[LTC - Vjun - Q6 - RM] Tales of a mausoleum

The Mausoleum of an ancient Sith lord must have been antique even in the times of the legendary Darth Kriyon.

Part 1 - ~1500 BBY

Where acid rains pour down the sky
Where through barren canyons sweep mighty winds
Where unholy storms desecrate the skies
An old, impious structure stands

In the blasphemous weather and endless cruelty
Raised by enslaved armies of the weak and the perished
To praise lords ferocious and long-gone
The sacrilegious brawn oversees a weeping wasteland

To the Mausoleum gates a pilgrimage arrives
Clad in dark and under the cover of acidic clouds
And though they come to worship the powers in eternal rest
Their fate drifts towards an inevitable clash of ambition
[...]
In the wicked hour, in the wicked crowd
His abominability, Lord Kriyon clad in white
[...]
Oh, all the krykna praise the Bogan
For a meal so extravagant and fine
[...]
- The Cruelties of the Ravenous Lords, Tome IV, Song III
Sole surviving fragments of Song III
Loosely translated from the Sith
Written ca. 1150 BBY, events estimated to have taken place ca. 1500 BBY 

Although Vjun was never a verdant planet, paleoecologists agree that the main part of the surface flora extinction took place within the last two millenia.

Part 2 - 6 ABY

A veiled figure, all in dark, was walking towards the antique structure. It passed the walls of the graveyard surrounding the decaying ruins of the once-proud Mausoleum. The figure took off its helmet, revealing dark hair and serpentine, Squamatan eyes. As evidenced by the slightly hunched, ever-vigilant posture, it must have has spent quite a few years in the company of the Red Moons. And not long ago he was a prodigy xenoarcheologist of the famed Humbarine Academy of Advanced Studies...

In the midst a short break in between the acid rains, all around was silent. A few vestigial and short-lived plants were making use of the "good" weather (by Vjun standards), shooting up and then pollinating in the span of hours, before the acidic downpour reduces them again to a sad, dry remnant. "Vanitacroo vanitatroomi et omnic'ro vanitacroosi" as the old Sith saying goes.
The head of the veiled figure was, however, buzzing with thoughts. Dr Noz Kaddir Dol-Yatagn was in the midst of analyzing the monument of the Sith civilization unveiling before him.

"The Mausoleum has been already here for eternity when Lord Kriyon arrived with his dark entourage. No wonder, since the architectural style indicates Third Serenno Restoration... Soaring... Both thin and resilient... The spire-like towers ending in oval bulb shapes of Kashrotoo... That indicates... When Kriyon arrived, this structure has been here for at least 600 years. And since the longest recorded Sith lifespan is about 400 years, it wasn't a burial... It was an artifact hunt! And if I'm lucky..."

His considerations were brutally interrupted by the sight at the entrance to the Mausoleum. The gate has been completely covered in an extensive network of krykna webs. He lifted his sight back to the top of Kashrotoo guarding the entrace. And in this split second when he turned his sight away a towering, ghost-white shape of a krykna appeared there. This was no good omen, especially considering that they hardly ever hunted alone. He turned on the spot and sprang immediateely into sprint. Turning away just a few steps (and a jump over a piece of rubble) later, he saw a giant arachnid closing in, ready to attack. He sped up. Breathing was difficult through the piece of cloth he wore on his face and the atmosphere of Vjun didn't make it easier. But he knew that if he doesn't make it to his speedbike, the krykna will feast on an extravagant meal...

By 6 ABY, the only visitors of the Mausoleum were the unfortunate prey of krykna.

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This entry unfortunately ended up being rushed and most of the Sith artifacts I have build for it ended up not fitting in. I'm hoping to plan my future builds a little bit better.