Master Verociousna

"So you are the one who has caused so much trouble within the galaxy for me. Now here you are, in my trap. Soon you will be a thorn in my side no more."

"I wouldn't go that far as to say that victory is mine, when you have yet to find a way to truly kill me."

- Master Verociousna and a Sith Lord

Master Verociousna Septin was a renouned and legendary Ralarea Force Aspect of Justice and Valor. He was one of the rulers of his people and was later the Prime Aspect when his father died during battle against demons during the Great War of the Ancients. The war lasted for many billions of years until the final surge was made and one evil was destroyed, but another rose in its place. Verociousna's sister would turn her back on all she held dear in order to gain more...far more than was allowed. Verociousna, after fleeing the field of battle after failing to even fight his sister, found four others, and together they destroyed their homeworld, at least most of it, but in doing so would damage their memories in an accident that could have been avoided had they moved farther away from their sun sized planet called Paradise. Verociousna fell towards Umbara, but for some reason would arrive in normal time...right as the planet was besieged by Republic forces. Verociousna would prove instrumental in taking the shadowed world and granting the Republic victory. Later, he was given permanent Jedi status, but never served in the front, for he would be part of secret plan set forth by Master Yoda should something happen to the Republic. He would be in charge of Project Legions, which would be a challenge all to its own as he found out, but then finished. Not far into the project, a CIS fleet found the planet that the Legions were based on, called Stragair, and set siege to it. However, they were unprepared for the numbers and surprising skill that the new clones would show, and their attempt would fail within the same day as they set siege to the planet. Later on, Verociousna, after successfully leading the Legions to victory, found an ancient set of ruins that contained many surprises...among them a shrine that remained the only place left pure in the now temple to the Dark Side, and where three heros would regain memories after they fell from grace...and their powers. He then, after receiving an alert from Kenobi went to neutralize a new CIS sect, called the Dark Nebula. While the mission was a success, it was phyric victory, as the leader escaped, and many of Verociousna's men died. //(Summary to be continued...) His famous line was,

"Call me crazy if you like, but I am serious. I did fall from the sky and landed on not too long ago."

He is truly a force to be reckoned with. No one, past or present, could stand against him, for his power over Valor and Justice made him nearly omnipotent, and despite being a man of war, he also showed great wisdom and mercy towards others, in a sense qualifying him as an Omniaspect. But he denies that, simply saying that he is who he is, and he credits his time among mortals to his new senses of wisdom and mercy, and that nothing can simply change him. Fighting against him is like trying to fight off a nightmare, for even if you do kill him, he will simply be resurrected at some unknown site (mainly due to the fact that, as an Aspect of Justice, he won't rest until Justice is met), and will return to deliver justice should that person committed some other terrible crime, but sometimes, he might just give you a warning not to do the same thing again...after he gives you a good thrashing. Despite his immense power, however, he only uses as much as is needed to finish off an enemy; he never over kills, but, during the Great War of the Ancients, he was often forced to rely on his incredible power in order to fight off hordes of demonic creatures. However, now that he normally goes up against a few foes, and typically has more help at his side now, he, again, uses only what power is needed to finish off the enemy (though during his amnesia, Verociousna would not be able to control his power). Aside from that, it is recorded in a prophecy in which he is to fight the same person who he tried to end long ago, and put an end to a great evil before it can rise again.

Into the galaxy (13,000,000,000 - 12,990,000,000 BBY)
"Welcome my son, welcome into the world."

- Verociousna's mother giving him a welcome into the world

A male was given passage into the world during a great disaster, know as, "The Temptest Period," a time where great disasters ran amok, but so did miracles. Planets were destroyed, but so were some created. Stars went supernova, but some came to life. All part of the start of creation, but as to who started it to this day remains unknown (although later on, Verociousna would find logs indicating that there were beings far stronger than the Ralarea). Verociousna was born at the start of time, and some say it was his birth that stopped the great catastrophic event, for when he breathed his first breath, the storm stopped, and creation was then visible, but he denies it, claiming it was an odd twist of fate. At the start of time, only the Ralarea were an intellegent species, and the world they happened to be on was a world beyond imagination. From great peaks covered with snow, to forested valleys, to wide and long oceans. The world was called Paradise, and the first village erected was called, "Haven's Reach." At first the village contained just a few huts of wood, mud, and clay, but time would have its effect on everything. Verociousna's father, the fathomed Martack Orion Septin, which oddly, when all initials are put together, spelled MOS, was the chief of the village, and oversaw the growth of the Ralarea people from a few dozen to a few hundred thousand in the space of a hundred years, from huts to marble houses, from starters to experts. In this time, Verociousna also changed. From teenage years he was something of a glory hunter, and never stopped searching for a way to get noticed. It was his mother who said that being born to the ruling family was glory enough, and Verociousna reluctantly agreed, and then he started to focus on learning, developing technology, and dueling technique (Ralarea were not known to be warmongering, but they kept skills sharp for incase). While in general peaceful, Verociousna was prone to losing his cool sometimes, not being able to think ahead, and had a short temper, but that was at the start. As he maturated, or matured, his true personality emerged. He became a very level headed professor of a college, a widely renouned duelist, and inventor of many things, inadvertantly gaining his life's goal; fame. What he didn't expect to find as a result of fame, however, was a relationship. The details were sketchy at the time, but eventually he married a woman of the Tilera line, renouned for great wisdom and modest women (not only in looks, but in soul, as their soul was worth more than the brightest gem according to many Ralarea men.) This relationship between Verociousna and the woman, going by the name of Lydia Valera Tilera would last for a long time...right up until a turning point in the Ralarea history. After all of the events, excluding the marrige, his father was deeply impressed by the wisdom, change, and strength in will and physical power in his son, and offered Verociousna a position on his council, called the High Council. Verociousna, feeling highly gratified, accepted, but took on things with a very serious manner. He had a strong sense of justice and valor, and it was he who came up with the idea of aspects, chiefs over a particular field of something. Martack became the Prime Aspect (over all, and had all aspects), while Verociousna became Justice and Valor. There were a few others on the council as well; a renouned Ralarea female, by the name of Calven Mynockrazor, the Aspect of Mercy and the Force (the Force was known to Ralarea sages, and Calven was a sage), Clarke Xion, Aspect of Fate and Wisdom (fate was the outcome of a battle or person's life, and the aspect of fate was given power to rewrite fate according to his will and for the good of others, but only when it came to minor or simple things; major destinies could not be rewritten, such as the way a person died or how a battle for a critical part of a world ended), and Verociousna's sister, Katarina Lydia Septin, Aspect of Forgiveness and Understanding. For a time, the council ruled over the other Ralarea, with utter harmony and law following. Rule was not absolute, and no one held complete power. Centuries more would pass, and the city of Haven's Reach would cover roughly sixty-five percent of the northern hemisphere, while smaller villages would pop up where Ralarea pilgrims sought to find new ground or to farm and raise livestock. All was good, until that one fateful day when all would fall into chaos, and the Ralarea race would be tested.

Discovery of the Helllands - (12,990,000,000 BBY)
"Great lord! What in the heavens is this place?!"

"It is an opposite of what we live in...this must be our darker side of the planet."

- Clarke Xion and Verociousna, upon crossing the Great Sea and discovering what the other half of their planet was like

During the Imperial Age, an era somewhat into time, Haven's Reach had covered a lot of the northern hemisphere. Pretty much every where you went below the fourty-fourth parallel, you would find city, and everywhere you went while in Haven's Reach, a building would be visible, or a construction site. Guards patrolled the city, armed with shock staves and stun blasters (crime had spiked in recent times), and still the same old council. The Ralarea had discovered recently that though they were immortal naturally speaking, anything that wasn't natural, such as a sharp sword or multiple shocks would kill them; it would just take a lot more effort than it would with a human. In an effort to make certain there was more ground yet to cover, Martack sent Verociousna and Clarke Xion out on a mission to explore the southern hemisphere, which oddly was not readable by satalites, scans, or flying through the dark clouds that hung over the area; only sailing there would get you close, but others have gone to the southern hemisphere and never came back. However, they were ill equiped travelers, seeking a way to distance themselves from society. Clarke and Verociousna were never keen on an ordinary sail, but they had no choice; flying wasn't a choice, for there was some type of electrical barrier that kept any electronic equipment from passing, so fighters would crash and plumet into the ocean below; however, once you got past, your electronic gear would work...but communicators were badly interrupted. The last transmission was from Verociousna's mother, who went in search of more land, and found it, but as she started to speak more of the place, something shot what looked like a ball of fire at her and killed her, and destroyed the holocommunicator (at this time Ralarea people had the technology of what Umbarans do, but possibly more advanced, and yet almost never travelled beyond their planet). Verociousna signed up to go to the unknown lands, for he felt as though justice needed to be done to something on the other side, and Clarke wanted to go along, being the aspect of wisdom (in other words, Clarke wanted to be a know-it-all, but for the good of others). They set sail on a small sailboat, which had no electronic motor active as of yet, just the wind and the arm power of two men to help propel the sailer along. After three days of rowing and having wind cut out on them, the duo finally made land fall along a black rock coast line. Strange, they though, of how there was a beach, but here was black rock...and an odd orange glow beyond the jagged coastal cliffs that towered five stories above the coast. Both Verociousna and Clarke would have no trouble getting to the top, as they simply force jumped to the top, and what they found when they landed was beyond shocking and disturbing. What they found was a hellish place, with odd, hot, glowing, orange stuff flowing from mountains with a mouth to them. Burned forests were found all over the place, and ash constantly showered the duo. But worse was yet to come, and you could hear it over the roar of the open mountains and the flowing rivers of fire. Screams, blood curling screams, could be heard coming from across the chared land...and it was getting closer. On instinct, Verociousna ordered Clarke to go back to the boat and sail like hell. A rather funny saying though, considering they brought a motor along just in case they needed to leave in a huff and a puff. Verociousna turned on both of his sabers of light, called Justice and Valor (from right to left hands), which bore a similarity to a blue-bladed saber with the Savek Sith Crystal design and the Darksaber hilt, save the hilts were golden instead of black, but oddly made the same noise as a Darksaber. For minutes, Verociousna stood there, waiting, watching, and making sure his friend got away in time. Then...then they came. Hundreds of odd creatures, ranging from lizzard like people (not quite Trandoshans, but close, for they had five fingers and five toes, and the hands and feet were shaped like a human's) to rather odd female things, later known as the shunned Succubi (not quite the ones seen in later texts books.) There were many more creatures, such as imp-like creatures, winged terrors (a cross between a bird and a lizzard according to texts), and massive human-like giants, but had horns on their heads, like ram horns, and had a red skin color, with orange eyes and mouths. The terror from the demons was enough to send Verociousna back a few steps, but he felt deep within them, and he sensed they had done many crimes...enough to give him reason to use his power over justice. With a massive force push, combined with a strange cyan-colored light, he simply obliterated the demonic horde, but he knew that more were still out there. Without thinking of whether or not to stay, he jumped off the cliff, plunged into the water, and swam like hades away from the Hades.

Start of the War of the Ancients (12,990,000,000 BBY - Start of the Clone Wars)
"Dear lord....you say that an invasion is coming?"

"Yes father...legions of them. But I know a strong weakness within them. They have commited terrible sins, and my power over justice allowed me to purposefully elminate them, and what I propose is to have Minor Aspects to help us, those who fall under a more powerful aspect's wing, and only take after one aspect."

- Martack and Verociousna, disscussing what to do, just prior to the invasion and dawn of the War of the Ancients, later known as The Eternal Conflict

After a lot of swimming, over five days worth of hard swimming at that, Verociousna, soaked and almost with no life left within him, crawled up onto the Ralarea shore line, unaware of the swarm of demons that would follow in his wake. After two guards on patrol found him, they quickly took him to Martack, who was overwhelmed at the report, as was Clarke. An entire force of enemies, ready to take them out, and there could be hundreds of legions out there, and who knows if what Verociousna saw all the different types demons? All that was known is, that just after the meeting, a cloud of blackness appeared off in the distance, and Verociousna knew all too well what that black cloud was; the entire demon army, flying towards them on the backs of dragons or in massive landing crafts carried by the beasts. Quickly, Verociousna sounded the alarm, and the defenses were readied, but not in time. As he went inland to find reinforcements and additional warriors, demons had already made landfall, and a massive war was to start. Demons, by the droves, far more so than the horde Verociousna saw on the coast of their land but was expected (the High Council knew that there were going to be far more), charged the third line without remorse, hammering the soldiers (among the people who the demons killed without mercy was Lydia, and Verociousna, after learning of her death, would come close to the Dark Side of the Force, but he recovered, saying that he would move on, but learn from the past) and burning down buildings that were left unprotected beyond the reach of the third line. By the time the line was ready to break, an entire line of people suddenly burst from the clouds and the air in the cockpits of fighters or in the cargo hold of gunships. Reinforcements had arrived, and they were headed by Verociousna, who had appointed minor aspects of justice to help him bring justice to the wicked demons. The demons, unprepared for the sudden burst of resisting forces, had no choice but to fall back past the first line, allowing the Ralarea people to retake the coastline, and what they saw was not foretold in Clarke's scroll of fate. The entire demon land was being drawn across the ocean towards the Ralarea's side. Soon, it would be full out war, and both sides would inflict damage, though the Ralarea, prepared for the unexpected, would slowly seize the upper hand. After hours of waiting for the imminent attack, the demonic land finally met with the Ralarea's coast line, and the hundred feet of sand between the two worlds would be known as Death's Stretch, for those who journeyed across rarely came back alive. Days would turn into weeks, weeks into months, months into years, years into decades, decades into centuries, centuries into millenia, and from there on out. The entire stretch of new ground between the two land masses would be filled with the blood of both sides, and the ashes of those whose bodies were torched would be visible for some time...before they either got blow away by the wind or smashed into bits by the pounding footsteps of soldiers. Neither side could get the upper hand until that one fateful day when a new light would break, and a true hero would emerge from the field of blood, lightsabers, men, demons, and so forth. Verociousna, determined to find a way to break past and into the demonic line, would have his way, and in so doing, bring forth a great victory.

Breakthrough and end of the war (Start of the Clone Wars, 22 BBY - 21 BBY)
"What are you doing here?! This is...it's impossible! This can't be happening! MY PLAN NEEDED MORE TIME! WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS COMING?!"

"Well, you aren't an aspect, and aren't as battle-smart as you think, mother, nor can see everywhere at once, and thought that the only way to Ralarea ground was Death's Stretch. And sister...should I kill you before your plan sees the light of day?"

- Verociousna, upon finding his mother being the one behind the chaos and seeing past Katarina's mental barrier

Blood, tools of war, destroyed machines, killed demons, and despair could be found all across Death's Stretch. No demon or Ralarea had ever broken past the line before, until now. By digging his way under the sand and creating a tunnel behind both friendly and enemy lines, Verociousna finally had his way past the stretch of death, but this was a one way ticket; once past, the tunnel behind Verociousna and his group of skilled warriors (his sister included on her behalf) would be closed off, and after that, they would have to run like hell to get back to safe ground, but before doing that, the group had a mission to do. They could not take on the hordes of demons on their own, but they, from interrogating a prisoner, learned that there was one ruler, and she had a mind like a hive mind, and controlled all of the demonic forces by herself, and she was very powerful. Whoever this person was, the group would have to find and quickly, for it would only be a matter of time before this mega demon detected their pressence on her land. Without even needing to reach out, Verociousna could feel the presence of the leader from hundreds of miles away, safe in the far reaches of demonic territory, and her presence was very familiar, though Verociousna at the time couldn't place it. He just notioned for his group to stay close to him, and they started running like hell through the ash covered ground. Along the way they would every so often encounter a group of demons and be forced to hide until they passed, or saw a way in which was the only way to proceed and have to fight, but fortunately, they would make short work of the guard force and be through before anyone understood what happened. Months would go by until the group, tired and almost out of supplies, arrived at the castle of the enemy, and without even thinking of sneaking through, force pushed the great iron door down, and barged into the castle, surprising many demons who had no idea of the danger within their territory. They thought they were safe this far behind friendly lines, so what were Ralarea doing here? They could find out when they reached their paradise if there even was one, for the group of a dozen (at first it was a hundred, but many died on the way because of hunger or thirst, and this group was almost near death, but the sheer will to press on kept them going.) Within the hour, the group had cleared the castle and proceeded to the top room...the throne room, where a shocking sight met them. Verociousna's mother, with elite guards and Succubi handmaidens waiting at her command, sat proudly on top of her throne, but when the great doors of her throne room came down with a crash, she had the scare of her life, as did her attendies. Here was a group of Ralarea, led by her son, in the deepest reach of enemy territory! She screamed with rage, and Verociousna, having eliminated the guards and handmaidens, suddenly understood the magnitude of the ordeal. His mother wanted to rule over all, as she had for some reason become power hungry, or simply wanted to best her husband (as is such the sin nature of most Ralarea women whose husbands did not treat them in a correct fashion, but oddly, Martack treated his wife in accordance to the Ralarea Tome of Righteousness). But further beyond that, he saw past a now lowered mental shield of Katarina's...and saw the betrayal in her eyes. Unknown to him, Katarina had become power obssessed back during the war, when she saw the height of glory Verociousna had ascended to when his father had died during the initial war along with Clarke Xion, leaving both their sons in their seats of the High Council, and Katarina, feeling left out and certainly not as powerful as both men, had built up ambitions for controlling the demons and Ralarea, then forcing them to submit to her rule, and as a result, seizing power. Verociousna, she knew, would not do such a thing and couldn't comprehend such a thing, and while the shock settled into Verociousna and the other warriors, she blasted them with force lightning and then stabbed her mother in the heart. Verociousna, shocked, but still alive, quickly ran out of the room and opened a force teleport back to Haven's Reach, but when he arrived a month later (going through a portal still takes time, as does hyperspace, just much longer), demons and Ralarea were no where to be found, and had been enslaved by the cunning of Katarina, traitor to her people and now ruler of the most resource and force-rich planet in all of the known galaxy. He was now looking at the ruins of Haven's Reach, destroyed by demons. Not even the glorious Crystal Tower, where the High Council once ruled, was left, and as to what happened to the rest of the Ralarea? He found out that they had, as Katarina did, grown tired of the same old council, and were ready for a new change. A Dark Age had now fallen upon the world of Paradise, and no one was left unchanged. Many Ralarea who stayed loyal to the true cause and to the High Council were slaughtered, and those who survived joined the Dark Side. The only people left loyal to the true cause were Calven, Emma Mynockrazor (Calven's daughter and heir to the Aspect of Mercy and the Force seat), Clarke, and Jett Xion (Clarke's son), and of course, Verociousna Xerxes Septin. The five made an instant choice to leave their world and to destroy it, for the rule was to never leave the victor with the spoils. When they had made it a safe (or so they thought) distance from their world after finding a still intact personal five person space craft, they unleashed their powers over the force to destroy the sun-sized planet. However, they were still within blast radius, and their ship was caught up in the blast, and they would have been destroyed, had the shields not been up. However, Katarina and a few Dark Ralarea would survive the devastation, and the group would sustain memory damage and become like meteors, falling to who knew what planet...by chance, Verociousna would land on a dark, shadow-covered world. As for Clarke, Jett, Calven, and Emma, no one knew...however, Verociousna would have a vision of his friends having odd things happen to them, though he would recognize them only as strangers. Calven, Emma would be sent back through time by some unexplainable force and would somehow have Nightsister liniage. They would also live during the time of the Old Republic. As for Clarke and Jett, they too would fall back through time, though not as far, but Clarke would still have most of his memories and would fall under the guise of an uncle for Jett, who, unlike his father or "uncle", lost all his memory, and both became people of a warmongering human subdivision, called Mandalorians. As for Verociousna, he would keep his true blood, and would not have anything other than Ralarea blood pounding through his veins.

Arriving on Umbara
"Uh...I don't remember any meteors being in the forecast for the weather!"

"Nor do I...what should we do?"

"RUN YOU IDIOTS!"

- The three Trandoshan thugs on the surface of Umbara in the Pirate camp, witnessing a blue meteor falling from the sky

Only days had passed, but the force of the explosion had sent Verociousna flying a long ways away and fast. His course would take him right into Umbara, which was at the time being fought over by Republic Forces in order to reclaim it and secure part of a strategic hyperspace route and part of space. Neither side was expecting a meteor to fall on the day an Umbaran air field was captured by Republic Forces. Captain Rex and his temporary Jedi General, who later turned out to be a Sith Lord wanna be, Pong Krell, were outside, surveying the enemy field and checking the Umbaran containers to make sure no Umbaran soldier who got out could ignite any combustiable element and destroy the base, saw the meteor fall far off in the distance, but the shock wave could be felt for miles, even though the meteor had fallen in a canyon and made a big, deep hole....and guess where it landed? Right in the middle of a Trandoshan Mercenary camp, which was prepared to raid the air base and help the Umbaran force take it back. Verociousna did more than amaze the people on the surface it seemed; he also prevented a large and experienced enemy force from marching on the air field and possibly helping the Umbarans retake it. The entire camp was destroyed, but only Verociousna, now dressed in rags, walked out of there alive and with a charred but useable lightsaber, but as to who he was was lost; his fall damaged more than his left arm it seemed. He lost his memory in the crash landing, but could remember a few things, such as being an accomplished warrior and not being a human, but as to how to regain the lost memories wasn't important to him right now as finding a safe place. Verociousna walked out of the area and made his way towards some massive buildings that emitted a blueish glow...little did he understand that city was the Umbaran Capital, which as he walked towards it was being besieged by General Kenobi and his forces. Hours would pass, and hundreds of Umbaran sappers (infiltrators who would compromise enemy lines in order to help elminate enemy forces) would die by this apparent Jedi's lightsaber and fail their mission to prevent Republic aid from arriving before they even had a chance, thanks to this odd human. About five hours of walking, cutting down, and making it through pain, Verociousna arrived at Republic lines. At first, all of Kenobi's clones on guard didn't know who this man was; from the looks of him, he was an injured Jedi, but a Jedi looking like Verociousna wasn't in the invasion plan. The clones, thinking that the man is here to harm them, aimed their blasters, but remembering from a scout's report of an injured man, not clearly a Jedi but with the skill if not more advanced of one, was preventing Umbaran sappers from completing their job and was making his way towards Republic lines. Immediatly, Waxer, who would later die during an incident involving friendly fire, order the men to lower their weapons and call for a medic. Verociousna, at the time calling himself Stranger, realizing he had found help, fell to the ground, exhausted, bleeding, and passed out.

Waking up to help.
"Are you all right there?"

"I am thanks to your men...Master Kenobi right? Just call me Stranger."

"Why?"

"Because I can't recall anything from my past, other than I was a fine warrior and not human."

- Verociousna talking to Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was checking in to make sure Verociousna was all right

During a short few hours, Verociousna, with help from the clone medic, got himself patched up and able, but he wanted to rest a while; falling from the sky and fighting your way to safety takes a lot out of you. It was during this time Kenobi came in to see how the guest was doing, and, after knowing this stranger knew him well enough, asked him for help in taking the capital. Verociousna was about to agree, when a transmission came through by clones under the command or of the now KIA'ed Waxer, but was cut off as the clone, identifying himself as Captain Rex (clearly not a part of Waxer's battalion), said something about, "General Krell has turned on us." Verociousna, sensing that this Jedi General wasn't who he claimed to be, quickly asked Kenobi to raly his forces, for they needed to act now or all could be lost. Though Kenobi was about to ask, there was something that sparked reason within him. Krell might have indeed turned on them, and might stop all Republic advances here and strike a crippling blow. Without much warning, Kenobi ordered his men to get ready for the final surge, in which Verociousna would participate, however, a Jedi (or Jedi hopeful) in rags wasn't a sight to be seen. Verociousna asked to take some clone armor and use it for the time being, and Kenobi allowed Verociousna to use clone armor, although it wouldn't be an agile suit as its wearer would find out. Verociousna, unacustomed to the stiff armor (nor any armor, as in his ancient days he wore regal battle robes), had trouble at first, but he got used to it. After ten mintues had passed since Kenobi ordered the men to get ready to rush the Delta (the strong defense line of Umbarans protecting the capital), the order was given, and the clones, aided by two Jedi, rushed the Delta, and because the Umbarans weren't expecting a strike this early nor with so few forces to fight, they were quickly overwhelmed. In the space of a few minutes, the Delta had been broken and clones marched through the streets, rounding up the OP4 (resistance force), and freeing any lost commrades they could find. Verociousna, being credited with the successful idea of rushing the Delta, was given honorary Jedi status by Kenobi, but kept in secret from any other Jedi (excluding Mace and Yoda) and other clones (Ghost company knew of Verociousna, but was told that he went MIA in the rush on the Delta) later on. A transmission was sent to the Umbaran airfield Verociousna saw during his fall (for some reason, he was awake as he fell towards the surface), and the clones who responded said that Pong Krell had indeed turned on the Republic and was being held prisoner. Quickly realizing that if the Umbarans who fled the capital (Cody informed Torrent company of the enemy forces heading their way), Rex made the decision to kill Krell on charges of treason against the Republic, but it would be another clone who killed Krell out of anger for being used by a spin doctor (a person who uses lies to their benefit), and further more a Jedi.

Leaving Umbara
"Well...you proved to be quite the help out there. You also used that lightsaber of yours quite well, despite the fact you were in clone armor."

"Thank you, Master Kenobi."

"As a result, I am taking you to the Jedi Council. I'll make certain you are given Jedi status, and not just honorary."

- Kenobi to Verociousna

With the fight for Umbara at last over, and after helping to covertly clean up and remaining OP4 (an ancient Sith Academy included in the mix), Verociousna, boarding a Jedi Ambassador Shuttle ordered by Kenobi and with plunders of war on his back, finally sat down after two days on the job. Among his loot were: a rancor egg, ancient Sith holocron, a prototype Umbaran armor (Shadow Tech Armor (in CWA, the armor is Republic)), and an enhanced blaster rifle, which was all useless stuff according to Obi-Wan, but to Verociousna, he said he could use it in some way. True enough, while on the way to the Jedi Temple, Verociousna cannibalized the armor, salvaged the gun and power from the Sith holocron, then gathered parts from an ARC trooper's armor (which was the armor he wore, but plain color), to create an entirely new set of flexible but ray shielded armor, called Heralder Armor. The only part not armored was the Verociousna's head, and instead had a hood over it, a hood able to be safely ray shielded. Even Kenobi took time to be impressed by the new armor, but still wasn't happy that the ray shields were empowered by Sith magic and technology, but Verociousna quickly retorted with the fact that Jedi use lightsabers and didn't go to any length to achieve victory, forcing Kenobi to say, "Touche Stranger...." It wouldn't be the last time that Verociousna would beat Kenobi at words; there would be other times later in the future. After a few hours traveling through hyperspace, the Jedi Ambassador Shuttle arrived over Coruscant; here was home sweet home for Kenobi, and Verociousna took time to be highly surprised. The entire planet was one massive city...almost like another planet, but as to that other planet Verociousna could not remember, and that is when Kenobi spoke up once more. A noteable and honorary Jedi Sage had just returned from one of her meditation journeys and was widely known for healing the mind, so perhaps she could help this stranger remember who he was, and Verociousna agreed, but first, he had to be introduced to the Jedi High Council. Verociousna, still wanting to find out more about himself didn't like the idea at first, but he realized he wouldn't get far without being granted Jedi status or even being acknowledged by the Jedi Council.

Meeting the High Council
"Reports by Master Kenobi indicate you helped to secure victory during the Battle of Umbara...is that report accurate?"

"Yes it is master Jedi. I must wonder...why do you and Kenobi have to be the only ones to know about me?"

"Further plans we have for you. Exposure, ruin our plan it will."

"Plan? What plan?"

- Masters Windu and Yoda talking to Verociousna, or Stranger

Master Verociousna received no reception, for he was to be taken to the top two Jedi around the temple: Master Mace Windu and Grand Master Yoda, who, as Kenobi announced he was arriving and had a friend on board, told Kenobi of a plan that involved absolute secrecy...and Kenobi already had an idea of who to submit for eligibility. Verociousna and Kenobi, having made their way through the temple without being noticed by others, made their way up to the High Council's Spire, where Masters Windu and Yoda awaited Kenobi's return; what they didn't expect was for the friend of Kenobi's to be something close to a Jedi but not quite...and he best fit the bill for the plan set foward by Windu and Yoda. Since the Dark Side of the Force was getting stronger as each day passed for some unconceiveable reason, Yoda felt it wise to have a contingincy plan ready, should something terrible happen, such as the loss of the war. Verociousna, asking what the plan was, was quickly told that he would be in charge of a new cloning operation, codenamed "Legions." However, in his state, Verociousna was not yet ready to handle the situation. He would remain at the temple, and would walk around without disturbance as yet another Jedi, under the name of Xerxes (Verociousna himself chose the name, for reasons known to him, for it was as though he felt as though the name belonged to him...) He would learn much about the happenings about the galaxy and keep his skills sharp, and during this time, he would craft his own saber (however temporary), gain even more understanding of things (outside of the current happenings), become a noted duelist, and visit the wise Jedi sage, Emma Mynockrazor.

An impenetrable block
"What is blocked in your mind....I can't...I....I....I can't see through it. This is very unusual, now I find myself not being the only one who knows that a part of memory is blocked."

"Are you saying you have the same problem as I do? You can't remember your true past?"

"Yes....for what reason I don't remember...but you...your memory isn't as old as mine."

- Verociousna, upon finding that Emma can't restore his mind

About two weeks into his stay at the Jedi Temple, Verociousna had learned a great deal of things, from combat moves to knowledge of the past, and how the Jedi handle things, much to his disdain. But, he wasn't going to be a Jedi long, seeing as how he would move out of the grid and into the shadows. However, he needed to see this noted Jedi Sage called Emma Mynockrazor before leaving. It was said she could heal any wound, whether physical or mental, but today she would meet her match in the form of a man. Verociousna walked up to her during one of her meditations, but upon noting she was busy, started to walk away as to be polite. However, Emma wasn't in the mood for being treated with niceness; she actually viewed the unnanounced visit of this newcomer as a way to distance herself from her latest troubles. Verociousna quickly introduced himself and gave the describtion of his problem, which seemed to spark interest in Emma's eyes. However that interest was gone in a flash, and she agreed to do what she did best. However, this time, she would not be able to pierce the veiled part of this person's mind and heal it. For whatever reason, she was shocked back, as though there was a Force ability being used that prevented her from helping the man. Unknowingly, Verociousna still had his mental barrier up, and that could not be penetrated by normal means. She quickly, upon being asked if she was all right by Verociousna, told her own tale of not being able to find lost parts of her memory that she knew were back in her head somewhere, despite being a mere child as far as she could remember. She also told of how she recalled being a highly noted to-be...force aspect was it? She couldn't recall that as well for some odd reason, as though she was being halted by some external force. She quickly apologized for not being able to help, but was forgiven by Verociousna, who knew that sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. He bade her a good day, and she returned the favor...and returned to her arduous and fruitless meditations...

Leaving the grid
"Time for you to leave, it is. Understand what you needed to. Start the plan, you must."

"How though? I won't have the resources to start this operation."

"On a frozen planet...find you will what you need. Know this I do, for ordered I did the neccessary things for you."

"I will be off now...and thank you, Master Yoda, for the supplies and hospitality."

- Yoda, giving his farewells to Verociousna

At last came the time for Verociousna to head out and be off the grid for a very long time to come. After three weeks preparing for the task set ahead for him, he was summoned by Master Yoda, who, after Verociousna stated he wouldn't have any resources, sent him on his way after telling Verociousna that supplies and the neccessary technology had already been delivered. The planet on which Project Legions would be based on was a snow world; more of a combination of Carlac, Iceburg Three, and Orto Plutonia...oddly enough, this planet would be rich in the force as well, based on a later discovery, but that is the future. This is now. Verociousna, taking a Jedi Ambassador Shuttle, left Coruscant and jumped to hyperspace, and away to his new destiny...a destiny which would also prove to be evocative...and highly progressive technology wise.

Arriving on Stragair (21 BBY (early))
"I can't fathom why this planet would be suitable for development. Well...best I get started in any way I can."

"Are you Jedi General Xerxes?"

"GODS! Yes I am, and next time, don't come up behind me. I wasn't told to expect help here."

"Well Yoda kept that part out, wanted a little secret to come by your way. I am CC 1158, or Commmander Ben. Behind me are my boys, the 34th Snake Battalion."

- Verociousna meeting Clone Commander Ben and his company on the surface of Stragair

The trip was highly uneventful, and gave Verociousna plenty of time to think about what to do regarding how to form and finish Project Legions...and also to make his newest suit of armor, the Harbringer Armor, which was pretty much the same as the Heralder Armor, but with stronger ray shields and a helmet. By the time he arrived, it had been two hours, and besides finishing a new set of armor, he had already come up with specific improvements on the regular Galatic Army of the Republic (GAR for short). For starters, he already had in mind a new branch, called the Specters. They would be the get in there without anyone noticing type of people, blow their target up, and get out of there before anyone knew what hit them. Then there was the question of new clone templates. Jango's clones, while tough, weren't as advanced as Verociousna would like, so he would set out to find a suitable clone template. As for other details, he had yet to think them through, but right now, he was more concerned about surveying the land as he flew to his designated LZ. There were many tall spires and jagged rocks, not to mention forests of sorts down in valleys. Yes, he thought, that this would be a hard to assault planet. A droid army would have a tough time, and fighters would not be able to fly in and take out targets...unless they were tall or on spires. He finally arrived at the LZ, a large, open canyon which he called Arricun Canyon. Immediatly, he started on using the supplies he saw at the build site, but was interrupted by a brigade of clones who were ordered to wait for him. The clone in charge, quickly identifying himself as CC 1158, or Commander Ben and his company as the 34th Snake Battalion, ordered his men to start working on the base immediatly, but Verociousna said he would take care of the mess himself. Though the Force wasn't meant for construction purposes, within a few days, Verociousna had finished the main base and base air vehicle, not to mention fighters (augmented Umbaran starfighters that were faster, stronger, and more maneuverable than their ancestor, though Verociousna provided only the plans; the clones were the ones responsible for building them.) By the time the clones had finished a fairly sizeable defense force of fighters and two Deathcom gunships, the base and landing zone had been finished, from the base on up. The clones, filled with surprise beyond description, would hang their jaws open for a fair amount of hours. In the mean time, Verociousna, needing more men should something happen, quickly searched up not one, but two templates, hoping to create a new, more dangerous clone. He found two that quickly interested him. One was the Hardeen line, known for their fast and incredibly accurate shooting abilities, then another, but unidentified line. This other line was known for its offspring to be very agile, fast, and strong, and not to mention highly intelligent, but every now and then requiring the good meal and not cantina grub. Deciding a combination of the two lines, under the correct circumstances, would do well, Verociousna asked two people, one from each line, to come so he could draw DNA. That task was accomplished quite quickly; however, getting the two lines to mix properly proved extremely problematic. While Verociousna tried to get at least one clone to be created, men from the 34th found an ancient set of ruins far to the north, and from there they recovered plans for making a stronger metal, and many other things...among them a way to combine two DNA lines in the space of a few hours, and after those few hours, a clone would come forth, however, according to his internal clock, he would spend twenty years in an odd realm learning and practicing combat technique...all good according to Verociousna. The cool part was that the growth accelerant would wear off after the clone had emerged from the growth tank, aged at twenty, and very fit, so clones could live as long as any normal human. Now for the metal part, which would be used for ship, fighter, gunship, and ground vehicle armor, as well as building material....As for the metal, it was all over the valley; Ben and his boys got to work reinforcing the building material and vehicle armor, but as for clone armor, that could wait. Last, they also got an outpost set up to the south...where the only way into the caynon by ground rested. Odd thing was, a fresh and warm river flowed through the middle of this passage way, as did a forest. How strange was this world, Ben thought, now he was starting to wonder if he should have stayed on the front lines, but who cared? Building up a secret army was fun enough, not to mention being one of the only people Verociousna needed to keep things going. In fact, he would prove very instrumental in stopping a great evil later on, but that is later; this is now. Within a few weeks, the entire Fort Arricun instalation had been completed, from anti-orbital guns, to the landing zone, to the main fort itself, and then the outpost to the south, and not to mention thousands of clones now resided here, and built a city of sorts not far from the main base. Within a few weeks, the number of clones went from two dozen to ten legions. Now, Verociousna saw fit to call his clone army the would-be-feared Legions of the West Winds, but clones would not suffice...no, he needed additional Jedi Generals to help him out. As fate would have it, he would find two almost immediatly; Master Yoda said that two Jedi, Emma Mynockrazor and Jett Xion, were not cut out for the war and needed additional training...something Verociousna would be able to handle, or so he thought.

Jedi Reinforcements / Unnanounced CIS visit (21 BBY (early))
"So, I now see fit to call you Masters Emma and Jett...consider yourself the first Jedi Master of the Legions of the West Winds...other than...."

"Supreme Jedi Marshall Xerxes, orbital scans have picked up a large CIS fleet in orbit, they brought landing craft."

"How did they find out?!"

"Easy to explain when one notices the spy right outside their window, litterally!"

- Verociousna (lines one and four), Ben (second line), and Jett Xion (third line), after CIS forces are detected in orbit and upon seeing a CIS spy dangling out of a window

A couple of days would pass by before Jett Xion and Emma Mynockrazor would arrive. Upon seeing Verociousna, Emma was surprised and gave a brief but friendly hello; but Jett said something in Mandalorian, a language Verociousna wasn't exactly aware of. What Jett said was, "Vode an, Master Xerxes," which was a custom greeting by Mandalorians to people of certain respect, but Verociousna could tell Jett Xion didn't mean any respectable greeting. Verociousna quickly understood he had a much longer road ahead of him than first expected...Quickly, he got to training Jett and Emma, as well as searching for a way to clone Jedi, but make the clones be...different somehow. He asked the now LCM (Legions Clone Marshall) Ben to research the ruins for anymore information and to deliver anything regarding cloning force-sensitives while making them be different, so as to prevent a mix up in the future and not have to use identity chips, and to also search for schematics for defense turrets to use for both the buildings and gunships. Ben quickly complied and took a squad of men with him, while Verociousna returned to the arduous task of training the two Jedi further. Over the course of a few days though, as Ben got successful results, so did Verociousna; Emma became far more experienced, and Jett learned a great many things, such as controlling his emotions better and gaining a sense of reverance for Master Xerxes. All was going just smoothly until Ben burst through the doors of the temporary Jedi Hall (on top of a massive tower armed with multiple anti air cannons (the main base was heavily defended, and combine that with the terrain, a droid army would not be able to have a good chance of taking the Arricun Canyon)), delivering a dreaded and unatticipated report; a CIS fleet of five Frigates, two Dreadnoughts, and one Battleship had been detected in mid entry. Anti orbital cannons were ordered to charge up immediatly, but they would only be able to take one frigate down, mainly because they lacked the proper power. Now, a massive invasion was here...and a turning point in Verociousna's life, as well as Emma's and Jett's. The group started to head down the stairs that lead to the base of the tower, however, Verociousna, upon feeling an odd sensation, looked back and saw a commando droid hanging off of a wall and peering inside the window. Ben, who also saw the droid, waisted no time so as not to give the droid a chance to report to his leaders, shot out a window and blasted the droid's head clean off. Verociousna took the time to comment on the shot before heading to the sub tram rail system to take him to the valley outpost.

Defending Stragair (21 BBY (early))
"Clankers! Men, if you wanted action and a lot more training, you are about to get it!"

"Sir yes sir! Permission to start hitting them?"

"When I give the signal, yes."

- Ben, a horde of clones, and Verociousna preparing to ambush a droid wave coming straight towards the canyon

The droid army, being led by an unknown CIS general, had landed, despite all efforts to knock all enemy landing craft down before they could deploy their droids, and was now heading towards the mouth of the canyon...a mouth that was ready to devour them whole. Most of the Legion ground defense units had already made their way to the "gateway" by use of a series of subtram stations; one led from the base right to the outpost for speed, incase the gunships couldn't get enough men to where they needed to go, and further more, the subtrams were far safer right now due to a mess of droid fighters and bombers in the air. Now, back at the outpost, the hundreds of clone units, ranging from the greenhorns to Ben's men and then to the Jedi Generals in charge of them, were lying in wait for the enemy to fall into a cleverly planned trap; they would draw the droids in by "deserting the outpost", and when the dumb clankers got too close, the Legions would pounce. The droids, dimwitted as they were, took advantage of the "surprise" that the outpost was deserted, and started charging towards the outpost, seeking to pick up their pace and not stop before the "retreating Republic dogs" could get dug in. Only problem was, if they had looked to the tall spires of ice and rock to their left and right, they would have seen hundreds of clones and three Jedi wherever they looked while viewing the spires. However, the droids, being single minded, charged into the trap, and right into a mess of chaos. Suddenly, a blaster shot ringed out, and two droids were killed with one shot. Then there were many blaster shots; still the droids didn't know what was going on, but then one of the B2 droids got a eureka moment and looked up to the ice and rock spires. Seeing the outlines of clones, he order the droids to shoot at the spires anywhere, so long as they didn't miss. Only problem was by that time, most of the droids were dead, taken out by the marksmanship of the new clones. By the time three minutes had gone by, the entire droid invasion force had been taken out, and not one shot fired by the Legions missed. As for the air though, that was another matter entirely. Without much warning, the enemy frigates and bombers came down and started to hit the surface of the planet, seeking to destroy as much as they could before going down or retreating. Verociousna knew it was only a matter of time before the droids found the base and bombarded it, so he got the two Deathcom gunships to pick up twenty clones per gunship, and Emma and Jett would take one while Verociousna took the other. A mere minute had passed before the gunships, fighters on their tail as escort, picked up the clones and headed for the frigates, which were nearing the location of the main base, and the city in which the clones lived. The pilot, called LP (Legions Pilot) Gensis (females were cloned as well, but they never served as troopers, only pilots, medics, and cooks (the males weren't known for their cooking)) of Verociousna's ship stated that base intercepted a transmission in which the CIS leader, a Sith Hopeful from Korriban, wanted every last place of interest destroyed, from the ancient ruins to the west and north, to the Republic base on this planet. What sparked Verociousna's interest the most was the mention of ruins to the west (during the time on Stragair, no ruins to the west had been discovered), but that could wait until after he had boarded the main battle ship in orbit after helping to take care of the frigates attempting to destroy the surface. Without asking for permission, he took control of the gun ship, and flew it right into the fray. When he broke through the clouds, he could see the frigates firing blindly at the surface as they still descended, all the while fighting off odd fighters and Y-Wing bombers (the Legions were using Y-Wings supplied by Yoda for the time being because they had yet to make a bomber of their own.) Verociousna, asking how many rockets were in the launchers and finding out there were five per launcher, decided to have a little pyromaniac moment; he went in to the fray with the gunship, firing two rockets at one bridge of a frigate, then two at another. The droids, not expecting the surprise attack by a lone gunship, let alone a new, more powerful one, could not raise their shields in time, and all five frigates went down to the surface, where Legion Salvagers (mostly men, but a few women here in there incase there was a tight space) were waiting to pick up the debris and take it back to base. Now that that problem was taken care of, Verociousna ordered all bombers and fighters as well as the other gunship on him; they were going to the upper atmosphere (the gunships had pressure and atmosphere shields and gravity whenever they went to space or the upper part of an atmosphere) to take care of the remaining CIS ships; however, this was what the Sith Hopeful wanted. He wanted to draw the head haunchos up to his ship so he could self destroy it and go down in a blaze of glory.

Aboard the Stalker (21 BBY (early))
"So you are the ones in charge of this Project Legions business eh? Welcome aboard my ship, and welcome to your doom!"

"Doom? Hardly, more like yours."

"Or so you think..."

- The Sith, talking to Verociousna just before the trap is sprung

The lead battleship, called the Stalker, known for its quick attacks that leave few or no survivors, was also the flagship of the attacking OP4 leader. Verociousna, seeking an end to this conflict before reinforcements could be summoned by the CIS Sith General, boarded the ship by "landing" in the hangar. Gensis, who took back the cockpit after Verociousna and his men got off, asked Verociousna to not do such a thing to her gunship, to which he retorted with the fact that he was the leader in the Legions, and the gunships were, in a way, created by him. Another touche, but this time from another person not from the Jedi Order. After that, Genesis took off, but would stand by in case evac was needed, should something go wrong in the plan, and Verociousna, with back up from the others who got off of Razor's gunship (Razor was an original clone, not a Legions clone), started to proceed through to the bridge. Resistance was strong, as was expected, especially with many droids and few men, but nonetheless, the strike force made it through to the bridge, where the Sith Hopeful, a hybrid of a Sith Pureblood and a Human, awaited the coming of the small band of clones and Jedi...with destroyer droids and commando droids. He quickly veered around to greet the newcomers, who were seeming as though they wanted to get this over with, so why not oblige them? He quickly pulled out a button, and before Verociousna or anyone else could react, he pushed it, causing the engines to fail and the ship to fall to the surface in flames. Verociousna, recognizing he fell for it, ordered his men to fire at anything that wasn't organic while he went after the Sith, who clearly wasn't ready for an opponent with such skill. Despite using two dual edge lightsabers, the battle was over for the Sith in but a few seconds....ten to be exact. That was one problem out of the way, but the ship was now falling towards the planet surface, and to doom. Verociousna quickly signaled Gensis to blow out the windows and get them out of the ship, to which she said where and when, and to which he said to just go to the bridge and blow the windows out right now. It was a failed attempt at breaking the tension, but an attempt nonetheless....and a rescue mission completed. Despite the thirty clones and three Jedi getting into a gunship meant to carry sixteen clones, they made it work, and just in time; if a clone or one of the Jedi been a moment too late in getting on the gunship, they would have been gone in flames. Verociousna, crediting Genesis for the rescue, ordered all fighters and bombers to take care of the remaining CIS forces and to either destroy them or send them packing. Both remaining Dreadnoughts were destroyed within ten minutes, and all remaining OP4 were either too low on power or destroyed. A successful victory, first at that, for the Legions, and a fitting last trial for Jett and Emma...but now the one thing Verociousna was wondering about returned to him. He ordered Genesis to first drop the clones off at base, then to take them due west to 40 N Latitude, 80 W Longitude, which were the set of coordinates for the set of ruins that he got from the CIS battleship off of a dataport.

Arriving at the temple (21 BBY)
"Good grief! Genesis, are you seeing what I am seeing up ahead?"

"Heck yea sir...what is that place? Another set of ruins?"

"Yea...and the closer we get, the more evocative this place is."

- Verociousna talking to Genesis about the ruins dead ahead

Verociousna, Jett, and Emma, and Genesis, after dropping off the clone troops off at base, headed for the coordinates to the next set of ruins, and what met their eyes was nothing short of unremarkable; an entire temple, with hardly any damage to it, and with a massive forest of Carlac-like trees (the trees are closer to the purple Jedi meditation trees you see in CWA) surrounding the place, combined with more ice and rock spires. What this place was was a place the three felt as though they had been to before; odd enough, this temple was actually a holy site for the Ralarea before the wars, but now, long after it had been abandoned, who was to say what resided in it now? Verociousna, feeling the same type of evocative feeling Emma and Jett had, ordered Genesis to set them down far but not too far from the temple, not knowing if there was some type of invisible shield or not. Genesis complied, but not before noting the odd towers that surrounded what looked like the main building, and the fact that there was movement, not to mention life readings. That was enough to trouble Verociousna, for he knew not what this place was. Was it a ruin or a forward base for the CIS? It couldn't be a forward CIS base, for he would have known, but a ruin? Hardly! The place was inhabited, and was nowhere near a damaged state. Beyond that though, Verociousna wondered again why the place was so evocative...he dissmissed the sensation and ordered Genesis to head basebound, and that they would call her when they needed pick up. She noted that and flew off, leaving the three alone...and the moment they were alone, something let out an unearthly shriek...but was it a thing or person? So many questions flooding Verociousna's mind, but he could find out if he got inside the temple complex...if he could make his way through the three story tall and one story wide force-attuned steel gate that barred his way.

Little did he know, his movements were being watch from not far away by wary eyes...eyes that glowed red and seethed with hate. One of the shadowy figures motioned for another to inform the others...company had arrived...and that the Prime Aspect wouldn't like the news.

Within the gates of death (21 BBY)
"How many of them are there?! And how strong are they?!"

"Too strong, I can feel their power within the Force just standing here!"

"Should we run?"

"Why bother...we're toast."

- Jett Xion (lines one and four), Verociousna (line two), and Emma (line three), upon entering the valley

Verociousna had now been force pushing at the door for minutes, and didn't even make it move. Clearly, he thought, that the Force user who attuned this gate knew what the purpose of the attunement was. No matter how hard he tried, even with help from Jett and Emma, Verociousna could not break the gates. Then the idea came to him of using Force Light, seeing as how he started to sense a darkness in the air. The three focused their powers to project a massive flash of Force Light that, when it faded, had destroyed the Force Seal protecting the temple. Now, when the three tried again, the doors flew wide open with ease, but behind them was a horde of black and red robed humans, with their black hair and eyes glowing red and seething with hatred for the trio of unwelcome visitors. Jett, upon seeing the horde of enemies, wondered how they could hold up against them, and after debating over what course of action to take, decided to just give up seeing as how they were doomed to far more powerful and numerous opponents. However, Verociousna would not give into deceit; he saw past the illusions of power surrounding the enemy, and knew that they were as weak as he was...if not weaker. Verociousna, his mind clear on what to do, unleashed a massive Force Burst that directed the combination of a Force Push, Force Light, and Force Fire towards the group of hostiles...and all but destroyed them. Jett and Emma, never seeing any Jedi use that kind of power, even in the texts (next to the Shan line, known for absorbing lightsaber energy with their bare hands), now wondered if Xerxes (or Verociousna, as they would later call him) was a Jedi or Sith, to which he, after reading their unblocked minds, said that he was neither of them...something far more than a Jedi or Sith. Unopposed, Verociousna, Jett, and Emma walked into the valley and past the gates which would have been their doom, and saw the true nature of the place. Apparently the place was covered by an illusion..the illusion that it was a safe looking place, but in reality it proved to be quite different. Stygian (hellish), volcanic (on a mostly icebound planet...), and seething with the Dark Side, the temple was revealed to be a temple dedicated to the darkness...and to someone else, as the group would find out. They marched towards the front building, which seemed to be once a place of training and peace...now it was full of chaos and ruined, and was almost ready to cave in upon itself, but they had no choice but to go through to the top, as the only way across to the other side rested upon the roof. As to why they could simply walk to where they wanted to go, was because lava was everywhere and surrounding the other side of the complex, and with two volcanoes steadily pouring out the lava in addition to blocking the mountain pass ways, walking around to the other side was out of the question. By the time a few minutes of braving intense heat had passed, Verociousna, Jett, and Emma were inside the front building, which instead of clearly serving as a youngling (but not Jedi youngling) complex, now served as a library and practice temple that belonged to darkness, and not to mention holding up part of the only way across to the other side. Oddly enough, there were no more Sith, or at least they seemed to be Sith (the people the trio met before entering the front building), were nowhere to be found...only signs of a hasty departure and preparation for battle were to be found. The group, blowing that aside, moved on up through the leves until when, at the top, they ran into three more Sith, this time with their illusion down, but still strong enough to give a good fight to the Jedi scum, who were ready to slice their bodies open or in half. Unfortunately, the Jedi were not in the mood for making a point of a fight; they simply, with a combined effort, Force pushed their opponents away and off the building, down to their death. With that small hurtle out of the way, the group looked behind them and saw that there was no bridge; but your eyes can so often deceive you. This time it was Emma who saw past the illusion and, after stepping into "thin air", found that the steps down to the blocked off path (there was a lower path to and from the two buildings, but the front one had its entrance/exit blocked off due to a malfunctioning door) were hidden by the Force. The group, following her lead and now seeing the once invisible steps, meticuously made their way down to the path and, upon stepping on firm metal, made their way towards the main complex...and to the reawakening that awaited them.

The final trials and return to Paradise (21 BBY)
"Whatever is happening to us...it feels like...being ripped...apart!"

- Verociousna, observing what is going on after touching an odd book

The group, after making their way down the ancient bridge over the lava (it was assumed that there might have been a river, after all, why have a bridge between two complexes when you could have simply walked over on a path), stepped upon the grounds of the Main Temple...and ground considered sacred to the Sith taking up arms within the temple. Without much warning, another horde of enemies jumped from the top of the main building...and where the base of an odd tower lay. The group, having just enough time to prepare, rolled backwards and almost into the lava...but that was their plan. The Sith, too blood crazed and angry that infidels were on their holy ground, charged audaciously towards the three downed figures....but in their anger, they failed to slow down before slidding into the lava, which burned a few up right away. The others, behind their brothers and a little smarter, slowed down before they could fall into the river of lava and to their death and face the three enemies who were now off to the left and charged again at them, but this time being sure to be careful. A fight would ensue, in which Verociousna, Emma, and Jett again emerged victorious, but not before sustaining a few cuts, but not any that went through and cut off an arm or leg. As for the enemies? They were all killed, most of them dead by Verociousna's lightsaber, but a few by Emma and Jett (both got three per person, but Verociousna killed the remaining ninety-four.) With the enemies dead, the group advanced unchallenged into the building...but made the mistake of not taking the stairs. Because of that mistake, the group actually entered the dueling chamber (still the same building, but lower than the observation level...where you are safe) and found themselves face to face with a massive Nekghoul Sith...and he looked hungry for flesh. Without much time to prepare themselves, the group rolled off to the side as the nine foot tall Nekghoul charged right at them, lightsabers swinging. The Nekghoul, angry that he missed, charged again at his enemies, but again missed. Verociousna, deciding that time was being wasted, threw his lightsaber at the Nekghoul's head...but missed. The Nekghoul was not an ordinary one; it had learned with time, and had practiced so much (despite being kept inside a small room) on others and learned how to be fast, strong, and agile during its forty year stay at the temple that it was granted position as a Sith Lord (albeit used to test the limits of the other Sith). Now he had a challenge at last in the form of three Jedi intruders...and how glad he was to finally have one. Verociousna, however, wasn't in the mood for having a challenge. All he and the others wanted to do was to get to the second floor...in which lied something that seemed to call them towards it. The Nekghoul, sensing their intentions taunted them with a fact that they will never get past him. Verociousna, however, couldn't disagree more. He motioned to Jett to do something, and then he charged towards the Nekghoul, who was surprised at the reckless move; but then, a moment too late, he remembered the other two. By the time he had pieced together the puzzle, Jett Xion had already climbed up on his back and stabbed him over and over again, while Verociousna jumped up and plunged his lightsaber deep within the Nekghoul's head, killing him. The Nekghoul, overwhelmed by the efforts of two, fell to the ground...breathing his last breath and cursing his last curse..."Blast you Jedi scum..." Verociousna, Jett, and Emma, glad that the beast was dead, jumped up to the pathway that encircled the dueling arena, and walked through to the other side of the temple, discovering nothing but broken items now considered not neccessary by the Sith who inhabited the place...among those items was a healing well, giving the three the idea this wasn't always a Sith temple. Pushing that thought aside, they made their way up a stairwell, and arrived in the second floor...and close to the object that called them towards it. Verociousna, finding a sealed vault within this floor, simply, without understanding what he was doing, uttered the words that opened the vault. What was inside, however, was nothing short of dissapointing. All that was in there were the other side of some archive shelves and a book...shielded by a light side barrier. Curious, Verociousna thought, as to why would a light side barrier would be within a temple devoted to darkness. With his curiousity engaged, Verociousna walked through the lightside barrier, and ordered the others to follow his lead. Oddly enough, the book was already opened, but for some reason, the book was opened to two conjoined pages showing a broken world. Suddenly, a hand appeared on the left side and another on the right side of the book. Verociousna, thinking correctly to put his hands on both sides, suddenly was enveloped by a blinding light...and felt as though he was being ripped apart.

Return of three heros (21 BBY (early))
"By the Force! What is this place? Why do those statues look exactly like us?"

"I am not sure Emma...but I have a feeling that we once used to walk this place."

"You think that this is a holy place...and that we aren't who we seem to be?"

- Emma and Verociousna, discussing the possibility that they weren't human

Within the space of a few seconds, Verociousna landing on charred ground, with burned trees all around. Emma and Jett, although not as gracefully, landed a few seconds behind him, and both were astounded by the sight that met their eyes. For reasons unknown, they were on an entirely new world, and were facing an odd spire surrounded by floating rocks...and four statues lined up around the spire, forming an X when a line coming from their base met the spire...odd thing was, three of the statues looked exactly like each of the heros. One looked a lot like Emma, save far more beautiful, but emminating with power and compassion, another like Jett, radiating with a sense of knowing and great wisdom. Then came Verociousna's, this time though, clad in powerful armor and holding two sabers, with one looking just like the one he holds right now, and his statue radiated with a sense of seeking justice and the good of others, all the while eagerly awaiting a good battle in which to slay the wicked. Then there was another one, which all three took a look at, but didn't recognize who it was...they would soon enough. Without much warning, another person from behind them spoke up, saying what a surprise it was to see them again. This time, Verociousna could remember precisely who this person was; Katarina. His voice seethed with righteous anger, hers with a determination to make sure that he stayed dead. With barely the flick of the hand, all three went flying backwards, Jett and Emma crashing into a floating rock, Verociousna landing next to his statue. Shaking his head, he looked up to his statue which now seemed to urge him to stick his hand into a finely cut socket within the base. When he did, he pulled out another saber that looked identical to his other one. Katarina, seeing her brother holding both lightsabers, quickly charged at him with the aim to kill, however, she was already too late. Her mistake would cost her much in the future, as Verociousna suddenly started to glow with a blue-white color. His armor started to change around his body, his lightsabers now glowed a cyan-white color, and his eyes turned to a piercing blue color, as did his beard. Even more abrubt than the sudden glow, Verociousna unleased a powerful burst of energy that Katarina barely shielded herself against...and when the after glow dissapeared, a figure stood at the source of the energy. Verociousna, forever changed and with his memories fully restored, now charged at Katarina, and the two engaged in a furious duel. Over the time Verociousna had been gone, somehow Katarina had gained far more power than comprehendable...unfortunately, so did Verociousna, but this time in wisdom and a knowing of what to do. His new found compassion for life kept him from using his powers of justice upon his sister, but he still had the aim to at least inabilitate her. Verociousna, while dueling Katarina, gave Jett and Emma the chance they needed to find their statues and pull out their unique sabers. Emma pulled out a dual-edge lightsaber and, following a glow of pure white energy, had returned to her Ralarea state, as the new Aspect of Mercy and the Force, and now had a stunning beauty about her, despite the fact that she had concealing armor. Her hair and eyes now glowed a sharp and pure white, and she charged in to help Verociousna, with Jett, now clad in armor somewhat similar to Verociousna's and with two purple, electrically charged lightsabers, not far behind. Katarina, unprepared for the three-pronged attack, was shortly thereafter forced to retreat to the hells from which she came. Verociousna, Emma, and Jett, agreeing that they should leave their homeland so as not to see the ruin that they caused again, headed back to the temple, which when they returned, was swarming with Legion troopers, seeking any remains of Sith Warriors (Verociousna, Emma, and Jett had, before leaving, ordered Genesis to come back with troops to secure the temple when and if they came back, for if something had happened to them.) The Legions, shortly after noticing a white glow within the top most tower, ran up and found a barred door...but the instant they got there, the door opened, and from there walked their three generals. Verociousna, Emma, and Jett, exhausted and trying to keep up with the sudden return of their memories, were offered a ride back to base by Genesis, but they first had to cleanse the temple, as was their duty to their people. With a combined effort, the three, after getting to a volcanic rock wall, destroyed the dark and vile corruption that spread over the land, and when they were done, a restored temple, once home to the Ralarea Sages, was visible. Emma, nearly overjoyed that her home of sorts had been purified, asked Verociousna to stay behind and to start training any younglings the Jedi Order might be willing to send their way, and he agreed, but also added that she will be responsible for further training of and Jedi clones. She agreed, but not before adding that the more natural the person, the better they might be, but Verociousna quickly retorted with the fact that they needed more Jedi...fast. They couldn't wait years for the younglings to age. Another touche was the response from Emma.

A summon for help.
"Xerxes? What happened to you? Are you even Xerxes?"

"Yes I am, Master Kenobi. As Jett here would now say, time flies...even in short periods of time."

"I couldn't agree more...but I call not to check on your progress, which I'm sure is going fine. I call on you because we need your help with a covert operation that involves a CIS firm...and army."

- Kenobi, talking to Verociousna about a new threat

Not long after the temple had been purged, Verociousna and Jett (they did leave Emma behind so she could be the Legions' Jedi trainer) went back to base to meditate on the resurge of memories. They were overwhelmed, so they left the now Specter Marshal Ben (fourth in command; Emma is third, Jett is second, and you know who is first) to deal with a few things, such as keeping the men in line and to establish a training base for the Specter Branch (one could call them Black Ops or the Legion's equivilant of Republic Commandos) that was just now being founded. Ben was the first one who passed the established training and skill requirements, and he, for a normal clone, did exceptionally well, and was granted S7 level access (S1 is the lowest, which meaned that you at least qualified for training but didn't make it all the way through) at the start, making him the top shot of all Specters. Ben did his job well for two days, during which Verociousna and Jett attempted to make sense of their returned memories (unknown to them, Emma, being a Jedi Sage, had already caught up with her memories and was now doing her job as instructed; Verociousna and Jett would be a day behind, taking three days to understand their memories.) He also, after recovering more blueprints from the northern ruins (which turned out to be a Ralarea science campus), made a Force Gate, which was being worked on at the time of the end of the Great War of the Ancients, and failed due to interruption by the change of leadership (Katarina didn't want this technology found, so she destroyed the temple...or so she thought.) However, where one failed, another sees a chance to do what wasn't done. Ben ordered the immediate construction of one and, when Verociousna and Jett returned from their meditations, were surprised to see both the Specter Corps and a new piece of technology ready. Jett Xion, like father like son, wanted to be the first to test it out, in order to make sure it worked. However, just in case something bad would happen, he looked at his scroll of fate and read it, quickly noting that the new Force Gate would be a success...but it would have to be tapped into one of the odd subterranean rivers that was rich in the Force. Good thing that a build site was not far; the temple where Emma was happened to sit right on top of a river...and had a lake surrounding it (the Force was used to heat the water, to ensure it wouldn't freeze over.) With two new bits of success under his belt, Ben asked Verociousna if he could enjoy a few rounds on the house, but, just after being granted permission, received a communication from Obi-Wan (Kenobi was in contact with Ben during the early days of Project Legions, and would still contact him about either progress or notice of a shipment of supplies, but this time, the call would be far different.) Kenobi, after making sure he was actually talking to "Xerxes" (he would later come to know Verociousna by his true name), told Verociousna that a Venator Attack Cruiser was on its way to pick up Verociousna, Jett, Emma, and some of the Legions and their flight technology. A CIS private firm and army, called the Dark Nebula, had been discovered on Mustafar, and had a small but sizable town built already and was increasing its army size. Yoda, after seeing that if the new threat wasn't put down quickly it would be a problem to the Republic Forces that were already spread thin, wanted Verociousna to end the Dark Nebula. Verociousna, all too ready to leave Stragair and see some action, agreed and ordered both gunships and at least ten fighters and five bombers ready and waiting for the Venator Attack Cruiser that was coming to pick them up and send them to Mustafar. Ben was among the mix, and so were a few other Specters, mostly holding S1 position for the moment, the rest being rank and file clones, with the occasional Legions Heavy Trooper or Praetorian (clones skilled in the use of an energy shield and Saberspear (a spear with a lightsaber end to it)) here and there, coming up with a sum of twenty nine clones and three Jedi (the three being Verociousna, Jett, and Emma) (there were four Specters, five Heavies, and three Praetorians in the clone part of the strike force.)

The heat on Mustafar
"The flak is too heavy! We'll never make it to the town!"

" That wasn't the plan from the start! Genesis, set us down in that field! We can draw the enemy out and beat them up!"

"What if stronger numbers and better tactics are involved? You do realize that things can go south fast! We are still fresh off the training routine!"

"Then we'll adapt should something happen!"

- Genesis and Verociousna during the initial landing on Mustafar

Not long after final preparations were made, the Venator Attack Cruiser, under the command of Kenobi and Ghost Company, arrived over Stragair, and descended to the surface to pick up the troops; however, that would be unrequired. Verociousna, having ordered all strike force troops to either the gunships or fighters, were ready and waiting to fly to the cruiser, and when it arrived, they took off. Cody, upon seeing the ships, almost ordered all canons to open fire, and if it weren't for Kenobi, the Legion strike force would be scrap by now, for they weren't registered as friendly. Verociousna, after getting off of the gunship of Genesis, headed for the bridge to be informed more on the situation. Kenobi, after seeing Verociousna enter the bridge, activated the holoprojector and showed the terrain and climate features of Mustafar. Verociousna knew this would be a new experience for the Legions, as the only planet they were on was Stragair, and no doubt their "twenty year" long training had not prepared them for a volcanic world, so they would have to adapt. Easy for the Specters, but not the rest of the Legion troopers. After the briefing, Verociousna thought it best to perhaps walk around and inspect the cruiser, called the Judgement, as after the strike the ship would be his to command. He saw many things that could be improved on: engine power, shields, armor, blaster power, and hyperdrive speed to be a few problems to be solved after the mission. Six hours had now gone past, and the cruiser arrived in the Mustafar system, ready to head for the volcanic planet. However, a CIS fleet was now guarding the planet, and a new approach would have to be taken. Verociousna quickly pointed out to Kenobi that his fighters would be too fast for the five frigates to target and too strong for the shields to hold up. Kenobi saw the wisdom in that and gave Verociousna leave to lead his men into battle, though a Jedi starfighter was needed. Verociousna said that he'd be fine in any fighter...or on his own. The five Legion pilots (excluding Genesis, as she is a gunship pilot) got on their fighters and let Verociousna, flying ahead with a mere jetpack, lead the way into battle. The droid blockade, not expecting such a small force or a man on a jetpack, didn't know what to make of the fighters or the man...until one of their ships was blown up. However, by then, it was too late for the rest of the droids to attack the fighers; no cannon could target the fighters which were coming down from above or hit the man on the jetpack, and the blockade was finished off in but a few minutes (thanks to the fact that shields weren't up on the frigates.) Verociousna signaled it was all clear, and headed back to the Judgment while his fighters went down and scouted the area out, looking for any landing zones or places to avoid, however, what they didn't expect was for the Dark Nebula to be ready, as though they knew something like this was going to happen. Emma, who was reading the emmotions of the Dark Nebula on the surface, soon found out the blockade was a lure all on its own; it was designed to let the Dark Nebula know whether or not enemy forces were coming. However, by the time she found out, the Legion gunships and Y-Wings had already left for the surface; and she was on one. She quickly asked Verociousna to abort the mission because of what she found, but it was too late. Heavy flak and hordes of Vulture droids suddenly came at the descending strike force, blowing up one bomber and damaging a gunship...Genesis' gunship. However, the damage wasn't enough to cause worry, and the Legions continued towards the outskirts of the town, until Verociousna ordered Genesis and the other gunship to deploy the forces in an open field with no cover, so as to draw the enemy out. One would certainly think that this would be suicide, but the Specters had portable shields with them that could be deployed in but a few short seconds...and were completely blaster proof, though after a while the shields would need to recharge, and they would shut off, exposing any forces taking cover. Verociousna said it would be a calculated risk, and the forces deployed on the field. Specters set up five shield generators (not like ray shields) that provided a perimeter of one hundred feet (thirty feet in length for one side of length, twenty in width for one side of width.) Soon enough, and as Verociousna expected, Dark Nebula forces came charging out, however, unaccording to plan, Vulture Droids descended from the sky as well, and the shields didn't cover the air...but the one Legions fighter that was available did. Without much warning or broadcast, a Legions fighter came out from behind a volcano and attacked the incoming droid fighters, leaving the ground forces room to worry about the incoming ground forces. The Heavies were the first to throw punches, launching grenades and explosive turbolasers at the incoming forces from Grenade Launchers or Turbolaser Cannons (one can see the two weapons on CWA, though in this story, they are Legion Weapons), and then letting the troops fire with their normal blasters. As expected, not long after the fight had started, the shields went down, and the Legions charged at the enemy behind their lightsaber wielding Jedi Generals or shield-bearing Praetorians. The Dark Nebula, not prepared for the charging forces, were quickly overwhelmed by the well played tactics of the Legions, and retreated to the main target of interest, the town known as Nova Town.

Close quarters combat in Nova Town
"They're in the town! Defend the Tower! For the CIS! For the..."

"Do us all a favor and shut up."

- A Dark Nebula soldier and Ben, who came up from behind and twisted the neck and head of the soldier

With the Dark Nebula in retreat, Verociousna decided to pursue and not give them a chance to dig in. He ordered Genesis to come back around with Razor and to help blow the town to kingdom come, while he sent Ben and his Specters in ahead to eliminate any guards and scout out the town within a time limit of at tops ten minutes before the main force moved into the town and started their attack along with the gunships. Ben moved on ahead and scouted the town out, which turned out to be well fortified while still maintaining a good air...for those who submit to evil. He also managed to compromise most of the defenses and found out who the leader was: not quite human nor hutt, her name was Xalandra Nova, leader of the Dark Nebula and a pawn of Count Dooku. As Ben started to leave, he saw the main force coming in...and a lone Dark Nebula guard, who started to yell the alert, but was cut off when Ben twisted his head and neck. Unfortunately, the small bit was enough to alert the rest of the Dark Nebula that something was wrong. Quickly, many soldiers and Sith came out of the buildings and up to the wall to see a small ground force charging the walls...and two gunships with five fighters coming at the town, missles launched. Within ten hits from ten missles, the main gate came crashing down, bringing some of the wall with it, as well as some Dark Nebula. With the gate down and most of the defenses crippled, Verociousna and his men had little worry about getting into the town; it was the living defenses that would prove to be a problem. The Dark Nebula soldiers opened fire on the Legions as soon the gate came down, and the Sith came from above, on parts of the front wall still intact, or from the shadows. Verociousna, with his mind now intact once more, and not wishing to overkill the enemy and provide them with a fair fight (valor for the Ralarea also translates into honor) limited his powers and asked Jett and Emma to do the same (in accordance with the Jedi Code, in which it stated that those who have power should restrain themselves from using it, and that was the only law of the Jedi Code Verociousna was happy to go along side with), but still enough to have a strong possibility of winning and so as to give the Dark Nebula a fair fight...still, it would be a fight they would lose. Verociousna and Jett went after the Sith while the Legions and Emma focused on the Dark Nebula soldiers and droid commandos that had been reactivated, as well as the turrets. The fighters and gunships, now being fired upon by anti air turrets, had to retreat to a safe distance until the turrets were turned off, or risk being blown up. Verociousna, his hands on his sabers and his sabers up to his enemies necks, saw the turrets come back online and decided to go to the power reactor, leaving Jett, Emma, and his Legions behind, but still capable. As for Ben, he and his Specters were in the shadows, shooting at the enemies' backs and moving from place to place. When the power came back to the defenses, Ben went to the power reactor and litterally ran into Verociousna, who had the same goal in mind; shut the power off. Ben asked if he could go ahead while Verociousna hanged back with the men and held their ground. Verociousna, realizing he could do more good if he stayed behind to help his men, gave Ben the all clear, but to have the power off in five, or the mission would be aborted. Verociousna made his way back to his men, cutting down a few enemy reinforcements while doing so. Five mintues would pass of deflecting blaster bolts or blocking lightsaber attacks, and as Verociousna was about to call it off and Genesis came back for an attempt to blow the turrets up or go down, the power went off, and turrets, no longer powered, shut off, the droids as well, as they were connected by a "hive mind", or central computer that too lost any power provided to it by the reactor. Verociousna, seeing an advantage return, ordered Genesis to fire into the enemy lines carefully, as the buildings were close together, and two speeders a foot apart could barely fit into the space that was a road. Genesis, being something of a markswomen, managed to hit her target and clear the way for Verociousna and the rest of the Legions. Ben made his way back to the gates to find the Legions tending to their wounded, among them Verociousna, who sustained a blaster shot to the lung, yet was still alive. After a quick Force Heal courtesy of Emma, Verociousna was back up on his feet and commended Ben for his actions and gave thanks to Emma for keeping him among the living...it wouldn't be the last time Verociousna would be in debt to Emma. With the road clear, Verociousna ordered the Legions to advance and head for the tall tower that was the seat of Xalandra's power (Ben managed to figure that out by over hearing a talk between two soldiers during his sneak, kill, and unpower spree)...it was time to finish this and get the hades out of Nova Town.

Confronting the Mistress
"What are you doing here? You Republic scum have no place in my town!"

"This isn't your town anymore. Surrender and perhaps the Republic might lessen your punishment."

"You Jedi fools expect the mighty Xalandra Nova to back down? You are horribly mistaken!"

"Verociousna sir...this isn't going to be easy..."

Nova (lines 1 and 3), Verociousna (line 2), and Ben (last line)

It wouldn't be long before Verociousna and his men arrived at Nova Tower, despite heavy resistance and much blaster fire, but, without the help of their turrets or droids, the Dark Nebula were very easy to pick off one at a time. The strike force made their way down the main street by moving in a pentagon formation; Verociousna, Emma, and Jett would cover three sides while two Legion Praetorians covered the remaining openings in the formation. It didn't take long to move to the center of town, where Nova Tower stood, but actually getting into the tower would be the tricky part; the rest of the Dark Nebula had gathered around to make a desperate last stand against the small group that had somehow managed to best Nebula numbers, tactics, and technology. Some of the Dark Nebula were wise and gave up, while others were upper case members, and would not flee before the enemy; big mistake. Those who gave up were allowed to live on the condition that they must never take up arms against the Republic again, and those who weren't as wise were killed during the final rush on the tower. However, Verociousna overlooked one important card; the leader herself. Without warning, a window broke on the top floor, and from it came this human woman with two red lightsabers, and she rapidly cut down three of the Specters, all of the Heavies, ten troopers, and one Praetorian, all within the time of six seconds. Verociousna quickly ordered the rest of the Legions to stand back, including Jett and Emma. Xalandra quickly spoke up, asking why Republic dogs were on her territory, and Verociousna retorted with the fact that the territory was no longer hers. That was no doubt the wrong thing to say, as she suddenly shook with rage and glared at Verociousna. Ben, quickly stating that the fight wasn't going to be easy, managed to somehow sneak away from the fray and sneak into the tower, downloading all CIS data and getting into position on top of the tower should something go wrong for Verociousna; it wouldn't come to pass. Suddenly, a bomb within the tower went off, and it sent the tower flying sideways, into the rest of the Legions who were surrounding Verociousna and Xalandra, who were in a furious duel, in which neither was getting the upper hand...right up until the tower fell. Verociousna and the Legions were burried in the rubble, and Xalandra, managing to clear the zone, ran away, thus escaping Republic justice.

In the mean time, Verociousna and Emma managed to clear away the rubble by force repulsing at low enough of a power to not harm organic matter, but still enough to clear away the rubble. Most of the Legion troopers were now dead, save for the remaining Specters and the one Praetorian; included in the Specters was Ben, who was now at death's door step. Jett survived as well, thanks to a timely force shield that barely held, though it hurt Ben, who, when the tower fell, had the misfortune of landing on the force shield. His legs were now gone, and his left arm was badly mangled. Further more, his left part of the brain was rendered completly useless. Emma would be able to restore the brain part and somehow destroy the growth accelerant, but Ben would have to ask Verociousna to get him new legs and an arm (Emma couldn't heal the arm thanks to the fact that nerve damage would be staying, so the best option was to amputate the arm.) All in all though, the mission was a success, albeit not everyone was walking home. Verociousna still had some problems with his left lung where he was shot, and add onto that a cut to the neck, Ben had major body part loss, and many of the Legion clones were dead. Genesis was shot down and killed by Vulture droids from a nearby CIS base, as were three pilots and their starfighters. The only Legions left in the sky were Razor and two other pilots and their starfighters. As for the Legion ground forces...one can add the sum up to only four Legion troopers and the three Jedi. It was a costly victory...one that Verociousna would be reminded about everytime he looked at the veterans.

Blown cover (early 21 BBY)
"You....I know you well enough from the reports....after all, who wouldn't recognize the man who tried to end our operations on Mustafar...succeeded at that, I will grant you, but failed to capture the person in charge?"

"Maybe I should have gone all out and just blasted the woman into oblivion when I had the chance..."

"You should have indeed. Now you will pay for your mistake, Jedi scum."

- General Grievous and Verociousna talking over the communicator before engaging in battle

Verocious would later cope with the events on Mustafar and continue on with life as normal, but not before ordering the construction of a special graveyard in the underworld of Stragair (which was somewhat like Umbara) in which those who have proven themselves worthy in battle may be cremated or buried. That graveyard was known as Legion's Rest, and to be even buried there was to be considered a great honor among the Legions, albeit posthumous. In this graveyard was also a Hall of Heros; built to contain the statues and burial graves of those who have proven themselves far more worthy than others (it wasn't encouraged to seek honor within the Legions, but if one inadvertantly became a well known soldier and died in battle, he or she (females who were pilots were, in a way, like Genesis, considered soldiers) was given the honor of being burried beneath and having their statue at the same time (however, no one, not even Genesis, had proven themselves worthy...as of yet) in the Hall of Heros.) The place soon became a rather popular place for off-duty Legion soldiers to go. Verociousna also recovered completly from his blasted lung (Emma didn't heal it all the way as she was tasked with being the lone medic or healer), allowing him more oxygen, and thus, more energy. He now was back out and about, viewing what could be done or not. He also, as a gift from Kenobi for the Legion's service, was granted control of the Judgement, and he could do to it as he pleased. The Arricun valley also saw increased activity, as the city near the base grew in size and inhabitants. For the time, as the place would be full of clones if not stopped, the clonning building was shut off for the time, but was remaining on stand-by in case the need arised. All was good for the Legions, after all, who wouldn't like time to be off-duty, go out with some buddies, grab a few non-alchoholic drinks (alchohol was strictly forbidden, as the Legions needed to be sober and ready in case something should happen, as in the case of Stragair's first invasion), maybe have a shot at love (marrige was allowed, but not children), and get to stay home and help the community? That was the case until one day, when a massive CIS fleet set siege to the planet again. The Judgement, along with new cruisers Knowing (owned by Jett) and Salvation (controlled by Emma) set off to the skies to prevent the enemy from once more bombarding the surface. This time, it wasn't some Sith-wanna be who lead the strike on the planet; it was the notorious General Grievous, and he had plans to completly destroy the entire planet, and not just the base. He knew what he was up against this time thanks to Xalandra Nova, who reported of a new threat to the CIS, and figured from the last minute transmission received from some droids that the base of this new threat was on Stragair, so this fight would be tougher for the Legions. Verociousna soon understood who he was up against and the intelligence Grievous had on the Legions, so he decided to put on a fireworks show. It had been two weeks since receiving the Judgement, and one since the Knowing and Salvation were given over to the Legions, and during that time, new armor, shields, blasters, and fighters had been placed on board. The ships were just finishing the upgrades when the CIS fleet arrived in the system, and were just ready to take off when the enemy entered the atmosphere, so time was pressed. Fortunately, new engines solved the problem of speed, and the ships, filled with gunships, fighters, men, and commanded by their respective Jedi Overlords (the title for a Legions Jedi Master) were in the middle layer of the atmosphere within a half a minute, shields up and blasters powered up, as too were Grievous' ships. Before a battle could begin, both sides hailed each other, wanting to know who they were up against. Grievous wasn't too surprised when he saw Verociousna over the holotransmitter, and Verociousna felt the same when he saw Grievous. A few words were exchanged, but that was all before the fight started. Immediatly after the transmission ended, fire was exchanged, and within a few seconds, after sustaining concentrated fire from all three cruisers, one CIS frigate went down in flames towards the surface. One frigate down...fourteen to go, and add that to eight Destroyers, five Dreadnoughts, and two Battleships. It would be a long fight ahead of the Legions, even if the orbital cannons were functional (they were down for updates (as for the fighters, they were taking care of the Vulture Droids as well as the Hyena Bombers, and new bombers were still in the design folder of Verociousna.)) That is when a new frigate, one far beyond the scale of any known CIS ship, even the Malevolence, jumped into the system.

The Old Sith Empire had come back, and it had entered into an alliance with the CIS, and they have sent a Sith Juggernaut to help destroy the Legions. And guess who was commanding it? Xalandra Nova (she isn't from the Sith Empire, but she is a commander within the CIS, and thus has the ability to command which ship she chooses.) The Legion's defense just went south.

Burning Skies of Stragair (early 21 BBY)
"What in the name of the All-Being?! A Sith Juggernaut?!"

"Overlord Emma, you know that thing?"

"When I was mortal and back in the days of the Old Republic, I served as a General...and I came across one of these things...barely escaped. If we don't take it out, then we are as good as finished."

"Right...those big scary things I read about in the Jedi Archives....yea....this is going to be fun..."

- Emma and Verociousna disscussing the unannounced arrival of the Sith Juggernaut

Moments later, the Juggernaut came through the exosphere and caught everyone off guard. Emma, having fought, or, more accurately put, run away from one of these things in the days of the Old Republic, quickly shouted in surprise and fear for all the Legion troopers. This thing was as powerful and large as an entire fleet, and there would be no stopping it if all Legion cruisers went down, not to mention the anti orbital cannons would do no good, and Republic forces were spread too thin to help; but why ask? The Legions were top secret, so hence forth, no one in the Republic could know about them. Verociousna, based on the information and resources available to him, quickly made a swift and brash move; he rammed his cruiser, with maximum forward shields on, directly into the Juggernaut, and somehow managed to penetrate deep enough to be able to board the ship. Verociousna ordered Jett and Emma to focus their attention on the remaining CIS ships while he created chaos within the Sith Juggernaut.

Without warning, the Republic ship suddenly rammed the ship. Nova had no idea what the heck had happened until she saw the Republic cruiser lodged deep within the portside of the Juggernaut. Not only that, but the ship dislodged shortly thereafter, leaving a massive hole in the ship; one deep enough to expose the power conduits. Realizing that the damage had to be fixed before aiding the CIS ships in battle, Nova ordered the ship to leave the exosphere and start repairs. Once in orbit of Stragair, Nova set the ship up so that portside faced away from space, for she had a plan; if the enemy had sent reinforcements before knowing a Sith Juggernaut was involved, then any Republic dogs wouldn't know better, and thus would fall right into a trap.

After crashing into the Juggernaut, all the Legion troopers and crew members got off and, after engaging the auto pilot, which had a hyperspace route set for Kamino's orbit, where it would receive repairs and could be picked up after the battle, and after setting up a forward base within the Juggernaut, sat down to discuss tactics. Ben and his dozen Specters were on board as well as the common rank-and-file and a few Praetorians and Heavies here and there, so Verociousna had a unique objective for the Specters. While the rest of the Legions went to the bridge, they would hopefully create enough of a distraction to give the Specters time to find their way to the reactor and blow it; however, the question would remain of how to get off the ship before it hit ground, hard. Verociousna simply stated that if one had the mind, he would simply plant remote activated bombs, head for an escape pod, and then launch away from the ship before it went boom. Ben simply replied with the most aggravating, "I already knew that," statement, one that made Verociousna realize that the Specter was just fooling around with him and that Ben would get the job done correctly. The two groups, one much smaller than the other, split up, took their base apart, leaving nothing behind so as not to give away evidence they were on board, and walked down the endless hallways of the Sith Juggernaut.

Meanwhile, a figure darted in and out of the darkness of the halls; he had what his leader had to know, and the foolish Republic dogs would pay for their arrogance in not expecting a spy within such a large ship. The Legions were now in a ship with no escape pods, no help, and no way to win...or so it seemed to the Dark Nebula and CIS.

Onboard enemy territory (early 21 BBY)
"Wait a minute...by now, Republic dogs were supposed to be here...right Jasper?"

"If you look to your left, you would see him dead on the floor, his spinal cord broken. Oh, and you're dead as well."

"It wouldn't matter anyways if I were dead...right up above you are hordes of my fellow soldiers."

"Oh scrap...Ben you idiot.."

- A Dark Nebula guard and Ben in the reactor of the Sith Juggernaut

While Verociousna and his group headed to the bridge, Ben and his team of Specters, called Alpha Team, made their way to the reactor, silently relieving any enemy troops of duty (by that I mean the Specters killed any Dark Nebula, droids, or Old Sith Empire Sith.) They, however smart and aware of their surroundings as they were, did not notice the figure in the shadow slipping in and out of cover, tagging them with a tracking tool that would relay their position to anyone on the ship. His job completed, the Dark Nebula agent slipped back into the shadows and went to report to Nova; his job was completed. The Republic dogs wouldn't make it far.

Back over to Verociousna, and things weren't going well. Hordes, or to be more accurate, zounds were swarming his group from all directions and cutting them off from either retreating or advancing. Unfortunately for the Dark Nebula, the Legions were trained for this type of worst case scenario...if not in the basics. Portable shields had been set up around the group of troops, protecting them from lasers or grenades. However, as Verociousna realized, they couldn't stay here for long. He then, taking a calculated risk, jumped out of the shielded area and into the left group of enemies, doing what he did best.

Meanwhile, Ben wasn't having a good time. He and his team of Specters managed to make it to the reactor, but failed to realize they were being tracked, despite the fact they had encountered abnormally heavy resistance en route to their target until they had actually reached the reactor and saw zounds of Commando Droids and Sith waiting for them in hidden areas. The team of Specters, numbering only ten (two were gunned down in a hall way and were KIA'ed), wouldn't be able to get out without taking a shot or two...from the droids that is. The sith were a whole matter to their own, as Specters hadn't been trained to deal with opponents with lightsabers.

Meanwhile, Verociousna had carved his way through all the enemies (without overpowering them (he used his advanced dueling technique)), opening a path to the left. Unknown to him, he had lost his sense of direction, and left actually went down the ship and towards the reactor...where hordes of enemies were heading. Verociousna could only guess what was going on; Ben must not have accomplished his mission. After noting all of that, Verociousna, though realizing he was off track, knew that he couldn't leave his Specters and forth in command to die; he himself went to aid the group while he left the others, shields up and waiting, to prevent anyone from getting pass.

Things weren't going as well for Ben as he would have liked. First, he failed to realize he was being tracked. Second, he fell for a trap. Third and last, he and his group were surrounded by the enemy, being both surrounded by blades and being gunned down. It was fortunate that the enemy hadn't cleared some debris from the area, so Ben and his Specters used the debris as cover (the Judgement hit the Juggernaut harder than was expected so as to let you know why debris in in the reactor.) Still, even with cover, things weren't good. Metal is no match for a lightsaber, and the Specter's personal shields can only hold for so long. That is when Ben saw a welcome sight; Verociousna had already cut down a hundred droids and two sith, and now he was on his way to get Ben and his Specter group out of the area, but not before Ben left a little parting gift. As a final gesture of war, Ben tossed his suit's power cell into the reactor, causing the reactor to start to overload and go critical.

Nova was infuriated. Her ship had been successfully infiltrated by Republic dogs, her repair crew couldn't fix the Juggernaut fast enough, and now, the reactor was going critical, and further more, she had no escape pods left. Only the ships remained, but they could carry so few at a time. Thinking only of herself, she shoved a droid commander in the seat of command and left for the hangar, unaware of the surprise waiting for her there.

The Legions, now regrouped and having sustained only a few losses (contrary to the skirmish on Mustafar), made their way to the hangar for the evacuation that was waiting. Before disloging the Judgement and sending it to Kamino, Verociousna sent out a call for the gunships (there were more than two at this time) to arrive and pick them up at 1530 (military for 3:30) and, if they weren't there, blow the ship to kingdom come. The gunships, far too small and too fast for the out-dated ship, managed to safely land in the hangar and pick up the infiltration team...but not before giving Nova a surprise.

Nova had a look of sheer confusion and surprise on her face; all the ships had been destroyed, and hordes of odd-looking clone troopers along with one Jedi had her surrounded. She realized she wouldn't be able to run this time; she was caught. Verociousna took her down with the help of Ben, and shortly thereafter, secured her in cuffs not only on her wrists, but on her ankles, so as to make sure she can't run or do anything else.

With moments to spare, the gunships, full of troopers, Specters, Heavies, and Praetorians, left the hangar, now erupting in flames and explosions, and made their way down to Stragair, watching the Sith Juggernaut explode and sending debris down to the surface.

The explosion sent a wave of fear through the remaining droids; two modified Republic ships had managed to destroy half of their fleet without sustaining heavy damage, and now their greatest weapon was no more. In fear of their lives, the droids, ordered by their overseeing commander to do so, retreated, but not before making sure to leave a surprise for the Republic.

Something small, or seemingly small, landed on the surface. It was a droid landing pod, and in it were new droids never seen before; from that pod came seven of these things, heavily shielded and with lightsabers.

The Jedi Hunter Droids were about to embark on their first mission.

Prototype Horrors (21 BBY (early)
"Blazes! What the heck are these things? No matter how hard we hit them or how fast we shoot them, they don't go down!"

"I never thought I'd see the day...Sith in the form of Droids...astounding!"

"Less noting this in the scroll of Wisdom, Jett, and more fighting!"

- Verociousna and Jett, fighting just two of the Sith Hunter Droids

It hadn't been long after the second failed attempt at taking Stragair (roughly two days), and things were continuing as normal. Instead of fighters and gunships flying around, land speeders and commercial carriers were flying around (the Legions function somewhat like the Swiss; ready for war, but normally civilian in general.) Alarms weren't sounding, but the sounds of laughter and talking replaced that sound. Everything was back to normal in the space of two days, but it wouldn't stay that way for long.

A young clone female walked outside to enjoy the remarkably mild weather (fifty seven degrees out (Stragair isn't a full-on ice planet)) and sat down on a bench to use her data pad to do some gaming. Suddenly, she heard a rustle in the back, but she dismissed it as an animal. Last thing she saw when she looked back at what caused the rustle was a man-like droid, lightsabers ignited. She had barely let out a scream when the droid stabbed her through the heart and head.

Verociousna couldn't believe his eyes. Yesterday, everything was at calm, no enemies in sight. Today, the news was all abuzz with the revelation of a hidden threat, and its first victim was a female medic who was off duty. She had two lightsaber stabs, one to the heart and one head, and yet Verociousna knew as well as anyone else that no one on the planet would do such a thing...that is when he wondered about something...

A group of clone trainees were working on the Judgement's bridge (Ben managed to reclaim it), and were just finishing the glass. That's when something was reflected. A trainee looked behind him to see a droid that looked like a man raise its orange-bladed lightsabers. The clone, quick on his feet, rolled to the left and cried out. That's when he noticed something; he was the only one left. The droid had already stabbed his friends and the Praetorians on duty. He saw the droid raise its sabers once more and, understanding that this was the end, closed his eyes, unaware of the hand of grace about to save him.

Verociousna broke through the glass, kicking the droid back into the war room. He quickly charged at the droid while it was still down and stabbed it through the head...or tried. He soon found out it was ray shielded somehow, and that was when the droid kicked Verociousna off. The droid, knowing that he or his shields wouldn't be able to hold out against the Jedi, ran away and jumped out the bridge and made his way towards the vast mountains of Arricun Valley.

The news was once more abuzz with the hidden threat, now identified as a new type of droid. Nova could scarcely believe her ears or eyes. Droids, Jedi Hunter Droids at that, here to rescue her. She knew the CIS wouldn't just abandon her and leave her to rot in a cell. She slipped the hidden lightsaber-like dagger out of her sleeve and cut off her chains and forced a shock spear to her side. She quite handily dispatched ten guards sent to subdue her and even a Jedi, taking his lightsaber as her own.

Verociousna wouldn't handle this. First, he had discovered that more than one of the type of new droid was on Stragair, and second, Nova had escaped all on her own. He was determined to find the droids and stop them somehow. That is when the Specters came through the door, Ion Blasters ready. Verociousna smilled at the new weapons designed to handle ray shields and droids alike. There was no way the Jedi Hunter Droids could survive now. He ordered Ben and his Specters to spread out in ten pairs (by now there were twenty operational Specters, most of them S1, but three S2 and one S3 and then Ben, who was S8, or Specter Leader) and hunt the droids down while he and Jett went out to look for Nova, who was no doubt hidding somewhere in the wastelands (otherwise known as The Plains of Ice (Nova couldn't get a ship because hangers were tightly secured.)

The Jedi Hunter Droid talked among the others. Two have found their marks, but the last caused their cover to be blown. However, their overall goal had been completed; they managed to help get Nova out of Republic custody. The plan was to now get back to their pod and leave, but how could they? No doubt it would be destroyed by now or in Republic custody. Then the plan all came together. Along with Nova, they would storm a hanger and take one of the gunships and leave, making sure to destroy any tracking beacons or anything of the sort. Then, after escaping and returning to CIS territory, they would have the gunship studied to see what new weapons of war could be constructed. It was a brilliant plan, one that caused Nova to be highly impressed.

Three days after the first droid had been discovered (the day after one of the droids killed the female clone) and now Verociousna was looking at the entire group, or what remained of them. Three of them had been destroyed by the Specter's Ion Blasters and the two others by Verociousna and Jett (ray shields couldn't stand up to lightsabers forever, particularly advanced lightsabers.) Now only the leader, one other, and Nova remained, but before they could do anything, a gunship powered up. The existance of a lone commando droid was now known, a moment too late (the commando droid was left over from the first time the CIS invaded, and somehow he managed to keep himself powered up.) Verociousna cursed under his helmet when the three droids and Nova got away, not to mention the tracking device had been removed as well as the self-destruct function. So close, yet so far. At least, Verociousna thought, the CIS wouldn't come back anytime soon, but he realized he'd soon have to go after them.

A new assignment.
"Master Verociousna, how are the Legions doing?"

"Everything is going smoothly so far. We are a military, but we are also civilians trying to stay out of the war."

"Interesting enough, but not only do I call to check on you, but the Council has something they need help with."

"And that would be what?"

"How do you, Jett, Emma, a few other Jedi, and your Specters feel about a mission to Korriban?"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Verociousna, disscussing the Legions' strength and a mission to Korriban //