The New Sith Empire

Meanwhile in the Outer Rim Territories, a shuttle landed on the surface of Dathomir and the occupants looked out of the cockpit window at another ship in front of them which belonged to none other than Assaj Ventress. As the two cousins walked down the loading ramp of their ship ex-Sith Apprentice of Count Dooku exited her ship with someone walking along beside her.
"Greetings Ventress, who is your companion?" Jaira asked ruefully.
"Let me introduce Barriss Offee," Ventress said gesturing to the Mirialan next to her.
Barriss bowed deeply, "It is an honour to meet you my Lord and I hope you will be able to utilise my services," she said.
"Of course," Jaira said as she began to walk towards the Night Sister's village and then turned to Ventress, "Are you sure Mother Talzin will be able to help us?"
"Any friend of mine is a friend of the Night Sisters and she knows a lot of things that can help speed up the process of your plan my Lord," Ventress assured her.
Upon reaching the village Ventress led the three outsiders to Mother Talzin and introduced them each to the Clan Mother.
"Lord Jaira would like to form a treaty with our people Mother," Ventress offered.
"What may I ask do you want?" Mother Talzin inquired.
"I need an army of Sith to enslave the Jedi Order and bring forth a new Sith Empire of which you will hold much power in," Jaira said.
"Come with me," Mother Talzin said after a long pause and then the group followed her to her tent to discuss the finer details.
"I can assure you Lord Jaira that if you bring me the people I will be able to do as you request and help you make this infinite Sith Army," Mother Talzin confirmed, "But if you go back on your word I will destroy you myself. Understand this, we have had problems in the past with Sith and it has gone terribly wrong many times," she warned.
"I can assure you Mother, this treaty will not fail you. You will get everything that I have promised to you and more," Jaira said confidently.

After three days in Hyperspace, Jaira strode off her ship with Ventress, Riesha and Barriss close behind her as they walked into the streets of Zygerria; the homeworld of the Zygerrian Slave Empire. Upon reaching the Palace, the Queen came out to greet them and was very pleased to see the Sith Lord that agreed with her dreams of one day enslaving the Jedi.
"Welcome my Lord," Miraj Scintel greeted as she invited them inside for refreshments.
"My Father is now dead your highness," Jaira revealed the good news.
"Excellent now your plan can unfold perfectly," the Queen responded excitedly.
"It will be a year or two sadly before you get your first import of Jedi as I need to grow my army first," Jaira informed, "But I promise you will have the first pick out of the stock."
"There is only one I am interested in, Master Anakin Skywalker," the Queen revealed.
"There will be no guarantees but we will be sure to put him at the top of our list your Highness but I wouldn't keep your hopes up," Jaira promised.

Three days later the young Sith Lord returned to her birthplace alone, Jaira roamed the ruins of the once all mighty city of the Sith capital. She entered an old tomb that had laid mostly untouched since her birth and knelt down to meditate deeply. The Force Ghost appeared in front of her which was of her Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather; Lord Kallig looked upon her with approving eyes.
"I see that your Father succeeded in training you, even though he was persistent to kill you right after your birth," Lord Kallig said.
"Yes, my brother ran away when we were young and is now a Jedi," Jaira revealed.
"I warned your Father not to put false hope where it did not belong. Daly's destiny never lay with the Dark Side," the Force Ghost responded, "I warned him that a Fallen Jedi would not be a suitable carrier of his children."
"I want to rebuild the great Sith Empire of long ago but I will need your help to do so," Jaira said respectfully.
"Of course my child," Lord Kallig said as he sent images into her mind to show her what Dromuund Kaas and Korriban looked like in his time.
"Change its name back to Korriban as a Sith a few millennia back renamed it and shamed the Sith Lords of old," the Force Ghost said, "It was a disgrace."
"Of course my Lord," Jaira said bowing low, "I must go now but I will be back soon and when I do I will rebuild this city to its former glory," she added before leaving the tomb.

The End

A/N: That is the end of Adventures of the Templars Book 3: The Dark Is Rising. Please keep posted for the next instalment of the series, Adventures of the Templars Book 4: The Lost Children. Please review and tell me your thoughts on the series so far.

Ashlyn Dubreas.