Preface

Kaan worked to develop all of his talents equally, so whatever talents appear the most developed due to exposure, its likely he took his other abilities to a similar extent.

It was one of many talents, and he had worked to develop them all equally.

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Force Abilities

Force Strength

The power Kaan radiated made him seem like the very embodiment of the Dark Side.

He radiated confidence and strength. He seemed to glow with a violet aura, as if he were the very embodiment of the dark side.

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Kaan's power far exceeded Githany's.

Now it was she who felt fear. Lord Kaan radiated power: he could crush her as easily as she crushed the small beetles that sometimes scuttled across the floor of her tent.

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Power radiated from Kaan like heat off a sun baked rock (this source refers to him as a Jedi because the term "Sith" had not yet been coined).

Power radiated away from the Jedi like heat off a sun-baked rock. - It caused the air to shimmer, sent static through pocket comms, and hurt unprotected minds. His eyes were filled with hatred and probed the beings in front of him.

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Despite his hatred of them, Darth Bane admitted Kaan was powerful.

Kaan had been many things- ambitious, charismatic, stubborn, and in the end a fool-but he had never been weak.

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Telepathy

Lord Kaan could summon the entire Brotherhood of Darkness from across the Galaxy (20,000 Sith Lords in total), with a touch of Force persuasion included, for a notable period of time.

He could sense his Master's summons in the Force, and he could not resist the beckoning much longer. Lord Kaan was calling them all, the entire Brotherhood.

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Such a telepathic feat has only been replicated by Exar Kun and Darth Krayt for an instant, and most notably, Luke Skywalker for a lengthy period of time with great strain, none of whom held the same Force persuasion element to their galactic range telepathic call:

Exar Kun let out a tremendous shriek that echoed across the galaxy, calling in despair upon Master Vodo, whom he had abandoned.

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Darth Krayt, leader of the One Sith, has been reborn from his near death at the hands of Darth Wyyrlok; he has sent ripples through the Force so that all Sith know he is alive and well.

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The call had arisen a few hours earlier, in the middle of a StealthX assault that had failed to turn hack the Chiss task force. The summons was coming from the direction of the known galaxy, a sense of beckoning and urgency that was growing more powerful by the hour, calling the Jedi Knights back toward Ossus, demanding they return to the Academy at once.

"We all feel it," Tahiri said. She furrowed her scarred brow, then turned to Tesar and Lowbacca. "At least I think we do."

The Barabel and the Wookiee nodded in agreement. "It iz hard to ignore," Tesar said.

"And we shouldn't try," Jacen replied. "Something bad must be happening for my uncle to summon us all like this. Even Luke Skywalker can't pull on the Force that hard without suffering for it."

...

Luke's entire body felt stiff and sore, his head was aching, and his hands were trembling. He tested his legs and found them a little wobbly.

"I'm fine," he said. His stomach felt as empty as space. "A little hungry, maybe."

"I'll bet." Continuing to hold his arm, Mara turned to leave the meditation pavilion. "Let's get you something to eat ... and some rest."

Luke did not follow her. "I can last another hour." Through the Force, he could feel nearly the entire Jedi order gathered in the lecture hall, waiting to learn why he had summoned them. "We need to do this now."

"Luke, you look like you've been hanging out in wampa caves again," Mara said. "You need to rest."

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Kaan was capable of manipulating the minds of the rest of the Brotherhood of Darkness through the Force on a consistent basis.

The two most notable times being when Kaan forced the rest of the Sith Lords' minds out of Bane's ritual

Heat and fire. There was nothing else in Bane's world. It was as if he had become the storm itself: he could see the world before him, swallowed up in red and orange and reduced in seconds to ash and embers by the unchained fury of the dark side.

It was glorious. And then suddenly it was gone.

There was a jarring thump as his body dropped from where it had been hovering five meters above the ground. For several seconds he was completely disoriented, unable to figure out what happened. Then he understood: the connection had been broken.

He rose to his feet slowly, uncertain of his balance. All around him were the forms of the Sith, no longer kneeling in meditation but collapsed or rolling on the ground, their minds reeling from the sudden end to the joining ritual. One by one they also regained their composure and stood, most looking as confused as Bane had been only seconds before.

Then he noticed Lord Kaan standing off to the side, over by the fliers.

"What happened?" Bane demanded angrily. "Why did you stop?"

"Your plan worked," Kaan replied curtly. "The forest is destroyed, the Jedi have fled to open ground. They are exposed, vulnerable. Now we go to finish them off."

Kaan had broken the connection, and somehow he had managed to drag the others out along with him, as if he had some hold over their minds.

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And when Kaan persuaded over a thousand Sith Lords at once into performing the Thought Bomb ritual.

He had promised them victory, as he had done so many times before. And, as they had always done in the past, the Brotherhood had followed him once again. Followed him here to this cave, though Githany wasn't sure if it was more accurate to say they had been led-or lured. She had followed him along with everyone else, compelled by the passion of his words and the sheer magnitude of his personality and presence. All thoughts that he might be unstable or unfit to lead them had been forgotten in the heady pilgrimage through the night to the shelter of this cave.

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This is made more impressive by the fact that these Sith Lords were highly mentally trained.

More than a thousand highly trained minds were focused on a single task.

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Both of these manipulations included manipulating Lord Kopecz, and though Kopecz was one of the more difficult members of the Brotherhood for Kaan to control, and though Kopecz eventually broke free from Kaan's control when they entered the caves to perform the thought bomb, the fact that Kaan could exert any degree of control over Kopecz at all speaks volumes, given that Kopecz has a strong enough will to fight with extremely severe injuries (two spears skewered through his abdomen and several arrows piercing the back of his neck.

Lord Kaan's power hurt unprotected minds in his vicinity.

Power radiated away from the Jedi like heat off a sun-baked rock. - It caused the air to shimmer, sent static through pocket comms, and hurt unprotected minds.

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Battle Meditation

Lord Kaan was an expert in battle meditation, even prior to becoming a Jedi Master or turning to the Dark Side.

The Jedi Council's great hope for the future was a slim, sophisticated young commoner from the capital named Skere Kaan, an expert in battle meditation, fleet command, and economic policy.

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Lord Kaan used battle meditation to turn the tide of the First Battle of Ruusan in his favor.

The art of battle meditation-a weapon passed down from the ancient Sith sorcerers-threw the enemy ranks into chaos, feeding their fear and hopelessness, crushing their hearts and spirits with bleak despair. Every false move by the opponent was magnified, every hesitation was transformed into a cascade of errors and mistakes that overwhelmed even the most disciplined troops. The battle had only just begun, and it was already all but over.

The Republic fleet was in complete disarray. Two of its four Hammerhead-class capital ships had lost primary shields in the first strafing run of the Buzzards. Now the Sith Dreadnaughts were moving in, targeting the suddenly vulnerable Hammerheads with their devastating forward-mounted laser cannons. On the verge of being crippled and left utterly helpless, they were just now managing to scramble their own fighters to ward off the rapidly closing enemy cruisers.

The other two capital ships were being ravaged by Rage and Fury, the Sith battleships. The ponderous Republic Hammerheads relied on support ships to establish a defensive line to hold off enemy attackers while they positioned themselves to bring their heavy guns to bear. Without these defensive lines they were all but helpless against the much quicker and more nimble corsairs. Rage and Fury cut in along a vector that minimized the number of cannons the Hammerheads could target them with, then swept across their bows, firing all guns. When the Hammerheads tried to change direction to bring more guns to bear, the corsairs would pivot and double back for another pass along a different vector, inflicting even more damage. The savage maneuver was known as slashing the deck, and without the support of fighters or battleships of their own, the capital ships couldn't withstand it for long.

Aid from the Republic battleships, however, was not likely to come. The one on point patrol was already a charred and lifeless hull, obliterated in the first seconds of the attack by a direct hit from Nightfall's guns before it could raise its shields. The other two were being swarmed by interceptors and pounded by Nightfall's broadside laser artillery, and didn't figure to last much longer than the first.

Kaan could feel it: panic had set in among the Republic troops and commanders. His attack was pure offense; his strategy maximized damage but left his own ships exposed and vulnerable to a well-organized counterattack. But no such response was forthcoming. The Republic captains were unable to coordinate their efforts, unable to establish their lines of defense. They couldn't even organize a proper retreat . . . escape was impossible. Victory was his!

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Kaan's battle meditation completely demoralized both the strong and weak willed of his opponents in a battle.

No longer protected by the power of the light side of the Force, the Republic soldiers were completely demoralized by the terror and despair Kaan spawned in their minds. Those who were strong-willed gave up all hope save that of escaping the battle alive. The weak-willed were left so despondent, they could only hope for a quick and merciful death. The former didn't get what they wanted, but the latter did.

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Lord Kaan was powerful enough with battle meditation to influence the course of a war.

He could change the course of a war with his battle meditation.

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Telekinesis

Kaan could easily crush Githany with the Force.

Lord Kaan radiated power: he could crush her as easily as she crushed the small beetles that sometimes scuttled across the floor of her tent.

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Sith Spirit

Lord Kaan was capable of escaping the Thought Bomb as a Sith spirit

Which is very impressive since the Thought Bomb is supposed to trap the spirits of those caught in its blast.

The vacuum at the center of the blast could suck in the disembodied spirits of Sith and Jedi alike, trapping them side by side for all eternity in an unbreakable state of equilibrium at the heart of a frozen sphere of pure energy.

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Force Senses/Precognition

Kaan is capable of perceiving everything in a naval battle, as well as viewing the future in several instances.

The Dark Lord, however, never even glanced at the screens. His perception extended far beyond the meditation sphere, far beyond the data spit out by the electronic readouts. He knew the location of each vessel engaged in the conflict: his own and those of the enemy. He could sense every volley fired, every evasive turn and roll, every move and countermove made by every ship. Often he could sense them even before they happened.

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Physical Combat

Martial Skill

Prior to becoming a Sith, Kaan slew the worst of the Sith warlords and forced the rest to beg for peace.

Within months, Kaan had slain the worst of the Sith warlords and forced the rest to beg for peace.

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Lord Kaan is used as one of the combat simulations in the Jedi temple for the Trial of Skill, being considered one of the worst monsters to ever rise from the Dark Side.

The latest feature in the Jedi trials Chamber is a holographic projector, introduced after the victory at Ruusan and capable of creating enemies from the air itself. With this tool you might face Darth Ruin, Lord Kaan, or any of the worst monsters to ever rise from the dark side.

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Physical Strength

Lord Kaan seized Githany's wrist in a grip as unyielding as durasteel.

The fingers of his right hand wrapped around her left, seizing it in a grip cold as ice and unyielding as durasteel.

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