The stories of Exar Kun’s fall to the dark side and his campaign of destruction against the Republic have been told as warnings to Jedi Padawans for generations. After witnessing the return of the Sith Empire, Master Gnost-Dural has realized a new relevance to Exar Kun’s role in history.And here is the full text transcript:
BTC 347 – Decades before the outbreak of the Mandalorian Wars, a promising Jedi named Exar Kun began exploring the secrets of the Force. Despite the warnings of his Masters, Kun didn’t hesitate to experiment with the dark powers of the ancient Sith. After being confronted by the spirit of the fallen Sith Lord Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun harnessed the power of the Sith Temples on Yavin 4 and embarked on a campaign to destroy the Republic and the Jedi Order. After aligning with the Krath Cult and fellow fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma, Exar Kun’s armies managed to destroy the Jedi library on Ossus, but that was to be his final victory before being betrayed and defeated. Centuries later, the Jedi have learned that Exar Kun’s campaign took place even while the ancient Sith Empire remained in exile on Dromund Kaas. Jedi Master Gnost-Dural now asks, if Exar Kun’s rise to power was encouraged by the spirits of the ancient Sith, what might this suggest about their support for the resurrected Sith Empire?
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THE INFAMOUS SITH LORD EXAR KUN HAD NO RELATIONS WITH THE TRUE SITH EMPIRE, BUT HIS FALL TO THE DARK SIDE SET THE STAGE FOR THE MANDALORIAN WARS AND THE EVENTUAL FALL OF REVAN AND MALAK.Interesting thought from Master Gnost-Dural there that the spirits of the ancient Sith Lords might not support the Sith Emperor. He could be right. Or he could be wrong and the spirits were playing a long game that's much deeper than the Jedi master could see through. Or perhaps the Sith spirits don't really care who becomes Dark Lord of the Sith and are justas happy to back one as the other; as long as a Sith Lord ends up ruling.
AS A YOUNG JEDI KNIGHT, EXAR KUN EXHIBITED A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE FORCE. THROUGH LONG PRACTICE, HE ACHIEVED UNPARALLELED PROWESS IN LIGHT SABER COMBAT.
SEEKING TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE AS WELL, THE YOUNG JEDI DELVED DEEPER INTO HIS STUDIES OF THE FORCE AND IGNORED HIS MASTERS’ CAUTIONS, BELIEVING HIMSELF IMMUNE TO THE DRAW OF THE DARK SIDE.
THE JEDI COUNCIL GREW CONCERNED, OBSERVING THAT EXAR KUN’S THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE WAS STARTING TO RESEMBLE A THIRST FOR POWER.
BUT HE WAS ALREADY BEYOND THEIR REACH.
TRAVELING TO THE ONDERON SYSTEM, KUN ENCOUNTERED THE SPIRIT OF THE ANCIENT SITH LORD FREEDON NADD.
THE SPIRIT DIRECTED THE YOUNG JEDI TO WHERE HE MIGHT FIND THE POWERFUL SECRETS HE SOUGHT.
VENTURING INTO THE SITH MAUSOLEUMS ON KORRIBAN, KUN FACED TESTS FROM THE FALLEN SITH LORDS.
WHEN HE EMERGED, HE HAD PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
HIS FALL TO THE DARK SIDE WAS INEVITABLE.
TO COMPLETE HIS INDOCTRINATION, EXAR KUN JOURNEYED TO YAVIN-FOUR. THERE, LIKE OTHERS WHO CAME BEFORE AND AFTER, HE ENCOUNTERED THE FEARSOME MASSASSI WARRIORS CREATED BY NAGA SADOW.
THE MASSASSI CAPTURED EXAR KUN AND OFFERED HIM AS A SACRIFICE TO AN ANCIENT SITH WYRM.
FACING DEATH, KUN FULLY EMBRACED THE DARK SIDE, AND CHANNELED HIS HATRED TO KILL THE WYRM.
EMPOWERED, THE YOUNG SITH LORD THEN ENSLAVED THE MASSASSI AND RECOVERED AN ANCIENT SITH BATTLESHIP ABANDONED CENTURIES EARLIER BY NAGA SADOW.
HOWEVER, RULING YAVIN-FOUR WAS NOT ENOUGH.
SEEKING TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS THE UNDISPUTED DARK LORD OF THE SITH, EXAR KUN ATTACKED THE KRATH CULT OF THE EMPRESS TETA SYSTEM.
AMONG THE KRATH, EXAR KUN CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH ANOTHER FALLEN JEDI WHOSE STRENGTH MATCHED HIS OWN—ULIC QEL–DROMA.
QEL-DROMA HAD FULLY EMBRACED THE DARK SIDE AFTER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRYING TO INFILTRATE THE KRATH AND DISMANTLE THEIR CULT FROM WITHIN.
AFTER A LONG BATTLE AND A LENGTHY DUEL, QEL-DROMA AND EXAR KUN JOINED FORCES: EXAR KUN AS THE UNDISPUTED DARK LORD OF THE SITH; QEL-DROMA AS HIS APPRENTICE.
AFTER A LONG AND LENGTHY DUEL, QEL-DROMA AND EXAR KUN JOINED FORCES: EXAR KUN AS THE UNDISPUTED DARK LORD OF THE SITH; QEL-DROMA AS HIS APPRENTICE.
THEIR ARMIES—KRATH AND MASSASSI—COMBINED TO FORM THE INFAMOUS ‘BROTHERHOOD OF THE SITH’.
THE BROTHERHOOD THEN WAGED A RUTHLESS WAR AGAINST THE REPUBLIC AND THE JEDI.
AFTER WINNING SEVERAL BATTLES, THE SITH ATTACKED THE JEDI LIBRARY ON OSSUS.
THERE, EXAR KUN SLEW HIS FORMER MASTER, AND QEL-DROMA STRUCK DOWN HIS OWN BROTHER.
OSSUS WAS DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE.
THE SITH WERE VICTORIOUS, BUT THEIR TRIUMPH WAS SHORT-LIVED.
REMORSEFUL FOR KILLING HIS BROTHER, QEL-DROMA ABANDONED THE DARK SIDE AND BETRAYED EXAR KUN.
THE REPUBLIC DROVE KUN BACK TO YAVIN-FOUR, WHERE THE DARK LORD ENACTED A RITUAL, SACRIFICING HIS ARMIES TO KEEP HIS SPIRIT ALIVE.
THOUGH UNABLE TO DEFEAT HIM ENTIRELY, THE JEDI WERE ABLE TO IMPRISON EXAR KUN’S SPIRIT IN THE TEMPLES ON YAVIN-FOUR.
FROM WHAT WE KNOW, IT REMAINS THERE TO THIS DAY.
WE CAN LEARN MUCH FROM EXAR KUN’S STORY. OF GREATEST INTEREST IS SIMPLY THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE SITH EMPEROR IN EXILE ON DROMUND KAAS.
THE FACT THAT THE SPIRITS OF THE ANCIENT SITH LORDS SUPPORTED EXAR KUN SUGGESTS THAT THEY DID NOT, AND PERHAPS DO NOT, SUPPORT THE SITH EMPEROR WE FACE TODAY.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMPEROR OR HIS EFFORTS TO REBUILD HIS EMPIRE IN EXILE.
I WILL REVIEW THE DETAILS WE DO HAVE IN MY NEXT REPORT.
What's also interesting is how often Yavin 4 has been mentioned now in various official SWTOR sources. At this point it would be really surprising if the planet is not included in SWTOR as a playable planet (perhaps one for high-level raid dungeons as it's sure stressed often enough how powerful and dangerous the various creatures on the moon are). After all, what's really the point of this update if it doesn't somehow come back in the game?
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