The Great Hunt

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni was glad to be home in familiar territories again and she was welcomed by all her fellow sisters as if she's been gone for 20 years. Her mother, Clan Draoidh's matriarch, greeted her more formal, just like she remembered her. The elders of the clan complained about her being gone, nothing new there. It sure was as if she hadn't left at all. Eithni quick got pulled away from the elders, or to be exact, saved by her sisters, 'cause they wanted to hear all about her journey among the stars.

She told about how she met a pureblooded Sith and thought him to be the old Sith Emperor that nearly destroyed the Nightsister clans. All her sisters gasped and just took everything in Eithni said. She also told them all about her meeting with this amazing and incredible warrior woman which kind of ended up looking out for her when they were together.

After all the storytelling and Eithni got some time to herself, which she spent out in the immense expansive forest surrounding her home. Mostly she just walked around, get the old feeling of every little sense of Dathomir to her. She also spent a good among of time with her mother, helping with whatever she wanted help with. Sometime Eithni was even pulled into matriarch business as her mother did expect Eithni to take over, one day.

One day Eithni was out hunting alone, not knowing or been told that their clan would get a visit from a great warrior, one that has been learning from the Nightsister. As Eithni walked back from a successful hunt, pulling a dead animal back to her camp, she saw a ship landing not far from where her home was, one of the open areas for ships to land.

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[Darth Valravus]

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It had been awhile since she had been to Dathomir. Last time she was here she was not exactly in the driver's seat. She had recieved some training from one of the more reclusive Matriarchs and her coven after freeing them from bondage. Drali had returned to 'refresh her memory' and also just because she liked company. They had seemed to warm a bit to her over time.

Her XS-100 came in for a safe landing. There were other witches around, that was for certain. She had just started to circulate with other people of Dathomir so she was not a total stranger to the nearest tribes and covens but Drali was not dumb enough to think that she was regarded as anything but an outsider.

The ramp lowered and she stepped down into the red lit ground. Her light trappings flowing slightly in the breeze. Over her shoulder was her sith sword and on her person most of her other trappings. Out in the Dathomirian wilds it was not a bad idea to come fully prepared. Rancors and other beasts roamed around aplenty. Looking around Drali tapped her foot which direction to head. Maybe today she would get a Rancor skull and add that too her ship's trophies.

Her glittering Personal Entertainment Attendant floated over her shoulder waiting for a cue to play some music but the Crusader was still deciding what would suite this excursion or if it would be better for her to just go do it silently. As she thought it over she pulled out some saber-cat jerky. There had been nearly ten that she and another sith had killed on Lothal. The construction crews she had been guarding did not seem to take to it so well but the Deucalian rather liked it.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Somewhere not far from where Drali had landed, was Eithni on her path back home to her clan. She was looking forward to getting back to basics in a way, go out hunting, feasting and listening to old stories of spirits and other lost stories. Smiling to herself, she secured the rob over her shoulder again, just to make sure it would fall over and went onwards.

When Drali went away from her ship she would quickly be met with first one Nightsister with a Schnee, but then another, and another, until she was surrounded by Nightsisters. However, the energy-based bows weren't drawn back, but resting in a ready position, for if Drali decided to be hostile. "Our matriarch has been expecting you, follow us" explained what appeared to be the leading sister of the party around Drali.

If Drali refused, would the sisters use force, to make her come with them, one way or another. But if Drali followed the leader of the sisters, would she be led further and further away from her ship and deeper into the Dathomirian jungle. About half an hour's walk, before Drali could see clan Draoidh appear as they entered another clearing. There, on the edge of the village, stood the matriarch of the clan, Mother Usara. She looked old, but her eyes revealed a much more powerful woman, disguised as an older lady. The sisters would stop and let Drali get through, however, they would stand watch, like guards protecting their queen.

"Welcome, ZanDrali of the Tuistco clan, I've been expecting you" greeted Mother Usara with a wrinkled old smile as she leaned on a cane, made out of the trees around them. "Come, along" beckon Drali to follow the elderly Matriarch into the heart of the village. The sisters that met Drali in the jungle, split to go about the business, all except for a few that kept their eyes on the Crusader.

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[Darth Valravus]

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As the woman walked she hummed to herself in a feminine tone while her head tilted to either side. It was perhaps the same type of attitude you would expect a school girl to have when walking through a meadow and not some barbarian sith striding through the dark forests of a witch world.

The humming stopped when the appearance of several nightsisters came out of the woods and confronted her. Stopping her movement Drali waited to see if they would attack her. Instead they invited her to follow them. Casually she shrugged and just followed them wherever they were taking her. Drali tended to just go with the flow.

As they walked she would focus her attention on conjuring a small knife and then letting it evaporate. It was part of nightsister magic she had learned and figured a stroll was the perfect time to toy with it. In the Crusader's mind she was quite capable and did not feel threatened by the nightsisters around her. There was no point to offend them.

When they arrived she dissolved one of the conjured blades she had made. The woman that she was meeting with, the matriarch welcomed her to the village. Drali just looked to either side at the guards wondering if their facial expressions would give any clue as to what was going on exactly. When she turned to go into the center of the village the Deucalian went ahead and followed suit.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

When Drali got to the centre of the village, the matriarch turned around, so she faced the larger woman. "My my my, aren't you a curious one, why yes indeed" commented the matriarch out loud as she looked Drali over, by walking around her. I've heard a couple of interesting stories from the other matriarch, specifically about how you saved some of our people and now a shaman like our own" said the matriarch with a twinkle in her eye.

But, before the matriarch could continue, or Drali reply to the matriarch, sounded a squeal, "SKULD!" and then Drali felt someone flew past the matriarch and jump hugged Drali to the ground, embracing her like she has been missed by this girl for many years. The very one who was clutching Drali overjoyed, was non-other than Eithni herself, thinking that Drali was Skuld Stark. "I've missed you soo much, what are you doing here?! Are, are you here to visit me?!" Asked Eithni overexcited showering Drali with one question after another.

"Get off her child" demanded the matriarch, using her cane to poke at Eithni. Eithni tried to ignore her adoptive mother and just embracing Drali, but in the end, Eithni let go of who she still thought was Skuld. "I apologize for Eithni's behaviour, I thought I've raised her better" apologized the matriarch and slapped the backside of Eithni's head lightly with her cane. "Ouch" complained Eithni, rubbing her sore spot on the head, now actually taking a better look at Drali and her eyes went wide. "You're not Skuld..." expressed the young witch with a mix of perplexity and surprise, which earned her another slap in the head with the cane.

"Ouch, okay okay I'm sorry!" Expressed the young witch as the matriarch told her to go prepare the meat with the others. As Eithni went over to another side of the village centre, she kept on looking back at Drali, still completely taken back by how much the woman looked like her Skuld. The matriarch turned to Drali again, "again, apologized for the child's attack, she has a lot of energy" explained the matriarch. The matriarch turned her gaze to Drali's eyes, "what brings you back here, ZanDrali of Clan Tuistco?" Asked the matriarch finally, waiting for an answer from Deucalian.

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[Darth Valravus]

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Someone shouted. That was what Drali acknowledged had happened. She did not think it was towards her or even regestered the name since she had heard it before. Then there was someone flying at her and the whites of Drali's eyes were soon wide open and in contrast with her dark makeup. The relativly small body of the dathomirian woman that flew into her made her grunt in surprise.

This was not the first time someone had greeted her thinking she was someone else. However, usually they still did so using some form of her name. Perhaps she had gone with some sort of nickname or alias and was going by Skuld. wait...Skuld....skuld...where do I know that name? Oh! That other Deucalian gal. I guess we do look a lot alike. Her brain was racing and processing all of this but the woman tended to have a hyper active mind. However this was all while the Crusader was returning the hug because she did not know what else to do when someone hugged her. Drali did not even pick up the questions Eithni was asking her, she spoke so rapidly and there was suddenly so much going on.

The Matriarch fended the young witch off though. Eithni seemed to realize that the Sith Crusader was not woman she had mistaken her for. "Afraid not. I'm Zandrali Tuistco though you can call me Zan or Drali for short if you want. Nice to meet you." She added a very happy smile at the end. The nightsister seemed like a very pleasant individual and could be a very fun friend. The Deucalian waved good bye as Eithni was shooed off to elsewhere.

She remembered when she had first met Skuld. The two had looked very similar though their eye colors were different. It was pure coincidence, being from entirely different clans. However now, after the ritual she had undergone in the nightsister training the body of the Deucalian had been changed by the force to be made stronger, faster and more athletically defined. If she stood next to Skuld now Drali would stand a full twelve centimeters taller than her. Not to mention she was about fifteen kilograms of muscle heavier than the Jarl of Clan Stark.

When the Matriarch addressed her and apologized on Eithni's behalf Dralijust waved to let her know she was fine and there was no offense taken. "Don't worry about it. I'm here actually because I'm doing some more training. I prefer to learn in the field rather than in some room. I was told that there are some rancors that are around here. They would make good focuses for my training I think." It was an answer but also was said with a tone of respect that was left for the matriarch to confirm that Drali had permission to do so in the area. This was their home after all.
@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

The matriarch looked Zandrali over with her olden eyes, "I feel the Wing goddess in you, her ichor runs through you" commented mother Usara as she had a thoughtful expression. "The rancors of Dathomir is much more powerful and bigger than any other rancors you'll ever find in the universe, are you sure you would want to fight them?" Asked the matriarch, narrowing her eyes just a bit at Drali. "None-the-less, that is your decision ZanDrali Tuistco. I would suggest you take Eithni with you, she knows the Great Valley of the Rancors better than anyone in this clan. She runs off there most the times anyways" explained mother Usara and turned her gaze at where Eithni was helping with preparing of meat.

"Eithni, come here" called Mother Usara. Eithni looked up from her work curiously and got up from her place and walk over the Drali and her adoptive mom, or more like skipping her way over there. With her hands behind her back, she stopped in front of Drali and the matriarch and looked from her adoptive mom to Drali, still with her curious look on her eyes. "Child, ZanDrali here would want to go to the Valley of the Rancors for her training. You always wander there, against my warnings, here's your chance girl, guide Zandrali there, you know the place better than any of your other sisters" explain the Matriarch.

Eithni's eyes lit up in pure excitement, "really?! Yes, you're the best!" squealed the young witch, bouncing a bit up and down from the ground. Eithni ran back to a larger hut and disappeared inside. The matriarch sighed a bit, that girl is never going to lose that attitude and turned her attention to Eithni as she returned with her weapons. "Eithni, don't do anything stupid like last time, I mean it" warned the matriarch her adoptive daughter, which already had taken Drali's hand and pulled her with her and out of the village. "Yea yea, I promise!" Yelled the young witch back with a huge excited smile on her face.

It didn't take both long to get out of view of the village and be completely surrounded by Dathomir's large wild jungle. With her hands again behind her back, was Eithni skipping along with Drali in the direction of the Valley of Rancors. "I can't wait to get back there!" expressed the witch giddy looking up at Drali. The moment her eyes fall on Drali's face she trips over her own feet, almost falling face-first on the ground, releasing a small "yelp". Getting her balance back, she just couldn't hold it back anymore, all her questions and turned around, walking backwards.

"You look so much like Skuld... Uh, are you her mother? No sister! Wait... you have different eye colour and different voice. Are you also a Deucalian? Do you also have a clan? Is is it as cool as Skuld's? Uh uh, what kind of weapons do you use?! Have you killed anyone before?" Asked Eithni and almost imminently just showered her with endless questions. If Drali hadn't been overwhelmed with all the questions, would she have noticed that Eithni actually wasn't walking anymore, but floating over the ground.

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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One of the Deucalian's eyebrows was raised at the Matriarch's words. They may have been fleeting and said just in passing to mean something supportive but it resonated with her. She repeated the words in her mind. Wing goddess is with me. Her blood runs through me. Before she could comment or question the matriarch about it they were onto the next subject, rancors.

Drali was well aware of the dangers of rancors. She had fought about half a dozen loth wolves and twice that many saber cats on Lothal with only one other Acolyte not long ago. Her heavy somberness had trophies adorning its hull from the numerous beasts she had conquered. "The reason they're hard to fight is the reason I'm looking to hunt them in the first place." She answered with a smile.

The Deucalian proceeded to watch and listen to the exchange between the Matriarch and Eithni. It was amusing and reminder her of how some of her own mentors had treated her in her younger days. After Eithni joined Drali the two headed off into the wilderness.

"Valley of Rancors, doesn't sound very original if you ask me." She joked. Then a series of questions began to assualt her from the curious young woman. Drali's eyes became unfocused as she tried to take in each question and pocket it to be answered once Eithni stopped asking more questions. "Unrelated, I think. Yes. Tuistco Clan. More cool. A lot of different kinds. Yes." A moment passed as she repeated the question in her own mind and then the answers to make sure she had answered them all right then nodded to herself confident she had.
@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni lead Drali through the jungle not really looking where she was going, as Drali were far too interesting and cool. But, even though she didn't really look, it still felt as if she knew where they were going. "Waauw, you're like sisters then!" Exclaimed Eith with a grin as she was floating backwards along with Drali. The witch's eyes went wide, "no one is as cool as Skuld's clan, they got like those big Varlwulf!" said Eithni surprised at Drali's answer. No one could be as cool as Skuld and her clan! Skuld's clan are extremely cool and awesome, how could anyone think they had a clan that was cooler?! But her mind quickly changed when Drali said a lot of different kinds of weapon.

"Uhh~ what kind of weapons? Can I see them?! pretty please!" Asked the witch with her hands behind her back, giving Drali a big grin as she said please. "Look, I even show you my weapons!" added Eithni hoping that would get Drali to show her all the weapons she has on her body. Eithni drew her Schnee, an energy-based weapon. "It shoots energy arrows, they can shock and paralyse people and creatures" explained Eithni with a sweet smile and placed in on her belt at the back. "Oh and I also use two vibroblade daggers" continued the witch and drew her two daggers to show Drali. "I've shown you mine, can I see yours?!" Asked Eithni again excited, really hoping she would get the chance to see the woman's weapons.

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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The woman chuckled at the prospect of Skuld being her sister. It was a bit weird to think of her like that. "They become varlwulfs or they have varlwulfs? Eitherway I'm gonna be getting a dragon soon and I think that's cooler than a varlwulf especially since I killed three loth-wolves on my own a few weeks back and those things are as big as a hoverbus." She retorted and made a mocking swipe of her shoulder as if to clean off some dust that had collected there. The pelt on her figure was made from one such beast in fact.

As for her weapons Drali looked down at herself. "Cool, I dig the bow. Reminds me a little of my Laestein. Well I've got my sword. I've actually got two swords only the old one was from when I was an acolyte. Now I'm a crusader. My lightsabers, my quickdraw pistol, my heavy pistol uuuuuummm, EMP nades, my Laestein no wait I already said that, uh....hmm, other grenades... oh and of course my own two hands though I think I prefer shooting stuff and keeping my distance. This rancor will probably be pretty tough and I do not want to get too close.." Most of her equipment was easily visible once she adjusted her loth-wolf pelt cloak.

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

The sound of the word dragon sounded really cool to Eithni, even though she didn't know what a dragon actually was. So she looked up at Drali with a curious look to her ruby eyes. "Dragon? What's that?" She asked as it was a word she never heard before. "Woooah... three Loth-wolves, that sounds like an amazing hunt, wish I could have been there with you" commented the young witch getting a quite a bit starstruck over how cool Drali was. Funnily enough, happened exactly the same with Skuld and now the warrior woman pretty much acted like a second mom to her when they were together. Well, she always knew how to get Eithni out of the mess the witch made.

"Thanks!" replied Eithni with a grin. "Wow, you got a lot of weapons, do you use them all?" Asked the curious Nightsister, looking at all the weapons in Drali's body. The witch got really excited at the mention of lightsabers, "Uh, is that those glowy wosh wosh swords?" Asked the young witch as she landed in front of Drali. "I've seen it a few times, always wondered what it would feel like using own" admitted Eithni with a sheepish smile.

A lot of the weapons Drali talked about was weapons Eithni didn't really know much about, EMP nades? They had a weird name, but it looked like something you could throw. Then there was the funny name, Laestein, however, she found that to look very clucky to use. It didn't look very effective for when you need to do a lot of dodging and acrobatic movements.

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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The woman almost stopped and stared at Eithni when she asked what a dragon was. "You've never heard of a dragon! Oh guuuuuurl...they're these huge reptilian beasts. They're like giant lizards that can breath fire but they've got wingsandtheycanflyreallyfastandaresofriggincool" He words started to run together. Taking a deep breath she calmed herself. Thinking about a majestic creature like a dragon had her excited. "Well I conquered Lothal for the Sith pretty much so maybe we can go visit sometime and you can see some of them for yourself." Technically she had seen them but Drali did not remember any of it.

"Yeah tots to my goats. This is a lightsaber. Here, try it out just be careful cuz that end is the dangerous bit." The woman pulled the lightsaber from her belt and used the Force to levitate it over in front of Eithni.

Keeping her awareness out she felt a slight nudge that something powerful and massive was ahead. They were getting close and igniting the lightsaber or talking would not alert the rancor. It was far out of sight but the two women had a few moments before Drali would return to focusing on the hunt.
@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni just stood there with her mouth open, taking every little detail in that Drali told her about Dragons. The child in her exploded out of pure excitement from hearing about dragons. Those animals sounded like the coolest animals she'd ever hear of before, giant lizards that can BREATHE FIE! How cool was that! Eithni pretty much just jumped in on the rambling, squealing and bonding over giant flying lizards of death. "Theycanbreathefire?!WHAT?!Andflyasinflyfly?!" rambled the young witch, also jumping up and down, now imagining doing all kinds of cool and awesome stuff with a dragon of her own.

"Wow~ you've taken a whole planet by yourself?! How did you do that?!" Asked Eithni with the widest eyes ever as she looked at Drali dumbstruck. what Eithni, of course, didn't take into consideration was that Drali most likely had a lot of other people along with her and the full support of the Sith Empire for taking the planet. No, she just heard Drali take a whole planet on her own and kicked everybody else's bum on the planet single-handle.

"Really?!" Asked now the really excited witch surprised and took the hilt in her hand. At first, she felt the weight in her hand and to get a feel of it. Eithni then started to look over the design and of course, the ignite button. A huge grin spread on the witch's lips as she pressed the ignite button and felt the bright magenta coloured blade shoot out of the hilt, filling the air with a familiar Schvrmmmmmmm! sound. Eithni twitched a bit in surprise at the loud sound the hilt emanated.

"Wooow~" expressed the witch with wide eyes as she stood with both hands on the hilt, listening to the hum of the blade. Then she started to giggle and quickly made her way over to a tree near them and sliced right through the wood with ease. Taking a couple of steps back to Drali, she watched as the tree tipped over and landed with a loud bump on the jungle ground. "This is so cool!" squealed Eithni excited, jumping a bit up and down where she stood.

Eithni suddenly wanted to try something and called upon the spirit ichor. Her eyes got completely devoured by the thick green glowing mist, which also surrounded her hands, dancing like a flame. Holding the lightsaber in her hand, she focused on the hilt and little by little the green mist engulfed the hilt of the lightsaber.

Eithni then let go of the hilt and took a step back and instead of falling to the ground, the lightsaber just flew there, in the air, not moving at all. "Yes~ it worked!" cheered Eithni gleefully and little by little, she with magick, controlled the hilt of the lightsaber and started to move it around in the air. Moving the lightsaber over to another, without moving from her spot by Drali, she through magick, made the lightsaber slice through a minor branch. Eithni still had her huge grin on her face as she moved the lightsaber back to her and then held the lightsaber yet again in her hands. The green mist disappeared and Eithni's eyes returned to normal, showing her ruby coloured eyes. With a giggle, she smiled sweetly to Drali, "that was fun! Wish I had one myself!" Said Eithni joyful and extinguish the blade by pressing the ignite button again.

What Eithni hadn't really thought about from her loud squealing and excited screams, that a very large male Rancor near them, had heard the young witch and went to investigate. Not to mention it was hungry. Although it wasn't right by them yet, it was clear that the powerful presence was now heading their way.

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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He smile spread even wider at the infectious delight and amazement that Eithni clearly displayed in everything she said and did. She began waving a hand though back and forth only half dismissing the praise and interest that the Dathomirian was giving her. She usually thought pretty well about herself but when someone else did it was easy for her to let it go to her head. She practically blushed at the young woman's focused interest on her. "I mean, I'm a total badass. Technically it was two planets and also an asteroid belt..." Salucami, Roche, and Lothal to be specific but she did not feel like discussing that right now.

She then watched Eithni play with one of her lightsaber and try with the force. After she finished with the saber she turned it off but the sound of heavy crunching and the thundering steps came to the fore of her mind. Her prey was close. Looking away from Eithni she pulled out her other saber but left it unignited.

A few moments passed as the sound came closer. Then, a shadow came in the redish light of Dathomir. The cause, a tall mass of muscle and spines. It was a rancor alright, and it was big. That dark sunken eyes looked down at the two humanoids and opened its toothy maw to let out a roar. It's breath stunk pretty bad in Drali's opinion.
@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni was about to go totally starstruck on Drali when the thunderous roar interrupted their little talk. The small Dathomirian witch went from overexcited and innocently cheery, to completely dead serious in the task at hand. The magick flared like wildfire around her, as her eyes got devoured by the glowing green mist. Her white hair started to flutter as if wild was passing through.

The roaring Rancor took some slow but large steps towards the two in front of it and tried to grab Eithni, but instead, it lost the tip its finger. The lost piece of its finger made it furious and instead just decided to try and smash, before eating them. swipe the other hand in a large arc, taking both dirt and bushes with the swipe. Eithni quickly levitated out of the large incoming hand and landed on a branch that was at the same height as the Rancor's head.

Since Eithni was the one who damaged the Rancor, it placed its focus on the witch, seeing her as the biggest threat and annoyance turning its side to Drali. Eithni was about to go for another attack with Drali's lightsaber, but a thought dawned upon her, if she used the lightsaber, the fight would be over much faster. So instead of attack with Drali's lightsaber, Eithni extinguished it and found a place she could hang the hilt and pulled her two vibroblade daggers and with a graceful jump, she dodged the Rancor yet again by launching at its arm.

Eithni planted both her daggers into the Rancors upper arm, right where the soft area is, making the Rancor roar again in pain as it went for crushing the annoyance. But again, the Dathomirian girl was quick on her reactions and fast to act on them. Before the broad hand of the Rancor could crush the witch, swung the girl off the arm by activating the vibroblade's feature, cutting down and then out of the arm of the Rancor. She landed gracefully thanks to her levitating to the ground. An excited, almost giddy smile formed on Eithni's lips as the adrenaline worked on overtime.

"This is so much fun to do again! Can't wait to get my own Rancor!" expressed the Nightsister delighted, talking like Drali was promising EIthni a pet at a kennel and not a 20 meters tall beast made out of teeth and claws that could at an average weighing 26400 kilograms or so.

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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The witch was fast, bouncing around and leaping up with great agility. Drali was not nearly as acrobatic in her actions. Normally she actually fought with range attacks. Her sword she did not normally use. Instead she pulled out her second lightsaber and activated it.

While Eithni leaped onto the beast Drali was charging forward with force speed. Any stumbling or distracted steps for the Rancor were dodged until she dropped into a slide. With a quick slice one after another she cut into the heels of the rancor.

From the attack or possibly the simultaneous rending caused by Eithni the rancor let out a howl. It fell down in a heavy multi-ton drop that shook the earth beneath them. She was glad she had not been beneath it. But it was not dead, yet. The rancor was still dangerous with one arm able to claw at either of them. It swept its working claw back towards Drali who held up her lightsaber hand and also her free one casting a force barrier around herself as rocks, dirt and the claws themselves from pelting her. An invisible sphere of protection was soon covered in dust, outlining the area that she had protected herself. "I think this guy is not looking to become anybody's pet."

@Raven_41

 

[Eithni Vala Stark]

Eithni quickly got out of the fallen rancors' reach as it tried to swipe af her again since it hadn't worked with Drali. "Unfortunately, he would have made a cool pet to have!" replied Eithni with a grin and set off running directly at the back of the Rancor and jumped up on the back of it as she launched both vibroblade daggers into its back. Luckily she had activated the vibroblade's function, in order to get through its tough hide. The moment the witch hang onto the Rancor's back tried the great beast to grab the young girl but she was just out of reach for the massive hands and long fingers and claws.

Eithni began to stab her way up the beast while holding on for her dear life as the Rancor now on all three working limps charged in one direction while furiously shook its body to get Eithni thrown off. "Aaaaaaaaahh!" screamed Eithni when the Rancor ran from where Drali was standing. At least it couldn't run as fast as normal, since Drali wounded one of the two legs, giving it a disadvantage.

Everything in the Rancor's past had been either shattered by its enormous size or ripped up with roots and dirt. A good five minutes of nothing but bull charging one way made the Rancor and Eithni be several hundred meters from Drali, if the Sith didn't follow the charging animal.

Eithni had managed to get up on the Rancor's upper back and close to its head, pulled Eithni them out of the Rancor and sheathed her daggers. She quickly got up on her knees, getting Drali's lightning into her hand and just as she was about to stab into the skull of the Rancor, lost Eithni her balance. The Rancor had really tried to shake off Eithni and finally managed to get her to lose her balance. Instead of stabbing the Rancor's skull, she tripped and accidentally sliced a very deep cut down its back.

Eithni landed on her bum and rolled out of the Rancor's foot, trying to crush her. As soon as the witch got up on her feet again, she rubbed her bum a bit, "ouch"

@Darasuum

 

[Darth Valravus]

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The Rancor was tough, that much was a sure thing. Drali watched Eithni continue to ride it by stabbing it. The beast began tearing itse way through the trees while the small Dathomirian held on for dear life. The rancor seemed to have cut its losses with the Deucalian and just tried to evade the damage that was clining to its back. "Eithni!" She called after her and the rancor she was on before beginning to chase after them.

As she persued she was glad that she did such rigorous training otherwise she might have been lost. Still, she was a little tired from running that long. When she caught up Eithni was thrown from the shaking beast's body. She would have caught her if she was closer. Instead she came inbetween the witch and the rancor in a protective stance.

Raising her lullaby heavy blaster pistol she emptied the weapon into the mouth of the beast. Five heavy blaster bolts struck the face of the toothy beast. One struck it's eye completely destroying at and the area around it. She was not sure which one had done it but finally the Rancor made a moan, smoke curling up from its face where the bolts had impacted before leaning to the side and in one heavy thud crashed the floor. Drali was not sure if she had killed it or just incapacitated it. "Think you can manage finishing it off?" She asked the girl behind her while she grabbed a new power pack for her pistol and switched it out.

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[Eithni Vala Stark]

"Drali!" outbursted Eithni happily with a cheerful smile when the woman stood between the enormous rancor and Eithni. Walking up so she stood right behind Drali and popped her head out to the side as if she was hiding. "Woooaah, that was cool!" expressed the young witch surprised. Looking at the downed rancor, not really moving, she just gave Drali a very expressive smile and pulled Drali's lightsaber she still had on her.

Walking towards the Rancor, she got a much better look at the great beast and it was clearly a male, a very large one at damn. Actually, it might even rival some of the largest matriarchic rancors on Dathomir. Eithni stopped when she stood right in front of the beast and ignited the lightsaber. a loud familiar "Schvrmmmm!" sound came from the hilt and it made Eithni all giddy.

Looking back at Drali, the woman would see how overexcited this made the girl. A low rumbling sound in front of Eithni, made her turn the attention back to the rancor, just to catch it regaining its consciousness. The first thing the rancor saw was Eithni and releases a thundering roar and trying to attack the girl with its mouth, frightening Eithni from its roar. "AH!" shrieked the witch and out of reflexes side-stepped and slammed the lightsaber blade downwards, cutting very deep into the side of the beast's head, killing it instantly.

"Stupid mean rancor! You scared me!" Scolded loudly Eithni kicking the dead rancor's head again and again. Getting the adrenaline and fright out of her system, she extinguished the blade and turned her attention to Drali, "now it's dead!" Said the young girl with an innocent and bubbly smile.

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[Darth Valravus]

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The woman turned off her own saber after Eithni finished the beast off and returned the weapon to her belt. She shook her head at the witch seeing her be surprised by the rancor. A slight smile coming off of one side of her mouth. "Always finish your kill." But she doubted the girl heard her as she repeatedly struck the corpse.

"Take a trophy. It's your kill." When she took a tooth, or whatever Drali would hold out her hand and take the lightsaber back. "You want to get your own lightsaber after this don't you?" She knew Eithni would want one, especially since she had seen what it could do. But these ones were her's. Each lightsaber crystal picked their owner. It had been no different for her. "Looks to be getting late. Maybe we should head back and let the matriarch know I did not let you get killed." It was a suggestion more than anything.

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