Sith Empire

The **Sith Empire**, also called the **Second Sith Empire**, the **Second Empire**, the **New Sith Empire**, the **New Empire**, or the **Sith Imperium** by its inhabitants, and referred to as **Andrik Kieral's Sith Empire** by outsiders in order to better distinguish it from other Sith empires, was an empire established in the fringes of Wild Space by the Jen'jidai Andrik Kieral after leaving the core worlds of the First Sith Empire with many loyal followers. This new empire was established in the lush world of Exegol, a lost Human colony world dating from the time of the fall of the Rakatan Infinite Empire. The human native were primitive and divided in tribes, which were then unified during the so-called Unification Wars. In the aftermath, the human tribes fell under the control of Jen'ari Andrik Kieral and were integrated into the nascent Sith society. Those who were Force-sensitive were taken into the care of the Kissai priests, whose task was instructing future Sith according to the philosophical and doctrinal dogmas established by Andrik.

At this point, Andrik adopted the ancient Rakatan and Tionese title of Daritha, meaning emperor. With resources taken from both Exegol and nearby worlds, Daritha Andrik ordered the construction of a great city to serve as the capital of the new empire. A new Sith Council was also established, composed solely of eleven members, each representing the Exiles who came to Korriban, excluding Ajunta Pall who became the first Dark Lord.

Furthering his life through the techniques learned during the Hundred-Year Darkness and subsequent exile, Andrik's logevity led to his worship as a living deity by the populace of the empire. This new Sith civilization formed from the mixture of Humans and Sith was utterly devoted to him, and was not tainted by what Andrik saw as the corruption of the Hundred-Year Darkness.

## History

### Origins

"*The expansion wars of the Sith showed me the culmination of what we had created. The Sith Empire was too volatile and its inhabitants very eager to spill blood in the name of the dark side. It was perhaps during this time that I found part of myself I had believed lost in the Hundred-Year Darkness. So, I took those I believed had potential to become something better, and set out to create a new Sith Empire in the Unknown Regions.*"
— Chronicles of Andrik Kieral

### Early expansion period

"*From the human tribes of Exegol and the Sith that came from the Sytygian Caldera, the new emperor established a great citadel to rival the one on Ziost. Within was also built the mythical Throne of the Sith, which no living soul has seen since the days of the old empire.*"
— Professor Thunys Radal

## Government and politics

From its inception, the Sith Empire was ruled with absolute power by Emperor Andrik Kieral as a magocratic autocracy, with the emperor as its supreme leader. Due to both his power and immortality, the emperor was regarded not just as a living deity by the population of the empire, but also as a embodiment of the Force itself. As such, the emperor also served as a religious figure for not just the members of the Sith Order, but also for the entire population of the Empire.

### Executive power

The executive branch of Sith Imperial government consisted of the Imperial Council, which was presided by the Shadow Hand. The Council had the duties of not only advising the emperor and keeping him up to date with the state of affairs, but they were also responsible for enacting the Daritha's will on the empire.

Below the Daritha and his Council, the real power would be found in the hands of exarchs, governors, and the governments of the autonomous states of the Empire. A majority of systems that were not part of any sanctioned autonomous state were ruled by ordinary governors, while a select few were instead ruled by exarchs, Force-sensitive Sith appointed by either the Daritha or the Imperial Council. The tenure of an exarch was varied, with some lasting from months to an exarch's entire life.

The exercise of power within the executive branch was backed by the blessing of the Daritha himself. Due to his status as a living god and embodiment of the Force, defiance of the Daritha's will in any shape or form was seen as going against the will of the Force itself, and was therefore regarded as both treason and blasphemy.

## Society and culture

### Society

The original three castes of the Sith also changed, blending into the new societal structure. The Kissai continued to be the priests and teachers of the Sith teachings, espousing the doctrines and philosophies endorsed by the Jen'ari, the Massassi became an elite group of Sith-Human warriors that enforced the Daritha's will across the worlds of the Sith Empire. Of the three, only the Zuguruk remained mostly unchanged, continuing to be the term applied to all engineers and architects within the empire, eventually coalescing into a polity of their own.

### Architecture

A fusion of architectural styles took place in Exegol, fusing the native Exegolan and the foreign Sith architectures over the centuries. The austere designs of the Sith were reinvigorated with the colourful and ornate styles of the native Exegolan city-states.

## Astrography

The Sith Empire's territory at its peak consisted of at least over a hundred planets. It contained not only worlds taken by conquest, but also many colonies established over the centuries. Some of the most important worlds were located within the Imperial Core at the centre of the empire, with the majority split across several "sepat" within imperial space.

### Known worlds

#### Imperial Core

* Antes
* Arrakis
* Bheda
* Danaan
* Exegol (capital)
	+ Diamat
	+ New Korriban
* Nairi
* New Ziost
* Taphia

#### Outer Territories

* Admet
* Branae
* Eler
* Elosis
* Khelai
* Kramon
* Krisad
* Maston
* Mydos
* Nianon
* Paiaxo
* Peavre
* Phand
* Pharis
* Phasisol
* Rhalos
* Syrame
* Tenkhe
* Thyrria
* Tjura

#### Zuguruk Sepat

The Zuguruk were important enough within the empire that they had an entire sepat within their control. Worlds within Zuguruk space were dedicated to industry and technological advancement, leaving most of other imperial worlds free of the pollution that would be caused by industrial districts.

* Aabti
* Adanyia
* Ament
* Diamat (Zuguruk capital) (honorary)
* Epea
* Locrya (co-capital)
* Metelis
* Nekhen
* Peḥtet
* Solymoi

### Themes

Within the Sith Empire existed a number of polities that were autonomous and not under direct imperial control, designated as themes. Although integrally part of the empire, these themes were free to exercise their own laws and forms of government, as long as these did not contradict Imperial law.

* The Heptarchy
* Direbo
* Tellus
* Tishtar