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NotlongbeforetheeventsofTHEPHANTOMMENACE,theSithLord,DarthSidious,ismeetingviahologramwiththeNeimoidianViceroy,andhissecondsincommand.Butsomethingiswrong:WheretherearethreeNeimoidians,thereshouldbeafourth.Whereishe?No-oneknow.Angryandsuspicious,surethatthefourthNeimoidian,HathMonchar,isoutthereblabbingsecrets,Sidioussendshisapprentice,DarthMaul,outtoinvestigate.Hismission:FindandKillHathMonchar.ThenfigureoutwhomMoncharmighthavespokenwith,andkillthem,too.LornPavanisaninformationbroker,whomakeshislivingfindinginformationandsellingittothehighestbidder.WhentheNeimoidian,HathMonchar,showsupwithaveryinterestingholocronwithinformationaboutanactual,living-andevil-plotting-SithLord,Lornknowshe'sgotsomethingreallyhot.SowhenMoncharismurdered,Lornmanagestogethishandsontheholocronanyway.Hismotivesareanthingbutnoble.DarshaAssantisaJediPadawan.SheandLornfindthemselvesthrowntogetherunexpectedly,andwhentheyrealizethatitisaSithLordontheirtrail,theyrealizetheymustsomehowgettheholocrontotheJediCouncil.ButDarthMaulistoogoodatracker.What'smore,he'sneverfailedhisMaster,DarthSidious,andhedoesn'tintendtothistime,either...