Chapter XXXIV

The Council of the High Lords was in session, the three High Lords of the Death Seekers sat in the deepest chambers of their ship.

Owedd, Nissak, and Arafs. The Three High Lords, the three factions that made up the Order of Death Seekers.

The three lords bowed in unison, officially opening the council and alerting all on the ship to leave them to their privacy.

Nissak was the first to speak, "I say we go for the Jedi Temple immediately, we can destroy it as well as capture Coruscant, we must do this now, we have the power and the army, we can defeat them!"

"No," replied Owedd, "I say we remain in this mode of fighting, that we take system by system, a systematic way,"

Arafs raised an inquisitive eyebrow, his marking of the Riash Clan distorted slightly, "And you were the one who wished to kill Vergere, the one who has made most of this invasion possible? We have word from Master Kai of the Jedi's advancement into the Outer Rim,"

"Master Kai has also proved to be invaluable to us," stated Nissak, "he should be promoted to Lord,"

"Indeed," said Owedd with a sneer, "do we plan to make each person who does good a Lord? It is best we bathe ourselves in the Seal of Bessan,"

Arafs raised an eyebrow, "And you call yourself the governor of the Light side Owedd?"

Owedd returned his words with an even more arrogant sneer, "the use of the light side is only a matter of choice High Lord Arafs,"

"Truly," replied Arafs with mock belief, "we must make ourselves known to the High Masters of the Jedi and Sith Orders,"

"Orders High Lord Arafs?" questioned Nissak with quiet resignation, "the Sith Order is no more with the death of Darth Rageous,"

"There is another, and Lord Sidious has risen again," replied Arafs.

"And so we shall face the High Lord of each faction," said Owedd.

"Ah, yes," whispered Nissak with glee, "I have heard of the Jedi Grand Master Yoda, the High Lord of the Jedi,"

"And I have long wished to face Darth Sidious, the true High Lord of the Sith," admitted Owedd.

"And thus you shall," said Arafs, his eyes shone as he glanced at his fellow High Lords, "we will arrange the battles so that they may be in our favor,"

"Of course," amended Owedd and Nissak.

"A clash of the Titans of the Orders as it were," smiled Arafs, "two High Lords of the Death Seekers facing off the High Lords of the Jedi and the Sith,"

"It will be in our favor, we will be the victors," said Owedd with certainty, "I have foreseen it,"

"And so it shall be,"