[center][h2] Lord Kaius [/h2][/center]

A young Lasat dressed in dark armor strides down the halls of the new castle of Empress Imperious. Behind me is a squad of Elite Palace Guards, as well as a ‘prisoner’. As head of the elite guard, I took no risks in allowing strangers to wonder too close to the palace. This stranger most of all was one I suspected of treachery, and so I would not let them o of my sight until my Empress commanded it.

The doors to the throne room open, and I signal the guards to stay behind a moment. At the end of the hall sits the Empress, and to her left stands her monstrous bodyguard, Khem Val. I suppress a shutter as I step forward and drop to a knee before the throne. “My Empress, I have just apprehended a cloaked individual trying to infiltrate the palace. They offered little resistance, but demanded to speak to you personally.” I look up. “They identify themselves only as Darth Tepes, invoking the name of a long dead Sith Lord from the Old Empire. Either they hope to mock us or they are truly deluded. In either case, I believe it better to simply dispose of this stranger now rather than waste your time any further.”