Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic, #1)

by Drew Karpyshyn

There is no emotion; there is peace.

The Force can be bent to your will, but often there is a cost. The most powerful rituals of the dark side exact a toll few are willing to pay.

realized there was no ambush waiting for them

Denying or attempting to utterly control emotion, Revan felt, was a fool’s game. Jealousy was actually the result of ill-prepared Jedi being overwhelmed by feelings they had never learned to face.

“There is no emotion; there is peace.”

“Peace is a lie; there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength.”

“Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken.”

“You might want to sleep with one eye open, though. Just in case.”

Sith named Lord Vitiate, who renamed the planet Nathema.

“The Emperor’s name was Tenebrae,”

There is no emotion, there is peace,

“I am Revan reborn,” he said to Nyriss. “And before me you are nothing.”

It made him look indomitable, invincible—a legend come to life.

He was the shaper of history, an individual defined by his actions rather than his thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.