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Horizons

Information

Date: 36 ABY

Location: Brotherhood Dominion

Combatants Dark Jedi Brotherhood Zoraan's Infected Commanders Dark Council Zoraan Strength Dark Jedi of the Brotherhood Armed Forces of the Iron Throne Zoraan's forces Infected Members of the Brotherhood Casualties Faethor Dozens of Dark Jedi Dozens of Zoraan Loyalists Dozens of Infected Dark Jedi

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Horizons was a major Brotherhood conflict which occurred in 36 ABY and involved the seven Clans and Houses of the Brotherhood as they dealt with the unknown contagion known only as “Horizon”. As the conflict escalated rapidly, the assembled Brotherhood found themselves against the former Grand Master Zoraan who sought revenge against the Brotherhood for his grievances.

Introduction

A number of unusually talented journeymen had come through the Shadow Academy. These journeymen were performing feats well above and beyond their supposed ability sets. Examples included two Knights holding off two of Arcona’s finest fighters.

Soon, though, these powerful journeymen were seemingly devoid of the power that had once helped them. Stripped of their power, the journeymen began to rebel against their clans and houses, feeling that the summit were jealous and had taken their potential for themselves.

But, it soon became clear that whatever was affecting them, was affecting all the Brotherhood’s journeymen.

Pathology and Symptoms

The Plague, referred to by the infected and Dark Council as the Horizon, foremost removed the ability for the infect to control or hear the call of the Force. Due to this unique nature, it seemed to affect those with less training or attachment first; striking the Journeymen before working its way through the Brotherhood's ranks until it eventually engulfed all but the Elders.

Three unique ‘stages’ of the plague were identified during the conflict. The first stage cutting the infected from the Force and providing them with some fairly minor physical enhancements. People at this stage were generally a little faster, tougher and stronger than they had been.

As the virus continued to its second stage, the rot began to set in a little deeper and those affected seemed to improve even more physically, but at a cost. The Horizon plague began to eat away at the infected’s mind. Though a ‘second stager’ still retained a lot of their mental capacity, the damage was enough to cause irrational thoughts that one’s own superiors were responsible.

Finally, the third stage of the plague continued to boost the host body’s strength, speed and toughness, but also continued to break their mind down. By the time a Jedi had reached the third stage, they were usually in full rebellion against their former masters, believing them to be the cause of the plague.

Perspectives

Sadowan

While many of those loyal to Clan Naga Sadow who were initially unaffected by the plague sought to control the chaos flooding their home system of Orian, many more left the system to assist other units of the Brotherhood and often left in search of a cure to the plague. The chaos in Orian itself was largely considered a misstep of its own; the assembled members of the Clan permitted free-reign of the system and to intermingle with the civilian population of the Dlarit Corporation's holdings had meant that when the first riots and uprising started amongst the Journeymen, the civilians were caught in the crossfire. In a matter of hours from first signs of rebellion all major settlements of the Orian system found themselves home to conflict between those affected and the Dlarit Special Operations Group aided by those still in control of their faculties. As the virus continued to claim victims, the Board of Directors issued a state of Martial Law, locking down the system and creating a security cordon around the system along all Hyperspace routes to ensure civilian assets could not flee the system in the case that Lightsabers or Force Powers were used amongst the conflict. Likewise all Holonet traffic was heavily monitored and disrupted by agents of SHADOW, this worked to the Elders advantage as the affected could be tracked and contained until a cure was found.

Outcome and Results

Following the end of the conflict, the members of House Plagueis had to deal with the lasting affects of the Horizon plague spores upon the planet of Kapsina and the reality that they may need to relocate their home system. Likewise many other units within the Brotherhood had to contend with the effects of the riots and armed demonstrations which occurred across all of the Brotherhood dominion due to the misguided beliefs and possible delusions of the infected.

The additional results of the conflict have been withheld by the Dark Council at this time.

Trivia

The assorted Team Members composing this article were:

• Andrelious J. Inahj (10278)
• Teu Pepoi (9811)
• Etah d'Tana (8075)
• Celevon Edraven (12004)
• Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart (10901)