Starting with the basics (T'zanith Zebron)

[Darth Vaildra]

Darth Valdra sat in his office the next morning waiting for his new student [member="T'zanith Zebron"]. Before he would teach his student to use the Force and fight he needed the basics of being a Sith and that was the code and trials.

Valdra smiled as he thought of the coming trials he would put his student through. His student probably was excited like all new students, but little did he know, he would sleep again tonight as a completely new, broken person. Before you can make something stronger you needed to break it first.

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith walked through the temple heading towards his new masters office as he had been instructed to meet him in. 'I wonder what he has decided to teach me first?' He thought to himself as he passed a few acolytes that knelt at the feet of their master while said master recited some sort of chant to them. This only made T'zanith raise an eyebrow but the he just raised and let his shoulders fall, he was at the door to [member="Darth Valdra"]'s office so he didn't much care.

The door slid open and he walked inside the room. "Master Valdra I have arrived as requested." He said his tone one of respect and discipline, his mind giving him a little flash of his day's under his fathers tutelage but he batted it away and instead focused on the man in front of himself, after all he had seen the results of acolytes who didn't listen to their masters.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Valdra looked up from his place of seating. His legs were propped on the desk with his arms behind his head, while leaning back in his chair. "You're late we will confront that later, mich to do an little time to do it in." Valdra lifted his legs off the table an motioned for the boy to sit in the chair across from him. He just looked at him for a bit, studying him. A smile then began to grow on his face, "How do you feel about dying?"


@T'zanith Zebron

 

[Shaddi]

T'zaniths face showed he was a little disturbed by [member="Darth Valdra"]'s question. "I wasn't aware you had set a time table master and I'm not particularly fond of the concept of dying... [sub]Like most living beings I assume[/sub]" He said half mumbling the last bit of his statement as he took a seat opposite Valdra. "I have decided on an element after sleeping on it and I've decided on fire.. so that there is no further wait for you master." He then said as he sat with a disciplined posture.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Valdra chuckled a little, his response was not a surprise. "Of course you are not fond of death, no one really is. Though my reason for asking are two trains of thought. One, a person has something to live for and thus they can't be killed easily because of their will to live. Second is someone who has met death and raised in it and thus has no fear of it. The first one is a Jedi approach while the second is more of a Sith approach. While you are not limited here, my philosophy is to begin with facing death and thus having no fear of it. Where you go from there is your choice."

Valdra leaned back, he was still contemplating in his head how he would accomplish this and he might recruit other Lords to test him. "Fire, a very common pick, but it is my mastery so it makes sense."

@T'zanith Zebron

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith looked at [member="Darth Valdra"] as he explained his thinking. "Well I was raised as an assassin, or at least to become one so I see the life of others as insignificant but a means to my own survival." He then explained after hearing his masters reasoning. "I did not pick fire due to you mastery of it master but rather for I believe it is the most effective offensive element. But I have pondered the versatility of all the elements and I came to the conclusion fire would fit me best though after that comes Air for it's silent offensive capabilities as well as traveling traits." He then said as he looked his master over. 'What is he thinking?' T'zanith thought as his masters motives were still a mystery to him and he leaned a bit back in the chair he sat in.

[member="Darth Valdra"]

 

[Darth Vaildra]

"Survival is the key to the Sith way. Now the fun part." Valdra ruffled through the papers on his desk and then through the filing cabnet, he was old fashioned in this way. He found an old looking scroll and tossed it to him. "The Sith code, I want you to go and study it and memorize it. Come back to me and be prepared to explain each part." Valdra smirked an evil smirk, "and if you get it wrong you will be taught by lightning. The mind is more powerful than any combat or force power you can learn, fail here and you fail all."



@T'zanith Zebronq

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith nodded and took the scroll and then left the room as he headed towards the library. Once at the library he opened the scroll and read through it, glad it was so seeped in force energy that it was easy to read. 'Seems I have a good master since I don't have to deal with datapads with him.' He thought before he began to read through the scroll fully.
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 are broken.
The force shall set me free.
It was an interesting mantra to be sure to T'zanith and he began to read through the scroll with great interest. He didn't notice as the hours passed as he read at least through the entire scroll at least three times before he read through individual passages through out the scroll. When he noticed the time he began to head back to [member="Darth Valdra"], though he took the longer way to him while still going through the scroll at least one more time before he came into Valdras office and placed the scroll gently down on his table as he then stood at attention with his hands behind his back.
"Master I shall now say the sith code and then explain each passage after I say it.
Peace is a lie, There is only Passion. The jedi would would have us believe that peace is a desirable goal. That peace of the spirit is the way the force is mastered, that lack of conflict betters a man. We know different, It is our passions, our hate and our desires that fuel the force. It is conflict that improves the lot of civilization and single being both. Conflict Forces one to better oneself. It forces change, growth, adaptation, evolution or death. These are nor our laws but those of the universes and nature, for without conflict you have only stagnation.
Through passion, I gain strength. What fuels our power with the force but our passions? The stronger, darker emotions, Anger, Hatred, Fear these passions empower us. It is our goal to be stronger, so we can achieve our potential and not to rest on our behinds. We are seekers of power not shepherds of it.
Through strength, I gain power. The stronger one becomes in the force, the more power one will achieve. But always must one fight for ones power.
Through power, I gain Victory. Without strife ones victory has no meaning, without strife one cannot advance, without strife there is only stagnation.
Through victory, My chains are broken. This has been argued over and often. The chains represent our restrictions, both those placed upon us and those we place upon ourselves. Ultimately the goal of any sith is to free oneself of any restrictions. In a way, it is so we can do whatever we wish but it is much more than that. One who has freed themselves from all restrictions as reached perfection. Their potential fulfilled, perfect strength, perfect power, perfect destiny.
The force shall set me free. The force is our servant and our master, our teacher and our companion, A weapon and a tool. Know it and you know the universe, Master it and you master the universe. Strive for perfection and the force shall reward you."
He finished speaking and then waited for his masters approval or punishment for his assignment, something he hoped he had studied well enough for.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Darth Valdra watched as he left and began his own research. He pulled up a document on a large datapad of his student and his past. He smirked as he saw half Sephi, funny that his master was half Eldorai. Valdra needed to get this boy trained and fast as wars were popping up like daisies. It was apparent that Force Sight was a speaciality, but still he had issues with looking too much and being blinded by Force users.

He sat looking into Force Sight, an ability Valdra didn't practice. He could use it in a basic form, but his student outclassed him in this area. He needed to teach him how to block out just enough to be effective, but let in enough to see everything. He then turned his focus and attention on the development of a sword he was going to have made. A few hours later his student returned and Valdra leaned back and listened. He smiled at his response, but the smile was a mix of joy and pleasure at the punishment.

"You skipped in your logic, the Force is not strength, it is power, passion leads to strength. When we let ourselves feel, not just hatred, but a wide range of emotions, even love we give our actions, or attacks purpose, strength." Valdra lifted a hand from his seated positon and unleashed lightning on his student, "PASSION IS STRENGTH, REMEMBER THIS!" He let up his lightning, unwilling to harm his student, merely seal the training into him with pain. He looked at his student and stood.

"I have been thinking, the problem with your sight is not power, but control. You need to let in a wider, 360 degree range, but not so much of it in that you blind yourself, this is where we will begin. If you can't see properly then you have a weakness, a weakness that will get you killed."


@T'zanith Zebron

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith could see [member="Darth Valdra"]'s logic but in his research he had found that love did lead to anger and hate but it also lead to mercy something he had been thought was always a weakness. As he was about to voice his problem with Valdra's answer he saw the hand raise and the power transfer to his fingertips. 'Oh frak' He thought as he was about to try and dodge but he then was hit with the lightning, sending a shout out as the pain raced through him and he fell to his knees. A little wisps of smoke rising from him as some of his hair was singed as well as some of his robes. He then looked up and slowly stood up, a surge of anger rocking through him as he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Miralukans must train for years to be able to do that master, I understand it is a weakness but during my stay here only the high end Knights and masters are what I have a problem with in my sight. The Lukasene however have trained to the utmost peak of force sight and perhaps there are some of their teaching that have reached the sith master." His face showed he wan't a fan of getting another dose of Lighting as he explained what might be the solution for his master regarding T'zaniths sight problem.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Mercy, a very deciding topic among the Sith. While someone like [member="Darth Ferus"], Leader of the Sith Assassins and the Harbinger of Death would preach no mercy as mercy has no place in the killing of traitors and the Sith's greatest enemies. Someone like [member="Darth Venefica"] would preach mercy when needed. To someone like her, killin the weak was foolish as the weak have the potintual to become strong enemies. With all emotions, wisdom in them reigned supreme. This was Valdra's way, he was not evil for the sake of evil, but a necessary evil.

He smirked at the yelling of his student and dawned a deep, manly voice, "I like the way you scream, boy." He then listened to his student's objection to being able to reach the projected level that Balfra had set for him with sight. Valdra sighed at the response, "Acolyte, Knight, Lord, all merely titles and marks of passage. I am not asking you to see the whole Galaxy, I am demanding you to not be a henderence on the battlefield. There are two types of Force powers, passive and impassive. Passive is an ability much likened to breathing, something you do constantly. Impassive is something you must consciously do like lightning. Force Sight is passive and therefore you are constantly training it, constantly making it better. With my guidance we will focus that training and correct mistakes you have picked up over time."

To Valdra the concept was simple. Soght was something everyone used naturally, but just like learning to pronounce words wrong, you could learn to see wrong.



@T'zanith Zebron

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith thought on what [member="Darth Valdra"] said about sight and nodded then, it did ring true for certain and he had begun to manage seeing better the more he interacted with strong force users so maybe it was only a mater of adjusting it and adapting to it after all. "I understand master, or at least I hope so. What did you have in mind to begin with for this training?" He then asked as he showed he was not one of those pesky individuals that talked out of their ass if they didn't know something. If T'zanith didn't know something he didn't hesitate to ask about it instead of risking being seen as a blithering idiot which he was not, a little detached sure but a blithering idiot he wasn't.
He stood at attention now as he had adjusted to the slight pain rolling through his body as it protested against him for standing after the Lighting had gone through him, it wanted rest but T'zanith merely batted his bodies need for sitting down away, He had come to learn and grow stronger not to rest on his rear end.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Valdra walked around his table to his coat rack and put on his red trench coat, "I believe in training and being protuctive. I am creating a sword for myself and will take you with me to gather the things I need. In return I will craft a sword or melee weapon of your choice. You will find I favor solid weapons over lightsabers. Lightsabers heal the wounds, there is no blood and blood makes your actions mean something." Valdra did however grabbed his two lightsabers. He waited for his student and they would go grab the first ingredient, Songsteel.

(Sorry, short I know. Once you post I will make a new thread. Please review the requirements for Songsteel as I am teaching not only your character, but you yourself on how to do dev threads. I am sure you probably know how, but practice helps too.)



@T'zanith Zebron

 

[Shaddi]

T'zanith nodded at his masters statement and took a few steps back. "Master a long-sword or scimitar would be highly appreciated, however I would like to express that I also wish to own a lightsaber myself." He then said as he watched his master gather his things and then walked with him out of his office. After adjusting his robes a little and placing his hood over his head while they walked out of the office.

[member="Darth Valdra"]