[b] Eraidu, Lord Reaver [/b] Reaver cocked his head to the side when the apprentice asked his question "Well why don't you enter my mind and find out." He said, when the apprentice touched his mind he found that his mind was complex much akin to a sith temple with the upper levels being locked to him and containing his darkest secrets and plans, and the bottom containing the fake memories that he had his apprentice mind trick him into believing. But one thing slipped through the cracks one thing that hadn't seen light in a long time. [b] Mandalore,- Cad Orcos otherwise known as Lord Reaver age 13-22 [/b] [i] Mandalore was divided between republic favored clans and clans that didn't want to have anything to do with the republic. The Orcos clan fell into the latter his father taught both him and his sister how to fight. On that faithful day they had been practicing practice blades clashing with one another, sparks flying when Cad picked it up before his sister "What's that?" He asked his sister and lowered his blade "Cad don't let your guard down" She shouted and laughed, knocking him across the ribs with the flat of her blade. But then she heard it to and started to push him back towards the house "Speeders..." She said quietly the last of her words trailing off. The speeders pulled up in front of their home and a single man shouted "Orcos, come out." At this his father came out wearing the family armor and ready for battle but he didn't even get a chance to talk or shoot a shot as he was shot as soon as he walked out of the door. After his fathers murder the men went inside and dragged Cad, his mother, and his sister outside. They were presented to the leader of the group who was equipped with new republic weaponry. "Burn the mother, we take the children." He said with a voice so deep and cold it sent a shiver up Cad's spine, he made them watch as his two thugs dragged his mother back into the house and tied her up to something and lit the place on fire. Cad remembers being held back as he tried to run and help her or put an end to her screams, he remembers even when her screaming actually stopped it echoed in his mind for a long time after that. The two were taken in as the mans slaves they were even branded with his clans emblem, Cad receiving it just below his heart, his sister on her back. After their branding they were separated. His sister became the clan leaders unwilling wife, and Cad was made into a pit fighter. The pit fights honed Cad's skills made him the blade master he is today, expected to take on opponents armed with only a vibrosword they didn't expect him to live very long. But when he fought and won every fight it shocked them, it even shocked Cad even to this day, which he contributes his success to anger, instinct, or a combination of both. It got to the point where they were bringing in such bizarre and alien things, things that seemed so out of place they seemed to be from another universe. They put him up against Varren, Krogan, even Drell yet somehow he survived. But at that point he was determined to escape, and determined to get revenge. His opportunity came when they got lazy and sloppy and he broke free into the night. He went to an ally of the Orcos clan and asked for their help, they agreed. They gave him armor, armed him, and went to war with him. The movement started small and went unnoticed as Cad gained support either through alliances, or duels. But eventually they gained momentum and were noticed. But at that point it was too late to just throw a few troops at the problem and dismiss them, they had turned into a full grown revolution and they went to war. The war was brutal cities were burned, clans were destroyed, The Republic loyalist were supported with republic weaponry, and Cad was supported by the fledgling Rebellion, both sides contributed what they could and watched holding their breath. Cad proved to be the more cunning opponent, the first republic aligned clan to be crushed under his boots was slaughtered to the last man woman and child as per his orders. After that battle men and women who went above and beyond were transferred into Cad's body guard. The movement just gained momentum, but Cad's anger did not ebb, it grew with every battle he would get more violent and people were beginning to question him, but either out of fear or just the fact they were winning they still followed. The last clan to fall to Cad on Mandalore was the clan that held him and his sister prisoner, this was the battle he had been waiting for and he easily crushed his opponent and the remains of other clans stuck on the homeworld. When he got his hands on the Clan leader that enslaved him he butchered him and fed him to his pack of beasts a mixture of Strill's and Varren, he freed his sister but what she said to him that day still echos in his head "You are not my brother, my brother would not do this." She told him and demanded to be sent out of the system. Cad agreed and had her sent far away. But this was not the end for the movement but in possession of the homeworld they wanted Cad to be a new Mand'alor but he refused and passed it off to his second in command. The war for the Mandalore system ended on Tracyn, a planet so hot and full of volcanic activity that touching the ground with bare skin was instant third degree burns, the fighting was dirty and hot, some men died of heat stroke in their armor but their spirit was much alive as this was the last battle. It was there Cad got his burns on his face in hand to hand combat with a loyalist his helmet was knocked off and he was knocked down and held to the burning ground his left side of the face being burnt. But he was saved before it could get worse. It was after that battle that the Rebellion came to their aid but they didn't need it, the new Mand'alor signed on with the rebellion and offered their support. Cad left shortly after that, wandered the galaxy for awhile eventually he was found by the sith and they taught him to harness all of that rage and anger left over in his life as a weapon. [/i] Cad was angered by that stupid memory slipping through the cracks but he was sure he could work it his way. "So you've seen everything plus more, felt what I've felt, heard what i heard. What do you think?" He asked staring at the apprentice. [b] Eraidu, Brewer [/b] The troopers caught onto Brewers ploy and left their medic there, so he did the same thing and let the medic bleed out. He tried to take out few troopers left of that squad but he could not they slipped into cover shortly after that, so he scanned for targets that was when he saw them. Three troopers armed with rocket launchers heading for their position in a panic he fired a shot and missed, but one of the snipers next to him shot the trooper down, the other rocket trooper was killed by a thermal detonator, the third made it to his destination and before Brewer could even say "Oh shit." The rocket impacted the snipers position, it took the ground out from under Brewer and made his whole world turn black. When he awoke he was vaguely aware of the pain his legs and his ribs, a medic sat over him shouting things but his ears were ringing and he couldn't make anything out, he couldn't say anything either due to the amount of dust in his mouth, so he just nodded his head and the medic nodded back and proceeded to look him over. Sitting up hurt but he had to inspect himself, his leg was broken and at a awkward angle, a few ribs were definitely broken, and his hearing was damaged a bit but it was starting to come back he could vaguely make out the medic shouting at him to lie back down. "Just put a few bandaids on it later, I'll be fine see to someone whose hurt more." He said and stood up limping towards a group of rebels who were talking.