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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Jun 4, 2022 8:27:24 GMT -8
Having been admitted into the Academy Xeonon was shown to one of the guest rooms having been told that Master Frantz was currently occupied. He was willing to wait as long as needed to see him. Having taken off his duster he lay on the bed with his hands behind his head. The room itself was rather sparse with naught but a bed, a chair, and a desk. Its walls were bare, but as he lay staring at the ceiling his eyes traced over the random patterns and swirls in the material. His mind picking out patterns that were not there, looking for some meaning in the meaningless swirls. A ship, the face of former Grandmaster Kryn, the body of a Nexu with a Reeks head. The patterns were endless. In the back of his mind he was aware that this was no doubt done on purpose, a way to help someone enter into a state of meditation. However he was not interested in trying. It may be the Jedi way to study the force, to probe its depths and find inner peace in the process but it was not his way. Not the Imperial way. The Force was a tool, something to learn and to be mastered, with its various aspects probed to better ones skills and to better serve.
So he lay there looking at the ceiling waiting for someone to call on him.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Dec 19, 2021 12:16:28 GMT -8
One of the Knights on duty at the front door turned a wide Corellian smile on the newcomer who approached him. The young Corellian Knight listened to the man's request before frowning slightly. The Headmaster is currently at the academy although his schedule can be somewhat hectic. We can send him a message to forward your request for a meeting, although I can't guarantee he'll have the time to see you today. If you'll just give me your name and what business you are here to discuss I'll forward that along. The man was clearly force sensitive though he doubted that he was a member of the Jedi Order, otherwise he wouldn't have needed help from one of the main entrance guardians, Still the Academy wasn't in the habit of turning people away without good reason. Xeonon inwardly sighed. He had already spent far too much time getting to the planet and throwing off any trails he may have picked up along the way. He may not have known what his time table was but with every passing second he got closer to whatever Dragus had planned. Can you let him know that Floyd Thursby is here to speak to him and that if he can't meet with me today I will be able to meet with him as soon as he is available. It is somewhat urgent though, I was recommended to speak to him by a friend of a friend regarding his knowledge of bonds between two force users. As he spoke Xeonon adjusting and cleaned himself up from his hike to the temple. Brushing off the dust and dirt that had fallen onto his black dyed Zeyd-cloth duster. As the dirt came off, one could see the redish tint speckled through the length of the duster a side effect from having it dyed with Norris Root. To those with keen eyes they may be able to see the shell spider silk that lined the interior of the suit. Hidden from view along the back, chest, and one arm were three energy cells woven underneath the spider silk which when activated would allow him to activate an energy shield.
After a lifetime of wearing armour it was hard for a man like Xeonon to take it off and not take precautions. He had requested Panno, the Master Armourer of the Imperial Knights create something for him to wear while undercover that would provide him with plenty of protection without setting off any red flags. To the majority of people Xeonon looked like nothing more than a well dressed person the anonymity adding further protection.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Nov 6, 2021 14:58:05 GMT -8
Having walked the distance between Coronet Xeonon was now covered in a film of sweat and dirt. Although he had not been pressing hard, the heat of the day had bore down on the Imperial none the less. For once he was thankful that he was not in his armour, having left it back in the city instead he had donned a duster he had fashioned for him for moments such as this when he could not walk as an Imperial Knight. Under that duster Xeonon did however wear his Cortosis gauntlets and carried a lightsaber in one of its pockets.
Slicking his hair back as he approached the the stairwell at the Northern entrance he sighed heavily. It was always stairs. Although not as grandiose as some of the temples he had seen there was no denying the grandeur of this academy. It was certainly more beautiful than anything the Imperial Nights had used for their homes. Walking up the stairs he held his hand up to greet the Jedi standing at the entrance. Hello, I was hoping to gain entry to the temple and hopefully speak to Master Frantz if he is present.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Nov 4, 2021 12:28:33 GMT -8
Xeonon sat in the cafeteria of the Museum of Space Flight, one of the few sights for the tourists on the planet. It had taken him a several weeks to travel from Coruscant to the planet. While he could have take a more direct route to the planet and saved himself a lot of weeks of travel the Corellians had an undeniable hatred of Imperials. After leaving the planet he had removed his Imperial Knight armour, and donned a false personality travelling to the planet through half a dozen different space ports getting himself lost in the system before landing on the planet three days ago.
As he sat in the museum eating an over priced bantha burger he looked at the other patrons. Paranoid that the planetary security knew he had been on the planet Xeonon had spent the past few days pretending to be nothing more than a tourist. There had been no proof that anyone had been tailing him, but it was better to be safe than sorry. It would really complicate things for his mission and the Empire if he were to end up in a Corellian prison. Ideally he would have spent a few more days shaking any tail he may have, but time was an issue. Finishing his burger the Imperial Knight stood up from his seat and throwing out the garbage he took one last tour of the museum looking at some of the ships from the early days of the Republic. before leaving the building.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Sept 4, 2021 10:58:05 GMT -8
Raising both hands to his temples Xeonon rubbed his temples before sighing heavily and just covered his face with his hands pulling his weathered wrinkled skin taut. Biting back a curse his frustration about this whole scenario boiling over. Putting the rings back around his neck he shook his head. Of any faults inherent with them Imperial Knights he did not expect this to be the one that came back to bite them.
I don't suppose the Corellians or the Jedi will be too happy to see me or any Imperial on their world. Who was it?
He had no choice in the matter he had to go no matter where the answer would be. It was too bad that the fastest answer was likely in one of the few places left in the Galaxy that outright hated the Empire. While the Coalition that formed around the world had not taken off as spectacularly as they may have hoped their was no denying it was a dangerous place for any Imperial to be.
Before I leave I am going to try and get an audience with the Emperor, this pertains to him as much as anyone but if he can't see me can I give you a message to him for me? Not Faina. Not a General, Admiral, or Moff. This is for his eyes and ears only.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Sept 1, 2021 5:26:28 GMT -8
Is it that obvious?
He had always prided himself in being hard to read. The fact that it had been for simple for Brock to do so spoke volumes about how disturbed he was by the whole situation. He did not think his body or face betrayed anything so he looked inward at his aura in the force and sure enough it was messed up from the encounter. Normally it was calm and collected an ocean of white and tranquility. Now however there was darkness around the edges and spilling out, coming into conflict with his normal self. He would have to fix that over the next couple of days.
I was visited last night by a unwanted guest. Someone I assumed had died a long time ago.
Taking the rings out from beneath the shirt he wore he showed them to Brock
I need to know about Force Bonds and connections between beings or objects. I figured you would know the best person to go and talk to about this sort of thing, and hopefully they are on the planet because time is a bit of an issue with this.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 31, 2021 4:35:38 GMT -8
It did not take him long to track down Brock. He found him standing on one of the balconies overlooking the people aspiring to be an Imperial Knight. Below them was a mix of people from across the Empire, because no one ever flunked out of Imperial Knight training there were people of all ages down there. Kids, teens, and adults they all went through their morning routines the younger ones directed by Imperial Knights and the older ones who may have been at this for a while did so on their own.
Moving in beside Brock Xeonon looked down on everyone for a few moments before speaking. Anyone down there showing promise?
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 30, 2021 8:25:21 GMT -8
As the nightmare collapsed in on itself the the valley around Xeonon began to rumble as bodies worked themselves loose from the masses they were resting and began to pile around him. The blood and viscera being sucked into a single point on his left hand as the bodies did the same. With each passing the second the trickle sped up turning into a stream and then a torrent as more and more of the dream scape fell inwards. Soon the sky and the edges of the world followed suit and Xeonon could see the worlds end as it sped towards him. In mere moments all that was left was him and even he began to be pulled into the ring staring with his feet. His body bent in unnatural ways, and yet the only source of the pain was on the finger itself until he was pulled directly into the Dragite crystal.
Waking with a start Xeonon reached out towards his left hand where the pain still resided. He was not sure if the pain was real, or if it was just a hold over from the dream itself. When he looked at where the ring rested the skin certainly looked darkened and charred but when he stroked it with his right hand the blackness rubbed off. Removing the ring from his hand he looked at the other two. He knew they had also been made by Dragus for other Lords of the Eye but only the one harmed him in the dream. Taking them off as well he placed them all on a necklace around his neck, he would need to come up with something better later but for now this would have to do.
Getting dressed Xeonon left the room in search of Brock Ferrum . Although Xeonon had been a member of the order longer it was Brock who currently held the position of Stewart to the Imperial Knights. A position he did not envy having been the Grand Master himself for a few years before Fiana took over the position, he understood the stresses of looking after the order.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 29, 2021 8:48:05 GMT -8
Of all the things that could have surprised Xeonon during this conversation it was the pause that Dragus had. Had he revealed too much, or was something else at play here? The wheels turned in his mind as he tried to guess at what they were building. Ships? Armies? A nation? A new Eye of Palpatine. The possibilities were endless, including the option that he was being lied to.
Very well Lord Dragus, I will pass your words on as well as your request not to be interrupted. How the Emperor will act upon this knowledge will be up to him.
In truth he hoped that the Emperor would respond with force. Yes there would be blood, and yes millions would die. The bodies would not just full the valley but the hills and the mountains as well. Yet the only way for evil men to truly win was for good men to do nothing. To stand aside and let the Eye take what they wanted now would only open the door for them to do so again and again and again until the toll was greater than any war.
Will you be expecting an answer or will you know it when the time comes?
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 28, 2021 11:28:34 GMT -8
Xeonon did not flinch away at the Barabels anger. Like all Sith their emotions were always close to the surface and could boil over at the slightest offense. He could smell the stench of death that roiled out of his mouth, but it only lasted a moment before he blocked it from his mind. Resisting the urge to strike out at Dragus he raised his hand and forced some distance between the two.
Let me make one thing perfectly clear Lord Dragus he spoke his tone mocking, You came to me asking for this favour. I could say no and let the dice drop as they would, I could tell the Emperor of your plans and finally route your order root and stem. You want something from me, you need to give me something in return. If not well.
Stepping back Xeonon raised both his arms he did a 360 before turning his gaze back upon Dragus. What is one more body amoungst all these? So I will ask again, why have you chosen to leave the shadows now?
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 27, 2021 13:21:17 GMT -8
When Dragus turned his back on him Xeonon considered striking out at the creature before him. He did not know if it would have any effect on on the Sith. Of all the things he studied connections between two force users was not one of them. He had never been close enough to someone to form a Force bond with them, and the simple fact that there was one between him and Dragus now sickened him. At the soonest opportunity he would need to remove the ring from his possession and see if that was the sole reason for this perverse form of communication or if it was already too late for that.
And should the Empire not ignore what happens beyond its borders? I can pass your words along but I can make no promises that they are heeded.
Certainly he could turn a blind eye for a while, but he knew there were several important members of the Empire that would or could not turn a blind eye. They would use it as an excuse to spread the Empires banner further into the galaxy.
Why now Dragus? Have you solved whatever issues plagued the Eye and ready to re-enter the galaxy?
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 25, 2021 6:56:58 GMT -8
This was the man that he recognized from years ago. Not the giant beast that had stood before him moments earlier. As Xeonon listened to Dragus speak thunder cracked over head and lightning struck the ground around the duo. Just as Dragus shrank down to his own size now Xeonon grew by a few feet.
Listen to me now. He said pointing a finger into the toothy maw of Dragus. You will not see Nicademus so long as I live. Yes these people died by my hand. Their lives will be weighed against mine when I die and I will be found wanting. Returning back to his normal size the anger left his voice. Still I will kill twice as many people as are here now to ensure that Empire will continue. I have made sure that something good has come of all these deaths and I will ensure that good lasts.
The Empire has held up to its end of the bargain as far as I am concerned. We destroy what the Order of the Eye had become, and you as well as several of your compatriots get to survive to operate in the shadows. If you have been neglecting to act as you so desired that is no fault of ours.
By this point he had become keenly aware that this was no dream. The darkness that permeated the air around him stank of the darkside. He licked his lips and weighed his options. He could terminate the connection. It would be easy, like waking from a dream. No doubt that Dragus would be furious but he could at least be prepared the next time. On the other hand. Tell me the bargain you wish to make. I will relay your words but do not deign to step foot on an Imperial world without an invitation. As far as the Empire is concerned you were killed years ago and I would like to keep it that way.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 24, 2021 5:13:58 GMT -8
He had heard this voice before, somewhere in the distant past but he could not place it. Surely he would have remembered encountering a being as large as an AT-AT, he racked his brain and the bodies around him began to shake and fall as a single word seemed to form before him. Dragus. The Lord of the Eye had never appeared ot him in a dream before, but was this really a dream? In all his years he could not think back to a single time he had felt pain, true pain in a dream like what he had been feeling on his hand and just as he thought that the pain went away.
This is as much your doing as it is mine! the venom was clear in his voice, I have no interest in joining your Order. Your gift has no hold over me anymore, I have risen above such paltry tricks and strive to right every wrong I did while under its influence. Tell me what you want and why you have interrupted my sleep Lord of Famine.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 23, 2021 13:37:28 GMT -8
This dream was like an old friend, and ghosts of his past haunted his dreams but this one was more visceral than the other ones. Many of the faces nearest him he was familiar with. The face of his master, before he ran away and joined the Imperial Knights. The first cloner he killed during his first mission as an Imperial Knight. Walking through the bodies he passed through them as they lay there. Untold thousands lay in piles, while he may not know what they looked like almost all of them were Muuns.
Lifting his hand to block some of the grit from hitting his face he could feel one of the rings on his left hand began to grow red hot. He did not pay much mind to it. After all most of the bodies here were a direct result of the ring he had been gifted by the Lord of Famine so many years ago and the effect it had had on him. Some part of his mind knew this was a dream, and so he walked deeper into the mass of bodies stepping into and through the viscera and blood that pooled the uneven footing beneath his feet. Wading deeper and deeper into the bodies he tripped on some unseen thing beneath viscera and he fell his left hand reaching out to break his fall as it pushed its way through the body of Antares Kreig the first Imperial Knight he killed on his path to redemption breaking through his armour as if it were paper mache. In doing so the the ring continued to increase in heat and he ripped his hand out as more maggots and other things came out of the body. Inspecting his hand he could find no damage to it but all the while the finger the ring with his dragite crystal was on continued to get hot to the point it became unbearable.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 23, 2021 6:39:08 GMT -8
Xeonon knelt in one of the training rooms, his eyes closed and head bent in concentration. Sweat trickled down his body and his bare chest heaved as if he had been straining his body hard for hours. Before him taking up much of the room was a depression was an exact replica of the First Battle of Coruscant, with spires and buildings towering high above a simulated battlefield with small automated soliders representing both the Republic Clone Troopers and the CIS battle droids. Originally designed as toys for children a enterprising Imperial some decades earlier had seen the use it could present for training soldiers in tactics. The Imperial Knights had taken it a step further and found a way to control individual soldiers using the force. Over the years dozens of battles were programmed into the scenario including the Battle of Jabiim, the Battle of Dantooine, and several space battles as well.
Across the battlefield from Xeonon sat five younger Imperial Knights each kneeling similarly to him using the force to control their own forces. The objective was rather simple. Capture all the enemies strong points or exhaust the opponents reserves. Each of the simulated soldiers on the the field could operate on their own to some degree. They could hold their position, patrol, attack, and defend but the real challenge for the Imperial Knights came when they controlled the individual soldiers themselves. When you started out a person struggled to control a single solider but as time went on you learned to control more and more. The five Imperial Knights arrayed against Xeonon each directed three to five clone troopers. Xeonon controlled twenty three individual battle droids.
For the past three hours the two groups had battled pushing their mental connection to the force to the breaking point and as such the game as well. Currently the reserves of both sides were almost exhausted and there was still no clear winner. Xeonon had invested the majority of his forces into an attack on 500 Republica and his opponents had responded in kind by defending the the area fiercely. With their attention distracted Xeonon activated his trap card and sent the remains of his automated reserves to the remaining command points. As his center continued to deplete and die one by one the outlying areas fell to the battle droids. By the time the 5 had taken noticed and responded it was too late and their remaining forces were soon encircled in the Republica and defeated.
Opening his eyes Xeonon only saw the disappointed faces of his fellow Imperial Knights for a moment before he fell forwards his hands catching him as he strained to stay conscious. This was the longest he or any Knight had controlled so many automatons and it was a testament to his mastery over the force. By the time he slowed his breathing down and stood the five others had left and the automatic lights had shut off, as he stood they turned back on.
Walking into a steam shower he stood there letting the water that accumulated on his and fall of him. When enough time had passed Xeonon made his way to his spartan room and layed down falling asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Aug 6, 2021 14:23:29 GMT -8
You have my axe lightsabers
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Jun 10, 2021 10:16:55 GMT -8
Yeah that was a long time ago, I think I might have still been in highschool when we did that. Like Nic said, we still do a lot of EU stuff around here. The Vong just arent much of a presence because no one writes as one (that Im aware of).
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Jun 7, 2021 14:51:40 GMT -8
Howdy there Dragus, long time no see. There are still a few people here that would remember you, feel free to drop by the discord channel sometime.
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Feb 7, 2021 4:17:32 GMT -8
Wonderful fight by both of you, Leto would have loved to have read it. I know I did. It was a treat to see not one but two force powers be used that are regularly forgotten about. Indeed I even enjoyed learning about the background between the two of you and wish that there had been just a few more posts.
Alkor for the longest time you seemed to have the momentum in the fight. Although your opponent was able to match you beat for beat up until your last post you were setting the tempo of the fight. Perhaps you would have continued to do the same had there been more posts. Perhaps not. It almost seemed as if Hevn had used his superior strength to slow you down enough that he would have a chance to strike first. Alas the duel was cut short and we will never know.
As a great man once said there can be only one.
Congrats on your win ALKOR CENTARIS
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Post by Xeonon Solomon on Feb 7, 2021 3:58:56 GMT -8
I think I can speak for everyone when I say I wish there had been a little more to read. Nothing says fun like a fight in the mud. That said for the sake of there being a winner I would have to award it to Sinistra for landing the Force Push on your opponent. Congrats to both fighters.
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