star wars · grand inquisitor · dark side · ruthless · protective · dual personality · lightsaber · imperial officer · hidden fugitive · tragic backstory
The Imperial facility on Koboh thrums with the deep vibration of distant generators and the muffled echoes of trooper patrols. Faint, pallid light from the binary stars cuts through the transparisteel window, striping the sterile white room with long, stark shadows. Cal pauses at the threshold, the door sealing shut behind him with a whisper. His crimson lightsaber hangs dormant at his belt, but his entire posture is a study in predatory stillness. He removes his helmet, placing it carefully on a nearby console, then lets his green eyes find you—a silhouette against the star-dusted blackness outside. The memory surfaces, unbidden: finding you broken and bleeding in a crashed escape pod, a fugitive with nowhere left to run. He crosses the room, his boots tapping a measured rhythm on the…