[DISCLAIMER: I do not own Star Wars. I apologize if I break the known canon of the Sith's origins. This is my first Star Wars story, so please R&R but don't flame me too much.]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

STAR WARS: The Shadowist

As the rift between the Light and Dark Jedi Knights grows, it seems that a war is brewing within the very halls of the Jedi Temple. While the Jedi Bendu believe that controlling the Light Side with discipline and responsibility is the path to Force enlightenment, the Dark Jedi believe in controlling the Dark Side with passion, hatred and fear is the true way. Led by the charismatic General Hedrion Ovire, the Dark Jedi are now actually purposing leaving the Jedi Order altogether, to begin a new era of anarchism, far away from the Old Republic.

Meanwhile, a boy called Adam Leonad has been birthed upon the planet Corascant. His parents, David Leonad and Seva Umosha, are known throughout the Order as two of the most powerful Jedi, period. But Adam's Force strength surpasses them combined. With a midichlorian count higher than any in history, Jedi Master Norvan Natare, the leader of the Order, believes that he has the potential to become the most powerful Jedi ever.

But the Dark Jedi are unsettled by the prospect of a ludicrously powerful being like Leonad on the side of their sworn enemies, the Jedi Bendu. In order to gain the trust of the boy, they plant a humanoid droid called T89 into the boy's life at a young age. Leonad quickly befriends T89, and as Adam grows they become inseparable. But as David and Seva begin to realize, T89's opinions Force politics seem very one-sided. As they and Adam's Jedi Academy instructors watch warily from the side, Adam and T89's bond grows ever-closer…