Mysteries and secrets of the Past

[Jakkor Kess]

Jakkor through all his life started out as a Tusken Raider of the planet Tatooine,Warrior of the Clone Wars,and Jedi of the Old Republic. Now here he was stuck 800 years in the future long after his time with nothing. He had been on many many adventures since being awakened. He encountered The Sith and made many friends along the way. Here he was now traveling the Outer Rim in The VCX-100 Light Freightor The Outlander he needed to learn more knowledge of the force and perhaps join the war against his enemies. He scoured many databanks on ancient artifacts of the Jedi and the Sith after many hours of searching he decided that he was going to hunt for Holocrons. In order to defeat his enemy he must know and understand them. He meditated inn his cabin,little did he know The Force would have him crosspaths with yet another stranger.

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

Viktoria had been one who was always left behind or last choice, until she had joined the Jedi when she was younger. She had never really known freedom until she had started learning the wide varieties of the force and how it worked. She had always loved learning and using the force, along with her abilities she had learned from a great master. He had taught her so well, that even now as a Jedi Knight, she still thrives for the information about the galaxy and the Force. So even being a Knight, she was taught to always thrive for knowledge when she had the chance.

Today though.. she had come out to the Outer Rim to get away from the chaos of life. The other Jedi in the Temple today were trying to get some younglings to stop arguing about something and she had listened to enough of it, so she decided to take a break from the Temple for a little bit. She obviously notified the Head master, so she didn't just mysteriously disappear. All she had with her, was a holocron she kept with her, her sabers and her two blasters in her holsters.

As she emerged from hyperspace, something waved over her. It was so familiar, but also so strange. The force was telling her something. Someone else was there with her... and they had the force.

"Well, let's see what appears while I'm out here.."

She said to herself under her breath. Viktoria then stopped the ship and let it float without it going anywhere as she watched for who she had been sensing.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]


As he meditated he sensed another force sensitive out there. Not Sith...no it was a Jedi strong in the force. He walked over to the bridge where he saw a ship of some kind just hovering in the dark void of space. He moved the Outlander slowly to it. Within a matter of minitues he was docked with it. He walked out of the bridge and onto the docking tube. He grabbed one of his lightsabers just in case this was a trap. The door opened to the craft and the saber ignited with a hiss. The green blade sprouted from the emitter providing the only source of light within the ship. The Tusken Padawan said in a cautious tone. "Alright come out. I mean you no harm,and I can definately sense you." He waited for an answer saber still drawn and all.

 

[Zara Lianna]

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

Viktoria sensed something was going to happen. She didn't know exactly what, but the force was telling her something. It seemed as though somebody had spotted her. She was starting to make moves towards the control panel, but then stopped, deciding to see what was going to happen. After all, a little adventure and mystery never hurt anyone right?

Another ship had come towards hers and was already docking with her ship, The Resistance. Sure it may have been a medium sized ship. It had a few rooms and such, but it was nothing fancy or too huge. As the other ship docked with hers, she face palmed, but soon realized that one of her hands had slid down to one of the sabers on her belt. Viktoria sighed, pulling them off of her belt and igniting the blue and green blades as she made her way to the docking tube where she'd heard a voice. She had sensed that this person may have been telling the truth, but she wouldn't know for sure until she found out.

Once she appeared at the door, she stood right at the doorway, at a normal distance away from the door and used the force to open it. What she saw surprised her. A young man stood before her with a green saber. And not just any young man a Tuskan Raider. She narrowed her eyes for a second, studying him, before sheathing her blades and looking at him.

"Who are you?"

she asked calmly.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

As he kept walking towards the nearest door. It opens very suddenly and what comes next almost stuns him. His eyes go wide beneath his mask,his saber still up and ready for attack,or defense.

He see's a beautiful young woman with long golden hair. Possibly a Corellian. She looked at least 20,only a few years older than Jakkor was and he had to admit it he was glad that he had seen a woman like that,that wasn't trying to kill him. She was armed with a couple of blasters and two lightsabers both were blue,and green another jedi like him.

He lowers his saber and spoke in a calmly and friendly tone. "My name is Jakkor Kess. Jedi of the Old Republic. So you were the one I sensed in the force,very interesting.I assure you I mean no harm. Now who are you?

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

As Viktoria had opened the door, she had kept a confident look, but she had noticed the young man in front of her was rather surprised. She wouldn't ask why, because she had already known. He was surprised to find someone like her standing in the doorway. A few things had been going through her head as she asked her simple question. What if he was sent for me by the Order?... What if he's a bounty hunter?... What if it's a trap?... many many questions, that would only be answered by his response.

Once he lowered his saber, she knew she was out of harms way. Viktoria had a funny thing for trust. She had been screwed over so many times, it was hard to find who was reliable enough to trust or not. Once he responded, she nodded. So he's with the Republic? Interesting... she thought before giving the tiniest of smiles when he sent the same question back to her. She'd been a little to the point in the beginning, but it was nothing unusual. She was a pretty honest person.

"I'm Viktoria Norduin. Jedi Knight from the Silver Sanctum. I'd have to say the same thing about you. You seem to be strong in the Force yourself. Didn't take me too long to sense you. But to assure you, I also mean no harm."

She said kindly to him.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

He deactivated his lightsaber and clipped it to his belt. Then he moves his hands to his wrappings and removed his mask. It was a vulgarity for Tuskens to show their skin unless in special circumstances he wanted to show his good faith to the young woman.

After removing the bandages his face showed. His skin was pale from covering it up. His hair was long and dark brown,his face showed that of a young boy roughly 17 years of age so that it would make him a young man. He had a couple of scar lines on both his cheek bones,and one overlapping his left eye no doubt from his long battles from The Clone War. He gave a nice warm smile to the young lady as he pondered her words then he spoke offering his hand for her to shake.

"Good good. Then we are both on the same page I am a Padawan of the Old Order. I have never heard of The Silver Sanctum. I guess it's the New Jedi Order"

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

Viktoria watched as he clipped his saber to his belt, she had also done the same with hers, placing them back in the same spots that were worn on her belt from where she had place them many other times she had brought the blades with her.

After he removed the mask that covered his face, no doubt had she been surprised. She hid the surprise inside of her though when she saw his face. There were battle scars, but that was no different from herself. She had scars on her back and stomach. There had also been a few on her arms up to her shoulders, that she didn't have covered at the moment, where she usually would if she was in public, but she decided to be lazy today and not do so.

Seeing his smile, something assured her in her mind that he was able to be trusted. She had kinda known that when he had introduced himself to be a Jedi. When he offered a hand for her to shake, she took it gently and shook his hand.

"Yes, it is a newer Jedi Order. Even though I spent my Padawan years around them, I'm still trying to figure some things out."

She said, giving a small sarcastic smile upon saying that. Viktoria then stepped to the side a little allowing him to be able to come in. Even with as small as the ship was, it still had a small common room.

"Why don't you come in and we can sit in the common room to talk?"

She offered, giving a small smile.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

As he followed her into the commen room. Jakkor noticed the scars on her arms. He had no idea how she got them,but he only assumed it was the first of many questions. He would ask her when he talked to her. She looked a bit young for a knight,but he had to say she looked very beautiful upon seeing her smile it made him blush a little,and of course he would never admit it otherwise perhaps out of embarrasment,or maybe the fact that despite all the horrors he suffered he was still a Teenage boy at heart.

He walked in deeper into the ship. It was fully illuminated and walked over to a table in the commen place,and sat down removing his black cloak he speaks to her in a calm yet shy tone.

"So Master Norduin. What shall we talk about?,or what would you like to discuss?"

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

Viktoria had noticed that most people had noticed her scars first. She never minded, especially if it was with a comrade. She was a little young to be knighted already, but she had soaked up knowledge so quickly and thoroughly, that the masters had decided it was no use to keep her stuck as a Padawan, so they had knighted her a few years ago.

She herself may have been a mature young warrior and lady on the outside, but on the inside, she was still the same young girl who thrived for knowledge and life. To her, she was still 16 even though she was 20.

As they walked into the common room, Viktoria had grabbed two glasses, filling them with water for the both of them. She looked over as Jakkor had sat down at the table and waited for her. As she walked back to the table and sat the two glasses down, she listened to his question as she sat down.

"Oh, please. You can just call me Viktoria. No need for formalities."

She said kindly. Viktoria only preferred formal addressing when around other Masters and Jedi Knights. She thought for a second thinking about what to talk about or discuss, until one of her original questions popped into her head once again.

"Well, how are you enjoying training? Do you have a favorite ability? I know it's rather a simple question.."

she said with now a somewhat shy smile.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

He drank the water as he looked down still a bit blushing from the Corellian. Without his mask he felt a bit naked and it was easier to hide his emotions especially with girls.

He kept gazing back and forth between her eyes and the table. He was extremely shy with this one. He did not know why,this was not how a Tusken warrior was supposed to act and to a female no less. He shook his head of the thought and matched her shy smile with his own as he stuttered a bit while he spoke.

"I'm sorry.. Viktoria was it. I was always told to address knights as master's especially a beautiful young woman like yourself. As for my training well I don't have a master and my favorite ability is telekinesis."

He had no idea how he said that,blushed and looked at the table again.

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

Viktoria had noticed that he was blushing, but her face had shown that she hadn't noticed. It seemed pretty easy for her to hide her emotions when she was around other people. She had especially learned to hide them when around other men or boys. She had been picked on before for showing her feelings when she was around other boys when she was younger. She had been tired of it, so she closed herself off basically.

She kept a calm look on her face as he seemed to be almost nervous or shy around her. That would be something she wouldn't be able to figure out until she knew him better, but right now, that information wasn't any of her business. Hearing how he spoke, she gave a sympathetic smile to him before responding.

"It's alright, Jakkor. I completely understand. My master also taught me the same thing."

When he mentioned something about her being beautiful, it seemed as if her emotions gave in and she blushed slightly. She looked towards the table upon hearing it, but didn't lose focus on the conversation. When he said he didn't have a master, Viktoria was but wasn't surprised.

"So are you self taught or were you in a class? Plus telekinesis was also one of my favorites, but I had always been trying to figure out how to use cryokinesis. It was always one of my interests, but my master said it was too dangerous, so with that I was never properly taught, but if I focus hard enough I can kinda use it, but it's a weakness more than a power.."

she responded.

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

 

[Jakkor Kess]

He looked up and responded still a bit nervous but not as much as he used to be earlier. He was about ready to tell his story as he did so many times but this time he was only going to say what he needed to say. He said said in a sad tone.

"I'm afraid that I was taught by a master he was killed during order 66 when me and him led the 350th Attack battalion on a CIS outpost 800 years ago I am completely alone in this messed up galaxy.

He said in all seriousness as he looked down and shuddered at the memory and his masters final words that haunt him to this day. He still has reoccuring nightmares about it. He figured it was a form of PTSD.

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

Viktoria could sense that sadness had washed over the young man in front of her. It seemed to be something that had done physical and mental damage that could never be taken from his mind.

As he explained and started talking again, she was listening carefully, but when he had mentioned Order 66, it had been something she had been studying for a long time. It had been one of the galaxy's most gruesome battles to go through and it had seemed that most Jedi had perished during that time. But one thing that stood out in her mind above all of it, was the 800 years. How was he still alive after 800 years when he was merely a 17 year old boy who had experienced one of the most tragic wars in the galaxy, plus, he was still young!! Viktoria took a few seconds thinking about what he had said and thinking of how to respond. She stuttered for a second once she opened her mouth.

"W-well, you wouldn't be the only one who is out in the universe alone or.. scarred from your past..."

she started to say. She had to stop though, because where she was going, wasn't the place to go. He had had it much worse than she had even though she had endured physical torture.

 

[Jakkor Kess]

Jakkor could not only see some hint of surprise within the young knight,but he could also sense it as well. He knew she must have many questions,and yet so did he.

After hearing her words especially the stutter,he studied her features especially her scars. Even the most beautiful creatures in the galaxy can even bear their own pain. He looked her in the eyes and gave her a sad smile as he spoke to her.

"Yes perhaps not.. as far as I know their is no one quite like me in the galaxy,but from what I see here is that even the most beautiful creatures can still bear scars. That is something I guess we have in commen is scars. I am what the force has made me. Someone filled with suffering and hate for the Sith,for what they have done to me. So how did you receive those scars anyway?

He was a bit nervous with the last question as he hoped he hadn't offended her.
[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

He may have sensed her right away, which wasn't exactly her plan, but she hadn't exactly been keeping her head about herself when it came to hiding her emotions once more. Did she have questions? Of course she did. She was another Jedi who had never met this young man before and she was pretty sure that he'd also had many questions about her, but she couldn't exactly blame him.

Viktoria had been caught in her thoughts once more, listening and taking in his words, word for word. It was always something she had done. Viktoria had always been a good listener, unless she was around people she couldn't trust, or had bad feelings about. And if she didn't trust Jakkor, she wouldn't have even been next telling him some of her secrets. She took a deep breath before responding.

"Well, it first started in the orphanage. The other kids that were there were allowed to beat on me and pick on me to the point where they were putting deep scratches into my skin. After a while, I just got used to the pain and later on got sick and tired of them picking on me, so I ran away. Eventually after I met my master, we started going on missions and one time we were captured by Sith. We were both tortured, but I got the brute of it with whips and the end of a lightsaber being dragged through my skin many many times, because they were trying to mentally torture my master to get information on one of our old bases."

she responded. There was no way that she had been offended by the question and afterall, she hadn't minded the question. She'd rather expected it. Multiple flashbacks had gone through her mind of the treacherous memories she had gone through as a child. And she had only mentioned two of the times she had received scars.

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

 

[Jakkor Kess]

He was incredibly surprised by what he was hearing. He had more in commen than he thought. His eyes went wide for a second,but than he gave her a sympathetic look. Not only did they bear scars they were both orphans as well. He had to admit this knight was interesting and definately peeked his curiousity.

He spoke to her a bit stunned from hearing her story. "I'm very sorry to hear that. No wonder they made you a knight already. You passed the trials of the flesh,and courage. That is most worthy of becoming a Knight,and interestingly I am like yourself an orphan. I was raised by Tuskens on my homeplanet. They too were human,and they were killed along with my tribe when they went to war with moisture farmers. Now I know you have questions for me. I will answer whatever you ask Master Nord...I mean Viktoria."

He blushed yet again at his embaressment and looked at the table once more. It was hard to forget his teachings especially with formalities.

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

Viktoria knew he was surprised. She had only abbreviated her story, but it was what happened and that's as much as she was going to tell for now. That's as much she was going to tell until she was ready to tell her full story and she was going to find the right person to tell it to.

When Jakkor spoke up again after she had finished, the words from her master echoed in her mind as what he said had been exactly the same thing her master said, and she seemed to have heard it in his voice instead of Jakkor's. It surprised her a little, but she had only crossed her arms instead of showing what she had truly felt.

"I-it's alright.. my master said the same thing to me when I had my knighting ceremony. When I was a Padawan, I soaked up my training like a sponge. I just kind of wish my master was here to see me today.. I wish you could have met him, now that I have met you. He was a good master and I wish there was something I could do about him.. but I can't. Anyway. I notice we do have quite a bit in common... but there was one thing that got me when you told me about your training and Order 66... that was 800 years ago.. how are you still so young and even more importantly, how are you even still alive?"

She asked. She saw him blushing, and she knew why, but she was fine with it.

[member="Jakkor Kess"]

 

[Jakkor Kess]

He looked up again and regained his composure. Silently in his mind he had flashbacks of what he saw through the force. The screams of younglings. The burning of the Jedi Temple,and Jedi Generals being murdered by their own troops. It had scarred him he shook his head and closed his eyes tightly hoping she didn't notice.


He opened his eyes once again and the screams and the flashbacks stopped. He sighed as he told his tale.
"After escaping the betrayal of my own troops I thought it was an isolated incident. I was wrong..so very wrong. What was known as The Great Jedi Purge swept like a fire across the galaxy in an instant. The Republic declared us traitors,and became The First Galactic Empire under Emperor Palpatine. I was on the run for a year living in slums in backwater worlds scrounging and scraping to survive. Then Dark Siders known As Imperial Inquisitors hunted me relentlesly. I barely slept much ate at all. I went to The Unknown Regions to lose myself,and live out the rest of my days in a space station I discovered. Little did I know it was one of Palpatine's warehouses to store Jedi and Sith artifacts. I encountered an Inquisitor guarding the station. A duel ensued and he was to strong for me. I had to give into The Dark Side to survive,and I wounded him. Before he died he left a parting gift by locking me in a Sith Oubilette a device used to preserve someone in stasis for thousands of years. Beings like Lord Dreyppa and Celeste Morne used such a device. I slept for 800 years tortured by visions that the sith spirts of old plagued me with I was in absolute agony for that time till I woke up when someone sensed me in the force. Now here I am before you.

He looked her in the eye as he finished waiting for the tale to sink in and how she would respond.

[member="Viktoria Norduin"]

 

[Zara Lianna]

Viktoria listened carefully to what he as saying. She remembered learning about these Inquisitors, they had been sent by Emperor Palpatine to hunt down the last of the Jedi and put and end to them. At that time, "Jedi" was a foreign and forbidden word to be said in public. Viktoria was almost afraid that she had asked a little too close to the point.. she had a problem with saying things without getting to it softly.

"Look, Jakkor, I'm sorry if I cut it a little close. I didn't mean to ask such a personal question right at the point.."

she apologized, keeping her arms crossed. She had noticed his reaction and looked towards the table. She hadn't meant to dig so deeply when it came to asking such a personal question.

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