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ANCIENT SITH FILES

The History of the Sith is a long and complex story, spanning tens of thousands of years. The Sith were a dark side organization bent on galactic conquest. The Sith Order existed in many forms and structures throughout history.


The history of the Sith Order begins with the species of that name, a primitive but Force-sensitive group of humanoids, possibly descended from some of the earliest groups of Human colonists that arrived on Korriban many hundreds of thousands of years before the Galactic Empire .

The culture of the Sith dated back to 130,000 BBY and remained virtually free of outside influence until 7,000 BBY, which allowed its people to develop a unique culture.

A warlord named Adas managed to briefly unite the inhabitans of Korriban, becoming King, or Sith'ari, in the language of his people. During Adas's centuries-long reign, an alien race, the Rakata, attempted to conquer Korriban and enslave its people, but Adas fought them off, emerging triumphant?but at the cost of his own life. The technology for Sith holocrons originated from this first contact between the Sith and the Rakata, and King Adas crafted his own holocron before his death.

Sometime during the later history of the Sith people, the story of Adas would merge with other traditions, creating the legend of the Sith'ari, the prophesied savior of the Sith Order. According to this prophecy, the Sith'ari was a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. Allegedly, the Sith'ari would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before. Many have been called Sith'ari, from Darth Revan to Darth Sidious; but none of these truly fulfulled the prophecy, with the exception of Darth Bane who arguably restructured the Sith Order into what would ultimately lead to the temporary destruction of the Jedi and the eventual (temporary) balance in the Force.

After Adas's death, the unity of the Sith splintered, and though many would later claim his title, none would truly rule over the entire world again. Eventually, civil war has so devastated Korriban, that the focus of Sith culture moved to Ziost.

It would be here that the next era of Sith history would begin.


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Ceres..
Listens to her Master with great intent, occasionally rubbing the back of Bacchae's ears as she listened; trying to take in the knowledge of Sith.


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Bron Jast
*Bron is pleased that his Apprentice is listening and concentrating*

Next we will look at the critical events in the Sith History.

First Great Schism, which occurred around 24,500 BBY was the name given to the original break between dark side and light side Force traditions. Xendor, who some call the first Dark Jedi, began to argue that the Jedi's focus on unemotional meditation was concealing the "true power" of the Force from them. Xendor's students, known as the Legions of Lettow or the Minions of Xendor went to war with the Jedi, but were defeated.

Many more schisms followed in the ensuing centuries, but none would have the consequences of the Hundred-Year Darkness in 7,000 BBY, where the Dark Jedi, once again defeated, were banished from known space.

They arrived on Korriban, the home of the Sith people, a primitive but Force-sensitive species. The Dark Jedi impressed the Sith with displays of Force power, and became the rulers of the planet.

Over time, the Dark Jedi intermarried with the Sith, and the two identities merged. The term ?Sith? would later come to refer to the Dark Jedi who followed the codes of these ancient Jedi, although Dark Jedi individuals and organizations outside the Sith tradition continued to exist, such as that of the Nightsisters of Dathomir. This merging of Dark Jedi and Sith led to the first use of the title "Dark Lord of the Sith," originally awarded by a council of Sith lords to their leader.

Sometime during the early history of the First Sith Empire, the coming of the Sith'ari, the prophesied savior of the Sith Order, was foretold. The Sith'ari was a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. According to prophecy, the Sith'ari would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before, a striking parallel to the Chosen One of Jedi legend, though it is most likely that the Sith'ari and Chosen One are one and the same.


The Fall of the Sith Empire and the Freedon Nadd Uprising

5,000 BBY, the Republic rediscovered the Sith and the Great Hyperspace War began. Though it ended with Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow in suspended animation on Yavin 4 and his great war fleets destroyed, the Sith Empire survived. It was believed to have collapsed shortly afterward due to internecine squabbles and attacks by the Republic, but it was later discovered that the Sith Empire had retreated into the Unknown Regions, where the Lords of the Sith waited patiently for over a millennium for the right moment to return.

Six centuries later, a Jedi Knight named Freedon Nadd felt the calling of the dark side and journeyed to Yavin 4, where he awakened Dark Lord Naga Sadow. Sadow trained the Knight in the ways of the Sith before being killed by him in classic Sith fashion. Freedon Nadd used his newfound powers to conquer the planet Onderon, establishing himself as monarch and spreading Sith darkness in the system. The royal family of Onderon is rumored to be descended from him.


The Great Sith War

Four hundred years after Nadd's death, the Jedi Exar Kun sought out his tomb, a place strong in the dark side. He found Nadd's spirit, who corrupted Kun, but was eventually destroyed by his student. Exar Kun was pronounced the new Dark Lord of the Sith by the ghost of ancient Dark Lord Marka Ragnos. As his first apprentice he took another fallen Jedi, Ulic Qel-Droma, and the Great Sith War began. Although several more Jedi turned to the dark side and many more were killed, Exar Kun was finally defeated when Ulic realized the error of his ways and led Republic forces to Kun's base on Yavin 4. Using the drained life energies of his Massassi warriors, Kun shed his physical body and imprisoned his spirit within the walls of Yavin 4's Massassi temples. His ghost, driven half-mad by millennia of isolation, was eventually destroyed in 11 ABY by a group of Luke Skywalker's students. Most of what remained of Kun's Sith Brotherhood by the end of the Great Sith War was hunted down by the Republic in a purge known as "the Cleansing of the Nine Houses."


The Jedi Civil War

Less than four decades after the death of Exar Kun, the Jedi Knight Revan, hero of the Mandalorian Wars, discovered a deserted academy belonging to the old Sith Empire. He used the teachings there to form a new sect of Sith, taking his friend Malak as his apprentice, and declaring himself Dark Lord of the Sith. Further, the academy revealed to Revan that the silent Sith Empire still lurked in the Unknown Regions, and was likely the instigator of the Mandalorian Wars.

This led Revan to wage war on the Republic, with the aim of either replacing it with a stronger power, or strengthening it through war, securing the galaxy against the ancient Sith. For this purpose, Revan used the remains of his Republic warfleet, along with the ancient Rakatan Star Forge (itself an artifact of the dark side), to build an immense armada. Revan was subtle enough to inflict minimal damage to the Republic's infrastructure, allowing either victor to steel itself against the old Sith. The resulting war was known as the Second Sith War, later the Jedi Civil War (and, still later, the War of the Star Forge).

Revan's conflict proved even more devastating than Exar Kun's war, as more Jedi fell to the dark side, were killed in battle, or were murdered by Sith assassins than in the past two wars combined. Revan was the greatest military genius the Jedi had ever seen. It was through his cunning alone that the Mandalorian Wars were won, as the Republic soon discovered. In light of this new information, the Jedi Council ordered several Jedi Knights, including one Bastila Shan, to board his flagship and capture the Dark Lord. Engaging several Jedi in a fierce lightsaber duel, Revan held the upper hand. However, a coup by Malak resulted in the Dark Lord's near-death ? turning his cruiser's guns against Revan's flagship, Bastila's strike force was able to win, but at a heavy cost. Revan's mind was nearly destroyed by this encounter, but he was re-trained in the ways of the Jedi under a new identity implanted in his brain by the Jedi Council.

Taking up the mantle of Dark Lord, Malak redoubled his empire's offenses against the Republic, with none of the delicate subtlety of Revan?s plans ? caring nothing about preserving his enemy's resources or sparing civilian populations...indeed, how much Malak knew of Revan's ultimate intentions is still in question.

Following a long and arduous quest for the five Star Maps that would lead him to the Sith's stronghold, the newly-reprogrammed learned of his true identity from Malak, but was able not to fall back to the dark side, Revan led a frontal assault on the Star Forge. He battled his way through the Forge's droid army and legions of Sith and Dark Jedi. After redeeming Malak's apprentice, Bastila Shan, he slew Malak himself in a final confrontation between the old friends, allowing the Republic to destroy the Star Forge and win the day.


Despite this great victory for the Republic, the galaxy soon grew even darker. A year after the battle, Revan departed into the Unknown Regions, leaving his friends behind. His motives for going alone to face the ancient Sith were unknown. Few Jedi remained after the Jedi Civil War, and those who did soon found their ranks thinning at an alarming rate. Everywhere Jedi congregated, they were murdered, struck down by an invisible enemy who, incredibly enough, was somehow attacking through the Force itself.

The former Jedi Master Kreia, in search of the reason for Revan's fall, stumbled across the same academy that Revan had used. There, she was corrupted, becoming Darth Traya. Together with her students, Darth Nihilus and Darth Sion, she began a shadow war against the surviving Jedi. Despite their incredible powers, they did not believe themselves strong enough to defeat their enemy in the same kind of open warfare employed by Malak and Revan. Even though Traya had trained them in the ways of the Sith, Nihilus and Sion soon grew tired of her views, and cast her out of the Dark Lord triumvirate. They continued their crusade against the Jedi alone.

Five years after Malak's defeat on the Star Forge, the Jedi Exile who had served as a general under Revan during the Mandalorian Wars returned from the Outer Rim. Thought to be the last of the Jedi by Nihilus and Sion, the Exile was hunted mercilessly by Sith assassins from planet to planet, as the so-called "last of the Jedi" tracked down the surviving members of the Jedi Council. Darth Traya, now simply known as Kreia, bonded with the Exile and helped him along the way, only to use him to destroy her past apprentices, and make her teachings come true in a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In the end, most, if not all, of the Dantooine Jedi Council were killed, but the Exile managed to turn the tide against the insidious "shadow Sith," discovering Kreia's true identity, and slaying her together with Nihilus and Sion... thereby ending their Jedi purge, and giving the Jedi Order a chance to rebuild over the next several centuries.

In modern history texts, the Great Sith War, the Cleansing of the Nine Houses, the Mandalorian Wars, and the Jedi Civil War are often grouped together under the collective appellation of "the Old Sith Wars."

At some point during these years, the Sith stole the secrets behind advanced power-gauntlet construction from the designers of Eriadu, and adapted them to create their own unique form of protection. Such items utilized almost uncomfortable bursts of repulsorlift energy to assist in movement, and are rarely?if ever?seen outside of Sith possession.


The New Sith Wars

The insane Lord KaanSlowly, over the next thousand years, the Jedi Order rebuilt itself back to its former strength.

Around 2,000 BBY yet another Jedi, chafing under the restrictions of the Jedi Council, fell to the dark side, took the name Darth Ruin, and formed a new Sith Order, with himself as the Dark Lord. Ruin began recruiting others to his cause. This spawned a new series of conflicts, called the New Sith Wars, which lasted for a millennium. By 1,466 BBY, the Sith had conquered all of known space outside the Colonies.

However, the Sith very nearly proved to be their own undoing. Hungry for power, they turned on each other, all but destroying their order. The survivors reformed under the leadership of Lord Kaan, calling themselves "the Brotherhood of Darkness." To appease his disheartened minions, Kaan abandoned the millennia-old tradition of one ruling Dark Lord and granted the title to a good number of his followers, though very few of them were deserving of it.

The final conflict of the New Sith Wars - often referred to as the Great Sith War, just as Exar Kun's war had been - came to a head in the titanic seventh Battle of Ruusan, in which the Jedi Lord Hoth and the Army of Light clashed with Lord Kaan and the Brotherhood of Darkness for the last time. In the end, a deranged Kaan activated a thought bomb, an ancient Sith technique that sapped the life forces of all those Force-sensitive in the vicinity. Both armies were all but destroyed, and only one Sith Lord survived: Darth Bane.

To guard against the Sith destroying themselves or losing sight of their "ideals" once again, Bane took only one apprentice, restarting the tradition of the one master, one apprentice and that of passing the name "Darth" to each of his successors. Perhaps in a nod to Kaan's earlier pronouncement, both master and apprentice in Bane's Sith Order held the title "Dark Lord of the Sith", making them, nominally at least, equals. The new tenets of the sinister order would become cunning, stealth, subterfuge and most of all, a virtue borrowed from their worst enemy, patience.


The Revenge of the Sith

Bane's reformed Sith Order went into hiding, though they were soon discovered by the Jedi and hunted until they were believed to be destroyed. The Sith survived, but would not resurface for almost one thousand years, awaiting the birth of one who had the power, intellect, influence, and patience required to return them from hiding. That one was Darth Sidious, who triggered his master plan with the Battle of Naboo.

Though his apprentice, Darth Maul, was slain in that battle at the hands of Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, the day proved an unparalleled victory for the Sith; Darth Sidious, as Senator Palpatine of Naboo, was elected to the office of Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.

More than a decade passed, during which Palpatine manipulated the Senate into granting him more and more powers. His new apprentice, Darth Tyr!@#$, formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which seceded from the Galactic Republic, thus beginning a long and bloody conflict known as the Clone Wars.


When the Clone Wars were over, the Jedi ranks had been thinned considerably. At last, the moment had come for the Sith to reclaim their former glory. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ? Darth Sidious ? crowned himself Galactic Emperor, and replaced the ancient Republic with a "New Order" ? the Galactic Empire ? a galaxy-spanning dark side theocracy disguised as a dictatorship the likes of which had not been seen for millennia.

The Jedi Purge began, led by Palpatine's Dark Jedi underlings (including groups known respectively as the Inquisitorius, the Emperor's Hands, and the Prophets of the Dark Side) and his third and greatest apprentice, Darth Vader. The Purge ensured that what few Jedi remained became even fewer, until only a handful of the original ten thousand remained. It was a dark time for the galaxy..

Eventually, however, the Rebel Alliance arose to threaten the Empire. The Galactic Civil War drew many into its fold, perhaps the most notable of whom was Luke Skywalker, the son of Anakin Skywalker (or as he was better known, Darth Vader). Shortly after Skywalker destroyed the Empire's terrifying Death Star superweapon, the Emperor and Vader became aware of the young man's identity. Both Sith Lords hoped to corrupt Luke to the dark side, but each had a different plan for the future. Vader desired to kill the Emperor and rule the galaxy with his son, but Palpatine wished to replace Vader with the boy. Neither goal was successful, and it appeared that the Sith had finally come to an end, as originally prophesied by the Jedi. With the destruction of the second Death Star at the Battle of Endor, Darth Vader returned to the light side, slaying his master and being slain in return.


The Sith legacy

The Emperor, however, was not truly slain. Six years after the Battle of Endor Palpatine returned to threaten the New Republic. Unbeknownst to the Rebellion, the Emperor had maintained a secret supply of Spaarti cloning cylinders on the planet Byss in the Deep Core. Many years before his death at Endor, Palpatine's body had begun to decay from the ravaging dark side energies it contained and he had been ordered clone bodies of himself to be produced so that he could transfer his soul into them if needed. Vader's treachery, however, had been unexpected, and Palpatine's spirit had been forced to take possession of the body of Emperor's Hand Jeng Droga. Though Droga went mad in the process, he journeyed to Byss, where Palpatine was able to take possession of a new clone. Though he and his loyal Imperial forces managed to briefly retake the galactic capital of Coruscant and wreak havoc on the Galaxy for a year, the resurrected Palpatine's bodies started dying?for the treacherous Sovereign Protector Carnor Jax tampered with their genetic material. Palpatine died a final death on the planet Onderon, when dying Jedi Knight Empatajayos Brand, a survivor of the Jedi Purge, bound Emperor Palpatine's departing life essence to his own, taking the spirit with him as he became one with the Force.

Even with Palpatine's final death, many Jedi continued to fall into darkness. Their next threat was an Emperor's Hand named Lumiya. Darth Vader had passed on to Lumiya some Sith teaching secretly from his master, and the woman adopted the title Dark Lady of the Sith upon her masters' death at Endor. She trained two apprentices: Flint, who was redeemed by Luke Skywalker, and Carnor Jax, who was killed by Palpatine loyalist Kir Kanos shortly after the Emperor's final known death on Onderon. Afterwards, Lady Lumiya went into hiding and it was thought once more that the Sith had disappeared.

Some fourteen years after the Battle of Yavin, a Sith cult rose to threaten the galaxy. Under the leadership of Tavion who had previously been involved in the Dark Jedi Desann's Reborn project, the Disciples of Ragnos sought to resurrect Marka Ragnos and take control of the galaxy. Armies of Ragnos-worshipping Sith Cultists and New Reborn Dark Jedi harried the galaxy in search for locations that were tainted by the Dark Side, trying to siphon enough Dark Side energy to resurrect the spirit of Ragnos. In an epic battle on Korriban, Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order defeated and destroyed the cult.

Following the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn encountered a Force-strong Yuuzhan Vong female in the mysterious Cloak of the Sith region of the galaxy, where it was rumored that post-Palpatine Sith still lived. Powerful though she was, Katarn sensed an even darker hand behind her training. Apparently, this Yuuzhan Vong had a master, presumably Lumiya.

Around 40 ABY, Lumiya returned to the galactic stage, while by 140 ABY the Sith Order was once more flourishing, with the New Jedi Order in disarray. It was during this period of time The Sith chose to enlist two very gifted fallen Jedi for specialized training in the Dark Side to serve has powerful hands. One of these chosen was knighted Sith Lord Hamm the other was made Highpriest of The Sith Temple for a time just before both conspired to overthrow the Sith order but instead chose exile. Little is know of the fate of these special Sith other than they confronted the Sith order just before departing for exile and the frenzy resulted in the deaths of over half the Sith leadership of the time. Leaving rumor that perhaps these two Dark Lords are among the most powerful Sith that ever lived.

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DARK JEDI

"Beware, Jedi Master, lest through carelessness and inattention you let loose on the galaxy a monster?"
?Bodo Baas

Dark Jedi, also known as "Fallen" Jedi were Force-sensitives, frequently former Jedi, who chose to deny the light side of the Force and/or follow the dark side.

Although "Dark Jedi" originally referred to "a Jedi who fell to the dark side", it could also refer to uninitiated Force-sensitives who received no Jedi training but began their careers under another Dark Jedi. In some cases, Dark Jedi also included "artificial" Force-sensitives who served the dark side, such as the Reborn and the Shadowtroopers.

The first Dark Jedi was believed to be Xendor, the ancient progenitor of the Sith Lords.

Description and relationship to the Sith

"A bold claim, but you are not Sith. You wear the trappings of the Sith, you fight like the Sith? but this can be imitated, however. You lack a vital quality found in all Sith. Sith have no fear, and I sense much fear in you."
"You are a foolish old man who knows nothing of the dark side!"
"Indeed?"
?Count Dooku and Asajj Ventress

Despite the fact that both groups called upon the dark side of the Force, Dark Jedi were not the same as the Sith, though the first group of the Dark Jedi were the predecessors of the Dark Lords in the ancient Sith Empire.

Dark Jedi was a collective and vague name of dark side practitioners that used Force powers and a lightsaber, not members of a certain organization; the Sith were a definite heritage of cult or ideology. Some Dark Jedi were allied to the Sith or other organizations, while others were loners. Because they were notoriously dangerous, unstable, and treacherous, Dark Jedi seldom formed well-organized groups on their own in order to expand their following or reinforce their strength. One notable exception to this was the Miraluka Dark Jedi Jerec and his retinue of minions.

The Sith would often seduce Dark Jedi to work for them, without really granting them any knowledge of Sith techniques. Yet most Dark Jedi were willing to serve the Sith, and saw it as a way to further their knowledge of the Force. Like the Sith, they usually used lightsabers with red blades, but were also known to use a wide variety of saber colors.

The Sith, however, was a cult that followed some codes and history, studied their own skills and techniques, and possessed secrets like Sith alchemy and Midichlorian Manipulation. Furthermore, after the Rule of Two was established, the Order of the Sith Lords was limited to only two members, a master and an apprentice, whereas Dark Jedi was not an organization and had no such limitations.

Many dark side practitioners, such as Count Dooku, considered the power of a Dark Jedi to be nothing compared to the power of the Sith. Other individuals, like Darth Vader, practiced both Dark Jedi and Sith techniques. According to Dooku, a prime difference between Dark Jedi and Sith is that the Sith "lack fear".

History of the Dark Jedi

The Old Republic era

The First Great Schism and early Dark Jedi

After the Jedi Order was established, divisions began to appear within the order's structure, leading to the First Great Schism, (c. 24,500 BBY), when several Jedi were discovered delving within the "dark" side of the Force. The Dark Jedi Xendor and his followers allied with the master of Teräs Käsi Arden Lyn and her Followers of Palawa from Bunduki. In a climactic battle, Xendor was slain, Jedi Master Awdrysta Pina stopped Arden's heart with morichro, and Lyn killed Pina with a Kashi Mer talisman. After the war, the rest of these dissidents?known as the Legions of Lettow?were defeated.

The Second Great Schism and the Hundred Year Darkness

For over the next seventeen millennia, crises involving the Dark Jedi were rather isolated. One example involved a female Jedi Knight named Halbret who had brought together a contingent of Jedi Knights around 11,500 BBY to defeat a powerful Dark Jedi who had enslaved the Kathol species.

Around 7,000 BBY, however, a second war broke out between The Jedi and Dark Jedi that lasted a hundred years. The Dark Jedi were finally defeated at the Battle of Corbos and exiled into the far reaches of space. These exiles finally landed on the planet Korriban, enslaved the native Sith, and eventually interbred with them and created a new Force organization that eventually would plague the Galaxy for millennia: the Sith cult.

The Golden Age of the Sith and the Great Hyperspace War

After their defeat during the earliest Jedi Civil Wars, called the Great Schisms, the adherents of the dark side fled from Republic space and settled on the world of Ziost where they ruled over the barbaric red skinned Sith like gods. In time, the Dark Jedi and the remarkably force sensitive Sith natives interbred through the use of Sith alchemy and became one people. The united Sith formed an immensely rich and powerful empire built upon sorcery and dark side fueled technology quite possibly adapted from the scattered ruins of the earlier Infinite Empire of the Rakata.

Over the centuries, the Dark Jedi exiles were forgotten by the Galactic Republic even as all records of the Republic were lost by the Sith. The two civilizations thrived in isolation, each ignorant of the other.

The Third Great Schism and the Vultar Cataclysm

In 4,250 BBY, the Third Great Schism broke out on Coruscant, which led to the destruction of the Dark Jedi in that conflict in the Vultar Cataclysm.

The Great Sith War

Many Jedi seduced by Exar Kun became Dark Jedi. After the death of Kun, many Dark Jedi still existed and served under new Sith Lords like Darth Malak and Darth Nihilus. During the era of Lord Kaan, many dark-siders were considered Sith Lords and very few Dark Jedi were ever seen in the following millennia, until the Clone Wars.

The Jedi Civil War

Many Jedi joined Revan and Malak when they joined the Mandalorian War, and almost all of them became Dark Jedi when the Jedi Civil War started. Malak sent several Dark Jedi after Bastila Shan when she escaped Taris. When his apprentice, Darth Bandon, encountered Revan, he was flanked by the two strongest Dark Jedi in Malak's army.

The Fourth Great Schism & The New Sith Wars

2,000 BBY, Umbaran Jedi Master Phanius fell to the dark side. He left the Jedi Order with fifty Jedi Knights and became Darth Ruin. He eventually established a New Sith Empire that later resulted in the New Sith Wars.

The Republic Classic era

Approximately 600 BBY, fallen Jedi Knight Allya is banished to Dathomir where she becomes the founder of the Witches of Dathomir.

In 188 BBY, a Dark Jedi conflict occurred on Genarius, led by fallen Padawan Kibh Jeen.

Clone Wars

Dark Acolytes

After the death of Darth Maul, Darth Sidious apprenticed Darth Tyr!@#$ who in turn apprenticed several Dark Jedi, including Asajj Ventress and Sora Bulq. He also supposedly had under his wing the Jedi-turned-Dark Jedi, Quinlan Vos. Ventress and Bulq hardly ever worked together, since she mostly worked with a Gen'Dai bounty hunter named Durge.

Near the end of the Clone Wars, everything went wrong for Dooku. Ventress, after faking her own death, fled to an unknown location. Sora Bulq was killed by Quinlan, after the latter had turned back to the light, during the Siege of Saleucami. Another Dark Jedi named Tol Skorr, was also killed by Quinlan during the battle. A few weeks after the siege, the Count himself was killed by Anakin Skywalker onboard General Grievous's flagship, the Invisible Hand. Soon after, he became Darth Vader, Palpatine's newest apprentice and the Sith ruled the Galaxy once more. This would lead to the employment of many more Dark Jedi.

27 months after the Battle of Geonosis, the Bpfassh Dark Jedi crisis occurred. A group of Bpfasshi Dark Jedi were responsible for a rampage of terror and destruction throughout the Bpfassh system and, indeed, the entire Sluis Sector. A Jedi task force led by Yoda was sent to stop them and quell the uprising. One of them commandeered Jorj Car'das' ship, which eventually landed on Dagobah. Yoda pursued him there, and dueled with the Dark Jedi for a day and a half before destroying him. The remains of the Dark Jedi haunted the swamp, resulting in the birth of the Dark Side Cave.

Galactic Empire

Dark Side Adept

During the span of the Galactic Empire, Palpatine established his own Dark Side Elite forces which were composed of Dark Jedi. Many AgriCorps Padawans were captured by Vader after the execution of Order 66. The younglings that Vader did not kill (which were very few) were trained in the ways of the dark side by several Dark Side Adepts. Palpatine would not risk living with another apprentice after losing three, and so the Dark Side Elite became the right hand of Lord Sidious during Operation Shadow Hand. Palpatine also trained several Emperor's Hands, special assassins that did his bidding. Famous ones included Darth Vader's daughter-in-law, Mara Jade Skywalker, and Shira Brie, who would later become Lumiya, Vader's apprentice. Mara was later redeemed by her husband, Luke Skywalker, and became a Jedi Master.

Post-Palpatine era

Reborn

"He is a Dark Jedi."
"Jedi?"
"Dark Jedi."
?8t88 and Kyle Katarn, discussing the Dark Jedi Jerec

In the Empire Reborn campaign, Lord Hethrir, Desann, and Admiral Galak Fyyar created an unusual hybrid of Dark Jedi and stormtroopers by giving them cortosis-weave armor and crystals from Artus Prime. These soldiers were called the shadowtroopers. Jedi-in-training Kyle Katarn and his partner Jan Ors put a stop to the project and defeated two of the three heads.

After the Battle of Endor, Dark Jedi sporadically appeared throughout the years, until the creation of the Second Imperium. Many Dark Jedi, led by a former Jedi named Brakiss, assaulted Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy on Yavin 4. Brakiss was eventually killed when a Royal Guardsmen trigged an explosive device after nearly being killed by him, thus destroying the Second Imperium.

Another group of Dark Jedi rallied under Jerec in an effort to locate and siphon the power of the Valley of the Jedi. This faction, often known as the Seven Dark Jedi, was defeated by Kyle Katarn.

In 14 ABY, Master Katarn and his new apprentices, Rosh Penin and Jaden Korr, came to the New Republic's rescue as Desann's former apprentice, Tavion Axmis, discovered the Scepter of Ragnos and created a new Sith cult called the Disciples of Ragnos. The cult consisted of cultists and Desann's old Reborn warriors, and was also allied to the Imperial Remnant. The Disciples and Tavion were defeated by Korr and Katarn, and Rosh was redeemed after joining.

During the Yuuzhan Vong war and the Dark Nest crisis, scarcely any Dark Jedi remained. The only ones seen during both these crises were Nightsister Lomi Plo and Shadow Academy student Welk. Both were killed by Luke Skywalker during the Dark Nest crisis. Also, a former Jedi named Alema Rar became a Dark Jedi during the Dark Nest Crisis, but was supposedly killed during one of its final battles. Alema was later proven alive but grievously wounded.

Despite all these tragic deaths and defeats, the Dark Lady Lumiya eventually resurfaced.

Path of Dark Jedi

While Jedi were capable of falling to the dark side, it was also possible for a Dark Jedi to be brought back to the light. Notable examples of redeemed Dark Jedi through history, include: Juhani, Yuthura Ban, Bastila Shan, Atris, Quinlan Vos, Yun, Kyle Katarn, Luke Skywalker, Zekk, Rosh Penin, Kyp Durron, Flint and Kam Solusar.

Known Dark Jedi

Quinlan Vos.Aayla Secura (redeemed by her former Master)
Ablow Hirzo
Alema Rar
Alora
Alysun Celz
Ambaln
Ameesa Darys
Antinnis Tremayne
Aralina Silk
Arden Lyn
Argor
Artel Darc
Asajj Ventress (possibly redeemed by Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Atris (redeemed by the Jedi Exile)
Aurra Sing
Axkva Min
Azrakel
Baddon Fass
Baritha
Barukka (redeemed)
Beldorian
Bellarius Drade
Boc Aseca
Brakiss
Brigta Hejaran
Bruck Chun
Carnor Jax
Cronal
Charal
Cloaked Figure
Danaan Kerr
Dasariah Kothos
Daye Azur-Jamin (redeemed)
Depa Billaba
Desann
Diax
Domina Tagge
Dooku
Drayneen
Durrei
Dustil Onasi (redeemed by his father and Revan)
Dvakvar Grahrk
Etoov Noojojea
Exar Kun
Fath H'ray
Fa'Zoll
Flint (reedemed)
Garowyn
Gethzerion
Gorc
Gornash
Grania
Gruthashaal
Gwellib Ap-Llewff
Halagad Ventor (reedemed)
Halmere
Hethrir
Hydra
Ialann Aso
Iesrena Feroldam
Irek Ismaren
Jaalib Brandl
Jacen Solo
Ja'ce Yiaso
Jedgar
Jerec
Jeng Droga
Jorus C'baoth
Joruus C'baoth
Juhani (redeemed by Revan)
Kaa
Kadann
Kadrian Sey
Kam Solusar (redeemed by Luke Skywalker)
Karoc
Kar Vastor
Kharys
Komari Vosa
Krdys Mordi
Kueller
Kvag Gthull
Kyle Katarn (redeemed by Mara Jade)
Kyp Durron (redeemed by Luke Skywalker)
Laddinare Torbin
Lanu Pasiq
Leandra
Leela
Lettow
Lii
Loam Redge
Lomi Plo
Luke Skywalker (redeemed by his twin sister)
Luuke Skywalker
Lycan
Maarek Stele
Malorum
Maw
Mellichae
Merili
Mighella
Morathax
Mox Slosin
Nayama Bindo
Nefta
Nial Declann
Nikkos Tyris
Ocheron
Olof
Osskski
Pic
Quinlan Vos (redeemed by his former Padawan and Master)
Reborns
Robetheri
Roganda Ismaren
Ros Lai
Rosh Penin (redeemed by Jaden Korr)
Sa Cuis
Saato
Shabell
Sancor
San?sii the Kursk
Sarcev Quest
Sariss
Savuud Thimram
Secret Apprentice
Sedriss
Set Harth
Sev'rance Tann
Silri
Shadowtroopers
Sha'ala Doneeta
Shela Jalahafi
Sheyvan
Sora Bulq
Tamith Kai
Tao (redeemed himself by saving Darth Vader)
Tavion Axmis
Tedryn-Sha
Teles Jalahafi
Ter-Idi
T'iaz
Tol Skorr
Travgen
Trenox
Ulic Qel-Droma (redeemed)
Urootar
Vansk
Varr
Vess Kogo
Vialco
Vil Kothos
Vill Goir
Vinoc
Volfe Karkko
Volytar
Vonnda Ra
Vost Tyne
Vrke
Vydel Dir'Nul
Warb Null
Welk
Xarot Korlin
Xanatos
Xecr Nist
Xendor
Ylairo Iteu
Yun (redeemed himself by saving Kyle Katarn)
Zalem
Zasm Kath
Zekk (redeemed by Jaina Solo)


Dark Jedi who became Sith

Dark Jedi Aurra Sing.XoXaan
Freedon Nadd
Exar Kun
Ulic Qel-Droma (redeemed)
Uthar Wynn
Ajunta Pall (redeemed by Revan)
Yuthura Ban (redeemed by Revan)
Bastila Shan (redeemed by Revan)
Visas Marr (redeemed by the Jedi Exile)
Carnor Jax
Dooku
Flint (redeemed by Luke Skywalker)
Kyp Durron (redeemed, became self-proclaimed Sith Lord during his fall)
Lumiya
Jacen Solo

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DARK SIDE POWERS

Dark side powers were used to harm, debilitate, or kill. Some (like Rage or Drain) were used to benefit the user personally, akin to powers of the light side, with the difference that these were used at the expense of his or her own health or an other individual's Force reserve. The Dark Side draws its power from emotion, and while the intent behind their use may well have been good at the time, it is most likely to lead one to further spiritual corruption from overuse, without the proper self control and mindset. Continuous use of dark powers was shown to have a physically corrupting effect on the Force-user, regardless of intent, due to the body being unable to handle such power for long periods of time.

Deadly Sight
Drain Knowledge
Electromagnetic Torpedo
Force Destruction
Force Drain
Force Fear
Force Healing
Force Horror advanced version of Force Fear
Force Insanity the most advanced version of Force Horror
Force Flight
Force Lightning (Living hands required)
Chain Lightning variation of Force Lightning
Force Shock variation of Force Lightning
Force Storm (lightning) advanced version of Force Lightning
Force Resuscitation
Force Scream
Force Slow
Force Affliction variation of Force Slow
Force Plague advanced version of Force Slow
Force Storm (wormhole)
Force Wound
Force Choke variation of Force Grip
Force Grip advanced version of Force Wound
Force Crush the most advanced version of Force Wound
Kinetite
Mechu-deru
Midichlorian Manipulation
Mind Control
Sith Alchemy
Spear of Midnight Black
Thought Bomb
Torture by Chagrin

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SITH LEGENDS

Sith Legends have emerged over many years. The Legend of the Sith'ari came about Sometime during the early history of the First Sith Empire, the coming of the Sith'ari, an exemplar of the Sith ideal, was foretold. Inspired by the legend of Adas, the Sith'ari was prophesied a perfect being?the ultimate Sith?free of all restrictions who would rise to power to lead the Sith and, according to the legend, destroy them?yet, through their destruction, make them stronger than ever.

During the last years of the New Sith Wars, certain prominent Sith Lords such as Kopecz believed in the possibility that Darth Bane was the Sith'ari.

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THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE

"Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side of the Force, are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will... as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice."
?Yoda to Luke Skywalker

The dark side of the Force, called Bogan by the ancient forerunners of the Jedi, was the primary tool of the Sith Lords, and was the more destructive side of the Force. Unlike the light side of the Force, dark force users draw power from raw emotions, both negative and positive; the power coming from strength or severity. Where the light side was associated with creation and life, the dark side was associated with death and destruction. A Force-user who followed the dark side was known as a darksider.

History

"How can a Jedi, trained in the ways of the light, fall victim to the dark side?"
?Ulic Qel-Droma

The Dark Side is part of the Force, and, like the Force, has existed since the beginning of the universe. When sentient beings first discovered it is shrouded and unknown, but the first known users were that of the Rakatan Empire around 49,000 BBY. They discovered and used (abused) its powers to dominate and enslave the entire galaxy changing the environments as they saw fit. Eventually around 25,200 BBY the Empire collapsed due to the overuse of the dark side and lost their abilities to use the Force and their Force-powered machines such as the Star Forge. The Star Forge was a superweapon and manufacturing facility capable of creating or destroying nearly anything by drawing on the power of a star and the dark side of the Force. Revan and Malak would later recover the Star Forge to create a massive fleet for their Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War. The Infinite Empire also utilized dark side imbued technology that was later reverse-engineered to create the basis of other technologies such as hyperdrive.

Jedi discovery of the dark side

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
?Yoda to Anakin Skywalker

In 24,500 BBY, a group of Jedi split from the Jedi Order, calling themselves the Legions of Lettow. They were led by Xendor, a Kashi Mer Jedi Knight and the first known Dark Jedi. The Legions of Lettow famously adopted the Niman/Jar'Kai style, focusing on their emotions in battle rather than meditation as the source of their immense power. The Jedi Order considered the Legions' new philosophy a destructive and dangerous subversion of the peaceful mission of the Jedi. This first conflict of Jedi philosophies led to the First Great Schism, which separated the Jedi from the Dark Jedi. In 7,003 BBY, the legacy of these deviants would manifest in the Second Great Schism. Following the Hundred-Year Darkness, the descendants of the Dark Jedi who were exiled from the Jedi Order would one day become known as the Sith.

Throughout galactic history, the most infamous users of the dark side were the assorted and most powerful iterations of the Sith with a bevy of talents impossible for the Jedi to duplicate. The Jedi rejected the dark side and all it had to offer, as following it led to destruction and chaos. The Sith, on the other hand, embraced the dark side selfishly, prioritizing themselves over the rest of the Galaxy and using their powers for evil and manipulative purposes to control and destroy. The manifestation of the dark side oscillated in power, ranging from a point before its discovery, to most common Force philosophy to seeming disappearance for nearly a millennium.

Sith Empire

The Sith took their name from the Sith species that they had conquered and through their ruthlessness and hatred founded the Sith Empire. These new Sith ruled a large empire?even though they were cut off from the rest of the galaxy until the Great Hyperspace War. Their empire lasted through for many centuries only to fall during the Old Sith Wars, where they were all but destroyed. Several subsequent Sith Empires were founded in the next few thousand years, but they all succumbed to infighting, leaving the Jedi to believe the Sith were extinct, but later it was learned that the Sith had only been debilitated and had adopted a more secretive way of life.

The effects of the Sith Empires could be seen in and on the planet Korriban and Ziost, which was filled with the energies from the dark side of the Force. Animals such as the terentateks, who were distorted from the powerful presence of the dark side, roamed the caverns and caves feeding on the Force-sensitives that came across them. There was also the Valley of the Dark Lords (a graveyard that reverberated with dark side energy) full of caverns and tombs which once possessed powerful Sith artifacts. There the Sith even appeared as apparitions on occasion; Ajunta Pall inhabited his tomb as a ghost until he was set to peace by the relocation of a sword imbued with the dark side of the Force.

Rule of Two

"Always two, there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice."
?Yoda

"Any master who instructs more than one apprentice in the ways of the dark side is a fool. In time, the apprentices will unite their strengths and overthrow the master. It is inevitable; axiomatic. That is why each master must have only one student."
?Darth Revan

Darth Bane discovered a Sith holocron of Revan, a long dead Dark Lord and founder of a Sith Empire. From its contents he believed that the Sith could not exist as allies with each other and so established the rule of two, making two simultaneous Dark Lords of the Sith. He eliminated the practice of having vast numbers of Sith at the same time and concentrated the dark side of the Force within two individuals: a master and an apprentice.

Revenge of the Sith

Darth Sidious, the instigator of the revenge of the Sith, and his apprentice, Darth Vader."The Sith have been extinct for a millennium."
?Ki-Adi-Mundi

A millennium before the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the Sith disappeared from the knowledge of the galaxy until the Battle of Naboo, where the Sith apprentice Darth Maul killed Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. It was because of this rule that Darth Maul's master, Darth Sidious, was able to worm his way into a position of great influence and power, thereby ultimately overthrowing the Republic to create the Galactic Empire. To the advantage of the Sith, the Jedi had grown complacent and vulnerable to the sort of warfare the Sith were capable of making, and in the timeframe of thirteen years, the Sith were able to once more rule the galaxy.

Return of the Jedi

For twenty-three years, the Sith again ruled the galaxy with an iron fist, ensuring the dark side's apparent dominance. However, Jedi survivors were able to train one Jedi to destroy the Sith-controlled Galactic Empire. Within the span of six to ten years, Sith dominance was @#$%tered and the order was apparently destroyed. However, several lesser apprentices and Sith splinter groups escaped, ensuring the order's survival.

Rule of One

Around 30 ABY, self-proclaimed Sith Lord Darth Krayt began sowing the seeds of a New Sith Order on Korriban. Many years later, following the conclusion of the Sith-Imperial War in 130 ABY, Krayt's Order had risen to full prominence, taking the place of Darth Bane's Order and those who followed as his successors. Unlike Bane's Order, these new Sith operated under the Rule of One, the "One" being the whole Sith Order. During this time the galaxy came under rule of the Sith again; Krayt betrayed his ally, the Emperor Roan Fel, whom he had helped to destroy the Galactic Alliance and made himself the new Emperor. Once more a Sith ruled the galaxy as had Palpatine 150 years before. The rise of this new Sith Emperor paralleled that of the last as the New Sith Order nearly destroyed the entire New Jedi Order, with the survivors scattered throughout the galaxy. Though they offered resistance, Emperor Krayt was still power in 137 ABY.

Nature of the dark side

Darth Nihilus, the Lord of Hunger."...The Force is not a shield to protect the useless? but is, in reality, a weapon? to empower the worthy."
?Desann to Kyle Katarn

The dark side of the Force was aligned with passionate emotions such as fear, hatred, greed, desire, and anger. This sometimes led to the belief that the light side was passive, as it favored contemplation and careful action, for the dark side was known to act quickly and sometimes recklessly upon emotions and impulses.

The dark side was also used mainly for selfish purposes, although many darksiders saw the need to justify their actions (at least to themselves). This need to justify themselves is what led most darksiders to their eventual fate. One of the most notable was Anakin Skywalker, who joined the dark side to save his wife, at the expense of the Jedi Order. The dark side is extremely addicting, those who use its power will grow to savor it more and more. Dark side users became more powerful as they slowly decayed. However, there are some cases such as Mara Jade who used the dark side of the Force simply because they found it an easier more efficient fuel source for neutral Force powers such as telekinesis.

Like the light side, the dark side was often treated as though a semi-sentient entity with purposeful designs. However, this interpretation was more likely to be accepted by Jedi than Sith as the latter's doctrines held themselves to exert influence rather than experience it, possibly ignorant of their own possession by it.

It has been theorized by some that there is no such thing as the dark side, only malevolent intent in the user since most dark side users already had negative intentions in their being or fell victim to the temptations of absolute power and domination. The Jedi Master Yoda was perhaps the most fervent Jedi opponent of this philosophy, while Luke Skywalker comparatively came to view the merits of the Potentium theory in the years following the Yuuzhan Vong War.

The Code of the Sith

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.
The Force shall free me.
?The Sith Code

The meaning behind the words to the code of the Sith are, for the most part, obvious. They state that through harnessing strong emotions, the Sith can gain power with the Force. This power grants them even more tangible power, like dominance and secular wealth. With the freedom of controlling their emotions, power with the Force and secular power combined, they can finally aspire to fulfill their ultimate goal: "Through victory my chains are broken. The Force shall free me" referring to the image of the Sith'ari, which is free of all restriction?a being who has achieved perfect strength, perfect power, and a perfect destiny.

Fear of the dark side

"You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind until now? until now, you have become the very thing you swore to destroy."
"Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice and security to my new Empire!"
?Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader

The Jedi Order disagreed so strongly with the purpose of the dark side of the Force that they abolished anything possibly related to the dark side. After the Ruusan Reformation, the order placed many limitations on Jedi to protect order members from temptation by dark side influences. The Jedi Order forbade members romantic attachments, relationships with their families, and any type of action based on anger. These limits came from a logical reasoning; Jedi who had deep personal attachments with loved ones also had motivation to use the power of the Force selfishly for protection, personal enrichment, and/or the pursuit of more power. Anakin Skywalker, for a large part, fell to the dark side because Chancellor Palpatine's knowledge of his secret marriage to Padmé Amidala provided the Chancellor a vulnerable opening to encourage Anakin to pursue those selfish motivations.

More liberal members of the Order considered the lengths the Order went to eliminate personal attachments extreme. When Luke Skywalker established the New Jedi Order, he disbanded many of the limitations of the code, including the rules against marriage and age limits. More importantly he allowed the new Jedi, especially the young Padawans, to still know and interact with their families. Skywalker's decision signified a return to the older Jedi teachings from before the Reformation, when Jedi were allowed to draw upon their positive emotions in fighting the dark side.

Corruption of the dark side

"The Force will change you. It will transform you. Some fear this change. The teachings of the Jedi are focused on fighting and controlling this transformation. That is why those who serve the light are limited in what they accomplish."
?Darth Revan

The path of the dark side was mentally and sometimes physically corruptive. As use of the dark side of the Force led to deeper immersion in it, this malevolent power took its toll on the body of a dark side practitioner. A well known characteristic was that eye pigments became a hideous sulfur color. In extreme cases, the taint could mottle and disfigure the flesh into a corpse-gray color, as seen with Palpatine. However, it is possible that powerful dark side users were able to switch back and forth between their original appearance and the one betraying their corruption, though it is unknown if this was due to some kind of Force technique.


In time, the corruption could go beyond mere cosmetic details and directly impair physical abilities. King Ommin of Onderon was a good example of this; he was an initiate in the ways of the dark side for most of his life, thereby subjecting himself to its decaying influence until he eventually became incapable of movement and needed support from a cyborg exoskeleton in order to survive. The dark taint also has an effect on the practitioner's voice, sometimes making it a few octaves lower and raspier. The worst case of this transformation would be Darth Nihilus who not only was completely consumed by the Dark side mentally but also physically for he had become a living (or undead) entity of the force. This Sith Lord had become uncaring of all life including the Sith and merely desired to consume all of it to sustain his vast hunger from the perversion of the force.

Sith philosophy saw no need to rationalize or apologize for the destruction and conflict to which it led; they believed that using the dark side gave them enough power to take that which they believed was rightfully theirs. Most Sith, such as Uthar Wynn and his apprentice Yuthura Ban, believed that they could even control the dark side, but in the end the dark side ended up controlling them. Luke Skywalker joined Palpatine in 10 ABY to better understand the nature of the dark side, but unlike many of the Jedi before him who had attempted the same task, he made a full recovery.

The allure of the dark side

A Sith holocron."Just help me save Padmé's life. I can't live without her."
"To cheat death is the power only one has achieved. But if we work together, I know we can discover the secret."
"I pledge myself to your teachings, to the ways of the Sith."
"Good. Goooood. The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Anakin Skywalker, you are one with the order of the Sith Lords. Henceforth, you shall be known as... Darth... Vader."
"Thank you... my Master."
"Rise."
?Darth Vader and Darth Sidious

The Sith would call it enlightenment, but no records show exactly how a conversion to the dark side transpired. The dark side was extremely addictive, and almost impossible to renounce. Every time a person in tune with the Force called on the dark side, they became more and more addicted to the power it brought them. The dark side's corruptive influences could take control in moments. Along with physical corruption, the minds of many darksiders cared only for galactic domination through power, and the doing of evil deeds for power's own sake.

However, some dark side practitioners did not show all of these symptoms. Darth Caedus, Darth Revan, and Darth Traya for example, did not seem controlled by the dark side of the Force. Whatever changes they had undergone were clear results of the lives they had led and the experiences they had survived.

Often times it would be Jedi who fell to the corruption of the dark side of the Force. Exar Kun, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker, Jacen Solo, and Atris were all corrupted by the dark side of the Force and allied with the Sith despite, or perhaps because of, their training as Jedi Knights. The catalyst for some of these changes was the discovery of a Sith holocron, an item that held all of the secrets of a Sith.

Sith Alchemy

Other examples of the corruption of the dark side are the Massassi who were mutated using Sith Alchemy. This also explains the mutations of Gorc and Pic, and the rebirth of Darth Maul by a group of Dark Jedi. However, these are extreme and rare examples of the use of the dark side to alter objects. Most common was the use of the dark side to alter and imbue weapons with the Force, making them stronger or easier to wield. Weapons imbued with power from Sith Alchemy could even withstand lightsaber blows.

Similarity to the Jedi

"The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power. The only difference between the two is that the Sith are not afraid of the dark side of the Force. That is why they are more powerful."
?Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

"The Jedi gain power through understanding, the Sith gain understanding through power."
?Palpatine

"In their hearts, they never forgot the Jedi. The hatred for the Jedi Order burns in their veins like fire, and echoes in their teachings."
?Kreia

The Sith were, in some ways, a reflection of the Jedi. The Master-Padawan relationship of the Jedi, for instance, was twisted and perverted under the Sith, so both the apprentice and the Master would plot against each other with many of these apprenticeships ending with one killing the other. The Galactic Empire was no exception: If there were no enemies (mainly Jedi) for Sith Lords or Dark Jedi to face, the practitioners of the dark side frequently destroyed one another, and many organizations founded by the Sith would consume themselves through internal struggles for power. This was especially true during periods when the dark side was predominant; however, Sith and other dark-siders could also display great patience and cunning in carrying their plans toward fruition.

Some Sith did not even use lightsabers, mocking the Jedi, as they believed that they had grown past the need for such weapons by using the full power of the dark side. Emperor Palpatine found his Sith lightning was all he needed to overwhelm opponents as powerful as Yoda. The Sith's own code which started with the phrase "peace is a lie, there is only passion" was a clear manipulation of the Jedi code's "There is no emotion, there is peace."

Sith holocrons were another mirror of the Jedi, which were twisted from a tool of teaching to an item of corruption. The Sith holocrons taught many things opposite of the Jedi, such as using emotion and questing for power, which were immensely different from the Jedi teachings.

These differences did not stop many ordinary citizens of the Republic from viewing the Jedi and the Sith in much the same way because of the similarities. Many Jedi were viewed as arrogant from their standoffish demeanor, manipulative with their power, and the practice of "stealing" children from their parents sometimes led to resentment. In the same view many Sith were viewed as dedicated to a cause and seemed extremely loyal to their masters. To large quarters of the galactic population, there appeared to be little difference between dark and light, and they grew distrustful of the Force as a whole.

Sith holocrons


"The dark side offers power for power's sake. You must crave it. Covet it. You must seek power above all else, with no reservation or hesitation."
?Darth Revan's holocron

A Sith holocron was a pyramidal tetrahedron which held all of the knowledge of the Sith. It could contain star maps, information about artifacts, history, or the teachings of the dark side. The holocron could only be opened by a Force adept who wished to use it. The mere opening of the devices sent tremors through the Force. Unlike Jedi holocrons, the Sith holocrons did not limit accessible information; even the most ill-prepared acolyte could find the darkest knowledge in it. For this reason, Sith Holocrons were considered to be very dangerous by the Jedi since the unlimited access to information was inherently seductive and could greatly hasten the user's fall to the dark side. Exar Kun and Darth Bane both were able to threaten the galaxy with the information gained from the holocrons, and other Jedi such as Atris were turned by them. The holocrons whispered Sith chanting, and were imbued with so much darkness that they corrupted individuals just by their proximity.

The Potentium

According to the Potentium viewpoint, there are no dark or light sides of the Force. Instead, the Force is a single entity, and the light or darkness comes from the intentions of the person calling upon it. From this viewpoint, Force powers or actions that would normally be considered dark can be justified or rationalized. In effect, to a Potentium follower, the ends justify the means. Fearing that this would lead Jedi down the path of the dark side, Yoda expelled the Potentium from the Jedi Order, a fear not entirely unfounded since Jacen Solo fell to the dark side partly due to the Potentium belief in 40 ABY. Similarly, some Jedi do not believe in the dark side, which has been known to lead them to become Dark Jedi or even Sith themselves. Luke Skywalker, Grand Master of the New Jedi Order, adopted this philosophy after his nephew Jacen Solo informed him of the teachings of Vergere during the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion; however, after being concerned of his and other Jedi actions, Skywalker abandoned this as the official viewpoint of the Jedi order during the Swarm War.

Strength of the dark side

"You don't know the power of the dark side. I must obey my Master."
?Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker

Dark Jedi and especially the Sith were capable of furthering their abilities more quickly than Jedi. According to the Jedi, the dark side was only easier to learn and use, and therefore more deceptive, while true power lay with the light. However, certain Sith Lords have appeared to be stronger than their Jedi opponents. Exar Kun was unstoppable until faced with an entire Jedi armada; the superior power of Darth Malak was acknowledged even by the Jedi (i.e. Bastila Shan, who explicitly states that she, along with another Jedi, was no match for the Dark Lord); later on he could be seen quite effortlessly holding two Jedi in a death grip before killing them; Darth Nihilus destroyed an entire Jedi Council (along with every other sentient on Katarr) while only uttering the 'words' of his voice; Kreia (Darth Traya) almost effortlessly killed all members of another Jedi Council on Dantooine. During the fall of the Republic, Darth Sidious managed to slay three out of four Jedi Masters before eventually succumbing to the martial prowess of Mace Windu (his defeat, however, may have been staged); while his climactic battle with Yoda, the primus inter pares of Jedi Masters of that time, seemed quite evenly-balanced, it was he, who eventually remained in place whereas Yoda was forced to flee. However, it must be noted that the vast majority of darksiders, Sith and Dark Jedi alike, have eventually been defeated by light side Force-users.

There were also many instances of a Jedi defeating a powerful darksider. The most notable are: the duel of Luke Skywalker against Darth Vader on the second Death Star; the duel of Obi-Wan Kenobi against Darth Maul; Revan defeating Malak and dozens of his Sith cohorts; The Jedi Exile defeating Kreia; Kyle Katarn defeating Jerec despite the latter drawing upon the vast power of the Valley of the Jedi; the duel of Anakin Skywalker against Count Dooku; and the duel of Luke Skywalker against Darth Caedus aboard his own Star Destroyer. In some of these cases, external factors may have affected the result. Count Dooku was defeated by the mightiest, albeit lacking experience, Jedi of the time, who already was tapping into the dark side. Darth Maul's doom was wrought by his hubris, which led to his fatal underestimation of the seemingly defeated Obi-Wan which lead to the apprentice's overconfidence and caused him to not pay attention to Obi-Wan moving Qui-Gon's lightsaber into position. Finally Darth Vader can be seen as undone by his paternal feelings towards Luke ('I can sense the conflict within You') rather than the latter's martial prowess. Luke did, however, also defeat Palpatine years after his defeat of Vader.

The only true weakness that apparently lay in the dark side, which could be seen as giving the Jedi the upper hand, was the strife inescapably associated with it. The Sith Lords, despite their individual superiority over the Jedi, could never ultimately destroy their foes, because they were bound to, sooner or later, turn upon each other, with each one constantly striving for more power at the expense of others, and seeking to dominate everything around him. The rule of Rule of Two, introduced by Darth Bane, while drastically limiting the number of true Sith, was an attempt to turn this weakness into benefit, with the apprentice through strife eventually replacing the master. This too however caused a problem with the Sith as the Rule of Two never made note of the possibility that one of the two could turn back to the light as Vader while killing his Master turned to the light just before death.

Dark side powers

"The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."
?Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

"The power of the dark side renders the Force subservient, minion rather than ally."
?Darth Vader's thoughts

Those who wielded the dark side found many abilities of the Force easier to use, with some Force powers available only to the Dark Jedi. Light side Jedi could use some dark side abilities, but most preferred not to since dark side abilities had aggressive, destructive, or perversely manipulative tendencies. Luke Skywalker, for example, used Force Choke at Jabba's Palace. The powers commonly associated with the dark side of the Force as listed below are:

Drain Life
Death Field
Deadly Sight
Electromagnetic torpedo
Force corrupt
Force Lightning
Force Shock
Force Storm
Force Wound
Force Choke
Force Grip
Force Crush
Force Slow
Force Affliction
Force Plague
Force Fear
Force Horror
Force Insanity
Force Scream
Force Rage
Mechu-deru
Quey'tek
Thought Bomb
Torture by chagrin
Spear of midnight black
Midichlorian Manipulation (Darth Plagueis only known Sith being capable of it)
Not all powers of the dark side seem evil; Darth Plagueis had the ability to create and preserve life. Darth Vader and Darth Sion used their rage to heal their wounds.

Dark side organizations

"A Sith believes he commands the Force, but it is the dark side that commands him."
?Jolee Bindo

Some notable orders of the dark side include (see also History of the Sith for more):

Dark Jedi
Sith
Dark Acolytes
Disciples of Ragnos
Dark Side Elite
Inquisitorius
Krath
Mecrosa Order
Prophets of the Dark Side
Bladeborn
Bando Gora
Nightsisters
Reborn
New Reborn
Believers
Blackguard
Emperor's Shadow Guard
[edit] Notable dark side users
Darth Bandon
Darth Bane
Brakiss
Darth Caedus
Tulak Hord
Jerec
Kaan
Kadann
Darth Krayt
Ludo Kressh
Exar Kun
Lumiya
Darth Malak
Darth Maul
Freedon Nadd
Darth Nihilus
Darth Nihl
Darth Plagueis
Ulic Qel-Droma
Marka Ragnos
Darth Revan
Naga Sadow
Darth Sidious
Darth Sion
Darth Talon
Darth Traya
Darth Tyr!@#$
Darth Vader
Vergere
[edit] Jedi who have broken away from the dark side
Ulic Qel-Droma
Revan
Bastila Shan
Quinlan Vos
Anakin Skywalker
Luke Skywalker
Kyle Katarn
Juhani

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Xendor

Xendor was a Kashi Mer Jedi Knight around the time of the First Great Schism, and was also believed to be the first Dark Jedi.

Biography

Xendor was born on Kashi. It is conceivable that there is a connection between Xendor and the Kashi Mer Dynasty's elite Royale Macheteros, (who used the Jar'Kai technique that Xendor used), and/or the Guardians of Breath, (a Kashi Mer Force organization), though these are just speculations. He was forced into exile when Kashi's sun went supernova and destroyed the planet.

The Force was strong with Xendor, and he used that power for evil. He used the Bogan (dark side of the Force) to reinforce his Jar'Kai techniques in combat, (presumably with the aid of the Kashi Mer talisman, which he came to possess), causing him to be exiled by the Jedi Order. After being banished, he founded the Legions of Lettow, a group of other dark-siders, being the supreme general and the leader of the Legions, resulting in their informal nickname as the Minions of Xendor. Xendor was believed killed by the Jedi Order, and leadership of his Minions was briefly picked up by his lover and master of Teräs Käsi, Arden Lyn.

Xendor's successors later conquered the Sith species, becoming the Sith Lords. As the first Dark Jedi, Xendor was the predecessor of the Dark Lords of the Sith, and was sometimes counted as the honorary first; although since the first Sith Empire was formed in 6,900 BBY (18,000 standard years after his death), he was never technically a Sith Lord. However, because of his beliefs and teachings he did play a fundamental role in the formation of the Sith Order.

During the time of Darth Ruin's New Sith Empire some 23,000 years later, it was believed that Xendor's ghost returned in the form of the Dark Underlord to lead the Sith, thus annulling the injustice that the father of the Sith Order was never himself a Sith during his first lifetime by becoming one in his second lifetime. However, this stands as just a legend as the true identity of the Dark Underlord is not yet known.

Legions of Lettow

Legions of Lettow was the name given to one of the earliest dark-side organizations. These Legions adopted the ancient Jar'Kai fighting art, calling it Niman, after the triumvirate of Kashi gods.

They were founded and led by Xendor, and then, after his death, by Arden Lyn.


KING ADAS

Biography

Adas was clad in signature black armor, attire that matched the dark hue of his own skin. His mastery of Sith magic and reputation of conquest led his people to regard him as a near-immortal figure.

By the time the Rakata came to conquer Korriban, Adas was over three centuries old, and, although they taught him the secrets of constructing the pyramidal Sith holocron, Adas knew the invaders were bent on conquest. He led the Sith race to victory over the Rakatan invaders, but at the cost of his own life.

Around 4,010 BBY, his Sith holocron was uncovered by Queen Amanoa of Onderon, who learned all the stored secrets. The holocron was then passed to her apprentice Novar to teach Sith initiates. The Gatekeeper of Adas's holocron, however, had a unique personality that it could turn down the user's request or even threaten its user. King Adas's holocron eventually found its way into House Pelagia's holocron library and subsequently liberated by Sir Nevil Tritum of the Mecrosa Order during the Great Jedi Purge. Following the Battle of Endor the order gave the holocron to Lumiya.


STAR FORGE

"The Star Forge is the glory of the Builders, the apex of their Infinite Empire. It is a machine of invincible might, a tool of unstoppable conquest."
?The Overseer

The Star Forge was a giant automated shipyard constructed by the Rakata Infinite Empire in 30,000 BBY, five thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Republic. The Star Forge drew energy and matter from a nearby star which, when combined with the power of the Force, was capable of creating an endless supply of ships, droids, and other war material. The Rakata, also known as "The Builders," constructed the massive space station through the use of slaves from many subject worlds including, but not necessarily limited to, Corellia, Coruscant, Dantooine, Drall, Duro, Kashyyyk, Manaan, Selonia, Sleheyron, Tatooine, and Ziost. This technological marvel came at a terrible cost as the Rakata were by nature a cruel and savage species and Star Forge began feeding off these negative traits inherent in its creators. As a result the Star Forge became an immense tool of dark side power.

The Star Forge, now a fusion of technology and dark side energies, began corrupting the Rakata in order to gain the immense power it required to operate itself and ultimately caused the collapse of the Rakatan Empire. The semi-living superweapon's ability to corrupt its users forced Darth Revan to limit his contact with the dark side artifact to avoid allowing it to control him as it did the Rakatans.

Description

The scale of the Star Forge was extraordinary for its time. Capital ships could easily move between the gaps of the three "fins" that radiated outwards from the central spherical structure. The fins extended downward to draw energy from the sun of the Rakata system, using it to produce weapons and armament. While having few apparent docks for capital ships, many fighter craft and smaller freighters were able to dock at bays located on each of these fins.

Externally, the Star Forge required very little defensive weaponry, save for several turbolaser batteries positioned near its hangar bays. Instead it depended entirely on its massive ship production capability as a means to defend itself. Internally, it was also capable of manufacturing thousands of battle droids for defense, and possessed several heavy blast doors that ran throughout the entire factory. It was also protected by a deadly ship-disabling energy field projected from Lehon's Temple of the Ancients on the Rakata homeworld nearby. The field caused ships to malfunction and be captured in the planet's gravity well, sending them spiraling down to the world below.

History

As was the case with all apparent products of Rakatan dark side energy engineering, the Star Forge managed to survive several tens of thousands of years idling and without an operational crew by relying on its built-in automated repair systems. This trait was replicated in certain artifacts, such as the Star Maps. The Rakatan Builders destroyed the Star Maps after the completion of the Star Forge, but these slowly repaired themselves with the Star Forge's technology. While the data in each one was incomplete by the time the reformed Revan discovered them, their combined information was enough to reveal the location of the Star Forge.

As an artifact of the dark side, the Star Forge corrupted those who used it, feeding its desire for death. Ajunta Pall hinted that it may have been known to, and used by, the early Sith. After the Mandalorian Wars, it came into the service of Revan and Malak, who had been powerful and honorable Jedi Knights until discovering the Star Maps leading to the location of the ancient dark space station, resulting thus to the rebirth of the Sith.

Battle of the Star Forge

After having his memory erased by the Dantooine Enclave Council, Revan was directed to rediscover the location of the Star Forge, while it was under Malak's control who used it to strengthen the Sith fleet with a massive number of ships. It was destroyed at the end of the Jedi Civil War (3,956 BBY) by a Republic fleet aided by Bastila Shan's battle meditation.

Darth Malak's experiment

"The Star Forge is more than just a space station. In some ways, it is like a living creature. It hungers. And it can feed on the dark side that is within all of us."
?Darth Malak

Immediately prior to his defeat at the hands of Revan, Malak attempted to harness a heretofore ignored property of the Star Forge. Using Jedi captured from the destroyed enclave on Dantooine, Malak was able to incorporate them into the Star Forge itself, which was seemingly capable of harnessing the power of Force-sensitives and channeling the power into a particular subject ? in this case, Malak himself. The Jedi in the Star Forge were unable to become one with the Force while in this state, and Malak could use the energy inside the nearly lifeless bodies to regain his strength. The drained Jedi were apparently killed in the process. Revan sabotaged the system during his battle with Malak on the Star Forge Viewing Platform and it was subsequently destroyed along with the rest of the Star Forge.

Important locations on the Star Forge

There were four major locations on the Star Forge.

Deck 1

Deck 1 was a hangar in the Star Forge. During the Battle of Rakata Prime, the redeemed Jedi Revan, aboard the Ebon Hawk, landed on Deck 1. There, several Jedi told him to find Bastila Shan, but were soon attacked by Dark Jedi. Revan helped defeat the Dark Jedi, and traveled deeper into Deck 1 when Darth Malak sent droids to kill the Jedi on board. Revan defeated the droids, even a few more Dark Jedi, before proceeding into Deck 2. When Malak learned that Revan was on board, Malak sent all available troops to fight Revan. After defeating Malak on the Viewing Platform, Revan returned to Deck 1, where he informed the crew of the Ebon Hawk that Malak was defeated. Revan escaped the Star Forge aboard the Ebon Hawk.

Deck 2

Deck 2 was a deck on the Star Forge next to Deck 1, and had an elevator leading up to the Command Center.

Although the Star Forge was an artifact of the dark side, a console on Deck 2 could create light sided Star Forge Robes. Shortly after the redeemed Jedi Revan entered Deck 2, Darth Malak was told that Revan was on board. In response, Malak sent a garrison of Sith troopers and Dark Jedi to attack Revan.

Malak knew the garrison would probably fail, but he wanted to slow Revan down, giving him enough time to set up the Star Forge's defenses, which were infinite battle droids constantly created by the Star Forge. Revan defeated the garrison, acquired some Star Forge Robes, and took the elevator to the Command Center.

Command Center

Located on the Star Forge, the Command Center which had elevators connected to Deck 2, and the Viewing Platform. It contained a large hologram of the Star Forge itself.

After being turned to the dark side of the Force by Darth Malak, Bastila Shan used her battle meditation from within the Command Center, to aid the Sith fleet in the Battle of Rakata Prime. However, Revan fought his way into the Command Center, and, after a lightsaber duel, was able to convert Bastila back to the Jedi. She then used her powers to help the Republic Navy, and turned the tide of battle in the Republic's favor.

The Command Center was ultimately destroyed along with the rest of the Star Forge at the conclusion of the battle.

Viewing Platform

Built near the summit of the Star Forge, the Viewing Platform was used to observe what was going on outside the space station. It was accessible via elevator from the Command Center.

During the Jedi Civil War, Darth Malak brought Jedi he had nearly killed on Dantooine to the Viewing Platform, placing their bodies into cells to prevent them from becoming one with the Force and augmenting his own dark power. When the redeemed Revan confronted Malak on the Viewing Platform, Malak used the captured souls to replenish his life, killing them in the process. To defeat Malak, Revan allowed the Jedi to become one with the Force, and mortally wounded his former apprentice. Malak died on the platform, which was destroyed shortly thereafter, along with the rest of the Star Forge, following Revan's escape.

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SITH EMPIRE


"Across the reaches of the galaxy, through seas of dark stars, rivers of whispering black shadow from the Republic's ancient past. Evil history we had thought forgotten."
?Jedi Master Ooroo

The Old Sith Empire was a rich and powerful empire established by Dark Jedi banished from the Galactic Republic after their defeat at the Battle of Corbos during the Hundred-Year Darkness. The Jedi exiles fled to the remote world of Korriban. After conquering it, they interbred with the native Sith species through the art of Sith Alchemy and began a long period of building and expansion. The Sith Empire developed in complete isolation for two thousand years before it eventually rediscovered the Republic. Under the leadership of the Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow, the Empire invaded Republic space during the Great Hyperspace War, but it was defeated. The Sith Empire was believed to have been destroyed by Republic forces during the Second Battle of Korriban.


History

Origin

Around the year 6,900 BBY, exiled fallen Jedi?fleeing from the Battle of Corbos, which concluded the Hundred-Year Darkness?landed on Korriban, a desolate world inhabited by the relatively primitive but unusually Force-sensitive Sith people. Using their training in the Force, the fallen Jedi amazed the Sith, and elevated themselves to god-like status on Korriban, becoming the rulers of the Sith people. As years passed, and interbreeding occurred between the Fallen Jedi and the Sith, the term "Sith" came to mean not only the original inhabitants of Korriban, but also their fallen Jedi masters. Thus was the Sith Empire born, with nearby Ziost becoming the capital, while Korriban became a sacred mausoleum-world.

The Golden Age of the Sith

Eventually, the Sith formed an immensely rich and powerful empire built upon sorcery and dark side fueled technology quite possibly adapted from the scattered ruins of the earlier Infinite Empire of the Rakata. At its height, the Sith Empire contained at least 120 worlds.

Over the centuries, the Dark Jedi exiles were forgotten by the Galactic Republic even as all records of the Republic were lost by the Sith. The two civilizations thrived in isolation, each ignorant of the other. The Golden Age of the Sith came to an end with the death of Marka Ragnos.

The Fall of the Sith Empire

Circa 5,000 BBY, the Sith Empire, led by Naga Sadow, rediscovered the existence of the Republic, and decided to conquer it. Thus, the Great Hyperspace War began. After an assault on Coruscant, the Sith were defeated and forced back to Korriban. When Sadow arrived, Sith forces loyal to his rival Ludo Kressh attacked Sadow. Kressh was killed, and the Empire might have survived, but Sadow's fleet was then attacked by the forces of the pursuing Republic. Sadow sacrificed most of his fleet in a successful escape attempt that led the Republic to believe Sadow had been killed. The Sith were defeated. However, some of Kressh's forces survived, unknown to the Republic. A decade later, the Republic launched a second assault against the Sith Empire, resulting in its splintering and eventual collapse.

Government and Politics

The leader of the Sith Empire was the Dark Lord of the Sith. The Sith Council was a body of advisors to the reigning Dark Lord of the Sith. It consisted of ten members made up of Sith Lords within the empire. Each Lord on the Council personally ruled over a dozen worlds. This Council convened in a great citadel on Ziost.

Economy

The Sith Empire was far smaller than the Galactic Republic, but much wealthier, and in possession of unique and potent technologies. The Sith Lords allegedly controlled the riches of a thousand species.

Society and Culture

Culturally, the Sith Empire was very different from that of the Republic, being much more ecumenically driven than its counterpart.

The Sith Empire was hierarchical, utilizing both a rigid caste system and a stratified rank structure to put its subjects in their proper place. This system was continued by other Sith until Darth Bane instituted the Rule of Two in the aftermath of the New Sith Wars.

Sith Minion

Sith Minions were the lowliest members of the Sith. Some were not Force-sensitive, and often worshiped the Sith Lords as gods. The Sith Lords used them as soldiers, mercenaries, and conscripts to work for them.

Sith Assassin

Specialized Sith minions included Sith Assassins, who preferred to ambush targets from the shadows rather than engaging them in standard combat. Almost always working solo or in small groups, they utilized stealth field generators and the rare art of Force camouflage to launch surprise attacks on their Jedi victims. While some used a lightsaber, most fought with more conventional melee weapons such as force pikes.

Sith Acolyte

Sith Acolytes were Force-sensitive apprentices who had only just started down the dark path under the tutelage of a more experienced Sith.

Sith Warrior

Sith Warriors were mid-ranking Sith who generally focused their energies and skills towards battle, spending little time on actual dark side philosophy or other concerns of the "purer" Sith.

Sith Marauder

Sith Marauders, a variant of the Sith Warriors, were often responsible for the most brutal acts carried out by the Sith. Their training emphasized the aggressive use of a lightsaber rather than the Force. A Sith Marauder's berserk physical prowess was a dark side technique fueled by hatred, rage, and cruelty. Thus, most Marauders could duel any average Jedi, toe-to-toe, and win easily. Caring little for the subtleties of manipulating others and lacking a deep understanding of the Force, Marauders were often burdened with carrying out the wishes of the Sith Lords.

Sith Lord

Sith Lords were the leaders of the Sith. They commanded armies of Sith Minions, Acolytes and Warriors during wartime and ruled through a governing body known as the Sith council. Sith Lords used the dark side of the Force to inflict misery, suffering, and corruption. They were also tasked with preserving the lore of the Sith by passing all their knowledge on to their acolytes. While they did not enter combat as often as lesser Sith (preferring to use pawns, servants, or proxies), they were the most fearsome of the Sith as they were the keepers of the Sith's greatest secrets and wielders of its most potent sorceries.

Dark Lord of the Sith

Dark Lords of the Sith were the greatest and most powerful of the Sith Lords. Up until the reign of Kaan, it was a title that was only given to those that were acknowledged as the leaders of their order, but by the end of the New Sith Wars the title was held by many Sith Lords simultaneously. Which was later changed due to Darth Bane's rule of two, after he had destroyed the rest of the Sith. Then the title of Dark Lord of the Sith was once again a symbol as the leader of the Sith.

Military

Warbeasts

Sith War Behemoth
Sith Warbird
Sith War Rhino
Sith War Worm
Battle hydra

Starships

Sith Battleship
Sith Drop Ship
Sith Escort Gunship
Sith Meditation Sphere
Sith Personnel Carrier
Sith Starfighter

Astrography

The region of the Outer Rim that the Sith Empire ruled was known as Sith Space. It contained at least 120 inhabited worlds, including:

Alpheridies (located near the Veil)
Ambria
Arkania
Ashas Ree
Athiss
Ch'hodos
Dromund Kaas
Jaguada
Jaguada's moon
Kalsunor
Khar Delba
Khar Shian (a moon of Khar Delba)
Korriban
Korriz
Krayiss II
Malachor V
Rhelg
Thule
Sivvi (a moon of Thule)
Vjun
Yavin
Ziost

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Sith (species)

The Sith were a species of red-skinned humanoids native to Ziost and Korriban that were enslaved by exiled Dark Jedi.

Biology and appearance

The Sith were a species of red-skinned humanoids with tentacle "beards" that evolved on Korriban. Pure blooded Sith were almost always left-handed, and thus their signature weapon, the lanvarok, was adapted purely for left-handed use.

Society and Culture

Though they engaged in supposedly primitive practices such as sentient sacrifice, held a strong caste system, and were in an almost constant state of war, their civilization was quite sophisticated; they saw these acts not as cruel or barbaric, but simply basic aspects of existence. Their caste system included a meek and lowly slave class, a skilled and intelligent engineer class, the priestly Kissai class, and the war-like Massassi class. In later years, the offspring of Sith and the exiled Dark Jedi formed another class, from which most of the Sith Lords of that time came.


Native Sith culture included the Sith language, the consumption of bloodsoup, a rigid and stratified caste-based society and live sentient sacrifices to the Sith deities. For the Sith, war and violence were just as much a part of the natural order of life as peace or serenity. Their social order was very rigid, and while many rose to the title of Sith Lord, only one, King Adas, attained the position of monarch. Another aspect of Sith culture, the creation of Sith holocrons to record knowledge, originates from their first contact with the Rakata of the Infinite Empire.

History

Sith society lasted as such for hundreds of millennia—from roughly 130,000 BBY to 7,000 BBY. Except for the brief unification of their species under King Adas, Sith society was fragmented, with many individual Sith Lords ruling independent fiefdoms, most of them attempting to claim Adas's title of Sith'ari and unite their kind. The Sith species originated on the planet Korriban.

Circa 28,000 BBY, Adas, marked as a chosen one from a young age by his unusual black skin, united the nations of Korriban and Ziost in violent warfare. He took the title of Sith'ari, meaning "overlord", and was seen by his people as an immortal being who would rule forever.

Eventually the Rakata arrived on Korriban. Pretending to ally themselves with Adas at first and giving him the technology of holocrons, they soon revealed their intentions and attempted to conquer the Sith. Adas and the Sith fought back and, after a series of bloody battles, drove off the superior forces of the Infinite Empire, with the king giving his life in the process. Without Adas's strong hand, Korriban soon collapsed into civil war, with many claiming themselves Sith'ari. The massive infighting eventually forced the Sith to relocate their capital to Ziost.

Around 6,900 BBY, Dark Jedi exiles fleeing from the Galactic Republic after their defeat in the Hundred Year Darkness, established themselves as "divine" rulers over the native Sith, uniting the world once again, this time under the rule of a Dark Lord of the Sith. Over the generations, the Sith interbred with the Human Dark Jedi. Eventually, the Sith species in its original form was almost extinct.

During the Great Hyperspace War in 5,000 BBY, the Dark Lord Naga Sadow fled to the jungle moon of Yavin 4 along with a contingent of Massassi followers to escape the pursuing Jedi and the Galactic Republic. There, Naga Sadow committed cruel experiments on his own Massassi warriors which resulted in them becoming dark side-wielding savages.

Due to their history of association with dark side Force-users, the word 'Sith' went on to be used by many dark side organizations not connected with the original Sith species.

Notable Sith

Adas
Shar Dakhan
Dor Gal-ram
Dathka Graush
Horak-mul
Kalgrath (Massassi)
Ludo Kressh
Marka Ragnos (halfbreed)
Naga Sadow (halfbreed)
Simus

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*walks in carrying her equipment* Sorry Bron, gotta do it.

*more carefully than usual she pokes a hole in the wall for the wireing harness and vid cam before mounting a turret onto the wall above the door*

Ugly but effective buddy. I'll clean this up perosnally later but this is the last place I want the Sithy's playing yah know?

*walks out and secures the door agian*

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Hey Bron I am in the KOA but I was wondering if I can still have access her for my reseach, if so can you please let me know.

*bows and leaves*

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*Loco sits out side the area that conatins the only sith file documents......he cloaks past G-man and slides inside....he begins working his way the facility planting many explosives in each area of the compound which would be enough to bring the compund to the ground. He grabs the important files and sets the timer. He makes his way towards the exit and is nearly seen by a droid, he uses the old skool jedi mind trick and sends the droid in another direction. he makes it to the door and slowly kreeps out using the shadows of the night to conceal himself. About 600M away he takes a position with his binoculars and hits his remote transmitter and explodes the whole building. he watches the building fall to the ground and hops on his sioth speeder and leaves undeteceted leaving no trace of anything of to who causes this destruction*

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*Then Darth Loco wakes from his dream wishing it was about puppy's*

#MESSAGE FROM TYTHON TO G-MAN#

Hello G,

You can use these files, KOA, NJO or any other Jedi group. We are all Jedi after all!

Bron

#END MESSAGE#

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TTF: Thank you Bron you are always a great help.

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*comes in and surveys the wreckage and rubble that was the library* May this be a lesson to you Jedi that not all is as it seems. Hide in your arrogance and it will be the death of you. *walks away but is quickly concealed by the shadows*

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OOC: lol these god-modders are funny like Jasx and Loco, love how they are being ignored! XD

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