The Force: Dark Jedi

The Force: Dark Jedi

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The Sith and the dark side are often confused as one of the same thing. Many Jedi believing that knowledge of the Sith was knowledge of the dark side. Trained and advised against learning of the Sith way, Jedi associated the two together. But have the two merged into one, the question is one which has been asked of the Academy before.

Ancient Sith teachings, written before the Sith were corrupted by dark Jedi, are not as one would suspect. The writings and scriptures tell of sorcery not of a truly evil nature. Yet latter Sith writings seem bent with evil and plagued with anger against enemies of their race. This is not to say that Sith magic was of a truly good nature to start with. It can be unquestionably said that it is wholly possible to turn a true heart to one of evil, but to turn a whole race seems improbable.

Evidence then that the Sith were corrupted and bent to the will of a dark Jedi? Or are the writings just a natural progression from early dark side philosophy to that of a true dark nature. Did the dark side and Sith ideals meet to achieve a common goal?

These answers are difficult to find, much of the Sith empire has been lost, either through an attempt to purge the evil records by the Jedi, or hidden by dark siders to secure following generations chance to learn knowledge of the ancient Sith. To reach an answer one must go back to a time before the Dark Sith Lord Naga Sadow reigned. Sith as a race still existed at this time, but not as a large group. Sith philosophy at this time dictated that they live in small tribal groups, rarely interacting with those outside of their tribe. They performed magic rituals and spells, at the command of a tribal ‘sorcerers’. But can we say that this ‘sorcerer’ was tapping into the dark side?

This would seem the logical answer, however, could it be that the sorcerers were tapping into the light side. The rituals performed would have to be of a truly evil nature for the magic to be of dark side origin. So could it be that the Sith were using the light side to begin with?

This is entirely possible, the progression of the Sith is somewhat similar, yet in the opposite direction to that of the Jedi. Yet any speculation on this fact is entirely unfounded, for when Naga Sadow discovered the Sith they were tapping into the dark side power and controlling it in ever increasing complexity.

So what turned this progression in the opposite direction, if indeed it was heading towards that of the Jedi in the first place? The answer lies during the lifetime of the fallen Jedi Naga Sadow. It would seem that Sadow found the Sith after falling to the dark side. Recognizing the vast power the Sith commanded Sadow became determined to learn how to use it to his advantage. Sadow had learned the subtle connections between the Sith’s magic and the dark side, and how to use them. In the most despicable act of treachery he turned their hard won knowledge against them and turned them into slaves.

In this way the Sith became servants of the dark side, and thus the question is answered. The Sith, in loosing their identity as a race and their individual use of the force fell to the dark side. The distinction between the two became so clouded that it was intangible

Dark Jedi: Introduction

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Exams

Public exams will be presented between November and December. This postponement is specifically aimed for. It is assumed that every student has access to the dark side lessons. The exams for the dark side will therefore show a high percentage of essay questioning. It is recommended that you act according to the lessons stated as some questions will require personal experience with the usage of the dark side and its powers. The exam will have a very high level of quality, with a success resulting in a promotion to Sith Knight. The test can be retaken after a period of 2-3 months, still to be decided by the Sith Council. The Sith Council wishes to follow a policy of unquestionable quality concerning its knights and lords. The exam will be a first step.

Dark Jedi: Introduction

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Introduction

In this section you will find the first lecture concerning the aspects of the dark side of the force on behalf of the Sith Council of the Force Academy. While I have experience in teaching the ways of the dark side within a personal, face-to-face relationship, this is my debut of our oral tradition on the grounds of written lectures for an internet audience. I am from Germany, and as such, English is merely a second language to me. While I continuously strive to improve my rhetoric, I am far from completion. With this is mind, I request of you to have patience concerning a grammar that might lead to you reading a sentence twice.

Terminology: In the years of explaining the interactions of all living things and their connection to the dark side, I have leaned towards designing new words where old ones lack precision. The ‚Terminology‘ will define all word-inventions that I see myself drawn to use. If you should recognize an authentic English term for such a phrase I would be glad if you could mail me under my email address as stated at the top of the post with your suggestion. Without further delay, I welcome you to the dark side.

Dark Jedi: Introduction

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Terminology

Relative truth:

A relative truth results from a personal point of view, f. eg. The Vietnam conflict was a good/bad decision.

Absolute truth:

An absolute truth is independent from the personal point of view, f. eg. A bullet at short range will kill you.

The gifted:

Humans born with a potential allowing them to interact with the force.

The dark knight:

1. Sith Knight,

2. Theory of dark apprenticeship. Contains the aspects of : knight, armor, sword, shield.

The armor:

Aspect of the dark knight theory. Components: outward mask, mundane power.

The Sword:

Aspect of the dark knight theory. The actual usage of force powers.

The mask:

Psychological filter. Used to protect the consciousness of the self or others.

The inside mask:

Psychological filter. Used to protect the self from unwanted information.

The outside mask:

Psychological filter. Used to hide information from others.

The second heart:

Spiritual point in the body at stomach height. Sensoric point of intuition and instinct.

Meditation:

When meditating a knight stands feeling his hatred flowing through him. It is a technique to strengthen the dark emotions flowing through him. Goal of this technique is to feel your dark emotions and draw them through your body upwards, until they surpass your head, engulfing you in an aura of darkness. Note, that this aura should be felt, as if you would be caring a dark fog or smoke of constant movement around you. Unlike asian meditation where you try to free yourself from emotion, this form of meditation is used to strengthen the emotional part of your consciousness.

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A thought towards Destiny

Greetings, I have read many posts concerning the correct behavior to catch the attention of a master. While all the possible answer have been given for the aspects of the shadow and the light side, I sense a necessity to explain what the Sith Council expects of the younger Sith.

You have decided to join the dark side. And in doing this you have chosen a path of the strong. Many fear this path and quiver at the thought of it consuming their souls. Yet those true to their goal shall harvest the fruits of immortality.

You have chosen your path. Yet, you have proven nothing. You may demand the knowledge and power of the dark side and be assured that we always receive what we deserve. Those wishing to be of the Sith, but children in their minds shall harvest nothing, for the dark side demands perfection and in this goal lies your path. If you wish for a master on this council, then be assured that we enact as the dark side teaches us. We can only laugh when we read 'I would like a master, pretty-please'. Who are you to demand a teaching? What have you written to show your merit? If you truly assume that we are prepared to support the sloth than you would be better off following a more promising illusion. I will state some suggestions on achieving the attention of a master. Be assured that you should feel shame if you read anything that you did not know before. For all I write on this subject should be known by all who are mindful:

1.)

Behavior Of course you do not like the Jedi. Of course you wish to destroy them. Yet how would you go about your goal? Your mind and heart should tell you to further the dark side in our world and in the individual human. Yet be aware of your possibilities. This is the internet. Users from around the world, behind the protective mask of a false identity gather here to study and discuss the force. There is no way for you to meet them personally. No way to look into their eyes and see their soul. No way to feel the correct instrument of corruption. You may only speculate and in this you should tread lightly, for no individual is more protected from your seduction than one communicating over the net. You will have to gain their trust. You will have to aid them in enslaving their desires to your possibility of feeding them. And as such, it is expected that you show the patients of eternity when waiting for the right moment of seduction, if need be.

To appear, to show open aggression feeds your desire for confrontation. Yet what strategic advantage stems from this? None. Even if you anger them, and they might shortly be tempted by darker emotions, you have no chance of truly turning a soul of merit by your petty threats. For they know that they are quite safe from your primitive behavior and as such you will never instill true fear into them. You gaze to the dark side as your eternal master and expect a reward for your petty groveling? If so, you understand nothing of the dark side. You merely can see the plate you are eating from but do not even realize the size of the table it is set upon. As such you destroy your chances of befriending them. For they category you as the enemy and are free from the danger of your wrath. How quick were you to destroy your chance of manipulation? And the force will never reward you for such a basic failure. The only true path is to encounter your enemies with politeness. For this is the path as where they eventually drop their guard. You then have the chance of understanding who they are and how they think. And with obtaining the key to their personality lies the power over their thoughts, mind and soul, if you demonstrate the cold of space in your behavior. Patience is the hardest lesson for a dark Jedi. Yet it is the greatest of mundane weapons.

2.)

Posting Now you have attained a basic respect from your surroundings. This will solely achieve a short nod of support from the Sith Council. As it is what us expected of a true apprentice of the dark side. You may gaze around you and expect all the rewards of the universe for this simple task, and if so, you have solely understood the first lesson. There are many who wish to be trained. You must prove your worth above all others to be assured that the Sith Council will recognize you. As you have no chance of proving your worth in battle at this time, you must prove your worth through the weight of your intellect. You should post on the Force Council and post in wisdom. Demonstrate the depth of your mind and the evil that lies behind it. Show us your ability to discuss with others and therefore your skill in finding that key to their minds. Beware to remain polite, as if they provoke you, as by chance or desire, you shall only lose your control over the image you represent and therefore over your surroundings. Speak of philosophy, speak of your emotions, show us the stage of your evolution. Do not believe that you can allude us, for even with the net protecting your mind from us, as the net protects the minds of others before you, we are the experienced of Sith. We are the manipulators that wander through time and have spent years of study to perfectionize our tools. There is no way to allude us and the attempt is punishable. When you post intelligently, regardless of your given knowledge, I will know where you stand on the path of your training. And I will aid you if you show merit and humbleness, towards your own insignificance when compared to the dark side of the force. If you show the ignorance of the child we will treat you as the child. If you show the courage and mindfulness of the warrior, then we will treat you as such. Make suggestions showing your resourcefulness. Show us philosophy as we are to understand the structure of your mind. Speak of your emotions as we see the flow of the dark side within you.

When a candidate has shown merit through his posts, he is watched by the masters in secret. Sometimes such candidates are tested without there knowing. Sometimes it is arranged for them to meet a member of the other side in verbal conflict to see how their argumentation is. If it is proven that the candidate has a talent for discussion, not necessarily rhetorical talent, but true to what he believes, then he is noted as a possible Padawan or apprentice.

After that, patients are tested. It is eyed, how long they continue to post in an interesting style. Many people decide to solely read or post once in a while after they don't get a master right away. This is because, padawans/apprentices are expected to aid their masters in a form of doing chores for them. it is the typical price for apprenticeship as we all know well from most stories of the middle ages. An apprentice must be able to make good suggestions and be able to complete projects. Masters want to see the independence and competence within this person. When it is proven that an apprentice is capable of making smart decisions without overstepping his boundaries, then he is ready for personal training.

As a summary. I have seldom seen the behavior expected of the mindful. You're only comfort is, that the correct behavior is generally missed on all aspects of the force. But be assured, that what others do or fail to do, is not comparable to what is expected of you from the dark side.

What suffices for others is unacceptable to us. When others are admired, we see you doing what you are expected to. And thus might you rise to dark glory as the strongest of your kind, for one dark Jedi should always be worth one hundred of the light. This is what we demand and no less. And if this seems to much for you to demand of yourself, then we suggest that you carry your weakness somewhere else and make room for the warriors of darkness.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #1

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History of the Sith

Greetings,

There have been several inquiries from the sides of our users as to the known history of the Sith. While the contents of these posts are seen as fictional, every story bears its own wisdom to be learned by the mindful reader.

I would especially like to the thank the authors and staff of:

www.method.org/sith/index2.html

for making the appearance of these additional lectures possible.

Timeline

-25,000:

Hyperdrive invented

Republic and Jedi order formed

-7,000?

Dark Jedi exiled

Sith discovered

First Dark Lord of the Sith rises to power

-5,000

Death of Marka Ragnos

The Great Hyperspace War

Naga Sadow exiled to Yavin IV

-4,400

Freedon Nadd rules on Onderon

-4,350?

The Beast Wars of Onderon begin

-4,000

The Beast Wars of Onderon end

-3,988

The Freedon Nadd Uprising

-3,996

Krath rebellion in the Empress Teta system

Exar Kun rules on Yavin IV

-3,995

Ulic Qel-Droma turns to the dark side

Exar Kun named Dark Lord of the Sith

-3,993

The Sith War

Extinction of the Sith

Exar Kun trapped on Yavin IV

-3,975?

Death of Ulic Qel-Droma

-2,030

The new Sith order formed by Darth Bane

-80?

Palpatine born on Naboo

-63?

Khameir Sarin born on Iridonia

-51?

Khameir Sarin becomes Darth Maul

-44?

Anakin Skywalker born on Tatooine

-35? Palpatine elected chancellor of the Republic

-25?

The Clone Wars

Anakin Skywalker marries Queen Amidala of Naboo

Rise of the Empire

-18

Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader

Birth of Leia and Luke Skywalker

Great Jedi purge begins

-6?

Rebel Alliance formed

Galactic Civil War begins

0

The Battle of Yavin

+3

The Battle of Hoth

+4

The Battle of Endor

Death of Palpatine and Darth Vader

Galactic Civil War ends

+10

The resurrected Emperor leads the Empire

Luke Skywalker turns to the dark side

+11

Death of Exar Kun

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Rise of the Sith

No one knows exactly what happened in those ancient times before the rise of the Sith Empire. The fledgling Old Republic had established the new order of Jedi Knights as a police force to protect and nourish its growth. The Jedi were the guardians of peace, a beacon of pure flame to the galaxy.

But somehow, things turned. A band of Jedi, discovering the power of the dark side of the Force, forsook the Jedi Code and sought to destroy all the Jedi had worked so hard to build. Seeing its strength crumbling under the teachings of these rogue Jedi, the Republic took action. With the help of the light-side Jedi, it rounded up these renegades and exiled them, giving them a spacecraft and sending them into the unknown. The idea was that out in the vast undiscovered galaxy, with no place to call home, the dark Jedi would die but the Republic would not be held responsible for their deaths.

Except that it didn't happen quite like the Republic wanted it to. The exiled Jedi emerged on the other side of the galaxy to a system previously unknown to the Republic. This system was inhabited by a race called the Sith, aliens with red skin, cranial horns, bony chins, and insectile features. The Sith were black magicians, practicing magic arts but without the aid of the dark side of the Force. Their society was divided into three classes or castes: slaves, warriors, and nobles, and the different nobles of Sith clans often engaged in feuds and wars to show their power. It was a violent society, ripe for conquest.

Here the dark Jedi saw their chance. As they landed in their spacecraft, the Sith saw them as having fallen from the sky and worshipped them as gods. The dark Jedi then proceeded to enslave all the Sith, from nobles on down to slaves. Seeing that the Sith were so powerful in the black arts, the Jedi then interbred with the most powerful of them, forming a new breed of magicians both strong in the Sith arts and in the dark side of the Force.

Out of this new breed of Sith came the Dark Lords of the Sith, men who claimed the right to rule over all of the Sith and dark Jedi. Only one could rule at a time, and this led to more feuds and wars as the Sith lords struggled to gain the high position.

The world of the Sith lords was Korriban. Here, on this barren world, the Sith built temples carved out of the stone of the cliffs and entombed their dead. Vermin and other unnatural beasts populated the crevices and crannies and the essence of the dark side filled the tombs. Thousands of generations of Sith lords were buried here, and, later, the Dark Lords of the Sith were also entombed.

The Sith built a far-flung empire on their side of the galaxy and the Republic became memory, story, and then legend. And, strange as it was, the Republic never knew that the Sith existed.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #3

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The Great Hyperspace War

Millennia after the dark Jedi conquered the Sith, the Republic was rising to its full power. Exploration was being conducted into the unknown reaches of the galaxy and hyperspace explorers, men and women who mapped new hyperspace routes, abounded. Hyperspace exploring was dangerous and many times suicidal, as the explorers would spin random coordinates onto the navicomputer and then follow the path, hoping to end up lucky. Most of the time, they wound up dead, flying their ships through a star or planet or black hole. This, however, did not deter the young and adventurous from following the same example, for the luckiest explorers became wealthy.

In that time, two young teenagers, Gav and Jori Daragon, stumbled upon the Sith Empire in an alarming series of coincidences. The seven worlds of the Empress Teta system had just been united in a series of wars, in which the parents of Gav and Jori were killed while smuggling supplies to the soldiers. The two decided to set out on their own and become hyperspace explorers. However, it did not work out quite as they had planned. After selling a disastrous route to a merchant who vowed revenge, Gav and Jori fled from the Teta system. With nowhere to go, they entered random coordinates and came out in the far side of the galaxy, where no Republic ship had flown for millennia: in orbit above Korriban.

Of all the times to arrive in the heart of the Sith empire, this was the worst. Down on the planet's surface, the funeral of the ninth Dark Lord of the Sith, Marka Ragnos, had just ended, and two powerful Sith lords, Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh, were facing off in a duel to the death to decide the next Dark Lord of the Sith. Ragnos' spirit tried to intervene, but nothing caught the lords' attention until Gav and Jori appeared, asking cheerfully if the Sith wanted to establish a trade bargain with them.

Instead, the Sith took Gav and Jori hostage and then called a council of the Sith lords, asking what should be done. Kressh suggested that it was an invasion from the Republic and that the two should be destroyed immediately. But Sadow disagreed, saying it was instead a time of expansion and conquest for the Sith Empire. He was unable to convince Kressh, however, and the Sith lord and his followers left in a rage.

In the days that followed, Sadow carried out his devious plans. Obtaining strange Republic weapons such as a blaster from the Daragon's ship, Starbreaker 12, he staged attacks on the prison where Gav and Jori were being held. In the process, he killed his old ally Simus and hid Gav and Jori in his secret fortress while pretending that it was a Republic attack. The Sith empire erupted into chaos, and, as expected, Sadow's followers elected him tenth Dark Lord of the Sith, pleading with him to protect them from the Republic invasion they thought was coming.

However, Kressh found out about Sadow's deception and launched an attack on the Sith lord's fortress. Little did Kressh know that Sadow had been waiting for this moment, and that the Dark Lord of the Sith actually had two fortresses and the one that Kressh was attacking was a decoy, a fake. Separating Gav and Jori, Sadow convinced Jori to flee back to the Republic before Kressh destroyed them. Jori left in the Starbreaker 12 without knowing that Sadow had attached a homing beacon to it, thus letting him find out the location of the Republic. After she was safely past Kressh's force, Sadow then launched an attack from his real fortress on the dark side of Khar Shian and used his Sith magic to turn the slaves of Kressh's followers against them, thus destroying most of Kressh's reinforcements.

After defeating Kressh's force, Sadow began teaching dark Jedi skills to Gav and made the boy head of his fleet. He then made plans to attack the Republic, using Sith magic to project images of ships to make his fleet seem larger than it really was. The Sith invasion fleet set out for the Republic and met the Republic ships at the world of Primus Goluud.

Sadow's plan would have gone without a hitch if it were not for Gav and Jori Daragon. Jori, escaping back to the Republic, had risked her life to warn the Republic forces about the Sith empire. The Republic navy met the Sith ships in battle, but for a while it seemed the Sith would triumph. But Sadow had underestimated Gav Daragon. Seeing through Sadow's lies, the boy attacked his master and damaged his meditation sphere from which Sadow sent the illusions. With the illusions gone, the Republic forces began crushing the Sith.

Sadow, in an attempt to escape, caused the star of Primus Goluud to explode and fled back to the Sith empire. But more trouble awaited him there. He found that Kressh had declared himself the Dark Lord of the Sith in Sadow's absence and had exiled Sadow from the empire. As the two Sith fleets met in battle, the Republic ships arrived. Jori Daragon, true to her word, had returned to destroy the Sith with the help of Empress Teta and her Jedi advisors. Sadow knew he was beaten, but as a last parting gift, he again made the Sith slaves turn on their masters, killing Kressh and all his followers. He then destroyed pursuing Republic forces by exploding the double star of Denarii Nova.

But Sadow still had other plans in defeat. He and his followers fled to the moon of Yavin IV and there he built a grand civilization, thus ensuring the survival of the Sith throughout the centuries.

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The Beast Wars of Onderon

It was a time of peace and prosperity for the Republic. The ranks of the Jedi Knights had swelled, numbering thousands, and promising Jedi were being trained in greater and greater numbers. Among these brightest and most powerful Jedi were Ulic Qel-Droma, his brother Cay, and the Twi'lek Tott Doneeta.

Their master, Arca Jeth, realized that to become truly great Jedi, his students must face danger and learn to use the Force without fear. He therefore dispatched the three to Onderon, a beautiful world with a dark history. On the planet's surface, a civil war had been raging for centuries between city dwellers and the barbaric Beast Riders, named for their talent in riding the great flying beasts native to the planet.

Arriving at the capital city of Iziz, they were received by the royal family of Onderon: the queen Amanoa and her daughter Galia. The Beast Riders attacked, but the Jedi were able to drive them off. However, in the process, the enemy captured Princess Galia. Ulic, Cay, and Tott made their way to the fortress of the Beast Riders, vowing to save the princess from the king of the Riders, Lord Modon Kira. When they arrived, however, they discovered that it was the city dwellers, not the Beast Riders, who were provoking war. Galia also confessed that she wanted to marry the son of the beast lord, Oron and told the Jedi that her parents were dark side users, heirs of the powers of an ancient Sith Lord, Freedon Nadd.

In the face of this shocking discovery, the Jedi revised their battle plans. Ulic traveled back to Iziz to speak to Queen Amanoa, but she refused to give in to his demands and then attacked him with the dark side. Ulic then gave the signal for his Beast Rider allies to attack, seeing battle as the only way to end this conflict and bring peace to Onderon.

However, the Beast Riders were hard pressed by the power of the dark side present in the capital and Cay Qel-Droma was wounded, his left arm cut completely off. As the battle raged on, the Jedi began to lose hope of victory. Victory, however, arrived in the form of Master Arca Jeth, who, with the light side of the Force, pushed back the encroaching darkness.

Arca as well was surprised by the power of the dark side here on Onderon and was determined to discover its source. He found it in the form of the crypt of Freedon Nadd himself. As he and his students opened the crypt, Queen Amanoa was killed by the dark side power emanating from it.

The death of the queen ended the civil war and Galia married Lord Oron. The Jedi had kept the peace once again.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #5

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The Freedon Nadd Uprising

At the end of the Beast Wars of Onderon, Jedi Master Arca Jeth and his students left the planet of Onderon, their mission at an end. Peace had been restored on the planet in the form of a marriage alliance between the heir of the royal family, Galia, and the prince of the Beast Riders of Onderon, Lord Oron.

This peace quickly proved to be an illusion. The resentment and dark side influence that had ruled the planet for centuries could not be quelled by one simple act. Hearing rumors of unrest from Onderon, Jeth and his students returned to find that there was indeed something wrong. Though his student Queen Amanoa had been killed, the Sith Lord Freedon Nadd still wielded formidable influence on Onderon. In spirit form, he had attracted followers and was now planning to end Queen Galia's rule.

Master Arca quickly took action, transporting the coffins of Freedon Nadd and the newly dead Queen Amanoa to the fourth moon of Onderon, Dxun. Nadd's followers, however, had different plans. They attacked the ships carrying the coffins and made off with the bodies. Galia then took the Jedi to her father, King Ommin, an ailing, withered old man kept alive only by machinery and the dark side of the Force. Showing them Nadd's spirit, Ommin attacked Arca with force lightning. Nadd's minions then attacked the Jedi while Ommin made off with Arca.

Ulic and the others realized that this insurrection was more serious than they had previously thought. He sent distress calls to the planets of Ossus and Coruscant, requesting help. The help quickly arrived in the form of Republic warships and a team of young Jedi knights, among them Nomi Sunrider. As the Republic attacked Iziz and the Naddists, the Jedi made their way to Ulic's distress signal from the fortress of the Beast Riders. That battle won, they then pursued King Ommin, who was trying to keep the Jedi from following him by using his dark side powers. However, Nomi realized this and used the light side to combat the dark. Ommin defeated her with overwhelming amounts of dark power, but by then it was too late. The Jedi stormed his hidden citadel and demanded Master Arca. The old man lashed out at them with force lightning, but Ulic Qel-Droma slashed through the machinery that held Ommin upright, effectively killing him. As Ommin died, Nadd appeared, threatening them with dark prophecies.

The Jedi rescued Arca and Republic had won once again. But they would find that peace was not so easily kept on the world of Onderon. Nadd's promises of vengeance remained in their memories, and though the battle was over, they would soon find that the war was not.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #6

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The Sith War

The rise of Exar Kun to the position of Dark Lord of the Sith shook the Republic to its core, but the turning of Ulic Qel-Droma to the dark side to become Kun's Sith apprentice presented a far more serious problem. For now, Kun had an ally who had once been in the inner ranks of the Republic. An ally who knew many of the Republic's secrets and weaknesses. And the Republic had lost a loyal Jedi.

The Sith base was on Yavin IV, where Kun ruled over his tribe of Massassi. Though Ulic had killed Satal Keto, leader of the Krath, a spin-off branch of the Sith, Keto's cousin Aleema was still alive and well. A powerful Sith magician, Aleema helped unite the Krath under her lover, Ulic. Another ally of the Sith was the mysterious warrior Mandalore.

Building a fleet to rival the fleet of the Republic, Kun waged an all-out war against the galactic government, calling for an overthrow of the old Jedi order and the establishment of a new Golden Age of the Sith. He attacked various strategic points in Republic defense and at the same time seduced many budding young Jedi to the dark side, persuading them to kill their masters and join him. Among the Jedi Kun seduced was Crado, his fellow student under Master Vodo-Siosk Baas. The Sith then launched their greatest offensive: an attack on the capital of the Republic itself-Coruscant.

The Coruscant attack, however, did not go as planned. Ulic Qel-Droma, betrayed by Aleema, was captured by Republic forces and tried for war crimes and treason. As Ulic sneered at the assembled audience, Kun and Mandalore broke into the courtroom and rescued him, using a Sith spell that rendered all those in the room immobile except for the Sith. Kun's old master, Vodo Siosk-Baas, attempted to detain his student, trying to make Kun realize how far he had fallen to the dark side. In a rage, Kun struck his master down.

After the rescue, Kun decided it was time for more drastic measures. Underneath the ruins of the Yavin temples, Kun had found Naga Sadow's ship, still intact for over a thousand years. Aboard this ship was a super weapon designed by Sadow to destroy worlds. As revenge for what she had done to Ulic, Ulic and Kun sent Aleema to ambush Republic forces using the weapon. When she activated it, the weapon caused the sun of the Cron Cluster to supernova, destroying most of the system and Sadow's ship, which Aleema had been aboard. One of the worlds in the system was Ossus, on which the Jedi Library had been housed for millennia.

By this point many of the Republic Jedi had despaired of ever stopping the Sith. But Nomi Sunrider, one of the strongest Jedi and formerly in love with Ulic Qel-Droma, still believed that he could be redeemed. She launched a rescue mission, composed of herself, Ulic's brother Cay, and many of Ulic's former friends, to save the man she had once loved. But Ulic would not listen. Finally, Cay, desperate to turn his brother back, forced Ulic into a duel with him. But Cay's skill was no match for Ulic's anger and his Sith arts, and he was killed.

The death of his brother shocked Ulic and he knelt by Cay's body, weeping. Grief-stricken at the tragic death of her friend, Nomi gathered her Force powers and, using a Jedi trick taught to her by Odan-Urr, former keeper of the Jedi Library on Ossus, blocked Ulic from the Force. The realization that he could no longer feel the Force forced Ulic to accept that he had been wrong all this time. Gathering what little strength he had left, he led Republic forces to Yavin IV to destroy the Sith and Exar Kun.

Republic forces incinerated the Yavin jungle and destroyed many of the Sith temples that Sadow and Kun had built. But Kun, discovering Ulic's treachery, had drained the life force from a massive gathering of his Massassi warriors to keep himself alive as the Jedi tried to destroy him. He succeeded, to a degree, becoming a spirit trapped within the walls of the Yavin temples. The rest of the Massassi were burned along with the forest and the Sith race passed into history.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #7

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The New Order

The extinction of the Sith race after the destruction of Yavin IV by the Republic brought peace to the galaxy. The forces of evil had been vanquished, and with the Sith gone, the Jedi knew that the dark side would never again challenge the light.

They were wrong. The Sith had vanished, but they had not been forgotten. It was only a matter of time.

About two thousand years before the beginning of the Galactic Civil War, these ancient Sith teachings were discovered by a powerful Jedi Knight. Like Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma and others before him, he thought he was strong enough to withstand the temptation of the dark side. Delving into the mysteries of the ancient Sith empire, he was sucked into the trap. And as he grew more and more powerful in the use of the black arts and dark side of the Force, he grew restless.

Why should the Sith not rise again? Not as a race, but as a dark side cult, dedicated to studying these ancient mysteries? He had visions of a new golden age of the Sith, dominated by dark side Jedi and ruled by him alone.

This dark Jedi then began to act out his vision. Recruiting Jedi and apprentices and swaying them to his views, he built the beginnings of his secret empire. One day, he told them, the Sith would appear to the light side Jedi and conquer the galaxy.

But that day was not to come. In his haste, the dark Jedi overlooked the fact that every one of the Jedi that he had swayed also had their own visions of a grand empire with themselves as supreme ruler. As in the Sith Empire of old, this destroyed them. Feuds and warring broke out and in a great holocaust of dark Jedi against dark Jedi, every one of the new Sith were destroyed.

Except for one. One Jedi, whether by trickery or by his control of the dark side of the Force, had survived. As he surveyed the wreckage around him, he vowed that never again would this happen. He would continue the Sith legacy, as the first dark Jedi had hoped, but in a different manner. From now on, there would be no huge band of followers ruled by one lord. From now on, there would only be two: a master and an apprentice. The master would teach the apprentice and when the master died, the apprentice would become the master and seek out a new apprentice. Thus, the Sith would live on, shadowy, unseen but ever-present, ever watchful, a phantom menace for the Republic and Jedi to reckon with.

This dark Jedi took on a new name, calling himself Darth Bane, the first of the Sith. Decreeing that every Sith should take the title "Darth," he began training his first apprentice. After his death, that apprentice then took the title of Sith Master and continued his legacy.

And for two thousand years, the Sith flourished unknown.

Dark Jedi: Sith History #8

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The Galactic Civil War

The galaxy's fragile peace crumbled when Senator Palpatine declared the republic inept and outdated, naming himself as the Emperor of a new Galactic order. Coruscant, the previous capital of the old Republic, was transformed into Imperial City, the Emperor's palace rising as its focal point. Thus the Empire was born, shattering the peace of the old Republic.

The Jedi Knights, defenders of the Republic, struggled against Imperial forces but were eventually nearly all wiped out by The Emperor's servant and Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, in what would come to be known as the Great Jedi Purge. Those who would not seek the Dark Side or join the Empire either died in battle or vanished without a trace.

However despite death and destruction, or perhaps because of it, brave men and women retaining their loyalty to the old Republic vowed to destroy the empire and restore peace. A Rebel group ,the Alliance, intending to rise against Imperial forces, was formed by Mon Mothma, Garm Bel Iblis, and Bail Organa in the Treaty of Corellia.

The first blow to the Empire came at the destruction of their super weapon, the Death Star. A group of Rebel spies stole the blueprints to the Death Star and spirited them away aboard the Corellian Corvette the Tantive IV under the care of Alderaanian princess Leia Organa, adopted daughter of Bail Organa. Lord Darth Vader captured the princess and tortured her to make her hand over both the plans and the location of the secret Rebel base, but she refused. Unbeknownst to Vader, the plans were no longer in her possession, having been stored in an astromech unit and jettisoned to the surface of the planet Tatooine in a daring move before the Empire captured the Corvette.

And here a new chapter in the galactic story was about to unfold. The droids became the property of a young farmer named Luke Skywalker, who discovered the princess's frantic message to a certain Obi-Wan Kenobi. Through a strange series of circumstances, Skywalker arrived at the dwelling of Ben Kenobi, a desert hermit, to find that he was indeed the Obi-Wan Kenobi of Leia Organa's message, the same Obi-Wan who had fought with Anakin Skywalker, Queen Amidala, and Qui-Gon Jinn so many years ago. Kenobi and Skywalker hurried to Alderaan with the droids, hiring a smuggler named Han Solo to take them there, but it was too late. Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star, and Vader decided that the princess's recalcitrance deserved a lesson and thus destroyed the planet of Alderaan, killing Bail Organa in the process.

Through the sacrifice of Kenobi's life in a duel with Vader, Skywalker and Solo were able to rescue the princess from the Death Star's detention center and escape to the Rebel base on the moon of Yavin IV. They knew it was only a matter of time before the Empire found them, and thus analyzed the plans of the Death Star, hoping to find a weakness. The weakness was finally discovered in the form of a small thermal exhaust port. In the battle against the Death Star, many brave Rebel pilots were killed, but Wedge Antilles, ace pilot, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo managed what many had thought impossible and destroyed the Death Star, and in the process became heroes.

After this, the Rebellion transferred from base to base, in fear that they would be discovered by Vader and the Empire and that all would be over. Meanwhile, Vader discovered that Luke Skywalker was his son, born of his wife Amidala before he renounced the name Anakin Skywalker to turn to the dark side. Vader was determined to win Luke to the dark side, overthrow the Emperor, and take control of the galaxy. He confronted the young Jedi Padawan on the planet of Bespin by capturing his friends as bait, but Luke refused to acknowledge the truth and escaped Vader.

The Empire, determined to rid the galaxy of the Rebellion once and for all, began construction on a new, more powerful Death Star over the moon of Endor. But this proved their undoing. Though Palpatine tried to trap the Rebels by using false information about the Death Star's plans to lure them to Endor, his plan was thwarted by Luke Skywalker. Vader had brought Skywalker to the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star in hopes that Luke would turn there and they could destroy the Emperor together. But instead, the Emperor used the dark side to turn Luke against Vader and almost destroy him; then when that failed, Palpatine began to torture Luke with dark-side electrical lightning. It was then that Anakin Skywalker re-emerged from the dark scarred shell that was Darth Vader and slew his master, not for his own selfish ends as he had once imagined, but in order that his son might live.

This act caused Vader's death, but it also effectively destroyed the leadership and unity of the Empire. Remnants of the Empire remained for years to come but the war came to an end and the New Republic brought hope back to the war torn Galaxy. Anakin Skywalker's sacrifice had brought ultimate balance to the Force.

Dark Jedi: Lecture #1

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Dark Jedi

Man has seen a millennium of religion and belief, decorating civilization during his evolution throughout the halls of time. What is true? What is false? What exists within the universe and what is merely an illusion constructed by our own fears of insignificance? Gods have appeared and faded throughout the balance of mystical belief and the epoch of physics. Yet when we are alone and when we gaze towards the sky we feel a slight breeze chill our soul at the indescribable premonition of there being more to the universe as can simply be described by the cold vacuum of mathematics and geometry. And while we know of the attempt of man’s logical tools to describe a past of phenomena, we all realize as an absolute truth, that these tools lack the dimension needed to truly grasp the rules behind the mist. Today we gaze towards a large number of magic's, presented to man on a numerous scale of world views. Yet, engraved with numerous names for the different sources of power, we have come together on this site in the belief that all powers in the last stance, originate from the same source of power; the mystical secret of the universe to enlighten those on the path of knowledge in denial to the logical tools of man: that which we have come to describe as the force.

As our ancestors, so do we strive towards the mystical heritage of man and search the depth of our souls for the answers that will lead us to understanding, power and enlightenment. We have come to recognize that different paths can lead to the same goal. Each of these paths shows advantages and disadvantages, but none is greater than the other on an objective scale of thought. What allows us to decide for one of the three defined paths of light, darkness and the shadows, lies in the substance of our ghost and soul. It is the aspect of self that decides on a subjective scale of view, which path to choose. We are all the same, yet we are different. And thus the first step to hearing the whispers of the universe lies within our capability to hear the whispering of our own souls.

We are born as children. Children are given a set of moral and ethical views with which they are to view their surrounding. These views are the sum of experiences of our race and are given to use to be able to interact with our society. The important detail, is to see these views as a guideline but not as an absolute truth. Many of our parents have taught us views towards society and religion that they no longer believe on account of their personal experience. And yet they teach us what is ‚commonly‘ appreciated as to assure our integration with humanity. The process of life allows us to gather new experiences and thus our views are changed. Yet, the question is to what degree can these views that were given to us be wrong? Assuming that there would be a general right and wrong to a view or truth. As for an example, I am sure that there are many people who would easily describe our force community as flawed by misconception. Yet if the person working at your local bank sees your views as wrong, would you be inclined to regret and refocus your perspective? Probably not. Yet man has taken a course of logic and neglected his focus on the mystical. He has turned away from intuition and instincts and decided to use his mathematical tools to understand his environment. Thus alone our presence on this site shows us to have strayed away from a common view of the universe. And this is the first obstacle on the path of self-balance. The bank employee does not impress you to reconsider your path, yet what if it were a friend? What if it was your partner? What if most of your friends cling to their predefined view of reality? What if almost all mankind does so? We have all made the experience that we lack the ability to broadly communicate with our surroundings on this matter. Most people don’t believe in an alternative view, since it is much easier for them to cope with their fears when they believe to have a maximum of control over their environment. To belief in the mystical means to add new variables. It means to admit, ‚in the end, I know less than I dreamed to know‘. And this frightens man. And thus they will not consider this aspect of possibility, since it would make them feel more insecure than before. This is the reason they will explain to you why you should see things the way they do, for it will reassure their views to be stated as ‚correct‘, while you were simply ‚wrong‘. A wanderer on the path of enlightenment, determined to go an uncertain path bearing an uncertain reward must decide in favor of his courage and serenity when following his path. Lest he only follow the desire for additional knowledge, but decline the price to be paid. Most people who hesitate in the moment of mystical consideration stop at this point. They decide that the price of spiritual loneliness, of misunderstanding when interacting with their surroundings is too much to bear. It allows their fear and insecurity to rise and at this point, the person unconsciously decides if he is of the sheep or of the wolf. The sheep have an easy life. They exist on a field of grass and live together in herds. They might wander a mile in one direction or the other, yet they are contempt at having one another and only secondarily discovering their surroundings. Thus being the price for the security of a community. On the other side we recognize the wolf in this example. I will speak of the first wolf to understand his own existence as to befit my example. The wolf is born and of a different substance. The wolf feels his urge to wander and so he passes through the land, discovering his environment and searching for others of his kind. The wolf wanders to the top of a hill and sees a herd of sheep in the valley. He gazes towards the sheep, noticing how they live in herds and watches them move. He sees how they wander a mile in one direction or the other and how they eat the grass, always looking down and only seldom gazing towards each other and thus understands their nature. He decides that they are something different and wanders closer to investigate them further. After slowly moving closer, he hesitates once more. For he sees the heard near a pond. He is unsure if it was merely a light reflection, yet he believes to have seen something strange. He recognizes another wolf within the depth of the heard. Slightly confused, yet glad to see a member of his kind he wanders over to the wolf. The sheep grow restless as the wolf comes closer and the heard opens to reveal the second wolf. The first wolf walks up to the second and watches the second with his tail between his legs eat the grass as do the sheep. "Greetings, brother“, speaks the first of wolves.

The second gazes up, slightly confused and takes a step back, noticing that a wolf has neared him.

"Why do you step back from me, brother?“, asks the first of wolves. The second wolf looks slightly confused and speaks, "Why do you call me brother, wolf? I am not like you, I am a sheep like the others.“ The first of wolves, with his tail high grows further in his confusion, "What do you mean, brother? You are a wolf. How can you think to be of the sheep?“ "I was born within the heard, wolf. I have always been a sheep, as my parents before me.“ , speaks the cowardly wolf.

The first of wolves ponders the situation and his gaze wanders towards the pond, "Look into the water, brother. Then you will see that you are of my kind and not of the sheep.“ The second lowers his head again to continue his meal of grass, "I do not need to look into the water, for I would only see my reflection. The same face I see in the sheep around me. I do not need to look. I am of the sheep.“

"And what of the grass you eat, brother? Wouldn’t a sheep be more to your liking?“, says the first wolf in vain.

The second gazes towards him in fear and speaks with a quavering voice "No.“, he lied, "I have always eaten grass and I know no other. To desire a sheep is against the law.“ The first of wolves watches the second as he nervously looks around. The other sheep are seemingly oblivious to what matters are being discussed here. "Yet you have considered eating one of the sheep, haven’t you?“, spoke the first. The second dropped his tail further with a look of great guilt on his soul, “No, I would never think such a thing. And it would be appreciated if you leave us, for you are making the heard nervous.“

The first of wolves is engulfed by a silent moment of loneliness. Knowing that he is not of the sheep and has no heard. And knowing that his brother is also not of his kind. The first of wolves slowly turns, leaving his brother behind, hearing the second of wolves trying himself in a accord of ‚bah‘. The other sheep acknowledge this sound, yet the first of wolves knows, that the second can not communicate with them, no matter how hard he tries.

Only the wolf that acknowledges his existence can understand the self. Lest he be blinded by his surroundings.

To use the powers of the force means to be of the wolf, or rather, to be born with a magical gift allowing this interaction. A man without this gift can study the force, as he can study any human knowledge. He can argument within the boundaries of logic, but he is excluded from the true depth of understanding. Some statistics I have raised, on the grounds of a given character similarity and other mystical and psychological studies has shown me a gifted person of the force to exist in a ratio of 1:50.000 to humankind. Yet, those of the wolf that have the courage and serenity to face the truth of their existence reduce this ratio to 1:5.000.000. Those between are born with a gift allowing them to feel different; to view differently towards their surroundings, and to know within the depth of their person that there is a truth behind the view of mystics. Yet they lack the courage to pay the price of serenity and therefore live with the sheep. These loses can be traced to the given moral and ethical views of our surroundings during childhood from our parents and given to us by our surroundings themselves. Thus a seeker must battle victorious against his own fear to follow the path of the force, regardless of the personal force aspect.

When this first step has been taken and the gifted user has cut the thread between himself and others, can the gifted commence to study themselves as the greatest potential for understanding they have at that time. They must now start to remove all the clamps chaining their body and must rediscover what they truly and personally believe. Some views will be kept, for the view they were taught and the view they believe are identical. Yet many people will discover that what they are truly inclined to believe differs greatly from what society expects them to see, to believe and to feel.

Many people, while discovering their souls, instincts and emotions, come to realize that they are darker than they had admitted towards themselves up this point. There is a desire to enjoy. There is an enjoyment in things shunned by society and unmoral behavior. There is a desire to raise the self before others. There is a lust for revenge. A hatred towards those of the sheep who trap our brothers and sisters and who rule our world, in which they state there is no place for us. There is the wish for conflict. To prove those who are weak and commend those who are strong. And then we ponder over these inner desires, if this is what we are, in a viewed moment of truth. Is this not the path we should follow? Granted, that we must control our desires for every society has its ways of punishing those who think differently. We must be mindful, for the farther we wander off from what this society would consider ‚normal‘, the greater the chance of being discovered will be. To be discovered might only mean to lose your influence over your surrounding. To be discovered might also mean to be ‚corrected‘ under the usage of government power. At the beginning of this path should an apprentice of the dark side or dark knight, as I would call any gifted user to embrace his darker half and stand up for it in serenity before the self, learn to hide this mental morphosis behind a mask of ‚normality‘. You may feel free to test otherwise, but you will quickly note that you only harvest disadvantages from it. Try to be as you were before you made your first step towards others. Yet your thoughts are free and your own. With no one given any right to punish you for them. Thus, the dark apprentice turns away from society. He no longer cares if he is wearing the correct clothing or likes the same things as his friends or as he is pressured to. While discovering the self , the dark knight notices the growing desire for power and knowledge. And based on these reasons for revenge, lust for power or on account of what he sees when he gazes into his soul, he turns to the dark side. His desire for knowledge draws him towards his path and his willingness to crush those who try to stand in his way details him. First we will gaze towards the knight, the heart and the soul of this divine will. The knight must face every truth, must gaze into the depth of the self and discover who he is. He must do this to achieve a balance of self. If there is no balance there is no knowledge and no power. Do not try to be what you are not, be what you are and be it gladly. Stand before humanity and proclaim your might before them. Proclaim your serenity and dive into the dark waters of emotion. Scan the depth of your darkness and allow it to flow through you. But be a perfectionist. Demand the most you can give, allowing your hate and rage to flow freely together with your lust and your demand for power, yet always be mindful. Never underestimate an opponent, no matter how simple he appears. To underestimate an opponent is a strategic failure and can not be tolerated. See yourself as your central weapon. Sharpen your mind and fill it with knowledge to aid you in your battle. Study strategy and tactics. Ponder over the phrases of Sun Tzu and elaborate on the scriptures of Machiavelli. Consider what they say you should do and what you do in everyday life. Find your mistakes and correct your views. Only when your mind achieves fundamental perfection can the knight reign supreme. Be ruthless towards yourself. This is the first of enemies: the mortal flesh and spirit. Mortals are weak, they quickly suffice when they have done half the job. Throw off the chains of imperfection and demand the ultimate functionality of every theory and construct; of every idea and strategy. Work on yourself until you have done all that you can at this time and then turn towards the world.

Dark Jedi: Lecture #2

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Dark Jedi Knights

"The knight is born with his goals and strategy to achieve those goals."

Now he must study his surroundings. On the one hand he wishes to understand the rules of society that have appeared to him as laws for so long. To understand this, you must first realize that social interaction is a game and not a reality. We were or are all young, we know that every school class has the greatest boy and the prettiest girl. We notice the hierarchy of this. We are forced to take our place as dictated by the group, depending on how well we befit their demands of a certain physical appearance and a certain social behavior concerning a striving towards given goals. We watched the hierarchy of girls, ruled by looks, by being with the cheerleaders, by being the girl friend of a certain guy with a certain rank in the social subculture. How much money she has, what kind of clothing she wares. But when you listen to what they speak of you will notice that they talk about all kinds of topics, but never does anyone ask: Who are we? What is there to know? What exists behind that which we perceive as reality? Not only to achieve power to control our surroundings and to change our stand in this subculture, but especially to search for knowledge in the plain desire of wishing to know and to understand. When we look at the boys, usually the one with the strongest muscles or the best looks rules. Usually they make rank by behaving stupid in class, by playing football, by having a good looking girl friend, buy telling how many women they have fictionally slept with, by carrying on how they are going to get someone for something. But do they ever speak of true values? Of honor, of having real principles that don’t change as soon as someone decides that something new is now cool? Do they ever appear as if they would die for something they truly believe...We all know the answer. And this is the reality we are caught in. Where the mass suffers on account of pseudo rule making. We see no way to change these things for we perceive it as reality. Yet that is a mistake. A dark knight must look into the face of truth. He must look at himself and decide why he has the ranking he does. He must decide what he wants and he must find out how to achieve this with the subtlety of a mastermind. And here begins the study of our society. What rules exist, what happens if I do this? Which reaction will result from it? What interactions exist? What rules? And then you begin to construct your theories on this subculture. Be hard to yourself, be ruthless towards yourself, be mindful and always seek the face of truth no matter how uncomfortable it is. For this is the path of the strong. When the knight has built and tested his theories, when he has reconstructed and tuned them, he will have an instrument of mundane power. And with this power he can achieve the social peace he needs to turn towards other studies. But always keep in mind, that mundane power is the first of armor. It is the offensive part of the mask you carry towards the countenance of the world. And all weapons are to be collected, sharpened and used when it helps you to achieve your goal.

When examining a certain sheep, you will notice the mask that they carry around with them. The mask is what a human wishes another human to see. It is to secure our privacy and to make sure that no one comes closer to you than you would prefer at any moment. It is to hide the fear of the sheep. And the sheep carry these masks towards the inside, meaning that they hardly ever have knowledge of it. Granted, they know to a slight degree if they are making small talk or if they are talking about something truly important to them. Yet, the mask is also what protects them from thinking about mystical aspects, what protects them against feeling afraid. It is what would make them not believe you if you told them you had mystical power or knowledge. And it is what holds them a spiritual prisoner. It is what allows or forces them to live their little lives and to never think of anything truly greater than themselves. The dark knight, by aiming towards self recognition and balance destroys this inner mask. He frees himself from it allowing him to perceive reality on a broader scale. Yet there is one aspect of the mask that shows value. The aspect of hiding that which is behind it. A warrior caries an outward mask, meaning that he, in full recognition of the functionality of a mask, tunes his behavior towards outsiders that have no right to his personal thoughts. It is the acting in everyday life to allow the sheep to believe that you are one of them, for the truth would make the heard nervous and cause aggression against you. And while the sheep are weak, there are many of them. The greater your understanding of society the better your acting will be. The more perfect your mask is the easier can you implement your will under the usage of your understanding of society. Until you easily fit into any subculture, leading the sheep to fulfill your desires.

Together they meld to the armor of the warrior. To hold off all that is unappreciated and to help shield him from his opponents.

Dark Jedi: Lecture #3

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Armour

"The process of the armor is a steady process that evolves throughout the life of a knight. It is a weapon and therefore it must be kept and cared for. Yet that which the knight desires is the point of self balance and understanding when first his force powers appear."

As with the process of tuning the self to balance and further tuning one’s understanding to rule over his mundane surroundings, such is the process of discovering the powers that lie within. As mentioned, the dark knight is an emotional being. He attains balance to then further his dark side to engulf his soul and therefore nurture it with darkness to grow in strength and insight. When meditating (cross check Terminology) a knight stands feeling his hatred within him. It is a technique to strengthen the dark emotions flowing through him. Goal of this technique is to feel your dark emotions and draw them through your body upwards, until they surpass your head, engulfing you in an aura of darkness. Note, that this aura should be felt, as if you would be carrying a dark fog or smoke of constant movement around you. When you have reached this state and can feel your dark emotions radiating from your body, you slowly draw an emotion of pure evil from the second heart upwards. The second heart is a term invented by our order. It is placed around stomach height, sometimes it can be felt in the region of the lower stomach. This is the spot where you feel your intuition, when trying to ponder on a subject on the ground of intuition you will recognize the spot. The darkness is traditionally drawn from below, since the ground is often the strongest source of nature in the vicinity. This meditating practice should be done every day to attune your body and mind to it. As with all things using your gift can be seen as using any other muscle in your body. The more you use it the better you become. If you tend to use it only once in a while, or with long breaks containing several weeks, you will notice how it becomes more difficult again. This technique is the basic step before using any force power. It should be taken very seriously. It should be practiced every day, about 15 minutes is sufficient.

The principle of discovering new force powers, when not personally taught to you by some one else, is to initiate the meditation. You will notice many different emotions flowing through you. The mixture of dark emotions and intuition breeds a soft wind, allowing your thoughts to circle around you.. A knight must first decide which power he wishes to learn. An important formula here is: Power + Technique = Force Result. You can achieve any imaginable result if you have enough power. Yet power is most often limited. When using a high technique or skill, you will only have to add a minimum of power. Of course, there are many results that cannot be achieved for a lack in the additional sum. A second rule is common sense. The more subtle or invisible a force power is, the lower the additional sum. An example: feeling the emotions of another sentient being is easier than shooting lightning at someone. While both are possible, feeling emotions can be learned quicker than shooting lightning and should be preferred at the beginning. By all acknowledgement for our desire of absolute power, every force power learned shows you more insight towards the force. When the knight has decided on a certain force power he wishes to achieve, he must stay with it. When inventing new powers it can take up to one year to master them. If you try different things during the same period you will be slower than if you did them after one another. With the power you wish to achieve, you must now commence understanding its principle. While in meditation, consider what you wish to achieve. Allow the dark wind to circle your thoughts, emotions and intuition until they become a form of premonition, being slowly carried into place in the mental construct of your theory. You will have to ‚feel‘ your way and slowly discover how different aspects interact. Interaction is the key of understanding. And this is where a further rule grasps: Understanding and power come hand in hand. There is none without the other. While this rule might seem simple, you will realize the depth to it as you continue down your path of darkness.

The explained process will allow you to slowly adapt new powers. Yet realize this, we all know when we face our inner truths, that we wish for it to work. And this desire for a power to function can lead us into alluding ourselves if we are weak enough to allow it. Therefore it is always important to remain humble before the countenance of the dark side. If you do not worthy this relationship to the dark side of the force it will destroy you. If you remember your place and insignificance before the countenance then it will be a powerful master and ally. With some force powers it will be possible to statistically support the outcome, showing you if you are advancing towards a true and reliable power, or if you have followed a thread that requires too much power for your momentary situation, noting that your power will continuously grow from the point of your quest.

When following the threads of powers you cannot support in this manner, you will have to rely on your intelligence, humbleness and caution. If you fail, the dark side will crush you, making your existence more miserable than even that of the sheep. Always bear this in mind. Yet, you must also be prepared to believe that you have this gift and that you can succeed. For if you doubt yourself you will live as a wolf trapped among the sheep. It is a difficult path. Yet the reward is more than I could describe in words.

Dark Jedi: Lecture #4

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Your Emotions Betray You

Now the time has come to interact with the manifold powers of the force. We will begin with the 'reading of emotions'. Read the following slowly and thoroughly. Try to realize the meaning of each step. Reread the text if you are unsure as to the procedure.

To control man, means to understand his desires. While logic and observation shows you basic behavior patterns of an individual, they lack perfection, for they are assumptions in the end. While a mindful assumption can suffice to control a weaker victim, there are those enemies that are too powerful or wise to be simply manipulated by a transfer of personal experience.

The path of intrigue and manipulation is a path most highly underestimated by the light side. Yet many of those who see themselves as pure in heart, have only come to hide their darker sides. Perhaps they have buried them in a grave of principle, yet if they are there, then they can be found and exploited. And even if you should meet with an enemy truly pure in heart and mind with no desires to exploit, such individuals are often surrounded by loved ones that lack this complete control over their darker sides.

I have fought some battles in the past. Some of them were against foes superior in their strength towards the force. But a powerful body is nothing when it lacks the mind to understand the infinite combinations of movement. Intrigue and patience can allow the strongest guardian of light to sink on his knees, if his beliefs of the good in all men blinds his capabilities to protect them. For while he may be able to protect them from you, he cannot protect them from themselves.

We begin with the meditation technique as described in lesson three.

Our stage will be a cafe or bar, a place where many people are, where you can sit down and have the possibility of studying others around you. In the beginning it is best to see the eyes of your victim. Later, when you have gained some mastery over this power, it will no longer be necessary.

Initiating the meditation technique in a public surrounding requires a practiced hand. This is why one should practice the meditation every day, as that this new 'muscle' can be applied at your command.

A will have to apply a victim example. We will invent two girls, around 16-18 years of age, Sherry and Melissa. Will state them to both have an acceptable, physical appearance. From what we can see in a glance is that Melissa is rambling on, speaking of some experience or idea, while Sherry silently stirs her coffee, without looking up. We further state that you have a good view from a different table, several feet away. It is a quiet day, so there are not many people walking through your view, yet enough as to be inconspicuous while watching them.

Now we commence.

We close our eyes, perhaps with a hand on our forehead, to allow the assumption that we have a headache. Or we gaze towards a wall, yet not really seeing it.

We allow our anger to rise, our hate. Be it of it's own nature or be it while we deepen our anger to a certain fact, something that has made us angry in the past to help us build up our anger. The anger grows and leads to hate of a certain person or thing. The hate strengthens, further and further, perhaps with pictures of what you would do to that thing or person if it was now next to you. Deeper, and deeper, we indulge into our hate. Slowly we generalize our hate. Not only that certain person is despicable, but all who share his opinion. We think of another fraction we hate for similar reasons, the hate growing in strength but also in generalization, loosening its grip towards a certain target and leading us into a pure state of existence.

Now, we slowly allow evil to creep into our bodies. From down below, the ground, or the second heart it rises, stronger and stronger, pure and eternal, does it slowly rise through our body. Our sentient presence moves beyond the limits of our physical bodies. The fog or smoke engulfing our bodies. The evil rises slowly through our stomach to our chests. The surge of dark winds moving around our body. There are no barriers, the flesh can not limit your existence. Evil rises on the back of the dark winds containing your power, your hatred, the truth to your existence, the key to your soul. It rises past the chest expanding to the sides and the above. The fog grows denser. It surpasses the head up to about two feet above your body. You no longer feel your surroundings. You are the fog. The fog is you. The constant movement of the fog states your emotions, your desire to destroy, the demanding of limitless evil. And then you look at Sherry, stirring her coffee. You hate her. You despise her with your very existence. You despise her because of her very existence. You passively note the presence of others around you, but you are no longer part of them. You are not of the same existence and you see them as insects behind glass. You allow your emotions to flow towards Sherry, demanding to move through her. You allow the fog, as part of your sentience to move towards her and engulf her from all sides. You strengthen your hatred and let go of your consciousness, being a sentience without an own body. The fog covers her entire body, every inch. At this time you might begin to feel every small movement she makes as if it were your own, yet strangely distant. The fog moves into her body, entering it through her eyes, mouth and nose. Concentrate on her head. And then the fog frictions from all sides, moving about half an inch into her body, as if you were tightening your clasp around her until there is no more room other than to move a bit into her. We hold this position, feeling her movement passively and we strengthen the evil within us. A second rising of evil from below, to strengthen the first flow is suggested. And then we let go, still, a bit further, and with a movement of eternal patience we feel for our second heart. At first we feel a movement, a pattern unlike the hatred and evil of the rest of your sentience. We feel every movement she makes when she makes it. We feel the slow current of her emotions leading to her every movement. We strengthen our hatred further, always feeling for the second heart. We demand that her secret be shown to us. And then we feel an emotion. At first, we feel several emotions. Different currents with different 'tastes' to them, moving in different directions with different speeds. Some of them are stronger than others, yet together they devise a pattern. We dive past the surface and into the depth of her feelings, searching for the key emotion. The emotion stronger than all others. We search and feel and we find...a sadness.

A sadness, we try to place this emotion and feel it might be sadness in the sense of a loss. Yet, it seems not to be a complete loss that is irrevocable. It is a sadness connected with fear. An uneasy feeling of a loss to come. Sherry glances around and looks at you, but you must not hesitate at this moment. Ignore it and you see that she looks away again. Not having obviously noticed that you are looking at her. She sighs and frowns slightly. We feel that her sadness deepens. We feel it is a sadness combined with fear and...pain. We feel the loss, the object of her sadness coming closer to the surface. It is love. Neglected love. Yet not in the tone of futility. She must partially have the subject of her love. A man, a man she has met, that she knows. A man that she has fallen in love with. A man that seemed to love her until...something. Something is not the way it should be with this man. He has neglected her. Offended her. He has given her doubt to their relationship. We search further. She has not lost him, yet she is unsure if she still 'has' him. A doubt. Another women? The possibility of another women. The possibility that his feelings have changed. Her fear of losing him. Her pain of losing her love. We see as her emotions move around. We feel how she considers her position. Her possibilities. But we feel that she is pessimistic. She feels herself incapable of changing the events to come. We feel no hatred. We understand that Sherry does not know her female competition. We feel her pain. How very deep that pain is. She thinks of him. We feel the emotions appearing, understanding what she loves in him and what not. We understand what she seeks in him. What she perhaps seeks in a man in general. We understand what type of man he might be. We can assume through our armor how this type of man probably thinks and feels. We understand the category he belongs to and have additional details. We understand Sherry. We understand what she seeks in a man. We understand what she would do for the man she loves. We understand how much control the man she loves has over her. We understand one of the keys to controlling her.

We allow the fog to pass towards Melissa, still rambling on about something not heard by Sherry. We dive into Melissa as described above. We see her interest in what she is telling Sherry. We feel that she knows that Sherry does not hear her, but Melissa does not mind. We feel sympathy and sorrow from Melissa towards Sherry's situation. We feel the same fear in Melissa, that the man is lost. The fear is not as great as in Sherry, but it has the same subject. We understand that Sherry is not feeling sorry for herself and that the situation with this man seems to be serious. We feel how Melissa feels helpless to help Sherry. We understand what Melissa would do for a friend. We understand how strong Melissa sympathizes with the ones that are dear to her. We understand one of Melissa's weaknesses. We understand the man to soon be lost and we know what type of man he probably is. We would have to see the man and read his emotions to be sure, but we have a first idea. The winds howl victorious. Their existence, so pathetic and trivial. Their desires unprotected towards our grasp. A surge of evil touches your predatory soul. You feel the power you have over the sheep. And thus, we release the two. We stand up and move towards them....

Perhaps we walk over to them and say,

"You shouldn't allow him to bring such sorrow to your soul. The loss is great. Yet you will see the lack of his worth. For if he truly understands your heart, and would be worth that which you are prepared to give him, could he never impale your affection with such indifference."

And then we leave...

To meet her again.

To repair her relationship and allow her to owe you a favor.

To allow her to be your best friend.

To allow her to fall in love with you.

To take the man for yourself.

To be visited by her or Melissa. Wondering and wishing to know how you knew...

Feeling the emotions of others will allow you to perfectionize your armor. To use abstract constructs when evaluating behavior with a higher degree of detail. It will allow you to exploit those around you and bind those of your choice to seek your protection or friendship.

This is the scalpel of carving your closer environment.

This is the key to acquiring the women or man of your choice.

This is the key of understanding hidden desires, when scanning an individual on several occasions.

And that, will lead you to the key of corrupting their souls.

Practice this technique once a day.

You will soon be able to induct it quite fluently in all possible situations.