Philip Nelson

Philip Nelson was a human male who served as a soldier in the British Army. He served during the Clone Wars, and after being trapped in the Andromeda Galaxy at the end of the war, launched a one-man war against the new Galactic Empire.

Nelson was born in England in 1970. After a fairly uneventful childhood, Nelson joined the British Army in 1988. A very capable solider, Nelson was promoted quickly, and by the end of his official service with the British Army in 1994, had achieved the rank of staff sergeant.

When the Clone Wars broke out, Nelson was assigned to British Army's 1st Division as an infantryman. During the war, he saw relatively little combat. By the time of the Battle of Coruscant, he was part of the British force stationed on Coruscant. During the Battle of Coruscant, Nelson fought against the droid forces that landed planetside, and earned himself the Distinguished Service Cross.

When the Great Jedi Purge began, Nelson was stationed at the Jedi Temple as part of the British force deployed as guards. Nelson fought back against the attack on the Temple, and was the only British soldier of the garrison to survive the battle. During the attack, Nelson was able to escape the Temple and flee Coruscant. During his escape, he rescued a Jedi youngling and discovered he had powers in the Force. After seeing the youngling was taken to safety, Nelson began a quest to learn more about the Force so that he could take revenge on the Sith. After several years of training, Nelson emerged to begin a one man war on the Empire.

For over a decade, Nelson travelled the galaxy, attacking the Empire where he could. After discovering the existence of the Imperial Inquisitors, Nelson made them his primary target. Over the course of 10 years, Nelson killed 16 Inquisitors, and duelled Darth Vader on two different occasions.

Eventually, Nelson realized the depths to which he had descended into the Dark Side. Fearing what he would become, he buried all of the knowledge and artifacts he had gathered, left a clue to the hiding place with Obi-Wan Kenobi, and disappeared from the known galaxy. He was never seen again.

## Biography

### Early life

Philip Nelson was born in the county of Suffolk in England on February 3, 1970. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Nelson, were descendants of one of the brothers of the late Horatio Nelson. Philip was the second of two children.

Philip was known as somewhat of a quiet child until his teenage years, when he began to come out of his shell a bit. He was known in school as a very good student, and loved to study. However, he also developed a taste for travel, and a great love for his country.

### Early Military Career

After Nelson graduated from school at age 18 in 1988, he decided to enlist in the British Army. This decision was somewhat surprising to those who knew him, but Nelson wanted to serve his country that he had greatly grown to love.

After finishing bootcamp near the end of 1988, Nelson was assigned to the UK's 1st Armored Division as an infantryman. Nelson was in very good shape compared to many of his comrades, and was a very good shot, and quickly grew in reputation as a very good soldier. Many of his commanders were privately impressed with Nelson's skills and how quickly he progressed as a soldier.

Near the end of 1990, Nelson was deployed alongside much of the 1st Armored Division to Saudi Arabia as part of the coalition to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. As an infantryman, Nelson did not see much combat, but followed behind the division's armored forces and assisted with controlling Iraqi prisoners of wars captured by the division.

After the end of Operation Desert Storm, Nelson returned home to the UK with the rest of the division.

### Clone Wars

When the Galactic Republic first made contact with Earth, Nelson was on leave, but was quickly called back from leave when the nations of Earth began preparing for war with the CIS.

During the Terran Campaign, most of the British Army was deployed across the British Isles to defend the nation. The 1st Armored Division was stationed in southern England, and Nelson was one of the troops stationed in London itself. However, as the Separatists did not attack the UK, Nelson saw no action during the campaign, and soon returned to his home base with the rest of the division soon after the campaign ended.

Nelson spent the first year of Terran involvement in the Clone Wars stationed on Earth before the 1st Armored Division received its first orders for deployment to the Andromeda Galaxy to protect Toydaria after the attempted kidnapping of King Katuunko by Savage Opress. The division was deployed to Toydaria for six months before being relieved by the UK's 4th Armored Division, and the 1st returned to Earth.

In March, 1994, the Terran Joint Command decided to deploy the 1st to Coruscant to strengthen its defenses, as concerns over a possible attack on the capitol world were growing. Nelson rotated between patrol duty on Coruscant and guard duty at the Jedi Temple. While at the Jedi Temple, Nelson became enamoured with Jedi history, and used what little access he had to the Jedi archives to research Jedi history.

On May 23, 1994, the Separatists attacked Coruscant. The 1st Armored Division was immediately mobilized to defend the planet.

Nelson was stationed to protect the Senate building. When General Grievous arrived to kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Nelson was among the British troops forming the first line of defense. When a British captain commanding a company was killed by blaster fire, Nelson rallied the confused and rattled British soldiers and led them in a counterattack against the droids. Despite sustaining a slight wound from blaster fire, Nelson led the soldiers, including a number of young officers, in the counterattack that allowed the British and clone forces to push the droids facing them into a retreat.

After the battle, the officers in the company that Nelson temporarily led issued a glowing report of his actions to the British command and recommended him for decoration. This was honored, and Nelson received the Distinguished Service Cross on June 7.

For the next couple of weeks after the Battle of Coruscant, Nelson remained on the planet while most of the division was pulled back to Earth, as rumors were beginning to spread that stated that the Separatists intended to attack Earth again. The company Nelson was assigned to was assigned to guard the Jedi Temple.

This assignment, however, placed Nelson in the situation that would change his life forever. Late on the night on June 24, Palpatine was forced to reveal himself as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, and ordered his new apprentice, the fallen Jedi Anakin Skywalker, now rechsitened Darth Vader, to attack the Jedi Temple as he initiated the jedi Purge.

When Vader and the 501st Legion attacked the Jedi Temple, Nelson, along with the rest of his comrades from the 1st, fought back against the attack, but were eventually overwhelmed by the onslaught. During the battle, Nelson, who had narrowly escaped death several times, decided he needed to escape.

As Nelson began to escape, he came across a Jedi youngling named Grogu, about to be attacked by clones. Nelson quickly killed the squad of clones and took Grogu with him. Nelson made his way to the library, where he found and saved the Great Holocron.

As Nelson reached a shuttle hangar, he found himself faced with a platoon of clones. As he tried to fight the clones, he was hit by blaster fire. Then, to his surprise, he suddenly unleashed a blast of Force energy to attack the clones. Nelson used the shock from his attack to get into the hangar, steal a shuttle, and escaped the Temple. Nelson realized that what he had done was use the Force, and that he was Force sensitive.

Nelson travelled to Florrum, where he committed Grogu into the care of Honda Ohnaka, with a charge that the pirate get Grogu to safety.

### One Man War

After departing Florrum, Nelson decided to hide on the planet Dubrava while contemplated his next move. While on Dubrava, Nelson began to test himself in the Force, and realized his power was greater than he expected. Feeling extreme anger at Anakin Skywalker for betraying the Jedi and the Sith for the suffering they had caused, Nelson decided to try and train himself in the Force so he could take revenge on the Sith. Therefore, he decided to travel to the planet Ossus.

Upon his arrival to Ossus, Nelson discovered the ruins of the former Jedi library. Nelson searched the library for several hours, and in the process, discovered several holocrons, one of which was a Sith holocron created by Tulak Hord that had been recovered by the Jedi, and a holocron created by the Legion of Letow.

While spending a short time on Ossus, Nelson starting learning about his Force powers and learning to operate the holocrons. However, during this time, Nelson felt that he needed more instruction, nor could he stick to the view of the Jedi if he were to pursue vengeance. Eventually, he decided to travel the Sith world of Korriban in order to learn secrets of the dark side.

Upon his arrival on Korriban, Nelson first went to the Valley of the Dark Lords. After venturing into the valley, he discovered the temple that contained the tomb of Darth Bane. Upon entering the tomb, Nelson encountered the spirit of the long dead Bane. After conversing briefly with the spectre, Nelson used the Force to disperse it. Immediately following, he discovered the box on Bane's sarcophagus that contained his lightsaber. Testing it and seeing that it worked, Nelson decided to claim the lightsaber for himself.

After claiming the lightsaber, Nelson decided to explore the Valley of the Dark Lords, in particular the temple of Bane's tomb. Nelson proceeded to spend several days exploring the various tombs and temples that lined the valley. During his explorations, Nelson discovered several Sith holocrons, as well as the knowledge and materials needed to create the kind of armor once worn by Darth Bane. On his third day on Korriban, Nelson spent the entire day forging a suit of Sith armor for himself, including skull-like mask similar to the one once worn by Darth Bane himself.

After forging his suit of armor, Nelson dedicated himself to begin training in the Force, learning the extent of his powers and training himself to be the equal of the Sith. Needing supplies that Korriban could not offer, Nelson travelled to Dromund Kaas. There, Nelson spent a full year, training in the dark side and learning how to fight with a lightsaber.

6 months into his time on Dromund Kaas, Nelson encountered followers of the Dark Force religion, including their leader, Kadaan. Nelson fought Kadaan and his followers, killing several of his followers and driving off Kadaan. After that, the Dark Force hunkered down in their main temple to avoid Nelson, who also avoided them until he left Dromund Kaas in late 1995.

After leaving Dromund Kaas, Nelson travelled into the Unknown Regions, where he discovered Ahch-To. Nelson spent several weeks on the planet before his strength in the dark side made him uneasy enough to leave the planet. From there, Nelson travelled to Dathomir. There, he spent the rest of 1995 and the first half of 1996 training further, learning more secrets of the Force and honing his skills as a warrior.

Finally, in mid 1996, Nelson emerged from hiding to begin waging a one-man war on the Empire. He first travelled to Anaxes. On Anaxes, Nelson attacked an Imperial supply depot, destroying multiple fuel tanks and a series of ammunition lockers. He repeated the attack on two more supply depots on Anaxes before he departed from Anaxes.

For the next several months, Nelson launched multiple attacks on Imperial forces throughout the galaxy. All of his attacks were quick hit-and-run raids, keeping him from getting caught by any major troop formations. During this time, Imperial personnel initially thought he might be Maul, but that theory was soon disproved. After that theory was disproved, people began to suspect that he was a stranded Terran soldier.

#### Hunting Inquisitors

In October of 1996, Nelson travelled to the planet of Saleucami. After coming to Saleucami, he began launching nightime, guerrila type attacks in towns on the planet. His attacks were primarily ambushes launched against stormtrooper patrols.

However, by this point, his activities had drawn the attention of Grand Moff Tarkin. After hearing of his ambushes on Saleucami, Tarkin travelled to Saleucami with the Inquisitor known as the Third Brother, intent on bringing him in.

On the night of the 18th, Nelson went into the town nearest his hiding place to make another attack. Soon after entering the town, Nelson was confronted by the Third Brother and his accompanying purge troopers. Nelson quickly killed the purge troopers before attacking the Third Brother. The two engaged in a short duel before Nelson successfully disarmed the Third Brother.

Nelson then bound the Third Brother and dragged him to his hideout. In the cave, Nelson interrogated and tortured the Third Brother to learn exactly who he was and what was the purpose of the Inquisitors. After learning what he wished from the Third Brother, Nelson killed him.

Nelson then decided to infiltrate Tarkin's flagship, the Executrix, to learn more about the Inquisitors. Nelson snuck into an Imperial shuttle depot in town and secretly boarded a transport up to the Executrix. After boarding the Executrix, Nelson made his way through the corridors of the ship until he discovered one of the ship's intelligence centers. Nelson hacked into the destroyer's systems and downloaded a number of files, primarily on the Inquisitorius. After retrieving the files he wanted, Nelson made his way back to the hangar bay, where he stole a Lambda class shuttle and destroyed the other shuttle parked in the hangar before he flew the shuttle out of the hangar bay. Nelson then flew the shuttle down to the planet's surface to retrieve his belongings before leaving the Saleucami system.

Following this incident, Nelson decided to wage war on the Empire by focusing on hunting the Inquisitors in order to protect any surviving Jedi. He began to relentlessly study all the files he had stolen on the Inquisitorius, as well as searching any Imperial records he could on suspected locations of surviving Jedi.

For the first year following the Saleucami incident, Nelson's existence still wasn't too widely known among the Empire. However, in January of 1998, Nelson duelled and killed the Eleventh Brother in a very public duel on the planet Kalinda. Footage was captured of the duel, which was soon broadcast throughout the Empire. Only two months later, Nelson boarded the Star Destroyer Admonitor and destroyed the vessel by activating it's self destruct mechanism and killing its bridge crew to stop them from deactivating the self destruct.

In addition to hunting Inquisitors, Nelson also went about looking for Jedi to help get them to safety. In the first two years after the Saleucami incident, Nelson was able to get almost half a dozen Jedi into obscurity.

In late 1998, Nelson found himself pursued by a major Imperial fleet. Seeking to hide himself, he travelled to the planet Teth, where he hid for 6 months. During this time, Nelson began learning how to use the Force power known as Force cryokinesis, which he could use to suck heat out of his surroundings.

Nelson left Teth in February of 1999, travelling to across the Outer Rim before he travelled to a farming planet in the Mid Rim. On July 3, he attacked the Imperial garrison on the planet, slaughtering 80 percent of its personnel and destroying most of their main base with the intention of drawing an Inquisitor to him. The Empire, upon hearing of this attack, sent the Inquisitor known as the Seventh Brother to kill Nelson.

Nelson was drawn to the Seventh Brother when the Seventh Brother attacked and burned a farming village to the ground, taking the few villagers he didn't slaughter prisoner to draw Nelson to him. Nelson sensed the carnage through the Force and made his way to the burning village, where he engaged in a duel with the Seventh Brother. Nelson defeated and killed the Seventh Brother. During their duel, the Seventh Brother told Nelson that the Inquisitorius were spread across the galaxy to search for him and other Jedi, prompting Nelson to decide to attack Fortress Inquisitorius on the moon of Nur.

For the following two weeks, Nelson spent all of his time learning everything he could about the Fortress Inquisitorius. During that time, he travelled to the planet Bogano after hearing of an Inquisitor sighting. While on Bogano, he learned that the Inquisitors had captured a holocron containing the names of Force-sensitive individuals across the galaxy. At last, on July 16th, Nelson travelled to Nur to make his incursion into the fortress, both to deal a blow to the Inquisitors and to take the holocron back from them.

Before travelling to the fortress, Nelson landed his shuttle on a small island near the fortress to draw out some of the Inquisitors. True to his design, two Inquisitors and several purge troopers flew out to the island to investigate the landing. When they discovered Nelson, they attempted to engage him in battle. However, it was at this point that Nelson first used his power of Force cryokinesis on enemies. The effects of his cryokinesis left the Inquisitors and their troops unable to adequately fight back, allowing Nelson to dispatch all of them with relative ease.

After killing the two Inquisitors and their troopers, Nelson made his way to the fortress, entering the fortress via a hatch in the upper part of the fortress. Making his way to the upper floors, Nelson found the Interrogration Room. Moments after entering the room, Nelson was attacked by the Second Sister. The two engaged in a duel, which became the longest duel Nelson had had with an Inquisitor up to that date. During the duel, the Sister revealed she had the holocron in her possession.

After a lengthy duel, Nelson wounded and disarmed the Second Sister. Nelson intended to kill her painfully with a knife, but as he drew his knife, the Sith Lord Darth Vader arrived in the room. Vader killed the Second Sister for her failure, then turned his attention on Nelson. Nelson attempted to engage him, but Vader restrained him and began to choke him with the Force. Nelson was able to free himself from Vader's hold and fled the Fortress, leaping from the fortress into his shuttle that was hovering next to it. Nelson then fled the system. As he entered hyperspace, Nelson destroyed the holocron, believing it to be for the best and making it easier to protect the individuals named in it.

#### Empire's Most Wanted

After leaving Nur, Nelson travelled to the planet Mimban. There, to his surprise, he encountered the former Sith Lord Maul, who was now head of a criminal syndicate. Nelson recognized Maul from reports from the Clone Wars and engaged the former Sith in a duel. However, Nelson realized that Maul had a slight advantage on him.

After a lengthy duel, Nelson and Maul both realized that the other had somewhat similar goals in terms of their desire to strike blows against the Sith, albeit in very different ways and for different reasons. Nelson and Maul agreed to end their duel and parted ways. However, the duel with Maul made Nelson realize how much left he had to go to be able to confront the Sith.

Nelson retreated into hiding again, travelling back to Korriban and gathering a few more holocrons and inscriptions bearing Sith teachings before travelling to the planet Teth, where he spent over a year training relentlessly, both in the Force and in combat.

Nelson re-emerged from his isolation on Teth in September of 2000. Nelson quickly realized that during his time isolated on Teth, he become one of the Empire's most wanted fugitives. Nelson took private joy in that fact as he resumed his crusade against the Empire.

Nelson travelled into the Mid Rim, where he began attacking small Imperial outposts on various planets to draw the attention of the Empire. The attacks made the Empire realize Nelson had returned to the galaxy, and the Ninth Sister was sent to apprehend him. The Ninth Sister tracked Nelson through the Mid Rim, finally encountering him on the planet Chalcedon.

Nelson realized the Ninth Sister had found him before they actually met in person and set up a trap for her in a small canyon. As the Ninth Sister entered the canyon, Nelson triggered a rockfall, wounding the Sister. While she was still trying to reorient herself, Nelson attacked the Ninth Sister. Despite her bigger size and superior physical strength, Nelson easily outmatched the Ninth Sister, cutting off one of her legs before beheading her as she fell.

After killing the Ninth Sister, Nelson remained on Chalcedon for a few weeks, forging alliances with some smugglers on the planet in order to have better access to resources in his crusade. Nelson then took the Ninth Sister's corpse to the Imperial outpost on the planet before departing Chalcedon.

After hearing that Nelson had killed the Ninth Sister, the Emperor came to the decision that he had to enlarge the Inquisitorius beyond what he previously wished in order to replenish their numbers after all the Inquisitors Nelson had killed. He ordered Darth Vader to begin training more individuals to join the Inquisitorius.

Over the next four years, Nelson travelled across the Mid and Outer Rims. However, by now, the Empire had realized Nelson was hunting the Inquisitorius, and changed their tactics. No longer did the Inquisitors travel out to face Nelson, and rarely did they travel alone.

Nelson went the rest of 2000 and all of 2001 without encountering an Inquisitor. However, he continued attacking Imperial outposts. During that time, he also destroyed an Imperial light cruiser.

Nelson had his next encounter with an Inquisitor in February of 2002, when he encountered two of the newest members of the Inquisitorius on Malastare. The relatively inexperienced Inquisitors attempted to attack Nelson, but Nelson summoned bursts of Force lightning, which he had only recently learned how to use, from above them, shocking both of them. The two were left weakened by Nelson's attack, and Nelson quickly dispatched both of them.

For the following 2 and a half years, Nelson continued his efforts to hunt down Inquisitors. Despite the increasing reluctance of the Inquisitorius to come after him when there were still many Jedi to hunt, Nelson managed to add four Inquisitors to his kill total: the Eleventh Sister, whom he killed in July of 2002; the Thirteenth Brother in November 2002; the Eighth Sister in October 2003; and the Fourteenth Brother in April 2004.

During this time, Nelson became the number one most wanted fugitive in the Empire. However, with his training at stealth and growing powers in the dark side, Nelson was able to escape multiple attempts to capture him.

#### Final Encounters

In early August of 2004, Nelson travelled to the planet of Tatooine. By now, Vader had become more aggressive in pursuing him, and the Inquisitors, now with more training to fight him and travelling in bigger groups to give themselves a better chance, had resumed actively hunting him. Nelson not only travelled to Tatooine due to a rumor of a Jedi, but also to escape from the Imperial manhunt for him.

An Imperial supporter spotted Nelson in Mos Eisley on the 22nd of August. When the report reached the Fortress Inquisitorius, the Grand Inquisitor, who already had his sights set on Tatooine due to a report of a Jedi on Tatooine, gathered the Third Sister, Fifth Brother, and Eighth Brother, and departed for Tatooine to apprehend Nelson.

Nelson was in Mos Eisley on the 24th when the Grand Inquisitor and his followers arrived in the city. Nelson mixed in with the crowd and followed the Inquisitors at a distance. After following them a short distance, he saw them enter a saloon and attempt to bring in the Jedi hiding in Mos Eisley. Seeing this, Nelson used his Force powers from a distance to create a storm of wood splinters, allowing the Jedi to escape from the Inquisitors. Not wanting to risk a confrontation yet, Nelson then left Mos Eisley.

Nelson travelled into the desert, where he made his way to one of the several caves he had established as a hiding place on Tatooine. Around midnight, as he travelled through a canyon, Nelson unexpectedly encountered the old Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Nelson was at first relieved and excited to encounter Kenobi. However, after it became clear that Kenobi had essentially turned his back on the Force and the Jedi, Nelson left Kenobi in disgust.

However, late the following day, Nelson happened upon Kenobi's cave as Bail Organa was trying to convince Kenobi to leave Tatooine to rescue his recently kidnapped daughter Leia. Nelson interjected himself into the conversation, disparaging Kenobi to Organa and saying he would find Leia.

Nelson made his way to his shuttle and travelled to Daiyu, where Leia had been taken. Upon arrival on Daiyu, Nelson began to search for Leia. However, due to the nature of Daiyu, he could not track the ship that had brought Leia to Daiyu, and locals could not tell him much.

Nelson searched Daiyu for hours. However, after hours, Nelson sensed the arrival of several Inquisitors. Feeling a sense of satisfaction that they had come to him, Nelson began searching for the Inquisitors instead of Leia.

It did not take Nelson long to discover one of the Inquisitors who had come to Daiyu: the Fourth Sister. The Fourth Sister, believing herself to be strong enough to handle Nelson, engaged him in a one on one duel. The two fought for several minutes before Nelson knocked her off balance and stabbed her through the heart, killing her.

Leaving the body of the Fourth Sister behind, Nelson continued to search for the rest of the Inquisitors. However, his search ended when he discovered the body of the Grand Inquisitor (not realizing the Grand Inquisitor was not in fact dead) and that Kenobi had fled the planet with Leia.

Nelson proceeded to leave Daiyu and attempt to track down Kenobi and Leia to help them get Leia home to Alderaan. However, his efforts to locate them failed to produce any fruit.

A day and a half after killing the Fourth Sister on Daiyu, Nelson received a message from a contact on Tatooine, who informed Nelson that the Third Sister had arrived on Tatooine, and was looking for Owen Laws and his nephew, Luke Skywalker. Realizing then who Luke was, Nelson made a hasty return to Tatooine to protect Luke from the Third Sister.

Upon his arrival on Tatooine, Nelson searched for the location of the Lars farm and made his way there. Shortly after nightfall, when the Third Sister entered the farm and began fighting the Lars', Nelson arrived at the farm and engaged the Third Sister in a lightsaber duel. Being weakened after being stabbed by Darth Vader and travelling across Tatooine unaided, the Third Sister was no match for Nelson, and Nelson finally killed her. Nelson then told Owen Lars to pass along a message to Kenobi, and also threatened him if he continued to try and keep Kenobi and Luke apart. After delivering his message to Owen, Nelson left the farm, and then proceeded to depart Tatooine.

#### Final Fight

After Nelson left Tatooine, the Empire began mounting serious efforts to find him. Nelson was forced to constantly move around, never staying on one planet more than 2 days. At the same time, Darth Vader took personal charge of the hunt for Nelson.

On October 1, Nelson arrived on the planet Fondor as his next hiding place. He attempted to gather intelligence on the layout of Imperial shipyards at Fondor. However, on October 2, Nelson was identified by the imperial garrison and forced to engage them briefly in battle for hiding from the garrison.

After hiding for almost an hour, Nelson was hiding on the roof of a building when Nelson sensed the arrival of Vader himself on Fondor. Deciding to flee Fondor, wanting to wait to fight Vader until he could do it on his own terms, Nelson made a break for his shuttle hidden outside the city limits. However, almost immediately after leaving the building, Nelson encountered a newer member of the Inquisitorius. The young Inquisitor tried to be confident and engage Nelson in a duel. However, Nelson far outmatched the Inquisitor and killed him with relative ease. Nelson used the Inquisitor's commlink to send a taunting message to Vader before fleeing the city to his shuttle. Despite Imperial efforts to stop him, Nelson escaped Fondor was able to make the jump to hyperspace.

However, as he fled Fondor, Nelson thought about how to draw Vader into a battle on his terms, figuring he had to do so if he wished to be able to continue his crusade against the Empire. Then, Nelson came up with the idea of launching an attack on Naboo, drawing enough public attention that the Emperor would send Vader himself in order to resolve the situation.

Nelson travelled to Naboo. Landing in the forest miles from Theed, Nelson snuck into Theed and set a number of bombs across the city, including in the courtyard right in front of the palace. Nelson then stole an Imperial speeder.

As the queen and other government officials were having a meeting in the throne room, Nelson launched his plan. Nelson set off the bombs in front of the palace, then used the speeder to fly up to the level of the throne room. Nelson proceeded to use the Force to rip out the wall of the throne room, allowing him to enter the room. Nelson proceeded to kill the guards and take everyone in the throne room hostage. After this, Nelson recorded a message to be broadcast across the Empire, telling the Emperor that he prepared to kill his hostages and cause further damage to Theed if Vader did not come to face him in single combat.

Nelson's plan worked. The Emperor, wanting Nelson dead and not wanting the embarrassment if Nelson carried out his threats, sent Vader to face Nelson. Vader arrived on Naboo on October 4, hours before Nelson's deadline. Vader came to the palace as Nelson demanded.

Upon Vader's arrival at the palace, the duel between the two began. At first fighting with the Force, the two quickly began dueling with their sabers. The duel between Nelson and Vader lasted for minutes, the longest duel Nelson had ever engaged in. Nelson continually taunted Vader throughout their duel with the emotions he could sense from Vader.

Eventually, using his Force powers he had learned from the teaching of the ancient Sith Lords, Nelson was able to overpower Vader. However, before he could attempt to actually kill the Sith Lord, Nelson heard one of the nieces of the queen crying in fear. After noticing the fear on the faces of many of his hostages, and the damage he had caused to the palace, as well as seeing the yellow color his eyes had turned, Nelson realized that he had become the very thing he had long sworn to destroy. Overcome by this realization, Nelson abandoned the duel and fled the city. Upon returning to his shuttle, he fled Naboo to the Outer Rim.

### Exile

After fleeing Naboo, Nelson travelled throughout the Outer Rim, soon coming to the planet of Malachor V. Here, he witnessed the destruction that had been caused on the planet thousands of years earlier when Revan activated the weapon contained within the Sith Temple on the planet. Nelson realized that he was on a similar path, fighting with no regard for innocent or friendly lives. Nelson began to be overwhelmed with guilt and self-hate. As he left the planet, Nelson came to the conclusion that he needed to leave the galaxy and his crusade behind to protect those who would be harmed by his rage.

At first, Nelson wished to destroy everything he had gathered and every sign of himself. However, the day after leaving Malachor, Nelson had a vision, in which he saw futures heroes fighting against darkness who would need the knowledge he had gathered. This made Nelson have a change of heart. Nelson created a holocron where he recorded his various adventures and all of the knowledge he had gained in his travels that he thought would be helpful. Nelson then travelled to Ossus, where he buried his lightsaber, the holocron he created, and every other holocron he had ever gathered in a chamber deep within the ruins of the Great Library.

After burying his saber and the holocrons, Nelson created another, small holocron that could guide someone to the place he buried the items, and recorded a short message explaining who he was and his decision, as well as what he had buried in the Library. Nelson then left Ossus aboard his stolen Lambda class shuttle.

Not long after, the shuttle appeared at Obi-Wan Kenobi's new home on Tatooine, where Nelson's droid, R2-K7, gave the holocron to Kenobi and played a short message to him, explaining the holocron's purpose and asking him to keep it and Luke Skywalker safe. The droid then left with the shuttle, flying the shuttle into a star to destroy what trace there was of him and anything he couldn't hide on Ossus. Kenobi followed Nelson's instructions and buried the holocron next to his homestead.

### Legacy

Nelson was never seen in the galaxy again, and nobody ever learned where he went after his disappearance. However, his impact on the galaxy and the Empire lingered long after his disappearance. Vader faced a strained relationship with the Emperor for several months due to his defeat at Nelson's hands, and the Inquisitorius continued to train hard in fear of facing him again one day. It was not until almost a year and a half later that the Empire realized Nelson had vanished and was not returning.

The rumors and stories about Nelson remained in the galaxy long after his disappearance. Even by the end of the Galactic Civil War, stories were being told of the warrior wielding a red blade who struck down many Inquisitors and defied Darth Vader, who travelled the galaxy leaving death and destruction and his wake.

The Terran Alliance did not hear the rumors of Nelson until after their official entry into the Galactic Civil War. When they learned about him, Terran officials spent months trying to identify him. It was not until late in 2014 that it was confirmed to the Alliance that Nelson was the man behind the legends of the so called "Crimson Blade". Search parties attempted to locate him throughout the war and for years afterwards, but no sign of him was ever found. Eventually, he was declared legally dead. Due to the terrible acts he had committed and for various other reasons, his story was never really made public, and over time, his story faded into the background among the Alliance.