Dawnbreaker: Split Destiny is about the fate of the Reborn True Sith Empire from Dawnbreaker series, which vanished into the paralell universe at the end of Episode II.
Preface[]
No man can tell how destiny will unfold... With the defeat of the trans-dimensional aliens, and the destruction of their planet, a trans-dimensional convergence occurred, and two parallel universes briefly became conjoined, before separating again. The effects were completely random, and utterly unpredictable. The Reborn True Sith Empire was one of the victims of that unpredictability, with its mortal adversary, the Shadow Empire, being another one. In their entirety, they became trans-phased out of their own universe, and into the parallel one, a virtually identical galaxy, even identically positioned within it, while the fate of their counterparts faction from the parallel universe remains a mystery. What is even more puzzling, no one in the RTSE or the SE, including Sith'ari Lord Darkon, or the Gatekeeper, even realized what happened. Their memories and thought processes simply adapted to the changed surroundings and factions, with no system shock... In this alternate universe, the RTSE does not fare so well in its struggle against the New Republic, and has been marshaling and regrouping after a significant setback. Now, almost a year had passed, and the Sith'ari is determined to renew the RTSE's offensive. However, with the New Jedi Order still active in the galaxy, rebuilding and swelling their numbers under their new Grandmaster, Kyle Katarn, following the loss of Luke Skywalker at Lord Darkon's hand, that task will be a challenge indeed... with the Shadow Empire also planning to renew its vendetta against the RTSE.
Excerpt[]
All the bridge crew was killed, along with a pair of Acolytes who were there, leaving Lord Darkon to stand alone against two Jedi - a Master and his Apprentice. The Jedi have managed to mag-seal the bridge blast doors, cutting off any chance of reinforcements for the time being... Lord Darkon deflected a backswing saber strike from Corran Horn, before parrying another attack, then taking the opportunity to pierce-kick Horn to the stomach, sending him reeling to the ground, as a storm of Lightning erupted from his left palm. Horn is caught squarely, screaming in agony, just as the Force suddenly warned Darkon of a new threat. A flash of a thrown orange saber came at him from the right. Darkon Force Jumped, the blade passing beneath his feet, before suddenly finding himself Force Pushed hard into one of the bulkheads of the bridge, a flash of pain ripping through his side on impact - Horn's apprentice, Tahiri Veila, taking advantage of Darkon's midair position. Grinning, both her lightsabers, an orange and a green one, at the ready, Tahiri charged toward Darkon. Darkon smiled, leaping back to his feet, relishing the pain. "Not bad, Jedi Knight... but not good enough, either!" - he thought, as Tahiri was almost on him, Horn getting back to his feet in the background. Tahiri ducked low, sweeping both her sabers in a scissor-attack at Darkon's midsection, but he jumped, flipping in the air, parrying one saber and evading another, before landing behind Tahiri's back. Spinning around, Tahiri tried a surprise backspin kick at Darkon's temple - but her foot is intercepted by the hinge of Darkon's right palm in a classic Teras Kasi defense posture, just as his own left foot shot out in a direct hammer-kick to Tahiri's spinal column. "AAAHHH!" - Tahiri screamed, as she felt a slight crack in her spine, which is now broken... before she plopped to the deck, crippled from the neck down. Lord Darkon was about to bring his crimson lightsaber down on her, but Horn's renewed attack compelled him to deal with the Jedi Master first. He rolled to the side, a split-second before Horn's Force Jump ended, his violet lightsaber almost cleaving Lord Darkon in two. Almost before he even hit the ground, Horn was already springing again at Darkon - an attack which Darkon met in midair, crimson blade against Horn's violet one. As they landed back down to the deck, the two engaged in a vicious close-blade duel. Horn's expertise in the dreaded Juyo lightsaber form proved to be almost too much for Darkon's refined Shien to handle, and he was compelled to fall back, adopting defensive Soresu, and parrying the unpredictable slashes and stabs frantically, while taking a shallow burn across his chest from Horn. However, Horn had clearly missed the fact that Juyo has its drawbacks... leaving its user more vulnerable to Force attacks. Force Push - Horn is flung almost ten meters backwards, landing in a heap. Lord Darkon immediately followed the attack up with Force Destruction bolt, but Horn managed to establish his own Force Absorb in time, and Darkon's attack was absorbed and dissipated. However, the break did stall Horn's offensive, allowing Lord Darkon to reestablish the initiative again. Adopting a Makashi, Contention form, which grants the user extra resistance to Force effects, Darkon Force Speeded toward Horn, a blur of crimson-hued motion. Eyes widening, Horn attempted to ground Darkon's charge with Force Push, hoping to break his Speed effort, but the Makashi form allowed Darkon to resist the Push well enough to maintain his Speed. Horn rolled back, as Darkon's lightsaber bit into the deck where he just was, before he applied his own Force Speed, desperately parrying a blurred flurry of attacks, hoping to match Darkon's increased alacrity in time. But Darkon held the initiative, and even as Horn's Force Speed became active, he was already on him... Feinting low, then snapping to the right, Darkon maneuvered Horn into an instinctive attack, as he traversed his balance to the other foot, then entered a brief horizontal midair spin, simultaneously deflecting Horn's follow-up slash with his blade, upon landing back to his feet, point-blank to Horn in a low crouch, before his right elbow found Horn's solar plexus. Horn staggered backwards, moaning out of breath, as Darkon traversed his lightsaber to a backhand grip, spinning around and impaling Horn through the chest. Without a sound, the Jedi Master collapsed to the deck, dead, before a massive release of Force energy erupted from his body. Lord Darkon stood above it, allowing the energy to wash over him, empowering him, as a squad of RTSE troops finally managed to bypass the mag-sealed blast doors that Horn and Tahiri closed behind them. |
Sections[]
- Chapters 1-3
- Chapters 4-6
- Chapters 7-9
- Chapters 10-12
- Chapters 13-15
- Chapters 16-18
- Chapters 19-21
- Chapters 22-24
- Chapters 25-27
- Chapters 28-30
- Chapters 31-33
- Chapters 34-36
- Chapters 37-39
- Chapters 40-42
- Chapters 43-45
- Chapters 46-48
- Chapter 49
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Behind the scenes[]
Well, the Split Destiny story has finally been completed... but it is to be only the first part of the planned trilogy! The second part is already in the process of being written. With JA-394's departure, that story is somewhat stalled for the time being, however.
Credits[]
- TrueSith'ari - Sith Lord Darkon, Lady Deathstrike, Vladimir Rajko, Branislav Zavron, Kiara, RTSE
- JA-394 - The Gatekeeper, Remus Von Grath, Harrington, ES, SE
- Ty294 - Ty Havox