Post by Novan on Feb 10, 2017 13:14:48 GMT -8
PROLOGUE: A Missing Merc.
A mercenary has failed to check in for over a week. Intelligence officer, Agent 53 believes something is off and goes to investigate...
The mercenary Xivar has been abducted by a hooded figure in the main hall of the Dark Watch's stronghold. The investigative efforts of Agent 53, Rindarek, and Jason-grey have revealed the identity of the attacker: Councilor Kagrido Novan.
With no clear motive and more than a week of time lost, can the Dark Watch uncover the truth and save Xivar from whatever plan Darth Orias has in store?
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Act 1: Beginning the Hunt.
Members of the Dark Watch meet together to discuss the events and plan accordingly. Agent 53 Summarizes the situation and offers possible plans of action...
Act 1 A: The Novashiir Temple.
Agent 53 sends Kahn'singh, Jason-grey, and three Royal Guards to storm the Novashiir Temple on Yavin IV to find any information they could on Darth Orias or Xivar. Their shuttle was shot down before reaching the landing site, but managed to crash land near the temple and continue their mission. The first line of defense was an armored warrior who managed to endure through fatal wounds. The group realizes their opponent is just a Force spirit possessing the armor and with the help of Codi, who had been at the temple and hiding from the living armor for some time, forced the guardian on the defensive. Before it could unleash a last effort attack, another Force ghost appeared and eliminated the armor as a threat. The spirit who helped them was Kessik Novan, Kagrido's father, and the spirit possessing the armor was Ivernik Novan, Kagrido's uncle. The Sith spirits explain what little they knew about Darth Orias' plans, including the use of an altered version of the Memory Walk ritual.
The group continued to the main temple which was guarded by Korigad. She was killed by the team, albeit with the death of one of the guardsmen and injuries to the other two, as well as Jason being blinded by Korigad during the fight. Kahn continued to investigate the temple on his own, discovering communication logs and recordings as well as disabling the anti-air cannon that shot down their ship. He also finds Xivar's war blade and his old cloak, proving Xivar was held at the Novashiir Temple at some point.
Act 1 B: The Xen'shal Tower.
After sending a group to investigate the temple on Yavin IV, Agent 53 sends another team to search the Xen'shal Tower on Dromund Kaas, Kagrido's known residence. The team fought past security droids and turrets and made their way to the main hall on the top floor of the tower. The last line of defense was Zarron Kedaii, a Mandalorian who was the last of the Kedaii Clan known for hunting Force users. After defeating him, Zarron retreated and the team scoured the area for information. They found datapads with information on Kagrido's activities regarding the past week and holo recordings of him talking about his mortality and needing to act quickly.
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Act 2: Doubts
Agent 53 reviews the collected information from the two sites and updates the Dark Watch on their next objective, leading to a crime lord on the smuggler's moon...
After going over the information recovered from both sites, 53 believes the next place to check would be at a sky palace on Nar Shaddaa owned by a crime lord known as The Kingslayer. Kahn, Codi, and Telia go to question the crime lord on his transmissions with both of Kagrido's strongholds. They learn that Kingslayer is actually Kagrido's older brother, Avolis Novan, and that he claimed to know little to nothing about the councilor's agenda. The most he knows about it is that he often sends supplies to Kagrido if he ever needed anything. When told of Kagrido's possible claim to immortality, Avolis seemed unconvinced that his brother would want to cheat death due to being told of the events on the crashing of The Blade on Tatooine. The visit ended without violence and the trio returned to Dromund Kaas.
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Act 3: Revelations
Part 1: War Games
Agent 53 finishes repairing the corrupted files and discovers the next and possibly last of Kagrido's storngholds, which leads the team into the middle of a warzone on a barren planet...
53 calls a team together to locate Kagrido's next fortress. With new intel provided by a mercenary, it was discovered the location was on Tatooine, specifically near the crash site of The Blade. Agent 53 joins with Kelshan, Naa'ree, Codi, and the mercenary on an assault against the stronghold. When they arrive they find the place engulfed in a small scale war of smugglers, pirates, bounty hunters, and mercenaries. All of them served The Kingslayer better known as Avolis, Kagrido's brother. Deciding to act quickly and ask questions later, the team makes their way through the warzone, fighting any hostile forces that decided to intercept them. They fought a variety of foes ranging from speeder squads, hover tanks, Zakuul knights turned mercenaries, an Eternal Empire walker, beasts, and Sith. They eventually found an unusual room full of Sith artifacts and stasis chambers. The only thing found was a journal-esque screen written in the ancient Sith language. Not finding anything crucial to the task at hand, they continue fighting until receiving a taunting message from the man in gray who was at the Novashiir temple before Kahn's team arrived there. They make their way to the base of the cliff at the end of the area where they meet their new opponent.
When they question the man of his identity, the gray Sith chuckled and pointed at Agent 53 who was shrouded in a dark aura before disappearing a second later. Due to the use of fold space that had just occurred, the team could only deduce the man they were facing was Kagrido himself. After a brief moment of dialogue, Orias draws his lightsaber while uttering the words "Time to see what I can do now" before the climactic duel began.
Part 2: The Test of Battle
The Dark Watch team face off with Kagrido in a duel that seems more like a glorified sparring match, with anyone thrown into a corner being warped away to an unknown location. Can Archon Inig and Rindarek arrive to assist before it's too late?
The duel against the man believed to be Kagrido began. Wielding a practice saber, he fought briefly with the first team to investigate the area. After a while Inig and Rindarek arrived to assist, which only spurred Orias' interest in his strength against the Archon. He called upon the aid of the veiled Sith to keep the first team preoccupied while he went to challenge the second team which consisted of Rindarek and a new agent by the name of Kira. After a swift exchange of attacks and losing his weapon, Orias warped back to the others as they finished fighting the veiled Sith. He took a quick moment to recover what energy he could but in the end was defeated though both team's combined efforts. Lying on the ground with flames crawling onto him, Orias was rescued by more members of the Veil, who reveal that he was actually Xivar in disguise, meant to trick the Dark Watch teams into not holding back during their fight to test his newfound strength and skills.
When the battle settled and the Veil healing Xivar's wounds, he explained everything from his side of the story. Stating that he was indeed kidnapped, trained, and had the Sith spirits freed from him, but agreed to stay for his own reasons. When asked about the group's suspicions of Kagrido's plan for possessing his body to live longer, Xivar claimed not to know anything about it and suggested they asked him themselves. He directed them to the elevator nearby before taking a group of the Veil to deal with the remaining mercenaries, who were all traitors to Avolis and set up to fight each other to give Xivar another test.
When Inig, Kelshan, and Rindarek found Kagrido, he explained the reason as to why he kidnapped Xivar in the first place: to create an ideal apprentice meant to surpass him when he inevitably died. This roused the ire of the group, more specifically Kelshan's anger over Jason being blinded for such a poor reason and Inig's trust being betrayed. Kelshan stormed out of the building and back to the others while Rindarek followed shortly after, leaving Inig to question Kagrido on his true ulterior motive. She told him that Xivar was free to leave if he wanted to and defied Kagrido's further plans for him from then on. After a brief moment of thought he agreed to let the boy leave, knowing he would return to him eventually on his own free will. He expressed his regret over letting Korigad guard the temple, despite initially believing she was capable of keeping her mental state in check, and allowing her to blind Jason, not wanting any Dark Watch members to be harmed throughout all of this and explained he wanted to make a better warrior to replace him in the order, stating he knows he is getting weaker and won't live up to his prior standards as one of the order's best defenders.
Inig once again asked why he really did all of this, not believing he was telling her everything about the whole situation. After a moment of internal debate, he beckons Inig over and whispers something in her ear. What she was told was enough to calm her down enough to end their conversation on a lighter note than when they first talked to him. He then states he will still offer any use he can to the order, even thinking of ways to make amends with Jason and the rest of the Zadanes. Inig then leaves the building to leave the area with the others.
END
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A mercenary has failed to check in for over a week. Intelligence officer, Agent 53 believes something is off and goes to investigate...
The mercenary Xivar has been abducted by a hooded figure in the main hall of the Dark Watch's stronghold. The investigative efforts of Agent 53, Rindarek, and Jason-grey have revealed the identity of the attacker: Councilor Kagrido Novan.
With no clear motive and more than a week of time lost, can the Dark Watch uncover the truth and save Xivar from whatever plan Darth Orias has in store?
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Act 1: Beginning the Hunt.
Members of the Dark Watch meet together to discuss the events and plan accordingly. Agent 53 Summarizes the situation and offers possible plans of action...
Act 1 A: The Novashiir Temple.
Agent 53 sends Kahn'singh, Jason-grey, and three Royal Guards to storm the Novashiir Temple on Yavin IV to find any information they could on Darth Orias or Xivar. Their shuttle was shot down before reaching the landing site, but managed to crash land near the temple and continue their mission. The first line of defense was an armored warrior who managed to endure through fatal wounds. The group realizes their opponent is just a Force spirit possessing the armor and with the help of Codi, who had been at the temple and hiding from the living armor for some time, forced the guardian on the defensive. Before it could unleash a last effort attack, another Force ghost appeared and eliminated the armor as a threat. The spirit who helped them was Kessik Novan, Kagrido's father, and the spirit possessing the armor was Ivernik Novan, Kagrido's uncle. The Sith spirits explain what little they knew about Darth Orias' plans, including the use of an altered version of the Memory Walk ritual.
The group continued to the main temple which was guarded by Korigad. She was killed by the team, albeit with the death of one of the guardsmen and injuries to the other two, as well as Jason being blinded by Korigad during the fight. Kahn continued to investigate the temple on his own, discovering communication logs and recordings as well as disabling the anti-air cannon that shot down their ship. He also finds Xivar's war blade and his old cloak, proving Xivar was held at the Novashiir Temple at some point.
Act 1 B: The Xen'shal Tower.
After sending a group to investigate the temple on Yavin IV, Agent 53 sends another team to search the Xen'shal Tower on Dromund Kaas, Kagrido's known residence. The team fought past security droids and turrets and made their way to the main hall on the top floor of the tower. The last line of defense was Zarron Kedaii, a Mandalorian who was the last of the Kedaii Clan known for hunting Force users. After defeating him, Zarron retreated and the team scoured the area for information. They found datapads with information on Kagrido's activities regarding the past week and holo recordings of him talking about his mortality and needing to act quickly.
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Act 2: Doubts
Agent 53 reviews the collected information from the two sites and updates the Dark Watch on their next objective, leading to a crime lord on the smuggler's moon...
After going over the information recovered from both sites, 53 believes the next place to check would be at a sky palace on Nar Shaddaa owned by a crime lord known as The Kingslayer. Kahn, Codi, and Telia go to question the crime lord on his transmissions with both of Kagrido's strongholds. They learn that Kingslayer is actually Kagrido's older brother, Avolis Novan, and that he claimed to know little to nothing about the councilor's agenda. The most he knows about it is that he often sends supplies to Kagrido if he ever needed anything. When told of Kagrido's possible claim to immortality, Avolis seemed unconvinced that his brother would want to cheat death due to being told of the events on the crashing of The Blade on Tatooine. The visit ended without violence and the trio returned to Dromund Kaas.
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Act 3: Revelations
Part 1: War Games
Agent 53 finishes repairing the corrupted files and discovers the next and possibly last of Kagrido's storngholds, which leads the team into the middle of a warzone on a barren planet...
53 calls a team together to locate Kagrido's next fortress. With new intel provided by a mercenary, it was discovered the location was on Tatooine, specifically near the crash site of The Blade. Agent 53 joins with Kelshan, Naa'ree, Codi, and the mercenary on an assault against the stronghold. When they arrive they find the place engulfed in a small scale war of smugglers, pirates, bounty hunters, and mercenaries. All of them served The Kingslayer better known as Avolis, Kagrido's brother. Deciding to act quickly and ask questions later, the team makes their way through the warzone, fighting any hostile forces that decided to intercept them. They fought a variety of foes ranging from speeder squads, hover tanks, Zakuul knights turned mercenaries, an Eternal Empire walker, beasts, and Sith. They eventually found an unusual room full of Sith artifacts and stasis chambers. The only thing found was a journal-esque screen written in the ancient Sith language. Not finding anything crucial to the task at hand, they continue fighting until receiving a taunting message from the man in gray who was at the Novashiir temple before Kahn's team arrived there. They make their way to the base of the cliff at the end of the area where they meet their new opponent.
When they question the man of his identity, the gray Sith chuckled and pointed at Agent 53 who was shrouded in a dark aura before disappearing a second later. Due to the use of fold space that had just occurred, the team could only deduce the man they were facing was Kagrido himself. After a brief moment of dialogue, Orias draws his lightsaber while uttering the words "Time to see what I can do now" before the climactic duel began.
Part 2: The Test of Battle
The Dark Watch team face off with Kagrido in a duel that seems more like a glorified sparring match, with anyone thrown into a corner being warped away to an unknown location. Can Archon Inig and Rindarek arrive to assist before it's too late?
The duel against the man believed to be Kagrido began. Wielding a practice saber, he fought briefly with the first team to investigate the area. After a while Inig and Rindarek arrived to assist, which only spurred Orias' interest in his strength against the Archon. He called upon the aid of the veiled Sith to keep the first team preoccupied while he went to challenge the second team which consisted of Rindarek and a new agent by the name of Kira. After a swift exchange of attacks and losing his weapon, Orias warped back to the others as they finished fighting the veiled Sith. He took a quick moment to recover what energy he could but in the end was defeated though both team's combined efforts. Lying on the ground with flames crawling onto him, Orias was rescued by more members of the Veil, who reveal that he was actually Xivar in disguise, meant to trick the Dark Watch teams into not holding back during their fight to test his newfound strength and skills.
When the battle settled and the Veil healing Xivar's wounds, he explained everything from his side of the story. Stating that he was indeed kidnapped, trained, and had the Sith spirits freed from him, but agreed to stay for his own reasons. When asked about the group's suspicions of Kagrido's plan for possessing his body to live longer, Xivar claimed not to know anything about it and suggested they asked him themselves. He directed them to the elevator nearby before taking a group of the Veil to deal with the remaining mercenaries, who were all traitors to Avolis and set up to fight each other to give Xivar another test.
When Inig, Kelshan, and Rindarek found Kagrido, he explained the reason as to why he kidnapped Xivar in the first place: to create an ideal apprentice meant to surpass him when he inevitably died. This roused the ire of the group, more specifically Kelshan's anger over Jason being blinded for such a poor reason and Inig's trust being betrayed. Kelshan stormed out of the building and back to the others while Rindarek followed shortly after, leaving Inig to question Kagrido on his true ulterior motive. She told him that Xivar was free to leave if he wanted to and defied Kagrido's further plans for him from then on. After a brief moment of thought he agreed to let the boy leave, knowing he would return to him eventually on his own free will. He expressed his regret over letting Korigad guard the temple, despite initially believing she was capable of keeping her mental state in check, and allowing her to blind Jason, not wanting any Dark Watch members to be harmed throughout all of this and explained he wanted to make a better warrior to replace him in the order, stating he knows he is getting weaker and won't live up to his prior standards as one of the order's best defenders.
Inig once again asked why he really did all of this, not believing he was telling her everything about the whole situation. After a moment of internal debate, he beckons Inig over and whispers something in her ear. What she was told was enough to calm her down enough to end their conversation on a lighter note than when they first talked to him. He then states he will still offer any use he can to the order, even thinking of ways to make amends with Jason and the rest of the Zadanes. Inig then leaves the building to leave the area with the others.
END
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