in a simplistic wild sense. Anything that wasn't nailed down was raised into the air and thrown around the room, Igneous put in the position of being cautious as to avoid anything that came at him.

The more Desarus called on the Force in this manner, the more parts and pieces of the room were ripped apart and joined in the barrage. While dodging all that came at him, Igneous concentrated on a single item that he waited to be thrown at him - a moderately sized cargo cylinder. Soon enough the cargo cylinder shot towards him at a great pace and igneous evaded it by spinning around just out of it's ranger. But as he spun he caught it in a Force Grip and spun it along side him eventually redirecting it and launching it at Desarus. The cargo cylinder smashed off of Desarus' chest, causing his wild Force storm to end and all the lifted object to start raining down through out the room. Igneous slowly walked towards Desarus, every few steps he would raise a sizable item and smack it off of Desarus. First was a plating from the wall, the second seemed to be a piece of the generator and third was the corpse of the dead Rixx. After recovering from being hit repeatedly Desarus look ahead of himself to see he was face-to-face with Igneous who immediately blasted Desarus back with a Force Push - which shot him forth and through a large durasteel door. In the other room Desarus scrapped across the floor until his body lay at the end of the room, it was to dark to see but he could feel the presence of his allies who had more than likely came back after hearing any sounds that dawned the resumed fight.

Darth Igneous entered the room that Desarus was flung into but not before grabbing the lightsaber that belonged to Rishti. Entering the darkened room the only available light came from the small amount of light shining in front the broke open door and Igneous and Rishti's lighstabers - the glows of which didn't exactly extend a long distance. Stepping into the center of the room Igneous' looked around seeing that the room was circular and that the only thing of note was a bridge that clung onto the ring shape of the room. Igneous shortly enough returned his attention to Desarus who was laying on the ground clutching his chest, most likely the spot where that held the most pain at this point. Just as Igneous motioned to take a step he stopped and looked to the bridge. As he looked around the bridge which was being lit up by the activation of a group of lightsabers - eight to be exact. The remaining Grey-Jedi of the Order of the Inferno stood in an oval formation around Igneous - not to mention being a floor above him. The Grey-Jedi leaped from the bridge and landed around Igneous. Two of the Grey-Jedi broke from the encircling to attend to Desarus and heal him (two of them making the healing a lot quicker) while the others readied to fight Igneous. The first to attack was Chen a Cerean Grey-Jedi, utilizing a Saberstaff. Chen at first opted for a piercing strike which eventually changed in favour of an upward strike, Igneous using Rishti's lightsaber blocked the attack - denying Chen's upward strike - without even turning around. He quickly broke the clash of there sabers by lifting his and then bringing it back down on Chen's saber which knocked said saber down close to the ground. Igneous spun around to face Chen and before any other attack could be done to her, Kang a Devaronian Grey-Jedi intervened by sweeping at the Sith with her lightsaber, it was blocked however and Igneous changed tactics.

With a jolt from the Force Igneous ran up Kang's body before leaping off of her with the addition of a kick to the face, Igneous did this to avoid Olim the Feeorin of the group who had struck from behind with only one of his double-bladed saber blades active. Now that Igneous was over the group he fired powerful Force Push which knocked the group back to the edges of the room. As Igneous landed he made sure to have the backing of the Force and caused a large explosion of Force Energy which further assaulted the already knocked back Grey-Jedi. To further continue his attack, Igneous spun around while making use of Force Shockwave which did well to incapacitate two the Grey Jedi while it only injured or stunned the rest. Olim was one to simply shrug off the effects and caught Igneous in Force Grip, tossing him back into the room where the entire fight began. Olim rushed into the room behind Igneous, where he threw his lightsaber at the Sith in hopes to hit him before he could recover, this unfortunately failed as Igneous ducked under the saber and avoided any attempted unarmed attacks from Olim by flipping over him. Olim saw it as obvious that Igneous moved out of the way after avoiding the saber after all it would act like a boomerang and return to it's master. But now the tables were turned and the moment Olim caught his saber, Igneous shot Olim out of the hole that Olim originally blaster him out of. Olim landed on a large wrecked platform not far from the ship that Olim had forced Igneous into. Turning around, reactivating his saber and watching as Igneous leaped out and onto the platform the two stared at each other for a moment before continuing the fight.

Olim and Igneous both dropped into there respective stances before making any form of attack. Olim stood with his legs close and his arms outstretched at a mid-length, his double-bladed lightsaber was held in both hands with both saber blades activated. Igneous stood with his legs wide apart in a side stance, with his right arm outstretched in front of him while his left arm was overhead. The two simply continued to stare at each other, breathing in tandem and soon everything became quiet. The two eventually rushed each other, Olim striking the first blow as he leaped into a drop kick that was immediately followed by a Force Push - smashing Igneous off the wall of the building they had just left. As Olim fell to the ground he adjusted his body so that he rolled forward and quickly rushed out from the roll into a sprint thank to Force Run. The charge was halted as Igneous used Force Throw with the stolen lightsaber from Rishti. With a timed and precise strike, Olim was able to slice the lightsaber hilt in half as it spun by him, although it severed one of his head tendrils but it didn't cause him much pain and he continued on as if it was never there to begin with. Igneous quickly rushed at Olim, swinging in his blade at his side. Olim blocked it swiftly and easily with a simply flick up of his wrists the left saber blade of his lightsaber was blocking the attack. Igneous swung around from the attack almost immediately spinning around to attack Olim's right side the block was repeated with the other blade but Igneous continued this attack, keeping Olim blocking while not actually exerting himself until finally on the fifth spin, Igneous coated his lightsaber in Force Lightning which was blocked almost in reflex by Olim which in turn caused him to be blaster by the Force Lightning, causing him to stumble back a fair bit. Igneous shout out a second blast of Force Lightning, this time the bolts of electricity were red instead of the ordinary blue and seemingly much more powerful.

Through the continuous blast of electricity Olim was brought to his knees as steam streamed off of his body and into the air because of his burnt flesh. Igneous loomed over him before his finger tips tinged with a third blast of what looked like Force Lightning although this blast was different from the first two as it's tint was orange and when it made contact with Olim his body ignited in flames - as Igneous' trademark skill Force Inferno. Olim screamed in pain before he was blasted off the platform by a Force Push - smashing through the hull of the ship that Igneous was shot through before and finding himself on a bridge. Olim found his sight start to fail him as they glazed over and the last thing he saw was a purple flash as his own lightsaber was impaled in his chest by Igneous.

Desarus and the remaining Grey-Jedi were slowly making the return to the upper levels of the facility when they felt Olim's end through the Force. Chen in particular showed the most signs of anger and grief as she turned from the group and ran off in the direction of the lower levels. The others failing to stop her decided to follow after her themselves in hopes of aiding her currently idiotic actions. Before they could get far there comm-links sprung to life as the crew on board the Sentinel reported the current situations - that being a Sith Destroyer had just arrived in the atmosphere and had apparently found the Sentinel if it's landing craft and fighter squadrons were any indication. Desarus - albeit in a slightly dulled and quiet sense - told the crew to have the Sentinel escape from the area in hopes of returning later or at least finding a valid hiding place to repair the ship. The crew following orders did there best to start up the engines of the ship with no luck. The thrusters would activate in a few bursts and then deactivate. This predicament was followed by the first strafing run of Sith Fighters, which easily started damaging the hull thanks to the shields being down. The engineers quickly rushed for the engine rooms to do what they could while gunners manned the appropriate positions to fire on the Sith Fighters, however this skirmish proved futile and inevitably short as the Sith Destroyer itself opened fire destroying the Sentinel and with it, her crew. The facility shook around as the vibrations and indeed stray turbolaser fire hit it. The small group of Grey-Jedi were even more hard pressed now as the first of the Sith landing transports set out there contingent of Troopers. Three of the remaining Grey-Jedi rushed on ahead to make sure a secure path was held for the two Grey-Jedi that were aiding Desarus' weakened state and one other Grey-Jedi who would serve as protection for them. Meanwhile Chen had come face-to-face with Darth Igneous outside in front of an elevator that she had not long exited.

Chen activated her Saberstaff while Igneous made use of Olim's double-bladed lightsaber. This of course was a ploy to lure Chen into attacking and it had worked. This was a simple trick to annoy one who used the weapon of another, something about disgracing the original wielder or some such nonsense that Igneous held no care for. Obviously enraged Chen charged forward with a thrust and Igneous removed the saberstaff's blade from it's trajectory before it could hit him, Chen quickly retaliated with a strength that was completely misleading from her appearance, bringing her saberstaff back upwards with a strength that outmatched the amount Igneous had used - well against his own calculations. Igneous quickly put distance between them with a light Force Push with his free hand but Chen closed the distance within seconds once more as she swung in to strike Igneous' chest. He dodged to the left and then struck with his own saber only to be blocked, the clash gave way to Chen's secondary weapon as her free hand Force Gripped a lightsaber that hid within a pouch on her belt. This short lightsaber was swung in on Igneous' face who - with enough force - broke the clash and tried to avoid the attack. He avoided any actual damage as the saber only came close enough to slice his mask - which subsequently fell from his face in two pieces. Igneous made sure to retaliate with a stronger Force Push which smashed Chen into the elevator doors that lay behind her. After this he disposed of Olim's double-bladed saber and returned to the use of his Darksaber. Chen propelled herself towards Igneous with a Force Jump and endered a drill like motion which was easily avoided and responded to with a Force Choke. Igneous listened to the gasps Chen made before slamming her into the ground and lifting her back into the air. With an amused smile on his face Igneous slammed Chen off of the ground several times before smashing her against the wall and then through that very same wall.

Deactivating his saber with another opponent defeated, Igneous entered the elevator Chen has used - not giving much care to why it was active when the generators had been destroyed earlier - and rode it to it's destination. Exiting the elevator Igneous soon found himself in the same room as his seemingly slow moving prey. The Grey-Jedi given the initial protection duty activated his lightsaber and stood at the ready to face Igneous.

The Grey-Jedi rushed at Igneous, both Igneous and his opponent counter acting each other in the first swings by going in opposite directions and then doing the same in a lower swing. Igneous broke the flow as he spun around attacking the Grey-Jedi's other side which seemed to prove he was inexperienced as he wasn't quick enough to block it and his arm was severly burned. Igneous continued the fight with a little bit of quick manuevering which cost the Grey-Jedi the loss of his dominant hand and with it his lightsaber. After this Igneous grabbed the Grey-Jedi by the throat before turning him in a 180 degrees angle before smashing him into the ground and finally piercing his lightsaber through the Grey-Jedi's chest. The two Grey-Jedi who had been helping Desarus ignited there own sabers and despite Desarus' protests they attacked Igneous. The fight was started with the two Grey-Jedi at Igneous front and back, forcing him to repel an attack from the front and quickly follow it up with a defense on his back. This pattern was short lived however as the Grey-Jedi behind Igneous went for a horizontal slash with his lightsaber which Igneous avoided by rolling under and out of there way. As Igneous rolled forward and rose to his feet he made use of a nearby cargo container which he smacked off the Grey-Jedi's back and then Force Gripped him in order to throw him across the room, giving him ample time to fight with this other Grey-Jedi. The two met in a clash as the two tried to force each other's lightsabers into the other's face. The favour seemed to be with the Grey-Jedi at first until Igneous kicked out the leg of his opponent, causing her to fall and the clash to be broken. Before Igneous could slay this Grey-Jedi, the other returned and blasted Igneous away with a bout of Force Pushes. Not allowing any chance for rest, Igneous was on his feet in a matter of seconds and attacked once again, shortly ending up between his two attackers once again.

However it ended a little differently this time as Igneous caught a problem in the attacking pattern - taking advantage as he repelled his opponent with a weak Force Push and then blocked an incoming attack from behind. Forcing the saber that had struck at him up and overhead of it's user, Igneous made use of a strong kick to the stomach to wind his would-be opponent while the other returned to fight only to find his attack hitting nothing but air and his legs being severed by a low sweep. Igneous finished his opponent by shocking him to death - allowing his screams to fill the air as the final Grey-Jedi looked on in horror, the Grey-Jedi entered a frenzy and rushed Igneous, showering him with a constant barrage of attacks until Igneous' defense was broken and just as it seemed like the Grey-Jedi was to kill the Sith, he blaster her with a wave of Force Lightning which was followed by a Force Shockwave and afterwards his own barrage of attacks. The partly stunned and burnt Grey-Jedi was pressed back and with a spiral of movements her arms were severed and her body split in two. Igneous approached Desarus expecting a rather easy final end when he felt a rather odd disturbance through the Force. Before he could figure out what was going on Desarus charged at him with his lightsabers active as if all of his wounds were gone and a deep black aura surrounded the man. Desarus attacked with his left saber first followed by his right and then his left again. With a Force Push blasting Igneous away when his defense was broken. Quickly following up his attack the seemingly possessed Desarus tossed his right saber at Igneous in a Saber Throw only to have it end up embedded in a wall as it missed it's target thanks to Force Speed. Desarus showed no care as he employed his own Force Speed and quickly closed the distance between himself and Igneous, striking in a fury of strikes shared between the two.

Before one knew it the two had entered a clash with the red of Desarus' lightsaber and the black of Igneous' Darksaber contrasting each other. The clash was broken and the two seemed to mimic each other as there lightsabers were brough to there right side and spun around once before they raised there left and fired out the strongest Force Pushed they could in such a motion - albeit this was all done in a rushed pace. The pushes collided and the two were blasted in opposite directions, both of them gaining balance in there own way before charging at each other again with Force Lightning covered lightsaber blades. This time there clash was met with a large explosion from the Force put into it all, which caused the floor to cave in and both of them to fall through it. The drop was quite large and Desarus wasn't about to let the fight stop for a few moments simply because of it. Landing on a sizeable chunk of debris he quickly jumped off of it and towards Igneous, grabbing him by the feet and spinning them both in the air before tossing him down. Igneous smashed off the ground and watched as Desarus flew down to try and hit him, Firing a Force Push to try and repel the attack - it was seemingly anticipated as Desarus fired off his own - firmly keeping him from being shot back as they cancelled each other out at this distance. Desarus fall ended with his lightsaber piercing the ground and a Force Shockwave emanating from the vibrations as Igneous rolled and avoided the attacks with a rather sloppy jump. Desarus rushed Igneous from behind, giving the Sith barely a moment in which to avoid the incoming attacks his only choice being a rather flimsy blocking which was easily broken. As Igneous stumbled back, Desarus delivered a kick to his chest which sent him flying back a small bit before he propelled himself into a back flip and landed on the ground with a skid.

Desarus was already on his tail with a follow up attack however - and it was clearly obvious that the the attack was going to be powerful as the air was visibly being pulled in around Desarus' left arm and a visible aura-like border of blue energy surrounded this wind as it fired. The impending Force Push was finally fired and the strength of it send Igneous flying through the air, smashing him through a large durasteel door and into a massive room that was made up of various catwalks and large circular like furnaces on the bottom. Desarus ran into the large room as well, the two standing off on the catwalk when all of a sudden various lights and mechanical sounds started to become apparent. For unknown reasons the facility's power had been re-activated and the worst part was the large furnaces below them. In between each catwalk the large furnaces fired off immense blasts of heat which extended from the bottom of the room to the top - and most likely to whatever needed to be burned. Desarus and Igneous charged at each other there lightsabers clashing once again with a large pillar of flame blasting from the immediate furnace next to them - which seemed to contrast the battle.

There initial clash was broken when large blotches of melted and burning metal started to crash on the catwalk. Easily burning through the metal and making it unstable. As the clash broke Igneous kicked Desarus away and Force Jumped to another catwalk not far from the current one. Desarus flipped around and landed on the ground with the use of his legs and left hand. He followed Igneous' jump moments before the catwalk fell. Both of them took notice that the catwalk was now taking a dip in boiling liquid metal and made a few comments before there duel would continue. The aura of Force Energy which had been giving Desarus enough strength to fight at last dispersed but in it's wake it revealed that Desarus had been keeping up a constant Force Heal to put him back into a natural fighting position. This didn't bother Igneous much as the wounds he had sustained were barely having any effect on him - an advantage of being a personification of Dark Side energies it seemed. The two rushed each other, quickly engaging with flurries of swift attacks that both simply dodged and avoided up until Desarus caught Igneous with an uppercut-like sweep. Immediately following up the sweep by running up Igneous' body and leaping off with a kick to the chin, Desarus landed a short distance away and ran at Igneous again. Before he could get within attacking distance, Igneous blasted him with Force Lightning and threw him off the platform trying to burn him to death by tossing him over an about-to-ignite furnace. However, Desarus had been thrown to early and passed over the gap - landing on another cat walk thanks to a Force Repulse breaking his flight - before the molten metal could hit him - however the heat did have some effect and his jacket was set ablaze - easily enough removed without any casualty though. As Igneous made his landing on the same catwalk, Desarus rushed in his direction, but slightly off as if aiming to the side.

When close enough Desarus through his burning jacket at Igneous as an immediate distraction while he himself leaped off the catwalk, grabbing a lengthy pole which held some electronics at it's tip - of course this was unimportant. Spinning around on the pole he came around to the back of Igneous who had simply sliced the jacket in half with his Darksaber moments before Desarus delivered a powerful kick to his back which flung him across the catwalk. Instead of going for some sort of constant barrage like he had before, Desarus planted himself at his current position and waited for Igneous with some sort of trick up his sleeve. Igneous had no care for such things however and simply made use of his own assault, by charging towards his enemy. Desarus lifted one of the few lightsabers that had been able to stay attached to his belt through all of this erratic action, and propelled it with the Force in Igneous direction, who was able to dodge it barely. this made Igneous reconsider his attack after all the catwalk was rather thin and precise dodging was hard when one had to rely on reflex to get the job done without falling into a pit of liquid metal. Instead of waiting for Igneous to make his next move, Desarus made his own. With a flick of his lightsaber and a twirl of his feet, he chopped a part of the long pole he had used earlier and gripped onto it with the Force. Putting it within an ideal position he fired it like a large harpoon across the catwalk - which worked in Igneous favor as he ran towards it, eventually jumping over and landing on it's hind-edge before jumping off once again to come down on Desarus. Coating his Darksaber in Force Lightning he flew threw the air to meet Desarus who employed the same technique on his lightsaber in hopes of repelling Igneous, the two met and the Force Lightning exploded from both blades and covered the two in a field of electricity which eventually shot them back a short distance and caused them to drop there lightsabers.

Both Igneous and Desarus started preparing to fire off bouts of Force Lightning but as Igneous fired his it became apparent he was firing a Force Inferno and Desarus had already changed tactics to instead use Force Absorption. Desarus slowly started to walk across the catwalk, closing the distance between himself and Igneous - the only problem being the distance was quite wide and Igneous wasn't giving up his attack as he kept increasing the amount of power his Force Inferno had in an attempt to overload Desarus with the power of it and eventually kill him. This wasn't working as evidenced by the fact it only served to slow Desarus down. Given time Desarus reached the half way point between his original starting position and Igneous. Stepping just beyond his and Igneous' lightsabers, he stopped moving forward and instead pulled his hands back before thrusting them forward and letting out a mighty Force Push that not only sent the Force Inferno reeling back but contained enough force to rip the catwalk apart and send Igneous flying across the air. Desarus quickly grabbed the lightsabers and ran across the catwalk as it's damaged metal started to crumble and fall apart. Before it could take Desarus with it he leaped from it with a Force Jump which was aided by the remaining energy that he had absorbed from Igneous' attack. Desarus quite well landed where Igneous was embedded into the wall by inserting his lightsabers into the man's chest. From here Desarus back flipped onto a nearby catwalk that sat not far above them. Gripping the lightsabers as well as Igneous' impaled body he brought them up to his level and threw Igneous onto the catwalk while retrieving the lightsabers. Igneous despite not being able to use his arms - climbed to his feet in preparation for whatever attack would be bestowed upon his battered body. This time Desarus' attacks were all aimed at places where Igneous' armour kept him covered and thanks to the Dark Side energies that engulfed the armour, said attacks were dulled down. this only continued until Desarus eventually broke the armour - piercing his lightsabers threw Igneous' stomach and lifting him over head in anger. From this point Desarus threw Igneous off the edge where he plummeted towards the pits of liquid metal - only to be purged by one of those very furnaces as it ignited below him, melting his body within mere seconds. With Igneous gone, Desarus had no hesitation leaaving the area and quickly ran off in aim for the upper levels where his remaining comrades were no doubt fighting Imperial troops or if luck was on there side - already beaten them.

When Desarus finally arrived in the vicinity of his few remaining comrades, he looked upon them with a sight of relief and they had the same look upon there faces, The three had managed to survive and the room was filled with a plethora of corpses of Imperial Troopers. With a very quick briefing on why Desarus was alone - the relieved atmosphered took a turn into sour but the remaining Grey-Jedi quickly turned to move on where they found themselves where they originally began. The large expansive landing bay was filled by Sith Troopers and a constant supply of troops were being landed from the Sith Battlecruiser in the atmosphere. The group simply looked on as the troopers readied there blasters to take aim, with there lightsabers ignited the four of them charged into the group of troopers and a full scale battle begun.

With his dual-length Lightsaber Pike, Tarvus leaped into action. Spinning the tail end of his lightsaber pike in a large sweep which at the most either caused his opponents to fall to the floor or winded them. Immediately Tarvus followed it up with another sweep of his pike - this time with the proper lightsaber end which killed all of those he had initially hit - excluding the few that fell to the ground prior to the second sweep. Spinning his Lightsaber Pike like some sort of gymnastics pole, Tarvus stuck it into the ground and lifted himself off of the ground. While he was in the air Tarvus spun the Lightsaber Pike around until he came down on the ground - smashing the lightsaber on the ground as a wave of Force Energy shot out in a shockwave around him, killing quite a few more Sith Troopers. Making a forward roll and quickly climbing to his feet, Tarvus was already in the thick of enemy lines again which were easily dispatched with a Force Repulse. This is when a Sith Warrior revealed himself by leaping out from the Sith Troopers to attack Tarvus. Blocking the crimson-blade of the Sith Warrior's lightsaber, Tarvus spun back quickly and then moved to retaliate. Swinging his lightsaber pike at the Sith Warrior's legs only to have the blade blocked. Repelled once more Tarvus went on the defensive - using his lightsaber pike to block the Sith Warrior's ferocious attack - this ended when Tarvus' lightsaber pike was split in half rendering it around the same size as the normal lightsaber pike. Using the broken end Tarvus smacked the Sith Warrior across the face, following it up by smacking the Warrior in the stomach with his knee. The Warrior stepped back gasping for air but before he could do anything Tarvus sliced his head off with his working end.

Spinning her dual green lightsabers, Kang easily repelled the first flurry of blaster bolts to come her way. Charging into the first two Sith Troopers that she could reach, Kang dispatched them with a tryst of quick movements before moving on into more troopers. Recklessly swinging her lightsabers like some sort of rampaging beast - Kang got her fair share of kills at the expense of a few injuries. Rushing at the next Sith Trooper, Kang ran up his body with the use of Force Speed, while doing so she severed the Sith Trooper's arms and leaped off of his chest with the aid of Force Jump which sent the Trooper flying off the edge of the landing platform and into the junk filled trash heaps below. As soon as Kang's feet met the ground had gained the aid of two exact duplicates of herself - conjured by Force Projection. The Sith Troopers fired on all of them while the three made there next attack. The real Kang broke from the small group and lifted the Troopers surrounding her into the air through Levitation. While Kang was initially vulnerable her duplicates took up positions to defend her for a few moments before vanishing. They vanished in the same moment that Kang launched into the air with Force Jump latching on to one of the aerial bound Sith Troopers with her hand. From the grip Kang fired out a storm of Force Lightning through the Sith Troopers body while she conjured something akin to Force Whirlwind on herself to spin both of them around at quite a fast pace. As the whirlwind stopped - Kang threw the dead Sith Trooper at his comrades and the impact was enough to knock a nice group of them down. As Kang landed once again she fired a large Force Shockwave killing many more Sith Troopers and clearing the path in front of her of enemies. Kang watched as three incoming Sith Landing Transports were making there way to the landing pad to drop off more Sith Troopers into this already army-sized force.

Without a second though Kang charged for the edge of the landing platform. Jumping into the air with a doubled-up Force Jump which gave her enough lift to reach the first of the landing transports. Standing on it's cockpit - Kang ignited her lightsabers and sliced through the transparisteel window immediately killing the pilot and smashing the controls with her lightsaber. The Sith Troopers on board now condemmed to death as soon as the ship would crash - Kang moved on by leaping to the next Transport landing on it's hull. De-activating her lightsabers she gripped onto the edge of the hull and spun herself down into where the crew stood. Giving the Sith Troopers no chance to respond, Kang Force Pushed all of the Sith Troopers out of the other exit point - there screams quickly dulled in comparison to the roaring of the ship's engines. Heading into the cockpit, Kang killed the Sith Trooper be decapitating him from behind, blasting out the Transparisteel with a Force Push and making her way onto the hull of the ship once more. Once there Kang Force Gripped one of the ship's wings, bending it downwards and Force Crushing the ships engines before finally leaping to the final transport. The first and second transports met in a collision causing them both to be destroyed before reaching the landing pad. However the hasty jump Kang had made wasn't exactly appropriate and she was only able to grab onto the floor plating of the ship's hull, as her grip was lost, Kang swung herself around - coming up from under the ship to be level with it's opened hull doors, the Troopers looked in dismay as Kang fired off a Force Repulse which rocked the ship heavily onto it's left side, this allowed for Kang to land inside the ship (albeit by gripped the floor plating once more but this time on the inside). The Troopers disoriented and lying all over the place with a few even falling from the craft could do nothing to stop Kang. when the ship eventually returned to a proper flight pattern, Kang was able to climb to her feet and killed the Sith Troopers while they were doing the same. Entering the cockpit and smashing the pilot's head off of the controls before smashing him through the Transparisteel and letting him fall to his death. Kang finally climbed onto the hull of this shuttle - leaping off of it as it crashed into the landing pad.

Unlike his comrades, Renashu did not openly rush into battle instead he took a few steps backwards before disappearing through the use of Force Cloak. Soon after Renashu appeared once again in the middle of a group of Sith Troopers who were dispatched thanks to a Force Bellow. With his twin Guard Shotos Renashu found it not all to hard to deflect and repel with the Sith Troopers attacks but given the nature of many of the Force powers he knew, he would have been a lot more helpful in a stealth position as he originally started. Despite this Renashu continued to fight - making use of a Stasis Field to trap the immediate Sith Troopers in there place. Unfortunately before Renashu could make his next move a sniper had taken aim and shot Renashu in the back of the head, killing him.

Eventually Desarus, Tarvus and Kang were surrounded at the center of the Sith forces. All three stood back-to-back while joking about there current situation. Resigning to there fate that almost seemed assured the three decided that they were going to die fighting however. With a determination only found through the fact that they were deeming themselves as already dead, the three broke from there position leaping into the Sith forces as they opened fire. With his single lightsaber in hand, Desarus made a quick trist with his wrist - reflecting three blaster bolts in the process, immediately he followed up the initial motion by entering a spin slicing the leg's of two Sith Troopers off, causing them to fall in pain. Continuing to follow up his attacks, Desarus left arm was covered in red Force Lightning which leaped from his fingers - blasting the Sith Troopers en masse. Kang was having a much harder time of it as her earlier heavy exertion of Force energies had tired her out making her sluggish and rather un-responsive. She was still able to cut down a large group of Sith Troopers however before a single trooper started shooting her while her guard dropped in exhaustion. Following the first Sith Trooper were several others all joining in the blaster-frying. Eventually Kang fell to her knees, her lightsabers dropped to her side and finally she keeled over only to be repeatedly shot by surrounding Sith Troopers long after she had died. Tarvus dispatched the first amounts of Sith Troopers in his path with a Force Repulse but his path was soon stopped by a Sith Warrior, there dueling was made rather shot when Tarvus jammed his lightsaber hilt into the Sith Warrior's throat causing him to reel back in a reflexed coughing fit. Tarvus flipped over the Sith Warrior before holding his Lightsaber pike up to the Sith Warrior's throat and using rather unorthodox maneuvers to break the Sith Warrior's neck.

Not satisfied with simply breaking the Sith Warrior's neck, He quickly recoiled and then continued by thrusting his lightsaber into the Sith Warrior's back. During this instant a Sith Inquisitor attacked, Smashing the Sith Warrior's corpse into Tarvus with a Force Push, before Tarvus could retaliate a Sith Sniper shot him in the back of the leg forcing him to colapse, the Sith Inquisitor immediately finished him off by Force Choking him until he died. While Desarus was now alone on the ground, the Sith Battleship in the atmosphere was beginning to run into problems as three Thranta-Class Warships arrived - barraging the Sith Battleship with there guns. Visibly getting closer to the battle on the landing pad were three ships - the Bright Inferno and two Aurek-Class Tactical Strikefighters. The Bright Inferno used it's anti-personnel turret to fire on the Sith Troopers while the Aurek's performed a strafing run - almost hitting Desarus in the process. Even with the aid of a freighter armed with enough weaponry to kill all the Sith Troopers on the landing pad - Desarus knew he wouldn't be able to escape before being gunned down but an unlikely saviour had made his appearance from the hangar entry - the Troopers and Desarus' attention were directed towards the entrance as explosions and crumbling machinery could be heard and witnessed as the "saviour" came into view. The being was none other than the apparition of Darth Igneous, his armour ripped apart and melted while his complexion was destroyed, his face burned and his flesh melted - it was a miracle that he was still standing. Purple lightning-like energy surged over his mutilated arms and as he extended his arms the lightning shot forth, hitting a group of Sith Troopers and then like a chain - connected to the troopers closest to them and continued on until almost all of the troops and Sith were caught in the surge.

It wasn't long before it was understood that the ability was Drain Life and the deformed appearance Igneous held soon reverted to a mirror-image of Desarus' own facial features. Force Pulling one of the now dead Kang's lightsabers to himself, Igneous was soon in a position to attack a tired and weakened Desarus. The fight wasn't even a contest as Igneous quickly out matched Desarus through sheer speed and was about to deal the killing blow when he was interrupted by a barrage of blaster fire. "Carnage" Kreed walked down the loading ramp of the Bright Inferno while it landed, his Repeating Blaster firing a rapid chain of blaster bolts at Darth Igneous forcing him to back away from Desarus as he deflected the incoming attacks. Darth Igneous eventually crippled "Carnage" for a moment with a Force Push which forced him to fall back, in this spare moment, Igneous tried to attack Desarus again only to be attacked by the Bright Inferno's Anti-Personnel turret which forced him to relinquish his lightsaber for defense in favour of using Force Absorb to stop the attacks. The Anti-Personnel turret eventually aimed for Igneous' feet and the ground surrounding him, forcing the Sith Lord back from his intended target. Marcus Darvati eventually ran down the loading ramp to retrieve Desarus, helping him get on board the ship and at last "Carnage" reclaimed his footing just in time for the loading ramp to close up and the Bright Inferno to retreat. However it was official that the Order of the Inferno was now long dead.

Skirmish on Coruscant:
"I knew that a lot of people hated me after the acts I had commited but I never knew it ran so deeply."

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Main Article: Skirmish on Coruscant

After spending over a month in a medical facility on Coruscant, Desarus was eventually released and immediately started to get a grip on the situation such as current events and military reports. He would take a brief moment to visit his wife Arriwen before returning to his work - this had been the norm for Desarus ever since he was redeemed from the Dark Side, he was very distant from his friends and allies but no one could discern a proper reason why. While at the building of the Coruscant Guard, Desarus was asked to personally check up on an incident in Galactic City. Accepting the offer, Desarus headed over to the seen. A starport landing pad where two airspeeders had collided into each other and crashed down on the edge of the landing pad. Once Desarus arrived he was greeted by Cors Mensik the officer in charge of the investigation. While Desarus back was turned from Mensik he was silently surrounded by a group of Republic Troopers who wore cosmetically different armour from the usual armour design of the Republic Special Forces. Cors - with his blaster drawn - explained the situation to Desarus, that it was all a simple set up by a group of scorned veteran Republic soldiers who wanted revenge for damages done by Desarus's Dark Side persona Darth Igneous. Desarus failing to reason with the men at least warranted that he would not attack them nor would he let them kill him. This didn't do much to stop the renegades however as they opened fire on Desarus who responded by using Force Absorb on the blaster bolts as they came within his reach. Mensik eventually pulled back at the sound of his wrist communicator, activating it he listened to confirmation of two Republic pilots coming into the target zone - which easily translated to the two Aurek-Class Tactical Strikefighters coming into view. Before the fighters could get in range however, Desarus absorbed a flurry of blaster bolts and then responded immediately with a Force Push - which ramped up by the blaster bolts he had been absorbing up to that point - caused all of the Troopers including Mensik to be knocked quite a ways back.

Following the that feat, Desarus immediately made use of a Force Jump empowered back flip, causing him to leap right off of the landing pad moments before the Aurek's started firing on it. As he fell through the air, Desarus eventually came into contact with the many sky lanes of Galactic City. At first landing on an air speeder only to slip off of it without getting a grip on his position, Desarus continued this turn of events for a short while before he landed on an airspeeder with an open roof. Landing in the passengers seat he was of course - with fair reason - berated by it's Rodian pilot. With a brief moment of arguing the Rodian had been convinced - they could die together or they could work together and hopefully not die at all. Seeing no real choice in the matter the Rodian continued to fly the airspeeder while Desarus stood up on the back of body. It was basically insane to try and keep ones balance on a moving airspeeder but regardless the Force was capable of keeping his feet firmly planted for now. The two Aurek's were easily able to keep up with the airspeeder however - atmospheric flight or otherwise. The only problem they were to encounter was firing in a civilian area. While the Republic fighters were incapable of firing on him, Desarus took the chance to look around the area for anything that he could use to get rid of the two. Which was presented in a billboard in the middle of the skylane which was just up ahead. the Republic Pilots had apparently not noticed it - there attention focused on Desarus in case he tried to use the Force or even tried to flee. Eventually the Airspeeder passed by the billboard and the Pilot's attentions were drawn to it when it obviously became an obstacle in there path. One of the fighters were forced to jump to the left to avoid crashing into the billboard but ended up in the sky lane which was travelling in the opposite direction from Desarus.

The other pilot berated him over the comm to get back on target while Desarus put his own plans into action against the single starfighter. Bending his knees and igniting his lightsabers, Desarus prepared to jump, and eventually leaped into said jump as a Shuttlebus flew under the airspeeder. This gave Desarus a clear landing point and safely proceeded his jump, going into a helicopter-like spinning motion, Desarus' lightsabers sawed through the outer hull of the Aurek-Class Tactical Strikefighter and even the transparisteel-window that made up the cockpit viewport and eventually sliced through the top parts of the engines as he continued on past the starfighter, eventually flowing into a dive roll as he landed on the shuttlebus that had now continued on further. The Aurek-Class Tactical Strikefighter, started to descend as it flew out of control and the pilot in the emergency continually pressed the ejection button until he was launched from the cockpit in the ejector seat. The starfighter would continue on to crash into a wall and explode on impact, with the remains descending to the grounds of the lower city. With one of his enemies out of action, Desarus leapt from the Shuttlebus, to land on an airspeeder below. The pilot was a lot more disgruntled than the previous Rodian pilot, that Desarus had disturbed and even pulled a blaster pistol on him. Desarus however had no time to simply waste disarming an armed opponent while on the run, and simply lifted him into the air and threw him onto a nearby landing platform. At the very least making sure he wasn't hurt badly before hijacking his airspeeder. By this time the other Aurek had broken out of the skylane and had already begun to double-back to catch Desarus, and with no civilians in the way, he had no qualms with firing on the commandeered airspeeder. Before Desarus could even travel a sizable distance the airspeeder had been shot and started to descend from the air.

Forced by the moment, Desarus leapt once more into the sky where he landed on another airspeeder - luckily for the pilot of this vehicle, the airspeeder was designed with a roof and Desarus was left latched onto the side as he tried to stop himself from falling off. It didn't work though and he lost his grip, falling further through the air, smashing off of two airspeeders as he fell it was almost a miracle when he landed onto a shuttlebus. It took a few moments but Desarus was able to shrug off the pain of the three impacts he had incurred from his fall and continued on as he jumped onto a nearby billboard which he used to make his way onto a skyscraper's roof. From there a Republic Gunship attacked, it's side doors open and a full squad of Republic Troopers had Desarus in there sights. When demanded that he surrender, Desarus begrudgingly complied by deactivating his active lightsaber. Two of the Troopers hopped onto the roof, slapping a pair of stun cuffs on Desarus' wrists and removing the lightsabers that lined his belts. After which the lightsabers were stored in a small container and Desarus was boarded onto the gunship. It's doors closed and the gunship begun to move. A short time later the gunship would land on an unsanctioned landing pad in the industrial center of Coruscant known as The Works. When the gunships doors opened, Desarus was escorted onto the land pad where Cors Mensik and two Bounty Hunters awaited. The greetings were short and soon enough Mensik ordered the Trooper Captain to execute Desarus, but before he could pull the trigger, Desaurs had already made use of a Force Shockwave - knocking all of the Troopers to the ground. One of the Bounty Hunters fired on Desarus only to see himself countered thanks to Force Absorption. Performing another Force Jump, Desarus landed behind the Republic Gunship and entered it.

His focus obviously on the small container that held his lightsabers. Opening the box and retrieving the first two lightsabers he could and used one of them to slice open his cuffs. Now that he was free from his bindings, Desarus re-emerged from the Gunship to see that the Troopers had long since gotten into a fighting formation and Mensik had armed himself with a Verpine Personal Shield Generator. The two Bounty Hunters stood at his sides, acting like bodyguards. Walking towards the amassed enemies, Desarus deflected each shot the Troopers fired but at the same time he tried to avoid engaging them in battle - which was easily apparent when he simply moved on past them towards Mensik and his Bounty Hunters. The Troopers were not so easily dismissed though and the group moved in, surrounding Desarus again and forcing him to defend himself as they utilized Vibroswords. Keeping to an all defensive strategy and due to the numbers of the Troopers, Desaurs was obviously pushed back until they had pushed him back to a wall where he would have to change tactics or lose his life. His tactics did change and he started to fight back. With quick spin of his blades followed by a Force Repulse, Desarus had effectively pushed all of the Troopers back, but he would have to completely remove them from the fight if he wanted to get to Mensik. The first Trooper to return to the fight was the Captain and he was swiftly put out of action when Desarus knocked his Vibrosword from his hands, tripped him up with a quick sweeping kick to his legs and then Force Pushing him until he collided with the landed Republic Gunship. A Trooper rushed up from behind Desarus, only to be repelled and pushed back until his back was against the wall like Desarus had been previously. Deactivating his lightsabers and pressing his palm against the Trooper's helmet he began to pree on with the Force, small cracks appearing in the helmet's visor and the wall behind him as the strength of the Force Push continually increased until it reached the point of a torrential-wind.

When the strength of the push was strong enough the Trooper's visor smashed and the wall broke through - sending the Trooper flying into the building, at best he was incapacitated and at worse he would be in a severely wounded state. Regardless Desarus turned to combat the next Trooper who attacked, which again was with a Vibrosword, and was easily repelled. However this time the Troopers were all ready and two more Troopers fired on Desarus with blaster rifles. They were blocked at first but the Trooper with the Vibrosword took the advantage of Desarus' distraction - choosing to grip him into a tackle and force the Jedi to the ground. Things didn't go to plan as Desarus stopped himself from falling and instead broke the tackle and performed a backflip (Which included kicking the Trooper in chin as his legs sweeped up). The moment Desarus landed on the ground, he fired a Force Push which stopped the other two Troopers from firing and then he made his move. Charging at the two, his lightsabers active once more. He swung in - slicing off the barrel's of the blaster rifles and then sweep kicked the left Trooper before throwing him into the air with Force Whirlwind. The other Trooper, Desarus apparently ignored but this proved otherwise when he fired a storm of Force Lightning at the Trooper shocking him enough to render him unconscious but not kill him. The pilot of the gunship finally recieving orders from Mensik, started the take-off procedure for the vessel only to find the cockpit besieged by Desarus. Unlike the Troopers, Desarus did not physically harm the pilot, instead he simply destroyed the controls of the ship and left the pilot to flee. Emerging from the gunship once more, Desarus walked towards Mensik with a swirling wall of telekinetically-held lightsabers floating around him. One of the Bounty Hunters raised his blaster only to be impaled by several lightsabers and rendered lifeless, the other Bounty Hunter had raised his weapon but had avoided the lightsabers and in a stunning display of skill, attacked Desarus with various weapons.

Which had forced Desarus into a retreating situation despite out-matching his opponent in sheer weaponry. Firing a few bolts from his rifle, Desarus deflected them only to find that the bolts simply dissipated but were also strong enough to force Desarus back, the weapon the Bounty Hunter used was an illegal weapon with extreme firepower the Sfor "Ripper" Carbine. The battle though, was still short and Desarus finished the Bounty Hunter off thanks to his wall of lightsabers holding back his opponents attacks while he Force Gripped the disabled Gunship and threw it at the Bounty Hunter. In the end the Bounty Hunter was thrown off the edge of the landing platform, the gunship following him to his death below. Now it was just Mensik and Desarus. Deactivating all of his lightsabers and returning them to his belt - he tried to negotiate with Mensik but the infuriated officer would have none of it and proceeded to attack. Force Absorbing the few shots Mensik fired and retaliating with Force Stun, Desarus attempted to subdue Mensik but the man would persist and continue his attacks before Desarus could take his weapons from him. In the end Desarus blasted Mensik with Force Push and he too fell from the landing platform.

Derelict Shadow:
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Apprentice:
3 ATC. Through the petition of allies, friends and some personal merits, Desarus was able to make a return to the Jedi Order. The Council accepted him among there ranks once more, although he was not allowed to keep his title of master, instead he was to serve as a Knight. Lack of trust was obvious, and expected, but Desarus was fine with this. Time healed all wounds as was often spoken. On the planet of Tython, the new base of operations for the Jedi Order, Desarus was visiting an old friend. Lumi Lovenia. A Jedi Scholar that worked in the Jedi Archives prior to the Sacking of Coruscant. The two had been friends, originally meeting while Desarus was at the young age of eighteen. She had helped him whenever he came to the archives in search of knowledge and the two developed a friendship built on intellectual banter during late Coruscant nights and warm glasses of Blue milk.

The two were meeting in a round shaped office, the room spartanly decorated. A desk sat covered with datapads, holobooks and even paperback books. Lumi most likely studied and archived this material, no doubt this was a straining time for the archivists. All there long and tired years of work in the Jedi Archive only to have it ripped apart when the Sith destroyed the Jedi Temple. No doubt they sought to rebuild what they had lost as quickly as possible. Which explained why they were working even now, while the Tython temple was still under construction. Four people were in the office in total, if you counted the droid at the side of Desarus. Lumi sat in a chair behind her desk. Dressed in brown robes with golden accents that came across as slightly dress-like in it's design. Behind her was Tu Aodhan, Lumi's apprentice. A young man who staunchly followed the Jedi Code. He was dressed in the standard Padawan robes, a washed out white in colour, a pair of brown boots and a brown cloak rested on his shoulders. Desarus' attire was quite a bit more bold than the others in the room. His custom battle armour covered his body. A dark shaded gray and an array of scratches covered the metal of his armour, while the red armourweave made it all to obvious that he was there. An improper colour when it came to the practices of stealth or assassination. But it sat well on the open battlefield's of the Great Galactic War and the insignia of the Galactic Republic all but signified the armour bearer's allegiance.

The droid, IX-12, Desarus' personal companion and a powerful ally was probably the most malevolent looking thing in the room. It's frame resembled that of a Human with only a few pointers that it was a droid. It's obvious heavy armaments could inspire fright in the easily intimidated and the deep red of it's photoreceptors was no doubt a sure sign of some sort of angered personality chip. Although the various clothing of the people in the room was slightly unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Lumi had called on Desarus for a reason. Being a Jedi Scholar and getting on in years, she felt that she could no longer teach her apprentice Tu in any pace that wouldn't hold him back. She was more fit for looking into the mysteries of the Force, than taking care of a student at her age. And so she sought Desarus, someone much more active in the front line work of a Jedi. His path as a Jedi Guardian making it all the more simple to point out. She wished to hand Tu over to Desarus so that he could continue his training with a Jedi that could keep up with him and train him in the fields that he was lacking most. Of course, she professed alterior motive as well. Lumi saw it as a way to keep Desarus on a "stable" path.

Lumi had risen from her seat behind the desk and glided to the center of the small room, she stood between her guest, his droid, and her padawan, who she hoped if all went well would not be her padawan much longer. She cared wholeheartedly for Tu and knew that this would be the path that would lead him to greater things than she could show him here, with her, only learning the spiritual and cerebral aspects of what it meant to be a Jedi. She was too old and out of touch with the front line conflicts of the Republic and no longer believed that she would be of any use in the wider galaxy helping the weak, her place was here and now with her studies and her books. But Tu's was not and could not be, for as long as the Empire loomed over head of the Republic and threaded its very existence. The Order needed more guardians, now more than ever, so she would do what was best for the greater-good of all.

Death:
The exact date of when Desarus died is unknown but it is currently assumed that he died in the final years of the Cold War, serving the Jedi Order alongside his wife and daughter. Several rumours currently surround how Desarus died but the majority of them point to a duel with the Apparition of Darth Igneous as the Apparition had vanished around the same time that Desarus was confirmed to be dead by the Jedi Order. His body was never recovered but a lavish tomb was erected in his honour on the planet of Dantooine. The tomb held several "chronicles" of Desarus' life. A large hangar contained the vessels he had used in his life (Or at least the ones that were still intact). Several halls filled with traps that only the most knowledgable in melee combat and the Force could get through. At the final stretch of the tomb were several rooms dedicated to various parts of Desarus' past. One room held all of the custom armours he had worn in his life, a second room was littered full of droid models, blue prints and various informal objects. The third room contained Desarus' sarcophagus. It was only symbolic of Desarus' resting place as his body was not held within it. The room itself held a large group of Desarus' lightsabers lined along the sides of the room in several display cases. The back of the room held his custom battle armour which was locked behind a special Force-powered ray field. The sarcophagus could actually be opened through way of unlocking a mechanism which led to a secret chamber below the tomb itself. In this room the blueprints for IX-12, Desarus' first lightsabers (Schematics for them as well) and his Holocron all sat within this room. Contained within a special case was a ring, that signified his marriage to his wife Arriwen. The tomb remained relatively undisturbed and became lost in obscurity until the Galactic Civil War 4000 years later. The Rebel Alliance made it into a small base for a short time.