Opponent: Anyone wishing to duel.
Location: Anywhere the opponent chooses.
Rules: No killing, serious wounds are okay, you can heal in battle if you have the right conditions.
Lord Aequitas
Fancy getting beaten by a Sith Lord?
Major General Celestial
I always fancy a duel with you.
I will allow you first post.
Lord Aequitas
The grasslands of Naboo stretched everywhere, encompassing major suburban areas like Theed. However, it was the grasslands near the mountains where Dee'ja Peak is located where the Grand Mage of the Eternal Empire found solace and serenity. Lord Aequitas, formerly Supreme F. Valorum, often came here for a vacation from the hustle and bustle of Coruscant, his Moffdom. Indeed, he became familiar with this area upon become Moff of Naboo, his first station, over thirteen years ago. He, of course, was schooled partly on Naboo but never strayed far from Theed. However, today he was not here for solace and serenity; today, he was here to duel an old friend of his – a Colonel General of the Imperial Armed Forces, Darth Celestial.
Aequitas sat on a small rock located beside a trickling brook. He had not duelled in a very long time, since he was a Master 1st Degree, in fact, and fresh out of his apprenticeship. He kept practicing with his saber, but it was with the Force that Aequitas was renowned. He sat and he waited for his opponent to arrive.
Major General Celestial
Darth Celestial's ascent upon the mountain was very time consuming and annoying. Usually he would have been dropped off by his personal shuttle, but it was a different case with the summit of this mountain, for it was rocky and high-grown with trees.
Celestial was thinking of a battle plan, trying to anticipate what his opponent, Lord Aequitas, would do. They had known each other for a long while now, ever since both of them came into the empire together. He had an idea of what it would be like to battle his friend one more time. He knew him as a strong force user, and he was a heavy blade user, and it would make the battle difficult.
Upon reaching the top of the mount, Celestial came across the Grand Mage sitting on a stone.
Lord Aequitas
Aequitas did not look up when he sensed Relak. He just smiled. Relak, although being in the Empire about the same length of time as the Grand Mage, has not managed to surpass the rank of Master 4th Degree. Aequitas was somewhat disappointed at this. He felt that Celestial deserved a higher rank, but to be truthful, it was not in his jurisdiction. It was for the Supreme Commander, or Celestial himself, to purse.
“Welcome”, the Sith Lord began, “to Naboo. The mountain behind us is Dee’ja Peak, and I like to call this river the Roarwater; its true name has been lost for a many year”, he stated in a monotonic voice, deliberate so as to not let any sign of what he may do next escape. “It is a peaceful planet, not without its dissenters, of course, but it is peaceful”.
The Empire’s highest authority on lore and history looked up with a grin. “It does not take to Military men too kindly”, he spat. Like a bolt of lighting, Aequitas flicked his hand to the right. The Colonel General flew into the side of the mountain causing pieces of solid rock and rubble to fall on him.
Major General Celestial
Celestial slowly got up. He expected such a move from the Grand Mage, but even the strongest of fighters would have troble defending themselves against this Lord.
A smile came upon Celestials face, an expression of excitement."I was hoping to have had a little chat first, but I geuss not. I hope to learn about the force a little more in this battle."
Celestial drew the elegant saber of silver off of his right side. He quickly pushed the button to hear the familiar hiss of the majestic weapon, and spun it in the familiar circles of vaapaad. Not waiting for the Grand Mage to draw his, Celestial quickly sent a force push in his direction, fully knowing even as strong as it was, it could not hold up to his friends.
This though was not intended to impact, but to divert the Grand Mages attention. Celestial followed the force push with immense speed, as was his normal first move, and spun around in a three sixty with his blade, trying for Lord Aequitas' head.
Lord Aequitas
The army man’s force push, caused Aequitas to stagger back one or two steps, but he quickly composed himself to notice the Colonel General’s saber heading for his head. Ducking, the Grand Mage rolled forward in the grass, stopping himself just a few feet beyond where Celestial now stood. Jumping up and turning around to face his opponent, Aequitas laughed.
“My boy, do you really expect me to draw my saber this early in a fight? If so, you have a lot to learn about me”. Casting his left hand over the river, Aequitas swung it towards to direction of Celestial, causing a bombardment of water to head in his direction. Then, without batting an eyelid, Aequitas discharged a current of force lighting from his right hand. Water conducts electricity and Aequitas figured that when the water hit Celestial, the lighting would too, hurting, and weakening him further.
Aequitas back-flipped onto a rock jutting out of the mountain facing their battleground. Using the force, he tore pieces of rock from the mountain face and held them telekinetically before him, in anticipation of Celestial coming for him.
Major General Celestial
Not wanting to get hit by the water first, Celestial quickly jumped towards the lightning with saber extended. This was the only logical escape Celestial could come up with, even as great a tactical mind he had. He absorbed most of the lightning with his lightsaber, although fragments of the lightning grazed his outside shoulder from such a devistating power.After he landed he sent his own water to the boulder the Grand Mage had in front of him, and as expected let the boulder take the water.
Evading the oncoming water with only a second to spare, Celestial sent a force push to the boulder, now coated in mud and sent the mud straight into the Grand Mages eyes.
Happy with the situation, Celestial sprang from the spot he stood and put the saber between his legs. He was directly over Lord Aequitas, and was coming down with great speed to topple on him.
Lord Aequitas
Although his eyesight was temporarily incapacitated, Aequitas could still sense everything going on around him. Being blind did not stop him being a powerful being; he likened this experience to being like the Grand Inquisitor. Sensing Celestial coming to him from the left, Aequitas telekinetically flung a boulder into the Sith’s left shoulder, the one that was already damaged. Knowing that this would slow the Colonel General down, Aequitas dove out of the way and into the river below.
The impact of the Aequitas with the water rinsed the mud off of his eyes and once in the river, he again sent a surge of water at the Sith, this time more than just a simple barrage. Drawing his hands up, the river seemed to dry up and disappear. Aequitas smiled and sent the full force of the water at Celestial, before sending another few shocks of lightning.
Major General Celestial
The water was moving to Celestial faster than the last smaller piece of water. This was not to Celestials favor, and what drew even more to the Grand Mage's side wasthe fact that he was a practitioner of Force Storm, and the massive wave of it was also coming down at him like hail.
Celestial did not know how to guard himself from this, but if he had anything to learn from this, it was use your surroundings. From the help of Lord Aequitas' idea, Celestial gather up several boulders with the force and ground them together until they became one perfect sold wall that protected Celestial from the lightning at the least.
Celestial knew that his friend still had to be at least somewhat drenched in water, which would also add conductivity to him as well as slow him down considerably. Before curving in the wall around him to avert the water, Celestial also took a small pebble and dipped it in a puddle. After which he done that, he grabbed the pebble with the force and sent a strong wave of force lightning to it, which swirled around the pebble with intensity. Celestial then sent it away, carefully steering it from the now partailly collapsed boulder igloo around him, which encircled him.
The water had reached Celestial, and the electric pebble was aimed at the Grand Mages head.
Lord Aequitas
With a scoff, Aequitas stopped the pebble in mid-air and tossed it to the side. He watched with a smile as the water deflected off the stone wall Celestial had created. “Very creative, General. Nice tactics. You belong in the Military”. Aequitas outstretched his palms and clenched them together. The stone wall collapsed leaving his opponent vulnerable. Aequitas swiped at him with the Force, causing Celestial to fly through the air and landing just a few feet away from the Sith Lord.
Looking around, Aequitas saw much terrain, which would be advantageous. He outstretched his hand towards a number of trees before swinging it back at Celestial, who at this stage had just gotten up from his fall. He laughed as he saw a couple of very large trees hurdling toward Celestial.
Major General Celestial
Celestial was tired, and it was time to bring this fight onto his own ground, with lightsabers, because he knew that he could not win this fight continueing to swap force shots with the definately superior man.
Celestial made a large force jump and landed on one of the trees, to his surprise though, another tree came by and knocked Celestial off, leaving him dangling on the tree. He quickly pulled himself up and began slicing the trees back and forth, evading the large pillars that swept at him with tremendous speeds.
He had acquired three new bruises by the time he had finished chopping through the trees. He had also suffered a broken rib from a disastrous tree that got him unexpected.
Now it was time to bring things to his terms. Celestial, with intense speed, hurdled over to the Grand Mage, hoping to bring this to close-combat melee with the lightsabers both had. He knew that he was better with the lightsaber than his friend, but still, Aequitas was deadly with anything he touched.
Celestial made three quick stabs at the right side of the Grand Mages neck, trying to pierce his upper shoulder.
