Chapter VII - First Blood

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Months have passed since the destruction of the Jedi Order. Former Jedi Knight Barriss Offee had escaped the Jedi Purge and fled to Maridun where she became a doctor aiding the Lurmen Village. She had long since forsaken her Jedi vows because of how far they had fallen during the Clone Wars and how complacent they had become. For a time, the disgraced Jedi had remained hidden. One night in her hut on the outskirts of Maridun, Barris heard a voice outside.

???: BARRISS OFFEE!

Barris looked out from her window and saw a hooded man waiting outside her home. Barriss grabbed her Lightsaber and confronted the mysterious man.

Barriss: Who are you?

The hooded man removed his hood, revealing the face of Stain. Barriss was quick to recognize him.

Barriss: Stendhal? What are you doing here?

Stain: Stendhal is no more. There is only Stain. I have sought you out to pass judgement on you for your crimes against the Jedi Order.

Barriss: The Jedi had been corrupted! We became the very thing we've sworn to destroy!

Stain: The only corruption I see is you. You desecrated our sacred temple and murdered our brothers and sisters. Your corruption allowed the Sith's power to grow. You are a blight on the Force.

Stain then pulled out his two Lightsabers and ignited their unstable crimson blades.

Barriss: You speak of cleansing the Force, yet you have fallen to the Dark Side. You're nothing but a hypocrite.

Stain: The Galaxy is insane. Jedi like you have allowed the darkness to grow. I use my darkness as an instrument for the Light. What I do is for the good of the Galaxy.

In the blink of an eye, Stain lunged at Barriss with his Lightsabers. Barriss was barely able to dodge his attacks. Barriss then Force Pushed him away. As Stain quickly recovered from Barriss's attack, Barriss activates her blue Lightsaber and duels Stain. 

Barriss: You leave me no choice, Stendhal. I will strike you down. 

Stain: Your very existence is an affront to the Force. You have failed the Order. You have failed your Master. Now it is my sworn duty to purge you and all the other fakes!

Stain unleashed a barrage of lightning fast attacks on Barriss. Barriss found herself barely able to keep up with his attacks. During the duel, Stain was the constant aggressor, not allowing Barriss any room for an offense. As they locked blades, Barriss questioned Stain's ideology.

Barriss: You call yourself a Jedi when you hunt down other Jedi?!

Stain: You are no Jedi. Those I hunt only call themselves Jedi. They bring shame to the name. They bring shame to the true Jedi who serve the Light. It is not enough that you die. You must be purged from the very Force itself. All false Jedi must be purged for a better society!

Stain then pressed the attack on Barriss. As the duel dragged on, Barriss began to get overwhelmed by Stain's constant attacks. As Stain barraged her with powerful attacks, Barriss use the Force to lift up a giant boulder and throw it at him. Stain then broke off the attack to defend himself from the attack. Stain was able to cut through the boulder while Barriss attempted to kill Stain. Before she could land a killing blow, Stain raised his hand at Barriss and she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. It was at this moment that Stain had used Force Fear to immobilize Barriss. Barriss dropped to her knees as she was crippled by fear. Stain looked upon Barriss with hatred and contempt in his eyes. 

Stain: You swore an oath to serve the will of the Force. You have forsaken that oath in the name of a blasphemous ideology that merely strengthened our enemies. You and all the other false Jedi allowed the Sith to grow strong and gave them the power to destroy the Jedi Order.

The fear Stain had put into Barriss was without comprehension. She looked upon Stain with total fear. The fear was so powerful that Barriss was left unable to speak. For Stain, the time to pass judgement was now. 

Stain: By the right of the Jedi, by the will of the Force, I hereby sentence you, Barriss Offee to death for your crimes against the Force.

Stain raised his two Lightsabers at the immobilized Barriss Offee. He thought about how she orchestrated a terrorist attack on the Jedi Temple which resulted in the deaths of a dozen Jedi out of some misguided view that the Jedi had become corrupt. Without hesitation, Stain strikes down Barriss Offee. As her body collapses lifeless on the floor, Stain felt a sense of pride in his actions. 

Stain: First blood has been spilled. The first of countless false Jedi. I will purge them all for the sake of a better society. I will purge them from the Force. 

In that moment, Stain had killed his first false Jedi. Barriss Offee would not be the last false Jedi Stain would kill. This was the start of what he saw as a righteous crusade. He would search the Galaxy for all the false Jedi that were in hiding. In Stain's mind, they were no better than the Sith who had destroyed the Jedi Order. In Stain's eyes, the false Jedi were just as deserving of death as the Sith. For Stain, Barriss Offee was only the beginning of a righteous crusade that he would embark on.  

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