"She is. And I will do my best to guide her to become who she wants, without too much focus on the Jedi or the Sith."
It wasn't like Jedi or Sith was all there was, after all. And Altair had always preferred more of a balance, rather than stray too far into the dark or the light. It wasn't a path for everyone, but Lorana would have to decide that for herself under his guidance. And he wasn't lying when he said she was an eager student. Altair thought that as soon as they got past the awkwardness, they'd both do just fine.
"They were doing that while my people were still alive, too. The razing of the great Sith library Veeshas Tuwan, the looting and destruction of Sith relics... My apprentice Ashara once called it confiscating, and I found that to be the perfect euphemism. As the head of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge in my time, I found what they were doing to be rather a personal slight. The Sith and the members of the Imperial Reclamation Service did much to reclaim and study ancient Sith relics and to protect our history from those who would destroy it, but... How much survives to this day, I couldn't say."
Korriban had been sacked a couple of times, followed by the invasion by the Eternal Empire, and a war that raged for years, immediately being followed by yet another war between his Empire and the Galactic Republic and their Jedi protectors. How much of what he had tried to safeguard had been lost or destroyed during all of that. How much had been lost or destroyed in the thousand of years that had passed since.
It hurt to even think about.
"You could call me a living relic of that time of course, but... It's rather painful to think of how much has been lost. One could argue that as an alien I have no claim to the history of the Sith, but my ancestor, Aloysius Kallig, was a Pureblood and I am the last of the Kallig bloodline, so I take it rather personally anyway."
He sipped his tea, though he looked rather thoughtful, "And the Jedi were idiots, of course. How many signs that could have changed their fate did they miss, I wonder, that they might have caught if they did not try to deny that the Sith ever existed. And how many philosophies that could have given them a more whole image of the Force did they write off as evil, simply because it did not conform with their own."
Altair didn't necessary hate the Jedi, even though he was certain that it sounded like he did. He just thought they were idiots, even if he was wise enough to not voice that exact sentiment when working with Lorana, at least.
"I appreciate that you sound like you disapprove. I don't think you would have liked my Empire much had you been there, but... Well. It meant a lot to me."
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It wasn't like Jedi or Sith was all there was, after all. And Altair had always preferred more of a balance, rather than stray too far into the dark or the light. It wasn't a path for everyone, but Lorana would have to decide that for herself under his guidance. And he wasn't lying when he said she was an eager student. Altair thought that as soon as they got past the awkwardness, they'd both do just fine.
"They were doing that while my people were still alive, too. The razing of the great Sith library Veeshas Tuwan, the looting and destruction of Sith relics... My apprentice Ashara once called it confiscating, and I found that to be the perfect euphemism. As the head of the Sphere of Ancient Knowledge in my time, I found what they were doing to be rather a personal slight. The Sith and the members of the Imperial Reclamation Service did much to reclaim and study ancient Sith relics and to protect our history from those who would destroy it, but... How much survives to this day, I couldn't say."
Korriban had been sacked a couple of times, followed by the invasion by the Eternal Empire, and a war that raged for years, immediately being followed by yet another war between his Empire and the Galactic Republic and their Jedi protectors. How much of what he had tried to safeguard had been lost or destroyed during all of that. How much had been lost or destroyed in the thousand of years that had passed since.
It hurt to even think about.
"You could call me a living relic of that time of course, but... It's rather painful to think of how much has been lost. One could argue that as an alien I have no claim to the history of the Sith, but my ancestor, Aloysius Kallig, was a Pureblood and I am the last of the Kallig bloodline, so I take it rather personally anyway."
He sipped his tea, though he looked rather thoughtful, "And the Jedi were idiots, of course. How many signs that could have changed their fate did they miss, I wonder, that they might have caught if they did not try to deny that the Sith ever existed. And how many philosophies that could have given them a more whole image of the Force did they write off as evil, simply because it did not conform with their own."
Altair didn't necessary hate the Jedi, even though he was certain that it sounded like he did. He just thought they were idiots, even if he was wise enough to not voice that exact sentiment when working with Lorana, at least.
"I appreciate that you sound like you disapprove. I don't think you would have liked my Empire much had you been there, but... Well. It meant a lot to me."