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Yuthura Ban: Nothing of course, my master. I was merely agreeing with you. Should we not get on with the test?
Yuthura Ban: I... I don't know what you're talking about, master. I am not... scheming. Should we not get on with the test?
Yuthura Ban: As should you, my master. But I was only agreeing with you. Should we not get on with the test?
Uthar Wynn: Yes. Yes, of course. We are in the sacred tomb of Naga Sadow, young one, the one discovered by Darth Malak and Darth Revan years ago. You are to follow in their footsteps and reach the ancient Star Map that lies deep within. There you will find a lightsaber, amongst other things. The lightsaber is for you: your initiation present. Return to us once you have it, for you the test does not end there.
Yuthura Ban: Be very cautious, here. This tomb is like the others in this valley, and many of its old defenses remain active.
Uthar Wynn: Do you understand what I have told you? Are you ready to begin?
1. I don't understand... why not just give me the saber?
Uthar Wynn: If you do not strive to achieve something, then it will be meaningless to you, wouldn't you say?
2. Can you tell me anything about what I will face?
Uthar Wynn: No. That is part of the test. Overcome the obstacles that lie ahead on your own.
3. Can I leave the tomb?
Uthar Wynn: You cannot. No one enters and no one leaves until your test is complete.
4. Find the Star Map. Return with the lightsaber. I understand.
Uthar Wynn: Good. Yuthura and I will await your return.
The Way of the Sith Master Uthar and Yuthura Ban have brought you to the tomb of Naga Sadow... and there is no way out of the tomb until the quest is complete. You will have to find the Star Map deep within the tomb: when you find it, you will also locate a ceremonial lightsaber. Return to Master Uthar with it.
Ignore the south and east corridors for now and go down the ramp to the west to a corridor ending in a door. There are skeletal human remains to the left of this door, on the south side:
This datapad appears to be the journal of a Sith who quite obviously did not make it past this portion of his final test. Most of the journal consists of the Sith's account of gaining enough prestige with Master Uthar to take this test... only the final entry appears to concern the test, itself:
"It seems I need to get across the pool of acid in the central chamber if I am to complete my test, here, but that is not going to be easy. The runes name one obelisk the 'Pillar of Fire'... while the other is the 'Pillar of Ice'. I can only assume that one of the pillars leads to a way to remove the acid pool. Fire or ice... wouldn't fire create toxic fumes? I'm not sure. Maybe freezing the pool would be safer. Well... I'll worry about that once I bypass the terentatek beasts. If I can. I suppose it's now or never."
Save game. Once you open and step through the door, it closes and locks behind you, trapping you in the northeast corner of a room containing twoterentatek at its south end: fortunately they aren't immediately aware of you.
The only other exit is another door in the west wall of the southwest corner, which is also locked, and mined:
[This door is locked and will not open at the moment.]
The only way to unlock these doors is to pull the lever in the southwest corner of the room. You could try to sneak past the terentatek to do so, otherwise they attack upon becoming aware of you. They receive bonuses depending on your character level:
Individually they aren't as formidable as the creature in the Shyrack caves, and thankfully they don't have its Slam Attack. A character level > 14 Force user always breaches their innate Template:KotOR, but at this level they also have almost 400 Vitality, so unless you're using Kill there's a distinct possibility you'll run out of Force points before killing them. You'd be better served by slowing or debilitating them to allow you to safely pull the lever: they're too big to exit the room, so you can then retreat through a door and either wait for Force points to regenerate or attack them with ranged weapons (although they retreat to the center of the room, so make sure you're positioned to maintain line of sight).
If you hug the west or east wall (there are skeletal human remains half way down the east wall) and advance slowly south then you can provoke one of them without the other becoming aware of you: standing in a doorway also allows you to take them on one at a time in melee combat, but if the doors are still locked then you have to be confident you can kill them before they kill you, since you can't get past them either.
This data pad is the personal journal of the Jedi Shaela Nur. Her last entry is particularly compelling:
I have tracked the terentatek that ambushed us in the Shyrack caves to this tomb, but even as I stand at the entrance I know this is wrong.
Dark thoughts fill my mind: hatred and vengeance. I cannot stop myself from blaming Guun Han for Duran's death. If he had not abandoned us, my love would surely have survived the terentatek's first attack.
But my hatred of Guun Han pales beside my burning desire for revenge. My blood boils to destroy the creature that ended Duran's life, no matter what the cost.
I know such thoughts are those of the dark side, but I cannot help them. Even the second set of tracks outside the cave cannot dissuade me from my task. One terentatek, two, a thousand... it makes no difference to me now.
The only image I see is that of Duran's broken body, and only blood can cleanse it from my mind.
I hope my Master will forgive me for what I am about to do.
Beyond the door in the west wall is a small chamber with a stone plinth at its center: the stone pillar of ice stands on its west side, while the pillar of fire stands to its east:
Pillar of Ice
Special Cold Grenade
Pillar of Fire
Special Fire Grenade
This is an incredibly large and powerful version of a standard cold grenade. When used, its blast will likely affect quite a large area.
This is an incredibly large and powerful version of a standard fire grenade. When used, its blast will likely affect quite a large area.
Return to the junction to the east.
Star Map
To the south of the junction is a ramp down to a door, beyond which is an acid pool. You shouldn't need to save game unless you want to find out what happens to idiots who think throwing the special fire grenade into it is a good idea:
Dialog
Acid Pool: [A dangerous looking pool of acid has flooded the room.]
3. [Ignore it and back away.]
Otherwise:
1. [Launch the special fire grenade at it.]
Acid Pool: [The grenade explodes in a wave of heat. Noxious fumes rise from the acid.]
Your entire party has been killed. Return to main menu.
The datapad retrieved from the skeletal human remains by the door to the west confirms what common sense should already have dictated is the correct option:
2. [Launch the special cold grenade at it.]
Acid Pool: [The pool freezes over; it is now walkable.]
Walk over the now frozen pool and up the ramp to the tomb door, which is mined:
Beyond the tomb door to the south is a small chamber containing the Star Map, which activates as you approach.
Star Map: Korriban You have found the Star Map from the Tomb of Naga Sadow on Korriban.
Received:
250 Found Star Map from the Tomb of Naga Sadow on Korriban
Quest for the Star Forge
A Quest for the Star Forge You've discovered another ancient Star Map in the Sith Tombs of Korriban. As before, the map is incomplete. But each map you find fills in more missing pieces of the puzzle. Hopefully, once you find all the Star Maps they will give you the location of the Star Forge.
Star Map
Star Map: Korriban
You have recorded the coordinates from the Star Map you found on Korriban into a datapad.
There's also a Sith statue at the south end of the chamber:
This lightsaber is quite intricate in its design, the hilt covered in delicate runes and inlaid with black markings. No doubt the purpose of the weapon is primarily ceremonial, though it certainly seems to perform as a lightsaber should.
After acquiring the Sith lightsaber, the door closes behind you. It's unlocked, but when you open it and go back down the ramp and return to the frozen acid pool to the north, you'll encounter Yuthura Ban standing to the left on its west side and Uthar Wynn standing to the right:
Dialog
Uthar Wynn: So you return to us with the lightsaber in hand, as I knew you would.
Yuthura Ban: The Force has served you well.
Uthar Wynn: You took a great risk in acquiring the artifact. You used your mind and your power... no peaceful meditation, no pacifism. Sometimes you must fight in order to achieve. This gives you your passion, this makes you stronger. This is what makes you superior. That is the lesson we teach with that part of the final test. Do you understand?
1. The Sith are not the only ones who fight and take risks.
Uthar Wynn: True, but most would say they fight only when they must... or not at all. We are the ones who know that struggle is what makes us superior.
2. Are you saying a Jedi couldn't have gotten the lightsaber?
Uthar Wynn: When a Jedi acts, it is with skill, true. But the Jedi teach you that your passions are counter-productive. That strength is only found in peace. Did you not feel a moment of excitement in the tomb? Did your passions not flow and make you feel stronger and more alive? What purpose would be served by restricting yourself from such? I would say only the purpose of the Jedi. Through this they would control you and restrict your potential.
3. I wouldn't say I exerted myself getting this.
Uthar Wynn: Perhaps not, to someone of your natural strength. The point is in the recognition of the nature of the act rather than its sheer difficulty.
4. I don't believe you. I don't feel superior to anyone.
Uthar Wynn: If you came to the academy, you must have felt the stirrings within you that cry out for the freedom of the dark side, that cry out for release. I can only show you the path that will lead to power and superiority. You have followed it this far... you must decide if you are capable of continuing.
1. And if I'm not?
Uthar Wynn: This is where your path ends, young one. There is no turning back once you have embarked on it.
5. I think I understand.
Dialog
Uthar Wynn: Good. The last part of your test will now commence. Here you will learn the lesson of competition. All life must compete in order to flourish. Such is the natural way of the universe. To stand still is to know death... one must always be moving forward. So is it the same amongst the Sith. Compete or die. Mercy is irrelevant. So it behooves you in this final test to strike down one you are familiar with, for no other reason than to prove you are superior and without mercy. Normally this would be against another student. You, however, get a special treat. You will fight Yuthura, here... my own apprentice.
Yuthura Ban: What?! So this is what you had planned all along. You wish me killed.
Message: [A day passes in preparation. Uthar then takes you and Yuthura to the Sith tomb. Your companions are not permitted to join you.]
The Way of the Sith
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