A lot of people I have realized want to know about the Sith, and how they came about therefore I would like to elaborate on the subject.
IN THE VERY early years of the Old Republic there were JEDI, and they were the peace keepers. Some of these JEDI turned to the Dark Side of the Force. These "Dark Jedi," were then defeated by there former allies and fled to the far reaches of the galaxy where they conquered a very strong but primitive race named the Sith. The Sith treated the Dark Jedi as Gods so the Jedi proclaimed themselves as the Lords of the Sith.
The Sith Lords then built a vast empire (no pun intended), conquering many worlds and races. Five thousand years before the battle of Yavin, a power struggle began between rival Sith Lords Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh for control of the Sith Empire. The struggle led to the Republic being reacquainted with the Dark Jedi now known as the Sith Lords.
NAGA SADOW
Unlike Ludo Kressh, Naga Sadow was not satisfied with dominating the Massassi, a evolved form of the Sith. He believed the Sith Lords were destined to rule the galaxy. When he saw an opportunity to return to Republic space, Sadow attempted to conquer several Republic worlds. Ultimately, he failed, and was frorced to land on a jungle moon called Yavin 4, where his Massassi crew and their descendents built towering temples for the Sith Lord.
ZIOST
Once the central world of the Sith Empire, Ziost is a terminally cold, dark planet. An immense fortress, it served as a meeting place for the Sith Lords, who became divided after Ludo Kressh refused to accept Naga Sadow as the Sith Empire's ruler. Sadow's attempts to invade the Republic led to the first conflicts between the Sith Lords and the Jedi. Over the next few millennia, many fallen Jedi studied the Sith Lords' Dark-Side teachings.
GREAT SITH WAR
Five thousand years before the battle of Yavin, an invasion of the Republic by the Sith Lord Naga Sadow was thwarted by the Jedi, who formed an allegiance with the armies of the Warlord Empress Teta. A thousand years later, Jedi Knight Exar Kun, who had studied the ways of the Sith, surrendered his spirit to the Dark-Side of the Force. Kun formed an allegiance with the Kraith, a Sith-worshipping society headed by the descedants of Empress Teta. He also took on the Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma as his apprentice, and in 3996 B.B.Y. they tried to conquer Coruscant in a conflict that becomes known as the Great Sith War. Qel-Droma ultimately betrayed Kun, whose spirit is entombed on the jungle moon of Yavin 4. Shortly after Kun's demise, his Sith successors nearly succeeded in wiping out the entire Jedi Order. Three thousand years later, in 1000 B.B.Y., the Sith are all but destroyed in a series of battles on Ruusan.
THE KRATH
Long before the Sith and before even the Jedi were founded, beings from around the galaxy worshiped at Satal Ketoaltars erected to Krath. Krath began as a god to a primitive people, called the Tameht. Krath spoke to the finest of the Tamehtan blacksmiths, ordering them to create a talisman with which they could commune with their god more easily. The talisman was forged as Krath instructed, with a hexagonal hole drilled into the bottom of it. Krath then ordered the smiths to secure into the hole a crystal, that, unknown to the Tameht smiths, conducted and stored the energy of the Force. Using this talisman, these smiths became the Priesthood of Krath, and could now communicate with their god, and he with them. The High Priest alone could wear the talisman and communicate with Krath. As a succession of High Priests began to fall into insanity and apparent demonic possession, the Priesthood began to suspect that there was some flaw within the design of the talisman. After much mediation, they drilled two additional holes into the talisman and placed two more of the crystals into these holes. When no more High Priests fell victim to madness or demonic possession, the alteration was deemed a success, and the Order of the Krath continued for many generations.
The talisman was passed down through generations of Tameht High Priests, and was passed to the Zfana civilization, after the Tameht tribe died out. After a number of centuries, the Zfana civilization was replaced by the Mhsanyata civilization, which rose to power only 12,000 years prior to the Battle of Yavin, and the talisman was passed on again. The High Priests of Krath during the Mshanyata civilization removed the crystals added by the Tameht, restoring the talisman to its original design, with the intent of freeing the true potential of Krath, which had been muzzled by the altered design over the millennia. About 4,000 years later, the Mshanyata had become a group whom their enemies regarded as soulless and possessed, and a rival culture rose, the Makalasa. During this time, Krath earned his reputation for evil, and the War of Five Thousand Days brought an end to the followers of the god Krath. The Mshanyata were destroyed by the Makalasa, and the Talisman was lost for millennia&until it was found by a Force-sensitive student of the Sith.
Four thousand years ago, the Jedi were numerous and powerful throughout the Galaxy. But it was also a time when thousands of Force-sensitive individuals (including many who had the potential to become Jedi Knights) were succumbing to the Dark Side's fascination. In those days, there was a star system called the Empress Teta System, after the woman warlord who, in the early days of space travel, had conquered and united its seven worlds. As the millennia passed, the Teta System, which is situated in the Deep Galactic Core, had become the prime source of Carbonite, a volatile metal that proved indispensable on the manufacture of faster-than-light engines (and secondarily, the suspended preservation of living flesh).
The descendants of Empress Teta were still the figurehead rulers of the seven mining worlds. But they had been forced to share their power, to a large degree, with the commercial interests that had developed the Carbonite mines. Together, the Teta royalty and the wealthy mine owners formed an elite society, a tightly knit group that reigned with arrogant abandon over multitudes of the less fortunate. The sons and daughters of the elite were a self-indulgent lot, with much leisure time on their hands. As a way of amusing themselves, these young aristocrats began dabbling in the lore of primitive magic.
At some point in their mischievous experiments, the young Tetans crossed an invisible threshold, and tapped into a form of magic that unleashed its malign mental reality with unexpected power. What had started out as a game suddenly grew serious, and took on a life of its own. In the weeks following that fateful day, this sinister power utterly shattered the minds of the young Tetan elite, and began to transform them into powerful magicians, but kept them willing servants. Under the guidance of Satal Keto, the first of their group to fall, the young Tetans formed a secret society dedicated to the dark arts. A Sith Lord named Freedon Nadd resurrected the legend of Krath, and trained two Sith initiates, Aleema and Satal Keto. They and their group of students took the name Krath in memory of the god of darkness that haunted the people. The youthful sorcerers had been ensnared and swallowed up by the Dark Side of the Force. Nadd used them to destroy King Ommin, the Sith heretic of Iziz, and begin his purge of the Jedi. The Krath became a feared presence in the Empress Teta System.
For all the millennia that Priesthood of Krath used the talisman, it had always been wielded by beings that knew nothing of the Force, thus limiting the power of Krath. However, once it landed in the hands of Satal Keto, a student of the Sith, things changed. The young acolyte was convinced that the legendary talisman would, in his Force-sensitive hands, help him surpass the former High Priests of Krath, and become more powerful than his fellow students of the Sith. Along with Aleema, his cousin, he began to explore the powers of the talisman and began communicating with the god Krath. The Krath began building up a huge space armoury, which they used to conquer the Empress Teta system under Krath's guidance.
During this time, there was a man named Ulic Qel-Droma, who was a great Jedi warrior and Master of those days, pure of heart and purpose, without corruption of any kind. Some said he was arrogant, but those who knew him best said he merely possessed unbounded confidence, being very strong in the Ways of the Force.
By the time Ulic Qel-Droma heard of the Krath, they were well on their way to their dark destiny, having surreptitiously murdered their own parents and staged a political coup, taking control of the seven Tetan worlds. This was a problem for the Jedi Knights, and it fell to Ulic Qel-Droma, as Watchman of the Teta System, to bring the Krath to justice.
But it quickly became obvious that any attempt at arresting the Krath would result in great bloodshed. The Krath possessing their space-faring armies, and against every tenet of the Galactic constitution, they declared themselves ready to go to war against the Jedi.
A Jedi assembly was called, on Mount Meru in the desert of Deneba, of the ten thousand Masters who had assumed primary responsibility for the core systems. Ulic Qel-Droma argued strongly that war was unnecessary and absolutely the wrong way to deal with the power of the Krath: "We are witness to sinister developments...A war with the armies of the Krath might last for years. Many Jedi would die. And what will be gained by this bloodshed? We will have slain thousands, but the Krath themselves will survive, their dark powers intact.
"I suggest that the Krath coup is a dangerous development that demands special measures. This is the first time, to my knowledge, that the Dark Side of the Force has been used to take large-scale political power. This kind of episode must be stopped before it spreads, and it must be torn out by its very roots.
"The only way that will happen is if one of us joins the Krath, and learns the secrets of the Darkness that has possessed them and made them powerful."
Many other Jedi warned Ulic against the foolhardy enterprise he had conceived. Master Thon of Ambria spoke very eloquently of the Jedi path:
"Ulic, my friend...the Dark Side has been with us since the beginning, and there is much accumulated understanding about its nature. But never forget--there is the Way of a Jedi...and there is the path that leads to destruction. A Jedi who takes up the path of the Dark Side is no longer a Jedi. He who learns the Dark Way will become infected with Darkness. His judgment will become clouded and he will forget the good things he has learned. If he persists in this attempt to bridge the two divergent roads, he will be torn apart in his very being. Do not underestimate the Power of the Dark Side...at all cost, do not underestimate the Power of the Dark Side!"
But Ulic Qel-Droma was convinced he had discovered the best way to conquer the opponents of the Jedi. And as Watchman of the Teta System, he had the right (and the obligation) to proceed according to his own judgment.
So Ulic Qel-Dromna disguised his identity, and merged with the social life of Cinnagar, the largest city in the seven worlds. Eventually, after many months, he found his way into the friendship and confidence of the ruling elite. Ulic Qel-Droma became a Krath.
What happened next is not completely known. According to the Sith Holocron, Ulic Qel-Droma disappeared from view for a number of years. The other Jedi Masters tried to locate him, using all the mental powers at their disposal. But each time they attempted to penetrate the cloak of dark power that enveloped the sanctums of the Krath, they came up against "a wall of thought like blackest iron," and could advance no further.
Then without warning, Ulic Qel-Droma reappeared--as a high priest of the Krath. During the years of his disappearance he had been transformed completely, into a warrior magus with dark powers far beyond those demonstrated by any other member of the Krath!
His reappearance coincided with a political struggle among the Krath leadership. The Krath split into three groups, one dominated by Satal Keto, the founder. Satal's cousin Aleema, a woman whose Dark Side powers included the ability to create mass hallucinations, dominated the second group. Ulic Qel-Droma ruled the third group.
Qel-Droma's organization was militaristic and bloodthirsty. He set out on a path of conquest, gathering treasure, armies, and weaponry. In short order he possessed a vast fleet of faster-than-light warships that could swoop down unexpectedly on worlds in distant parts of the Galaxy...and quickly pillage their ruling cities.
Needless to say, Qel-Droma was declared an enemy of the Republic...and Qel-Droma declared himself an enemy of the Jedi. As the Jedi Knights took action to protect the worlds threatened by Qel-Droma's piracy, the Sorceress Aleema formed an alliance with Qel-Droma, using her wicked Dark Side talents against the Jedi with great effectiveness.
ULIC QEL-DROMA
The fallen Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma plays a key role in the Great Sith War. When the Krath pose a threat to the Empress Teta system, Qel-Droma is assigned by the Jedi to infiltrate and destroy them. But Ulic is seduced by the Krath, and joins forces with the Sith Lord Exar Kun, Qel-Droma takes command of the Krath armies, leading them to many victories, but when he leads his troops to the planet Ossus, Ulic fights and kills his own brother, Cay. Defeated by the Jedi and overcome with remorse, Qel-Droma becomes an exile.
NOMI SUNRIDER
Using her Force-blocking technique to permanently stripe Ulic Qel-Droma of his powers, the Jedi Nomi Sunrider is instrumental in Ulic's defeat on Ossus. Sunrider learned the ways of the force after her Jedi husband, Andur, was slain. As a last dying wish she became a Jedi and trained. She was a renowned warrior and leader of her time.
ASCENION OF THE DARK LORD
Four thousand years B.B.Y., Darth Malak, the last surviving Sith apprentice of the Dark Lord Revan, unleashes an invincible Sith Armada upon the Galaxy. Countless Jedi Knights fall in battle, and many more of them swear allegiance to their new Sith masters. The brutal was all but destroys the Jedi Order, leaving the Republic on the verge of collapse. Five years into the conflict, the Sith believe they have eliminated or converted nearly all of the Jedi. The Sith Lord Darth Nihilus, determined to exterminate all threats to the Sith supremacy, assigns his minions to wipe out the last of the Jedi.
THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER
Sith Lord Darth Nihilus during the battle was aboard his Flagship, Ravanger, when he is defeated by the handmaiden known as Brianna. After his defeat the planet of Telos, which was almost destroyed by the Sith Lord, undergoes massive restoration effort in an attempt to return the world to its prior state. During the restoration Jedi Master Artis runs a secret academy under the Northern Ice caps to train new Jedi.
THE BATTLE OF RUUSAN
Three thousand years after Exar Kun's defeat, Lord Hoth leads the Jedi Kights against Sith Lord Kaan's army, the Brotherhood of Darkness, on Ruusan. To defeat the Jedi, Kaan and his followers commit suicide, using a Force-weapon known as a "thought bomb," which consumes all Force-sensitive beings within its blast radius.
DARTH BANE
A thousand years after the Great Sith War, Darth Bane studied the Dark-Side under Lord Qordis. Bane believed he had the right to rule the Sith Lords. Over two millennia, he sets about fulfilling his destiny. After a Sith army perishes at the battle of Ruusan, Bane realizes the Dark-Side has been spread to thin among so many, and decrees the Sith will never number more than two at one time: a Master andan apprentice. He commits the order to secrecy, and reinstates the tradition of bestowing the name Darth to each of his successors.
This is where I will End the story for now.
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