CHAPTER III: THE TASK AT HAND

On Hael, in the Great Room of the Dark Master’s Dread Mansion, Lord Rexor paced the floor with both anger and frustration. Patience my love,  urged Syrenia, her lips filled with venom. I will attempt to discern what has transpired. Syrenia was scantily clad and lying on her favorite luxurious Grand Circular Sofa, her ample breasts revealed through thin layers of transperia cloth. Relaxing her body and concentrating with the Sith transcendar helm activated, Syrenia’s mind and spirit probed the debris field remotely. Images began to manifest themselves, the transcendar sight-recorder attuned to Syrenia’s neural activity and converting her thoughts and visions into complex lectronic image patterns that could be read by a light conversion unit for holomorphic projection and data storage.

To accomplish remote viewing all Sith Seers were specially chosen females who from their thirteenth year never cut their black hair. Once the length reached the floor each female was considered ready for the test. They were to be chaste and bound to a circular ceremonial platform before all Nine Dark Lords who chanted in circles around her exposed body. They circled sixty-six times and at the end a Sith ceremonial dagger was taken and two incisions were made on each cheek of the female plus one on her forehead. She was then clothed in a special obsidian ceremonial garment and a Seer transcendar helm was placed upon her head.

By secret lottery, one Dark Lord was chosen and the potential Dark Seer had to read the Dark Lord’s thoughts and dreams. If she could do this, she would advance for further training in the Black Arts. If not, she was thrown into The Pit, immediately sacrificed to Tirahnna’s most ferocious animal- the carnivorous Tyrenga, a dark cat weighing 950 lbs that was twelve feet long, with a sleek body and razor sharp teeth. On its head it wore a natural crown of thirteen horns and was covered in thick black fur with red striping and red markings on its face.

A Tyrenga held the power of telepathy and would never harm a true Seer. But it consumed all the enemies of the Sith. It’s bite injected slow venom into its prey so that it felt only the initial bites. But the terror was that the victim was aware that he or she was being consumed alive. After the initial bites the Tyrenga slowly feasted on its paralyzed prey. Many had begged for mercy but the Sith had showed them none.

Syrenia was the greatest of Sith Seers and a battle maiden as well- a female Kyrie. It was she who had foresaw the coming war with Elysia and that Lady Kaliah Askana would discover a secret that the Sith would have to fight for. Syrenia also built the first of the light weapons with dark red blood crystals taken from Tirahnna’s sacred Blood River and had named them Fire Blades.
 

Her inspiration was a spiritual mystery that came to her while alone one night along the banks of the Blood River. From the darkness of her heart she sensed something within that compelled her to reach into the river and retrieve three blood crystals. Immediately, she had a vision of constructing a weapon with them and within weeks was amazed as her inventions came to life in blazing glory- two destructive red fire blades able to cut through almost anything. Syrenia kept the weapons for herself, not wanting to share their power or secrets with anyone.

But now was a dangerous time and the Gretch had revealed an object that survived the destruction of Krytallis.

Is that your wish, my Master? spoken coldly by Syrenia as she removed her transcendar helm.

IT IS MY COMMAND! NOW GO, AND DO NOT RETURN WITHOUT SOME ANSWERS!

Syrenia departs, eager to join in battle once again,  for she had not revealed that to her bond mate.