| RajivariOf course, here is the other. Seekers of forbidden knowledge always have their pursuers. If you came for Nalen Raloch, he has been and gone. So much is fleeting. But I remain. And I remain the man I was. Rajivari.Barsen'thorYou can't be alive. The Council struck you down thousands of years ago.RajivariWhen my body failed me, I refused to become one with the Force. How could I? The Jedi were still imperfect. Here, in my laboratory, I had refined certain... devices. I could give one chosen apprentice decades of experience in a day. An apprentice, to become worthy to carry my vision.Barsen'thorSo your wisdom and knowledge were preserved through you and these devices you created.RajivariI have waited, for new acolytes. I... believed Nalen Raloch was a suitable candidate.But... disappointment. Nalen walked through the traps instead of solving them. He suffered greatly. You, at least, survived with your mind intact. Nalen, alas, did not.Now Nalen is... changed.Barsen'thorCan anything be done for Nalen?RajivariPossible, but doubtful.RajivariI... miscalculated. Nalen's mind wasn't equal to the wisdom he demanded. I have made... not a successor, but a monster.Nalen will not remake the Jedi; he wishes to destroy them and everything else on this world. Beginning with the great Forge, where lightsabers are made.In my time, it crafted our blades and scientific instruments. Now, lightsabers are created there. Without the Forge, the Jedi lose their martial power. You must stop Nalen before he destroys it.Barsen'thorI thought you intended to destroy the Jedi. You attacked the Council.RajivariI sought to cleanse them, to begin anew. Nalen wants only ashes.That weapon won't suffice against Nalen. But you carry the hilt of the first blade - an old friend. A simple procedure would convert it to a working lightsaber hilt. And perhaps a crystal from the Forge caves to power it, given its age.Barsen'thorI appreciate your guidance, Master Rajivari.RajivariPass through the caves, and seek the Forge at the mountain's summit. Stop Nalen, this... abomination my knowledge has created.Barsen'thorMaster Rajivari, you've held on to this existence for thousands of years. Perhaps it's time for it to end.RajivariAh, child. You see only what the Jedi are. But I saw what could have been. My colleagues wouldn't listen. I spoke of strength; they cowered. I spoke of a golden age; they chattered of overstepping ourselves. It will happen. Someday, the right acolyte will carry my vision.Barsen'thorThose ideas drove you to betray the Council, your friends. And what about your apprentices?RajivariMy... apprentices. Yes. Cahel - always wiser than his age. And Vadria, and Orth.Barsen'thorIt took many powerful Jedi to stop you, Master Rajivari. Those who survived were clearly worthy to survive any challenge.RajivariI remember that battle. My friends. My death. You speak of things I had long put aside.Barsen'thorYou were a great man once. You deserve more than this ruin and your memories. If you stay, you are no more than an echo of the past. But if you let go, you will always be a Jedi.RajivariI... gave my dream to Nalen Raloch. And I saw a horror. Perhaps... it was always so. Please. Stop him. Correct my last mistake. You must succeed. You are proof the Jedi did not lose their way after all. |
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