With war between the Empire and the Republic in full force, the Imperial Reclamation Service has had little progress due to the majority of their resources being committed to the war effort. It was in this time that Darth Evaron, a wealthy patron and supporter of the Imperial Reclamation Service, financed a new branch of the Service for the betterment of the Empire and for his own personal gain. It was dubbed the Imperial Reclamations Service: Special Forces Division. It was to be a more aggressive and better armed branch of the Service. Evaron took an overseer position and placed a very experienced scholar, Lord Ahrimann, to be minister of logistics for the SFD. Ahrimann quickly brought resources to the SFD to make it a formidable force by hiring the Mandolorian Clan Lorek through the employment of their leader, Adego. From this point, Ahrimann and Adego set out to recruit other powerful allies.
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1) Several members were recruited to the SFD by Adego's brother, Ner'tor'nuruodo (Ertorn). Although Ertorn did not reveal himself to these people, preferring to remain hidden from Sith, he gathered the dossiers and sent them off to Ahrimann indirectly. Ahrimann then summoned the recruits to the Nexus Room Cantina. Among these recruits were the Sith known as Hazmus, Althare, and Taja'sai, along with Taja'sai's personal mercenary, Haunder.
Ahrimann introduced himself briefly to the recruits, before stating that he had summoned them together for the purpose of an assessment of their skills. He sent them off into the Dark Temple to find an artifact which he had previously placed within the temple. He did not tell them what it was or where it was, and took a very hands-off observational approach, preferring to see what conclusions the recruits would draw on their own.
The group split into two, with Taja'sai and Haunder in one, and Hazmus and Althare in the other. Taja and Haunder came accross a crate that an insane trooper was frantically trying to open, and they killed the trooper. Initially, Taja could not open the crate herself, but Haunder began to try a few tricks on the lock. Just then, a message came from Hazmus over the comm for Ahrimann to meet them in a deeper section of the temple.
Upon Arrival, Ahriman found Hazmus watching Althare, who had entered a catatonic state in front of an artifact with inscriptions upon it. Ahrimann tried to speak to Althare, but when she produced no response, he force pushed her away from the artifact. This awakened Althare from her state, but she still seemed very unaware of her surroundings. Not wanting to squander his recruits on so trivial a place, Ahrimann decided it best to end the mission and called the recruits back to Clan Lorek's base of operations on Dromund Kaas (which the SFD had been paying Adego for to use as their own temporarily), to report their findings.
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2) After the venture into the Dark Temple, Evaron arrived at the Imperial Reclamations SFD headquarters on Dromund Kaas for a report on the current status of the SFD. He found Lord Ahrimann, Hazmus and Adego there. Ahrimann explained that one of the members of the team he sent to the dark temple had gone mad (referring to Althare) and gave Evaron the most recent report on the SFD.
Ahrimann revealed that the Dark Temple venture was actually a proving exercise to see if the most recent members could handle themselves. Evaron applauded this measure, stating that the SFD did not have the same standards as the rest of the Imperial Reclamations, and it was no place for the weak. Ahrimann expressed much curiosity about Althare, stating that her quick reaction to the Dark Side may have let on more than one would think. However, Hazmus and Evaron showed some skepticism, stating that Althare may simply be weak-minded.
Ahrimann's curiosity would have to wait; however, as Phairn, a non force-sensitive Sith Pureblood and new recruit to the SFD, entered the room. Ahrimann introduced himself and expressed much curiosity over Phairn's background, even though Hazmus regarded the Pureblood with revulsion. Introductions were delayed, however, as Evaron proposed a mission for the SFD.
Evaron had heard rumors of a Voss mystic cube on the surface of Voss, and he wished an investigation to be done in order to see the SFD in action for himself. Evaron, Ahrimann, Phairn, and Adego, covertly landed on Voss on the borders of the Nightmare lands. As they explored the area, they came accross a mystic's shrine. There, they quickly eliminated the local voss to hide their presence, and set up a camp to further investigate the shrine, since this shrine had given Evaron and Ahrimann a vision of the cube's location.
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3) Taking an interest in Ahrimann's endeavours, Zyvan, a Major in the SFD, produced a call to Taja'sai to meet him at Lorek Base. Although Adego expressed concern over Zyvan's presence, Zyvan ensured Adego that Adego's brother, Ertorn was aware of what was going on, and had given Zyvan full permissions. Adego continued to watch; however, as Zyvan debriefed Taja over the Dark Temple incident. Taja revealed an artifact that she had discovered, which she claimed to be the key to something greater.
As the two began to speculate about the item, Adego received a call from Ahrimann, who was still at the Voss camp at the time. Ahrimann stated that an Imperial transport had crashed on the planet Hutta. The transport had been carrying an artifact that Ahrimann deemed valuable, so he had Adego take Taja to the planet to recover it, stating that it would be a good opportunity to see what she was capable of doing more independently. Driven by curiosity, Zyvan joined the group as it set out.
After arriving on Hutta, Adego led the group to the swamp based on the transport's last known location. The group found pieces of the ship strewn throughout the swamp and began to search for anything valuable. Zyvan noticed one thug fidgeting with a piece of debris, and used his sniper to put him down quickly. Walking over to the corpse, Zyvan recovered a tracking device which had been synced towards the location of Ahrimann's artifact. Zyvan led the group to discover a hologcron, where he attempted to extract as much data as possible onto his own personal datapad. Noticing much force energy emanating from it, Taja used her abilities to send the holocron into a dormant state so that it would no longer be felt by any nearby force-sensitives. Adego, eager to earn his paycheck, then picked up the holocron and the group quickly headed for the starport.
Waiting at the starport was Taja's mercenary, Haunder. As she brought him up to speed on events, Zyvan received a call from the Moff he had been reporting to. He then departed from the group, stating that he needed to report his findings. As Adego, Haunder, and Taja'sai made their way back to Lorek base, they were surprised to find Ahrimann waiting for them. Apparently, Ahrimann had been overeager to discover what was in the holocron, and he put the Voss mission on hold to discover the holocron personally. At the same time, Althare walked into the apartment as well.
Eager to see what the two Sith (Taja and Althare) were capable of, Ahrimann had them open the holocron for themselves. The two mercenaries (Adego and Haunder) took an observational stance, exchanging remarks on the insanity of what was transpiring. Taja attempted to open the holocron first, and dark energy shot out of the holocron into her. She managed to control it for a time, as Ahrimann watched with maniacal enjoyment and instructed her on what to do next. However, the dark energy became too much, and Taja was blown back, wounded by lightning burns.
Ahrimann then turned to Althare, and instructed her to open the holocron next. Althare simply stared at the holocron for a time, driving Ahrimann to impatience. He opened the holocron for her, receiving the dark energy into himself, which he then channelled into Althare. Suddenly, Althare became mad and leapt at Ahrimann with her lightsaber. Reacting quickly, Ahrimann used the remaining energy to form a bubble of raw force energy and blast her away. This shocked her out of her state, where she began to ask questions as though she had been unconscious. Fascinated by this discovery, Ahrimann began to question her on what was going on with this hightened sensitivity of hers, but she produced no useful information, remaining very unfocussed and aloof.
Taja suggested using an injection which would cause Althare to become more aware of the present situation, and convinced Haunder to attach it to a dart and fire it at her. Upon receiving the injection, Althare stood up, seeming more cognicent. Ahrimann attempted to extract the information from her again, but again with no success. Frustrated, Ahrimann watched as Althare silently left the room, before fuming as he departed it himself.
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4) Frustrated with Althare for what Ahrimann saw as "not contributing to the discovery of knowledge", Ahrimann assigned her to Adego to be an apprentice of sorts. Ahrimann believed this to something of a punishment for her, but he also did in hopes that she would be so fed up with the "primitive" Mandalorian culture that she would come back to seek the dark powers. Adego met with Althare shortly after this decision and briefed her on the new changes. Adego informed her that he saw it not as punishment, but instead he hoped to make the best of the situation, so that both may benefit in the long run.
Meanwhile, fearing that someone had infiltrated the Telosian League after the death of two of their higher members, the Jedi leader Yassac secretly met with two of his trusted members, Constanteen and Peylan, to discuss what was going on. The group then called Adego to Nar Shaddaa to enlist his help in the investigation. Accompanying Adego were Althare and Ertorn. Although the Telosians were skeptical of Adego's inclusion of the Sith, Althare ensured them that she would keep everything going on a secret. Yassac paid the three in advance for their efforts and gave them the best leads he had so far.
When Adego, Ertorn, and Althare returned to Lorek Base, Ertorn began to look over Yassac's datapad and search any data he could to find any suspicious patterns. Meanwhile, Adego gave Althare a tour of the base. After some time, Ertorn stepped out to investigate a possible lead he had discovered.
Shortly afterward, Ahrimann showed up to the apartment to check on his things. He found Althare and Adego in the cantina, where he tried to persuade Althare to come to him for dark knowledge. Although Althare did not agree at first, Ahrimann eventually offered to her what he saw as a very exceptional opportunity for her to visit one of his libraries of datacrons and artifacts. Althare agreed, and the group went to Coruscant to visit the secret library.
Althare found the datacron of Ahrimann's last apprentice, and the two began to talk about her and the datacron. However, Althare felt that there was more to the datacron that Ahrimann was aware of, and was disgusted by what she perceived as incompetence. Feeling he had nothing more to offer, Althare left the library along with Adego.
Arriving back at the apartment, Adego and Althare ran into Ertorn, who had returned from his investigation with information on the Telosian League affair...
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5) As the SFD were relaxing at the Lorek Base cantina, Zyvan walked in with some troubling news. Apparently, Ahrimann had assigned some Imperial Reclamation Service personnel to retrieve an artifact for him on Hoth. However, the artifact was known to be in pirate hands, and the team had not been heard from in several days. Zyvan rounded up everyone present and set out to Hoth immediately to search for survivors.
Arriving on Hoth, Zyvan guided the team to the last known location of the squad: a pirate base above Leth Outpost. The team split into three groups: One to create a distraction, one to guard the entrance to the base, and the third with Zyvan went in to see what they could find. Inside the base, Zyvan and Taja'sai killed a pirate boss who was guarding a crate. Taja used her lightsaber to open the crate, and Zyvan found an imperial transponder inside. Unfortunately, the transponder was disabled and required a code to activate it, so the two went further inside the base to see if any pirates had looted a code cylinder from one of the recovery team members. At the same time, Haunder, who was standing guard outside the base, reported seeing a jedi-like figure in the snow, but could not fully make out what it was. The figure eventually disappeared, causing no further disturbances.
Zyvan and Taja'sai found a pirate foreman and killed him, recovering the code cylinder. They then went back outside the base so the transponder could get a better signal out in the open. The signal led the team towards a mountain near the base. Zyvan had part of the team stay at the bottom of the mountain to make sure that they were not followed up, while the rest took the perilous journey towards the top through a blizzard that was moving into the area.
When they arrived at the site, they discovered a wampa nest, with young wampas who smelled and attacked Althare. Adego and the others reacted quickly, killing the young wampas, along with the mother who climbed over the cliff to respond. In the nest, the team found a charred corpse, which Adego and Althare began to investigate. Adego shot the corpse, and then had Althare stab it with her lightsaber. He concluded that the fatal wounds on the body were caused by lightsaber after comparing it with the recent wounds they had just inflicted. Wanting a better environment for study, the team took the corpse back to Lorek Base for further study.
While they were there, Taja'sai began to investigate the wound further, discovering residual dark energy in the corpse, which explained why the young wampas had stayed away from eating the corpse in their nest. Apparently, a Sith had killed this Imperial, and later planted the body in the nest, hoping to rid himself of any evidence. Zyvan had the Imperial Guardsmen standing outside the room take the body for a DNA sample to find out who he was. Under Taja'sai's suggestion, they agreed to question the families of the four Reclamation Personnel who had been sent on this mission to search for possible ties to the identity of this Sith Lord.
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6) As the Jedi Yassac was communing with the Telosian League in a Nar Shaddaa cantina, Adego, Ertorn, and Althare showed up to bring him up to date on the information they had found on the bodies Yassac had had them investigate. Ertorn mentioned that there were resemblences between those bodies and the one they found on Hoth, but the group found it strange that these incidents had occured on opposite sides of the galaxy, making this perpetrator harder to track.
Althare mentioned that she knew an expert in the medical field, and suggested that Adego take the corpses to this doctor named Arlyss for further study. When Adego arrived, Zyvan was already there to check up on the Imperial corpse that they had discovered and sent to the lab the previous night. Arlyss checked the DNA results, and they came back as a man named Voldorius.
Zyvan recognized Voldorius as another SFD member who was also a decorated war hero. Shocked at hearing this, Zyvan mentioned to Adego that the situation no longer added up. Voldorius and his men were far too elite to fall to mere pirates, which Zyvan's team had had no trouble with the previous night. At the same time, Ahrimann's report had stated that basic Reclamation Service grunts had been sent to recover this artifact. Zyvan told Adego that Voldorius had a wife on Dromund Kaas, and mentioned that she should be questioned on this matter. He then stormed out, stating that he needed to have a few words with Ahrimann...
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7) On Tatooine, Ertorn made contact with two new recruits for Clan Lorek: Branz and Victarian. He met with them in the Krayt graveyard and mentioned a few protocols for meeting with the Clan Alor, Adego. Ertorn asked them if they had prepared any trophies to present, to which they responded with an empty-handed surprise. However, Ertorn assured them that he had planned for this problem, and led them through the desert.
They came accross the home of a giant wraid named Trapjaw, and Ertorn had them kill the beast while he observed from a distance, to see if they were strong enough to join Clan Lorek. They succeeded, and Ertorn took them back to Lorek Base to meet with Adego.
Arriving at the base, Adego made acquaintence with the two, where they mentioned that they wished to join Clan Lorek after the death of their former clan. Although Adego was impressed with the trophy they brought from Trapjaw, he desired to see their potential for strength in person and challenged them both to a duel. Although he managed to defeat them, Adego still admired their ability to hold up in the fight, and officially adopted them into the clan.
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8) At Lorek Base, Ahrimann called together Taja'sai and her mercenary Haunder, along with Althare and Adego. He mentioned the findings of Voldorius, and explained that the bodies had been formerly stated to be Imperial Reclamation personnel for official reports, so no one else got curious. However, he now wished to find out what had happened to Voldorius, so he felt it necessary to chase the only lead he could find: Voldorius' wife, Kaayl.
Ahrimann placed Taja'sai in charge of the search, and eventually convinced Adego (who was wanting to attend to his new recruits instead) to go along after paying him a very generous amount of credits. Ahrimann told them that Kaayl had last been seen on Tatooine. He had tried to contact her, but she went running when he requested that she report for interrogation. Following that lead, Taja'sai, Adego, Haunder, and Althare all set out for Tatooine.
Arriving in the starport, Taja and Althare began questioning the starport personnel, while the two hunters began looking for any clues within the facility. Eventually, Adego mentioned that some mandalorians had sighted a person matching Kaayl's description near Outpost Rennar. As the four made their way there, Althare began to suffer from heat stroke, but Taja managed to inject her with some stims to help keep her going for a short time.
The team found a bunker that Kaayl was hiding in with some Gamorreans, and Taja and Adego went inside, while Althare and Haunder covered the exit. Kaayl locked them inside the building, hoping the Gamorreans would take care of them, but they proved no match for Taja and Adego. Eventually, Adego found Kaayl hiding in a corner, and Kaayl surrendered.
Kaayl insisted that she would not be taken alive, and only agreed to talk if Adego would make Taja stand back, saying she dreaded Sith more than the thought of killing herself. Taja only agreed to stand back if Kaayl would unlock the door and let Althare and Haunder in, which Kaayl agreed to. As Adego and Taja talked with her, it became apparent that Kaayl did not know about her husband's death. Kaayl stated that an account had been set up by Voldorius that had sensors linked to his vital signs within his armor. In the even that Voldorius would die, this account would be immediately dispensed to his family. However, this had not occured.
Adego mentioned to Taja that things did not make any sense, and perhaps there was nothing more to gain by questioning. However, Taja was determined to bring Kaayl to Ahrimann. Upon hearing their conversation, Kaayl decided to make a run for it, and she lobbed a smoke grenade and activated her stealth belt to get away. The team would have chased her, but at the same time Althare fell down from heat stroke. They were forced to abandon the chase, and Adego took Althare back to Lorek Base to recover.
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9) The next day at Lorek Base, Zyvan was running his weekly security log checks, and came accross Althare, who had been resting in the medical room. Althare woke up and shouted that the Jawas had the plans. Zyvan was confused by her statement, but failed to get her to spill any more details, as Althare insisted that she didn't know what he was asking about.
Branz later showed up, and upon meeting Althare for the first time, she expressed condolences for the death of his clan and was surprised that his brother had survived. Branz and Zyvan were both shocked by her ability to know this without having ever met Branz. Zyvan believed this to be some confirmation of a gift that Althare possessed, which Ahrimann had previously ranted about wanting to experiment with.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zyvan invited Constentein to join him, Branz, and Althare to a trip to Tatooine to see if they could uncover these stolen plans (for Zyvan knew that the Moff he had been working for had recently misplaced such an item). Althare was reluctant to come along, but Zyvan convinced her by allowing her to stay on the ship, hoping that the proximity to Tatooine would serve to jog her memory. Althare mentioned seeing a vision of a ship like the Ebon Hawk, but once again failed to expound upon her visions. Zyvan reluctantly allowed her to stay on the ship, since she insisted on staying aboard, and went down to the planet to search for the jawas himself.
Branz found a downed sandcrawler that surrounded by war droids, and asked Zyvan and Cee to come take a closer look. Zyvan and Branz both agreed that it looked like someone else had tried to loot these Jawas, and gone to rather extreme measures to do so. Cee also mentioned sensing something wrong about the situation. As they continued to search through the droids, Zyvan noticed a transponder hidden deep within one of the droids. Although he did not recognize the language, he handed it to Branz, who recognized and translated the Mando'a.
The transponder led the three to a Mandalorian base out in the dune sea. They cautiously approached the base, hoping to find friendlies, but soon discovered that these Mandalorians were hostile. After flanking the base and fighting off a few scouts, the three made it to the captain. Before Zyvan could ask him to be kept alive, Cee leapt upon him with her lightsaber and struck him down. Zyvan searched his corpse while Branz and Cee looked at the nearby ships for anything valuable. Zyvan noticed a key on the captain, and Branz pointed out some crates that looked like they were to be loaded upon his ship. Zyvan used the key to open the crate, and found the plans that they had been searching for.
Although Zyvan himself could not tell the others what the plans were for, he assured them that the plans would be sent back to the Moff immediately, who would have the clearance to investigate the matter further.
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10) As Ahrimann was tending to his relics at Lorek Base, Constentein showed up and kneeled before him. She asked Ahrimann if she could be his enforcer to kill those that he wished to be killed. When Ahrimann asked her why she wanted this, she replied that she sensed anger in Ahrimann, and that she, too, felt much anger and hatred and wished to express it on their enemies. To Cee's surprise, Ahrimann began to laugh at her and call her ideals primitive. She pulled out her lightsaber and began to threaten him for his insults, but he reasoned with her and asked her to follow him.
Ahrimann led Cee to the shrine of Revan on Dromund Kaas. There, he spoke of Revan and Malak: how Revan was the master, yet Malak betrayed him as Sith trandition demanded. Yet in the end, it was Malak who fell, and his empire with him. Ahrimann told Cee that if Malak had remained with Revan, he would not have lost his Empire, and there would be no Republic. Ahrimann expressed his belief that the Sith Order was one of primitive fools who would destroy themselves. He told Cee that instead of following their teachings of strength, she should pursue knowledge of the force. He viewed the force as something to be explored in its entirety, not just one aspect. Instead one should seek a full understanding, and that required going beyond both Jedi and Sith traditions - Just as Revan had been both Jedi and Sith, and was memorialized at the shrine instead of his traditionally minded apprentice.
Cee was surprised by Ahrimann's teachings, not only for their deviance from Sith tradition, but also that he seemed to not be the evil that many took him for. Ahrimann, however, remarked to her that many saw his teachings as evil because he would stop at nothing, and go to any length to gain new knowledge. In Ahrimann's eyes, knowledge was the greatest good for all, no matter the cost.
Cee told Ahrimann that she would think on these words, but could not yet embrace them as she felt so much hatred and had long used that to fuel her power. She departed as Ahrimann began to meditate at the shrine of Revan.
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11) As Cee, Althare, and Ahrimann were hanging around Lorek Base, Adego came walking in. Ahrimann asked Adego for an update on Taja'sai's mission to find Kaal, since he had been unable to hear from her until that time. Adego mentioned that Kaal had claimed that her husband, Voldorius was not dead, based upon the fact that the failsafe in his armor had not gone off. Ahrimann confirmed the reliability of the failsafe, saying that he had approved of Voldorius having it installed in the first place (Voldorius had insisted he had it because he was certain Ahrimann was going to get him killed one day).
Ahrimann grew suspicious of the situation, and began to ask Adego about the first Hoth mission to find Voldorius. Eventually Adego mentioned that the armor they had found the corpse with was very similar to arctic trooper armor. Ahrimann took this as confirmation that a conspiracy had been forming, stating that the armor Voldorius really wore was a specilized form of commando armor which included a jetpack, among several other modifications.
Wishing to waste no more time, Ahrimann immediately had everyone present set out for Hoth, in hopes they might not be too late to get back on the trail of things. He took them to the top of the mountain where the corpse had originally been found, but they managed to find nothing further. After this, Ahrimann decided to head down to the pirate base, where they captured the pirate leader and took him back to Lorek Base.
At Lorek Base, Ahrimann tried to torture the pirate for the information, but to no avail. Adego then suggested Ahrimann step out of the room. After he did so, Adego offered the pirate money, which got the pirate to talk. The pirate told Adego that they had seen a ship go and pick up Voldorius and his men, along with a cloaked figure. However, the ship was unmarked, and its destination unknown. Adego mentioned that he would have Ertorn pull together resources to investigate the matter further, and let Ahrimann know whenever there was an update.
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12) While Ahrimann was working at Lorek Base, Yanwulf, Evaron's mercenary, came in with a slave Twi'lek woman which he had won in a Sabaac game with a Rodian. Yanwulf told Ahrimann that he as a mercenary had no use for her, but that he thought Ahrimann might. However, Ahrimann did not think a slave to be something useful, as they were not trained for special forces operations, and probably wouldnt hold up under experimentation anyway (random criminals would make for better test subjects). Eventually, as Ahrimann began to ask the twi'lek about her skillset, he decided that he could make use of her as a secretary for the SFD.
Ahrimann asked the Twi'lek for her name, which she responded to as Iyana. He then showed her around the base to get her affiliated with her new duties, and where she would be staying. Iyana seemed to take to her new assignment well, finding herself somewhat well treated, when compared to most slaves. Iyana seemed particularly excited as Ahrimann mentioned that he would also have need of her on the field at times, so that she could document the happenings of SFD expeditions, and ensure that each recovered item was properly recorded.
Eventually, Adego walked in and also introduced himself to Iyana. Ahrimann and Adego then worked out the arrangements to have her stay and work at Lorek Base, and Adego added a few extra duties for her to perform that would help him fulfill his bounty contracts.
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13) At Lorek Base, Ahrimann, Adego, and Evaron were talking about the events of the previous night (in which Evaron had worked with Boreas to save the Telosian League members and Adego from Yessek), and trying to discover the current location of Yessek. Ahrimann was insisting that the way to get to Yessek would be by tracking Voldorius, while Evaron was leaning more towards going after Yessek directly. Eventually, it was decided that they would pursue Voldorius, when Adego revealed information he had extracted from Yessek's base just before they left about Voldorius' likely hideouts. Evaron called in two people to help in this search: the agent Vixi'trix and the bounty hunter Yanwulf. Ahrimann also sent Novoa, a sorcerer and former colleague of his from the service, to go in his place. The team went out to search Nar Shaddaa for Voldorius, while Evaron and Ahrimann remained behind to attend to other matters.
On Nar Shaddaa, they began questioning locals, eventually discovering that Voldorius had recently been spotted boarding a transport to Hutta. Arriving on Hutta, they continued their investigation and discovered that Voldorius had been taking a prisoner in carbonite to Fath'ra's palace. Yanwulf and Novoa found Voldorius first, who had been alerted of their arrival, and decided to wait for them in the beast pit of the palace. Voldorius challenged Yanwulf to an honor duel, on condition that he go free if he won. Yanwulf replied by trying to shoot Voldorius, who used his jetpack to go up to the roof, and released a Rancor to attack the two of them. While they were distracted with the rancor, Voldorius made his getaway, but was seen by Adego upon leaving the palace and the two entered a pursuit accross Hutta.
Adego finally caught up to Voldorius just as he was boarding the next shuttle off-world, and Voldorius appealed to Adego's mandalorian honor with the same conditions he had attempted to reason to Yanwulf. Adego accepted and the two dueled, but Adego failed to defeat Voldorius because of a malfunction in his armor caused by his fight with Yessek earlier. Voldorius was allowed to go free and proceeded up to the station around Hutta. It was there that Yanwulf, caring nothing for such honor, caught back up with Voldorius, who was preparing to enter the airlock for his ship. Yanwulf blasted the airlock controls in front of Voldorius, which prompted him to swing around and fire his flamethrower, and entering both of them into a fight. The two traded fire and flew around on their jetpacks for several minutes, and gave enough time for Novoa to catch up as well. Finally, Yanwful managed to hit Voldorius with an electronet, and Novoa placed him in a force whirlwind. After he was fully incapacitated, the two stuffed Voldorius into a crate and took him back to Ahrimann and Evaron.
When they arrived, they found that Ahrimann was currently out, but Evaron was still waiting for them. Evaron ordered Vixi to torture Voldorius, but Voldorius threatened that he would kill himself if Evaron would not speak to him directly and privately. Evaron ignored Voldorius' demands, and Voldorius began counting down from 5. Before he could finish, Evaron ordered Adego to knock him out.
They took Voldorius to the medical room, where Vixi prepared to torture him. However, as soon as Voldorius began to regain consciousness, he used what little strength he had in the moment to bite into a fake tooth, releasing Synox poison into his body. Evaron was furious as he saw Voldorius' vitals dropping, and shot lightning at Voldorius. Vixi tried to neutralize the poison, but failed. As Voldorius died, Evaron ordered that he be placed in carbonite.
As Ahrimann returned to discover all that had transpired, he and Evaron both agreed that Voldorius' body may still be useful. Through Evaron's knowledge of alchemy and Arhimann's knowledge of sorcery and magic, they believed they could find a way to bring him back, and the carbonite would keep the poison from spreading any further for the time being. The two committed themselves to their study for the time being, hoping to discover a way...
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