[center][h2]Arri'ahab[/h2][/center]

It had been sometime since I'd bidden the Twilights and Je'ands and set out for the galaxy at large. With Shoratha avenged and that wretched lizard dead, I had dedicated time to retaming Draggo's giant lizard, who rested comfortably in the hangar of a freighter I had..."liberated" from one of the now deceased pig's mercenary's and we were now on Nar Shaddaa. I had been perusing the Holonet when Sucal had outed the two families as traitors to the Republic and the occupation of Dantooine, where the compound was, was first discussed by holonet newscasters. And so in an effort to give the Twilights and Je'ands still pinned on the planet, assuming there were any still there, I had gone where most former Imperial forces; the Smuggler's Moon.

Those who hadn't been incarcerated or killed in the final battle between the two galactic super powers had resorted largely to mercenary work, though they still held members of the Sith Order in high regard, a fact I sought to use to my adavantage as most of those forces now stood before me, with more coming. My bronze lightsaber glowed brightly in my right hand. "The Empire may be finished, but we have been in hiding for far too long! We have a chance to make the Republic suffer as we have! Will you join me?!"

The gathering was silent for several moments before a cybernetically enhanced soldier stood up and started leaving. "Sod off, ya wookie crazy. We lost, it's time to-" His sentence is cut short as he finds himself yanked towards me, my lightsaber sprouting from his chest.

"I have no room for treasonous cowards, so thank you for being the example." Tossing him aside, I look over the crowd as several Sith had managed to contact; juggernauts, assassins, sorcerers and sorceress', and mauraders. "Is there still doubt we can do this?" One assassin, a Togruta, stepped forwards and next to me, her saberstaff igniting to reveal a black-cored red saber. Several soldiers gasped in recognition, but only one spoke.

"L-lord Imperious?! You live?!"

[center][h2]Darth Imperious[/h2][/center]

Smirking, I wave my hand over the crowd. "I not only live, I burn with a desire to make this Jorg Sucal pay for thinking he can wipe us out and furthermore, for driving us into hiding in the first place!" The silent masses suddenly burst into cheers. "We will build a new Empire and this time, we will not be driven into the shadows! Victory or death!" I grin as the crowd chants it back at me and I turn to Arri'ahad, who has taken a knee before me. "I always found the late Imperials mistreatment of your race, and non-humans or Purebloods in general. You will become my apprentice and a lord." I pass my lightsaber over each of his shoulders. "Rise, Lord Fraxus, Right Hand of Imperious."

The Wookie rises and I can feel the dark energy coming off him, causing my grin to grow into a smile. "I have already told my fleet to meet us in the Onderon system. The shuttles I brought can make that jump alone."

[center][h2]Lord Fraxus[/h2][/center]

"Of course, my master. I will give the order to begin moving out at once." Standing and turning, I deactivate my lightsaber as I walk into the crowd to begin passing along the word. It felt good to have a purpose again.