The Plot....

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Hey guys,i know we have lots of new members,and im sure none of them want to look through 30+ pages of posts just to find the actual plot details,so here they are in easy to read fashion. Also be aware that this is only the MAIN PLOT (and a condensed version at that ),as far as sidequests and player character plots go,youll have to find those on your own...


Act I: A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far Far Away

Everything was going as good as ever in the Galaxy. Or so everyone thought. Discontent was brewing within, some small factions started to rebel and tried to start a small uprising by capturing a Senator. They did not succed but did create a distraction to allow the Sith to build a army provided by Jahal, the senator from Mulinlist. The Sith quickly gained power and developed a Sith Academy on Korriban to train new Sith. While this was going on The Jedi had became scattered across the Galaxy solving problems, leaving their home of Yavin IV unprotected. The Sith found this information out and cordinated a attack on the planet, and finaly capturing the Jedi Temple. The Jedi who surrived fled to Coruscant.

Act II: the Sith Lords Revealed

After their takeover of Yavin IV, the Sith attempted to capture Ilum, sending three Sith Lords to eliminate the Jedi on that planet. Darth Kross led the attack. Their mission failed as they were intercepted by the Jedi Knights led by Chris Leen and later backed by Master Fultyre and his Padawans. The Dark Lord of the Sith, Lord Syrus, sent a message to the Republic Senate informing them that they will begin attacking various star systems one after another with the aim to take over the galaxy. The Senate was confused about what to do. In the end, it was in everyone's best interest to send military aid to help the Jedi against this new threat. In the meantime, a new and legendary group known as the SKS managed to recapture the Jedi Temple on Yavin IV and saved the planet Kashyyyk from doom after the vain attempt of the Sith Lords to take over it. Later, the Sith decided to strike at the heart of the Republic: Coruscant. They were intercepted yet again by the Jedi Knights and the battle was moved to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and the Imperial Palace. In this struggle, Rain Skywalker fell to the Dark Side due to her new-found love for Ragab Starseer. As more Sith came to join the fray, the Jedi became overwhelmed, even with the aid of the SKS. Rain was killed by the Sith Lord Xanatoss because she found that she couldn't kill Ragab. The force of her love was to powerful and she preferred to die. The Jedi, knowing they have no hope of victory, are now attempting to flee and head for a yet unknown destination.

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Act III: Lost Alliances

After their defeat on Coruscant, the Jedi fled to Mon Calamari in search for safe havens. Already, danger seemed to be right at their heels when the Jedi Knights aboard the Baron Wolf were attacked by a Sith Lord unknown to them. His name was Kor'in. His starfighter was damaged once help had arrived in the form of General Osman's Spectre, forcing the Sith to retreat and allowing the Jedi to continue their way towards the watery planet. When they arrived, the Jedi discovered the secrets behind the immortal Sith when General Osman and Master Riko Fultyre inspected their bodies. Osman also showed the Jedi their new equipment, readying for the coming battle against the Assassin's Guild. Jedi Padawan Roth, in the meantime, met up with Kor'in, defeating him in battle. Before he died, Kor'in had managed to send a Force Message to the Sith on Coruscant, where Darth Syrus had assigned Haloth Yars to invade Yavin IV and take it back. At the same time, Darth Kross and Darth Maknus, who revealed to him he was the last of the Bpfasshi Sith, had secretly forged an allience to take over the power of Lord Syrus for themselves. Kor'in's message tipped of the Sith, leading them towards Mon Calamari and heading for the final showdown between the Jedi and the Sith.
On Yavin IV, the Assassins landed, taking out a search party and examined the temple. The SKS soon arrived they fought, showing the two armies were equal in every aspect when General Zoth, Osman's grandfather, his army of Cyborgs causing Havoc everywhere. General Zarn of the Republic came to the rescue just in time, evacuating both the assassins and the SKS, who headed for Mon Calamari.
Jedi Padawan Gabriel told the Jedi he knew a way to defeat the Immortals led by Lord Syrus and headed for Thule while Riko followed his Padawan, Ragab, to tatooine in order to help him in his final confrontation against Darth Morgul. In the end, Morgul was defeated and his true form revealed. The two soon returned and Gabriel returned shortly after with the sword that would instantly kill an immortal upon contact with one.
The Sith arrived on Mon Calamari, attacking everyone in sight. Kross sent Maknus to retreive the sword as Syrus landed with plans of his own in mind. He dispatched his immortals to attack every living being on the planet, Jedi and Sith alike. In the middle of the battle, Queen Caterina of Naboo appeared suddenly, causing the Jedi to evacuate her immediately to her homplanet. Riko, Roth and Kalo Darken, former Padawan of Mater Riko, lade sure of that. On the way, Kalo and Riko went missing on the way. One was left on Endor and the other on Deghoba.
Maknus had managed to retreive the sword from Gabriel as Kross and Syrus arrived. Maknus himself showed he had plans of his own in mind as he destroyed the sword, leading into a clash of sabres between him and the Ninjaii. Kross won the battle but spared Maknus. The Bpfasshi swore to extract revenge and left for Korribban. Riko returned from Endor and fought against Syrus. Syrus quickly realised Riko had surpassed his human form, deciding to transform into his true, immortal body. The Dark Lord and the Jedi Master fought once again but later, Syrus, now Caleb, began to gain the upper hand. An Ewok Jedi Master named Logray came to help the now worn out Riko. Before anything more could happened, Gabriel took hold of Caleb and sacrificed himself to kill Syrus. His attempt was vain but it seemed Caleb was turned to the good side. His plans now are unknown but it was clear the battle on Mon Calamari was over and the Jedi survived.
Maknus returned to Korriban to heal himself and construct new lightsabres, his old one a souvenir of bad memories of his first confrontation with Kross and his first ever known defeat. Logray and Riko followed Maknus in secret but when they intercepted the Bpfasshi Sith, both of them were easily defeated. Logray died in the confrontation and Riko's whereabouts are now unknown to anyone. Jet came after the two Jedi, hoping to become Maknus's apprentice in the Dark ways of the Sith.
Now, the Jedi Master of the Order, Kento Tiin, and his padawan, Shaye, are on Taris, negotiating with the plnet's governors to persuade them construct a new Jedi Temple there.


Act IV: Dark Force Rising

The Jedi have successfully persuaded the government on Taris to rebuild the Jedi Temple after the fall of Coruscant to the Sith Lords, hance making Taris the new and only home of the Jedi, given Yavin IV is still under the control of General Zoth's seemingly invincibe army.

Meanwhile, Darth Maknus held Riko captive on Korribban with the prospect of teaching Jet Darken, Kalo Darken's brother, in the ways of the Sith. After his first confrontation with Maknus, Master Riko suffered from temporary amnesia but ragained memory after an appearance of his master. The Jedi and the Bpfasshi fought again, ending with the death of what apparently was the last of the Bpfasshi. Riko escaped and landed on Taris to regroup with the others.

Lord Syrus, after the battle on Mon Calamari and with the sacrifice of his brethren, Gabriel, turned to the good side and sided with the Jedi Order to save his people, the Nosferatu, from certain doom.

At this point, the Sith seemed to have been permanently defeated, with only two Sith Lords and two Dark Jedi to oppose the entire Jedi Order, whose members believed peace would reign once more over the entire galaxy as soon as the threat of Lord Kross was over and Yavin IV and Coruscant under the Republic's legislation. The Jedi began to plan a defence against the threat of Kross, now the Dark Lord of the Sith. As the talk among the Jedi Council members went foward, the Sith began to regroup.

Caleb Corvin traveled to Tatooine to discover where the elders of the Nosferatu had gone, only to find another Dark Jedi, Sonja, Gabriel's dark sister. There, Caleb also felt the presence of another Sith Lord, Jorus Valok, secretly known as Darth Freedan, descendant of the original Dark Lord of the Bpfasshi Sith and twin brother to Riko Fultyre, making both the Sith Lord and the Jedi Master heirs to the throne of the Dark Bpfasshi Order.

Caleb returned to Taris to reveal this information to the Jedi Council, who realised the power of the Dark Side was growing much faster than they ever imagined. It seemed to them as if peace would not return for a long time still. The battle was far from over.

During their discussion, the Jedi felt a disturbance on Corellia. Kalo sent his Padawan, Roth Miklan, to Corellia to investigate. This would have been his Jedi Trial. On Corellia, Roth discovered the Sith's plans to construct a destructive weapon called the Mauser and found the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Kross. They fought and Roth discovered the identity of his father's killer. Roth was defeated but also spared, who returned to Taris and reported to the Jedi Council. Kalo promoted Roth to Knight and Kalo himself became a Master.

Meanwhile, Kross had ordered the remaining Sith Lords and Dark Jedi to regroup on Coruscant. Despite this, the Council members could not come to a resolution on what to do about this accelerated rise of the Dark Side of the Force. Ragab was the first to take action, travelling to Coruscant to find information on the Sith. There, he found the first Sith who had come in wait for Lord Kross: Jorus Valok. They fought and Ragab barely escaped with his life and headed for Taris. There, Ragab told Riko of his Bpfasshi twin brother and warned him of his power, far superior to Maknus's. This did not make sense to the Jedi Master, given he had defeated the last of the Bpfasshi himself. Ragab also discovered the Sith had created a great fleet, seemingly unrivaled by all others. The leader of this fleet was none other than General Zoth.

Kross returned to Coruscant to find the last members of the Dark Order: Jorus Valok, Sonja Nefilius, Jet Darken and General Zoth. Kross sent Zoth to distract the Jedi with his newly formed fleet, comprising of his flagship, the Shagohod, capable of destroying entire planets. Jorus was sent to Corellia and pick up the fleet the senator there constructed for the Sith along with the Mauser while Jet accompanied Sonja and Kross to Ilum to find the Gauntlet, which would provide incredible power to whoever weilds it. So far, Jorus Valok has deployed the fleet and is headed for Mon Calamari, intent on destroying the planet. Zoth has invaded Naboo and defeated the Gungans. He is now heading for the capital city of Theed. Kross, Sonja and Jet are on Ilum, attempting to retreive the Gauntlet and use it against the Jedi.

Riko Fultyre sensed a disturbance on Naboo and is now attempting to persuade the newly formed Shadow Force, made by Osman Mustapha's SKS and Haloth Yars's Assassin Guild put together, to counter General Zoth's army with his former padawan Ragab Starseer and Jedi Master Orion Daeglo. Meanwhile, Master Kalo Darken and Jedi Roth Miklan are aboard the Mauser in an attempt to sabotage the destructive monument.

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Act V: Betreyals

The Sith have dispatched to perform their separate tasks. Darth Kross, Jet Darken and Sonja Nefilius have travelled to Ilum to retreive the Gauntlet. General Zoth has travelled to Naboo along with his Dark Troopers to invade the planet and Jorus Valok headed to Mon Calamari aboard the Mauser to destroy it, along with the Shadow Force's Headquarters.

Jet Darken led his two comrades, Darth Kross and Sonja Nefilius, to the top of the cave which hid the Gauntlet from prying eyes. The journey took days, but seeing as there was no way to get through the main entrance, it was the only choice the Sith had. At the top, Jet found a secret entrance into the cave and went down. After killing four Rancors and several Guardians, Jet took the Gauntlet and gave it to Kross, who left for Jabiim along with the Nautolan former Jedi. Sonja left for Coruscant.

General Zoth's army is still fighting on Naboo against the Shadow Forces and the Jedi Knights Orion Daeglo, Ragab Starseer and Riko Fultyre. Riko, after the meeting with a messenger of the goddess of the Dark Knights, Gaia, left for the Mauser to retreive Freedan's soul trapped in Jorus Valok's spirit. Riko succeeded and subsequently destroyed the Mauser after rescuing his former Padawan Kalo Darken.

Kalo Darken and his former Padawan, Roth Miklan, had attempted to sabotage the Mauser before Riko's arrival, but only half-succeeded, not causing enough damage on the super-laser to make it irreparable. Kalo was captured by Jorus during the attempt but was later rescued by Riko. Jorus managed to escape and head for the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, now under the control of the Sith, for healing. After healing, Jorus killed every remaining Sith in the temple, knowing that through his failure, he had betrayed the Sith Order and Kross would want to kill him. On Ilum, Kross had sensed Jorus's failure and decided he should be punished with death for it.

Riko travelled to Tatooine only to find Gaia was no ally to the Jedi's cause, but a Sith witch bent on destruction. Before she could kill Riko, Jorus intervened, destroying her. Jorus later seemed to have killed Riko in Anchorhead and fought against a new recruit of the Jedi Order, Soru Lomenak, who proved himself a match for the Bpfasshi in lightsaber combat. Jorus defeated Soru and left for Ilum after Kross's success to kill the Jedi in the outpost. There, he was met once again by Soru, this time aided by Shaye Marren. Together, the two defeated Jorus and a new relationship of love was forged between the two Jedi as they took Jorus to Taris for questioning.

Later, a Sith named Tobias Kaston arrived to the outpost and killed nearly every single Jedi there save for Furok Mat, Horm Tirol and a Twi'Lek female. Rozo Gretto had come to save the day, defeating Tobias and leaving Soru to kill him. Soru and Shaye had returned after seeing a "vision" of Riko, telling them to come to Ilum to save the Jedi.

Jorus, after Soru's return to Ilum, escaped from Taris to head for the icy planet to rebuild his lightsaber and complete the job he hadn't finished. Upon arrival, Soru and Jorus fought but Ragab Starseer came to intervene, separating Jorus and Soru to take the Bpfasshi himself. Before lightsabers could be raised, Jorus was mortally wounded by none other than Riko himself, but was thrown into a lava pit by Jorus soon after, the final action of the Bpfasshi Sith. Soru killed Jorus an instant later and, seeing how the most powerful Jedi Master did not possess enough power to save himself from a paralyzed opponent and how a Jedi did not have the power to save another upon imminent death, turned to the Dark Side, travelling to Jabiim in search for Darth Kross, seeking to learn the ways of the Ninjaii, betrayed by his former master, Ragab, his love, Shaye Marren, and the entire Jedi Order.

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Act VI: Revenge of the Ninjaii

"There is no truth;There is deception."~Quote from the Ninjaii code.

In order for Soru Lomenak to begin his training,Kross required that he destroy everything from his past. That included his friends and loved ones. Soru traveled to Endor in order to destroy his forsaken love, Shaye Marren. Using the Ninjaii's ultimate weapon, deceit, Soru Persuaded Shaye to meet him on Endor. Once she arrived Soru wasted no time killing her. Soon he returned to Kross to begin his Ninjaii training, along with his soon to be Ninjaii blood-brother Jet Darken.

Soon after the two's training Kross, and Zang had a discussion with the Elders of the Ninjaii. Eventually the discussion turned into a dispute and Kross ended up dispatching one of them. Shortly after, Kross and Zang talked about the incident, and Kross hinted at a possible "New era" for the Ninjaii, one without rules, and rulers.

While Kross was still on Jabiim, two rogue sith slowly began to infest the galaxy with there presence. One of the Sith Lord's Darth Hideous, made a trip to Muunilist. Hideous began to frame Jedi Master Kento, by killing innocent civilians while dressed like the Head of the Jedi.
This of course made things much worse for the Jedi's relation with the Republic, and it slowly began to destroy the Jedi's very appearance.

Luckily however, the Jedi began to recruit many new, and talented Jedi to the Order. Sensing an imminent attack from the new Dark Lord, the Jedi tried to quickly assign Masters to Padawans. However this turned out to be an undesirable choice, due to the fact that so many jedi had spent there time training, they were truly not ready for the attack that would soon come...

During this time, the Sith Lord turned Jedi Knight, Caleb Corvin, headed to St. Lorthias church in Coruscant. There he met Sonja, and a brief quarrel erupted between the two, but it was shortly broken up by the priest of the church named Mikael. The three talked for a while and Mikael revealed to Caleb about resurrecting there once great leader, Lorthias. Eventually, the three were successful in resurrecting him,however the decision soon became a mistake. Lorthias erupted into a volcano of power and quickly dispatched both Mikael, and Sonja, but sparing Caleb...

Meanwhile,the Jedi began a manhunt to find the man who had framed there Master Kento. Jedi Knight Chris Cane, and jedi knight Taik Sagoon, delved deep into the underbelly of Taris and began an investigation. After disposing of several gang members, and garbage alike, the two eventually tracked the mysterious sith lord to Corellia.

There finally, the Jedi managed to confront this evil once and for all, and Jedi Padawan Moroku Taiemo captured the Sith Lord Hideous alive, aiming to interogate him and find as much information from him as possible, even though the Sith managed to somehow poison Jokann's mind. Back at the temple the Jedi began to interrogate the sith lord, but being strong in the force, the sithlord revealed nothing to the Jedi. During this time, hideous used his mind powers once again on the Jedi, this time poisoning the mind of Chris Cane. This would indeed be a victorious day for the Jedi, but a very dark day was coming for them soon...

Kross began to organize his troops of both Sith Lords, and fellow Ninjaii. Together, they would prove to be too great of a power for the Jedi. Kross, and his apprentices Darth Narhalus, and Darth Tarjiik (Soru Lomenak and Jet Darken respectively) whom were both now full Ninjaii, led the attack against the entire planet of Taris. Tarjiik, began conquest of the city, easily dispatching the minute republic forces that were there, while Narhalus invaded the temple itself, and destroyed the archives. The jedi tried to quickly raise up a defense force to thwart this attack, but defeat had become inevitable...

Jedi Master Coryn ordered all padawans, and younglings to flee from taris, except for his own of course, Vikkor Sario. Together the two waited to try and spring a trap, for the Dark Lord...

Meanwhile,outside the gate to the temple, Kross was causing great death and destruction. A task force of Jedi met him at the entrance, and quickly demanded him to drop his weapon. Kross not wishing to waste his time activated the gauntlet. Immediately, a huge blast was emitted from it, and knocked back the surrounding Jedi several Hundreds of feet, and even dismember one of the Jedi who was standing too close. Kross walked in the Temple and started to make his way towards, the Jedi master Coryn Ragol.

Jedi Knights Jokanna Jaga, and Talau Firians, did their best to hold off the menace, but they were vastly outnumbered, and outpowered. Willing to stay and fight, and sacrifice there lives if necessary, but eventually the Jedi remembered the Padawans, and Younglings and ordered a Full scale retreat to The Alderaan system...

After the destroying the Comm tower so the Jedi could not call for help, Darth Narhalus, then made his way for the Jedi Archives. There, he was soon challenged by the Jedi Learner, Sanariel Blueskies. The young Jedi, although brave, was not nearly enough to defeat the Dark Apprentice. Narhalus, soon laid waste to the entire Jedi archives, destroying it entirely.

After laying waste to the city, Darth Tarjiik entered the Temple looking for Jedi master Kalo Darken, who happened to be Tarjiik's biological brother. Eventually Tarjik found him, and revealed to Kalo how he had become a Ninjaii, and now stronger than Kalo. Kalo realizing that the sith who stood before him was no longer his brother, but his enemy. The two fought, but eventually the Darkside prevailed. Kalo fell out of the window and eventually escape to safety. Tarjiik sensing that his brother was still alive would wait for the day he could finish him once and for all.

Mean while, in the Council Room, the true battle for Taris had begun. Coryn and Vikkor, and successfully trapped Kross, however Kross proved to be much more than the two had bargained for. Soon, the two had become severely beaten, but Jedi Master Caleb, soon came to their rescue. The three continued fighting and it seemed as if Kross was on the ropes. Luckily however the Gauntlet began to work, and it started to make Kross stronger, by draining the energy from those who were in the room. Lorthias also soon showed up to make things worse for the Jedi. Caleb, sensing their defeat, quickly ordered an escape of the remaining Jedi. With the help of the young Kurt Kyleson, the three successfully fled to Kashyyyk in order to help Master Kalo with the Ninjaii invasion there. Kurt tired, but was severely wounded from battle and taken prisoner by Kross. Soon after Jedi Knight Roth,s howed up and challenged Kross to a fight. Kross, tired from battle, let his apprentice fight for him instead. Kross left for Jabiim, to plan his next move, while some of the Jedi headed for sanctuary on Alderaan, and some Jedi volunteered to fight the sith and ninjaii on Kashyyyk...

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OOC: I am writing a couple of paragraphs to add to what Kross put in the General thread. I must warn you that some of the things may be inaccurate because I can hardly remember what happened in some cases and a bunch of posts were mysteriously deleted. Anyway, it doesn't really matter because I'm going to try and make it as accurate as possible, or at least make it flow as much as possible. If any of the mods feels it needs to be changed or remembers exactly what happened, feel free to play around with this.

ACT VII: The Rise of the Dark Prince

Arriving on Alderaan, it had not taken long for the newly arrived Jedi to be placed in yet another battle. The Sith had taken another offensive manouver, and it was imperative for the Jedi to leave. Jedi Talau Firians had made it her first priority to rescue the younglings there and bring them to safety, but a question hung in the air unanswered: where? Meanwhile, on Kashyyyk, the droid army of the Sith attacked relentlessly, striking the Wookiee settlements and the Jedi hiding within with all their might. That, however, was not enough. The Jedi held the droid army back, and with the assistance of Masters Kalo Darken and Moroku Taiemo, along with Moroku's Padawan, Sanariel Blueskies, the droids were defeated and the Jedi headed for Kashyyyk, where the situation was beginning to reach the point of desperation. It was thanks to these Jedi's heroics in combat that allowed them to escape. Later on, however, the Jedi would discover that Alderaan was not their plan.

All the Jedi gathered at the ancient temple of Coruscant. Only a few Sith remained, and more had arrived following the Jedi from Alderaan. It had become obvious that these were intent on destroying the Jedi more than anything. With the help of other Masters, such as Kento Tiin, Coryn Ragol and Caleb Corvin, the Sith were defeated and forced to retreat. And thus, the reconstruction of the Order began. Moroku Taiemo, after giving his final lesson about the self-destructiveness of evil and the Sith to his Padawan, promoted Sanariel Blueskies to Jedi Knight and conferred to him the position of Archivist, trusting him to re-establish that Archives. In their excursion throughout the remains of the old archives, Sana came across a holochron with only one word on it: Yoda. Moroku recognized it from his old Master's diary. Hana Fisto had explained that only through the Force can the holochron be opened. And so it was that Moroku unlocked its secrets, leaving Sana to study its contents. However, it was Moroku to whom the spirit of Yoda, now eternal in its unison with the Force, decided to speak to, and taught Moroku everything he knew since that time.

With the meeting in place, hosted by Kento Tiin and introducing the new master, Moroku, as a new member into the fold and temprarily allowing Sana to take a seat until he had uncovered all the secrets of Yoda's holochron, it was decided to take the offensive move against the Ninjaii. Kento apparently had enough of being constantly pushed back to the brink of death only to rise once more weaker than before. It was time to attack the temple of the Ninjaii. The Jedi Kalo Darken, Chris Crane, Sanariel Blueskies and Ushii Jangahir executed Operation DBC.

Before the arrival of the Jedi, Roth Mikhlan, who had been captured by Darth Narhalus during the battle of Taris and defeated again once reawakened, had made the decision to join the Dark Side and follow Darth Kross. Kross, not trusting him, decided to test his loyalty by fighting against Darth Kalibar. If he won, Roth would be allowed to join the Ninjaii. If he lost, then he would die. Neither Narhalus nor Tarjiik agreed, believing Roth deserved to die either way given that he had tried to kill Kross three times before. Narhalus believed Roth was attempting to gain more power from the Dark Side to increase his chances of beating the Dark Lord. Roth lost, but Kross had spared him anyway, seeing good use in Roth as the Jedi arrived on Jabiim. However, Roth had realized his mistake after his defeat, and decided to continue to persue the path of the Jedi. The attack was successful, and the Ninjaii temple was destroyed. Several had escaped, uncluding Kross, his apprentices, Zang and the elders. Unbeknowest to the Ninjaii, however, the granddaughter of Darth Zang had also escaped from her inprisonmnet: Sestarn. With her freedom, she intended to extract revenge on her grandfather for having locked up once she had been discovered to be training in the warrior arts, a practice forbidden to the Ninjaii women. The Ninjaii, led by Kross, therefore fled to Bespin.

After the Jedi invaded the Ninjaii Temple on Jabiim, on a mission to gain intelligence from the Ninjaii, Kross soon detected the Jedi's presence and began a search for them. Eventually it led to a fight between Kross, and Sana, Kross defeating Sana, but falling into the Jedi's trap, was attacked by Kalo Darken, and Chris Crane. Kross began to take on the three Jedi, but Kalo realizing that soon the entire Ninjaii force would be after them, began to one by one, destroy the temple. Kalo, Chris, Sana, Ushii, and Maraya Melinwe headed for the planet Bespin, due to a shortage of fuel. Shortly after landing the Jedi, soon found out that the people on this planet seemed...Occupied. Eventually it would become clear to the Jedi, that this planet was obviously controlled by the Ninjaii. A task force was sent against the Jedi, led by Darth Tarjiik himself, however Jedi Master Kalo was able to once again defeat Tarjiik, while the other Jedi took care of the Ninjaii army. However, this gave Kross time make his move. He,and Kalibar were able to sneak aboard the Jedi's ship, and wait for them to return. Kross, and Kalibar, split there opponents up, and the Jedi began a battle for survival. Kross fought both Chris Caine, and Kalo Darken, all three warriors, fighting for there very lives, and not holding back an inch. In the end it proved that the Dark Side was too much for the both of them, and sadly Chris Caine was killed, while Kalo jumped to his suspected death. Meanwhile Kalibar was also having the fight of his life, narrowly defeating Ushii, but yet allowing him to escape. With the Jedi escaping Bespin, it looked as if the Ninjaii had won....

Lorthias, the Dark Prince of all Nosferatu, had once tried before to unleash a curse upon all Dark Siders, but was stopped by Kross's Grandfather. Lorthias spoke to Kross, trying to get him to join Lorthias, telling him that he too was a Ninjaii, and that together they could destroy the Jedi, and bring about a new age of terror. Kross being the Sword Bearer, and always focused on the survival, and future of the Ninjaii, turned Lorthias down, knowing he would but destroy the Ninjaii once he no longer needed there help. So began the battled for control of the Sith. Kross, fought hard, however Lorthias Ninjaii, and Nosferatu powers proved too much for Kross, but it wasn't until Narhalus's betrayal that Kross was defeated. Lorthias, then taking Kross's blood, and using it, completed the curse on the Dark Side. No longer needing Kross, Lorthias froze his body in carbonite, and locked hid mind away in another dimension, just like what had happened to Lorthias centuries before.

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Act VIII: A new Hope

The curse on the Dark Side proved to have negative results, in fact it almost weakened the Dark Side. Now it seemed, all Dark Siders shared a certain personality trait, Sorrow, Regret, Anger, and Hatred. Lorthias eventually left for Coruscant, where things were truly getting out of hand. There Coryn revealed he had been a Ninjaii all along, as suspected by the now Jedi Master, Sana. Caleb also played along, acting as if he too were controlled by Lorthias. The two attacked the Jedi, but Caleb let himself be easily defeated, and snuck out being undetected by Coryn. Both Sana, and Talau took up arms against there fellow Jedi, who seemed to had gone through a transformation of sorts, unleashing his powers against the two. Coryn obviously blinded by his supposed new powers, was swiftly beaten, and was thrown out the Council Window plummeting toward the depths of Coruscant. This had given Lorthias enough time however, to land on Coruscant with his armies. Invading the Jedi temple, with the help of the Dark Lord of Anger, Lorthias beat back the Jedi, forcing them to escape to one of the the only last planets still friendly to the Jedi, Kashyyyk...

Caleb had managed to successfully evade, both Coryn, and Lorthias, sneaking into St Lorthias Church where Kross's mind rest. Meanwhile, in the alternate realm, Kross met several distinct figures, one Lorthias's father, Kelzhur. Kelzhur told Kross about what had happened to the Dark Side, and that Lorthias needed to be stopped. Kross also met another important person, his father. Kross's father told him that there were two worlds, a spiritual, and physical world. After Lorthias had unleashed his curse, it had awaken the once sleeping Sith Lords, now who were merely waiting to be brought back from the dead by Lorthias, and unleashed upon all the living. Kross's father also told him that he had been deceived by Coryn, and Coryn was the one to blame for his fathers death, not Kross. On Bespin, one of the last loyal Ninjaii, Jacen Toth, managed to sneak into the now Sith (now called True Sith) controlled building, and steal back Kross's body. Darth Valador, another Ninjaii loyalist made his way to the Church, who was planning on giving his body to Kross, that he might return. Fortunately for him Jacen arrived with the body of Kross, recently thawed out from the Cryptonite. With the help of Kelzhur, Kross was sent back to the physical realm, but he had underwent several changes. Mostly his appearance, he looked twenty years older than he did before, and of course it seemed his entire outlook on life had also changed. Caleb and Kross decided that they couldn't defeat Lorthias alone, it would take the combined efforts, of Jedi, Ninjaii, and Nosferatu to stop Lorthias. They made a plan, that the would gather as many followers as possible, and teach them the ways of both Ninjaii, and Nosferatu, allowing them to use the weaknesses of there opponents, to there advantage. Kross left for Kashyyyk, while Jacen and Valador headed for Jabiim, in hopes to rescue Ninjaii survivors from the hands of Lorthias, Caleb left for Thule, to see if any Nosferatu would join him. About this time Larkos also entered the Church, for reasons unknown, however when he left, another person left with him...

On Kashyyyk, the wookies greeted the Jedi with open arms, still grateful for there efforts in the last battle against the Sith. The Jedi began to set up camp, and slowly assess what damage had been done. They had lost many good men, and women escaping from Coruscant. Not to mention, most of the Jedi Masters, even the Council Members, were nowhere to be found. The Jedi would soon be in for a great surprise when an unmarked transport ship touched down, in the middle of there camp. Kross stepped out of the ship, immediately being met by many a Jedi, some with weapons drawn, demanded to know why he was here. Kross unarmed, simply told them he wanted to speak to Master Riko. Riko Fultyre, evidently had somehow been resurrected from the dead, and was staying with the Jedi on Kashyyyk. The Jedi reluctantly agreed and led Kross to where Riko was. Unfortunately, Riko was busy, so instead Kross met with the wise, Master Sanarial Blueskies. The two talked of simple things, and were interrupted by Jedi Knight Roth. Roth angered to see Kross in the midst of the Jedi's camp, declared that Kross was simply here to deceive the Jedi, and destroy them all. Sana didn't think so, and the two continued to talk. Kross told Sana about there plan to train warriors, who were capable of withstanding Lorthias attacks. Sana thinking it was a good idea, told him he should speak to the council, Kross reluctant to do so, bu none the less agreed. Later Kross met with Riko, and the two went to the Council meeting where Kross explained his plan to the Council. Many of the Jedi agreed with Kross's proposal, even Roth Miklan. Jedi Knight Moroku, strongly disagreed with it, saying a defensive stance would defeat the Sith. The Council meeting was soon over, and plans were drawn to take back Coruscant. Kross leaving for Coruscant was soon stopped, by an unknown pain his his chest, that sent him yelling in pain, and eventually unconscious...

Zang had worked out an effective plan, he was going to use against the True Sith. Lorthias, was invading soon the Ninjaii Temple on Jabiim soon, and the Ninjaii would fight to the death...Or so he thought. Lorthias rushed the temple, only to be slowed down by the valiant efforts, of Darth Tarjiik. Taking on an entire army, Tarjiik was able to hold off the Sith for awhile. Unfortunately, Lorthias powers proved to much for Tarjiik, and he was soon left for dead. With no one to stand in his way Lorthias entered the temple, killing all the Ninjaii in his way. Zang was occupied with fighting the Dark Lord of Sorrow, his granddaughter Rosa. The two fought, but due to Zang's age, he was eventually beaten, and left to his doom, in a now collapsing temple. Jacen, using the shadows to his advantage, managed to get to the basement of the temple, and escort the women and children, to safety. Valador, trying to buy Jacen some time, confronted Darth Narhalus. Narhalus, arrogant as ever, considered Valador to be no threat. However he was soon proven wrong, when Valador began to use Ninjaii techniques, Narhalus had never even seen before. Defeating Nar, the two Ninjaii left with the survivors, to meet Kross on Kashyyyk. Lorthias was left to look upon his spoils of war, while the surviving elders of the battle, being the cowards they are, offered full submission to Lorthias, in exchange for there lives. Lorthias never turning down a chance for humble servants, accepted there offer, and turned his attention toward Coruscant...

The Republics clone army, with the help of Lt. Dix, slowly began to formulate a plan. Then, with the help of the Jedi, the Liberation of Coruscant had begun. It was a hard fought battle, on the ground, and in space, but in the end the Republic turned out to be the better trained war machine. With Coruscant liberated, and the last sith strong hold being the Jedi Temple, the Sith called for backup. Lorthias with his fleet set a course for Coruscant, hoping to stop the Jedi from retaking there home planet once again. Jacen, and Valador had successfully made it to Kashyyyk, along with the Ninjaii survivors. There they found Kross, who was still laying up in the infirmary. The doctor would then tell the three, that Kross's heart attack, was due to a parasite, lodged deep within Kross's heart. The doctor then went on to tell Kross that this parasite, would eventually be the death of him. Not spending anytime to dwell on this matter, the three headed for Coruscant, and Lorthias...

On Coruscant, Kross, Jacen, Ushii, Roth, Jenno, and a small amount of Clones were the only ones to lead the attack on the temple. Using stealth, and speed to there advantage, the team successfully infiltrated the temple, and killed the remaining Sith troopers inside. Sensing Lorthias's presence, the group waited for him inside the Fountain Room. Lorthias easily made his way into the temple, defeating the small amount of Clones that stood in his way, there the battle for Coruscant begun. At first it looked as if Kross, and Jacen were outmatched, but shortly after Roth joined in the fray, followed by Caleb, and what followers he could amass on Thule. Lorthias, being outnumbered, and possibly outclasses, sensed his defeat. Summoning his Ninjaii powers, he used an advanced technique, and teleported back to his flagship. Rogue Squadron, not missing a beat, and hoping to end the war for good, began an attack against his Lorthias fleet. Lorthias escaped yet again. However, it is unknown at this time, what Lorthias true plans, and motives are....

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Act IX: Life over death, peace over war, light over dark

With Coruscant once more under the control of the Republic, thanks to the heroics of the new Clone Army and the Jedi Knights, it was time to execute the plans Kross had formulated on Kashyyyk. His health apparently back, Kross felt ready to begin. The only factor that kept him in wait was Caleb, who had travelled to Thule in an attempt to retreive information regarding the weaknesses of his race, the Nosferatu. With Kross's knowledge of Ninjaii techniques and methods of exploiting the physical weaknesses of the Immortals, a large group of Jedi would be able to counter the True Sith led by Lorthias, a merge between the Ninjaii and the Nosferatu, hence carrying both their weaknesses.

The Jedi gathered in wait for Caleb at the Church of St. Lorthias. It was there that Kross revealed to Riko Fultyre the reason for his seizure on Kashyyyk. When Kross entered the spiritual realm, trapped in St. Lorthias's Church, his spirit took on a physical form. When that happened, a parasite had entered his spirit. Once reunited in with his body, the parasite found its way into Kross's heart, numbering Kross's days. Riko was secretly glad that Kross was not disheartened to help the Jedi in their time of need when he knew he was going to die soon. Kross did not tell this to anyone, but it was a mysterious voice in Kross's head, the voice of one named Titus, which revealed this to Kross.

Lorthias's true intensions have been discovered during a conversation between himself and the spirit of Kel'Zhur, Lorthias's father. When Lorthias had fused the Ninjaii and the Nosferatu, he created a rift in the Force, wounding the Dark Side. This had been the reason why the spirits of those who had become one with the Force many years before were trapped in his church, such as Kel'Zhur's, Kross's father and Riko's spirit. Lorthias's true intention was to destroy the Force itself, thus destroying life. Without the Force, there would be no life as it is thanks to this mystical energy field that life is bound together, like the keystone holding a tavern. Take the keystone out, and the tavern would collapse instantly, destroying the life within. Lorthias planned to do this using his fusion technique, the same he had used before on Bespin, on the Jedi, wounding the Light Side as he had the Dark Side.

While a large number of Jedi would train in the Church to counter the True Sith, Riko had decided to train Larkos, his Padawan and the one who, with the help of Gaia, had brought Riko back to life. During the previous battle of Coruscant, Larkos had just recently finished his initiation into the Order under Moroku Taiemo's instruction, proving himself to be exceptionally strong in the Force. A messenger had arrived, explaining to him to travel to the plains of Bao Dur, and ancient plain considered sacred by the Sand People of the planet. Once there, Larkos found Gaia. Riko had once fought her, but she was now helpful and light, as Riko had been falsely promised once before. This was because Gaia came to the world when the balanced tipped to a certain side. When the balance is tipped towards the light, Gaia would emerge as a Dark Witch and vice versa. This preparation to enter the world takes a couple of years. Now, the balance was clearly in favor of the darkness, and Gaia emerged in her light form. It was Gaia who told Larkos that Raztu Hart was his brother. Taking a sample of Larkos's blood, Gaia rebuilt Riko's body just as it had been before his death, and rescued his soul from the prison of St. Lorthias's Church, reuniting it with his body.

Taking Larkos to Haruun Kal, Riko was intent on teaching him the art of Vaapad. Three others had followed: Roth Mikhlan, Loki Hikai and Danse Starlight. While numerous Jedi, including Jenno, Ushii Jangahir and the Ninjaii Darth Valador, trained with Kross and Caleb, Riko trained these others in his own style of combat. The first stage of this training was to travel into the Temple of Ankor Wat, where one would encounter their greatest fears. The purpose of this stage was to test the resistiveness of one against the Dark Side. Only one had failed: Loki. His failure was trivial, for his greatest fear was the Dark Side itself. It only meant that for him, seduction was impossible. It was Larkos who had suffered the most. He witnessed the death of his entire family and himself at the hands of Narhalus. His anger and fear rose with this test. During the training, he found a holochron detailing the secret powers of the Bpfasshi Sith. Larkos studied it with devastating effects.

Two weeks passed, and the training was finished. Two weeks were gone, and the True Sith attacked once more. This was the decisive battle against the Nosferatu and the Ninjaii, the final battle of all. The Sith had planned their attack beforehand. The attacked other places in addition to the Church, these being the HQ of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Galactic Senate and the Jedi Temple. Moroku Taiemo was put in charge of defending the temple, Loki Hikai intercepted the True Sith at the GAR HQ, and Riko was tasked with rescuing Supreme Chancellor Viskois Rendor. Larkos made it his own business to strike at the heart of the attack: the Church, only to find that Darth Valador had not trained there to fight Lorthias, but to seduce Larkos to the Dark Side and proclaim him the new swordbearer of the Ninjaii. And so, the final battle had begun.

The initial defense of the Jedi Temple appeared splendid. Moroku had planned the defense well, a defense that did not require the activation of the lightsaber until the very end. Five landers had come to strike the temple, four landing at the four entrances: north, south, east and west. The last attacking at the top of the central spire. Moroku had known an essential weakness in Nosferatu physionomy: light. The Jedi Master shone brilliant white light at the True Sith entering from the conventional places. While not as effective as sunlight, it greatly weakened them, allowing the Jedi to pick them off easily. Going to the top of the spire, Moroku found a great surprise. The True Sith used the Ninjaii duplication technique to increase their numbers by 10 times. It was 50 Jedi against 50 Sith. Not knowing the weaknesses of their techniques, it seemed the Jedi were already outnumbered.

At the HQ of the GAR, the battle is tough. Loki Hikai, commander of the Clone Army, led the clones against the True Sith. Likewise with the Jedi Temple, five landers had approached, and while Loki engaged them on the ground, a group of clones used LAAT's and other airborne fighters to engage with enemy craft assailing Coruscant from above. With only a few Jedi and a company of Clones to help Loki, this battle would seem to end with bleak results.

At the Galactic Senate, Riko Fultyre reached Rendor's private quarters, where he sat calmly sipping his tea while watching the battle, feeling safe considering the battle seemed far off. However, the battle had soon transferred right through his window. There were not enough Jedi with the legendary master to protect the Chancellor, and all seemed lost.

Unlikely help arrived in the form of an incredibly battered and centuries old Corellian freighter. However, this particular ship flew many times faster than the newer models. It flew past like a phoenix, shining light where darkness seemed to shade all. Gunned by the small-time bounty hunter Hikado Yokomori and piloted by his faithful Bothan sidekick, Faroghas Dom, it blasted the True Sith apart where the Jedi needed the most help, quickly turning the tide of battle at the temple, the GAR and the Senate. After that, it left, leaving the battle to be fought by the Jedi.

The main battle took place at the Church of St. Lorthias. Hordes of True Sith attacked, and it seemed, at the very beginning, that the Jedi were outnumbered and outgunned. Everyone invilved fought valiantly, using everything they had learned against the True Sith. As the battle inside the church progressed, Larkos Fultyre fell deeper and deeper into the Dark Side. Valador fought the boy, but was nothing more than candle-light in the powerful, turbulent winds of Larkos's own strength. Quickly defeated, Valador's hopes to give rebirth to the Ninjaii were shattered, but he was content with the fact that Larkos would eventually give Kross the lesson he deserves for having humiliated the Ninjaii order. Before striking him down once and for all, Narhalus arrived to fight against the fledgling Sith. Memories of his visions in Ankor Wat rolled through his memory, and Larkos fought with all the power of the darkness, easily killing Narhalus and bathing in his blood. It was then, just before being struck down, that Valador renamed Larkos: Darth Fondur.

As the Sith came in to strike the Church, Kross prepared a defensive plan. Jenno would take 1/3 of all those who had trained to fight Lorthias and prepare an ambush at the rear of the Church while Ushii prepared secondary defenses, with the help of a battalion of clone troopers, to the upper level of the Church. The latter section of the Church being in the middle, Kross reasoned Ushii would have some cover from the sides. Ushii was also made responsible for deploying reinforcements to the two strongpoints when required. Kross and Caleb took the other 2/3 of the students to guard the front entrance, where most of the True Sith would surely attack. If the teams at the front and back would suffer too many losses, they would retreat to the upper levels and then to the roof. If the Sith were too much for the Jedi, the clones had already wired the Church, ready to blow it up in the case of an emergency.

As the battle plan was formed, Roth Mikhlan arrived on Coruscant to find that his friend, Larkos, one of the two people with which he had trained on Haruun Kal, had fallen hopelessly to the Dark Side. Larkos promised Roth with the power to bring peace to the Galaxy, arguing that only by taking control of the Republic could the Jedi truly ensure peace. Roth refused this proposition. Failing to turn him back, Roth fought him, but was soon overpowered by the new Lord of the Sith and shocked into unconsciousness and throwing him off the edge of the roof.

The battle inside the Church was more intense than any that had ever been fought. Kross and Caleb held the front entrance, but Jenno's group had soon been outnumbered and put in a dangerous position. Meanwhile, Lorthias entered the battlefield, engaging battle with Ushii and Raziel, holding the two of them easily. Even when Caleb had arrived to fight against the Dark Lord of Hate, Lorthias would not go down, holding his ground stubbornly. The battle progressed, and the three Jedi were soon aided by the newly arrived Sanariel and his recently acquired power, given to him by a spirit fox of the Force, Balagare. Kross, seeing that Lorthias was kept very busy, decided to help Jenno at the back entrance, and the two of them soon dispatched the remaining True Sith there. That was when, in an ironic twist of fate, Kross saved Roth's life. The very man who had killed the father saved the son by jumping out a window, catching Roth before he fell, and climbing back into the church using a tow cable. That was when Kross's brother, also a Dark Lord of the True Sith, met with him. Kross and Jenno fought Coryn, and Roth regained consciousness after the Jedi Padawan, Lynn Kaitall, healed him and let him borrow her double-edged lightsaber to aid Kross fighting his brother.

Meanwhile, Lorthias, now facing four Jedi at once, decided he needed more power, and absorbed Sanariel's own spirit to use it as his own. Knocking Sanariel to the ground while doing so, Moroku arrived to see this happen and came to aid him, only to find that Sanariel's body was now possessed only by Balagare, who had helped Sana achieve more power. When Ushii saw what Lorthias had done to Sanariel, he became enraged and attacked Lorthias relentlessly. As this happened, Darth Fondur, knowing that the Jedi would not stand beside him in his attempt to gain power after his confrontation with Roth, decided to extract revenge on the Jedi, starting from the two masters who had taught him. Fondur easily killed Moroku, but instead of watching Moroku's body falling to the ground, he saw him disappear entirely, leaving behind only his clothes and his lightsaber. Seeing the oddnes of it all, Riko approached Fondur and fought.

Fighting three at one time, Coryn chose to gain a new ally, and used his influence in the Dark Side to capture Kross's mind and ordered him to fight Roth while he fought against Jenno. Meanwhile, Fondur was surprised by Riko's power. Back on Haruun Kal, Larkos had defeated Riko in a test to see how much he had learned. Apparently, Riko had not taught Fondur everything these is to know about Vaapad, and soon forced the Bpfasshi Sith to flee. Riko sensed Ushii's rage after Fondur's depart, and warned him not to consume himself with it. Afraid that he would become consumed by the Dark Side, Ushii severed himself from the Force while disengaging from combat. By then, the battle was won. Lorthias's attacks had become unfocused, going nowhere. He continued to strike at nothing as everyone backed away from him. No call could reach him, save for Kel'Zhur's. With him, Lorthias understood his wrongs, and decided to travel with his father into a purgatory of sorts, a place where they would face the very crimes they had committed to the world. Caleb, having once been the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, decided that he also had to face judgement, had to repay for the crimes he had committed and followed Lorthias and Kel'Zhur.

The battle against Coryn being a stalemate, Titus decided to take control of Kross's body, overpowering Coryn's own spell. Coryn was pushed back by a tremendous burst of power from Jenno, and Kross seized this opportunity to severe Coryn's legs. Kross was presented with a choice by his brother, then. To strike him own and prove his brother's point that he would never be a Jedi, but a Ninjaii and a user of the the Dark Side; to not strike him down and prove Coryn's argument of Kross's weakness due to the Jedi's influence. Kross chose to renounce the Darkness and sheathed his blade. Turning to leave, Coryn attacked once more, throwing his lightsaber at Kross. Kross deflected with his own. The sheer power of Coryn's throw unarmed Kross of his lightsaber, but Kross had unleashed another weapon, a Ninjaii dagger, and threw it right into Coryn's heart, putting an end to his wicked life.

And so it was like so that the war has ended. Lorthias and the Dark Lords have been defeated, but a new Dark Lord would soon rise from the ashes. Riko felt guilty for his failure, knowing what has become of Larkos. More than certain that he would soon return more powerful than ever, Riko knew the happiness he felt with the end of Lorthias, and the victory in itself, was bittersweet. Nobody would ever know how long they would have to keep fighting. Only the Force knows, and all the Jedi can do now is to place their trust in it.

Edit: Added a line about Ushii severing himself from the Force.