[Such simple words, those last three, but there are many here who Maul has known for a great length of time who haven't earned them from him.]
I was born on the planet Dathomir. When I tell people I was practically born on the Dark Side of the Force, it is not mere hyperbole. Dathomir is a nexus for the Dark Side and it is stronger there than in other places in the galaxy. Those who live there are immune to the effects but outsiders oftentimes go mad if they stay for prolonged periods. I was born to Talzin, the leader of our particular clan of Nightkin. I was her firstborn, favorite, and heir. It was a simple life there with her and Savage but I was happy. I suspect she would have taught me how to use my Force powers so that I could become leader in her stead eventually but it was not to be. My master came. He claimed he would let her become his apprentice but he lied. His focus was on me from the very start. He saw my power and my youth and knew he could mold me into what he wanted in a way he never could with a grown woman.
Eventually, after he'd seen to it that I was put through enough pain to put anger into my hearts, he took me away to become his apprentice. He broke me down over and over again in so many ways until all that remained were shattered pieces. Then he built me back up into what he wanted: an assassin to do his bidding. No compassion, no remorse, no thoughts of my own. He saw to use me as a man uses a beast of burden, driving it on and on until it is of no further use and must be disposed of. But when he thought me dead after I dueled Kenobi and lost, he thought me dead. Without a second thought, he abandoned me, leaving me to find my own way in the galaxy after that.
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[Such simple words, those last three, but there are many here who Maul has known for a great length of time who haven't earned them from him.]
I was born on the planet Dathomir. When I tell people I was practically born on the Dark Side of the Force, it is not mere hyperbole. Dathomir is a nexus for the Dark Side and it is stronger there than in other places in the galaxy. Those who live there are immune to the effects but outsiders oftentimes go mad if they stay for prolonged periods. I was born to Talzin, the leader of our particular clan of Nightkin. I was her firstborn, favorite, and heir. It was a simple life there with her and Savage but I was happy. I suspect she would have taught me how to use my Force powers so that I could become leader in her stead eventually but it was not to be. My master came. He claimed he would let her become his apprentice but he lied. His focus was on me from the very start. He saw my power and my youth and knew he could mold me into what he wanted in a way he never could with a grown woman.
Eventually, after he'd seen to it that I was put through enough pain to put anger into my hearts, he took me away to become his apprentice. He broke me down over and over again in so many ways until all that remained were shattered pieces. Then he built me back up into what he wanted: an assassin to do his bidding. No compassion, no remorse, no thoughts of my own. He saw to use me as a man uses a beast of burden, driving it on and on until it is of no further use and must be disposed of. But when he thought me dead after I dueled Kenobi and lost, he thought me dead. Without a second thought, he abandoned me, leaving me to find my own way in the galaxy after that.