Noctyss herself was evidently quite powerful as well:
"Noctyss's capacity for channeling the dark side of the Force seemed almost limitless, and all who stood in her way soon wilted [...] It was said that, in those early days, Darth Noctyss might have conquered the entire galaxy, forging a brutal realm of the Sith that would have dominated for eons--if only she had had a mind to do it."
But like Plagueis and Palpatine, her undoing was ultimately in her lust for immortality.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Well *A* version of immortality, at least -- one that mutated Sanguis and Noctyss into Gollum-esque creatures and trapped them in a perpetual state of agony: "It was nothing but a wretch, the very dregs of life, a thing so broken that it barely clung to its existence."
Still a far cry from the immortality(via essence transfer) that Plagueis discovered and taught to Palpatine, or the immortality(via temporal resurrection) that Momin was capable of.
Yeah, it's set in ancient times: "Long ago, when the galaxy was young and the stars burned bright and new."
There was also a reference to an immense order of Sith who lived during the reign of Noctyss: "She would take her place at the head of a vast realm of the Sith, and all her many subjects would be shown their place, would kneel before her in gratitude for their enlightenment."
So it definitely takes place in the pre-Bane era.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Last edited by Galan007 on Jul 30th, 2020 at 06:54 PM
Gotta say... This was actually a fun read for the most part, and introduces several new characters/concepts(mostly on the dark side of things.)
-There's Jedi purge survivor named Kira Vantala, who actually bests the Grand Inquisitor in combat after he began stealing Force-sensitive children and taking them to a Sith Temple.
-There's a skull-like Sith mask purchased from Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities on Batuu, which essentially possesses the current wearer, and allows them to see the experiences of previous wearers.
-There's the entire "Blood Moon" chapter, which is honestly really good and highly recommended. A star that once held the purest heart of kyber galaxy has fractured as a result of wars during the Old Republic. As such, the star began 'bleeding', which wiped out the orbiting planet and said energies also have very...strange residual effects on the crews who visit the planet afterward.
-There's a story that is seemingly set in the Old Republic era, which introduces a Jedi named Nil Idyth(who is revered as a high-level Master with perfect control over his emotions.) However, Nil wears a kyber amulet that he's been using to transfer all of his dark emotions into... And when he is killed, his Padawan(named Sol Mogra) begins wearing the amulet, and is corrupted by the dark emotions within it.
-Darth Caldoth makes another appearance, and ends up mind-raping a Nightsister into oblivion(Caldoth is the same guy who turned his apprentice into stone with a Sith ritual during Myths & Fables.)
-And then of course there's the faux-immortality story of Darth Sanguis and Darth Noctyss.
Definitely a very dark, horror-themed book. Enjoyable overall, imo.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Last edited by Galan007 on Jul 31st, 2020 at 01:16 PM
Oh another Jedi Purge survivor, good. The GI would need some more wins though, he's the leader of the inquisitorius after all. Also Darth Caldoth really sound interesting, I just mentioned him some days ago in my thread about the strongest dark siders in canon. Is there a site in particular from which you read this book? Or you phisically bought it?
I bought it a few days ago on Kindle. There are free links available for it now, though.
The more I see of Darth Caldoth, the more impressive he gets. The mind-f*ckery he pulled on the Nightsister was glorious:
Caldoth essentially isolated Zeldin's mind from her physical body, and kept her consciousness imprisoned in a perpetual state of torment within his own mind. Permanently.
...And mind you, Zeldin was also being amped by an entire coven of Nightsisters there.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
Last edited by Galan007 on Jul 31st, 2020 at 07:49 PM
Caldoth and Noctyss both come off as immensely powerful Sith, tbh, and also seem to have very interesting backstories. Full-length novels centered around either of them could be really good, imo.