"At that point in time, Thanaton had been trying to kill me for... I want to say about a year, maybe a year and a half?"
Not that he took any delight in killing Thanaton. He'd respected him. But he hadn't exactly been given a choice, either. It was kill him or die himself.
"He succeeded once. I only survived due to the ghosts I had with me, because he didn't understand my bond with the dead. And once he figured out I survived, he made it his mission in life to try and finish me off. He killed my apprentices. Hounded me and my crew across the galaxy. And he sabotaged the war effort, sacrificed our people, to try and squash a single person."
Things had been chaotic to say the least.
"Not because of something I'd done- but because of my first master, Zash. He hated her. And he wanted to purge all that had belonged to her- that included me- because he saw her, and me, as a rot eating away at the Sith Order."
Zash, admittedly, had been just that. But Altair had been willing to be loyal to Thanaton, up until he tried to kill him, up until he killed his people.
"It's a good memory because when Thanaton lost to me, and Mortis recognized my right to take Thanaton's seat on the Council, I was given a way to protect my people. Protect the Empire. And try to change it for the better."
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Not that he took any delight in killing Thanaton. He'd respected him. But he hadn't exactly been given a choice, either. It was kill him or die himself.
"He succeeded once. I only survived due to the ghosts I had with me, because he didn't understand my bond with the dead. And once he figured out I survived, he made it his mission in life to try and finish me off. He killed my apprentices. Hounded me and my crew across the galaxy. And he sabotaged the war effort, sacrificed our people, to try and squash a single person."
Things had been chaotic to say the least.
"Not because of something I'd done- but because of my first master, Zash. He hated her. And he wanted to purge all that had belonged to her- that included me- because he saw her, and me, as a rot eating away at the Sith Order."
Zash, admittedly, had been just that. But Altair had been willing to be loyal to Thanaton, up until he tried to kill him, up until he killed his people.
"It's a good memory because when Thanaton lost to me, and Mortis recognized my right to take Thanaton's seat on the Council, I was given a way to protect my people. Protect the Empire. And try to change it for the better."