Vindication

Vindication was a codeword that initiated an insurrection by the covert Jedi Covenant organization against the Jedi Order, orchestrated by the ersatz leader of the Covenant, failed Jedi apprentice-turned-Sith acolyte Haazen.

For years, Sith acolyte Haazen manipulated his pupil Lucien Draay in order to realize his true goal, to unite the light side and dark side of the Force by creating an army of Jedi Covenanters, led by Draay whom he would manipulate into taking up the mantle of a Sith. Putting to use the many Covenanters, Haazen gave the command to 'save' the Jedi Order, supposedly infiltrated by the Sith, by severing the council's connections to the galaxy and defending the Draay Estate on Coruscant. However, while the Covenanters believed that they were destroying the Jedi Order in order to save it, Haazen was initiating his plan. Shortly after beginning the operation Haazen revealed his devotion to the dark side to Zayne Carrick and he had hoped to put to use Carrick's special relationship with the Force.

As Lucien's mother and Covenant leader Krynda died in her son's arms during Haazen's revelation, the steward provided Lucien with a Sith lightsaber, and allowed him to exact revenge on the one whom he felt was responsible for the tragedies befallen him—Zayne Carrick. Forced to defend himself against the grief-stricken Jedi Master, Carrick ignited his own weapon, and fought for his life.

Fire raged in the Draay Estate as Lucien Draay relentlessly pursued his former student, all while Carrick professed his innocence for that which he was being blamed. Draay was severely wounded when the statue of his father crushed him. Carrick appeared to slay him, and professed his allegiance to the Sith acolyte. However, the former Padawan unexpectedly attacked the Sith defector, slicing off his arm which bore the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger, thus eliminating the influence of the artifact that afforded Haazen protection from unwanted harm. Carrick then fled the scene with Marn Hierogryph and Draay, revealing himself to be alive, told his former master that he had fallen into a trap—one of Draay's and Carrick's design. Haazen could only watch in horror as Draay retrieved the Kressh Gauntlet, which also housed the means by which Haazen controlled the orbiting Republic fleet, and activated the orbital bombardment planned by his steward. Haazen met his demise in the turbolaser fire that rained from above, and while Draay was seriously wounded, he survived the assault which destroyed both his steward and his ancestral family home in their entirety.

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