Reborn True Sith Empire

"The True Sith, since the birth of the Galactic Empire, have spent many years building their strength and empire from the depths of Unknown Space. The Sith Emperor wasn't a human, nor a Sith pureblood, rather, an ancient being hailing from even before the Rakatan Infinite Empire. How he survived, was unknown. He patiently planned the day when the Jedi would fall. Over the generations, they have come and gone, working hard to a dream of utmost vengeance."

- A HoloNet dossier on the Reborn True Sith Empire

The Reborn True Sith Empire, also known as the True Sith Empire and sometimes known as the New Sith Empire, was created after Sith survivors of the Sith Empire, formally known as the Sith Imperial, former Reborn Imperials and members of the True Sith Cult fled known space to escape persecution by the Republic, and all other organizations. This all came to be, when Darth Maelon, a Sith Master, along with his followers quickly took control of Dromund Kaas before ordering a mass evacuation from the Sith worlds to the planet of Nonovaas, a sandy, pink planet with many beaches. Finally, after the evacuation, the Sith Imperial Remnant was declared with Maelon as the Dark Lord of the Sith and cloaked the entire planet, making it virtually impenetrable and inaccessible, clouding and hiding his Sith for thousands of years to come.

As years went by, the Sith Imperial Remnant began to open up ever so slightly, hiding their presence from the Galactic Republic, later the Galactic Empire. It later went on to form a loose and uneasy confederation with the True Sith of Darth Zereth. By the fall of the Galactic Empire, it was ruled under Darth Thanta, who begun recolonization efforts onto planets such as the Sith homeworld of Korriban and Dromund Kaas, finally retaking Kaas City and rebuilding it back to its prime, thus ending the "Thousand Year Seclusion" period of the Sith Imperial Remnant.

During the rebuilding process, Thanta proclaimed himself to be the Dark Lord of his order and Emperor of his people. Under the care of the Emperor and his Dark Council of Sith Lords, the Empire re-established the capital of Kaas City and began building a mighty war machine, with the intent of eventually returning to combat and ruling the galaxy once more. The Empire worked towards that goal for many years, even decades, gradually expanding and gaining more power and influence, that was until the discovery of a Celestial capable of wielding the Dark Side, Apocalyptos.

As time went by, Apocalyptos, known as the "Hidden Emperor", would begin taking control of both the Sith Imperial and True Sith factions, influencing them before preparing to orchestrate a coup in 16 ABY. This was due to Thanta himself also lost the trust of most of his people, in which the empire responded by assassinating him and replacing him with de facto leaders Darth Xion and Darth Kema, whilst Apocalyptos went to deal with Darth Zereth himself.

Ultimately, with the deposition of Darth Zereth in 16 ABY in the True Sith Cult, the Sith Imperial were unified, however, at the same time, Darth Thanta was also deposed, being cast aside and killed, with the "Hidden Emperor", Apocalyptos taking control of both Sith Imperial and True Sith factions, along with countless others, merging them into one empire, the Reborn True Sith Empire.

Around a few years later, the Sith Empire—now under the control of the Sith Emperor Apocalyptos—was ready to return to the greater galaxy. After covertly installing puppet governments on New Republic worlds across the Outer Rim Territories, the Sith invaded the Mid Rim in an onslaught of epic proportions.

Origins of the Empire
"Following a crushing defeat in the end of the Galactic War against the Sith, the handful of surviving Sith desperately sought to escape annihilation at the hands of their Jedi foes, and later, the Galactic Empire. The desperate Sith, leaving their collective destiny to chance, chose to forgo all known hyperspace routes and attempt a series of dangerously random hyperspace jumps and blind scouting missions."

- A HoloNet dossier on the history of the Reborn True Sith Empire, back then still known as the Sith Imperial Remnant.

The Reborn True Sith Empire's origins can be traced back all the way to the years of the Old Republic, originating from the Resurgent Sith Empire of Vitiate following the Great Hyperspace War. However, recent history has documented that the Reborn True Sith Empire's culmination stemmed from the Third Galactic War and the Incident on Iokath in 3630 BBY. After the deaths of Darth Vitiate and Vaylin and with the Outlander claiming the power of the Eternal Fleet and forming the Eternal Alliance. Empress Acina expressed her gratitude towards the Outlander and congratulated them. With the threat of the Eternal Empire extinguished; The Sith Empire was once again preparing for war in response to the Republic's own preparation. Shortly afterwards, the Sith Empire and Galactic Republic found Iokath and a battle was commencing deciding on who would take control of Iokath and its resources which prompted the Eternal Alliance to step in. Empress Acina arrived with her forces to seize control of the superweapon before the Republic and sent Major Quinn, former compatriot of the Emperor's Wrath, to negotiate a deal with the Alliance Commander and to sabotage the Alliance base should the Alliance side with the Republic.

The incident on Iokath and the subsequent decimation of the Eternal Fleet and the Gravestone by the Order of Zildrog, which crippled the Eternal Alliance, set the galaxy's stage for the Third Galactic War, with reports arriving at Odessen about both factions redoubling their efforts to gather supplies, munitions, and fuel in anticipation. The Sith Empire was effectively at war with the Republic and they started by invading the ancient planet of Ossus which housed remnants of the Jedi Order, led by renowned Jedi Master Gnost-Dural, that fled into hiding during the Eternal Empire's conquest. Darth Malora of the Dark Council was sent to oversee the invasion but Malora focused more on her experiments rather than the war effort which prompted Empress Acina to dispatch a rebuilt, and loyal, Darth Malgus to take control of the operation and indirectly dismiss Malora as a member of the Dark Council.

Following the Invasion of Ossus, Darth Xarion of the Dark Council and head of Sith Intelligence orchestrated the Nova Blades pirates to plan an attack on Dantooine and distract the Republic from the Imperial activities on the planet.

After the Dantooine Incursion, Darth Malgus amassed a massive invasion fleet to destroy the Meridian Complex, a state of the art shipyard on Corellia. To accomplish this, efforts were directed at assisting King Regalun Petryph on Onderon and sabotaging the Republic Fleet at Mek-Sha before invading the Meridian Complex itself.

As the war raged on, the Sith Empire fought against the Galactic Republic for the last time. While the Sith were victorious in the early stages of the battle under the rule of the new Emperor Vowrawn, the Republic eventually drove the Sith back to their primary territory within the Stygian Caldera nebula, and Vowrawn fled into unknown space after they was defeated above Coruscant. Supreme Chancellor, Galena Rans of the victorious Republic ordered the Republic Navy to conduct a systematic extermination of the Sith Empire to permanently end the threat and to purge the corruption of the dark side from the Sith species.

Evacuation of Dromund Kaas
"This war is lost. But the survival of our kind isn't over. Now run. Flee. Leave."

- Darth Maelon's broadcast to the Sith Empire

As the war ended with a Republic Victory, Emperor Vowrawn was missing and presumed dead. With the imminent and inevitable collapse of the Sith Empire, Sith Master, Darth Maelon, seeing the power vacuum left by Vowrawn's disappearance, seized the opportunity to quickly take control of the capital, Dromund Kaas. He and his followers quickly stormed the communications towers, broadcasting a signal to the remainder of the Sith Empire. He would order an evacuation of Dromund Kaas and other Sith worlds, quickly fleeing most of the Sith worlds with few remaining. Maelon along with the rest of the empire would be reorganized and would flee, wandering aimlessly across space as Republic forces attacked them. However, this led to lots of casualties as well, with only few survivors left.

Fleeing to Nonovaas
Following the evacuation, the Sith at first would be outnumbered and would lose many soldiers and members as the Republic trailed them, making use of the newly established hyperspace lanes. In desperation, the Sith would enter the hidden Carated Rim, otherwise known as "The Gateway to the Outer Rim" (or in their case, the Mid Rim). Entering the rim, they would hide on the hidden planet of Nonovaas, which was near the border of the Carated Rim, and located at a safe distance from the Sith Worlds. As the Sith landed on Nonovaas, they would at first face some resistance from the local populous, however as time went by, the Sith would take over the planet, building a new citadel and would live secretly and peacefully, as the combined effort of the Sith masters would allow them to cloak and conceal the planet from any detection from the force or the Republic, making it virtually impenetrable and inaccessible, clouding and hiding his Sith for thousands of years to come.

The Reign of Venya
As the Sith landed on Nonovaas, Darth Maelon began to rebuild the planet's main commercial, capital and trading center into his own image. Basing his designs off of Dromund Kaas' citadel, he began to enact a resettlement program and would begin conquering and aligning himself and the Sith Remnant with local rulers, who saw the Sith as a protector from outside influence.

Gradually, over time, the small settlements of Nonovaas turned into a citadel rivaling that of Dromund Kaas. The citadel housed the Dark Lord of the Sith and his most loyal followers, which would be the case for many generations, that was, until Dromund Kaas was rediscovered and reclaimed by the Sith in 4 ABY.

As time passed, Darth Maelon later died in battle against a rebelling state on the planet, known as the "Nation of Azal". Maelon was then succeeded by Darth Venya, his apprentice, who took the reins and became known as Dark Lady of the Sith.

Under Venya's reign, the Sith Imperial began to recruit and accept Fallen Jedi into their ranks and later, former members of Darth Ruin's New Sith Empire. Some Republic soldiers who also accidentally ventured or crash-landed onto the planet were at first imprisoned before being brainwashed and becoming conscripted and members of the Sith Imperial Military.

Venya began to adopt a more relaxed policy as she began to spend more time with her apprentice, Darth Vela, who they were both romantically and sexually involved in a lesbian relationship with one another. This would lead to Venya spending more time with Vela than overseeing the rump state, and their relationship, which was a secret, even to the highest of imperial and Sith officials. This would even be more detrimental to her later on, as a recording of the two's private activities was leaked to the public by a Sith Imperial named Darth Listrius, who had a vendetta against Venya. This began to turn the whole state against her, and as the two were off on a distant planet, Darth Listrius ousted her, and later took control of the rump state.

Darth Listrius's Reign
Under Listrius, the remnant began to see the fall of the New Sith Empire, the Brotherhood of Darkness and the beginning of the Ruusan Reformation. Listrius would keep the Sith in further lockdown, refusing to expand into the neighbouring star systems, putting a policy of defense first. However he did allow small scale recruitment and occasionally would steal Republic ships which were to be repurposed into Sith starships and others, quickly advancing in domestic technology and development. Listrius ruled on until the High Republic era, where he would be succeeded by Darth Cryrd, who mostly followed in his predecessor's footsteps.

Darth Cryrd: The Reformer
During the reign of Cryrd, however, he would seek out Darth Vela, Venya's apprentice who took with her several Sith troopers and a small group of Sith Imperials to an unknown planet. The two eventually met on the planet of Anchelli Minor, which contained a force nexus of the Dark side. Cryrd at first dueled against her, however, later on the two came to a negotiation in which Vela would be left alone in her own corner of the planet, whilst Cryrd would occupy and annex the planet as part of the Sith Imperial Remnant. This was the first step in the Sith's imperial expansion and beginning of their influence once more.

Cryrd was also instrumental in reforming the Dark Council, and appointing his closest associates into various ranks for the council. He also begun to create an executive Imperial Ruling Council for non-force sensitives, who would deal with civilian aspects and more governing of the empire.

A True Sith Confederation
During the Clone Wars era, the Sith Imperial would be under the rule of Darth Natthall. During this era, Darth Natthall negotiated an alliance with Darth Zereth of True Sith Cult, entering a state of confederation and alliance with each other. Natthall also managed to recruit fallen Jedi Jado Raffica, now known as Darth Sokosis, who became his apprentice. However, this wasn't to last, as one of Natthall's former apprentices, Darth Thanta elaborated on a plot to destroy and kill Natthall, taking the throne for himself. This came when Natthall and Thanta ventured off to Yavin IV to hunt for supplies, however resulting in Natthall's death in a "hunting accident", in reality, Thanta backstabbing Natthall and killing him.

The Sith Remnant Rises
"Our time in hiding has gone long enough. We must break free from the shackles of this prison and conquer what is rightfully ours!"

- Darth Thanta

Darth Thanta during the Imperial Era would be faced with several challenges at the start of his reign. For one, he had to deal with the True Sith Cult beginning to speak and contact the empire, which infuriated him, however he kept it mostly to himself. However, with the fall of the empire, the ensuing chaos gave Thanta many opportunities to finally leave Nonovaas and the Sith colonies.

The Sith would begin sending explorers back into the Sith Worlds and used old star maps of the Sith Empire to retake and to explore former planets belonging to the Sith in secrecy. Several Sith discovered Dromund Kaas once more, which by then was in ruins. Upon knowing this, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Thanta decided to rebuild it, and then Kaas was back into operations once more. Kaas City was rebuilt relatively quick, and seeing as it was built over a Dark Side Force Nexus, it was easy for the Sith to feed off the dark side and become powerful once more. In addition to that, the Sith Imperial would also search for their home planet of Korriban, quickly seizing it for themselves.

The Dark Lord, Thanta appointed new twelve powerful Sith Lords, to the rank of Dark Lord of the Sith, and the twelve collectively formed the Dark Council—the highest position a Sith could attain in the new empire, and the de facto rulers of the Empire as the Emperor gradually retreated from public view over the following decades to pursue his own studies in the dark side. On account of the dangerous predators native to Dromund Kaas, the Dark Council tasked the Human Nero Aureliual with bringing order to the non-Sith members of the Empire and allowed him to develop an Imperial Military. Aureliual proceeded to recruit every non-Force-user of proper age into the new Imperial Army, and instituted a rigorous training regimen that instilled military discipline and training in his recruits. The Imperial Army was trained on various imperial academies on Korriban, Ziost, and Kaas, the most notable being Dromund Kaas Imperial Academy, which was under the imperial patronage of the Emperor himself.

However, this was all to change very soon, with the changing turbulent political and social climate.

The Rise of Apocalyptos
"Who are you?" "Your new overlord."

- Darth Zereth and Apocalyptos

As the Sith Imperial finally reclaimed their old homeworld and Sith space, they closed it off from the outside galaxy, only letting select few individuals and Sith to leave and enter the empire and its colonies in the Carated and Outer Rim, along with the Unknown Regions and Wild Space. During this time, Sith Imperial intelligence and investigators onto the planet of Rhen Var, after finding records of the Eternal Empire's findings of the "Beast", which was actually the former celestial Rhen Xar. Attempting to find the body of Rhen, they eventually found it after many months of searching, in a cave on Rhen Var, however, once they touched the tomb, the non-force sensitives were instantly killed, but the force sensitives of the investigators took the body to Dromund Kaas.

Many months later, Imperial Intelligence discovered that the body had slightly moved, and they decided to investigate more. However, many hours later, the body started to wake up, frightening the two investigators examining Rhen Xar. This would begin to cause a shift in the balance of power in the Sith Imperium. Rhen Xar would take the moniker of "Apocalyptos" and would begin plotting to take control of the entire imperium.

As Apocalyptos begun to seize the reins of power and control, being dubbed "The Hidden Emperor", Darth Thanta had become a cowardly shell of himself, and even proposed to align himself with the First Order and soon, the Final Order of Darth Sidious. With this, the entire Sith Imperium, along with the True Sith Cult would turn against him, with chaos beginning in Kaas City. Kaas would be under siege by members of the First Order, before being defeated by the defending Sith. Thanta would kill them all, and then meet the Sith Lord Darth Ectral on Kaas Bridge. A terrible fight would ensue between them, whilst Apocalyptos watched the battle. Thanta would be pushed back and attacked by his own followers under Apocalyptos's command, whilst Ectral would continue dueling. Thanta would then be thrown off his throne, and killed by his own apprentice and Dark Council member, Darth Xion. Xion would then proclaim Apocalyptos as Emperor, and Apocalyptos would take the throne, and disposing of Thanta's body.

Meanwhile, in the Unknown Regions, on the world of Zyrgos, Darth Zereth, the leader of the True Sith Cult, would be faced with his own cultists and a Sith Imperial force moving into the citadel. The force was led by Darth Troy and several other Sith Lords, who began to attack or turn cultists to their side. This would inevitably lead to a showdown and duel in the throne room, where Troy would fight Zereth until Apocalyptos, the new Sith Emperor arrived. This resulted in Zereth's apparent death and later, the remainder of the cult forcefully signing a treaty formally uniting the two organizations into one new empire.

With that, the Sith Imperial Remnant would be reorganized into the Reborn True Sith Empire with Apocalyptos as its Emperor. The Sith Empire would be an empire that followed the teachings of the old Sith, and also implementing their new ones from what they have learnt. From then on, the Sith would be on the search for holocrons and ancient texts, conquering many worlds.

Forging a New Empire
"We will not be questioned any longer. We shall rise again."

- Emperor's Voice, High Lord Troy.

With a new empire reformed and revived, the Sith would begin a relentless campaign of rebuilding and restructuring their military capability. The Reborn True Sith Empire set out on creating a new navy, with all the resources they had acquired. The Sith Navy would be restructured, adding to their existing Harrower-Class Dreadnoughts, they'd also possess former Imperial, Venator and Resurgent-Class Star Destroyers in their fleet, quickly making use of them for their own gain.

The Empire's society would also change, with Apocalyptos beginning to allow his council to govern the state much more, organizing them into different powerbases, with one directly controlled by him in the center of the Sith Worlds.

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