The Emissary

> Mankind is plagued by sloth, by envy, by greed. Ignorance blinds them to the truth of the universe itself. But not us. We, seekers of the forbidden knowledge, aim to correct the flaws of existence.
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> ━The Emissary

**The Emissary** was a half-Celestial human who founded the **Imperial** **Cult** during the age of the Old Empire. The enigmatic, nameless leader of the Imperial Cult, the Emissary’s true identity was unknown to even the Cult’s **Convocation of Fourteen**. Aside from the fact that his past is shrouded in mystery, the Emissary was known to be a half-blood descendant of an ancient race of powerful Force-wielders: the Celestials. How he came to be descended from this supposedly extinct race was equally shrouded. Adopting the legendary power of the Celestials, the Emissary stood as one of the most powerful beings in the galaxy alongside other notable individuals. Sometime during the reign of the Old Empire, the balance of power in the galaxy was shaken by the rise of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Deceptious as the next Emperor of the Sith.

Decades after the events surrounding the Galactic Genocide, the Emissary formed a group of like-minded researchers, scientists, and truthseekers who sought to unravel the mysteries of the galaxy and the universe itself. However years after their founding, their existence was discovered by the Sith Emperor who revealed to them the existence of the **Void** and the entity known as the **Void Paragon**━who declared the Emperor as the original sinner for unearthing the Void’s existence, a feat deemed impossible for those residing within the galaxy. Enthralled by the secrets at the Emperor’s disposal, and the promise of “forbidden knowledge", the Emissary and the organization’s original members pledged their loyalty to the Dark Lord of the Sith, reforming themselves as the Imperial Cult and revering the Dark Lord as the **Sinner of Forbidden Knowledge**━or simply, **the** **Sinner**.

For centuries, the Emissary oversaw the subtle spread of the Imperial Cult’s influence across the galaxy and formed the Convocation of Fourteen to govern the ever-expanding ranks of the Cult. As the absolute leader of the Imperial Cult, the Emissary’s power and authority were unchallenged, as many deemed him answerable only to the Sinner himself. Many believed him to be insufferable to communicate with due to his fanatical allegiance, yet stated that he was no fool and his choices solemn were. Throughout centuries of service, the Emissary was also charged with the oversight of Project: Abyss and played a part in the Emperor’s midi-chlorian experiment. After the Emperor’s presumed death, the Emissary was the only individual aside from Allegiant General Pyre Kinall to have been informed of the Contingency. Whilst the Imperial warlord was commanded in secret by the Emperor━who revealed to the two his death was but a facade━to openly rebel and cripple the ancient Sith Empire through the rise of the Imperial Remnant, the Emissary was charged with continuing the expansion of the Cult and continue to carry out other machinations that were to be set into motion.

Between the countless centuries between the fall of the Old Empire and the rise of the resurgent Sith Empire, the Imperial Cult’s existence became public, albeit remained shady and shrouded in mystery regarding its agenda or purpose, and many assumed that the elusive Emissary was its true leader, a testament to the Emissary’s role as the public face of the Cult’s activities. Through his machinations, the Emissary planted thousands of cult agents throughout the Galactic Republic, Confederacy of Independent Systems, and even the later Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance, all to keep them distracted from the Emperor’s true plan: the recreation of the Sith Empire in the unexplored depths of Wild Space.

Upon the fall of the Galactic Empire and the return of the resurgent Sith Empire, the Emissary has remained anonymous, and his existence remains something of a myth among both Republic and Imperial ranks. Yet, only a handful are aware of his existence outside of the Cult.