Sith-Naboo Council

[lordocelot]

Sitting in an extravagant hall, where local art decorated the walls, the queen of Naboo was sharing drinks with the sith warlord; Tiberian Coale. The encounter with him was nothing that the queen had expected, she had been waited on hand and foot, the minute she had walked into Palace. The queen had heard stories of the sith growing up and never thought that this was how these barbaric people entertained their enemies. However the queen would not be fooled by Tiberian’s ruse and was determined to see who this leader of the sith truly was.

Sitting around an oval table at one end sat the queen of Naboo on her left was the governor as well as two of her handmaidens, two others were sitting on her right. Looking across the table to see the engaging sith warlord sitting alone and enjoying his Corellian cider.

“Now Lord Coale, I know that you did not have your sith console invade our planet and imprison me so that you could bring me here to your lovely home to swap stories and share cider? I am not that naïve lord Coale and I asked that you do not treat me like a fool” said a bold queen.

Her bold statement rippled through the lovely mood that had presided around the table since their arrival. The governor looked very nervous putting his hands on his laps as they had begun shaking since the queen’s little speech, he turned to the queen. Seeing a strong but sensitive demeanor it was not guess that she had deserved the role of queen for being able to be both sweet and strong. The governor then turned to the sith warlord and was astonished to see that the sith warlord was actually smiling, and this sight did not seem to comfort him. The governor had long heard stories of sith brutality and just to see him sitting still with a smile made the governor more nervous then any outburst of anger that the sith could have made.

“Brash your majesty, I am sorry if offended you but I believe you have sadly been given the wrong perception of my people. This is no act, this is who I am, this is who my people are now. You see we have changed, our only dreams now are to cast down the corrupt jedi that have plagued our galaxies for millenias, and bring a fair balance to not just politics but to life. You see that is why I had my console bring you to me, so that you would stop living off the lies of my people and that you would truly see our evolution. Naboo has long been respected in the world of politics and to have such a powerful ally such as yourself in my corner. I must say there would be no greater honor; all you must do is sign over your planet under the imperial assembly of Sovereign Sith. You will be able to go home and rule your people; you just must be permissible of having armies stationed on your planet. Not to occupy but just to re-fuel until coming to the core-worlds, so your majesty do we have a deal?” finished Tiberian.

The queen was somewhat dumbfounded by the short speech that the sith lord had just given her and she began to wonder if maybe she had judged him and his people by past prejudices. The queen turned to the governor who looked equally stunned but he slowly nodded and the queen smiled bowing her head to the sith warlord. “We would be honored to join you, I only hope you will be able to forgive my past judgments” she said.

Tiberian waved his hand, “think nothing of it” he said standing up, “I ask you to stay as my guests for the Coronet coronation, and after I will have you escorted back to your beautiful home” offered Tiberian.

“We would be honored” replied the queen.

Tiberian clapped his hands together seemingly thrilled by the news, “good now i will have someone show you, where you will be staying” said Tiberian leading the Naboo nobles away from his dining hall.

[Jacen Darxtryder]

Just as Craygen was about to press the circular black button on the side panel to the door to Tiberian's council room, it hissed open. Out walked Naboo's governor, followed by the Queen and her four handmaidens. Craygen bowed in respect as the Queen passed by.

Walking into the room, he knelt in front of Tiberian who was seated at the end of a table. As he was allowed to rise, he sat down and placed his arms onto the table as he addressed Tiberian, "Master, I have had a vision of a battle long past. I am unaware of what it means and I can't clear my mind of it." He said, tapping his fingers one after the other on the table, with his left hand propping up his head.

"At the end of the vision I was face to face with a Jedi from the old order by the name of Obi-Wan Kenobi. When I told him who I was he doubted my allegiance to the Sith and told me that I'm confused. I am unsure of what this means. I would request that I be allowed to retire from the front lines for a short time, if only to somehow find the meaning of all of this." He continued, walking over back to his seat.

[lordocelot]

Tiberian bridged his hands together, anchored to the table by his elbows, Tiberian listened intently to his Sith Consule's doubts and uncertainities, when he finished it seemed Tiberian began to ponder the accound of the jedi knight even more.

"Obi wan Kenobi you say?" he asked looking up at his console, who slowly nodded.

"I see and you recieved this vision on Naboo?" asked Tiberian and again the sith console simply nodded.

"I find your request odd, Young Ardor you are a man who loves battle and one who enjoys tormenting his enemies. So to hear you asking a leave of absense from the field of battle as our war with the Republic begins to form, is quite puzzling" observed Tiberian. His eyes focused on his still, young sith console.

[Jacen Darxtryder]

"You know better than most that the one thing I fear is failure. I'm afraid that if I were to go back to battle so soon with my mind on other things, it might result in an error on my part. I merely ask for a brief leave of absence which will be spent completely and solely in meditation on how I must accept this vision." Craygen replied, raising an eyebrow as he looked intently towards Tiberian.

[lordocelot]

Tiberian called on the force,to see if young Craygen was speaking the truth and Tiberian could not detect any deception in his sith console's answer. It seemed for the f irst time since meeting the young sith marauder that Craygen was truly doubting his beliefs with the sith order.

"As you know the queen of Naboo is an amusing character, she did not fall for my act and I did not fall to hers. Nabooo I believe will be a vital system for us to control through this war with the Republic, we will need stong mid- rim planets, if we are going to successfully invade and conquer more of the Republic in the inner-rim and coreworlds. Go back to the queen to Naboo, monitor her and her staff, she will be allowed to stay in office as long as she continues to do what she is told. I believe since you recieved your vision on Naboo, you will be more likely to find your answers there" instructed Tiberian.

[Jacen Darxtryder]

Craygen bowed in reverence as he got up from the table. "It shall be done, my master. I will return with the Queen to Naboo and when I return I will be all the more devoted to our cause." Craygen said, his attention still focused on Tiberian.

"If you require my services for anything, I will be in my ship meditating on this." he continued, turning around he walked calmly out through the same door from whence he had come and headed back in the direction that his ship was located.