Brotherhood of Darkness

The Brotherhood of Darkness is the Sith organization founded by Jedi Master Skere Kan in 2514 AC. It grew out of the many small Sith states left from the Empire of Ruin.

## History

### Founding

The Brotherhood of Darkness was founded in 2514. In something of a mirror to the Eternal Alliance's beginings, it too formed from a mix of Jedi and Sith. Skere Kaan was a Jedi Master, with a distinct ability in battlemeditation that found the Jedi Order and Republic at fault for the chaos in the galaxy. Thus, he decreed that his brotherhood would be one of equals; to that end he formed a Sith council and forbade the taking of the title Darth.

### Sith Civil War

Skere Kaan, now going by 'the Dark One', began a campaign against the Sith splinters of the galaxy; absorbing or defeating them as he went. Some of the most powerful to join him were the Sith Lord Qordis and the ex-Jedi Lord Kopecz of Ryloth.

By 2516, the previously Sith territory had been split between the newly formed Sith Empire under Khan, the Rogue Jedi under Hoth in the Army of Light and the Republic. The Jedi Order congratulated Khan on his success, and he replied with a formal declaration of war against the Republic.

### Light and Darkness War

The first battle of the two-pronged war against the new Sith Empire was fought on Korriban. The Republic had recently freed the planet from Sith control, however due to it's nature as a prime target the armies on Korriban had been reinforced. Despite this, the Brotherhood of Darkness; buoyed by a darkside version of Battlemeditation handily won the battle; securing the Sith training academies, the imprisoned instructor.

While the Sith used their new facilities to train a new generation of soldiers and the Republic gathered its disparate small militas into a full army, the Army of Light fought several minor battles on Sith controlled worlds in the southern galaxy, the most famous of which was the Battle of Hoth in 2518. The Army of Light used their victories to push recruitment from both the Jedi Order and other militas including the Republic Military.

In 2517, the Brotherhood moved on the Stygian Caldera Worlds, that had been largely isolated from the rest of the galaxy through the Sith control of Korriban and so the only hyperlanes out of the Caldera. Despite this, what troups remained in the Caledera managed to repeal the Sith attack, turtling up on Dromund Kaas and repelling several Sith incursions. This proved to be the end of the two-year stale mate, as months later another attack was launched on Malev IV - repelled by the Republic with the help of the neaby Mandalorians, and shortly after an attack on Kashyyk which resulted in Republic loss and the taking of the planet by the Sith. Kashyyk proved to be a valuable staging ground for later conquests into the Slice, and the Mid Rim.

The Taking of Kashyyyk, and the following expansion from Kashyyyk to Phaseera prompted the Army of Light to abandon their slow campaign, and instead begin a dedicated strike to remove Sith control from Kashyyyk. This drew the Lightside forces away from their territory in the Western Reaches, allowing the Sith to retake several planets, including Bespin. Concuurently, the first lightside campaign into Sith territors on Taanab resulted in Sith victory. Several other victories followed.

The first true loss for the Brotherhood was found on Ambria in 2520, where the Army of Light stalled the Brotherhood for several years. In retaliation, the SIth attacked the republic Stronghold and Staging ground on Ruusan, massacring the Republic navy and crippling the Republic's campaigns.

The Republic attempted to retake the planet shortly later, but where foiled. Meanwhile, the Sith continued their advancement up the Perlemian, Conquering Corulag and then Chandrila. This was impetus enough for the Republic Army and Army of Light to merge. They attacked Ruusan, and succeded in retaking the planet, though they lost Brentaal IV in return.

By now the value of Ruusan had largely seased to be strategic. While it was on the border between Republic and Sith space, it was superceeded in importance by planets capable of stopping the Sith advance up the Perlemian. Intead, it had become symbolic and so the Sith concentrated their armies and retook Ruusan a second time. The Republic retaliated a few weeks later and forced the SIth back off the planet, keeping the presence their through another assault.

The Seventh battle of Ruusan would be the final one of the War, and despite the theoretical strong hold of the Sith on the Galaxy they would loose.
In 2522 AC, the Brotherhood of Darkness launched an attack om Ruusan, utilizing the majority of their forces in the process. The ARmy of Light acted similarly, and the two forces met in battle. It threatened to be a victory for the Army of Light, when Skere Kaan unleashed a thought bomb on the planet, killing all Force sensitives in range. Modern scolars theorise that this was the reason the Brotherhood of Darkness came to Ruusan in it's entirety; they wanted as many of the Army of Light in one spot, and they all wanted to witness the demise of their hated enemy, the Jedi. Instead, the thoughtbomb killed indisciminately, leaving a few Jedi alive and killing most of the Sith. The only survivors - Darth Bane and his apprentice Darth Zannah would later form the Baneite Sith.