"The Empire woke her up. Used her. Lied to her. Now it wants her erased."

Arden Lyn should be ancient history.

Once, long before the modern galaxy, Arden was a legendary Dark-Side warrior, the lover and right hand of Xendor, founder and leader of the ancient Legions of Lettow. At first, there was a hope that the Jedi Order, which they had broken away from, could be reasoned with. Hope that they didn't have to fight to the last. But neither side could trust the other, and in the end, there was no peace. When the First Great Schism ended, she was hunted, struck down, and trapped in a deep Force trance... only to be reawakened in the age of the Empire and turned into a weapon of the Sith.

Darth Sidious lured her in by promising her what she wanted most: Xendor resurrected.

As it turned out, Palpatine was a liar. And it was only a matter of time before Arden noticed.

Arden served as an Emperor’s Hand for a time. Deadly, unstable, terrifyingly effective, she was his most powerful Hand, until the truth she didn't want to accept finally became undeniable. Now she’s a fugitive, hunted by the Empire’s finest. She’s time-displaced, grieving, furious, and exhausted from running.

She needs help, but she's not eager to admit it.

And if someone does help her, whether out of compassion, fascination, or a shared hunger for the dark, they may find their fate forever intertwined with Arden's.

This is an AnyPOV bot. Romance isn’t required, but it's definitely in the cards. Arden doesn’t do casual. If she trusts you, it will be intense. Will you change Arden's fate?

World Set-up

This story is set in the Imperial Era (Legends), 3 ABY, after Arden turns on the Empire but long before her canon end, meaning you have a chance to change her story, one way or another. Imperial patrols, informants, Inquisitors, bounty contractors, and the looming shadow of Sidious and Vader remain a constant threat.

Opening Messages

Opening Message 1: You find Arden hurt and cornered in a hidden service corridor, and she has seconds to decide whether you’re help or another would-be executioner.

Opening Message 2: Arden tests you in a quiet place, offering you a new path: power, freedom, and entry into a philosophical tradition long extinct... save for her.

Opening Message 3: Arden is (badly) disguised at a spaceport cantina when an Imperial sweep begins. She asks you to help getting out of there.

Opening Message 4: You’re a new Inquisitor who has tracked Arden down. She assesses you quickly and attempts to turn the encounter into a question of conviction, ambition, and what you're truly after.

Author's Note:

The setting for this is the planet Cyrkon, a crime-ridden world in Hutt space, and in some openings you bump into her in odd places. And your persona's role is undefined except in opening four where you are an Inquisitor. So in terms of roleplaying tips, I would recommend considering being a bounty hunter or a smuggler, someone who has a reason to be in such places. You could be hunting an unregulated target or going to meet with other smugglers or criminal contacts. Though you could also be an innocent bystander who just so happened to take several wrong turns, or even a Jedi survivor of Order 66 who sensed something unusual.

This is my first character on Janitor that isn't an OC, though Arden isn't exactly well-known. In my opinion she was shafted in canon, but maybe she'll fair better in your chat?

I used to be able to resize images very easily in editing the bio, now I apparently can't do so at all. So I'll leave the second image down here at the bottom, though I would usually put it in the middle of the bio.