Leviathan, capital ship of the Republic Fleet

The year was 3,963 BBY, the end of the Mandalorian Wars.

The Jedi awoke in his bed, not knowing where he was at first. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, the sheets falling from him. He shook his head, trying to get rid of the fuzziness. After clearing his head, he remembered that he was on the Leviathan and that the Republic was at war. As the Republic was now nearing the end of the Mandalorian Wars, the young Jedi was relieved the war would be over soon. The Republic had come close to falling to the Mandalorians, but now they were pushing back and had the advantage. Revan was that advantage, and he had lead the Republic to countless victories where defeat seemed probable. And now, Revan had announced that he had a plan to stop the Mandalorians once and for all. Everyone was speculating as to what that plan could be, but he had told no one about it thus far, and so the Jedi decided to go try his luck and see if Revan would reveal anything. He quickly put on his robes, grabbed his lightsabers, and rushed out of his room.

The Jedi's name was Nicho Morn. He was a little less than six foot tall, had a beard, and blue eyes. He was muscular for his young age, but walked with grace of a Jedi Master. He had the wisdom of Master Vandar and the strength of Master Vrook. He wore the robes of a high ranked Jedi Knight, but knew that once the war was over the council would strip him of his rank and forbid him from returning.

He personally liked to carry two lightsabers, unlike Revan and the general who preferred the double-bladed ones and Malak who carried the traditional one lightsaber.

As he reached the bridge, standing there side by side were Revan, Malak, and General Joron Kraus. Those three were the best of friends, and probably the best leaders any army could ask for. He walked up and stood behind Revan. "What is it Lieutenant?" Revan asked.

"Permission to speak freely, sir," Nicho replied.

"Permission granted."

"Sir, I wish to know the details on your plan to defeat the Mandalorians. My men are tired and wish to return home and see their friends and family."

"I know," Revan replied smiling, "but I'm afraid that you are not allowed to know."

"Why not, sir?"

"Because it's on a need to know basis, and when you need to know, I'll tell you. Captain!"

"Yes, sir?" the captain replied.

"Have Bao-Dur meet me in the conference room, and set a course for Malachor V," was Revan's response.

Nicho Morn sat in his room preparing for the battle who knew was coming. He tried to meditate, but was unsuccessful due to the fact that he couldn't calm his mind. He couldn't stop from wondering what Revan was planning to do, so he decided to head to the bridge and talk to the general, maybe he could convince him to tell him. He looked up to the general, always had, and was glad he was someone Nicho could talk to.

He got to the bridge, and saw the general looking out of he viewport. Nicho walked up to the general, and stood beside him. The general looked at him and asked, "Is something wrong?"

Nicho Morn glanced over at him and said, "I just want to know what this plan is. I don't like being left in the dark and you and Revan know that."

"Don't worry; you will know soon enough, I will not disobey the orders of Revan, so you must be patient. Calm yourself, you will find out that you are going to play a big role in the battle to come," was the reply.

Not satisfied with the answer, but figuring he wouldn't get a better one; he decided to head back to his room. Within a couple hours, they had reached Malachor V and Revan gave the orders to send transmissions to provoke the Mandalorians into attacking them.

When intelligence soon reported that the Mandalorians were moving the bulk of their fleet towards Malachor, they started preparing for the battle. Revan soon approached Nicho saying, "The general will be staying on the ship along with Malak to oversee the battle and command the fleet, while you and I will lead the Republic ground forces on the actual planet below."

"I'm honored you have chosen me to lead the forces and fight along side you in the final conflict of the Mandalorian Wars," Nicho replied

"I'm not finished," Revan said, "I have also decided to share with you the plan to finally crush the Mandalorians. Bao-Dur has built a machine called the Mass Shadow Generator, and that machine will destroy the entire fleet of the Mandalorians in one shot. Our job is to try to buy Bao-Dur time to gather enough power to start it."

"How does it work?" Nicho asked.

"You do not need to worry about that, the important thing is that it will destroy the Mandalorian fleet, remember that," Revan replied.

With that they landed their forces on the surface of the planet and prepared for battle. Large trenches were dug into the ground and troops jumped into them, checking their supplies and equipment. Turrets were lined up along the trenches and mines placed throughout the battlefield. Nicho personally checked his squadrons' equipment and made sure nothing was malfunctioning; he wanted as little of his men to die as possible. Everything was in position, and so they waited and prepared for the worst.

Nicho felt uneasiness pass through the troops, and he realized that troop moral was not very high. Nicho sighed, I guess a pep talk won't hurt, he thought. He turned to his men, "Troops! Today is the day! Today we fight for our right to freedom! We fight for our friends, families, and our homes! We are going to stop the Mandalorians here on Malachor! Are you ready to finally crush this Mandalorian threat? To die for what we love and believe in?"

Only a few answered and it was rather halfheartedly. He looked at them and repeated, "I said, are you ready to fight for your loved ones, your home planet? Mandalorians have pillaged and burned planets with millions of people; can we allow that to go unpunished?" He had their attention and could see the fear and nervousness leave their eyes. "I will fight with you all to the death, and nothing would cause me to back down, I will stick with you to the end, now who's with me?"

They all raised their arms to the air and let loose a war cry that could scare even the most hardened Mandalorian warrior.

"Good," Nicho said. He turned around and whispered to himself, "Hit us with everything you got, you Mandalorian bastards, we're ready for anything."

The Mandalorians soon arrived at Malachor, led by Mandalore the Great himself. Their fleets converged above the planet, as the Mandalorians sent dropships to wipe out the Republic's ground troops below.

As soon as the Mandalorian dropships touched down, Mandalorian shock troopers unloaded from them and charged at the waiting Republic forces. They were cut down as mines shredded them to pieces and turrets quickly decimated troops that got to close to the bunkers. Then, a dropship flew over head and blew up a majority of the turrets. No longer held back, the Mandalorians full out charged them. Nicho calmed himself as the Mandalorians got closer and closer, and then took out both his lightsabers and they lit with a soft hum. Nicho turned to the charging army and told his men to engage the oncoming Mandalorians.

Nicho's lightsabers were a blur of blue and green as he cut and slashed his way through the Mandalorians cutting down everything that was in his path. The Mandalorians started to surround Nicho trying to overpower him with their numbers. He saw what they were trying to do, so he flipped into the air. As he did so, he gathered the Force and a shell was created around him. He began to spin in midair, and as he fell back to the ground he released the spinning whirlwind. The massive amount of concentrated power sent Mandalorians flying in all directions and killing all of them.

He watched the battle drag on longer and longer and he began to wonder what was taking Bao-Dur so long to start the Mass Shadow Generator. A blaster bolt flew by his ear and he realized he was so anxious he was losing his concentration, so decided he needed to be patient. He continued to lead his troops against the Mandalorians, both sides taking equal damage. He was cutting down enemy shock troopers when he was shot in the shoulder. He cried out in pain and astonishment; he couldn't believe he hadn't been able to sense the danger. Nicho was better than that and it frustrated him to know a Mandalorian had hurt him. He turned around and saw who really had shot him. It was Mandalore the Great. He covered the wound with his hand and pumped the Force into it, the pain vanished and he turned to engage Mandalore, but saw that Revan had already done so.

The ferocity of Revan's attacks were amazing, causing Mandalore to continually give up ground. Mandalore quickly retreated but Revan lifted his hand and Mandalore was lifted from the ground. He was sent flying towards Revan and he held out his lightsaber, Mandalore was impaled on it and then fell to the ground. At that time a Republic captain came up to him, "Sir, Mandalorians wearing Stealth Field Generators were able to sneak behind us and they are trying to flank us. I'm not sure we can hold them alone."

"Shavit!" he muttered to himself. "OK, take a couple battalions and engage them, I will be there momentarily," Nicho said.

Nicho gathered the Force into his legs and jumped his way to the back of their forces, where sure enough were Mandalorians. The Republic forces couldn't seem to break through their wall of troops. Nicho knew that if he breached their formation the Republic forces could beat back the Mandalorians. He started to run at the wall of troops, using the Force to propel himself at an incredible speed, making him a human battering ram. He thrust his Lightsabers in front of him and punched a hole through the Mandalorians cutting down all who got in his way. He froze any Mandalorians standing near him, and sent a shock wave to knock them back. He yelled at his troops to charge and they poured into the breach in their formation, blasting them from the inside out. They were winning, the Mandalorians were falling back Mandalore dead and moral lost.

Then, all hell broke loose.

The Mass Shadow Generator was activated. Nicho was amazed at the damage it caused to the Mandalorian fleet, but was surprised and then horrified when it did the same thing to the Republic forces. Had Revan known it would do the same thing to their forces, had he known and decided to do it anyway? His thoughts were interrupted when the ships started crashing down on Malachor V all around them. One ship, a Republic vessel, was headed straight for Nicho and his troops, and he couldn't let his men die. He gathered the remaining power he had and pushed it at the ship trying to make it stop. He managed to slow it down, but not stop it. Since he wasn't able to stop it, he used the Force to try and redirect it elsewhere; he was successful, but only barely. He continued to protect his men until the rain of ships stopped. Nicho looked around at the destruction; fires dotting the surface of Malachor, dead bodies of Republic and Mandalorian forces alike. Nicho knelt to the ground and cried. He cried for all the dead and wounded, for the families that would never see their relatives again, and for the sacrifices that had been made to win the war.

With the destruction of Malachor V and the Mandalorians complete, the Republic decided that the war was over, however, Revan and Malak did not. They said a new war was just beginning. Most didn't understand when they had said it, but Nicho did. He had seen them slip to the dark side already, had noticed their features and characteristics change, and now they wanted to turn on the Republic and destroy it. Nicho hadn't said anything and ignored it until now, thinking they would turn back to the light, but he realized he couldn't ignore it any longer.

Nicho was now walking to the bridge of the Leviathan; he was planning on telling Revan he was leaving. He was going to go back to the Jedi Council and ask for forgiveness. As he walked he was thinking back to all the lives lost during the war, back to all the battles he had been through, and mostly back to why he had left the Jedi Order. When Revan had first suggested that they should go to war without the approval of the Council, he disagreed entirely, he couldn't bring himself to break the wishes of the council. Nicho guessed what changed his mind was the destruction of so many worlds and the loss of innocent lives. That's what he told himself, anyway. He wasn't exactly sure the real reason as to his going to war, but he felt sure it was the right thing to do. It had happened one day when Revan came to him and again asked him to join him against the Mandalorians. Nicho had refused at first, but then Revan said things, things that made sense to him and soon Nicho found himself fighting in the war.

When he got to the bridge Revan said to him without turning around, "Nicho, you did a good job on Malachor, you lead your troops well, so well in fact that I want you to follow me against the Republic in the new war as an Admiral. You are a great asset and an astounding fighter; I could use your help. What is your answer?"

Nicho noticed the general was gone and, ignoring the question, asked, "Where is the general?"

Revan turned, and looked him in the eyes and Nicho could see the look of sadness in Revan's eyes. He replied, "He left to get help. It seems that the battle had...affected him more than anyone would have thought it would." Darkness and cruelty slowly creeping back into his eyes, he continued, "But that is not important. What is important is if you will follow me in my new war."

Nicho looked at Revan, obviously not the same man that he had gone to war with only a few years ago. He quickly glanced at the door. He knew he couldn't take on Revan, so he would have to make a run for it. But before he ran, Nicho had to know so he asked, "Why are you doing this? I thought you were the savior of the Republic, not its destroyer."

Revan looked disappointed, and then Nicho fell to the ground in pain, screaming, "Get out of my head! Leave me alone! You can't control me!"

"Well I have before," Revan said with a smile on his face.

Nicho looked at him with pain etched on his face, "What do you mean?"

"Ever wonder why you joined the war? You wouldn't do it before, and I knew I would need you, so I had to make you join me. You were weak then and you are now."

"No I'm not!! This time you won't control me that easily!" Nicho waved his hand which caused Revan to stumble and distracted him enough to let Nicho's mind go. Revan yelled, "Men, arrest him." Regaining his balance he turned back to Nicho, "It looks like I will have to break you into serving me and I know just the man for the job."

Nicho ran toward the door as it was closing, using the Force to speed himself up. He was able to make it through the door just before it closed, but was faced with a dozen or so troops. He took out one of his lightsabers and cut through them with ease. He took out his other lightsaber and started to make his way to the hangar of the Leviathan.

As he made his way to the hangar, he had to fight his own men. It hurt him to have to attack the men he had known and supported throughout the war. He tried to avoid killing them or permanently damage them, but he did what had to be done to escape. Once he reached the hangar he jumped on a random ship and took off. Nicho was a descent pilot, but if not for the Force, he never would have made it out alive. The Leviathan's guns blazing all around him, he finally made it out of their range and flew off into space.

Two years later.

Nicho kept tabs on Revan, but at the same time staying away from his fleet so he would not be caught and killed. A bounty had been put on his head by Revan and every Sith in the galaxy was looking for him so the could have the honor of turning him in to Revan.

Nicho later found out that Malak had killed Revan and assumed the mantle of Dark Lord. He watched the following year as Malak continued to destroy the Republic, only to find out he was defeated by Revan who was in fact alive and a member of the light once more. He heard about his amazing exploits and how he found and helped destroy the Star Forge. He was glad his friend had found the light again but not long after the announcement of Revan's return he disappeared once more.

Four years later.

There were rumors everywhere of a Jedi exile helping the Republic. He had freed Dantooine from the mercenaries, helped Queen Talia take control of Onderon, and gotten rid of the Exchange on Nar Shadaa and the bounty on Jedi. It was later, on Citadel Station, that Nicho found out it was the general. He couldn't believe that General Joron Kraus was alive.

The first time Nicho saw Joron since the end of the Mandalorian Wars, was when the Sith assassins started attacking Telos. Nicho saw Joron, with his crewmates, cut through the Sith in order to get to the Ravager and kill the Sith Lord Nihilus waiting for them. Nicho tried to make his way to him, but was unable to when he was cut off by dark Jedi and Sith troopers. They raised their blasters and lightsabers, and all Nicho could think was, Awwww frak. I don't have time for this! He took out his lightsabers and was able to kill the Sith in his way; he then wiped the memories of everyone who had seen him so that they would forget he was a Jedi. He couldn't risk being discovered, the Exchange was weakened but not destroyed and people were easily tempted by credits.

By the time he had made his way to his shuttle in the docking bay, the Ravager was destroyed, and Joron was gone.

He went up to a nearby pilot and asked him what had happened. He stared off into space, at the point where the ravager had been, and said, "There was an explosion from inside the ship. Then there were Mandalorians! Manda-frackin-lorians for cryin out loud. Then there was the exile, he flew out of the ship just before it exploded, and then they just... disappeared."

"Do you know where they might have gone?" Nicho asked.

"No idea."

"Thanks anyway." Nicho turned and went to the hanger that held his ship. He jumped in and left Telos and set a course towards Dantooine.

With Revan, Joron, and most of both their crews gone, Nicho didn't know if he should look for them or not. He came to the conclusion that he would probably never find them by just looking, he would have to find out where they were going first. Nicho searched the records of planets and found out that both the Exile and Revan had visited Dantooine before the Republic lost trace of them. When he got there, the trail went cold as he could not find a clue as to why they would go to Dantooine. He decided to meditate in the rebuilt Jedi enclave, hoping the Force would show him what he needed to know.

All of a sudden, he felt excruciating pain, the likes of which he had never felt before. He felt a disturbance so large, he couldn't concentrate on it for fear of losing his mind. He was able, however, to find out where it was coming from. The Sith world, Korriban. He departed immediately for the planet wondering what could have caused the disturbance he felt.

As Nicho landed on the planet, he could feel the disturbance, and the power of the dark side, grow stronger. He slowly made his way to the old run down Sith academy, and went in. When Nicho entered, he continued straight until he found a somewhat circular room with passageways leading off in all directions, but that wasn't what he noticed first. There was a figure standing in the middle of the room, his head covered in a hood and his back turned to Nicho. He felt the dark side seem to pour off of this figure, and it had a disturbing effect on Nicho. In his hand was a holocron. Nicho recognized the person on the holocron. "Revan," he whispered.

The strange figure went on to play the entire holocron. It said, "Nicho if you have……then I'm in the ……. I have found a race known to be the True Sith, however, I will………face them alone. I am searching for………ral already, and I have most if not all of my crew. All I ask is that you would forgive me for……did during the Mandalorian Wars," Revan chuckled, "I'm also sorry I can't apologize for the exact thing I did………memories have been erased. I'm asking you Nicho, find me and help save the galaxy from the Sith. Bring as many as you can with you, but please hurry."

"How'd you get that?" Nicho asked, immediately wishing he hadn't. The dark figure turned to him and took out a lightsaber. "Damnit," Nicho muttered.

They engaged each other, and right away he could tell he was at a disadvantage. Every lightsaber swing Nicho threw at him was parried with ease; he just wasn't able to break through the mysterious figure's defense. Things didn't get any easier. The figure, Nicho realized, was only toying with him. Frustrated Nicho increased the rate of his swings hoping for a hit. The figure only started to laugh and began to attack in earnest. He attacked with such anger and passion, it almost overwhelmed Nicho. He was able to hold his own, but he was quickly tiring. That's when he got caught off guard. The figure picked Nicho up and flung him across the room, slamming him into a wall. He was unable to hold onto his lightsabers as they fell from his hands and rolled away. Before he was even able to get to his feet, the figure was right in front of him, the only thing to be seen on his face was his teeth, formed into a smile. Nicho couldn't do anything but watch as the figure thrust his lightsaber through his chest and exiting out his back, blood spraying onto the wall behind him.

Nicho fell to the ground, a gaping hole in his chest. He saw the figure put away his lightsaber and walk away. Things started to blur and Nicho closed his eyes letting the darkness consume him.