"We'll arrange a ride to a safe house, with one of our ships. Chances are your vessel can be tracked, anyways, which is why its best kept within the asteroid until we can examine it more carefully" she replied comfortingly. "But now, how exactly did you come to be falsely accused of killing a monarch?"

Meanwhile, in Lord Steelven's living quarters...
As he finished the repairs to himself, he began to eat his meal. Halfway through his meal, he started to hear taunting messages within himself. The voice said "If you are a real warrior, you will come to Hoth and face me..." and then it stopped. Steelven knew not of who that was, but he did know that only someone with skills in the force could speak to him like that. He began to think to himself. This certainly was no Jedi. Jedi never challange Sith like that. Could it have been...oh no!! At that instant, Steelven arose from his chair and rushed out of his room. He stormed through the hallways. How is he still alive? This is not happening.... He came the council room, and entered hastily, not caring if he was interrupting anything. "I'm leaving for Hoth, now. I should be back soon." After he said that, he darted out. He headed for his personal ship in docking bay 7. "Going somewhere Lord Steelven?" asked his personal droid assistant. "Yes, and I might not return." he replied. He reached the hangar, and jumped into his ship. He started it up, flew out of the temple, and started his journey to Hoth.

(( You guys went ahead so far! Can you tell me when you're on normally so I can play at the same time as you ))

Avenger woke from his nightmares with sweat covering his brow. The nightmares had mostly been nothing more than snippets of the past but some were clear, in places he had never seen before. There was a snowscape, clearly Hoth, and the remains of the shield generator that had protected the Rebel base years ago. Next came the snow, bloodstained and churned from a battle that had occurred. Lightsabers flashed, vaguely he saw one of the Sith Masters' face, the one who he had overheard being called Steelven. The next image was calmer, but still as strange. A monarch lay dead in his throne. Guards chase after a princely figure. The chase had led the prince here, to the Sith Base, Avengers new home. The lizard sat up in bed, picked up his lightsaber, and walked out the door, with the hanger being the destination in mind. Finally he got there and saw the Lord and her apprentice talking to the prince he had seen in his dreams. He walked up to them slowly and quietly, patiently waiting for them to finish their conversation.

"Well, it's a long a werid story, but I'll explain it to the best of my abilities.

Before I was on the run, or even a prince, I lived on the planet formerly known as Mermoex. Me and my family lived a peacful, normal life, until this group of creatures that were basically pure evil, killing off every living soul they could find. Eventually, it got so rough in Memorex, that we had to flee from it, all because of those...things. I was only about 4 at the time, so I barely remember what they looked like, if at all.

We traveled through space for a while, until we eventually founda home away from home known as the planet Belle. Belle was probably the most beautiful planet in the enitre area. Clear blue oceans, tall snow-capped mountains, it was just...breathtaking. Anyway, the people of Belle let us stay with them, living the way of life that they did, which wasn't too hard.

After about 10 years, I eventually fell in love with the princess, then again, all the boys my age had a crush on her. We met at a ball, and started seeing each other more frequently, becoming great friends. 2 years later, it came time that the king selected the prince to eventually take the thron when the king died. Now by this time, the princess and I were very close, so she begged her father to pick me to be the prince. The king eventually did choose me. Of course, there's always at least 1 person unhappy with the results, Marth.

Marth, before the princess and I met, was easily the top candidate to be chosen as the prince. When I was chosen though, he wasn't too happy. So at the night of the ceremony, he snuck into the king's room, while the king was getting ready for the ceremony, and stabbed him in the back with a knife. When I came into the room, I was shocked when I saw the kinfe in his back. I saw the indow was wide open, so I looked out of it, and saw Marth running as fast as he could away from the tower.

Later when the guards came in, they saw me staring at the dead king, and immediately assumed it was me who murdered him. Now everyone in Belle thinks I did it...except one, the princess. She knew I would never do such a horrible thing, but apperently no one else thought that. I escaped from Belle, barely, and have been running ever since. And well, here I am."

"Well, know they know everything, might as well tell them my shoe size as well."

"I guess it's remarkable, if you really think so, but it would be nice of you to help me. If youu could really come up with a successful plan, it would definetly be appreciated.", he said to Havec.

A quick moment passed, "I don't want to impose, but just out of curosity, what is for lunch?", he asked.

"I'll impose for Mak'iikitil rings, they were actually one of my favorite meals back back on Memorex, when they were imported to Memorex. And tea wouldn't be too bad either, thank you very much.", exclaimed Riven.

Raziel was wandering around the temple, just having a look around when he saw some padawans studying in the sith archives, "wow this place is suprisingly similar to the jedi temple" raziel said as he walked into the archives, he then noticed a lightsaber on the floor, it looked like it was of jedi origin, he then picked it up and decided to go and find lord havec.

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he found her still talking to riven, he ran upto her, "i think you might be interested in this" he said as he used his tail to pull the lightsaber out of his back pocket, "i found it in the archives, it looks like it is of jedi origin" he said handing her the lightsaber.

Havec accepted the saber, handling it with only the tips of her claws as she examined it.

Raziel was watching the blade spin round when he suddenly became aware of someone watching them he then looked into some shadows and there he saw them, another of his people, "lord havec, i don't mean to alarm you but i have seen another of my kind hiding in the shadows" he said, "and to prove it" he said as he used a force grip and pulled the intruder from the shadows and flung them in front of him, he then realised who it was, it was his brother kain, "nice to see you again, little brother" raziel said as he drew his lightsaber, "i think we found the owner of the lightsaber" raziel said.

((I'm sorry to ask, but how did the other chacter manage to find the Sith base? It's pretty well hidden…))

((he's a member of the jedi but he stowed away in the cargo hold of raziels ship))

((Mmk.))

"He'll be a security risk, then?" asked Havec, narrowing her eyes. "I'm not one to encourage the destruction of a sentient being, but there is a larger cause at stake, here. If he would report us to the others of your kind, Raziel, we shall have to, ah, eliminate him. Or brainwash him, whichever you'd prefer. Assuming he's not a master, I should be able to successfully remove a few hours of memory."

"i'd prefer to kill him, he betrayed me once, i won't let it happen again" raziel said as he narrowed his eyes, "any last words brother?" raziel asked, "yes....... you're going down" kain said as he jumped up and grabbed his lightsaber and lunged at raziel, but raziel blocked him with his lightsaber, raziel then grabbed him by his throat and threw him across the room, "brother you are but a mere padawan, but i am a master" raziel said as he launched a force lightning at kain, kain was screaming and writhing in agony, raziel stopped the lightning assault and kain fell to the ground smoking and badly burnt but still alive, kain then stood up but raziel pushed on his shoulders, making him kneel, "i'm sorry brother" raziel said as he decapitated kain with his lightsaber.

Havec bowed her head, making a whirring noise by fluttering her flight feathers. "Peace be to the departed, may he find the heart of the Force and exist in enlightenment. Slain by the stronger, we strive forth to the brightest path" she said solemnly, holding one claw over her face with three fingers extended. "Would you like to say a few words, Raziel? I am unsure of the funeral customs on your planet."

Raziel walked over to his brothers corpse and started to pray in his peoples language, "saluse asgik houlet cos toufer perishav", dark blue flames then appeared around kains body and kains body was slowly engulfed by the flames and his body slowly disentergrated until a small ball of fire remained, raziel then held his hand out and the ball of fire then floated into raziels palm, raziel then closed his hand, he then opened it again and the flame had disappeared,"goodbye brother" raziel then stepped back and stood in silence.

Meanwhile...
Lord Steelven then pulled into hyperspace. After eating a short meal, since he didn't finish his one back at the temple, he sat back, and started to question again. I don't understand. This isn't possible. I saw him die in that battle... His ship started to slow down. "Ah. I must be here." He looked out the window, and saw the blue planet known as Hoth. He entered the atmosphere, and slowly landed on a flattened area. He exited his ship, with his lightsabers on his belt. He looked around in the frigid cold snow, and then sensed the direction in which he needed to go. I feel it. It's not that far away to the north of here. After walking awhile, he suddenly stopped. He's here! I feel it! He gripped his belt, ready to unleash his lightsabers. After 2 minutes of cold silence, a figure appeared. "I see you took up my challange..." the voice said. "You can't be alive anymore Braddith! I saw you get shot!" "You'd be suprised at what I could survive, Steelven." replied Braddith. "No more questions now. It's time for you to die for not even trying to save me!" Braddith then brought out his lightsaber, which had a golden blade. Steelven brought out all four of his lightsabers. Their lightsabers clashed, and Braddith was easily overwhelmed. Steelven then cut off both of his arms, and crushed his ribcage. "Heheh." cackled Braddith. "I was only here to lure you out. You'll never get out of here alive!" "What?" "At that instant, Braddith pulled out a timer that had 5 seconds left on it. "Say goodbye to your ship. I hope you suffer a painful death as I have." he said as he died. Steelven then looked to the south, where his ship was. When the timer reached 0, his ship exploded in a tremendous flame. "No!! He must've planted a time bomb! This is just my luck. Now how am I ever going to get off of this snow wasteland?!?

When the bounty hunter entered the room Avenger ducked his head and hoped he wouldn't be seen. He was still worried that if the bounty hunter saw him he would be captured and sent off to the Jedi Temple, and if that were to happen who knows what would happen to him? Then the battle ensued. It was not long-lived but it proved the power of the Bounty Hunter. The funeral was nice, though, and it lightened the Drake's heart. He also jumped at the sound of "Lunch" because he was completely famished. Suddenly he felt a shiver at the base of his spine. A vision flashed through him. It was Hoth again, but he could faintly see Lord Steelven in the blinding snow, searching for something. Steelven's ship was nowhere in sight, and a bloodied man was lying at Steelven's feet. The clarity of this image surprised Avenger so he relayed it to the group around him, despite the fact that the bounty hunter was there. "I saw this image, it was of Lord Steelven. He seemed stuck on Hoth. I only tell you this because the image was so clear. I think I may be seeing thiings that are... really happening. But.. I do not think we should act on this image... I may just be dreaming, or worse a Jedi may be planting these images in my brain to set a trap for us. I must meditate on this to discover it's true meaning." Disturbed, Avenger forgot his hunger and began walking off to his quarters, before realising he had none. He was not sick anymore so he couldn't go back to the infirmary, so he asked "My Lord... I do not yet know you're name," he directed this at the bird-woman, "but I must ask... where shall I sleep tonight? I have not yet received any quarters."

((Could you guys please tell me what time you're usually on so I can get on at the same time... I always get left behind *sob* ))

((he is not the bountyhunter anymore, he is working for the sith now, and can you call him raziel, and i am on normally all evening))

((5-10 EST and various times during the day, thanks to spares))

(( I'd prefer to keep my mistrust kryten, makes things interesting 8) ))

"For Lord Steelven's sake I hope it is a dream, but in the Sith there is no place for assumptions. I shall meditate on this. But on to less serious matters for the time being. Thank you very much Lord Havec, I would love to see my quarters, but I heard talk of lunch," Avenger said hungrily, "perhaps it would be best if the tour could begin after our appetites have been sated." He looked across at the Bounty Hunter slowly, back at Havec, then to the floor "So his name is Raziel... too bad he knows I'm here. I'll have to keep up my guard." He muttered to himself.

"it would be much appreciated lord havec, and since i have some spare time on my hands would you like me to go to hoth to search for lord steelven, after all i like to keep active" raziel said to lord havec.

For the first time since his arrival Avenger spoke to Raziel, "It would be much appreciated, Raziel, if you were to this, but it would be unwise to rush into such matters. The ways of the mind are subtle and, by one of the force, easily bent. I would be much displeased if my visions hastened you into a trap. It would be wiser if I were to meditate on this matter before any decisive actions are made. Please wait, Raziel, until the visions are confirmed to be true."

It took Avenger a while to realise that both he and Havec had spoken almost the exact same counsel, at the exact same time, "I hope you make a wise decision, Raziel." Counseled Avenger, in finality.