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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 11:38:53 GMT -5
Over the next few months, Junta trained himself mentally and physically. The lightsaber test although he passed it was only the beginning of his trials. The true test would soon be revelled, and with it, whether Junta truly had the right to become a sith in full, and that test would soon be revelled…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 11:39:31 GMT -5
Shinn: Acolytes! Listen in and listen well!
Junta proceeded to Shinn along with a rather large group of sith acolytes.
Shinn: For those hopefuls who wish to become sith, I have a quest for you. In the temple of Karma Nagros, a sith apprentice has gone missing. I do not care whether she lived or died; all I want is an ancient sith artefact that she was looking for, and it is quite valuable!
It is unknown exactly what happened to her, but she has not been seen in nearly 2 weeks, and this has brought up some concern, about the artefact that is. Proceed now and get me that artefact!
The acolytes then made a drastic rush towards the temple. Junta followed, but was stopped by Master Shinn.
Shinn: Wait Junta, do not join those simpering scum over there. They have little to no hope of even reaching that artefact! I suggest that you wait apprentice. I have a better quest for you…
Junta: A better quest, master?
Shinn: Yes. You see that quest was simply to distract the rest of the acolytes.
Junta: Distract them? Ha, they’ll kill each other trying to get that artefact!
Shinn: And?
Junta: Are you trying to give me an advantage?
Shinn: You could say that…
Junta: Hmm, fair enough, tell me what this quest is.
Shinn: Haha, that’s what I like to hear! Now, you must go to the temple of Ares Nanvar, one of the largest known temples on Korriban. There, you need to look for my…old apprentice. I want you to try and look for what he found.
Junta: I see, any idea what he was looking for?
Shinn: What he was looking is not important. I’m talking about the reason why he never came back…
Junta: Say no more, master.
Junta then left for the temple, not a single piece of hesitation or worry in his mind.
Mazola then approached Shinn just after Junta left.
Mazola: Did you send him?
Shinn: Certainly.
Mazola: Are you truly certain that he can defeat that…thing?
Shinn: Maybe, maybe not. If he comes out of that temple alive he would have proven himself worthy to be a sith in full. Then the true test will arise…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 11:39:53 GMT -5
Junta made his way to the temple confident that he would succeed in his task. But at the same time, Junta feared the task ahead, mainly because it was unknown to him exactly what it was he was trying to do. Fear of the unknown…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:31:47 GMT -5
Junta entered the temple. Shinn did not lie when he said that it was one of the largest temples of Korriban. This place had a lot of history to it and had been here since the dawn of the sith empire.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:33:16 GMT -5
As he walked through the temple he saw many corpses lying around the hallway. Most of them looked as if they were here quite recently within the past week or so. Just as he went round a corner, several Tu’kata beasts ambushed him. He drew his lightsaber and began fighting them off. They were quite tough beasts, especially considering their size.
After a short scrap with the beasts he moved on to the temple’s main spire. A rather large stream of acid blacked the main spire door. Whatever it was that was behind that door, somebody marked their presence their and wanted nobody to see it.
Junta proceeded to a separate door on his left. After he walked into the rather large room the door slammed shut behind him. After that he heard the sound of a beast roaring. A vicious and savage looking beast then walked out of the shadows to face Junta. It was huge and it had gigantic, sharp fangs and enormous claws…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:34:24 GMT -5
The beast then ran towards Junta. Junta thought quickly and made a force jump over it and landed behind it. The beast was intelligent however, and it began picking up on Junta’s movements. Junta attempted to stab the beast with his lightsaber, but the beast’s skin was as tough as Mandalorian Iron. It barely just wounded the surface of the flesh. The beast then knocked Junta against a wall. His lightsaber then ricocheted against the wall and smashed.
Junta could not defeat the beast, however, he saw another room to his right. It looked rather small, so if Junta could make it to the room then the beast would not fit inside. Junta took this opportunity and made a run for it. He made to the door and the beast roared in frustration, as it could not fit inside.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:35:07 GMT -5
Inside the room was a small pillar. The pillar had a lever. Junta pulled the lever and the pillar opened up from the top. Inside of it was a strange grenade. On it were some sith inscriptions which read; ‘Corma D’a Far’a Esta’. Junta could not understand it all, but he understood ‘Corma’ from his studies, which meant ice, or extreme cold.
Junta used his instincts and assumed that it was an ice grenade. He could use the grenade to freeze the acid river and make his way to the main spire. However, before he could do this there was a small matter of the beast…
Junta ran towards the hallway with the acid river. The beast then followed. Junta then made a huge force jump over the acid river, just very barely making it across. The beast then attempted to jump across, but instead, landed in the acid river and burned to death.
Junta then used the grenade on the river, freezing it over completely. Junta then made his way to the main spire…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:35:37 GMT -5
He entered the main spire. In the middle of the room was a small table with an ancient tablet on it. Junta picked it up but he could not understand it as it was in sith language. He assumed that this was indeed what Shinn’s apprentice was looking for. Junta made his out of the temple and back to master Shinn.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:36:17 GMT -5
Junta: Master, I have obtained an ancient sith tablet from the temple.
Shinn: A tablet you say, hmm, let me see.
Shinn read parts of the tablet to see what it was.
Shinn: Could it be? Yes, this is it! Yes!
Junta: What is it master?
Shinn: You do not need to worry about that Junta. All you need to know is that…you have passed your trial of power. That leaves you only one more trial. This trial will test your mind and will power, to see if you have the mental and spiritual capacity to be a sith.
Junta: Yes master.
Shinn: Return tomorrow, and we will begin your solitary engagement.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:37:20 GMT -5
Junta took the time he had to rebuild his lightsaber. It was practically identical to the one he had before with only a few modifications.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:37:42 GMT -5
Junta returned to Master Shinn in the meditation chambers where he would undergo solitary engagement. This is where an acolyte is locked inside of a meditation chamber for 3 weeks on end. Deprived of food and sleep, they must simply meditate and try to discover there’re true selves. Very few acolytes pass this and those who do pass are usually never the same again; it is a cold and brutal awakening to the world. Junta was about to learn…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:38:20 GMT -5
Junta was locked inside of the chamber; his solitary engagement began here. He began meditating. Thoughts of his past life began streaming through his mind. He eventually went deeper and started considering other events such as the day he arrived here or the day he saw every member of his village dead, slaughtered by the sith knights. He considered the tough and arduous training that the sith put him through to get this far.
After a week of meditating, Junta gained some insight as to why he was here, what he was doing this for. He began to question why he was doing this or who he was doing it for. His father? Was his father not killed in the sith raid on his village? Perhaps he survived…
And what of his mother? Did she die after being sold into slavery? Perhaps she is still slave and still working for hours on end with little to no rest. Or maybe she escaped and is now living a life of luxury, with an untroubled life.
Into the final hours of his meditation, Junta was still troubled by his past. He still held deep and profound hatred for his father. But during this period, he learnt to calm himself. He understood now how to control his emotions and to prevent himself from losing control. Hatred, aggression, fears, Junta still felt these emotions, but he also felt as if he was in control of them now, no longer venerable to becoming enraged.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 14:38:44 GMT -5
Junta awoke as the chamber opened in front of him. Out side of the chamber was master Shinn, who informed Junta that he had finally passed his sith trials and was now one step closer to becoming a true sith. From now, it was only a matter of time…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 17:48:03 GMT -5
Junta spent another 4 years training to become a full sith. The upcoming tests would push Junta over his limits and beyond. He trained himself day and night. He was slowly becoming more advanced and was being molded into a machine of pure rage, hatred and destruction. He built an advanced lightsaber, based on the design of his old one. It was only a matter of time before he would take his final test…
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 17:49:06 GMT -5
The ultimate and final test, to prove himself worthy of carrying the title of ‘Dark Knight; finally came. Junta was abandoned by his master Shinn in the deserted mountains of Korriban, forced to survive alone, fighting of the native beasts while being hunted by hordes of assault droids and Dark Jedi. This was truly the most demanding situation that Junta had ever been in. But if Junta would pass, then he would of earned the right to truly become a full sith.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 17:49:45 GMT -5
After a month's time, Shinn returned and challenged his apprentice to a lightsaber duel, one which Junta quickly lost. Shinn then told Junta that he had failed, and revealed that he had been secretly training another apprentice to replace Junta the entire time.
Shinn: Junta. You are weak. You came this far, but I’m afraid that weakness cannot be accepted within the sith order. I am replacing you with another apprentice, someone far stronger and more powerful then you will ever be!
Rage and hatred overwhelmed Junta and, in one final act of defiance, he tried to kill his master.
Junta: You basterd! I shall kill you right now where you stand!
But Junta was no match for the Sith Master Shinn, and when Junta's emotions were finally spent, he prepared himself for death.
Junta: If this is how it should be, then I have no need to cling on to this wretched life any longer…
Yet Shinn laughed instead—by wanting to kill his own master and being willing to sacrifice himself for victory, Junta had in fact passed the final test.
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Post by mazola on Dec 8, 2006 17:50:45 GMT -5
A week later, Master Shinn proclaimed Junta, [glow=red,2,300]Darth Hassen[/glow], (Hassen meaning Hate in Dutch, a fitting title for him considering his intense anger and hatred.). Darth Hassen had now achieved the rank of Dark Knight, and was now a fully trained sith, and a deadly machine of destruction…
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