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TIMELINE
Per reader request, here is a timeline organization of my stories. I plan to update it going forward as new stories are written. All stories are live on AO3 and fanfiction.net
SITH EMPIRE FICTION: Dark Side Shenanigans
All those who gain power, fear to lose it. (Here’s looking at you Marka Ragnos and Carl Veradun.) But everyone wants to gain power (Hello Darth Malgus, Darth Sion, and Meetra Surik). And some find power thrust upon them (Darth Bane, Lady Struct, Darth Perfidian). Beware the pitfalls of power!
On the far side (the Dark Side!) of the galaxy, a hidden Empire of outcasts and inbreds flourishes unbeknownst to the Jedi and the Galactic Republic. The Sith seek power and they crave love, but mostly they want revenge.
ALAS THE FALLEN A very long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Old Republic Jedi Order splits in a momentous religious schism. One young woman finds herself caught in the middle and then thrust into Darkness. See the stupid Jedi exile a good portion of their membership to the far side of the galaxy, only to unwittingly create the enemy Sith.
WIDOW’S BARGAIN She’s a woman on a mission from god. But on the Dark Side, the path to power requires a man’s help. Time to seduce a long-forgotten, presumed dead Lord of the Sith to join her conspiracy to put her son on the Dark throne. Who’s her son? None other than Marka Ragnos, who will establish the first great Sith Empire.
DYAD. The long lost Sith Empress comes home after a long absence to her husband Marka Ragnos’ Empire and surprise! she’s now a Jedi. She will take an interest in a young hellion peasant kid she keeps seeing in Force visions. His name is Carl Veradun and he’s the savior of her people. Too bad her husband wants to kill him.
Four Mothers Chapter 2-Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History. A Sith Lady flees the Sith Empire for Coruscant to surrender her newborn son to the Jedi High Council. She seeks mercy and sanctuary for her baby Sith prince. Teach him the Light, raise him as a Jedi, hide him forever in exile . . . just let little Revenio (Revan) live.
The Prisoner. Jedi General Meetra Surik beat the Sith Empire, won the Mandalorian War, and saved the Republic. She was rewarded with disgrace and exile. She’s a wound in the Force, cut off from the magical power she craves. Along comes a Sith-in-shining armor who promises to give her the Force back if she will help him overthrow the Sith Emperor and rescue Revan. How can she refuse?
Taking the Veil. Carl Veradun, the overpowered peasant who Marka Ragnos feared and the Force favors, has grown up to lead the defeated Sith to glory. Now an isolated recluse who lives a double life, Darth Tenebrae/Darth Vitiate is paranoid, peevish, and insecure. He falls in love with a Temple nun, but a palace coup ruins everything.
Happy Endings Chapter 1 (Carl & Tosca from Taking the Veil). A different version of how things might have ended for Carl and Tosca.
Star-crossed. The baby boy stolen from his mother and smuggled out of the Palace to be exiled in obscurity has grown up. His name is Gaius Veradun, Darth Malgus and he’s angling to find his place in the Sith Empire. Malgus mistakenly believes the Jedi are his worst enemy. He never suspects that his archrival is his own Emperor father.
DARKER. In the waning days of the Great Galactic War, bored and cynical Darth Malgus falls in love (again), kills a bunch of Jedi, and sacks Coruscant. Will he finally merit Emperor Vitiate’s attention? Chapter 32 of this fic is my best writing evah. Maybe just go read it standalone.
A Reckoning. (Formerly begun as one-shots Homecoming and PACT). The bored and lonely Sith Emperor has abdicated the Dark throne. He’s started a new life, a new family, and a new empire. He’s calling himself Valkorian now. Time to welcome home the prodigal son he once disdained. But the Sith do not forgive, they get revenge. This is the happy ending we all need for Darth Malgus and Eleena Daru.
The Apprentice. The leaderless Sith are collapsing from infighting. They need their self-exiled immortal hero Sith Emperor Vitiate back to sort things out. Sent on a quest to find him, young Darth Bane finds much more than he plans.
Versions of You. Darth Vitiate is Rey of Jakku’s father-in-the-Force and Kylo Ren’s nemesis. He’s been meddling in galactic events for thousands of years now. But who other than Vitiate can raise the dead and give you a Death Star as a present? (also see Sequel Era fiction)
OLD REPUBLIC FICTION: Classic Star Wars good guys versus bad guys, Dark versus Light.
The Light has risen . . . and here comes Darkness to meet it. The Sith Empire is no more, but the Sith endure . . . long live the Sith! They lurk in the shadows, biding their time and perfecting their plots.
Recalled to Life. Amnesiac Revan’s life is as complicated and messy as the galactic turmoil he helped to create and his new Jedi minder Bastila Shan is a terrible liar. This fic is a poor attempt at Revan, but there’s some good bits.
Red. Sith Apprentice Sheev Palpatine runs for Senate and chafes under the oversight of Darth Plagueis. His new shady ballerina/stripper girlfriend becomes a flashpoint between Master and Apprentice.
Four Mothers Chapter 1: Hell Hath No Fury. One sure way to piss off a Mother Witch of Dathomir is to steal her boy Maul. Why kidnap her kid? Because he who controls the Chosen One, controls the Force.
Four Mothers Chapter 3: The Annunciation to the Non-Blessed Non-Virgin. Slave woman Shmi Skywalker is magically pregnant and super confused. Remember: he who controls the Chosen One, controls the Force.
The Fifth Wife. Clueless and gullible Jedi researcher girl meets a powerful and famous intergalactic banker. Surprise! He’s also a Sith Lord who’s plotting to overthrow the Republic with his Senator Apprentice. He’s got a grand plan for the Republic and for her.
REBELLION ERA FICTION: The revenge of the Sith is achieved. Darth Sidious runs the show and he’s got the Chosen One as his Apprentice. What could go wrong??
Twilight of the Gods. Darth Vader is reeling from a major defeat and out of favor with his fickle Master. It’s causing him to question the life he has convinced himself to accept. Is there love after Padme Amidala? How can he move on when the past keeps confronting him? And can he save his estranged son from his own fate? (My Reylo fix-it fic Epilogue is a quasi-continuation of this story.)
Happy Endings Chapter 3 (Anakin & Astral). What if Vader didn’t die in the throne room?
Rule of Two. DARTH MAUL IS THE TRAGIC HERO OF STAR WARS. Fight me. The only thing worse than being the Chosen One is being the not-Chosen One. Bonus scene: the Vader meets Maul confrontation you always wanted, wherein each man wishes he were the other and lots of sarcasm and posturing ensues.
Happy Endings Chapter 2 (Maul & Rhea). A different ending for this poor pair that’s bad for the galaxy but very good for them.
SEQUEL ERA FICTION: The Skywalkers have made a mess of things. Will someone please balance the Force?
Works in a Series:
The Searchers. Young Ben Solo is fresh from Snoke’s training. He has a new name, Kylo Ren, and a new job to kill Luke Skywalker. Witness the rise of the First Order and the coming of age of Darth Ren through the eyes of an original character who reoccurs in the series. Read this one to see Leia confront her fallen son. (This story is a prequel to Ghosts of the Past.)
Ghosts of the Past. Kylo Ren meets a stranger scavenging in a wreck on Jakku. She’s struggling with the here and now, he’s haunted by the past. Together, they stumble towards an uncertain future amid a backdrop of war. It won’t end well, but find your HEA in The Chosen One.
The Chosen One. The sequel to Ghosts of the Past. Emperor Ren now rules the galaxy and it’s a lot harder than he thought it would be, especially now that he’s discovered that he’s father to a teenaged son. And what to do about Rey? His genius solution is to lock her in the basement of his palace. HEA after lots of melodrama.
Fulcrum. The dark and gritty tale of monstrous young Kylo Ren and the scavenger girl he utterly disdains . . . until he cannot live without her and her precious Light. Toxic revolting stuff with a high body count of major characters. For what they say about power is true for love as well: all those who find love fear to lose it . . . most especially Darth Ren. Kylo Ren will do terrible things for his Empire, but he will commit unspeakable tragedy to save his Rey.
Fulcrum Part Two. It sucks to be the Apprentice. High ick factor on this one, folks. I’m pretty embarrassed that I wrote it. But whatever, I own it.
Sequel Trilogy stand-alone stories:
Epilogue. (Fix-it Fiction) Disney ruined the sequel triology. I tried to fix it. This is something of a sequel to my story Twilight of the Gods.
Son of Darkness. Space pope Kylo Ren secretly allies with Resistance Jedi Rey of Jakku in a bid to bring the galaxy together and moderate the First Order. Also, Rey rules the Rim as Empress!
Tied on a String. Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. But make sure it’s truly dead. Supreme Leader Ren asks Rey to join him against Snoke. Some hate it, but I believe the epilogue to this fic is the best part.
His Padawan. Kylo Ren hides his new Force strong girlfriend Rey in Vader’s castle while he’s busy conquering the galaxy. Whoops! His Master finds out and disapproves.
You Need a Teacher. Not my fav, tbh.
Immune to the Light. “If what you say is true, bring her to me.” Kylo wins the duel on Starkiller Base and brings the scavenger girl home to his Master. She’s a prodigy Force healer and that’s just what crippled Snoke needs.
Join Me. Dark Rey rejects a trending-Light Kylo.
Versions of You. The First Order wins and Emperor Ren maneuvers Rey into being the loyal opposition in his sham-Senate. It’s all a ploy to get close to his girl. But when Rey has a second awakening to the Dark Side and goes looking for her Sith Daddy, things go awry. Lots of Hux in this one and trips to the world-between-worlds Star Wars multiverse.
Four Mothers Chapter 4: Original Sin. Parenting young Ben Solo is hard. Like really hard.