Dark Side of the Moon

[St0rmSlaSh]

Darth Tihl sat and meditated on the ground of Bastion. The environment was not to Tihl's liking, but it would suffice for his guest. He was expecting a newcomer to the Sith. The Knight had concluded he would teach him what the Sith were and about the force. But in order to have a more calm environment, the Darth had walked onto the outskirts of anything with the Sith Empire in its name. He respected his new faction, but he required a place of tranquility in order to fully teach this novice.

As he sat meditating, he felt his master's presence on Athiss. He was plotting something, but Darth Tihl never knew what. He threw the thoughts aside and focused on his hatred. The intense dislike of anybody non-sith. The inferior species who will never understand the true power of the force. He would not let this person be at ease with the force. It is something that must be earned, not given. Now he waited for the newcomer. To see if he is worthy of wielding the Dark Side of the Force.

[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

852 ABY​

Bastion​

[member="Darth Tihl"]​

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Slowly, Jyn Cvetkovic rose from his seat. [member="Ao'Xian"] hadn't been seen around since the Battle of Ciutric IV and therefore Jyn hadn't been granted the chance to learn about the mystical power known as the force. This meant that when a new Sith known as Darth Tihl offered to teach him about the differences between the "Jedi" and the "Sith", two words that still seemed distant to him. Both words seemed familier but the Commenori man knew the meaning of neither word. The newest member of The Sith Empire was willing to teach him however and he was both willing and he wanted to lesrn. He wanted to know the difference between the friendlies and the enemies.

The Battle of Ciutric IV had changed Jyn. He had seen both friends and enemies die during that battle. He had watched as fighters fell from the sky like rocks. Slightly on fire rocks. It had changed him, death had changed him. The Jedi were the enemies, they killed a number of Sith that day. Jyn had been informed that the Jedi, the League of Voss had brought the invasion upon themselves by attacking the SIth first.

He walked into the room that the man known as Darth Tihl had set aside for them. He wasn't wearing any sort of Sith uniform, he had yet to work with Ao'Xian to get his own. Instead he wore a very basic tunic and trousers as well as basic boots. He knelt infront of the man, the Knight of the Sith. He had no idea what that meant, all he knew was that he was an Acolyte and that made him utter trash. That's all he was aware of.

"My lord"

 

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[St0rmSlaSh]

Darth Tihl opened his left eye to see the acolyte had arrived. The Knight stood as the newcomer kneeled.

"My lord"

Tihl walked to him until he towered the man. He looked down to the back of his head. He sensed great potential to become a Sith. But what lies ahead will test Jyn's ability of his knowledge and physical attributes.

"Rise. I understand that you are thirsty for knowledge regarding the Mighty Sith, and the Dogmatic Jedi. I am here to provide it for you. But you must know one thing."

He gets into the man's face.

"The Jedi are our enemy. They are nothing but dirt for us to step on! They are thieves who steal knowledge and use it against the common people! We are Sith. The pure blood of the force. We are not given the force to protect the weak. We are empowered by it! We are worthy of it! To use it for the betterment of the Galaxy!"

The Sith took some steps back. He questioned Jyn's knowledge.

"Do you know of the force, Acolyte?"

[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

He rose slowly, legs straight and back also straight. He kept his eyes on his new friend, his teacher. Something about the man felt strong, he believed it was the force. It was possible that the darkside was strong within him. It was possible that he was stronger in the darkside than many people within The Sith Empire space. It was interesting that he had felt different things from each person who walked past him. It was weird and different, something he had never felt before. He wa surrounded by powerful creatures and many different races. It was terrifying that most of them could kill him with very little issue, one simple blink or one simple wrist flick, a casual movement.

Jyn refused to flinch. He refused to show weakness to the Sith Knight. He refused to show weakness to Darth Tihl. The man was in his face and he refused to blink, to break eye contact. He kept his eyes locked onto the orangey yellow eyes of Tihl. He questioned mentally how to pronounce that, it was possible it was pronounced "Tile" or "Till", he wasn't sure and he wasn't willing to ask. He wasn't willing to ask, he wasn't willing to be killed. He quite liked survival, life was useful. Breathing was very important to him and he didn't want to die. He slowly blinked before he looked towards Darth Tihl again, smiling angrilly.

"The force is the power that exists in the galaxy. The Jedi and Sith can both manipulate it and apparently it can be sensed, as it was in me?"

He had no idea how close he was to that. He guessed most of it, putting what he had heard said from different The Sith Empire members around the The Sith Empire space. He could of been very far away from the true definition of the force, the true difference between light and dark and he honestly didn't know how correct he was in the galaxy, it was possible that he was exactly correct but it was also possible that he was entirely wrong.

[member="Darth Tihl"]

 

[St0rmSlaSh]

Darth Tihl admired Jyn's resiliency towards the Knight getting into his personal space. It wasn't something that you see everyday, a mere acolyte not even flinching to the sight of a Sith like Tihl. But the Knight would not let this get into the head of Jyn. Not even close.

"The force is the power that exists in the galaxy. The Jedi and Sith can both manipulate it and apparently it can be sensed, as it was in me?"

"The only part about sensing the force in you, was right. I sense the force in you, and from that great potential. But in order to achieve that, you must know of the force. The force, is a tool to use to benefit the galaxy. But the Jedi, they abuse its power. They use it to shield the useless when in reality it is a weapon. A weapon to empower the worthy. The worthy, is us. The Sith. We use the force to its full potential. To understand more about the force is to understand for what it is. And to also become a Sith, you must know the Sith code."

Darth Tihl turned a full 180 degrees and recited the Sith Code. He made sure the acolyte could listen and ponder over the lines. With this code and the basic understanding of the force, Jyn could well be on his way to becoming a powerful Sith. All he needed to do was to put these principles to action.

"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains will be broken.
The force shall free me."

[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

The Sith Code.

He knew of the existance of the code although he had never heard it recited. He had never once heard it recited until now. He glared towards Tihl as he spoke, he watched as the experienced Sith Knight spoke the code that he lived his life by and that Jyn was to expected to follow. He slowly began to ponder over many of the lines within the code. Most of them made sense, passion that lead to strength that lead to power and then to victory. The idea that victory would free the Sith and allow the force to set them free was also true, they could manipulate the force to allow them to gain freedom and honour.

"The force is a tool that the Jedi abuse then?"

He raised an eyebrow. The Jedi dedicated themselves to "peace" and then they burned cities to the ground. Jyn had read the stories of the battles against the Jedi where the Jedi had comitted more genocide than the Sith could ever actually do. The Jedi killed a number of Sith during the Battle of Ciutric IV and they had killed even more members of The Sith Empire during battles prior to the Battle of Ciutric IV. The Jedi abused the force for their own gain, the Sith only cared about being set free, they only cared about using the force to set themselves free from the chains of society and the galaxy.

[member="Darth Tihl"]

 

[St0rmSlaSh]

"Precisely. They abuse it to gain the upper hand in government, and battle. They are not honorable."

Darth Tihl turned back to Jyn. He was starting to get what the Sith were about, and it made the Sith Knight have a feeling of accomplishment in getting someone to understand the true nature of the force.

Now that the principle and mental side of the Sith has now concluded, it was time to move on to something more... Physical. Dath Tihl threw one of his lightsabers at Jyn, hoping he would catch it. If he did, then the next and final lesson of the day would start.

"Now as we have concluded our first lesson of the principles of the Sith, let us move on to the next. I shall train you in the ways of lightsaber combat, but only briefly. This is another important aspect of the Sith; combat. With their lightsaber, comes many possibilities to the mind of which a Sith can dominate on the battlefield. Now, get into a stance like mine."

Darth Tihl gave a Makashi solute and got into a ready stance.

[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

The young acolyte caught the metal tube as it flew through the air. He looked down at it as he lowered his arms, studying the tube. He had never once seen a lightsaber which surprised him, apparently they were the common weapon of the Sith. It had more weight to it than he expected a bit of metal and a beam of plasma to have. He rolled his wrist a little, getting used to the weight before he slid his hand into the curve, attempting to find a place that was somewhat comfortable to hold. He wasn't a fan of the curve but he knew that he would have to get used to it, many weapons the Sith used appear to either have a curve. He wanted a straight one, he decided that.

Slowly his thumb creeped up to the ignition switch as he mirrored the movements of Tihl. He listened as the man began to describe the next task about learning the art of lightsaber combat. He was left assuming that the weapon in his hands went by that nane, a lightsaber. He had heard rumours of Sith that could do incredible things with lightsabers, dice enemies into chunks so small that the chunks couldn't be found after. That was a fun rumor that was being passed around. That was a rumour that kept many innocent soliders awake at night which was pretty awkward as they were working for the Sith Empire in question.

"I am, I am ready"

[member="Darth Tihl"]

 

[St0rmSlaSh]

Darth Tihl raised his saber. He wanted to go a little easy on the acolyte at first.

"Block this swing!"

The Sith Knight would swing his saber down onto the acolyte. If the newcomer missed, then Darth Tihl knew to not swing any further. He wanted Jyn to feel comfortable with a lightsaber. It was rather odd that the apprentice did not even have a training saber to work with. A saber is one of the most fundamental objects a Sith could have and yet, Jyn did not even have a training saber to spar with or train with. Dath Tihl was surely glad that he had learned to fight with two sabers so he could give one to Jyn.

If the acolyte blocked the swing, it would send a rather forceful shock to Jyn's body. With the weight of the saber and the force of the downwards swing, Jyn would surely be caught off balance easily.

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[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​

 

[GhostOfProtocol]

The young man had very little time to react.

He was told to block and then a superheated line of plasma flew down towards his face. He had very little time to raise his own weapon, he wasn't expecting the weapon to be brought down. He raised his own weapon just in time, the force of the weapon shook his entire body, it shook his soul and his core. He felt his feet slipping against the floor below them, his wrists shaking as the force from the blow shook through him. He pushed with all his weight against the weapon of the Sith Knight, forcing the two lightsabers to break. He stumbled back for a few moments, trying hard to obviously regain any footing against the floor below them.

"That was.."

He coughed, finally regaining his footing.

"Rough"

[member="Darth Tihl"]

 

[St0rmSlaSh]

Darth Tihl stood and stared at Jyn. That kind of swing was indeed more on the hard side, but there is no leeway in battle. It is either killed or be killed. Jyn would need to work on sparring. He also needs to gain more knowledge on the Sith. As far as everything else went, the acolyte needs more work to uphold before he would see the Sith Knight again.

Tihl turned off his lightsaber and force pulled his other one from Jyn's hand.

"In battle, there is no going easy. Your opponent either wants you dead or captured which both are a dishonor to the Sith name. I think this is enough for today. You have an insurmountable amount of potential in becoming one of us. Though, you need to practice more and more. The Sith Empire has an infinite amount of resources for you to learn more about our culture and history. You are lucky. All I had during training was dirt. Now, leave me. Obtain knowledge and spar with other students to get a feel of fighting."

With that, Darth Tihl turned away from Jyn and sat down meditating. He felt his master's presence again. He could feel the hatred growing of his master. It was only a matter of time before Tihl would go back to Athiss.

[member="Jyn Cvetkovic"]​