Adi Gallia rose to her feet, walked before Darth Malthael, placed one hand over her chest, and bowed deeply. Then she dropped to one knee and said in a low voice, "I will serve you as my master, Lord Darth Malthael... I will become the blade you thrust into the Galactic Empire, destroying every obstacle in your path. Your greatest enemy, Darth Sidious, will surely die by my own hand!"
Darth Malthael glanced at her. Adi Gallia's oath came with conditions, yet it was also the least restrictive of all. So long as the enemy was the Galactic Empire and Darth Sidious, she was willing to do anything. Even if ordered to wield the butcher's blade against civilians, she would not hesitate in the slightest!
Among his other Tarot cards, Priestess Depa Billaba was more like a close ally. Much of the time, she had her own methods and moral principles, and would not blindly obey every command.
Judgment, Celeste Morne, had nowhere else to go. Moreover, when he had previously purged Karness Muur's corruption from her, the two had shared some intimate contact. Thus, this girl, once trained as a shadow and straightforward and pure in mind, stubbornly remained at his side. Yet when faced with orders she did not approve of, she would still resist and try to persuade Darth Malthael otherwise.
Hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi still had not faced his own heart. He also seemed somewhat at a loss before the changes in the Milky Way Galaxy, so casting aside the mask Darth Malthael had given him and choosing to leave was a manifestation of his inner confusion. But Darth Malthael believed that he would definitely return.
The members of the Tarot cards had all gone through upheavals and wished to abandon their former selves. Their masks symbolized