USH'S STAR WARS GAME- CAMPAIGN II EPISODE IV (DARK SIDE)- Destiny

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So little is known about them- one of the problems is how reticent and secretive the Sith were, and they rarely kept worthwhile records (with one notable exception of course). The best way to find evidence of Sith activity is to find evidence of the peoples they affected, but all this happened so long ago and so far away (cue Star Wars theme) that the whole area is virtually a dark age historically. Daemora's account is one of the very few to come from that particular era.

But from what can be established, there was nothing endemically different about those factions, no. Feudalism would imply an ultimate authority, eve if only in name, which they did not seem to have- Daemora described it all almost as tribal, with cultural groups trying to push each other out of territories, sometimes causing other groups to therefore be driven into new areas which they pushed others out with etc. Asall sthis stuff was unfolding over centuries or more, it could be seen in an ethnic sense like this. But as already noted, these days we would less see it in terms of tribes, more a group of people withouut necessarily any racial connection dominated by a Sith Lord. The Lords would typically choose their own successor, or a successor would be 'arranged' for tem by a subordinate, and so the continuity of a faction would go on. Still, it is all only guesswork.

Daemora told many stories about the war. But one story in particular talks about fight to take the planet Acanthus. The Acanthans were allied to the Metephians, and had turned their world into a giant fortress to resist the Kasmanae. In which respect they did rather well; the Kasmanae attacked the world for seven years without success.

(Well, we never saw any kind of Sith society in the movies, so we either have to rely on EU or use our imagination. Ush, are you familiar with the race of Drow from Dungeons and Dragons Lore and their society?)

And then Kasmanae used something to gain victory over Acanthians, right?

Yes I am.

Indeed. And as Daemora tells it, the Kasmanae unleashed the ultimate, unstoppable power of 'the Syphar n Kalar'.

So great and unstoppable was its power that it brought the siege of Acanthus to an end inside three days. The Kasmanae went on to totally destroy everything on the planet.

The war went on but the Kasmanae were in the ascendant; the Metephians eventually submitted to them. The Kasamanae went on to be the dominant force in the Sith for some while; this was until they were later, in turn, displaced by the faction that... well, went on to be in charge by the time the Sith invaded the Republic.

So the question is, why wasn`t "Syphar n Kalar" used later? Was it lost, destroyed, neutralized, or this entire account is actually an error or fairy tale? Frankly, Gallador would not have too much hopes based on one short and ancient mention? The only thing that makes it interesting is the fact that Lady seeks it, and she doesn`t seem the one willing to waste a lot of time and resources on such unreliable project.

Any link to that four-limbed Jedi from the recording?

(And I always thought that Sith society would work similar to Drow one, though without this entire female domination part).

What you have asked there, Melkor, is an extremely good question that gets to the bottom of the whole thing and shows your scholarly credentials.

As already noted, Daemora was very 'tabloid jornalist' in his approach to history, taking apocraphyl sources and treating them as genuine based on their entertainment/interest value rather than their credibility or verifibility.

His very account of the Siege of Acanthus demonstrates his method. During his account of the siege he mentions how the Acanthans had been allies to the Metephians in the Second Metephian War, much earlier.

Yet inside the same volume of his work he describes the Seoond Metephian War, and he does not mention the planet Acanthus once. This shows that Daemora was not building a coherent history which he then assembled and put in book form; instead, he is just relaying stories as he hears them, not necessarily with any continuity.

Now, over time- and it was a long time ago- there have been odd rumours and stories told about this 'Syphar n kalar'. The trouble is, it has never been mentioned ever before Daemora's account- and ultimately, it seems very likely that all stories about it basically date back... to someone reading about it in this book.

Something about this legend has inspired lots of people to speculate about it over the millennia. Firstly because an ultimate weapon sounds cool to any Sith scholar. But secondly its very mystery was an attraction- what the hell was it meant to be? Was it a person? A monster? A weapon? A spaceship? A tactic, even?

No-one knows, and no-one has anything to go on, wand with Daemora being the only source, it was never a creible story. And of course, the biggest question is this- if the Sith had this ultimate weapon... why didn't they ever use it again? Would have been quite handy against the Jedi...

The only vaguely direct source that ever mentioned the name... was Daemora. No-one has ever found any corroborating source that implies the SnK actually existed.

Until now.

No 4-arm link I am afraid.

(So that guy was more like Herodot, that mixed fantasy stories with real history, it seems).

Hmm, interesting.... so this recording is the second such mention? Can I date it, at least? Or do I need another character for it? Where is Azarl?

You cannot date it with precision but your opinion is that it is indeed extremely old- it could be contemporary with Daemora. And even if it is not quite as old... you don't think the crystal was the original storage medium of the recording. As in- you think what is on the crystal is older than the crystal.

Well, I quess that year of downtime was enough to watch that recording carefully and check the books.... anything in it that Gallador`s knowledge can identify?

Nope.

Is there anyway to find the planet of Acanthus, or learn mroe about it?

That would be awesome! But no, no planet of that name or bearing historical record of that name has been found; at least that is known to you.

Well if we are going to find anything then there has to be some starting point to start looking at.

Okay, I understand that there is not much more Gallador can do right now? Who else is availible? Azarl would be useful, is he still playing?

Au contraire! Thosw still available and willing to look into the SnK may discover some information...

Who was looking for ways to contact Flotsam I? Time to make the roll.

Tanic's doing it. Using whatever means he can (contacts at the Empire of Pity, just general sleuth work, whatever).

Well, Rianna turned up something, at least 😛

Xavier still doesn't know what the rest of the group wants him to do.

He could be helping Galder with finding Kuylen,

Helping Tanic with Flotsam

Helping the readingbunch with the SnK

Or just training some Eperians to be super cool fighters.

Or he could be helping Rand with the girl

Galder and Con are already working on Kuylen.

I think we need to find out who that four-armed Jedi was. Daemora didn't actually know what the Syphar n Kalar was... but maybe this fellow, who was freaking out about it, did.

Xavier could help Gallador with finding stuff about the recording, right Ush? Or maybe Con, who has higher Jedi Lore, does it, and Xavier helps Galder?

And training Epireands would also be useful. Could Dak do it?