Star Wars: The Emperor's Heir

Calm Before the Storm

Valen and Zyn worked together to build a secret power base. The two started with the slaves on Korriban and Dromund Kaas, telling them Lord Valen was going to free them once he conquered the Empire, and he would need their help once the signal was sent. They recruited Sith, mostly those who once served Ravage, because they knew the prophecy and now accepted it.

Valen walked down the halls of the Citadel. He had just secured aid in Imperial Intelligence and was on his way through the ramparts towards the Mandalorian Enclave, when three Sith stood in his path. They wore red and black robes with their hoods covering most of their facial features, but what he could see was cybernetics. The one in the middle spoke. "Valen Xander, false child, you have been charged with crimes against the Empire and have been sentenced to death." At the last word the two beside him ignited their lightsabers, one bearing two and the other with a saberstaff. Valen smirked and calmly pulled out his lightsaber. "I'm giving you one chance to turn back." The one in the middle nodded and the two attacked. Valen dodged their futile attacks as they swung their blades around him. After a few minutes he force choked them both, then ignited his blade and cut them both down in two clean strokes. He turned and faced the third, who wielded two saberstaffs at once. They clashed over and over again, both getting close to killing each other. The Sith clashed blades with him and they locked. The Sith pushed as hard as he could, forcing Valen's back to bend further and further back. He saw out of the corner of his eye the saberstaff and he reached out. In a split second the blade tore through the sky, ignited, and dove into the Sith's stomach. Valen shoved him off and spun his own saber around, and decapitated him. Security arrived shortly afterward and they cleaned up the corpses. Valen was nowhere to be seen.

In the Valley of the Dark Lords, Valen stood with his army of followers. He clenched his fists and shouted in a tone that stirred up the crowd.
"No longer will we follow the Sith who have oppressed us, abandoned us, betrayed us. We will take this Empire for our own, and liberate it from the Council's tyranny. No longer will you follow a Dark Council, but a true Emperor." Vitiate joined in, his voice combining with Valen's. "You. Fight. For Korriban. You. Fight. For the Emperor!" The crowd burst into cheers and war cries, and they charged the Academy.