Notes of a Zabraki Sith - nesta

[Joslae]

A number of thoughts regarding absolute loss and its place within the Sith Order

Despair, is what most call it. Despair is absolute loss. Or rather, the end of it. The Sith feed on emotion, yet they cannot feed on despair, for its presence alone creates an emotional void, akin to the state the Jedi wish to attain. Since there are no emotions to feed on, there is no power to be gained, and thus, in the eyes of the Sith, it has no use.

It is through the creation of an emotional void that despair - absolute loss - is different from damnum, loss, in High Galactic. One can draw power from loss, particularly the loss of a loved one, or such a thing. The power one can unlock through loss is absolute, yet it is short-lived. It is akin to a Mark IV interceptor; if it can get its guns to bear, it is devastating, but it’s easily destroyed.
One can also draw power from dread, the knowledge and anticipation of despair.

Since despair creates an emotional void, I consider it stagnant, as there is no change, not even a fluctuation, through that despair is absolute, and through this stagnation, I have no use for it.
The Sith, too, do not have a use for despair, as one cannot draw power from it. Therefore, this state of mind has no place in the Sith Order, nor the Empire as a whole, although there are most likely Sith who refute this fact.
They are Heretics, nothing more, nothing less. And I will destroy every single one of them, if that be required of me, although I would rather deceive them to serve me, as even Heretics have a use.