Chapter 4. Ambition

Despite all his attempts Darth Severuss could not hold back Darth Oblivion's thirst for knowledge and power. Oblivion would try force experiments with his power, like the thought bomb which almost killed him. It took nine months of healing and recuperating for Oblivion to get better. During his recuperating Severuss forced him to listen too many Sith topics of importance.

When Oblivion was better he began asking Severuss to help him master more complex secrets of the Sith. Like Sith Sorcery and alchemy, but as usual Severuss tries to slow his training down. With his growing power Oblivion's ambitions and desires to rule in Severuss' place began to grow as well. He also started noticing the vast differences between his power and Darth Severuss'. He really became angry when he felt his master try to manipulate him through the force.

"Where is Lord Oblivion?" Severuss demands in the archives.

"He left the temple milord…" A droid says.

"Find him!"

Nar Shaddaa

Oblivion had come to Nar Shaddaa looking for ways to reach his full potential by searching the ruins of the old Sith Academy on Nar Shaddaa. The Academy had been dedicated to the training of Sith spies and assassins. Legends spoke of how ancient Sith assassins could turn the power of their enemies against them. The more powerful the opponent the more powerful they became. He ripped the doors open and entered. He searched for hours for old relics or manuscripts, but nothing.

When Oblivion exited the old Sith Academy Severuss was waiting. Oblivion hisses, "What are you doing here?" Severuss just stares at him for a few minutes. Oblivion hisses again and drops to one knee, "Master!"

"You may rise…" Oblivion slowly rises, "Now apprentice…Tell me what are you doing away from the safety of Lohan and the Temple?"

"I have surpassed you…In many ways and you seem content to drag my training along…"

"Yes…" He put the force into his words.

"Do not try to manipulate me!"

Severuss suppresses his fear, for he cannot allow Oblivion to feel it. "As your Master I must do what I feel is right…And I would feel more comfortable teaching you new things…If you had an once of patient…"

"Power is meant to be used…You taught me that…"

"I have also tried to teach you when to use that power…Learn from the mistakes of the past…Many Sith Lords had the type of power you possess and failed, because they did not know how and when to apply that power…The heirs of Darth Bane have survived these 300 plus years because we applied our power in the right places…And one day the Sith will have its revege…PATIENT!"

He bows, "Forgive my impertinence Master…" Oblivion returns with Severuss to Lohan and for a while he strives to heed the lessons presented to him. But despite Severuss' attempt Oblivion felt the fear he tried to hide.

("How can I beat him? He is too strong!") Severuss says to himself alone in his suit. Severuss was mostly afraid that Oblivion would move against him before he reached his full potential. Severuss starts looking for ways to defeat such a powerhouse as Oblivion without violating the rule of two. The force shout was a useful tool but would it work. Severuss was mostly afraid that Oblivion would move against him before he reached his full potential. Severuss had considered the force essence technique, but that could take years if he couldn't master it in days or months. And he was getting the feeling that he did not have months before Oblivion turned on him. He could poison him and that was not violating the rule of two. Darth Cognus' holocron contained tons of information on poisons. ("All I have to do is not teach him how to purge his body of poisons and I will still be Lord of the Sith.