Hunt on the Moon of Drazkel

The **Hunt on the Moon of Drazkel** was a small scale conflict that was mostly unheard of, revolving around crime syndicates that were hunting a Jedi Padawan on the Moon of Drazkel following an auction for the same jedi. The Sith apprentice Maul was present during the conflict, also wanting to be responsible for the death of the jedi.

## Prelude

##### Previous: Auction of Eldra Kaitis

During the final years of the Galactic Republic, Xev Xrexus, boss of the Xrexus Cartel, held a black market auction in which the high prize was the Padawan Eldra Kaitis. Jee Kra had won the event, however his prize had been stolen from his by the sith apprentice Maul, who had been hunting the jedi on his own in attempt to quench his bloodlust. As Maul came into possession of the padawan his ship was struck by a detonator hidden by Xev Xrexus, causing them to crash on the Moon of Drazkel.

## Recount

##### The Hunt Announcement

Aboard Xev's Hideout, Xev stood before the event comers announcing one more payed event taking place on the Moon below in which she had crashed Jee Kra's ship. She explained that Eldra Kaitis was still alive, and that for a price, the attendees could enter in a hunt for the Jedi and win the prize of killing her and her captors. A vast amount of those listening chose to take the option to join the hunt, taking their ships down the moon below.

On the moon, Maul and his bounty hunter allies took stock of one another, before forming a plan to split up. The bounty hunters would travel to where the other criminals would soon be landing their ships so that they may scuttle all their ships, stranding them all on the planet, stealing only one that they could escape aboard. Maul meanwhile would take Eldra Kaitis and lure the bounty hunters away, not only allowing Cad Bane to destroy their ships, but gave Maul a chance to destroy his witnesses. Tek-tek was unseen during this planning stage. The crew believed him to be vaporized in the crash. He did however survive, but only just. He lost his leg and an eye, bleeding out and in need of medical attention. He followed FE-B3 into the desert, begging for the droids help. The droid refused to give it. He soon after died as a result. As Maul lured away the hunters, Eldra Kaitis was able to convince Maul to allow her to help him dispose of their advancing enemies. He removed her cuffs and gave her her lightsaber. Maul agreed to do so so that he would have an opportunity to measure Kaitis' fighting skills as she fought the advancing bounty hunters.

##### The Hunt

Maul and Eldra Kaitis were quickly descended upon by members of the Pyke Syndicate who fired down on the pair from rocky vantage points above. The pair used their sabers to deflect the shots back at their attackers. Maul was able to leap at the Pyke Soldiers, slicing and killing them. Maul was very aware that Kaitis was likely watching him as he fought and judging his skill, much as he was doing to her.

Cad Bane and his crew first came across a small group of Trandoshan hunters, lead by an unidentified trandoshan leader. Bane conducted a plan in which he lured the leader of the hunting party into a standoff duel. Before his enemy was able to pull his blaster however Vorhdeilo leapt out from the shadows, stabbing and killing the leader. The trandoshan followers were then shot and picked off by both Cad Bane and Aurra Sing, who used a sniper to shoot the enemies from afar.

Meanwhile Maul and Kaitis continued to fight in unison to diminish the advancing enemies. Maul observed that Kaitis fought with anger, and would have potentially made for a powerful ally in another turn of events. They defeated Kyuzo enemies and IG droids alike. All the while, Kaitis pressed Maul for information his kind, asking why he chose to risk exposure. Maul explained that he was certain that his existence would remain a secret and that he spent his time killing everyone prior to Kaitis herself to ensure that there would be no witnesses. Kaitis gave Maul a chance to stand down and alter his path before she believed she would humiliate and then kill him if he chose not to. Maul did not stand down, accepting that the time had come to finally face down and kill his first jedi.

   Xev was informed that the hunters who had payed to participate in the hunt were nearly all of them killed by Kaitis and her cohorts. The rest had retreated from the event out of fear for their lives. Xev was undisturbed by this however as their payments had already gone through. She lost nothing from their deaths.

Cad Bane, Aurra Sing and Vorhdeilo approached a landing zone of a HCT-2001 *Dragon*-class Reugeot 905 belonging to the trandoshans and a *Flarestar*-class attack shuttle that belonged to Weequay pirates. They debated between which to steal, considering the trandoshan ship would be more proficient in their escape, while the weequay ship was more likely to have valuable cargo. They chose the weequay ship. Cad Bane released a pair of dioxis grenades that distracted a pair of trandoshans guarding their ship. Cad Bane used the cover provided by the gas to approach them both and execute them. From the other side of the landing zone a pair of weequay observed the attack, choosing not to interfere over concern over their own lives. They were soon after shot and killed by Aurra Sing as she approached unnoticed from behind. One of the weequay survived the shot and was rendered non-hostile. Vorhdeilo kidnapped them, taking them as prisoner for use as a live snack. The bounty hunters then boarded their chosen ship and began their journey to locate Maul.

##### The Duel

Eldra Kaitis ignited her lightsaber, soon followed by Maul. They stood for a moment in a silent standoff before entering a duel with one another. Maul pushed the advance with an aggressive fighting style, pushing Kaitis into a retreat. She retaliated by using the force to hurl great amounts of rocks at Maul. He was able to defend himself, using his saber to cut through the rocks. Kaitis, aware that she was potentially outmatched leapt away for a moment to a high vantage point, looking down on Maul, beginning to speak that she was not the Jedi he wanted to kill, only a Padawan. Maul was unaffected by her pleads, proceeding with his attack. His overconfidence became his downfall however as Kaitis was soon able to recognize that he had become arrogant in his fighting style. She landed a near fatal blow, cutting across Maul's chest, burning his robes. Maul took a moment to appreciate that he had almost caused his defeat by becoming overly excited by the coming death of the jedi. He removed the top half of his robes, exposing his tattooed chest. He proceeded with his attack. Maul caught Kaitis in a nearly duel ending move, however Kaitis defended herself with a force push, throwing Maul against a rocky formation. She quickly threw her saber into the rock just above Maul's head, striking the rock in such a way that caused the rocks to break down and crumble onto Maul, burying him in the rocks. Kaitis thought Maul killed under the rocks and herself victorious. Only moments later however Maul leapt from the rocks, using the surprise to catch Kaitis on the end of his blade, stabbing her through the chest and lifting him up on her lightsaber. She shed a small tear as she realized she was beaten. Maul dropped Kaitis, dead. Maul took a moment to bask in his success, and how he felt having taken his first jedi life. He came to realize that he only felt emptier by the death of the jedi.

Maul left the body where it lay, walking out into the desert. While walking he came across FE-B3 who pleaded for his help. He cut the droid down. Maul's probe droids were able to locate him and lead Cad Bane to the sith. Maul boarded the stolen ship and traveled back up to Xev's hideout.

##### Massacre aboard Xev's Hideout

To ensure that any traces of Maul were destroyed, Maul returned to Xev's space station. Once on board he began cutting down all staff and remaining individuals aboard the space station. He killed all aboard until only Xev herself remained. She called out for more wine, unaware that her staff had been destroyed. Maul walked into her suite, alerting her to her situation. She realized that she would not leave the room alive, coming to identify Maul as a sith. Maul struck her down with his lightsaber. The entire event headed by Xev was ended by her death.

## Aftermath

##### Next: ...

Maul returned to Coruscant, most likely paying Cad Bane and the remaining members of his crew into secrecy. He went back to Sidious where he learnt that Sidious was aware of Maul's actions and had actually played a role in sending Maul on the path. He questioned Maul to if he was satisfied by the death of the jedi. When Maul answered no, Sidious declared that this was good.

## Timeline of Event

* Maul, Eldra Kaitis and Cad Bane's Crew crashland on the Moon of Drazkel.
* Bounty Hunters travel to the moon to hunt Eldra Kaitis.
* The Unidentified Trandoshan leader is killed by Vorhdeilo.
* Maul and Eldra Kaitis kill the bounty hunters attacking them.
* Cad Bane and his crew steal an escape ship.
* Maul and Eldra Kaitis duel.
* Eldra Kaitis is killed, stuck down by Maul.
* FE-B3 is killed, struck down by Maul.
* Maul returns to Xev's Hideout, massacring all aboard.
* Xev Xrexus is killed, cut down by Maul.

## Appearances

1. Star Wars: Darth Maul 4
2. Star Wars: Darth Maul 5