Darkness, boundless darkness...
Pain, heart-rending pain...
Anger, eye-splitting anger...
Fear, soul-shattering fear...
Edra Kestis wept, howled, and screamed within that dreadful abyss. Endless Dark Side Force enveloped her, scouring away the last remnants of light in her heart bit by bit.
Within the Valley of the Dark Lords on Planet Korriban, countless slumbering Sith spirits roared as they charged at her soul, seeking to tear her to pieces! The agony of having both soul and body ripped apart and crushed repeated itself over and over. She even wanted to give up on everything and end her own life; perhaps only then could she escape this endless torment.
But the last voice within her heart told her never to do so.
To commit suicide before Darth Malthael, who commanded death, might only mark the beginning of an even more terrifying and painful torment.
Countless Sith spirits continued to pounce upon her, and the death-filled Dark Side Force completely engulfed her. This was a thorough tempering, making Edra Kestis's Force darker and purer!
Other Sith Lords would bring their apprentices to places steeped in darkness, most often Relics of the former Sith Empire. For example, Darth Malthael's master, Darth Pregas, had initially brought him to the ruined fortress of the Sith Empire on Sojourn Satellite, where he could feel the Dark Side's roaring fury and rage.
This was not merely to temper an apprentice's Dark Side Force and enhance their power. It was also to stir the anger and hatred within them, filling them with bone-deep hatred for both the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order. Only then could the power of the Dark Side grow stronger.
The Force came from the heart... especially the Dark Side Force, which was filled with countless negative emotions. And those negative emotions, in turn, made