While giving Goodking a tour of Korriban, Laeyoon lead him to a big blocky entrance with ancient yet alien runes written across the hinges. And above the entrance was a statue of what appeared to be a person resting in a coffin.
"This is the tomb of Tulak Hord." Laeyoon told Goodking "The Lord of Hate, The Master of the Gathering Darkness and, although he is nothing in comparison to Darth Nihilus, a personal idol of mine. He was the greatest lightsaber duelist of the Sith Lords of old, with none to match him at the time."
"Yeah, real great, does this guy have any treasures?"
"Of course. I'll show you."
Laeyoon and Goodking then walked into the tomb. The bottom of the walls of the tomb were filled with the same engravings that were on the entrance. Unlike the entrance, the inside of the tomb had less of a desert-y feel and looked more like a cave. As they walked, they noticed a human male with brown balding hair and a hoodie on inspecting one of the many ancient coffins of the tomb. Goodking then walked towards the man.
"Yo, what're you looking at?" Goodking asked the man.
"My lord, allow me to approach." the man said "The wind outside has torn my ears to tatters and my eyes have grown strained and bloody in the dark. I've studied this tomb for years. Slept on its stones and dreamed of its depths. Now, I need assistance to solve its final mystery."
"Well, I wouldn't really call myself a lord, but I got this guy with me who says he's a 'Dark Lord of the Sith', whatever that is."
Goodking then pointed towards Laeyoon who gave both Goodking and the man an odd look.
"I don't dig through dirt for scholars" Laeyoon said defensively.
"Then you misunderstand the chance I am offering." the man said to Laeyoon "his tomb is the final resting place of Tulak Hord. The tomb's maze was built to his precise specifications. But he built his maze to hold more than just his body. He built it to secure his greatest creation. His terrible machine. The Red Engine."
"Why are you telling this to me?"
"Because I need you, his machine needs you. The machine was his life's work, a perfect puzzle had hid all his secrets, it was a vault and a library all at once. The scholars in the Academy, they say the Red Engine was never completed. They say it never functioned. But I know how it works and I know how to fuel it."
"Then why not inform the scholars?"
"They think that I, not a Sith nor an educated man, couldn't find the truth. They ignore my findings and are blinded by arrogance. Listen now, Anyone can activate the Red Engine, but unless it receives its sacrifice, it will only sputter and die. The machine needs blood and hatred to become fully operational. If a Sith could slay the tomb's beasts in its presence, their deaths would be its fuel. Find the machine within the tomb. Work its mechanisms. And when at last, it reveals Tulak Hord's secrets, I beg of you - bring me its scripture. Bring me the knowledge I have dreamed of."
"Well" Goodking said while giving a stretch "I'm not one for creepy tombs but I've been learning to be a good person so what d'ya say? We help this guy out?"
Goodking then turns his head towards Laeyoon.
"As long as I get to kill things, I'm content" Laeyoon said "Although it would be preferable if it were something more than mere beasts."
Goodking and Laeyoon then walked further into the tomb, where one of the hallways were guarded by sentries and overseer droids. There were also slaves cleaning the stone floors of the tomb. The further they walked, they came across a hallway with skeletons in the centre, a sight that freaked Goodking out.
"Woah, that's spooky!" Goodking said as he jumped and held onto Laeyoon's shoulders.
"You reek of fear" Laeyoon said in an annoyed tone.
"Not yet but I feel a lot of fear coming and you better get out of the way when it does!"
Laeyoon then threw Goodking off of him and the both of them continued to walk down further. They then entered the Ruined Atrium, which was inhabited with more guard droids, troops and slaves. Sensing that the troops have gone rogue and reprogrammed the droids and freed the slaves, Laeyoon then treaded carefully, making sure none of them spotted him. While he was perfectly willing to kill people, dealing with mere slaves, droids and grunts with blasters have left him desensitized to the point that it was less of a fun occasion and more of a nuisance. Goodking and Laeyoon then entered the machine vault, where they saw the Red Engine chamber. As they walked further into the chamber, they saw an ancient machine in front of them.
"This must be this Red Engine the man was on about" Laeyoon said to Goodking before cracking his knuckles "Stand back and let the master do his work."
Laeyoon then channelled dark side energy into the machine, which summoned a group of very angry k'lor'slugs. Goodking then screamed at the sight of the ugly creatures. Laeyoon then quickly grabbed his lightsaber and sprun into action, slicing through the k'lor'slugs like a hot knife through butter. And in the span of less than a minute, the beasts were no more. Laeyoon then deactivated his lightsaber and gave Goodking an annoyed look.
"Please don't tell me you screamed like a little girl at the sight of mere bugs."
"You call those things bugs?! I've seen bees that looked cuter than those. By the way, don't tell anyone about this. I want to keep up my brave hero image because it's good for business and, apart from this incident, I am genuinely brave."
"I find that hard to believe, especially since you were scared by mere skeletons earlier."
"Hey, I have dealt with my share of beasts as well! Know a guy named Sanies?"
"No."
"Well, he's this big scary dragon sorcerer that can mess with people's minds and turn people into stone."
"...That's it?" Laeyoon scoffed. "I killed a Voice of the Emperor. A mere sorcerer is child's play."
Laeyoon then walked towards the Red Engine, which had opened up to reveal an ancient tablet written in Aurabesh, which surprised Laeyoon since he would have assumed the tablet would have been in a much older language. He picked up the tablet and inside was a golden seal with a heart-shaped symbol on it's chest.
"What the hell?" Laeyoon said, looking at the seal.
Goodking then walked towards Laeyoon was looking at.
"Hey" Goodking said "I've seen one of those things before, the onlyonly difference is that it had a helmet on."
And then he and Goodking then heard a teleporting sound behind them. They turned around and noticed Kronos standing there with a smirk on his face.
"That is the Seal of Beauty. I suppose the reason it's here is because a place filled with hatred and ugly creatures would be the perfect hiding spot."
"You would never expect it," Goodking said. "It's like the Spaneighsh Inquisition."
"Well, either that or those things are beautiful in their own way," Laeyoon butted in. "It's a matter of perspective, really."
Kronos then used his magic on the seal to telekinetically hold it in place.
"Quickly!" Kronos barked at Laeyoon "Help me hold the seal down before it escapes again."
"Since I don't want another beating like you were my father or something, sure."
Laeyoon then held his hand out and used the Force to hold the seal in place. He would have choked it but he assumed Kronos wanted all the seals alive. While focusing on the seal, he looked towards Goodking, who was slowly walking backwards towards a rock.
"Kronos?" Laeyoon said casually.
"Yes?" Kronos said in a similarly casual tone.
"What do we do with the weird lasat - wookie - wampa looking thing?"
"Oh, you mean Captain Goodking? Kill him."
"What?!" Goodking shouted in surprise.
Laeyoon then picked up his lightsaber and hurled it at Goodking's direction. The blade ignited and went straight through Goodking's heart. While Laeyoon could have easily choked Goodking to death, he was too busy focusing on the seal. Goodking then started to feel woozy and then eventually fell to the floor as everything faded to black.