Chapter 4
'That woman knows nothing of me and she judges me like that' Tyth thought angrily until it dawned on him. 'That's right. She doesn't know anything about me. Maybe I should apologize and explain myself.' He didn't get the chance though, as sleep engulfed him. He dreamt of his past.
Flashback
A young Tyth Andros was being led to the Dantooine enclave by a Jedi master. He had been found on the streets of Coruscant at the age of six. Tyth was the child of a human mother and a Kiffar father, both of whom were dead. Normally he would not have been trained, but being as strong in the force as he was, the Jedi had no choice. Not taking him would have been an invitation for disaster.
He wasn't alone though. There were two others just like him, in the fact that both were his age and extremely powerful. The first was named Arren. He overheard the masters talk about how she made "Force Bonds" so quickly and how they were so powerful. The other was named Revan. He was so powerful that some of the masters thought it a bad idea to train him. He was a natural born leader and soon the three of them and another youngling named Malak were seen together almost all time.
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Tyth began to toss and turn in his sleep
Flashback cont.
Time skip
The group of four was teenagers now. All four had become Palawan learners to some of the greatest masters in the Order at the time. Revan was apprenticed to Master Crimea, Arena was apprenticed to Master Kava, Malak (who always had the worst luck) was apprenticed to Master Vroom, and Tyth was apprenticed to Master Vander. As they traveled with their respective masters, each one of them couldn't wait to become Knights. Revan was first, followed by Malak, and Arren and Tyth became Knights at the same time.
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Tyth's body started to react to his dream, which was rapidly becoming a nightmare. His body began to perspire at an excessive rate.
Flashback cont.
Time skip
"Masters, the Mandalorians are attacking the Republic that we have sworn to protect. We cannot just sit here and twiddle our thumbs while billions of sentients die." Revan cried out. Months before, the Mandalorians who had been raiding outer rim colonies, began a full scale invasion of the Republic. Things were not looking good for the Republic. Many young Jedi wanted to go and help those who they had sworn to protect, but the Council had denied them, saying that there was a greater evil behind the Mandalorians. Revan had become the voice for these knights and padawans, who so desperately want to help. "Knight Revan," Vandar started "Forces there are behind the scenes pulling the strings of the Mandalorians. See them, we cannot. Rush into things, we cannot. Wait we must."
"And while we wait, the Republic will be conquered by the Mandalorians. I cannot, I will not allow that to happen! I am sorry Master Vandar, but I will not sit by and watch the Republic crumble. I will go and help them whether you allow it or not." "Now see here Revan…" Vrook yelled out. "Master Vrook, you cannot stop me or those who will follow me. So sit down before you make a fool of yourself." Revan calmly spoke to the older master.
"Good bye masters. I will return when the Republic has won this war." And with that Revan began to walk out. "Knights Tyth, Arren, Malak, agree with Knight Revan do you?" asked Vandar. "We do." All three said in unison. "Very well. You and those who wish to go with you may assist the Republic." Vrook spoke with the barest hint of defeat in his voice. "Thank you masters." Four voices melded into one.
Timeskip
General Andros was leading his troops into a battle on Dagary Minor when he received a force vision.
There was a planet, surrounded by both Mandalorian fleets and Republic fleets. The Republic was winning but something was wrong. The planet seemed to begin imploding under the weight of gravity destroying the planet, Mandalorians and Republic ships. There were so many dead. And the Dark side seemed to permeate everything including all the ships that survived and their crews.
Tyth was brought back to consciousness when a mandalorian blaster shot missed his head by mere millimeters. With the vision at the back of his mind for now, Tyth focused of winning this battle. For weeks they fought the mandalorians with no end in sight. Finally six months after the start, the end was in sight. Tyth could feel the vision in the back of his mind and knew he had to find a way out before he became a victim of whatever was to happen at this "graveyard" of a world.
The day before they were scheduled to leave, General Andros let his second in command know that he was going to go do one more sweep of the area. With that he jumped onto his swoopbike and searched for someplace to hide. He found on in the ruins of a city near the extraction camp. As he went to activate is comm. And report an attack on him by mandalorians, he hesitated. 'Is this the right thing to do?' he asked himself 'What if they need me? What if their moral drops because I was killed?' As he thought he came to one conclusion, he had to do it. 'Whatever is going to happen, I cannot allow it to happen to me. I can't explain it, but I have to survive. And believing that their general was killed by Mandalorians will make them fight that much harder.' Convinced, he activated his comm. and began his "final" words. "Mayday, I repeat mayday, this is General Andros. I have been ambushed by a few remaining Mandalorians. They have managed to disarm me and my force powers are drained. I need backup, I repeat I need backup. Frack, they found me. Send reinforce…" The message was cut off as Tyth shot the comm. with a blaster taken off a body. 'That should convince them.' Tyth thought 'and now to hide myself.' Minuets later what was left of the forces on the surface all converged on the last point of transmission. The troops found nothing but an abandon swoopbike.
One solider in the back shouted "Lets finish off these bastards for the General!" which was a sentiment spreading to each individual solider. Later, Tyth would climb out and use a shuttle to get off planet. Much later Tyth discovered the fate of his men. All dead. Kill at Malachor V.
Flashback ends
Tyth woke in a cold sweat. He hadn't dreamt about his past since he landed here on Taris over two years ago. He was to busy helping the refuges settle in to a new life. 'Two years they've been gone. Now Revan shows up mind wiped, Malak shows up chasing a young Jedi, and these damn dreams start up again.' Tyth thought 'Frack me side ways from both sides'. "Well now that I'm awake, better get to work."