Jaesa and Vette had retrieved their weary Sith Lord while Quinn and Pierce gathered Valisea's head and body. Quinn had nearly broken down upon seeing her, but Pierce had remained in stoic soldier stance long enough for the Captain to keep himself together. Seyje had been too exhausted from battle to plan a funeral for her daughter, so Quinn took the task upon himself.
With all of Valisea's fellow acolytes dead, there were very few people left to inform. Darth Vowrawn, Lord Rathari, and Overseer Tremel were the only three people of high importance in Seyje's contact list. As for Quinn, he had only his mother, Alyva.
When Saiyah called and was told the news, she immediately broke down into tears. As Seyje recalled what had transpired on Korriban, mostly from Quinn due to her transformation amnesia, it was no surprise that Saiyah's experience had been similar. She told Seyje that Ved'ma was also dead, and that the sight of dead padawans in the courtyard had pushed her over the edge. Ved'ma has also struck down Master Timmns, who had been like a father to Saiyah.
The death toll on both sides was overwhelming. For such simple objectives, rivers of blood had been spilled to achieve them. The Holonet exploded with buzzing accounts of the attacks as reporters across the galaxy speculated on the reasons behind them, both on the Empire's side and the Republic's. The top story on both sides, though, was the rumors of two wolf-like beasts that had destroyed the invaders on Tython and Korriban. Without any proof, such claims turned into horror stories to tell around campfires, becoming exaggerated to the point where people said no such thing could've happened.
On the planet Voss, far away from the reach of rumors and the Holonet, a small group gathered for a young girl's funeral. Following a thousand year old tradition, Valisea's body was placed upon a wooden pyre, and then burned. Everyone present cried, and her mother was inconsolable.
It wouldn't be until ten years later that Seyje would understand the reason for her daughter's death. For now, all she could do was grieve.
And track down those responsible for the attacks.
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SWTOR: The Davire Legacy
Science FictionA collection of short-stories about the Davire sisters, written at varying times from 2014 to 2021. I tried to post them in a somewhat chronological order, but they were not written in that way. I had always thought I would write a full fledged sto...
