Old Sith Empire

> The Old Empire failed. The Sith infighting and power struggles prevented the Empire from bringing the Emperor's dream of total order and galactic domination to realization. For such failure, its destruction was a necessary act for the greater good.
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> ━Darth Alvissen

The **Old Sith Empire** simply referred to as the **Old Empire**, or the **Fallen Empire** was one of many Sith empires throughout history and was once ruled by the Sith Emperor━Darth Vitiate━the Immortal Emperor. The throne would be claimed by the mysterious Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Deceptious, who overthrew Vitiate by annihilating his very soul to ensure he could never again return, and stole the knowledge he hoarded━one of which was the key to immorality━a power that the young and powerful Dark Lord hungered for. For centuries, Darth Deceptious ruled as the Emperor of the Sith, claiming the moniker of **Immortal Emperor** as rightfully his.

At some point in time Vitiate’s Dark Council conspired to overthrow the new Emperor for disrupting the hierarchy, and in response to whispers of treason, the Emperor secretly began the New Life Project which led to the creation of Darth Abyss, who he used to slaughter all who supported the present Dark Council. While the supporters of the Dark Council were being silently removed, the Emperor summoned the Dark Council only to turn and kill them all, the last remnants of Vitiate’s existence were then removed and a new Dark Council was appointed.

Years later, the Emperor sensed the presence of another of his bloodline, having awakened to his heritage who he indirectly oversaw his fall to the dark side and paved the way for Darth Revulsion’s awakening as the Emperor’s Regent, a title created to replace the Voice of the Emperor.

Throughout the centuries, the Sith Empire had almost defeated the Galactic Republic and heavily thinned the Jedi Order’s numbers however the Emperor suddenly disappeared, having abandoned the Empire as a failed social experiment, whereas his subordinates vanished into obscurity, unwilling to claim the throne or serve another. The Uprising against the Sith began and led to the deaths of thousands of Sith and a great many of the Empire’s remaining leadership, as well as the crippling loss of Dromund Kaas and the Emperor’s throneworld of Arkanis. With the Emperor gone, and his most powerful subordinates no longer present, the Galactic Republic became emboldened and drove the crippled remains of the Empire to oblivion.

Upon the Emperor’s return to the known galaxy thousands of years later, the Old Empire would serve as a reminder of the failures of the Old Ways of the Sith and would give birth to the Rule of Order and the creation of a new Sith Empire. The Old Empire was looked down upon by the new Empire, as even the Emperor himself saw it as nothing more than a failed nation as a result of the constant Sith infighting.

It was later revealed, that the Empire’s collapse and the Uprising against the Sith were intentionally put into motion by Darth Deceptious, who sought to create the Sith without the crippling flaws of the Old Ways. In the new Empire, it was viewed as heresy to adhere to the Old Ways as the Rule of Order began to replace Sith ideology.