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The Chapters of Traditionalism:
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Traditionalism today can be more than has ever been documented previously. In these chapters, the key tenants of traditionalism within the Reconstituted Sith Empire will be addressed in full to give the traditionalist the necessary breadth of knowledge that they require to persevere in a time when our ideology is being diluted from within and without.
Spoiler: The Cultures of our Ancestors:
The three eras of Sith History have three distinct cultures. The Era of the Sith Kings is of the Ancient Sith culture, a time of Kissai, Massassi and Zuguruk. The Era of the Dark Lords has the Sith culture, the times of the Jen’jidai, the primacy of lineage, isolationism and the emergence of the Pureblood and Half-breed. The Era of the Sith Emperors has the Imperial culture, an austere, authoritarian culture bent towards a single unified goal.
We in the modern day are of the Imperial culture. While there are planetary distinctions and variations, to say anything else or to say we have more in common with the Sith or Ancient Sith culture is ultimately ludicrous. Too much of these cultures have been lost and to attempt to emulate them in full is foolhardy. Adopting the clothing practises, the ways of living, of fighting, or trying to emulate the caste system of the Ancient Sith would be more pantomime and theatre than a true conversion. It would be insulting to our ancestors to mimic them without the full knowledge of who they were and why their culture did what it did.
The traditionalist must look beyond all to preserve and honour the Ancient Sith and Sith cultures. Findings must be documented and shared far and wide to ensure that the cultures of old are not forgotten in some treasury or tomb of a long dead Sith Lord. Historical accounts must be looked to and analysed, cross-referenced and preserved. While the traditionalist will not attempt to adopt either of these old cultures, displaying or using honorifics of them is a worthwhile investment. Such is a great tool to be used to spread the word of what came before. One would not wear the garb of the cultures of the past, but one should tailor or dye modern pieces to honour our forefathers. The armour worn in the time of the Sith Kings would not stand up in battle in the modern day, nor would the paltry coverage offered by the battlegarb of the Dark Lords era be suitable when faced with blaster fire. But one may name classes of droid or ships after those who came before as two of many examples. The traditionalist must honour, preserve and acknowledge the past cultures, but not adopt them.
We in the modern day are of the Imperial culture. While there are planetary distinctions and variations, to say anything else or to say we have more in common with the Sith or Ancient Sith culture is ultimately ludicrous. Too much of these cultures have been lost and to attempt to emulate them in full is foolhardy. Adopting the clothing practises, the ways of living, of fighting, or trying to emulate the caste system of the Ancient Sith would be more pantomime and theatre than a true conversion. It would be insulting to our ancestors to mimic them without the full knowledge of who they were and why their culture did what it did.
The traditionalist must look beyond all to preserve and honour the Ancient Sith and Sith cultures. Findings must be documented and shared far and wide to ensure that the cultures of old are not forgotten in some treasury or tomb of a long dead Sith Lord. Historical accounts must be looked to and analysed, cross-referenced and preserved. While the traditionalist will not attempt to adopt either of these old cultures, displaying or using honorifics of them is a worthwhile investment. Such is a great tool to be used to spread the word of what came before. One would not wear the garb of the cultures of the past, but one should tailor or dye modern pieces to honour our forefathers. The armour worn in the time of the Sith Kings would not stand up in battle in the modern day, nor would the paltry coverage offered by the battlegarb of the Dark Lords era be suitable when faced with blaster fire. But one may name classes of droid or ships after those who came before as two of many examples. The traditionalist must honour, preserve and acknowledge the past cultures, but not adopt them.
Spoiler: The Sith Religions of Old:
Like culture, religion is also split into three distinct parts. The Era of the Sith Kings sees worship of the Sith Pantheons, the plethora of ever-changing gods from across Sith space, shifting from planet to planet. The era of the Dark Lords sees those untrained in the force worship the rulers of the Old Sith Empire as living gods, a doctrine started by Ajunta Pall and kept to Naga Sadow. The Era of the Sith Emperors has the Imperials worshipping the Sith, the non-force sensitive population worshipping the force sensitive with the Old Sith Emperor made out to be the Dark Side of the Force incarnate.
Distinctly, in the Era of the Sith Emperors to the modern day thus far, Sith do not worship a higher calling. A thousand years of doctrine has stated clearly that to be a Sith of the Sith Order, is to be the peak and pinnacle of existence itself. There is no higher being, there is no mandated pantheon above you to worship. For after all the Sith of our Sith Empire are perceived as living gods by the wider populace. Why would a god, worship a god? The Era of the Dark Lords was one of transition, the worship of the old pantheons was not expected yet it was not censored. The Jen’jidai were hailed as living gods when they arrived and the ruling Dark Lord kept up such a doctrine for the two thousand years of its existence, phasing out worship of pantheons in favour of worshipping authority and the most powerful directly.
The creation of the Sith Order at the start of the Era of the Dark Lords was at the core of this distinction. From the moment the Sith Order was founded, it was at odds with the Ancient Sith Pantheons. These ancient Sith Gods, perhaps no more than powerful individuals in the force mythicised over the tens of thousands of years of oral history, were supplanted by the belief that those who rule should be worshipped as living gods.
The traditionalist must be wary of the Sith Pantheons and of worship of the Dark Lords of old. One needs not worship the Sith Pantheons or the Dark Lords of old to be a traditionalist. The censors on these practices have only been unenforced for eleven years to the date of twenty seven A.T.C, After the Treaty of Coruscant. The Sith Pantheons and the nature of them should be preserved for future generations, but do not fall to the old belief that you, the traditionalist, is who needs to be worshipping them. The Sith Pantheon and the Worship of the Dark Lords were both aimed towards the masses, the untrained force sensitives who could feel the force as only a flicker of a whisper on the wind at the whims of their betters to feel and think what they wished them to believe. Their modern counterpart is the Imperial population of the Sith Empire. You, are a Sith. Trained to bend the Dark Side to your whims, it is you who is to be worshipped by the masses. To forget this, is to forget your place at the pinnacle of society within the Sith Empire.
It is only in the last few years, that the Sith Pantheon has gained a small foothold within some powerbases across the Sith Empire, the Horuset Powerbase included. Heralded by zealous figures, to worship the Sith Pantheon is not traditionalism or purist doctrine, it is a separate belief in the rediscovered ancient gods of the tribalistic Sith who worshipped as such in a time before the Sith Order even existed. It is within living memory to say that previous Dark Lords of the Horuset Powerbase, would be outraged by the worship the Sith Pantheon receives. The pantheon and the worship of the Old Sith Empire should be preserved and taught as part of the heritage and histories of the Sith as a whole, but no worship is expected. No adoption of the Ancient Sith Gods is required. The Sith have long since outgrown the need for gods, we have become them.
Distinctly, in the Era of the Sith Emperors to the modern day thus far, Sith do not worship a higher calling. A thousand years of doctrine has stated clearly that to be a Sith of the Sith Order, is to be the peak and pinnacle of existence itself. There is no higher being, there is no mandated pantheon above you to worship. For after all the Sith of our Sith Empire are perceived as living gods by the wider populace. Why would a god, worship a god? The Era of the Dark Lords was one of transition, the worship of the old pantheons was not expected yet it was not censored. The Jen’jidai were hailed as living gods when they arrived and the ruling Dark Lord kept up such a doctrine for the two thousand years of its existence, phasing out worship of pantheons in favour of worshipping authority and the most powerful directly.
The creation of the Sith Order at the start of the Era of the Dark Lords was at the core of this distinction. From the moment the Sith Order was founded, it was at odds with the Ancient Sith Pantheons. These ancient Sith Gods, perhaps no more than powerful individuals in the force mythicised over the tens of thousands of years of oral history, were supplanted by the belief that those who rule should be worshipped as living gods.
The traditionalist must be wary of the Sith Pantheons and of worship of the Dark Lords of old. One needs not worship the Sith Pantheons or the Dark Lords of old to be a traditionalist. The censors on these practices have only been unenforced for eleven years to the date of twenty seven A.T.C, After the Treaty of Coruscant. The Sith Pantheons and the nature of them should be preserved for future generations, but do not fall to the old belief that you, the traditionalist, is who needs to be worshipping them. The Sith Pantheon and the Worship of the Dark Lords were both aimed towards the masses, the untrained force sensitives who could feel the force as only a flicker of a whisper on the wind at the whims of their betters to feel and think what they wished them to believe. Their modern counterpart is the Imperial population of the Sith Empire. You, are a Sith. Trained to bend the Dark Side to your whims, it is you who is to be worshipped by the masses. To forget this, is to forget your place at the pinnacle of society within the Sith Empire.
It is only in the last few years, that the Sith Pantheon has gained a small foothold within some powerbases across the Sith Empire, the Horuset Powerbase included. Heralded by zealous figures, to worship the Sith Pantheon is not traditionalism or purist doctrine, it is a separate belief in the rediscovered ancient gods of the tribalistic Sith who worshipped as such in a time before the Sith Order even existed. It is within living memory to say that previous Dark Lords of the Horuset Powerbase, would be outraged by the worship the Sith Pantheon receives. The pantheon and the worship of the Old Sith Empire should be preserved and taught as part of the heritage and histories of the Sith as a whole, but no worship is expected. No adoption of the Ancient Sith Gods is required. The Sith have long since outgrown the need for gods, we have become them.
Spoiler: The Languages of Tradition:
Language within the Sith Empire that the traditionalist should concern themselves with is a trio of Galactic Basic, Sith and High Sith. Galactic Basic is to be used in conversation, it is the official language of the Sith Empire and has been for a thousand years. Sith and its generational changes is the language that was spoken in both the Era of the Sith Kings and that of the Dark Lords by the populace. High Sith was and remains a secretive language preserved only for rituals and was once used by the priest caste Kissai of old.
To use High Sith for anything other than titles, names or the Dark Side rituals of our forefathers is to tarnish the language itself. High Sith is a language of power, prestige and authority. To speak it conversationally or to pass the secrets of its tongue to the unworthy is tantamount to treason against the ancestors of the Sith species. The guarded secrets of the Dark Side are locked away not just through barricade and trap, but through a language barrier. To teach High Sith to the unworthy, to allow High Sith to become widespread is to have it lose its place as the premier language of power. The Sith language is suited better for such mundane matters.
The traditionalist should learn both Sith and High Sith and guard the secrets of High Sith with their life. The language of High Sith should only be taught to the most worthy, the most revered and those most likely to pass on the heritage of the Sith to the next generation. To give High Sith to the unworthy invites the unworthy to rebel, to join the Republic or Jedi and spread our secrets to those who we must ensure most of all do not learn them in full.
To use High Sith for anything other than titles, names or the Dark Side rituals of our forefathers is to tarnish the language itself. High Sith is a language of power, prestige and authority. To speak it conversationally or to pass the secrets of its tongue to the unworthy is tantamount to treason against the ancestors of the Sith species. The guarded secrets of the Dark Side are locked away not just through barricade and trap, but through a language barrier. To teach High Sith to the unworthy, to allow High Sith to become widespread is to have it lose its place as the premier language of power. The Sith language is suited better for such mundane matters.
The traditionalist should learn both Sith and High Sith and guard the secrets of High Sith with their life. The language of High Sith should only be taught to the most worthy, the most revered and those most likely to pass on the heritage of the Sith to the next generation. To give High Sith to the unworthy invites the unworthy to rebel, to join the Republic or Jedi and spread our secrets to those who we must ensure most of all do not learn them in full.
Spoiler: The Sith Species:
Even the very species, the very genetic makeup of what it means to be Sith has changed with the passing of the eras. To be Sith in the Era of the Sith Kings was to be Kissai, Massassi or Zuguruk. To be Sith in the Era of the Dark Lords was to be Pureblood, Half-breed, Kissai, Zuguruk or Massassi. And now, in the era of the Sith Emperors, to be part of the Sith species there is only the Pureblood left, a diminished population on the edge of extinction.
For the species, one must acknowledge a difference. The traditionalist who is a Pureblood, must ultimately outbreed our destruction. For each Pureblood to be born, to come of age, to become Sith, to fight against the Empire’s enemies, to claim power and then to also start producing offspring is beyond what many are capable of. Most Sith Acolytes die in training, most apprentices are dead before they ascend, most Sith Lords do not reach a ripe old age. With the entire pureblood population becoming Sith, we are in a paradox of the weakest being culled before they can breed and the strongest not breeding enough to maintain a viable population. But to breed wantonly is not enough, for those of purity must breed with those of purity. The red features, the purity of the species and the divine inheritance of generational force sensitivity must be preserved lest the legacy of the Sith be lost, handed to the overpopulated masses of aliens.
For both the traditionalist who is not a Pureblood and those who are, there is another goal towards the preservation of the Sith species that all must keep in mind. When the Sith Exodus Armada left Sith space, they did not take all of the population with them. Most were left behind and most of them were killed. Yet some small communities persisted and some again escaped the Stygian Caldera, settling elsewhere in the galaxy. Darth Ikoral, a mere eighty six years ago left the Sith Empire in search of Pureblood communities and found them. He returned and was killed only sixteen years ago, at eleven A.T.C, After the Treaty of Coruscant. While killed, it was discovered his mission was a success as his Dreadnought was filled with Purebloods of unknown lineage and ancestry. To seek out and bring these communities into the Sith Empire is perhaps the most important single act any traditionalist can do, for it furthers the cause of preserving the Sith species in the generations to come.
For the species, one must acknowledge a difference. The traditionalist who is a Pureblood, must ultimately outbreed our destruction. For each Pureblood to be born, to come of age, to become Sith, to fight against the Empire’s enemies, to claim power and then to also start producing offspring is beyond what many are capable of. Most Sith Acolytes die in training, most apprentices are dead before they ascend, most Sith Lords do not reach a ripe old age. With the entire pureblood population becoming Sith, we are in a paradox of the weakest being culled before they can breed and the strongest not breeding enough to maintain a viable population. But to breed wantonly is not enough, for those of purity must breed with those of purity. The red features, the purity of the species and the divine inheritance of generational force sensitivity must be preserved lest the legacy of the Sith be lost, handed to the overpopulated masses of aliens.
For both the traditionalist who is not a Pureblood and those who are, there is another goal towards the preservation of the Sith species that all must keep in mind. When the Sith Exodus Armada left Sith space, they did not take all of the population with them. Most were left behind and most of them were killed. Yet some small communities persisted and some again escaped the Stygian Caldera, settling elsewhere in the galaxy. Darth Ikoral, a mere eighty six years ago left the Sith Empire in search of Pureblood communities and found them. He returned and was killed only sixteen years ago, at eleven A.T.C, After the Treaty of Coruscant. While killed, it was discovered his mission was a success as his Dreadnought was filled with Purebloods of unknown lineage and ancestry. To seek out and bring these communities into the Sith Empire is perhaps the most important single act any traditionalist can do, for it furthers the cause of preserving the Sith species in the generations to come.
Spoiler: Purity and Bloodlines:
It is only in the last one thousand years that purity of Sith blood has mattered. When the Sith population was in the billions and the Jen’jidai and their Half-breed descendants who ruled after them lived, it was the blood and lineage of the Jen’jidai that mattered, not that of Sith blood. While some Purebloods can trace their ancestry supposedly all the way back tens of thousands of years, in contemporary times these dynasties were recorded for prestigious dynastic purposes, not for the blood of the Sith itself.
But it is in these last thousand years, that the traditionalist must turn to on such matters as these. Purity is of paramount importance. To the goal of the preservation of the species, to breed with anything less than your own station of purity is to dilute the divine generational force sensitivity that was imbued into the Sith species before recorded history. It is an affront, an insult of the highest degree, that any Pureblood would breed with anything else save another Pureblood. Such cast-offs should be culled, to ensure that those of purity know that with their great power comes the even greater responsibility to ensure the future of the species.
Bloodlines traced back to certain figures within Sith history are lesserly important than they once were. No great power is drawn from these ancestors, not any more than any Pureblood can claim. Such is because with such a small population that made it to the Sith Exodus Armada, that as the Pureblood population recovered most modern day Purebloods can trace their lineage back to the same people even so little as fifteen standard generations back. Such is why the inclusion of new bloodlines, new purity from other currently unknown Pureblood communities is essential to the preservation of the species. The Pureblood is ultimately the perfected Sith species, thousands of years in the making. Its propagation amongst the stars must be assured by all who bear the markings of its inheritance.
But it is in these last thousand years, that the traditionalist must turn to on such matters as these. Purity is of paramount importance. To the goal of the preservation of the species, to breed with anything less than your own station of purity is to dilute the divine generational force sensitivity that was imbued into the Sith species before recorded history. It is an affront, an insult of the highest degree, that any Pureblood would breed with anything else save another Pureblood. Such cast-offs should be culled, to ensure that those of purity know that with their great power comes the even greater responsibility to ensure the future of the species.
Bloodlines traced back to certain figures within Sith history are lesserly important than they once were. No great power is drawn from these ancestors, not any more than any Pureblood can claim. Such is because with such a small population that made it to the Sith Exodus Armada, that as the Pureblood population recovered most modern day Purebloods can trace their lineage back to the same people even so little as fifteen standard generations back. Such is why the inclusion of new bloodlines, new purity from other currently unknown Pureblood communities is essential to the preservation of the species. The Pureblood is ultimately the perfected Sith species, thousands of years in the making. Its propagation amongst the stars must be assured by all who bear the markings of its inheritance.
Spoiler: The Matter of Humanity:
To say that there are more traditionalists who are Human than those who are Pureblood would likely give many pause, yet the truth of it cannot be understated. Humans who preserve the Sith culture, the Sith religion, historical records and have worked to keep aliens out of the institutions of the Sith Empire. Humans who have only a single drop of the old blood coursing through their veins, generationally becoming lesser and lesser. Humans who do not even know the word traditionalism, but out of reverence for their forebears collect trinkets and document what small smatterings of historical records that they find.
Humanity is one of the four that became the Pureblood. The Kissai, the Massassi, the Zuguruk and the Human all combined together to create the perfect Sith species, the Pureblood. To dismiss them as simply lesser is to deny the perfection of the Pureblood. The traits of humanity are no longer sought after in the Pureblood species for the last one thousand years, yet for the two thousand before that they were. The Imperial humans of our Empire who trace their ancestry back through Dromund Kaas instead of conquest have Sith-Blood within their veins. They are the majority population within our Sith Empire, the only distinction between Purebloods and Humanity is that one is the perfected species and the other is one of the ingredients.
The traditionalist Pureblood should look on humans as near equals. To discriminate against a human is to discriminate against the most recent three thousand years of Sith history. It is to discriminate against a Pureblood, for such a species has in turn only existed for the same three thousand years. And if that human was to have Sith blood in them, to discriminate against them would be even further an affront, for discarding even a drop of the ancient blood is to be seen as a great sin in such times when it grows thinner and thinner across the galaxy. Even the greatest proponent of racial purity and zealotry the Sith Empire has ever produced, Darth Ikoral, did not deny humanity their place in the Sith Empire.
Yet while humanity is a near equal, they do not possess the generational force sensitivity of the Pureblood. They cannot generationally claim the same lofty heights at the pinnacle of Sith society that Purebloods can. The Pureblood traditionalist should not breed with humanity, for it would only dilute their own blood and as a result across the generations would see the Pureblood go extinct.
Humanity is one of the four that became the Pureblood. The Kissai, the Massassi, the Zuguruk and the Human all combined together to create the perfect Sith species, the Pureblood. To dismiss them as simply lesser is to deny the perfection of the Pureblood. The traits of humanity are no longer sought after in the Pureblood species for the last one thousand years, yet for the two thousand before that they were. The Imperial humans of our Empire who trace their ancestry back through Dromund Kaas instead of conquest have Sith-Blood within their veins. They are the majority population within our Sith Empire, the only distinction between Purebloods and Humanity is that one is the perfected species and the other is one of the ingredients.
The traditionalist Pureblood should look on humans as near equals. To discriminate against a human is to discriminate against the most recent three thousand years of Sith history. It is to discriminate against a Pureblood, for such a species has in turn only existed for the same three thousand years. And if that human was to have Sith blood in them, to discriminate against them would be even further an affront, for discarding even a drop of the ancient blood is to be seen as a great sin in such times when it grows thinner and thinner across the galaxy. Even the greatest proponent of racial purity and zealotry the Sith Empire has ever produced, Darth Ikoral, did not deny humanity their place in the Sith Empire.
Yet while humanity is a near equal, they do not possess the generational force sensitivity of the Pureblood. They cannot generationally claim the same lofty heights at the pinnacle of Sith society that Purebloods can. The Pureblood traditionalist should not breed with humanity, for it would only dilute their own blood and as a result across the generations would see the Pureblood go extinct.
Spoiler: The Alien Question:
For tens of thousands of years, aliens have only been the labouring slaves languishing at the very bottom of Sith society. When the petty Sith Kings after King Adas required labour, they raided neighbouring star systems. This tradition of raiding and breeding a constant population of slaves has predominantly been a way to make the useless, useful. In the Era of Sith Kings, when the entire Sith citizenry population was force sensitive, to give aliens meaning was to put them to work as a lesser caste, the Grotthu. In the Era of the Dark Lords the citizens were predominantly force sensitive and of one of the now four Sith species, Pureblood, Kissai, Massassi or Zuguruk with a minority of free humans. Yet even humans still served as slaves as did some number of Kissai, Zuguruk or Massassi.
It is only in the last few decades since our resurgence to the wider galaxy that aliens have been enabled to join the Sith Order and only less than two decades since they have been permitted to join the Imperial Military. Yet in such a relatively short time, the alien menace has grown exponentially. With each world conquered, with each step closer to our thousand year generational goal of conquering the galaxy do we find ourselves accosted by more and more ilk that can now fill positions within society that less than a century previous would have been filled exclusively with those of Sith blood, pureblood or human.
This is an unforgivable downward spiral.
The traditionalist must look on all aliens with contempt. With the knowledge that it is not through their heritage or their blood or their quality that they grab at positions within the Sith Empire, but solely with their quantity. There are more aliens in the galaxy than there are those of Sith blood. As the values that have upheld our Sith Empire for a thousand years are pushed to the wayside and as we make war against the Republic and our Sith blooded population is killed and in turn as we conquer more systems, there is less of us and more of them. In a powerbase within the Sith Empire, a century ago there may have been fifteen Sith within it, ten of which were Purebloods and the remaining five humans. Now, that same powerbase in the modern day could be twenty Sith in total, yet only five Purebloods, perhaps eight humans and seven aliens. As the Sith Empire grows, it is not those of Sith blood who fill in the emerging gaps, it is the conquered alien scourge that rots from within.
The aliens are to serve at best, or otherwise be killed. Whether Sith or Citizen their purpose is one of a stop-gap, the reach of the Sith Empire outpacing the population that has grown from the Sith Exodus Armada. They are an inevitability, the goal of conquering the galaxy necessitates that the species of the galaxy be conquered with it. Those of Sith Blood will rule, but only if a viable population can grow and be maintained generation after generation, something which all traditionalists should work towards. A defiant alien is to be discarded, killed, there is another that stands behind them that may be more loyal than their predecessor and all traditionalists should see themselves as above their ilk. We are the inheritors and rulers of the stars, the alien merely lives amongst them.
It is only in the last few decades since our resurgence to the wider galaxy that aliens have been enabled to join the Sith Order and only less than two decades since they have been permitted to join the Imperial Military. Yet in such a relatively short time, the alien menace has grown exponentially. With each world conquered, with each step closer to our thousand year generational goal of conquering the galaxy do we find ourselves accosted by more and more ilk that can now fill positions within society that less than a century previous would have been filled exclusively with those of Sith blood, pureblood or human.
This is an unforgivable downward spiral.
The traditionalist must look on all aliens with contempt. With the knowledge that it is not through their heritage or their blood or their quality that they grab at positions within the Sith Empire, but solely with their quantity. There are more aliens in the galaxy than there are those of Sith blood. As the values that have upheld our Sith Empire for a thousand years are pushed to the wayside and as we make war against the Republic and our Sith blooded population is killed and in turn as we conquer more systems, there is less of us and more of them. In a powerbase within the Sith Empire, a century ago there may have been fifteen Sith within it, ten of which were Purebloods and the remaining five humans. Now, that same powerbase in the modern day could be twenty Sith in total, yet only five Purebloods, perhaps eight humans and seven aliens. As the Sith Empire grows, it is not those of Sith blood who fill in the emerging gaps, it is the conquered alien scourge that rots from within.
The aliens are to serve at best, or otherwise be killed. Whether Sith or Citizen their purpose is one of a stop-gap, the reach of the Sith Empire outpacing the population that has grown from the Sith Exodus Armada. They are an inevitability, the goal of conquering the galaxy necessitates that the species of the galaxy be conquered with it. Those of Sith Blood will rule, but only if a viable population can grow and be maintained generation after generation, something which all traditionalists should work towards. A defiant alien is to be discarded, killed, there is another that stands behind them that may be more loyal than their predecessor and all traditionalists should see themselves as above their ilk. We are the inheritors and rulers of the stars, the alien merely lives amongst them.
Spoiler: The Sith Empire:
The Sith Empire is the tool that our civilisation now uses to complete our conquest of the galaxy. A thousand years of austerity, of survival, of growing, all culminating in our resurgence back into the galaxy at large. It is through our Empire that the Sith species have survived. It is through our Empire that the Sith Order survives. It is through our Empire, that the Sith Blood continues. The Sith Empire has a strong central government, mandating its doctrine to every far corner of the Imperial apparatus. A Sith without the Sith Empire, is no Sith at all.
For nearly twenty thousand years after King Adas’ death, did the Sith species spread across the Stygian Caldera and to enclaves elsewhere across the galaxy. For twenty thousand years in those crucial formative times was the Sith civilisation split into petty fiefs, warlords and kings ruling cities, strongholds, perhaps even planets. But never all of Sith Civilisation. It took the Graush dynasty to forge these separated tribes into a Kingdom once again and it took the arrival of the Jen’jidai for it to be forged into a Sith Empire that would last two thousand years within the Stygian Caldera.
Our Sith Empire is the farthest that any civilisation of Sith has made it. We conquered half the galaxy during the Great Galactic War and in the years since we have held our own despite turmoil from within and without. We are the closest Sith civilisation has ever been to the generational goal of revenge against the Republic and the Jedi.
The traditionalist is a patriot of the Sith Empire. Stalwart and resilient, the traditionalist works towards the Sith Empire’s success against the Jedi and the Republic, while solidifying its heart to preserve the past and oust the alien menace. Internal turmoil that would see the Sith Empire suffer, especially that of Sith Blood fighting Sith Blood, is not only unpatriotic but ultimately traitorous and is to be eradicated wherever it is proven. The traditionalist will use other, subtler, means of ousting their competition. Blatant acts of destruction cannot be tolerated.
For nearly twenty thousand years after King Adas’ death, did the Sith species spread across the Stygian Caldera and to enclaves elsewhere across the galaxy. For twenty thousand years in those crucial formative times was the Sith civilisation split into petty fiefs, warlords and kings ruling cities, strongholds, perhaps even planets. But never all of Sith Civilisation. It took the Graush dynasty to forge these separated tribes into a Kingdom once again and it took the arrival of the Jen’jidai for it to be forged into a Sith Empire that would last two thousand years within the Stygian Caldera.
Our Sith Empire is the farthest that any civilisation of Sith has made it. We conquered half the galaxy during the Great Galactic War and in the years since we have held our own despite turmoil from within and without. We are the closest Sith civilisation has ever been to the generational goal of revenge against the Republic and the Jedi.
The traditionalist is a patriot of the Sith Empire. Stalwart and resilient, the traditionalist works towards the Sith Empire’s success against the Jedi and the Republic, while solidifying its heart to preserve the past and oust the alien menace. Internal turmoil that would see the Sith Empire suffer, especially that of Sith Blood fighting Sith Blood, is not only unpatriotic but ultimately traitorous and is to be eradicated wherever it is proven. The traditionalist will use other, subtler, means of ousting their competition. Blatant acts of destruction cannot be tolerated.
Spoiler: The Dark Side:
The heritage of the Sith species is Sorcery and Alchemy. The two disciplines that have been perfected over generations since the time of Kissai priests. Both are to be guarded against those who would use the knowledge of them against the Sith. Since the Great Hyperspace War, much of this heritage has been plundered by the Republic, the Jedi and underworld elements. Recovering all of this heritage will not only strengthen our understanding of our forefathers, but our path within the Dark Side.
Across Sith history, the Dark Side has always had primacy. From the conquered technology from the Rakatan Invaders needing the Dark Side to operate, to the formalisation of power structures through the Sith Order and the Sith Code. The Sith Code is now the single most fundamental part of what it means to be a Sith.
The traditionalist should look on the Sith Code, Sorcery and Alchemy as the pinnacle of the Dark Side. To understand, to embody, the Sith Code is to find common ground with three thousand years of Sith history where it has guided our civilisation to conquer the stars. Sorcery and Alchemy are to be preserved by all and learned by only the few of Humanity and Purity who have the power and erudition to see such arts of the Dark Side made manifest.
Across Sith history, the Dark Side has always had primacy. From the conquered technology from the Rakatan Invaders needing the Dark Side to operate, to the formalisation of power structures through the Sith Order and the Sith Code. The Sith Code is now the single most fundamental part of what it means to be a 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 traditionalist should look on the Sith Code, Sorcery and Alchemy as the pinnacle of the Dark Side. To understand, to embody, the Sith Code is to find common ground with three thousand years of Sith history where it has guided our civilisation to conquer the stars. Sorcery and Alchemy are to be preserved by all and learned by only the few of Humanity and Purity who have the power and erudition to see such arts of the Dark Side made manifest.
Spoiler: The Light Side:
The Jedi and the Republic have been the eternal enemy for thousands of years. Yet, the Era of the Sith Kings, our most ancient of histories has no connection to them. The tribes of Sith, spread out across the Stygian Caldera in the thousands of years since King Adas’ death, did not hold rivalry with the formation of the Galactic Republic or were even aware of the organisation that would become the Jedi Order. We were an isolated civilisation within the Stygian Caldera, keeping to ourselves, raiding when petty chiefs required new slaves.
For most of Sith history, the Jedi and the Republic were unknown.
Yet even in these ancient times, our Sith ancestors knew of the Light Side of the Force. The Dark Side has always been the embodiment of what it means to be Sith across all eras of our history and contending with the light side and its heresy was of the highest concern. Alchemy, Sorcery, such draw on the Dark Side and the Dark Side alone. To those ancient heretics who would have tried to forgo the Dark Side in favour of the light, they would have lost access to their power. They would be unable to perform their duties, their weakness apparent near immediately and their execution swift. Their families enslaved.
It was only with the arrival of the Jen’jidai and the establishment of the Sith Empire that the knowledge of the Jedi and the Republic entered into the psyche of the Sith populace. Now there was an enemy, an enemy that had exiled the Sith Empire’s leaders and that enemy used the light side of the force to fuel their powers. An organisation of heathens that were as opposed to Sith ideology as any organisation could ever be. Yet even still, the Sith Empire did not strike out against the Republic or the Jedi. The Jen’jidai ruled over the Sith, empowering the population, creating something new instead of bringing retribution down on the old.
Until Naga Sadow.
Naga Sadow’s war, the Great Hyperspace War, brought the Republic and the Jedi to the Stygian Caldera. It brought the light side of the force to our most holy of planets. It was the Republic, the Jedi, these twin embodiments of oppression, corruption and the light side of the force that genocided our species. Our culture eradicated, our way of being left in tatters. It is here, in this moment, that the Republic and the Jedi truly earned their place as the eternal enemy of the Sith. At the very conclusion of the Era of the Dark Lords, only some thousand years ago.
The traditionalist should look on the Jedi, the Republic and the light side of the force as a whole as the Eternal Enemy. The genocide of our species can never be forgiven, can never be repaid, and as a result their rivers must run red with their blood. Yet even when the Galactic Republic is destroyed, when the Jedi Order is eradicated, the light side of the force will still exist. The traditionalist must see the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order as the embodiment of the Eternal Enemy, but understand that they are a symptom, a cancer, a parasite that has engorged itself on a host too long. It is the light side of the force itself that must be fought against, in all of its forms. Other force sensitive organisations, such as the Zeison Sha, Jal Shey and the Voss Mystics, must ultimately be wiped out for their heresy just as readily as the Jedi.
For most of Sith history, the Jedi and the Republic were unknown.
Yet even in these ancient times, our Sith ancestors knew of the Light Side of the Force. The Dark Side has always been the embodiment of what it means to be Sith across all eras of our history and contending with the light side and its heresy was of the highest concern. Alchemy, Sorcery, such draw on the Dark Side and the Dark Side alone. To those ancient heretics who would have tried to forgo the Dark Side in favour of the light, they would have lost access to their power. They would be unable to perform their duties, their weakness apparent near immediately and their execution swift. Their families enslaved.
It was only with the arrival of the Jen’jidai and the establishment of the Sith Empire that the knowledge of the Jedi and the Republic entered into the psyche of the Sith populace. Now there was an enemy, an enemy that had exiled the Sith Empire’s leaders and that enemy used the light side of the force to fuel their powers. An organisation of heathens that were as opposed to Sith ideology as any organisation could ever be. Yet even still, the Sith Empire did not strike out against the Republic or the Jedi. The Jen’jidai ruled over the Sith, empowering the population, creating something new instead of bringing retribution down on the old.
Until Naga Sadow.
Naga Sadow’s war, the Great Hyperspace War, brought the Republic and the Jedi to the Stygian Caldera. It brought the light side of the force to our most holy of planets. It was the Republic, the Jedi, these twin embodiments of oppression, corruption and the light side of the force that genocided our species. Our culture eradicated, our way of being left in tatters. It is here, in this moment, that the Republic and the Jedi truly earned their place as the eternal enemy of the Sith. At the very conclusion of the Era of the Dark Lords, only some thousand years ago.
The traditionalist should look on the Jedi, the Republic and the light side of the force as a whole as the Eternal Enemy. The genocide of our species can never be forgiven, can never be repaid, and as a result their rivers must run red with their blood. Yet even when the Galactic Republic is destroyed, when the Jedi Order is eradicated, the light side of the force will still exist. The traditionalist must see the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order as the embodiment of the Eternal Enemy, but understand that they are a symptom, a cancer, a parasite that has engorged itself on a host too long. It is the light side of the force itself that must be fought against, in all of its forms. Other force sensitive organisations, such as the Zeison Sha, Jal Shey and the Voss Mystics, must ultimately be wiped out for their heresy just as readily as the Jedi.
The Traditionalist must look inwards, on who they are and at what they desire to accomplish. Directed ambition is a powerful tool, station and office should be sought after as a means to gain power within the apparatus of the Sith Empire. Power is desired by all Sith, but the traditionalist must take the initiative and strive to take power for themselves where it can be found. Power is not merely given, it is not shared willingly. The traditionalist should gather followers to themselves, to the ultimate goals of the destruction of the Eternal Enemy, the empowerment of the Sith Empire and the saving of the Pureblood species.
The traditionalist must understand that we are not our forefathers. We are not our ancestors made manifest again, thousands of years later. We are to preserve their ideology, their history, their culture and their beliefs. To see such matters taught down the generations, to ensure that who they were is never forgotten and to ensure that generationally more and more is learned about our ancestors to service the survival of the species.
The traditionalist must understand the importance of Sith blood. Of the divine inheritance that is generational force sensitivity that the Pureblood embodies. To preserve the species, is what it means to be a traditionalist.
The traditionalist must understand that we are not our forefathers. We are not our ancestors made manifest again, thousands of years later. We are to preserve their ideology, their history, their culture and their beliefs. To see such matters taught down the generations, to ensure that who they were is never forgotten and to ensure that generationally more and more is learned about our ancestors to service the survival of the species.
The traditionalist must understand the importance of Sith blood. Of the divine inheritance that is generational force sensitivity that the Pureblood embodies. To preserve the species, is what it means to be a traditionalist.
