Okay okay. This is still a banger of an idea but I really need to work out the details lmao. I know how Seddhun lives but I'm still working out the Why.
Afan and Seddhun do not hold back on each other in the ring. Afan wants his freedom. Seddhun won't let him take it easily. (They're both aware that if it's clear one of them threw the match then it'd be both their necks on the line. But also, Seddhun is angry. They don't want to be left behind. If Afan wants a better life (without Seddhun) he's going to need to fight for it.)
There's also some lingering resentment here, they've had differing ideas for what lives they want for themselves for a while. It's complicated and I need to figure that out more for myself haha.
But back to the point, all attention is on Afanir as the match draws to a close. Seddhun has been knocked down, their face a bloody mess, one leg bent at an unnatural angle, a growing red stain soaking into the dirt around their head. Dead, or as good as.
The Sith's attention is on their newfound acolyte, the Hutt's is on the hefty profit made from the match. When Seddhun is dragged out of the pit, no one pays much attention. (The last Afanir sees of his sibling is them being dragged into the shadows, a trail of blood in their wake. Seddhun did not go down easily, Afan has injuries of his own. A likely broken arm and dislocated shoulder, broken ribs, countless scrapes and bruises from being bodily thrown into the ground multiple times.
Afan's control on the force is still precarious without proper training, but it likely saved his life in the match. Seddhun had been about to land a devastating blow when suddenly they froze, face contorting and eyes wide as Afanir grabbed them by the neck with the force and threw them back, hard, against the side of the pit. The crowd went wild, Seddhun did not get up.
As for Seddhun's survival, the core of it is that someone took them and patched them up (some new cybernetics and a prosthetic leg). Seddhun ends up joining the great hunt to pay off their debts to (medical bills/benefactor/whoever bought out their freedom from the hutt, etc).
Who would do that and why they would go to such lengths to salvage a pit fighter is currently beyond me đ
(if anyone has ideas, come play in this space with me <3)
Whether there had been a deal for the 'other' zabrak sibling before the death match was proposed, someone wanting to take Seddhun on as a guard or a bounty hunter perhaps. Or whether Seddhun had been making plans of their own to get out, making their own deals on the side to buy their own freedom? Perhaps Braden saw something in them, wanted to give them a chance. Promised more money than he had to the hutt and now Seddhun's left paying off the man's debts.