Hello all, Revan here! Well to explain this story, I play SWTOR a lot and I like to get into RP and stuff so I like to create backstories for my characters, and this particular one came about while id been reading a favored book of mine and meshed it a little with my OC, a Zabrak named Hiikari. I got to thinking it all out and decided to write it
Hope you all like it as much as I do
"Nothing escapes the shadows, for they know everything. Anyone can learn what the shadows know, they must but stop and listen to the silence"
On a lone balcony looking over the rest of Nar Shaddaa stood a silent figure, the person was wrapped in a robe of dark fabric with red slashes along it, a hood covered their head, some strands of black hair with a slight red tint protruded from the hood
The figure let out a sigh and turned around, she was tired of staring at this place and retreated inside the sky palace, nearby a tall fearsome Deshade followed the figure, their shadow
"Tūnshì, has there been any contact from lord Zash as of yet?" The woman asked as she walked through the halls and to the hanger where her ship waited
The deshade replied in its ancient tongue "none my master, perhaps she was eliminated by her fellow sith"
"if only I could be so lucky" The woman muttered "very well then, we're heading to the outer rim for a while, there is something I need to see"
"as you command" Tūnshì replied
The two boarded the fury class starship, named the Yingzi, or Shadow in her native tongue, and walked up to the cockpit, the ship's droid greeted them as they walked by
"Greeting my lord Hiikari, as always it is a pleasure t-"
"quiet" Hiikari replied as she walked by, the droid was handy, but its constant cheery attitude forced on by its fear of her dismantling it grated on her nerves at times
Sitting down into the captain's chair, Tūnshì standing by the doorway, she entered a set of coordinates and let the ships auto pilot take off and shoot into hyperspace once theyd cleared the atmosphere of Nar Shaddaa
"Master" Tūnshì spoke up as the ship traveled faster than light to the coordinates, theyd been traveling in silence for almost an hour now, and were about to reach the destination "why do you insist of continuing this? There is nothing more you can do for this place"
"that is exactly why I must my dear Tūnshì" Hiikari replied as the ship dropped out of hyperspace, window was filled with a planet that seemed to be dark and lifeless, no ships were entering or exiting the atmosphere, no orbital stations were around it, the space around it was empty.
"because this is all I can do for them, I owe them this much at least" Hiikari said quietly, as she did she spotted a cargo freighter near the southern pole of the planet, a pirate scavenger's vessel, there were always some here
"there, new to this are you?" Hiikari mused as she took manual control of the ship "if you weren't then youd know to stay away from Terrisen" she almost growled as she accelerated, as fast as she was going, she didn't enter on the other ships sensors until she'd gone around to their back and was In the perfect position to blow the critical systems
She fired a laser blast into one of the main thrusters to cripple the freighter and hailed it when it was clear they couldn't run
"This is captain Honder of the freighter Ascension, please do not shoot we're merely scavenging the dead planet" the comm unit crackled
Hiikari's amused smile started to give way into hate
"If you and your crew want to live you'll answer my questions"
"Yes of course" the captain responded with fear
"now why are you scavenging Terrisen?" Hiikari demanded
"we heard it was untouched, a dead world with all sorts of loot to sell"
Hiikari nearly growled in pure hatred "and did you not know that this planet was guarded against the likes of you? Were you not warned by other crews to stay away from this place?"
"w- we were but we figured that everyone was just spooked, stories about vengeful ghost or some nonsense, we didn't think anyone cared about a planet like this"
Hiikari did growl now as she didn't even try to contain her rage "Well you were wrong captain, this planet is protected by a vengeful ghost, that cries out for blood every time scum like you shows up to pillage and rob the dead" she locked on to the engines and other areas on the hull with proton torpedoes
"too bad you didn't heed the warnings, now youll have to be killed"
"What? No please! We'll do anything, let us live, we'll cut you in on the salvage!"
Hiikari rose "I am Hiikari Galynthius, sole survivor of the royal house of Terrisen, princess of dust and shadows and the vengeful protector of my dead planet. And for your crimes, I sentence you to death" she said in a hard voice and pressed the fire button, launching four torpedoes at the doomed frighter, screams filled the comm for a split second as the ship exploded, and then silence
She sat down in the captain's chair and sighed "My planet and people may be dead, but as long as I live I will destroy any that dares try to pillage whats left of them" she told Tūnshì "for that is all I can do for them, perhaps one day I can try to restore my home to its former beauty, but for now I am its dutiful avenger"
The deshade, who had been silent for the entire exchange slowly nodded now "I see, you were not able to save them when it was laid to waist, but you can at least ensure they are not disturbed in death"
"correct, for as long as one Galynthius remains alive, Terrisen will be protected by my line" Hiikari said and proceeded to steer the ship down to the surface "we'll touch down and visit the temple of nocturnal, then leave tomorrow" she informed the Deshade
Tūnshì nodded "as you command my master"