Sith

*“The Sith are power-hungry. Their ancient proverb, "We take what we desire because we can. We can because we have power. We have power because we are Sith", and because of that philosophy, the Sith are flawed. But my new Sith will not.”*
—Salem
The **Sith** are individuals who practice and study The Force, specifically the Dark Side. Taken from both fallen Jedi and Jedi who turned to the Dark Side, the Sith wield Lightsabers as their primary weapons of choice. Though, in recent years, many Sith now construct their own at a young age.

## History

### Founding

The Sith came into existence when a Jedi Master named Salem had succumb to the seduction of the Dark Side that resided within the Lamp of Knowledge, which was stored at the Mistral Temple, the Jedi Order's main temple on Anima, and where Salem served as its Master. The more she remained close to the Lamp and the more knowledge she consumed from it, its influence would begin to physically affect her immensely, making her skin appear more pallor as time went on as a result of its Dark Side influence. After discovering this, the Jedi High Council elected to remove her from her post, to sever her connection to the Lamp but it was too late, as she was given power unlike any Jedi. The Jedi Master, Knights and Militia soldiers that went to remove her were killed and a battle at the temple ensued. In the aftermath, the temple was left destroyed and Salem disappeared with the Lamp, and became known as "The First Sith."

During her time in hiding, Salem exposed herself more and more to the Dark Side influence within the Lamp, including ancient lessons that The Apprentice left behind. With these lessons, she began to grow her Sith and captured and brainwashed Jedi as well as seducing Jedi to the Dark Side with its power, becoming a master manipulator in the process. After a while, this led to the formation of her Sith Empire which revealed itself with Salem as its leader and raised an army that was able to conquer Anima, driving off the Jedi forces on it before moving to capture Solitas. Because of the immense power the Sith felt and with no limitations, Salem's apprentice, Darth Naga Sadow, betrayed her, causing a civil war within the Empire, and was believed to have been killed.

### Sith Empire

*Main article: Sith Empire*
The Sith Empire, at the time, was the most powerful military force on the continents of Anima and Solitas, this control was maintained through its legions of loyal soldiers and ruthless Sith officers, warriors and agents, surpassing those of the Jedi Militia. The Empire's main goal was to eradicate the Jedi from existence and rule the world. Under Salem's leadership as Empress, the Sith Order grew in large numbers and evenly matched the Jedi Order. When the Great Sith Wars began, the Empire fragmented into remnants and fell to infighting amongst its Sith and military officers.

## Notable Sith

### Salem

Because she was the First Sith in history, Salem is well-known throughout Sith history and is seen as an ancient but central figure in their ideology. Many Sith Lords that came after admired and idolized her and her actions during her ascension to becoming a Sith.

### Revan

Revan was once a Jedi until he fell to the Dark Side. Like the ancient figures Ozma and Salem, he was considered to be extremely powerful in The Force, as he displayed impressive skills and mastery in both the Light and Dark Sides.

### Sidious

Darth Sidious was a powerful Sith Lord during the Great War who was the apprentice of Darth Plagueis. After the founding of the Imperial Kingdom, Sidious became an enforcer within the Imperial Armed Forces, then became Supreme Commander after Plagueis ascended as Emperor. Sidious would later become Emperor after killing Plagueis in his sleep.