A broken man, a shattered sword. Everything Aedan thought he knew is tested, broken, and reforged within the fires of war. A retelling of the Origins plotline parallel to the story of Aedan's past. Two concurrent stories which play off of each other both thematically and plotwise.

Shortly after the death of Darth Vengean, the meditation of Darth Baras' triumphant apprentice is interrupted by an experience which frees him in more ways than anyone could have foreseen. M-DS Sith WarriorxDark Jaesa Lemon; Diverges from TOR Canon 2/3rds into the story; one-shot now to be expanded.