Saw, Ethan and Lejj arrived to a High Republic spacedock and Skywalker's party was received by a group of Republic Commandos
The squad leader says - By the will of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you won't be allowed to enter - .
Saw responds while shows his old Jedi Order emblem - I think you can make an exception -
The squad leader says - A Jedi already trespassed this checkpoint to the restricted areas -
Ethan asks - Restricted? -
The squad leader responds - This area was restricted since the new Jedi Order discovered the significance of this place about 25000 years ago. Many looters and Sith wannabe would try to get something from that area. They ended up being crazy or deluded, calling themselves the Legions of Lettow and attacking our remaining men -Saw then realized that they have been found the remains of the first Dark Side Academy, created by Xendor, the first Dark Jedi and precursor of the Sith.
Saw says - The Legions of Lettow were the precursors of The Sith, responsible for the first Jedi Schism -
Lejj asks - You mean that they were older then the Sith, Rakata, Iokath or the Zeffo?-
Saw responds - Way older. They were the first followers of the Dark Side -Then the squad leader says - The problem that we're currently facing began when someone touched a piece of jewelry and it all went hell from there -
Ethan says - An ancient Force artifact of some sort, hidden in that ancient place of learning-
Saw then used Mind Trick on the squad leader - You will deputize us, search the Jedi together and we seal whatever is causing this tremor in the force alone-
She responds - [Mind trick failure] I will deputize you to solve the problem. Agreed. But you'll be serving under me. I am sergeant Kiannya Dameron from the Grand Army of the New Republic-The group fought through the ranks of the possessed people until they reached the hallowed grounds of the academy
Saw says - The Force is telling me something here -
Ethan says - We can cover more ground if we split up -
Lejj says - I sense the same kind of presence of the Force that in my home, planet Dathomir. Be on the lookout -
-Where's your friend?- Says Kiannya
Ethan responds - It's like in Tatooine, then.Meanwhile, Saw kept wandering the halls while fighting the possessed people. After the fight, Saw tries to meditate in the Force. Then a pathway opens and he sally forth.
Ethan, Kiannya and Lejj kept looking for Master Syndulla and Saw. Then they hear hissing and growling as shadows begin to surround them. The Shadows take form of a guardian
The guardian says with a raspy voice - We are the Legions of Lettow -
Ethan says in response - We are not afraid of you -
The guardian responds menacingly - You will be... you will be -Then from the hissin darkness appeared what it seems to be Force Wraiths, surrounding the three of them they attack the heroes, but the heroes can't fight back with either blasters or Lightsaber.
The wraiths say - There is chaos after death. Only nothingness awaits you, Jedi Scum. Your fear feeds our hunger for power-
Lejj uses her Nightsister Magicks to repel the Wraiths and they formed quasi-physical bodies.,
Lejj says to the others - I can't hold them for long. Take them down while you can-
Ethan and Kiannya nods and take out the solidified wraiths with lightsaber and blaster combatEthan says - That was impressive -
Lejj responds - Saw Skywalker and my parents taught me well -
Kiannya, thinking on her father Poe, says - I wonder if meeting Kylo Ren was as harrowing as this encounter-Meanwhile, Saw find himself in a place where he found a burial stone, altered by The Sith during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Suddenly from the stone, a stronger Force Wraith appeared before Saw. It was Xendor, possessing an unwilling host.
The wraith said - Why did disturb my domain, Jedi?-
Saw responds - To find someone and to learn -
The Xendor wraith responds - It looks like you've already found someone. Do you know who I am? -
Saw responds - You are Xendor, the Dark Underlord -
The wraith responds - Then you already know why i am not forgotten -
Saw responds - You tried to unravel the Jedi Order's hubris and caused the First Jedi Schism. You were beaten by Master Pina and your followers were scattered into the Unknown Regions.
Xendor answers - The Jedi Order was stifled in dogmatic narrow notions of the Force. But from the ashes of my defeat, the Sith Empire came to be. I returned to see the Sith rise in the Glory of the Dark Side. I created a legacy so resilient that now even Jedi come to learn from me.... Have you come to learn the true nature of The Force? You must kill me to prove yourself worthy-
Saw says - The Force has been struggling for balance all of those years since the first schism. I look for balance, not conquest. Besides, you are already dead.
Xendor then laughs while he gets close and asks - Then what stands before you?-
Saw says - The soul of a broken man -
Xendor takes a fighting stance and asks Saw while wielding a lightsaber - You do not fear me? -
Saw says - I can't fear someone who's already dead -After a brief Lightsaber duel, Saw used the Emerald Lightning to repel the Force Ghost. The Force Ghost abandoned the body it was using and returned to Chaos, leaving a piece of jewelry behind. The Dark Side artifact was indeed the Kashi Mer Talisman.
Saw noticed that the man under Xendor's control was Jedi Master Jacen Syndulla. Saw opens a communications channel and says - The ghost problem was taken care of. I found Master Syndulla.
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Star Wars Visions. The Jedi Covenant
Science FictionThe galaxy changed many years after the destruction of Palpatine's Sith empire in the battle of Exegol. The galaxy was divided between the Blagg Empire, the restored New Republic and the resurgent One Sith Empire. After the new generation of Jedi ap...