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| - Darth Vindicus was born Bendak Torell on Iridonia to a family strong in the Force. The memory of Darth Maul was still fresh in the population's memory, and in the town where the Torells lived, he was considered a hero and a martyr. His father insisted on sending him to train under the Sith to follow in Darth Maul's footsteps. Bendak even went so far as to have the same Sith tattoos imprinted on his body as Darth Maul. A Sith residing on Abregado-rae eventually was contacted by the Torells, and he agreed to take Bendak on as his apprentice. The training was brutal, however, involving strenuous physical conditioning in horrible weather conditions (some generated by the Sith himself), long hours of meditation in freezing temperatures wearing nothing but a simple pair of pants, and lightsaber sparring sessions where the blades would be at their highest non-lethal setting, threatening Bendak with severe burns at every hint of a slip-up. Bendak survived intact, however, his rage stirred to a boiling point. His master looked on approvingly as Bendak finally reached the last week of his training, having learned to channel that rage into furious displays of the dark side, and a blazingly fast lightsaber technique. Bendak spent his last week on Abregado-rae living alone on the plains, near the ocean. His master had one last trial planned for him, though. On the day before his ascension to the rank of Sith Lord, Bendak's master sent a fellow Dark Lord to the plain where Bendak was running through a series of drills. The Dark Lord was given only one order: Kill Bendak Torell. The Dark Lord attacked immediately upon arriving at the plain, and Bendak was nearly caught off guard. The Sith managed to press him back all the way to a cliff, but just as he prepared to send Bendak plummeting to his death, a surprising event occurred. Bendak removed a second lightsaber from his belt, sliding it neatly into the hilt of his first saber, forming a perfect saberstaff. The Dark Lord was impressed, but the startled look that crossed his face cost him a precious moment. Bendak took full advantage of the pause, and the Sith found himself falling back quickly, forced to switch to a defensive style of fighting. Bendak was relentless in his assault, coming at the Sith from every angle, and suddenly, in a fit of rage, his hand leaped out, blasting past the Dark Lord's mental defenses and crushing his windpipe. Gasping for air, the Dark Lord was left with only one hand to fight with as the other scrabbled at his throat. Bendak removed his hand with a single monstrous swipe, then continued around, removing his head as well in a single fluid motion. When Bendak returned, his master nodded approvingly, and Bendak was given the title of Sith Lord. It was at that point that he renounced the name of Bendak Torell, and became Darth Vindicus. Vindicus smiled broadly that day, but it was not joy that compelled him to - it was anticipation. As his master turned toward his ship to return home, he found the tip of Vindicus' saberstaff burning a hole through his chest. Vindicus's smile morphed into a predatory grin as he watched his master's body sag to the ground, then took his ship, disappearing out into the universe.
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