The Fall of Darth Tenebrous
Darth Malthael had only come out for a stroll and to enjoy the show, so he had not brought his Soul Reaper Sword. Facing this Jedi Master now, he casually unleashed a bolt of lightning.
He had thought the battle would end immediately, but this Jedi Master proved unexpectedly tenacious. With a flick of his Lightsaber, he actually caught the lightning bolt. Then his swordsmanship fully unfolded, sweeping toward him like raging waves!
Form VII Juyo! Darth Malthael narrowed his eyes and immediately understood. This middle-aged man was a Blood Knight, a radical faction that had emerged within the Jedi Order during the later stages of the Clone Wars.
In a sense, the birth of this faction was connected to Malthael himself. In this universe, because of his forceful intervention, many Jedi Masters who should have played important roles in the original story had been killed. Faced with such grievous losses and the deaths of their companions, many Jedi Knights had become increasingly extreme and fanatical.
In the end, under Master Windu's leadership, this radical faction gradually took shape, with "blood for blood" as its slogan—the Blood Knights.
For the same reason, many Blood Knights practiced the Juyo lightsaber form created by Master Windu. This form had originally been created by Master Windu after extensively absorbing and drawing upon the original Seventh Form lightsaber combat, Juyo. Juyo was a sword form exclusive to the Dark Side, incomparably violent and immensely powerful. Master Windu's Juyo was derived from Juyo, yet it could be used with the Light Side Force.
Thus, the Juyo lightsaber form could unleash the Dark Side's savagery while rooted in the Light Side, and was naturally immensely powerful.
And now, with the destruction of the Jedi Order, the Blood Knights had completely abandoned