Atheane Umbra

Darth

### Style of Address

*Her Honor, Darth Atheane of Clan Umbra, Lord Councilor of the Dark Council, Minister of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the Fireborn Sovereignty Military Forces, and Dark Lord of the Fireborn.*

## **Main Backstory:**

### A Village in the Hills

It was a foggy, damp morning on Aurea. Smoke came out of the tops of the chimneys of the houses of the Umbran Village. The sound of swords clashing came from the hills, where Umbran guardsmen were training. A young girl woke up from her sleep, already bouncing with energy to start the day. She jumped out of bed and hurried out of her small bedroom. Through the kitchen and living room, and then out the front door. She looked to the north as the Sun began to peak over the mountaintops, its rays shining down to the village to give its morning light. Her parents had already been up for hours now, they too were training, but as force users. The girl ran down the main path down the village, knowing exactly where to go. She veered left at a splitway and looked at a large building at the end of the road and.... **BOOM!** The building blew like a volcano, sending wood and other materials flying in all directions, with the sound of fighter ships overhead. Screaming rang out as people began to run from whatever had caused the explosion. The girl turned around and ran. More buildings began to fall.. Some by fire, and some by arial bombardment. She did what a 4 year old would think to do, hide. She ran to a fallen wall and crawled under it as far as she could. She sat in the back and curled up, crying quietly to herself..

Next to the village, a large ship landed. The ramp came down and a man walked out of it. He was a large man, being nearly 300 lbs and 6'5. Umbran guards ran at the man, their swords held high as they attempted to down the man.. but they failed. Each of them cut down by a blade of red light. More guards ran at the man, but met the same fate. Soldiers came out of the ship after the man, also gunning down the adults in the village. Kids stood there, crying as the soldiers grabbed them and took them back to the ship....

Hours later.. The girl, Atheane still hid under the wall. The only sound now were the soldiers conversing back and forth as they continued to search the rubble. She wiped her tears off of her face, still thinking of where her parents were in all of this. Then the rubble above her head began to move off of her. She stood up happily, she was finally being rescued. Then when it had cleared off of her, she was met with one of the soldiers. He grabbed her and held tight, even with her kicking and screaming, and took her into the ship. Atheane looked back at the village. It was just a pile of rubble now. A pile of burning rubble. She watched as the ramp closed. The last look at her village. Ath then, was put in a small room with the rest of the children, who were all crying or cowering in a corner.. but all she could see was pitch dark.

### A New Life in Hell

[The story of Ath and her time with Cryze Lethar]

Atheane was brought to what she knew as "The Black Planet", Later known to her as the world of Durace . Cryze Lethar, after his Exile, sought out the planet and constructed a compound to house his followers. She and the other kids were forced into labor, and then intensive force and combat training. The kids who grew up together were forced to fight each other to near death. Atheane was beaten many times, and most nights she cried herself to sleep with the pain that she was forced to endure. The only thing that kept her somewhat cheerful in these times were the memory of her parents' faces. It was all that she had left...

Once she was older, she was given a room to herself. It was quiet, unlike the bunk rooms that she had been forced to sleep in before. It was small, but it gave her a place to think. She grew in her skill in sword combat, something that her clan was good with, although she had no memory of her clan itself.

### The Duel between Atheane and Jallo Lethar

Cryze Lethar had always loved putting his trainees into duels for the death. He was a very brutal teacher. One day, Atheane and Jallo got into a fistfight, which then turned to a force choking match. The other kids stood in a circle around the two, cheering for one kid or the other to win. Cryze, who could hear the chearing from where he stood in the Academy, rushed over to the two.

"What the hell are you two doing?"

There was no answer, the two were too caught up in the fight. Cryze pushed through the circle of kids and sent a force-wave out in all directions, sending kids flying every which way. The only two kids who remained near Cryze were Atheane and Jallo. Cryze picked both of them up with force chokes.

"Both of you, to the ring. Now." He dropped Ath and Jallo and they both ran off to get their weapons. Once they made it to the ring, they activated their lightsabers. Jallo ran in for a full frontal attack, but Atheane jumped over him. She landed behind him and picked him up with the force, spinning him around. She then slammed him into the hard ground of the righting ring. Jallo got up and tried to do the same thing, but Ath was not there. Nowhere to be seen. He looked around the ring for Atheane, but nothing. He began to laugh as he deactivated his saber.

"Coward!! HA HA! She ran off, Father!" Cryze stood there, his eyes followed Atheane, who was stealthed with the force. She walked behind Jallo and shoved her saber into his stomach. "I'm sorry. We all knew you weren't that skilled in dueling.." She whispered to him... Cryze, who stood in the viewing box above the arena shook his head, looking at his son. "Useless.."

### Escape

One night, after stealing the Spaceport's shipping manifests the day before, snuck onto a cargo transport with crates full of newly made blasters that was being sent out to pay a bounty hunters guild for their service to Lethar. As the ship was taking off, she jumped into the cargo bay. Quietly moving around, Atheane looked into the crates and took one of the blaster rifles. Taking the only chance that she could possibly have, she moved to the cockpit and stunned the pilots. She dragged them out of their seats and put them into the escape pod. After deploying the pod, she set course for the outer rim, and began her journey to get as far from Lethar as she could..

Days later, her ship was adrift in what Atheane could only know as the middle of nowhere. The fuel cells had failed, and the ship's thrusters were fried. She wondered how far the pilots would have gotten before this happened, or if they even knew that it was broken at all. She sat there, the ship drifting for days, waiting to die. Suddenly, a loud thundering sound overcame the small ship. The sound of a large ship above her. In this sound, another sound rang. The comm terminal began to ping. Someone was trying to contact her.

"This is Lieutenant Myria Beruss of the Sith Imperium Naval Forces. We found signs of life, does anyone copy?"

With the low Oxygen levels that the ship had left, Atheane spoke weakly back to the ship "I'm here.. Get me out of this.." She said briefly. The Tractor beam of the Terminus-class destroyer brought their ship into their hangar. Atheane gathered her things, which was only a coat and one of the blasters that she found on the ship and she stepped out with the blaster pointed out to the first man she saw. "Are you Imperials? Are you one of Cryze Lethar's Junkies?"

"Imps? Cryze Lethar? Hah! She thinks we're imps!" One of the boarding crew said. "No, Child, We are not Imperials, and frankly I have no idea who Cryze Lethar is. We are the Naval forces of the Sith Imperium, we exist outside of the Empire and the Republic.. You can put the blaster down, we won't hurt you."

Atheane was suprised by this 'Imperium' but intrigued, and she lowered the blaster. "Is there any way I can stay with you? I am not going back anywhere near the Empire, Republic, or to Lethar again.."

"If that's what ya need, that's what we got for ya. Welcome aboard the HMS Revenge."

Atheane was then taken back to Solaria, and began her training in the Academy of the One Sith, now named the Ember Academy

### New Beginnings

[I do not have much detail of this point in Atheane's story as at the time, I did not use the Wiki, or record anything.] Atheane was nervous while starting in the Imperium, though she was not weak. The force guided her though her training, even if it meant loosing more than a few duels with multiple students. After completing her 5-year academy training within the imperium, she was quickly taken in as an apprentice, by Darth Tyrol Marec, as he felt like something wanted him to take her in. As if it was supposed to happen.. She began as an apprentice at 19, (6 months later being 20) and tried as hard as she could throughout the apprenticeship. Wanting to go into the Ministry of War, she trained, and mastered many different styles of combat with many different kinds of weapons. Atheane studied the force, and all views and aspects on it, wanting to learn as much as she could about it. Later, Atheane finally mastered many different force 'tricks'. Other notable things she Learned in her apprenticeship was the Hiigaran language, culture, history, and more from Tyrol, who was and is the King of Hiigara. She knew little of this information, being taken away from her people at such a young age, so it came really fun to her.

When Atheane was 23, after her apprenticeship as completed (And after the 3 year time skip), she became a Lord of the Sith. She went on many different excursions with the Ministry of War. The most notable, being the Vault under the city Vaya'vilial, and the campaign on the world of Geroon. A few weeks before the campaign on Geroon, Atheane took an apprentice by the name of Orion Dragnos. He was a young man, but Ath saw potential in him. She passed the knowledge that she had learned over her years as an apprentice, down to Orion.

## **A Hiigaran Homecoming**

### The Vision of the Children

Towards the end of her apprenticeship, Atheane sat alone in her room on the HMS Armageddon. She closed her eyes and then saw a Vision: Atheane was now in a field, or it seemed so. She looked around. In the distance was a group of trees, and there was childish laughter coming from that area. She walked through the field to the tree grouping. The trees surrounded a pool of water, next to the pool was a woman tending to a small campfire. Behind her, two children, one about 17, and one 7. The younger child chased the older with a stick, as the older ran around while laughing. Atheane watched this and smiled. A large gust of wind came over the field. The fire was blown out, and the children stopped playing. The sky turned dark, and it began to rain. The older boy took his sister by the hand and pulled her closer to him. They looked to their mother as Lightning struck one of the trees, making it catch on fire and fall on top of her. Behind the fire, stood a cloaked man. The man began laughing as he activated a blood-red lightsaber. The younger child screamed and everything faded.....

### Back Home

This story all started with the two Siblings, Adalia and Jarrus Keldar. After the fire, and the storm, the both of them escaped the grasp of the man in the shadows. They made their way Northeast, towards Umbra Territory, Sheltering In caves, or makeshift lean-to's. Jarrus hunted for the food to feed them, but did not eat any himself, because he did not feel hungry, at all. Day by day, he continued to not feel hungry, but his body said otherwise. He began to get skinnier, more sickly and pale, but he did not want to eat the food, as whenever he ate, it made him more sick and he couldn't keep it down. Adalia continuously tried to get him to eat, but the answer was always the same. "I'm not hungry right now, I'll eat later."

They reached the east gate of Clan Umbra's village 2 weeks after they escaped. Jarrus, once his feet touched the path, collapsed. People on the streets looked their way, and saw a little girl yelling around, getting peoples' attention. Once they figured out what was going on, they ran to the boy, and brought him to their hospital. The doctors tried everything to heal Jarrus. They used medicines and they fed him, but he stayed the same, If anything, he was getting worse..

The issue later caught the attention of one, Kayda Umbra. The Leader of Clan Umbra and Protector of their territory. She did the only thing that she saw fit, To call the king of Hiigara, King Tyrol Marec of House Marec and the Sith Imperium. Tyrol got the message and came as quickly as he could, with his brothers and former apprentice, Atheane, behind on the HMS Armageddon, when Atheane was almost 24.

*Kayda walked out of the Chief’s Building with a staff in her hand. Upon seeing Tyrol approaching, she Brought her fist to her chest and took a bow.* “Greetings, Tyrol”

*Tyrol bowed back to Kayda* "Chieftess Kayda, apologies for being late i came as soon as i could. What information do you have about the incident?"

“We have almost no information... According to the girl, they were attacked by someone with ‘Lightning powers’. The boy is sick. He gave his sister all of the hunted food, and left none for himself, which made him skinny. They came here, but since then we have made no progress with the boy. He has not gotten any healthier, if anything, he is getting worse.. Something is.. keeping him sick..” *She began walking to the medical building. Behind them, Umbran soldiers followed in formation.* “The girl, Adalia, says that the man who attacked them is following them.. ‘in the shadows’, as she says it..”

*Tyrol became concerned upon hearing this news. the thought of someone attacking children on his home was disturbing enough but the fact that a dangerous person who shouldn't be on planet wandering around was even more disturbing.* "I'll take a look at him and see what I can do, sounds like someone is using the force to keep the boy sick but I'm not too sure. I'd also like to find this shadow figure. If we have an enemy, or enemies on Hiigara, he or she needs to be dealt with immediately. We need to keep Our people safe, as our highest priority"

*Kayda agreed full-heartedly.* “I will send out regular patrols in all sectors of our Territory. There is already a patrol on the Southern outskirts, now.” *She began walking to the hospital.* “The boy is right inside.” *She led Tyrol to where Jarrus lay in a medical bed. Doctors and nurses stood around the bed, talking. In a chair next to the bed, a small blonde girl sat quietly.*

*Tyrol kneels down and places his hand on the boy's forehead.* "You'll be alright young man I'll do what I can to assist." *Jarrus moaned, he was not fully conscious yet, even though it had been weeks. He opened his eyes slowly, and not all the way. The whites of his eyes were red, and his pupils were large. Tests had been run on Jarrus, but none had come up with anything. To the scans, he was perfectly healthy. Tyrol turns his around slowly in mix of shock and disbelief, his eyes wide open.* "This is anything but healthy. I've seen Rakghoul plague victims healthier then this"

*Kayda readjusted her standing position to be more comfortable.* “As have I.. We assumed that it was something more.. supernatural. That is why I contacted you. From what I know, nobody from any other clans have suffered anything like this yet.”

*Tyrol then began his attempt to use the force to heal the boy, and stop the sickness. He tried many times, some 20 minutes at a time, but nothing seemed to work. Once Tyrol was about to give up, Atheane, Orion, and Karas arrived. Tyrol turned and looked at ath with a neutral face.* "I thought they might have been the ones you were talking about". *He then changes his expression to that of a concerning nature*. "Unfortunately I wish I had good news. A strong dark side user is causing the young one here to have an affliction that is immune to medical treatment. I'm trying to cure him or at the very least hold the affliction at bay. But I'm barely making progress".

*Atheane slowly walked over to the boy and placed her hand on his forehead and Kayda walked past her to tend to other things in the village. Atheane turned her head to Tyrol.* “He’s burning up.. he needs a cool, wet cloth.” *One of the nurses grabbed a cloth and soaked it with ice water. She folded it up and handed it to Ath, who placed the rag on the boy’s head.* “Do you think it would slow down if we tried together?” *She said as she wiped her wet hands on the edge of her coat.*

*Tyrol nodded* "it's worth a shot. As long as we can keep it stable until we can find the person that caused this issue or fix it ourselves". *Atheane kneeled down next to the bed and placed her hands on Jarrus. She, with Tyrol, began their attempt to stop this sickness. After a long 45 minutes, Jarrus finally woke up. "Dalia...Dalia" He said quietly many times. Adalia jumped off of her chair and hugged Jarrus.* "I'm here! I'm Here!" *She said quietly, half in tears. The sun was now setting, and Kayda walked back into the hospital.*

*Tyrol stood vigil over Jarrus while he recovered. He turned to see Chieftess Kayda and bowed to her in respect.* "Chieftess Kayda....the boy seems to be doing well. He's now stable and appears to be cured for now".

“For now? With all due respect, Tyrol, I don’t think for now is enough. We have not received word about any other citizens of any clan with this.. disease of sorts.. If it is inflicted by a force-user, would they need to be in a closer proximity, or would they not matter?” *Kayda looked down to the boy who was now sort of awake, and was quietly talking with his younger sister.* “On another matter, so we know of these kids’ origins? What clan are they of?”

*Tyrol stood there and sighs.* "I know it's not enough but I'm not making promises I can't keep. I'm sending hunting parties to find who did this. Hopefully we'll find the person. As for the kids' origins I'm not too sure. We're gonna have to run DNA tests and compare it via the clan records of each clan".

*Kayda turned around as the captain of her guard entered the room.* “Tenol, you’re here.. Good.” *He put his fist to his chest and nodded to her.* “I came as soon as I could, Chiftess Umbra. What can I do for you?” *She turned to Tyrol, and motioned to him.* “Tyrol this is Captain Tenol Rasheer, the captain of my guard. Captain, I assume you know who this is..” *Tenol looked from Kayda to Tyrol. He was very surprised at the sight of Tyrol. He put his fist to his chest once again, and took a bow.* “My King, I apologize. I was not aware that you were here. How can I be of service?”

*Tyrol stands and bows his head.* "Tes I know you Captain Tenol. I would like you to take several group of your best trackers and try to find this person that caused this. I've asked a few trackers from Clan sanguine to assist as well and Clan Kurze as well. I pray you have good fortune. I'll stay here with Jarrus as a precaution". *Tyrol looked back at the boy. This attack wasn't just an attack on a person on his home world. This was an attack against one of his own. To him an attack on a member of his Kingdom is the same as an attack on his own children.*

“My men are ready." *Tenol Said briefly.* "I will have them out as fast as I can, My King.” *He put his fist to his chest and bowed  to the both of them, and he left the building. 30 minutes later, tracking teams and patrols were sent out everywhere.*

*Kayda walked out of the medical building and found Tenol, who was readying himself to set out on foot.* “Captain, I want you and your team of riders to bring the Tusk Cats out. All of them. They may be able to help even more.” *Tenol nodded.* “We will be out soon, Chieftess."

*Atheane turned to Tyrol. She eyed Adalia as she laughed at something Jarrus had said, and then turned her eyes back to Tyrol.* “Is there anything I can do? Obviously it isn’t a good time to go introduce myself to the Chieftess..”

*Tyrol chuckled happy that Jarrus was being bright despite the difficult time he and his sister had, he then replied to Ath.* "You should be able to introduce yourself Ath. Kayda is a nice person, unless you get on her bad side".

“I think I will.. No reason why I shouldn’t.” *Atheane smiled and turned to leave the medical building to talk to Kayda.* “Orion, You may walk around for awhile. If Tyrol needs you, you know your duty.” *She nodded to everyone and left the building. After talking to some people, She found Kayda at a large building that was sort of like a barn. Inside we’re stables, but there were ponds and wildlife inside it.   Large tusked felines walked around the area. Some drinking from water and some doing other things. One of the Tusk cats was laying down, with what seemed to be its newborn babies suckling from her. Near this mother risk cat stood Kayda Umbra, who was watching. Atheane walked up to her slowly, looking to the tusk cats as she walked over, and trying not to provoke them.* “Chieftess Umbra, are you busy?” *Atheane stopped a few feet away from her. The Chieftess looked to Atheane.* “Ah, so you’re the one Tyrol told me about. Well, I would like you to know that you are very much welcome here, Atheane. After all, this is your clan. We are your family.” *Atheane was slightly surprised by this. She looked to the tusk cat mother with the babies.* “I half-expected you to not believe me. The story does seem pretty crazy..” *Kayda smiled.* “Atheane, to be completely honest, I did not believe it at first. When we had search teams out to find your exploratory group, we found only dead.. It was a sad day for us. I only believed it once Tyrol assures me that it was true..” *Atheane’s smile dissipated.* “I do not remember them very well. My parents and the group. But I cherish the memories that I do have with them.” *Kayda set her hand on Atheane’s shoulder.* “That is perfectly fine, Atheane.” *Kayda dropped her arm.* “I am sorry to cut this short, but I have pressing matters to attend to, Atheane.” *Atheane nodded and crossed her arms.* “Is there anything I can do?” K*ayda shook her head.* “At this moment, no. But there will be if we catch the culprit to the boy’s sickness.” *Atheane smiled.* “Alright then, thanks for the talk.” *She set her fist to her chest and bowed to her.* “I will be ready, Chieftess.” *Atheane stayed in the room. Moonlight came through the large open roof. She sat down next to the mother with the babies and snapped her fingers quietly, to call the babies over. 3 of them slowly walked over and started sniffing Ath, and rubbing against her. They were all the size of a medium sized dog (irl comparison). She smiled and pet some quietly. She later Set out to meet the Sanguine trackers.*

*3 members of clan sanguine meet up with Atheane and the scouting party from clan Umbra at the meeting point. Their bright red cladded armour revealing their position immediately as they made their way to them. The 3 stood firmly in front of the party, the center party member removes his helmet revealing a grizzled middle aged member, scarred by many battles. The second member to his right removed his helmet afterwards. This man a seasoned hunter and tracker, not quite as honoured as the one next to him however has still seen his fair share of action. The one to the left of the grizzled hunter removed his helmet, revealing a young hunter. His face still smooth and not decorated yet, showing his inexperience. The centre member steps forward, slaps his fist into his chest and bows.* "Greetings Umbrans....I am Mephiston, the one to my right is Baal, the new fry here is Zuriel. We're here to assist in your search".

*Atheane came up through the group of Umbrans to the front. She had new armor on, some that matched the style of the rest of her clan’s.* “I am Lord Atheane Telohen of Clan Umbra and the Sith Imperium. I was sent by King Tyrol Marec, to lead this scouting group...” *She cleared her throat.* “We do not know who or what we are looking for. From a witness account, he is a tall slender man in a long black coat. His eyes are orange, and he is strong with the force.”

*Mephiston bows at Atheane and starts to come up with a plan.* "People like that can't hide in populated areas they'd have to hide in the environment. 2 areas stick out in this section of the planet. We have the mountains in Marec territory to the east and the Forests of clan Kurze to the south and south west. If I was the target I'd head to those areas lots of places to hide."

“Adalia said that they came through mountains to get here.. they must have gone east to get out of the forests of Kurze, and looped back through the mountains in Marec Territory, to come to our village at the east gate. Our best bet is in the mountains at this point, but I will bring my party back into the forests to make sure he hasn’t gone that way... You bring your party and search through the mountains.”

*Mephiston nods his head* "very well. Baal, Zuriel go with them and Zuriel listen to Baal. I'll head over to Marec Territory". *Baal and Zuriel group up with Atheane and her group while Mephiston heads off with his group.*

*Atheane nodded.* “My party consists of many Tusk Cat riders. Some will be on them, so if one of you find this man, we can get over quicker.. On that note, if you find him, keep him alive.” “Let’s move!” *Atheane turned back towards the Village and began walking. Once they were there, the Tusk cat Riders went in and mounted their animals. Atheane watched as this happened, slightly jealous that she couldn’t do the same. As if she asked for it, Chieftess Umbra walked back in to get her own.* “Atheane, my dear, are you alright?” *She grabbed a saddle and set it on a large black Tusk cat, that was different from the others.* “I’m ok, Chieftess. I was just acting like a child, being jealous over the riders..” *Kayda jumped and mounted the large cat.* “Why don’t you take one?” *Atheane was suprised.* “Really? Oh thank you, I will.” *Kayda turned her cat towards the door with the reigns.* “And once you return, you may choose out of our young ones to keep for yourself, My dear.” *Atheane was filled with excitement. She walked to one of the adult tusk cats and put a saddle on it. Once she strapped it on, she mounted it. Once she sat on it, she remembered going on these as a child with her parents behind her.(on the saddle). It was a memory she didn’t know that she still had. She walked the cat out and put her fist to her chest and nodded to Kayda.* “Thank you, Chieftess.” *Kayda nodded back and she had her cat trot out to the left, towards the chieftain’s building. Atheane nodded to the rest of her party.* “Let’s catch outselves a Sith..”

After this, Atheane continued Orion's training, teaching him the ways of the force and how it moved through life. She was happy with how his training was coming along, so Atheane decided to buy Orion a present for when he becomes a Lord. One day in the Umbran marketplace, she found a silver ring with an inscription of an Ancient Hiigaran poem. It Read: *"Viskningar om vinden, Prasslande löv talar meddelanden. Naturen visar vägen."* [Whispers of the wind, Rustling Leaves speak messages. Nature shows the way.]

### The Lost One

*Atheane and Orion had finally made their way back to the Village, and Atheane dropped her things off on her ship. She then made her way back to the Stables to see if the Tusk cat had made it back. She entered the large greenroom, and looked around. Some baby tusk cats were jumping on, and wrestling with each other in the center, near the pool, while some of the older ones sat next to each other, watching the babies. One of the keepers came up to Ath.*

"You fit the description of the one that the Chieftess told me about. She wanted me to show you back here."

*The man pointed to a double door on the back wall and led Atheane through. It opened to a smaller room, that only two adult tusk cats occupied. One stood, and the other was laying down, nursing its young. Total, there were 7 newly born tusk cats. Atheane put her hand to her mouth and her jaw dropped open a bit. She kneeled down.*

"They're adorable." *She whispered to herself, though the keeper could hear.*

"One of them is yours. Chieftess' orders. It is a gift from all of us in this Clan. To fully welcome you back as one of your members."

*Atheane knelt there, speechless. She could not figure out what to say. She looked at the young. One sat out, as its siblings pushed it away from the mother. She looked at it, and felt for its loneliness.* "I will have that one."

*The Keeper then picked the young tusk cat up.* "It is customary to give them a name right after they are picked, to start the life long bond right away." *He cautiously handed the young feline to Atheane. Ath thought for a long while, before saying one word out loud.* "Förlorade, Her name is Förlorade."

### The End of the Hunt

*Atheane sat in her ship meditating. She searched through the force on the world of Hiigara. She sat there concentrated on the life in the planet and the force that flowed through it. Ath sees two men fighting. She sees the sith lord they're looking for and Alaric fighting to the death. At the critical moment in battle a figure is stabbed. Who remains to be seen. Atheane stood from her dimly lit chambers on her ship. She ran out and found Tyrol.* "I know where they are, have been recently, or will be.. The border between Rictus and Teuton territory."

*Tyrol rose from his sleep and cracks his back*. "Well let's not wait. The sooner we get this bastard, the sooner we can rest easy. And Ath, we're packing to kill".

*Atheane smirked.* "Sounds like a doozy of a time!" *She said as she turned around and ran to the tusk cat stables. She opened the doors and looked in as 5 riders were in caring for their animals.* "We know where Iavys is. Let's go, full gear." *She ran to the back and saddled the tusk cat that she had ridden before. Atheane flicked the reigns and led the 5 other riders out. On her way, she met more of the riders and collected a large amount, coming to about 17. She met Tyrol at the edge of the Village.* "I have most of the Village's Riders behind me. The Chieftess is coming as well." *Right as this was said, Kayda came riding a black tusk cat with dark purple eyes. The other tusk cats legitimately bowed their heads at the sight of it. Behind Kayda was a large number of her guard.* "Umbra is ready to help wherever we can, Tyrol."

*Tyrol nods his head* "Thank you all for coming. First off this is volunteers only. Any who want to back out now are free to do so and no one will look ill towards you"

*Nobody of the Umbra clan Left. Some stood there quietly and some straightened their armour. One of the riders moved his tusk cat forward.* "These are Volunteers, My Liege. We want to make sure our brethren clans are safe, and our planet is safe." *The members behind him raised their weapons and called out in agreement.*

"Good" *Tyrol turns and releases a very long whistle. Suddenly Corax crashes down and spreads his wings releasing a loud shriek, Tyrol mounts his Avril and looks to the group.* "Let us haste. The more time we take the higher the chance of the sith getting away. Alaric has killed their kind before with ease. But he let's his anger and pride get the best of him".

"Lets Move!" *Kayda yelled to her clan. The black tusk cat rode out leading the large group of soldiers and riders to the area with Atheane. The clouds were gray, showing signs of rain. Thunder boomed in the distance. The group made their way through the forests of Kurze territory, picking up various volunteers from Kurze who knew Jarrus (who had come with the group on foot).*

((Meanwhile))

"Alaric....we've found him". Alaric chuckles in a manic sort of way. "Very good Kyr. Siege Tyrants! DEPLOY!!!" Alaric then opens the ramp of the transport ship mid air and jumps out. The Tyrants following close behind. The group of 6 crash to the ground leaving crater marks where they land. "Time to go kill us a sith".

((Back to Ath))

*Atheane, Kayda, and the rest of the Umbra and Kurze warriors finally made it near the area that Ath had seen. Kayda put her fist in the air to signal the group to stop, and then looked up to Tyrol.* "What should we do from here?"

*Tyrol dismounts from Corax.* "We continue on foot from here. We need to get the jump on him if we're to maintain the element of surprise".

*The group began to move forward. Just ahead, Alaric had found the Sith, who was named Iavys.*

Alaric and the Tyrants finally catch up to the sith. Alaric stares the sith down with an intense stare. The sith does the same in return with a sadistic smile as if he wanted to be found.

"You think you could hide from me sith....you are pathetic" *Alaric yelled as he grabbed his sword*

"Xeno always said you were the brazen fool" *The sith would laugh as he activated his orange lightsaber.*

"Xeno...that piece of bantha shit. He won't survive much longer" *Alaric began moving around in a circular movement around Iavys, swinging his sword.*

"He'll survive longer than you" *The Sith said as he jumped for Iavys.*

*Atheane looked ahead. She searched through the force and found where they were.* "They're just ahead! Lets go!" *Atheane flicked the reigns and the tusk cat she rode went into a sprint towards the Iavys with the rest behind her.*

*Tyrol suddenly hears the loud clashing of metal. He looks around the flat fields for anything in the distance. Tyrol confirms what ath sees. He force speeds it towards the duo locked in a heated duel. The Sith and the Alaric engage in a lengthy battle. The duel seems evenly matched until the final moments. The sith is able to bash Alaric to the point where he leaves a gap in his defences and goes for the kill. Alaric stares down the sith with a smile. Happy that he can go to heaven and fight by the gods. Until suddenly a figure intercepts the sabre and takes the stab for him.* "NOOOOOOO!!!!! TYROL!!!" *Alaric sees Tyrol get stabbed and goes for the rush and batters at the sith who has a hard time returning the blows caused by the Enraged clan chief. He throws the sith towards Aths group.* "FINISH HIM!!! KILL HIM ATHEANE!!!"

### The Duel Between Atheane and Iavys Lethar

*Atheane's eyes widened.* "TYROL!" *Ath yelled in fear of her former master Dying. She ran to Iavys and slid under his legs, then went to slash at his neck.The sith lord goes to duck only to be nicked in the neck. Enraged at the moment he charges at ath in a flurry of blows intending to cause some serious hurt. Atheane closed her eyes and moved out of the way of all of the blows as she reached into Iavys' mind to see where he would swing his deadly laser blade. She then went for a stab to the chest. Iavys is then able to grab Ath on the wrist and stares into her eyes with a lunatic smile.*

"Here you'll meet your end little mutt" *he then cackles like a madman.*

*Atheane smirked.* "You know, that's what I said to your brother when I fought him. I never liked the idea of fighting to the death in those trainings but I did what I had to do." *Atheane turned her eyes to her left after sensing her apprentice in the crowd. She telepathically talked to him. Only a few words. "Save Tyrol." She continued the bloody fight between her old 'training buddy', some attacks hitting her, and some she blocked. She knew the way that Iavys fought, as it was exactly how she was trained. But now that she had joined the Sith Imperium, she learned many more ways to end a duel.* "I am not fighting for myself, but for my Master, My apprentice, and my Homeworld. You have *No Place* here."

((Meanwhile with Orion))

*Orion well..he heard the sounds of combat and decided to jump to the trees and make the rest of the way there jumping from tree to tree. When he heard his master and saw Tyrol he knew what to do. He leaped from the tree towards Tyrol going to try and drag him away from the fight. Figuring he was in too heavy of armor to really carry at the moment. After getting a hold of Tyrol, he drags him over to a tree going behind it and leaning it up against it* "Sorry but today is not your day to die." *He says simply before checking the wound.*

*Tyrol groans holding his hand over his the hole in left side of his torso*. "Son of a fucking bitch...." *he the looks towards Orion.* "Swing me over your shoulder orion.... You'll pull your arm out of your socket trying to drag me...." *he got up slowly and tried to stand himself up.*

*He nods* "Ah good..your not unconcious.." *He says trying to hoist him up and help him over to the tree*

(Back to the Fight))

*Iavys then gets incredibly angry ath and goes to snap her wrist which he had held in hand. Atheane looked at her wrist as it was snapped. With her other arm, she used the force to bring her saber to it. She kicked away from Iavys and went for another attack to his torso. Iavys then blocks the sabre attack with the force and then goes for a swing at aths torso with his own sabre with the intent on dealing some serious hurt. Ath wasnt able to move out of the way quick enough. As she was hit in the torso, she fell to the ground and rolled a few feet before getting up slowly.*

"At least you're competition, not a 13 year old child with a fake lightsaber." *She readied herself again, this time going to hold Iavys in a force choke.*

*Iavys drops his sabre at the sudden force choke. Using most of the reserves he has left he goes to use force lightning to try and take out ath. Atheane then puts her saber in the way of the lighting, blocking it and directing it back at Iavys. Iavys had his own lightning redirected back at him and gets send flying back 7 metres. Struggling to move he slowly crawls forward for his sabre. He goes to reach for it, only for Alaric to stomp on his hand.* "Oh I don't think so" *he then kneels down and headbutts Iavys knocking him unconscious. Atheane then moves in as Iavys drops to the ground. She had been bleeding from the hit to the torso. Atheane extended her arm and Iavys' lightsaber flew to her hand.* "Trophy number two... " *She said sarcastically before falling onto the ground unconscious. Alaric turns to Kyr* "KYR!!! go help the Umbrans I'll deal with this shitbird." *Kyr runs over to help the Umbrans and assist them with what ever they require. At that moment a transport arrives carrying Karas and Kir Kas. Karas jumps down and sees Tyrol wounded and rushed over to help him. He slides over and scoops him up and helps him to the transport.* "Get all wounded to the transport" *Karas calls out to the groups. Ath is helped onto the transport by her fellow Umbrans. Alaric then takes the sith onto the transport as well and puts him into a temporary stasis cell. He points to the force hound (Kir Kas, who had come to help).* "Force hound you have the opportunity of guarding this prick". *Tyrol is temporarily stabilised by Kir Kas. Karas looks at the force hound and nods to him thanking him for the gesture of kindness. The shuttle then takes everyone on board to the Teuton's capital, Medrengard.*

### Back Home

*At Medrengard, the wounded were brought to the Clan's Hospital. Iavys, now in force-dampening cuffs was being transported to the prison, when he managed to slip out. With a swipe of his hand, he sent a blinding force-power at Atheane. Dropping to the ground, she covered her eyes in their immense pain. She called out with the force to ask her former master for help, and it worked. Tyrol rushed in and sent a killing blow with his saber right down Iavys' stomach. He dropped to his knees, and died. His body dropping to the ground. Atheane was then transported back to Amgarrak, where she met with Minister Ginungagap, who taught her how to see with the force. The day she learned how to see was also her birthday, making her 24.*

[TO BE EDITED]