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"Your lightning needs work," Vex observed even as the power surged to life in the city all around them. "But you have done well, all the same. Force lightning is difficult, even for the most powerful Sith. Continue to practice with it. It can refine your spellcasting simultaneously." At that...

When they were at last at the pool, Vex spoke again. "Korriban magick is not like Sith alchemy, which can be used by anyone who learns to wield the dark side of the Force," she explained. "One must be baptized in Korriban's ichors by a witch who has the magick herself. That is what we are going...

A smile crawled up Vex's face underneath her mask. An ambitious man. Vex liked ambition in her associates. It made life less... boring. The coldness of her mask regarded him a long moment before she spoke again. "I can see the value of having a business like yours in our Empire," she said...

Vex nodded sharply. "You have done well, apprentice," she lauded him. But she didn't shift back to her goals immediately. She sensed this was a moment of teaching, and she would not waste it. "I know what I said was not what you wanted to hear. The dark side can be a cruel master in that way...

"Quite," Vex replied. She was satisfied with this reply. Which meant it was now time to move on to other topics. "You said this is only the first matter you wished to discuss with me," she continued, harkening back to earlier in the conversation. His company's services sounded nice and all, but...

Varyn's movements were impressive. With just a few, he had forced distance between them. Vex watched, trying to both read and memorize his movements. But she was much more the sorceress than the warrior. He was probably going to have to walk her through some of this. If he could focus enough to...

Vex gaped. "They tried doing what?!" The thought of Altair without his horns was horrifying. He would still look every bit as handsome, of course. But that the Jedi would be so barbaric as to remove such a critical part of him... The anger flared up inside of her all over again. "I didn't know...

Vex listened to him as they pushed further inside. So much of the equipment in this upper chamber was drenched and unworkable. But the Kaminoans had to have a plan for this. Somewhere in here was a way to restore the power and then switch over command of the facility to her. She just had to keep...

Vex waited in complete silence until Larson was done. But her mind was not silent. Staffing Belsavis had been a difficult challenge when she first took over. The old staff running the prisons had to be 'dealt' with and an Imperial garrison brought in. But there were prisons all across the planet...

Bah. Varyn was right. An oversight on her part. And one she only didn't pay for because he had chosen not to immediately counterattack, giving her enough time to recover. Still, she hadn't entirely missed the mark. Despite his protests, he was hiding something. Vex could feel the conflict...

"You would have loved Rakata Prime, then," Vex remarked to Tiamat. She had heard stories about this woman. Apparently, one of the greatest minds in the Empire. Vex wasn't exactly surprised Altair knew her, but she was surprised to finally meet her. Tiamat was among the higher-tier Sith she had...

"Impressive," Vex noted. He displayed the same raw talent as her first apprentice, Caer, but had an edge when it came to confidence in his abilities. Though his willingness to answer her questions fully left much to be desired. Still, she supposed that was a common trait of Acolytes. They were...

With her apprentice's power added to hers, Vex had everything they needed. "Tapti," she beckoned in the ancient Sith language, "ir isauga." The plant didn't just grow, it exploded forward towards them. The sudden action startled Vex enough to make her take several steps back, motioning for...

Vex had to admire the irony. Her corporate cover as Nahri Nalju was meant to mask her Sith activities, and yet here she was, engaging in it all over again in her Sith persona. Not that she was opposed to it. Quite the contrary, she was good at it. Crunching numbers, making deals, it was her...

Vex thought hard about what her next move was going to be. She had lost her own mother. The boy's pain was not unknown to her. Only, she had lost her entire family. There was no one to bicker over their funerals. Those decisions had gone way over her head, and she had been so young. Compassion...

Oh, I am quite aware, Vex thought. Because she hadn't exactly been hiding in this hole since she built it. Ansion. New Alderaan. Her recent campaign in the Rishi Maze. Vex knew the war was on, but she could not escape the sensation that it was about to grow more heated. The Jedi Grand Master...

Vex smiled, the only feature that would be visible from beneath her hood. She knew they would come to an accord. They made natural allies. This was the only result that made sense. "I am pleased to hear it," she said to the Hutt leader. "We will be in touch again when your bounty hunters have my...

A speeder car was waiting for Larson outside the spaceport. One Vex had paid to take him to Castle Gaol above the main prison facility on Belsavis. From there, escorts from her Detention Force would lead him into the upper chambers where she did most of her business. As with all meetings with...

Vex wasn't sure how she got pressganged into this. Maybe it was the way Altair had asked her, farmer's accent weakening the nuts and bolts of her heart until she just had to go. For some reason, the thought of upsetting him by refusing to hide in her... woman-cave?... back on Belsavis upset her...

Vex nodded approvingly. "Good work." She noticed his silence this time. Perhaps he disapproved of her methods. She could not say even she did. What she had just done was something her Master would have done. "Fear for one's life is a powerful motivator. It is the strongest type of fear, and we...