Star Wars the Rule of Two
The Reign of Darth Cognus
Prologue
Darth Pariah
Chapters
1. Darth Cognus
2. The Return of Darth Zannah
3. Homo-Trisapiens
4. Darth Millenial
5. Differences of Opinion
6. Force Essence Technique
7. Exile
8. Petyr Dayhok
Part 1. Runaway
Part 2. Father and Son
9. Survivors
10. The Force is Strong in this One
11. Darth Severuss
Part 1. Visions Afar
Part 2. Anointed
12. Training
13. Jammen Tayl Jedi Knight
14. The End of Darth Millenial
15. Father VS. Son
16. To Walk Alone
17. I AM DARTH SEVERUSS
18. Master and Apprentice
19. The Rise of Darth Severuss
Epilogue
Oblivion
Persona
Darth Cognus – Lord of the Sith
Darth Pariah – Sith apprentice/Cognus' First Student
Jammen Tayl – Jedi Knight
Aurmon Vance Dayhok the III – Senator
Imelia Dayhok – Aurmon's Daughter
Talune Sh'Dar – Trisapien Male
Prologue
Darth Pariah
Twi'leks sometimes referred to disparagingly as "Tail-heads", are an omnivorous humanoid species originating from the planet Ryloth. They tend to eat cultivated molds, fungi, and rycrit meat. Their distinctive features included colorful skin, which varied in pigment from individual to individual, and a pair of shapely prehensile tentacles that grew from the base of their skulls. The tentacles, called "brain-tails", "lekku", "tchun-tchin", or "head-tails" were advanced organs used for communication and cognitive functions. Twi'leks possess a fairly standard humanoid vocal structure and are capable of learning most alien languages; however, they usually preferred their native language of Ryl, which incorporated subtle movement of the lekku. When they wish, they can even communicate in complete secrecy using their versatile brain-tails. Twi'lek females are often used as slaves or dancers because of their beauty.
Twi'leks have strict laws about family society and law. Despite the fact that Ryloth is an active member of the Galactic Republic the government of Ryloth uses slavery as a form of punishment against law breakers. Law Slaves are shipped to the Hutt, Black Heth, and Black Sun controlled planets for no money which is one of the reasons the Senate nor the Jedi intervened, the ruling class of Ryloth made no money of it. Amine Tehart was an exception to that rule as had killed her betrothed and family, but it could not be proven as she did it with the force. As such Amine lived alone in a hut on the mountains. Like most female Twi'leks amine was very beautiful with her light red skin a rarity among Twi'lek's.
Amine was the pariah of her village until a rich female Iktochi visited the planet. The woman was Darth Cognus and feeling the force inside the Twi'lek took her on as an apprentice despite her visions in the force. Two there should be no more and no less was the rule of the Sith. Cognus had been one ever since she killed her Master Darth Zannah.
On that day Amine Tehart died the day she met Darth Cognus and Darth Pariah was born. "Arise Lord Pariah and take your place at my side…"
"I am eager to begin my training master…"
"You will most definitely…"
Cognus took Pariah to Duxun and her tomb fortress where Pariah began her instruction in the ways of the Dark Side. Within just five short months Pariah could use the force to enhance her speed, agility and natural senses. She could also lift objects twice her size and weight. Pariah studied the discipline of the Lightwhip. And after those five months became two years she constructed her own lightwhip. Pariah also practiced hand to hand combat, but the most important aspect of her education was the teachings of Darth Bane and the Sith lords the arose from his teachings.
"What is the Sith Code?" Cognus asked.
"Peace is lie, there is only passion. Through passion I gain strength. Through Strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken…The Force shall free me…"
"Now explain to me what it means…" Cognus listened for the next few hours as Pariah described the meaning of each line and word of the code.
Chapter 1. Darth Cognus
The Ikotchi Sith Lord sat alone in her meditation room scanning the force to see what events in history she could alter and change. But lately her ability to see the future and manipulate it had dwindled and it was starting to bother her. Something horrible was about to happen and she could not put her finger on it. Nor could she pierce the vail of the force to see what it was. Cognus opened her eyes and left her meditation room. She went to the control center to see if her spies had uncovered anything new. She also checked the stock prices of Czerka and competing companies.
Darth Pariah impatiently waited in the dueling arena for her master to arrive. For the past few days Cognus had been late to all their training sessions. It was not just the training, her lack of concentration during their training sessions was starting to affect Pariah's ability to learn. The doors swooshed open, "Are you alright Master?"
Cognus stared at the Twi'lek for a few minutes, "Why would ask such a thing?"
"Oh nothing Master…"
"If you something to say then say it apprentice…"
"You have been distracted Master…And it shows…You are late to our sessions…"
Cognus interrupts her, "Be careful apprentice! I am your master and the reigning lord of the Sith…"
"I mean no disrespect, but something weighs heavily upon you…You should tend to it…Or something monumental will suffer for it…"
Cognus was getting angry but there was wisdom in Pariah's words, "The student becomes the teacher…"
"I only convey wisdom imparted to me by you Master…"
"We will train as usual today apprentice…Then I will focus all my might on the problem…"
They dueled and practiced the lightwhip technique for the next five hours. Then they practiced hand to hand combat, and then it was lecture and history. The lessons were more focused as Cognus realized that she had been lacking in her apprentice's training, but still there was the ever nagging feeling that something terrible would happen.
The next day Cognus decided to fetch Bane's holocron from the temple of Two. That way Pariah could keep up her studies while she focused on breaking through the curtain that clouded her vision of things to come.
"I won't be gone long…while I am away you are in charge…"
Pariah bows, "Yes Master…I obey…"
As Cognus' ship left Dxun a former master watched from the world of Onderon. Darth Zannah stood on the balcony of her mansion watching as her former apprentice leaves the moon forest. "The Time has come!" Zannah said. Then she leaves the balcony and heads to the hangar. "If I die reveal yourself to Darth Cognus…" Zannah says to Ivan who is walking behind her to the hangar.
"And what if she decides to kill me?"
"She won't! She will need you…" Zannah walks up the ramp without stopping and flies toward Dxun.