#Pyron Videti

[aly-the-writer]

Starbound - Prologue

Ao3 | More Tusin Shade | Chapter 1

Tusin Shade - Darth Nox of the Empire's Dark Council - has become entangled in a plot that could destroy the galaxy thanks to the Revanite plot. His willingness to continue helping has almost nothing to do with Lana's new Republic ally...almost.

I’ve seen worse.

He was intelligent, handsome and more difficult to get a read on than most without the tell-tale signs in his presence that made some SIS agents stand out like beacons. Even if he hadn’t proven himself to be extremely interesting when he opted to save a member of the Dark Council from a watery grave Tusin probably would’ve flirted.

I’m oddly flattered. Not even going to consider it, of course, but flattered.

He hadn’t sounded flattered – he’d sounded confused, maybe a little alarmed. Unable to tell if the agent’s tension was because of his Imperial allies, his superior’s betrayal or the flirting Tusin had meant to let it drop entirely: Such things were only fun if they were returned.

The teasing comment on his relief at finding his allies alive (and getting Jakarro off his ship) combined with the exhaustion and the slightly heady feeling the medications he was on for the injuries sustained on Rakata Prime had caused another flirty remark to spring to his lips without thought.

That time Theron Shan had seemed a little more receptive, if not less shy then but...

“Oh, you’re looking gloomy, Darth Sparky-Death,” the bright blue twi’lek plopped onto his desk where he translating a stone tablet, or had been attempting to prior to his distractions, before pointing at a symbol, “Isn’t that one ‘treasure’?”

“What? No. It’s ‘secrets’…I think,” he said setting his stylus down to rub at his face. The chrono displayed the time: it’d been three hours since he’d been up and about, no wonder his still-healing ribs were protesting with how he’d been hunched over the desk. He’d only meant to be at the translation for a quarter of that time.

“That means treasure with you Sith anyways,” she grinned, prodding at another artifact on the desk with her finger. “So, how come you look like a bantha ran you over? You didn’t let a bantha run you over again, right?”

“No bantha’s this time. I picked a fight with a rancor.”

Vette winced, even Pyron and Kassie tended to walk away with bruises when they tangled with one of those monsters and the twin Sith Warriors were considerably more skilled at the bludgeoning and death act than their Inquisitor friend was.

Actually, now that she considered it, she wasn’t sure she’d ever seen Tusin in a fight to know if his lack of lightsaber skills were as detrimental as he claimed they were. Also he seemed to be set to survive longer than the other newly installed Dark Council members - even that Arkous guy hadn’t lasted long.

Still that didn’t explain why he’d been staring off into the air rather than actually studying his artifact. He tended to be pretty one-track once he had a new ancient tablet to decipher.

“Okay, so what’s their name?”

“Why would I know the rancor’s name?”

She rolled her eyes. “No, the one you were trying to impress by killing the rancor.”

He and Vette had been friends since she’d first ended up as one of Kassie’s and Pyron’s crew. They’d been introduced on the shuttle from Korriban to the Imperial fleet. He’d been glad to show his friends the correct way to remove the shock collar and had pulled Vette aside in the hangar when they landed to give her some kolto-infused cream to help with the scarring. It’d not been until later she’d learned why he’d thought to give it to her.

“Who said I was trying to impress anyone with rancor killing? Do I seem like someone who kills rancors to impress people?”

She tried to give him a flat, stern look but started laughing instead. “Okay then, don’t tell, Mister Secret-and-Mysterious. You’ll probably get distracted with your work and neglect them again anyways.”

He made a face, “Ashara and Cytharet are very happy with their new partners. That’s what matters.”

“And you’re not jealous of them at all,” she mused. “Which means you already fell hard for someone else. Or you’d still be all grouchy and sparky and annoying like you were before you got recruited to invade Tython.”

“I am not always grouchy and sparky, you know.”

“You are when you’re single,” Vette dismissed with a wave of her hand, eyes dancing with laughter. “Okay, since you won’t tell me their name: guy or gal?”

After a moment’s debate as to whether he wanted to make the Twi’lek double down on the stubborn or if he should relent: “Guy.”

“So it’s not the pretty blond that everyone claims killed Arkous,” she mused. “Guess that means I owe Pyron.”

“Or you could stop betting on my dating life?”

“Where’s the fun there though?” she grinned. Then looked up as the Sith warrior she was dating poked his head into the office.

“Aftenoon, Tusin,” he greeted. “Vette, you ready to go?”

“Whenever you are, boss,” she grinned, hopping up, walking backwards after the Lord Wrath inform the Darth Nox: “Also, you’re going to tell me a name next time. No escaping telling me everything, Darth Sparky.”

“I hear you, Lady Nosy,” he smiled making a ‘shooing’ motion.

 The first time he’d spotted the man on the laboratory’s security feed he’d been shocked. Red skinned, gold eyed, of a tall and lean build, dressed in very plain black robes. Not that Lana’s strike team consisting of a Pureblood had been a surprise – it was the man’s identity:

Darth Nox. Youngest of the Dark Council, five or six years Theron’s junior. Half of Theron’s bosses wanted to arrange to have the youngster assassinated. There were fears about what Darth Marr was grooming the young man into given the young sorcerer’s meteoric rise to power.

After Manaan he’d pulled some strings to get a copy of the file the SIS had on him it was far less barren than the one for Lana Beniko, although not quite as varied as those of Jakarro or C2-D4.

It’d been an interesting read: the pureblood had been considered as a potential asset, prior to the Jedi labeling him ‘unredeemable’ following an incident on Taris with the Order, anyways. How did one go from hunted by their own people to the Council?

Not to mention he was hot.

The slight smirk of his lips, the way those gold eyes gleamed with interest, but it was an interest that Nox kept in check, as if believing Theron found it unwelcome after his reaction on Manaan the first time. He’d backed off until exhaustion had distracted him into a misstep.

If I didn’t know any better, Theron, I’d think you were somewhat infatuated with me…

The smirk and playful gleam in his gaze had been attractive – he’d have to be blind not to see that Darth Nox was that – but the way he trailed over the name like it was a delicacy that he had to savor had sent a thrill up his spine. Unsure what to do with the knowledge that he was definitely getting a little hot under the collar for a Dark Lord he opted to deny it enthusiastically and beat a blushing escape.

“I believe he is single,” Lana commented, noticing that Theron had gotten lost in his thoughts while looking over the same data file again.

Theron’s eyes widened, color rising in his cheeks, “What? Why does that matter? I’m not interested in him.”

Lana observed him with amusement. “Of course not. I think I’ve found the data that we’ve been looking for though.”

Theron got up, abandoning his musings on the Dark Lord to see what Lana had found. “Looks like we’re headed to Rishi. How do you want to get in contact with our red friend?”

[aly-the-writer]

Name: Pyron Videti

Title(s): Lord Wrath

Species: Miraluka

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Birth Planet: Ziost

Class: Sith Warrior - Marauder

Alignment: Light Side

Affiliations: Imperial; Neutral; Eternal Alliance

Connections

·        Kassandey Videti – Sister – The Videti Twins are considered by many within the Empire to essentially be two halves of the same weapon. The twin children of the Sith Lord Adair Videti and the fallen Miraluka Jedi Jazlyn, the two received the best education that their father’s status and money could provide. When in battle the two work flawlessly together although rumors are that in private the siblings struggle to find common ground between their opposing moralities.

·        Tusin Shade – Adopted Brother – After arriving at the Sith Academy the former slave Tusin Shade, who would later rise to the Dark Council as Darth Nox before becoming the leader of the Eternal Alliance, was taken under wing by the two better trained Videti twins who helped keep him alive long enough to find his footing among the Sith. The trio have remained close allies throughout their explosive careers among the Sith, leading the by-then unaffiliated Pyron to join Tusin’s Alliance when his wife and her work partner encounter the Outlander.

·        Vette – Wife – Neither twin was keen to keep the Twi’lek gifted to them by Lord Baras in slavery once it was no longer an option and so they freed her, offering to keep her on as a partner, or arrange to get her out of Imperial Space if that was what she wanted. Vette opted to stay with them temporarily, and over time she and the quiet-spoken Pyron developed romantic feelings for one another.

[aly-the-writer]

New story with the Videti family added to “The Stars May Burn”.

Sith family dynamics which are about as healthy as one can expect from dark siders. (Okay, maybe a little healthier because Adair cares, but still SITH.)

[aly-the-writer]

“Write about your character’s first night in the Sith Academy.” - from SWTOR writing prompts

A scream that sent ice through his veins woke him up with a start – it was nearby, coming from one of the other dormitory rooms. The scent of blood and fear that had surrounded this place since his arrival seemed to have only thickened with the night.

A figure lounged in a chair facing the sealed doorway between the two thin beds that filled the narrow room.

“Some of the older students eliminating a rival,” the young man was a few years older than the Pureblood, when he turned his head the dim light source caught on the thin black glass-and-wire of the glasses he wore instead of a mask to hide the lack of physical eyes.

Miraluka, and with considerable training already, Pyron Videti was able to sense what was happening beyond the door far easier than most. Well, his sister who had shifted slightly, her hand closing on the warblade on the bed with her, could sense it too but she wasn’t going to pretend to care enough to stay awake.

The pair had taken the former slave under their wing as soon as they arrived, saving him from another’s attempt to murder him and taking a more proper course for his instruction underwing than Harkun seemed interested in providing anyone but his pet free-born. He knew plenty about Sith from the way he’d grown up in their shadows – but had no idea how to be one.

The Videti twins were essentially treated as one being – and having seen the two in battle against klor’slugs and looters that day while he threw lightning and occasionally flailed at one of the hideous rock-worms with his unfamiliar (and according to Kassie shoddy) vibroblade he knew why. The two worked as extensions of one another in battle, always aware of where the other was, providing support where one’s skills failed.

“The guards won’t stop it?”

“Why would they?” bitter amusement laced the other’s dry voice – there was rarely much inflection to the red haired man’s tone but he always seemed to be distinctly amused by something and never keen on sharing what the joke was. “You should sleep – Harkun is not an easy Overseer and you will have to be beyond reproach and then some to avoid his wrath even with your skin.”

“Why’re you two helping me anyways?”

“Kassie says that we’ll need you – someday,” Pyron shrugged. “She’s crankier than a stung tukata when it happens – has a headache for days – but when she sees something it usually is worth paying attention to.”

“So, you’re helping me because your somewhat crazy sister had a vision that I would do something to help someday.”

“Very good, you’re learning to be Sith already,” he teased, a smile playing on his lips. “Truthfully though, you’re a decent sort and there aren’t many of those around. I’d rather keep you in one piece and breathing just for that reason. Kassie’s the one who needs more convincing.”

“If you both don’t shut up I’m gonna kick your asses all the way to Tython,” Kassie growled from the other bed.

The two men turned their faces in her direction before Pyron shook his head slightly, “It’s a few hours until dawn yet, Tusin. Get some sleep.”

[aly-the-writer]

Name: Kassandey Videti

Title(s): Lord Videti*

Nicknames: Kassie, Kass

Species: Miraluka

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Birth Planet: Ziost

Class: Sith Warrior - Juggernaut

Alignment: Dark Side

Affiliations: Imperial

Connections

·        Pyron Videti – Brother – The Videti Twins are considered by many within the Empire to essentially be two halves of the same weapon. The twin children of the Sith Lord Adair Videti and the fallen Miraluka Jedi Jazlyn the two received the best education that their father’s status and money could provide. When in battle the two work flawlessly together although rumors are that in private the siblings struggle to find common ground between their opposing moralities.

·        Tusin Shade – friend and “adopted” brother – After arriving at the Sith Academy the former slave Tusin Shade, who would later rise to the Dark Council as Darth Nox before becoming the leader of the Eternal Alliance, was taken under wing by the two better trained Videti twins who helped keep him alive long enough to find his footing among the Sith. The trio have remained close allies throughout their explosive careers among the Sith.

·        Malavai Quinn – Husband – Kassie fell in love with Quinn during her and her brother’s time as Darth Baras’ dual apprentices and enforcers. In the aftermath of his betrayal and the failed attempted assassination of the woman Kassie prevented his murder at the hands of both Pyron and Tusin. Despite the loss of trust in the time after Corellia the relationship was repaired and the two eventually married.

* The Title “Lord Videti” was inherited from her father and would’ve belonged to her twin brother, Pyron, had he not instead become Lord Wrath.

[aly-the-writer]

Name: Tusin Shade

Title(s): Lord Kallig; Darth Nox; Outlander; Commander

Species: Sith Pureblood

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Pansexual

Birth Planet: Dromund Kaas (probably)

Class: Inquisitor - Sorcerer

Alignment: Neutral

Affiliations: Imperial; Eternal Alliance

Connections

Pyron Videti – Brother – Tusin and the Videti Twins meet shortly after his arrival among the Sith as the two of them save him from a murder attempt by rival acolytes. Pyron begins teaching Tusin the ways of the Sith as best he can after he realizes that the Pureblood isn’t going to survive Overseer Harkun without any help. After they all become apprentices, the Videti twins to Lord Baras and Tusin to Lord Zash, the three continue to act as friends and allies, with the trend continuing as they all struggle to survive Sith politics. Pyron treats Tusin as if he were his little brother, and the affection is returned by Tusin (although with a lot more uncertainty about how to do so).

 Kassandey Videti – friend – Like Pyron, Kassie becomes one of Tusin’s earliest allies among the Sith. The two form a friendship but they don’t have the sibling-like closeness to their relationship like Tusin and Pyron do.  

 Theron Shan – Lover/Husband – Theron and Tusin meet while Tusin was assisting Lana Beniko in her investigations which led to the discovery of the Revanite Plot. The two grew close but returned to their own factions following Revan’s defeat, though Tusin would likely have abandoned the Empire if asked.