This story takes place in the EXPANDED UNIVERSE - LEGENDS Timeline.
Jedi and Sith. 300 years after the death of Darth Vader, the two sides of the Force continue their eternal struggle.
But the Jedi Knight Sol Jaeger has begun to discover a horrifying truth - the existence of a third side, able to destroy both Light and Dark.
The dark Jedi Ermak Visen follows his own path, too - a path that brought him in front of the Sith High Lords.
The Sith didn't know anything about the upcoming threat, but now their leader, Darth Malevon, begins to suspect the truth...
Meanwhile, the Royals begin their own movements in order to protect the secret of their existence.
CONFLICT
I had started to wonder whether you would actually come, Sol.
Always so judgmental, Master Quinlan.
Tell me, though...
...isn't patience a basic foundation of the Order's teachings?
As it is to be punctual when you call other members of the Order for meetings at Force-forsaken planets like this!
...I don't remeber that on the Jedi Code!
Maybe we should add it specifically for you, Sol!
I apologize for my delay, Master.
But the Sith invasion at Fondor forced me to take a longer route to reach this place safely.
Yes...
...let's not forget that the war still wages all around us.
Which brings me nicely to my main consideration...
You told me to come as fast as I can, and with absolute secrecy. What was the reason?
Did something happen? With your...
With the darker part of myself? No...
No, it wasn't something like that, Master.
But something astonishing, and in relation to the Dark Side? Sure.
There is something that must find its way to the Council, Master.
I'm certain of this...
...that's why I called you here.
Show me.
Save me.
Somebody!
I beg you...!
No! Don't! Aaaargh!!
...this is very troubling.
Strange...
...seems like I can't activate it.
Sol?
Another mystery...
Why are you able to activate it? Do you know?
I wish I knew, Master.
Believe me, I really had no idea something like this would happen.
You should have some immediately to the Council with this.
...you know that I don't like appearing in front of the Council, Master.
Not after what happened.
When will you forgive yourself?
Master... about the recording.
The recording...
I will tell you something, Sol.
Something that under normal circumstances I shouldn't tell you.
But it seems like the Force wanted you to be involved with all this.
It's not the first time that the Council has heard about the Royals.
But this is the first time that we have concrete proof of their existence.
The first time that we heard about them was after the Grandmaster's death...
...and the end of the Great Generation.
Six years ago... the Sith assault on Coruscant.
Indeed.
The beginning of the War.
And with the Sith reappearing in the galaxy, the Jedi Council had neither the time nor the resources to make an extended investigation.
But still, we did send a Jedi Master to investigate the case.
Your old Master...
...Jedi Master Janus Karr.
Master Janus Karr searched the Galaxy for three years, looking for evidence...
...and then...
...you remember what happened.
I remember.
I might not have been myself during that time but... I remember.
He was found dead, on an abandoned planet...
...with his lightsaber missing, and no clue whatsoever regarding what had happened to him.
From what I know, no one ever learned the truth of what really happened.
Indeed.
Master Car-Das Vasaak was the last Master to be sent at the same mission...
...and now we know of his own tragic demise, too.
This will not end well, Sol.
I can feel it.
So this threat...
...these... Royals...
...they exist?
It seems so.
- This Holocron-- - That Holocron belongs to us, Jedi!
Leave! Now!
Take the Holocron to the Council!
No chance! If someone must be left behind, that will be me!
Think, dammit! What is the reason that only you can activate the Holocron?
Why did the red-dressed woman chose you to invite on that planet?
While those questions remain unanswered, you are of utmost importance, Sol!
I'll hold them back - run to safety!
And May the Force be with you.
...and with you too, Master.
We found them, my King.
Jedi and Sith... everybody here knows something.
The Jedi that ran away is mine.
The rest... are yours to take care of.
Jedi and Sith...
...you are all dead.
Master Quinlan...
...and now, at last, it's the two of us.
I've waited too long for this moment!
Lord Orkos...
...only you could be such an idiot to not comprehend the real threat here.
Interesting... you belong to both Sides, eh Jedi?
A part of you, at least.
Let us begin, then.
Open your eyes, Orkos!
Don't you see that we have a common enemy, much stronger than both of us?!
You are afraid, Jedi!
Nothing will prevent me from having my revenge!
I'm not going to play your game, Sith!
You are nothing but a coward...
...a coward that let my planet die!
A coward like your apprentice!
You are the second one, right? The second person that was approached by the traitor.
Now that you are both here, I can feel it...
...but this... is not the only thread binding you together...
Your apprentice begged me to kill her, Jedi. Did you know that?
She begged me to let her become a Sith, first...
...she would do anything to save her worthless self!
Only then I killed her.
You should've been there, Jedi!
I can feel the hate and darkness inside you, Master Quinlan...
...but they won't be enough to save you!
The only thing that you feel Orkos, is your own twisted nature!
You thought that your words would affect me?
I knew what kind of person my apprentice was!
Her weaknesses and her character!
And I do know one more thing...
Whatever you did to her... no matter how far she had fallen before you killed her...
...she would never betray her most inner self!
And I'm not going to do that, either!
Justice, Sith.
Not revenge.
Forgive me, Sol. Forgive me for leaving you alone in this dark path.
No...
...not yet.
Time to explain, Sith.
How is it that you survived after our duel?
Why did you save me? How did you find me here?
And even more important...
...some of your techniques during the battle...
...why are they so familiar to me?
Why were we able to work together so flawlessly, almost as if...
...almost as if... we had trained together...
I am not a Sith, Sol.
I might be a creature of the Dark Side, but I never became a Sith.
As for the rest...
...I am your creation.
Although I am helping you now, against this danger...
...afterwards, I will have my revenge for your crime.
I will always be able to find you. Our common darkness will always bind us together.
You know who I am. Say it.
Before you fight with the monster... you have to name it first.
...Ermak?
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