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NETpyre sent this to me to forward to the list.
He would like any comments that anyone has on it. 
If you are a Windows user, there is a really nice looking Write file of this
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Dartanian-Nightrunner Anthology 

	The Dennaskar night was peaceful, illuminated by countless stars and
two brilliant moons each casting a sorrel light on the planet.  In his 
solace, Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner felt out of place.
	Protruding out from the Dennaskar surface were hundreds of 
monolithic rock formations, nearly as tall as mountains.  They formed 
canyons which surrounded the dense green tropical forests of the planet.  
Yarrick stood gazing skyward, pulling back the hood that covered his head.
	He was engaged in tumultuous thought when a voice cut through almost
tangible silence that reverberated across the planet.  "Yarrick..."
	He spun around to look at the source of the voice and his heart 
nearly stopped.  Before him stood a shimmering spectral image of the man in 
his dreams.  The man he now knew to be his father.  Tobias 
Dartanian-Nightrunner.
	"Yarrick..." he spoke again, his celestially echoing voice made 
Yarrick shudder.
	"Father?"  He asked, hesitantly.
	"The Force guides you well Yarrick."  He said proudly.  He wore a 
hooded cloak, which concealed all but his face.  He appeared in his late 
thirties, with a black goatee.  He was slightly shorter than Yarrick, but 
with broader shoulders and a muscular build.  The Force seemed to augment 
his physical stature a thousand fold.
	Yarrick wanted to walk closer, but it felt strange somehow.  A 
sapient aura seemed to emanate from Tobias, and it served to comfort 
Yarrick.  But the necromancy made him feel uncomfortable, if not a little 
bit frightened.
	Tobias seemed to sense this.  "Do not be afraid.  I have always been
with you." He said, walking towards Yarrick.  Yarrick took a sudden step 
back, uneasy about the situation.
	"Why are you appearing to me now?"  Yarrick implored.
	"Because these are dark times."  Tobias stepped closer to Yarrick, 
and they stared profoundly into each other's eyes.  "The time has come for 
you to learn the Force to confront an enemy powerful in the Dark Side, with 
an intense ambition to become the Emperor's successor."
	Yarrick swallowed nervously.  He started to speak but Tobias 
interrupted, raising his hand to allow himself to speak.  "Go to the planet 
Daoloth.  There you will find your destiny, and hopefully...your soul.  The 
force will guide you."  He image began to fade, and Yarrick extended an 
outstretched hand to him.  Seconds later Yarrick wondered if it was ever 
really there.  But Yarrick knew he was going to Daoloth.

TOBIAS DARTANIAN-NIGHTRUNNER

	One of the original founders of the Legion of Light, Tobias 
Dartanian was more known for his preserving the Jedi religion than his 
achievements in battle.  His military contributions to the Clone Wars were 
minute in comparison to his accomplishments in the area of history and 
metaphysics.  He was well revered by other Jedi, many in awe of his 
knowledge and power in the Force.
	His early history is unknown, although it is documented that he kept
a journal during his Jedi training which was later lost in the Jedi Purge.  
It is believed that he was born on the planet Chandrila, and studied under 
the Jedi Vo'ren Faalo when he turned age nineteen.  He learned much of his 
Jedi precepts from Faalo, and most of his training consisted of lessons on 
the Force and the philosophy surrounding it.  He became fascinated with the 
Force, and studied it relentlessly, but was forced to fight in the Clone 
Wars like many Jedi.
	Before the Clone Wars, Tobias became involved in a religious and 
political group of Jedi, and they formed the Legion of Light, its goal to 
uphold the covenant of the Force and support the war against the Dark Side. 
Dartanian became the third member of the Haedric Triumvirate, the ruling 
body of the coalition.  He also held a seat on the Draven Tribunal, the 
division of the Legion of Light responsible for holding trial against those 
accused of wrongdoing.
	After the Clone Wars, he was given the responsibility of guarding 
the temple Thag'unar on the planet Daoloth, and he was bestowed the title 
Guardian Templar.  Several years later, the Jedi that were in hiding at the 
shrine were discovered and murdered by a student of the Emperor, Varrin 
Thoth.  Tobias was off planet with his soon-to-be wife Aria, and heard of 
the massacre.  He and his wife went into hiding on the planet Celanon, aided
by Tobias' Nalroni friend Naosar.  It was then that Tobias took up the 
pseudonym surname Nightrunner to avoid being found by the Empire.
	Tobias and Aria lived happily on Celanon in the years following.  
Tobias devoted all of his time to studying his passions, history and 
anthropology.  But he was again lured away to fight against the Jedi Purge 
in one of the final Crusades against the Empire, he left Aria for months, 
and was seduced by an unknown temptress of the Dark Side.  He was converted 
to evil for a short time, and bore a child by her.  But his undying love for
his wife Aria returned him to the Light.
	They later had two sons together, Darius and Yarrick.  Tobias built 
a lightsaber specifically for the two children, and had them locked away.  
Soon after, Tobias faced Thoth, just as he knew he would.  He ordered Aria 
to take the children and run.  She did so, first grabbing Darius' lightsaber
and then picking up her children, running away in tears.  Tobias stood no
chance against Thoth, and the clash did not last long.  Tobias was stricken 
down by the blade of Thoth's Lightsaber, but his life Force bonded with 
Yarrick's.  And although Yarrick had no memory of his father's death, he 
often saw it in his nightmares, unknowingly caused by Tobias. He returned as
a shimmering image several times to guide and train Yarrick, and thus 
breaking the Force continuum which restrained the galaxy.  Due to this 
Tobias was forced to disappear permanently shortly after Yarrick defeated 
Kardac.
	It is believed that Tobias foresaw his own death and wrote a 
thanatopsis that was lost for years after his death, but that claim has yet 
to be proven.

Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner
Type:  Jedi Historicist
DEXTERITY 3D
Dodge 5D, Lightsaber 5D+2, Melee Combat 5D
KNOWLEDGE 4D
Bureaucracy 5D, Bureaucracy: Legion of Light 7D+2, Cultures 6D, Jedi Lore 
9D, Planetary Systems 4D+1, Scholar: Anthropology 7D, Galactic History 8D+2,
Military History 5D
MECHANICAL 2D
Beast Riding 4D
PERCEPTION 3D+1
Command 4D, Search 5D, Stealth 8D
STRENGTH 3D+2
TECHNICAL 2D
Lightsaber Construction (A) 5D, Lightsaber Repair 6D+2
Special Abilities:
Force Skills:  Control 4D, Sense 4D+1, Alter 4D
Control:  Concentration, Enhance Attribute, Hibernation Trance, Illumination
Control & Sense:  Farseeing, Lightsaber Combat
Sense:  Life Detection, Sense Force, Receptive Telepathy
Alter:  Conceal Force, Telekenesis
This character is Force-Sensitive.
Force Points:  5
Dark Side Points:  1
Character Points: 13
Equipment:  Hooded Cloak, Robes

Capsule:   Appearing as a ghostly image in his mid-forties, with a muscular 
build and a black goatee Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner wears dark robes and a
hooded cloak which conceal all but his face.  He is a very determined man, 
and always stands up for what is right.  Despite having a very kind heart 
and clear mind, Tobias is also somewhat impatient with people, but he
has pure intentions.  He loves his son deeply, and is very proud of him, but
constantly pushes him to become perfect.  He is an extreme perfectionist, 
morally and spiritually, and during Yarrick's training, this appears to have
rubbed off on his son as well.  Although he does not approve of fighting, he
will not hesitate to do what he feels is necessary, even if that means 
death.
	He was a loving father and husband before dying at the hands of 
Varrin Thoth, but was briefly turned to the Dark Side for a short time by a 
temptress of the Emperor.  She was very attractive and seductive, as well as
strong in the Force, and Tobias was fascinated with her.  But Aria, an 
attractive woman in her own right, but neither Force-sensitive or nearly as 
provocative, brought Tobias back to the Light.  This is a perfect example of
how Tobias' interest in the mind and soul often cause him to lose sight of 
what in the galaxy really are valuable.

	The erroded pillars laid broken, covered by the moss and vegetation 
of the forest.  They seemed as if they had lain there for thousands of years
to the onlooking Yarrick, but to the gleaming, ghostly image of his father, 
they were an all too recent memory.
	Yarrick had passed the stone columns in his search for the hidden 
temple.  They bore the engraving of a symbol, the crest of the Legion of 
Light, and other  ornately carved runes.  But the forest had consumed them, 
making the grey stone appear mostly green.  It  was apparent that they had 
not broken due to natural circumstances.  Their ends were not asymetric and
cragged, but severed cleanly, as if they had been cut with a blade.
	Yarrick glanced up at his father, squinting his eyes against the 
morning sun.  He had just emerged from the dark temple, and his eyes had not
completely adjusted. 
	His father stared at the pillars momentarily, and then turned his 
gaze to his son.  "We will now begin the second phase of your training."
	He stood motionless, his sight transfixed on Tobias, awaiting 
further instruction.
	"Your first task will be to move these, setting them upon one 
another."  Tobias said, pointing towards the columns.  "You will not be 
permitted to touch them."
	"What?"  Yarrick shot out with astonishment.  "That's impossible!"
	"It will always be impossible, if you cease to attempt it."  Tobias 
retorted, folding his arms across his chest.
	Yarrick rolled his eyes and sighed.  He stared at the massive blocks
and concentrated on moving them.  Maybe it was possible for Tobias, but 
Yarrick was fairly  certain that it would never be a conceivable concept.
	"I can't do it."  Yarrick announced, definitively, when they seldom 
more than shook.
	"You can do it.  You simply do not apply yourself."
	"It's over father.  I tried the best I could, and I failed."  
Yarrick began to walk away.
	"It does not end when you fail," Tobias called out to him.  "it ends
when you fail to try."
	Yarrick turned around and walked back toward Tobias.  He stopped and
before his father, staring down into his eyes.  He returned his attention 
back toward the pillars and inhaled deeply, then breathed out, closing his 
eyes.  He held his arms at his sides, clenching his fists and gritting his 
teeth.  It felt as if every part of his body, mental and physical, was 
trying to move the stone cylinder.  Then he felt a tremor in the Force.  The
stone column rose up from its embedding, and into the air.  He concentated, 
carefully turning the stone telekenetically onto its base and setting it on 
the forest floor.
	He opened his eyes and then proceeded to do the same with seven 
other pillars.
	"You have done well, my son.  The Force is with you."

VARRIN THOTH

	Varrin Thoth, a member of the Sith, one of Emperor Palpatine's 
foremost students, and the arch-enemy of Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner.  He 
is almost the direct opposite of Tobias, never getting too philosophical or 
judgemental.  He was far more attuned to combat and carrrying out the will 
of the Emperor.  He participated in the Jedi Purge and himself killed over
one hundred Jedi, many of which were members of the Legion of Light, to 
which Thoth was vehemently opposed.  He spent no time ever trying to sway 
anyone to the Dark Side, simple killing them when they violated the 
Emperor's code.  He was an apathetic  murderer, and never had any 
convictions whatsoever upon the killing of the defenseless, or even 
children.
	Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner became enraged when he heard about the 
deaths of some of the members of the Legion of Light and sought out Thoth.  
They confronted each other and fought, the result ending in a draw.  They 
were in heated battle when the other members of the Triumverate burst into 
the cell in which the fight raged, and Thoth was forced to retreat. Thoth 
later killed the Jedi at the Thag'unar temple, and the final confrontation 
between Tobias and Thoth resulted in the death of Dartanian-Nightrunner.
	Upon returning to the Emperor after killing Dartanian-Nightrunner, 
the Emperor ordered Darth Vader to kill him, as he was growing too powerful.

Varrin Thoth
Type:  Dark Jedi
DEXTERITY 3D+1
Dodge 6D+2, Lightsaber 8D, Melee Combat 6D+2, Melee Parry 6D
KNOWLEDGE 2D+2
Intimidation 7D, Planetary Systems 5D, Willpower 6D+1
MECHANICAL 3D
Beast Riding 5D, Astrogation 4D+2, Capital Ship Piloting 3D+2
PERCEPTION 3D+1
Command 7D+1, Search 8D+1
STRENGTH 3D
TECHNICAL 2D+2
Demolitions 4D, Lightsaber Construction (A) 5D+1
Special Abilities:
Force Skills:  Control 5D, Sense 6D+1, Alter 4D+2
Control:  Absorb/Dissipate Energy, Control Pain, Enhance Attribute
Control & Sense:  Danger Sense, Farseeing, Lightsaber Combat
Sense:  Receptive Telepathy, Sense Force
Alter:  Injure/Kill, Telekenisis
Control & Alter:  Feed on Dark Side
This character is Force-Sensitive.
Force Points:  6
Dark Side Points:  12
Character Points: 15
Equipment:  Body Armor, Cape, Lightsaber, Comlink

Capsule:   Varrin Thoth was a tall, thin man with brown hair and eyes.  He 
towered over Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner when the two fought, and was much 
younger when he killed the benevolent Jedi historiscist.  He expressed very 
little emotion, other than anger.  Palpatine used him for little more than 
to eliminate his oppostion, the Jedi Knights.

	Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner and Varrin Thoth stared into each 
other's eyes, each trying to determine the other's next move with the Force.
They stood with their lightsabers ignited, standing no more than a two 
meters apart, Thoth standing between him and his wife and children.
	Thoth struck first, and quickly, Tobias just barely able to raise 
his blade to defend it.  The sheer power of the blow itself forced him back 
several steps, and Thoth stepped forward, swinging his lightsaber again, 
Tobias dodging out of the way as it struck the side of the sandstone wall.
	Dartanian-Nightrunner backed up defenseively as Thoth came down with
another powerful swing, Tobias blocking it and their lightsabers crackling 
together, transitorily locked in a battle of strength, producing a low drone
and a flashing of energy.
	"After I kill you," Thoth proclaimed with contempt, "I will kill 
your wife and children, so that you will know that your seed has been wiped 
from the galaxy for eternity."  He motioned over to Aria, standing in the 
corner, holding her crying son, Yarrick in both arms.  Darius clung to
her leg, his countenance expressing both his deep fear and empathy for his 
father.
	He gathered all his strength, and forced Thoth back several steps, 
returning the the position they had held before, Tobias assuming a 
defenseive stance.  His infant son's piercing cry resounded in the small 
home, Thoth's last words driving terror into his heart.
	"Aria, run!"  He shouted, as Thoth brought down another sweeping 
blow, Tobias dodging to the side, then coming back with a swing that should 
have hit its mark on Thoth's shoulder. Instead, Thoth deflected it, striking
Tobias blade.
	Aria Dartanian-Nightrunner had already taken her children and run 
out of the house, carrying the moaning Yarrick in her left arm and holding 
Darius' hand in the other.  Tears had already begun to drip down Darius' 
face, fearful of his father's fate.
	Sensing that his wife and sons were safe, he fought with 
revitalization.  He battled Thoth back several paces, rapidly swinging his 
lightsaber to be blocked effortlessly each time.  With the final strike, 
Thoth locked lightsabers with Tobias, twisting his own and flinging Tobias' 
blade across the room and he watched it as it skidded across the floor.
	She stopped in front of the family dewback, and she placed Yarrick 
into the saddle pouch of the reptilian riding beast.  Then she picked up her
other son and lifted him up into the leather saddle.  When she herself 
climbed up, she pulled the reigns of the dewback and rode off to find refuge
in Celanon City.  The wind blowing her long, blonde hair, she leaned down 
and kissed the top of Darius head gently as tears trickled down her face.  
Removing Darius' lightsaber from her robe, she placed it in a black 
drawstring pouch.	
	"And now, Dartanian, you die."  Thoth quickly swung his lightsaber 
at arms length, dismembering Tobias' head.  Only there was no blood, nor 
body.  All that remained of Tobias were his white robes.  However, Thoth 
never turned back.  He darted out of the small domicile and stood in the 
archway as he watched a dewback scamper away, heading north.

YARRICK DARTANIAN-NIGHTRUNNER

	Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner was born on the agricultural planet 
Celanon, the son of Tobias and Aria Dartanian-Nightrunner and the younger 
brother of Darius Dartanian-Nightrunner. His father, Tobias Dartanian, a 
Jedi, was forced to take up the pseudonym surname Nightrunner to avoid being
hunted down in the purge.  They lived in the isolated continent of Desetur, 
the only humans on the continent, as Tobias had made lifelong friends with a
Nalroni named Noasar.  It did not save Tobias, however, because only a year 
after Yarrick was born, the Dark Jedi located him.  Aria picked up her two 
children and ran, under the command of Tobias, who engaged in a fierce 
Lightsaber duel with Varrin Thoth.  The battle did not last long, as 
Tobias was overcome by the intense power of the Dark Side in Thoth.  Aria 
and her children just managed to escape, and without anywhere else to go, 
were forced to stay in the crowded trader port of Celanon City. From the 
time of his death, Tobias was incubusly with Yarrick, in the form of surreal
nightmares. This was an unconscious act on the part of both individuals, as 
Tobias' life force bonded with Yarrick's.
	Thoth returned to his master, the Emperor, he was punished by death 
for his failure.  It was five years before the Imperial troopers found 
Yarrick and his mother and brother in Celanon City.  His brother, only 
twelve years old, gave his own lightsaber to Yarrick and told him to run,
as he unsuccessfully tried to defend himself and his mother with the Force. 
Darius was killed with no complication, as was his mother.  Yarrick managed 
to escape and live for weeks on the streets of Celanon City.  He was finally
discovered by a young near-human couple who had heard of the bounty posted 
for the dead body of the child.  They claimed that they were his godparents,
and they took him in.  They intended to sell him to the Empire, but grew 
attached to him and ended up trying to hide him.  They moved from planet to 
planet as Yarrick grew older, finally making a permanent stay on the planet 
Agost.  There, Yarrick, then eighteen, befriended and later fell in love 
with a radiant girl named Alora Kierran.  Her father, a gambler, was in
severe debt to a crime lord and spent his and his daughter's lives being 
chased by bounty hunters.  They were forced to leave before Yarrick turned 
twenty.  She and her father fled to Fether, and her father later died of a 
mysterious epidemic plague that infected nearly the entire planet.
	It only grew worse for Yarrick when the Empire completely subjugated
the entire planet, making slaves of all the farmers for rations for its 
soldiers, and Yarrick was again required to leave.  This time, on his own.  
Yarrick decided that he would join the Rebel Alliance, and fight for the 
freedom that he had been denied his entire life.  He left the planet with a 
group of rogue, signing with them as an indentured mercenary for several 
months, participating in many heated battles, all of them deadly.  As a 
mercenary, he acquired a number of informants and contacts, as well as made 
a few friends.  He later fulfilled his goals and joined the Alliance on 
Vondarc, and became an A-Wing Starfighter pilot.
	Dartanian-Nightrunner was involved in several unsuccessful 
reconnaissance missions, and an assault on a Victory Star Destroyer.  In 
what would be his last active mission as a member of the Rebel Alliance, he 
was to infiltrate the Imperial defenses on the planet Condorra, where a 
prisoner of pivotal importance to the Alliance was being held in a garrison 
base.   The mission was covert in the highest degree, and Yarrick was the 
only operative officially assigned to the mission.  He rendezvoused with a 
group of underground Rebel freedom fighters, and they tried to break into 
the base.  Only one other than Yarrick survived the attempt.  The prisoner 
was executed, and the Imperials obtained what Yarrick believed to be vital 
information.  Rather than the Imperials get their hand on the data, Yarrick 
and the operative rigged an explosive device which killed nearly thirty 
Imperial officers.  In the escape from the base, the Operative died, and
Yarrick only managed to retreat in a battered Y-Wing in a military 
scrapyard.  He penetrated the Imperial blockade in space, and once aboard 
the Frigate Valor, was reassigned to a different post.  A  post on that of 
the planet Dennaskar, virtually uninhabited.  The vital data turned out to
be nothing more than an the memorandum of an Imperial organizational 
conference.  He was declared dead by the Rebel Alliance, and the mission was
eliminated from all records, as in the event that word got out, it would 
mean sympathy for the Empire in the Senate.  Yarrick spent a year in 
seclusion on Dennaskar, when he was contacted by the mercenaries which had 
hired him years ago.  They were taking part in the gang war between Qual'om 
Soach's Organization and the Nalmar Syndicate, and insisted that 
Dartanian-Nightrunner join them, as he did not fully uphold his end of the 
bargain.  Yarrick felt compelled to do so, and battled with them on the
planet Genesia, where most of them were killed.
	After losing the battle, and just managing to escape, Yarrick 
returned to Dennaskar, where he spent another year, when he was met by the 
shimmering image of his father, instructing him to go to the planet Daoloth.
Obediently, Yarrick did so, and there after hours of searching he found and 
entered an ancient temple and his father appeared again.  The brilliant,
ghostly image of his father taught him how to use the Force, and the 
responsibility that went along with becoming a Jedi.  Yarrick learned nearly
all of his moral Jedi lessons through Tobias' teachings of history, making 
examples of past occurrences.  During his physical training, Tobias would 
take form as a voice in Yarrick's head, constantly driving him on.  The two 
bonded over the course of a year in Yarrick's training, but it was not 
without conflict. The frustrated Yarrick would protest bitterly to Tobias, 
Tobias calmly insisting that Yarrick was not trying hard enough, Yarrick 
becoming angry and defensive.  It was during this period of anger that 
Yarrick became very close to being drawn to the Dark Side, when he ventured 
into a chamber that was consumed by evil, as it was the room in which seven 
Jedi were struck down by one man.  The man that would later kill Tobias, 
Varrin Thoth.  But in the end, father and son were at peace. Until Tobias 
unleashed a startling revelation.  He had been unfaithful to Yarrick's 
mother, long before Yarrick was born.  That Tobias had succumbed to the Dark
Side, and he had a son through a Dark tempress servant of the Emperor, 
Yarrick's half-brother named Kardac.  It was then revealed that that was why
Tobias had returned, to train Yarrick to combat the evil Kardac. Yarrick, 
remembering the death of his brother, Darius, insisted on returning his 
half-brother to the Light.  Tobias said Yarrick was being irrational, that 
Kardac was too consumed by evil to be turned.
  	Yarrick left Daoloth, journeying to the hidden planet Toalagar, 
where Kardac had formed a cult, the Dark Advocate Sect.  On the scarcely 
populated Toalagar, he found an enormous Imperial Citadel, and fought a 
number of the Dark Advocates and an apprentice of Kardac, before finally 
confronting Kardac himself.  The two fought for what seemed like an 
eternity, but Kardac was by far the superior warrior.  Kardac eventually 
emerged victorious and nearly killed Yarrick before being killed himself by 
his traitorous servant Sarcaandia.  Yarrick buried Kardac in a valley not 
far from the fortress.  After speaking with Sarcaandia, and erasing much of 
the dark side from her soul, Yarrick was visited by Tobias, for the last 
time.  Tobias explained that he had broken the continuum of the Force, in 
its coexistence with time, and his own moral judgement about altering 
events.  Tobias told him that he would not always be able to  rely on him 
for guidance, and Yarrick knew immediately what he meant.  He understood, 
and father and son separated, as Tobias faded away into eternity.  He never 
felt so alone in his life.  (The Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner Chronicles)
  	Yarrick, who would no longer submissively wait on Dennaskar, 
ventured into what he believed to be wild space in his starfighter, locating
the supposedly lost Nyrogatha system. Guided by the Force, he found Alora 
Kierran and her Cracian Thumper Whirlwind, scouting the rain forest planet 
for what was now the New Republic.  She had located an Imperial Research 
Facility, but was unable to communicate with the Republic due to a satellite
the Empire had set up to send encrypted data transmissions.  The satellite 
was designed to keep the New Republic from intercepting the transmissions, 
but also prevented them from sending them, within the radius of the link 
created between the research facility and the satellite.  Alora and her 
Cracian Thumper had been trapped on the planet for three weeks, but the 
arrival of Yarrick promised them rescue.  However, Yarrick found himself 
unable to leave, and together he and Alora managed to break into the 
Research Facility and fought their way through, discovering encrypted 
Imperial data files.  They couldn't break the code that secured the files, 
and they stole it from the central computer.  Faced with adversity, they 
rekindled their romance, and when chased back to his A-Wing, Alora insisted 
Yarrick to deliver the data to the Republic, and come back for her. With the
Imperials closing in, he was forced to make the journey alone.  Alora 
managed to escape into the dense rain forest and hide, until Yarrick could 
return.  Yarrick transmitted the readouts to the nearest New Republic 
warship, a Calamari MC80 Cruiser in the adjacent sector before returning to 
Alora and traveling to the planet Lamuir IV where they began living 
together. (Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner and the Clandestine Fear).
	They had spent little time together before Yarrick began having 
horrible macabre nightmares, focused on the Dark Side.  
Dartanian-Nightrunner, determined to discover the source, left Alora on a 
large Star Explorer vessel and began researching the images he found in his 
nightmares, uncovering information on a ancient, jagged piece of stone he 
had seen in his visions.  He traveled to the planet Aaris III, where he 
uncovered strange stone ruins that beared the same inscriptions that he had 
seen in his dreams.  The history of the relic obscure, Yarrick soon 
discovered that it was left behind by an extinct race which had inhabited 
the planet Jandoon.  Further research indicated that Sarcaandia was one of 
the few remaining descendants of the natives of Jandoon.  Realizing that she
may hold the key to uncovering the secret of the lost artifact, he returned 
to Sarcaandia on Toalagar, and they journeyed to Jandoon where they found 
that a black-skinned human Dark Jedi had already found the stone relic.  The
Dark Jedi, upon seeing Yarrick, uttered something about a bond prophesy and 
then attacked him.  Yarrick defeated him and recovered the artifact, but he 
threatened to kill Sarcaandia if Dartanian-Nightrunner didn't surrender the 
stone.  Yarrick threw the artifact back towards the ruins, and the Dark Jedi
slashed Sarcaandia's midsection with his lightsaber and ran back toward the 
artifact.  Yarrick rushed to Sarcaandia's side, as the Dark Jedi picked up 
the artifact and escaped in a freighter.
	Yarrick, concerned only with keeping Sarcaandia alive, took her back
aboard the ship and tried to stop the bleeding with his torn cloak.  He then
used the Force to ease her pain and aid in the healing process.  Sarcaandia,
unconscious, began screaming and moaning, and Yarrick rushed to her side.  
When he touched her, she awoke, and begged him to take her away from the 
planet.  They jumped into lightspeed, returning to Aaris III.  By the time 
they arrived nearly four days later, she had fully healed.  Sarcaandia, 
while unable to read the primitive language, said she had seen the exact 
same symbols before, in her dreams.  Yarrick ventured deeper into the ruins,
and into an underground chamber that was inhabited by the Dark Side, 
insisting that Sarcaandia stay back.  While Yarrick searched the chamber, 
Sarcaandia found a data card underneath a pile of rubble, which revealed the
personal journal of an Imperial Scientist, who was conducting archaeological
excavations there.  It spoke of the Wise Men of Korro on Gelegar, who could 
allegedly translate the inscription.  Yarrick and Sarcaandia themselves went
to the swamp world of Gelegar, and to the Shrine of Koroo where they spoke
with one of the Wise Men.  He spoke to Yarrick and Sarcaandia 
telepathcially, telling them that Sarcaandia had the ability to read the 
inscriptions, it had only been taken from her when Kardac erased her memory.
The Wise Man spoke more of the prophesy, and Dartanian-Nightrunner and 
Sarcaandia returned to Aaris III to try and translate the inscription 
and restore Sarcaandia's memory.  Together, holding hands, they were able to
revive her memory completely and translate the writing.  They learned of a 
tomb of Dark Jedi who fought in a Crusade hundreds of years ago.  It was 
said that the tomb held unspeakable power, including the ability to harness
the pure energy of the Dark Side.  Further study uncovered that the tomb was
located on the planet Deneba, and that the message actually predated the 
Crusade, by almost one thousand years.  It also spoke more of the bond that 
would be the only means of stopping its destructive power, once unleashed.
	They finally arrived at Deneba, and discovered that the Dark Jedi 
had already arrived, and had been excavating the tomb with a group of 
mercenaries atop a cliff for a long period of time.  Yarrick and Sarcaandia 
fought several of the mercenaries, but the Dark Jedi entered the tomb before
them.  They scaled the cliffside, entering the tomb just as he released the 
power. Yarrick fought images from his past before the Dark Jedi was killed 
by Sarcaandia and the stone was destroyed, by either Yarrick or Darius 
Dartanian-Nightrunner.   The temple collapsed, just after Sarcaandia helped 
the badly hurt Yarrick to his feet and they escaped. (Yarrick 
Dartanian-Nightrunner and the Graveyard of the Jedi).
	Yarrick, ending his relationship with Alora Kierran, both regarding 
it as nothing more than one formed out of conveinence, as both were in need 
of someone whom they could cling to for support.  Yarrick took Sarcaandia to
the planet Daoloth where he would begin and complete her training as a Jedi.
	
Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner
Type:  Young Jedi Knight
DEXTERITY 3D+2
Acrobatics 4D, Blaster 4D+1, Dodge 6D, Lightsaber 5D+1, Melee Combat 4D+2, 
Melee Parry 4D
KNOWLEDGE 3D
Bureaucracy 3D+1, Jedi Lore 5D, Languages 3D+1, Planetary Systems 4D, 
History: Clone Wars 4D
MECHANICAL 3D+1
Astrogation 3D+2, Starfighter Piloting: A-Wing 6D+1, Starfighter Gunnery 6D,
Swoop Operation 3D+2
PERCEPTION 3D+2
Bargain 4D, Command 3D+1, Hide 5D, Search 4D+2, Stealth 7D+1
STRENGTH 2D+1
Unarmed Combat 4D, Stamina 3D+1
TECHNICAL 3D
Computer Operations 3D+2, Droid Repair 3D+1, Lightsaber Repair 3D+2, 
Starfighter Repair: A-Wing 6D
Special Abilities:
Force Skills:  Control 3D+2, Sense 4D, Alter 3D+1
Control:  Concentration, Enhance Attribute, Hibernation Trance
Control & Sense:  Farseeing, Lightsaber Combat
Sense:  Life Detection, Sense Force, Receptive Telepathy
Alter:  Telekenesis
This character is Force-Sensitive.
Force Points:  3
Dark Side Points:  2
Character Points: 11
Equipment:  Lightsaber (5D), Cybernetic Arm, Blaster Pistol (4D), Modified 
A-Wing Starfighter, Stormtrooper Utility Belt, Archaic Lightsaber (4D+2)

Capsule:  Before becoming a Jedi Knight, Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner was a
very insecure, tribulated individual.  He would get discouraged when he 
would fail to do something, and would many times not even try if he felt 
that it could not be done.  In his youth he was very timid and isolated 
himself, and made few friends.  His first love and his first friend were in 
fact one in the same, Alora Kierran, although he desperately wanted to be 
liked.  He was very passive, and was very uncomfortable in social 
situations.  
	After learning the Force on Daoloth, Yarrick was no longer the 
submissive youth he had once been.  He stood up for his rights, putting 
other lives ahead of his own.  He became slightly philosophical, and 
sensitive to others.  Driven by his father, he became somewhat 
perfectionist, never being satisfied with his own achievements. Even though 
he will prefer any alternative over killing, he is much more of a warrior 
than his father ever was, being less idealistic in his beliefs.  Though 
suffering many tragedies in his life, he still remains lighthearted, whereas
before, it drove him into social seclusion.  All the tragedies that he has 
experienced allow him to deal with death more easily.  He is easily provoked
to anger by violence, and he has to carefully maintain his mental composure 
so that he does not give in to the Dark Side.
	He is fairly tall, with a youthfully lean build and dark hair and 
eyes.  He usually wears a dark grey tunic and black pants and boots.  His 
left arm is cybernetic, the result of his starfighter being shot down, but 
is concealed between molded syntheflesh.  He also bears a small scar, along 
the right side of his forehead, where he was cut by the Dark Advocate 
Followers.  His Lightsaber always remain at his side, a reminder of his 
father and brother.  On the other side of his belt hangs Kardac's crude 
Lightsaber.

	The intense purple blade and phosphorescing white blade clashed 
amidst the darkness of the helix-shaped tower stairwell illuminated only by 
an occasional torch aligning the wall. Kardac swung around a sweeping slash 
and Yarrick had no choice but to try and parry his blows, retreat back 
several steps, and protect himself again as Kardac came back with a strong,
compact swing.  Their lightsabers crackled on contact, but only briefly, as 
Kardac again pulled his back to thrust it at Yarrick.
	"The Light Side is more of a hinderance than it is an asset."  
Kardac said condesendingly as Yarrick stood in defensive position, their 
lightsabers hissing in unison. Kardac brought his down upon Yarrick 
aggressively, his lightsaber making a slight whistling sound in addition to 
the hum as he swung it due to its poor construction.
	Yarrick just managed to block it and returned with an impotent 
counterstrike, and Kardac parried it with ease, the impact creating a 
brilliant flash of energy.  Kardac swung his lightsaber upwards, and Yarrick
just managed to block it as he noticed one of the torches tear itself from
the clay molding that attached it to the wall, and come twirling toward him.
He ducked under it just in time to defend himself from Kardac's next strike.
Several seconds later, two more of the torches came swirling toward him, and
he struggled to avoid being hit in the fiery maelstrom. One of the torches 
struck his lower torso and singed him, and he doubled over in pain.  It was 
no doubt the work of Kardac, using the Force in an effort to subdue him.
	He took another step back, and Kardac struck his lightsaber to 
Yarrick's with a massive blow.  Yarrick stumbled backward, letting go of his
lightsaber with one hand to brace himself from his fall.  Kardac took the 
opportunity to club his lightsaber again, this time in his weakened stance, 
it jarred lose from his grip, extinguishing itself when released, and 
plummeted into the shadowy abyss below.  Kardac raised his lightsaber over 
his head for the final, incapacitating blow, and Yarrick brought up his hand
in front of his face and winced, closing his eyes.
	"How can you worship the man that killed your mother?"  He shouted 
quickly, as he was sure death would come immediately.
	But to his surprise, Kardac paused for one second, and that was all 
Yarrick needed.  He rolled off the stairs, as Kardac brought the lightsaber 
down into the stone steps, and he grabbed onto the edge with his left hand 
as his feet dangled down into the seemingly bottomless shaft that they had 
ascended in battle.  He swiftly pulled a grappling hook from his belt, and 
tossed it downward and it latched itself onto a metal outcropping.  Kardac 
swung the lightsaber down to strike Yarrick's hand, just as he let go and 
fell.
	The molecord unattached from his belt when he reached the end of the
line, and he grabbed it during his rapid decent.  He held on tight as his 
arms jerked upward from the fall, but his momentum carried him forward, and 
he swung towards a small alcove recessed in the wall. He let go, and leapt 
for the ledge, just barely grabbing it with his fingertips as he slammed 
into the wall.
	He kicked his feet, scraping them against the cellcrete, but his 
boots could find no traction against the smooth surface.  He tried to pull 
himself up with all his might when he heard the faint click of an ancient 
slugthrower.  He just managed to scurry up into the alcove as the shell 
ricocheted off the position he had held seconds before.
	He darted to the left as Kardac uncoiled another round that hit its 
mark just to his right. He bent over as he entered a dark corridor with a 
low ceiling, the sound of pouring rain and the rumbling of thunder just 
beyond the walls, and he knew it would not be long before Kardac crossed the
pit in the tower behind him.   	

KARDAC DARTANIAN-NIGHTRUNNER

	Kardac Dartanian-Nightrunner is the illegitimate son of Jedi Knight 
Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner and an unknown temptress of the Dark Side.  
Tobias Dartanian was seduced by her when he was drawn to the Dark Side, and 
the product of that affair, Kardac, was taken from her by the Emperor and 
then Palpatine himself killed her.
	The Emperor had him taken to the jungle planet Toalagar, where he 
lived in a gargantuan Imperial citadel guarded by Imperial advisors.  
Toalagar, which was located near the Yimdago System governed by the 
Emperor's lead advisor and warlord Grand Moff Survis was the ideal location 
for the hiding of Kardac.  Toalagars' nearby uninhabited system Cidrom was
plentiful in industrial resources and Survis was growing too powerful and 
posed a minute, yet visible threat to the Emperor.  Palpatine foresaw 
Kardac's ambition and lust for power and knew he would kill Survis for 
complete control of the Yimdago System.  The prophesy finally fulfilled
itself.   Kardac began studying Palpatine's Book of Anger and the force and 
when he turned sixteen, murdered Survis and took complete control of all 
three systems.  
	For Kardac believed independently that a weakness in the Emperor's 
system was that all of his followers, with the exception of Darth Vader and 
a handful of others, were completely ignorant of Palpatine's power in the 
Force.  Almost none of his followers knew of his power, although he used it 
to manipulate them.  Kardac believed that everyone under him should be aware
of his power, and therefore fear him more.  This led to the creation of the 
Dark Advocate Sect.
	After he took control of the Yimdago and Cidrom systems, Kardac 
began recruiting members into his Dark Advocate Sect.  He taught them in the
teachings of Palpatine, and trained them each to be his personal soldiers, 
to serve him in any way possible, including death. Kardac discovered a young
girl in his search for Dark Advocates, and was compelled by her sensitivity 
to the Force.  She became Sarcaandia, dark servant of Kardac.
	Although Kardac was strong in the Force, the Emperor saw no need for
him after he would Luke Skywalker.  Palpatine decided that it would be more 
advantageous not to train Kardac, so that he would be easier to eliminate as
a threat to his rule once he had converted Skywalker.  Kardac was forced to 
learn Palpatine's teachings from afar, and gained an immense skill in the 
Force.  He even constructed his own Lightsaber, from a model given to him, 
with a deep purple blade and a handle made out of crude, tarnished black 
metal.  But without a teacher Kardac Dartanian-Nightrunner's skill was far 
from accomplished, his indoctrination far from complete.  But another threat
arose in Kardac's grasp for power.  Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner.
	After the Battle of Endor, Kardac saw his opportunity.  He saw 
himself as the rightful heir to the seat of Emperor, as Vader had perished 
along with Palpatine.  He prepared his religious sect for a surgence into 
power, just as Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner arrived at his fortress. Kardac
saw Yarrick as nothing more than a thorn in his side, but an interesting one
nonetheless.
For Yarrick represented a piece of Kardac.  A side which Kardac did not wish
to confront, a side which he would rather not accept.  He was motivated to 
torture Yarrick, and then slowly kill him, that way Yarrick could feel weak 
and powerless.
	But as they fought, even though Kardac dominated Yarrick, he was 
impressed nonetheless with Yarrick's ability to defend himself.  Since 
Sarcaandia had failed him in her fight against Yarrick, he decided that 
Yarrick would be a much greater ally than would Sarcaandia. He forced 
Yarrick into a weakened position, and tried to sway him to the Dark Side.  
Yarrick could barely resist Kardac's power, tried to run away.  But he was 
trapped and feared that Kardac would indeed turn him to evil.  Kardac 
imposed his darkness upon Yarrick through the Force, and Yarrick fought it 
back at Kardac, which caused Kardac to become more powerful, as well as much
more angry.  He lashed out at Yarrick, abandoning the idea of conforming 
Yarrick, and Yarrick fell over the edge of the mountain Citadel.  Yarrick 
just managed to grab onto a gargoyle when Kardac returned to his original 
idea of torturing Yarrick to make him feel weak. He slowly began to tear 
Yarrick's heart into two, causing intense pain for Yarrick.
	But Sarcaandia came from behind him, striking him down with 
Yarrick's own lightsaber that he had lost in the battle.  Kardac then died, 
and Yarrick buried him in the wilderness of Toalagar.  Rather than destroy 
Kardac's lightsaber, Yarrick kept it, as it represented the dark side of 
Yarrick as much as Yarrick represented the good in Kardac.

Kardac Dartanian-Nightrunner
Type:  Dark Jedi Cultist
DEXTERITY 4D
Archaic Weapons 6D, Dodge 6D+2, Lightsaber 7D, Melee Combat 6D, 
Melee Parry 4D+2
KNOWLEDGE 3D
Intimidation 5D+2, Planetary Systems 4D+1, Survival 4D, The Dark Side 8D
MECHANICAL 2D
PERCEPTION 3D+1
Command 5D, Command: Dark Advocates 8D+1, Deception 4D, Search 4D+2, 
Stealth 4D
STRENGTH 3D+1
Brawling 4D, Climbing 4D, Jumping 3D+2, Stamina 3D+2
TECHNICAL 2D+1
Lightsaber Construction (A) 1D+2
Special Abilities:
Force Skills:  Control 2D+1, Sense 3D+2, Alter 3D
Control:  Absorb/Dissipate Energy, Control Pain
Control & Sense:  Lightsaber Combat, Projective Telepathy
Sense:  Danger Sense, Life Detection, Life Sense
Alter:  Injure/Kill
Control & Alter:  Inflict Pain
This character is Force-Sensitive.
Force Points:  4
Dark Side Points:  18
Character Points: 12
Equipment:  Archaic Lightsaber (4D+2), Knife (STR+1D), Slugthrower (4D), 
Dark Jedi Garb

Capsule:  Kardac is a highly intelligent, highly malevolent servant of the 
Emperor.  He is of average height with a thin but athletic build.  He bears 
a strong physical resemblance to Tobias Dartanian in his younger years, but 
his mind is corrupt and evil.  He has short dark hair, and evil cold eyes.  
He is obsessed with power, and enjoys showing his dominance over his enemies
before killing them.  He is exceptionally strong in the Force, and managed 
to train himself just by studying Palpatine's sinister doctrine.  He is 
extremely ambitious, and will stop at nothing to acquire what he believes to
be rightfully his.  Including complete control of the Empire.  He always 
wears tenebrous black Jedi garb, with tall black boots which conceal a 
knife.

	The large upper platform of the gargantuan mountain citadel was 
enshrouded in a dense, ethereal mist, thickened by the pounding rain.  Tall,
thin, needle-like structures surrounded Yarrick, as he tried to conceal 
himself among the fog, darkness and stone.  Through the Force he felt 
Kardac's presence, drawing closer, and he ran in the opposite direction, his
boots splashing in the rainwater puddles.
	He stopped, and with bated breath, leaned back against one of the 
narrow spikes.  He had to keep moving, or Kardac would locate his life 
force.  He straightened up, and turned to run to his right, but he stopped 
at once when he saw Kardac, lightsaber ignited and at the ready, with his 
back to him.  Yarrick slowly backed away, just as a loud 
thunderclap shook the sky.  It felt as if the storm were right upon them.
	Yarrick's eyes scanned the thicket of stone protrusions, and when he
turned back to where Kardac had been, he was no longer there.  He became 
terrified.  "I won't hide from you any longer!"  He yelled, trying to make 
his voice heard while at the same time trying to conceal his fear.  He knew 
his fear would only make Kardac more powerful.
	Suddenly, he felt Kardac behind him, and turned quickly as Kardac 
lunged toward Yarrick, lashing at him repeatedly with his lightsaber, 
Yarrick just managing to dodge backward from the strikes.  He dashed into 
the concealment of the foreboding fog, retreating to temporary safety. 
Kardac was unable to locate him momentarily, the haze engulfing him, 
clouding his vision.
	Yarrick continued to run until he reached a waist high, ornately 
decorated parapet that surrounded the perimeter of the platform.  He looked 
over the edge, through less dense vapor, and saw the jungle floor of the 
planet hundreds of meters below.  The height of the mountain itself 
accounted for much of the distance.  He swung around in the direction 
he had come.  He was trapped on all sides.
	Kardac, himself unable to find Yarrick visually, stretched out with 
the Force and immediately found him.  Kardac clenched his right fist as he 
sent a surge of evil into Yarrick's mind.  Yarrick trembled and screamed as 
he felt the dark power overwhelming his being. Kardac stepped from the mist,
and into the sight of Yarrick.  Yarrick grabbed his own head, moaning, 
trying to suppress the negative thoughts and emotions.  He would be 
converted to the Dark Side.  He could not repress the dark energy.
	Just before he thought he would be consumed by darkness, the Force 
rose in him, and he repelled it back at Kardac.  Yarrick tried to regain his
mental energy as Kardac became furious, overflowing with sinister power.  He
suddenly charged at Yarrick, swiftly slashing into his shoulder before 
Yarrick had time to react.  Yarrick toppled over the edge of the parapet, 
and plummeted downward.  During his fall, he slammed into the side of the 
fortress, briefly slowing him.  He grabbed onto the jaw of a Wrix gargoyle 
with his cybernetic hand  and held on for his life.  The syntheflesh that 
had covered his mechanical arm was almost completely worn away, only small 
fragments of skin were still left attached.  To Yarrick, it felt as painful 
as if someone had sliced into his real hand with a vibroblade.  His body 
ached with the pain he received from hitting the fortress wall, and he knew 
he must have broken bones.
	He looked skyward, the rain pouring into his eyes, burning them.  
Probably due to slight traces of ammonia in the atmosphere.  He glimpsed 
Kardac leaning over the edge, watching him dangle from the mouth of the 
stone beast.  Yarrick's tunic was torn, exposing his bare, bloody chest.  
His shoulder hurt much worse, however, the bloody, seared flesh clinging to 
his tattered tunic.  Kardac extended his hand outward, and slowly contorted 
his fingers.      	
	Yarrick growled loudly in pain as he felt his heart being slowly 
torn into two pieces.  He grabbed his chest with his free hand, which caused
additional pain when he moved his shoulder.  His vision began to darken, as 
he felt himself slowly slipping into unconsciousness...
	Just as a bright white light struck Kardac from behind, and he fell 
out of Yarrick's sight. The unaffected servos in his cybernetic arm hummed 
as he pulled him up onto the ledge, and he nearly slipped off the wet 
surface.  He reached out through the Force, and saw Sarcaandia hacking into 
Kardac's dead body, filled with anger.  He closed his eyes, trying to calm 
her with the Force.  The slashing grew slower and slower, finally stopping.
	Sarcaandia dropped the lightsaber, falling to her knees, and buried 
her face in her hands as she cried.   	

SARCAANDIA

	Previously known only as Sarcaandia, she was recruited by Kardac 
into his Dark Advocate Sect when the evil Dartanian-Nightrunner discovered 
something exceptional about her. Not her extraordinary beauty, or her naive 
curiosity, but unlike the rest of the Sect members she was sensitive to the 
Force.  He made her the only female Dark Advocate, and began converting
her by deeply scarring her face with a ceremonial knife, the same as with 
all of his followers.  He then erased her previous memory, and clouded her 
mind with the Dark Side so that she no longer retained her ability to make 
moral judgement independently. He taught her in the teachings of the Dark 
Side, and in the methods of combat as he intended for her to be his own
evil neophyte.   She was adorned in metal armor with a black cloth mask that
covered her entire head, and had no orifices, but allowed her to see from 
within.  She was armed with the Force Axe like that of the Imperial 
Sentinels.
	But when Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner came to the Toalagar 
fortress, she was forced to prove herself to Kardac in combat with Yarrick. 
Yarrick conquered her easily, and this enraged Kardac.  He hit Sarcaandia 
with the back of his fist, and she fell to the ground, her mask flying off, 
and her face bruised.  It was then revealed to Yarrick that she was a woman,
which had been previously unbeknownst to him.  Yarrick ran to her side, and 
compassion Yarrick felt for her intensified Kardac's anger.  Yarrick became 
angry at Kardac's aggression toward Sarcaandia, and the two ignited 
Lightsabers and clashed.
	Sarcaandia then slipped into the darkness and bled in silence, while
the two battled fiercely.  When Yarrick lost his Lightsaber in the fight, 
she retrieved it and killed Kardac herself with it.  On the brink of the 
Dark Side when she killed Kardac, she was very unstable, and began to 
continuously tear into Kardac's body after he was dead.  However, Yarrick 
comforted her and without the evil presence of Kardac, brought her back to 
the Light.  In Yarrick's last days on Toalagar, the two became intimate and 
fell in love, but in spite of this, Sarcaandia wanted to stay behind and 
return the Dark Advocate Followers to rectitude.
	But she was again visited by Dartanian-Nightrunner when he 
discovered that she was possibly the only surviving descendant of the 
natives of Jandoon, and held the key to deciphering his mysterious dreams.  
She had been encountering the dreams as well, but was unable to make 
anything of them.  The two traveled to what Yarrick believed to be her 
homeworld, and they battled a Dark Jedi.  When her memory was restored, it 
was revealed that her true name was Serra Harbright, and had been taken from
Dravian Space Station at only age thirteen to be instructed by Kardac.  
After uncovering the lost Jedi tomb, and defeating the Dark Jedi, she and 
Yarrick went back to the planet Daoloth, where Yarrick began training her in
the Force.

Sarcaandia
Type:  Dark Advocate
DEXTERITY 3D+2
Dodge 4D+1, Melee Combat 5D, Melee Combat: Force Axe 6D+1
KNOWLEDGE 2D
Survival 3D, The Dark Side 5D, Intimidation 3D+2
MECHANICAL 3D
PERCEPTION 4D
Command: Dark Advocates 5D+1, Deception 4D+2
STRENGTH 2D+1
Brawling 3D, Stamina 2D+2
TECHNICAL 3D
Special Abilities:
Force Skills:  Sense 1D
Sense:  Life Detection
This character is Force-Sensitive.
Force Points:  2
Dark Side Points:  4
Character Points: 8
Equipment:  Battle Armor (STR+2D), Force Axe (STR+3D), Rope, Leather Pouch

Capsule:  She is tall, with an attractive figure, with the exception of the 
disfiguring scar running from the lower left portion of her lip to the 
bottom of her neck.  She has flawless beauty, with long brown hair that 
cascades down her shoulders and back.
	After years of brainwashing by Kardac, she still finds it very hard 
to defy anyone superior to her.  She was denied many of the emotions other 
people experience, such as love and empathy, and after being released from 
her bondage by Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner, tends to be overly passionate.

	Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner stood over the grave of his 
half-brother, Kardac, the cold wind softly whipping his hair, blowing 
through his aching bones.  He stared down at the black, corroded lightsaber 
he held in his bandaged hand and for a moment he considered destroying the 
lightsaber, eliminating all traces of Kardac.  But he decided that the 
lightsaber represented the Dark Side in him, no matter how much he wanted to
deny it.  He latched it onto his belt, and again stared mournfully at the 
grave.
	The grave was nothing more than a cleared out patch of jungle, with 
an inscription of the Legion of Light's seal on a nearby tree, marking the 
grave.  Yarrick knew that it would soon be overgrown and lost to the 
interminable extremes of the jungle.
	It was the darkness, just before the dawn.  He and Kardac had 
battled all night, and Yarrick was tired and in severe pain.  Through the 
Force, he felt the presence of Sarcaandia and looked up from the grave and 
into her eyes.  She was still wearing the heavy dark leather battle armor 
she wore when they first encountered each other.  They stared at each other 
in silence for a moment, each unsure of what to say to the other.
	Quietly, Sarcaandia walked up to Yarrick and drew her arms around 
him and he embraced her.  Yarrick knew that she was not completely mentally 
stable yet, but he felt himself drawn to her.  They held each other for 
several minutes, Sarcaandia resting her head against
Yarrick's chest.  "I can't stay here."  He said, holding her tightly.
	She backed out of the embrace slightly, so that she could look into 
his face.  "And I cannot leave."  She whispered to him.  "At least...not 
yet."  She glanced to her right at the fortress.  "I need to stay so that I 
can bring them back to the Light."
	Yarrick nodded, but he was unsure how safe it was for Sarcaandia, 
who was unstable herself, to try and bring back the evil disciples of 
Kardac.  He could sense her honesty through the Force, but he had no reason 
to doubt her.  "Do you understand?  I need you to stay, to help me."  She 
pleaded.
	"I can't.  I am one of only a handful of Jedi Knights left in the 
galaxy.  I am needed elsewhere."  He explained.  It was true, of course, but
Yarrick didn't tell her the actual reason he didn't want to stay.  The real 
reason was the planet itself, and the Dark Side that still inhabited it. The
evil energy that had been there had not died with Kardac.  It was very 
much still there.  That was also why Yarrick was reluctant to leave her.
	She backed away, and turned to look away from Yarrick.  He stepped 
toward her, and then slowly caressed her face with the fingertips of his 
bandaged hand.  She stood motionless, gazing into his eyes.  He made his way
to the scar that bore down from the bottom of her lip to her neck, and 
closed his eyes as he touched it.  It was still tainted with the Dark Side. 
He traced it with his forefinger, slowly draining the darkness from it.
	When he opened his eyes, her visage indicated that a great burden 
had been lifted from her.  "It feels as though you've released me from the 
chains that have bound me forever."  She said compassionately.
	"You've always had the key."  Yarrick told her. They stared at each 
other for several more seconds, and then he kissed her.  She responded, and 
they kissed each other passionately.  When they released each other moments 
later, Yarrick stared into her beautiful eyes.  "I will return to you, 
Sarcaandia."  Sarcaandia backed away and then turned and walked towards the 
mountain.
	Yarrick spun around and methodically made his way back toward his 
A-Wing, but stopped in mid-stride when he heard Sarcaandia's voice.  "May 
the Force be with you in your quest, Dartanian-Nightrunner."  She called out
to his back.  Yarrick closed his eyes for an instant, felt the Force in and 
around him, and then silently continued walking.


Yarrick Dartanian-Nightrunner and the Graveyard of the Jedi

	"Serra, wait!"  Yarrick yelled, but she dropped down into the dark 
aperture.  He ran to the edge and recklessly leapt in.
	He hit the stone floor abruptly and painfully, unable to determine 
to brace himself from the fall.  He looked up, and saw that he was in a vast
circular chamber.  Along the walls were the inlaid burial niches which 
housed seemingly innumerable corpses.  In the center of the room, there was 
an enormous cylindrical shaft, from which manacles hung a human skeleton.
Above it was an indecipherable stele.  Two of the human mercenaries carried 
glow lamps which brightened the tomb.  The Dark Jedi stood at the base of 
the column and held the jagged stone aloft.
	Yarrick took a breif glimpse of Serra, who was staring mesmorized at
the stone.  He stepped forward slowly to try and grab the artifact away from
the the Dark Jedi, but when he began to do so, the dark one began to place 
the stone within the rib cage of the skeleton. Yarrick accelerated into a 
frenzied dash just as the stone locked in place.  The Dark Jedi raised
his hands into the air and bolts of energy rained down onto the palms of his
hands.
	Instantly, Yarrick and the two humans were engulfed in fireballs, 
falling to the ground where they stood.  Harbright, shocked, ran over to 
him, calling out his name.  The flames seemed to emit from him, not consume 
him, but nonetheless cause intense pain.  Unable to help him, she looked up 
at the amazed Dark Jedi, and their eyes met.  In her only hope to save
Yarrick, she unsheathed the wrist blades from her battle armor and charged 
toward him...
	Yarrick stood in the middle of a ring of fire, its walls ascending 
five meters.  He felt an evil presence coming towards him, and he stepped 
back, removing his lightsaber from his belt.
	Kardac Dartanian-Nightrunner stepped from the flames, into the 
circle, brandeshing his lightsaber.  Yarrick raised his own into defense 
position and easily defended Kardac's initial strike.  His half-brother's 
face was expressionless and cold, as if he bore no emotion.  Yarrick tried 
to read his thoughts, but he sensed nothing more than the body, existing 
alone, without the mind.
	Kardac followed with a barrage of strikes, all defended by Yarrick. 
The swings seemed to become more difficult to parry as they continued, 
Kardac bringing his lightsaber over his head in an exaggerated arc and 
slicing into Yarrick's mechanical arm.
	He moaned with the pain and instictively grabbed it, as Kardac swung
again, across the width of his body, this time cutting into Yarrick's chest.
He doubled over, raising his lightsaber over his head to block the impending
decapitating blow that Kardac attempted to land.  Yarrick stood up and 
slashed his white blade ineptly toward Kardac's torso.  His evil 
half-brother fended it off, and pushed forward, throwing Yarrick onto his 
back.
	Kardac pulled his lightsaber back, and prepared to strike when 
Yarrick thrust his own into Kardac's chest.  Seconds later, he disappeared 
in a flash of fire.
	Before Yarrick could get to his feet, a distant memory stepped 
before him.  Varrin Thoth loomed over him, bringing his lightsaber down upon
him.  Yarrick just managed to evade the Dark Jedi's blade, rolling to the 
side.
	There was little doubt in Yarrick's mind that he was going to die at
the hands of Thoth.  He had barely been able to defeat Kardac.  Unless it 
was all a hallucination...
	He reached his hand into the flames and they scorched him, 
blistering his hand, causing his flesh to turn pink with the burns.  Thoth 
walked over next to him, bearing the same expressionless mask-like facade.  
Heedlessly, he hurled his lightsaber at Thoth, and his murderer of his 
father raised his own blade in defense, but he was not prepared, and it cut 
right through him.  Unlike Kardac, he simply faded away, and the walls of 
flame began to burn out, and Yarrick was suddenly back in the tomb...
	Serra Harbright stood over the dead body of the Dark Jedi, her wrist
blades and battle armor covered in blood.  Yarrick got up to his knees and 
sensed Serra's fear.  Fear that she would return to the Dark Side and once 
again become Sarcaandia.  But the darkness was not there.  Then Yarrick 
turned his attention to the hanging skeleton and the rock.
	Next to the column stood Yarrick's brother, Darius.  In his hand he 
held his own lightsaber, which he had given to Yarrick when he and his 
mother were killed.  Yarrick looked down at the ground around him, where the
lightsaber should have been then back to Darius.  He ignited the lightsaber 
and swung it against the skeleton and cut it in half, destroying the stone.
There was a blinging flash of light, and Yarrick was forced to shield his 
eyes.  When he reopened them, Darius was gone, and the ground was shaking.
	Suddenly, the ground split open, and sloped downward.  Yarrick 
toppled backward, and slid down the side, grabbing onto the edge of the 
ground.  The walls came tumbling down, and the roof cracked open.  Serra 
fell off her feet, and tried to get up again to run to Yarrick.
	He felt his grip slipping, the dirt around his fingers giving way, 
when lightsaber skidded past his head and onto the other side of the 
crevice.  He lunged for it too late as it went past him, and he lost his 
grip.  A fraction of a second after he let go, Serra grabbed his wrist and 
beganpulling him up.  The far wall of the chamber completely caved in as he 
threw one leg up onto the floor.  She pulled with all her might as the skull
from one of the dead bodies rolled past him into the chasm.  He got to his 
feet and leaned on her, turning back to look at his lightsaber.
	"Come on!  We don't have much time!" She said, as Yarrick reached 
out with the Force and pulled the lightsaber to his hand.  He felt a strange
urgency in the Force and he looked up to the ceiling as a large boulder 
dropped  down and the two rushed for a tiny opening in the fallen wall.
	He pushed Serra through the opening first, and then began to climb 
through on his own when more of the wall caved in on his leg.  She grabbed 
him by his armpits and yanked him free from the outside and the two fell to 
the ground and rested as the rest of the tomb caved in behind them.	
	
Daoloth
Planet Function: Abandoned Jedi Colony
Government:  None
Planet Type:  Terrestrial
Terrain:  Mountains and Forest
Gravity:  Standard
Atmosphere:  Type I
Length of Day:  21 Hours
Length of Year:  332 Days
Hydrosphere:  Moderate
Population:  No Sentient Life
Starport:  None
Tech Level:  None
Capsule:  Daoloth is located deep in frontier space, far from the Outer Rim 
Planets.  It was once where the a Jedi Temple was established by a group of 
several hundred Jedi,  calling themselves the Legion of Light.  This group 
was led by a triumvirate hierarchy, consisting of several prominent Jedi 
Knights, erected the temple to serve as a place of meditation and isolation.
Naturally, when Palpatine and Vader began their purge, the hundreds of Jedi 
that came to the temple were killed by Palpatine's evil student named Varrin
Thoth.
	Thoth, a powerful Jedi Knight, killed all the Jedi within the temple
except the master Guardian Templar, Tobias Dartanian-Nightrunner. Tobias was
then quickly hunted down and killed by Thoth.  He was later killed by his 
master, Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.  Still, the Emperor accomplished 
his goal, and all the Jedi at Daoloth were killed.
  	Daoloth, now absent of sentient life, has a vast array of teeming 
wildlife and vegetation. The temple, now overgrown with vines and plants, 
appears saturnine and dark.

			Chris Farlow 	Havurak@aol.com

			Mike DeVito 	Nightrner@aol.com