The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 1, Ragnos vs. Revan

A crowd of Sith encircle the two combatants. Half cheering for Ragnos to win, the others hoping for a victory from the human called Revan. The energy in the room is immense. The ground vribrating with the power, the air tense with energy coming from their bodies. Someone is going to die today.

Ragnos: Pathetic Human. I am the True Dark Lord of the Sith.
Revan: Ragnos, you dictatorship has gone on long enough. You will lose the mantle this day.
Ragnos: We shall see.

Ragnos attempted to grab Revan in a force grip. Revan was caught and lifted off the ground for several seconds befor he was able to break lose. Ragnos flung a massive wave of force energy at Revan’s tiny figure. Revan raised both of his lightsaber, a brillant red and a magnificant purple blade protected him from the more than lethal blast. Ragnos threw aboth wave at him. This time Revan was pushed back slightly.

Ragnos: Indeed you are powerful.

Ragnos ran at Revan, his eighty pound blade a feather in his enormous hand. He brought the blade over his head and swung down at Revan’s figure only for Revan to not be there by the time the blow was landed. With amazing agility Ragnos turned around an swung again at Revan who had moved behind him. This time Revan stopped the swing with a hanging block that almost knocked him over.

Ragnos: You are a worthy opponent.
Revan: The best is yet to come.

Revan back-handed Ragnos’ face and then kicked out at the giant’s knee, hoping to break it. The kick landed solidly, but did little damage. Ragnos punched at Revan with his left hand. But Revan ducked under it and brought his elbow into the Ancient Sith’s stomach. This time the huge figure actually let out a hard breath. Ragnos staggered back.

Ragnos: Playtime’s over.

With the force, Ragnos grabbed one of the onlookers and tossed him at Revan. Revan jumped over the body, letting the him crash into the ground, killing the poor soul caught in the dictators grip. Ragnos then thrust his massive sword at Revan, who again dodged the attack.

Force Lightning rained down on Ragnos as Revan sent tons of energy at the Dark Lord. Yelling in rage, Ragnos jumped into the air, leaving his sword on the ground. He grabbed Revan by the throat and sent force lightning into Revan’s face. He then tossed the human onto the ground, landing a few feet from him.

Calling his sword to him with the force, he stabbed at Revan. Revan used the force to activate a lightsaber and have it impale Ragnos through the back right before the huge sword killed Revan. The lightsaber deactivated, and clattered to the ground behind the beast. Ragnos was victorious. Hurt but the winner. He looked up just in time to see Ludo Kressh charging at him, trying take advantage of Ragnos’ state of weakness.

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 2, Ragnos vs. Kressh

Seeing Ludo charing him enraged him. He had just killed Revan, that was enough for one day. Suddenly, he wanted to retire from his mantle peacefully.

He raised his sword to fight back. Using a hanging guard, he stopped the oncoming attack. Ludo was dead set on being victorious here, knowing that if Ragnos was able to heal, he would’t get another chance to be DLOS until Ragnos died from old age.

Using his double-bladed sword, Ludo swung the other end at Rangos, who again block the attack. Ragnos then raised him hand and knocked Ludo over. Ragnos tried to stab into the ground and kill Ludo, but was shoved to the side by an unexpected force push from Ludo.

Ragnos yelled: Back down, now!
Ludo: Never! I will be the Dark Lord!

Ragnos jumped at the opposing Sith, somersaulting in the air to gain extra power for another swing. Ludo raised his blade to block it. Even in his weakened state, Ragnos’ almost overwhelmed Kressh with the power behind the attack.

Ludo shot force lightning at Ragnos, burning the Dark Lord’s body. After a few seconds, using his free hand, Ragnos blocked the lightning and sent it back at Ludo, throwing the smaller Dark Lord across the room. Ragnos ran towards him in pursuit, attempting to kill him before he could rise again.

With amazing speed, Ludo moved behind Ragnos and stabbed into the giant’s back. Unable to block it, Ragnos was stabbed in the back a second time. Being impaled twice wasn’t enough to stop Ragnos though. He turned and backhanded Ludo across the face as hard as he could, breaking the bones in both his hand and Ludo’s face. With a thud, Ludo his the ground dead. Moments later, Ragnos fell next to him.

Barely a whisper, Ragnos said, "Rule us Sadow. Take control.", before entering the abyss.

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 3, Sadow vs. Exar

When Sadow first heard the words, he didn’t believe them at first. Was he now the Dark Lord of the Sith? He silently thanked Revan and Ludo for killing the giant.

The first thing that he did as the knew DLOS was order all three of the fallen Sith Lords given a proper burial and their own tombs. The largest tombs on all of Korriban. They were given the largest funerals in recorded Sith history.

Sadow ruled for a decade. He was a good leader, but a challenger was silently rising against him. Exar Kun.

Exar had become very powerful in the decade that Sadow had ruled. At the beginning of Sadow’s rule, he would have been barely a challenge for Sadow, but now he was ready to take the mantle as his own.

He and his follower, Ulic went into the throne room where Sadow was. The Dark Lord was sitting atop a tall chair. The room had a slight gradient, making walking towards Sadow like walking up a slight hill.

Sadow was accustomed to his position. The fact that the title had been given to him, rather than earned didn’t seem to bother him. Exar approached him.

Exar, "Naga Sadow. Dark Lord of the Sith. I challendge you as ruler of the Empire. Will you face me?

Sadow, "Exar Kun. I would not expect such from you. I accept and honor you challenge. We will fight. May the True Dark Lord win."

Exar, "I’m am sure he will."

Sadow charged at Exar, weilding duel swords. Exar brought out his double-bladed lightsaber. Exar used a strange form. It wasn’t his usual form. Ulic apparently had something to do with making it. It gave Exar a powerful advantage over Sadow.

After only a few exchanges of attacks Sadow realised this. He changed his form to Ataru and attacked again. Exar was hard pressed to block it. Sadow sent a wave of force energy into Exar, knocking him back. Sadow was trying to finish this fight quickly apparently and kept shooting Exar with lightning.

After nearly a minute of being shot with force lightning Exar saw a opportunity to do Sadow some damage. The throne room was made from a cave. Exar ripped a stalagmite out of the ceiling and tried to crush Sadow with it. Naga barely dodged it, but several large chunks hits him, breaking ribs.

Sadow, " I’m impressed.


Exar force jumped into the air, his lightsaber flew towards him and was in his hand before he hit the ground a second later.

Igniting the blades, he smiled at Sadow. There were a thousand words in the smile each screaming "Bring it on". Sadow rushed Exar, forcing him to take a step back.

Sadow, "Never give ground."

Naga stabbed at Exar with his right sword and used the hilt of his left sword to break Kun’s jaw. Exar swung one end of his lightsaber at the Sith before him, but it was blocked and he recieved a kick to the thigh.

Sadow, "I would have thought that you would have learned from Ragnos. You haven’t built of your physical strength, putting all your reliance on the force."

Hearing this comment, Exar punched Sadow right below the eye, giving him a nice shiner.

Exar, "I think my body works."

Howling in rage Sadow picked Exar up in a foce grip and started to crush his body. Bones started to crack before Exar was able to free himself. He used to force to throw his lightsaber at Naga, cutting of his hand at the wrist.

Sadow dropped Exar and gave Exar a look that said he would kill Exar, even if he Exar killed him, he would have his revenge. Seconds later, Exar snapped Sadow’s kneck with a force grip. The Sith fell to the ground in a heap.

Ulic walked over to Exar.

Ulic, "Congratulations Exar."

Exar, " This is not good. Something about Sadow when he died doesn’t make me feel right."

Ulic, "It’s probably nothing."

Exar, "You right. I think it’s time to celebrate."

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 4, Sadow’s Cult, Malak's Defenders

Exar turned out to be a great leader. He led several wars against different groups, making the Empire into something equal to the Republic.

Ulic continued to be Exar’s right-hand-man. The former Jedi helped Exar in many situations, saving him on more than one occasion. Fourteen years after Exar defeated Sadow Ulic was killed. A group of thirty Jedi Knights and Masters attacked him. Ulic killed 17 of them, but the capable Master Yoda held him in a force grip, making it harder for Ulic to move, allowing Mace Windu to finish him.

Exar was greif-stricken by the loss of his friend. Whenever things had gotten tough Ulic had been there to help him through it. A week after Ulic had died Exar felt a presence as bad as the death of Ulic. Sadow had returned. The Cult of Sadow, a Cult of Ragnos ripoff, had revived him.

The Cult of Sadow had five thousand members. With Sadow in the lead, they were marching on Exar’s palace. Through the force they felt the same as Ulic’s death. Exar wanted to destroy them.

By custom, Exar had to replace Ulic with a new apprentice. Malak was this person, but he was no Ulic. In a fight, there would be little he would be able to do against Sadow.
Unimaginable
Exar sent out the alarm, gathering his forces to his palace. Two thousand soliders were in position with twenty minutes, just before the Cult of Sadow arrived. Malak was an accomplished general. He would lead eight-hundred troops and attempt to stall Sadow’s Army until more of Exar’s troops could arrive.

Malak’s group, cliche-named the defenders, went to the east side of Sadow’s Army. The Defenders were a sight to see. Eight-hundred troops riding Hssiss, their armor shining like the sun. The dust rose around the Sith like a Tatooine sandstorm army. I was quite frankly amazed.
The Defenders drew their lightsabers. Eight Hundred Red Lightsabers twirling with an unimagineable fury. The Cult of Sadow turned to face the army. They drew their blades to defend.

Yelling Sith War cries the Defenders plunged into the opposing group. Hississ droped to the ground by the dozen. Defenders were thrown from their mounts by force attacks. Malak caught a glimpse of Sadow. He charged through the ground forces to confront him.

Sadow saw Malak coming toward him and ordered one of his generals, Darth Bandon to kill him. Malak saw this and let out a harsh metallic laugh. Bandon was his apprentice. He knew him well, he would defeat him quickly.

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 5, Bandon vs. Malak

Purposely throwing himself from his mounts, he leaped at Bandon, drawing his lightsaber while in the air. He landed less than fifteen feet from his apprentice, ready to take him down. Bandon already had his lightsaber drawn.

Malak, "Get out of my way Bandon. Don’t follow Sadow anymore.Join me. Together we can stop this before it becomes a civil war."

Bandon, "Sadow has promised me more than you could ever give Malak. My allegiance is to him now. If your smart, you will abandon Exar. We could be generals in The True Dark Lord’s almighty army."

Malak, "Sadow isn’t the True Dark Lord, for now, Exar is."

Bandon ran at his old master. He sliced at Malak’s shoulder, and the spun and attempted to reverse stab Malak through the chest. Before the stab could make contact he was thrown to the ground by Malak’s powerful arms.

Malak, "You are nothing. I am the Master."

Bandon threw his lightsaber at Malak and followed it with a wave of force lightning. Malak blocked the lightsaber but the lightning hit him for a moment before too being blocked. Bandon used the living force to bring his lightsaber back into his hands.

Bandon, "Perhaps I am the True Master."

Malak began a fury of attacks at Bandon, each one almost killing the smaller fighure. Bandon tried to counter the attacks but they came in to fast, to powerfully for him to do so. He was bearly able to defend himself.

When Bandon thought that the stream of attacks coudn’t get any more powerful they did. Malak drew upon his incredible strength and overwhelmed his apprentice. Bandon stumbled in the firestorm. His lightsaber fell from his hands right by Malak’s feet.

Malak, "Face it. You are beaten."

Bandon moved away from Malak. Malak didn’t let him get more than about five feet away.
Suddenly Bandon waved his hand, attempting to send the lightsaber through Malak’s back much the way Revan had done to Ragnos years earlier. Malak sensed it just in time. He turned and cut the lightsaber hilt in half causing the blade to flicked out of existence, and then continued his turn killing Bandon.

Malak looked for his Hississ and discover it had been killed by one of the Cult of Sadow while he had been fighting Bandon. He would have to follow Sadow on foot.

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 6, Malak Confronts Sadow

After slaying his apprentice, Malak ran after Sadow. Malak cut down four of the Cult of Sadow before getting out of the frenzy of the fight.

The Defender’s were almost defeated. There were only sixty of the original eight-hundred left, but they had killed two-thousand and one hundred of Cult Members.

Using the force to greatly enhance his speed, Malak caught up to Sadow in slightly less than ten minutes. Sadow dismounted his Hississ with a high leap and landed facing Malak.

Sadow, "So you are the one who was chosen to replace Ulic Qel-Droma as the might Exar Kun’s apprentice? You know you are weaker than him."

Malak, "Perhaps I am. Perhaps I don’t care."

Sadow, "Don’t care. I think you do. I think you do care and you are a shamed of it. That is why you have chosen to fight me, even if it means you death."

Malak, "No. That is not why. But you will never know. Not in my death or yours."

Sadow, "Then I see know reason to stand around talking for any longer."

Faster than the eye can see Sadow’s sword went from it’s sheath to his hand. He dropped into a Makashi stance and waved Malak to attack him. Malak did. Using the power of Ataru, Malak went in fast and hard attempting to push Sadow against some sort of obstacle, anything that would give him an advantage over the power Sith.

Malak was good, but Sadow was cleary far better. Every attempt that Malak made to breach his defense’s or push him back in anyway were stopped quickly and desisevly. Sadow was making sure that Malak knew who was controlling this fight.

Even with his lengthy lightsaber and inhuman physical strength, there was nothing Malak could do. He had to fight Sadow, even if it meant his death.

Fighting with an intensity unknown, even to himself, he was able to force Sadow back. He kept fighting with this incredible fury for slightly over twenty seconds before Sadow was pushed back against a wall.

Malak prepared to land the finishing strike when he was suddenly engulfed in a strange stream of light. It was not coming from Naga Sadow though, it came from the Sith Witch Darth Traya. Completly unprepared for the attack, Malak was thrown to the ground. He screamed in pain, the essence of the Dark Side overwhelming him. Sadow only stared in amazement.

After a short period of time she stopped the onslaught, thinking he was dead. She turned to talk to Sadow.

Kreia, "Are you alright, Naga."

Sadow, Yes, I am. Thankyou for saving me."

Kriea, "I always repay my debts."

Sadow, "Well for that I am grateful. What has happened during my time away from the battle?"

Kreia, "It has gone well. Exar sent another twelve-thousand troops to reinforce Malak’s group, but Malak’s group is all but gone. There are at least fifteen thousand more on the way to try to stop our forces. I brought more of the Cult to the feild. I had eleven thousand with me and Sion is readying another twenty thousand. Bastila has four thousand, Uthar does as well. Yuthera has three thousand. Sidious has agreed to bring his fifteen thousand troops, which you know are better than a Cult member. Freedon Nadd has the bulk of the army with him, forty-five thousand Cult Mebers, but it will take them about three hours to get to the battle-feild. Exar Kun will fall today."

The Fight to be the DLOS, Part 7, Force Climax


Exar sat in his throne chair, high above everyone else in the room. He was taking council from his followers.

Vodo Bass, "Exar, this is not looking good for you, my Lord. Over one-hundred thousand enemy troops are at you doorstep. There are still eight-thousand of our troops out there, but they won’t last for long. You must leave or try to negotiate."

Exar, "I will not leave. Even if I die, I will stand my ground. Naga Sadow, if he has victory today, will have it at a price."

Vodo, "Exar, I don’t thi..."

Exar, "Silence! I have had enough of your council for now!"

Vodo, "As you wish, my Lord."

Exar rose from his chair and walked out to stand before the Sadow’s Army. There were many too Sith against him. Exar yelled to Sadow.

Exar, "Sadow, come here and face me! We shall fight for the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith. Do not spilt the Empire with your ridiculous plot!" The force amplified his voice to an inhuman level.
Sadow walked forward from the mass. The Sith Lady Kreia walked to his right, as did the Sith Lord Sion. Nadd and Sidious were on his right side. Bastila, Yuthura, and Uthar walked behind him in single file.

Sadow, "Hello, Exar. Here we are to face you. Will you still stand against us? With you still dare to fight us, seeing our numbers; our strength?"

Kreia, "Lord Kun, you cannot stand against us alone. And you are alone. Your apprentice Malak is dead; killed by my very hands."

Sadow, "It is my order alone that has kept our armies from storming your palace. Or should I say, my palace."

Nadd, "Back down Exar."

Exar, "I will never back down, Nadd, you should know this."

Sadow, "I am offering you a chance to live. Join me, and you will be one of the Sith Lords under my rule."

Exar, "Live under your rule, never. I fought for this and I will keep it as long as I can. What is stopping you from attacking me? There are eight of you against just me. As you said Kreia, I am alone. I should be running in fear. Shouldn’t I."

Sadow, "I just wanted to give you a chance to live."

The Spirit of Ulic appeared between them.

Ulic, "Exar isn’t alone."

A few seconds later, thousands of ships began to appear in the sky. The sight surprised even Exar. From about fifty feet in the air, a powerful figure jumped out of one of the ships.

The person who had jumped out of the aircraft named himself.

Canderous, "I am Mandalore, Leader of the Mandalorians. Ulic reminded us that we owe you guys a debt."

Exar, "I am glad to see you, Mandalore."

Canderous, "Enough talking, more killing." He then rushed into the heat of battle, picking off three Sith before drawing his sword and decapitating another.

Naga, "You’re still outnumbered."

Exar, "I must say I prefer these odds."

Kreia, "Come Naga, our troops will need our help in the battle. Sion, Yuthura, Uthar; kill him.

Sion, "As you wish, Master."

The three Sith ignited their lightsabers. Yuthura took up a farther away position to use force powers from while Sion and Uthar moved in to directly attack. Uthar attacked first, stabbing at Exar face and then dropping his blade to cut Kun’s leg in two. At the same time Sion tried to cut Exar in half just before Yuthura threw a bolt of force lightning at him.

Exar continually tried to get his opponents in each other’s way; which would make him only need to engage them one at a time. He was successful at this for the most part, force jumping to the other side of Uthar, moving to use Sion as a shield.

This went on for about thirty seconds. Exar had managed to het a slight hit on Uthar’s shin and glance Sion’s shoulder, earning a superficial gash on his wrist in the process. He was starting to develop a strategy to defeat them. He kept fighting for another few seconds before seeing his chance.

He rushed Yuthura and she shot force lightning at him. Instead of absorbing it with his double-bladed-lightsaber he blocked it with his hand and then redirected it at her, adding some of his own power to the counter attack. The hit stunned her for just long enough to stab her threw the stomach and then grab her lightsaber with the force throw it at Uthar. The lightsaber distracted him, but he blocked it. With the help of the distraction, he cut Uthar in two.

One left. The most powerful one, but he was just one. Sion force pushed Exar, but Exar powered through it and swung at Sion. His attacked was blocked, but, while still in the air, he hit Sion with another attack that was blocked. After hitting the ground he force pushed Sion back, but the damaged man kept his feat.

Sion charged Exar, swinging in a pattern that resembled Juyo, appearing frantic, but internally controlled. Exar moved his blue blade to block each attack, stopping them with ease. Exar punched Sion’s face, stopping him in his tracks. He stabbed Sion in a manner that should have killed him, but it didn’t. The Dark Figure regenerated and kept fighting.

The confusion Exar was having didn’t show but it was there. No way should he have lived through that. He needed to end this fight fast though, The other Dark Lords were probably making a new plan right now. One that could cause him serious problems.

As if hearing his thoughts, Vodo emerged from the palace. The Grandmaster’s voice was booming as he gave his orders.

Vodo, "Exar, leave this fight to me. Sion, lets see if you live up to the legend."

Sion, "Let’s see if you live up to yours."

Vodo, "I will. And now that I think about it, even if you do live up to your legend, I’m still better."

Sion began to fight the venerable Vodo Bass. During this time, Exar raced off to find and hopefully destroy his enemies. He took one of the Hssiss from the holding area and raced off towards where his latest information had said Naga would probably be.

After a forty minute ride south he was at the make-shift headquarters. The Sith Lords were gathered around a holotable, presumably looking at some sort of battle plan. Hiding his presence, he moved in closer.
From what he was able to tell, the Mandalorians had done a lot of damage, but had sustained a large amount of damage also. From what he could tell from the distance, The Sith Lords were planning to go and fight the Mandalorians directly. Kreia volunteered to take Mandalore. If they got their plan to work, they would probably win the battle.

Exar walked into the main area where the Sith were gathered.

Exar, "Nice plan, I don’t think it will work though."

Nadd, "What the..."

Naga, "How did you get in here!"

Sidious, "I know that technique. I should have seen you!"

Exar, "Perhaps I am better versed in it."

Sidious, "I doubt that."

Exar, "I don’t care what you think, so it doesn’t really matter anyway. The reason I am here is to negotiate. Sadow, you and I will fight one-against-one and the victor will rule the Empire, like the way things used to be done."

Naga, "You aren’t really in a position to negotiate. I decline."

Kreia, "I will fight you."

Exar, "Then draw your blade."

Kreia, drew her lightsaber and raised it to the Soresu position. Exar ran at her. With lightning speed he made an attack that could have ended her is it had made contact. She blocked and then countered. He blocked and then countered. Having fought Yuthura, Uthar, and Sion less than an hour later, he was tired when the fight began, and started by saving his energy. Attack, block, attack, block was all that happened for some time, probably about fifty seconds.

Exar threw a massive wave of force lightning at Kreia. She blocked it and threw it into the rough terrain that was Korriban.

Kreia, "You are powerful, but my knowledge runs beyond yours, Exar. Feel the power of the very attack I used to kill your apprentice, both of them."

Exar’s words were barely a whisper, "Malak. Ulic.". For so long he had thought the Jedi Council was behind the death of his apprentice. But it was the doing of one of his underlings.

The Dark Energy entered Exar without mercy. He was thrown to the ground, writhing in a pain unimaginable to someone who has not felt it.

Kriea, "A few moments should be all that is necessary to destroy you. Looks like the master will go the way of his padawan, both of them."

"What the heck are you talking about Witch!"
Kreia’s head rolled to the ground.

Exar, "Malak?"

Malak, "Yes."

Exar, "I thought you were dead. Kreia killed you."

Malak, "Almost killed me. Ulic appeared to me as a force ghost."

Exar, "Tell me what happened."

Malak, "I was laying there and...

Ulic, "Malak. You must rise. You are close to death, but not there yet. Exar needs you. The Force Witch is going to do something evil. You must stop her or Exar will die."

Malak, "I don’t have the strength to move."

Ulic, "Yes you do. Search you feelings. You have the capability to move."

Malak, "I... I can’t. My strength is gone. It can barely talk now."

Ulic, "Then Exar is lost."

Exar, "Wow. Thanks Ulic. And thank you Malak."

The charred figure let out a shrieking laugh. Malak was wounded very badly. Muscle’s were exposed all along his body were the flesh had been burned away. Piece’s of bone were exposed all along his body, with many of his ribs exposed. Sand has rubbed into the wounds, stopping the bleeding, but making it very painful just to move.

Naga, "A small victory. There are still four of us."

Naga walked towards Exar, his blade aimed at the Sith’s throat. Malak attempted to get in the way, but Bastila and Freedon stopped him.

Marka Ragnos appeared out of thin air.

Marka, "Four of you?"

Bastila was picked up in a force grip and was hurled into a rock. She hit the ground dead a moment later.

Marka, "I only count three. No wait, there goes another one."

Sidious was held in a force grip for a few seconds before his neck was snapped by a simple movement of Ragnos’ hand.
Ragnos appeared in front of Nadd. Ragnos’ giant sword cut Nadd in half before he could even react.

Naga, "Ragnos.....Ragnos! What are you doing! You declared me the Dark Lord!"

Ragnos, "I believe in the Old Way of the Sith. You obviously aren’t smart enough to follow that code. That and the fact that you allied yourself with the Witch. She is evil. Her goal was to destroy the force. The fact that you did not see this is by itself for me to reconsider my decision. You have lost you chance to be the Dark Lord of the Sith. You will serve under Exar until the day of his death, but his death better not be by your hands."


Exar, "What about the battle?"

Marka Ragnos, "Naga forgot that I control the Cult in Life and in Death. I must leave. Good bye Exar. Lead us well

Exar, "I will Ragnos."

Exar ruled for another eighty years. He never saw Ragnos again. Malak died sixteen years after that day, killed in an assault on Coruscant, showing that Exar’s apprentice was killed on Coruscant, just not the one he thought. Naga died before Exar did, killed by Darth Bane after he killed Bane’s wife. Tulak Hord was the one who defeated Exar, and he ruled the Empire well also.

So things turned out good for the Sith Empire. An amazing time it was for any who saw it. Whether it was Ragnos fighting Revan or Malak’s Defenders stalling Evil Armies, that was an amazing time in the history of the galaxy.

Ukan Opaak, "That was a better age. My time. You should study it well."